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Fish figure for food PEOPLE CAN HARVEST FISH EXCREMENT TO USE IN GROWING OF PLANTS Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff
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Salvation Army volunteer Jeannette Munn greets shoppers at the Bower Place Shopping Center during her Kettle campaign shift on Friday.
A lot of people keep fish in their homes. Not many people use the excrement from those fish to grow herbs, salad greens, or tomatoes. But they can. Quite easily. Rene Michalak’s goal, through ReThink Red Deer’s series of ‘Productive Pets’ weekend workshops providing introductions to permaculture, is to show that animals can be used in urban environments to help produce food on a small scale. Over the weekend, the first of the workshops focused on building an aquaponic growing system — using fish in a tank to enable the growth of plants on top. While there were no actual fish involved Sunday, the afternoon was spent putting together the tank and accompanying pumping system that would allow for the plant growth. A repurposed 750-litre plastic industrial container would house dozens of tilapia; three or four times per hour a pump would bring water — and the fish’s excrement — from the tank up to the bed of coconut husks and biochar (charcoal) on top, creating a growing environment that could support any number of plants.
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FEWER TURN TO SALVATION ARMY FOR ASSISTANCE BUT KETTLE CAMPAIGN FACES CLIMB TO REACH GOAL BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF This is the week a lot of the generosity already exhibited towards Red Deer Christmas charities will make it into the hands of those who need it. Even so, those charities are hoping the flow of donations continues coming in through the last full week before Christmas. Those families being helped through the Salvation Army’s Adopt-a-Family campaign will have their packages delivered this week. Overall, the number of families registered through the initiative is about 145, down significantly from last year when 170 families were supported.
“I would like to think of that as a good thing, that people are just doing a little bit better and not as many people need the help,” said Major Larry Bridger. Approximately 110 sponsors have signed up to provide the support packages, a similar total to last year. Each sponsor typically supports one family, while money raised through the Salvation Army’s kettle campaign is allocated to purchase goods for the other applicants. It is in the kettle campaign that the charity is hoping for plenty of support before it wraps up for the year on Dec. 23. As of Tuesday, the campaign had brought in $93,000 — with a goal of $200,000, the Salvation Army will need an average of $10,000 stuffed in its
kettles every day from that day on to meet its target. The organization also sent out an appeal on Friday asking for volunteers to man the kettles and ring some bells for the last week of the long-running initiative. Bridger said there are approximately 50 two-hour shifts that still need to be filled for the week; he encouraged interested helpers to call 403-346-2251 to commit to a shift or two. The Red Deer Food Bank Society is hoping for another week of generosity too. Christmas hampers will start to roll out to those in need today, and while the food bank remains well stocked with food, it is still in need of cash donations.
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The battle goes on against tropical diseases RED DEER VOLUNTEERS HELP PROMOTE CAMPAIGN BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Everyone has seen images of stick-thin children with distended stomachs. But not everyone knows they are sick in part because of intestinal worms that cause neglected tropical diseases. Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR) wants to help protect 101,692 children and adults in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia from those diseases through a three-year initiative that includes a de-worming campaign, water and sanitation projects. CPAR volunteer Beulah Phillpot, 73, of Red Deer is spreading the word about the
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national campaign to raise over $400,000 to fund the project — at a cost of only $1.30 per person per year. “It’s ready to start the moment the money is there,” said Phillpot who visited the region with her husband Norm, 75, in November 2012. Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief was founded in 1984 in response to extreme famine and works in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Malawi. The Red Deer couple was invited to see CPAR projects in action by Beulah’s sister, Jeannette Mergens, 70, of Kelowna. a longtime supporter of CPAR.
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Rough roads make travel to the nearest health clinic difficult in the remote area of Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia. Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief want to run a campaign to tackle neglected tropical diseases in the region.
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PROJECTS: Struggles witnessed As seniors who grew up in rural Canada during the 1940s, Phillpot said they could understand the struggles of people living in the remote region of Ethiopia. “We were taken back to our own childhood growing up on a farm in the era before electricity,” said Phillpot who grew up in the Dawson Creek, B.C., area where her grandparents were homesteaders. “That’s exactly where these people are at the moment so it was very heart touching. We also had a complete sense of hope because we have all become professionals and have travelled the world and done all the things we wanted to do.” During their two-week visit to Ethiopia, the couple sometimes stayed in bare-bone camps where other CPAR projects were underway to grow farm crops, raise chickens, support bee hives and dig wells. “People are very optimistic about what they can do. They know they have challenges but they also have lots of enthusiasm to work for the changes they want.” She said the eradication of intestinal worms is one of the top issues for the World Health Organization. People become infected through contaminated water, poor sanitation and by walking barefoot. Worms that live and feed on their human hosts, especially children, disrupt nutrient absorption. They impair physical and mental growth and contribute to the spread of disease like AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria because of their affect on the immune system. She said deworming medication is not enough to solve the problem. Clean water and adequate sanitation facilities, and education to maintain water sources and sanitation, are required to end the cycle. Phillpot said proper health care is a basic service that people need to help them build better lives. “My sister and I are both educators and we’re really very much aware of how valuable education is. Our focus is on education. But education isn’t easily acquired if you’re otherwise ill.”
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MIRACLE: Big one needed “Three weeks ago I needed a huge miracle. Now we only need a big miracle,” said executive director Fred Scaife. He said the number of people accessing the food bank this year appears to be up slightly. Money donated to the food bank goes towards buying critical, perishable food items — “the three Ms: milk, meat and margarine,” as Scaife puts it — and paying the bills for the centre and the salaries of the few paid staff. “The reality is we need to put gas in our truck to go pick up the food at the grocery store six days a week. We need to pay the electricity bill to keep the lights on so the volunteers can see what they’re doing. We need to pay a phone bill,” said Scaife. With Mother Nature easing her deathly-cold grip on Central Alberta over the past week, donations seem to have picked up across the board. After a week where truckload upon truckload of gifts were delivered to the Red Deer Christmas Bureau, president Teresa Kutynec said the collection centre was “swamped!” “We have been bombarded with donations. Like, holy cow. Red Deer has just been very generous this year,” she said. The Toys for Tickets program wrapped up on Friday with a city bus bringing over a few dozen bags filled with toys — most worth plenty more than the tickets would have cost — that will end up in the hands of children. Approximately 900 hampers will be delivered on Thursday and Friday. The Christmas Bureau is accepting applications for support until 4:30 p.m. today, with Tuesday the last day for shopping. Kutynec said she expects client numbers for 2013 will be similar to last year when all is said and done. New this year is the Miracle on Gaetz set-up at the Greyhound bus depot where people can learn about the Christmas Bureau and other special Christmas charitable initiatives going on in Red Deer and donate in a dropoff box until Dec. 31. Kutynec said the
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Rene Michalak tosses a piece of biochar into a bin as Genevieve Martens looks on at left during an Introduction to Permaculture workshop on Sunday. The afternoon was spent putting together an aquaponic system that will enable indoor fish and plant growth in the plastic cube behind Michalak. hope is to make the set-up an annual thing. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com
FOOD: Aquaponics “It enables you to not have to clean the tank out and dispose of the (poop); it actually becomes the fertilizer for the plants. That’s the meaning of ‘productive pets.’ They’re doing more than just providing companionship,” said Michalak. The aquaponic growing system is a major part of Michalak’s Food Garage project that would see a regular garage turned into an “organic grocery store” and renewable-energy generator. His plan is to incorporate six of the fish “totes” into the garage, growing tilapia that could be eaten along with the plants they help to grow. Not every system would have to be that big, though, he said. Aside from the fish and a place to keep them, all that is really needed is a pump and a light for the plants. “It could be as simple as a regular aquarium that people would have in their home anyways and they just put a herb garden on top,” said Michalak, who was using pop bottles as part of his setup. Derek Reid has been researching
George Canyon devastated by death friend, fellow pilot in plane crash BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LLOYDMINSTER — Canadian country music star George Canyon says he’s devastated to learn that his friend and fellow pilot crashed into a house and died shortly after flying him to a show in northeastern Alberta. Canyon’s publicist, Anya Wilson, says the singer was dropped off with his tour manager in Lloydminster on Saturday for a performance of The Huron Carole in the city that evening. The pilot then took off for High River, south of Calgary, but the Cessna 210 slammed into the ground shortly after takeoff and slid into a house. A person who was in the house wasn’t hurt, but the pilot was killed. Wilson says Canyon learned of the tragedy at about dinner time, not long before the show. Transport Canada is investigating the cause of the crash. “I have just lost a dear friend who was not just an aviation buddy, we shared an interest in sports and often played hockey
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together,” Canyon, who lives in High River, said in a statement released Sunday. “He and I have flown many times all over the place. “I am devastated with the news and my prayers and thoughts are all with his family and friends.” RCMP have not released the pilot’s name but say his family have been notified. Police and an official with the Transportation Safety Board both say the aircraft belonged to J.W.L. Engineering. Wilson said the performance in Lloydminster went ahead on Saturday. “It would have been very tough,” she said. She said he wasn’t talking much on Sunday. The Huron Carole is a concert series that supports organizations that work with the homeless and hungry in Canada. Canyon will be performing The Huron Carole again in Calgary on Tuesday. RCMP have said weather conditions at the time of the crash were poor.
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aquaponics systems for close to five years and, through the Edmonton Aquaponics Society, is working on setting up some microsystems that should be viewable by the public by early next year. He said for a few hundred dollars, a person could set up a small-scale system right now quite easily. “It’s very scalable. You can have a windowsill system or there are commercial systems that are quite vast,” said Reid. While he said the idea has really caught on in Australia and parts of the U.S., the issue in Canada is maintaining enough warmth to keep the system going through the year. To do so he said one would need to operate the system in a basement or heated garage, as temperature regulation in a greenhouse would be a challenge. While the weekend workshop only drew one registrant, Michalak said that was largely down to its proximity to Christmas. Workshops in January, February and March will focus on bee hives, worm composting, and chicken coops and are open for registration. Michalak said he hopes the first aquaponics system for the Food Garage project will be up and running by spring. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com
Carbon monoxide scare Residents of a 51st Avenue condo complex did not get the best of sleeps on Saturday night. Residents were evacuated from the condo building at 3505 51st Ave. around midnight after one of the residents of the 12-suite complex reported an “electrical-like smoke smell” that resulted in high levels of carbon monoxide being detected. Emergency services personnel detected levels between 100 and 400 parts per million, far above normal rates. No one was hurt relating to the incident, but an infant girl was taken to Red Deer Regional Hospital as a precaution. Residents were kept in a transit bus while crews worked in the building, and the Red Deer Red Cross coordinated temporary housing while the building was being ventilated.
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Service rig vandalized Sylvan Lake RCMP are looking for public assistance in tracking down some suspects who vandalized and stole from a service rig site southwest of Eckville during the overnight Friday. Sometime between the evening of Dec. 13 and the morning of Dec. 14, suspects entered the well site and broke into a service rig and shacks on site, according to an RCMP release. The suspects vandalized the rig “in a manner which caused major components of the rig to become unsafe for the employees who arrived on site the next morning.” The suspects also stole fuel and numerous tools. Anyone with information relating to the incident can contact Sylvan Lake RCMP at 403-858-7200 or CrimeStoppers at 1-888-222-8477.
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Life still not normal after floods SOME STILL GRIEVING 6 MONTHS AFTER DEVASTATING FLOODS IN HIGH RIVER BY BILL GRAVELAND THE CANADIAN PRESS HIGH RIVER — Deborah Huisman is still grieving the loss of 41 years of memories. She and her husband, Gerry, watched all of their belongings wash away when a wall of water hit their dream home in High River, Alta., in June. “You know people just say to us, ‘It is just stuff,’ but it’s our stuff,” Huisman said June 22 as she cried at the roadblock into the town. “We worked so hard and everybody at the end of the day just wants to go home.” Six months later, Deborah, 59, and Gerry, 61, are living in a room they’ve rented in Calgary as their wait continues to get back home. “The grieving process was hard. I never cried so much in my life. My husband said, ‘When are you going to stop crying?’ I said, ‘I have to cry,”’ said Huisman, sitting at a table in a coffee shop. “The other day I was in Peavey Mart and all the Christmas things were out and I actually stood in the aisle and I cried because 40 years of collecting treasures is gone. “I just want to get back in the house this year. That’s what’s driving us to be positive and to help as many people as we can.” The water receded long ago in southern Alberta. The cleanup is done and the rebuild is on. Committees have been struck and are churning out plans to prevent floods in the future. Still, a lot of pain and uncertainty remain after what has been labelled the most costly natural disaster in Canadian history — $6 billion by some estimates. Cities and towns from the Rocky Mountains in the province’s west all the way east to Medicine Hat were damaged. High River, a town of nearly 13,000 just southwest of Calgary, was the hardest hit when torrential rains dumped 350 millimetres of water over a two-day period. The Highwood River flooded much of the community. Downtown streets turned to raging rivers. It took weeks to pump water from one neighbourhood called the Hamptons. More than 1,000 people throughout southern Alberta remain out of their homes and are living in extensive temporary housing camps or hotels. Many of the displaced are from High River,
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Jamie Ellice surveys the progress done on repairing his home in High River, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. His neighbourhood was under water for several weeks and it will be months before he can get back in. where whole subdivisions need to be rebuilt. Many businesses downtown remain dark. Some have temporarily moved into trailers; others have closed. The historic Wales Movie Theatre still lists Hangover 3 on the marquee. That movie was released on DVD in October. The road to recovery hasn’t been smooth. With home insurance policies not covering damage from overland flooding, it’s been up to the government to cover the some costs. The province announced its funding formula this summer, but it only covers “basic levels of finish” — vinyl siding, asphalt shingles, basic-quality carpet and laminated counter tops. The government is offering buyouts to 254 homeowners living in floodways at 100 per cent of their home’s tax-assessed value. But there was controversy over how the floodway maps were drawn. Some homes were buyout eligible, but undamaged during the flooding. Other homes where heavily damaged, but weren’t in the eligible zone, to the
dismay of their owners. The province announced in December that only 46 families of the 254 had agreed to move. Recently, a group of High River residents who wanted to be bought out, but weren’t eligible, were awarded arbitration after they argued their homes were sacrificed as the province tried to rid the community of water. There are huge projects being considered to help in the future. Reviews are set to begin on constructing a diversion channel around High River and on a dry dam upstream of Calgary. The province has also said it will give money to the city of Calgary to study the merits of an underground diversion channel to take water from the Glenmore Reservoir to the Bow River. “I think we need to be a lot better than we were before. Going back to normal isn’t an option for me. We need to be a lot better,” said High River Mayor Craig Snodgrass. “Once the mitigation stuff is done ... and we get the diversion canal started, that will really, really show the
confidence that people’s lives and investments are really protected in High River. I’m extremely optimistic.” The province says it knows it has a lot of work to do. “When we look at the overall progress, and you think about mitigation, we’re many years down the road before completing all of that, particularly in the downtown core of High River,” said Rick Fraser, the minister responsible for the community’s recovery. “Our hearts go out to the people in High River and other flood- affected areas and we know it’s a difficult time. We’re with them and we’re not going to give up.” Realtor Jamie Ellice is hoping to be back in his home in the Hamptons before he and his fiancee, Christy, get married on June 7. His house, which had just been completed, has been stripped to its studs and the hardwood floors have been removed. Some parts of the home survived, but for all intents and purposes it’s back to Square 1. “Christy and I got engaged in this house,” said Ellice, who is still waiting for $163,000 in Alberta government disaster money. “In June we were talking about how things were going. I was out fishing one day and sent her a quick text and told her how happy I was with everything, with our life and our brand new house. “Within a week, who would have known something like this could have thrown you so topsy-turvy?” It’s been a trying time, he said. The couple is living in the basement of a friend’s home in High River. “I can honestly say we’ve both taken a step back. I have much more stress, my anxiety level can tip quickly and I get mad for almost no reason.” The Huismans are also waiting to receive their disaster relief money. Retirement, which was originally scheduled for next year, has been put off. The water took that with it, too. “This was totally devastating. The whole town was affected so there will be scars, because there’s going to be a lot of old heritage homes torn down,” Deborah Huisman said. “Back to normal? It will be a new normal because I don’t think we’re ever going to be back the way we were,” she suggested. “I want to make a life for us again in our little house and be happy again. “You get mad at the powers that be upstairs and think, ‘Why did you do this to us?’ I never got any answers but, yeah, I have come to a peace.”
Cat who paddled to safety in flood recovers from his ordeal THE CANADIAN PRESS OKOTOKS — Momo the cat has been living a quiet life since gaining global celebrity status when he leapt from a submerged pickup truck and swam for his life in floodwaters that hit southern Alberta last June. Momo and his human, Kevan Yeats, were in Yeats’s truck on a partially submerged street in High River when disaster struck. Yeats had been at work when the flooding started and he went back to his apartment in to pick up Momo. The truck hit a deep spot on the road and
was quickly swamped by water washing through the community from the Highwood River. Yeats smashed out the back window of the cab and hopped into the truck bed with the theneight-month-old cat in his arms. Momo jumped from Yeats’s arms into the water and started pawpaddling to safety, his tiny wet head poking just above the surface. The moment was captured by a photographer with The Canadian Press and the images garnered international media attention as a symbol of hope amidst the devastating flooding. “I swam behind Mo-
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Kevan Yeats swims after his cat Momo to safety in High River, on June 20, 2013. Momo the cat has been living a quiet life since gaining global celebrity status when he leapt from a submerged pickup truck and swam for his life in floodwaters that hit southern Alberta last June. mo and wherever Momo went that’s where I was going. I’m just glad he went for shore,” said Yeats in a recent interview at his parents’ home in Okotoks, south of Calgary.
“It was a deep spot on the street really and it just sucked me under. Looking back on it you kind of think, yeah, that was close.” Yeats said Momo didn’t seem to suffer any trauma from his swim. “The next day he was fine and jumped in the shower — same old cat.” The Yeats family initially thought Momo, who tips the scales at a hefty 7 ½ kilograms, was a female and it was reported as such at the time. They’ve since found out Momo is male. Yeats still can’t be-
lieve the feline took the initiative and jumped into the raging water. Reflecting back, he thinks Momo may have actually saved his life since he probably would have stayed with his truck. “I wouldn’t have got out. I wouldn’t have bailed.” Yeats said the attention he received at the time has faded. And some people have questioned the sanity of going back to High River to save his cat. “Lots of positive and a couple of negative reactions: ‘For a cat? Re-
ally?’ But it’s a member of the family so what can you do?” Lori Yeats was initially frantic when she received a call from her son after his close call. “I just feel like I’m a lucky mom,” she said. “I was angry that he had gone back in to get the cat but, all in all, incredibly proud because he did all the right things for all the right reasons.” “I wouldn’t have it any other way. Momo is my grandkitty. I love the cat and I can’t imagine life without either one of them.”
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Kevan Yeats spends some one-on-one time with his cat Momo in Okotoks, on November 19, 2013. Yeats helped rescue Momo after his truck fell into a sinkhole during June’s floods.
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Starving to embrace joy As a child, you probably wondered at least once how Santa Claus could deliver Christmas cheer around the world in a single night? Calgarybased airliner WestJet has proven it can be done — well, sort of. The airline recently embarked on an amazing project that eventually became known RICK as a “Christmas ZEMANEK Miracle,” touching the hearts and souls of more than 20 million people around the world who have viewed the story over YouTube. The company surprised more than 250 airline passengers landing at Calgary International Airport from Toronto and Hamilton with Christmas gifts — exactly what they asked for — with their names attached to the presents. One passenger received the new
socks and underwear he asked for; it was a humble request. Another received a big screen TV. And another received his “dream car” — or a toy version. And the youthful passengers also received their Yule wishes. What became evident in the WestJet project is that millions of people around the world are starving to embrace joy. They’ve grown weary of a world full of horrific events — misery, pain and deaths, and the seemingly endless strife. This time of year can bring some respite from all that weighs us down and, hopefully, we can count our blessings. The yule season should remind us of the importance of generosity, precious smiles, family, fellowship and goodness in general. We should also reflect on those less fortunate among us, and reach out to them. Certainly there are those who are cynical of good will and despise the spirit of Christmas. WestJet’s Christmas Miracle, for example, has been chastised by some as a public relations stunt to attract more business. No doubt it has a tremendous upside for the airline’s profile, but how
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can it ever be bad for a company to do nice things for people? Countless Central Alberta businesses launch drives for the food bank, soup kitchens and families in dire straights. The best of our corporate community always reach out to the wider community. The sincerity of giving is reflected in the enthusiasm and smiles of employees and business owners. The WestJet story began on Nov. 21 when more than 250 passengers boarded flights bound for Calgary at Toronto and Hamilton airports. With 19 hidden cameras at all three airports, WestJet recorded it all. Passengers in Hamilton and Toronto cued in their tickets and then walked past a Santa on a screen who called them by name (the information obtained from the tickets) and asked what they wanted for Christmas. The passengers obliged. When the two flights lifted off the runways, WestJet in Calgary was given the wish list, and more than 150 volunteer staff scrambled. They had four hours to do the shopping in Calgary, wrapping and labelling the gifts, then delivering them to the airport. Upon arrival, passengers gathered
around the baggage carousal for their luggage. Instead, presents came down first with the names of the passengers attached. They were in awe — they received exactly what they told Santa they wanted in Hamilton and Toronto — even the passenger who asked for new socks and underwear. The hidden cameras recorded smiles, tears, joy and shrieks of amazement by the children. WestJet pieced together the video and released it last week on YouTube. It went viral. As of Friday, more than 20 million viewers — climbing at a rate of two to three million a day — from around the world expressed delight over the gesture. Many over the Internet confessed to weeping with joy. Major TV news outlets in Canada and the U.S. quickly latched onto the story. “We had absolutely no idea it would go as wide as it did,” said an astonished Robert Palmer, manager of public relations for WestJet. It just goes to show you that it is never bad to bring joy to people. Just ask the millions of people who have clicked on the video. Rick Zemanek is a former Advocate editor.
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Happy holidays to all, even those who stole our tree I would like to thank the person/persons responsible for stealing our outdoor 4.5-foot Christmas tree off our front step while our family was out Christmas shopping. It’s not so much that the tree is gone, it’s the way it was taken. We moved here from Calgary this spring to live a more laidback way of life. As a first-time homeowner, I was really excited about finally being able to decorate our home as we always want to for us and the kids. Part of that decorating included our little Christmas tree, which by the way was on loan from the kids’ grandparents. We wanted it at the step to greet those who happened upon our door this holiday season. You did not by any means ruin our family’s first Red Deer Christmas. I am choosing to believe that you were looking for decorations for your own family this Christmas and our tree was the best looking one out there. I hope that wherever you are this holiday season, you are warm, safe and feel loved. You have made me realize how many things I have to be thankful for and how incredibly blessed myself and my family are. So in closing, I wish you and yours a very happy holidays and I hope that the Christmas tree brings you as much happiness and joy as it brought to our family in the 24 hours it graced our door step. Landon Froehlich Red Deer
Let’s raise the bar for 2014 It’s been a strange year. From the never-ending carnival of calamity at Toronto City Hall to the scandalous subterfuge on Parliament Hill, from horrific attacks by the Syrian government on its own citizenry to disasters inflicted by extreme weather on the people of the Philippines, 2013 recalls Queen Elizabeth’s description of 1992 as an annus horribilis. It got tiring and demoralizing watching Toronto Mayor Rob Ford sink to new depths daily, the scandals in the Prime Minister’s Office and Senate grow deeper and wider, and disasters of war and weather increase in frequenDAVID cy and intensity. SUZUKI On top of it all, those of us who have taken on the often thankless task of trying to encourage people to care for the air, water, soil and diversity of plants and animals that keep us alive came under increasingly vituperative attacks from the media and even our own government. Much of the corresponding commentary and analysis has become so stultifyingly stupid that people rely on late-night comedy shows for some semblance of insight to make sense of it all. It’s as if the standards of discussion and debate, political discourse and leadership, have been diminished to the point of absurdity.
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It hasn’t been all bad, of course. When government focuses on the interests of the fossil fuel industry instead of the citizens it was elected to represent — spying on, demonizing and auditing citizens and organizations devoted to environmental protection, and spending taxpayers’ money to promote pipeline and oil-extraction projects, as well as subsidizing the fossil fuel industry — people notice. When media personalities and outlets throw their support behind the fossil fuel industry and launch malicious and unfounded attacks against anyone who dares call for rational discussion of energy and resource policies, they lose credibility and audience share. Those who refuse to let disillusionment immobilize us are pushing back. Many who have become tired of media and governments ignoring our interests are joining the growing number of rallies and movements challenging Canada’s becoming a petro-state, from opposition to Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline project to November’s Defend Our Climate, Defend Our Communities National Day of Action. And it’s not just environmentalists showing up and speaking out. First Nations, organized labour, students and youth groups, business people and tens of thousands of citizens from all walks of life are coming together to call for a country and world governed for people, not corporations, where clean air, water, soil and biodiversity are protected for the benefit of us all and for our children and grandchildren to come. That’s not an attack on corporations; many are ethically run. It’s just recognition that the planet and its inhabitants come first.
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Many people are trying to raise the bar, to promote rational dialogue and solutions, from individuals to online media outlets to business leaders and even some politicians. None of that rules out criticism and scrutiny; in fact, it demands it. We must all hold ourselves to higher standards and learn from others, acknowledge when we’re wrong and change our views if new information calls for it. But we can’t sink to the constant personal attacks and lies so often employed to deliberately sow doubt and confusion around critical, life-threatening issues like pollution, climate change and environmental degradation. We’re seeing more evidence every day of the damage we’re doing to our only home, the Earth, with our unbridled pursuit of profit and endless growth, and our mad rush to extract all the planet’s precious fossil fuels so that we can burn them as quickly as possible to make money while the market’s hot. We’re seeing increasing instances of the kinds of extreme weather events predicted by climate scientists, from flooding in Calgary and Toronto to typhoons and cyclones in the Philippines, Italy and India to tornados in the U.S. We’re seeing mounting evidence of the consequences of our actions in the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report. We’re also seeing where solutions lie. There’s still time to turn around, but we need everyone to raise the bar on discussion and action — in politics, the media and our own lives. Let’s make the coming year a better one. Scientist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki wrote this column with Ian Hanington. Learn more at www. davidsuzuki.org.
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Federal officials study Missing man’s proposed ticketing scheme fate resolved COLD CASE FILES
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BODY FOUND IN 1975; LINK MADE DECADES LATER BY THE CANADIAN PRESS KAMLOOPS, B.C. — For 38 years, Judy Samson endured heartbreak, frustration and uncertainty around the disappearance of her brother. She never stopped looking, even when she was on vacation in Hawaii and went to the police department to see if Sandy had returned to the state. RCMP in Kamloops, B.C., broke the news to her last week that the body of 22-year-old Alexander “Sandy” Gammie had been found in Vancouver in 1975 — the same year he went missing. Samson had reported him missing in Kamloops, but the link wasn’t made until decades later when a Vancouver police officer assigned to historical files made a possible connection. A special unit within the B.C. Coroners Service took over the case and, with Gammie’s dental records, a match was made. “I kind of hoped we’d find him alive,” Samson said, adding she was shocked when RCMP informed her of the link. Sandy, as the family called him, was an avid bridge player and had travelled to Mexico and several American states, including Hawaii, Samson said. He was really her half-brother and was born more than a decade after her and her older brother. His mother had passed away a few years before Gammie disappeared, and he lived alone at the opposite end of the street from Samson. She reported him missing to the RCMP in May 1975, and while there wasn’t much interest from police, she was tenacious. She later hired two private investigators, and when she and her brother went on separate vacations to Hawaii, they stopped in to the Honolulu Police Department to see if they’d had any interaction with Gammie. “It was not fun, I can tell you, over the years,” she said. “It happens over a long time. You don’t think that much about it, but you look back and you think, ‘Gee, I’ve wasted all that time doing this work and trying to figure out.”’ “I even went to a psychic to see if he could help me. That didn’t help me, but I was willing to try anything when he first disappeared.” Samson, now 71, said she had no idea that police departments didn’t communicate with each another about missing people, and if it weren’t for the coroner’s Identification and Disaster Response Unit, she may never have known what happened to Gammie. The unit was formed in 2006 and went through thousands of files trying to connect names with bodies found in the province. When police pass a missing-person file to the unit, it searches a series of databases, including dental and DNA records, to determine if there’s a match to someone’s body. Unit manager Bill Inkster said finding a historic match is very rare and it was an exciting day when the link to a case dating back to 1975 was discovered. Samson’s advice to other families with missing loved ones is to never give up, regardless of the frustration. “Keep digging, go after the police, go after the coroner’s office, don’t let it die, don’t sit back and think it’s going to come to you.” “It always seemed to come up in our conversations with my brother. He’d say ‘I want to find out what happened to him before we both pass on.’ I said, “Yeah, me too.’ So now we know.“ Samson didn’t want to say how police believe her brother died. “I don’t think it matters after 38 years.”
OTTAWA — Police would have the option of ticketing people for a range of minor offences — instead of laying criminal charges — under a plan that could yield significant savings for the cashstrapped justice system. The idea has emerged from discussions fostered by the federal government on curbing the rising costs of policing, said Timothy Smith, a spokesman for the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. Under the proposal, officers would have the option of ticketing people for offences such as causing a disturbance, public nudity, falsifying an employment record, soliciting prostitution, vagrancy or trespassing. It builds on a resolution the Chiefs of Police passed last August that would give officers the discretion to issue a ticket under the Contraventions Act for possession of a small amount of cannabis. “This is all part of the economics of policing initiative and the discussion that’s taking place to find ways in which we can more efficiently handle these types of issues,” Smith said. “In the case of some of these other offences, should they be criminally charged or would a ticket be a better enforcement option for all those involved within the judicial system and policing? That’s the kind of thinking that’s going on.” Officials say the cost of policing is steadily rising — hitting more than $12 billion in 2010 — even though the crime rate is falling. Among the reasons: increases in police officer salaries, higher
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A demonstrator smokes a marijuana joint on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 20, 2010. Police would have the option of ticketing people for a range of minor offences, instead of laying criminal charges. costs for equipment and fuel, and new challenges such as dealing with people who have mental health issues. Participants are looking for efficiencies within police services, new models of community safety and possible savings within the broader justice system. Giving someone a ticket for a relatively minor offence may be “more appropriate” than sending that person to criminal court, a process that “clogs the system up,” said Mark Mander, police chief in Kentville, N.S. Two of Mander’s officers recently spent a full day in court and never ended up testifying, said Mander, head of the police chiefs’ drug abuse committee. “But they had to be there,
right? We see that with even minor offences, where they’re there all day and not having to testify.” In late August, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the government was looking very carefully at the notion of a ticketing proposal for a small amount of marijuana. The police chiefs say they’ve heard nothing yet. Last month ministers responsible for justice and public safety from across Canada approved a common agenda to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of policing. In addition, the Chiefs of Police plan a conference on mental health in March in Toronto to discuss the reality that police have become the social workers of the street.
Residents of homeless camp in parking lot vow to stay despite court order BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Some residents of a homeless camp in Abbotsford, B.C., are vowing to remain in a city parking lot despite a court injunction ordering them to vacate the area. “There’s people telling me, ’I didn’t come to this fight to run away,”’ said Barry Shantz, the community organizer leading the group of homeless residents and activists. About 20 campers were ordered out of a wooden structure they’d erected in the parking lot of a park by 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. The City of Abbotsford served them with B.C. Supreme Court
documents on Saturday morning. Katherine Jeffcoat, a spokeswoman for the city, said the judge was not asked to grant an enforcement order so the campers can’t be forced out. “If the people choose to comply or not comply that information goes to the application going before the court on Tuesday. That’s for the court to consider.” Jeffcoat said the city will bring its concerns about safety before the court, along with a request that no further structures related to the current protest be erected. On Thursday, the campers put up wooden planks to fence in the encampment in the parking lot. Shantz said the group initially moved into the park on Oct. 20 but
don’t want to return there because the outhouses started leaking feces and urine, creating unsanitary and muddy conditions. Their goal is to win the right for homeless people to erect wooden shelters on unusable city land, he said. “We’d like to become self sustainable and get organized to be able to take care of ourselves so we don’t have to be looking for the handout,” Shantz said. The injunction is the latest in a series of disputes between the homeless and the City of Abbotsford, which earlier this year apologized for dumping chicken manure on the grounds of a homeless camp in effort to get them out.
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COLORADO SCHOOL SHOOTER HAD THREATENED TEACHER IN SEPTEMBER BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Colorado’s governor on Sunday credited security procedures adopted after the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School for helping to put a quick end to a shooting attack at nearby Arapahoe High School by a teenager who may have been nursing a grudge against a teacher and intended to harm him and inflict numerous other casualties. Karl Pierson, 18, fired six shots from a pump-action shotgun between the moment he walked into Arapahoe High School on Friday and the moment he killed himself in a library as a school security officer closed in on him, Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said. Arapahoe senior Claire Davis, 17, who was sitting with a friend when Pierson entered the library, was shot in the head. She remained hospitalized in critical condition Sunday. Hundreds of students held a candlelight vigil for Davis on Saturday night at a park near the school. Pierson’s attack lasted just 80 seconds but reopened scars in a community traumatized by mass shootings in nearby Denver suburbs — at Columbine High School in 1999 and at an Aurora movie complex in 2012. It came a day before the first anniversary of the Dec. 14, 2012, massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children and six educators were killed. Gov. John Hickenlooper told CBS television’s “Face the
Nation” Sunday that he had visited Davis and her family at Littleton Adventist Hospital. “She’s obviously in a coma, in critical condition,” Hickenlooper said of Davis. “We all have to keep Claire in our thoughts and prayers. Her parents ... I can’t imagine what they’re going through. It’s unspeakable.” Robinson has said investigators think Davis was shot at random by Pierson, who had gone into the school looking for a teacher with whom he had a dispute. Fellow students described Davis as a vibrant senior and equestrian with a lot of friends. Pierson may have been nursing a grudge against the teacher — a librarian and head of the school debate team — since September. Pierson was on the team and had been disciplined by the librarian for reasons yet to be disclosed, the sheriff said. He said Pierson had threatened that teacher in September. Pierson excelled at speech and debate and was passionate about the team, friends said. They described him as a smart student who apparently didn’t shirk from confrontations in class. “He’s a funny kid. He’s smart. He’s in the Eagle Scouts, a very intelligent kid. Did not like being wrong,” said August Clary, who was a friend of Pierson. “If you’re arguing with him, it’s going to be, that’s a feat if you win an argument against him.” “He would not be afraid to tell someone how he feels,” said Zach Runberg, 18, a senior in Pierson’s English class.
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Students wait for buses to take them to be reunited with their parents after they were evacuated from Arapahoe High School after a shooting on the campus in Centennial, Colo., on Friday. Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said the shooter shot two others at the school, before apparently killing himself. Pierson legally bought a shotgun on Dec. 6 at a local store, and he purchased ammunition the morning of the shootings. Anyone 18 and older is allowed to buy a shotgun in Colorado; only those over 21 can legally buy a handgun. Pierson arrived at the school toting the shotgun and wearing the ammunition on his body. He had a machete and, in a backpack, carried three Molotov cocktails, the sheriff said. Pierson managed to ignite
one Molotov cocktail inside the school library before he killed himself as a fast-acting school security officer, a deputy sheriff, closed in, Robinson said. That officer’s aggressive response prevented more casualties, Robinson said. It’s a tactic adopted nationwide after Columbine, in which first responders cordoned off the school before pursuing two student gunmen inside. The two killed 12 students and a
teacher before killing themselves. Hickenlooper said that there are “strategies and protocols in place, where we had a deputy sheriff in the building who immediately ran towards the trouble.” “That’s a remarkable response, and I think everybody from the sheriff out here, Grayson Robinson, his entire team, they deserve a lot of credit for what could have been much, much worse.”
His ‘long walk’ After attack on capital, CAR Christian over, Mandela is militias seek to buried in village overthrow president where he grew up THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
shouted out the leader’s attributes to audiences, prefacing Mandela’s many stations in life with the words “very important:” person, prince, patriot, politician, prisoner, philosopher, president, pensioner, patient, papa. “The bones of our ancestors are vibrating. The waves of African oceans are reverberating,” Mkiva said. In keeping with Xhosa traditions, Mandela’s casket was brought to Qunu Saturday draped in a lion skin, an honour bestowed on those of a high rank like Mandela, who is the son of a traditional clan chief. His body lay for the night in his family home before burial, a time when tradition dictates that family elders “talk” to the body to explain to his spirit what is happening. South African television showed Mandela’s casket at the family gravesite, but the broadcast was stopped just before the coffin was lowered into the ground at the request of the Mandela family, which often talked of how it had to share its patriarch with the nation and the world. His body was buried around noon, “when the sun is at its highest and the shadow at its shortest,” said Cyril Ramaphosa, deputy leader of the African National Congress.
BANGUI — The Christian militiamen fighting to oust Central African Republic’s Muslim president from power hide in the hills far on the edge of the capital. Out of the forest of banana trees, about two dozen young men slowly emerge to meet their visitors — armed with clubs, machetes and hunting rifles. These 20- and 30-somethings don’t look much different from the young men who sell air time for mobile phones in town, apart from their weapons and the spiritual protection they wear. On top of their soccer jerseys and t-shirts, they sport long rope necklaces with leather pieces and charms known as gri-gri that they say will save them from the bullets and machetes of their enemy. As ragtag as they may appear, they pose the greatest threat to the Muslim ex-rebels now ruling the country since they seized power in the majority Christian country nearly nine months ago. And in interviews with The Associated Press, both the militiamen and a former officer in the national army before the March 2013 coup confirmed they are working together to topple rebel leader-turnedPresident Michel Djotodia.
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foreign fighters — had targeted them in indiscriminate attack, fueling the resentment that has given rise to an armed movement. In a show of force, Christian militiamen stormed the capital on Dec. 5, after hiding in a cemetery on the edge of town to launch their assault. Ultimately Djotodia’s forces pushed them back into bush, and in the violent aftermath more than 600 people were killed in just over a week as Christians and Muslims battled each other on the streets. More than a quarter of the capital’s population has fled their homes in fear. The Christian militiamen are known here as the anti-balaka, or “those against the machete” in the local Sango language. For months they have been living in the remote bush, surviving on weeds and handouts from local villages, venturing out of the forest only to buy cigarettes and phone credit. The AP made contact with anti-balaka militiamen through an intermediary, who brought the journalists to the clearing to meet them.
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QUNU, South Africa — His flag-draped casket resting on a carpet of animal skins, Nelson Mandela was laid to rest Sunday in the green, rolling hills of the eastern hamlet where he began his extraordinary journey — one that led him from prison to the presidency, a global symbol of endurance and reconciliation in the fight against South Africa’s racist rule. Artillery boomed and military aircraft roared through a cloud-studded sky, as the simple and the celebrated gathered to pay their final respects in Mandela’s native village of Qunu at a state funeral that blended ancient tribal rituals with a display of the might of the new, integrated South Africa. “Yours was truly a long walk to freedom and now you have achieved the ultimate freedom in the bosom of your maker,” Brig. Gen. Monwabisi Jamangile, chaplaingeneral of the South African military, said as Mandela’s casket was lowered into the ground at the family gravesite. “Rest in peace.” “I realized that the old man is no more, no more with us,” said Bayanda Nyengule, head of a local museum about Mandela, his voice cracking as he described the burial attended by several hundred mourners after a larger funeral ceremony during which some 4,500 people, including heads of state, royalty and celebrities, paid their last respects. The burial ended a 10-day mourning period that began with Mandela’s death on Dec. 5 at 95, and included a Johannesburg memorial attended by nearly 100 world leaders and three
days during which tens of thousands of South Africans of all races and backgrounds filed past Mandela’s casket in the capital, Pretoria. For South Africans, it was also a time for reflection about the racial integration they achieved when Mandela presided over the end of apartheid, and the economic inequality and other challenges that have yet to be overcome and seem certain to test his legacy’s endurance. The burial site marked a return to Mandela’s humble roots, but the funeral trappings were elaborate. South African honour guards from the army, navy and air force, including both black and white officers, marched in formation along a winding dirt road. In contrast to the military pomp, some speakers evoked the traditions of the Xhosa tribe, to which Mandela’s Thembu clan belongs. “A great tree has fallen, he is now going home to rest with his forefathers,” said Chief Ngangomhlaba Matanzima, a representative of Mandela’s family who wore an animal skin. “We thank them for lending us such an icon.” Another speaker, Zolani Mkiva, served for many years as Mandela’s praise singer, a traditional role in which he
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“We are revolting so that Djotodia and his fighters leave, and the country can live in peace,” said Richard Bejouane, 27, who used to harvest manioc root and peanuts before taking up arms against the rebels known as Seleka earlier this year. Though the militia movement’s hierarchy is unclear and there are divisions in its leadership, the collaboration is evidence that the opposition movement to Djotodia and his fighters is growing, and could set the stage for a protracted sectarian conflict even as 1,600 French troops on the ground in Bangui try to secure the peace. French forces are supposed to be disarming Muslim and Christian fighters, though the Christian militia hideouts in the bush have made them harder to find. Central African Republic’s Muslims and Christians had lived together in relative harmony until the northern rebels backed by mercenary fighters from neighbouring Sudan and Chad overtook the capital in March. Christians felt the rebels — particularly the
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Crime prevention centre anticipates, growth, changes GROUP SEEKS MORE FUNDING, INVOLVEMENT OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF
ROBBIE BURNS CELEBRATIONS Central Alberta is preparing for a good old Scottish celebration as communities are hosting Robbie Burns’ Night. The annual tradition includes a Robbie Burns’ supper, including the piping of haggis, a mixture of sheep’s innards mixed with onion, oatmeal, suet and spices cooked in a sheep’s stomach. Many of the celebrations also include Highland dancing and musical entertainment. Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 35 in Red Deer will host their event starting at 6 p.m. on January 21 and tickets are available in advance for $30 by visiting the Legion or calling 403-342-0035. Stettler Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 59, will be hosting their event Jan. 21 with more information available by contacting them at 403-742-3420. Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 212 in Sylvan Lake are hosting their event, Jan. 25, starting at 6 p.m. with tickets on sale for $25 for adults and $10 for 12 years old or younger, available at the Legion. Innisfail’s celebration will be held at the Innisfail Legion Auditorium, Feb. 3 starting at 5:30 p.m. with tickets available by calling Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 104 at 403-227-3622. The events are celebrating the birth of Burn’s, a Scottish poet, born Jan. 25, 1759.
This has been the first year the Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre on 51st Avenue has been regularly staffed and open to the public. It also may be the last full year as such. But if that is the case, it is unlikely the reason will be that the centre is shutting down so soon. Rather, expect that the centre will become new and improved in a larger facility. If grant funding comes through, executive director TerryLee Ropchan foresees the centre moving to a bigger location, more groups coming on board, and the centre being staffed full-time for the first time in 2014. “Our space is limiting us as far as we can grow. In 2014 we’re looking forward to growth,” said Ropchan. The centre came into being in March 2012, bringing together the Red Deer Neighbourhood Watch Association, Central Alberta CrimeStoppers and the Red Deer Citizens on Patrol Association under one roof. In mid-January, it opened its doors to the
public, with $19,530 in one-time funding it received from the City of Red Deer for operational funding allowing it to be staffed four days per week. Now, though, other groups want to become part of the initiative as well. “We’re in conversation now with three different groups that are interested in becoming part of the centre,” said Ropchan, “That was always part of our growth model. We wanted to have a more inclusive picture of crime prevention, so that when residents walk through the door and need to access resources or information, the more we can give them the better.” The year that was saw the centre active in the community, primarily through the youth action team it ran over the summer. Grants funded that team, which engaged in graffiti removal as “random acts of kindness” in neighbourhoods around the city and organized focused graffiti abatement events in the downtown. Ropchan said she hopes for an expanded version of the team in 2014, and the plan is to develop a program called Safe Red Deer that will see the centre focus on one neighbourhood in Red Deer each week during the summer to find out how crime can be
reduced. “We’ll do community conversations and find out what are the problem areas, what is the neighbourhood dealing with particularly and then go out and do some (safety audits) to see if there are quick fixes we can bring to some of the problem areas they’re identifying. Then we’ll have a full community clean ... and look for those areas where we can put a bench or plant some trees — whatever it’s going to take to change the dynamic in that neighbourhood,” she said. The program would target 14 neighbourhoods in the first summer, and then the remaining 14 targeted the next. Ropchan said the centre is in the process of applying to get charitable status, which would allow it to seek more corporate sponsorship and offer tax receipts for donations. She said each of the three organizations at the centre remain independent, but that their coming together takes some pressure off of each group’s volunteers. Moving forward, she said the centre is working with the RCMP and the City to have more detailed crime statistics available so it can better understand its effect and know where to focus its efforts. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com
DONATION BINS FOR BOTTLES Donation bins for bottles have been set up across Red Deer. The Learning Disabilities of Red Deer has seven bins set up so people to donate their bottles. Locations include two Cosmos bottle depots, at 7428 49th Ave. and 6332 Orr Dr., as well as the city’s Waste Management Facility on 40th Avenue south of 19th Street; at Big 105/106.7 The Drive at 2840 Bremner Ave.; Red Deer Hospice Society at 99 Arnot Ave.; Scott Builders at 8105 49th Ave. Cl.; and the West Park Community Centre at 3811 57th Ave.
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Players from Red Deer Ringette’s Under-6 division battle for the ring during an outdoor game played Saturday as part of 50th anniversary celebrations for the sport in Canada.
Alberta ringette teams mark 50 years of the sport in Canada BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF The first girls to play ringette 50 years ago in Espanola, Ont. wore different coloured arm bands to distinguish what positions they occupied on the ice. When they ended their shifts, they would have to stop and remove the ribbons so they could be tied on the arms of the girls replacing them. When some Red Deer mothers helped to bring the sport to the city for a group of 11-yearold girls in 1978, colour coding was used here too. The broken hockey sticks requisitioned for the games were painted white for centres, blue for forwards, and red for defenders. The girls donned red sweatshirts and grey sweatpants for the games, wearing volleyball kneepads and figure skates. The game was created by a group of municipal recreation directors in Northern Ontario 50 years ago in response to a lack of winter recreational opportunities for girls. At first, it was intended to
be played, like floor hockey, in gymnasiums, but it ended up being played on ice, becoming a winter sport that hundreds of thousands of girls have played in the last five decades. Ringette associations across the country have been celebrating the golden anniversary all year, among the events held a 50-hour game played in the southern Alberta hamlet of Indus last month. In Red Deer, players past and present celebrated the occasion Saturday with outdoor and indoor games, food, and memory sharing at St. Francis of Assisi Middle School. Wendy Glover started playing in the mid-1980s, coming to the sport from figure skating in search of a team-based, competitive outlet. Hockey for girls in Big Valley was not considered as a viable option at that time, so ringette was the choice.
While more young Canadian girls play hockey than ringette now, the sport still is widelyenjoyed in this country and in a handful of other northern nations.
just diddle-daddle in the neutral zone,” said Glover. Kallie Loewen, 14, started playing six years ago after a friend told her it was fun to play. Now suiting up for one of the association’s two under-16 teams, she is not only a believer, but she has also converted others. “My grandma, she was a hockey fanatic, and she watched one game of ringette and fell in love with it and likes it better than hockey now,” said Loewen. Loewen’s team has only lost once this year, a record she thinks puts the team in a good position to claim a provincial title in 2014. There are now over 20 teams playing in Red Deer. While the sport remains primarily a female domain, some boys play on Red Deer teams.
AT FIRST, IT WAS INTENDED TO BE PLAYED, LIKE FLOOR HOCKEY, IN GYMNASIUMS, BUT IT ENDED UP BEING PLAYED ON ICE, BECOMING A WINTER SPORT THAT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GIRLS HAVE PLAYED IN THE LAST FIVE DECADES Glover, now president of Red Deer Ringette, said the sport features more passing and more strategy than its icy counterpart. Defensive strategy in ringette and basketball can be similar, and a 30-second shot clock was recently introduced for the game. “That’s sped up the game. What that teaches players is that you have to pass, you have to move it forward, you can’t
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BUSINESS
A8 E-waste threat growing quickly
MONDAY, DEC. 16, 2013
UN STUDY PREDICTS INCREASE IN ELECTRICAL WASTE BY A THIRD BY 2017 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The mountain of refrigerators, cellphones, TV sets and other electrical waste disposed of annually worldwide is forecast to grow by a third by 2017, according to a U.N. study released Sunday. E-waste — defined as anything with a battery or a cord — can pose a big problem because it often contains substances that are harmful to humans and the environment if not properly treated. On the other hand, some of it can be profitably recycled. A U.N. think-tank dedicated to the issue estimates that the amount of ewaste will rise from almost 48.9 million metric tons (53.9 million tons) in 2012 to 65.4 million metric tons (72.09 million tons) in 2017. That’s nearly 200
times the weight of the Empire State Building. The U.S. dumped the most last year, generating 9.4 million metric tons of ewaste, followed by China with 7.3 million metric tons. Per capita the U.S. was even further ahead, with almost 30 kilograms (66 pounds) of high-tech trash for China’s 5.4 kilograms (12 pounds). The global average is 7 kilograms (15 pounds) per person. But China is catching up, evidenced by the fact that it had the highest volume of electrical goods put on the market last year with 11.1 million metric tons. The U.S. had about 10 million metric tons. Taken together, developing and emerging countries already produce as much e-waste as the developed world,
said Ruediger Kuehr, who heads the StEP secretariat, based at the United Nations University in Bonn, Germany. “There is a hunger of humankind for technology that makes our lives easier,” Kuehr told The Associated Press. “It’s not only the communication technologies but also medical devices, washing machines and e-toys that are very popular around Christmas time.” The report, which based its findings on estimates of how long such products last, and hard data on discarded products in several country, is the first time that globally comparable data on e-waste have been publicly released, he said. It was published in tandem with a study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the U.S. National Center for Electronics Recycling tracking
the flow of such scrap across borders. The study, which excluded white goods because there are established recycling systems for those in the United States, found that mobile phones are the most common item of e-waste in the U.S. About 120 million phones were discarded in 2010. Many of those ended up going to Hong Kong, Latin America and the Caribbean. The authors of the study called for better monitoring of e-waste exports, saying lack of consistent categories makes it hard to formulate effective rules for the treatment of electrical junk. Online map of e-waste by country http://step-initiative.org/index.php/ WorldMap.html
CLIMATE CHANGE
Kerry returns to Mekong Delta WITH EYE ON AGRICULTURE, TRADE BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Head of Canada Goose Dani Reiss is preparing to guide the company through a turning point.
Canada Goose gets cooking PLANS AGGRESSIVE EXPANSION INTO NEW MARKETS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The head of Canada Goose is setting his sights on India and other parts of Asia as he looks beyond cold weather for future growth in the jacket business. Dani Reiss concedes that stocking shelves in warm climates might seem usual, but he says it makes sense for the company’s high-end outerwear, which has become a fashion statement as well as a way to stay warm. “Cold is relative. Tokyo is our best market in Asia and it never goes below zero,” the chief executive said in an interview at the company’s headquarters in midtown Toronto. “Just like someone in Toronto buys a Range Rover, someone in Tokyo buys a Canada Goose jacket.” Canada Goose is at a turning point. Take a glimpse of any city street this time of year and you’ll likely see Canadians wrapped in the jackets emblazoned with the company’s trademark badge on the sleeve and a fur-trimmed hood. Each jacket costs between $500 and $1,200, depending on the style, and while that qualifies as a prestige product, its popularity transcends other pricey brands. Reiss wants to boost the company’s reputation beyond Canada where it sometimes seems like the jackets couldn’t get any more popular. Last week, Canada Goose struck a deal with Bain Capital that gives the U.S. private investment firm
a majority stake in the brand and promises the kind of financial support that will the help it push into new markets. Reiss will maintain what he calls a “significant minority position.” Bain Capital, which manages about $70 billion in assets, has a history of investments in Canada. The Boston-based private equity firm spent $2.55 billion to buy a stake in Shoppers Drug Mart (TSX:SC) before selling most of it off over a five-year period. Bain was also part of a group of investors that paid $960 million for Bombardier Recreational Products and more recently, the firm acquired a stake in Dollarama (TSX:DOL), the successful discount retailer. “What Bain Capital really likes is the reputation,” said David Detomasi, assistant professor of international business at Queen’s University. “They’ll consider expanding the brand beyond just coats.” Think Canada Goose watches, sports equipment or even down duvets that are marketed as the warmest bedding in the world. While the company hasn’t laid out any ideas yet, the possibilities are limitless, as long as Canada Goose maintains its reputation. “For us, we’re always very careful with our product extensions,” Reiss said. He emphasized that Canada Goose plans to stick with its current high quality standards, which means cheaper jackets are not in the works. “I think it’s a lot more exciting and fun to go upmarket,” he said. “If there ever was pressure to
go down-market it was in the early days when we were really small, wondering what we were going to do.” Reiss remembers those days well because it wasn’t that long ago. Even though Canada Goose was founded in a Toronto warehouse more than 55 years ago by his grandfather, the company only became a major brand over the past decade. Reiss had just graduated from the University of Toronto with an English Literature degree when he took a job at the company in 1997. He didn’t plan to stick around the family business either, he said. The job was purely to help fund a trip to Europe where he planned to pursue a career as a short story writer. “I said yes to my folks because it paid $12 an hour,” he said, noting that he was skeptical of the job at first. “I’m not a business guy, I’m not a brand guy ... I probably am now.” He pauses. “I definitely am now.” The growth of Canada Goose has been fierce with its jackets making appearances in Hollywood movies like The Day After Tomorrow and more recently on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit edition featuring shot of model Kate Upton in a partially open jacket and a bikini bottom. The momentum encouraged Reiss to turn to investors in an effort to drum up additional financing for the private company’s growth.
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KIEN VANG, Vietnam — Along the winding muddy waters of the Mekong Delta where he once patrolled for communist insurgents on a naval gunboat, Secretary of State John Kerry turned his sights Sunday on a new enemy: climate change. In this remote part of southern Vietnam, rising sea waters, erosion and the impact of upstream dam development on the Mekong River are proving a more serious threat than the Viet Cong guerrillas that Kerry battled as a young lieutenant in 1968 and 1969. “Decades ago on these very waters, I was one of many who witnessed the difficult period in our shared history,” Kerry told a group of young professionals gathered near a dock at the riverfront village of Kien Vang. “Today on these waters I am bearing witness to how far our two nations have come together and we are talking about the future and that’s the way it ought to be,” he said. That future, especially for the water-dependent economy of the millions who live in the Mekong Delta, is in jeopardy, he said, pledging a $17 million contribution to a program that will help the region’s rice producers, shrimp and crab farmers and fisherman adapt to potential changes caused by higher sea levels that bring salt water into the delicate ecosystem. Kerry also said he would make it a personal priority to ensure that none of the six countries that share the Mekong — China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam — and depend on it for the livelihoods of an estimated 60 million people exploits the river at the expense of the others. In a pointed reference to China, which plans several Mekong Dam projects that could seriously affect downstream populations, Kerry said : “No one country has a right to deprive another country of a livelihood, an ecosystem and its capacity for life itself that comes from that river. That river is a global asset, a treasure that belongs to the region.” The Mekong’s resources must “benefit people not just in one country, not just in the country where the waters come first, but in every country that touches this great river.” Though Kerry was keen to focus on the future, his return to the Mekong Delta, his first since 1969 despite 13 previous postwar trips to Vietnam, was clearly a homecoming of sorts. As Kerry’s boat eased off a jetty onto the Cai Nuoc River, the secretary of state told his guide: “I’ve been on this river many times.” Asked how he felt about returning to the scene of his wartime military service for the first time, Kerry replied: “Weird, and it’s going to get weirder” On this tour, Kerry was clad in drab olive cargo pants, a blue-and-white plaid long-sleeved shirt and sunglasses instead of the uniform he wore as a Navy officer. In a new role and new garb, Kerry revisited the delta’s rivers that made a vivid impression on him as a young lieutenant and eventually turned him against the war. Standing next to the captain and surveying the brown water and muddy banks, Kerry recalled the smell of burning firewood as his boat passed through small fishing villages where the aroma hasn’t changed in 50 years.
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Some year-end tax tips for Canadians TALBOT BOGGS
MONEYWISE
The end of the year is a great time for Canadians to review their investment portfolios and take advantage of any new changes for the upcoming tax season. “Although the last few years have not had much (in terms of changes) there are a few things that people should be aware of as the year end approaches,” said Cleo Hamel, senior tax analyst with H&R Block. The family caregiver tax credit is a new credit for 2013 that many Canadians likely will not be too familiar with. It offers an additional $2,000 non-refundable credit for
anyone caring for a spouse or eligible dependent. Currently, the caregiver amount can only be claimed if you are caring for a family member, not your spouse or child. The first-time donor credit is the newest tax credit introduced by the government for the 2013 tax year. It provides an additional credit for Canadians who have not donated to a charitable organization before, or have not donated in the last five years. If you, your spouse or common-law part-
ner last claimed a charitable donation on your tax return before 2008, you are now considered a first-time donor under the new enhanced credit and can claim it on your 2013 return. Normally you would receive a credit of 15 per cent on your first $200 of donations and 29 per cent on donations in excess of $200, up to a maximum of $1,000. The new credit will boost this by 25 per cent for cash donations up to $1,000.
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GOOSE: New factory The process was whittled down to about eight interested parties before Bain Capital emerged victorious. Critics have questioned whether the investment will signal an end to the made-in-Canada promise that helped build the Canada Goose name, though David Kassie, chairman of Canaccord Genuity and an adviser on the transaction disputes those suggestions. “Dani made it hugely clear to everyone through the process that (made-in-Canada) was, in his view, a big part of the Canada Goose success,” he said. Canada Goose products are manufactured at the company’s facilities in Toronto and Winnipeg, or contracted out within the country, with the exception of its gloves, which are made in China. The company said it can’t find a Canadian facility with the technology to make down-filled gloves. Next month, Canada Goose, which employs more than 1,000 people, will move to a new factory in Toronto that nearly doubles the size of its workspace to 94,000 square feet and increases its capacity. Kassie said he believes Bain Capital will look south of the border to drive more sales of the jackets. “The U.S. is right beside Canada and it is hugely underpenetrated for this brand,” he said. “That’s a huge growth opportunity that is pretty low hanging fruit.” Over the coming years Reiss said Canada Goose will prove to skeptics that maintaining its operations in Canada is a primary goal. He said he has no intention of leaving the company, but will be focused on the future. “I don’t think we’re a household name,” Reiss said. “In a lot of ways we’ve only touched the surface.”
KERRY: Not much changed At one point, a family in a sampan travelling in the opposite direction smiled and waved. Kerry waved back, and noticing the family had a dog on board, remarked with a smile: “I had a dog, too. Its name was VC.” VC was the abbreviation for the Viet Cong, forces fighting the South Vietnamese and their U.S. allies. Before his remarks in Kien Vang, Kerry visited a general store and bought candy for a group of children, delighting them with a few words in Vietnamese. While the ringing of cellphones may have replaced the thunder of artillery fire, back on the boat Kerry looked out at the jungle canopy that rises just off the riverbank, swept his arm and remarked: “It hasn’t changed all that much. A lot of it is same old, same old.” “This was what we called a ’free-fire zone’,” he said. “The Viet Cong were pretty much everywhere.” Kerry first set foot in Vietnam 44 years ago after volunteering for service because, as he has said, “It was the right thing to do.” He was decorated with three Purple Hearts, a Silver Star and a Bronze Star for fighting in a conflict that he came to despise and call a “colossal mistake,” one that profoundly influenced his political career and strategic view. “When I came home after two tours of duty, I decided that the same sense of service demanded something more of me,” he wrote in his 2003 book, A Call to Service, as he was unsuccessfully campaigning for the presidency in the 2004 election. “The lesson I learned from Vietnam is that you quickly get into trouble if you let foreign policy or national security policy get too far adrift from our values as a country and as a people.” He arrived back on Saturday for his 14th trip to the country since the war’s end but his first in 13 years, determined to bolster the remarkable rap-
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, centre, speaks along the Mekong River Delta Sunday. Along the winding muddy waters of the Mekong Delta where he once patrolled for communist insurgents on a naval gunboat, Kerry turned his sights Sunday on a new enemy: climate change. prochement that he had encouraged and helped engineer as a senator in the 1990s. In the city he first knew as Saigon, the capital of the former South Vietnam, Kerry met Saturday with members of the business community and entrepreneurs to talk up the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a broad trade agreement that the U.S. is now negotiating with Vietnam and nine other Asian countries. To take full advantage of the deal’s economic opportunities, Kerry said Vietnam, which has been widely criticized for its human rights record, must embrace changes that include a commitment to a more open society, the free exchange of ideas and education. He made the comments after attending Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral, built in the 1880s and 1890s under French colonial rule, in a bid to show support for the tenuous freedom of worship in Vietnam. Vietnamese authorities have been criticized for harassing, prosecuting and jailing Catholic clergy. In talks with Vietnamese officials in Hanoi on Monday, Kerry was expected to make the case that respect for human rights, particularly freedom of speech and religion, is essential to improved relations with the United States. He also was expected to raise the issue of political prisoners whom the United States would like to see released. The chief focus of the discussions, however, was expected to be maritime security and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
TIPS: Donation credit rises The credit on donations of less than $200 will increase to 40 per cent and to 54 per cent for donations of between $200 and $1,000. A first-time donor who makes the maximum $1,000 donation will receive a federal tax credit of $512 — $250 more than the regular amount under the old rules. In order to qualify, the donations must be made in cash and must have been made after the new credit was announced on March 20, 2013. Donations of securities or other so called “gifts in kind” are not eligible. The provinces also provide a two-tier tax credit for donations, so the tax savings could be even greater. Given the recent volatility of financial markets, it’s important for investors to remember how to capitalize on the ups and downs of their portfolios.
Citing gov-elect, company quietly suspends bid for uranium mine in Virginia BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RICHMOND, Va. — A company is suspending its campaign to mine one of the world’s largest known deposits of uranium ore in Virginia, concluding that Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe’s opposition presents a significant challenge over the next four years. Virginia Uranium Inc. said it will not back the introduction of uranium mining legislation in the 2014 session of the General Assembly, which would be a first step to tap a 119-millionpound deposit of uranium in Pittsylvania County known as Coles Hill. “The company is currently evaluating all its options going forward, including a substantial reduction of expenses on the Coles Hill project for the interim period,” VUI’s parent company Virginia Energy Resources Inc. wrote in financial statement and filed in late November, several weeks after McAuliffe’s election on Nov. 5. McAuliffe, a Democrat, had said before his election he would not support lifting the state’s decades-long ban on uranium mining and affirmed that position after his election. Patrick Wales, project manager for Virginia Uranium, issued a statement to The Associated Press on Saturday: “We are in this for the long haul and are committed to developing the Coles Hill project. We will continue evaluating all options to move the project forward.” The company’s low-key announcement to temporarily abandon its bid to end the moratorium comes after it invested hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past several years in political contributions, lobbying and to fly delegations of Virginia lawmakers to France and Canada to tour uranium mining and processing facilities. But the effort fell woefully short, and legislation in the 2013 session never got out of committee. The company said Sen. John Watkins, a suburban Richmond Republican who had been its primary advocate in the Capitol, had planned to introduce legislation again in 2014. “However, Governor-Elect Terry McAuliffe’s public announcement that he intends to veto any pro-uranium legislation means that any such bill
would fail to become law,” Virginia Energy wrote in its financial filing. Full-scale uranium mining has never been conducted on the East Coast and opponents said Virginia would be a poor place to start, citing its wet climate and the fierce weather that often rakes the state. Most uranium mining is done in arid parts of the globe. The Coles Hill project, they said, would be a threat to public drinking supplies and farmland that encircles the uranium deposit less than 10 miles from Chatham. The mining would also include a milling operation to separate the radioactive ore from the rock. Critics said that posed one of the biggest threats to the environment because of radioactive waste that would have to be stored for generations. Communities as far away as Virginia Beach, which draws public drinking supplies from the region, had taken a stand against the mine. Virginia Beach is about 200 miles away. Virginia Uranium said the waste would have been stored in underground containment units that would keep it sealed and secure, even during floods or powerful storms. In its financial statement, the company acknowledged among the “primary risks” to ending the moratorium is “gaining the confidence of the local community that the mining and milling can be safely conducted to protect human health and the environment.” The proposed mining had been the focus of a half dozen studies, none of which moved either side. A study by the National Academy of Sciences, completed in late 2011, was the most widely accepted. While it did not make a recommendation on the ban, the authors said Virginia would have to overcome steep hurdles before allowing mining and milling of the ore to ensure the safety of workers, the public and the environment. When legislation to end the prohibition failed in 2013, legislative advocates encouraged Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell to use his powers to put regulations in place to help guide future debate on mining. With his four-year term coming to a close, McDonnell hasn’t acted on the suggestion.
“Obviously the gains are profitable, but the losses can be advantageous as well,” Hamel said. “I like to remind investors that you can use your capital losses to reduce any capital gains realized in the year. If you can’t use all your losses in a given year you can carry them forward for future use or go back three years.” Some changes in dividend income taxation over the last few years provide an opportunity to review investments to maximize returns, said John Waters, vice-president and head of tax and estate planning with the wealth planning group of BMO Nesbitt Burns. Effective Jan. 1, 2014, the federal government is raising the dividend tax rate on ineligible dividends received from Canadian-controlled private corporations. When a shareholder receives a non-eligible dividend, the amount of the dividend included in their income will be 25 per cent of the actual dividend received, up from 18 per cent. This 25 per cent is referred to as a “gross up.” As well, the corresponding dividend tax credit will rise to 13.3 per cent of the gross-up amount from 11.02 per cent. Eligible dividends, on the other hand, are subject to lower taxes than ineligible dividends. Eligible dividends include taxable dividends received by a Canadian resident individual from a public Canadian corporation. The top tax rate for eligible dividends varies significantly by province and territory. Rates in 2012 ranged from as low as 19.2 per cent to as high as 36.06 per cent. For individuals in lower marginal tax brackets, the impact of the gross-up on eligible dividend income can negatively impact income-tested benefits and tax credits such as old age security, the guaranteed income supplement and other provincial benefits. The dividend tax credit also can provide effective tax rates for people in lower marginal tax brackets. Individuals with no other source of income can receive significant amounts of income without incurring any income tax. ”It’s important for investors to be aware of the types of investment income their portfolio earns and how it’s taxed,” Waters said. Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.
Traders look to Fed for clarity on cutting back on monetary stimulus BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Stock markets will likely start the trading week in a holding pattern and stay there until Wednesday when investors find out if the U.S. Federal Reserve ends months of speculation and decides to start winding up its asset purchases. “We believe the conditions are more than ripe,” said Doug Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets. Many traders aren’t happy to see an end to the US$85 billion a month of asset purchases as they have kept longterm rates low and supported a strong advance on many markets this year, including the Dow industrials which has surged a good 20 per cent. That hasn’t been the case in Toronto where the TSX is heavily weighted in favour of the resource sector. There has been a great deal of uncertainty surrounding tapering, particularly since September when the Fed surprised markets by saying the time wasn’t right to starting winding up the program. Analysts believe the prospect of a government shutdown over budget wrangling, along with difficulties in extending the debt ceiling, helped persuade the Fed to postpone tapering in September. The 16-day shutdown in October crimped economic growth and hurt consumer confidence. But just this past week a bipartisan committee struck a budget bill. That came on top of a slew of strong economic data the previous week, capped by a strong employment report for November. “Between the solid employment report and the apparent preliminary budget deal, I would say those two events alone have pushed up the odds,” said Porter.
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“Frankly, ever since the September meeting, I think analysts have been a bit at sea as to exactly when the Fed plans on tapering and exactly what kind of schedule they’re looking at. But based on that fog, we would give a 5050 odds that they will actually begin to taper as early as (this) week.” Porter said inflation is the strongest economic reason he can think of for the Fed holding off until early 2014 when incoming Fed chair Janet Yellen gets settled in the job. And that’s because inflation at around one per cent is likely uncomfortably low for the Fed. “But the counterpoint to that is the Fed cares about where inflation will be, not where it has been, and if they really believe that inflation will slowly pick up again, then I think that falls away as a reason not to taper as well,” he said. Markets will also be anxious to see what kind of time frame the Fed will attach to wrapping up this third round of quantitative easing. Porter thinks it will be more than six months “because undoubtedly something will crop up over the next year, whether it’s a couple of months of disappointing employment or some kind of fiscal issue.” “But we think they would be done by about October.” Both Toronto and New York markets gave up ground this week amid the Fed speculation, with the TSX down 1.17 per cent for the week and the Dow industrials falling 1.65 per cent. The TSX is up 5.56 per cent for the year to date and the Dow has surged 20.2 per cent. Elsewhere on the economic front, there are a trio of major Canadian reports coming out this week, including manufacturing shipments for October.
HEALTH
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MONDAY, DEC. 16, 2013
Prescriptions costing Canadians less
Cancer is a sensitive subject for families around the holidays
ECONOMISTS SAY CANUCKS PAYING LESS PER CAPITA, FOR NOW BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The amount Canadians spend on filling prescriptions at pharmacy counters has taken a dip for the first time since the Second World War, but health economists predict big shifts in the pharmaceutical industry will soon reverse that decline. A new edition of the Canadian Rx Atlas, compiled at the University of British Columbia, found Canadians spent almost $23 billion on prescription drugs through retail pharmacies in 2012-13, or $650 per person — down one per cent from five years earlier. “On a per capita basis, spending on prescription drugs at retail pharmacies in Canada has been flat for the last five years,” said Steve Morgan, a health economist at UBC’s school of population and public health, and the atlas’s lead author. “But the calm surface of drug spending in the last few years belies what are dramatic transformations within the (pharmaceutical) sector,” Morgan said from Vancouver. The atlas analyzes retail spending for more than 10,000 medications within 33 categories using data from the health-care market research company IMS Brogan. That analysis shows that brandname “blockbuster” medicines that came to market in the 1990s to treat such common conditions as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heartburn and depression no longer command the major share of prescription dollars. In 2007-08, those drugs accounted for $8.7 billion, or 40 per cent, of all spending at retail pharmacies. This year, annual spending for those classes of medications fell to $6.7 billion — a drop of $2 billion — mainly because of the expiration of patents for brand-name drugs, which expanded the market for cheaper generic versions. Now, drug dollars are increasingly going to specialty or “niche” medications, Morgan said. Spending on drugs for such diseases as rheumatoid arthritis, HIV, cancer and multiple sclerosis doubled to $3 billion in 2012-13 from five years earlier. The atlas shows that while the average cost of a prescription for high blood pressure pills is about $27, filling a single script for an anti-inflammatory drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis, for instance, can top $2,100. “You can imagine that the per-
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Canadians spent about $650 per person on prescription drugs in 201213, down one per cent from five years earlier. year (cost) of treatment for some patients on these things is in the order of $20,000,” said Morgan. In fact, more than a third of drugs now being developed by pharmaceutical companies are niche drugs, which he said will come to market with hefty price tags. “The pharmaceutical industry is moving towards a new revenue model — we see tell-tale signs of things to come from this Rx atlas. Policy makers must act now to ensure fair pricing and equitable access before spending gets out of hand again.” The atlas also revealed major differences in prescription drug spending between males and females over the last five years. Per capita spending for antidepressants taken by women was double that of men. In the 40-64 age group, for instance, women forked over $550 million per year for antidepressants, compared to $270 million spent by men. Annual spending on antidepressants rose to $1.4 billion in 2012-13 from $1.3 billion in 200708, but such factors as population growth and an aging demographic don’t fully account for the rising costs. “Studies in the U.S. have shown that many people prescribed antidepressants do not have a psychiatric diagnosis, and that this is why antidepressant use is so common,” commented Barbara Mintzes, an assistant professor in UBC’s department of pharmacology and therapeutics. “The volume of use we’re seeing across Canada suggests that the same thing may also be hap-
pening here.” Among children and adolescents up to age 18, the atlas found unusually high spending on certain drugs for boys, specifically those to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and asthma. Morgan said drugs to treat ADHD were prescribed to boys three times more often than to girls, suggesting that there may be overprescribing, possibly the result of gender stereotyping. Consumer spending on prescriptions also varied across the country, with B.C. having the lowest amount of $511 per capita (27 per cent below the $667 national average) and Quebec at $820 per person (30 per cent above the average). “The differences are enormous,” said Morgan, adding there are likely several factors responsible for the spending disparity. Overall, British Columbia residents purchase lower volumes of some drugs that are widely prescribed across the country, such as antihypertensives and cholesterol-lowering medicines. Quebecers use more medications overall and pay higher prices than residents of other provinces, possibly because doctors tend to prescribe more expensive brand-name drugs and fewer generics. The atlas, produced by UBC’s Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, is based on retail pharmacy figures and does not include spending on medications by hospitals, cancer agencies or other disease-specific treatment centres.
The festive season often brings invites to parties and dinners, a chance to catch up with those we may not have seen for some time. So greeting an extended family member or friend who has cancer can lead to some awkward moments, especially if their appearance has changed dramatically. So what is the right thing to say? And more to the point, what are the wrong things to say? “People constantly say to cancer patients: ’You look fantastic. You look so great,”’ says Nancy Payeur, a team leader for patient and family counselling services at the BC Cancer Agency in Victoria. “And the cancer patients have mixed feelings about that because it’s almost like they’re saying, ’Are you really sick? You look just fine.”’ Some people with cancer have also been taken aback by such comments as: “’Oh, you’ve lost so much weight. How fantastic!”’ she relates. “I mean, really, how ridiculous.” Payeur advises maintaining as much normalcy as possible to the person with cancer, but not saying in that hushed tone: “’Ohhhh, how are you doing?’ Because I hear from people how annoying that is.” “They just want a normal conversation. They don’t necessarily want to talk about their cancer. So I think something like: ’How are you doing?’ and ’I’ve been thinking about you, and I know this is a difficult situation’ — some acknowledgment, but not in a patronizing, over-the-top way.” Brittany Boniface used Facebook to keep family and close friends up to date with her fiance Steve Shaw’s battle with testicular cancer prior to Christmas last year. “It was definitely a shock for people when they saw him or pictures of him. He looked like a completely different person,” she says, explaining that chemo had robbed the 26-year-old of his thick head of hair, eyebrows and eyelashes, and left him extremely pale. “I know it’s hard for people. They don’t know what to say. Sometimes it’s a very shocking thing to hear that someone has cancer, especially someone so young.” But as his 24-7 caregiver, Boniface got tired of hearing: “’I know how you feel.’ It’s like, ’Really? No you don’t.’ Unless you’ve been in those shoes, you don’t know how that person feels.” When the Hamilton couple would tell someone about Shaw’s diagnosis, “they would almost always tell us about a family member or friend that they lost from cancer, which was the worst possible thing to hear.” Instead, people should simply say they’re sorry for what the person with cancer or their loved ones are going through and offer any help they can give, she suggests.
Breast cancer drug-testing method shows promise EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE SHOWS PROMISE AGAINST A HARD-TO-TREAT FORM OF THE DISEASE tal drugs or combinations, then gives them surgery to see what effect the medicines had. The best result is a complete response, where no signs of cancer remain. Each patient’s results are analyzed as they come in, and advanced statistical methods are used to calculate probabilities that the drug would help in various situations, depending on which women had a complete response. “This allows us to learn and adapt from each patient as the study goes on,” and results on early participants guide treatment that later ones get, said Dr. Hope Rugo of the University of California, San Francisco. When enough evidence indicates a high probability of success, the drug “graduates” to final-phase testing. On Friday, Rugo gave results on veliparib, the first of seven drugs being tested. It is made by AbbVie Inc., a North Chicago, Ill., company recently spun off from Abbott Laboratories. It is in a new class of experimental medicines called PARP inhibitors, which target an enzyme cancer relies on to grow. The I-SPY 2 testing suggests that
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los Arteaga of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Comprehensive Cancer Center. Veliparib has now graduated and is eligible for testing in a definitive study. It’s not known how long that would take, but it surely would be shorter than the several years that traditional testing requires. FDA officials have said that in certain cases, complete responses can be considered a basis for conditional approval of a drug, as long as follow-up tests are done after the product is on the market to prove that it indeed is improving survival. Last week, another company participating in the I-SPY 2 study, Puma Biotechnology Inc., said its experimental drug neratinib had also graduated and would enter a definitive study. Results of the early testing will be presented at a cancer conference next year. The San Antonio meeting is sponsored by the American Association for Cancer Research, Baylor College of Medicine and the UT Health Science Center.
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Dion trying to love album back to life TO PERFORM HER NEW BALLAD INCREDIBLE WITH NE-YO BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Virtually every entertainer has a misfire. But it’s news when an album by one of the bestselling recording artists in history quickly tumbles down the charts. Celine Dion’s first all-new English-language album in six years, Loved Me Back to Life, entered the Billboard 200 at No. 2. But just five weeks later, it’s plummeted to No. 35. “Of course, the record company wants to be the No. 1,” said Dion. “They want to sell records. They want to make money. And don’t get me wrong, I want to. But I’m proud about what I have done with this record.” According to the Metacritic website, the majority of the album’s reviews have been positive. And even some of the negative critiques have paused to praise Dion’s emerging vocal
maturity. Over the next few days, millions will hear a sample when she performs her new ballad Incredible with Ne-Yo on The Voice. The pair will perform the mid-tempo ballad live on the Tuesday (7 p.m.) season finale of NBC’s singing-competition show. Then on Wednesday, Dion is the principal performer and host of the CBS special A Home For the Holidays, which underscores the need for children to be adopted from foster care. “As a mom, I could not refuse (the gig),” explained Dion on Saturday night after the Holidays taping. The singer and her husband Rene Angelil have three biological sons, all through in-vitro fertilization. “But adoption (had) always been taken into consideration,” she added. The 45-year-old Dion said motherhood is the cornerstone
of her life, as well as what propels her career, which also includes a recent return to residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace Las Vegas. She said she’d like to try acting, but she isn’t interested in following Carrie Underwood into the live-TV musical arena. Underwood’s The Sound of Music Live! was a recent ratings smash for NBC, and the network has announced it’s seeking another musical for the small screen. “I’m not crazy about musicals, to be honest with you,” Dion explained. “I don’t know why. I prefer to rock on stage.” For Christmas, she’ll take a break from rocking at Caesars, instead spending the day in Vegas with “my four boys,” she joked, including her 71-yearold husband in the mix. “When we have an opportunity to stay home for the holidays, it’s pyjamas, home food, simplicity of life.”
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Actor Peter O’Toole, the charismatic actor who achieved instant stardom as Lawrence of Arabia and was nominated eight times for an Academy Award, has died. He was 81. thing willingly and joyfully, then don’t do it,” he once said. “If you give up drinking, don’t go moaning about it; go back on the bottle. Do. As. Thou. Wilt.” O’Toole began his acting career as one of the most exciting young talents on the British stage. His 1955 Hamlet, at the Bristol Old Vic, was criti-
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ic was unforgettable. Playwright Noel Coward once said that if O’Toole had been any prettier, they would have had to call the movie Florence of Arabia. In 1964’s Becket, O’Toole played King Henry II to Richard Burton’s Thomas Becket, and won another Oscar nomination. Burton shared O’Toole’s fondness for drinking, and their off-set carousing made headlines. O’Toole played Henry again in 1968 in The Lion in Winter, opposite Katharine Hepburn, for his third Oscar nomination. Four more nominations followed: in 1968 for Goodbye, Mr. Chips, in 1971 for The Ruling Class, in 1980 for The Stunt Man, and in 1982 for My Favorite Year. It was almost a quarter-century before he received his eighth and last, for Venus. Seamus Peter O’Toole was born Aug. 2, 1932, the son of Irish bookie Patrick “Spats” O’Toole and his wife Constance. There is some question about whether Peter was born in Connemara, Ireland, or in Leeds, northern England, where he grew up. After a teenage foray
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In this Dec. 18, 2012 file photo, Robert Soltis, of Newtown, Conn., pauses after making the sign of the cross at a memorial to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims in Newtown. Adam Lanza walked into the school on Dec. 14, 2012, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself.
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Gun control advocates still hope for change BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWTOWN, Conn. — Having already lost her 6-year-old son, Nicole Hockley insists she won’t lose the fight to reduce gun violence — no matter how long it takes. She is among a group of “accidental activist” parents brought together one year ago by almost unthinkable grief after the Newtown school massacre. The shootings were so horrific that many predicted they would force Congress to approve long-stalled legislation to tighten the nation’s gun laws. They did not. A divided Congress denied President Barack Obama’s calls for changes. The national gun lobby, led by the National Rifle Association, is arguably stronger than ever. And surveys suggest that support for new gun laws is slipping as the Newtown memory fades. A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that that 52 per cent of Americans favour stricter gun laws, while 31 per cent want them left as they are and 15 per cent say they should be loosened. But the strength of the support for tighter controls has dropped since January, when 58 per cent said gun laws should be tightened and just 5 per cent felt they were too strong. After a year of personal suffering and political frustration, Hockley and other Newtown parents are fighting to stay optimistic as their effort builds a national operation backed by an alliance of wellfunded organizations working to pressure Congress ahead of next fall’s elections. The groups are sending dozens of paid staff into key states, enlisting thousands of volunteer activists and preparing to
spend tens of millions of dollars against politicians who stand in the way of their goals. It may well take time, they say, to counter the influence of the NRA on Capitol Hill. “I know it’s not a matter of if it happens. It’s a matter of when. This absolutely keeps me going,” says Hockley, who joined a handful of Newtown parents in a private White House meeting with Vice-President Joe Biden this week. “No matter how much tragedy affects you, you have to find a way forward. You have to invest in life.” Hockley’s son Dylan was among 26 people shot to death — including 20 first graders — last Dec. 14 inside Sandy Hook Elementary. The shooter, 20-yearold Adam Lanza used a military-style assault rifle in the Friday-morning attack that ended when he killed himself. The shootings profoundly changed this small Connecticut community and thrust gun violence back into the national debate. Led by Obama, gun control advocates called for background checks for all gun purchasers and a ban on assault weapons and highcapacity ammunition magazines. Hockley and other Newtown parents hastened into action, privately lobbying members of Congress for changes. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s organization, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, has spent roughly $15 million this year on advertising to influence the debate. And former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head while meeting with constituents in 2011, launched a national tour calling for background checks. Yet Congress has enacted no new gun curbs since the Newtown shooting.
LONDON — He may have a license to kill, but is he sober enough to shoot? British doctors who carefully read Ian Fleming’s series of James Bond novels say the celebrated spy regularly drank more than four times the recommended limit of alcohol per week. Their research was published in the light-hearted Christmas edition of the medical journal BMJ on Thursday. Dr. Patrick Davies and colleagues at Nottingham University Hospital analyzed 14 James Bond books and documented every drink Bond had. They also noted days when he was unable to drink, such as when he was hospitalized, in rehab or imprisoned. The academics found that the spy also known as 007 drank about 92 units of alcohol a week; more than four times the safe amount recommended by the British government. One unit is about eight grams of pure alcohol. A pint of beer has three units of alcohol, about the same as a large glass of wine. Bond’s drinking habits put him at high risk for numerous alcohol-related diseases and an early alcohol-related death, the authors write. “The level of functioning as displayed in the books is inconsistent with the physical, mental and indeed sexual functioning expected from someone drinking this much alcohol,” the authors conclude. Davies and colleagues also suspect Bond’s trademark order that his martinis be “shaken, not stirred” may have been because he had an alcohol-induced tremor and was simply unable to stir his drinks. They noted his biggest daily drinking binge was in the book, From Russia with Love, when he downed nearly 50 units of alcohol. They also suspected alcohol may have been a factor in Casino Royale, when he knocked back 39 units before getting into a highspeed car chase, lost control and crashed the car. The authors recognized that Bond’s high-stress job may have also driven him over the edge. “Although we appreciate the societal pressures to consume alcohol when working with international terrorists and high stakes gamblers, we would advise Bond be referred for further assessment of his alcohol intake,” they concluded.
After complaints, SantaCon aims to be less naughty this year NEW YORK CITY EVENT MARRED BY BOORISH, BAR-HOPPING FROM YEARS PRIOR NEW YORK — When red-suited revelers throng the city’s streets and taverns under the banner of SantaCon, some see an outpouring of holiday spirit, not to mention spirits. But to others, it’s the blight before Christmas. After complaints about boorish, bar-hopping St. Nicks got attention from local officials and police, the event’s ringleaders are trying to quell the SantaCon-troversy ahead of this year’s gathering Saturday. They’re pledging to advise police of their usually guarded plans, have volunteers help control the roving crowd of Kringles and send the message that SantaCon is a meant to be a “festive culture jam,” not a bad-Santa bender. “This year,” the event’s website vows, “we are cleaning up Santa’s act.” It’s a coming-of-age moment for SantaCon, which traces its origin to a consumer-culture-tweaking “Santarchy” in San Francisco in 1994 and now spans events in more than 300 cities worldwide. Fueled by the wildfire word-spreading of social media, the New York celebration has become one of the biggest, mushrooming in roughly a decade from a few hundred bearded boozers to tens of thousands, by some estimates. As numbers have swelled, the event’s image has morphed from whimsical flash mob to flashpoint, even for New Yorkers used to such freewheeling shindigs as the giant Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. SantaCon’s organizers are as tough to pin down as the elf himself — one responded to an inquiry from The Associated Press but refused to be quoted by name — but the site acknowledges the event “has had growing pains.” Enthusiasts say the daylong event starts at 10 a.m. and aims to put a cheeky, modern spin on holiday traditions — “don we now our gay apparel,” anyone? — while generating money for both bars and charities. Participants are instructed to make $10 charitable donations and encouraged to bring small gifts to bestow on one another and passers-by. “For me, SantaCon is about just dressing up and having fun, laughing till it hurts and enjoying being part of a massive celebration. ... It isn’t about drinking or getting wasted,” says Brandon FerreiraHanyo, 27, of East Quogue, N.Y. He’s looking forward to attending for a third consecutive year. “It’s gotten so huge you have to take the good with the bad,” he says, but he feels the complaints about drunken rowdiness are overblown. Bar owners are split. To Dan Warren, the managing owner of Common Ground, a hangout in Manhattan’s East Village, “it’s festive and fun” and a boost to daytime business. But SantaCon-goers are frozen out of Hotel Chantelle, a cocktail lounge in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, after a sloshed Claus harassed women brunching there two years ago, managing partner Tim Spuches said. To some onlookers, SantaCon is about as jolly as explaining to a kindergartener why Santa just tossed his milk and cookies. “Take your body fluids and public intoxication elsewhere,” read “SantaCon free zone” signs that appeared this week on the bar-laden Lower East Side, where some residents already weary of living with nightlife see SantaCon as a final straw. “Now we have a whole day of vomiting and vandalism and people acting without any decorum or respect for other people,” says Diem Boyd, a leader of LES Dwellers, the group that made the signs. “I think
anything quaint about it is gone by now.” So do some police and politicians. The New York Police Department logged a sole, disorderly-conduct arrest at SantaCon last year, along with 73 open-container tickets and a summons for public urination. That was enough for at least one police lieutenant, who suggested to midtown Manhattan bars that the event hurt the neighbourhood more than it helped the establishments. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly then made clear the department supports SantaCon, calling it generally peaceful and an example of “what makes New York New York.” But some city and state officeholders also were pressing the organizers to thwart misbehaviour, and threatening to ask police and bars to do so if SantaCon wouldn’t. Meanwhile, some of the area’s commuter railroads are banning alcoholic drinks on their trains during the celebration, as they do during
some other events. And so, organizers say, a more orderly SantaCon is coming to town. They agreed to let police and community leaders know their planned route, which participants learn only in real time by text and tweet. Volunteer Santa’s helpers will help work to keep sidewalks — and participants’ conduct — passable, according to the event website and to state Sen. Brad Hoylman, who spearheaded a recent phone conference between officials and SantaCon leaders. Hoylman says he appreciates the effort but wonders how much sway volunteers can exercise over an event that prizes spontaneity. Leading up to it, SantaCon’s wranglers are trying to instil a sense of responsibility, if in an in-yourbearded-face way. “Santa spreads JOY. Not terror. Not vomit. Not trash,” the site says. “Would you want those under YOUR tree?”
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Rebels hold off Hurricanes BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR
Rebels 3 Hurricanes 2 (SO) Being blown out by the lowly Lethbridge Hurricanes four days earlier was a humbling experience. The Red Deer Rebels couldn’t let it happen again, especially on home ice. Minus the services of topsix forwards Rhyse Dieno, Dominik Volek and Matt Bellerive, the Rebels were outshot 44-37 by the ‘Canes in front of 4,597 fans at the Enmax Centrium Saturday, but pulled out a 3-2 WHL win thanks to a stellar outing from netminder Patrik Bartosak and Meyer Nell’s shootout goal. The victory somewhat atoned for a 6-0 loss at Lethbridge Tuesday. “Playing a team that’s way below you in the standings, those are two points you can’t afford to lose,” said Rebels captain Conner Bleackley. “That was an embarrassing loss on Tuesday. Tonight wasn’t pretty but we found a way to win and that’s the important thing.” With Dieno out with an upper-body injury, Volek overseas trying out for the Czech Republic national junior team and Bellerive sitting out his eighth consecutive game with an upper-body aliment, the Rebels needed bigger minutes from their supporting cast, including forward Earl Webb, who was summoned from the Calgary Mustangs of the AJHL. That became particularly crucial when Brooks Maxwell left
the game after the first period with an injury and didn’t return. “Some guys were stepping up, like Nell going down and scoring that shootout goal. That was huge,” said Bleackley. “Us top six guys, including myself, Suttsy (Lukas Sutter) and (Wyatt) Johnson . . . we were playing a lot of hard minutes because Lethbridge will keep coming at you all the time. It’s just good that we did get away with the two points.” That was in doubt when Reid Duke deflected Tyler Bells’ point shot past Bartosak at 16:13 of the third period. The Lethbridge goal came less than three minutes after Sutter had given the Rebels a 2-1 lead on a successful penalty shot. “They get the equalizer late in the third and you think it’s a test of your character to find out if you’re going to come back or not,” said Rebels associate coach Jeff Truitt. “We found a way in the shootout.” Nell was the Rebels’ sixth man up in the shootout and put a nifty move on Lethbridge goalie Teagan Sacher before scoring on his backhand. “We know he’s a skilled guy, we know he can shoot and good on him for getting the win for us,” said Truitt. Bleackley opened the shootout with a goal and Tyler Wong, the ‘Canes’ third shooter, connected to keep it going. Otherwise, Bartosak was perfect in the game extension, as he was nearly flawless during the previous 65 minutes.
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Red Deer Rebels Kayle Doetzel blocks a shot from Lethbridge Hurricane Taylor Cooper in front goaltender Patrik Bartosak during action at the Centrium, Saturday. The Rebels won the game 3-2 in a shootout.
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New York Rangers’ Ryan McDonagh knocks down Calgary Flames’ Mike Cammalleri as he protects the Rangers’ goal in a 5-on-3 Calgary power play situation during the second period of an NHL game Sunday, in New York.
Rangers 4 Flames 3 SO NEW YORK — Henrik Lundqvist already knows the joy of getting a lucrative contract extension. Who knew that one week later, a win at Madison Square Garden would bring the star goalie pure jubilation. When Lundqvist turned aside Mikael Backlund in the seventh round of the shootout Sunday night, he and the rest of the New York Rangers had a long-awaited 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames and an end to a four-game losing streak, all at home. Lundqvist, who stopped 18 shots through overtime, spread his arms and looked up to the ceiling as his teammates raced from the bench to meet him at the end of the 0-3-1 skid. “It was just a big relief to get two points,” said Lundqvist, who earned just his second win since agreeing to a seven-year contract extension. “I had a chance to close it out twice and I didn’t do it. Finally we ended the game.” Benoit Pouliot scored the fourth goal of the Rangers’ first shootout of the season to give them their first win on a team-record, nine-game homestand. “I just had a feeling that if we don’t win this one, I’m not going to be a happy guy,” Lundqvist said. “It’s a big win for us. Right now, you have to look at it as taking baby steps in improving and start winning. You can’t turn this around right away. “You start with one period, then two periods, then a game. Then you start feeling good about yourself.” Derek Stepan and Carl Hagelin scored to erase the Rangers’ early 2-0
deficit, and Chris Kreider made it 3-3 with 7:53 left in regulation as New York improved to 2-15 in games in which it allowed the first goal. “That’s a picture we’ve seen,” Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said about the early deficit. “We stuck with playing a pretty solid defensive game. We weren’t giving them much, and we spent a lot of time in their end. “We got a couple of goals and just kept plugging away.” Rookie centre Sean Monahan gave Calgary a 3-2 lead at 4:44 of the third but the Flames couldn’t stretch their winning streak to three. The 19-year-old Monahan chipped a shot from in close off a feed from behind the net from Curtis Glencross for his 10th goal and third in his last seven games. He missed seven games because of a broken foot, and returned to the lineup Saturday for the Flames’ win at Buffalo. Backlund and Glencross scored in the first period, Jiri Hudler had two assists, and Karri Ramo made 29 saves through overtime. “It was a big battle all night,” Ramo said. “Not happy about the goals I allowed. Sometimes you just have to take the point and move on.” The clubs played a frantic final few minutes of regulation when the Rangers were given power plays 40 seconds apart after Mike Cammalleri was sent off for roughing, and Ramo was called for delay of game when he whacked a rebound out of play. That advantage was short-circuited right when Cammalleri’s penalty ended when Kreider was given four minutes for high-sticking Chris Butler.
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Late goal by Penner lifts Ducks over Oilers BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ducks 3 Oilers 2 ANAHEIM, Calif. — Teemu Selanne followed Paul Kariya’s instructions and got dirty to end his 19-game goal drought. Even with help from the Finnish Flash, the Anaheim Ducks still needed a late goal from their top line to hold off the last-place Edmonton Oilers. Dustin Penner scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:17 to play, Ryan Getzlaf extended his points streak to 14 games, and the Pacific Division-leading Ducks beat Edmonton 3-2 on Sunday night for their fifth straight victory. Selanne hadn’t scored a goal since Oct. 20, matching the longest gap of his two-decade NHL career, and had no points in his last 16 games. The 43-yearold forward finally picked up his 679th career goal in front of Ilya Bryzgalov on a setup from Mathieu Perreault, adding to the 11th-best total in NHL history. Selanne recently got a text from Kariya, his longtime Anaheim teammate, telling him to get into “the dirty areas” on the ice. “He said, ‘Just go to the net, and good things happen,”’ Selanne said. “I’ve been waiting a long time. Obviously, it’s a big relief. It’s a little easier because we’re winning. I’ve had some good chances lately, and it didn’t go in. Hopefully, this is going to be a good confidence boost for myself.” Jonas Hiller made 23 saves to help the Ducks im-
prove to 13-0-2 at Honda Center. Corey Perry’s sevengame goal streak ended, but his linemates connected for the deciding score in the Ducks’ 15th win in their last 17 meetings with Edmonton. Nick Bonino also scored as the Ducks shook off early rust in their return from three days off to complete a three-game homestand. Anaheim is the only NHL team without a regulation loss at home, extending the second-longest such streak to open a season in the shootout era. “We played a lot more desperate after they tied it up,” Penner said. “Our line wasn’t very good all game, but sometimes you need those breaks. ... We haven’t had a lot of home games, so we put a lot of emphasis on them.” Penner beat Bryzgalov with a wrist shot from the circle after a setup from Getzlaf, who has scored in each of his last 16 games. The Anaheim captain’s streak only counts as 14 games because of an injury absence. Sam Gagner scored the tying goal with 9:34 to play for the Oilers, who have lost three straight. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored, and Bryzgalov stopped 31 shots. “I wish I could find something in our game that was deficient, but we played strong,” Edmonton coach Dallas Eakins said. “I can’t find a whole lot wrong with our game there. I thought, to a man, our guys played excellent. It’s a game of mistakes, but I thought our mistakes tonight were honest ones, so it’s hard to place blame. It was one of those nights
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where you thought you might at least get a point, if not both.” Edmonton’s Corey Potter got a major and a game misconduct for checking Bonino from behind in the second period, sending the Anaheim centre face-first into the boards. Bonino wasn’t hurt, and the Ducks did nothing with the ensuing five-minute power play. Selanne’s goal put Anaheim in control until Gagner took advantage of a mix-up near the Ducks’ blue line and broke past rookie defenceman Hampus Lindholm, beating Hiller with a wobbly backhand for just his fourth goal of the season. “I thought we were in a good spot (after that goal) because we were playing well, but we’ve got to figure out a way to close that game out,” Gagner said. “We’re not happy. I mean, you’ve got to find a way to at least get it to overtime. We played a solid game.” The injury-plagued Ducks finally got some good news before the game, welcoming back defenceman Francois Beauchemin and Perreault. Beauchemin was a plus-15 before missing the last 10 games with an upper-body injury, while Perreault missed four games with a lower-body injury. NOTES: Edmonton RW Ales Hemsky sat out for the first time this season with sore ribs. ... Anaheim fans repeatedly booed Edmonton D Justin Schultz, who refused to sign with the Ducks and ducked out of his connection to them through the draft last year, using a college loophole to become a free agent. ... Anaheim is the only NHL team with three five-game winning streaks this season.
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Questions loom for Team Canada INJURIES PLAYING ROLE IN FINAL WORLD JUNIOR CUTS It may also be a nervy time for three so-called “underage” players in camp, 16-yearold Connor McDavid and the players listed by some as the top two prospects for the 2014 NHL draft — forward Sam Reinhart and big defenceman Aaron Ekblad. The Canadian team rarely keeps more than one underager, but if there is ever to be three on one team it would be these ones. McDavid, a remarkable playmaker and scorer, is considered a shoo-in to go first overall in the 2015 draft. He and Ekblad are among only three players (along with John Tavares) ever to be granted “exceptional” status to enter the OHL at 15, a year earlier than other players. Reinhart is a scoring centre for the Kootenay Ice who has been captain of Canadian teams at age-group tournaments. And with the world juniors slated for Toronto and Montreal next year, one might think management will want to give them a taste of the tournament in Sweden to help them get ready to shine on home ice. There are 11 players in camp eligible to return for the Toronto-Montreal event. Sutter has said players will make the team on merit regardless of their age, although he also values leadership and experience. He also wants a big team. “We’re certainly going to be a younger team, but it doesn’t bother me at all because they’re good players,” the 51-year-old coach said. “They’re the best. “But you need to have experience with that, too. It’s nice to have those guys who have been in the tournament, understand it, know how it works — everything that’s involved in a tournament of this magnitude.” He used all three youngsters liberally in a 3-0 victory over a group of local university players on Saturday. McDavid scored Canada’s first goal.
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO, Ontario — An eager group of 25 players broke camp Sunday and got ready to head overseas for final preparations for the world junior hockey championship. But only 22 will still be there when the tournament opens Dec. 26 in Malmo, Sweden. Coach Brent Sutter said the final cuts — one defenceman and two forwards — will be decided on many factors, including injuries. “They’re not easy decisions, but the reality is we’ve got a couple-or-three guys banged up and we’re not exactly sure,” said Sutter. “Hopefully they can skate when we get over there. “Whether they’ll be ready for the first exhibition game, we’re not sure. All these guys deserve to be able to push to get on the team and they’re going to have a few more days to do so.” The team will play three pre-tournament games — Friday against Finland, Sunday against Sweden and the following day against Switzerland. Sutter hopes to make the cuts after the first exhibition game so he can use the full squad for the last two. The key question is highscoring winger Jonathan Drouin, who is recovering from a concussion but who expects to resume skating when the team arrives in Sweden on Monday. Another is rushing defenceman Josh Morrissey, who has been nagged by an undisclosed injury for a month but who expects to be able to practise this week. “There’s a long time to Boxing Day and I guess it was nice to have a couple of days here to rest and work with the great staff at Hockey Canada in dealing with that problem,” the Prince Albert Raiders rearguard and Winnipeg Jets prospect said. “I think in the next couple of days I’ll be ready to go and back to 100 per cent.”
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Canada goalie Zachary Fucale, right, makes a save on a shot from CIS Toronto Selects forward Andrew Buck during second-period exhibition hockey action at the World Juniors selection camp in Toronto on Saturday. “I’m not going to think about anything other than making this team,” the Erie Otters star said. “I still have a long way to go.” Sutter has had McDavid and Reinhart on the same line, as he did during a summer development camp, to build chemistry between them. “He’s an easy player to play with, so smart out there,” Reinhart said of McDavid. “He creates so much offensively, he’s smart defensively. He makes room for his linemates. It’s definitely nice playing with him.” Because Reinhart turned 18 in November, he can wear a normal visor instead of the full
face cage McDavid and Ekblad are required under international rules to use. The six-foot-four Ekblad will be going to his ancestral homeland. His great-grandfather was Swedish. He likes that the coaching staff doesn’t seem to hold his age, 17, against him. “But I still have to prove myself,” the Barrie Colt rearguard said. “So does Connor and every guy at this camp. “Everyone has to prove they have some attribute that will help Team Canada win. That’s all that matters. They’re giving everyone a fair chance. There’s a reason everyone is here.”
There remains a slim chance the team will get help from the NHL, although Sutter does not expect the Calgary Flames to free up centre Sean Monahan. The Toronto Maple Leafs have until the Dec. 19 NHL roster freeze to decide whether to loan defenceman Morgan Rielly. Either player, both under 20 and therefore eligible for the tournament, would be likely snapped up eagerly by the Canadian squad, even if it means another cut or two from the group in Sweden. “I’m not putting any money on the table that we’re going to get anybody else,” said Sutter.
Regina’s McMorris takes gold REBELS: Stepped up FLAMES: Execute in snowboard slopestyle THE CANADIAN PRESS BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. — Regina’s Mark McMorris opened the snowboarding season with a gold medal performance in slopestyle at the Dew Tour on Sunday. McMorris took first place in the 17-man field with a 97.80 points, 6.80 points ahead of Sven Thorgren of Sweden. Maxence Parrot of Bromont, Que., finished third with 89.00. Montreal’s Sebastien Toutant placed fourth with 87.60 points. After a fall in qualifying, McMorris collected 95.00 points in his first run of the final, which featured his signature straight double backflip, and a backside 1080 double cork. He capped his second run with a 1440 triple cork.
“I was going at the last jump not sure what I wanted to do exactly, a double (cork) or a triple (cork), but if I’m not at the head of the pack going into my second run, I’m definitely going to have to go for it,” said the 20-yearold McMorris. “I had nothing to lose. I told myself everything was going perfect and I had to do a triple.” For Parrot, 19, Sunday’s performance marked his first career medal in three years on the circuit. “It’s great to finally get on the podium,” Parrot said. “I think I’m feeling more and more comfortable with my manoeuvres and executing them at high speed.” Slopestyle snowboarding will make its Olympic debut in Sochi in 2014, with McMorris already named to Canada’s squad.
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“He was outstanding again,” said Truitt. “In Cranbrook last night he held us in during the second period (of a 4-0 victory over the Kootenay Ice) and he did the same thing for us tonight.” Of Bartosak’s 42 saves, none were better than the diving stab he pulled off in the second period while Brady Ramsay was firing at a gaping net. “That’s the reason he’s here,” added Truitt. “He’s a 20-year-old, a drafted guy who holds us in games when we’re missing a few guys. He was the difference tonight.” Bleackley gave the Rebels a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 14:56 of the opening period, his shot from between the blueline and faceoff circle catching the far corner. But the visitors answered a mere 59 seconds later as Reid Nemeth broke down the left side and beat Bartosak from the top of the circle. The score held up until Sutter’s penalty-shot marker, thanks partly to Bartosak — and Sacher, who finished with 34 saves — and big minutes from some of the Rebels’ lesser lights. “I was really happy with guys like (Adam) Musil, Nell, (Cole) Chorney and Earl Webb,” said Truitt. “They really stepped up and played some valuable minutes for us in key situations. Hats off to them, they had to dig in as well in an important game and they did that.” ● The Rebels close out the preChristmas portion of their schedule Tuesday against the visiting Medicine Hat Tigers. Truitt couldn’t say whether Maxwell will be available for the game. “It’s kind of an upper body thing.
The Rangers got it to overtime, with Calgary still having 2:04 left on its power play. “Thought we’d get it done in overtime, but we couldn’t execute on the power play,” Flames captain Mark Giordano said. “We’re not happy with the point. It should have been two. “If you get a power play in overtime, you should win.” The Flames had won their first two since general manager Jay Feaster and assistant GM John Weisbrod were fired Thursday. New York tied it at 2 at 7:29 of the second on Hagelin’s sixth goal. Hagelin got to a rebound, swung around the net and stuffed a shot inside the right post. The Rangers again had a rough first period, but it was actually a better start than in their previous game — holding the Flames to two goals. The Rangers trailed Columbus 3-0 in the opening frame on Thursday, and Lundqvist was chased from the net 11:10 into the 3-2 loss. Calgary got the quick jump when Backlund scored at 7:28, just five seconds into a power play after Kreider was sent off for interference. Backlund won a faceoff in the left circle and moved into the slot, where he deftly tipped in Hudler’s shot for his fourth goal. The Flames made it 2-0 with 5:00 left in the period. Hudler weaved his way in close and made a short backhanded pass to Glencross, who used his own backhand to beat Lundqvist for his sixth goal.
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FUESSEN, Germany — The United States qualified for the men’s curling tournament at the Sochi Olympics with an 8-5 playoff victory over the Czech Republic on Sunday. The Americans, skipped by John Shuster, seized the advantage in the eighth end by scoring five points for a 7-3 lead. The Czechs pulled two back in the ninth, but Shuster’s team of third Jeff Isaacson, second Jared Zezel and lead John Landsteiner ended with another point to secure the last Olympic berth on offer. The Americans, coached by Tim Muller with Craig Brown at alternate, had kept their qualification hopes alive with a 7-5 win over South Korea in Saturday’s tiebreaker. “We always seem to pick it up and bring it up the next step and find a way to play better in a game,” Landsteiner said. The U.S. won its final five games at the World Curling Federation’s qualification event in the Bavarian town of Fuessen, and the Shuster rink
will now be nominated to the U.S. Olympic team pending approval by the United States Olympic Committee. “The butterflies of winning for an opportunity like this, they never get old. That’s why we play this game,” said Shuster, who won Olympic bronze in 2006 in the lead position. “These guys work their tails off and they’re some of the best in the business. I’m extremely proud of how well our team has played the en-
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tire season and especially here when we had our backs against the wall.” Jiri Snitil’s Czech rink was playing its second playoff in as many days after losing to Germany for the first Olympic berth on Saturday. China and Japan both qualified for the women’s tournament in Sochi next year by winning their decisive playoffs on Sunday. China beat Japan 7-6 in the playoff between the first and secondranked teams, and Japan later qualified with a 104 victory over third-place Norway.
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SCOREBOARD Local Sports Today
● Women’s basketball: Rampage vs. Young Gunns, Funk vs. The Bank, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., River Glen; Storm vs. Triple Threat, Hoosier Daddy vs. Xpress, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Central Alberta Christian; Spartans vs. Big Ballers, 7:15 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Banff Academy at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Arena.
Tuesday
● Senior high basketball: Lacombe at Lindsay Thurber, Ponoka at Hunting Hills, Camrose at Notre Dame, Wetaskiwin at Sylvan Lake, Stettler at Rocky Mountain House; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● WHL: Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Men’s basketball: Vikings vs. Woody’s RV, The Secret Runs vs. Triple A Batteries, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● AJHL: Brooks at Olds, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday
● JV basketball: Rocky Mountain House at Hunting Hills, Wetaskiwin at Lindsay Thurber, Camrose at Notre Dame, Innisfail at Ponoka, Lacombe at Stettler; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● Chinook senior hockey: Innisfail at Bentley, 8 p.m.
Thursday
● Men’s basketball: Sheraton Red Deer vs. Gord Scott Nissan, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Dream Team, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.
Friday
● Peewee AA hockey: Okotoks at Lacombe, 6 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Stettler, 7:30 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Red Deer Aero Equipment at Red Deer Northstar, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Red Deer Elks at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 8:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.
Saturday
● Peewee AA hockey: Cranbrook at Sylvan Lake, 12:30 p.m.; Medicine Hat White at Lacombe, 1:45 p.m. ● Major bantam hockey: Grande Prairie at Red Deer Black, 2 p.m., Arena. Major bantam girls hockey: Peace Country at Red Deer, 4:30 p.m., Kin City B. ● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Bruins at Red Deer Elks, 4:45 p.m., Arena; Calgary Gold at Sylvan Lake, 7 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer Ramada, 3:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Badlands at Sylvan Lake, 5:45 p.m. ● Chinook senior hockey: Stony Plain at Bentley, 7 p.m. ● AJHL: Sherwood Park at Olds, 7:30 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Three Hills at Ponoka, 8 p.m.
Sunday
● Peewee AA hockey: Medicine Hat White at Red Deer TBS, 10:30 a.m., Collicutt Centre; Cranbrook at Lacombe, 3 p.m. ● Major bantam hockey: Grande Prairie at Red Deer White, noon, Arena. ● Major bantam girls hockey: Peace Country at Red Deer,12:45 p.m., Kin City B. ● Bantam AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2:15 p.m., Kinex. ● Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton Southside at Red Deer, 3:30 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Bruins at Lacombe, 4:30 p.m.
Golf Franklin Templeton Shootout Sunday At Tiburon Golf Club (Gold Course) Naples, Fla. Purse: $3 million Yardage: 7,271; Par: 72 Final Harris English/Matt Kuchar, 64-60-58 — 182 Retief Goosen/Freddie Jacobsen, 67-61-61 — 189 Ian Poulter/Lee Westwood, 70-61-59 — 190 Chris DiMarco/Billy Horschel, 68-64-60 — 192 Sean O’Hair/Kenny Perry, 64-69-60 — 193 Rory Sabbatini/Scott Verplank, 69-64-61 — 194 Charles Howell III/Justin Leonard, 64-67-64 — 195 Jonas Blixt/Greg Norman, 72-63-62 — 197 Jerry Kelly/Steve Stricker, 71-65-61 — 197 Graham DeLaet/Mike Weir, 73-64-60 — 197 Jason Dufner/Dustin Johnson, 68-69-61 — 198 M. Calcavecchia/Chad Campbell, 72-66-63 — 201 Web.com Qualifying Saturday La Quinta, Calif. Purse: $510,000 s-PGA West Stadium Course; Yardage: 7,300; Par: 72 j-PGA West Jack Nicklaus Course; Yardage: 7,321; Par: 72 Third Round (a-amatuer) Steve Saunders 67s-65j-67s — 199 Jimmy Gunn 68j-70s-64s — 202 Scott Pinckney 68j-67s-67s — 202 a-Michael Kim 68j-69s-66s — 203 Max Homa 72s-64j-67s — 203 Nathan Tyler 66s-66j-71s — 203 Tony Finau 69s-67j-68s — 204 Chris Epperson 65s-63j-76s — 204 Blayne Barber 67j-71s-67s — 205 Ryan Armour 68j-69s-68s — 205 Andy Pope 68j-65s-72s — 205 Cam Burke 67j-72s-67s — 206 Matt Fast 69s-71j-66s — 206 Brad Schneider 67j-69s-70s — 206 Carlos Ortiz 70j-66s-70s — 206 Jeff Klauk 70s-68j-69s — 207 Albin Choi 69s-71j-67s — 207 Matt Ryan 72s-68j-67s — 207 Bronson Burgoon 69s-68j-70s — 207 Chris Baker 70s-66j-71s — 207 Jeff Gove 70s-68j-70s — 208 Carlos Sainz Jr 65j-72s-71s — 208 Zack Fischer 75s-67j-66s — 208 Harold Varner, III 69s-70j-70s — 209 Daniel Berger 71j-75s-63j — 209 Sung Joon Park 72s-68j-69s — 209 Manuel Villegas 70j-67s-72s — 209 Jason Millard 65j-71s-73s — 209 Zach Fullerton 73s-70j-66j — 209 Chris Parra 66s-68j-75s — 209 Chase Wright 70j-69s-71s — 210 Devin Carrey 68j-71s-71s — 210 Jorge Fernandez-Valdes 72s-67j-71s — 210 Justin Hueber 69s-69j-72s — 210 Roberto Diaz 71s-68j-71s — 210 Derek Gillespie 71s-67j-72s — 210 Jon Curran 70s-70j-70s — 210 Roger Sloan 68j-70s-72s — 210 Andres Echavarria 71s-69j-70s — 210 Julian Etulain 73s-64j-73s — 210 Kevin Penner 75s-68j-67j — 210 Nick Taylor 69j-70s-72s — 211 Jason Allred 72s-67j-72s — 211 Justin Shin 64j-74s-73s — 211 Matt Hendrix 71j-69s-71s — 211 Josh Broadaway 67j-70s-74s — 211
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Hockey WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Swift Current 37 19 13 1 4 126 111 Regina 35 18 13 2 2 117 124 Brandon 35 18 14 3 0 129 129 Prince Albert 34 17 15 2 0 118 120 Moose Jaw 36 9 21 3 3 93 136 Saskatoon 37 10 24 1 2 108 150 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Edmonton 33 23 9 0 1 126 81 Calgary 33 21 7 2 3 113 87 Medicine Hat 34 21 10 3 0 117 95 Kootenay 36 18 16 2 0 105 104 Red Deer 34 16 16 0 2 99 106 Lethbridge 37 5 27 2 3 91 170
Pt 43 40 39 36 24 23 Pt 47 47 45 38 34 15
WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 32 27 3 0 2 131 80 56 Victoria 37 22 13 0 2 106 91 46 Vancouver 37 17 13 5 2 122 126 41 Prince George 37 14 18 2 3 110 140 33 Kamloops 35 9 22 2 2 87 139 22 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Portland 34 23 7 2 2 163 113 50 Everett 35 21 10 4 0 111 94 46 Seattle 34 20 10 1 3 126 119 44 Spokane 35 21 12 0 2 127 105 44 Tri-City 35 17 15 1 2 92 97 37 d-division leader; x-clinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Saturday’s results Kelowna 5 Regina 4 (OT) Kamloops 3 Saskatoon 2 Brandon 4 Moose Jaw 1 Kootenay 3 Swift Current 2 (SO) Red Deer 3 Lethbridge 2 (SO) Medicine Hat 4 Victoria 3 (SO) Portland 5 Seattle 3 Vancouver 6 Everett 3 Spokane 6 Prince George 3 Sunday’s results Victoria 6 Lethbridge 1 Edmonton 4 Saskatoon 0 Calgary 5 Swift Current 2 Moose Jaw 5 Kamloops 2 Spokane 2 Everett 0 Kelowna 5 Prince Albert 3 Medicine Hat 4 Regina 3 (SO) Prince George 3 Vancouver 1
Rockets 5, Raiders 3 First Period 1. Prince Albert, Conroy 17 (Lange) :50. 2. Prince Albert, Braid 3 (Conroy, Hart) 6:17. 3. Kelowna, Stadel 10 (Schmidli) 15:21 (pp). Second Period 4. Kelowna, Bell 16 (Goulbourne, Bowey) 9:49. 5. Prince Albert, Quinney 5 (Gardiner, Danyluk) 17:19. Third Period 6. Kelowna, Merkley 9 (Schmidli, Wheaton) 2:17. 7. Kelowna, Baillie 14 (Stadel) 9:44. 8. Kelowna, Goulbourne 5 (unassisted) 18:52 (-EN). Shots on goal Kelowna 14 15 15 — 44 Prince Albert 11 13 7 — 31 Goal — Kelowna: Cooke (W, 20-1-0); Prince Albert: Cheveldave (L, 13-10-2). Cougars 3, Giants 1 First Period 1. Vancouver, Popoff 10 (unassisted) 17:02. Second Period 2. Prince George, Tkatch 9 (Fiddler) 3:38. 3. Prince George, Pochiro 11 (Forsberg) 4:03. Third Period 4. Prince George, Wilson 10 (unassisted) 19:59 (-EN). Shots on goal Prince George 11 11 4 — 26 Vancouver 7 25 10 — 42 Goal — Prince George: Edmonds (W, 11-10-1); Vancouver: Lee (L, 10-10-3). Warriors 5, Blazers 2 First Period 1. Moose Jaw, Fioretti 12 (Point) 5:27 (pp). Second Period 2. Moose Jaw, Point 12 (Fioretti, Valentine) 7:29 (pp). 3. Moose Jaw, Point 13 (Benoit) 8:54. 4. Kamloops, Ully 14 (Sterzer, Rehill) 11:42. 5. Moose Jaw, Eberle 8 (unassisted) 13:52. Third Period 6. Kamloops, Needham 10 (Ully, Rehill) 14:24. 7. Moose Jaw, White 10 (Brown, Forsberg) 18:48 (-EN). Shots on goal Kamloops 7 12 7 — 26 Moose Jaw 18 12 11 — 41 Goal — Kamloops: Kozun (L, 4-14-2); Moose Jaw: Paulic (W, 5-16-3). Chiefs 2, Silvertips 0 First Period 1. Spokane, King 1 (Whittingham) 9:22. Second Period No Scoring. Third Period 2. Spokane, Aviani 26 (Zwerger) 6:17. Shots on goal Spokane 10 7 3 — 20 Everett 10 8 11 — 29 Goal — Spokane: Williams (W, 18-8-0); Everett: Cotton (L, 5-2-3).
Tuesday’s games Kamloops at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. Kelowna at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. Victoria at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Regina at Calgary, 7 p.m. Lethbridge at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m. Everett at Portland, 8 p.m. Tri-City at Seattle, 8:05 p.m. Saturday’s summary Rebels 3, Hurricanes 2 (SO) First Period 1. Red Deer, Bleackley 16 (Fleury, Maxwell) 14:56 (pp). 2. Lethbridge, Nemeth 2 (Laurencelle, Jensen) 15:55. Penalties — Maxwell Let (cross-checking) 1:07, Bleackley RD (roughing) 6:50, Walters Let (crosschecking) 10:17, Duke Let (interference) 13:29, Walters Let (10-minute misconduct) 20:00, Johnson RD (10-minute misconduct) 20:00, Sutter RD (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 20:00, Sutter RD (10-minute misconduct) 20:00. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Gaudet RD (roughing) 2:46. Third Period 3. Red Deer, Sutter 5 (unassisted) 13:31 (lp). 4. Lethbridge, Duke 6 (Bell, Watson) 16:13. Penalties — Ramsay Let (inter. on goaltender) 1:38, Musil RD (cross-checking) 11:13, Walters Let (Penalty Shot) 13:31. Overtime No Scoring. Penalties — None. Shootout - Red Deer 2 Lethbridge 1 Lethbridge : Cooper miss, Duke miss, Wong goal, Olynek miss, Estephan miss, Derko miss. Red Deer : Bleackley goal, Sutter miss, Musil miss, Johnson miss, Polei miss, Nell goal. Shots on goal Lethbridge 14 15 15 0 6 — 44 Red Deer 14 9 9 4 6 — 36 Goal — Lethbridge: Sacher (LS, 2-3-0); Red Deer: Bartosak (W, 14-12-0). Power plays (goal-chances)Lethbridge: 0-4; Red Deer: 1-4. Sunday’s summaries Tigers 4, Pats 3 (SO) First Period 1. Regina, Wagner 1 (Leier, Schneider) 3:02. 2. Regina, Schioler 1 (Christoffer, Zgraggen) 18:19. Second Period 3. Medicine Hat, Sanford 17 (Stanton, Cox) 1:43 (pp). 4. Medicine Hat, Koules 11 (Vannelli, Becker) 12:42 (pp). 5. Regina, Leier 24 (Williams) 18:28 (pp). Third Period 6. Medicine Hat, Cox 10 (McVeigh) 1:30. Overtime No Scoring. Shootout Regina : Leier miss, Stephenson miss, Gay miss. Medicine Hat : Valk miss, Vannelli goal, Koules miss. Shots on goal Regina 11 6 10 2 3 — 29 Medicine Hat10 22 10 0 3 — 42 Goal — Regina: Schneider (LS, 2-1-0); Medicine Hat: Wapple (W, 12-6-1).
Royals 6, Hurricanes 1 First Period 1. Victoria, Magee 11 (Hodges, Cote) 17:35 (pp). 2. Victoria, Gagnon 1 (Soy) 18:45. Second Period 3. Victoria, Carroll 18 (Gagnon) 3:18. 4. Lethbridge, Wong 14 (Derko, Hackman) 7:20 (pp). 5. Victoria, Walker 14 (Cote, Reddekopp) 12:26. 6. Victoria, Hodges 5 (Magee, Blomqvist) 17:30. Third Period 7. Victoria, Skapski 2 (Crunk, Reddekopp) 3:53. Shots on goal Victoria 9 15 6 — 30 Lethbridge 11 9 11 — 31 Goal — Victoria: Vollrath (W, 7-4-0); Lethbridge: Sacher (L, 2-4-0). Oil Kings 4, Blades 0 First Period 1. Edmonton, Bertolucci 1 (unassisted) 2:11. 2. Edmonton, Benson 3 (Bertolucci) 14:51. Second Period No Scoring. Third Period 3. Edmonton, Petryk 6 (Corbett, Moroz) 3:46 (pp). 4. Edmonton, Bauer 4 (Baddock) 4:47. Shots on goal Saskatoon 2 8 17 — 27 Edmonton 21 15 12 — 48 Goal — Saskatoon: Trombley (L, 3-11-0); Edmonton: Jarry (W, 22-7-0). Hitmen 5, Broncos 2 First Period 1. Calgary, Fazleev 5 (Chase, Helgesen) 7:15. Second Period 2. Calgary, Sanheim 1 (Padakin, Brooks) :42. 3. Swift Current, Mackay 7 (Lesann, Johnson) 9:24. 4. Calgary, Penner 2 (Brooks, Helgesen) 11:43. 5. Swift Current, Lernout 4 (Cave, Martin) 13:40. Third Period 6. Calgary, Helgesen 5 (Brassart, Virtanen) 9:56 (pp). 7. Calgary, Jones 8 (Fazleev) 17:37 (-EN). Shots on goal Swift Current 9 11 6 — 26 Calgary 9 17 6 — 32 Goal — Swift Current: Bow (L, 8-3-1); Calgary: Driedger (W, 13-6-2). Power plays (goal-chances)Swift Current: 0-2; Calgary: 1-1. National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 33 22 9 2 46 92 70 Montreal 35 20 12 3 43 88 75 Tampa Bay 33 19 11 3 41 90 80 Detroit 35 15 11 9 39 89 94 Toronto 34 17 14 3 37 97 99 Ottawa 34 13 15 6 32 96 111 Florida 34 12 17 5 29 78 109 Buffalo 33 7 23 3 17 55 96 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 34 23 10 1 47 105 74 Washington 33 18 12 3 39 105 97 Carolina 34 14 13 7 35 79 94
Football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 10 4 0 .714 369 Miami 8 6 0 .571 310 N.Y. Jets 6 8 0 .429 246 Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 300 South W L T Pct PF y-Indianapolis 9 5 0 .643 338 Tennessee 5 9 0 .357 326 Jacksonville 4 10 0 .286 221 Houston 2 12 0 .143 253 North W L T Pct PF Cincinnati 9 5 0 .643 354 Baltimore 7 6 0 .538 278 Pittsburgh 6 8 0 .429 321 Cleveland 4 10 0 .286 288 West W L T Pct PF x-Denver 11 3 0 .786 535 x-Kansas City 11 3 0 .786 399 San Diego 7 7 0 .500 343 Oakland 4 10 0 .286 295 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Philadelphia 8 6 0 .571 364 Dallas 7 7 0 .500 393 N.Y. Giants 5 9 0 .357 251 Washington 3 11 0 .214 305 South W L T Pct PF New Orleans 10 4 0 .714 359
N.Y. Rangers Columbus Philadelphia New Jersey N.Y. Islanders
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WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 36 24 7 5 53 135 101 St. Louis 31 22 6 3 47 110 73 Colorado 31 21 9 1 43 88 73 Minnesota 35 19 11 5 43 81 81 Dallas 31 15 11 5 35 90 93 Nashville 33 16 14 3 35 77 92 Winnipeg 34 14 15 5 33 90 100 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 35 23 7 5 51 111 89 Los Angeles 34 22 8 4 48 94 68 San Jose 33 20 7 6 46 108 82 Vancouver 35 20 10 5 45 98 83 Phoenix 32 18 9 5 41 104 100 Calgary 33 13 15 5 31 86 106 Edmonton 35 11 21 3 25 93 120 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Saturday’s Games Minnesota 2, Colorado 1, SO Calgary 2, Buffalo 1, OT Los Angeles 5, Ottawa 2 Dallas 6, Winnipeg 4 Toronto 7, Chicago 3 Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 1 New Jersey 3, Tampa Bay 0 Montreal 1, N.Y. Islanders 0, OT St. Louis 4, Columbus 3, OT Nashville 3, San Jose 2 Carolina 3, Phoenix 1 Vancouver 6, Boston 2 Sunday’s Games Washington 5, Philadelphia 4, SO N.Y. Rangers 4, Calgary 3, SO Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 0 Florida 2, Montreal 1 Chicago 3, Los Angeles 1 Anaheim 3, Edmonton 2 Monday’s Games Toronto at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Winnipeg at Columbus, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m. Dallas at Colorado, 7 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Calgary at Boston, 5 p.m. Winnipeg at Buffalo, 5 p.m. Florida at Toronto, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. Phoenix at Montreal, 5:30 p.m. Anaheim at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m. San Jose at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Chicago at Nashville, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m. Saturday’s summary Flames 2, Sabres 1 (OT) First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Smid Cgy (interference) 1:13, McNabb Buf (interference) 3:36, Brodie Cgy (holding) 5:09, Scott Buf (interference) 7:53, Hudler Cgy (highsticking) 18:01, Foligno Buf (tripping) 19:42, Cgy Bench (too many men) 19:42. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Stajan Cgy (interference) 4:27, Foligno Buf (cross-checking) 6:17, Foligno Buf (holding) 11:58, Brodie Cgy (hooking) 18:57. Third Period 1. Buffalo, Moulson 11 (Girgensons, Ehrhoff) 5:40. 2. Calgary, Byron 1 (Butler, Backlund) 8:19. Penalties — None. Overtime 3. Calgary, Stajan 6 (Byron) :42. Penalties —None. Shots on goal Calgary 5 13 7 1 — 26 Buffalo 11 8 8 0 — 27 Goal — Calgary: Ramo (W, 6-5-1); Buffalo: Enroth (LO, 1-6-3). Power plays (goal-chances)Calgary: 0-4; Buffalo: 0-5. Sunday’s summaries Ducks 3, Oilers 2 First Period 1. Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 8 (Hall, Eberle) 6:18. 2. Anaheim, Bonino 9 (Maroon, Palmieri) 11:22. Penalties — Joensuu Edm (hooking) 3:24, Penner Ana (delay of game) 16:09. Second Period 3. Anaheim, Selanne 4 (Perreault, Beleskey) 15:24. Penalties — Beauchemin Ana (holding) 1:26, Potter Edm (Check from Behind Major) 5:40, Potter Edm (game misconduct) 5:40. Third Period 4. Edmonton, Gagner 4 (Yakupov, Ference) 10:26. 5. Anaheim, Penner 10 (Getzlaf, Lindholm) 16:43. Penalties —None. Shots on goal Edmonton 14 6 5 — 25 Anaheim 8 14 12 — 34 Goal — Edmonton: Bryzgalov (L, 1-2-0); Anaheim: Hiller (W, 13-4-4). Power plays (goal-chances)Edmonton: 0-2; Anaheim: 0-2. Rangers 4, Flames 3 (SO) First Period 1. Calgary, Backlund 4 (Russell, Giordano) 7:28 (pp). 2. Calgary, Glencross 6 (Hudler) 15:00. 3. NY Rangers, Stepan 6 (Nash, Girardi) 15:25. Penalties — Jones Cgy (Illegal Check to Head Minor) 1:54, Kreider NYR (interference) 7:23, Giordano Cgy (holding) 12:27. Second Period 4. NY Rangers, Hagelin 6 (Pouliot, Moore) 7:29. Penalties — Bouma Cgy (roughing) 9:07, Moore NYR (roughing) 9:07, Hagelin NYR (interference) 9:50, McGrattan Cgy (fighting) 14:19, McIlrath NYR
(fighting) 14:19. Third Period 5. Calgary, Monahan 10 (Glencross, Hudler) 4:44. 6. NY Rangers, Kreider 8 (Stepan, Boyle) 12:07. Penalties — McIlrath NYR (high-sticking) 9:48, Cammalleri Cgy (roughing) 16:04, Ramo Cgy (delay of game) 16:44, Kreider NYR (high-sticking) 18:04. Overtime No Scoring. Penalties — None. Shootout Calgary : Colborne goal, Hudler miss, Monahan miss, Stempniak goal, Cammalleri miss, Byron goal, Backlund miss. NY Rangers : Zuccarello goal, Nash miss, Stepan miss, Richards goal, Brassard miss, Moore goal, Pouliot goal. Shots on goal Calgary 11 3 6 1 — 21 NY Rangers 6 12 10 4 — 32 Goal — Calgary: Ramo (LO, 6-5-2); NY Rangers: Lundqvist (W, 10-14-1). Power plays (goal-chances)Calgary: 1-5; NY Rangers: 0-4. Blackhawks 3, Kings 1 First Period 1. Chicago, Hossa 14 (Toews, Hjalmarsson) 5:45 (sh). 2. Chicago, Versteeg 6 (Kane, Seabrook) 9:59. 3. Chicago, Sharp 16 (Toews, Keith) 19:31 (pp). Penalties — Clifford LA (tripping) 1:09, Oduya Chi (tripping) 5:09, Stoll LA (cross-checking) 19:18. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Martinez LA (delay of game) 17:14. Third Period 4. Los Angeles, Martinez 2 (Greene, Nolan) 16:06. Penalties — Kruger Chi (tripping) 8:50, Shaw Chi (unsportsmanlike conduct) 16:25. Shots on goal Los Angeles 6 10 6 — 22 Chicago 10 15 15 — 40 Goal — Los Angeles: Scrivens (L, 7-3-4); Chicago: Raanta (W, 6-1-1). Power plays (goal-chances)Los Angeles: 0-3; Chicago: 1-3. Lightnings 3, Red Wings 0 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — None. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Johnson TB (hooking) 2:05, Franzen Det (unsportsmanlike conduct) 4:35, Det Bench (too many men) 6:13, Johnson TB (high-sticking) 6:51, Quincey Det (tripping) 9:41. Third Period 1. Tampa Bay, Johnson 8 (St. Louis, Palat) 3:13. 2. Tampa Bay, Brown 2 (Thompson) 9:16. 3. Tampa Bay, Killorn 7 (Filppula, Brewer) 18:45 (en). Penalties — Palat TB (hooking) 12:17. Shots on goal Tampa Bay 10 3 13 — 26 Detroit 6 13 9 — 28 Goal — Tampa Bay: Bishop (W, 17-5-2); Detroit: Mrazek (L, 1-1-0). Power plays (goal-chances)Tampa Bay: 0-3; Detroit: 0-3. Panthers 2, Canadiens 1 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Desharnais Mtl (holding) 3:55, Kopecky Fla (roughing) 5:59. Second Period 1. Florida, Winchester 5 (Kopecky, Goc) 4:44. 2. Florida, Bjugstad 6 (Fleischmann, Upshall) 7:11. Penalties — None. Third Period 3. Montreal, Galchenyuk 10 (Gionta, Subban) 2:28 (pp). Penalties — Bergenheim Fla (interference) 1:12, White Mtl (tripping) 3:59, Weaver Fla (charging) 12:38, Upshall Fla (cross-checking) 14:03. Shots on goal Florida 14 6 5 — 25 Montreal 8 4 6 — 18 Goal — Florida: Clemmensen (W, 2-2-1); Montreal: Budaj (L, 5-2-1). Power plays (goal-chances)Florida: 0-2; Montreal: 1-4. Capitals 5, Flyers 4 (SO) First Period 1. Washington, Ovechkin 27 (Backstrom, Carlson) 11:17 (pp). 2. Philadelphia, Giroux 7 (Raffl, Coburn) 19:06. Penalties — Giroux Pha (face-off violation) 1:37, Raffl Pha (slashing) 10:29, Chimera Wash (elbowing) 11:43. Second Period 3. Philadelphia, Streit 2 (Raffl) 7:37. Penalties — Oleksy Wash (hooking) 2:45, Latta Wash (fighting) 6:21, Rinaldo Pha (fighting) 6:21, Ovechkin Wash (interference) 8:48, Chimera Wash (interference) 19:15, Hartnell Pha (hooking) 19:41. Third Period 4. Philadelphia, Couturier 6 (Read, Downie) 2:18. 5. Philadelphia, Voracek 6 (Raffl, Giroux) 3:32. 6. Washington, Green 2 (Backstrom, Johansson) 11:20. 7. Washington, Orlov 1 (Fehr, Ward) 16:29. 8. Washington, Ovechkin 28 (Ward) 19:12. Penalties — Oleksy Wash (fighting) 2:05, Simmonds Pha (fighting) 2:05, Read Pha (high-sticking) 6:42, Streit Pha (delay of game) 11:42. Overtime No Scoring. Penalties — None. Shootout Philadelphia : Read miss, Giroux goal, Couturier miss. Washington : Fehr goal, Ovechkin miss, Backstrom goal. Shots on goal Philadelphia 8 9 8 3 — 28 Washington 7 7 16 3 — 33 Goal — Philadelphia: Mason (LO, 11-9-4); Washington: Grubauer (W, 3-0-1). Power plays (goal-chances)Philadelphia: 0-4; Washington: 1-5.
Basketball Carolina Tampa Bay Atlanta PA 311 296 367 354 PA 319 355 399 375 PA 274 261 332 362 PA 372 255 311 393
PA 349 385 357 434 PA 270
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Thursday’s Game San Diego 27, Denver 20 Sunday’s Games Minnesota 48, Philadelphia 30 Atlanta 27, Washington 26 San Francisco 33, Tampa Bay 14 Seattle 23, N.Y. Giants 0 Chicago 38, Cleveland 31 Indianapolis 25, Houston 3 Buffalo 27, Jacksonville 20 Miami 24, New England 20 Kansas City 56, Oakland 31 Carolina 30, N.Y. Jets 20 Arizona 37, Tennessee 34, OT St. Louis 27, New Orleans 16 Green Bay 37, Dallas 36 Cincinnati 20, Pittsburgh 30 Monday’s Game Baltimore at Detroit, 6:40 p.m.
GOLF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NAPLES, Fla. — Matt Kuchar and Harris English ran away with the Franklin Templeton Shootout, shooting a 14-under 58 on Sunday in the final-round scramble to break the tournament course record. Kuchar and English finished at 34-under 182, playing their last 28 holes at Tiburon in 25 under. They opened with a 64 on Friday in modified alternate-shot play and had a 60 on Saturday in better ball. The duo beat Retief Goosen and Fredrik Jacobsen by
seven strokes, matching the tournament record for margin of victory set by Curtis Strange and Mark O’Meara in 1989 in the inaugural event. “It was a fun week,” Kuchar said. “This is one of my favourite events of the year. I wish we could more team events. I realize during the year, that’s difficult but to mix up the formats and have a partner here is just a lot of fun. It’s nice to perform well.” Kuchar and English, who replaced the injured Brandt Snedeker in the field, each earned $385,000.
National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 11 14 .440 — Toronto 9 13 .409 1/2 Brooklyn 8 15 .348 2 New York 7 16 .304 3 Philadelphia 7 18 .280 4 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 17 6 .739 — Atlanta 12 12 .500 5 1/2 Charlotte 10 14 .417 7 1/2 Washington 9 13 .409 7 1/2 Orlando 7 17 .292 10 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 20 3 .870 — Detroit 11 14 .440 10 Chicago 9 13 .409 10 1/2 Cleveland 9 14 .391 11 Milwaukee 5 19 .208 15 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 19 4 .826 — Houston 16 9 .640 4 Dallas 14 10 .583 5 1/2 New Orleans 11 11 .500 7 1/2 Memphis 10 13 .435 9 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 21 4 .840 — Oklahoma City 19 4 .826 1 Denver 14 9 .609 6
Minnesota Utah L.A. Clippers Phoenix Golden State L.A. Lakers Sacramento
12 12 .500 6 20 .231 Pacific Division W L Pct 16 9 .640 14 9 .609 13 12 .520 11 12 .478 7 15 .318
8 1/2 15 1/2 GB — 1 3 4 7 1/2
Saturday’s Games L.A. Clippers 113, Washington 97 L.A. Lakers 88, Charlotte 85 Miami 114, Cleveland 107 New York 111, Atlanta 106 Toronto 99, Chicago 77 Portland 139, Philadelphia 105 Dallas 106, Milwaukee 93 San Antonio 100, Utah 84 Sunday’s Games Sacramento 106, Houston 91 Minnesota 101, Memphis 93 Portland 111, Detroit 109, OT Oklahoma City 101, Orlando 98 Phoenix 106, Golden State 102 Denver 102, New Orleans 93 Monday’s Games Detroit at Indiana,5 p.m. Philadelphia at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m. Minnesota at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Utah at Miami, 5:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Washington at New York, 5:30 p.m. Orlando at Chicago, 6 p.m. San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.
Transactions Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL National League NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with RHP Bartolo Colon on a two-year contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Toronto F David Clarkson two games for a head shot on St. Louis C Vladimir Sobotka during Thursday’s game. Suspended Boston F Shawn Thornton 15 games for punching Pittsburgh D Brooks Orpik and causing serious injury during a Dec. 7 game. BUFFALO SABRES — Recalled LW Matt Ellis from Rochester (AHL). CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Assigned G Jason LaBarbera to Rockford (AHL). COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Returned F Jack Skille to Springfield (AHL). EDMONTON OILERS — Traded G Jason LaBarbera to Chicago for future considerations. American Hockey League NORFOLK ADMIRALS — Released F Jamie MacQueen and returned him to Utah (ECHL). PROVIDENCE BRUINS — Sent D Steve Spinell to South Carolina (ECHL). SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Signed G Rob Madore. Recalled F John McFarland from Cincinnati
(ECHL). Loaned F Jack Combs to Cincinnati. ECHL SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Loaned F Marc Hagel to Iowa (AHL). Signed D Brendan Rempel. Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Suspended Portland C Meyers Leonard and Philadelphia C Daniel Orton one game after Leonard initiated an altercation by body-slamming Orton to the floor and Orton retaliated by elbowing Leonard in the mouth during Saturday’s game. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Winnipeg F Anthony Peluso three games for boarding Dallas D Alex Goligoski during Saturday’s game. DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled RW Tomas Jurco from Grand Rapids (AHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned D Nate Schmidt to Hershey (AHL). Recalled C Michael Latta from Hershey. American Hockey League HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Assigned F Ben Duffy to Wheeling (ECHL). Released F Scott Zurevinski from a professional tryout contract.
B4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Dec. 16, 2013
Dolphins beat Patriots to Steelers take advantage keep playoff hopes alive of Bengals’ miscues, cruise to easy win
NFL ROUNDUP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PACKERS 37 COWBOYS 36 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Matt Flynn threw four touchdown passes in the second half, Eddie Lacy had the winning score on a 1-yard plunge after an interception by Tony Romo gave them another chance, and Green Bay rallied from 23 points down at halftime to beat Dallas. Romo tossed two interceptions in the final 3 minutes, the first one giving Green Bay a chance for the go-ahead score with the Cowboys in position to run out the clock with a 36-31 lead. Lacy scored with just over 1 1-2 minutes left. Playing on the same field where they won the 2011 Super Bowl, the Packers matched the 1982 team, which rallied past the Los Angeles Rams after trailing by 23. The Packers (7-6-1) kept their playoff hopes alive with Aaron Rodgers possibly returning next week. The Cowboys (7-7) blew a chance to pull even with Philadelphia in the NFC East, remaining a game behind with two to play.
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Green Bay Packers running back Eddie Lacy goes over the top to score a touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys during the second half of an NFL game, Sunday, in Arlington, Texas. VIKINGS 48 EAGLES 30 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Matt Cassel passed for 382 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score to lead the injury-depleted Vikings over Philadelphia, snapping the Eagles’ five-game winning streak. With Adrian Peterson and Toby Gerhart out, Matt Asiata rushed for the first three touchdowns of his career and Greg Jennings caught a career-high 11 passes for 163 yards for the Vikings (4-9-1). Asiata ran for 51 yards on 30 carries. Nick Foles threw for 428 yards with three touchdowns and one interception and DeSean Jackson had 10 catches for 195 yards and a score for the Eagles (8-6). They started the day with a one-game lead over Dallas in the NFC East. Playing for pride and probably coach Leslie Frazier’s job, the Vikings produced quite the spoiler performance against the previously surging Eagles. FALCONS 27 REDSKINS 26 ATLANTA (AP) — Desmond Trufant deflected Kirk Cousins’ pass on a potential winning 2-point conversion with 18 seconds remaining, and the Atlanta Falcons edged the Washington Redskins. The Falcons (4-10) scored 20 points off seven Washington turnovers. The Redskins (311) tied a team record with five lost fumbles. Cousins passed for 381 yards and three touchdowns, but had three turnovers in his first start of the season after coach Mike Shanahan decided to bench Robert Griffin III. Griffin watched from the sideline. Cousins’ touchdown pass to Santana Moss gave Washington a chance to force overtime by kicking the extra point. Instead, Cousins’ attempted go-ahead 2-point pass for Pierre Garcon was deflected by Trufant. Steven Jackson ran for two touchdowns for Atlanta. Alfred Morris had 98 yards rushing, but lost two fumbles for Washington. 49ERS 33 BUCCANEERS 14 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Vernon Davis caught a touchdown pass for the fifth straight game and Michael Crabtree scored his first TD since returning from injury to help the San Francisco 49ers beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The victory was the fourth straight for Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers (10-4), who pulled away for good with a 10-minute, fourth-quarter drive that produced a field goal. Kendall Hunter put it well out
of reach, scooping up a fumble on the ensuing kickoff and diving 2 yards into the end zone for a touchdown. Tampa Bay got within 20-14 on Mike Glennon’s TD pass to Tim Wright on the first play of the fourth quarter. The Bucs (4-10) didn’t get the ball back until after Kaepernick used 17 plays to march the 49ers 77 yards into position for Phil Dawson to kick one of his four field goals, extending his franchise-record streak of consecutive successful attempts to 24. Kaepernick completed 19 of 29 passes for 203 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. Frank Gore rushed for 86 yards to go over 1,000 in a season for the seventh time in his career. Glennon was 18 of 34 for 179 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. SEAHAWKS 23 GIANTS 0 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Richard Sherman had two interceptions, Marshawn Lynch scored on a twisting, triple-effort 2-yard run, and Steven Hauschka kicked three field goals as Seattle manhandled the New York Giants for its sixth road win. Russell Wilson toyed with New York’s defence, running for 50 yards and throwing for 206 and a touchdown before sitting out the last few minutes. Wilson has 23 wins, the most for a quarterback in his first two seasons in the Super Bowl era. The Seahawks (122) are closing in on the NFC West title and their best overall record; they went 13-3 in 2005 before losing to Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl. Eli Manning was picked off a career-worst five times, with Byron Maxwell also getting two. The Giants (5-9) have their first losing record since 2004, and lost top receiver Victor Cruz to a concussion in the fourth quarter. Cruz is 2 yards short of his third straight 1,000-yard season. BEARS 38 BROWNS 31 CLEVELAND (AP) — Jay Cutler shook off some early rustiness and threw three touchdown passes in his first start since Nov. 10, leading Chicago past Cleveland. Cutler, who missed Chicago’s previous four games with a sprained left ankle, threw a 4-yard TD pass to Earl Bennett with 5:41 left as Bears (86) rallied in the second half and stayed in contention for an NFC playoff spot. Cutler finished 22 of 31 for 265 yards and validated coach Marc Trestman’s decision to stick with him over backup Josh McCown, who had played well while filling in for Chicago’s
starter. Michael Bush’s 40-yard TD run with 2:17 left sealed it for the Bears, who completed a four-game sweep of the AFC North and won their first road game since Nov. 4, when McCown led them to a win over Green Bay. Tashuan Gipson returned an interception 44 yards for a TD and T.J. Ward had a 51-yard TD fumble return for the Browns (4-10). Jason Campbell finished 23 of 39 for 273 yards and one touchdown, a 43-yarder to Josh Gordon. COLTS 25 TEXANS 3 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Luck threw two touchdown passes, and Robert Mathis broke Indianapolis’ singleseason and career sacks records by forcing a second-half safety to lead the Colts past Houston. Luck finished 19 of 32 for 180 yards with one interception and needed only two quarters to put up 20 points, four short of Indy’s combined firsthalf point total from the previous six games. But the Colts (9-5) did it against a team that has lost 12 straight overall and is 0-12 all-time in Indy. Mathis, the NFL sacks leader, now has 16 ½ this season and 108 in his career, breaking the franchise records held by longtime teammate and close friend Dwight Freeney. Case Keenum was 18 of 34 for 168 yards for Houston (2-12), and also was stripped of the ball by Mathis in the end zone, which led to the safety. PANTHERS 30 JETS 20 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cam Newton threw for 273 yards and a touchdown, Captain Munnerlyn had two sacks and returned an interception for a score and the Panthers bounced back from their most lopsided loss of the season. With New Orleans losing 27-16 to St. Louis, the Panthers (10-4) pulled even with the Saints with the rematch set for next Sunday in Charlotte. If Carolina wins its final two games, it will clinch the division and the firstround bye. The Panthers haven’t been to the postseason since 2008.
PITTSBURGH — The Cincinnati Bengals lost their grip on the ball. Then they lost their grip on the game. Their coronation as the new power in the AFC North is going to have to wait at least one more week. Antonio Brown caught a touchdown pass and returned a punt for a score in a 64-second span in the first quarter and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Bengals 30-20 on Sunday night. Shaun Suisham added three field goals for the Steelers (6-8), who built a 24-point lead and hardly looked like a team playing out the string. Ben Roethlisberger completed 20 of 25 passes for 191 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Le’Veon Bell added 117 yards of total offence. Andy Dalton completed 25 of 44 for 230 yards and two second-half touchdowns, but Cincinnati (9-5) never recovered after getting staggered early at frigid Heinz Field. Looking to move closer to a third straight playoff berth, the Bengals were undone by a series of miscues on special teams. Bell scored two plays after Cincinnati punter Kevin Huber dropped a snap while standing near the goal line after the Bengals’ first possession. Pittsburgh’s Will Allen dropped Huber at the 1 and Bell bulled into the end zone on second down for his sixth touchdown of the season. Cincinnati’s issues continued on the ensuing kickoff. Officials ruled Cedric Peerman called for a fair catch at the Cincinnati 9, wiping out a lengthy return. The Bengals eventually punted, setting up the Steelers with a short field. Pittsburgh went 47 yards in eight plays, with Roethlisberger buying enough time for Brown to get open for a 12-yard touchdown strike to make it 14-0. Brown’s early work wasn’t done. Cincinnati punted yet again and Brown took it 67 yards right up the middle, breaking a tackle at midfield on his way to the second punt return for a score in his four-year career for Pittsburgh’s third touchdown of the quarter. The Steelers, who need to win out to avoid their first losing season since 2003, had been outscored 7743 in the first quarter coming in. Huber took a hard hit from Pittsburgh’s Terence Garvin during the return. Huber was down on the field for several minutes before walking straight to the Cincinnati locker room with a fractured jaw. Cincinnati kicker Mike Nugent took over Huber’s punting duties. Bengals linebacker James Harrison, making his first appearance in Pittsburgh since leaving the Steelers to sign with the Bengals in the off-season, left in the first quarter because of a concussion. Pittsburgh extended its lead to 24-0 before the Bengals steadied themselves with a 47-yard touchdown drive capped by Giovani Bernard’s 1-yard run. The Steelers responded late in the half with Suisham’s 45-yard field goal by to give them their biggest halftime lead of the season. Suisham’s third field goal pushed Pittsburgh’s advantage to 30-7 before the Bengals responded with Dalton’s 1-yard touchdown pass from to Tyler Eifert. Dalton later found Marvin Jones for a 13-yard score on fourth-and-5 with 5:51 to play, but Dalton’s 2-point conversion attempt was batted down at the line of scrimmage, keeping the deficit at 10 points. Cincinnati got the ball back one more time, and Dalton’s long heave to A.J. Green on fourth down fell incomplete.
STEVIE JOHNSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Buffalo Bills receiver Stevie Johnson could have flown home — and no one would have blamed him. Johnson’s mother died unexpectedly Saturday at her Northern California home. Rhonda Lewis was 48. Johnson and the Bills had already arrived in Jacksonville when he heard the devastating news. He sat down with coach Doug Marrone, who gave him the option of leaving or staying for Sunday’s game against the Jaguars. He didn’t tell anyone else. Johnson decided to stay with his teammates. He says “whatever I can do to help out the team,
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CHIEFS 56 RAIDERS 31 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jamaal Charles tied a franchise record with five touchdowns in a game and gained 215 yards from scrimmage as the Chiefs beat the Raiders and clinched at least a wild-card spot. Alex Smith threw five TD passes, going 17 for 20 for 287 yards to make the Chiefs the fourth team ever to make the playoffs a year after losing at least 14 games. Kansas City (11-3) is tied for first place in the AFC West with Denver but needs help to win the division because the Broncos swept the season series. Matt McGloin threw four interceptions and lost a fumble while sharing time with Terrelle Pryor as Oakland (4-10) allowed the most points in franchise history and lost its fourth straight game. The Raiders had seven turnovers overall. Knile Davis’ 17-yard run midway through the fourth quarter gave the Chiefs the highestscoring game in the NFL this season and the most points ever scored against the Raiders, breaking the mark of 55 last reached by Baltimore in 2012.
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DOLPHINS 24 PATRIOTS 20 MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Tom Brady’s latest comeback bid came up short, and the Miami Dolphins helped their playoff chances with a 24-20 breakthrough victory Sunday over the AFC East-leading New England Patriots. A fourth-down pass from Brady was intercepted by reserve safety Michael Thomas, in his first NFL game, in the end zone with 2 seconds left, and Miami held on to win. The Patriots had mounted second-half rallies to win their past three games, and Brady moved them from their own 20 with 1:15 remaining to the Miami 14. But he threw three consecutive incompletions before Thomas sealed the third consecutive victory for the Dolphins (86), who improved to 5-2 since tackle Jonathan Martin left the team in a bullying scandal. Miami snapped a streak of seven consecutive losses against the Patriots (10-4). Ryan Tannehill threw for 312 yards and three touchdown passes, including a 14-yarder to Marcus Thigpen with 1:15 left that provided the winning margin. Brady went 34 for 55 for 364 yards and two scores. Julian Edelman made 13 catches for 139 yards, and Danny Amendola added 10 receptions for 131 yards.
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NOTRE DAME COUGARS ARE HOPING LOTS OF TALENT AND BETTER WORK ETHIC TRANSLATES INTO GOOD THINGS FOR BOYS’ BASKETBALL SQUAD BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Bigger, faster and with a great work ethic. That pretty much sums up this season’s version of the Notre Dame Cougars senior boys basketball squad, according to head coach Ed Major and assistant Stephen Merredew. “We have a lot of talented kids, a lot of guys who want to work hard,” said Major, who last year assisted head man Tom Henley. “We have good height this year compared to last season, and again, the skill level is really, really high. We’re excited about this year.” The Cougars plan of attack this season is to . . . attack. “We play a pretty up-tempo kind of game,” said Major, whose squad posted a 1-1 record — losing to Edmonton St. Joseph’s and beating Cochrane Bow Valley — in the four-team Cougar Classic tournament Friday and Saturday. “We’re really trying to make the opposition defence work and when we’re on defence we’re really stretching the court out. “We’re trying to play full court the whole game . . . 40 minutes of just trying to wear a team down, any team that we play.” Major is confident the Cougars, who opened Central Alberta League play last week with a 79-37 win over the Stettler Wildcats, can maintain an allout pace due to increased quickness and the depth of his roster. “I think we’re a lot quicker this year,” he said. “I think we have a lot more skilled players and a deeper bench, for sure. We can roll every player off that bench actually and we won’t lose too much in the skill department. As long as we keep some of our skilled players mixed in with role players we can roll all 14 guys.” Added Merredew: “And we’ve done that our first three games. We’ve had 11 and 12 guys scoring for us all three games, which is rare in basketball.” The Cougars lineup features five returning players in point guard Jose Vizcarra, forwards Amet Deng, Trenton Driedger and Nicole Lachica and guard Tony Bornyi. New to the roster are point guards Ken Villaluz and Keno Villaluz, for-
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Notre Dame Cougar Ken Villaluz protects the ball from Edmonton’s St. Joseph player Josh Velasco during the opening game of the Cougar Classic basketball tournament in Red Deer, Friday. wards Logan Hermus, Theoren Gill, Keegan MacDonald, TJ Carter, Jackson Haddow and Joe McQuay, and guard Jake Dahl, the vast majority of whom played with a strong Notre Dame JV team last season. Major and Merredew oversaw a large contingent of players who attended the recent junior and senior boys camps. “We had 70 guys trying out for the two teams. It was tough to sort out guys,” said Major. “Trying to get guys through drills in practice was a challenge, as was getting down to 14 players. We had to break some hearts.”
The coaches are confident that what remained following the cuts has formed a competitive team that should be right in the mix during the regional playoffs in March. The Cougars lost to Lindsay Thurber in a semifinal last spring. Hunting Hills then beat Thurber to advance to the provincial championship tournament. “Our compete level is pretty good right now,” said Major. “We peaked pretty early in that department last year. We were working hard in January and February and went down from that.
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Hermary’s pair of goals leads Wranglers past Bears
Major bantam AAA Devon Fankhanel scored twice and Dawson Weatherill made 53 saves as the Red Deer Rebels White edged the visiting Calgary Bisons 4-3 in an Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League game Saturday. Also scoring for the Rebels White, who were outshot 56-29, were Dylan Scheunert and Josh Tarzwell. Meanwhile, the Red Deer Rebels Black were hammered 12-1 by the visiting Spruce Grove Saints. Dayton Playford potted the lone goal for the Rebels Black, who got a 52-save outing from Shae Her-
Trent Hermary potted two goals Sunday to lead the Blackfalds Wranglers to a 5-1 Heritage Junior B Hockey League win over the visiting Banff Academy Bears. Also scoring for the Wranglers were Tiaan Anderson, Jared Guilbault and Bryce Boguski. Blackfalds netminder Thomas Isaman made 28 saves, while Aaron MacKay stopped 38 shots for the Bears, who were assessed four of seven minor penalties and will meet the Red Deer Vipers tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Red Deer Arena The win was the second of the weekend for the Wranglers, who got two goals from Garret Glasman in a 4-2 victory over the host Three Hills Thrashers Friday. Boguski and Chance Abbot also scored for Blackfalds, which got a 30-save outing from Connor Zenchuk. Brady Hoover stopped 31 shots for Three Hills, which got goals from Kelby Stevens and Luke Scheunert. Banff ventured into Three Hills Saturday and scored five unanswered third-period goals en route to a 6-3 win over the Thrashers, whose goals were provided by Tyler Newsham, with a pair, and Lucas Jones. Michael Lenko stopped 25 shots for the visitors. Thrashers netminder Brody Dirk turned aside 42 shots. In other weekend Heritage League games: ● The Stettler Lightning racked up three wins — 6-5 over the host Okotoks Bisons Sunday, 4-3 over the visiting High River Flyers Saturday, and 3-2 over the Thunder 24 hours earlier at Airdrie. Derek Muhlbach scored twice against the Flyers, while Adam Ternes and Jacob Hamel also tallied for the winners. Jeff Skaley blocked 18 shots in the Stettler net, while Tyler Fornwald made 34 saves at the other end. On Friday, the Lightning got past the Thunder in overtime, getting regulation-time markers from Landon Potter and Dylan Houston. Stettler netminder Simon Thielman turned aside 32 shots, while Kade Taplin kept Airdrie in the game with a 49-save performance. Details of Sunday’s game were unavailable. ● The Ponoka Stampeders dropped a pair of close contests — falling 3-2 to the visiting Okotoks Bisons Saturday after losing 5-3 to the host Mountainview Colts the night before. Tye Munro and Kwyn Hiebert scored against Okotoks, while Ponoka netminder Eli Falls made 35 saves. The Stampeders were outshot 38-25. At Didsbury, the Stamps got goals from Hiebert, Munro and Cody Lemon. The Colts fired 36 shots at Falls, while Mountainview netminder Connor Slipp faced 26 shots.
“This year we’re starting off pretty high. We’re still making some rookies mistakes, mistakes we hopefully won’t make in March. We’re confident we’re going to compete, for sure. We’re going to give teams all they can handle.” Merredew noted that the Cougars’ veteran presence will likely play a role in whichever way the season turns and turns out. “You always want to win your last game of the year,” he said. “Having that strong mix of Grade 12s in there . . . they’re motivated. They don’t want to go out on a sour note.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com
bert while being outshot 64-24. The Rebels Black also came out on the short end of a 5-2 score Sunday against the Southeast Tigers at Medicine Hat. Levi Glasman and Jacksyn Goodall scored for the visitors and Herbert made 30 saves as the Red Deer squad was outshot 42-35. Minor midget AAA Tyler Wall, Ryan Vandervlis and Tyler Graber each potted a third-period goal as the Red Deer Aero Equipment Chiefs edged the visiting Calgary Canucks 4-3 Saturday. Landon Siegle also connected for the Chiefs, who outshot their guests 35-12. Geordan Andrew made nine saves for the win. In another Saturday outing, the
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BRIEFS Chiefs can’t get past Fury in major midget girls hockey Breanna Martin notched the lone goal for the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs in a 3-1 loss to the host Sherwood Park Fury in an Alberta Major Midget Female Hockey League game Sunday. Chiefs netminder Nisa Bartlett made 19 saves. In Major bantam girls action the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs netminder Chantelle Sandquist made 33 saves in a 4-0 loss to the host Calgary Rangers Sunday.
Generals beat down Drillers The Bentley Generals directed 53 shots towards Okotoks Drillers netminders Brad Dreger and Adam Melson while cruising to a 14-2 Chinook Hockey League thumping of the visitors Sunday afternoon. Connor Shields and Eric Schneider each sniped three goals for the Generals, who got two from each of Sean Robertson and Matthew Stefanishion and singles off the sticks of Don Morrison, Randall Gelech, Chris Neiszner and Kyle Bailey. Schneider, Neiszner and Stefanishion each had four points. Brendan Hull notched both Okotoks goals. Travis Yonkman turned aside 19 shots for the Generals, who will host the Innisfail Eagles Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Sting take gold at Ice Breaker ringette tournament The Central Alberta Sting captured gold in the U16 division of the Lacombe Ice Breaker ringette tournament during the weekend, downing the Calgary KODA 4-3. The Sting downed the St. Albert Mission 6-2 and the Calgary EDGE 11-4 in round-robin play and knocked off the Edmonton Elite 6-0 in a semifinal. Becca Forester and Baylee Schulhauser shared goaltending duties for the U16 champs. Gillian Dreger fired four goals in the win over St.
Red Deer Northstar Chiefs got a flawless 43-save effort from Lane Congdon in a 2-0 victory over the host Calgary Blackhawks. Brady Park and Luke Coleman tallied for the winners, who held a 43-23 advantage in shots. On Sunday, Northstar dropped a 3-1 decision to the visiting Calgary Blue and Aero Equipment was a 4-1 loser to the visiting Calgary Gold. Ryan Chambers scored for Northstar, while Congdon made 27 saves and Blue netminder Matthew Vernon turned aside 49 shots. In another game, Aero Equipment lost 4-1 to the visiting Calgary Gold. Details were unavailable.
Albert, while Shae-Lyn Baxter and Brenna Parent each adeed two goals and singles were scored by MacKenzie Lindholm, Bryn Lunn and Kristen Demale. Dreger, Mackenzie Lindholm, Rylee Frank, ShaeLyn Baxter, Parent and Bryn Lunn each netted a goal against the Elite. The Central Alberta U19 Sting fell 7-3 to the Saskatoon Blazers in the consolation final. Earlier, the U19 Sting dropped 8-7 and 5-3 decisions to the Edmonton Elite and the St. Albert Mission. Emma West netted four goals against the Elite, while Kelsie Caine scored twice and Kelita Kanngiesser also tallied in a losing cause. Meghan Kelly scored twice and Makaela Ewaskiw also connected in the loss to St. Albert. The Central Alberta U14 Sting dropped their final game of the tournament, 9-3 to the Calgary FUZE. The U14 team lost three earlier games, 4-3 to the Edmonton Elite, 8-5 to Buffalo Plains, Sask., and 9-2 to the Calgary Blaze. Hannah Morrison, Megan Conrad and Reese Pollitt scored in the first loss, Reese Pollitt had two goals and Kianna Doyle, Jade Weber and Morrison also tallied against Buffalo Plains, and Brianna Abell and Megan Conrad scored in the loss to the Blaze.
Chiefs takes down Tigers The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs employed a balanced attack and held the Southeast Tigers to 11 shots while posting a 6-0 Alberta Midget Hockey League win Sunday at Medicine Hat. The Chiefs got a single goal from six different players — Travis Verveda, Ross Heidt, Andrew Nielsen, Tyler Steenbergen, Layne Bensmiller and Gabe Bast. Trey deGraaf chipped in with three assists, while Cole Sears recorded the shutout for the 13-4-4 Chiefs. On Saturday, the Chiefs dumped the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes 8-3 as Steenbergen and Bensmiller each tallied twice and Bast, deGraaf, Chase Olsen and JJ Brown also scored. Jayden Sittler made 21 saves in the Red Deer net, while his teammates fired 49 shots at Lethbridge goalie Robert Brewin. The Optimist Chiefs have three games prior to the Christmas break — Wednesday at Sherwood Park, Saturday at the Calgary Northstars and Sunday at the Arena versus the visiting Edmonton Southside Athletics at 3 p.m.
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NHL throws book at Thornton GETS 15-GAME SUSPENSION FOR ATTACK ON ORPIK BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Boston Bruins tough guy Shawn Thornton has been suspended 15 games for punching and injuring unsuspecting Penguins defenceman Brooks Orpik, which the NHL considered an “act of retribution.” Thornton went after Orpik during a stoppage in play a week ago, slew-footing him to the ice and punching him twice in the head. Orpik suffered a concussion and was taken off the ice on a stretcher and transported to the hospital. Earlier, Orpik hit Boston winger Loui Eriksson, knocking him out of the game with a concussion. NHL vice president of player safety Brendan Shanahan pointed to the two-minute roughing penalty Thornton received for trying to get Orpik to fight as a sign of premeditation. “This cannot be described as a hockey play that went bad, nor do we consider this a spontaneous reaction to an incident that just occurred,” Shanahan said in the video announcing the longest regularseason suspension during his tenure as the league’s disciplinarian. “It is our view that this was an act of retribution for an incident that occurred earlier in the game, the result of this action by Thornton was a serious injury to Orpik.” Orpik has not played since the game, which was Dec. 7 at TD Garden in Boston, and is on injured reserve. He is still experiencing concussion-like symp-
toms and took part in a light skating session for the first time Friday. Speaking to reporters at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit before his team’s game against the Red Wings, Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said he was not waiting for the NHL’s ruling to be satisfied with what happened. “He’s a pretty honest hockey player who made a mistake,” Bylsma said of Thornton. “Shanahan made a ruling, I think, that says volumes about getting that kind of play out of the game.” Thornton had already served three games of this ban before the Bruins’ 6-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks Saturday night. He is eligible to return Jan. 11 when the Bruins face the San Jose Sharks. Boston coach Claude Julien wouldn’t comment on the suspension. “I said what I had to say when it happened,” he said. “The league made a decision and I move on with the team.” Prior to the game, Julien had praised Thornton’s leadership. “We take a lot of pride in making sure that everybody knows they’re important on our team, and Shawn’s been a real good player for us,” he said. “Him missing in our lineup, we’ve lost a little bit of his leadership. We’ve lost his presence as far as what his line brings to us.” Most of the Bruins politely declined comment. “If that is how the league is approaching it, that’s
their decision,” said forward Brad Marchand. “We will live with it.” The suspension comes after Thornton’s in-person hearing with the department of player safety Friday in New York. Thornton’s agent, Anton Thun, said in an email to The Canadian Press that no decision had been made whether to appeal the suspension. It is the only one longer than 10 games that Shanahan has given since taking this position in June of 2011. “I am aware of today’s ruling by the NHL department of player safety,” Thornton said in a statement released by the team. “I will be consulting with the Bruins, my representation and the NHLPA about next steps, and will be in a position to address the matter publicly after speaking with those parties.” Thornton forfeits US$84,615.45 in salary as a result of the suspension, his first disciplinary action during his NHL career. “We respect the process including the ability to attend and present our case in person,” Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli said in a statement. “At this time, we will decline comment until the process is complete and Shawn has exhausted all rights available to him.” Penguins forward James Neal was suspended for five games earlier this week for kneeing Brad Marchand in the head during the same game. The 36-year-old from Oshawa, Ont., has three goals and 41 penalty minutes in 27 games this season.
Capitals rally to shootout win over Flyers PANTHERS 2 CANADIENS 1 MONTREAL (AP) — Jesse Winchester and Nick Bjugstad scored in a 2:27 span in the second period, and Scott Clemmensen made 17 saves in Florida’s victory over Montreal. Alex Galchenyuk scored for Montreal, and Peter Budaj made 23 saves. Florida extended its winning streak to three games, and Montreal lost for the third time in four games. Winchester opened the scoring at 4:44 of the second, beating Budaj with a one-timer off the post. Bjugstad scored at 7:11, finishing off a 3-on-2 rush by firing a wrister under Budaj’s glove. Galchenyuk scored on a power play at 2:28 of the third.
NHL ROUNDUP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPITALS 5 FLYERS 4 SO WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored with 48 seconds left and goalie Phillip Grubauer off for an extra attacker to cap a late three-goal rally and the Washington Capitals went on to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 in a shootout Sunday. Mike Green cut Washington’s deficit to 4-2 with 8:40 remaining, and Dmitry Orlov pulled the Capitals within one with 3:31 to go. The two defencemen scored on long slap shots. Ovechkin then tied it with his NHL-leading 27th goal. In the shootout, Eric Fehr and Nicklas Backstrom for Washington and Grubauer made two saves on three shots to give Washington an improbable victory in the first meeting of the teams since they brawled at the end of the Capitals’ 7-0 victory in Philadelphia on Nov. 1. Marcus Johansson had a first-period goal for Washington. Claude Giroux, Mark Streit, Sean Couturier and Jacob Voracek scored for Philadelphia, and Michael Raffl had three assists. BLACKHAWKS 3, KINGS 1 CHICAGO (AP) — Jonathan Toews set up two of Chicago’s three first-period goals, and
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Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop stops Detroit Red Wings right wing Tomas Jurco’s shot in the second period of an NHL game in Detroit, Sunday. the Blackhawks cooled off Los Angeles in a rematch of last season’s Western Conference finals. Rookie Antti Raanta made 21 saves to help Chicago bounce back from a 7-3 loss at Toronto on Saturday night. Marian Hossa had a shorthanded score that snapped
Los Angeles’ NHL-record streak of 18 games without allowing a first-period goal. Kris Versteeg and Patrick Sharp also scored for Chicago. Alec Martinez scored for Los Angeles. The Kings (22-8-4) had won six in a row and were hoping to complete a perfect four-
game trip in the same building where their Stanley Cup title defence ended in June. But the matchup of the NHL’s best offensive team and the league’s stingiest defence went to the high-scoring Blackhawks, who have won four of five and lead the NHL with 53 points.
Rockets rally to beat Raiders for 11th straight win WHL ROUNDUP BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ROCKETS 5 RAIDERS 3 PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — The Kelowna Rockets overcame an early deficit to win their 11th straight game and improve on the best record in the Western Hockey League. Kelowna scored three unanswered goals in the third period to beat the Prince Albert Raiders 5-3 on Sunday. Riley Stadel, Nick Merkley, Tyrell Goulbourne, Tyson Baillie and Myles Bell each scored for the Rockets (27-3-2). Dakota Conroy, with a goal just 50 seconds into the game, Chance Braid and Gage Quinney also scored for the Raiders (17-15-2). Jordon Cooke made 28 saves for Kelowna, while Cole Cheveldave stopped 39 shots in net for Prince Albert. ROYALS 6 HURRICANES 1 LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — The Royals had little problem romping past the worst team in the WHL. Ryan Gagnon, Mitch Skapski, Ben Walker, Steven Hodges, Brandon Magee and Austin Carroll each scored for Victoria (22-13-2). Tyler Wong had the lone goal for the Hurricanes (5-27-5) in the second period. Coleman Vollrath finished with 30 saves in net for Victoria, while Lethbridge’s Teagan Sacher was pulled after allowing five goals on 22 shots. Corbin Boes took over and made seven saves. HITMEN 5 BRONCOS 2 CALGARY — The Hitmen never trailed en route to their eighth straight win. Kenton Helgesen, Linden Penner, Zane Jones, Radel Fazleev and Travis Sanheim had a goal apiece for Calgary (21-7-5). Brett Lernout and Zac Mackay had a pair of goals in the second period for Swift Current (19-13-5). Calgary’s Chris Driedger stopped 24 shots, while Landon Bow allowed four goals on 31 shots at the other end of the ice. OIL KINGS 4 BLADES 0 EDMONTON — The Oil Kings earned their ninth straight win after overwhelming Saskatoon. Luke Bertolucci, Cole Benson, Reid Petryk and Lane Bauer each scored for Edmonton (239-1), which outshot the Blades 21-2 in the first
period. Troy Trombley gave up all four goals on 42 shots for Saskatoon (10-24-3) before Alex Moodie came in to make six saves. Edmonton’s Tristan Jarry meanwhile earned the shutout with 27 saves. WARRIORS 5 BLAZERS 2 MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Brayden Point scored twice as the Warriors erupted with a three-goal second period. Sam Fioretti, Tanner Eberle and Torrin White also scored for Moose Jaw (9-21-6). Matt Needham and Cole Ully replied for Kamloops (9-22-4). Warriors goalie Justin Paulic stopped 24 shots. At the other end of the ice, Taran Kozun’s game ended after he gave up four goals on 30 shots. Cole Kehler stopped all 10 shots he faced in relief. CHIEFS 2 SILVERTIPS 0 EVERETT, Wash. — Eric Williams made 29 saves as Spokane shut out the Silvertips. Williams was on fire in the third period when the Chiefs (21-12-2) were outshot 11-3. Tyler King and Mike Aviani had a goal each for Spokane. Daniel Cotton meanwhile made 18 saves in net for Everett (21-10-4), which dropped its fourth straight. TIGERS 4 PATS 3 (SO) MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Tommy Vannelli scored the only goal in the shootout as the Tigers got by Regina. Miles Koules, Cole Sanford and Trevor Cox had a goal each for Medicine Hat (20-10-3) in regulation. Boston Leier, Dane Schioler and Austin Wagner replied for the Pats (18-13-3). Tigers goalie Daniel Wapple finished with 26 saves, while Nick Schneider stopped 39 for Regina. COUGARS 3 GIANTS 1 VANCOUVER — Ty Edmonds had a spectacular effort with 41 saves as Prince George survived an away game against the Giants. Edmonds picked up his game in the second and third periods when the Cougars (14-18-5) were outshot 25-11 and 10-4, respectively. Zach Pochiro, Klarc Wilson and Jordan Tkatch each scored for Prince George. Carter Popoff had the only goal for Vancouver (17-13-7) in the first period while Payton Lee stopped 23 shots.
LIGHTNING 3 RED WINGS 0 DETROIT (AP) — Ben Bishop made 28 saves for his sixth career shutout, and Tyler Johnson, J.T. Brown and Alex Killorn scored in the third period in Tampa Bay’s victory over Detroit. Petr Mrazek stopped 24 shots for Detroit, which lost its fifth in a row. Johnson opened the scoring 3:13 into the third, tipping in a loose puck from the front of the net for his eighth goal. Brown scored at 9:16, beating Mrazek on a tip off Nate Thompson’s pass from the corner. Killorn added an emptynet goal.
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Ferguson stops 49 to help Eagles beat Grizzlys OLDS — Netminder Ryan Ferguson was the man of the hour Sunday as the Canmore Eagles stole a 2-1 AJHL decision from the Olds Grizzlys before 250 fans at the Sportsplex. Ferguson stopped 49 shots for the visitors, who got second-period goals from Jeremy Margeson and Joe Serpico and two more in the third courtesy of Luke Simpson and Jordan Revie (empty net). BJ Duffin, with a first-period power-play tally, and Chris Gerrie replied for Olds. Grizzlys netminder Ethan Jemieff made 19 saves. The setback ruined what could have been a perfect weekend for the Grizzlys, who traveled to Calgary Friday and came away with a 2-0 win over the Mustangs thanks to Jemieff’s 36-save shutout performance. Duffin and Landon Kletke scored for Olds, which directed 29 shots at Mustangs netminder Jeff Orser. The Grizzlys host the Brooks Bandits Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
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Wells Furniture takes down Rusty Chuckers in mens’ basketball Jon McComish netted 23 points and Dave McComish scored 22 to lead Wells Furniture to an 88-74 Central Alberta Men’s Basketball Association win over the Rusty Chuckers Sunday. Clint Unsworth dropped in 22 points in a losing cause.
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’S SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Peyton Manning is Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year. Manning has led Denver to an 11-3 record this year, his second with the Broncos after missing the 2011 season with Indianapolis because of neck troubles that affected his right triceps. He has thrown 47 touchdown passes, three shy of Tom Brady’s NFL season record. Manning is the fourth NFL quarterback to take the honour in the last nine years, following Brady in 2005, Brett Favre in 2007 and Drew Brees in 2010. LeBron James was the winner last year.
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U.S. wins four-man title at home, Canada’s Thompson Rush leads crazy day for Canadians BOBSLEIGH BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — A year ago, Steven Holcomb won six medals on the World Cup circuit, which would represent a strong year for just about any bobsled driver. So far this season, he’s won seven. All gold, too. And to think, the season isn’t even half over yet. Holcomb drove USA-1 to victory Sunday to cap off another huge weekend for American bobsledders and skeleton athletes on the World Cup circuit, teaming with Curt Tomasevicz, Steve Langton and Chris Fogt to finish two runs at Mount Van Hoevenberg in 1 minute, 50.15 seconds. Holcomb is 7-for-7 this season, building big leads already in the 2-man, 4-man and combined overall points standings. “If you’d have said I would win seven in a row in my career, ever, I’d have thought you were crazy,” said Holcomb, who drove USA-1 to gold in the 4-man competition at the Vancouver Olympics. “I don’t even know what to think right now. It’s kind of overwhelming.” Holcomb, Tomasevicz, Langton and Fogt had the fastest pushes in both heats, and with the way snow was piling up on Sunday, they needed that extra oomph. Holcomb was the final driver down the track in the second heat, meaning he, in theory, was getting the slowest ice. And his time was 0.21 seconds slower in that second run, but still enough to hold off the British sled piloted by John James Jackson. The British team of Jackson, Stuart Benson, Bruce Tasker and Joel Fearon finished in 1:50.22. It was a huge result for Jackson, who tore his Achilles’ last summer and still walks with a pronounced limp. He still came plenty close to Holcomb, even with the American on home ice. “This is Steve Holcomb’s track,” Jack-
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son said. “Put Steve on any track, and he’s quick.” The German team of Thomas Florschuetz, Ronny Listner, Kevin Kuske and Christian Poser took third, 0.25 seconds behind Holcomb. Holcomb’s gold capped a big weekend for American athletes in Lake Placid, plus put the finishing touches on a dominating swing through North America for the U.S. bobsled and skeleton teams. Holcomb’s medal was the 11th won by U.S. sliders in Lake Placid. The rest of the world, combined, won 10. For the season, after stops in Calgary, Park City and now Lake Placid, the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation possesses 25 of the 54 medals awarded so far on the World Cup tour. It’s always trickier for Americans to succeed on the tracks in Europe, where the circuit will resume after Christmas, but then again they’ve never headed over to that side of the tour with this much momentum. “You can’t just point to one thing,” said USBSF CEO Darrin Steele, whose team had at least one medallist in all seven races contested on their home ice this weekend. “We’ve got really strong pushes, our pilots are improving, starts are improving and our equipment is doing great. Everything’s building toward the Olympic Games.” Cory Butner and the team of Adam Clark, Andreas Drbal and Chris Langton were 15th for the U.S. The other American sled of Nick Cunningham, Justin Olsen, Abraham Morlu and Dallas Robinson placed 17th. Lyndon Rush, of Sylvan Lake, failed to qualify for the second run, though may have had the most spectacular trip of anyone down the track. One of Rush’s brakemen slipped at the start and was unable to jump into the sled, was skidding along the ice and then got pulled into his spot by another push athlete. Rush managed to keep the sled upright, though his finish time was good enough for only 21st place, one spot too low to reach the second heat.
RETAINS OVERALL SKICROSS LEAD BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VAL THORENS, France — Canadian Marielle Thompson won the women’s small final on Sunday to finish fifth at a skicross World Cup event and retain the overall leader’s bib. Thompson, from Whistler, B.C., won the skicross World Cup opener in Nakiska, Alta., last weekend but she narrowly missed out on qualifying for the women’s final on Sunday when she finished third in a stacked semifinal. Only the top two advance. West Vancouver’s Georgia Simmerling and Kelsey Serwa, of Kelowna, B.C., were eliminated at the quarter-final stage, while the Canadian men were forced to watch from the sidelines after rapidlychanging course conditions saw many of the top racers eliminated during a wild qualification round on Saturday. “It’s disappointing we didn’t have a podium because we set the bar pretty high but Marielle was able to keep the overall lead,” said coach Willy Raine. “To come away with the results we had, with the girls competing together in the bottom bracket, it was a good day.” All four Canadian women qualified for Sunday’s round of 32 but Calgary’s Danielle Sundquist was third in her heat and finished 19th overall. Simmerling advanced from the same heat but was third in her quarter-final — behind Thompson and Swiss star Fanny Smith — to
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HOPPINS Ethel “Bette” nee McComb April 14,1918 - Dec. 10, 2013 We give thanks for the life of Bette Hoppins. She was active in her community, a one room schoolhouse t e a c h e r, f a r m e r, a r t i s t , historian, world traveler, nature lover, photographer, gardener and life long learner. Bette was a woman of wisdom, humility, integrity, kindness and quiet but ever present strength. She was never short on advice or a listening ear for her daughters. Bette had a remarkable amount of patience, love and support for her grandchildren in their childhood, and even more through their adulthood. She taught us all many things, such as there is always enough time in the day for family, every meal should be finished with something sweet, the best walks are through a cow pasture, and how a remarkable woman can start her life in a small log cabin. She was a woman who sang with the chickadees and danced through the crocuses. Those there to welcome her include her husband and partner in all things, Frank; her parents, Lorne and Alice; and her siblings, Allan, Sadie, Helen and Babe. Grateful for the strong influence in their lives are her daughters Kaye and Beth. Celebrating her life are her grandchildren Paul, Chris, Tim, Leah, Jill and Ian. Sharing in her legacy are her great-grandchildren Ben, C l a r a , A n d y, A r e s a n d MacLeod. Blessed to have had her as a mother-in-law or a Grandma by marriage are Russ, Janna, Robin, Paul, Mike, and Sarah. Honouring her memory are many special friends and relatives, including her sister Bea, her brother Jupe, her fellow adventurer Amanda, her Tetley sisters, lifelong friend Clara and her host of nieces and nephews. A small graveside family service will be held Dec. 17th. Further information will be posted regarding a full Celebration of Life that will be held in the spring when the crocuses are in bloom. For those wishing to make a donation in Bette’s memory, The Sunnybrook Farm Museum, Kerrywood Nature Centre and The Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery would be most appropriate.
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SMITH (nee Milne) Elizabeth Ann Feb. 17, 1930 - Dec. 11, 2013 Elizabeth Ann Smith passed away in Red Deer on D e c e m b e r 11 , 2 0 1 3 w i t h family at her side. Left to mourn her passing are her husband of 61 years, David Smith of Pine Lake, and four sons; David (Kerry) and Douglas (Susan) of Calgary, Daniel (Tami) of Red Deer and Duncan of Pine Lake. Survived by her grandchildren; Jay (Gillian), Brad (Kerri), Lauren, Haylie, Cole and Chase and her new great granddaughter Charlotte. Born in Calgary, the middle daughter of the late Dr. John and Esther Milne; predeceased by her sister Jean and her brother Dr. Doug Milne. The skills Beth acquired in earning her Home Economics Degree (U of Manitoba) served her well in raising her family and led her down many interesting paths. She was a member of the WI in Pine Lake, and a horticultural/country fair judge for many years. Her interest in fibre arts provided many adventurous travels and rewarding relationships with her spinning students. Beth’s strong work ethic and frugal nature allowed her a well-deserved yearly respite at her much beloved Fairmont. It was here she introduced her sons to the game of golf, for which we shall always be grateful. Beth will be fondly remembered by her family and friends for her particular love of flowers and her raspberry patch. A memorial tea to be held in the spring will be announced at a future date. Memorial tributes may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta, 1 0 0 , 11 9 - 1 4 S t r e e t N W, Calgary AB, T2N 1Z6 (1-800-473-4636), www.heartandstroke.ab.ca. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Cremation arrangements in care of Lenore Jacobson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403-340-4040.
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JACKSON Mr. Donald Peter Jackson of Lousana, Alberta passed away in Edmonton, Alberta on December 11, 2013 at the age of 62 years. Don was born in Red Deer on April 23, 1951 and raised on the family farm in Delburne. After graduating from Delburne High School, Don joined the Navy. After leaving the Navy, Don worked for a few years in Victoria B.C. where he met and married Pat. Returning home to Alberta, Don eventually started his own business, DJ’s Cat Service. He was well known and respected for his work all around the area. Donald will be greatly missed by his loving wife Pat, son Dan (Jackie) of Red Deer, daughter Jennifer (Craig) Fraser of Olds Alberta, two grandchildren, Nolan and Camryn Jackson, two brothers, Mahlon (Shirley), Frank (Debbie), and a sister Betty (Ian) Mose, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents and a brother Lawrence. A memorial service will be held at Lousana Hall on Wednesday, December 18th, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. with Tom Peters officiating. In lieu of flowers, friends are encouraged to support Canadian Blood Services, consider signing their organ donation card, and/or donate to STARS, U of A hospital, or a charity of their choice. Arrangements entrusted to HEARTLAND FUNERAL SERVICES, LTD., INNISFAIL Phone: 403-227-0006. www.heartlandfuneralservices.com
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Now has immediate openings for CGSB Level II RT’s and CEDO’s for our winter pipeline projects. Top wages and comprehensive benefit package available. Subcontractors also welcome. Email resumes to: qtestltd@telus.net or Phone 403-887-5630. RONCO OILFIELD HAULING Sylvan Lake is looking for a Dispatcher. Knowledge of Travis Permit System and computer skills are req’d. Wages negotiable dependant on exp. Email resume tom@ roncooilfield.ca or fax. 403-887-4892
SERVICE RIG
Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking exp’d FLOORHANDS Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants
must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for. Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule. Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3
TANKMASTER RENTALS req’s Exp’d Class 1 Fluid Haulers for Central Alberta. Oilfield tickets req’d. Competitive wages and benefits. m.morton@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818
Professionals
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CONNELLY Ind. Insulation seeking Office Manager with diploma in Business Adminstration or Accounting. Must be experienced with Simply Acct. and Excel. Duties to include (not limited to): bank recs, month end and year end closings, invoicing and payroll. Please send resume by fax to (403) 309-7799 or by email to info@ connellyinsulation.com Part Time Bookkeeper Red Deer Primary Care Network has an immediate opening for a part-time bookkeeper who will be responsible for a pivotal role providing assistance to the Accounting/HR Administrator. This position includes a variety of duties supporting the accounting, HR, and facility management functions of RDPCN. We are seeking an individual with a high level of Sage 50 (Simply Accounting) knowledge incl. projects and departments, intermediate knowledge of Excel, Word and Outlook. The position is paid an hourly rate and will be flexible to work 15.5 to 23.35 hours per week. Apply in confidence to: BDO Canada LLP Chartered Accountants Attn: SVaartstra@bdo.ca
Restaurant/ Hotel
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CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons Food Service Manager 5 positions, F/T & P/ T, $9.95 - $18/hr. depending on exp. and availability. Permanent shift work, weekends, days, nights and evening shifts. 3-5 yrs. exp., completion of secondary school. Start date ASAP. Apply in person 6620 Orr Drive. Fax: 403-782-9685 Call 403-848-2356 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY
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Red Deer company requires a full time office person with a high level of accounting. Person will be required to complete general office tasks, completion of month ends, year ends, bank reconciliation, lease management and billings, payroll and payables. Competitive wages & benefits plan. Respond with cover letter, resume and references to: Box 231F c/o Red Deer Advocate 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4M 1M9 341334L18
Find the right fit. Daily the Advocate publishes advertisements from companies, corporations and associations from across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.
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820 Trades
RAMADA INN & SUITES REQUIRES ROOM ATTENDANTS. Exp. preferred. Only serious inquiries apply. Rate $13.50/hr. Drop off resume at: 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer or fax 403-342-4433
The Tap House Pub & Grill req’s full and part time cooks. Apply with resume at 1927 Gaetz Avenue between 2-5 pm. VIC 8888 LTD. needs F/T cook, 40 hrs. a week, $13.50/hr. Must be willing to relocate. Drop resume to 3731 50 TH AVE. or email: sampang17@gmail.com
Sales & Distributors
830
Misc. 850 Truckers/ Drivers 860 Help
Experienced Siders Needed Call 403-588-3210
FLUID EXPERTS LTD. Is looking for experienced TRUCKING DISPATCHER to start immed. Good Verbal, Writing, Texting and Computer skills. Company Pickup, benefits, above avg. salary and great atmosphere. Clean Class 1 drivers license and abstract. Completed Basic Training Courses. Will train the right individual. Fax Resume w/all tickets and Drivers Abstract to 403-346-3112 or email to roger@fluidexperts.com Looking for a Career as an Allison Transmission Technician? There are 2 Long-Term Openings Avail. Training Provided Email: service@ siautomatics.com Fax: 403-885-2556 Precast Concrete Plant in Blackfalds, AB, is looking for new team members to join an enthusiastic and growing company.
ELEMENTS is looking for 5 retail sales reps. selling season gift packages and Concrete finisher personal care products in needed to perform Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. detailed and quality finishRed Deer. $12.10 hr. + ing as well as other related bonus & comm. FT. No tasks, minimum 5 years exp. req`d. Please email experience. All applicants elementsreddeer@gmail.com must be flexible for hours and dedicated due to a SOAP Stories is seeking 5 demanding production F/T Beauty Treatment O/P, schedule. Own transportaselling soap & bath tion to work is needed. products $14.55/hr. + Wage will be based on bonus & comm. Beauty experience, attitude and cert. req’d. Location willingness to commit to Parkland Mall - 4747 67th long term employment. St. Red Deer. email Please fax resume to premierjobrdbto@ 403 885 5516 or email to gmail.com k.kooiker@ SOAP Stories is seeking 5 eaglebuilders.ca retail sales reps. Selling Thank you to all s o a p & b a t h p r o d u c t s . applicants but only those $12.10 hr + bonus & com- selected for an interview mission. Ft No exp. req`d. will be notified. Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. We are searching for long Red Deer. email resume to term team members who premierjobrd@gmail.com are ticketed/equivalent, StoreSmart Self-Storage skilled worker laborer with seeking P/T Customer Ser- experience in wood framing vice Associate for 16-24 and have transportation. hrs/wk. For job description Call 403-392-1098 and how to apply, go to Buying or Selling www.StoreSmart.ca/jobs. No phone calls please. your home? Check out Homes for Sale Looking for a place in Classifieds to live? Take a tour through the Start your career! CLASSIFIEDS See Help Wanted
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BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators. We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net
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Misc.
ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING
WINTER START GED PREPARATION Jan. 14 or Feb. 10 STARTS Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available. 403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca
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in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558
CLASS 3 DRIVERS w/airbrake endorsement needed immed. for waste & recycling. Email resume to canpak@xplornet.ca or call 403-341-9300 F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer. RONCO OILFIELD HAULING Sylvan Lake is looking for a Dispatcher. Knowledge of Travis Permit System and computer skills are req’d. Wages negotiable dependant on exp. Email resume tom@ roncooilfield.ca or fax. 403-887-4892 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds RONCO OILFIELD HAULING Sylvan Lake. Openings for Picker operator, bed truck drivers and swamper’s. Top wages and benefits. Email resume tom@ roncooilfield.ca or fax. 403-887-4892
Misc. Help
Mustang Acres Gray Dr. & Galbraith St.
for full-time permanent shop positions
Please fax resume to 403-227-7796, email to hr@bilton.ca
341284L14-20
We offer competitive starting Wages and benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs.
Dempsey St. & Drummond. Ave. Area 70 Papers $375/mo.
Oriole Park Oak St. & Overdown Dr. Pines Pearson Cres. Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds
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ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK in
The position includes maintenance inspections, lubes, PM’s and repairs to all types of equipment in order to maintain the safe operation and fulfill production requirements of Rahr Malting. The position is rated under the Heavy Job classification. Applicants must have a valid trade certificate for work in Alberta. This position will work in co-ordination with the Operations group and is accountable to the Maintenance Supervisor. Experience in manufacturing or factory environment is preferred.
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Looking for reliable newspaper carrier for 1 day per week delivery of the Central Alberta Life in the town of
BOWER AREA WESTPARK AREA
ROSEDALE AREA Rowell Cl. & Ritson Cl. $87/mo. ALSO West half of Robinson Cres, Rich Cl., & Ryan Cl. Area. $84/mo.
Call Jamie 403-314-4306
Packages come ready for delivery. No collecting. Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316
THE RED DEER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT Invites applications for the position of EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT at West Park Elementary School. Educational Assistant position required (30 hours weekly) in a lower elementary classroom commencing as soon as a suitable candidate is found. Desirable qualifications and attributes: Educational Assistant certificate, Early Childhood Development diploma, Toileting and Lifting will be required, Non-violent Crisis Intervention certificate For more information about the Red Deer Public School District, visit our web site at: www.rdpsd.ab.ca Applications received by 4:00 p.m. on December 19, 2013 will be assured of careful consideration. Applications, with references, should be directed to: humanresources @rdpsd.ab.ca A current criminal record check and child intervention check will be required of new employees. We thank all applicants for their interest but advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted
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Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $.
NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED
Please reply by email: qmacaulay @reddeeradvocate.com or phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316
For afternoon delivery once per week
CARRIERS NEEDED
CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREA Crossley St., Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., Connaught Cres. & Cody Pl. $190/mo.
INNISFAIL
SWAMPERS F/T needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company. Heavy lifting involved (driver’s helper) position. Reliability essential. Own transportation required. Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca
Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting.
FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:
ANDERS AREA Anders St. / Armstrong Close Addinnell Close / Allan St. Allsop Ave. / Allsop Close Adamson Ave. / Arthur Close INGLEWOOD AREA Inglis Cres. Inglewood Ave. LANCASTER AREA Law Close / Lewis Close Logan Close Lord Close Lamont Close Lund Close
McIntosh Ave. SUNNYBROOK AREA Somerset Close Springfield Ave. Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close Sherwood Cres.
stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990
Clothing
In the towns of:
1590
2 HARLEY DAVIDSON VESTS. XXL Mens & XL Ladies. $100 each. 403-314-0804
Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler
2 PAIR New Men’s Size 10 lined safety toe boots. $30/ea. 1 PAIR New Men’s fleece lined zipper black boots, size 10. $25. 403-887-4981
Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303
EquipmentHeavy
NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED
1630
TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.
To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN
Firewood
Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307
Homestead Firewood
Employment Training
1660
AFFORDABLE
PIKE WHEATON CHEVROLET is now accepting applications for a full time Parts Person. Must have good communication and computer skills and have the ability to work independently. Excellent company benefits. Please email resume along with wage expectations to: philparts@gmail.com or fax to 403-347-3813 Siding Helpers Needed Call 403-588-3210 SOURCE ADULT VIDEO requires mature P/T help Fri & Sat. Graveyard Shift. 11 pm -7 am. Fax resume to: 403-346-9099 or drop off to: 3301-Gaetz Avenue
MORRISROE AREA Vista Village
880
Misc.
Upper Fairview
JANITORIAL Co seeking a f/t com/window cleaning sup for RD and area. Req: fluent in written and oral Classifieds...costs so little english, 2-3 years exp in a Saves you so much! supervisory role,clean driving record, criminal record check, DISPATCHERS req’d. job physically demanding. Day/Night. Knowledge of Benefits after 3 mos. $19/hr Red Deer and area is Fax resume 403-342-1897 essential. Verbal and mail to #4, 4608-62 St. written communication RedDeer, AB. T4N 6T3 skills are req’d. Send Something for Everyone resume by fax to Everyday in Classifieds 403-346-0295
CLEARVIEW AREA Cardinal Ave & Cosgrove Cl. $97/mo. ALSO East side of Cosgrove Cres. $91/mo. ALSO Cole Street $61/mo. ALSO Cameron Cres. & Conners Cres. $146/mo.
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Blue Grass Sod Farms Ltd. Eagle Builders in BlackBOX 11, SITE 2, RR 1 falds, AB is looking for Red Deer, AB hard working, motivated Req’s Farm labourers for individual to fill a full-time 2014 season (April-Oct) in precast concrete erecting Red Deer. Duties include laborer position sod farming and tree at our company. Must be nursery. Tree nursery will physically fit as this labourer involve planting, pruning position requires constant and digging trees. Will heavy lifting and involves train/exp. an asset. Wage fast paced, on the job $9.95 hr, 60 hrs weekly. training. Applicant must be Email resume to steve. able to travel and must richardson@bg-rd.com have reliable transportation to and from work as well as a valid class 5 driver’s license. All meals and hotel expenses are paid when out of town. SucCurrently seeking cessful applicant must RELIABLE provide an up to date drivnewspaper carriers ers abstract. Construction for morning delivery experience an asset. Full benefits provided. Starting (By 6:30 a.m.) wages based on experiMonday - Saturday in: ence. Fax resumes to 403 885 5516 , must flag attn: Craig or e-mail to c.haan@eaglebuilders.ca.
Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the
Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more information
TIMBERLANDS AREA Turner Cres., Timothy Dr., Towers Cl., Tobin Gt. $113/mo. ALSO Timberstone Way, Talson Place, Thomas Place, Trimble Cl., Traptow Cl. & Thompson Cres. $307/mo.
Application Closing Date: January 10, 2014. Applicants should include a resume and apply in writing to:
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Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info
ROSEDALE AREA Ramage Cres., Root Cl., 100 to 800 Ramage Cl., and Ralston Cres. area 67 Papers $359/mo. ALSO Reichley St., Reinholt Ave., Robinson Cres. Area 106 Papers $568/mo.
MICHENER AREA East of 40th Ave., 51 St., 50A St., Michener Cres., Green, etc. to Michener Ave. & Blvd. $282/mo.
Rahr Malting Canada Ltd, a leading manufacturer of Brewer’s Malt, is now accepting applications for a full time Millwright/Mechanical trade position.
Oilfield
DEER PARK AREA
DAVENPORT PLACE AREA Danielle Dr., Dorchester Ave., & Doncaster Ave. $185/mo.
MAINTENANCE POSITION
Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. Attn: Human Resources Box 113 Alix, Alberta T0C 0B0 FAX: (403)747-2660 EMAIL : mlyle@rahr.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE
Cosgrove Cres., Chappel Dr., Carroll Cres., Carpenter St., & Cunningham Cres. Area 93 Papers $498/mo.
73 Papers $439/mo.
For full details go to: www.caunitedway.ca
JOURNEYMAN AND B PRESSURE WELDERS
CLEARVIEW AREA
Nolan, Norwest & Newlands
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking both -
(Reliable vehicle needed)
GRANDVIEW AREA
is seeking a temporary full-time
We employ over 175 people and provide ample opportunities to employees to achieve their career goals. We provide handson training and an opportunity to work on some of the most interesting projects and applications in the energy sector.
ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer, by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/wk
Normandeau
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALBERTA
Recently winning the 2013 Business of the Year award, Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom energy equipment. Since 1992, Bilton has worked with engineering firms and oil and natural gas producers around the globe to develop their own equipment standards for size, capacity and any number of technical specifications. We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and have recently expanded our facilities into Calgary Alberta.
Misc.
Academic Express
ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life
Owner Operators & Company Drivers
880 Help
Spruce & Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472
LOGS
Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275
Health & Beauty
1700
NEW Elizabeth Arden 12 eye shadows, 2 blush, 1 nail polish, 1 lip gloss, 1 red Croc cosmetic bag $195 value, asking $80 403-227-2976
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YOUR CAREER IN
TECHNOLOGY Web Designer Network Administrator Help Desk Support Analyst PC Support Specialist and more! Financial Assistance available to qualified applicants.
VANIER AREA Valentine Cres. Vanson Close / Visser St. Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300
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Condos/ Townhouses
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DS Lite with 4 games $70.; PS1 with 5 games, $40. OBO. 403-782-3847
Houses/ Duplexes
PS 2 with 10 games, $60.; HP photo smart printer, C4480, $35; Game Boy Advanced with 2 games, $70; ALL OBO 403-782-3847
3 BDRM. in Sylvan. 4 appls., fenced yard. No pets. All utils. incl. 403-347-6033
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Misc. for Sale
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3 FLR, 3 Bdrm house w/3 bath, new paint & carpets & deck at 7316-59 Ave. Avail. to over 40 tenants. No pets. Off street parking for 3 vehicles. Rent $1500, D.D. $1500. 403-341-4627 4 BDRM. house, 2 full baths, near schools and bus route, avail. Jan. 1, 2014, $1350 rent, DD $1100 no pets, 403-343-6229 304-3979.
3060 Mobile Lot
3030 Suites
This gorgeous townhouse is now available. 3 Bdrms, 1.5 Baths & 5 appls in one of the most desirable areas in town. This will get scooped up quick. Call Lucie at 403-396-9554 to see inside. Hpman.ca BEAUTIFUL Comfortable 3 bdrm. townhouse in Oriole Park. Super location for access to all major arteries without being bothered by noise. Att. garage, 1-1/2 bath, 5 appls., #23 6300 Orr Dr. N/S, avail. Jan. 1. $1425/mo. Hearthstone Property Management 403-896-8552 or 403-396-9554
LARGE 2 & 3 BDRM CONDOS HAVE TO GO!!
MORRISROE MANOR
1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed. Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852 MOUNTVIEW, bsmt. suite, 1 bdrm. + den, full bath, 4 appls., great location. $975. incld’s utils. & cable. N/S, no pets. 403-350-0913
NEWLY RENO’D 2 BEDROOMS
Located in Woodlea on quiet little one way street, this bldg has a vacancy. With a full Reno recently completed, this is an absolute steal at $950/mo. Make your friends jealous with this amazing find. Call Tina at 403-896-8552 for more details. Hpman.ca
Bldg located on a quiet close Spacious 2 Bdrm. backing onto treed area. †Spacious suites come with This 2 bdrm apt is in a quiet, 6.5 FOOT LIGHTED ETNA Dishwasher, large storage adult only building. PINE TREE. 450 clear area & more. Short walk to In a convenient location lights, 1190 branch tips. schools & Parks. Starting w/easy accessibility to 67th GORGEOUS Great condition - too large at $925/mo. Street & assigned offstreet HIGH-END HOME for house. $50 obo. Heat & Water incl. in rent. parking. This could be the You have to see to believe. Call Lucie at 403-396-9554 home you are looking for. 403-358-5465 4 Bdrm, 3 baths w/double to book a viewing.† Perfect for young profesattached garage in the DIE cast models, cars, Hpman.ca sionals. Just $945/month. NEW part of West Park. truck, and motorcycles, Come take a look at the fairies, dragons and biker High-end Luxury home at a SOUTHWOOD PARK building you will be proud great rate of $2100/mo. gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east 3110-47TH Avenue, to call home. Call Tina now Call Lucie at 403-396-9554 end of Cash Casino 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, at 403-896-8552 if you would like to know more. generously sized, 1 1/2 before it’s gone. RED Deer Hospital phone Hpman.ca baths, fenced yards, Hpman.ca w/large buttons $40; handfull bsmts. 403-347-7473, knit socks and mitts $5/ea, Modern & Trendy Sorry no pets. new wood deck box 3 Bdrm. Home www.greatapartments.ca w/cooler inside $100, like Boasting 2.5 Baths, designer new ladies long brown colors & finishings, 6 appls 1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, leather coat w/fur collar, & assigned parking. Be the N/S. No pets. size 10, $100, Morrisroe first to live here!! This Suites 403-596-2444 403-347-3741 property will not last! Just Top Floor 2 Bdrm. $1695/month! ROASTING Pan, electric, 1200 SQ.FT. 2 bdrm. suite, Hurry and call Tina at Apartment $30; Video game chair, like satellite TV, all utils. incl. 403-896-8552 while it lasts. new, $50; (2) thick winter except phone and internet, This Adult only Bldg is located Hpman.ca conveniently near all amenities. blankets, $35. ea. Rural location, 5 acres, Perfect for the budget403-348-6449 pasture negot., avail. immed., minded at just $945/month Condos/ ref’s req’d. N.S., no pets. ROLLERBLADE rollerw/ Heat & Water included! 403-782-3893 Townhouses blades w/carrying bag, size Call Tina at 403-396-9554 8 mens, used very little while it’s still available. 2 Bdrm. Modern 3 BDRM, 1 1/2 bath town$30; shin pads and extra Hpman.ca house in well kept condominium Suite in Johnstone brake pads Celebrate your life complex at #9, 15 Stanton St. This great 2 bdrm bsmt. suite $20 403-347-6183 with a Classified has lots of functional space, 5 appls & fenced yard. ANNOUNCEMENT 6 appls & is located on a Tenants must be over 40 Piano & w/references & quiet living. quiet crescent. Just $1125/mo. Avail. Nov. 1st for $1300/mo. Call Tina at 403-896-8552 Organs $1300 D.D. 403-341-4627 now to take a look at a home Roommates you will want to show off. Wanted GOOD selection of quality Hpman.ca pianos for reasonable price. 3 Bdrm. Townhouse ~ Great Value!! ROOMATE WANTED, Weststrate Piano Sales & GLENDALE 2 bdrm. $825, M or F. Fully furn. 2 bdrm. This 3 bdm, 1.5 bath Tuning. 403-347-5432 D.D. $825, N/S, no pets, apt. 403-986-1903 after 1 pm. Townhouse in North Red no partiers, avail immed. Deer is ready for a new 403-346-1458 family! Vacant now, this Rooms Cats could be the home you’ve GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. For Rent been looking for. With 5 appls, tonnes of storage & apartments, avail. immed, 3 FRIENDLY 4 mo. old M. a convenient location this rent $875 403-596-6000 CLEAN, quiet, responsible, ORANGE KITTENS., home will go quick. Furn. $525. 403-346-7546 two 8 wk. old Black female Call Lucie at 403-396-9554 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. and orange male kittens. ROOM for rent. 450 rent, to get a look inside! SUITES. 25+, adults only Litter trained. Desperately d.d. $300. 403-343-0421 Hpman.ca n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 need loving homes. FREE. 403-782-3130
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Realtors & Services
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2 SPEC HOMES Ready for your colours. Can be shown at any time. 10 & 98 MacKenzie Cres. Lacombe. 403-588-8820 BRAND NEW 1340 sq. ft. bungalow, 2 bdrm., den, dbl. att. garage. $384,900. Call Glen 403-588-2231 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com
Sporting Goods
1860
MEN’S NEW CCM size 10 skates & hockey pants. $65. NEW JOFA HOCKEY KNEE PADS, $15. 403-887-4981
Collectors' Items
1870
3 INDIAN Medicine Men shields, approx. 20” x 30”, $180 403-347-7405 KENMORE Beginner sewing machine. New. $40. 2 SETS OF KING SHEETS, 2 for $25. TV STAND, black, 27”x16”14” $25. 403-346-2070
Travel Packages
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Contractors
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1100 Massage Therapy 1280
DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 OVERHEAD DOORS & operators installed 391-4144 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc. Call Roger 403-348-1060
Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Private back entry. 403-341-4445
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Escorts
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Flooring
1180
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Misc.
Ironman Scrap Metal Recovery picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles & industrial. Serving Central AB. 403-318-4346
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Seniors’ Services
2006 GMC C4500 4X4, loaded, conversion, new duramax installed from GM, 170,000 kms., $39,888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import
Tires, Parts Acces.
5180
12V BATTERY Group 24 CC610 load tested at 590 $65 403-357-9664 SET of H.D. Flares, $35. 403-348-6449
Auto Wreckers Locally owned and family operated
Trucks
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RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal. AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519
Vehicles Wanted To Buy
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RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519
MUST SELL
If you have a claim against this Estate, you must file your claim by January 15, 2014, and provide details of your claim. with Christopher Warren, Q.C.
R.
at Warren Sinclair LLP 600, 4911 - 51 Street Red Deer, Alberta. T4N 6V4 and provide details of your claim. If you do not file by the date above, the Estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.
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LUANN Dec. 16 1992 — Ottawa, New Brunswick and P.E.I. sign a deal to build 13-km, $800-million bridge to the mainland. Ottawa is to supply $60 million for roads and redevelop Borden and Cape Tormentine. 1901 — Guglielmo Marconi is officially notified by the Anglo-American Telegraph Co. that it will take legal action against him unless he immediately ceases his wireless experi-
ments and removes his equipment from Newfoundland. Anglo-American had a 50-year monopoly on electrical communications in Newfoundland that began in 1858, and is determined to hinder radio telegraphy, which it knows is a serious threat to its transatlantic electric telegraph business operated by submarine cables. Marconi moves his base of operations to Cape Breton Island. 1895 — French chocolate baron Henri Menier acquires Anticosti Island in the St. Lawrence for $125,000. He builds a chateau and imports a herd of deer for hunting.
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Monday, Dec. 16 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Benjamin Bratt, 50; Krysten Ritter, 32; Xander Berkeley, 58 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The dual Gemini takes over Luna’s position today. It is very common for this placement to induce us into feeling a bipolar type of emotionality. One moment we are pulled in one direction, and the other one, we seem to feel something entirely different. The Gemini’s curious nature incites us to occupy our minds with a variety of resourceful information. An opposition to Mercury indicates minor disagreements where talking too much may be just going in circles. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, you will evoke a greater need to relate and to communicate with others this year. You may test your closest alliances’ devotion to see who is in your team and who should be flushed out. Your ups and down will be your eye-opener index for your future. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your social agenda is picking up and you will not want to be by yourself. It’s time to pick up the phone and catch up with your folks and your siblings. Being in the know will allow you to Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff answer some Taking advantage of the deep snow in the school yard a class makes their way through the football pitch at of your current Lindsay Thurber High School on Thursday morning. inquisitions. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your material wealth and your security foundations will determine how comfortable or much ease you truly ASTRO need in order DOYNA Dear Annie: I am 14 years old and facing a dilemma. My properly trained in etiquette. to feel comfortI have seen kids standing three feet from the toilet (beable in your father isn’t particularly religious, but my mother is a strict d a y - t o - d a y Catholic, and my older sister and brother have been con- cause they are too short to use the urinal) and spraying spending. You firmed. I have another six months before I am expected to the seat. This is not a competition to see how far away you could exclude go through the process of confirmation. I do not want to do can be and still hit the target. Some parents are concerned this. But as the time approaches, my mother has become in- about germs and tell their kids not to touch the seat, so some luxuries. you can imagine the messes I have witnessed when using a GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your creasingly forceful on the subject. I do not share my mother’s beliefs, although I do believe public restroom. Also, please teach the child to flush after overall exterior and your mannerisms matter to you more as they appear in God. My father supports my choice, and I’ve tried to himself. I realize this is a particularly difficult issue for single more worthy of your time and your ef- explain it to my mother, but she won’t have any of it. She fort. A potential revamp may be in the continues to send me to religious classes, which I consider mothers who can’t go into the men’s room with their sons. Please address this. - T.S. works where your physical appear- a complete waste of my time, and it results in some very awkward conversations because I find Dear T.S.: We appreciate your concern, and ance is concerned. we hope parents are paying attention. However, CANCER (June 21-July 22): All myself hiding my beliefs. When I once refused to we’re fairly certain that most parents already those hours of hard work or socializing attend the classes, my mother threatened to call teach their sons how to use the toilet, because will finally pick up. Your spiritual self my school and have me taken off of student counthey don’t want to clean up a mess at home, eiwill demand of you to take it downs a cil and the soccer team. I know her stubbornness has other causes, ther. Public restrooms pose difficulties because notch and to retire as fatigue may be opposite-sex parents cannot supervise, and the of concern. The world can operate and including pleasing family members who are deeply religious and have always resented my kids can become either anxious or reckless. But function even in your absence. not all accidents are caused by young children. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You are out father’s agnosticism. But time is running out, Adults do their share, too. and about these days. Gloomy days and Mom has only become more aggressive. If I Dear Annie: Your response to “Concerned are well behind you and you certainly resist, there will be huge consequences. I don’t Cutter in N.Y.” to post a sign in his barbershop want to know what you have missed feel I can take part in such an important relisaying that cellphone use is prohibited while in thus far. It’s time to connect the social gious event if I am not fully committed to it. I the chair is good. I have a better one. dots and to restore the ties with one even talked to Mom about postponing it for a few MITCHELL years, which would be allowed in our diocese, There’s an old saying that time is money. It particular friend. & SUGAR certainly takes more time to cut hair if the paVIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your com- but she rejected that idea. How can I convince tron is chatting on a cellphone. How about postpetence and your savoir-faire will be her that she is being unreasonable? - Frustrated ing a sign that says: Haircuts: $30; Haircuts While tested now by higher ups. What you Son Dear Frustrated: You can’t. Your mother is in Using Cellphone: $50 are good at and what you are less good The next time a customer chats, instead of beat will come to light around this time. panic mode, frightened for your religious future Put your best foot forward and be at and concerned that her family will disapprove of the way ing annoyed, the barber can say, “I just made another $20.” she raised you. Your best bet is to talk to your priest and ask I doubt he would lose customers if he is lighthearted about your best behaviour. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You are him to intervene. While he is unlikely to support your deci- it. - Benicia, Calif. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugfeeling frisky and you are feeling sion not to be confirmed, he may be able to convince Mom risky! Perhaps it’s time to create some that waiting is in everyone’s best interest, and she is more ar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annew history in your life where you will apt to listen to him. Dear Annie: I am a senior citizen with an issue regarding nie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa take on a journey that will lead you to more fun and excitement. You are children who use the restroom without being educated or Beach, CA 90254. in for a self-discovery experiment. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Intimacy issues come to the fore. Deeper experiences and stronger bonds are a must to you. There is no exception. It is the substance of your memories that truly count to you most and not the number of pages in your personal history book. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): You are afraid to be alone and if single, or feeling that you are in a non responsive kind of relationship, this time usually brings these issues to your mind. Your personal experience is not a solo trip, but an expedition for two. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Stop looking at your old pictures and stop criticizing yourself. You would be wise to exert your energy into something more judicious. Get back on track to regain that figure. Start practicing with a few healthy recipes. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18): You are more confident and daring about your creative self. In your amorous pursuits, you are not hesitant and quite ready to reveal your purest intentions. 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