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Volunteer farmers work to harvest wheat during the annual Central Alberta Foodgrains Bank Project Harvest Day on Saturday at a field just east of Lacombe. About 150 people showed up for the barbecue at noon, before nine different combines took to the field.

FOODGRAINS BANK HELPING AFRICAN, SYRIAN REFUGEES BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Families across the country sat down to the Thanksgiving dinner over the weekend, but a group of volunteer farmers were hard at work harvesting grains so families in Africa and Syrian refugee camps could have some food too. On Saturday, the Lacombe Foodgrains bank took to the 130 acre field and harvested the grains. Doug Maas, Lacombe Foodgrains committee member, said they grew Canadian Prairie Spring wheat, the same crop they grew last year. “Based on what some of the farmers who have looked at it indicated to us, it appears to be an average crop,” said Maas. “Sometimes we get surprised. It’s when you harvest it, you find out it was above or below average. It’s difficult to say. Until we actually get it into the combine and grain truck and take it to the elevator.” The field was swathed last week so the farmers could combine it on Saturday. This is the 20th year for the Lacombe Foodgrains project, one of about 30 across Alberta. Though the harvest was originally scheduled for Oct. 3, the September rain and a miserable day on Oct. 3 delayed the producers. “We rely on volunteer farmers, they do all the work,” said Maas. “It’s been difficult for them to har-

vest their own crops.” This isn’t the first time the Lacombe Foodgrains project has harvested on Thanksgiving. Maas said in some ways it was kind of fitting. “It sure helps reinforce our purpose,” said Maas. “The people who have the ability to produce food and produce large quantities of food, should help those who are not capable of that.” Through the years, the project has drawn about seven to 10 combines come out to help with the harvest. With that kind of turnout, Maas said it takes a few hours with that kind of farm equipment on the field. Aid from the Foodgrains Bank goes primarily to Asian and African nations, including Ethiopia and Kenya. “In the last several years, we’ve given assistance to Syrian refugee camps,” said Maas. The Canadian government matches what the Foodgrains bank raises at a rate of four dollars for every one dollar the bank raises. South of Ponoka, the Ponoka Foodgrains project went on Oct. 2. Close to 165 acres of oats was harvested. The money raised from the sale of the oats will go into the Foodgrains bank. Jordan and Lebanon are also areas where the money will help people get food or food vouchers. For more information visit www.foodgrainsbank. ca. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

OTTAWA — There weren’t any whistles, but there were more than a few bells, as the marathon federal election campaign entered its final week Monday. Stephen Harper launched a game-show style attack — complete with clanging cash register — aimed directly at front runner Justin Trudeau during a campaign event in Waterloo, Ont., in an attempt to portray the Liberal leader as a threat to the pocketbooks of Canadian families. Harper was assisted by a local woman — a married mother, with two jobs — who slapped down $20 bills as he rhymed off the various tax credits for families that he said the Liberals would roll back. The focus on Trudeau, almost to the exclusion of Tom Mulcair, came as the Liberal leader appeared to be gaining momentum in some polls, while they had the New Democrat leader tracking third. “For some families, that could be a Liberal tax hike of up to $2,000 a year,” Harper said. “These are real benefits. Only the Conservative party in this election is committed to keeping these dollars where they belong — in the pockets of hard working Canadians.” But Trudeau fired back at the Conservative leader, saying he wouldn’t be clawing back any of the boutique tax credits for families that Harper was warning about. He said it was one more example of Harper engaging in the politics of fear and telling “untruths” to voters about his platform. “He is desperate to try and frighten Canadians away from voting for a vision that is going to put more money in the pockets of nine out of 10 families and cut taxes for the middle class,” Trudeau said. He said the Conservatives don’t have a record to run on, so they’re resorting to “scare tactics and fear mongering,” which includes “micro-targeting” specific communities to pit them against one another. “We will call out fearful and divisive tactics, wherever they are used but we will stay focused on bringing Canadians together because that’s the job of any leader,” Trudeau told a boisterous rally in the Ottawa suburbs. “I’m going to let my opponents continue to focus on me. I’m staying focused on Canadians.” Mulcair told his supporters in Maple Ridge, B.C. that his party was the only credible choice for beating the Conservatives on Oct. 19. But he was repeatedly forced to deflect questions about his party’s slide in recent polls. “In 2011, I saw the same pollsters say we’d be fourth in Quebec, so I don’t pay attention to that,” Mulcair said.

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Central Albertans not immune to Blue Jays fever BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF It’s been 22 years, but it’s not just Toronto that’s excited to see the Blue Jays back in the post season. Canada’s only baseball team boasts fans coast to coast, and Red Deer is no exception. Jersey City in Bower Place Shopping Centre started seeing a trend early on in JAYS FORCE GAME FIVE B1 the season, said Gina Omilon who was worked there for five years. It all really started when third basemen Josh Donaldson started putting up impressive offensive numbers. His jerseys have tough to keep around and are the most popular item. “We have been timing from when we get his jerseys in to how quickly we can sell out of them,” said Omilon. “The longest was 24 hours and that was because there was only medium sizes left. Usually it’s within the hour that the jerseys are gone.” It has gotten to the point where the store is ordering products from American distributors, because the Canadian distributors can’t keep up with demand for Jays gear across the country. It’s all the store can do to get Jays attire in. “When people realized there was hope they would make the playoffs, people jumped onto the bandwagon then,” said Omilon.

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Chris Boese and his brother Chad raise a glass at the Canadian Brewhouse in Red Deer as they watch the Toronto Blue Jays take on the Texas Rangers in game one of the American League Division Series last Thursday.

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One killed in crash near Stettler One man has died and two more were sent to hospital after a crash near Stettler over the Thanksgiving long weekend. Just after 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, Stettler RCMP were called to a single vehicle rollover on Hwy 12 the Central Alberta town of Stettler, east of Red Deer. Stettler Regional Fire Rescue and Emergency Services also attended. The 20-year-old male driver of the truck was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. Two 18-year-old males, both from Stettler, were transported to hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries. One was transported to Stettler Hospital by ground ambulance. The other was flown by STARS Air Ambulance to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton. Traffic on Hwy 12 was re-routed while emergency crews were on scene. An RCMP collision analyst assisted in the investigation. The incident is under investigation, but police believe speed was a factor in the crash.

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Ayrton, left, and Jason Chilibeck put together one of five raised community garden plots near the Kinsmen Arenas in Morrisroe on Saturday afternoon. An orchard is set to be planted near the garden next spring.

About $5,000 worth of gold chains was stolen from a jewelery store in Innisfail, and Mounties are hoping for public tips to track the thief down. On Oct. 7, at about 2:30 p.m., the chains were taken from Ingham’s Jewellery on 50th Street. Police said he grabbed a display of chains and ran out of the store. Innisfail RCMP describe the suspect as a Caucasian male, about 20- to 30-year-old. He is about 1.67 metres (five foot six) tall and clean shaven. He wore a heavy silver chain, blue jeans, a white t-shirt, a dark jacket and a ball cap. Anyone with information about the incident are asked to contact Innisfail RCMP at 403-227-3342. Those wishing to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.tipsubmit.com.

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ELECTION: Assertion “I know the NDP is offering hope — hope to break an old habit that’s been in place for 140 years. When you’re fed up with the Conservatives, you’re forced to go back to the Liberals.” Now, he said, the Canadians don’t have to choose between one of the “old parties.” “For the first time in the history of Canada, there is a three-way race.” Mulcair repeated his assertion that the New Democrats need only 35 more seats to form government while the Liberals need more than 100. Canadians continued to turn out in large numbers for the Thanksgiving weekend’s advance polls. Elections Canada estimated that 767,000 people voted on Sunday, which was the third day of advance polls. That brought the total for the first three days of advance polls to 2.4 million — a 16 per cent increase over the 2,077,000 votes recorded over the three days of advance polls in the 2011 federal general election. Monday was the fourth and final day of advance polls for this election.

JAYS: Factors According to the Red Deer Minor Baseball Association’s website, after the Blue Jays last World Series win in 1993 they had an explosion of registrations. Close to 600 players registered in 1994, to compare last season the association had about 400 players in the system. Registrar Renae Clark said the expect to see a bump in registrations this year, coinciding with the Jays success. “Last year it was 56 new registrations, but we definitely expect it to increase,” said Clark. “Not only with the Jays, if the Jays are doing very well, we always see increases.” Other factor can contribute to increased registrations, including marketing campaigns and events. Clark said even a report that said baseball was a better off-season sport for hockey instead of lacrosse

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Conservative Leader Stephen Harper looks on as Nicole Ropp throws money on the counter as they illustrate how Liberal tax hikes will affect Canadians during a Conservative campaign event at an apple farm in Waterloo, Ont., Monday. helped boost their numbers. Bars around town also got in on the explosion of Jays fandom. Brandon Black, a manager at Canadian Brewhouse in Clearview, said he’s noticed more and more Jays fans coming out for games. “100 per cent we’ve seen more hats, jerseys for the last three weeks of the season,” said Black. “Now gearing up for the playoffs, you hear people talking about it. Numbers are unofficial

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“They’re just excited about playoff baseball.” Brewhouse opened early on Friday for a ballgame that started at 10:30 a.m. local time. They even made a special hot dog named for players, for game days to help bring the atmosphere of the ballpark to the bar. After losing the first two games of the series at home, the Jays rebounded to force a fifth and deciding game in Toronto on Wednesday. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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School board battle EDMONTON CATHOLIC STRUGGLES TO CREATE LGBT POLICY

EDMONTON — It started earlier this year when a seven-year-old transgender girl wanted to use the girl’s washroom in her Catholic school. She was no longer identifying as a boy and didn’t want to stand out by having to use a new, gender-neutral washroom. In May, the school in Edmonton had agreed she could use the female facilities. But the girl, whose mother knows her daughter is wise beyond her years, wasn’t buying it. “‘I’m actually going to need to see that in writing, Mama,” the girl’s mother recalls her saying. “To date I haven’t been able to give it to her.” The family filed a human rights complaint and Edmonton Catholic Schools has tried several times since then to craft a broader policy — dealing with more than just washrooms — that protects gay and transgender students while falling in line with the church. The issue may reach its boiling point Tuesday when the school board holds its next meeting over a washroom controversy, which has ballooned into a contentious religious debate over transgender rights. The school board requires schools to have all-gender washrooms. But the girl’s mother, who has asked not to be named to protect her child’s identity, says the decision on which washroom her daughter uses is ultimately up to the principal. The board’s last meeting in September was fiery. One trustee cried and shouted over accusations she was homophobic. Another trustee, Larry Kowalczyk, told media that he considers being transgender a

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Olds College open house Friday The Olds College annual open house is set for Oct. 16 from 9 a.m to 4 p.m. There will be guided tours, and information about programs and how to apply. Students and staff will be available to talk to attendees, and there will be information on career opportunities. There is no charge to attend. Students, parents, teachers and alumni are welcome. People can register for the open house online at oldscollege.ca/visit or by calling 1-800-661-6537 (Ext 7715) or 403-507-7715. The campus is located at 4500 50 St. in Olds. An open house at the college’s Fashion Institute Calgary campus is being held on Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Garage sale to benefit Red Deer Hospital Friends of Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre is holding its first garage sale Oct. 23 to 25 to raise money for patient care and comfort. The charity funds medical equipment and supplies and raises money through pull-ticket sales, casinos, bingos, and also operates Café VA, Jolt N Bolt, Present Trends Gift Shop, and Lifeline support program which are all located at the hospital. The charity is looking to raise $400,000 to $500,000 for 2016. The search is now on for donations of gently used items for the sale. No clothes, shoes, beds or tube television will be accepted. Donations can be dropped off at 6-7419 Gaetz Ave., Monday to Friday, from Oct. 21, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. More volunteers are required to receive items for donations. Volunteers are also needed to assist during the garage sale. To become a volunteer, or arrange for a donation to be dropped at an alternate time, call or text Richelle at 403-348-9212 or Kimberly at 403-505-3333. The garage sale, to be held at 6-7419 Gaetz Ave., will run Oct. 23 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Oct. 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Rocky protection area minimally affected during wildfire season The Rocky Mountain House forest protection area has escaped the 2015 wildfire season for the most part. The forest has lost only about 170 acres over 124

mental disorder. The province’s education minister intervened. Several trustees were called to a closed-door meeting with David Eggen at the legislature, where he warned there could be consequences if board members “didn’t get their act together.” Board chairwoman Debbie Engel has admitted creating a policy is an “emotionally charged issue,” but has expressed confidence one can be developed similar to one adopted by Edmonton Public Schools a few years ago. The public district became the first on the Prairies to develop a stand-alone sexual orientation and gender-identity policy. It lets students use the washroom and locker room that matches their self-identified gender. Part of the reason the Edmonton Catholic district has delayed its policy is that it was waiting for the Council of Catholic School Superintendents of Alberta to suggest a provincewide one, with advice from Catholic bishops. That document was made public last week and while it says schools should support inclusive communities and treat everyone with dignity and respect, it also includes an explanation of why being transgender doesn’t fit with the church. “The Catholic church teaches that the body and soul are so united that one’s gender identity is rooted in one’s biological identity as male and female … genetically, anatomically and chromosomally, the body reveals the divine plan.” Lorraine Turchansky, spokeswoman for the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton, says it’s unusual to have such input and attention on policy development. The parents of the 40,000 children in Edmonton’s wildfires, the lowest losses in the province. The wildfire season runs from March 1 to the end of October. The High Level forest protection area, which has seen the highest number of acres burned this year, has seen 329 wildfires so far this season, with losses amounting to 611,848 acres. Overall, Northern Alberta had by the far the most fires and losses. Both the provincial number of fires and acres lost were well above the five-year average. To date there have been 1,735 fires in Alberta, which burned 1.2 million acres. The five year average is 1,390 fires and about 700,000 acres. The province is divided into 10 forest management areas. As of Friday there were 28 wildfires being held, most in Northern Alberta, and no fires out of control. Most of the fires burning have been caused by lightning. The largest fire in Alberta burning now is a 148,000-acre under control fire burning in the Fort McMurray forest management area.

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Catholic schools have chosen the separate system with “the full knowledge and understanding that Catholic faith is part of the education those kids receive,” she adds. Kris Wells with the University of Alberta’s Institute for Sexual Minority Studies calls the church’s proposal “transphobic” and says religion can’t be a shield to justify discrimination. He says policies are needed to help teachers too.

What makes you love a neighbourhood? What makes you want to spend time there? Let’s bring some of those good things to

Riverlands. Help us plan the streets, spaces and places at two upcoming events:

Screening of “Human Scale” A documentary about how humans interact with cities, followed by a discussion about the design of Riverlands. OCTOBER 17, 2015, 11 A.M. Carnival Cinemas 5402 47 St., Red Deer Free, limited seating

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The 3rd annual Feed the Need Food Drive shattered last year’s record in September. More than $8,200 in donations and 3628 kgs (8,000 pounds) of food were raised for the Red Deer & District Food Bank. Last year the event raised $7,500 in donations and 3,175 kgs (7,000 pounds) of food. The fundraising event was held on Sept. 15 in City Hall Park.

Riverlands planning events coming up Two upcoming events are in the works to plan the streets, spaces and places in Riverlands on Oct.17. The City of Red Deer will host a screening of Human Scale, a documentary about how humans interact with cities, followed by a discussion about the design of Riverlands. The documentary begins at 11 a.m. at Carnival Cinemas (5402 47th) in Red Deer. Admission is free. A workshop on Riverlands follows at 2 p.m. at Weber Physiotherapy (main floor gym) at 5420 45th Street. The overall presentation begins at 2 p.m. with a drop in until 5 p.m. RSVP by Oct.12 to riverlands@reddeer.ca or 406-8700 for the workshop. For more information about Riverlands, visit www.reddeer.ca/riverlands or call Charity Dyke, Riverlands Project manager at 403-309-8700.

Share your ideas and thoughts about the places and spaces in Riverlands as they start to take shape. OCTOBER 17, 2015, OVERVIEW PRESENTATION AT 2 P.M. DROP IN ANYTIME FROM 2 P.M. TO 5 P.M. Weber Physiotherapy (main floor gym) 5420 45 St., Red Deer Register at riverlands@reddeer.ca

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Alberta faces uncertain future In Alberta, October is shaping up to be among the cruelest of months — and a month of great uncertainty. The cruelty is mostly economic. Combines are grinding through paltry crops and the worldwide slump in JOHN oil prices has slowed general STEWART economic activOPINION ity (and, just so we remember that the economy has leverage on social conditions, the oil downturn has also been blamed for a rise in Edmonton crime). House prices have flattened and sales have stalled. Jobs are disappearing and economic growth forecasts have been muted — or are in reverse. With no control over oil prices or

oil company spending, and no ability to predict or tame the vagaries of the weather that impact crops, Albertans can only wonder about the uncertainty of our economic future, both in the near term and over the next four or five years. As October dawned, ATB Financial chief economist Todd Hirsch said, “It is probably going to be another eight to 12 months of pretty tough sledding for Albertans.” His forecast include the dreaded R word: recession. Cruel indeed. The uncertainty? We should be looking to leadership for direction and innovation, but given the current circumstances, we can only hope and wait. Who will form the next federal government, and what will their five-year mandate hold? What will the first New Democratic Party provincial budget hold for Albertans, or for that matter the next four years? We are on federal election watch and we are on provincial budget watch — and rarely in the last three decades have these events mattered more in

Alberta. The federal election debate has offered threads of economic policy, but no whole fabric from any of the three leading parties. The closest thing to concrete economic management for the future comes from the Trans-Pacific Partnership tentative trade deal brokered by the current Conservative government. However, it is a deal that provides wide-ranging access to markets but no guarantee that our particular products will be desired or consumed. And we still have not had concrete conversations about economic diversification and value-added products in Alberta — the kind of conversations, followed by an economic evolution, that would ultimately make the TPP lucrative to us. Who will spark those conversations, and when, is anybody’s guess. To this point, it has not been Conservative governments at either the provincial or federal levels. At the provincial level, Albertans looked in the spring at all the options, after years of frustration, and elected Premier Rachel Notley’s NDPs. We

will know shortly how that fledgling government will manage the economy: its first budget will be delivered on Oct. 27, and Finance Minister Joe Ceci will only say that it will include enhanced spending on infrastructure, and that core services will be protected. At the federal level, the choice of Albertans at the ballot box on Oct. 19 (and, according to the latest polls, our choice is Conservative still) will not nearly dictate the election’s outcome on a national scale. Will we be part of a tide or against the tide? How the month will unfold is anyone’s guess. But by the end of October, much of the uncertainty will be resolved. How long the cruel economic conditions remain after October depends in great part on the initiatives of two governments with fresh mandates. John Stewart is former managing editor of the Red Deer Advocate and a Troy Media Columnist

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Harper playing on fears to turn tide If Stephen Harper were just using the niqab as They have both been eloquent on the question a political distraction in the dwindling days of this when they have had to be, but neither wants to take long campaign, that would be the most charitable de- on the issue head on, so they go after Harper on scription of this gambit that could possibly be found. “fear and divisiveness” without a specific mention of If it were just a cynical ploy to avoid late-cam- the niqab. paign scrutiny of his economic record, many of us “(Harper is) always trying to pivot to questions would shake our heads, but others would of security and fear as a distraction,” grudgingly nod to the shrewd political Trudeau said Thursday. tacticians on the Conservative side. “I am appalled that Stephen Harper But this, of course, is no mere distrachas played the politics of race in this camtion, not simply something to hide othpaign,” said Mulcair, before calling the er issues. There is evidence it is moving issue a “weapon of mass distraction.” votes. Mulcair would rather talk about the And it is doing something else. It is Trans-Pacific trade deal and his rejecfuelling hate, discrimination, xenophobia tion of Harper’s anti-terror legislation. and Islamophobia while the Conservative Trudeau would rather talk about infraleader is immersed in the grubby pursuit structure funding. of votes. It is dangerous. The niqab is the elephant in the room Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and for both men. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair want it to be Harper is the acknowledged master TIM thought of as a distraction because neiof solving problems that do not exist, our HARPER ther has a path to victory that includes a champion who will storm the ramparts OPINION debate over the wearing of veils at citito protect us from the threat that is not zenship ceremonies or in the public serthere. vice. There have been a grand total of two It puts the two men in a box. women in this country who have sought to take their Trudeau has been consistent in his defence of citizenship oaths while veiled (after unveiling to Canadian minority rights from the moment he began confirm their identity first). his quest for the Liberal leadership. According to the Public Service Alliance of CanWhat were once dismissed as platitudes are now ada, no workers have attempted to provide public important messages from him because of the manner services while veiled. in which this campaign has unfolded. Harper has expertly beaten back such dangerous Mulcair has not veered from principle on the tides, just as he ensured that the fictional backlog niqab even as he watches the issue chip away his of calls over “barbaric social practices” can now be advantage in his power base of Quebec. It was, sad- handled by a snitch line. ly, an all too rare display of a Canadian politician This election can be determined on a number of saying what was right, not what played to his or her fronts. political advantage. Harper can win another mandate if voters feel

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he has struck the proper balance on the economy, or has promised better days with his trade deal, or struck the right balance between security and compassion in the refugee issue, or because he puts cheques in your mailbox. He can earn your vote by default, because you might think Mulcair lacks the proper temperament for leadership or Trudeau needs more political seasoning. But if a close election turns on an issue that is pure, baseless political expediency, then our system has been debased. Trudeau has said Harper’s targeting of minorities is unworthy of the office he holds, but a campaigning Harper is a world away from a governing Harper. Harper has found comfort in the “very responsible” and narrower proposal by Quebec Liberal Premier Phillipe Couillard, one that deals exclusively with face coverings and holds wide support in that province. In 2013, when the Parti Québécois introduced its much wider, more dangerous, Charter of Values, Harper tiptoed into the fray, but responded this way: “Our job is social inclusion. Our job is making all groups who come to this country, whatever their background, whatever their race, whatever their ethnicity, whatever their religion, feel at home in this country and be Canadians.” That was Harper governing. Harper seeking votes is a different man, a world away from the man, who, when handed a majority that May night in 2011 pledged: “Canadians have chosen hope, a united Canada, a strong Canada. We must be the government of all Canadians, including those that did not vote for us.” Let’s call that vow a political distraction. Tim Harper is a national affairs writer, syndicated by the Toronto Star.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015 A5

Rape kit inaccessibility a hurdle to justice: advocates

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to bring in the equipment. Alberta RCMP also transports kits to hospitals upon request. Access varies, too, in Atlantic provinces, where Newfoundland has 36 sites that can deliver kits and P.E.I. has one. Nova Scotia has been criticized for a lack of resources, but the province said it has three regional teams of specially-trained nurses with plans for two more on the way. Rape kits differ depending on the type of assault and can include taking fluid samples, swabs and photographs. After advocates balked at the standard RCMP kit, the force is revising it to remove instructions requiring pulled scalp or pubic hair. Lynn Gifford, co-ordinator of forensic nursing services at B.C.’s Fraser Health, said patients are always given the option of not undergoing the exam. She said forensic nurses offer emotional support, but also must maintain objectivity because they’re often asked to testify. She said nurses have to be able to deny accusations of defence lawyers who say, “You spent three hours with this person. You must believe their story. You must have formed a bond.” In the U.S., an immense backlog of untested rape kits sitting on storage shelves for years has made headlines. Vice President Joe Biden recently announced $80 million in funding to examine nearly 70,000 kits. A backlog of that magnitude doesn’t appear to exist in Canada. Most provinces rely on the RCMP’s three labs in Vancouver, Edmonton and Ottawa. Mounties wouldn’t say how long testing takes, but said kits are prioritized by case urgency. Ontario’s lab has an average turnaround of 29 days, while Quebec tests most kits within 90 days. Of course, rape kits are not needed in every criminal trial and some experts say their importance is overstated. Most cases hinge on the question of consent, said lawyer Pamela Cross. “When a woman has been sexually assaulted by someone she knows, particularly when it’s someone she knows quite well, and consent is the only issue, rape kits are of far less use,” she said. Irene Tsnepnopoulos-Elhaimer of Women Against Violence Against Women said forensic evidence doesn’t guarantee a win in court. But rape kits must be available so women can decide for themselves how to move forward, she said. “Women respond to sexual violence differently, and have the right to choose their own path to healing and justice.”

VANCOUVER — When Susan Chapelle awoke in a stranger’s home, her head pounding and her clothes on backwards, she didn’t even consider reporting her rape. Chapelle was a young woman when she was drugged and assaulted after going to a man’s house to buy a pet. She felt an immediate rush of shame that stuck with her for two decades. “I felt horribly guilty for going to his house in the first place, and I felt horribly guilty for drinking a glass of wine,” she recalled. “All I could think was: ‘It’s my fault.”’ Now, the Squamish, B.C., Susan Chapelle councillor is devoting herself to removing hurdles in the justice system for sexual assault victims. And one of her top priorities is to bring rape kits — forensic exams that collect evidence after an attack — to her small district north of Vancouver. Many hospitals in Canada still lack trained forensic nurses to administer the kits, sometimes forcing traumatized women to travel long distances or wait for hours. It’s yet another roadblock in a system that already feels hostile to victims, advocates say. In the Sea-to-Sky corridor that includes Squamish, patients who want a rape kit must travel an hour or more, sometimes in the back of a police car, to Vancouver General Hospital, said Chapelle. “Somebody who’s been through trauma, the last thing they want is to feel like a criminal and be taken in the back of a police car and then wait to have a rape kit administered in the city,” she said. Chapelle said she and the Howe Sound Women’s Centre have asked Vancouver Coastal Health to fund a forensic nurse position in Squamish, but the health authority lacks the resources from the British Columbia government. “Vancouver Coastal Health has been very open and receptive,” she said. “The Ministry of Health is not interested in resolving the problem.” The ministry responded that the authority is “actively engaged” in finding a solution. There are 13 health centres in southern B.C. that can administer kits, while doctors in all 24 northern hospitals can provide the exams, it said in a statement. Across Canada, rape kit access varies widely and information can be hard to find. Women are often shocked that not every hospital offers the exams, said Lisa Steacy of the Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres. “It does create another hurdle. Having to ask for something twice is harder than being able to ask for it once,” she said. EGGS BENEDICT Quebec and Ontario Two eggs on a grilled English Mufﬁn with run their own forensic your choice of one of the following: ham, exam system, rather than bacon, sausage or tomato; topped with using RCMP kits and labs. hollandaise sauce plus your choices Quebec said it has 77 cenof hashbrowns, pancakes or fruit cup. tres that can administer Available All Day the kits, making it a national leader, while Ontario has at least 35 locations. In Saskatchewan and Manitoba, only urban hospitals have kits — outside cities, health care staff must call Mounties

LIMA, Peru — Stephen Poloz says the Bank of Canada helped navigate the country through the oil price shock by implementing two rate cuts, including one that rattled the markets. He makes his remarks on Saturday to an international audience at a meeting of the Institute of International Finance in Lima, Peru. He says the Bank of Canada adjusted its strategy in the face of dropping oil prices by lowering interest rates. Poloz says lowering the rates meant a risk to household debt, but that it also set up the economy to recover more quickly. The Bank of Canada cut its key lending rate twice this year, first in January and again in July, bringing the rate from one per cent down to half of a per cent.

Two Ontario police officers wounded during incident in Fenwick WELLAND, Ont. — Two police officers shot in Ontario’s Niagara region on Saturday evening have been released from hospital and are expected to make a full recovery. Niagara Regional Police identified the officers as Const. Neal Ridley and Const. Jake Braun, who both work out of the force’s Welland detachment. Police said the shooting occurred while police responded to a report of an attempted suicide in the village of Fenwick, which is northwest of Welland. A police news release says when the officers arrived at an apartment complex, a man left his room and fired shots at them. One of the officers underwent surgery and has since been released from hospital, the other was treated for a gunshot wound to his foot and was also released. A civilian man was also wounded at the scene, but there was no word on his condition. Police aren’t providing further details because Ontario’s police watchdog was been called in to review how the incident was handled. The Special Investigations Unit is automatically called in whenever police are involved in a situation that results in death or serious injury. “I am incredibly proud of the courage and professionalism of these officers,” said Niagara police chief Jeffrey McGuire in the news release issued Sunday. Police say both officers are recovering at home.

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Mohamed Fahmy now back in Canada BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Canadian journalist who was released from prison in Egypt last month has returned home, marking the end of his nearly two-year ordeal in a case that raised questions about Egyptâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to free speech. Mohamed Fahmy, a former Al-Jazeera journalist detained on terror-related charges, arrived in Toronto on Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been waiting for,â&#x20AC;? Fahmy said Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt humbled and safe seeing the kind and heartfelt vibes from the police officers and security at the airport who were extremely hospitable and recognized my face despite my attempts to keep my arrival quiet. It was mind-boggling that the cab driver, passengers on the flight and strangers recognized me in the airport and knew the details of my story. I felt lots of warmth and love.â&#x20AC;? He expressed similar feelings in a series of tweets in which he thanked those who supported him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happy Thanksgiving Canada! Walking the streets of Toronto with my wife is a truly liberating feeling! We feel safe, free, & at home! .Loveâ&#x20AC;? Fahmy was arrested in 2013 with two Al-Jazeera English colleagues. He was sentenced to three years in prison in a retrial this year for airing what a court described as â&#x20AC;&#x153;false newsâ&#x20AC;? and coverage biased in favour of the nowbanned Muslim Brotherhood. The case was widely condemned. He and his Egyptian co-defendant, Baher Mohammed, received a presidential pardon last month. The other colleague, Australian Peter Greste, was released a year before Fahmy after Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prime minister intervened. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen

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Rebels hit road on a high BUT SUTTER WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PRODUCTION OUT OF SKILL PLAYERS ON WEST COAST ROAD TRIP BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Red Deer Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter isn’t making any outrageous demands of his top players. He simply wants his best to be his best. All of them. Currently, import forwards Michael Spacek (5g,7a) and Ivan Nikolishin (4-7) sit one-two among Rebels scorers with 12 and 11 points, respectively. From there, the offensive production drops off to the five points collected by defenceman Colton Bobyk (2-3) and Presten Kopeck (1-4). The Rebels have also surrendered 17 goals over the last four games, so there’s some heaving lifting that has to be done in that department, as well. “We need to get some guys playing a little better,” Sutter said Monday morning as the team prepared to head west on a four-game Western Hockey League road trip starting tonight at Kamloops. “Our offence has dropped off and we’ve given up too many goals in our last four games. We have to tighten up defensively.” Sutter detected a turn-around of sorts in Saturday’s 5-4 shootout win over the visiting Calgary Hitmen. “Last night we had the puck more, our puck possession time was better than in the two previous games,” he said. “But when you go on the road and are playing four (games) in five nights, you have to play the game the right way and make sure you keep things tight. “But there are certain guys who have to get going offensively for us. They are key players, older players who play in our top nine forwards. And yet we have to be careful because we don’t want them cheating, either. They just have to get to those scoring areas in the offensive zone.” Sutter wasn’t throwing any names around, but Conner Bleackley has garnered just a goal and an assist in five

outings and Wyatt Johnson, who has been in and out of the top six, has just a single helper in seven games. On another note, the Rebels boarded the team bus Monday morning with momentum on their side following their shootout conquest of the Hitmen, a result that halted a two-game losing streak and improved the team’s record to 5-2. “It was a heck of a game with a bit of everything,” said Sutter. “Both teams played hard. There were skilled plays and lots of hits. It was a very intense game.” It was also a game that got away from the Rebels in the third period. Down 3-1 after 40 minutes, the Hitmen got early third-period goals from Jordy Stallard and Jake Bean (power play) and jumped ahead of their hosts when Taylor Sandheim connected at 12:15. Then, with Hitmen defenceman Michael Zipp serving a delay of game infraction, Sutter pulled netminder Rylan Toth to give his squad a two-man advantage, a move that paid off when Grayson Pawlenchuk connected on a one-timer at 19:23 to pull the Rebels even. Following an exciting but scoreless five-minute three-on-three overtime frame, Nikolishin potted the lone goal of the ensuing shootout. Toth, who finished with 27 saves through 65 minutes, denied all three Calgary shooters — Radel Fazleev, Bean and Layne Bensmiller. “We needed a positive response after last two games because we didn’t play well in Lethbridge (5-2 loss last Tuesday) and although we had our moments in Calgary (in a 4-1 setback Friday), there were stretches where we weren’t very good,” said Sutter. “It was important to get somewhat back to how we want to play and how we have to play.” The Rebels led 2-0 after one period on goals from Lane Pederson, his first of the season, and Evan Polei, his third. Bean slashed the deficit in half at 4:54 of the second period when his point shot beat Toth through a crowd

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Red Deer Rebels goaltender Rylan Toth makes a save as Rebels captain Conner Bleackley and Calgary Hitmen winger Radel Fazleev battle in front of the net during Saturday night WHL action at the Enmax Centrium. The Rebels defeated the Hitmen 5-4 in a shootout. a mere one second after a tripping call on Pawlenchuk had expired. Haydn Fleury, from the left faceoff circle, ripped a wrist shot past Hitmen netminder Lasse Petersen at 12:17 of the period and the Rebels were seemingly in good shape with a two-goal cushion after 40 minutes. “We played pretty well for two periods, then gave up two quick goals in the third,” said Sutter. “Outside of that five minutes, I thought we played a pretty good game. “We gave up another goal later in the third, but we got a break by them taking a penalty late in the game and we were able to capitalize on it. Then we got into a three-on-three not knowing what was going to happen, expect

there was going to be scoring chances. “It was great for our fans. There’s not a lot of defensive focus with that much open ice. You’re just trying to handle what’s coming at you.” Petersen made 15 saves before being replaced at the start of the third period by Kyle Dumba, the younger brother of former Rebels defenceman Mathew. Dumba stopped 13 of the 14 shots he faced over the final 25 minutes. The Rebels take on the Kelowna Rockets Wednesday, then conclude the road trip with stops in Victoria and Vancouver Friday and Saturday. Red Deer’s next home game is Oct. 21 versus the Saskatoon Blades. gmeachem@redddeeradvocate.com

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Blue Jays 8 Rangers 4 ARLINGTON, Texas — The Blue Jays are headed back to Toronto, alive and most certainly kicking after a second straight win in Texas. Backed by early Josh Donaldson, Chris Colabello and Kevin Pillar home runs, R.A. Dickey and David Price combined for 7 2/3 innings as Toronto defeated the Texas Rangers 8-4 to tie their American League Division Series at two games apiece. The rubber match goes Wednesday at the Rogers Centre, with hope of a happy ending for Toronto’s first foray into the playoffs in 22 years. “The fact we’re going back is everything,” said Toronto manager John Gibbons. “We’ve been good at home all year … That’s where we’re best.” The Jays were 53-28 at home this season and 40-41 on the road. Still the home team has yet to win in this series. Monday’s victory was almost overshadowed by Gibbons’ pitching strategy, which worked but didn’t seem that popular. The Jays were leading 7-1 when Price relieved Dickey with two outs and one man on in the fifth. That meant the 40-year-old knuckleballer was denied a win in his first post-season start. And that Price, Toronto’s ace, won’t start in the deciding game. Instead Marcus Stroman will face Cole Hamels in a rematch of Game 2. With the season on the line Monday, Gibbons was not going to allow anything to go south. “Probably not a relationship-building move,” he saw wryly of the pitching change. “But a team win, that’s what I was looking for.” Dickey, who became the oldest starting pitcher in MLB history to make his post-season debut, was diplomatic although he made it clear he wanted to continue. “Gibby’s the manager and what he says goes. I’m an employee and sometimes you don’t necessarily like what your boss wants you to do. But I respect him. “So am I disappointed? Sure, I think any competitor should be,” he added. “But at the end of the day, I’ve said this before and I mean it, it’s amazing what you can accomplish when you don’t care who gets the credit. And we won today and so we’re going back to Toronto with a chance.” He said it helped that he was yielding to a “bazooka” like Price, a fellow Nashville native who shares the same agent. “Has there ever been a game where one Cy Young (winner) has handed the ball to another one? That’s kind of

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Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Chris Colabello, left, celebrates his home run against the Texas Rangers with second baseman Ryan Goins during the first inning in Game 4 of baseball’s American League Division Series Monday, in Arlington, Texas. cool,” Dickey said. But asked if he would have been so understanding earlier in his career, Dickey said: “No.” Gibbons said he made the move to have Price pitch to Shin-Soo Choo. “One thing I’ve learned over the years is sometimes the best way you win games is don’t let a team get back into it,” he said. “I know what kind of offence they have,” he added of Texas. Price dispatched Choo with one pitch to end the inning. The big left-hander threw 50 pitches over three innings, giving up three runs on six hits with two strikeouts. Aaron Sanchez and Roberto Osuna finished it off for the Jays. Gibbons said the outing meant Price was not in consideration to pitch Wednesday. Price saw it differently, saying he would be ready — deflecting praise to Dickey while making a point about his preferred role. “R.A. threw the ball much better than I did. … He threw the ball fantastic and I wish the scorekeeper would just give him a win because he’s the guy that deserves it, not me. “That’s not the way I want to win games. I definitely want to help this team win in any way possible, but I want to be out there for 27 outs, not three outs, 4 2/3 (innings). Like R.A. said, we want to win, that’s the main

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goal. That’s what everybody says every single day. Just win today and worry about tomorrow later. That’s what we did today and we did it well.” The Rangers said they too will be ready. “There’s no quit in this ball club. No quit in any one of those players in that locker room,” said Texas manager Jeff Banister. “Obviously we would have loved to have done it right here in our house,” he added. “Well, that’s not the case. We’re going to have to go do it in another location, and we’re going to play a baseball game.” It was Price’s first relief outing in five years. He made five playoff relief appearances in 2008 with Tampa Bay. The six-foot-six left-hander, the losing pitcher in Game 1, is now 2-6 alltime in the post-season. The two wins are both as a reliever and the six losses all as a starter. After losing the first two games 5-3 and 6-4 in 14 innings in Toronto, the Jays had taken one step out of the hole they had dug themselves when they defeated Texas 5-1 Sunday on the strength of Troy Tulowitzki’s three-run homer. On Monday, they smacked the Rangers about from the get-go. Texas’ ever present NeverEverQuit Twitter hashtag suddenly was the Jays’ domain.

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Ooks 5 Kings 3 PENHOLD – The result wasn’t what he would have liked, but RDC Kings hockey head coach Trevor Keeper was pleased with a 5-3 loss to the NAIT Ooks in Alberta Colleges Men’s Hockey League play at the Penhold Regional Multiplex Saturday. “I thought we played well the whole game,” he said. “They are a really talented team with a lot of speed and a lot of older guys and some guys who played pro. But we focused on our forecheck and checking in the neutral zone so as to not allow them to enter our zone with speed. Even our backcheck provided pressure and they did a good job of picking up their men. “I thought we did the little things tonight. We blocked shots and were anticipating not reacting. We were getting to the puck as soon as it got to them.” The Kings trailed 2-1 and 4-3 by periods and outplayed the Ooks in the final stanza, only to see Charles Wells score into an empty net with 12.3 seconds remaining after an obvious noncall on a hook in the NAIT end. The Kings outshot the Ooks 8-5 in the third period and had all the best opportunities to score. Ooks netminder Kyle Birch was solid as was RDC’s Kraymer Barnstable, who finished with 32 saves. The Kings had 31 shots on Birch. “Birch is aggressive and did a good job as we created a lot of shots off our pressure and hard work below the goal line,” said Keeper, who also liked the physical play. “We wanted to be physical and pound them when we could to get them off the puck, and I thought we did a good job.” Winger Jody Sick did a great job using his body and also scored his first ACAC goal at 1:40 of the second period to tie the score at 2-2. Mike Marianchuk opened the scoring for the Kings at 5:18 of the first period with Scott Fellnermayr connecting at 17:34 and Connor Hoekstra at 18:11. Fellnermayr scored on the power play at 10:48 of the second period before Regan Wilton tied it again at 11:55. Former Red Deer Rebel Riley Sheen scored what proved to be the winning goal at 17:16 of the second period. Saturday’s performance was vastly superior to a 5-0 loss at NAIT Friday.

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Argos roll to third straight win BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Argonauts 25 Alouettes 17 MONTREAL — The Toronto Argonauts have become the road warriors of the Canadian Football League. Trevor Harris threw touchdown passes to Diontae Spencer and Tori Gurley as the Argonauts stretched their winning run to three games, all away from home, with a 25-17 victory over the Montreal Alouettes on Monday afternoon. Their win in Ottawa last week was supposed to have been a home game, but they were forced out of the Rogers Centre by the Blue Jays playoff run. Their next game, Saturday against the Calgary Stampeders, may be moved to Tim Horton’s Field in Hamilton. “Of course, we’d much rather be in the dome than playing at Tim Horton’s, but that’s what it us.,” said coach Scott Milanovich, whose team is 5-4 away from the Rogers Centre. “That’s the hand we’ve been dealt and we’re going to play to win.” Brandon Whitaker ran in a touchdown and Justin Palardy kicked a field goal for Toronto (9-5), now tied with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats atop the East Division. Milanovic feels his team cannot lose more than one of their four remaining regular-season games to take first place in the division and may even have to run the table because the Ticats have the edge in the season series between them. Tyrell Sutton and B.J. Cunningham scored TDs and Boris Bede had a field goal for Montreal (5-9), which lost a third game in a row before 21,536 at Percival Molson Stadium. The Alouettes lost yet another quarterback as Rakeem Cato suffered a suspected concussion on a Thomas Miles sack just ahead of halftime and did not return. That brought in Anthony Boone, the sixth QB they have used this season. When Boone couldn’t move the ball, Tanner Marsh took over in the fourth quarter. Coach Jim Popp wasn’t sure yet

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Toronto Argonauts’ Brandon Whitaker, left, is tackled by Montreal Alouettes’ Winston Venable during second half CFL action in Montreal, Monday. which quarterback will start Sunday at home against Hamilton. He said Boone and Marsh “will get all the reps in practice, a lot more than they had this week. For them to come in and play was difficult.” Cato was good on nine of 12 passes for 72 yards and had a 9-7 lead when he left the game. Boone was 6-for-12 with an interception and Marsh was 9-for-14 for 119 yards, a touchdown and a pick. Harris, who went 16-for-21 for 182 yards, 2 TDs and an interception, led scoring drives when Toronto needed them. The Argos marched 70 yards on four plays to score on the opening drive of

the game, with Spencer hauling in a 20-yard TD pass at 1:49. Momentum swung on the opening play of the second quarter when Henoc Muamba, playing his first game since signing as a free agent, picked off a Harris pass and brought it to the Toronto 32. Bede kicked a 25-yard field goal. A shanked Anthony Alix punt gave Montreal the ball on the Argos 21 and, five plays later, Sutton ran in from the three to put the Alouettes ahead 9-7. Akwasi Owusu-Ansah picked off a Boone pass and ran it 63 yards to the Montreal 41 to set up Palardy’s 36-yard field goal 14:17 into the third quarter. A 55-yard single on a Bede punt tied

it 10-10 5:41 into the fourth, but Harris marched back for a 27-yard TD pass to Gurley. Marsh fumbled, then was picked off, leading to a Toronto single and Whitaker’s nine-yard TD run with 2:14 left in the game. Montreal made it interesting as a drive led to a 10-yard TD pass from Marsh to Cunningham at 14:06 and Kyries Hebert recovered the short kickoff to give them a last-minute drive that fell short. Alix, who muffed three punts, left with an injury and Milanovich said there will be a new punter next game. Palardy went 1-for-3 on field goals on a poor Argos kicking day overall.

Pair of local cowboys win Lowry pours in pre-season titles at FCA Finals rodeo team-record in Raptors win Two Central Alberta competitors are 2015 Foothills Cowboys Association champions. Justin Myers of Lacombe and Stettler’s Armando Davila cashed in big time during the FCA Finals Rodeo at Westerner Park Friday to Sunday. Myers took top honours and earned $2,750 in the bareback event with rides of 73, 71 and 72.5 points, while Davila nailed down the bull riding title and pocketed a cheque for $2,275 after posting rides of 85.5, 73 and 75.25 points. Shane Smith of Wimborne captured the calf roping title with times of 11.7, 8.5, 9.6 and 10.6 seconds — earning $2,900 in the process — and Brendan Laye of Consort won the steer wrestling crown with clockings of 4.9, 5.0, 4.0 and 3.9 seconds. He picked up $2,775 in earnings. Cauy Lawes of Wainwright won

the boys steer riding event, good for earnings of $2,200. Griffin Smeltzer of Claresholm was the best of the junior bull rider and won $1,750, while Turner Valley’s Alexi Osborne garnered the junior barrel racing title to win $1,700. Taylor Shields of Cochrane took top honours in the ladies barrel racing event. Her times of 13.459, 13.398, 13.628 and 13.570 seconds resulted in a cheque for $3,150. The saddle bronc title was claimed by Keenan Reinhardt of Calgary. He scored rides of 75.5, 69, 71 and 78 points to win $2,483. Mace Perozak of Kipp and Jared Pancoast of Redcliff snared the team roping title earning them a cheque for $4,500, and the novice horse riding crown went to Kole Ashbacher of Arrowwood for $2,750 in prize money.

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period and 2-0 after 40 minutes, got goals from Brayden Harris, Brodie Clowes, Matt McNeil and Jordan Taupert. Ben Giesbrecht made 26 saves for the Grizzlys, were were zero-for-two on the power play. The Thunder were one-for-three with a man advantage. The Grizzyls return to action Friday against the visiting Whitecourt Wolverines.

DRAYTON VALLEY — Garrett Mason turned aside all 27 shots he faced as the Drayton Valley Thunder blanked the Olds Grizzlys 4-0 in an AJHL game Saturday viewed by 623 fans at the Omniplex. The Thunder, who led 1-0 after one

KINGS: Looked a bit flat and tired “I just thought we looked a bit flat and tired,” said Keeper. “We had a good week of practice, but the bus ride right after classes and playing in their rink, which is a bit different, didn’t help. But for some reason we weren’t into it. However, we did a good job regrouping and played with a lot of energy tonight.” The Ooks are the top ranked team in

the ACAC and a team Keeper wants to face in the league final. “Our goal is to finish in the top two and receive a bye into the semifinals and then meet them, in the final,” he said. “We work at practice to beat them and they’re the team we want to play right to the end.” The Kings are on the road next weekend in Fort McMurray against Keyano and return home Oct. 30 against SAIT. Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Raptors 112 Timberwolves 105 TORONTO — When Kyle Lowry drilled his sixth three-pointer of the night Monday, he shot a grin at his bench. The Toronto Raptors point guard, who showed up at training camp significantly more trim and fit, poured in 40 points — a franchise record for the pre-season — to lift the Raptors to a 112-105 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Cory Joseph added 14, Jonas Valanciunas had 13 points, while Luis Scola had 12 and DeMarre Carroll finished with 11 for Toronto (3-1). Andrew Wiggins, the reigning NBA rookie of the year from Vaughan, Ont., led the T’Wolves (0-3) with 21 points in 18 minutes Lowry, who was terrific early on last season but struggled down the stretch, worked hard on his body in the off-season, and the results have been obvious. He racked up his points in just 28 minutes, shooting 13-for-18 from the field, 6-for-9 from behind the arc, and hit all eight free throws. Vince Carter held the previous pre-season record of 38 points. The game was like a homecoming, not just for Wiggins, who purchased 16 courtside seats for the game, but for Raptors Joseph and Anthony Bennett — both were playing their first games in Toronto for their hometown team.

Bennett, whose defence has been impressive, had five rebounds to go with three points in 19 minutes. Wiggins’ older brother Nick, signed by Minnesota last month, also got into the game, scoring four points in the final five minutes. It looked to be six points but his final shot at the buzzer was waived off after originally being declared good. Andrew Wiggins scored the game’s first five points, on a three-pointer then a dunk and had 10 points in a quarter that saw the T’Wolves lead 2625. Lowry had 22 points and Wiggins had 21 by the time the two teams headed to the locker-room at halftime, with the Raptors up 60-59. Lowry poured in 19 in the third quarter as the Raptors started to pull away, taking a 96-90 lead into the fourth quarter. The Raptors rested DeMar DeRozan while Kevin Garnett didn’t play for the T’Wolves, for the same reason. The Raptors game tipped off just as the Toronto Blue Jays were sealing their victory against the Texas Rangers to force a Game 5 of their American League Division Series. Raptors coach Dwane Casey said he would have forgiven a sparse crowd. “If there’s nobody here tonight, they’ve got a good excuse,” Casey said. “I’m a baseball man, grew up playing baseball, coaching it… I think all our players, they’re all in (the locker-room) watching it so, don’t let them tell you they don’t like baseball.”

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grab 15 rebounds. Janvier added 12 points and five steals, Sneed 11 points and Hollingsworth nine.

Queens 64 Timberwolves 60 One would be hard-pressed to remember the last time the RDC Queens basketball squad defeated a CIS team. While the University of Northern B.C. Timberwolves from Prince George isn’t one of the elite CIS teams in the country they still play in a league a step up on the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference. However, the Queens continue to show they’re no longer a team to be taken lightly as they downed the Timberwolves 64-60 in a highly entertaining contest in the Ramada Inns and Suites RDC Basketball Classic Sunday morning. “That was awesome for us to compete the way we know we can compete,” said Queens head coach Ken King. “We didn’t do very many things perfectly but we competed really hard. And when you consider we walked out of the gym at 9 last night and were back her this morning it’s awesome for the girls to compete that way.” The Queens, who defeated the University of Alberta, Augustana Vikings 79-61 Saturday evening, trailed 19-17 at the end of the first quarter, but took a 32-28 lead at the half. The led 47-39 after three quarters and held that lead for most of the fourth quarter until the Timberwolves tied it at 58 with two minutes remaining. The teams exchanged baskets before Dedra Janvier broke the tie with a pair of free throws with 50.5 seconds remaining. The Queens defence then took over and when Janvier added another free throw with 6.2 seconds remaining the game was all but over. Impressive first-year guard Lauren Bailey added a free throw with 1.1 seconds left. The Queens’ quickness and speed, especially on

defence, which played a major role in the victory. “When we remember we’re fast and stop reaching and taking our time it’s a strength,” said King. “We’re quick and we work hard which gives teams a hard time.” Janvier not only nailed the pressure free throws down the stretch, but she also drained six threepoint shots and finished with a game high 23. Emily White added 14 points and eight rebounds, Paige Sneed 10 points and Cassidy Hollingsworth eight. Eva Bonde had eight rebounds against the much taller UNBC squad. “I’m proud of Dedra in general as a fourth-year player,” said King. “She stepped up and made the free throws which is exactly what a fourth-year player does.” Bailey is also a player who impresses with her outstanding defence. And the Queens played some of their best defence down the stretch. “We were hoping to be able to trust the girls in the last few seconds, to use their experience and take us home,” said King. “The girls were excellent. The girls who played today were the reason we won … it was all them.” On Saturday the Queens put together a solid second half against the Vikings, outscoring them 36-23. “I thought our energy was good throughout, even though our defence wasn’t were we wanted it to be in the first half,” said King. “Our energy was much better than it was yesterday (a 74-36 loss to Grant MacEwan University) and hopefully we can maintain that level for a long time.” White, a six-foot-two forward from Denmark, gave an indication as to why she was named to the Danish senior national team as she scored 15 points in the first six minutes and went on to drain 29 points and

Timberwolves 88 Kings 84 One false step cost the Kings an opportunity to at least force overtime as they dropped an 88-84 decision to the Timberwolves in men’s tournament action. Trailing 87-84 the Kings got the ball with 20.2 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. They did a perfect job of moving the ball around to get it to Henry Bankazo, who was open in the left corner. He nailed the three, but the play was called back as the official said he stepped out prior to getting the pass. “Disappointing, but that was our most complete game of the year so far,” said Kings head coach Clayton Pottinger. “This was our third game here this weekend and in the first two we faded a bit. Today we played well at both ends. We defended well except for a slight mistake when we screwed up on that late layup.” Pottinger, who still has veteran forward Tyler Wise and rookie Ian Tevis out, feels the team is where it needs to be. “I’m happy … we’ve come a long way in the preseason,” he said. “We’ve played some competition that exposed our errors so the guys can own them and be accountable.” Anthony Ottley led the Kings with 30 points and 11 rebounds while Matt Mateur added 10 points and Matt Johnson eight. Bankazo had 11 rebounds and six points. In other men’s action, MSU downed The Kings University Eagles 73-43 on Saturday and UNBC stopped TKU 83-55 on Sunday Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsbog.

MINOR HOCKEY ROUNDUP Midget AAA Dawson Weatherill turned aside 21 shots and Levi Glasman, Kobe Scott and Tyrees Goodrunning supplied the goals as the Red Deer Optimist Chiefs posted their second weekend win on the road, 3-1 over the Leduc Oil Kings. The Chiefs outshot their hosts 35-22 and were assessed three of seven minor penalties. Red Deer led 2-0 after two periods following a scoreless opening frame. The Chiefs also defeated Edmonton Gregg Distributors 2-1 behind Weatherill’s 38-save performance. Goodrunning and Parker Smyth scored the Red Deer goals and Matthew Froehlick picked up two assists. The Chiefs took four of seven minor penalties and were outshot 39-28. Minor midget AAA The Red Deer Strata Energy Chiefs enjoyed a productive weekend, posting respective 3-2 and 5-3 road wins over the Rockyview Raiders and Calgary Bruins. Ryan McBeath notched two goals and added an assist against the Raiders, who held a 31-26 edge in shots. Rylan Burns potted the other Red Deer goal and winning netminder Duncan Hughes made 29 saves. The Chiefs were assessed 11 of 21 minor infractions and the teams split two misconducts. McBeath also scored twice against the Bruins, with Wyatt Gelinas, Tristen Walz and Kaden Davidson also connecting. Steven Arthur made 26 saves for the Chiefs, who were outshot 29-26 and took two of three minors. Meanwhile, the Red Deer North Star Chiefs didn’t enjoy similar success, earning one of a possible four points versus the Grande Peace Storm at Grande Prairie. Zachary Zaparniuk tallied twice and Hayden Clayton also scored for the Chiefs in a 3-3 draw. Brayden Laturnus turned aside 23 shots for the visitors. The Chiefs held a 39-26 advantage in shots and the clubs split 12 minor infractions. Clayton and Jordan Adams were the Red Deer marksmen in a 3-2 loss to the Storm, outshot 27-22. Jusin Verveda made 19 saves in a losing cause and the Storm took nine of seven minor penalties. Major midget girls Cassidy Hollman notched the lone goal for the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs in a 2-1 loss to the visiting St. Albert Slash. Bailey Knapp made 17 saves for the Chiefs, who outshot their guests 30-19. Sutter Fund also dropped a 2-0 road decision to Spruce Grove. Mackenzie Fairbrother-Skinner made 23 saves for the Chiefs, who were outshot 25-24. Major bantam Caileb Berge scored twice and added two assists and Deegan Moffard sniped two goals and picked up a single helper as the Red Deer Rebels dumped the host Southeast Tigers 6-2 at Medicine Hat. Griffen Ryden scored once and contributed two helpers and Payton Wright notched the other Red Deer goal. Jace Paarup had three assists for the winners, who held a 36-23 advantage in shots. Bretton Park stopped 21 shots in the Rebels net and Red Deer was assessed seven of 12 minor penalties. The Rebels ran into a tough Golden Hawks squad at Lethbridge and fell 6-2 in their other weekend contest. Ryden and Moffard supplied the Red Deer goals and Jason Very made 28 saves in a losing cause. The visitors were assessed seven of 12 minor penalties and the lone misconduct and were outshot 34-16. Major bantam girls Goaltending was key for the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs during the weekend. Madison McLaren pitched a 31-save shutout for the Chiefs in a 2-0 road win over the Calgary Rangers, and Chantelle Sandquist made 28 saves as Red Deer edged the Rocky Mountain Raiders at Cochrane. The Chiefs were outshot 31-14 and 29-14, respectively, in the two contests. Emma Hoppins and Jayda Schatschneider tallied in the win over the Rangers and Paige Dodd and Sage Sansregret scored against the Raiders.

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Steelers ring Bell for last second touchdown in win over Chargers BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Steelers 24 Chargers 20 SAN DIEGO — Five seconds left, down by three points and the ball inside the 1. The Pittsburgh Steelers needed a gutsy play against the San Diego Chargers. They got it for a stunning victory. Le’Veon Bell scored on a wildcat run as time expired to give Mike Vick and the Steelers a rousing 24-20 victory Monday night. Bell took the direct snap, ran left and was slowed in traffic before diving for the end zone and getting the ball across the line as Donald Butler dragged him down. “‘I got to get it in,” Bell said. “We still had a timeout left. I was thinking we still have a timeout left, so I’m thinking, ‘OK, maybe if I get stopped, maybe run like 4 seconds off and get a timeout and we could kick a field goal. I wanted to end the game right there. Bell said it was the most meaningful touchdown of his three-year career. “The game-winner on the last play of the game, that’s what you dream about,” he said. Tens of thousands of Pittsburgh fans waving Terrible Towels roared as the Steelers improved to 3-2. San Diego dropped to 2-3. Vick, having an awful game until the fourth quarter, kept the drive alive with a 24-yard

scramble up the middle on thirdand-6 from the 41 and then a 16-yard pass to Heath Miller to 1 a play before Bell’s big run. An unnecessary roughness call against San Diego’s Jahleel Addae moved the ball a half-yard closer to the end zone and stopped the clock. “It’s not how you start. It’s how you finish,” Vick said. San Diego called a timeout before Pittsburgh ran the gutsy play. Bell ran 21 times for 111 yards. San Diego rookie Josh Lambo kicked a go-ahead, 54-yard field goal with 2: 56 left. Vick, making his second straight start in place of injured Ben Roethlisberger, couldn’t get much going until he and Markus Wheaton hooked up on a 72-yard touchdown on a stop-and-go route to tie it at 17 with 7:42 left. The Chargers then moved down the field for Lambo’s kick. Eight days earlier, the rookie kicked a 34-yarder as time expired for a 30-27 win over Cleveland. Lambo also was short and left on a 60-yard attempt just before halftime against the Steelers. Antonio Gates returned from

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Cubs take command over Cards HIT POST-SEASON-RECORD SIX HOMERS IN WIN TO TAKE SERIES LEAD BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cubs 8 Cardinals 6 CHICAGO — The young sluggers of the Chicago Cubs are making themselves at home in the playoffs. On a rare off night for Jake Arrieta, the Windy City kids bashed their way to the brink of the NL Championship Series — and a spot in the record book. Jorge Soler, Kris Bryant and Kyle Schwarber connected as the Cubs set a post-season mark with six home runs and beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-6 on Monday for a 2-1 lead in the NL Division Series. Arrieta struck out nine before departing in the sixth inning, and the bullpen finished the job in the first playoff game at Wrigley Field in seven years. “To see the ball fly out of the yard as many times as it did was incredible,” Arrieta said. Starlin Castro, Anthony Rizzo and Dexter Fowler also went deep for Chicago, which held a share of the previous post-season record with five homers in Game 1 of the 1984 NLCS against San Diego. “Pretty impressive,” manager Joe Maddon said. “You know, I know the wind was blowing out — we’ll concede that — but most of them were properly struck. We are definitely capable of that.” A third straight win for the Cubs on Tuesday afternoon, and the once woebegone franchise will advance to the NLCS for the first time in 12 years. The Cardinals, who led the majors with 100 wins this season, have won at least one playoff series in each of the last four years. Jason Hammel starts at home in Game 4. John Lackey, who won the opener, pitches for the Cardinals. “I want to win championships. I want to be on good teams,” Lackey said. “Got a chance here, still, and try to keep it moving.” Jason Heyward and Stephen Piscotty homered for St. Louis, which got to Arrieta for four runs in his worst start in four months. But the Cardinals were unable to keep the Cubs in the ballpark.

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Chicago Cubs’ Kyle Schwarber hits a home run against the St. Louis Cardinals during the second inning of Game 3 in baseball’s National League Division Series, Monday, in Chicago. St. Louis trailed 8-4 before Piscotty hit a two-run shot with two out in the ninth, a scary moment for a towel-waving crowd of 42,411 used to playoff heartache. But Hector Rondon retired Matt Holliday on a harmless bouncer to second, and the party was on. “We were grinding against Arrieta all night and we did have opportunities,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. “They just kept adding on.” Arrieta improved to 18-1 with a 1.00 ERA in his last 22 starts dating to June 21, but he was far from his usual dominant self. He hadn’t allowed more than three runs in a game since a June 16 loss to Cleveland. And it didn’t matter, not one bit. “Today we got his back — just like he always got our backs,” Castro said. Schwarber, Castro and Bryant hom-

ered against Michael Wacha in his first playoff appearance since he threw the final pitch of the 2014 post-season for the Cardinals, a game-ending, threerun shot for Travis Ishikawa in the NLCS against the Giants. Bryant’s two-run drive made it 4-2 with one out in the fifth and chased Wacha in favour of Kevin Siegrist. But Rizzo followed another long ball, a drive to right for his first hit of the playoffs. Even Adam Wainwright got into the act, serving up Soler’s tworun shot in the sixth. Soler, who struggled with injuries for much of the year, is 4 for 4 with two homers, four RBIs and five walks in the series. He is the first player in major league history to reach safely in his first nine post-season plate appearances. The final homer for Chicago went to Fowler, practically an elder statesman

in Maddon’s youthful lineup. Fowler doesn’t turns 30 until March, but Soler, Bryant, Rizzo, Schwarber and Castro are all 26 or younger. INJURED RUSSELL Cubs shortstop Addison Russell left in the fourth with tightness in his left hamstring. He said he is day to day. “It feels fine now so we’re just going to have to wait, see how it goes overnight,” he said. BANGED-UP CARDINALS St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina winced on a swing-and-miss in the fourth inning, and then was checked on by a trainer and Matheny. Molina missed the last part of the regular season due to a strained ligament in his left thumb. Piscotty and second baseman Kolten Wong were shaken up after a collision in foul territory in the fifth.

Royals force deciding game with win over Astros BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Royals 9 Astros 6 HOUSTON — Almost out of time and out of the playoffs, the Kansas City Royals realized they needed more than a big home run. They needed a lot of hits — a maybe a little help, too. The defending AL champions saved their season Monday. They took advantage when Astros shortstop Carlos Correa couldn’t handle a deflected grounder that might have been a double-play ball, rallying for five runs in the eighth inning to beat Houston 9-6, forcing their playoff series to a decisive Game 5. “We always feel that we’re still in games, and we still have a chance,” first baseman Eric Hosmer said. “That’s the mentality for this whole entire team. It’s never quit, and the character we showed today. That’s what a championship ballclub does.” Correa homered twice, doubled, singled and drove in four runs in Game 4 of the AL Division Series. Houston took a 6-2 lead into the eighth, but a tough error charged to the 21-year-old rookie keyed the Royals’ comeback to even the matchup at two games apiece. “I missed it. That’s what happened,” Correa said. “I wish I was perfect. I wish I could do everything perfect, but I’m not. I’m human.” Game 5 will be back in Kansas City on Wednesday night. Johnny Cueto is set to start for the Royals against Collin McHugh. “Everyone that watched that game, everybody that was a part of that game knows how difficult it is to feel like that game was closing in our favour and then have it not go our way,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. “But it’s big boy sport. We’ll adjust, and we will be ready to play,” he said. Late in the game, a tweet from the account of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott con-

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Kansas City Royals’ Eric Hosmer hits a two-run home run against the Houston Astros in the ninth inning during Game 4 of baseball’s American League Division Series, Monday, in Houston. gratulated the Astros on advancing to the AL Championship Series. Abbott later tweeted for his personal account: “No predictions. Just support.” Kansas City opened the eighth with five straight singles off relievers Will Harris and Tony Sipp, with RBI hits by Lorenzo Cain and Hosmer making it 6-4 and leaving the bases loaded with no outs. “Obviously, we’re pretty late in the game right there and down by four, so not one guy can get us back in this game. So we got to do whatever we can to keep the line moving,” Hosmer said. Kendrys Morales followed with a hard, one-bouncer off Sipp’s glove. The

ball took two more hops and got past the top of Correa’s mitt, rolling into centre field as two runs scored to tie it at 6. “Just a weird spin on the ball and tough play,” Sipp said. “I’m sure it was tougher than it looked. Game of inches, and I barely missed it.” Alex Gordon’s RBI groundout off Luke Gregerson later in the inning put Kansas City ahead. Hosmer launched a long, two-run homer in the ninth for insurance. It was the second time in franchise history that Kansas City had rallied from a four-run deficit after seven in-

nings to win a post-season game. Last year, the Royals trailed Oakland 7-3 in the eighth of their AL wild-card game before eventually winning in the 12th. “I felt real confident that we were going to make a game out of it,” manager Ned Yost said. “I just felt that the bats were going to come alive, and they really did in the eighth inning. I mean really did.” Ryan Madson (1-0) gave up two home runs in the seventh and still got the win. Wade Davis pitched two scoreless innings for his second save. It was the third time he’s pitched two innings in the post-season after also doing it twice last season. Sipp took the loss. Colby Rasmus homered for Houston, his fourth in five playoff games this October. Carlos Gomez also connected for the Astros. Correa went 4 for 4 and was hit by a pitch. Plunked by Yordano Ventura his first time up, Correa answered with a solo homer to tie it in the third. He put Houston on top with an RBI double in the fifth and became the youngest player with a multihomer game in AL playoff history with a two-run shot off Ryan Madson in the seventh for a 6-2 lead. At 21 years and 20 days old, Correa became the youngest player in franchise history to homer in the playoffs, the youngest shortstop to do it in the post-season in Major League history and sixth-youngest player overall. Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer in the second to give the Royals an early lead. But Houston starter Lance McCullers retired 15 of the next 18 batters, leaving after hitting Perez with a pitch with one out in the seventh. Rasmus, who homered in the AL wild-card win over the Yankees, hit his third home run of the ALDS when he followed Correa’s second shot with a home run off the foul pole in right field in the seventh.

Granderson powers Mets over Dodgers to take series lead

RINGETTE

the NL Championship Series with another win at home Tuesday night in Game 4. Trying to save the Dodgers’ season, ace lefty Clayton Kershaw will start on three days’ rest. Hometown rookie Steven Matz goes for the Mets. Utley is the subject of scorn in New York after his late takeout slide Saturday night broke the right leg of Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada at Dodger Stadium. Amid much speculation the Mets would seek revenge, manager Terry Collins said before the game Harvey was told not to. “This is too big a game. We need to not worry about retaliating,” Collins said. “We need to worry about winning. … We can play angry, but we’ve got to play under control.” In the end, Utley never got in the game and the Mets saved all their hard hits for when they were at the plate. Harvey laboured through five innings in his first outing since missing a mandatory post-season workout and apologizing after he arrived. Los Angeles lefty Brett Anderson took the loss, tagged for six runs and seven hits

Kristen Demale and Gillian Dreger each scored twice in a losing cause as the Central Albera U19AA Sting dropped a 6-4 decision to the Calgary Red U19AA squad in weekend ringette action. Demale also added two assists and teammate MacKenzie Lindholm picked up three helpers. Gracy Romansky was the losing netminder. • Meanwhile, the Central Alberta U16 AA Sting opened their season with a 65- loss to the Zone 5 U16AA Pack. The Sting employed a balanced attack, getting one goal from each of Emily LeMasurier, Hannah Morrison, Madison Pluister, Kianna Doyle and MaKenna Tonery. McKenna Smalley made 38 saves in the Sting net.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mets 13 Dodgers 7 NEW YORK — With big hits rather than beanballs, the New York Mets wiped out the Los Angeles Dodgers and took control of their testy Division Series. Curtis Granderson drove in five runs with two doubles off the wall, Travis d’Arnaud and Yoenis Cespedes homered, and New York’s dangerous bats busted loose for a 13-7 victory Monday night that gave the Mets a 2-1 advantage in the best-of-five NL playoff. Before a bloodthirsty crowd of 44,276 in the first post-season game at Citi Field, the Mets broke their post-season scoring record as New York public enemy Chase Utley watched from the Los Angeles bench. The NL East champs quickly erased an early three-run deficit and made a winner of a mediocre Matt Harvey in his playoff debut. Back in the post-season for the first time in nine years, New York can reach

in three ineffective innings. Granderson’s five RBIs matched a Mets post-season record set by Carlos Delgado in Game 4 of the 2006 NLCS at St. Louis, when New York set its previous post-season high with 12 runs. Seven seasons after it opened, Citi Field was trimmed in traditional post-season bunting for the Mets’ first home playoff game since Carlos Beltran took strike three from Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright to end the 2006 NLCS at Shea Stadium. Revved-up fans showed up early hungering for payback against Utley, left out of the lineup despite strong career numbers versus Harvey (6 for 18 with a home run). Regular starter Howie Kendrick remained at second base, and Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said Utley was on the bench not for safety but solely “baseball reasons.” Utley was eligible to play after appealing a two-game suspension for his slide, deemed illegal after a review by Major League Baseball.

SCOREBOARD Local Sports Saturday

• WHL: Red Deer at Kamloops, 8 p.m. (The Drive).

Wednesday • Senior high volleyball: Lindsay Thurber at Notre Dame; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. • Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Ponoka, 7:45 p.m. • WHL: Red Deer at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. (The Drive).

Thursday • College women’s hockey: Grant MacEwan at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena.

Friday • High school football: Ponoka at Sylvan Lake, 4 p.m.; Rocky Mountain House at Drayton Valley, 4 p.m.; Notre Dame at Lacombe, 7:30 p.m., MEGlobal Athletic Park; Hunting Hills at Lindsay Thurber, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park. • College volleyball: Medicine Hat at RDC; women at 6 p.m., men to follow. • AJHL: Whitecourt at Olds, 7 p.m. • Heritage junior B hockey: Banff at Stettler, 7:30 p.m. • Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Stampeders at Red Deer Strata Energy, 8 p.m., Arena. • WHL: Red Deer at Victoria, 8:05 p.m. (The Drive). Midget AA hockey: Okotoks Black at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 8:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Peewee AA hockey: Olds at Red Deer TBS, 12:30 p.m., Kinsmen A; Bow Valley at Red Deer Parkland, 3 p.m., Kinsmen A; Cranbrook at West Central, 5:30 p.m., Eckville. • College volleyball: Medicine Hat at RDC; women at 1 p.m., men to follow. • Major bantam hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer, 2 p.m., Arena. • Bantam AA hockey: Cranbrook at Red Deer Ramada, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; Red Deer Steel Kings at Olds, 3:30 p.m. • Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton Canadians at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena. • AJHL: Fort McMurray at Olds, 7 p.m. • Heritage junior B hockey: Strathmore at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.; Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena. • Midget AA hockey: Olds at West Central, 8 p.m., Sylvan Lake. • WHL: Red Deer at Vancouver, 8 p.m. (The Drive).

Sunday • Minor midget AAA hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer North Star, noon, Arena. • Peewee AA hockey: Red Deer TBS at Olds, 12:15 p.m. • Bantam AA hockey: Cranbrook at Red Deer Steel Kings, 1:45 p.m., Kinsmen A; Red Deer Ramada at Olds, 2:45 p.m.; Airdrie at West Central, 3:15 p.m., Caroline. • Major midget girls hockey: Spruce Grove at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre. • Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Ponoka, 2:30 p.m.; Coaldale at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m. • Midget AAA hockey: Leduc at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Arena.

Baseball

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Moose Jaw 6 4 0 1 1 26 19 10 Brandon 7 4 1 0 2 37 14 10 Saskatoon 7 3 1 3 0 31 28 9 Prince Albert 7 4 2 0 1 27 31 9 Swift Current 7 3 3 1 0 20 20 7 Regina 6 3 3 0 0 15 22 6 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Calgary 7 5 1 0 1 22 16 11 Red Deer 7 5 2 0 0 27 21 10 Lethbridge 6 4 2 0 0 28 15 8 Edmonton 7 3 3 1 0 20 25 7 Medicine Hat 6 2 3 1 0 18 28 5 Kootenay 8 1 7 0 0 17 41 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Victoria 8 7 1 0 0 30 14 14 Kelowna 8 5 3 0 0 34 32 10 Vancouver 8 3 3 1 1 31 39 8 Prince George 5 2 3 0 0 12 13 4 Kamloops 6 0 6 0 0 13 27 0

Everett Seattle Tri-City Spokane Portland

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt 5 4 1 0 0 16 12 8 5 3 1 1 0 17 14 7 6 3 2 1 0 23 24 7 7 3 3 1 0 20 27 7 5 1 4 0 0 14 16 2

Sunday’s results Montreal 3 Ottawa 1

Regina at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Kootenay at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m. Kelowna at Prince George, 8 p.m. Everett at Portland, 8 p.m. Prince Albert at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Red Deer at Victoria, 8:05 p.m. Tri-City at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m. Kamloops at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Monday’s results NY Islanders 4 Winnipeg 2 Tampa Bay 6 Boston 3 Buffalo 4 Columbus 2 Philadelphia 1 Florida 0 Vancouver at Anaheim, late

Tampa Bay Montreal Detroit

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OL GF GA 3 3 0 0 13 6 3 3 0 0 10 4 2 2 0 0 8 3

Pt 6 6 4

NY Rangers NY Islanders Philadelphia

Metropolitan Division GP W L OL GF GA 3 3 0 0 12 6 3 1 1 1 7 9 3 1 1 1 4 10

Pt 6 3 3

Ottawa Washington Florida Buffalo Toronto Carolina New Jersey Pittsburgh Columbus Boston

WILD CARD GP W L OL 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0

GF GA 9 8 5 3 7 2 6 9 5 12 4 6 4 8 1 5 6 13 7 16

Pt 4 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

Western Conference Central Division GP W L OL GF GA 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 8 6 3 2 1 0 11 7

Pt 4 4 4

Sunday’s results Regina 5 Edmonton 3 Saskatoon 6 Swift Current 5 Everett 5 Prince Albert 2 Seattle 3 Portland 2

Nashville Minnesota Winnipeg

Tuesday’s games Regina at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Swift Current, 7 p.m. Red Deer at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Prince Albert at Portland, 8 p.m.

San Jose Arizona Vancouver

Pacific Division GP W L OL 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1

GF GA 7 1 6 2 7 4

Pt 4 4 3

Chicago Colorado St. Louis Dallas Calgary Anaheim Edmonton Los Angeles

WILD CARD GP W L OL 3 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0

GF GA 9 6 10 8 5 4 6 6 4 7 0 2 1 5 2 9

Pt 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0

Wednesday’s games Moose Jaw at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Regina at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Red Deer at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Prince Albert at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. Thursday’s games Moose Jaw at Calgary, 7 p.m. Friday, October 16 Swift Current at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s games Winnipeg at NY Rangers, 5 p.m. San Jose at Washington, 5 p.m. Nashville at New Jersey, 5 p.m. Florida at Carolina, 5 p.m. Montreal at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Edmonton at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. St. Louis at Calgary, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday’s games Ottawa at Columbus, 5 p.m. Chicago at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Boston at Colorado, 8 p.m. Arizona at Anaheim, 8:30 p.m. NHL Scoring Leaders G 3 4 3 1 1 0 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1

Patrick Kane, Chi Justin Abdelkader, Det Gabriel Landeskog, Col Nathan MacKinnon, Col Henrik Zetterberg, Det Francois Beauchemin, Col Zach Parise, Minn Oscar Lindberg, NYR Kyle Turris, Ott Max Pacioretty, Mtl Artemi Panarin, Chi Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy Mark Stone, Ott Alex Galchenyuk, Mtl Vincent Trocheck, Fla P.K. Subban, Mtl J.T. Miller, NYR Tomas Plekanec, Mtl Tobias Rieder, Ari Patrick Marleau, SJ Charlie Coyle, Minn Erik Johnson, Col Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Jason Garrison, TB Blake Wheeler, Wpg Derek Stepan, NYR Joe Pavelski, SJ Daniel Sedin, Vcr Jiri Hudler, Cgy Dylan Larkin, Det Ryan Callahan, TB

A 3 1 2 4 4 5 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2

Pts 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Football Monday, Oct. 12: Toronto 8, Texas 4 Wednesday, Oct. 14: Texas (Hamels 7-1) at Toronto (Stroman 4-0), 2:07 p.m.

Major League Baseball Playoffs WILD CARD Tuesday, Oct. 6: Houston 3, New York 0 Wednesday, Oct. 7: Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 0

National League Chicago 2, St. Louis 1 Friday, Oct. 9: St. Louis 4, Chicago 0 Saturday, Oct. 10: Chicago 6, St. Louis 3 Monday, Oct. 12: St. Louis 6, Chicago 8 Tuesday, Oct. 13: St. Louis (Lynn 12-11) at Chicago (Hammel 10-7), 2:37 p.m. x-Thursday, Oct. 15: Chicago at St. Louis, 2:37 p.m.

DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5 x-if necessary) American League Houston 2, Kansas City 2 Thursday, Oct. 8: Houston 5, Kansas City 2 Friday, Oct. 9: Kansas City 5, Houston 4 Sunday, Oct. 11: Houston 4, Kansas City 2 Monday, Oct. 12: Kansas City 9, Houston 6 Wednesday, Oct. 14: Houston (McHugh 19-7) at Kansas City (Cueto 11-13), 6:07 p.m.

New York 2, Los Angeles 1 Friday, Oct. 9: New York 3, Los Angeles 1 Saturday, Oct. 10: Los Angeles 5, New York 2 Monday, Oct. 12: Los Angeles 7, New York 13 Tuesday, Oct. 13: Los Angeles (Kershaw 16-7) at New York (Matz 4-0), 6:07 p.m. x-Thursday, Oct. 15: New York at Los Angeles, 6:07 p.m.

Texas 2, Toronto 2 Thursday, Oct. 8: Texas 5, Toronto 3 Friday, Oct. 9: Texas 6, Toronto 4, 14 innings Sunday, Oct. 11: Toronto 5, Texas 1

Soccer

x-Dallas x-Los Angeles x-Vancouver Kansas City Seattle San Jose Portland Houston Salt Lake Colorado

TUESDAY, OCT. 13, 2015

Hockey

Today

MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T x-New York 31 16 9 6 D.C. 32 14 12 6 New England 32 13 11 8 Columbus 32 13 11 8 Toronto 31 14 13 4 Montreal 32 13 13 6 Orlando 32 11 13 8 New York City 32 10 15 7 Philadelphia 32 9 16 7 Chicago 32 8 18 6

GF 55 39 45 51 55 45 44 47 40 42

GA 39 40 45 53 53 43 54 53 51 52

Pt 54 48 47 47 46 45 41 37 34 30

Western Conference GP W L T GF 31 15 10 6 47 32 14 9 9 53 32 15 12 5 42 31 13 9 9 46 32 14 13 5 40 32 12 12 8 39 31 12 11 8 31 32 11 13 8 41 31 11 12 8 37 32 8 14 10 30

GA 38 39 34 41 34 37 36 45 43 39

Pt 51 51 50 48 47 44 44 41 41 34

Saturday’s results Colorado 0 Montreal 1 Wednesday’s games New York at Toronto, 5 p.m. Vancouver at Dallas, 7 p.m. Portland at Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m.

English Premier League GP W D L GF Manchester City 8 6 0 2 19 Arsenal 8 5 1 2 13 Man. United 8 5 1 2 12 Crystal Palace 8 5 0 3 11 Leicester City 8 4 3 1 17 West Ham 8 4 2 2 17 Everton 8 3 4 1 12 Tottenham 8 3 4 1 11 Southampton 8 3 3 2 13 Liverpool 8 3 3 2 8 Swansea 8 2 4 2 10 Watford 8 2 4 2 6 Norwich 8 2 3 3 12 Stoke 8 2 3 3 8 Bournemouth 8 2 2 4 10 Chelsea 8 2 2 4 12 West Brom 8 2 2 4 6 Aston Villa 8 1 1 6 8 Sunderland 8 0 3 5 8 Newcastle 8 0 3 5 6

GA Pts 7 18 7 16 8 16 7 15 15 15 11 14 8 13 7 13 10 12 10 12 10 10 7 10 14 9 10 9 12 8 17 8 11 8 13 4 18 3 17 3

Saturday, Oct. 3 Crystal Palace 2, West Brom 0 Aston Villa 0, Stoke 1 Bournemouth 1, Watford 1 Manchester City 6, Newcastle 1 Norwich 1, Leicester City 2 Sunderland 2, West Ham 2 Chelsea 1, Southampton 3

Sunday, October 18 Chicago at D.C., noon Philadelphia at New York, 1 p.m. Seattle at Houston, 3 p.m. Portland at Los Angeles, 5 p.m.

Basketball

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 2 0 1.000 — New Orleans 2 1 .667 1/2 Houston 1 2 .333 1 1/2 San Antonio 0 2 .000 2 Dallas 0 2 .000 2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB

Oklahoma Denver Portland Utah Minnesota Phoenix Sacramento Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers

City 1 0 1.000 — 2 1 .667 — 2 2 .500 1/2 2 2 .500 1/2 0 3 .000 2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB 2 0 1.000 — 3 1 .750 — 1 1 .500 1 1 2 .333 1 1/2 0 3 .000 2 1/2

Sunday’s Games Charlotte 106, L.A. Clippers 94 Orlando 123, Houston 119 Monday’s Games Memphis 91, Cleveland 81 New York 94, Philadelphia 88 Toronto 112, Minnesota 105 Miami 97, San Antonio 94 New Orleans 123, Chicago 115 Portland 88, Utah 81 Tuesday’s Games Miami at Orlando, 5 p.m. Milwaukee at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Detroit at Indiana, 5 p.m. Dallas vs. Oklahoma City at Tulsa, OK, 6 p.m. Houston at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Sacramento vs. L.A. Lakers at Las Vegas, NV, 8 p.m. Denver at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Rugby RUGBY WORLD CUP At Sites In England and Wales PRELIMINARY ROUND POOL A MP W D L PF x-Australia 4 4 0 0 141 x-Wales 4 3 0 1 111 England 4 2 0 2 133 Fiji 4 1 0 3 84 Uruguay 4 0 0 4 30 POOL B MP W D L PF x-South Africa 4 3 0 1 176 x-Scotland 4 3 0 1 136 Japan 4 3 0 1 98 Samoa 4 1 0 3 69 U.S. 4 0 0 4 50 POOL C MP W D L PF x-New Zealand 4 4 0 0 174 x-Argentina 4 3 0 1 179 Georgia 4 2 0 2 53 Tonga 4 1 0 3 70 Namibia 4 0 0 4 70

PA 35 62 75 101 226

Pt 17 13 11 5 0

PA 56 93 100 124 156

Pt 16 14 12 6 0

PA 49 70 123 130 174

Pt 19 15 8 6 1

POOL D MP W D x-Ireland 4 4 0 x-France 4 3 0 Italy 4 2 0 Romania 4 1 0 Canada 4 0 0 x — advanced to quarter-finals.

PF 365 381 340 298 357

PA 284 400 376 307 PA 272 305 394 427 462

Pt 18 18 16 10 Pt 22 22 10 10 4

WEEK 16 Monday’s result Toronto 25 Montreal 17 Saturday’s results Edmonton 15 Calgary 11 Winnipeg 29 B.C. 26 Friday’s result Hamilton 30 Saskatchewan 15 Tuesday’s result Toronto 38 Ottawa 35 WEEK 17 Bye: Saskatchewan Friday, Oct. 16 Winnipeg at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 Calgary vs. Toronto, 2 p.m. B.C. at Edmonton, 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18 Hamilton at Montreal, 11 a.m. Monday’s summary Argonauts 25, Alouettes 17 First Quarter Tor — TD Spencer 20 pass from Harris (Palardy convert) 1:49 Second Quarter Mtl — FG Bede 24 2:40 Mtl — TD Sutton 3 run (convert failed) 12:17 Third Quarter Tor — FG Palardy 36 14:17 Fourth Quarter Mtl — Single Bede 57 5:41 Tor — TD Gurley 27 pass from Harris (Palardy convert) 7:43

BASEBALL National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Named Ted Simmons, Matt Kinzer and Leon Wurth major league scouts and Kiley McDaniel assistant director, baseball operations. Promoted A.J. Scola to manager, minor league operations Danielle Monday to assistant, baseball operations and Chris Lionetti to assistant, scouting. NEW YORK METS — Selected the contract of INF Matt Reynolds from Las Vegas (PCL) and added him to the NLDS roster. Removed INF Ruben Tejada from the NLDS roster. Designated RHP Tim Stauffer for reassignment. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Named Randy Knorr senior assistant to the general manager-player development, Bobby Henley senior advisor-player development and Matt Lecroy manager for Harrisburg (EL). Promoted Brian Daubach to hitting coach for Syracuse (IL). BASKETBALL

Sunday, Oct. 18 Newcastle vs. Norwich, 1500 GMT

National Basketball Association Preseason EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 2 0 1.000 — Toronto 3 1 .750 — Philadelphia 2 2 .500 1 Brooklyn 1 1 .500 1 Boston 0 0 .000 1 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Charlotte 3 0 1.000 — Atlanta 2 0 1.000 1/2 Orlando 2 2 .500 1 1/2 Washington 1 1 .500 1 1/2 Miami 1 2 .333 2 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 2 1 .667 — Chicago 2 2 .500 1/2 Detroit 1 2 .333 1 Milwaukee 0 2 .000 1 1/2 Cleveland 0 3 .000 2

West Division GP W L T x-Edmonton 15 11 4 0 x-Calgary 15 11 4 0 B.C. 14 5 9 0 Winnipeg 15 5 10 0 Saskatchewan 15 2 13 0 x — clinched playoff berth.

PF 460 375 354 297

Monday’s Sports Transactions

Saturday, Oct. 17 Tottenham vs. Liverpool, 1145 GMT Chelsea vs. Aston Villa, 1400 GMT Crystal Palace vs. West Ham, 1400 GMT Everton vs. Manchester United, 1400 GMT Manchester City vs. Bournemouth, 1400 GMT Southampton vs. Leicester City, 1400 GMT West Brom vs. Sunderland, 1400 GMT Watford vs. Arsenal, 1630 GMT

Saturday, October 17 Columbus at Toronto, noon Montreal at New England, 5:30 p.m. Dallas at Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m.

CFL East Division W L T 9 5 0 9 5 0 8 6 0 5 9 0

Tor — Single Palardy 49 10:44 Tor — TD Whitaker 9 run (Palardy convert) 12:46 Mtl — TD Cunningham 10 pass from Marsh (Bede convert) 14:06 Toronto 7 0 3 15 — 25 Montreal 0 9 0 8 — 17 National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct New England 4 0 0 1.000 N.Y. Jets 3 1 0 .750 Buffalo 3 2 0 .600 Miami 1 3 0 .250

PF 149 95 124 65

PA 76 55 105 101

Indianapolis Tennessee Houston Jacksonville

W 3 1 1 1

South L T 2 0 3 0 4 0 4 0

Pct .600 .250 .200 .200

PF 99 102 97 93

PA 113 91 135 145

Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland Baltimore

W 5 3 2 1

North L T 0 0 2 0 3 0 4 0

Pct 1.000 .600 .400 .200

PF 148 120 118 123

PA 101 95 132 137

Denver San Diego Oakland Kansas City

W 5 2 2 1

West L T 0 0 3 0 3 0 4 0

Pct 1.000 .400 .400 .200

PF 113 116 107 117

PA 79 134 124 143

PF 132 101 97 117

PA 109 131 104 103

PF 162 108 110 103

PA 112 71 148 143

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct N.Y. Giants 3 2 0 .600 Dallas 2 3 0 .400 Washington 2 3 0 .400 Philadelphia 2 3 0 .400

Atlanta Carolina Tampa Bay New Orleans

W 5 4 2 1

South L T 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0

Pct 1.000 1.000 .400 .200

Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit

W 5 2 2 0

L 0 2 3 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .500 .400 .000

PF 137 80 86 83

PA 81 73 142 138

Arizona St. Louis Seattle San Francisco

W 4 2 2 1

West L T 1 0 3 0 3 0 4 0

Pct .800 .400 .400 .200

PF 190 84 111 75

PA 90 113 98 140

Sunday’s Games Chicago 18, Kansas City 17 Green Bay 24, St. Louis 10 Buffalo 14, Tennessee 13 Cincinnati 27, Seattle 24, OT Atlanta 25, Washington 19, OT Tampa Bay 38, Jacksonville 31 Philadelphia 39, New Orleans 17 Cleveland 33, Baltimore 30, OT Arizona 42, Detroit 17 Denver 16, Oakland 10 New England 30, Dallas 6 N.Y. Giants 30, San Francisco 27 Open: Carolina, Miami, Minnesota, N.Y. Jets Monday’s Game Pittsburgh 24, San Diego 20 Thursday, Oct. 15 Atlanta at New Orleans, 6:25 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18 Kansas City at Minnesota, 11 a.m. Miami at Tennessee, 11 a.m. Washington at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m. Arizona at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m. Cincinnati at Buffalo, 11 a.m. Chicago at Detroit, 11 a.m. Denver at Cleveland, 11 a.m. Houston at Jacksonville, 11 a.m. Carolina at Seattle, 2:05 p.m. Baltimore at San Francisco, 2:25 p.m. San Diego at Green Bay, 2:25 p.m. New England at Indianapolis, 6:30 p.m. Open: Dallas, Oakland, St. Louis, Tampa Bay Monday, Oct. 19 N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.

North

Transactions

Sunday, Oct. 4 Everton 1, Liverpool 1 Arsenal 3, Manchester United 0 Swansea 2, Tottenham 2

Friday, October 16 New York City at Orlando, 5 p.m. Kansas City at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Hamilton Toronto Ottawa Montreal

GP 14 14 14 14

L 0 1 2 3 4

Sunday’s results At Leicester, England Argentina 64 Namibia 19 At Exeter, England Italy 32 Romania 22 At Cardiff, Wales Ireland 24 France 9 At Gloucester, England Japan 28 U.S. 18 End of Preliminary Round QUARTER-FINALS Saturday, Oct. 17 At London QF1: South Africa vs. Wales, 9 a.m.

PF 134 120 74 60 58

PA 35 63 88 129 131

Pt 18 14 10 4 2

National Basketball Association GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Waived F Tony Mitchell. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Activated DE IK Enemkpali. Placed RB Cierre Wood on injured reserve. CHICAGO BEARS — Signed RB Antone Smith. Placed RB Jacquizz Rodgers on injured reserve. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed KR-PR Marcus Thigpen. Released QB Josh Johnson. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Promoted Darren Rizzi to assistant head coach/special teams co-ordinator. NEW YORK JETS — Activated DL Sheldon Richardson from the suspended list. Waived TE Wes Saxton. ST. LOUIS RAMS — Released RB Trey Watts. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed CB Deveron Carr to the practice squad. Released LB Lynden Trail from the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League

DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned D Richard Nedomlel from Grand Rapids (AHL) to Toledo (ECHL). NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Reassigned G Ken Appleby from Adirondack (ECHL) to Albany (AHL). ECHL READING ROYALS — Announced F Brandon Alderson was assigned to the team from Lehigh Valley (AHL). Released Fs Tyler Gjurich and Stephen Tellier and D Clinton Atkinson from their tryout agreements. Placed D Mike Marcou on team suspension. Claimed F Riley Armstrong off waivers. SOCCER Major League Soccer TORONTO FC — Named Bill Manning president. COLLEGE FLORIDA — Suspended freshman QB Will Grier one year for violating the NCAA’s policy on banned drugs. SOUTHERN CAL — Fired football coach Steve Sarkisian. Named Clay Helton interim football coach.

Chiefs moving forward without Jamaal Charles after knee injury BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs anticipate Jamaal Charles will miss the remainder of the season after the star running back hurt his right knee in the third quarter of Sunday’s loss to Chicago. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Monday that results of an MRI on Charles were not yet available, but “the worst case is the ACL is torn. That’s probably the direction it’s heading.” Charles was making a cut deep in Bears territory on Sunday when his right knee buckled at a gruesome angle. The four-time Pro Bowl selection needed help from a trainer and linebacker Justin Houston to get off the field, never once putting any weight on the leg. Charles tore the ACL in his other knee four years ago, missing most of the season. “I talked to Jamaal yesterday and he was obviously down,” Reid said, “but he is positive about coming back, getting himself back. That’s where his energy will be directed, getting through the surgery and getting back to

where he can play.” If the ligament is torn, Charles could have enough time to get back next season. While the injury typically sidelines a player for about a year, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson beat that timeline by several months. Peterson tore his ACL and MCL on Christmas Eve in 2011, but was back for Week 1 the following season. Reid sounded optimistic that Charles would make it back eventually. “He’s an amazing guy that way,” Reid said. “He’s one of those rare athletes that you have an opportunity to coach. They’re genetically and mentally strong, and they can do things most people can’t do when it comes to their profession.” That is part of the problem facing the Chiefs: How do they replace one of the best running backs in the NFL, not to mention the most dynamic playmaker on their struggling offence? Reid said the Chiefs would split carries between backups Knile Davis and Charcandrick West, and wide receiver De’Anthony Thomas has experience at running back. The

Chiefs (1-4) also have Spencer Ware, a fullback-running back combo, available on the practice squad. Among those available outside the organization are former Steelers running back Ben Tate and Ray Rice, though it appears the Chiefs have no interest in the controversial ex-Ravens star. “We’ll look in-house before we go there,” Reid said. Davis hasn’t played much this season while ceding time to West, but he has played well in the past when Charles has been out. He had back-to-back 100-yard rushing games early last season, and played well when Charles was hurt in a playoff game in Indianapolis two years ago. Davis is a downhill runner, while West offers an elusive change of pace. The former undrafted free agent out of Abilene Christian ran for 31 yards in Sunday’s 18-17 loss to the Bears. “They told us, me and Knile, that we’re both going to play. We both have to be ready to step up,” West said. “We knew our big brother went down, so it’s time to step up.”

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Condon win culminates a long journey to NHL BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Mike Condon was an unwanted goaltender two and a half years ago. Now he’s Carey Price’s backup with the Montreal Canadiens. Condon’s incredible journey to the NHL took him from Princeton University to Wall Street and on a rapid rise through the minor leagues. On Sunday, he made 20 saves to win his first start for the Canadiens, to whom he believes he owes everything. “I got a lot of good opportunities, and I’m very fortunate for them,” Condon said. “I’m just trying to make the most of the one I have now.” Condon has made the most of every opportunity over the past several years, especially when it looked like his hockey career was over. When his time at Princeton came to an abrupt end with a first-round playoff sweep in March 2013, Condon couldn’t latch on with anyone and went about working on his 130-page thesis on post-Cold War arms transfer, “a real snoozer.” Exploring his options, he even tried a one-day internship on Wall Street. “It was miserable,” Condon said. “I did the rat race for a day, and I didn’t really like it.” During spring break, Condon reached out to the ECHL’s Ontario Reign “just on a hope and prayer” and flew from New Jersey to California to play on an amateur tryout. After a couple of goaltenders were injured, he got four starts and allowed just six goals on 99 shots, parlaying that success into a professional tryout with the American Hockey League’s Houston Aeros. Injuries with the Minnesota Wild got Condon to Houston, where he won his first three starts and took part in the playoffs. His career path went from not looking good to fast track. “When the season ends and no one comes knocking for a tryout or anything like that, it’s tough,” Condon said. “My family invested so much time in the game and so much blood and sweat that I was like, ‘It’d be bad if I

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Montreal Canadiens goalie Mike Condon makes a save during second period NHL action against the Ottawa Senators Sunday, in Ottawa. Condon was an unwanted goaltender two and a half years ago. Now he’s Carey Price’s backup with the Montreal Canadiens. didn’t go out there and at least give it a try.’ I went out there with a good attitude, an open mind and good things happen.” In May 2013, the Habs came knocking and signed Condon to a two-year contract. His goalie coach at Princeton, Greg Gardner, appreciates just how thin the difference was between Condon breaking out and never getting discovered. “The way NHL scouting goes, sometimes if you don’t happen to be at the right game at the right moment, you might miss them,” Gardner said. “Pro

Stamkos nets 500th point as Lightning zap Bruins NHL ROUNDUP BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LIGHTNING 6 BRUINS 3 BOSTON — Steven Stamkos scored his 500th point with a tiebreaking power-play goal that sent the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 6-3 victory over the Bruins on Monday. Brian Boyle scored two goals, and Ondrej Palat, Jonathan Drouin and Valtteri Filppula added goals for the Lightning. Ben Bishop stopped 27 shots. It was Tampa Bay’s first win in Boston since March 25, 2010. Loui Eriksson had two power-play goals, and David Krejci also had one for Boston. The Bruins have opened with three straight losses for the first time since 1999. Tuukka Rask made 17 saves for the Bruins. Boston captain Zdeno Chara played his first game after missing most of the preseason with an undisclosed upper-body injury. ISLANDERS 4, JETS 2 NEW YORK (AP) — John Tavares had a power-play goal and added two assists, Thomas Greiss made 22 saves and New York beat Winnipeg for its first victory in its new Brooklyn home. The Islanders came out with purpose after losing their opening two games to the defending champion Blackhawks, one in overtime at home and the other in regulation in Chicago. The Islanders outshot the Jets 16-6 in the opening period and had a 20-9 shots advantage in the second. Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec made a number of key saves in the first as the Islanders had four power-play chances. Ryan Strome banged in a rebound with a man advantage at 19:48 of the first, giving the Brooklyn matinee crowd a chance to launch the standard “Yes! Yes! Yes!” chant. Tavares and Kyle Okposo assisted on Strome’s first

of the season. FLYERS 1, PANTHERS 0 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Michael Neuvirth stopped 31 shots for his first shutout in more than 3 ½ years, leading Philadelphia past Florida. Brayden Schenn scored to help the Flyers win for the first time in three games this season. Neuvirth replaced Steve Mason after Florida scored four goals in a 7-1 victory Saturday night. Mason left the team Monday because of unspecified personal reasons, giving Neuvirth the chance to shut down the Panthers from the opening faceoff. He had his first shutout since March 11, 2012, against Toronto. Philadelphia coach Dave Hakstol won for the first time in the NHL game after spending 11 seasons coaching North Dakota. The college-to-pros move in the NHL is a rare one. Hakstol was the first to make the jump since Bob Johnson went from Wisconsin to the Calgary Flames in 1982. SABRES 4, BLUE JACKETS 2 BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Rookie star Jack Eichel scored a hustling unassisted goal and Buffalo beat Columbus to give coach Dan Bylsma his first victory with the Sabres. Eichel, the former Boston University player selected No. 2 overall in the June draft, bodied off Boone Jenner in a loose-puck battle, kept the puck in the offensive zone, wheeled to his forehand and ripped a shot over goalie Sergei Bobrovsky to give Buffalo a 3-1 lead at 9:21 of the third period. Eichel has two goals this season. Rasmus Ristolainen, Ryan O’Reilly and Matt Moulson had power-play goals for Buffalo. Moulson added two assists, and Chad Johnson made 21 saves to help Buffalo rebound after losing its first two games of the season. Scott Hartnell and Brandon Saad scored for Columbus, and Bobrovsky stopped 29 shots. The Blue Jackets are 0-3.

hockey’s all about being prepared for opportunities. … His path is about proving people wrong, and he just continued to get better.” Condon starred for the ECHL’s Wheeling Nailers, playing so well and earning so much favour in the organization that the Habs brought him up as a black ace during their playoff run. Last season he started for the AHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs and in training camp unseated Dustin Tokarski as Price’s backup. During training camp, Condon was so determined to block out distrac-

tions that he didn’t have an international phone plan. He’d text his parents every once in a while but took a break from Twitter and wanted to keep his mind focused. “The mind’s a powerful thing, and the quieter it is, the better you play,” Condon said. “The work’s been put in in the summer and just got to let it show.” It showed. Montreal general manager Marc Bergevin said Condon “really outplayed” Tokarski, who was waived and sent to the St. John’s IceCaps. Condon’s calm in net and work ethic in practice earned him not only an NHL job but the respect of his coaches and teammates. “He showed up every day ready to work,” alternate captain Brendan Gallagher said. “The training camp he had, he earned his spot. For him in practice, he battles hard, he competes hard and makes us work and that’s only going to make us better.” Condon should be an upgrade over Tokarski, who had a .910 save percentage last season. But because he’s on a two-way contract and doesn’t require waivers, the Needham, Mass., native isn’t guaranteed to stick unless he shows he deserves it. A strong outing against the Senators was a good start, though Condon is trying to worry about the present and not reflect on his path to the NHL or what would’ve happened if things didn’t work out. “I’d probably be behind some desk,” Condon said. “But I’d much rather be here.” One day the political science major might again look at finance jobs, but Condon hopes that day doesn’t come for a long time. Gardner isn’t concerned about that, especially after what his pupil has gone through. “He’s come a long way from a maturity standpoint and from a professional standpoint,” Gardner said. “Nothing surprises me. I truly believe he’s got a great future ahead of him.”

Animal activists protest outside Ducks home opener against Stoner over hunt charges BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANAHEIM, Calif. — A small group of vocal protesters gathered outside Honda Center on Monday night to call for the suspension of Anaheim Ducks defenceman Clayton Stoner, who faces charges in Canada of illegally obtaining a license to shoot a grizzly bear. While Ducks fans entered the rink for their home opener against Vancouver, about 20 protesters held signs and shouted slogans condemning Stoner. He faces five charges related to the 2013 hunt on British Columbia’s central coast. “Killing is not a sport! Play a real sport!” the protesters shouted in unison. “Shame on the Ducks!” Judie Mancuso, the president of Social Compassion in Legislation, compared Stoner to quarterback Michael Vick and Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer, whose killing of a beloved lion

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Goalie Robin Lehner to miss 6-10 weeks with sprained right ankle BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres starting goalie Robin Lehner will miss between six and 10 weeks with a sprained right ankle. Coach Dan Bylsma revealed the timetable on Sunday after Lehner underwent a series of tests. Lehner was

in Zimbabwe sparked an international outcry. “The entire globe is against trophy hunting right now,” Mancuso said. “If most of these hockey fans understood that Clayton Stoner was the issue, I think most of them would be on our side.” Wildlife groups and First Nations leaders have been outraged by Stoner’s killing of the bear, named Cheeky. Stoner defended his actions at the time when graphic photos of the kill were publicized, but he hasn’t commented recently. The protesters were serenaded by chants of Stoner’s name by many fans, while others stopped to look at the signs. Mancuso said her group hopes to raise awareness of Stoner’s legal troubles. hurt in the second period of Buffalo’s season-opening 3-1 loss to Ottawa on Thursday. He was untouched while circling his own net and before suddenly going down in his crease. The injury means the Sabres will proceed with backup Chad Johnson and minor-league call-up Nathan Lieuwen. Johnson had 27 saves in a 4-1 loss to Tampa Bay on Saturday. Lehner was supposed to play a key role with the new-look Sabres this season. They traded a first-round draft pick to Ottawa to acquire the 24-yearold goalie and forward David Legwand in June.

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Story and photos by ASHLI BARRETT/Advocate staff Red Deerians donned their cowboy hats and put on their best western duds this past weekend as the rodeo rolled into town. The 2015 Foothills Cowboy Association Cowboy Classic Finals Rodeo, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary season, kicked off Friday evening at Westerner Park. Three more performances — two on Saturday and one on Sunday — followed, featuring about 100 cowboys and cow-

girls coming from across Western Canada to compete in some of the world’s toughest sports. Audiences held their breath as riders made it through eight thrilling seconds in the riding events which included bull, steer, saddle bronc and bareback. Cheers erupted from the stands as competitors of wrestled steers, raced around barrels, roped calfs and more. For rodeo enthusiasts, trick riders held competitions Friday and Saturday morning. A trade fair was also set up in the Stockmen’s Pavilion for attendees to browse during breaks in the rodeo performances.

TOP LEFT; The Canadian flag is presented during the singing of the national anthem during a Saturday performance of the 2015 Foothills Cowboy Association Cowboy Classic Finals Rodeo. ABOVE; Tehiko Neill of Strathmore throws his hand in the air as he rides a steer during Saturday’s performance. BELOW; Klay Lanigan of New Zealand is bucked off during the bull riding event during the 2015 Foothills Cowboy Association Cowboy Classic Finals Rodeo at Westerner Park. BOTTOM RIGHT; Rudy Nieborg of Rimbey wrestles a steer to the ground during the Saturday evening performance of the 2015 Foothills Cowboy Association Cowboy Classic Finals Rodeo. BOTTOM LEFT; Jordan Ness of Drayton Valley wrestles a steer to the ground. BELOW LEFT; Allen Fletcher of Airdrie starts to lose his balance as he competes in the bareback riding event during the Saturday evening go-round. LEFT; Shane Smith gets his rope on target during the calf roping event Saturday at the 2015 Foothills Cowboy Association Cowboy Classic Finals Rodeo at Westerner Park.

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Alternative lenders on the rise BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Roughly a year ago, Kyle Dutka and Tom Collver found themselves looking for a loan in order to bring on a new designer and expand their creative agency, PB+J. But the small business owners say they haven’t had much luck with the banks. “It’s been really challenging to get any sort of funding from traditional sources,” says Dutka. “We even had struggles getting credit cards, so we would just go and get another personal credit card and use that for the business.” Dutka and Collver are among a growing number of entrepreneurs turning to online lenders, or marketplace lenders, in order to secure the cash they need to grow their ventures. Alternative lenders — which typically tap thousands of data sources, including social media sites, to analyze a borrower’s ability to pay back a loan — say they are filling a gap left by the banks, for whom loaning small amounts of cash to upstarts is not profitable enough to justify the risks involved. “Banks have really moved away from that need that small business has to get loans under $1 million,” says Gary Fearnall, the newly minted Canadian country manager for U.S.-based online lender OnDeck Capital. “Their cost of providing services is high enough that for them, to re-

ally touch anything below $1 million — that’s just not a model that makes sense for them.” OnDeck says it has seen so much demand since venturing north of the border in 2014 that the alternative lender has expanded its offerings and brought Fearnall onboard to lead its Canadian business. Fearnall was previously the director of marketing solutions at LinkedIn, and played a role helping the professional networking site expand into Canada. Steven Uster of FundThrough, an alternative lender that provides loans secured against a company’s unpaid invoices, says he often works with small business owners who report being turned down by the banks. “Likely, if the loan is less than $250,000, you’re going to get rejected, because banks just no longer like to lend less than $250,000,” Uster said. “It’s just not profitable for them.” Online lender Mogo currently only provides personal loans, but founder David Feller says the company is working on a product for business owners. Most financial institutions require at least two years of business financial statements before they will offer a corporate loan — a “high bar” for entrepreneurs looking to expand rapidly, says Feller. “Because of the challenges they have going through the traditional models like the banks, a lot of small business loans are based off of personal credit,” said Feller, noting that ma-

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Kyle Dutka (right), a partner at creative agency PB+J, meets with OnDeck’s representatives including Country Manager Gary Fearnall, and Senior Vice President, International, Rob Young, (centre) in Toronto on Wednesday. ny of Mogo’s borrowers are using the cash to fund their business ventures. “A lot of small business owners and entrepreneurs are just applying for a personal loan, as it’s easier to get that than a small business loan through a bank.” At least one of Canada’s biggest

Princeton economist Angus Deaton wins Nobel BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Angus Deaton has dug into obscure data to explore a range of problems: The scope of poverty in India. How poor countries treat young girls. The link between income inequality and economic growth. The Princeton University economist’s research has raised doubts about sweeping solutions to poverty and about the effectiveness of aid programs. And on Monday, it earned him the Nobel prize in economics. For work that the award committee said has had “immense importance for human welfare, not least in poor countries,” Deaton, 69, will receive a prize of 8 million Swedish kronor (about $975,000) from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Deaton’s research has “shown other researchers and international organizations like the World Bank how to go about understanding poverty at the very basic level,” said Torsten Persson, secretary of the award committee. He becomes the sixth scholar affiliated with Princeton to win the Nobel in economics since it was first given in 1969. “That lightning would strike me seemed like a very small probability event,” Deaton said at a news conference at Princeton. “There are many people who are worthy of this award.” Deaton grew up in a family of modest means. “Not having money can give you a perspective on the world that you don’t get other ways,” he said. “Most people in my family thought I should be out (working) in the fields, not reading books. Fortunately, my father didn’t think that way.” For Deaton, who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and holds dual U.S. and British citizenship, everything starts with an analysis of data. “Thinking about numbers hard is one of the things I think is really important,” Deaton told The Associated Press.

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Angus Deaton sits at a gathering in his honor at Princeton University after it was announced that he won the Nobel prize in economics, Monday. Deaton created tools that let governments in poor countries study how families adjust spending in response to, say, an increase in the sales tax on food. “He’s an economist’s economist,” said Dani Rodrik, a Harvard colleague. Deaton has done “very careful, detailed work” on data about poverty at the household level in poor countries “so that one could understand the effects of changes in policies on how people behave,” Rodrik said. Deaton discovered that India had far more poor people in rural areas than previously thought, a finding that led the government to expand subsidies. “Households that were not defined as poor before can now be reached,” said Ingvild Almas, associate professor

at the Norwegian School of Economics. “That is a direct result of Deaton’s research.” He also hit upon what the Nobel committee called an ingenious way to discover whether families in poor countries spent less to care for daughters than for sons. Among other things, he studied how much households spent on “adult” items, such as beer and cigarettes, to see whether families consumed things differently depending on the sex of newborn children. His surprising conclusion: They didn’t. Another Deaton study challenged the once-popular notion that malnutrition caused poverty by making people too weak to find work. He found the relationship worked the other way: Being poor caused people to be malnourished. Deaton is physically imposing. “He has football player dimensions,” said David Warsh, who writes the Economic Principals blog. And he isn’t reluctant to voice strong opinions. “He’s been very much forthright in his criticism of facile solutions … the development economics’ equivalent of a get-rich-quick scheme,” said Daron Acemoglu, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “His work is based on being meticulous at every stage.” In his 2013 book, The Great Escape, Deaton expressed skepticism about the effectiveness of international aid programs in addressing poverty. He noted, for example, that China and India have lifted tens of millions of people out of poverty despite receiving relatively little aid money. Yet at the same time, poverty has remained entrenched in many African countries that have received substantial sums. Deaton’s book drew criticism from Bill Gates, who runs a foundation dedicated to fighting global poverty. The billionaire founder of Microsoft found Deaton’s critique of aid programs too broad.

banks, however, says it sees an opportunity in the marketplace lending space. At its investor day last week, CIBC (TSX:CM) said it has partnered with a fintech company to explore launching an algorithm-based online lending service that will offer loans at an average value of $50,000.

BRIEF Qatar energy chief says oil prices have bottomed out DOHA, Qatar — Qatar’s energy minister says he believes that oil prices have bottomed out ahead of an expected meeting of OPEC members and other oil producers later this month. Energy and Industry Minister Mohammed bin Saleh al-Sada said in a statement Sunday that rising global demand and a lack of new supplies coming to market would help put a floor under prices. Al-Sada also says that low prices have prompted oil companies to cut their spending on capital investments by nearly 20 per cent this year, and that the cuts could lead to production shortfalls down the road. Oil prices have plunged by more than half since the summer of 2014, with U.S. benchmark oil prices settling Friday at $49.63 a barrel.

Brazil judge issues restraining order that allows Uber to operate in Rio RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian judge has issued a temporary restraining order against recently approved legislation that banned the use of smartphone-based ride-hailing-apps like Uber in Rio de Janeiro, the country’s second largest city. A statement posted on the Rio de Janeiro State Judiciary Department’s website said the order was signed Thursday by Judge Monica Ribeiro Teixeira. The restraining order came 10 days after Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes signed legislation passed by the city council banning Uber and similar technologies from operating in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The statement quoted the judge as saying Uber-like services can provide residents “better, safer and speedier transpiration services at lower prices.” Brazil’s biggest city, Sao Paulo, decided against trying to ban Uber and plans to introduce new regulations for such apps.

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pass directly to the beneficiary. If the named beneficiary is a family member such as spouse, child or parent the investment also may be secure from creditors in the event of bankruptcy. These protections apply to both registered and non-registered investments. Segregated funds generally have higher Management Expense Ratios (MERs) than mutual funds and your money is locked in for the maturity period. If you do withdraw early there usually is a penalty. GIFs have grown over the last few years as investors become more aware of them and their benefits. “They have been available from insurance companies for many years but generally they are not as well-known as mutual funds,” says Carter. You will pay higher fees because of the protection they provide so you need to carefully consider all features before you decide to buy. 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.

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Millennial entrepreneurs turning to franchises BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Millennials with an entrepreneurial bent are choosing franchises as an opportunity to learn the fundamentals of business without having to reinvent the wheel. Jose Miguel Aguila was just 24 when he opened his first Booster Juice location in a Toronto suburb as a franchisee. Now 27, he owns three locations across the Greater Toronto Area. Aguila said he wanted to put his accounting degree to work and get a taste of the business world with a proven concept. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got sales from Day 1,â&#x20AC;? he said. Aguila said his family and friends, especially his fellow students in the normally conservative world of accounting, were surprised that he was taking such a big risk when he first announced his intention to buy a franchise. He funded the $250,000 in start-up costs for his first outlet with a bank loan, which he says took a lot of convincing despite his solid business plan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a very easy road for me to become an accountant with a good salary and job security,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I chose to do something that would give me a little bit more freedom and the opportunity to multiply my income.â&#x20AC;? Lorraine McLachlan, president of the Canadian Franchise Association, said entrepreneurial role models like Mark Zuckerberg give millennials more confidence in taking the first step. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They see opportunities that their parents or Generation X might not have realized were there, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re less afraid to try to go ahead,â&#x20AC;? she said. One of the hardest things for many entrepreneurs of any age is coming up with a great idea or product, she said, and buying into an existing idea can be much simpler. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It provides a blueprint for the business,â&#x20AC;? she said. The franchise industry â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including fast-food purveyors such as Tim Hortons and McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, as well as other retail services like Remax and H&R Block â&#x20AC;&#x201D; gives a $68-billion-a-year injection to the Canadian economy, according to the CFA. Lawyer Tony Wilson, who wrote a book on buying a franchise in Canada, said investing â&#x20AC;&#x153;sweat equityâ&#x20AC;?

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Franchisee Jose Miguel Aguila is shown at one of his three Booster Juice stands in the Greater Toronto Area. Millennials with an entrepreneurial bent are choosing franchises as an opportunity to learn the fundamentals of business without having to reinvent the wheel. in a franchise business can be an alternative for young graduates facing a tough job market. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To some extent, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re buying yourself a job,â&#x20AC;? he said. Contract and short-term employment is much more common than full-time work for those under 35, and the number of contract workers has grown more than four times faster than the number of full-time employees since 2008, according to Statistics Canada. But Wilson sounded a word of caution to millenni-

als pondering entering the franchising world. He noted theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re known for being out-of-the-box thinkers, and he cautioned that strong-willed young people with ideas of radical change may find the traditional business model dictated by a franchise agreement too binding. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A huge American company with 3,000 units around the world is not going to make too many changes to their franchise agreement just for you,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be their way or the highway.â&#x20AC;?

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odd-looking, cow-like animal on TV at one of the biggest sports games in the world. But that game was bittersweet for Jean-Claude because it makes him think of the time his championship slipped away. In 1994 he was animating Youppi!, the ginger-faced, lumberjack-looking mascot for the now-defunct Montreal Expos. The team was the best in baseball that year and many expected a World Series run before players went on strike, cancelling the rest of the season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we went on strike I looked down at my hand and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I just lost my ringâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.â&#x20AC;? Jean-Claude and Youppi! go back a long way. They met shortly after Jean-Claude was laid off from teaching art to inmates at a maximum-security prison north of Montreal in the late â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s. Jean-Claudeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother, who was working for the Exposâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; season opener, landed him a job repairing the original Youppi!, who was created by the famed Harrison/Erickson company, the people behind some of the Muppet characters. The Expos bought Youppi! at the time for $35,000, Jean-Claude said, but the costume quickly began to fall apart and the team asked him to fix it and to build a second, cheaper version. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I started my business in my basement, 30 years ago, without even knowing it,â&#x20AC;? he said. It took him a year to get the supplies and to create a new Youppi!, and when the Expos management saw how good he was at animating the mascot for a local radio station they hired him full time. Over the last 30 years Jean-Claude

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation Director of Veterinary Care Dr. Ashley Settles and Dr. Joshua Schiffman, a pediatric cancer specialist at the University of Utah, take a blood sample from one of the elephants at the center in central Florida. Cancer is much less common in elephants than in humans, even though the big beasts’ bodies have many more cells.

Elephants have surplus of cancer-fighting genes STUDY RESULTS MAY HELP HUMANS CHICAGO — Cancer is much less common in elephants than in humans, even though the big beasts’ bodies have many more cells. That’s a paradox known among scientists, and now researchers think they may have an explanation — one they say might someday lead to new ways to protect people from cancer. Compared with just one copy in humans, elephants’ cells contain 20 copies of a major cancer-suppressing gene, two teams of scientists report. The gene helps damaged cells repair themselves or self-destruct when exposed to cancer-causing substances. The findings aren’t proof that those extra p53 genes make elephants cancer-resistant, but if future research confirms it, scientists could try to develop drugs for humans that would mimic the effect. Dr. Joshua Schiffman, a pediatric cancer specialist at the University of Utah who led one of the teams, began his research after hearing a lecture a few years ago about Peto’s paradox. That refers to the fact that large animals including elephants and whales, have comparatively low cancer rates even though they have many more cells than smaller species. Cancer involves uncontrolled cell growth. The lecture speaker mentioned that elephants seemed to have extra copies of the p53 gene. Schiffman’s patients include children with incomplete p53 genes because of a condition called Li-Fraumeni syndrome, which greatly increases their chances of developing cancer. So Schiffman sought to find clues from the blood of eight elephants, Ringling Bros. circus animals and local zoo animals. His team — as well as a second group of scientists — pinned down the size of the elephants’ surplus — 20 copies. The second team found many other species have only one copy, just like humans.

Schiffman and his colleagues compared how elephant cells reacted to radiation, compared with cells from 10 healthy humans and 10 patients with Li-Fraumeni syndrome. The elephant cells self-destructed at twice the rate of healthy human cells and more than five times the rate of cells from patients with the syndrome. Cells that don’t self-repair or self-destruct when exposed to carcinogens become prone to developing cancer. The work was published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Judy Garber, director of cancer genetics and prevention at Dana-Farmer Cancer Institute in Boston, said the research is intriguing but preliminary While the research won’t lead to any immediate treatment for humans, progress against cancer can come “from unexpected directions,” said Dr. Ted Gansler of the American Cancer Society. He noted that studies of eyelid and tooth development in mice led to drugs used for colon cancer, throat cancer, and several other cancers. Schiffman’s team also analyzed necropsy data and found that elephants sometimes live as long as humans, yet only about 1 in 20 die of cancer, versus about 1 in 4 humans. The second group of researchers, working with frozen zoo specimens, looked at more than 60 other species and found only elephants and wooly mammoths, their extinct relatives, had extra copies of the cancer-suppressing gene. This team inserted elephants’ p53 genes into mouse cells and found that those cells behaved just like elephants and self-destructed when exposed to DNA-damaging drugs, said co-author Vincent Lynch, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago. His study is under review for publication and was released online this week. Schiffman’s team is seeking funding for research into possible treatments based on the elephant research.

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Mark McMorris hikes up the Blackcomb Terrain Park while filming for his new film ‘In Motion’ in Whistler, B.C., on April 8. back country — it made for better results this year because I was having such a good time and doing exactly what I wanted to,” he said. “I really wanted to perform at X Games because it was one of the few events I was going to do.” McMorris is comfortable in front of the camera. MTV’s eight-part docu-series McMorris and McMorris features the adventures and misadventures of he and brother Craig, who is also an accomplished snowboarder. But Mark McMorris was heavily involved in the logistics and creative vi-

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LOS ANGELES — Pan produced no Neverland magic at the box office. The fantasy, which cost an estimated $150 million to produce, earned $15.5 million in its opening weekend, according to Rentrak estimates Sunday. Early tracking did not look promising for the Joe Wright-directed film but still predicted that Pan would open at least in the $20 million range. The PG-rated epic, sold as a Peter Pan origin story and a lavish visual feast, has had a bumpy ride from the beginning, starting when actress Rooney Mara, who is white, was cast as Tiger Lily, who is historically Native American. The film, starring Hugh Jackman and Garrett Hedlund, also had been pushed from July to October. It has not been well-received by critics, either. “This had a lot going against it,” said Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst for Rentrak. He also believes competition in the family market from the Halloween-themed animated feature Hotel Transylvania 2 hurt “Pan.” “Family films always have an audience, but that audience is extremely fickle and hard to please, just like the kids who go to these movies,” Dergarabedian said. “You just never know what’s going to resonate.” Sony’s high-wire spectacle The Walk also stumbled in its first weekend in wide release, after debuting on IMAX screens last week. The tale of Philippe Petit’s tight-rope walk between the towers of the World Trade Center earned $3.7 million this weekend, bringing its total to $6.4 million. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars in film directed by Robert Zemeckis. Not all was bleak at the box office, though. Ridley Scott’s space adventure The Martian earned a solid $37 million in its second week in theatres, nabbing the top spot once more. Its domestic total now stands at $108.7 million. Hotel Transylvania 2 took second place in its third weekend with $20.3 million, bumping its total to $116.8 million.

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TORONTO — The new dragons on CBC-TV’s reality series Dragons’ Den showed some claws in their debut last week, but newcomer Joe Mimran says they were too soft in their rookie outing. The tenth season debuted last Wednesday with the fashion titan and fellow newbie Michele Romanow agreeing to help fund a Vancouver-based crowdsourced delivery service. Mimran says many more deals follow as the season progresses. “I think we probably did too many deals, to be quite honest,” Mimran said in a post-mortem earlier this year at a CBC event to introduce three new judges. “There are a lot of deals that were done for either emotional reasons or because we were new, or whatever. I think we could have been, as a group, a touch tougher. Especially at the beginning.” Third newcomer Manjit Minhas, who made her fortune as co-founder and co-owner of Minhas Breweries and

Distillery, also jumped into the early deal-making by partnering with an Ottawa-based creator of a line of cocktail syrups. “We will make lots of money together,” she promised the wannabe mogul in last Wednesday’s episode. Veteran dragon Jim Treliving said he scored 43 deals overall this season, just shy of his record of 46 deals. If every agreement goes through it would cost the Boston Pizza boss $9.2 million, but he said that’s not likely. “What I look at is what happened (in) previous years … 10 to 15 per cent come to fruition, for whatever reason,” said Treliving. “You don’t know that when you’re doing the show because you’ve got 45 minutes to make a decision. So what you look at is: Does this fit in with the criteria that I want to use and where I can do it? Have I got a connection that can help these people?” Returning judge Michael Wekerle said he was especially gun shy this time around, noting he was burned by a deal last season that cost him $350,000. “Last year I didn’t bring a team behind me,” said the flamboyant finan-

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DEERING Flora Grace (nee Nimmo) May 3, 1922 - Oct. 5, 2015 On October 5, 2015 our beloved sister, mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, aunt and friend, Flora Grace Deering, passed away peacefully in Bethany Collegeside at the age of 93 years. Flora was born in Delia on May 3, 1922 to Henry (born in Wishaw, Scotland 1878) and Caroline Emily Nimmo (nee Robinson, born in Digby, Nova Scotia 1894). She was one of ten children (five brothers and four sisters) raised during the depression years on the family farm about 12 miles from Delia. Flora completed her normal school training and taught at the Brookfield one-room school for several years. She met Bill Deering while she was boarding at Gus and Margaret Deering’s. Flora and Bill married August 7, 1948 and they raised five children on farms in the Hillsdown and Joffre area. Flora was predeceased by her mother (1942), her father (1957), three brothers (Hugh, John and Ronald), four sisters (Alice, Agnes, Kate and Jessie), husband Bill (2011) and a daughter (Marilyn, 2012). She is survived by two brothers (Dave and Andy), four children; Jessie (Glenn) Simon, Bernice (Melvin) Heinrichs, Gerald (Marlene) Deering, and Will (Val) Deering, seven grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. Flora enjoyed cooking, baking and gardening. She was famous for her chicken and dumplings as well as other homemade goodies such as bread and cinnamon buns. She loved her children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. In her later years, she enjoyed growing flowers and attending Rose Bud Theatre with Laura Deering. Flora moved to Bethany Collegeside in November 2006 and was baptized by Rev. Peter Van Katwyk in August of 2011. Although her memory faded and she no longer recognized family members, she enjoyed the companionship of other residents and liked to reminisce about her younger years with her brothers and sisters. One of her greatest pleasures was to attend church services and sing along joyfully to the hymns. Flora was blessed with many wonderful caregivers including pastoral care (Mabel and Dave) and was well cared for in her last years by Dr. Hovan and the staff at Bethany Collegeside. A Funeral Service will be held at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 18 Selkirk Blvd, Red Deer, on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choice. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com. Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. one (403) 347-2222

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Food Service Supervisor Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time. 4 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. + medical, dental, life and vision benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Experience 1 yr. to less than 2 yrs. Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303

JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Personals Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S ALCOHOLICS 37543 HWY 2N ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 700 3020 22 St. You can sell your guitar FOOD ATTENDANT for a song... Req’d permanent shift or put it in CLASSIFIEDS weekend day and evening and we’ll sell it for you! both full and part time. 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + COCAINE ANONYMOUS benefits. Start ASAP. 403-396-8298 Job description www.timhortons.com Education and experience not req’d. Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303

WEBERG, Bryan 1968 - 2015 On October 3, 2015, Bryan Glenn Weberg, 46 years, entered into his eternal rest, after a courageous battle against cancer. Bryan was born on October 4, 1968 in Calgary, Alberta. There, he attended John G. Diefenbaker High School, and was an active team mate on many baseball and hockey teams within the Thorncliffe Community. Bryan enjoyed playing all sports, and spending time outdoors. An avid fly fisherman, this was his true passion. In 1996, Bryan was married to the love of his life, Sheri Challand. Together they made their home in Sylvan Lake, Alberta. They are blessed with two beautiful children, Ethan and Claire, of whom he was a proud and loving father. Bryan worked as a welder for many years, at many pipeline construction companies, such as Challand Pipeline, Bunch Welding, W. Pidherney Welding, Doran Stewart Oilfield, before becoming a pipeline inspector in 2004. Bryan is survived by his loving wife, Sheri; their two children, Ethan and Claire; his parents, Betty (Victor) Faulkner, and Bruce (Colleen) Weberg; his grandmother, Millie Gagnon; two brothers, Bruce Weberg (Lana), Corey Weberg; three sisters, Laurie (Bob) Faulkner, Debbie Weberg, and Dallas Suleiman. He is also mourned by Sheri’s family, numerous nieces, nephews, good friends and colleagues. A private family ceremony was held. In lieu of flowers, the family would be grateful for a donation made in Bryan’s memory to www.pancan.org or to www.lustgarten.org, for pancreatic cancer research. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of Ashley Paton, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

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BAILEY Myrtle Frances Sept. 11, 1922 - Oct. 7, 2015 Myrtle Frances Bailey, beloved wife of Fred Bailey, passed away peacefully and suddenly in her Red Deer home, October 7, 2015 at age 93. Myrtle’s sons are Mel, Larry, Wes, Ernie and Bob Bailey. Myrtle’s daughters are Dawn and Donna. She will be dearly missed by her grandchildren, great grandchildren, etc. Also remembering her will be the spouses of her children and friends of Myrtle. She is predeceased by her sister Flo, and her husband Fred. Myrtle was the loving and generous mother/grandmother of the Bailey family since Fred’s death in 1995. She loved to host holiday dinners in her home until her passing. Incredibly she was still reading Western and Romance novels and solving circle word puzzles. A short graveside memorial service will be held Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at Mountain View Funeral Home located at 1605 - 100 Street SE (17 Ave. SE) at Garden Road, Calgary, Alberta. Telephone 403-272-5555.

RODRIGUE Roger Henri July 23, 1936 - Oct. 12, 2014 A beautiful soul travelled beautiful memories remain Loved forever Carol and Family.

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RAIVIO, Mary Anne Aug. 20, 1943 - Oct. 11, 2012 Eternally a part of our family Your beloved memory is woven throughout the spirit of our lives, With the same loving care that you put into your quilts, which were such an important part of your life. There isn’t a day that goes by when we don’t think of you, And we are comforted by the thought that you are in a much better place now, at peace.

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Galaxy Plumbing & Heating is currently hiring plumbers who have exp. in residential plumbing. Competitive wages, benefits after 3 months. Please send resume to galaxyadmin@telus.net or fax to 403-347-4539.

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Competitive Wages & Benefits. Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca STRONG Insulation Inc. Looking for exp. residential insulators w/drivers licence (Batt And Poly, Blow-in). Call Curtis 403-597-1877

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CARRIER SUPERVISOR The successful candidate will be responsible for the recruitment of carriers and the successful delivery of the Red Deer Express in Red Deer. The ideal candidate will have an outgoing personality, the ability to multi-task and good written and verbal communication skills. Basic computer skills, a valid driver’s license, and use of a car and are required. Candidate must pass a vulnerable sector criminal records check. This is a full-time position, five days per week. Please forward your resume to: Red Deer Express Attention: Debbie Reitmeier 2950 Bremner Avenue Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 dreitmeier@reddeeradvocate.com

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GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000

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LARGE collection of Model Toys, every tool made to run a household. Guns, gun cabinets etc. Selling due to health reasons. Viewing by appt. only. 403-343-2722, 391-1796 PROPANE heater for inside travel home, works good $150 obo 403-314-0804 WATER cooler $50. 403-885-5020

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An uncertain future for Turkey INSTABILITY LOOMS AHEAD OF KEY NOV. 1 ELECTION BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANKARA, Turkey — The suicide bombings that ripped through a rally promoting peace in Turkey’s capital have magnified the political uncertainty ahead of a key election Nov. 1 and raised fears that the country may be heading toward an extended period of instability. The blasts — Turkey’s bloodiest in years — have further polarized the country as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tries again for a ruling majority in parliament. And with political winds blowing against the ruling party, the election could create new power struggles just as the country grapples with more than 2 million refugees and tries to avoid being drawn into the chaos in neighbouring Syria and Iraq. This is a dramatic and dangerous time for the mostly Muslim nation and NATO ally, so often cited as an example of stability in a tumultuous region. “We are now facing uncharted waters in terms of deadly violence in Turkey,” wrote Omer Taspinar of the Brookings Institution in Today’s Zaman, an opposition newspaper. “We are also in uncharted waters in terms of political polarization in the country.” Turkey has suffered a spiral of violence since July, when a similar suicide bombing killed 33 Turkish and Kurdish activists in a town near the Syrian border, ending a cease-fire. Kurdish rebels blamed Turkey’s government, and hundreds have been killed since then in the renewed conflict with security forces. No one has claimed responsibility for Saturday’s explosions at the Ankara peace rally, which killed at least 97 people and wounded hundreds. Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Monday that the two bombers exploded about 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of dynamite each, and that authorities have detained “a large number” of suspects. Investigators are close to identifying those responsible, and believe they likely infiltrated Turkey from a neighbouring country, he said. Kurtulmus called for unity and solidarity in response to these attacks, which he said were aimed to sow discord and create “deep fissures” within Turkey. Indeed, the attack in the heart of the capital — far from the conflicts bleeding over Turkey’s southern borders — is rattling nerves around the nation and beyond. Amid the turmoil, the Turkish lira is losing value and interest rates are spiking, making it more difficult for Turkey to finance its looming short-term debt. Persistent instability also could harm tourism,

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People mourn next to the coffin of Fatma Esen, 38, a mother of two, and a victim of Saturday’s Ankara bombing attacks, during a funeral in Istanbul, Monday. Turkish investigators are close to identifying one of the suicide bombers in Turkey’s deadliest attacks in years, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Monday, adding that the Islamic State group was the “No. 1 priority” of the investigation. an important source of revenue and foreign currency. “These attacks won’t turn Turkey into a Syria,” Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said. Davutoglu also denied accusations that Turkey’s growing involvement in the war in Syria will drag the country into the Middle Eastern quagmire. But Turkey’s government, which is openly hostile to Syrian President Bashar Assad, has struggled to avoid getting pulled into the chaos, and not just because Syrian and Iraqi refugees are flooding across its border. Government security forces also have fought for decades to put down a rebellion in southeast Turkey, home to ethnic Kurds whose lands also straddle Iran, Iraq and Syria. Since 2012, Turkey’s Kurdish rebels have been engaged in a peace process, and their influence has grown since their kinsman became allies in the U.S.led coalition’s fight against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq. Analysts say the bombings inside Turkey could only make the parliamentary election results less

conclusive, meaning government stability will depend on the political parties’ ability to form coalitions and co-operate — an elusive capacity as the country becomes more and more polarized. “The optimistic scenario is that a broad based government will emerge and that it will re-establish stability and revitalize the peace process with the Kurds,” said Sinan Ulgen, who runs the Istanbul-based EDAM think-tank . “The other possibility is that the same picture will emerge, that a coalition won’t be formed, leading Turkey into an even more tumultuous point,” Ulgen said. For more than a decade, Turkey has been led by a single party, which Erdogan founded and continues to run behind the scenes. Disregarding rules requiring him to be neutral, Erdogan campaigned for a supermajority for the ruling party, which would have allowed it to change the constitution and give his presidency more powers. That backfired and electoral gains in June by Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party left the ruling party without even a parliamentary majority.

Russian airstrikes help Syrian troops advance BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAMASCUS, Syria — Russian jets intensified their airstrikes Monday in central Syria as government forces battled insurgents in a strategic area near a rebel-held province and a government stronghold. The government push is the latest in a bid to regain the Sahl al-Ghab plain, which is adjacent to Latakia province, a stronghold of President Bashar Assad and the Alawite religious minority to which he belongs. After a heavy barrage of Russian airstrikes, the fighting was focused on the village of Kfar Nabudeh, which officials said had been seized by government troops. Activists said Syrian rebels repelled the attack. Capturing Kfar Nabudeh would cut off a major highway, giving the pro-government forces access to the northwestern province of Idlib. A rebel coalition that includes the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front drove Assad’s forces out of Idlib in September, in a major setback for the government. Their hold on the province threatened Latakia. The Russian Defence Ministry said it has struck 53 alleged Islamic State targets in the past 24 hours, destroying command centres, ammunition and fuel depots as well as training camps allegedly used by foreign militants. The ministry said the IS positions were in the central provinces of Homs and Hama, as well as in Latakia and Idlib. IS has a limited presence in Hama, away from where the fighting has been concentrated. Russia insists it is mainly targeting

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Syrian soldiers wave Syrian flags to celebrate the capture of Achan, Hama province, Syria. Russian jets intensified their airstrikes Monday in the central Syrian province as government and allied troops pushed out insurgents from local villages to expand their control of the area, activists and a military statement said. the IS group and other “terrorists,” but the multi-pronged ground-and-air offensive is being waged in areas controlled by mainstream rebels as well as the Nusra Front. The government ground offensive began on Oct. 7, a week after Russia began its airstrikes. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 30 airstrikes were carried out in Kfar Nabudeh, while government troops

and Lebanon’s Hezbollah fighters entered the village from the south. Another activist-run monitoring group, the Shaam News Network, said the insurgents ambushed government forces inside the village, which is reportedly laden with tunnels. The Syrian military said in a statement that it took control of the village and others nearby. Activist Hadi Abdullah, who travels with insurgents to

report from the front lines, said the fighters had regained control of the village. It was not possible to reconcile the two accounts. The Observatory reported that the fighting and air raids on Kfar Nabudeh left nine militants and five troops and pro-government gunmen dead. Later Monday, Syrian state media and the Observatory said government forces captured the village of Mansoura on the northern edge of Hama province. During the last six days of ground operations, government troops have seized at least two villages in eastern Hama province, Atshan and Tal Sukayk, and a third in the plain area. Activists say rebels seized a village south of Idlib. The Russian defence ministry statement said its jets have hit mortar positions around Tal Sukayk in the last 24 hours, as well as a training camp for foreign militants in Mastouma, in Idlib. The ministry said it used Su-34, Su-24M and Su-25SM planes to strike the targets. “The terrorists in the past days were desperately trying to transport ammunition, armaments, fuel and supplies from Raqqa to the front line,” the ministry said, in reference to the northern province controlled by the Islamic State group, adding that a “significant part” of their supplies have been destroyed by Russian airstrikes. The Syrian military statement also said troops gained control of an area in rural Aleppo province. It was not immediately clear whether the area had previously been controlled by IS or other insurgents.

Amid wave of stabbings, Israel’s PM PET OF THE WEEK accuses Arab lawmakers of incitement JERUSALEM — Palestinians carried out three stabbings Monday in Jerusalem, leaving a teenage Israeli boy in critical condition, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily accused the country’s Arab leaders of helping incite weeks of violence. Two of the attackers, both teenage boys, were killed. In a fiery speech at parliament, Netanyahu accused Arab parties of “undermining” the country. He called on Israel’s Arab citizens to “kick out the extremists among you.” Netanyahu spoke on another bloody day, the latest in a monthlong wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence. In a new setback for efforts to restore calm, the Quartet of Mideast mediators — the U.S., the U.N., the European Union and Russia —— postponed a trip to the region. Edgar Vasquez, a spokesman for the State Department’s Bureau of Near East Affairs, said it was at the request of the Israeli government due to the circum-

stances. Israeli police reported three separate stabbings across the city, including an assault by two attackers in the east Jerusalem area of Pisgat Zeev. Police said the pair seriously wounded a 20-yearold man before attacking a teenage boy on a bicycle. The boy was critically wounded before police shot and killed one of the attackers, while the second was run over by a car. Abdel Nasser Manasra, a relative of Ahmed, 13, and Hassan, 15, said both were cousins. He did not know which had been killed. Other attacks occurred in Jerusalem’s Old City, where a 17-year-old assailant was killed, and outside the national police headquarters. The attacker, identified as a 16-year-old girl, was shot and wounded, while a police officer was lightly hurt. The unrest began last month with clashes at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site and quickly spread across Israel and into the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Five Israelis have been killed in stabbings, a shooting and a stoning attack on a moving vehicle, while at least 25 Palestinians, including 10

attackers, have been slain. Several Palestinian children, including a 2-year-old girl killed with her mother in a Gaza airstrike, have been among the dead. Hundreds of Palestinians have been wounded in clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank. The stabbings have rattled Israel. The attackers, many of them teenagers, have had no affiliation with militant groups, and the seemingly random nature of the stabbings has made it difficult to predict or prevent them. Netanyahu has come under heavy criticism for failing to stop the violence, and an opinion poll this week showed that more than 70 per cent of the public is dissatisfied with his handling of the crisis. The violence erupted over the Jewish New Year last month, fueled by rumours that Israel was plotting to take over a site holy to both Muslims and Jews. The rumours ignited clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian activists who hurled stones and firebombs at them from inside the mosque, and the violence has spread.

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D5 A well-deserved vacation to Mexico

Well, it is finally happening. After years of me yelling in an enraged and demented voice, “I NEED A VACATION!” Jamie and I are finally doing it. Jamie’s boss, aka: the most magnificent boss in the world has offered to take us to Mexico. Six months ago when the offer came up I was dumbfounded. I could hardly believe what was being proposed to us — a full week of sun, sand, multi-coloured beverages and relaxing in a way I haven’t even dreamed of since giving birth to my children. Yep, you heard it; this particular vacation will be child-free. By the time you are reading this, I will be sitting poolside in almost nothing other than an excessively large wide brimmed hat sipping some kind of tropical beverage (that hopefully has far too much tequila in it) whilst the hubs and I laugh heartily about all the suckers still toiling away in the deep freeze of our Albertan fall. Maybe I’m going a little too far. In reality as I prepare for our week away I am nearly soiling myself in fear that my darling children won’t be able to cope without me. What if I’ve coddled them so much over these last seven

years that anything more than a mere sleepover will send them spiraling down a self destructive path of sucrose overdose and tantrum overthrows? What if they miss me so much that some weird medical LINDSAY incident ensues BROWN and they end up ME PLUS THREE becoming completely mute for an undetermined amount of time? What if … I should probably just stop myself now. Of course I don’t actually believe any of this will happen as we have our best people on the job. It will be a combined effort from our friends and family members. I feel so gratified that we have such generous people in our lives willing to watch our most precious little humans — while we get drunk on a beach somewhere. However, this still doesn’t prevent

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the constant worry that has pitted itself in the back of my brain. I’m sure that any mother feels like this when taking leave from her babes. I think about how Sophie still sometimes wake up in the night because she is afraid of the dark. What happens when she cries out for me and I am nowhere to be found? Or what about when Lars gets one of his nosebleeds because of the dry weather? Will he keep his calm like Jamie and I have been teaching him? Or because of our nonappearance will he become overly upset? Thus creating a surplus of bloody tidal waves exiting his tiny nostrils. There is also their calendar to think about. Luckily they aren’t in any extracurricular activities at the moment, but even their school schedules are quite involved. Will the babysitters be able to handle it all? Probably, once again I am letting my fears whisk me away. Not to mention, I’ve just finished writing up a detailed 10 page synopsis on how to live with the legendary Lars and Sophie. This includes their usual routines down to the tiny quirks that I feel are necessary information for the adults who will temporarily be taking

the place of Jamie and me. But is it really enough? Will their hugs be the same as mine while watching that scary Scooby Doo movie? Will their taco Tuesday meal be as gloriously fun-filled as ours usually is? Will they know there is extra toilet paper underneath the bathroom sink? I’m going to go out on a limb here say yes to all above rhetorical questions. I only say this because as I am writing this heartfelt statement of commitment about my lovely children the boy child saunters up to me. “What is your column about this time Mom?” He asks. “I’m actually writing about when your dad and I go on our trip,” I say tentatively, assuming this will start a torrent of emotion to flow freely out of my sensitive son. “Cool! You should tell them that I am so excited for you to leave so I can have a sleepover at Uncle Dustin’s!” And that was that my friends. Gone are the days of over-romanticizing my title as Mom. Hello beach lounging and tequila shots. Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake mother of two and freelance columnist.

A stress and worry-free Thanksgiving The very thought of Thanksgiving conjures up all kinds of delicious images. For me it starts on the phone with conversations. At this point there is no panic. No list. Just talk, quiet, questioning, and logical. It’s not yet time for lists and planning and checking the pantry for poultry seasoning and wondering, and not for the first time, why pumpkin pie really needs evaporated milk. First we must decide. Who does Thanksgiving? Who cooks the turkey? Who is all coming? Who is not coming? And why? Once the decision is stamped with the invisible but very real family stamp of approval, we’re done and the guys can relax. Oh, right, the guys are already relaxed. But not us. Now is the time for the woman of choice to turn herself in a list maker, an interior decorator, a chef extraordinaire and a planner. It’s no big deal. We do it all the time, getting so caught up in trying to achieve perfection we forget the value of imperfection.

And what about being grateful? Who has time for that? For me, this year the decision as to who was going to bring Thanksgiving — with all its wonderful aromas and bountiful blessTREENA ings — to their MIELKE home was taken LIFE completely out of my hands. And when I should have been conjuring up images of butterball turkeys, delicately browned, and tables sagging under the weight of what we spoiled Canadians know as abundance, I was staring at four white hospital walls, wearing a very unbecoming hospital gown that did nothing for my eyes and bordered on indecent when I toddled off to the bathroom.

It was a short stay and I am home now, but given orders to rest. Rest? What? No lists. No planning. No cooking and cleaning and housewifely pride. Just rest. Weirdly enough I got the whole concept of ‘resting’ rather quickly and, as much as I am almost embarrassed to admit it, I kind of liked it. And so, while the kaleidoscope of colours turns slowly outside sort of like it was on a slowly moving barbecue spit and other women run around with lists and planning and wondering where the best butterball turkeys are to be bought for the best price possible, here I am laying on the couch under a rather worn and tattered quilt doing nothing. Just resting. Weirdly this whole new concept of Thanksgiving has taught me so much and given me a whole new appreciation not only of Netflix but of the absolute delight of doing nothing other than staring at the flames in the fireplace dancing and weaving in the silence.

It has reminded me what Thanksgiving is really all about. It’s about friends who show up at my door bearing gifts like coffee and one of those weird but awesome lantern plants and smiles. And it’s about the same friend who says, “Oh, I brought you supper.” It’s about sisters who bring me their very best banana cream pie and hug me, but gently ‘cause it hurts too much to do the other kind of hug. And it’s about three kids who worry and lecture and fuss over me like I was their kid while their dad makes me coffee and actually reacquaints himself with that strange room in the house called the kitchen. It’s about people wanting to do stuff for me and letting them. It’s about resting. And it’s about being grateful …simply because I am! Treena Mielke lives in Sylvan Lake and is editor of the Rimbey Review. She has been a journalist and columnist for more than 25 years. Treena is married to Peter and they have three children and six grandchildren.ftreena

Don’t let the fear of failure affect your self-esteem ly high standards for yourself. The good news is there are many ways to overcome fear of failure. Look for the lesson in each perceived failure. Every experience – especially a failure – brings with it a gift if we’re willing to receive it. Look at every experience as an opportunity to learn something new, which will lead you to acquiring knowledge, understanding and wisdom. It’s important to remember that no one gets it right every time. Some of the greatest breakthroughs were the result of someone making a seemingly endless series of mistakes until they finally got it right. Give yourself permission to fail occasionally. Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His recent book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca.

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good about ourselves and capable of achieving success — two components of healthy self-esteem. It’s interesting to note, the more we grow our self-esteem, the more willing we become to try new things. The effort produces a positive cycle of reinforcement. People who fear failure often catastrophize, seeing only worst case scenarios. They may worry far too much about what others think, or believe that self-worth hinges upon success or failure. Disappointing others or being judged or rejected must therefore be avoided at all costs. When the perfectionist fails, the criticism — usually self-inflicted — is harsh. Perfectionism is an attempt to control aspects of our life and lessen or eliminate the possibility of failure. If you have perfectionist tendencies, you may have set unrealistical-

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Daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rough divorce rippling through to parents Dear Annie: My wife and I are in our early 70s and have two daughters. The younger one lives nearby, is married and has a 2-year-old. The older one, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deirdre,â&#x20AC;? is divorced from a verbally and emotionally abusive husband. We had warned Deirdre against marrying this man because they seemed incompatible, but we were supportive when she insisted she loved him. They moved 2,500 miles away, and we traveled as often as possible to see her and show that we cared. When she called at 3 a.m., crying and begging me to talk to her husband, I traveled alone to comply. We suggested they seek counseling, which they did, but it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help. When Deirdre filed for divorce, we paid for her lawyer. When her ex left her high and dry, we paid for a new car so she could get to work and drive her daughter to school. We pay their airfare to come here for summers and holidays. Annie, we are on a fixed income and it takes a lot of sacrificing to pay for all of these expenses. When we visit, my wife cooks and helps our granddaughter with her homework, while I clean house and take her to and from school. Meanwhile, she has become just as confrontational as her mother. The girl never says thank you, is not affectionate toward us and has no respect for our authority. Recently, Deirdre became angry when our granddaughter called her at work in tears over a broken necklace. We were partly blamed for the incident and we flew back home upset and are currently not on speaking terms with Deirdre. I recently sent her a birthday card with a check, telling her that I will always love her. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to sever relations, but this relationship negatively affects my wife and I wonder whether there is a better solution. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Up the Creek Without a Paddle Dear Creek: Yes. Let go. Deirdre is difficult and her life with an abuser didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help. Her daughter

is a combination of her parents, so you cannot expect sweetness and light from the girl. What you can do is accept them as they are. You are equating your financial sacrifices with your treatment, but it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always match up. Do what you feel comfortable doing, but without expecting an emotional reward. Deirdre and her daughter could benefit from counseling, and you KATHY MITCHELL can suggest it, but again, keep MARCY SUGAR your expectations in check. It will save you a lot of grief in ANNIEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MAILBOX the long run. Dear Annie: Oct. 13 is Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. Metastatic breast cancer is cancer that has spread from the breast to other organs in the body, most commonly the bones, liver, lungs or brain. Unfortunately, most of us diagnosed with MBC will eventually die from the disease. Additional research and treatment development will help a great many patients in the future. Please urge your readers to get informed. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; New York Dear New York: Thank you for the timely reminder. Anyone who is interested in more information can contact the Metastatic Breast Cancer Network at mbcn.org or the National Cancer Institute at cancer. gov. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be thinking of you. Annieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Seating is limited so we would ask that you respond with numbers of people from your office or organization who wish to attend by email to nhstevens1941@gmail.com

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