Red Deer Advocate, October 22, 2015

Johnson leads Rebels to win

BLUE JAYS DAZZLE IN THE FALL

Wyatt Johnson scored a hat trick as Red Deer hammered Saskatoon 7-1 Wednesday night.

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RED INK NOW TO BE GONE BY 2020

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s finance minister is rolling back by one year the date for balancing the province’s books.

The government will not balance the budget until the 2019-2020 fiscal year, Finance Minister Joe Ceci said Wednesday.

“It’s going to take a little longer to reach balance than outlined earlier,” he said.

If the government did not move the deadline, it would have to delay critical infrastructure projects or make deep service cuts that would result in even more overcrowding in classrooms and care centres, Ceci said.

“Our economy cannot withstand any of these actions now.”

Ceci blamed the budget delay on a slump in oil prices that has siphoned billions of dollars out of the province’s petro-heavy economy.

“It (the shortfall) is also due to the failure of previous governments to save, to diversify our economy, and to diversify government revenue streams.”

Other promises made in the campaign will be honoured and not delayed, Ceci said.

The budget is to be delivered on Tuesday, a day after the fall sitting of the legislature gets underway. Ceci said the deficit could be just under $6.5 billion.

The timing of the budget is unusual given that it is for the 2015-16 fiscal year, which is already six months old.

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Roger and Bonita Bott speak to the media outside the Withrow Gospel Mission in the hamlet of Withrow, about 60 km west of Red Deer, on Wednesday afternoon. The Botts lost their three young daughters in a farm accident on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF While they continue to work their way through their terrible loss, Bonita and Roger Bott paused for a few moments on Wednesday to thank everyone who has offered them support, and to talk a little about their daughters, “the best girls in the world”.

Speaking with strong voices, outside Withrow Gospel Mission just down the road from their farm — the couple stood close together, taking turns reading a prepared statement.

“To say that we are overwhelmed with how this is unfolding would be a huge understatement. We ourselves

are still in shock with the situation.”

In the early evening of Oct. 13, their daughters — twins Jana and Dara, 11, and Catie, 13 — were in the back of a truck with canola seed when they became covered by the seed and and smothered. Jana and Catie died at the farm. Dara was transferred by STARS to an Edmonton hospital but she passed away there hours later.

Since then, the farm community has reached out to help the Botts in various ways, such as helping with their harvest. A fundraising campaign has drawn donations locally, nationally and internationally. The Bott farm is in the hamlet of Withrow, which is about 60 kms west of Red Deer.

The couple, dressed casually in

jeans, were calm and friendly, and mostly composed, as they read the statement before media, even thanking them for what they called sensitive reporting.

“We’ve enjoyed reading the supportive comments on Facebook and the GoFundMe.com page. It’s overwhelming to keep up with, but I’d say we’ve read a lot of it, and are warmed when we see how far this is reaching, and the various connections to our family,” the Botts said.

“We are so humbled with it all.

Thank you.” They have one other child, their nine-year-old son, Caleb.

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BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Chamber honours outstanding businesses

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

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Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year Award winners for 2015. (From left) Doreen Parcels and Bruce McEwen, of Blue Grass Sod Farms and Nursery; Lois and Harv Schimke, of Key Agventures; and Terry and Danette Loewen, of Platinum Homes and Developments.

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It came up roses for Blue Grass Sod Farms and Nursery at the Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year Awards on Wednesday night.

The 45-year-old Red Deer County-based firm was awarded Business of the Year for companies with more

than 21 employees at the 34th annual awards gala at the Red Deer College Arts Centre.

Key Agventures was Business of the Year in the 11- to 20-employee category and Platinum Homes and Developments in the one- to 10-employee category. It has been a growth year for Blue Grass, owned by brothers Bruce and Bill McEwen.

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Cirillo remembered at hilltop ceremony Scores of people turned out for a ceremony on Wednesday in honour of a soldier gunned down a year ago.

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BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A Rocky Mountain House man with 43 prior convictions will spend less than two years in custody for breaking into a home and stealing a gun and a quad.

Tyler James Shaw, 30, was sentenced to 22 months in custody by Judge Darrel Riemer in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday.

Found by Mounties scouring the country-side, Const. John Szerve came upon Shaw almost by accident on Sept. 11, 2014. Shaw was sitting down on the quad he was convicted of stealing with two long barrelled firearms straddled between his legs and the quad.

Szerve was alone, he didn’t know exactly where he was and he didn’t have time to figure that out.

He radioed to his fellow officers that he had found the man they had all been looking for and exited his police car.

Szerve drew his sidearm and ordered Shaw off of the quad and onto the ground. Shaw complied.

Shaw was convicted on Sept. 15 of four charges including unauthorized possession of a firearm, break and enter to steal a firearm, possession of a firearm contrary to an order and theft under $5,000.

In his sentence ruling Wednesday, Riemer told Shaw he was left with two choices at this point in his life.

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Charles Holmes, 7, takes his turn at bat and makes his swing count as he hits a pop fly on Monday afternoon. Holmes’ brother Luke, 8, was catching on this play as Blake Shepherd-Colberg, 8, was supplying the pitching.

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BOTT: Trust fund set up for family Various fundraising efforts include $116,000 raised on one gofundme.com website, more than $23,000 came from a weekend motorcycle ride, as well as about $40,000 raised Wednesday at the Innisfail Auction Mart. A trust fund has been set up at the Eckville Credit Union.

“As far as wondering what our girls were like, we have a biased opinion on that; they were awesome!

The best girls in the world. They were cool to be with, they were comfortable with themselves and with other people. They all really enjoyed the farm and activities like camping, fishing, quadding and horseback riding. They were becoming a big help around the farm with yard work and cooking. And not Kraft dinner either — although we’ve had plenty of that; they would fry chicken or prepare chili and spuds. They loved family outings and spending time with their cousins.”

They went on to describe each child separately.

Catie had a desire to set a good example for her younger siblings and to make good decisions. She was honest and trustworthy. She loved to read and was the official co-ordinator of the Operation Christmas Child campaign at church.

Jana was a bit quieter in nature. She had a soft personality, and was gentle with others. She was a good friend. She didn’t like conflict, and made efforts to live peaceably with her siblings.

Dara had a very strong personality and was determined to carry out whatever plan she had. Bonita began to cry when she said she had told Dara more than once that someday she was going to run an efficient household and be a great mother.

“As far as where the girls are now, we are very confident that they are with Jesus. As you’ve noticed and covered, God is a very big part of our lives …

That’s why we are not concerned about where they are. We are looking forward to when we will see them again. So that part is okay.

“It’s the here and now that we are faced with. So, how are we going to get through this? … Actually, we

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The former Progressive Conservative government introduced a budget in the spring, but was defeated by the NDP in the May 5 election before the budget was passed.

That document called for a $5-billion deficit this year with a return to balanced budgets by 2018.

The New Democrats have since been retooling the fiscal plan to conform to their election promises, which included $1.4 billion more for health, education and social spending.

Ceci said the budget will provide an economic blueprint for the future.

“Our commitment to stabilize public services and both grow and diversify the economy is unwavering.”

Ceci was asked if he will look at asking for salary freezes in public-sector wages in the next round of negotiations as a way to balance the books.

“That’s really getting into an area that I don’t want to get into,” he replied.

“We have to take a very close look at everything going forward: labour expenses as well as expenses in other programs. Those are all things that will be under discussion.”

Ceci has previously said the government will continue to look for efficiencies, but will not engage in large-scale layoffs or deep cuts.

Opposition Wildrose Leader Brian Jean said the budget-balance delay raises questions about whether the NDP will ever erase the red ink.

“This is the NDP breaking their single most important campaign promise of balancing the budget before the end of their mandate,” Jean said in a news release. “Thousands of Albertans are taking a hard look at their spending during the economic downturn, and the NDP needs to do the same.”

AWARDS: Humbling They announced in May they were buying another long-time area horticultural business, Dentoom’s Greenhouses.

Blue Grass moved most of its retail operations to Dentoom’s high-profile site on Hwy 11A near Hwy 2.

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Bruce said it was “humbling and exciting at the same time” to take home the award.

“Things have turned out well in Red Deer. It is a great place to do business.”

Bruce’s wife, Doreen Parcels, said when she’s asked why Blue Grass is so successful, she has no question what the answer is.

“Hard work is the secret of our business,” she said, in accepting the award. Days start at 6 a.m. and don’t end until after 6 p.m.

But that isn’t the only requirement. An understanding family and dedicated staff are also crucial.

Key Ag was started by owner and CEO Harv Schimke in 1981.

The Kubota and Husqvarna supplier has grown from one location and three employees to 24 staff at two locations.

In a video presentation highlighting the nominees, Harv said he couldn’t have done it without his wife and business partner of 46 years, Lois.

His business strategy is simple. “I always made it a rule in the past that I hire people better than me,” he said, crediting his staff for their contributions to his company and their community.

Platinum Homes and Developments has racked up an impressive list of awards from the Canadian Home Builders Association over the last eight years.

“I’m kind of speechless,” said Terry Loewen, who owns it along with business partner Sam Wong.

“Red Deer is a fantastic community. It’s a great place to do business,” he said, crediting his staff, wife and children and parents for helping make the company a success.

Loewen said he was looking forward to working with the Liberal government, but had some words of advice for the new regime in Ottawa.

Small businesses are crucial to the economic health of their communities.

“If you take small businesses and start taxing them they can’t do what they do best,” he said.

Other Business of the Year Award nominees were: 1-10 employees — SafeTracks GPS Canada Inc., Tiny Toes Castle Ltd. 11 - 20 employees — All Service Insurance Brokers Ltd., DLC Regional Mortgages 21 or more employees — Abbey Master Builders, Prime Boiler Services pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Suter told court that he mourns the loss of the little boy and asked the child’s family to forgive him for losing control of his car.

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CALGARY — Three Calgary nursing home workers have been sentenced to 60 days in jail for abusing a 92-year-old man.

In February 2014, Ulrich Wissner told his family about the abuse at Carewest Garrison Green, so his son secretly installed a camera.

It showed three women slapping, flicking water at, and threatening to pour urine on Wissner, who died a month later.

Court heard that Wissner was bedridden, physically frail, and had cancer.

Maria Teresa Dumo, May Casimero, and Angelina Borja all pleaded guilty to assault.

Wissner’s family says the senior lived the last months of his life feeling afraid, helpless and angry instead of comfortable and safe.

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“It is deeply regretful that you continue to engage in these negative activities over the past 13 years,” said Riemer.

Shaw was acquitted of three charges including two counts of possession of a prohibited weapon and unauthorized possession of a firearm.

Riemer said there was not enough evidence presented at trial to convict Shaw of those offences.

The day Shaw was arrested turned out to be a long one for RCMP officers in Central Alberta.

Blackfalds RCMP were called to a rural residence in Red Deer County to a report of a break and enter and theft of a firearm and quad.

Officers from Blackfalds, Innisfail and Sylvan Lake detachment scoured the countryside looking for their suspect.

More officers were warning residents in the area that a man on a stolen quad was in the area and he may be armed.

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Harper could not stop the tsunami For 78 days, it was Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau wave, the most galling on his own, trying to turn back a re- way for Harper to end a long political lentless tide. career-he stood more solitary than evUltimately, it couldn’t be any other er before. way because this Conservative brand Trudeau took his party from third has always been Harper’s place at dissolution at 36 brand. It is Harper’s party seats to a majority, adding and now it is Harper’s demore than 150 seats to his bacle. party’s ledger, completing It was not the economy, the remaking of a party it was not just Conservative which, four years ago wasn’t strategy, it was not just the certain it could survive. uninspired status quo platElection night 2011, form, it was not solely a Libwe were talking about a eral comeback for the histotwo-party system in this ry books by Justin Trudeau. country that did not include It was about Harper and the Liberals. On election a man repudiated by Canight 2015, Trudeau led nadians who knew, better the once moribund party to TIM than he, that he had come the type of victory even its HARPER to them once too often. He fiercest partisans could not signaled his departure not envisage.

OPINION from the Calgary podium Canadians turned to a and his departure came man who took the political swiftly, but by press release. high road, just as he had pledged, and This was about a man who thought gave the collective back of their hand he could somehow swim against a cur- to the mean-spirited, divisive, autorent that washed across this country cratic way of governing personified in from east to west, a man who alienated Harper. even those who had previously voted Still, the size and the sting of the refor him and many who had worked for pudiation surprised. the party and who just wanted him out If there was a bigger surprise, it was of the way this time. the collapse of the NDP under ThomWhen the wave engulfed Harper, a as Mulcair, a man who came into the

election as a narrow front-runner, but then ran a campaign so cautious, so consumed with not scaring Canadians that orange turned to beige and finally blended colourlessly into the background.

When electoral tsunamis hit, they wash out the innocent and the culpable alike. There is no distinction.

Trudeau soared, but Harper, through hubris or ill-conceived strategy, decided to put himself out there in front of the country virtually every day for 11 weeks.

He and his campaign had run out of ways to counter Trudeau. They told us this wasn’t a popularity contest, they ran ads saying Harper “wasn’t perfect,’’ he told us, with no apparent irony, that this wasn’t election about him.

But, of course it was. Harper played fear, he played division, he played game show host, he played part of the Ford family. Nothing worked and when it was all done, it was also apparent Harper had overplayed the niqab card.

That particular gambit pushed NDP support down so effectively and so quickly, it made the decision for Canadians easy. They wanted change and that change had to be Trudeau.

Harper was a man who had been abandoned by his front bench, one-

by-one, first by his late finance minister Jim Flaherty, then three others who emerged as Conservative winners because they sat this one out — John Baird, Peter MacKay and James Moore.

Monday, he took down others with him. It would be false to call this a defeat for the team, because there really is no team, but the end came for ministers such as Chris Alexander, Joe Oliver, Bernard Valcourt, Julian Fantino and Gail Shea.

The other loser Monday could be the presumptive Conservative front-runner in a leadership race, Jason Kenney. He is inextricably tied to this night of infamy.

We were told time and time again Trudeau was not ready. He was belittled by Harper calling him “Justin.”

Like everything else he pitched, Canadians rejected that Harper message as well.

More often than not, Canadian voters do the right thing. Change, in any democracy, is a goal worth pursuing and the country seems to intuitively know when the time has come.

There are no term limits in this country. We don’t need them. Voters impose them.

Tim Harper is a national affairs writer syndicated by the Toronto Star.

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Now the real test begins for Canada’s left CHRISTOPHER FLAVELLE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE For almost a decade, Canadians of a certain stripe have complained that their country could do great things again — if only it weren’t for Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Monday’s election offers the chance to find out if that’s true.

Harper lost to the Liberal Party, whose campaign platform would make Bernie Sanders blush: higher taxes for the rich, legalized marijuana, mandatory voting, more action on climate change, a quota for women in the cabinet, tighter restrictions on political spending, tougher gun control, more worker protection and greater limits on government surveillance. The incoming prime minister, Justin Trudeau, even mused earlier this year about loosening restrictions on euthanasia and prostitution.

Unlike in the U.S., where a president must negotiate bills with an independent legislature, a Canadian prime minister with a majority in Parliament can pretty much do what he wants. There are only two real constraints: How much does the Liberal Party want to accomplish these things? And how much will Canadians care if they do?

The party’s recent past doesn’t inspire confidence. The last two Liberal governments, under Prime Ministers Jean Chretien and Paul Martin,

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left no obvious legacy of progressive achievements.

Their greatest success was breaking the cycle of federal deficits, leaving Canada to weather the global recession with its finances in better shape than most of its peers.

The party slowly collapsed, weakened not just by internecine warfare and scandal but also a deeper malaise: uncertainty about what it wanted to accomplish. (As student at McGill University, I recall members of the school’s Young Liberals club defending their party’s inaction on the grounds that all the country’s big problems had been solved.) Harper’s ascendancy could be explained partly by voters’ desire for somebody who could convincingly answer the question of why he wanted to be prime minister (even if the answer was mostly to cut taxes).

Liberals’ uncertainty about what to do with government is no accident, and despite the magnitude of Monday’s victory, there’s no reason to think it’s been resolved.

The Liberals are Canada’s Clintonian Democrats: willing to expand government but sensitive to business interests, concerned with the public good but just as worried about political expediency.

An instinct toward pragmatism is probably healthy, but coupled with a fundamental ambivalence about policy goals, it means the Liberals will be cautious about which of their 106 platform pledges become priorities. The party will mostly go where

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That’s why the next several months could reveal a lot about the political orientation of modern Canada — much more than was revealed by Monday’s vote, which primarily showed the rejection of a dated prime minister and the consolidation of the left-wing vote.

If Canadians accept a few new tax breaks for the middle class, vague pledges on climate change and some symbolic shifts — letting in more Syrian refugees, perhaps, and dropping the previous government’s efforts to ban niqabs in citizenship ceremonies — as the fulfillment of the Liberals’ promise of change, then the complaint that Harper was holding the country back will look hollow.

If, however, the Liberals feel compelled by public opinion to tackle, early on, the more controversial issues they ran on — achieving a meaningful price on carbon, rolling back Harper’s tough-on-crime policies, reforming drug and prostitution laws, changing the way members of Parliament are elected — then the argument that Canada is a progressive country at heart, long thwarted by a prime minister who wasn’t, will acquire some meaning.

The country’s big problems haven’t been solved.

We’re about to see how much Liberals, and Canadians in general, want to try.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HAMILTON — Scores of people turned out under dark skies for a hilltop ceremony on Wednesday in honour of a soldier gunned down a year ago as he stood guard at the National War Memorial on Parliament Hill.

Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, 24, was shot fatally from behind by a lone gunman, who then raced into the House of Commons before he, too, was gunned down.

“It was cowardly, it was evil, and most of all, it was tragic,” Cirillo’s sister Nicole told the assembled crowd.

“When Nathan passed away, our family’s snowglobe was shaken and turned upside down, and now everything is falling in a new place. It is unrecognizable. There is sorrow and pain. All we want to do is go back to the world that we once knew.”

At the same time, Cirillo said, the tragedy had brought forward an outpouring of comfort and support for the family from all over the world.

Cirillo, a member of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders regiment, left a young son, Marcus Cirillo, who goofed around before the ceremony, as well as his mother, step-father and siblings who were in attendance.

The evening ceremony, in near darkness, included a marching on of the colours, a “monument of light,” and words from the regiment’s padre, Robert Fead.

“We gather to remember, ironically, because he lost his life at the very place where Canadians, particularly those of use who serve in the military, also gather to remember,” Fead said.

“May his life and death inspire all of us to work for greater peace in our nation and in our world.”

Cirillo was also being remembered for the love that he had for his family, for rescue dogs, his smile and his friendliness, Fead said.

The young corporal and his partner, Cpl. Branden Stevenson, were on ceremonial sentry duty at the war memorial when Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, 32, shot him in the back before storming into the Centre Block on Parliament Hill.

Days after the shooting, politicians, members of the military and friends and family packed a Hamilton church while thousands stood quietly in the streets and watched a the procession of an estimated 4,500 members of the armed forces and first responders marched through the city’s downtown.

Coming just 48 hours after Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, 53, was murdered in a hit-and-run by an Islamic-extremist in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., the assault on Canada’s Parliament sent shock waves through the country and prompted an outpouring of grief.

Lesya Dyk, whose son is in the military, said she remembers the shock after the killings.

“We felt such a sense of panic,” Dyk said after the Cirillo service on Wednesday. “The military supports their own.”

Following the ceremony, attended by some people with candles and others with the Maple Leaf, members of Cirillo’s regiment marched back to their local armoury for a final, private dispatch.

On Thursday morning at the War Memorial, Gov. Gen. David Johnston,

OTTAWA — The violence Michael Zehaf Bibeau visited upon an unsuspecting Ottawa one year ago not only killed Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, but irrevocably altered the way Martin Magnan looks at his own life and the people around him.

Magnan, 47, is a dapper, soft-spoken, thoughtful man.

A year ago, he was a well-regarded media adviser at National Defence on his way to a meeting when Zehaf Bibeau popped out from behind the National War Memorial to gun down Cirillo before storming Parliament Hill.

Magnan was among six people who risked their own lives to aid the mortally wounded soldier. They were a mixture of civilian and military — a trauma nurse, a former battle group commander in Afghanistan and the driver for the country’s chief of defence staff.

It was Magnan who held Cirillo’s hand as the young soldier died.

“You know, I have children,” he said Wednesday in an interview with The Canadian Press.

“I was really thinking at that point — as I grabbed his hand — that if anything like this ever happened to any of my children I’d really hope a stranger would hold their hand as they went through to the other side.”

Although, paramedics arrived and continued CPR, Magnan said it was evident to him and some of the other rescuers that Cirillo’s wounds were too severe and that he had passed away at the foot of the soaring granite monument.

He sat on the edge of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as the young reservist was taken away to the ambulance, and remembers looking up at the bronze faces of the soldiers represented in the memorial.

“I see them cart away Nathan and people are kind of dispersing,” Magnan said. “There’s bags on the ground.

And then, my hands are shaking. I’m getting kind of cold and I just look up at the stone face. And I look up higher and see the tip of the statue. That was probably the coldest, loneliest moment of my life.”

Everyone who came to Cirillo’s aid was taken to the Ottawa police station for an interview Magnan was among the last of the initial six to be questioned. As he was leaving, witnesses from the shooting on the Hill itself were lining up for questioning and that’s when the enormity of the day’s events settled on him.

“I had no idea who these people and they were all talking about the shooting at Parliament,” he said.

“At that point, I’m like, ‘Wow, that’s where he went. That’s what happened next.’ It was a second overwhelming wave because you realize this was an attack on government. This really happened.”

outgoing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau will be part of a commemoration, along with members of Cirillo and Vincent’s families, soldiers from Cirillo’s reserve regiment, first responders and police.

There will also be a 21-gun salute and a flypast by four CF-18 fighter jets, similar to Remembrance Day ceremonies.

Harper comments on Islam damaging: former CSIS analyst

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Stephen Harper’s comments about the threat of “Islamicism” strained the fragile trust federal officials built with Muslim Canadians in the fight against terrorism, says a former analyst with Canada’s spy agency.

The frequently harsh tone Harper and his cabinet members struck with Muslims created a rift the new Liberal government must work to overcome, said Phil Gurski, who spent almost 13 years at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service before moving to Public

Safety Canada.

Rebuilding trust will be an important element in national counter-extremism efforts by police and community groups, said Gurski, a specialist in radicalization and homegrown terrorism now working as a private threat and risk consultant.

“I think now that with a new government, we have at least the opportunity to start — not with a blank slate — but to kind of reset the relationship,” he said.

He has distilled his insights into a book, The Threat from Within, published this week.

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Rebels blowout Blades

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Rebels 7 Blades 1 Wyatt Johnson looks right at home as the newly-minted Red Deer Rebels captain.

The 20-year-old forward turned in a multi-point performance for the second consecutive game Wednesday at the Centrium, notching three goals and assisting on another as the Rebels routed the Saskatoon Blades 7-1 in a WHL contest viewed by a recorded gathering of 4,601.

“It’s nice to start getting on the scoresheet. The first 10 games didn’t go as we wanted, but it’s nice to start contributing,” said Johnson, who busted out of his offensive slump with a goal — his first of the season — and two assists in last Saturday’s 6-4 win at Vancouver.

“Obviously it was good to get a win. We had a lot of good players out there tonight and it transferred into a 60-minute effort.”

Johnson, who replaced linemate Conner Bleackley – who still wears a letter — as the Rebels’ captain during the recent four-game B.C. road trip, scored the tying goal and the eventual winner after the Blades opened the scoring on a short-handed marker

by Nick Zajac 5:25 into the contest.

Johnson potted a beauty nine minutes later on a short-handed two-on-one with Presten Kopeck, executing a nifty toe drag before beating netminder Nik Amundrud. Johnson cashed a cross-ice pass from Bleackley while left alone at the side of the net and the Rebels early in the second period were well on their way to the one-sided victory.

Red Deer added two more in the period, with Ivan Nikolishin finding the top corner of the net with a power-play point shot and Johnson completing his hat trick.

The Blades took advantage of an unfortunate turnover by defenceman Haydn Fleury at the Saskatoon blueline to pot their lone goal. Zajac pounced on the puck, broke down the left boards and beat Rylan Toth from a shot from the faceoff circle.

“I thought we came out hard and played in their zone most of the game,” said Johnson. “We kind of got a little unlucky with the fanned pass (by Fleury) on the power play, but we regrouped from there and didn’t give them too much after that.”

Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter wasn’t impressed with the goal — which came on the visitors’ third shot — and replaced Toth with Trevor Martin, who stopped all 15 shots he faced the rest of the way.

Martin wasn’t busy, but he made a nifty toe save on Josh Paterson in the first period and took a goal away from Nolan Reid with a sliding save in the final frame.

“Obviously, I wasn’t happy with the goal,” said Sutter. “You never want to make a goalie change that soon in a game, but at the same time you can’t leave anything for chance. I had to make sure that I gave the guys an opportunity to get through it and get go-

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Red Deer Rebel Evan Polei and Saskatoon Blade Schael Higson clash in front of Blades goaltender Nik Amundrud during first period action at the Centrium ing, and I thought they handled it really well.”

The Rebels completed their onslaught with three third-period goals, Michael Spacek scoring on a breakaway, Austin Pratt credited with his second of the season on a deflection and defenceman Colton Bobyk busting to the net and converting a feed from Grayson Pawlenchuk, who finished with two helpers.

Amundrud made 25 saves and while he was beaten seven times, he kept the hosts from hitting double figures with a large handful of excellent stops.

“We certainly got our rhythm going after being down 1-0,” said Sutter. “We played hard tonight against a team that played last night (a 3-2 overtime win at Edmonton) and they’re a younger group. But we played the right way, the way we’ve been preaching it. The kids did a lot of good thing here tonight.”

The Rebels boss was encouraged by the play of Johnson’s line, as Bleackley picked up a pair of helpers and Lane Pederson drew an assist.

“That line was really good in Vancouver, they were certainly the best line on the ice that night,” said Sutter. “We need to have four lines going with

the way we have to play. It gives other players an opportunity to play in other situations, which is huge for their development. It was good to have a lead like that where you can mix lines and get some of the younger kids playing with some of the older guys.”

Fleury was assessed a major and a game misconduct in the second period for a check to the head and former Rebel Connor Gay was also hit with a maior and banished from the contest when he delivered a cross check to Fleury’s face just seconds later.

• Sutter swung a deal with the Tri-City Americans earlier in the day, acquiring forward/defenceman Braden Purtill in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2017 WHL bantam draft.

Purtill, an 18-year-old Winnipeg product, is in his third season in the league and has scored 11 goals and added 10 assists in 111 games. He was a thirdround selection of the Americans in the 2012 bantam draft.

The Rebels host the Medicine Hat Tigers and Kootenay Ice Friday and Saturday. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Estrada keeps Blue Jays alive in ALCS

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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Marco Estrada throws against the Kansas City Royals during the eighth inning in Game 5 of baseball’s American League Championship Series on Wednesday, in Toronto.

Blue Jays 7 Royals 1 TORONTO — Marco Estrada can count on striking it rich as a free agent in the off-season. Wherever he ends up, the Blue Jays will still owe him bigtime.

For the second time in the post-season, the 32-year-old right-hander kept Toronto alive — this time with a gem of a pitching performance in a 7-1 win over Kansas City that forced a sixth game in their American League Championship Series.

Estrada was near flawless in limiting the Royals to one hit over seven innings and three over 7 2/3 innings.

“Everything he threw up there was right where he wanted it,” said Toronto manager John Gibbons.

“He had everything going,” he added.

“He’s sticking that fastball, nice little curveball, and his overpowering changeup. He shut down a good-hitting, hot team.”

Estrada retired the first nine Kansas City batters he faced. A single in the fourth — promptly erased by a double play — and a two-out walk in the seventh were the only blemishes on his pitching line in the first seven innings as he retired 21 of 22.

He exited in the eighth to a standing ovation after giving up a two-out solo homer to Salvador Perez followed by a single to Alex Gordon.

“Today he was absolutely dynamite,” said Royals manager Ned Yost.

“He didn’t miss spots. His changeup was fantastic. He just didn’t give us anything to hit.”

The Royals still hold an edge going

home, leading the best-of-seven series 3-2. The teams go at it Friday in Kauffman Stadium, with Toronto’s David Price likely facing Yordano Ventura in a rematch of Game 2, won 6-3 by the Royals.

Game 7 is Saturday, if needed.

Troy Tulowitzki drove in three runs in a four-run Toronto sixth and Chris Colabello contributed a solo homer in the second before a loud crowd of 49,325 under the dome at the Rogers Centre.

“It’s been a while since I pitched here, and I forgot how great our fans were,” said Estrada. “It was pretty loud today. I had a lot of adrenalin going.”

Estrada, who came to Toronto last November in a trade that send Adam Lind to Milwaukee, has delivered unexpected dividends for the Jays.

His spring training interrupted by a rolled ankle and with the focus on prospect Daniel Norris, the prognosis seemed a possible role in the bullpen.

Instead Estrada, who is making US$3.9 million this season as he heads to free agency, became a key member of the rotation.

In June, he took no-hitters into the eighth inning in back-to-back starts.

And he led the majors after the all-star break by limiting opposition hitters to batting .183.

“He’s pitched like that all year,” said Gibbons.

Estrada is the first Toronto pitcher to throw seven consecutive shutout innings in a post-season game since Jimmy Key in Game 4 of the 1992 World Series Still, with the Royals having the edge going home, Yost said his team is feeling good.

Talbot backstops Oilers to third straight win

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Oilers 3 Red Wings 1 EDMONTON — One week has made a major difference on the outlook of the Edmonton Oilers.

Connor McDavid and Teddy Purcell scored in the second period as the Oilers won their third straight with a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night.

Mark Letestu opened the scoring for the Oilers (3-4-0) in the first while Nail Yakupov added a pair of assists. Edmonton snapped an eight-game losing streak against Detroit with the win.

“It was a good win,” said Oilers head coach Todd McLellan. “It is one

that we will bank and be proud of, but there are still areas of our game where we have to get better. We’re going to be saying that in February. We need to keep plugging away.”

Edmonton’s streak includes wins over Detroit, the Calgary Flames and the Vancouver Canucks — teams they lost all 12 combined games to last season.

“Game by game we are getting better as a team,” said Oilers goaltender Cam Talbot, who made 28 saves. “To come up with some timely goals and Anders (Nilsson) and I have been able to come up with some big saves, it is all coming together pretty quick here like we were hoping. Hopefully we can keep it going.”

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Tomas Tatar found the back of the net for Detroit (3-3-0), which lost its third in a row.

“It was better than the last game, I think we battled harder and won some more battles,” said Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg. “We created a little more offence. Obviously those two quick goals hurt us. They’re pretty deadly when they get the chances.”

“We had two huge blowups and you can’t win with big blowups,” added Detroit head coach Jeff Blashill.

Edmonton went up 2-0 at 6:34 of the second period as Benoit Pouliot sent McDavid in on a breakaway and he beat Mrazek with a highlight-reel deke to score his fourth goal of the season.

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30 seconds later as the rebound from a Purcell shot went off Detroit defenceman Kyle Quincey and into the Red Wings net.

Letestu helped the Oilers get on the board with a power-play goal at 12:32 of the first period. Yakupov made a perfect feed in front of the net and Letestu was able to direct the puck past Red Wings goaltender Petr Mrazek. It was Letestu’s first goal in an Edmonton uniform.

The Oilers had 11 first period shots to Detroit’s five on Talbot, who made a couple of huge glove saves on a late Red Wings power play.

Detroit cut into the lead seven minutes into the third as Tatar scored on a backhand shot off a rebound.

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Top teams to take in Curling Classic CHAMPIONS BACK TO DEFEND TITLES AT RED DEER’S WORLD CURLING TOUR STOP THIS WEEKEND

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Defending champions Alina Paetz of Zurich, Switzerland, and Josh Heidt of Kerrobert, Sask., are among the contenders in the 2015 Red Deer Curling Classic scheduled for Friday to Monday at the Pidherney Centre.

Other rinks of note in the women’s division are skipped by Shannon Kleibrink and 2012 Classic champ Chelsea Carey, both of Calgary, and Kelsey Rocque of Edmonton. Kleibrink won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy and is a former Alberta champion, Carey — formerly of Win-

nipeg and Edmonton — has a Manitoba title on her resume and Rocque currently occupies sixth place on the World Curling Tour money list with earnings of $14,400.

Joining Paetz as members of the international field are Satsuki Fujisawa of Japan and Jie Mei of China.

Red Deer’s Jocelyn Peterman, a former Canadian junior champ, is throwing second stones for Carey, and Whitney Eckstrand, also of Red Deer, is playing second for the Calgary foursome skipped by Nadine Chyz.

Other former Red Deer curlers set to compete in the Classic are Amy Janko, third for Teryn Hamilton of Cal-

gary, and Brittany Tran, who tosses third rocks for Geri-Lynn Ramsay. Rebecca Konschuh of Sundre is Ramsay’s second.

Jeff Erickson of Red Deer and his supporting cast of Dustin Eckstrand, Shaun Planaden and Scott Cruickshank are the locals entered on the men’s side, which will also feature former Red Deer curler Shaun Meachem, whose Saskatoon-based rink sits 13th on the WCT money list with winnings of $12,500.

Notable men’s rinks are skipped

by Kevin Park of Edmonton, Charley Thomas of Calgary, Dean Joanisse of New Westminster, B.C., Jeff Richard of

Maple Ridge, B.C., Bruce Korte of Saskatoon and Jamie Koe of Yellowknife, N.W.T. Giving the men’s division an international flavour are Korean rinks headed by MinWoo Kim, Soo-Hyuk and Se Hyeon Seong, and Brady Clark of Seattle.

The World Curling Tour event features a total purse of $35,000 in each of the women’s and men’s divisions.

The first draw is set for 9:30 a.m.

Friday and the triple-knockout Classic will conclude with the championship finals slated for 3:30 p.m. Monday. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Mets book ticket to World Series with sweep

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mets 8 Cubs 3 CHICAGO — One final, charmed swing by Daniel Murphy, and the New York Mets finished a playoff sweep of the Chicago Cubs.

A new generation of Amazins is heading to the World Series.

Murphy homered for a record sixth consecutive post-season game, and the Mets brushed aside the Cubs 8-3 Wednesday night, capping a National League Championship Series in which New York never trailed.

“I can’t explain it. It’s such a blessing to contribute to what we’ve been able to do,” he said.

Lucas Duda hit a three-run homer in the first inning and a two-run double in the second at Wrigley Field, silencing a crowd of 42,227 desperately hoping for the beginning of an epic comeback in Game 4.

Not this time. Not with New York’s array of power arms, and Murphy swinging a hot stick that made him the NLCS MVP. Manager Terry Collins’ team advanced to the World Series for the first time since the Mets lost to the crosstown Yankees in five games in 2000. They will play at either Toronto or Kansas City in Game 1 on Tuesday night — the Royals lead 3-2 in the ALCS. But the first big question for New York is the health of centre fielder Yoenis Cespedes, who left in the second inning with soreness in his left shoulder. Any health issue for the slugger could be a big factor in the next round.

The Cubs, meanwhile, still haven’t won the crown since 1908. Manager Joe Maddon’s wild-card bunch surged into this series, but was overmatched.

“They didn’t give us — they did not let us up for air at any point,” Maddon said. “Their domination of the early part of the game and their pitching was impressive.”

When Dexter Fowler looked at a called third strike for the final out, Jeurys Familia dropped to his knees in front of the mound and then hopped up for a hug from catcher Travis d’Ar-

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The New York Mets celebrate after Game 4 of the National League baseball championship series against the Chicago Cubs Wednesday, in Chicago. The Mets won 8-3 to advance to the World Series. naud. They were soon joined by the rest of their jubilant teammates in the infield grass.

A small, but vocal group of New York fans behind the visiting dugout then chanted “Let’s go, Mets! Let’s go, Mets!” Long after the team had moved its celebration to the cramped visiting clubhouse at Wrigley, the fans continued with chants of “Four more wins!

Four more wins!”

By wrapping it up fast, the Mets can now set up their imposing rotation how they want for the World Series. Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey and Noah Syndergaard will all be on full rest, and then some.

Right when it looked as if his historic streak was coming to an end, Murphy connected for a two-run drive to centre against Fernando Rodney in

the eighth inning. The second baseman raised his right arm as he rounded first after his seventh homer of the playoffs — the string includes a shot in the deciding Game 5 of the Division Series at Dodger Stadium last week.

Murphy, who was tied with Carlos Beltran for the post-season homer streak, finished with four hits and batted .529 (9 for 17) in the series.

Duda doubled twice and d’Arnaud also homered as the Mets won their fifth pennant. Bartolo Colon pitched 1 1-3 scoreless innings for his first playoff win since 2001, for Cleveland at Seattle. The 14 years, 12 days between postseason victories for the 42-yearold right-hander snapped the major league record of exactly 14 years for Milt Wilcox, according to STATS. Colon, who made 31 starts this sea-

son, replaced rookie Steven Matz with two out in the fifth and runners on first and second. He struck out Kris Bryant swinging on a 3-2 pitch, preserving New York’s 6-1 lead.

Bryant hit a two-run homer in the eighth, but it was way too late for Chicago in its first appearance in the NLCS in 12 years. The Cubs shut out Pittsburgh in the wild-card game and eliminated rival St. Louis in the division series, but were unable to mount much of a challenge against the Mets’ talented pitching staff.

The Cubs also loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth, and only came away with one run on Kyle Schwarber’s grounder to first. Starlin Castro lined right to third baseman David Wright on a hard smash for the first out.

Eskimos look for some breathing room with win over Riders

Mike Reilly and the Edmonton Eskimos can give themselves a little breathing room this weekend.

The Eskimos (12-4) visit the Roughriders (2-13) on Saturday night tied with Calgary (12-4) atop the West Division. But the Stampeders have a bye week so Edmonton can move two points ahead of its provincial rival with a victory.

And that would be big considering Edmonton has clinched the season series with Calgary and would finish ahead in the event of a tie.

It’s the first contest for Saskatchewan since dispatching quarterback Kevin Glenn and running back Jerome Messam at the CFL’s Oct. 14 trade deadline.

The Riders sent Glenn to Montreal and Messam to Calgary, respectively.

That means rookie Brett Smith will start for Saskatchewan, which lost 30-5 to Edmonton on July 31.

Edmonton comes in as the CFL’s hottest team having won six straight and a solid 7-2 within the West Division. Saskatchewan has dropped two consecutive games and is just 1-7 within the conference and 2-6 at Mosaic Stadium.

The Riders have also been eliminated from playoff contention.

Edmonton’s win streak coincides with Reilly’s return as the starter after suffering a knee injury in the season-opening loss to Toronto. The veteran quarterback has completed 135-of-215 passes (62.8 per cent) for 1,508 yards but has more interceptions (nine) TRAVEL WITH than TDs (eight).

However, Reilly brings another element to Ed“because we care” monton’s offence, having rushed for 216 yards on 43 PAY FOR 5 carries (5.02-yard average) CASINO DAY TRIPS with a TD. - 6TH DAY TRIP IS FREE Another huge factor has been an Edmonton defence that’s tops in the RIVER CREE CFL in fewest points alCASINO lowed (16.1 per game), EDMONTON yards (290.9), rushing OCT. 20 yards (65.3), passing yards DEERFOOT (243.9) and passing TDs CASINO (17). And in last weekend’s NOV. 12 26-23 overtime win over B.C., kicker Sean Whyte MEDICINE HAT had six field goals, includCASINO ing the one that forced Oct. 13-15 overtime as well as the GOLD EAGLE CASINO winner the second extra session.

NORTH BATTLEFORD Also, Adarius Bowman CHRISTMAS TOUR had 11 catches for 198 DEC. 7-9 yards and a TD versus B.C. Pick — Edmonton.

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who’re battling B.C. and Montreal for the final West Division playoff spot, but also threw three interceptions.

Pick — Ottawa.

Last week:4-0.

Overall record: 43-26.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs.

B.C. Lions on Friday night Hamilton is the CFL’s best road team at 5-2 however East teams traditionally struggle at B.C. Place.

Then again, the Lions (5-10) have had trouble protecting home turf with a 3-4 record there. But B.C. has deserved a better fate the last two weeks, twice losing by three points. The Ticats are coming off a 2311 road win over Montreal as rookie quarterback Jeff Mathews was 21-of-25 passing for 241 yards and a TD. Pick — Hamilton.

Ottawa Redblacks at Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Saturday afternoon Ottawa (9-6) earned a 27-24 home win last weekend over Winnipeg (5-10) despite being outscored 24-11 in the second half. Henry Burris threw for 370 yards and a TD for the Redblacks, with Chris Williams and Greg Ellingson both going over 100 yards receiving.

Matt Nicholls had three TD strikes for the Bombers,

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Montreal Alouettes vs.

Toronto Argonauts on Friday night Toronto (9-6) is tied with Ottawa for second in the East Division, both just two points behind Hamilton (10-5). For the second straight week the Argos play at Tim Hortons Field, losing 27-15 to Calgary last weekend to stand 0-4 all-time there. A win would give the Double Blue the season series with the Als for the first time since ‘05. Montreal (5-10) halted the Ticats’ 10-game home win streak earlier this season but has lost four straight and must chase a West Division playoff berth.

Pick — Toronto.

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports • High school football: Rocky Mountain House at Ponoka, 4 p.m.; Hunting Hills at Lacombe, 7:30 p.m., MTGlobal Athletic Park.

• Senior high volleyball: Hunting Hills at Lindsay Thurber, girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow.

• College women’s hockey: SAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena.

Friday • World Curling Tour: Red Deer Classic at Pidherney Centre.

• Senior high volleyball: Lindsay Thurber girls/boys tournament; matches at 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 p.m.

• High school football: Stettler at Drayton Valley, Wetaskiwin at Sylvan Lake, 4 p.m.; Lindsay Thurber at Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park.

• Peewee AA hockey: West Central at Red Deer TBS, 6 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• WHL: Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Ponoka at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.

• Midget AA hockey: Red Deer Elks at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 8 p.m., Arena.

• Chinook senior hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday • World Curling Tour: Red Deer Classic at Pidherney Centre.

• Senior high volleyball: Lindsay Thurber girls/boys tournament; matches at 9, 10 and 11 a.m., noon, 1:30, 2:45, 4 and 5:30 p.m. (finals).

• Peewee AA hockey: Olds at Red Deer Parkland, 10:30 a.m., Kinex; West Central at Central Alberta, 2:45 p.m., Clive.

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Canucks at Red Deer North Star, 11:30 a.m., Arena.

• College soccer: Medicine Hat at RDC,

women at noon, men to follow.

• Major bantam girls hockey: Calgary Rangers at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Bruins at Red Deer Strata Energy, 4:45 p.m., Arena.

• Major midget girls hockey: Calgary Fire at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Bantam AA hockey: Olds at Red Deer Ramada, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; Bow Valley at Central Alberta, 5:45 p.m., Lacombe.

• WHL: Kootenay at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium.

• Chinook senior hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Bentley, 7 p.m.

• AJHL: Drumheller at Olds, 7 p.m.

• Midget AA hockey: Calgary Gold at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 7:30 p.m., Arena; Taber at West Central, 8 p.m., Sylvan Lake; Lethbridge at Central Alberta, 8:15 p.m., Lacombe.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.; Medicine Hat at Ponoka, 8 p.m.

Sunday • World Curling Tour: Red Deer Classic at Pidherney Centre.

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Rangers at Red Deer North Star, 11:30 a.m., Arena.

• College soccer: Lethbridge at RDC, women at noon, men to follow.

• Midget AA hockey: Taber at Red Deer Elks, 2 p.m., Arena; Calgary Gold at West Central, 3:30 p.m., Caroline; Okotoks at Central Alberta, 4:30 p.m., Lacombe.

• Major midget girls hockey: Edmonton Thunder at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Ponoka, 2:30 p.m.; Banff at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m.; High River at Red Deer, 6:45 p.m., Arena.

• Peewee AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer TBS, 11:30 a.m., Kinsmen A; Airdrie at West Central, 2:45 p.m., Sylvan Lake.

Basketball Cleveland

Red Deer Women’s League Triple Threat 53 Pink Panthers 26 TT — Kendra Campbell 13 points; Player of game: Cassandra Armstrong. PP — Amy Archibald 12; POG: Kaylin Ackerman.

Rampage 40 Dynamo 29 Rampage — POG: Becky Schaab. Dynamo — POG: Kacey Blanchett.

Funk defeats 58 Age Gap 19 Funk — Nicole Fisher 11; POG: Carmen Archer.

AG — Clair Wallace 9; POG: Jessica Oscar.

Big Ballers 48 Shooting Stars 21 BB — Amber Stauffer, Courtney Jane 10 each; POG: Stauffer. SS — Katie Wozney 9; POG: Becky Cornell.

Hoosier Daddy 42 Spartans 34 HD — Karalee Kaider 8; POG: Kendra Joyes. Spartans — Carla Stewart 9; POG: Tracy Klassen.

Storm 45 Xpress 20 Storm — POG: Taya Strawberry. Xpress — Karley Waisanen, Robyn Bonnar 4 each; POG: Christine Wilson.

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 5 0 1.000 Houston 3 4 .429 New Orleans 2 4 .333 San Antonio 1 4 .200 Dallas 0 6 .000 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 4 1 .800 Denver 4 2 .667 Portland 3 3 .500 Utah 2 4 .333 Minnesota 1 5 .167 Pacific Division W L Pct Sacramento 5 1 .833 Phoenix 4 2 .667 L.A. Clippers 2 3 .400 L.A. Lakers 2 4 .333 Golden State 2 4 .333

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GB — 3 3 1/2 4 5 1/2 GB — 1/2 1 1/2 2 1/2 3 1/2 GB — 1 2 1/2 3 3

Red Deer Men’s League Tuesday’s Games Chicago 103, Indiana 94 Milwaukee 106, Minnesota 88 Phoenix 104, San Antonio 84 Oklahoma City 113, Utah 102 L.A. Clippers 130, Golden State 95

D Leaguers 66 Sheraton Red Deer 61 DL – Ben Cripps 19, Jesse Liske 16; POG: Liske.

SRD — Matt Thomson 31, Bow Rockarts 9; POG: Thomson.

Wells Furniture 76 Kingsmen 45 Wells — Jon McComish 18, Dave McComish 16; POG: D. McComish. Kingsmen — Daniel Gardian 14, Cole Foster 10; POG: Gardian.

Wednesday’s Games Orlando 110, New Orleans 107, OT Charlotte 99, Detroit 94 Memphis 82, Atlanta 81 Miami 110, Washington 105 Phoenix 99, Dallas 87 Thursday’s Games Charlotte vs. Indiana at Fort Wayne, IN, 5 p.m.

New York at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Denver at Utah, 7 p.m.

Golden State vs. L.A. Lakers at Anaheim, CA, 8 p.m.

Portland at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

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Philadelphia vs. Boston at Manchester, NH, 5:30 p.m.

Washington vs. Toronto at Montreal, Quebec, 5:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Dallas vs. Chicago at Lincoln, NE, 6 p.m.

Miami at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Houston at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Prince Albert 11 8 2 0 1 44 38 17 Moose Jaw 10 7 1 1 1 45 25 16 Brandon 9 6 1 0 2 46 18 14 Regina 11 6 5 0 0 33 39 12 Saskatoon 10 4 3 3 0 36 41 11 Swift Current 11 4 6 1 0 31 38 9 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Red Deer 12 8 4 0 0 48 35 16 Calgary 12 6 5 0 1 31 43 13 Lethbridge 8 6 2 0 0 39 22 12 Medicine Hat 9 4 4 1 0 32 37 9 Edmonton 11 3 6 2 0 28 39 8 Kootenay 12 2 10 0 0 23 51 4 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Victoria 11 7 4 0 0 35 24 14 Kelowna 11 7 4 0 0 45 41 14 Prince George 9 5 4 0 0 27 21 10 Vancouver 10 4 4 1 1 37 46 10 Kamloops 10 3 7 0 0 26 38 6

Seattle Tri-City Everett Spokane Portland

GP 7 9 6 9 8

U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt 5 1 1 0 28 18 11 4 4 1 0 31 33 9 4 2 0 0 17 17 8 3 5 1 0 25 39 7 2 6 0 0 21 25 4

Tuesday’s results Saskatoon 3 Edmonton 2 (OT) Regina 3 Kootenay 2 Prince George 5 Calgary 2 Wednesday’s results Red Deer 7 Saskatoon 1 Moose Jaw 6 Swift Current 1 Prince George 5 Calgary 0 Kamloops 3 Victoria 2 Brandon at Spokane, late Tri-City at Seattle, late Friday’s games Saskatoon at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Brandon at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Victoria at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Prince George at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Portland at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

Penalties — Wheaton Sas (slashing) 4:23, Doetzel RD (checking to the head) 14:13, Sas Bench (served by Uhrich, too many men) 15:30, Wheaton Sas (boarding) 19:18, Wheaton Sas (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 19:18.

Second Period 3. Red Deer, Johnson 3 (Bleackley, Pederson) 5:15.

4. Red Deer, Nikolishin 8 (Johnson, Hagel) 14:13 (pp).

5. Red Deer, Johnson 4 (Pawlenchuk, Bleackley) 17:32.

Penalties — Gay Sas (game misconduct) 8:52, Fleury RD (Major - Checking to the Head) 8:52, Gay Sas (Major-Cross Checking) 8:52, Fleury RD (game misconduct) 8:52, Spacek RD (hooking) 10:12, Hebig Sas (slashing) 13:43.

Third Period 6. Red Deer, Spacek 7 (unassisted) 3:59.

7. Red Deer, Pratt 2 (Kopeck) 4:56.

8. Red Deer, Bobyk 5 (Pawlenchuk, Nikolishin) 13:15.

Penalties — Polei RD (tripping) 1:56, Hebig Sas (hooking) 10:17, Pederson RD (tripping) 14:52.

Shots on goal Saskatoon 6 6 6 — 18 Red Deer 9 9 14 — 32 Goal — Saskatoon: Amundrud (L, 2-1-1) Red Deer: Martin (W, 2-1-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Saskatoon: 0-4 Red Deer: 1-6.

WHL Scoring Leaders

Sunday, October 25 Prince George at Vancouver, 3 p.m.

Prince Albert at Regina, 4 p.m.

Brandon at Portland, 6 p.m.

Wednesday’s summary Rebels 7, Blades 1 First Period 1. Saskatoon, Zajac 5 (unassisted) 5:25 (shorthanded-SH).

2. Red Deer, Johnson 2 (Fleury) 14:34 (short-handed-SH).

A 12 13 10 10 11 10 11 15 12 4 7 12 11

Pts 22 20 19 19 19 18 18 18 17 16 16 16 15

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Montreal 7 7 0 0 14 Tampa Bay 7 4 2 1 9 Florida 6 3 2 1 7 Ottawa 6 3 2 1 7 Detroit 6 3 3 0 6 Boston 6 2 3 1 5 Buffalo 6 2 4 0 4 Toronto 6 1 3 2 4

GF GA 23 7 23 20 18 12 19 17 16 16 22 26 11 15 13 19

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts 6 4 1 1 9 7 4 2 1 9 5 4 1 0 8 6 3 2 1 7 6 3 3 0 6 6 2 3 1 5 6 2 4 0 4 7 0 7 0 0

GF GA 21 15 18 15 19 12 13 16 10 11 11 16 12 17 13 34

N.Y. Islanders N.Y. Rangers Washington Philadelphia Pittsburgh New Jersey Carolina Columbus

Saturday’s games Lethbridge at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Calgary at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Victoria at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

G 10 7 9 9 8 8 7 3 5 12 9 4 4

Brayden Point, MJ Dryden Hunt, MJ Tyson Baillie, Kel Reid Gardiner, P.A. Ivan Nikolishin, RD Jayce Hawryluk, Bra Michael Spacek, RD Brayden Burke, Let Travis Sanheim, CAL Tyler Wong, Let Jonathon Martin, SC Simon Stransky, P.A. Nolan Patrick, Bra

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Dallas 6 5 1 0 10 Nashville 6 5 1 0 10 St. Louis 7 5 2 0 10 Winnipeg 6 4 2 0 8 Minnesota 5 3 1 1 7 Chicago 6 3 3 0 6 Colorado 6 2 3 1 5

GF GA 21 14 19 13 21 17 20 13 14 15 14 14 16 17

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts

GF GA

San Jose 6 4 2 0 8 17 12 Vancouver 6 3 1 2 8 16 11 Arizona 6 3 2 1 7 18 14 Edmonton 7 3 4 0 6 15 17 Los Angeles 5 2 3 0 4 6 14 Anaheim 5 1 3 1 3 5 12 Calgary 6 1 5 0 2 12 25 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Games Nashville 5, Tampa Bay 4, SO New Jersey 3, Arizona 2, OT Pittsburgh 3, Florida 2, OT N.Y. Islanders 4, Columbus 0 Dallas 2, Philadelphia 1 Montreal 3, St. Louis 0 Washington 6, Calgary 2 Wednesday’s Games Buffalo 2, Toronto 1, SO Philadelphia 5, Boston 4, OT Edmonton 3, Detroit 1 Carolina 1, Colorado 0, OT Thursday’s Games Arizona at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Florida at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Washington at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Montreal at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 5:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Washington at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s summary Oilers 3, Red Wings 1 First Period 1. Edmonton, Letestu 1 (Yakupov, Schultz) 12:32 (pp).

Penalties — Det Bench (too many men) 5:53, Gryba Edm (interference) 8:36, Miller Det (holding) 11:14, Hall Edm (tripping) 16:13.

Second Period 2. Edmonton, McDavid 4 (Pouliot, Yakupov) 6:34.

3. Edmonton, Purcell 1 (Korpikoski, Fayne) 7:04.

Penalties — Korpikoski Edm (holding) 0:48, Green Det (tripping) 2:56, Edm Bench (too many men) 4:09.

Third Period 4. Detroit, Tatar 1 (Nyquist, Sheahan) 6:49.

Penalties — Klinkhammer Edm (delay of game) 1:27, Purcell Edm (tripping) 16:47.

Shots on goal Detroit 5 11 13 — 29 Edmonton 11 11 6 — 28 Goal — Detroit: Mrazek (L, 1-2-0) Edmonton: Talbot (W, 2-3-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Detroit: 0-6 Edmonton: 1-3.

NHL Scoring Leaders Jamie Benn, Dal Tyler Seguin, Dal Vladimir Tarasenko, StL John Tavares, NYI David Krejci, Bos Henrik Zetterberg, Det Kyle Turris, Ott Blake Wheeler, Wpg Mark Stone, Ott Martin Hanzal, Ari Erik Karlsson, Ott Anthony Duclair, Ari Zach Parise, Minn

G 6 4 5 4 4 2 4 3 2 0 0 5 5

Dallas Philadelphia Washington

0 0 0

A 4 6 4 5 5 7 4 5 6 8 8 2 2

Pts 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 7

Football CFL East Division W L T x-Hamilton 10 5 0 x-Toronto 9 6 0 x-Ottawa 9 6 0 Montreal 5 10 0 West Division GP W L T x-Edmonton 16 12 4 0 x-Calgary 16 12 4 0 B.C. 15 5 10 0 Winnipeg 16 5 11 0 Saskatchewan 15 2 13 0 x — clinched playoff berth.

GP 15 15 15 15

PF 483 390 381 308

PA 295 427 400 330

Pt 20 18 18 10

PF 391 408 363 322 357

PA 295 320 420 454 462

Pt 24 24 10 10 4

WEEK 18 Bye: Calgary Friday, Oct. 23 Montreal vs. Toronto (at Hamilton), 5 p.m.

Hamilton at B.C., 8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 24 Ottawa at Winnipeg, 2 p.m.

Edmonton at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m.

CFL scoring leaders (x—scored two-point convert): TD C J.Medlock, Ham 0 46 R.Paredes, Cgy 0 20 B.Bede, Mtl 0 16 R.Leone, BC 0 23 P.McCallum, Sask 0 18 C.Milo, Ott 0 28 G.Shaw, Edm 0 19 L.Hajrullahu, Wpg 0 15 S.Whyte, Edm 0 7 T.Gurley, Tor 10 0 x-Je.Johnson, Ott 9 2 K.Stafford, Edm 9 0 x-E.Rogers, Cgy 8 4 x-K.Elliott, Tor 8 2

FG 38 37 33 27 29 25 21 22 18 0 0 0 0 0

S 6 7 11 11 4 1 9 10 3 0 0 0 0 0

Pt 166 138 126 115 109 104 91 91 64 60 56 54 52 50

R.Pfeffer, Ott E.Arceneaux, BC x-C.Marshall, Wpg x-A.Collie, BC x-R.Bagg, Sask x-A.Bowman, Edm x-H.Burris, Ott x-G.Ellingson, Ott x-A.Harris, BC x-K.Lawrence, Edm

0 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6

11 0 6 2 4 2 2 2 2 2

12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct New England 5 0 0 1.000 N.Y. Jets 4 1 0 .800 Buffalo 3 3 0 .500 Miami 2 3 0 .400 South W L T Pct Indianapolis 3 3 0 .500 Houston 2 4 0 .333 Tennessee 1 4 0 .200 Jacksonville 1 5 0 .167 North W L T Pct Cincinnati 6 0 0 1.000 Pittsburgh 4 2 0 .667 Cleveland 2 4 0 .333 Baltimore 1 5 0 .167 West W L T Pct Denver 6 0 0 1.000 Oakland 2 3 0 .400 San Diego 2 4 0 .333 Kansas City 1 5 0 .167

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

50 48 48 44 40 38 38 38 38 38

PF 183 129 145 103

PA 103 75 139 111

PF 126 128 112 113

PA 147 155 129 176

PF 182 145 141 143

PA 122 108 158 162

PF 139 107 136 127

PA 102 124 161 159

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF N.Y. Giants 3 2 0 .600 132

PA 109

Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit Arizona St. Louis Seattle San Francisco

2 2 2

3 3 4 South W L 5 0 5 1 2 3 2 4 North W L 6 0 3 2 2 4 1 5 West W L 4 2 2 3 2 4 2 4

.400 .400 .333

101 117 117

131 103 138

T Pct 0 1.000 0 .833 0 .400 0 .333

PF 135 183 110 134

PA 94 143 148 164

T Pct 0 1.000 0 .600 0 .333 0 .167

PF 164 96 120 120

PA 101 83 179 172

T 0 0 0 0

PF 203 84 134 100

PA 115 113 125 160

Pct .667 .400 .333 .333

Thursday, Oct. 22 Seattle at San Francisco, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 25 Buffalo vs. Jacksonville at London, 7:30 a.m.

Atlanta at Tennessee, 11 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 11 a.m.

Cleveland at St. Louis, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Washington, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 11 a.m.

Houston at Miami, 11 a.m.

New Orleans at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at New England, 11 a.m.

Oakland at San Diego, 2:05 p.m.

Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 2:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Carolina, 6:30 p.m.

Open: Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Green Bay Monday, Oct. 26 Baltimore at Arizona, 6:30 p.m.

Baseball

Wednesday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Placed D Duncan Keith on long-term injured reserve.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Fired coach Todd Richards. Named John Tortorella coach.

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Assigned D Josh Brown from Portland (AHL) to Manchester (ECHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned F Reid Boucher to Albany (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Assigned D Loic Leduc and F Carter Verhaeghe from Bridgeport (AHL) to Missouri (ECHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned F Tanner Glass to Hartford (AHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Placed F Paul Stastny on injured reserve. Assigned F Zach Pochiro from Chicago (AHL) to Quad City (ECHL).

VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Assigned D Anton Cederholm from Utica (AHL) to Kalamazoo (ECHL).

American Hockey League BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Returned D

Patrick Cullity to Missouri (ECHL).

ONTARIO REIGN — Recalled F Jordan Samuels-Thomas from Manchester (ECHL).

ROCHESTER AMERICANS — Recalled F Allen McPherson from Elmira (ECHL).

STOCKTON HEAT — Assigned F Mitchell Heard to Adirondack (ECHL).

ECHL ECHL — Suspended South Carolina D Wade Epp two games and fined him an undisclosed amount.

ADIRONDACK THUNDER — Released D C.J. Chartrain.

MISSOURI MAVERICKS — READING ROYALS — Signed F Matt Hatch. Traded F Jonathan Parker to Allen.

BASEBALL National League SEATTLE MARINERS — Named Andy McKay director of player development.

TEXAS RANGERS Reinstated RHP Yu Darvish from the 60-day DL. Sent INF Kyle Blanks, C Carlos Corporan, OF Antoan Richardson and OF Ryan Strausborger outright to Round Rock (PCL).

Tim Burke wins World Long Drive Championship, Sadlowski loses in semis

City 14, Toronto 2 Wednesday, Oct. 21: Toronto 7, Kansas City 1 Friday, Oct. 23: Toronto (Price 18-5) at Kansas City (Ventura 13-8), 6:07 p.m. x-Saturday, Oct. 24: Toronto at Kansas City, 6:07 p.m.

Major League Baseball Playoffs WILD CARD Tuesday, Oct. 6: Houston 3, New York 0 Wednesday, Oct. 7: Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 0 DIVISION SERIES American League Kansas City 3, Houston 2 Toronto 3, Texas 2 National League Chicago 3, St. Louis 1 New York 3, Los Angeles 2 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7 x-if necessary) American League Kansas City 3, Toronto 2 Friday, Oct. 16: Kansas City 5, Toronto 0 Saturday, Oct. 17: Kansas City 6, Toronto 3 Monday, Oct. 19: Toronto 11, Kansas City 8 Tuesday, Oct. 20: Kansas

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THACKERVILLE, Okla. — Tim Burke won the World Long Drive Championship for the second time in three years Wednesday night, beating Jeremy Easterly in the final with a 394-yard drive.

The 6-foot-6 Burke, a former University of Miami pitcher from Orlando, Florida, earned $150,000 in the event at WinStar World Casino.

Easterly, from Ponte Vedra, Florida, had a 386-yard drive in the final.

Burke beat Justin Young of Mount Airy, North Carolina, 401-386 in the quarterfinals, and topped Will Hogue of Collierville, Tennessee, 403390 in the semifinals.

Easterly beat two-time champion Jamie Sadlowski of St. Paul, in the semifinals with a 380-yard drive. Sadlowski failed to get a drive in the grid in the match after winning his quarterfinal at 402.

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The Our Best To You Art and Craft Sale happens this weekend at Westerner Park. Above Professer Clickity Klunk, poet, author and storyteller, reads ‘Loose Laces’ to Serenity Stoeckli at the 2014 show. The annual Christmas shopping event opens at 10 a.m. The annual Christmas shopping event featuring over 200 artists, designers and vendors, is open until 9 p.m. Friday, continues on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

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25 from 4 to 7 p.m. in the church hall in Olds.

Costs are $40 for family including parents and children under 18 years, $12 for adults ages 13 years and up, $6 for children ages six to 12 years, and free for preschoolers.

Phone 403-556-6566.

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FRIDAY, OCT. 23 ● Friends of Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre Gigantic Garage Sale will be held at #6 7419 Gaetz Ave. on 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. Donations of sale items will be accepted from Monday to Friday until Oct. 21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Volunteers are needed. Clothing, shoes, beds or tube televisions will not be accepted.

Contact Richelle at 403-348-9212, or Kimberly at 403-505-3333. Net proceeds to Café VA, Jolt ‘N Bolt, Present Trends Gift Shop, and Lifeline patient support. ● Halloween Party at Innisfail Historical Village goes Oct. 23 and 24 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Tickets are $3 for children under 10 years, $5 for adults, and $15 per family. Call 4030-2272906 or idhsjane@gmail.com. Prizes, entertainment, goodies. ● Red Deer Legion Weekend Music presents Dew Carver band in Molly B’s Lounge on Oct. 23, and Tyler and Tyler band on Oct. 24 8p.m. to midnight. Cover charge for non-legion members is $5. Phone 403342-0035. ● Sockey Night in Red Deer hosted by Red Deer Rebels will be held on Oct. 23 in support of Central Alberta United Way at the Rebels hockey game. Socks may be purchased at the game, or bring socks to donate.

Contact 403-343-3900. ● Empowering Women Together Wine and Cheese Silent Auction will be held on Oct. 23, 5 to 8 p.m. at Divine Flooring. Guests and silent auction items welcome. Funds will help room make-overs for clients at Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter. See www.EmpoweringWomenTogeter.com, or contact michelle@diamondinterior.com, 403506-2769. ● Border Paving presents 25 Anniversary Zed99 Haunted House now open to the public until Oct. 31 from 6 to 10 p.m. daily at the former Princess Auto building at 6833 66 St. in support of Youth and Volunteer Centre. Weekend matinees are available for children 10 years of age and under from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

Ticket prices range from $10 to $15. See zedhauntedhouse.com or see Facebook. Advance reserved tickets are available only at ticktleap.com/zedhauntedhouse. Phone 403342-6500. ● Innisfail Dance Lessons six week program starts Oct. 23 and runs on Fridays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Innisfail United Church Hall.

Cost is $80 per couple. Phone Davine at 403227-3780 or ma3grand@yahoo.com.

SATURDAY, OCT. 24 ● Alberta Society of Fiddlers Family Dance/Jam will be

featured at First Christian Reformed Church Social Hall from 7 to 10 p.m. on Oct. 24.

Admission is $10 per adult or $20 per family.

Contact Art at 403-886-4609 for details. ● Disney Movie Days at Timberlands Branch of Red Deer Public Library features the movie Halloweentown on Oct. 24, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. All ages welcome. ● Monster Mania Puppet Story Fun at Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library will be held on Oct. 24 from 11 to 11:45 a.m. ● Central Alberta Singles Club is sponsoring a dance on Oct. 24 at Royal Canadian Legion Innisfail Hall. Music by Hot Spur.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Music starts at 8 p.m. Non-singles and everyone welcome. For information, call Elaine at 403-341-7653 or Bob at 403-304-7440. ● Dance Magic Studio presents 100 Kids Who Care, Oct. 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. at St. Patrick’s School. Kids Who Care ages five to 18 years still welcome to join. The group will meet twice per year and each member will donate $10 at each meeting and a vote will be taken to determine what charity the donations will go to. See http://reddeerdancemagic.com.100-kids-who-care/, phone 403309-7319, 403-347-9101. ● Ridgewood Hall Turkey Supper will be offered on Oct. 24 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Costs are $13 for adults, $7 for ages seven to 12 years, and free for under seven. Directions: from Penhold FasGas go west on 592, cross the river to RR 10 and go north. Phone 403-886-4642. ● Epilepsy Association of Central Alberta presents speaker Ann Gillies on Oct. 24 at 1 p.m. Epilepsy Association Office located at 4811 48 Street. Monthly support group meetings are held at 6 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month. The next meeting is Nov. 10. Phone 403-358-3358 or email normak@epilepsycalgary.com. ● Spooktacular — A Waste Reduction Day — will be offered at City of Red Deer Waste Management Facility on Oct. 24 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Candy for the children, enter to win and iPad, join facility tours and more. See reddeer.ca/spooktacular for details.

SUNDAY, OCT. 25 ● Botha Old-Time Dances are held on the last Sunday of each month at Botha Community Hall, from 1:30 to 5 p.m. on Sundays, with admission of $12.50. Different popular old time bands each dance. Please contribute to and enjoy a pooled luncheon of buns/ sandwiches and desserts to be shared by all, served at 5 p.m. All ages and families welcome. For more information, call Doug at 403-742-3994. ● St. Stephen’s Catholic Church Traditional Turkey Supper will be served on Oct.

● Senior Citizens Downtown House has several upcoming events, regular card games and tournaments and special tournaments: Cribbage every Thursday at 1:30 p.m.; Whist every Friday at 1:30 p.m.; 500 every Monday and Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on Oct. 26; Fun Contract Bridge every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Games cost $3. Tournaments cost $6. Phone 403346-4043. ● Innisfail and District Garden Club meets the fourth Monday of each month at Innisfail Seniors Drop-In Centre. Meetings feature speakers, tours, films, contests, plant exchanges and more. Call Carolyn at 403227-4818. ● Funeral planning information session will be held at Bower Hall on Boyce St. on Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. Please register your attendance at newbowerevents@gmail.com or phone Jesse at 403-877-1436.

TUESDAY, OCT. 27 ● Teen Halloween at Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library offers Rise of the ZomBarbies on Oct. 27, 3:34 to 5:15 p.m. in the mezz. ● An Evening With Emily St. John Mandel — author of Station Eleven — will be celebrated at Welikoklad Event Centre on Oct, 27 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. This lecture is a discussion of St. John Mandel’s process of writing and research that went into her book Station Eleven. Following the reading, there will a question and answer period and a book signing in the lobby. Tickets are free but required. Pick up a ticket at any branch of Red Deer Public Library or call 403-346-4576 for ticket availability. ● Red Deer Pottery Club meets on Tuesdays from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Contour Studio in the Recreation Centre, downstairs.

New members always welcome. For more information call Karen at 403-347-0600. ● Innisfail United Church Harvest Turkey Supper goes Oct. 27, 4:30 to 7 p.m. at Royal Canadian Legion Auditorium in Innisfail. Costs are $14 for 11 years and up, $6 for six to 10 years, and free for five years and under. Take out orders are welcome between 9 a.m. and noon on supper day at 403-2274159. ● Have your pizza made by a Red Deer Rebels hockey player on Oct. 227 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Pizza 73 as part of Slices for Smiles fundraiser in support of Children’s Miracle Network. Until Nov. 22, purchase a special pizza for $4.99 with a portion of the proceeds to charity. See www.pizza73.com.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28 ● Gamblers Anonymous meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Red Deer Regional

Hospital, Lower Level Room 504. Contact rdgahomegroup@gmail.com, see www.albertaga.net, or phone the Alberta hotline at 1-855-222-5542. ● Central Alberta Historical Society will meet on Oct. 28, 7 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch. Guest speaker Morris Flewwelling will talk about Hilda Buckman, a talented Central Alberta natural historian, artists and writer. Everyone is welcome. Contact Lianne at 403-347-1826. ● Norwegian Laft Hus is open Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Enjoy baking, gifts and much more at the log house with the sod roof behind the Red Deer Recreation Centre, south of the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. Contact norwegianlafthus@ gmail.com, 403-347-2055 for information or to arrange different times to visit. ● Living Stones Church seniors luncheon will be offered on Oct. 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Guest singers will be The Gospel Troubadours. The cost is $10 per person at the door. Phone 403-347-7311. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Allsorts is on Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m.

Phone 403-342-0035. ● Walk with the Mayor special event for seniors information and awareness for Central Alberta Falls Prevention Coalition will go Oct. 28 at Parkland Mall. Mayors walk will be 9 to 9:30 a.m. beginning at Parent Link Centre, and Information Fair will continue until noon. Coffee and snack provided by Nurse Next Door, Red Deer County and Safe Communities Central Alberta. Call 4o3-346-8101.

THURSDAY, OCT. 29 ● Gaetz Memorial United Church Book and Rummage Sale comes up Oct. 29 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Phone 403-347-3471, or 403-347-0436. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Oct. 29, 7 to 10 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Silver and Gold. Admission is $7. Phone 403-3476165, 403-342-2875, or 403-341-4672. ● Benalto and Area Rural Crime Watch Society Annual General Meeting will be held on Oct. 29, 7 p.m. at Benalto Leisure Centre, Agriculture Grounds. Guest speaker will be Sylvan Lake RCMP Cpl. James Allemekinders, and elections and year end business will be discussed. Residents should reside within the area patrolled by Sylvan Lake RCMP. Contact Yvette at 403-746-3429, or Dave at 403-887-3937. ● Alberta Sports Hall of Fame Halloween Family Night, Oct. 29, 6 to 8 p.m. Admission is $10 per family up to six. Spooky activities and games for all ages. Costumes welcome. Phone 403-341-8614. ● Pines Lodge Tea and Craft Sale will be offered on Oct. 29, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Take part in 50/50, craft and bake sale and more.

Contact Sherry at 403-343-0656 ext. 3. ● Red Deer TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets Thursday nights at the Elks Lodge, 6315 Horn Street. Weekly weigh in from 6:15 to 6:55 p.m. with program to follow at 7 p.m. Low membership and weekly fees.

Drop in for a free session or contact Cheryl at mamaandpapa@shaw.ca, or 403-342-1484.

Listings open to cultural/non-profit groups. Fax: 341-6560; phone: 314-4325; e-mail: editorial@reddeeradvocate.com by noon Tuesday for insertion following Thursday.

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Biden opts out of race

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Vice-President Joe Biden declared Wednesday he won’t run for president in 2016, ending a months-long flirtation with a third White House campaign and setting him on a glide path toward the end of his decades-long political career.

Biden’s decision bolsters Hillary Rodham Clinton’s standing as the front-runner by sparing her a challenge from the popular vice-president.

In an extraordinary appearance in the White House Rose Garden, Biden said he always knew that the window for a viable campaign might close before he could determine whether his family was emotionally prepared for anJOE other campaign so soon after the death of his son Beau from BIDEN brain cancer in May. Biden said his family was prepared to back him, but that he nonetheless would not be a candidate.

“Unfortunately, I believe we’re out of time,” he said, flanked by President Barack Obama and Biden’s wife, Jill.

A Biden aide said the vice-president made his decision Tuesday night.

Encouraged by some who were seeking an alternative to Clinton, Biden had spent the past several months deeply engaged in discussions with his family and political advisers about entering the primary. Yet as the deliberations dragged on, Democrats began publicly questioning whether it was too late for him to run, a notion that hardened after Clinton’s strong performance in last week’s Democratic debate.

Notably, Biden did not endorse Clinton or any of the other Democratic candidates. Instead, he used the announcement to outline the path he said the party should take in the 2016 campaign, including a call for them to run on Obama’s record. In what could have been a campaign speech, Biden deplored the influence of unlimited contributions on politics, called for expanding access to college educations and called on Democrats to recognize that while Republicans may be the opposition, they are “not our enemy.”

“While I will not be a candidate, I will not be silent,” Biden said.

Democrats responded with nearly universal praise for the vice-president and support for his decision. Clinton, who spoke to Biden shortly after his announcement, took to Twitter to call him “a good friend and a great man.”

“Today and always, inspired by his optimism and commitment to change the world for the better,” she said.

Republican contender Donald Trump praised Biden and took a poke at Clinton in a single tweet: “I think Joe Biden made correct decision for him & his

family. Personally, I would rather run against Hillary because her record is so bad.”

Wednesday’s announcement was a letdown for Biden supporters who had pleaded with him to run, and in increasingly loud tones as his deliberations dragged on through the summer and into the fall.

For months, the 72-year-old Democrat made front pages and appeared on cable news screens as pundits mused about his prospects and Clinton’s perceived vulnerability. A super political action committee, Draft Biden, was formed with the explicit goal of getting him into the race.

At the White House, aides and longtime Biden loyalists had prepared for a potential bid, putting together a campaign-in-waiting should he decide to jump in. Last week one of those aides, former Sen. Ted Kaufman, wrote an email to former Biden staffers laying out the potential rationale for a Biden run and promising a decision soon.

Biden spoke personally to many supporters. As speculation about his plans reached a fever pitch, he kept up an intense schedule of public appearances, seemingly testing his own stamina for an exhausting presidential campaign.

But he also continued to broadcast his reluctance amid doubts that he and his family were emotionally ready in the wake of Beau Biden’s death.

In a September appearance on “The Late Show,” Biden told host Stephen Colbert he was still experiencing moments of uncontrollable grief that he deemed unacceptable for a presidential aspirant.

“Sometimes it just overwhelms you,” he said, foreshadowing his ultimate decision.

Netanyahu sparks uproar with Holocaust claim

— PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU and said, ‘If you expel them, they’ll all come here.’

‘So what should I do with them?’ he asked. He said, ‘Burn them.”’

Details of the meeting between al-Husseini and Hitler are sketchy. The Nazis released a grainy propaganda video showing the mufti making a Nazi salute before a warm handshake. The official record from the meeting says Hitler pledged “the annihilation of Jewry living in Arab space.”

While the Nazis’ official endorsement of the Final Solution came months after the meeting, historians note that the Nazis’ mass killing of Jews was already well underway.

Several concentration camps were up and running, and Hitler had previously repeatedly declared his lethal intentions for the Jews. If anything, they said it was the Nazis who were trying to use al-Husseini for their own propaganda interests and that Hitler didn’t need any outside inspiration. When Hitler did consider de-

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Fireside Readers book club will meet on Nov. 18 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch in Waskasoo Kiwanis Meeting Room. For discussion will be a choice of Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman or To Kill a Mockingbird. Phone 403-342-9110. See the blog at http://firesidereaders.rdpl.org/. If you can’t attend meetings, read along and post your comments. ● Parkinson Alberta Education and Support Groups are available for persons with Parkinson Disease, family members, and caregivers in Red Deer, Lacombe, Innisfail, Three Hills, Olds and Castor. See www.parkinsonalberta.ca, or phone 403-346-4463. ● Visions Country Gospel Christmas Concert will be held at Blackfalds United Church on Nov. 20 at 7 p.m.Tickets are $15 and those under 16 years may attend free of charge.

Other highlights include snacks and silent auction. Phone 403-885-4861 for advance tickets and information. ● 2015 National House Concert Series Benefit Gala in support of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and Canadian Troops features Jessie Tylre Williams at Sheraton Special Events Centre on Nov. 7 with doors opening at 5 p.m. Tickets cost $75 and will not be available at the door. To purchase tickets, contact jessie-williams.com, or 403-304-0123. ● Hillcrest Community Hall Bake Sale and Craft Fair now accepting table rentals for a cost $15. Sale will be Nov. 14 and lunch will be served at a nominal fee. Hall is located west on Hwy 587 and RR 22 turn south for 3.2 kms. Contact Bea at 403-224-3880. ● The Arrogant Worms will be in concert at St. Andrew’s United Church in Lacombe on Dec. 5, 7 p.m. as a fundraiser for Friends of Guatemala. See this Canadian musical comedy trio that parodies many musical genres. Tickets are $35 from Sunny 94 Radio and the church office, or call Tom at 403341-9348, or Donna at 403-782-2032. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre presents Bruce Jacobson in Concert, Nov. 14. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the concert at 7 p.m. Enjoy Jacobson’s tribute to Robert Service and artwork of Paul Boultbee. Tickets are $20 each and available from the front desk at Golden Circle. Phone 403-343-6074. ● Red Deer River Watershed Alliance Fall Forum Tenth Anniversary Event: Watershed Health — The Big Picture informative and interactive forum will be featured on Nov. 13, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Didsbury Memorial Complex Multi-purpose Room. Highlights include past, present and future of Red Deer River Watershed, agricultural panel discussion, updates on work of RDRWA, network opportunities and more, all for a cost of $35. To register, visit www.rdrwa.ca, call 403-340-7379, or email info@rdrwa.ca. ● The Judy Schweitzer ALS Curl for a Cure Funspiel will take place Nov. 7 at Michener Hill Curling Club. Register

by Nov. 4. Participants and sponsors sought. See www.alsab. ca or contact Carrie at 403-877-3860, ALSWcurlforacure@ hotmail.com, or 403-837-0182. ● Red Deer Christmas Bureau needs volunteers for various duties. Please call 403-347-2210 to help out. ● Creating a Vision for Non-Violence conference will be held at the Sylvan Lake Family Community Centre on Nov. 3. Please register by Oct. 26. For registration information, contact Karen at 403-887-1137, Ext. 234. ● Affirm — a group that provides safe and confidential support to people of all sexual orientation and their families and friends, from people that have walked this road before as sexual minorities, parents, siblings and friends. They meet once a month in Lacombe. For more information, call Ross at

403-782-3671 or Marg at 403782-1887. ● Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories Red Deer and Central Alberta office offers support groups in various communities for those who care for, or offer support to family members with Alzheimer disease and related dementia, to rejuvenate, learn new information, share experiences, and more. Phone 403-342-0448 to find out more.

porting Jews, it was in the context of sending them to countries like Ukraine and Lithuania where they would face persecution or death.

Moshe Zimmermann, a prominent Holocaust and anti-Semitism researcher at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, said Netanyahu made a “far-reaching argument” that didn’t hold up.

“Any attempt to deflect the burden from Hitler to others is a form of Holocaust denial,” he told The Associated Press. “It cheapens the Holocaust.”

Al-Husseini was an enthusiastic Nazi supporter who helped recruit Bosnian Muslims to their side and whose anti-Semitism was well documented. But Zimmermann called him a “lightweight” who was pleading with Hitler for assistance in getting rid of the British Mandate and the Jewish immigrants coming to the Holy Land. He said there was no evidence al-Husseini had any real influence on Hitler. Records show that at the meeting, Hitler turned down a request to form a formal treaty.

Dina Porat, the chief historian at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, said that al-Husseini’s goal was to have Hitler include the Jews of Palestine in his extermination plans.

“Still, this does not mean that he was the one who gave Hitler the idea to get rid of the Jews,” she said.

“He didn’t need the mufti in order to have the idea.”

Netanyahu has long been criticized for invoking the Holocaust when talking about current affairs, alluding to it especially when discussing Iran and its nuclear program.

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Holocaust experts and survivors slammed Netanyahu’s comments as historically inaccurate and serving the interests of Holocaust deniers by lessening the responsibility of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.

Critics also said the statement amounts to incitement against modern-day Palestinians in the midst of a wave of violent unrest and high tensions.

Speaking to a group of Jewish leaders Tuesday, Netanyahu tried to use a historical anecdote to illustrate his claim that Palestinian incitement surrounding Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site goes back decades. He has repeatedly claimed that a wave of Palestinian attacks in recent weeks is the result of decades of hatred, and not connected to Israel’s 48-year occupation of lands claimed by the Palestinians, as the Palestinians have claimed.

Netanyahu said the World War II-era grand mufti of Jerusalem, Nazi sympathizer Haj Amin al-Husseini, also instigated Palestinian attacks on Jews over lies that they planned to destroy the Temple Mount, known to Muslims at the Noble Sanctuary.

Netanyahu said al-Husseini played a “central role in fomenting the final solution” by trying to convince Hitler to destroy the Jews during a November 1941 meeting in Berlin.

“Hitler didn’t want to exterminate the Jews at the time, he wanted to expel the Jews,” Netanyahu told the group. “And Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Hitler

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Ross St. Patio busy all summer

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Ross Street Patio was the place to be in downtown Red Deer again this summer.

On average 500 people attended each of the four city-hosted events including a kick off in June and three patio parties throughout the summer. Inclement weather may have cancelled the final patio party of the year but it did not put a damper on the season.

Jason Taylor, a divisional strategist with the city’s planning department, said it was great year where they heard positive feedback from residents. The tables will be removed this week.

“We recognize that the community sees us as a venue,” said Taylor. “At

“GENERAL AWARENESS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DRIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY FABULOUS STORES AND SO MUCH ACTIVITY. WE JUST NEED TO GET PEOPLE DOWN HERE TO EXPERIENCE IT FOR THEMSELVES.” AMANDA GOULD, DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR the very minimum we want to maintain the current level of service and frequency of events.”

Taylor said the goal is for the community to take ownership of the patio.

He said more and more community

members are coming forward to use the space in organized and non-organized activities such as playing chess or other board games.

The Downtown Business Association hosted weekly activities on Tuesday and Thursday at lunch time and on Wednesday evenings to coincide with the downtown market.

Amanda Gould, executive director of the Downtown Business Association, said people typically shopped at the market before grabbing a coffee or something to eat while enjoying the entertainment on the patio.

“They would prolong their stay in the downtown,” she said. “By all accounts it has been rather successful this year. We have definitely seen an increase in the number of people using the patio.”

In all some 2,700 people attended

the DBA hosted events featuring live entertainment.

Gould said she would love to see more businesses taking advantage of the patio by staying open longer. She said it has been a very successful program this year.

“Downtown in general is very supportive of the patio,” said Gould. “They love seeing the extra activity and having the extra people down there. Even if those businesses are not able to be open, the impact of having those extra people downtown puts that business at front of mind of the people visiting. Hopefully they will come back.

General awareness is what we need to drive because we have so many fabulous stores and so much activity. We just need to get people down here to experience it for themselves.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Roundabout on pace to open

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Soon motorists will be navigating on the roundabout in northeast Red Deer.

Wayne Gustafson, the city’s Engineering Services manager, said there have been some minor construction hiccups but the $45-million expansion project including servicing is on track and on budget.

The project involves extending 30th Avenue by two kilometres to the north and 67th Street by one kilometre to the east and constructing a modern roundabout.

Crews have been busy working on the underground work, moving power lines and putting down pavement this summer. At the end of the season, the

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Innisfail man charged in home invasion An Innisfail man will face charges on Wednesday related to a Johnstone Park home invasion where a person was stabbed.

RCMP were called to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre at 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 3 to investigate a stabbing.

The investigation revealed that a targeted home invasion had allegedly just taken place in the Johnstone Park neighbourhood, where two men attempted to force their way into a home and stabbed one of the residents in the shoulder during a physical altercation.

RCMP soon identified one of the suspects, and members from Red Deer and Innisfail RCMP arrested the suspect without incident at a residence in Penhold later the same night.

The man had several warrants out for his arrest at the time for three separate incidents of failing to comply with court-ordered conditions stemming from Sept. 2, 17 and 24.

Brandon Robertson, 19, faces charges including break and enter with intent to commit crime, uttering threats, assault causing bodily harm, two counts of possessing a weapon for dangerous purpose, possession of stolen property over and under $5,000, nine counts of failure to comply with undertaking and four counts of com-

roundabout will be partially open.

“We’re fairly certain we will have access to the east to the school site and Timberstone access,” said Gustafson.

“There will be construction access in October connecting through for the rest of the year. It may only be gravel but it will be put there before closing up for the winter.”

A two-lane paved roadway to the north will be open to motorists.

More details on the opening of the roundabout are expected next week.

The city will launch a roundabout education campaign before this one opens.

Range Road 272 (30th Avenue extension north of 67th Street) and Township Road 384 are expected to remain closed until November.

Next year the entire project will be

finished but there is still a lot of work to do including final paving, trail construction and landscaping.

This will include connecting the south leg of the roundabout to 30th Avenue and reconstructing the Carrington Drive intersection. It will also entail connecting the west leg of the roundabout to 67th Street and 30th Avenue bend through the roundabout and paving the east portion of the roundabout.

If all goes well, the entire modern roundabout will be open before school starts next year.

The roundabout will help accommodate future traffic volumes as a result of the expansion of northeast Red Deer. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

plying with probation orders.

Robertson appeared in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday by closed circuit television from the Red Deer Remand Centre. Defence counsel Jason Snider acted as agent for Dean Zuk, of Calgary.

Robertson reserved his pleas and Snider told the court a bail hearing has been scheduled for later this week. He also asked judge Gordon Yake to adjourn the charges to Oct. 28 in Red Deer provincial court, which was granted.

RCMP continue to investigate the home invasion incident, and anyone with information is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575. If you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.

beyond repair and the estimated property loss is at $500,000. However, no resident or firefighter was injured.

No neighbouring structures were damaged either.

The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.

“This is the second significant structure fire in Lacombe this week,” said Lacombe Fire Chief Ed vanDelden.

“A fantastic turnout of Lacombe firefighters and the very capable assistance of our colleagues from Bentley and Blackfalds are responsible for both fires being contained quickly.”

Lacombe fire destroys home, $500,000 damage A three alarm fire in Lacombe had firefighters fighting against a blaze raging through a home, but the residence was lost.

A total of 38 firefighters, 24 from the Lacombe Fire Department and 14 from the Bentley and Blackfalds fire departments, responded to the fire just after midnight Wednesday.

Emergency dispatch received the call at about 12:05 a.m. of a structure fire at 4725 49th St. and crews were on scene by 12:16 a.m.

By 12:55 a.m. the fire was declared under control. Lacombe firefighters remained on scene until 4 a.m. to extinguish hot spots.

The house was considered damaged

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Devonian Trail to be closed temporarily The Devonian Trail near 32nd Street will be closed briefly for work on storm water outfalls.

A press release from the City of Red Deer, said the portion of the trail that runs north/south from Kin Kanyon Park to Selkirk Boulevard will be closed until Oct. 23.

Park users are asked to detour using the sidewalks along Selkirk Boulevard, 32nd Street and Spruce Drive.

The work being done includes removing a portion of the trail, use of heavy equipment, material stockpiling and site reclamation.

During construction, park users are advised to use caution in the area, obey all signs and to stay a safe distance away from any equipment or machinery on site.

An Airdrie man accused of human trafficking and prostitution offences will get his chance to hear the Crown’s case against him at his upcoming preliminary hearing.

Javyrell Raymond Baird, 25, elected to be tried by a Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench judge alone Wednesday in Red Deer provincial court.

Represented by defence counsel Greg Gordon, Baird appeared by closed circuit television from the Red Deer Remand Centre.

Preliminary hearings are held to test the strength of the Crown’s case to determine if a trial is warranted.

Baird faces charges of trafficking a person under the age of 18 for the purpose of exploiting or facilitating exploitation, living on the avails of prostitution of a person under 18 and assault.

He was arrested in Gasoline Alley June at a hotel. The Airdrie RCMP General Investigation Section and Crime Reduction Unit were investigating a report of a missing female youth.

The investigation led them to believe the teen had been a victim of human trafficking.

Baird remains in custody, however Gordon has scheduled a bail hearing for Oct. 26.

Baird’s preliminary hearing will be set at a later time.

Man charged in hammer assault

BY ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer man has been charged following a Riverside Meadows home invasion where two men were assaulted with a hammer.

Police say the suspect climbed to a second-floor apartment balcony and assaulted two people inside with a hammer shortly before midnight on Friday. He climbed onto the roof of a parked vehicle to gain access to the balcony. Two men sustained bruises and abrasions but were able to push their assailant out of the apartment.

The suspect then jumped from the balcony, landed on the same parked vehicle, and fled in another vehicle.

The suspect was known to his victims, and Red Deer RCMP located him shortly afterward on 55th Avenue. Police executed a traffic stop and took the suspect into custody without incident.

Tyrel George Jackson, 28, of Red Deer is charged with break and enter and committing a crime, two counts of assault with a weapon, possession of stolen property under $5,000, uttering threats and operating motor vehicle while disqualified, mischief under $5,000 and possession of controlled substance.

Jackson appeared in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday with a white bandage wrapped around his head. Represented by defence counsel Lorne Goddard, Jackson reserved his plea. Crown Prosecutor Blair Brandon said he is opposed to Jackson receiving bail. The matter was adjourned by judge Gordon Yake to Oct. 28 in Red Deer provincial court.

If you have information regarding this incident, please contact the Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575. If you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.

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Police officer trial sees video of shooting

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A Toronto jury that will decide the fate of a police officer accused in the shooting death of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim watched several videos of the incident Wednesday showing the teen crumple to the floor of an empty streetcar.

It marked the first time the trial of Const. James Forcillo has seen footage of Yatim’s death.

Forcillo has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and attempted murder in the shooting, which sparked public outrage in the city.

Crown prosecutors have said they plan to prove that Forcillo’s actions during the incident were neither necessary nor reasonable. Forcillo’s lawyer has said he will be arguing that the officer’s actions were justified and carried out in self-defence.

The jury has also been told an autopsy found Yatim had consumed the drug ecstasy before he boarded the streetcar where he died.

In court, the jury watched four silent videos — taken from cameras inside the streetcar — that collectively show much of the incidents that led to his death. Two of the videos captured Yatim in his final moments.

Yatim boarded the streetcar around 11:45 p.m. on July 26, 2013, according to the time stamp on the videos. About 15 minutes later, he lay on the floor of the vehicle, his body convulsing after the first shots were fired.

Yatim can be seen getting on the vehicle wearing a baseball cap and holding a backpack, he pays his fare and walks to the back where he takes a seat and stretches his legs out into the aisle.

Four females can later be seen sitting at the back of the streetcar near Yatim and about ten minutes after he boarded the vehicle, a video shows him suddenly darting forward and

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Tories set wheels in motion with committee to set rules of leadership contest OTTAWA — The Conservatives have taken their first steps towards a leadership race by setting up a committee that will set the rules of the upcoming contest.

That committee will be able to work on its own and won’t have to report to any corner of the party, including the national council. It appears the leadership election organizing committee, as the party calls it, will operate in an independent silo to set the rules, dispute resolution mechanism and logistics for the race to replace Stephen Harper.

Three senior party executives were named to the committee Tuesday night and will be joined by Tories from within and beyond the national council, The Canadian Press has learned.

The three committee members — party president John Walsh, vice-president Cameron MacKeen and secretary Michael Lauer — will select the remaining members, taking into account regional, gender and minority representation.

Mulcair plans to stay with party ‘for the long haul’ OTTAWA — Tom Mulcair plans to stick with the New Democrats for the long-term, but his fate is ultimately at the mercy of party supporters and a leadership review in Edmonton in the spring.

The party’s constitution stipulates a secret vote will be held at the upcoming convention and if more than 50 per cent of the ballots call for a leadership election, it must be held within a year.

For his part, Mulcair isn’t planning on going anywhere.

“The election results were, of course, not what we wanted but with

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swiping a small knife at one of the females.

All four videos from inside the streetcar show passengers rushing to the front of the vehicle in panic, pouring out of its doors as soon as it stops, while Yatim can be seen following the crowd holding the knife in front of him in his right hand.

In one of the videos it becomes clear that Yatim is holding his penis in one hand and the knife in the other as he walks forward.

Yatim can then be seen yelling through the front doors, waving his hands, though he remains on the streetcar and continues holding the knife.

At one point he is seen talking with the streetcar driver, who first walks down the vehicle steps, then backs up again to talk with Yatim for some time and only darts off when Yatim moves quickly towards the vehicle doors, still holding the knife.

At that point, two police officers can be seen arriving, both with their guns

drawn but one of them puts away her weapon shortly after.

The video taken from near the front doors then shows Yatim in some sort of exchange with police while one officer has his gun pointed at the teen, who is still holding the knife out in front of him.

Yatim can been seen taking a few steps backwards and then two steps forward before the officer fires three times. Yatim’s body collapses, hits the driver’s seat and falls to the ground, where he twitches repeatedly, one video shows.

Video also shows the officer who shot Yatim fire again, while the youth’s body continues to convulse. Another officer can then be seen arriving seconds after the bullets are fired and he discharges a Taser towards Yatim.

That officer is then seen rushing up the streetcar steps and kicking something out of view — the jury has been told a sergeant kicked away the knife that was in Yatim’s hand.

SAINT-JEROME, Que. — Guy Turcotte says the reason he didn’t kill himself with the knife used in the stabbing deaths of his two children is that he couldn’t find it.

Turcotte is on trial on two charges of first-degree murder in the slayings of Olivier, 5, and Anne-Sophie, 3, on Feb. 20, 2009.

Turcotte has said he drank windshield washer fluid that night as he wanted to die because of psychological distress. He has also testified he felt as though he was dying and that he wanted to take the children with him.

While Turcotte, 43, has pleaded not guilty to the charges, he has admitted to causing the children’s deaths.

“You stabbed your children 46 times, why didn’t you have the courage and strength to stab yourself just the once?” Crown prosecutor Rene Verret asked the accused before the cross-examination ended Wednesday.

“I was looking for the knife, but I couldn’t find it,” Turcotte replied.

Verret then said a knife was found under Olivier, who was in his bed, but that part of it was visible, and that another knife was found on the edge of a bath in a room adjacent to Turcotte’s bedroom.

There were also knives in the kitchen, but Turcotte said he didn’t think to use them.

“You’re a cardiologist, you know how to kill yourself,” Verret told Turcotte.

“If I had been all there (mentally), I wouldn’t have tried to kill myself like that,” he replied.

At one point, Verret asked Turcotte to look at the jurors while testifying, earning a quick objection from one of his lawyers, Pierre Poupart.

Since Monday, Turcotte has been testifying with his head down, his gaze to the ground, eyes almost — if not entirely — closed.

our best result outside of the orange wave, the NDP and Tom Mulcair are in it for the long haul,” said Mulcair spokesman George Smith.

Long-time Ottawa MP Paul Dewar, who was defeated on Monday by Liberal Catherine McKenna, said stability is important for the party now.

“I think it would be, frankly, foolhardy right now to be looking at a new leader and we should be consolidating the gains we made,” Dewar said.

“Particularly when you look at British Columbia, Saskatchewan, these were really important gains.”

The NDP says Mulcair is focused on moving forward with his team of 44 MPs, which includes several new members who will need help in their transition.

ister Paul Martin is again defending Justin Trudeau’s plan to run up deficits in order to invest in infrastructure and help kickstart the economy.

It is important to spend money in areas that will give future generations a better life, Martin said in Montreal on Wednesday.

These include infrastructure, education and research and development, said the man who was finance minister between 1993 and 2002 before becoming prime minister in 2003 for three years.

Trudeau, the prime minister-designate after his Liberals sealed a majority government in Monday’s election, said during the campaign that a Grit government would post three annual

deficits of up to $10 billion to spend money on infrastructure.

That, says Martin, makes sense.

“You should be investing to pay for the kinds of things that are going to give your children a better life,” he said. “And that’s what infrastructure is, what education is, it’s what research and development is.

“And if you do that, you will not have a series of seven or eight deficits like we just saw with the previous government. But if you don’t invest in the future, you’re going to be condemned to ongoing deficits.”

Martin made his comments at a news conference after attending an education symposium organized by a Cree school board.

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Sammy Yatim holds a knife while on a streetcar in Toronto on July 26, 2013, in this still taken from court handout surveillance video. A Toronto jury that will decide the fate of a police officer accused in the shooting death of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim watched several videos of the incident Wednesday.

Duceppe stepping down as Bloc Quebecois leader: report QUEBEC — Gilles Duceppe will step down as Bloc Quebecois leader, the CBC’s French-language network reported Wednesday.

Radio-Canada quoted unnamed sources as saying he will not go to Ottawa to lead the party.

The Bloc won 10 seats in Monday’s election but saw its share of the popular vote drop to below 20 per cent.

Duceppe, who failed to get re-elected in Laurier-Sainte-Marie, has scheduled a news conference in Montreal at 1 p.m. ET on Thursday.

Earlier on Wednesday, Parti Quebecois Leader Pierre Karl Peladeau said he wants Duceppe to stay on.

Peladeau said Duceppe has a handle on federal issues as well as a good knowledge of federal intrusion into provincial jurisdiction.

“I think he is a major asset and I hope he remains leader of the Bloc,” he told reporters in Quebec City.

Peladeau didn’t specify whether he’d spoken with Duceppe since Monday night.

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Fans, cast celebrate trilogy

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — The future is today — if Back to the Future is to be believed.

The celebration of the so-called Back to the Future Day on Wednesday marks the date — Oct. 21, 2015 — that the characters Marty McFly, Emmett “Doc” Brown and Jennifer Parker famously journeyed from 1985 to 2015 in the sci-fi film trilogy’s second installment in 1989.

Back to the Future Part II envisioned a colourful 2015 with flying cars, hoverboards and self-tying shoelaces. While those doodads are hardly prevalent today, the film did accurately tease the rise of such technology as flat-screen televisions, biometric scanning and hands-free gaming. It also predicted the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series — an actual possibility with the Cubs contenders in the real-world playoffs, although maybe not for long.

Back to the Future Day is being celebrated Wednesday with an appearance by the original cast at a Lincoln Center screening in New York, as well as several fan-centric events and more than 1,700 theatres hosting screenings across the country. (Michael J. Fox is scheduled to be a guest on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!)

Back to the Future filmmaker Robert Zemeckis’ trilogy has left a lasting impression on pop culture in the 30 years since the original film debuted, spawning a theme park attraction, video game and animated series.

Beginning Wednesday, the town of Reston, Virginia, is ceremoniously changing its name to Hill Valley, McFly’s fictional hometown. The Washington West Film Festival will feature a marathon screening of the trilogy Wednesday and a Sunday screening of the original film, with appearances by

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The celebration of the so-called ‘Back to the Future’ Day on Wednesday marks the date — Oct. 21, 2015 — that the characters Marty McFly, Emmett “Doc” Brown and Jennifer Parker famously journeyed from 1985 to 2015 in the sci-fi film trilogy’s second installment in 1989.

BACK TO THE FUTURE DAY stars Christopher Lloyd and Claudia Wells, as well as screenwriter-producer Bob Gale.

Back to the Future Day will be celebrated in Southern California during the four-day “We’re Going Back” fan event. The festivities will occur at locations featured in the film series, including a tour of the Hill Valley town square on the Universal Studios lot, an “Enchantment Under the Sea” dance at the Hollywood United Methodist

Church and a screening in the parking lot of the Puente Hills Mall, where McFly famously blasted off in Doc Brown’s time-travelling DeLorean.

The “We’re Going Back” fan event will also host the premiere of Back in Time, a documentary about the franchise’s legacy featuring interviews with such notables as Michael J. Fox and Steven Spielberg. The documentary will also be released digitally Wednesday.

Other celebrations include a re-creation of Hill Valley on Thursday in Fillmore, California, where part of the franchise was filmed, and Million McFly March, a gathering of fans dressed as McFly that will begin at the Burbank, California, location of Burger King depicted in Back to the Future.

For those who don’t want to leave home, the trilogy is exclusively streaming on Amazon Prime, and Universal is releasing a special edition trilogy box set in light-up packaging resembling Doc Brown’s flux capacitor.

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BRIEF Comedian-filmmaker Chris Rock to host ABC’s Oscar broadcast next year LOS ANGELES — Chris Rock is coming back to host the Oscars for a second time.

The show’s producers say the prolific comedian-filmmaker will be at the helm for the 88th Academy Awards on Feb. 28 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin called Rock “the MVP of the entertainment industry.”

The 50-year-old entertainer, who hosted the 77th Oscars in 2005, posted a photo of himself with an Oscar statuette on Twitter Wednesday with the caption, “Look who’s back.”

Rock is the only non-white Oscar host to helm the show in the past 10 years. The film academy has visibly increased its diversity outreach efforts since it was derided earlier this

really smart.”

Vancouver-born Tremblay is matter-of-fact about the way he approached his character, who was born in the shed and thinks it’s the entire world until they escape.

“I pretended that I was Jack and I thought of what it would be like to be trapped in Room,” the charming nineyear-old said at the Toronto International Film Festival, where Room won the People’s Choice Award.

“I thought, ‘Nothing is out of the room.”’

Larson said Donoghue’s novel was the first book to make her cry since she’d read Where the Red Fern Grows in fourth grade.

It brought her back to her childhood when she lived with her sister and mom in a tiny apartment in Los Angeles.

“It was a little bit nicer than Room, but we had I think a couple of pairs of jeans and a couple of shirts and a headband and Converse,” said the Sacramento, Calif., native, who recently co-starred in Trainwreck.

“But we look back on it as being the time of our lives. We lived off of Top Ramen and our imagination, basically, and my mom did such an incredible job of creating a game out of everything.”

year for its all-white slate of acting nominees.

Rock has won four Emmy Awards for his comedy series and specials. He recently directed the comedy special Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo for HBO. In 2014, he wrote, directed and starred in the feature Top Five, and in 2009, he produced, wrote and starred in the documentary Good Hair.

Rock created and produced the TV series Everybody Hates Chris, which aired from 2005 to 2009. Other acting credits include the The Longest Yard, Lethal Weapon 4 and the Madagascar animated movies. He also appeared on Broadway in 2011.

He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1993.

infringement claim and the case should be tossed out.

The nephew of Baligh Hamdi, an Egyptian composer whose 1957 song Khosara Khosara is partially used in Big Pimpin’ sued Jay Z and producer Timbaland. Flute notes that Hamdi composed appear throughout the Jay Z song.

The abrupt end to the case came after the rapper and Timbaland testified about creating the rap hit and their belief that they had valid rights to use the Egyptian song.

to be Canada’s official Olympic broadcaster through 2024.

The public broadcaster says it has nabbed the broadcast rights to the Beijing 2022 Winter Games and the 2024 Summer Games.

That makes CBC/Radio-Canada the country’s official broadcaster for the next five Olympics including Rio 2016, Pyeongchang 2018, and Tokyo 2020.

They’ll be working again with broadcast partners Bell Media and Rogers Media.

CBC/Radio-Canada president Hubert Lacroix says the deal is “fiscally responsible, and perfectly aligned with CBC/Radio-Canada’s current strategic plan.”

CBC/Radio-Canada says it will also provide Canadian sports content to the International Olympic Committee’s new global digital Olympic Channel from 2016 until at least 2023.

Copyright infringement case against Jay Z tossed

CBC/Radio-Canada nabs broadcast rights to Olympic Games in 2022 and 2024 TORONTO — The CBC will continue

LOS ANGELES — A judge has dismissed a copyright infringement case against rapper Jay Z over his 1999 hit Big Pimpin’ before the case was sent to a jury.

U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder ruled Wednesday that the heir of an Egyptian composer didn’t have the right to pursue a copyright

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TORONTO — The first time Brie Larson realized her young Room costar Jacob Tremblay was a mini-master of his craft was during rehearsals in Toronto.

Before filming began for the Canadian-Irish drama, which is based on the bestselling novel by London, Ont.based author Emma Donoghue, director Lenny Abrahamson held improv sessions in the shed that’s central to the story.

Tremblay and Larson, who are racking up raves from critics, play mother and son Ma and Jack, who escape cap-

tivity in the shed they call Room only to find new challenges on the outside.

Larson said the then-seven-year-old Tremblay had already fully embraced his five-year-old character during rehearsals.

“I was asking him his times tables, like ‘What’s … five times four?”’ Larson recalled. “He counted it out on his fingers and then said the wrong answer and I was like, ‘No, it’s 20.’

“We kept going with improv and they yelled ‘cut’ and afterwards he turns to me and he was like: ‘I knew it was 20.’

“That was the moment where I was like, ‘Wow, OK, this is a child who knows exactly what he’s doing.’ He’s

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Crude prices not holding back innovation OIL SANDS INNOVATION ALLIANCE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Members of Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance are “doubling down” on sharing their green technologies despite the pinch from low crude oil prices, the group’s boss said Wednesday.

Oilsands firms are sharing about as many different technologies now, with oil below US$50 a barrel, as they were last year, when crude peaked at US$107 a barrel, Dan Wicklum said in an interview.

The aim of COSIA, which was launched in early 2012, is to enable competing oilsands companies to share environmental technologies without running afoul of intellectual property law.

It now has a portfolio of 219 active projects worth $490 million.

Under the COSIA model, companies “basically divide the work up” — an attractive proposition from a cost perspective no matter what the oil price is, Wicklum said.

“If it made sense four years ago, it makes more sense now.”

“What I’m hearing from companies is they’re essentially doubling down on the concept of COSIA,” he said.

Brian Ferguson, chief executive of Cenovus Energy — a COSIA member — said his company has had to “throttle back a bit” on research and development spending as part of company-wide cuts, but that continued investment in technology is crucial to the company’s long-term future.

Overall spending at Cenovus is down by about 40 per cent this year versus last year.

Cenovus’ research and development spending for 2014 was $125 million — and that doesn’t include the technological improvements that go into day-to-day operations at its flagship Christina Lake and Foster Creek projects in northeastern Alberta.

A figure is not yet available for this year’s R&D spend at Cenovus.

In the oilsands, innovations that reduce the environmental footprint also tend to save money, said Wicklum.

That could mean, for example, burning less natural gas and guzzling fewer barrels of water to produce the steam needed to draw bitumen from deep underground.

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A highway loops around the southeast end of Mildred Lake at a Syncrude facility as seen from a helicopter tour of the oil sands near Fort McMurray. often between cutting costs and environmental performance,” he said.

Also Wednesday, COSIA said its members have made headway on reducing the amount of fresh water needed to produce a barrel of bitumen, though it cautioned it is still early days and results may vary significantly from year to year.

Bank of Canada downgrades economic forecast

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada has downgraded its economic forecasts for the next two years, a trimmed outlook that puts added pressure on the incoming Trudeau government and its big-ticket spending promises.

The revised projections come as fallout from persistently low commodity prices continues to hog-tie business investment and resource exports, the bank said Wednesday.

“The Canadian economy is undergoing a complex set of adjustments,” the bank wrote in its latest monetary policy report.

It now is predicting growth for 2016 of two per cent, down from 2.3 per cent. For 2017, the forecast now is 2.5 per cent, down from 2.6.

The change signals that the already-snug fiscal belt could get even tighter for the Liberal government in waiting.

Prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau pledged during the election campaign to run billions in deficits over each of the next three years. However, the Liberals vow that none of them will exceed $10 billion.

The promise, a key plank in Trudeau’s platform, calls for significant investment in job-creating projects like infrastructure.

Following through on the commitment would likely have implications for the Bank of Canada.

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Asked at a news conference Wednesday about the effect of boosting fiscal stimulus, bank governor Stephen Poloz declined to comment about the specific Liberal proposal. And in general terms, he said it’s still too early to determine how quickly any future investments in projects like infrastructure could produce benefits for the economy. So far this year, Poloz has done the heavy lifting to help cushion Canada from the sharp drop in world oil prices. The bank lowered its trend-setting interest rate twice this year to minimize the impact of a slide that saw the economy contract over the first two quarters of 2015 — into a technical recession.

The outgoing Conservative government argued in favour of austerity rather than digging into the public piggy bank to boost the economy.

Dropping the rates, however, has had consequences: higher household consumption and debt.

The bank’s report Wednesday once again warned the overall ratio of debt to disposable income has crept higher. It plans to publish a more in-depth analysis of the financial vulnerability of household debt in a December report.

“Well, that’s a question we don’t have a lot of experience with,” Poloz replied when asked how high debt could go. “All we have, really, is experience of other countries to give us some guidance in this.

There are lots of countries with much higher ratios than those That doesn’t mean it’s OK — I don’t mean it like that. But just to say that you can learn something from their experiences.”

YouTube to launch $10-a-month ad-free video, music plan called Red

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — YouTube is launching a subscription plan in the U.S. called Red that combines ad-free videos, new original series and movies from top YouTubers like PewDiePie, and on-demand unlimited streaming music for US$10 a month.

Red builds on Google’s existing music streaming service by providing ad-free access to YouTube programming, along with features such as the ability to download videos to mobile devices and have music playing in the background while using other mobile apps.

Current subscribers to the $10-a-month Google Play Music service will also get access to Red. The service will not be available in Canada when it launches.

Red targets YouTube fans who want to skip ads, while giving them a chance to pass along some cash to their favourite video creators, who’ll share in the new revenues. It comes as streaming services like Hulu, Pandora, Spotify and TuneIn offer ad-free as a paid option.

The plan, which launches Oct. 28, includes exclusive access to new videos launching next year, as well as the YouTube Music Key service — to be called YouTube Music going forward — for music videos.

The original videos will range in length from a few minutes to feature-length movies and come from established YouTube stars such as the Fine Brothers. A subscription will eliminate ads from all YouTube services across devices and platforms except for the YouTube Kids app, which is operated separately.

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Ad-blocking software has become popular on personal computers, and Apple’s iOS 9 operating system update last month allowed ad-blocker apps to run on its mobile Safari browser for the first time. Worldwide usage of ad blockers rose 41 per cent last year to nearly 200 million people, according to PageFair, a firm that seeks to counter ad blockers.

And yet content providers are finding a way to make money from eliminating ads, too.

Internet radio giant Pandora Media Inc. made $54.6 million on subscription and other revenue in the quarter through June, mainly from its $5 a month ad-free plan, Pandora One. Its subscription revenue is growing faster than ad revenue itself.

Hulu launched a “No Commercials” plan in September for $4 more per month than its regular $8 subscription, and TuneIn added a premium tier for $8 a month in August that throws ad-free music together with audio books and sports play-by-play coverage.

Red could help boost the ranks of Google Play music subscribers, which stood at around 815,000 in the U.S. at the end of last December, according to royalty tracking firm Audiam.

That’s far short of leader Spotify with 20 million paying subscribers globally. Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook told a technology conference this week that Apple Music has 6.5 million paying subscribers and millions more still on free trials following its launch at the end of June.

YouTube is part of Google, a division of the newly created holding company Alphabet Inc.

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Between 2012 and 2014, it said water use intensity fell by 30 per cent for mining operations and 36 per cent for steam-driven projects — although absolute oilsands production rose over the period.

COSIA said its members are recycling more of the water used in their operations and using more nonpotable salty water.

Belgium’s Princess Astrid part of economic mission

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA — British Columbia and Alberta will host a royal business trip with a visit from Belgium’s Princess Astrid and more than 200 business and state leaders from the European country.

The delegation makes stops in Vancouver and Calgary during the week-long visit, starting on Sunday.

Canada and the European Union reached a free trade deal earlier this year and Raoul Delcorde, the Belgian ambassador to Canada, said Belgians view B.C. as an ideal place to launch business opportunities into the Asia-Pacific region.

“This is a very timely economic mission because of the new perspectives that the Canada-EU free trade agreement is going to open,” said Delcorde in a statement released by B.C.’s International Trade Ministry.

“British Columbia could become a bridge for our Belgian companies wanting to develop their operations in the Asia-Pacific region, and Belgium could become a bridge to Europe’s large market for many companies from British Columbia.”

International Trade Teresa Wat said the European Union is B.C.’s fifth largest export market and the Belgian port of Antwerp is a major point of entry for Canadian goods into Europe. She said in a statement B.C. is confident the visit will strengthen trade ties and build co-operation between the partners.

Belgium’s Foreign Trade Agency says the mission includes officials from ports, chambers of commerce and more than 100 businesses, including liquefied natural gas, shipping, film, technology, research, agriculture and manufacturing.

While in Vancouver, the Belgian delegates will visit Vancouver’s Aquarium, fuel-cell innovator Ballard Power Systems, power-solutions company Alpha Technologies and ASCO Aerospace Canada.

The delegates will participate in seminars examining the Canada-EU trade deal, including investing in the Belgian film industry. They will also meet B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson.

The visit includes a ceremony where Princess Astrid bestows Wat with the Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown, one of the highest decorations from the Kingdom of Belgium.

The Order of the Crown, which dates back to 1897, is awarded for services to Belgium, including distinguished artistic, literary or scientific achievements or for commercial or industrial services. It is bestowed to foreign nationals and frequently awarded to military and diplomatic personnel of other countries stationed in or providing support to Belgium.

During the Second World War, the Order of the Crown was granted to Allied military personnel who helped liberate Belgium from Nazi occupation.

Princess Astrid is concerned about people who become marginalized citizens and often visits and encourages organizations that offer assistance to those who are in need of help.

Princess Astrid, 53, is married to Lorenz, ArchDuke d’Autriche-Este. The couple has five children.

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The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX index ended the day down 137.73 points at 13,704.19, with the health-care subsector posting the biggest loss on the day, down 6.41 per cent.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals stock plunged 19.2 per cent to $154.21 on Wednesday after short-seller research firm Citron Research compared the Canadian pharmaceutical company to the collapsed energy giant Enron and accused it of creating a network of phantom pharmacies to fool auditors.

The drug company denied the allegations.

Valeant shares have fallen from a peak of $347.84 in August, with American political figures including Hillary Clinton turning their focus in the last month to price increases in the pharmaceutical industry.

Kash Pashootan, portfolio manager at First Avenue Advisory in Ottawa, a Raymond James company, said investors can do all the research in the world but they can never really predict a company’s fortunes.

“What you’re seeing is another reminder of why diversification is so important in any investing,” he said.

In New York, the Dow Jones average of 30 stocks closed down 48.50 points at 17,168.61, while the broader S&P 500 index fell 11.83 points to 2,018.94 and the Nasdaq index dropped 40.85 points to 4,840.12.

Pashootan said that ever since the American economy began to recover in 2010, North American equity markets have shown strong results.

Now, he said, the market is

changing as investors become more aware that those returns are unlikely to last.

“After five years of phenomenal gains in the markets, especially the U.S. markets, it’s unrealistic to expect that for the next five years growth will come at the same magnitude,” he said.

On the commodity markets, the December gold contract ended trading down $10.40 to US$1,167.10 an ounce, the December crude contract fell US$1.09 to US$45.20 a barrel and the November natural gas contract fell 7.2 cents to US$2.404 per thousand cubic feet.

Pashootan said the oil market is still suffering from worldwide oversupply and that he foresees a rough time for oil company stocks as they continue to adjust to the lower oil price.

Many oil companies have been protected by the long-term hedges they invest in as insurance against an oil price decline and many of those hedges are beginning to expire, he said.

“Then they will really feel the impact of selling oil into a market at half the price of what they were used to selling it at,” Pashootan said.

The loonie fell by 0.91 of a cent to 76.24 cents US. The Bank of Canada announced on Wednesday that it would keep its key overnight interest rate at 0.5 per cent.

The bank said in its economic forecast that it will take several years for the Canadian economy to adjust to the impact of persistently low commodity prices.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Wednesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,704.19, down 137.73 points Dow — 17,168.61, down 48.50 points S&P 500 — 2,018.94, down

11.83 points Nasdaq — 4,840.12, down 40.85 points Currencies: Cdn — 76.12 cents US, down 0.91 of a cent Pound — C$2.0257, up 2.08 cents Euro — C$1.4896, up 1.76 cents Euro — US$1.1339, unchanged Oil futures: US$45.20 per barrel, down $1.09 (December contract) Gold futures: US$1,167.10 per oz., down $10.40 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $21.319 oz., down 7.6 cents $685.41 kg., down $2.44 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov ‘15 $5.00 higher $476.50 Jan. ‘16 $4.10 higher $482.40 March ‘16 $5.20 higher $486.80 May ‘16 $6.30 higher $488.30 July ‘16 $6.40 higher $487.30 Nov. ‘16 $6.10 higher $477.20 Jan. ‘17 $6.10 higher $475.40 March ‘17 $6.10 higher $477.10 May ‘17 $6.10 higher $477.10 July ‘17 $6.10 higher $477.10 Nov. ‘17 $6.10 higher $477.10.

Barley (Western): Dec. ‘15 unchanged $185.00 March ‘16 unchanged $187.00 May ‘16 unchanged $188.00 July ‘16 unchanged $188.00 Oct. ‘16 unchanged $188.00 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $188.00 March ‘17 unchanged $188.00 May ‘17 unchanged $188.00 July ‘17 unchanged $188.00 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $188.00 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $188.00.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 1,086,060 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 1,086,060.

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Postmedia shuts down its evening tablet edition

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Postmedia is scrapping the short-lived evening tablet edition it hoped would help usher in the next wave of digital journalism.

A spokeswoman for the media company confirmed that Wednesday evening would see the final editions of the digital experiment at the Calgary Herald, Ottawa Citizen and Montreal Gazette.

“They’re beautiful products and we’re incredibly proud of how they look, but they didn’t reach a critical mass of audience or advertisers,” Phyllise Gelfand said in an interview.

Tablet readers will be redirected

to Postmedia’s news app, which was recently revamped. The updated version works on both smartphones and tablets.

Postmedia launched its first digital evening edition in May 2014 at the Citizen before expanding the project to other markets.

The company boasted about its mix of the day’s top stories and feature articles wrapped in a slick magazine-like layout with interactive components.

The project was reminiscent of News Corp.’s failed The Daily, a subscription-based digital newspaper tailor-made for the iPad that launched in February 2011 and was shut down less than two years later.

Canadian media companies have

been grappling with the evolution of digital readership, trying out a raft of concepts to varying success.

Postmedia’s websites across the country operate on a metered paywall structure similar to the business section of the Globe and Mail, which allows readers to access a set number of articles before they are asked to subscribe.

The Toronto Star used the same type of model before scrapping the concept in favour of its Star Touch tablet edition, which is modelled after a similar edition of La Presse in Quebec.

The French-Canadian market has responded so enthusiastically to the tablet edition that Le Presse has announced plans to phase out its week-

day print edition before next year.

Postmedia found that its tablet edition appealed to “a very, very niche audience” that wanted to sit down for a 30- to 40-minute read of in-depth analysis and multimedia content, said Cole Reiken, vice-president of the company’s digital businesses.

“We’re seeing growth … in that always up-to-date, ‘let me get in and let me get out’ (reader),” he said.

“We’re streamlining our product portfolio to focus on that.”

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Tsilhqot’in, government reconciliation talks to focus on mill, moose BRITISH COLUMBIA

VICTORIA — Restarting a sawmill and rebuilding moose populations in British Columbia’s Interior are now the focus of reconciliation talks between the provincial government and Tsilhqot’in Nation.

The talks began last year after the Tsilhqot’in won title in court to 1,750 square kilometres of its territorial lands in the remote Nemiah Valley.

Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad said in an interview Wednesday that both sides have signed a letter of intent, which is the next step in the reconciliation work.

“It’s a way to get out of the starting

blocks for us to be able to spend some time working on a couple very important issues,” he said.

He said a working group will examine the possibility of restarting the River West Forest sawmill, located west of Williams Lake, and look at business opportunities on the site.

“One of the things that is going to be critical as we go forward working with the Tsilhqot’in is finding ways for Tsilhqot’in to be self sustaining,” he said, adding the nation has identified the mill as one potential economic opportunity.

Both sides have also agreed to find

ways to support the recovery of the region’s moose population.

Rustad said anecdotal evidence suggests the local moose population has declined, so the nation wants to work with the government to reverse the trend. He said moose are important culturally to the local aboriginal and non-aboriginal population.

The Tsilhqot’in also want to spend more time consulting with community members, Rustad said, noting the nation and government have been in conflict for more than 150 years and trust will take time to build.

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dian shoppers the option of ordering products that will ship over the border. But shopping at Target won’t come cheap because online orders face a list of extra charges, including duties and taxes as well as shipping fees.

“It is part of a test and we will have more details to share in the near future,” said spokesman Jamie Bastian in an emailed statement to The Canadian Press.

The international website is being operated by Borderfree, a company that specializes in helping retailers sell products around the world, and will charge local shoppers in Canadian dollars. Several things have changed in the Canadian retail industry since Target closed its stores here earlier in the year.

A wave of high-end U.S. retailers

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Other factors have made crossborder shopping less appealing, including the value of the loonie, which has dropped about 10 cents US to just over 76 cents US since the start of the year.

Target Corp. announced in January that would close its 133 Canadian stores and leave the country after deciding it would take years to turn a profit.

BRIEFS

Permit values rise Commercial, industrial and public sector development have continued to drive strong building permit values so far this year.

For the period from January to September of 2015, total permits (1087) for all classes issued are valued at $166,590,207, up compared to an estimated value of $130,311,965 for the same period last year.

Driving the cost up were the renovations and additions to St. Francis of Assisi Middle School in Lancaster at an estimated value of $3 million. The renovation to the main floor of Stantec Executive Place to make way for Hudson’s Pub added another $1.2 million to September permit values.

A total of 120 residential permits were issued in September at a value of $6.1 million compared to 125 valued at $8.8 million.

TORONTO — Target Corp. is returning to Canada, but not with the splashy fanfare of its previous arrival.

The U.S. discount chic retailer has quietly opened an international website that gives Cana-

Lawyers for the company are still in Canadian courts ironing out some of the final details of the company’s windup.

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Tsilhqot’in Chief Joe Alphonse said in a news release that the nation will get a closer look in the coming months at the economic opportunities available at the sawmill site.

“A history of mistrust of B.C. is still very real for us,” he said.

“We are using this as a test of B.C.’s commitment to reconciliation.”

Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone announced last month the installation of distance signs, written in Tsilhqot’in and English, on Highway 20 and several other major routes west of Williams Lake.

He said the signs are meant to honour the history and culture of the region’s original people.

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KEOWN Gerald Robert July 2, 1933 - Oct. 15, 2015 Gerald Keown passed away peacefully with his children at his side. Gerry was a man of integrity and wisdom who lived a life of simplicity, true to his farming roots. He truly cared for others, giving all of himself and asking nothing in return. Gerry leaves behind his children; Dave (Jacquie), Leslie-Ann (Bill), Janine (Dory), and Shawn (Barbara); his grandchildren; Ashlee (Alex), Dave, Eric, Brandon, Kearstyn (Joel), Josh, Alex, Damon, Kane, Claire and Margaret; his great grandchildren, Lexi, Xander, and Sophia, and his brother, Don (Clara) and family. He was predeceased by his parents, his sister Joyce, and brother-in-law Nyk Hrynyk. A private family memorial was held on Sunday. In lieu of flowers, donations can be directed to STARS or a charity of choice.

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BIRNIE-BROWNE Edwin John Oct 9, 1932 - Oct 16, 2015 Celebrate the life, cherish the memories.

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FRASER Leo 1936 - 2015 Mr. Leo Edward Fraser of Red Deer, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Friday, October 16, 2015 at the age of 78 years. Leo was born on December 7, 1936 at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He leaves to mourn, his loving wife, Elsie; his daughter, Dr. Sandra (Robert) Shuya; his grandchildren, Mason, Justin and Alyson; and two sisters, Helen Fremont and Clara Crabb. Leo was predeceased by his eldest daughter Brenda, his parents, three brothers and five sisters. A Memorial Tea will be held in the Reception Centre of the Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, October 23, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Leo’s honor may be made directly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta and N.W.T. at www.heartandstroke.ab.ca or to the Canadian Cancer Society at www.cancer.ca.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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Obituaries WOODS Brenda ‘Bea’ 1957 - 2015 Mrs. Brenda ‘Bea’ Lea Woods of Innisfail, Alberta, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at the age of 58 years. Bea was born on June 6, 1957 at Lac La Biche, Alberta and raised in Smithers, British Columbia.

She moved to Red Deer in the early 1980’s, and worked at Canadian Tire for twentyfive years. Bea will be lovingly remembered by her husband of twenty-eight years, Paul Woods of Innisfail; her sons, Tyler (Nicole) Bacon, Monty (Clancy) Woods and Robert (Tanya) Sirdar, all of Red Deer; her daughters, Tamyka (Robin) Latiff of Calgary, Alberta and Felecia (Victor) Woods of Red Deer; and five grandchildren. She will also be sadly missed by her brothers, Laurie Bouvier of Kamloops, British Columbia and Dean Bouvier of Smithers, British Columbia and one sister, Wendy Leiterman, also of Smithers.

Bea was predeceased by her father, Jean Bouvier. A Celebration of Bea’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Bea’s honor may be made directly to the Alberta Children’s Hospital, 2888 Shaganappi Trail NW, Calgary, Alberta, T3B 6A9. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of Quinn Edwards, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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CUNNINGHAM Vernal George (1925-2015) Vernal George Cunningham was born on March 10, 1925 in the Ghost Pine area to William and Eleanor Cunningham and passed away on Oct. 17, 2015 at St. Mary’s Extended Care in Trochu. He grew up on the farm west of Trochu attending Fairmount School.

He married Agnes Andrews, a Ghost Pine girl he had met when she was teaching at Fairmount, in 1950. They built a house on the family farm and raised eight children of the baby boom era. Vern farmed with his brothers and later with two of his sons, proudly operating a combine in his 80th year. His work ethic was an inspiration to all those around him. Besides his love of farming, Vern enjoyed watching his boys (and the pros) play baseball and hockey. He loved old time country music, Wilf Carter in particular, and would yodel a “Wilf” tune if the opportunity presented itself. He was up for a road trip, near or far, with Agnes and the kids or later with friends.

He put his woodworking skills to work in his shop and most members of his family have a rocking chair, an end table or a shelving unit to remember him by. Vern was a quiet man with a dry sense of humour. He was proud and supportive of all his children and grandchildren as they made their ways in life. He was predeceased by his wife Agnes in 2012. He is survived by eight children and their families: Bill, Brenda, Tom (Kim and Lauren), Nancy, Wayne (Rhonda, Coleman, and Ryan), Richard (Melynda and Bridget), Ken (Laura-Lee, Hannah and Kevin, Connor, Funeral Directors and Max), and Wendy. & Services Vern’s quality of life was limited in his last several years by eyesight, hearing and other health issues. He appreciated the care he received after leaving his house in Trochu, at Golden Hills Lodge in Three Hills and later at St. Mary’s in Trochu.

In lieu of flowers, friends are encouraged to donate to St. Mary’s Healthcare Centre Foundation in Trochu. A “come and go” celebration of Vern’s life will be held on Sat. Oct. 24 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm where people can drop in at the Trochu Seniors Drop In Centre.

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SWORDS Teresa Card Of Thanks Sept. 16, 1959 - Oct. 13, 2015 Teresa Swords died FITCH suddenly on October 13, A heartfelt thank you to EMS 2015 in Blackfalds. Teresa is and the caregivers at the survived by her mother, Red Deer Regional Hospital Florence Willick; her sisters, for the care give to Gordon Kathy and Lorie Willick, and Fitch during his brief stay.

Rose Turner; and her brothers, Stephen, John, and Margaret Fitch and family Dave Willick.

She is predeceased by her husband, Scott Swords. There will be FITCH an informal celebration at Leto’s Restaurant, 4944 Hwy In memory of Gordon 2A, Lacombe, AB on Raymond Fitch the family Saturday, October 24, 2015 would like to thank the from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

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Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

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Personals

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298

STRONG Insulation Inc. Looking for exp. residential insulators w/drivers licence (Batt And Poly, Blow-in).

Call Curtis 403-597-1877 Tired of Standing?

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jobs

860

Truckers/ Drivers

CLASSIFICATIONS 700-920

Caregivers/ Aides

710

EXPERIENCED caregiver for senior needed. Position involves light housekeeping. First aid/CPR certified. $11.50/hr,40hr/wk.

Call 403-314-0700 Looking for: In Home Caregiver/Nanny for 2 children(12 yrs old and a 6 yrs old with special needautism) FullTime ($11.50 40/44hrs/week) Must be reliable,experience is not required but must be willing to train. Located in Red Deer, AB. Email to limpinnoel@yahoo.ca

Clerical

720

Payroll Clerk must have experience with NavisionSerenic payroll systems.

Full cycle payroll for 150+ Employees. SE Calgary, AB. Email Resume to jobsnow@dcpu1.com Website: www.dcpu1.com

Oilfield

800

HEAVY HAUL TRUCK DRIVER F/T position required for an oilfield construction company based in Sundre, Ab. Minimum 5 years experience loading and hauling heavy equipment.

Clean Driver’s Abstract.

Benefits and competitive wages offered to the right candidate.

Applications can be faxed, Attn: Mark 403-638-4950 or emailed to safety@ saunderstrucking.ca Buying or Selling your home?

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ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

SERVICE RIG Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: payroll@ bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 252-9719 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

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 ATTENDANT Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time.

16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Education and experience not req’d.

Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 MOTEL manager/couple, live-in and manage 26-unit motel, 1:30 hr northwest of Edmonton, as of Nov 1.

Experience is an asset. rambustah@hotmail.com.

Trades

850

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Requires SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

1590

Clothing

GREENHOUSE Laborers LADIES London Fog, reg. are required for our 10 size, cranberry pea greenhouse operation coat, $50. 403-227-2976 located near Blackfalds, LADIES size 4 1/2 Italian Alberta. Responsibilities chocolate leather knee include transplanting, high boots, soft fits like a watering, handling and glove, $200 403-227-2976 caring for plant material MEN’S leather coat, large, and preparation of $20. Ladies black wool customer orders. This coat, size 10-12, $20. position is labor intensive 403-347-5316 and entails working in both hot and cold environments.

NURSES’ uniforms, Laborers are required to pants & tops. med. to work a minimum of 40 large size. $5 each. hours per week. Laborers (approx. 25) good shape. must be available to work 403-347-2526 different shifts, 7 days a week. Positions are available starting mid January and last until late Electronics June. No previous work experience or qualificaATARI w/14 games $150 tions are required. Starting 403-782-3847 wage is $11.20 an hour.

GAME CUBE 5 games Please email resumes to $80; PS2 w/games; $50; Kevin@cagreenhouses.ca 403-782-3847 or fax resume to 403-885-4147 GRUNDIG am/fm short(Attn. Human Resources.) wave field radio, model Resumes may also be #S450DLX w/owners mailed to Box 100, Blackmanual, used 2x, $50. falds, Alberta, T0M 0J0.

SOLD

1605

Employment Training

900

EquipmentHeavy

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

1640

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

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Clothing

1630

1590

Circa 1960’s-1970’s HUDSON’S BAY, 100% wool, 4-point blanket coat.

Ladies’ Size M-L (10-12).

Still in great condition. $85 firm. ***SOLD*** HOCKEY REF JERSEY XLarge with 2 arm bands and hockey Alberta Badge Asking $25.00 Call 403-728-3485

Tools

ANTIQUE staple guns, $40 obo. 403-986-8661 ELECTRIC DRILLS, 3/8”, (5) $20. Each.

403-314-0804 SKILL SAW, Craftsman 7.25, $50. 403-314-0804

1660

Firewood

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood Spruce, Pine, Aspen - Split.

Avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 FIREWOOD, North of Costco. 403-346-7178 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

Household Furnishings

1720

DINING ROOM SET with 4 chairs & leaf, exc. shape. nice top with light wood around side, brass legs on chairs. $100 403-346-4155 HUTCH in nice shape, real wood, $70 obo.

403-986-8661

NOV. START • Community Support Worker Program •

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking a FLOORHAND

880

Misc.

Help

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Misc.

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Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

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You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

F/T DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

Deer Park

Normandeau

44 DIAMOND STREET Estate & Garage Sale Oct. 23, 24 & 25 Fri. 3-8, Sat. 9-3, Sun. 11-3 Bdrm. furn., mattress set, dining rm. set, leather sofa & loveseat, patio set, entire kitchen contents, china, crystal & silverware, small appls., decor items, paintings, pictures, cabinets & media stands, electronics, vintage records, cassettes & CDs, misc. furn., book cases, bar fridge, exercise equip., pool table, mechanics tools, bicycle.

Many more items.

MULTI FAMILY Fri. Oct. 23 & Sat. Oct. 24, 10-6.

BACK LANE ONLY. Small appls, dishes. garden tools, dresser, car books, much more. 48 Nyman Cres. No early birds.

West Park 5906 41 ST. Cres.

Oct. 22, 23 & 24 Thurs. & Fri. 3-7, Sat. 9-1 Garage full!

Lots of everything!!

Start your career!

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services CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430 To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Accounting

1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

1160

Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Handyman Services

1200

BEAT THE RUSH! Book now for your home projects.

Reno’s, flooring, painting, small concrete/rock work, landscaping, small tree cutting, fencing & decking.

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. 10 - 2am Private back entry 403-341-4445 Free Est. 403-872-8888

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 505-4777 GARAGE Doors Serviced 50% off. 403-358-1614

Window Cleaning

1420

ROBUST CLEANING SERVICES - Windows, eavestroughs, vinyl siding.

Pckg. pricing, free quotes.

403-506-4822

Yard Care

1430

FALL cleanup. Tree/junk removal. Snow removal contracts welcome.

403-358-1614 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 Household Furnishings

1720

Misc. for Sale

1760

KEYBOARD, stand, bench and music books, $100; set of encyclopedias, $25; standing lamp, $10; sewing machine, $25; MOVING. All home fur- and hood hair dryer, $10. nishings and major appls.

403-346-2346 403-346-2192 to view and TWO king size pillows, $25 make an offer. for both. 403-347-5316 HIDE-A-BED, double, very good cond. $75.

403-342-4949 or 780-717-6206

WANTED

WATER cooler $50.

403-885-5020

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

Sale

1760

1830

Cats

Suites

3060

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AVAIL. IMMED. large 2 bdrm. in clean quiet adult building, near downtown Co-Op, no pets, 403-348-7445

CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

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Realtors & Services

CITY VIEW APTS. Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building. Rent $900 S.D. $800. Avail. immed.

Near hospital. No pets.

403-318-3679

GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm.

KITTENS, (5) 8 wks old, RCA 5 disc changer stereo ltter trained, FREE to good apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 w/remote home. 403-782-0344 $50 403-782-3847 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only Sporting n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 Misc. for 100 VHS movies, $75.

For All 403-885-5020

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Goods

BODY vibe brand new, $150; EZ cycle bike $50, never used 403-309-6653

21’, Àve in one Mastercraft TRAVELING GOLF BAG, black. $45. 403-885-5020 ladder, like brand new, $85 obo. 403-986-8661

Travel Packages

PROPANE heater for inside travel home, works good $150 obo 403-314-0804

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

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ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

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FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

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Houses/

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LIMITED TIME OFFER: First month’s rent FREE! 1 & 2 Bedroom suites available. Renovated suites in central location.

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Houses For Sale

4020

“COMING SOON” BY

SERGE’S HOMES

Lonsdale Two-Bedroom Apartments for Rent Established, adult, no-pet buildings in convenient locations. In-suite laundry (washer & dryer), 3 appliances, parking underground ($) in one.

6 month lease. $1200 $1275 rent plus security deposit. Contact 403-596-5498 or info@lonsdalecourt.com for viewing. www.lonsdalecourt.com www.lonsdalegreen.com

MORRISROE MANOR

Duplex in Red Deer Close to Schools and Recreation Center. For More Info Call Bob 403-505-8050 3 BDRM main Á. house for rent, avail. imm., $1,175/mo. + 2/3 util. Call Bob 403-872-3400

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1 & 2 bdrm., Adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets. 403-596-2444

5030

Cars

SYLVAN: 4 fully furn. units avail. immediately $1200. to $1400. inclds. utils., details 403-880-0210.

For delivery of Flyers, Duplexes Wednesday and Friday 3 BDRM. main level THE ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK house, Johnstone Park. + d.d., 70% utils., NORDIC CLEARVIEW RIDGE $1350 avail. now, no pets.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, CLEARVIEW 403-971-9640, 923-1119 N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444 TIMBERSTONE 4 BDRMS, 2 1/2 baths, single car garage, 5 appls, LANCASTER VANIER WOODS $1695/mo. 403-782-7156 NOW OPEN VANIER 403-357-7465 Brand new WOODLEA/ AVAIL. Nov. 1, 3 bdrm. rental community. house, full bsmt, 2 bath, Reserve now for WASKASOO fridge, stove, microwave, your choice of suite! dishwasher, in Parkvale DEER PARK 1&2 BDRMs from $1170. (downtown area). 4614 47 In-suite laundry. Dishwasher.

GRANDVIEW St. R.D. Small pets only.

Balcony. Pet friendly.

Apply in person to EASTVIEW Elevator. Parking avail.

4610-47 St. or call Gym. Community garden.

MICHENER 403-347-2943 Non-smoking. On-site mgmt.

MOUNTVIEW 39 Van Slyke Way, Red Deer 403.392.6751 Condos/ ROSEDALE VanierWoodsApartments.ca GARDEN HEIGHTS Townhouses MORRISROE 3 BDRM, 3 bath, 3 Ár, 3 Warehouse parking, 5 appls, fenced Call Prodie at yard, pets allowed to over Space 403-314-4301 30ish parents with family at

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3140

2011 DTS CADDY, 51,000 km, $38,000. 403-346-6108 2004 BUICK Century, 4 dr., auto, V6, loaded, 98,000 km. $3,500.

403-887-5000

2003 NISSAN Maxima SE Titanium 143,000 km V6 6 spd. manual, loaded $6450. 403 358 1713

Fifth Wheels

5110

2002 WILDERNESS 27’ A/C, solar panel, axels turned, good cond, $8000 403-357-7815

Tires, Parts Acces.

5180

COLD storage garage, 7316-59 Ave. Rent/S.S. 14’ x 24’, $200/mo.; heated $1590.Ph 403-341-4627.

4 SUMMER TIRES . big truck space, $775/mo.

205-70R15 with Alessio INGLEWOOD 2 bdrm.

VARIETY SHOP SPACES sports rims , plus 1 brand 2 bath condo. Heated park- ~ ofÀces ~ fenced yards ~ new spare tire w/rim. ing & all utils. incl. $1450.

Big or small, different Rims could also be put on Avail. Dec. 1. 403-350-3722 locations. 403-343-6615 winter tires. $200 for all SEIBEL PROPERTY Looking for a new pet?

403-346-4263 6 locations in Red Deer, 3 Check out Classifieds to FOUR 5 bolt alloy rims for bdrms, 1 1/2 bath, appls, find the purrfect pet.

Hyundi or all import cars starting at $1100. For more $100 403-346-4155 info 403-347-7545 or FOR LEASE 403-304-7576 Riverside Light Industrial 4614-61 St. (directly beSOUTHWOOD PARK hind Windsor Plywood) 3110-47TH Avenue, 2400 sq. ft. large 55 x 85 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, compound 403-350-1777 generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, Classifieds full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Your place to SELL PUBLIC NOTICES Sorry no pets.

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ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK ANDERS BOWER HIGHLAND GREEN Public 4 Plexes/ Storage INGLEWOOD Notices 6 Plexes Space JOHNSTONE NOTICE OF SALE KENTWOOD 3 BDRM., no pets, RENT or sale, storage unit Goods shall be sold by $1000 mo. 403-343-6609 at Sylvan Lake, all RIVERSIDE public auction (sale concrete const., 24 x 48 ACROSS from park, conducted by MEADOWS w/water/power/heat, 16’ 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, Montgomery Auctions) on door, no GST 4 appls. Rent $925/mo.

PINES MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 403-347-0016 d.d. $650. Now or Nov. 1.

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3050

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Suites

2 BDRM. bsmt suite. $850/mo. 403-348-1304

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED

2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $875 rent/d.d.

403-346-1458

For early morning delivery by 6:30 am Mon. - Sat. INGLEWOOD LANCASTER ANDERS

ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889

Condos/ Townhouses

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Mobile Lot

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PADS $450/mo.

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Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820 Start your career!

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rental incurred by the following: 1. JOEL P. PETERSON 2. THOMAS CASTONGUAY 3. HOLLY SOUND 4. JOLANDA ABRAHAM 5. DANIEL DE GRAAF 6. CORY DAVID SCARFF 7. SCOTT BELL 8. KENNETH J. MYERS 9. EPIC FABRICATIONS 10. BRIAN L. EGILSSON 11. GEORGE CROWE 12. ANDY W. ROGERS 13. KEVIN R. MCKAY

U-STORE IT SELF STORAGE NOTICE TO:

Call Joanne at 403- 314-4308

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CARRIERS NEEDED

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Rent includes: Gas, electricity, water, cable and internet.

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File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, speaks with Syrian troops during his visit to the front line in the eastern Damascus district of Jobar, Syria.

Russia’s military intervention in Syria has increasingly bolstered the sense that Bashar Assad may survive the war, and his surprise visit to Moscow, the first time he’s left the war-torn country in nearly five years, underscores how emboldened the leader has become. The visit is a brazen show of force by the two allies and a slap in the face of a fumbling U.S. administration whose response on Syria over the past years has been inconsistent and chaotic.

Assad visits Putin in Moscow LEADER STRENGTHENS HIS HAND AT HOME AND IN POSSIBLE TALKS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAMASCUS, Syria — President Bashar Assad has travelled to Moscow in his first known trip abroad since war broke out in Syria in 2011, meeting his strongest ally, Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The two leaders stressed that military operations in Syria— in which Moscow is the latest and most powerful addition— must lead to a political process.

Russia later announced that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have agreed to meet in Vienna Friday with their counterparts from Saudi Arabia and Turkey to discuss the Syria crisis.

The surprise visit Tuesday reflects renewed confidence from the embattled Syrian president after Russia and Iran, another staunch ally, dramatically escalated their support recently as Moscow began carrying out airstrikes on Syrian insurgents and Tehran sent hundreds of ground forces.

A Syrian official confirmed Wednesday that Assad had returned to Damascus. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

Putin said he had invited Assad, thanking him for “coming to Moscow despite a tragic situation in your country.”

Assad flashed wide smiles as he shook hands with Putin and other officials. “We thank you for standing

by Syria’s territorial integrity and its independence,” Assad told Putin.

Syria’s conflict began in March 2011 after the government cracked down violently on largely peaceful

protests against Assad’s rule. The protests gradually became an armed insurgency and a civil war that has killed a quarter of a million people in the past five years.

Moscow, a traditional ally of the Assad family, started an air campaign on Sept. 30 against what it said are terrorist groups threatening Syria and Assad’s rule. It became the latest international power to deepen its involvement into the increasingly intractable conflict that saw a mushrooming of armed groups, including the militant Islamic State group and al-Qaida.

Russia says it is targeting militants. But critics, including the U.S., say the Moscow military intervention helps props up Assad and is likely to fan the violence.

Putin said that along with fighting militants, Moscow believes that “a long-term settlement can only be achieved as part of a political process with the participation of all political forces, ethnic and religious groups.”

“The Syrian people have been putting up a fight against international terrorism effectively on its own for several years, sustaining sizeable losses but it has achieved positive results recently,” Putin said.

A statement posted on the Syrian presidency’s official Facebook page said the meetings discussed the continuation of the military operations against terrorism in Syria, calling it the “obstacle” to a political solution.

“Terrorism which we see spreading today could have been more widespread and more harmful if it weren’t for your decisions and steps, not only in our region,” Assad told Putin in remarks carried by Arab media.

Migrants ford icy river, torch tents in Slovenia

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BREZICE, Slovenia — After too many days and nights stuck outside in the rain and cold, tempers are fraying among the tens of thousands of migrants trying to get through the Balkans to the heart of Europe.

A fire at the main refugee camp on Slovenia’s border with Croatia destroyed a dozen lime green army-issue tents Wednesday as scores of mostly young male migrants nearby chanted, “Let us go! Let us go!”

While the government said it was still investigating the cause, police at the scene told The Associated Press that migrants had set a stack of UNHCR-supplied blankets deliberately on fire to protest conditions in the camp on the outskirts of Brezice.

Many of those demanding to leave the Slovenian border town for Austria, Germany and other European Union nations to the north had waded the previous night through the Sutla River, which marks the border between Slovenia and Croatia, in frigid conditions made worse by

their soaked clothes. Sometimes in the pitch dark, at other times aided by light from a police helicopter’s searchlight, more than 1,000 souls strode chest-deep into the muddy waters on the Croat side and struggled up the muddy embankment into Slovenia.

Many migrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa expressed bewilderment and disappointment because they had been told as they began their journeys in Turkey that the hard part would end once they reached EU countries like Croatia and Slovenia. Many had expected other countries to permit them free passage to wealthier western countries, particularly Germany, that they hope to make home.

“I am sorry for Europe,” said Ari Omar, an Iraqi, who was resting in a Slovenian pasture a few hundred meters (yards) from the border with Croatia. “We did not think Europe is like this: no respect for refugees, not treating us with dignity. Why is Europe like this?”

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Later mammograms suggested AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY SAYS START SCREENING AT 45, NOT 40 BECAUSE OF FALSE ALARMS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — The American Cancer Society now says women should start mammograms later in life and get fewer of them, a stance that puts the trusted group closer to an influential government task force’s advice.

In new guidelines out Tuesday, the cancer society recommends that most women should begin annual screening for breast cancer at age 45 instead of 40, and switch to every other year at 55.

The task force advises screening every other year starting at age 50.

It’s not a one-size-fits-all recommendation both groups say women’s preferences for when to be scanned should be considered.

The advice is for women at average risk for breast cancer. Doctors generally recommend more intensive screening for higher-risk women, including those with specific genetic mutations.

“The most important message of all is that a mammogram is the most effective thing that a woman can do to reduce her chance of dying from breast cancer,” said Dr. Richard Wender, the cancer society’s cancer control chief.

“It’s not that mammograms are ineffective in younger women,” he said, but at age 40, breast cancer is uncommon and false alarms are more likely.

“Therefore, you’d have to do a lot more mammograms to prevent one death,” compared to older women, Wender said.

Concern about false alarms contributed to the cancer society’s new guidance. These lead to worry and more testing — they mean an initial result was suspicious but that cancer was ruled out by additional scans and sometimes biopsies.

The latest guidelines acknowledge that some younger women are willing to accept that, and that for them starting annual exams at age 40 is fine, as long as they know the risks.

The guidelines were developed by experts who reviewed dozens of studies including research published since 1997 — the year the cancer group recommended yearly mammograms starting at age 40, and since 2003, when it stopped recommending monthly breast self-exams.

The update recommends that wom-

en continue getting screened as long as they are in good health and have a life expectancy of at least 10 years. The old guidelines did not include an age limit.

The cancer group also dropped a recommendation for routine physical breast exams by doctors, saying there’s no evidence that these save lives.

The Rev. Jennifer Munroe-Nathans, 46, a pastor in Millis, Massachusetts, said she hasn’t paid attention to guidelines and started getting annual scans around age 40 on her doctor’s advice.

Her mother had breast cancer, so have some of her congregants and Munroe-Nathans said she has no plans to change course when she gets older.

“For my own peace of mind I intend to continue yearly mammograms,” she said. “I’ve seen the impact of breast cancer — perhaps that makes me a little more hyper-vigilant.”

The society’s updated guidelines say switching to every other year at age 55 makes sense because tumors in women after menopause tend to grow more slowly. Also, older women’s breasts are usually less dense so cancer is more visible on mammograms, said Dr. Kevin Oeffinger, chairman of the society’s breast cancer guideline panel and director of the cancer survivorship centre at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

The guidelines were published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

More than 200,000 women in the U.S. each year are diagnosed with breast cancer and about 40,000 die from the disease. Overall, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with the disease at some point and chances increase with age.

Oeffinger said women need to be familiar with their breasts and aware of any changes, which should be evaluated by their doctors.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, whose guidelines have historically influenced Medicare coverage, made waves in 2009 when it recommended mammograms every other year starting at age 50, to age 74. In draft recommendations released earlier this year, the group said mammograms for women in their 40s should be an individual decision based on preferences and health history, and that more research is needed to deter-

mine potential benefits or harms for scans for women aged 75 and older.

That panel also questioned the value of breast exams by doctors, citing a lack of evidence for any benefit or harm. It will examine the cancer society’s evidence review in finalizing its update, said Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, the task force’s vice chair and a professor at the University of California, San Francisco.

Most health plans are required to cover screening mammograms free of charge as part of preventive care mandated by the Affordable Care Act, and many insurers cover the screenings starting at age 40.

Several doctor groups still recom-

mend mammograms starting at age 40, including those representing radiologists and gynecologists, but the American Cancer Society’s breast cancer guidelines are the most widely followed, said Dr. Kenneth Lin, a family medicine physician at Georgetown University School of Medicine.

Lin said he supports the new guidance but that it will make his job more challenging at first, trying to explain to patients the changes and differences with other groups. Lin said he — and probably many other doctors — will likely continue doing physical breast exams, out of habit and because they consider the exams to be an important part of doctor-patient interactions.

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Johnson & Johnson study shows Stelara cuts symptoms in Crohn’s disease TRENTON, N.J. — Johnson & Johnson’s immune disorder drug Stelara significantly reduced symptoms of the inflammatory bowel condition Crohn’s disease with just one infusion in about half the patients tested, according to the company.

The results, released Monday, are the first from multiple late-stage studies — normally the last stage before seeking regulatory approval for Crohn’s, which J&J plans to do later this year. Stelara, on the market since 2009, is approved for treating plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

Besides giving Crohn’s patients a new option, the additional approval could shore up vulnerable sales in J&J’s biggest franchise, drugs for disorders in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissue. That also could give J&J a boost in the fiercely competitive category, which is led by the world’s top-selling drug, Humira.

Biologic drugs Stelara, Simponi and Remicade, J&J’s oldest immune disorder medicine, bring the company more than $10 billion a year combined and treat conditions including rheumatoid

arthritis and ulcerative colitis.

They compete in various conditions with rival AbbVie Inc.’s Humira, which has more than $13 billion in annual sales and treats seven immune disorders, as well as other drugs including Enbrel, sold by Amgen Inc. and Pfizer Inc. The injectable drugs have various dosing schedules and work by different mechanisms, neutralizing different immune system proteins to reduce the inflammation that triggers symptoms and so limit complications.

They’re all genetically engineered, powerful and can cause serious side effects, including liver and heart problems, some cancers and infections that can be deadly. They’re also expensive: For psoriasis patients, Stelara costs $32,500 to $65,000 a year without insurance, depending on the dose.

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What a grand fall we’ve been treated to! I don’t remember when the fall colours have been so spectacular or lasted so long.

Let’s hope we get a few more days/weeks of colour and warmth before the temperatures drop and nature’s palette turns brown and gray (and then white).

Over the past weeks, as I’ve been working in the yard, walking the woods or out mountain biking, I’ve been enjoying seeing Blue Jays. Their brilliant cerulean plumage is dazzling against a backdrop of MYRNA bright yellow aspen leaves.

PEARMAN Blue Jays are especially conspicuous at this time OUTDOORS of year, when they hang together in flocks that roam the woods, feeding as a group. They will be readily attracted to backyard bird feeding stations

where they will eat a variety of food items, from sunflower seeds to dog food. However, peanuts, either shelled or unshelled, are their favourite feeder fare. I give them peanuts from peanut ring, a clever dispenser which forces the birds to undergo some aerial acrobatics in order to access the delicacies.

When you see Blue Jays gorging themselves at the feeder, they aren’t actually eating all the seeds/nuts. They are stuffing the food into expandable throat pouches. With a pouch full of food, they fly off to find spots where they can hide their booty, often in the crack of a tree trunk, under a leaf, or by poking it in the ground. This practice of caching food is like an avian insurance policy; during lean times, the birds can rely on these stored supplies. Armed with amazing memories, jays will return, often weeks or even months later, to the exact spots and retrieve their morsels.

Of course, they might forget a few of their hiding spots, so if you see a sunflower growing in an odd place in your yard, chances are it was ‘planted’ there by a Blue Jay.

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Mushroom hunters still finding success In this area, the best wild mush- cide the ‘shrooms were an edible and room season is late summer delicious species and feast and on into fall, and this on some with your permisyear’s has been the best of sion, but whether or not you them all in my memory. eat the rest is totally up to Sometimes vintage and you. “If you eat mushrooms bust seasons are beyond exyou find, you are doing so planation, but area fungus at your own risk” is the first hunters have many explaline in my favorite field nations for this year’s abunguide, “Mushrooms of the dance of a long list of difBoreal Forest,” by Eugene ferent species: most come F. Bossenmaier and pubdown to perfect conditions, lished by the University of the precise amount of rain, Saskatchewan Extension then perfect heat, plus the Press.

BOB holding off of the late killThere are fungaphiles SCAMMELL ing frosts into what may be who, strangely, do not seem record - breaking dates. to own - or use - any field OUTDOORS Readers are continuing to guide to mushroom idenfind massive fresh flushes tification. That is the only of perfect Shaggy Mane, or explanation I have for the Lawyer”s Wig mushrooms (Coprinus number of emailed pictures I have recomatus) beside small country roads ceived recently of the easiest to idenor trails. tify of all our wild mushrooms, the edWhat is almost frightening is the ible and delicious Comb Tooth, (Herinumber of readers emailing cell phone cium ramosum), which always looks to pictures of mushrooms they claim nev- me, from a distance, like a prime, pure er to have seen before, and hoping I’ll white head of cauliflower. identify them and, particularly, deThen there are the folks who go too clare them edible, or not. Sorry, that far in the field guides field and lug is an even more dangerous game than around the tome of them all, “Mushpot - hunting wild mushrooms for your- rooms Demystified,” by David Arora, self; I could not take that responsi- which, in nearly 1000 pages covering bility, even if I had the specimens in 2000 species, can leave even experihand, could smell them, knew what enced mushroom hunters totally mystiwas growing near them, even made fied with heads spinning from flipping spore prints, etc. pages and peering at irrelevant picGiven all of the above, I might de- tures.

One such reader sent me pictures of perhaps the second easiest to identify of our edible and delicious species, the Oyster Mushroom, (Pleurotus ostreatus). Reader thought, from a borrowed “Mushrooms Demystified,” that it might be a Western Jack - o - Lantern, (Omphalotus olivascens), “but the color mystifies me.” It should, because it was completely wrong, yellowish orange instead of the ivory to light tan of the Oyster.

Aside from that, the gills of the Jack - o - Lantern glow green in the dark as befits a poisonous species, and it grows on or close to hardwoods, of which we have few in Alberta.

But the crux is that this species is not known to occur in Alberta, it being mostly a species of California and parts of Oregon.

Beginners will be better suited with my second favorite field guide to wild mushroom identification, Arora’s 264 page pocket - size condensation of “Mushrooms Demystified,” “All That the Rain Promises, and More …,” dealing with 200 species of particular importance to foragers who just want to hunt fungi to eat them without committing fungicide. In this field guide, my reader would have found the Oyster Mushroom on page 34 and the Jack- o Lantern just six pages on.

The defect of “All That the Rain Promises …” is its inclusiveness: the species included are native to North America, and many of them are not

present, or common in Alberta. Conversely, “Mushrooms of the Boreal Forest” simplifies and shortens the identification duty of the wild mushroom pothunter by including species of interest, edible and poisonous, that are commonly found in the mixed aspen - boreal forest parkland to pure boreal forest, the country where most wild mushroom hunting is done in Alberta.

All that said, “All That the Rain Promises,” is more than just an identification guide, it is a read, full of informative anecdotes about mushroom hunting, often hilarious; it emphasizes the fun in fungi.

There is much new interest in old art of mushroom hunting and other wild foraging that has led to new books that are also reads.

I dip often into ”Myacophilia, Revelations on the weird world of mushrooms,” by Eugenia Bone, particularly the chapter on professional wild mushroom hunters.

Now I am heavily into an excellent entire book on the wild mushroom market hunters, the brokers and buyers, including chefs and top restaurants in New York, LA, Seattle, Portland, etc.: “The Mushroom Hunters, On the trail of an unknown America,” by Langdon Cook.

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

Autumn is an excellent time to start composting Ever think about starting a com- compost, one handful of nitrogen rich post? Now, fall is a great time to start material is required. A compost pile when there is an abundance starts with a layer of brown of material available. material (C) then a thinner Composting is simple scilayer of green (N). Layerence not an exact one. Coming continues until all the posts are comprised of air, material is used or the moisture and solids. pile is high. The compost According to the Oregon should start to heat within State University, a good coma few days. Once the pile post should be between 55% heats, turn it at least once a to 65% air by volume. Solids week to increase the supply should be wet but not slimy of oxygen which helps rewhich equates to 40-65% move the odor that is often moisture. associated with compostThe last components are ing. It is also easy to add LINDA the solids which are dividmoisture when the pile is ed into two groups: Carbon TOMLINSON being turned.

(C) and Nitrogen (N). Dead Shredding the materiGARDENING or brown material is conals that go into the compost sidered to be carbon with into small pieces under 2 green or living material is inches (5 cm) speeds up the nitrogen. Composts require 25 – 40% decomposition process. Materials can more carbon than nitrogen. For every be put through a shredder chopped by 25 to 40 handfuls of carbon placed in a hand or in the case of leaves, ran over

by a lawnmower.

Turning a compost on a regular basis speeds up the process as it adds oxygen to the mix. If the compost pile is stationary, the oxygen is used and air spaces collapse as the material begins to decompose. Decomposition will continue but very slowly due to lack of oxygen and maybe moisture.

Not all compost piles heat immediately. If the pile seems to be slow, turn it and check the moisture level. Adding extra nitrogen and compost can also kick start the composting process.

While it is tempting to continue to add to a compost pile, it is best to finish one pile and gather material for the next one. Continuously adding material to a compost will mean that the pile with never be ready for use.

The quality of material that goes into the compost will determine the quality of the final product. Do put in top of plants and grass but avoid any plant that has seed pods. Composts are rarely

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Thursday, Oct. 22 and cooperative Venus visiting your sign, it’s time to slip out of control mode and take things as they come.

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Jeff Goldblum, 62; Catherine Deneuve, 71; Jesse Tyler FerguLIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The focus is on your friends. How to nurture them, keep them — and then son, 39 let them go when you have outgrown each other.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today’s stars favour communicating in innovative and creative ways.

Mutual interests are essential to long-term platonic HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Next February, March and relationships.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Taking on family April are the prime months to start a new romance, fall in love, propose, get married or renew your wedding responsibilities and domestic duties with a smile — and doing them quickly - will leave you vows.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): MaJOANNE MADELINE with more time and energy to pursue ny Rams will be alarmingly charming a personal project that’s waiting in the MOORE today, as you flirt fabulously and make wings.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): those around you feel extra special.

SUN SIGNS The best way to help a disappointed With Venus, Mars and Jupiter jumping friend is to boost their confidence. through your career zone, you’re in the TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When it comes to mood to be professionally proactive. It’s time to get off work matters — or your life direction — it’s time to your Sagittarian backside and make things happen!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t be too ban old beliefs and ancient attitudes, as you look to the future with renewed confidence and fresh ideas. cautious Capricorn! With Venus, Mars and Jupiter transiting through your travel and adventure zone, its Go Bulls!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Are you making the time to experiment and explore. Family matters are most of your marvellous mind? The Moon’s in your favoured today.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Seize the day! ideas and aspirations zone, so expand your thinking Your motto for the moment is from birthday great, the to encompass innovative ideas and creative new stage actress Sarah Bernhardt “Life begets life. Enerconcepts.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Flashes of inspigy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.” ration are likely today Crabs, especially at work. But fluctuating emotions will affect your state of mind, so PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Venus, Mars and Jupiter are currently helping you tackle relationship think carefully before you say things you later regret.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Slow down Lions. The troubles. If you replace criticism with collaboration, more you think about the needs of others, the better and anger with ardour, then the day will run surpristhe day will be. Things are about to get very busy in ingly smoothly.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally synLeo Land, so rest up and rejuvenate while you can. dicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Vigilant Virgos love to organize — everything and everyone. But, with calm daily in the Advocate.

Dear Annie: My wife and I are in our to take the animals when they can no mid-70s and have no children. Howev- longer care for them. er, we have had pets, mostly cats, for all Dear Annie: Last month, a dear of our 50 years together. friend died. He lived in another state, About 13 years ago, we but he was buried here. bought an 8-week-old feHis family had once been KATHY MITCHELL male Boston terrier puppy. a large part of our comAND MARCY SUGAR A few months later a friend munity, but none of them called us about a female has lived in our town for 30 ANNIE’S MAILBOX Boston terrier that he could years. not keep and offered it to us.

His widow spent a great We took it on a trial basis, and since deal of money on funeral arrangements it got along well with our dog (and our and meals for the crowd that she extwo cats), we ended up keeping it. We pected to attend. I told her that only a loved them both like they were our few people would remember her huschildren. They rarely barked, got along band, but she didn’t listen. In fact, only great with adult and child visitors and a handful showed up for the service, inloved being in the car. They were the cluding the men pressed into service as best pets we ever had. We loved them. pallbearers and the women who helped Both dogs were under the regular care serve the meal afterward. The widow of a vet. About a month ago, Spunky could not believe that cousins, nieces died in her sleep. It was devastating to and nephews from out of state did not lose her. Then, two weeks later, Petunia pay their last respects to her husband. died. We are truly heartbroken.

I reminded her that they, too, were in I want to get another puppy or young their 80s and would find it difficult to dog as soon as possible. However, the travel. problem is my wife. She misses these I feel terribly guilty that I couldn’t dogs as much as I do, but feels we are do more to curb the widow’s expectatoo old to get another dog. What do you tions of a grand send-off for her husthink we should do? — Grieving for Our band and prevent her heartbreak. MayPets be this letter will remind others to lisDear Grieving: Our condolences on ten to the people who reside in their the loss of your beloved animals. Mul- former hometowns before they make tiple studies have shown that seniors plans. greatly benefit from having pets to love Then I will have done something to and care for. But do keep in mind that avert such a disaster in the future. — puppies are generally more work than An Avid Reader older dogs. Your wife may not feel up Dear Reader: There is no reason to to the task. Please discuss it with her feel guilty. You did your best to disand consider the possibility of adopting suade this woman, but she’s in denial. an older dog. You might also take into Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy account the likelihood of your someday Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime edmoving into a senior facility that does itors of the Ann Landers column. Please not allow animals. Some seniors handle email your questions to anniesmailbox@ this by having a friend or relative agree creators.com,

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Paper, sawdust and leaves tend to form clumps. This can be avoided by using them in smaller quantities and mixing them with other materials such as plant tops as opposed to using the material as a layer. Placing meat and cooked food in the compost will attract rodents. Composting meat that is susceptible to BST means that the finished product cannot be used anywhere that it will become part of the food chain.

Human waste should never be added to compost as it can contain diseases.

Compost piles are utilitarian not decorative. Place them in a sunny area that is out of sight but convenient. Ones that are hard to access are rarely used. Before bagging the excess garden materials and leaves this fall consider making a compost pile and building up the soil.

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