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MORE THAN 1,500 CENTRAL ALBERTANS ATTEND THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR CATIE, JANA AND DARA BOTT

If it seemed that it took a long time to get to Friday, it did.

In fact it took three lifetimes — so sadly, suddenly, unfathomably, cut short.

The heartache, the cherishing of memories, the absences to go on forever in this world until a higher one opens up — its glory deeply believed in by Bonita and Roger Bott — and they are all reunited.

Ten days after their daughters — Catie, Jana and Dara — died in a farm accident, the Botts and their one remaining child, son Caleb, said farewell during a funeral service that drew over 1,500 people to CrossRoads Church, Central Alberta’s largest church.

The Withrow Gospel Mission, where the Bott family both worship and helps lead the congregation, would have been much too small.

In the days right after the girls died, and leading up to Friday, family, friends and neighbours, fellow parishioners, and thousands of others who did not even know the Botts, wanted to offer anything they could to help and comfort the grieving family.

So they collectively rolled up their sleeves, helping with the harvest and other farm chores, releasing hundreds of colourful balloons, and raising thousands of dollars by way of motorcycle rides, cattle auctions and online donations.

On Oct. 13, Catie, 13, and twins Jana, and Dara, 11, were somehow buried and smothered in a truck loaded with canola seed at the Bott farm, about 60 kms west of Red Deer.

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ABOVE: Bonita and Roger Bott, centre, along with family and friends, watch as the three caskets containing their daughters Catriona (Catie), Jana and Dara Bott are taken from the Crossroads Church in Red Deer on Friday.

LEFT: Pallbearers carry the three caskets containing Catriona (Catie) Jana and Dara Bott from the Crossroads Church in Red Deer Friday after the funeral service for the three sisters, who died in a farming accident Oct. 13.

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Gitane De Silva, a professional diplomat, will head up the province’s office in Washington.

Her job will be to promote Alberta’s economic and policy interests in key areas, including energy, environment and agriculture.

De Silva has served as Alberta’s deputy minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations since 2013.

She previously worked in Canada’s Foreign Service for more than a decade, specializing in Canada-U.S. relations.

De Silva replaces Rob Merrifield, whose term expired in September.

Her appointment is effective January 1, 2016.

De Silva has held various posts in the U.S. including serving as consul general of Canada in Chicago and head of the Environment and Fisheries section at the Canadian Embassy in Washington.

She has also served as director of Canada-U.S. advocacy and mission liaison and director of U.S. transboundary affairs at Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada in Ottawa.

“Ms. De Silva has the skill-set to represent Alberta’s interests in the United States,” Premier Rachel Notley said in a statement.

“Her deep knowledge of our province and her many years of experience working in the United States as a professional diplomat will serve Alberta well.”

Five Albertans guilty of killing, leaving 4 trophy bighorn rams to spoil HINTON — Five Alberta men have been found guilty of illegally hunting, killing and leaving four trophy bighorn rams to spoil.

The five pleaded guilty this week in provincial court in Hinton, about 285 kilometres west of Edmonton.

The investigation began in August 2013 after a complaint alleging trespassing and hunting in the boundaries of a reclaimed mine site that has been closed to hunting and entering for the past 30 years.

A Fish and Wildlife officer found a vehicle with five men inside.

The five denied hunting or shooting anything on the mine site, but DNA samples were recovered and subsequent investigation found the they all killed the bighorn rams within the reclaimed site.

Timothy Yach, Anthony Yach, Tyler Yach, Matthew Lecerf, and Seth Gould, all of Sylvan Lake, were fined a total of $24,500.

Seven thousand, five hundred dollars of the total fine will go to the Alberta Fish and Wildlife enforcement branch forensic and DNA research program and $6,000 will go to the provincial aerial ungulate survey program.

All five men have had their hunting licences suspended for one year.

“All four trophy rams, including the head and meat, were left to spoil,” Alberta Fish and Wildlife said in a post on its Facebook site.

Alberta Fish and Wildlife also thanked those who called in with information.

Man facing charges after guns found in false ceiling at University of Calgary CALGARY — A student is facing charges after guns were found in a ceiling at the University of Calgary.

Police say electrical contractors working at the university on Aug. 27 found a box containing two unloaded .45 calibre semi-automatic pistols in a false ceiling in the Earth Sciences building.

Campus security and Calgary police were notified.

Police say a person of interest was identified early in the investigation.

The person of interest and others were monitored and it was determined that the risk to students and staff was minimal.

A 25-year-old man from Calgary is facing charges of unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possession of a weapon obtained by crime, and one count of pos-

sessing a firearm knowing serial number altered, defaced or removed.

His name will be released once he has seen a justice of the peace.

Judge orders recount for 79-vote difference in Edmonton riding EDMONTON — A recount has been ordered for the federal riding of Edmonton Mill Woods.

Jonathan Denis is the lawyer for Conservative candidate Tim Uppal.

Uppal, who was the incumbent, lost to Liberal Amarjeet Sohi by 79 votes in the election on Monday.

Initially, the vote total showed Sohi beat Uppal by 80 votes, but a verification the next day reduced the margin by one.

Denis, a former provincial justice minister, says a judge ordered the recount Friday.

The lawyer says the judge accepted 18 affidavits citing alleged evidence of improper tallying and counting.

Denis says the recount is scheduled for Tuesday to Thursday and the public should have the results immediately afterwards.

Baby giraffe born at Calgary Zoo is wobbly but thriving CALGARY — A tall order months in the making has arrived at the Calgary Zoo. The zoo says a healthy girl giraffe was born on Thursday after a gestation of almost a year and a half.

The baby long-neck belongs to mother Carrie, 22 years old, and father Nabo, who is five.

The zoo says the giraffe took its first wobbly steps minutes after her birth and is thriving.

Carrie and her calf are spending time bonding in private and will not be visible to zoo-goers until next week.

Zoo spokeswoman Colleen Baird says there are positive signs that Carrie is nursing her baby.

“As gestation for giraffes is about 15 months, we have been carefully watching over Carrie, and now the day has come to celebrate,” Baird said in a release Friday.

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FUNERAL: Girls’ love of life on farm expressed The funeral service reflected the love felt for the Bott family. Cousins and friends of the girls spoke about them, recalling their individual personalities and humorous memories.

Five cousins who gave the eulogy — Stephanie Crane, Jessica Crane, Amanda Bjorge, Crystal Erikson and Brenda Church — wore matching crocheted headbands. Each colour represented one of the girls.

Green was Catie’s favourite colour, purple was Jana’s and blue Dara’s.

The girls’ love of life on the farm was expressed.

Catie was always on a mission to bring joy to others, and always up for a challenge, such as training her young horse Reba. There were memories of the kids bouncing along on the back of Peppy, an older horse they rode once a year to church in Leslieville during old-fashioned days. After church, Catie could be seen sitting backwards on the horse, using its back as a table for her food.

Jana was a girl with talent, craft skills and maturity beyond her years. They could count on her being precise, calm, collected and she excelled in many different ways. She liked painting, sewing, making jewelry or baking desserts. Her favourite thing to paint was sunsets. She loved animals. Recently she had made herself a purple nightgown. She made toques for newborns and donated them to the hospital.

Dara, who was the tomboy, loved to ride quads.

She also loved to catch insects, play in the dirt, tear up the yard on the quad and “give any boy a run for the money.” She had a wonderful way of embracing life to the fullest and would, like her name, “dare” to do anything. She had a mischievous streak, but she took her responsibilities seriously. She was good at caring for her many “critters” — ducklings, chickens, bunnies, horses, hamster, puppies and cats.

The children attended Condor School until a couple of years ago and then began to be home-schooled.

The family now looks at homeschooling as not only giving the children more time to help around the

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Funeral attendants stand with the three coffins of Catie Bott, who was 13, and her twin 11-year-old siblings, Jana and Dara Bott, in Red Deer Friday. farm, but in hindsight it was “an absolute blessing” to have had extra time with them as a family.

The most memorable and important aspect of these three girls was their faith, also shared by the rest of their family, said their cousins.

Friend Adelita Studer said Jana was her closet friend. “You taught me how to express myself and that it’s OK to cry. And we’ve been crying a lot …”

Withrow Gospel Mission Pastor Brian Allan, who officiated the service, said “When a tragedy like this strikes we hurt. We all hurt. And we ask the question: Why? I mean that’s always the question. Why? Why? Why?” “I don’t know that we’ll ever answer the question why, there’s some things that are a mystery to us and

will be till we get to the other side. Perhaps then we’ll be able to catch a glimpse of why.”

The family, and Allan himself who is close friends of the Botts, have felt the reaching out, he said.

“Driving into the city today on one of the sign boards coming in, ‘Our love and prayers for you Withrow.’ And I just started to bust, you know.”

“We have felt that love. And I say that on behalf of Roger and Bonita. We have felt that love.”

A group trained in grief counselling, from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, were available after the service for anyone who needed to talk to somebody. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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Board to run day-to-day health care

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The day-to-day running of health care in Alberta is going back to a board of directors, but Health Minister Sarah Hoffman says the buck still stops with her.

Hoffman announced Friday that the new six-member board will be chaired

by Linda Hughes, a former University of Alberta chancellor and one-time publisher of the Edmonton Journal.

She says the board is focused on fixing health care and is well aware that expense and pay scandals of the past need to remain there.

“Myself and all Albertans expect that anyone who has got access to public funds treats that dollar with the utmost respect and responsibility,” Hoffman said at a legislature news conference.

“They (the board) are here for the right reasons,” she added.

“They want the news to be about the good outcomes they’re achieving

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RCMP say no one was injured in the incident on Friday afternoon.

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at Alberta Health Services, not about personal expenses.”

Alberta Health Services is the agency that carries out the health policy set

by Hoffman and the Health Department.

The last board was eliminated by then-health minister Fred Horne in 2013 after it refused his demand to withhold legally contracted bonus pay for health executives.

An official administrator has been doing the work of the board ever since.

The former Progressive Conservative government was also criticized for deflecting health scandals by making the board the scapegoat.

Hoffman said that will not be the case on her watch.

“I don’t think that (scapegoat) strategy worked with the past government, and that’s definitely not my strategy.

There will be responsibilities that the board has, but I know the buck stops with the minister and I’m fine with that.”

Alberta Health Services was creatA suspect was spotted by officers as he parked at a convenience store and started to go in, but the man ran back to his vehicle after he saw the police.

Police tried to stop him but the driver reversed and rammed the police vehicle before fleeing the scene.

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ed in 2008 to centralize the work previously done by regional health authorities. Its goal was to improve service and cost control, but AHS has struggled.

There have been scandals over large executive payouts, questionable expense spending, organizational confusion, bureaucratic turf wars, queue-jumping and long wait lists for care that, in some cases, led to patients calling 911 while sitting in the emergency ward waiting room.

There has also been constant turnover in the executive suite.

Jim Prentice’s Conservatives government was moving back to a more decentralized model when it lost the May 5 election to the NDP. Hoffman said the system cannot handle more uncertainty and the current model will remain. She also said the board has been instructed to set a high bar before approving any plans

to introduce more privatized care services in the public system.

The other five board members are: ● Dr. Brenda Hemmelgarn, head of community health services at the University of Calgary. ● David Carpenter, the current administrator doing the work of the board for AHS. ● Hugh Sommerville, a criminal defence lawyer. ● Marliss Taylor, program manager for Streetworks, a community health outreach program.

Board members will be compensated less than previously, Hoffman said.

Hughes is to be paid the most: $50,000 a year plus an honorarium for attending meetings capped at $3,000 a month.

“Regardless of the number of meetings, we don’t have to worry about there being massive salaries.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Eight Quebec provincial police officers have been suspended amid allegations of assault, sexual misconduct and other abuse against native women, Public Security Minister Lise Theriault said Friday.

Theriault also announced that the probe into the alleged incidents has been transferred to Montreal police amid criticism the provincial force was investigating its own.

On Thursday, Radio-Canada’s investigative “Enquete” program broadcast interviews with various women, including one who alleged police officers took her to a remote road in northwestern Quebec and asked her to perform oral sex for $200.

Another told the show that officers allegedly broke her cellphone and threw her footwear into the snow before abandoning her about a kilometre from her house.

Theriault urged other women who have been abused or assaulted to report the incidents.

“It is reprehensible and unacceptable for a police officer to use his power to abuse people who are vulnerable,” said Theriault, who burst into tears at her Quebec City news conference.

“If the criminal allegations are founded, those involved will be brought to justice…We cannot remain insensitive to these shocking and troubling revelations. We must act.”

Theriault also defended the original decision to not assign the investigation to a force other than the provincial police when her office first heard about the allegations last May. “Provincial police officers who are involved in these types of investiga-

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‘AS A FATHER, I AM DISGUSTED. AS AN ALGONQUIN, I AM HURT, AND AS A CHIEF, I AM SHOCKED. AS LEADER OF MY COMMUNITY, I WILL NOT SIT IDLY BY AND I WON’T BE INVISIBLE.’ — CHIEF DAVID KISTABISH tions are experienced men and women and their integrity must not be called into question,” she said.

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Guy Lapointe said the 14 allegations involved nine officers, one of whom has died, and include two of a sexual nature. There are also allegations of assault.

“Let’s be very clear on one thing,” he told a news conference. “The type of behaviour that allegedly took place is unacceptable and in no way reflects the values of Quebec provincial police.”

Chief David Kistabish, whose Abitibiwinni community is directly affected by the allegations, said it is imperative that prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau keep his election promise to launch a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women.

“As a father, I am disgusted,” he said of what he heard on the Radio-Canada program. “As an Algonquin, I am hurt, and as a chief, I am shocked.”

“As leader of my community, I will not sit idly by and I won’t be invisible.”

Kistabish was joined at a news conference in Val-d’Or by several people, including a man whose daughter disappeared from Abitibiwinni 17 months ago.

And Mulcair announced that he’s asked national campaign director Anne McGrath to form a committee to conduct a thorough post-mortem of the campaign.

But the focus of the discussion was on the future, how the party intends to continuing pushing its priorities and holding Justin Trudeau’s new government to account.

Insiders say there was general support for Mulcair’s decision to remain as leader.

OTTAWA — New Democrats say they remain optimistic and resolute, even though their dreams of forming government were crushed in Monday’s election.

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OTTAWA — Prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau will announce soon whether he and his family will delay their move into 24 Sussex Drive, a residence that is in pressing need of major renovations.

“We’re going to take the next couple of days to make some decisions,” Liberal spokeswoman Kate Purchase said Friday.

The official residence for sitting Canadian prime ministers is where Trudeau and his brothers grew up when their father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, held the job.

Justin Trudeau’s mother, Margaret Sinclair, told the CBC on Friday her son would not be moving immediately into 24 Sussex Drive.

“Twenty-four Sussex is in need — has been in need since I was there 40 years ago — of major infrastructure repair, and it simply hasn’t been done,” she said.

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Davidson repeatedly told the younger Oland that he’d be able to verify everything he said with the use of security cameras.

Davidson agreed, and told Miller he didn’t know if there were any cameras inside the building at 52 Canterbury Street, but suggested there were, just to see what Oland would say.

“So again he is warned of video surveillance that could trip him up?” Miller said. “Yes,” Davidson replied.

During the interview Oland said he wore a navy blazer the previous day, but previous testimony has indicated that Oland was wearing a brown blazer.

Davidson says he didn’t get any information on Oland’s clothing prior to the interview.

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Liberal national director Jeremy Broadhurst estimates that the final bill will tally a little more than $40 million.

He suspects the deeper-pocketed Conservatives — who had hoped the longest campaign in modern Canadian history would give them a financial advantage — spent about $50 million.

The length of the 11-week marathon campaign boosted the legal spending limit for each party to an all-time high of $54 million, more than double the limit that would have applied for a more typical five-week race.

Even without spending the maximum, the Liberals borrowed heavily to finance their campaign but Broadhurst says the party should emerge with, at worst, a small short-term debt after accounting for donations and rebates for election expenses.

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B.C.’s premier delivers order to save emails after blistering privacy report VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier Christy Clark has ordered that her cabinet ministers and all political staff save their emails.

The directive comes in response to a stinging report released by the provincial information and privacy commissioner that identifies major failures in the access to information practices in Clark’s office and two of her government ministries.

Elizabeth Denham’s report uncovered negligent searches for records, failure to keep adequate email records, a failure to document searches and the wilful destruction of records in response to freedom of information requests.

“What I have said to staff today: all political staff and all ministers, I have directed that none of them delete any emails they have sent, starting today,” Clark said Friday in a telephone interview from Merritt, B.C. The premier said she expects her government members to do their utmost to follow the regulations of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. She said the directive remains in effect until former B.C. privacy commissioner David Loukidelis advises the government on addressing the 11 recommendations in Denham’s report. Loukidelis, a former B.C. deputy attorney general, was called in by the Liberal government in response to Denham’s report released on Thursday.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 A5 “He became a suspect based on what we saw there (in the video of the interview)? Miller asked.

“Yes,” Davidson replied.

Davidson spent Friday morning testifying for the Crown about cell phone tests conducted as part of the investigation into Richard Oland’s death.

Davidson provided details of test calls made with an iPhone similar to Richard Oland’s - which hasn’t been seen since Oland’s death - from various locations in Saint John and Rothesay.

Davidson also testified about test drives he made from Oland’s Canterbury Street office to the Renforth Wharf and Dennis Oland’s home in Rothesay.

He recorded a variety of travel times based on the routes taken.

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A6 How Trudeau can win over Alberta

SATURDAY, OCT. 24, 2015

GETTING THE BIG ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PICTURE RIGHT WILL GO A LONG WAY TO GETTING ALBERTANS ONSIDE For many Canadians, the afterglow of the federal Liberal election victory will linger for some time.

Albertans will be less patient for tangible evidence that prime minister-elect Justin Trudeau will keep his promises. They will watch warily for signs that his manJOHN agement of the STEWART economy can INSIGHT gain, and sustain, traction.

In a province that has not wavered substantially from its conservative roots during federal campaigns for four generations, the distrust of Liberal governance is palpable.

Less clear is whether that distrust is legitimate, or simply the product of long-ago fissures.

The proof will be in the agenda Trudeau sets out: its urgency and its efficiency.

Chief among Alberta’s concerns is ongoing federal government support for one of the pillars of this province’s economy: oil sands development, and the delivery of bitumen, preferably refined, to national and international markets.

Justin Trudeau claimed during an election debate that Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper “made the oil sands an international pariah”, and failed to get critical pipeline projects underway.

His tough talk — “With friends like Stephen Harper, Alberta doesn’t need enemies” — suggests that Trudeau has Alberta’s best interests in mind. But that will mean getting pipelines built to move Alberta’s oil, and encouraging oil sands development and pipeline construction in ways that reduce, or remove, the international stigma surrounding environmental impact.

To that end, he has said he will develop climate change strategy in concert with the premiers, and set national targets for emissions that provinces would be responsible for meeting on their own terms.

Trudeau claimed that Harper failed Alberta because he couldn’t manage economic growth and protect the economy at the same time.

His aggressive words map out a tricky route: continued oil sands development under strict environmental guidelines, and pipeline development

with national and international endorsement.

But that is just one of the many tasks that await Canada’s new leader.

He has also pledged to reform taxation and to protect and grow the middle class in the process. In Alberta, where the drop in world oil prices has most dramatically hit the middle class, that should be good news — particularly in concert with the promise to keep corporate taxes steady as we crawl out of a recession.

Trudeau’s approach — running a $10-billion annual deficit over three years to invest in infrastructure — should also be welcomed. Boosting the Building Canada fund from $60 billion to $125 billion over the next decade can have a lasting economic impact.

Certainly, the Toronto Stock Exchange’s major players have been buoyed by the Liberal victory — construction, resource and transportation stocks chief among them.

But what if this proposed infrastructure spending just re-creates the Liberal sink holes of the past? What if the money never makes it to the intended recipients or — worse yet — what if the

spending is regional, based on political support?

Certainly, Alberta has shown some inclination to bend: there are four Liberal MPs in this province, for the first time since 1968 when the country first elected a Trudeau: Justin’s father, Pierre. And the popular support for the Liberals in this province has crept up.

And certainly, Trudeau has talked repeatedly about inclusion, about creating a new sense of national community.

We don’t yet know whether Albertans will be embraced by this community, or embrace it. But putting Alberta’s Liberal MPs in prominent caucus and cabinet roles will speed the process.

Operating the kind of open, consultative government that we have lacked for much of the last decade under Harper would also speed the process of national bonding.

Finally, brokering legitimate Senate reform would also help. Trudeau has said that he wants to appoint senators on a merit basis and do away with partisanship in the upper chamber.

But that can only be part of the democratic reform that Justin Trudeau has promised.

It is also well past time that the lives of every Canadian mattered.

Trudeau has said that he will adopt the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s package of recommendations in its entirety. He has promised to inject funds into First Nation schooling and infrastructure. And he supports an inquiry into murdered and missing Aboriginal women, something Harper steadfastly refused to endorse.

There is much more on the Liberal agenda: legalizing marijuana, abandoning the F-35 fighter jet program, ending the bombing of Islamic State targets in Syria in favour of training missions and aid in that region, and upgrading financial support for seniors.

But getting the big economic and social picture right will go a long way to getting Albertans onside. No one in this province wants another era of political isolation.

John Stewart is former managing editor of the Red Deer Advocate and a Troy Media columnist.

Burkina Faso: The 8th coup fails The dust has settled in Ouagadougou, Africa’s capital of military coups (seven in 65 years), and the elections in Burkina Faso have been rescheduled for the end of next month. Don’t be cynical about it; that is real progress.

B u r k i n a Faso, a landlocked country GWYNNE in West Africa, DYER competes with INSIGHT Somalia for the honur of being Africa’s poorest country. You might wonder why anybody would want the thankless job of running such a place, but political power means access to scarce resources (like money) even in the poorest countries. Especially if you are in the army.

What would have been the country’s eighth coup (if it had succeeded) began in mid-September when General Gilbert Diendere, the head of the Presidential Guard, seized and imprisoned the interim president and prime minister. He was doing it, he said, because the party of the last president, Blaise Compaore, had been banned from running in the election.

Compaore, a former soldier who

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first came to power in a coup himself, was ousted by popular demonstrations last year when he tried to run for the presidency yet again after 27 years in power. Diendere had been his closest associate for all of that time, and everybody assumed that his coup was really a bid by Compaore to return to power.

Everybody was right, although if the coup succeeded Diendere might have decided to stay in power himself.

When the demonstrators who had forced Compaore out of power last year came out on the streets again, Diendere’s troops hosed them down with automatic weapons fire, killing 14 and wounding hundreds. It was not the mob but the institutions that thwarted his ambitions.

The coup was instantly condemned by the African Union. “The AU considers the announcement by the military of the ‘dismissal’ of (interim) President Michel Kafando and the attempt of substituting him with ‘new authorities’ as null and void,” said the AU chairperson, South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma The regional organization, the Economic Community for West African States (Ecowas), took a softer line, putting together a mediation team and offering the coup leaders amnesty despite the killings. But when civil society groups in Burkina Faso protested at the amnesty offer, the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, took the lead for West Africa.

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Buhari, who was a military dictator 30 years ago, coming to power in one coup and losing it in aother, now describes himself as a “converted democrat.” He called Diendere’s coup a “brazen contravention” of Burkina Faso’s constitution and demanded that he withdraw. And Burkina Faso’s army, which had always resented the special privileges of the Presidential Guard, moved into the capital and told Diendere to surrender.

So he did, although there was a bit of shooting first. Now Diendere is under arrest facing 11 charges including “crimes against humanity,” the Presidential Guard has been disarmed and formally disbanded, and the election is back on again for Nov. 29.

The election will not solve all of Burkina Faso’s problems, but democracy might do it eventually. The country still has the lowest literacy rate in the world, it is still dirt poor, and the population (now 17 million) is still doubling every 25 years. But one thing is definitely changed for the better.

Most Burkinabes may be illiterate, but they have become aware of their rights and no longer accept the dictates of armed thugs in uniform without question. African institutions have changed too, and no longer turn a blind eye when a member country faces a military coup. They intervene promptly and decisively, and they generally succeed.

They are less good at dealing with countries where dictators hold regular

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elections whose outcomes they control through bribery, a monopoly of the mass media, or just plain police-state terror, like Sudan, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia. But more than half of the continent’s 50 countries are now more or less functional (though still quite corrupt) democracies.

The real value of democracy is that it requires the rule of law, which is the most important thing you need in order for economic growth to benefit people outside the political and business elite. People just won’t bother to invest and work hard if they know the proceeds are likely to be stolen.

The rule of law is never complete — even in the most developed countries, there is often one law for the rich and another for the poor — but the closer you get to the ideal the better your growth will be. People often miss this, thinking only in terms of human rights, and arguing that the economy, not democracy, must be the first priority for poor countries.

They are wrong. It is the rule of law that gradually shrinks corruption and gives people a reason to invest in their future, and you can’t have the rule of law without democracy. Burkina Faso in heading in the right direction, and so is Africa.

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Victims of vulnerability For me, (or anyone caught in this dilemma) this could possibly be one of the most sensitive, damaging and humiliatingly embarrassing subjects ever undertaken. It is a subject that we try to avoid because of its social implications. On top of that, it makes even the best look foolish.

More lives have been destroyed CHRIS because of it, SALOMONS but it is also something we STREET TALES are all subject to.

Many will read on and say to themselves that they are not affected, but in all truth, we all purposely live our lives in such a way as to try not to fall victim to it. But for some, the pressure is almost too much, and so the vulnerability factor sets in.

I will try to explain it as I understand its inception, its growth and its effects on those most severely affected.

You see, it can seriously affect those who work with people governed by something other than normal social activities.

For instance, I work with a person who, because of upbringing, is quite cynical. I find that as I work closely with this person, and listen to some of the comments made, that I tend to take on the same attitude, partly because I am vulnerable to this characteristic.

We take on the attitude of others when its dominance flails at our weaknesses.

Consider the Stockholm syndrome.

In the ’70s, two gunmen held up a bank in Stockholm, Sweden and used three women and one man as hostages for about six days. Although held at gunpoint, the captors treated them with kindness which in turn made the captives empathise with the gunmen, (called capture-bonding), resisting saving efforts by the police, even to the point that about six years later two of the women married the gunmen.

I could use many different references on the psychology at play here, but suffice to say that there is a real and effective attack on the vulnerabilities of people.

And it is no different with workers as they deal with difficult, troubled people, such as the work done with folks on the street.

It does not take very long ministering to these men and women, constantly listening to their problems and cares, to become so immersed in that lifestyle, that after a while you identify with it, which can make your own deci-

sion making totally counter-productive to your personal lifestyle.

At the kitchen, many are the tales of people who previously had very successful lifestyles, and enjoyed many of the pleasures that money could afford.

The effort to get to that point however, left them tired, run down and vulnerable.

A few drinks or a few tokes to help calm the nerves or to help cement a deal became very common; relaxation soon involved some stronger drugs as well, and the downhill slide began; and all because of vulnerability.

On top of all that, when we are in an extremely vulnerable state, we feel lonely and alone.

This is probably one of the most common of all manifestations of vulnerability, because when in that state, we tend to look for a ‘fulfilling’ companionship which of course we will not find because that role is most often filled by those wanting to make money from it.

Falling victim to this state has probably ruined more lives, families, and businesses than any other reaction to vulnerability. History shows us that it has even been influential in the wars between countries.

Einstein once stated; “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

This is what happens when our vul-

nerabilities are attacked; logic is set aside and our imaginations take over, often leading us into damaging situations.

For the majority of us, we have resources from which we can draw strength, (if we use them), but those who are already in a vulnerable position like those on the street, they do not always have the will (sometimes due to drugs, etc.), or knowledge to use the resources open to them and fall further and further into the despondent state that vulnerability has produced; sometimes I believe even leading to schizophrenia.

At different points, I have become very weary, sometimes almost to the point of depression dealing constantly with addicts and other social outcasts; putting up with their lies and shenanigans, but there has always been someone to place their hand on my shoulder and give me words of encouragement.

Without that encouragement to stay the course, I don’t know where I would be today.

So it stands to reason that those of us who, by the grace of God, have been able mostly to stay on the side of logic, is given the responsibility to help our fellow man or woman who is not as easily able to withstand the attacks.

Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

The world series of chewing and spitting I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but boy, has the world gone all basebally lately. It usually does this time of year of course, wherein the United States of Baseball has their yearly contest between American teams, and once every 20 years or so, one Canadian team. They call this the “World Series” although 99.9% of the world is actually not HARLEY technically inHAY volved, in that HAY’S DAZE essentially no other teams from the rest of the “world” are allowed to play. Those wacky Americans – they like to exaggerate a bit, don’t they? Have you seen the size of their flags?

But regardless of whether the Toronto Blue Jays are involved or not, there is definitely something in the air these days: flying baseballs, sliding baseball players and a honkin’ whole lot of disgusting hawking.

Spitting has always been as much a part of baseball as $10 hot dogs, infielder crotch grabbing and pitchers from the Dominican Republic. And since MLB spitting by definition requires that baseball players have something in their mouths to expectorate, the act of chewing has been synonymous with the game since the first dude threw a ball at another dude standing there with a stick and immediately said to himself: “Hey, this would be fun if only I could stuff something in my mouth so that I could chew and spit!”

And unfortunately for that dude and everybody else, right from the first time a fat guy behind the plate yelled “Play ball!” the ‘something’ they decided to chew and spit was tobacco.

Ewww.

Lore has it that the very first baseball players at the turn of the century started chewing tobacco on account of the fields they played on were dusty and they needed to work up some spit to hork into their hard leather baseball mitts to massage them and loosen them up between plays. And also to spit at any opposing player who had the audacity to steal a base.

Over the years chawing and horking got so bad that many a baseball player would actively play ball with a massive lump in his cheek that one wag

described as looking like “a chipmunk that just had his wisdom teeth extracted.” It often looked like the player was trying the old “hide the baseball trick” by stuffing the entire baseball into his mouth.

And back in the day the dugouts looked like nuclear waste zones. The TV cameras would pan the players on the bench who were busy chawing and splatting at an impressive rate, spewing sputum onto the floor, walls, other players etc. until they were sitting there in a dugout of gooey sticky brown hell of their own making.

Traditional habits rooted in ritual are tough to break. Especially the ones that involve a highly addictive cancer causing plug of chew. But hey, an agonizingly slow, excruciatingly painful disfiguring disease of the face, mouth, throat, gums, esophagus, stomach etc. is a small price to pay for carrying on a tradition that is, while patently revolting, a time-honoured part of baseball, right?

OK, see, now I’ve wrecked your breakfast. But there’s an inkling of good news here too. The good news is, most – well, some — OK a quite a few players have given up chomping on dipping tabacky and moved on to a much more respectable, safer and less syrupy brown saliva generator. Bubble gum and sunflower seeds! And sometimes both at the same time. The bad news? When they aren’t blowing impressive bubble gum bubbles during a game, some of them still like to spit anyway, and when they are nibbling a mile a minute on sunflower seeds, hey, those husks don’t spit themselves.

Can you imagine Sidney Crosby and the NHL boys skating like the wind, shooting and body checking like there’s no tomorrow and spitting like they were in Major League Baseball?

Wow, wouldn’t the spittle-covered ice look spiffy, eh? Or if professional football players had a traditional chewspit habit. All that guck hanging from their facemasks?

No, baseball is entirely in its own league, so to speak, when it comes to public saliva. All those ridiculously highly paid athletes out there on the diamond, cheeks and jowls stuffed full of god-knows-what, their every sputter and splatter watched by TV millions in glorious slow motion close-ups.

And really, how can a guy crack a double, tear around the bases and slide head first with a wad in his gub that would choke a full grown moose.

Isn’t that a little dangerous?

Announcer: “The count is two and two and here’s the pitch … swung on – base hit! Ramirez rounds first, Pe-

rez has the throw, it’s gonna be close!

Ramirez is sliding … sliding … Hold on, Ramirez appears to be choking on something! Here comes the second base umpire, he’s grabbing Ramirez whose face is as blue as his batting helmet! The crowd is on its feet … the umpire is performing a heroic Heimlich maneuver! Once … twice …

BOOM!! There it GOES! A chaw the size of a Volkswagen shooting right out of Ramirez’s pie hole … and heeee’s SAFE!” Colour commentator: “Wow, Joe — that’s the second time this week a base-running chewer has been Heimliched! What a play!”

Trouble is, when you’re watching the World Series you kind of get an irresistible urge to chew on something.

It’s like being in a room when everybody starts yawning and you just gotta yawn. So if you’ve cranked up the game on TV, and you keep shoveling in the bubble gum and the sunflower seeds and you’re chewing away like a crazy person and suddenly the game gets really really exciting … make sure you don’t haul off and spit like a professional baseball player. And make darn sure the Better Half isn’t around at the time.

Oh, and by the way — does anybody know how to get stains out of a carpet?

Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

Is a better deal for Generation Squeeze possible under Trudeau?

BY PAUL KERSHAW SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Aged 43 and father of young children, Prime Minister-designated Justin Trudeau represents a new generation of Canadian leaders: he is a member of Generation Squeeze.

Canadians in our 20s, 30s, 40s, and the children we parent, are squeezed on average by lower full-time incomes, higher housing costs, less time and a deteriorating environment compared to 1976 when the Baby Boomers came of age as young adults.

While Trudeau has personally escaped much of this financial squeeze, it is still exciting to imagine what potential his perspective brings to the job of Prime Minister in the pursuit of a better generational deal, one that works for all Canadians. As Trudeau repeated so often throughout the campaign, “In Canada, better is always possible.”

In pursuit of better, Trudeau should be commended for his emphasis on bringing Canadians together. Previous government budgets divided generations, pitting investments in the aging population at the expense of investing in younger Canadians. At Generation Squeeze — a national, non-partisan, science-based lobby for citizens, not

shareholders — we know a better generational deal means uniting generations.

To this end, we will work with newly elected MPs in all parties to make intergenerational solidarity and fairness a priority in future budgets.

For this work, we will draw on our comprehensive study of the federal election platforms.

By its own numbers, the Liberal platform would: Increase spending on retirees more than any other national party, while providing less money for postsecondary and child care than did the NDP and Greens; and offering fewer details about pricing pollution than did the other opposition platforms.

Liberal MPs and policy advisors would do well to revisit these details in the Liberal platform before finalizing the 2016 federal budget.

At the same time, the Liberal platform was relatively strong at containing medical care spending by comparison with the NDP platform.

This, in turn, left fiscal room for the Liberals to propose more new spending for families with children than any other party, which included the Liberal platform borrowing ideas from the Generation Squeeze vision of a New Deal for Families: (i) extending parental leave to 18 months per household,

(ii) offering new opportunities for flextime and (iii) investing in child care services.

The Liberals also adopted several elements of our vision for a better housing policy. These commitments should make their way into the next federal budget.

The Liberals campaigned on a commitment to review wasteful tax expenditures.

This review is timely, and could help the party strengthen assets in their election platform. In a ground breaking study of how the 2015 federal budget breaks down by age, Generation Squeeze identified a wide range of tax expenditures. Many of these are outdated, inefficient, and cost billions of dollars.

These funds could be reallocated to pay for policy adaptations to ease the time, money, service and environmental pressures that squeeze younger generations while not touching the budgets for medical care and old age security on which the aging population is counting.

In support of government budgets that work for all generations, Generation Squeeze urged parties during the election to commit to reporting the age distribution of government spending and revenue collection.

We are therefore heartened that

the Liberals promised to make “Statistics Canada fully independent” and to “work with … other stakeholders to provide a broader range of information.”

By annually reporting age breakdowns, the federal government could create a new society-wide opportunity to assess whether our country is finding the right balance between our investments in young and old; finding the right balance between investing in earlier and later life stages for each citizen; and finding the right balance between investing in the things that make us healthy and productive, as compared to spending more later on when we fall ill or struggle economically.

This assessment is badly needed, because research shows that the federal government currently spends $20,868 per person age 65+, $7,185 per person age 45 to 64, and $4,349 per person under age 45.

It is time for a better generational deal.

Thankfully, better is always possible in Canada. So says our new Prime Minister.

Dr. Paul Kershaw is a University of BC policy professor, and Founder of Generation Squeeze (gensqueeze.ca) and a Troy Media columnist.

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Javelin thrower Florence Storch dies at 102

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HANNA — A feisty Alberta centenarian who made headlines for competing in javelin events has died.

Florence Storch was 102.

An obituary says she died Wednesday in Hanna, where she had lived in a seniors lodge.

Storch said in interviews that she accidentally got into javelin in her 90s, while helping organize the Canada 55-Plus Games in her home town.

When she noticed that no one had signed up for the sport, she put her name on the list.

She won many medals and for several years was the oldest athlete at

the Games.

She continued competing even after her 100th birthday, although she had to grip a walker with one hand while throwing the javelin with the other.

At the 2014 Games held near Edmonton, a 101-year-old Storch captured a silver medal.

She was one of only two women in the over-85 age category that year and was bested by a more mobile 87-year-old.

Surrounded by news cameras, the whitehaired wonder said she didn’t want a big fuss and was just happy to be out on the field.

“Better than sitting in my room doing nothing.”

Storch was a teacher in a rural schoolhouse, where she often partic-

ipated in sports with her students, and later became a farm wife and raised three boys.

A funeral service is planned for Nov. 1 in Hanna.

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The Department of Foreign Affairs has one message for the nearly 2,000 Canadians believed to be in parts of Mexico possibly in the path of a major hurricane — get out if you can.

The department has issued a travel warning for the popular tourist destination as Hurricane Patricia, currently classified as a Category 5 storm, prepares to make landfall on Friday.

The U.S. National Hurricane Centre describes the storm as “potentially catastrophic” and says it currently features sustained winds of up to 325 kilometres per hour.

“Canadians in the affected areas should seek shelter, and consider leaving if it is safe to do so,” Foreign Affairs said in a statement. “Some airports are closed and flights to and from the affected areas have been suspended. If Canadians are leaving by land, they should do so without delay, as road closures may occur at short notice.”

The storm was honing in on a Pacific coastline dotted with sleepy fishing villages and gleaming resorts, including the popular beach city of Puerto Vallarta and the port of Manzanillo.

After hitting land, Patricia’s projected path would quickly take it over mountainous terrain that is prone to dangerous flash floods and landslides.

Foreign Affairs said 500 Canadians are currently registered as being in the affected state of Jalisco as of Thursday afternoon, but estimated the true number was closer to 2,000.

Travellers who booked their trips through major travel company Transat account for more than 450 of them, according to spokeswoman Debbie Cabana.

Those clients, however, will not be leaving the country any time soon. Cabana said travellers are being evacuated to safe locations in accordance with the individual emergency plans established by all hotels in the area.

“It’s not unusual for this region to have hurricanes,” she said. “They’re not all as strong as the one that we’re

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Cabana said clients may be relocated from ocean-front rooms to less exposed quarters, adding some hotels may opt to move guests off the premises altogether.

Foreign Affairs cautioned those in the area that Patricia could bring about food and water shortages in addition to damage caused by flash flooding. Canadians are strongly discouraged from visiting the Mexican coast between San Blas and Lazaro Cardenas.

Officials are watching Patricia with some trepidation, even drawing comparisons to other recent, devastating storms.

Some say the hurricane’s current strength is reminiscent of Typhoon Haiyan, which left more than seven-thousand people dead or missing in the Philippines two years ago.

In Puerto Vallarta, residents reinforced homes with sandbags and shop windows with boards and tape, and hotels rolled up beachfront restaurants.

The airport was closed to all flights and all but deserted, but lines formed at a bus station with people anxious to buy tickets to Guadalajara and other inland destinations.

Fire trucks and ambulances rolled through the streets, sirens blaring, as emergency workers warned people in both Spanish and English to evacuate.

One Canadian couple, however, had no plans to decamp from the heart of the storm.

David Lloyd of Edmonton just moved into a Puerto Vallarta high rise with his wife and said the current plan is to try to ride the storm out at home.

“We’ve just pulled everything off the patio that could be blowing around. We’re establishing a safe zone inside the apartment that will be away from any windows,” Lloyd told ABC news. “We’ll hunker down.”

Lloyd said he expects that he could be without power for up to four days if early forecasts prove accurate.

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NO KIDS ALLOWED KIDS-FREE HAVENS PROVIDE A GREAT ESCAPE FOR SINGLES, COUPLES WITHOUT CHILDREN AND EVEN PARENTS WHO WISH TO ENJOY A COMPLETE ESCAPE FROM THE DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES OF RAISING A FAMILY

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FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: The adults-only pool was a peaceful oasis on an otherwise busy resort; When you stay in a resort Like Grand Memories Varadero that has an adults-only section, you have access to all of the resort’s amenities like sailing and snorkelling adventures; The Diamond Willow artisan retreat near Turner Valley is a great place for an adults-only retreat; An adultsonly escape is a great way for a couple to strengthen their relationship.

omething unusual hapS pened at Grand Memories Sanctuary pool in Va-

are creating adults-only sections or are completely rebranding entire resorts as radero, Cuba. adults-only. These kids-free One afternoon havens provide a as I sat reading great escape for a book under a singles, couples shady pool-side cawithout children bana, two pre-teen and even parents boys wandered in who wish to enjoy from the beach a complete escape and hopped into from the day-tothe pool. I watched day responsibilthem splashing ities of raising a around and wonfamily. dered how long As much as they would last most people enjoy before they would the joy and laughDEBBIE be escorted out of ter of children, OLSEN the newly created it can sometimes adults-only secbe disappointing TRAVEL tion of the resort. to arrange a roAs it turned out, it mantic escape didn’t take long. only to discover your resort An emerging trend in the is packed with toddlers, travel market, certain resort children and pre-teens. chains like Grand Memories Even though I enjoyed trav-

eling with my four children at all stages of their development, there were times when my husband and I took adults-only breaks. We used the time alone together to renew our relationship as a couple, because we believed that one of the best gifts we could give our kids was the security of knowing their parents have a strong marital relationship.

There are many options for those seeking a tranquil adults-only escape and you don’t need to have an abundance time or a lot of money to be able to enjoy a break sans kids. Here are a few suggestions for great destinations to experience without your kids.

Adults-only Resorts

Most adults-only resorts are located in beach-front areas and they typically cost a little more than standard resorts because they offer more sophisticated dining options and recreational activities.

Our recent stay at Grand Memories Sanctuary (memoriesresorts.com) in Varadero came with a lot of little extras that guests of the main resort didn’t get. They call The Sanctuary “a resort within a resort” and guests staying in the adult-only section can still enjoy all the amenities of the main resort. In addition, there is a private adults-only pool, an exclusive à la carte restaurant, a separate concierge and front desk area, a private clubhouse and cigar room and a designated area on the beach exclusively for guests of The Sanctuary. Guests also enjoy

priority dining reservations at all of the restaurants on the property and the advantage of having rooms that are closer to the beach.

If you are considering an all-inclusive adults-only beach escape, check out the properties on offer with your favourite tour operator. Air Canada Vacations, Westjet Vacations, Sunwing Vacations, Signature Vacations, Sunquest and Transat Holidays all have adults-only resorts in their line-up. Most packages include return air, transfers and accommodations and are offered for 7 or 14 days, but Westjet Vacations and Air Canada Vacations have packages for different durations like 5 or 10-days.

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Holiday in paradise A ST. MARTIN VACATION REMINDS PARENTS THEY DON’T REALLY WANT TO GET AWAY FROM KIDS

BY JOHN BRILEY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES “I am never going on vacation with you guys again,” my sister Rachel says.

A curious sentiment, given the setting: We are at a beachfront restaurant on the island of St. Martin, 11:30 a.m. on a mid-December Monday, sharing a mojito while awaiting plates of sauteed grouper. My wife, Cathleen, and children, Kai (6) and Christina (3), are with us. Twenty feet away the Caribbean Sea laps at buttery sands.

Rachel joined our family vacation in large part to help with the kids and allow Cathleen and me glimpses of what vacationing was before we had children. Lost in this arrangement was how hard it would be for us — or, more precisely, me — to actually let that happen. Tangled in the bramble of parenting, I struggle to shake free and appreciate what started it all: the marriage.

Thus on Day Two of a week-long trip three adults are tripping over each other, issuing conflicting edicts to the children and sniping comments to each other as we drift ever further from relaxation. Rachel gives the kids bread — before real food arrives! The horror! — and I glare at her. She reprimands them for running around the outdoor restaurant; I declare their behavior fine, drawing a glower from my

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A boat rests at a dock on Pinel Island, an idyllic islet off St. Martin’s east coast.

Pinel offers soft, clean beaches, outdoor restaurants, snorkeling and short walking trails. spouse. The children, ever aware, play the infighting to their advantage.

I have faith this will pass, and it starts to the minute I repair to a cushioned chaise adjacent our table, close my eyes and shut my mouth. Every-

thing calms down once I’m gone from the table. The restorative sound of water on sand mingles with the women’s conversation and our waiter’s voice as he delivers another mojito.

St. Martin, tucked into the north-

ern reaches of the Lesser Antilles, is a 34-square-mile gem of sculpted bays, lush mountains and remarkably good restaurants. This is most true on the northern tier of the island, an overseas territory of France that burnishes the culinary ethos of its maternal government.

The southern portion is run by the Dutch, under a bifurcation that dates to 1648: Christopher Columbus had named the island after he passed (but didn’t land on) it on the Feast of St. Martin, Nov. 11, 1493. The Dutch had long coveted the island as a way station between colonial holdings in Brazil and what is now New York, and finally harangued Spain’s on-site governor into relinquishing control in 1647.

A French naval contingent happened to be milling around offshore and inserted itself, with the threat of force, when Holland and Spain worked out the details of their transfer.

We are in France, on Orient Bay Beach, a 1.3-mile crooked smile bookended by small islands and clustered with outdoor restaurants, including the scene of our spat du jour, Aloha Beach Bar. The vibe here is sans souci, or “without care” (we are late arrivals among the pre-noon rum drinkers) but the food and service far exceed the standard for places with “bar” in their names.

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Craft distilleries, meaderies and breweries can make a quick adults-only escape.

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ADULTS: Change is as good as a rest Las Vegas For many travellers, Las Vegas is the ideal escape from the daily stresses of life and while there are some family-friendly shows and activities, Sin City is really an adult-orientated vacation destination. The city directs virtually all of its marketing efforts towards adults with taglines like “What happens here, stays here,” one of the most recognized and quoted advertising slogans in the travel industry. With its unique mix of casinos, night clubs, restaurants, attractions and shows, it’s a playground for adults.

Las Vegas makes a great 3-4 day escape and there are plenty of direct flights available from Calgary or Edmonton. Packages that include air and hotel can represent a cost savings and are available with Air Canada Vacations or Westjet Vacations.

Retreats

Closer to home, the Diamond Willow Artisan Retreat (diamondwillowartisanretreat.com) near Turner Valley offers a number of scheduled weekend retreats on a variety of themes with accommodations and meals included.

Wine, Spirits or Brewery Tours Wine tours in Italy, whiskey tours in Scotland and Guinness brewery tours in Ireland have become big business for those countries, but you don’t have to travel far to have a similar experience. Wine tours are also popular in BC and in the Ontario wine growing regions. Closer to home, the Post Hotel (posthotel.com) is host to the Wine Summit Lake Louise, an annual event where enthusiastic beginners and serious collectors can meet some of the world’s greatest winemakers and sample some amazing wines. Eau Claire Distillery (eauclairedistillery.ca), Alberta’s first craft distillery near Turner Valley hosts tours and events on a regular basis. For beer lovers, Alberta has several unique beer festivals (albertabeerfestivals.com) including the Edmonton Craft Beer Festival, the Banff Beer Festival and the Calgary International Beer Festival.

Debbie Olsen is a Lacombe-based freelance writer. If you have a travel story you would like to share or know someone with an interesting travel story that we might interview, please email: DOGO@ telusplanet.net or write to: Debbie Olsen, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, Alta., T4R 1M9.

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On safari in the Boreal Forest AN VISIT TO ZOO SAUVAGE DE SAINT-FÉLICIEN CREATES A BRIDGE BETWEEN HUMANS AND NATURE

BY CAROL PATTERSON SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE I screamed like a girl as a snake slithered over my shoulder in the dark movie theatre.

My heart rate slowed as I realized the snake was only air, a special effect at the movie Zoo sauvage de Saint-FĂŠlicien uses to orient guests to it’s overnight Adventure in the Land of the Caribou. I wanted to learn more about the animals that inhabit Canada’s boreal forest and I didn’t want to suffer to do it. Instead of paddling or hiking into Canada’s North I was starting my quest with the zoo’s ‘behind-the-scenes sleepover with caribou and moose.

Our group of travellers carried our overnight bags past the Zoo’s polar bear, Dall sheep and other northern species to our nature bus. Guide AudrĂŠe Morin switched effortlessly from French to English, “Welcome. We are going into our Nature Trail Park.â€?

Within these 3.24 square kilometres the animals roam free and people are contained. We cruised by black bears, elk, and bison, our cameras and smartphones clicking. Our destination was a tented camp in a forest we shared with moose and caribou. Bears and other creatures were kept out by electric fence.

As we walked the last few metres into camp, a caribou faded into the shadows. Two moose orphans popped their long noses over a wooden corral, eager to see if we brought food.

Prospector tents ringed a large fire pit; wood ready to light, dining table and benches were visible in a long screen house across the clearing. The animals were different but the place felt like an African safari camp.

There was time before dinner to canoe nearby Lac Montagnais. Spotting a muskox on shore, Morin explained, “Stay to the left of me as you paddle.

That way you won’t get too close!� It reminded me of canoeing the Zambezi River, but here muskox and bear took the place of elephants and lions.

I nibbled my trout dinner as people relived events of the day, some in French, some in English, but the smiles understandable in both languages. I crawled into my sleeping bag atop balsam fir boughs, the smell better than any fake tree air freshener could deliver.

The next morning it was time to feed the moose before boarding the bus and returning to the rest of the zoo. There was time to visit wolverines — a boreal creature I’ve seen only in nature movies — and lynx before leaving the zoo for another boreal experi-

ST. MARTIN: A steady flow of tourists “I’m lucky,� Aloha owner Nathalie Pley, a transplanted Parisian, tells me. “I have a chef from France. Really, this is a party island but there’s so many of us here,� she says, nodding toward the line of restaurants fronting the sea, “that we must serve good food.�

Actually, not true: As one of the island’s longer contiguous beaches, Orient Bay draws a steady flow of tourists, many bused over from the cruise dock in the Dutch-side capital, Philipsburg.

They pour forth, pan phones through the air to capture the memory, eat,

ence — meeting a wolf.

Gilles Granal of Aventuraid/Parc Mahikan runs a wildlife observation centre with three packs of wolves. Two of the packs — one Arctic, the other grey wolves — are wild. A third pack of seven grey wolves are imprinted on humans and enjoy visitors. For $50 people can participate in a faceto-whisker experience assuming the wolves are willing. Granal explains “I don’t do these encounters for the visitors’ benefit, I do it for the wolves.

They enjoy the stimulation.� I looked forward to being a play toy for an animal often misunderstood by humans.

Granal reduces the risk of these encounters by entering the enclosure first to read the mood of the pack. If he feels the wolves are not receptive to visitors, no one else goes in. Fortunately for me, the wolves were feeling friendly and the gate was opened a few inches to squeeze our group through.

We were warned to wear clothes we didn’t mind getting dirty or torn and to tuck our cameras under our tops.

Wolves love to chew and anything hanging loose can be snatched. We lined up against the fence like suspects in a police lineup as the wolves greeted us, their excitement palpable.

Within seconds I was looking into the dark eyes of a cream-coloured wolf, its paws resting on my chest as it licked my face. Another sniffed at places not polite to notice in human culture. “They will calm down soon and you can move away from the fence,� Granal said. Soon the novelty faded — only for the wolves, mine was still there — and we walked into the woods of the enclosure. My face was well licked by several wolves as I lowered myself to the ground. I felt rude for not licking them back; to compensate I rubbed all the bellies being offered up.

As I scratched their smooth fur and dodged the licks aimed at my eyes, I almost forgot I was sitting among skilled predators. Granal has created a bridge between wolves and humans and I was happy to cross it for a few minutes, immersed in the socialness of the pack. I had found my boreal wildlife and I was far from suffering.

If you go: Zoo sauvage de Saint-FĂŠlicien sleepovers last 26 hours and include many activities including the chance to observe wildlife tracking and try night-vision googles. www.zoosauvage. org Wolf encounters are offered year round at Aventuraid/Parc Mahikan but reservations are required. Stay overdrink (and drink!), maybe take a swim, and retreat. They would, I suspect, be perfectly content with greasy burgers and fries.

The droves are lighter in Orient Bay this week due to an inundation of a seaweed called sargassum that is amassing on the island’s east-facing beaches. It streams in and piles up with alarming speed, to the point where resorts and public officials deploy tractors at night to churn the plant into the sand. Unlike many other marine flora, sargassum grows in open water. It concentrates in the Sargasso Sea, a massive gyre in the Atlantic Ocean, and a range of factors can shift currents and send the weed to distant shores.

It is marring, though not ruining, the swimming at our home beach, but no matter: An entire island awaits, and with it a suite of tropical backdrops for family dynamics.

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TOP; A highlight of the adventure was getting to meet the wolves at Aventuraid/Parc Mahikan.

RIGHT; Overnight travellers will spend the night in prospectors tents that make it feel like a true safari adventure.

BOTTOM; A family of bears lounges in the grass. They were just some of the many wildlife that can be seen during a visit to Zoo sauvage de SaintFĂŠlicien. night in a cabin near the pack and wake to the sound of howling wolves. www.aventuraid.qc.ca Carol Patterson inspires everyday explorers with words and video.

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Rebels tame Tigers

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Rebels 3 Tigers 1 Red Deer Rebels netminder Rylan Toth is nothing if not resilient.

Toth, who was replaced by Trevor Martin after allowing a game-opening goal in the Rebels’ 7-1 WHL win over the Saskatoon Blades Wednesday, turned in a solid performance Friday in a 3-1 victory over the Medicine Hat Tigers before a recorded crowd of 5,209 at the Centrium.

The 19-year-old stopper turned aside 40 shots, including 19 in the third period as the Tigers displayed a sense of desperation while trailing 3-0.

“It was a good game. Obviously it was a tough one the other night but I wanted to make sure I had a good bounce-back game tonight,” said Toth, whose shutout bid was ruined when Tigers defenceman Ty Stanton scored with just over three minutes remaining.

“It’s always a fun game when you face 40 shots, Maybe the coach isn’t the happiest with how we played in the third, but those are the fun ones to play when you’re a goalie.”

The Rebels were seemingly in complete control of the game when Adam Musil potted a short-handed goal at 5:36 of the second period, stealing the puck from Stanton behind the Tigers net, backing out in front and ripping a wrist shot past goaltender Austin Lotz.

The Tigers, however, never quit and dominated most of the final frame while outshooting their hosts 20-9. But Toth came up big at the most opportune times and kept the visitors from making it a nail-biter in the final few minutes.

“They had quite a few shots but we also blocked quite a few,” said Toth. “(Kayle) Doetzel had a lot of great blocks. We also kept a lot of shots to the outside so my teammates made it pretty easy for me.”

The Rebels were up 1-0 after the first period on a power-play goal by Grayson Pawlenchuk, who buried a rebound in the top of the net from along the goal line.

Presten Kopeck notched the eventual winner early in the second frame, tipping a Colton Bobyk point shot past Lotz, and Musil rounded out the Rebels scoring three minutes later.

Lotz, who was also solid, blocked 31 shots overall.

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Red Deer Rebel Conner Bleackley is checked into the boards by Medicine Hat Tiger Brad Forrest during the first period at the Centrium in Red Deer Friday night.

“We played a lot in our own end in the third period and he played well, ” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter, in reference to Toth. “He and I had a little talk before the game. I reminded him that to be the No. 1 guy you have to play solid and give us quality minutes without (giving up) any easy goals.

“We weren’t anything special here tonight, but we found a way to win and I guess you can say good teams do that.”

Toth and Sutter were both impressed with the Tigers, who mounted an impressive third-period attack de-

spite being without their top two forwards — Cole Sanford and Trevor Cox, both injured.

“They’re a similar team to last year,” said the Rebels netminder. “Obviously they were missing Sanford and Cox tonight but they definitely work hard and they’re fast. Their transition game is crazy, we have to be ready at all times or they’re going to beat us that way.”

Added Sutter: “Medicine Hat was without some of their top players tonight but they played hard. They played well defensively and blocked a lot of shots. We had some quality

scoring chances we didn’t capitalize on, but we’ll take the two points and reload for tomorrow night.”

The Kootenay Ice, who lost 4-3 in overtime to the visiting Saskatoon Blades Friday, visit the Centrium tonight. ● With Haydn Fleury serving the first of a two-game suspension, newcomer Braden Purtill made his debut on the Red Deer blueline and got a positive review from Sutter. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Royals crowned AL champs

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Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez, left, and relief pitcher Wade Davis celebrate after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 6 of baseball’s American League Championship Series on Friday in Kansas City, Mo. The Royals won 4-3.

Kansas City 4 Toronto 3 KANSAS, Mo. — The Toronto Blue Jays ran out of playoff lives Friday, exiting the post-season as the Kansas City Royals gutted out a tense 4-3 victory to win the American League Championship series four games to two.

Jose Bautista was a one-man wrecking crew for Toronto in a playoff thriller driving in three runs with a pair of homers included a two-run shot in the eighth inning that tied it at 3-3 when the Jays were down to their last five outs.

But the Royals answered with a run to end Toronto’s season and then held off the Jays in a nail-biting ninth.

“I’m definitely proud of our team,” Toronto manager John Gibbons said.

“It’s been a fun group to be around every day.”

“We’re all disappointed we’re not moving on, that’s baseball,” he added.

“We put up our best fight today.”

Kansas City shortstop Alcides Escobar was selected the ALCS MVP. There was drama aplenty before a jacked-up Kauffman Stadium crowd of 40,494, including a 45-minute rain delay midway through the eighth.

When the game resumed, Toron-

to closer Roberto Osuna was on the mound. The 20-year-old phenom had been lights out most of the season but he walked Lorenzo Cain, who came home on Eric Hosmer’s ensuing single for a 4-3 lead. Kendrys Morales singled to put men on first and second.

A double play ended the inning but the damage was done.

Russell Martin singled off closer Wade Davis to open the ninth. Dalton Pompey came on as a pinch-runner and promptly stole second and then third.

Kevin Pillar worked an eight-pitch walk and stole second, removing the double play opportunity as pinch-hitter Dioner Navarro struck out. Davis then struck out Ben Revere, leaving MVP candidate Josh Donaldson as the Jays’ final out and Bautista on deck.

Donaldson, 0 for 4 on the night, grounded out to third in a tense at-bat to end the evening, leaving men on second and third.

For a while it looked like Bautista might rescue Toronto for a second series.

His three-run homer in the seventh inning of Game 5 proved to be the difference as the Jays defeated the Texas Rangers 6-3 to win the series.

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Ferbey fired up about first bonspiel in four years

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Randy Ferbey’s competitive fire is still flickering.

The curling legend is competing in the World Curling Tour’s Red Deer Classic this weekend at the Pidherney Centre. But it’s strictly a one-off for the four-time men’s world champion, who retired from the roaring game in 2011.

“This is my first bonspiel in four years,” Ferbey said Friday, after falling 9-3 to Jason Jacobson of Saskatoon while skipping and tossing third stones for Terry Meek’s Calgary entry.

“It’s just a one-time thing. Terry

and I have been friends for awhile and during the Brier last year he kind of cornered me in a weak moment and said we should play together in a ‘spiel. He called me on it and so here I am.”

In the competitive curling world, basically everybody knows everybody.

That used to be the case with Edmonton’s Ferbey while he was regularly trading shots with the best, but no more.

“I look across the sheets now and I know fewer and fewer people,” he noted. “It’s not how it used to be. There’s a lot of younger guys out there, which is nice to see. I remember the day. It’s seems like yesterday, but fortunately

Greg Meachem, Sports Editor, 403-314-4363 E-mail gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

it’s over.”

Ferbey is still involved in the game as a mixed league player and is also a spokesman for Everest, a funeral planning and concierge company, the title sponsor of the Canadian senior curling championship and the Randy Ferbey National Pro Am, which is open to senior curlers of all skill levels from across Canada.

Winners get a trip to the Canadian seniors set for March 21-28 in Edmonton and also get a chance to play against Ferbey and the likes of Jennifer Jones in the Pro Am. “I’m actually starting a cross-Canada tour next week,” said Ferbey. “I’ll go to numerous clubs, tell them what

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it’s all about and get them to sign up.

It’s another event for seniors to get involved in.”

Ferbey enjoyed much of his competitive success while playing with Dave Nedohin, Scott Pfeifer and Marcel Rocque. He also won two Briers and a world title with Pat Ryan in the ’80s and was with Brad Gushue in 2010-11 before wrapping up his playing career with Nedohin in 2011-12, the Edmonton foursome consisting also of Ted Appelman and Brendan Melynk.

That was then, this is now.

“My days are over,” Ferbey insisted.

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Cougars run all over Raiders

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TEAM COMBINES FOR 374 YARDS RUSHING

Cougars 27 Raiders 17 The Notre Dame Cougars have one of the best ground games in the Central Alberta High School Football League and it was on display once again Friday.

The Cougars rushed for 374 yards as they downed the Lindsay Thurber Raiders 27-17 in the final regular season game for both teams at Great Chief Park.

“We got another good game out of running backs, they ran hard again which was nice to see,” said Cougars head coach Gino Castellan.

Justin Fedun led the Cougars with 190 yards on 19 carries and scored on runs of 75 and five yards. Johannes Smith finished with 122 yards on 14 carries.

The Cougars also threw for 116 yards while the Raiders finished with 184 yards on the ground and 106 in the air. The biggest play for LTCHS was a 106-yard fumble return for a touchdown by outstanding linebacker Keith Warren, that made the score 2117 at 3:28 of the fourth quarter.

However, the Cougars took the following kick off and marched back down field with Fedun going in from the five to put the lid on the victory.

“It was a tough game,” said Castellan. “They have a good team and had their chances as well. You can count on a tough game against them, that’s what the whole rivalry thing is about. It’s good for football, good for us and good for them.”

The teams aren’t finished with each other as they’ll meet in the City Conference semifinal, either Thursday or Friday at Great Chief Park.

“This was good to see a few things, but we also have to fix a few things,” added Castellan. “We took too many penalties again and you can’t do that. We have to play smart football and when we do we have a good team.”

The Raiders jumped into an 7-0 lead on a 22-yard run by Brad Pope at 5:22 of the second quarter. Jonathan Goulet kicked the first of his two converts and also had a 22 yard field goal.

Taylor Vida scored for the Cougars on an eight-

Raiders sweep Lightning The Lindsay Thurber Raiders swept a senior high volleyball series with the visiting Hunting Hills Lightning Thursday.

Thurber recorded a 3-0 win in the girls match, prevailing 25-13, 25-20, 2512. The Thurber boys won 3-1 by scores of 25-16, 25-11, 21-25, 25-15.

Alouettes cruise past Argos Alouettes 34 Argos 2 HAMILTON — Kevin Glenn and the Montreal Alouettes started fast and left the Toronto Argonauts reeling Fri-

yard run at 10:41 of the second quarter, then on possibly the biggest play of the game, Cougars quarterback Devin Desormeau hooked up with Payton LaGrange on a 41-yard scoring strike on the final play of the half. Parker Dahl grabbed a pass from Desormeau for a two-point convert and the Cougars led 14-7 at the break.

“That was a key play for us, for sure,” said Castellan. “That gave us a big boost.”

Goulet kicked his field goal to make it 14-10 before Fedun broke off tackle and went 75 yards at 4:55 of the third quarter. Dahl converted.

Pope led the Raiders with 108 yards rushing on 22 carries and caught three passes for 35 yards.

• Kaden Hall ran one yard for a touchdown and hooked up with quarterback Eric Thomson on a 26-yard pass-and-run play as the undefeated Hunting Hills Lighting downed the host Lacombe Rams 42-19 Thursday.

Thomson scored on a 56-yard run, Brandt Burzuk had a 31-yard touchdown run and Alex Sugrue ran four runs for a major.

Eder Arias booted five converts, a single point and field goals of 16 and 27 yards.

Thomson was eight-for-13 passing for 98 yards, while Rams quarterback Jonathan Ericson completed 14 of 26 passes for 261 yards, hooking up with Logan Ellis, Lucas Wessner and David Mueller on pass-and-run scoring plays of 34, 37 and 75 yards.

Jack Bahler contributed a single convert.

Burzuk led all rushers with 152 yards on 16 carries.* In Rural Conference play the homestanding Sylvan Lake Lakers edged the Westaskiwin Sabres 29-24.Tristan Koller, Chase Allan and Ethan Mearns scored touchdowns for the Lakers with Dagan Slimmon kicking three converts and two field goals, They also scored a saftey. Jake Gusse had two touchdowns and Dalton letawsky one for the Sabres with Ben Taje kicking three converts and a field goal.Koller led the Lakers with 85 yards rushing on 15 carries while Gusse had 106 yards on 19 tries.

Danny Rode is a retired advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

day night.

Glenn threw three TD passes, his first capping a 71-yard game-opening drive, leading Montreal to a convincing 34-2 win over Toronto at Tim Hortons Field.

Glenn was impressive in just his second start for Montreal (6-10), which snapped a four-game losing streak to remain in contention for the final West Division playoff spot with Winnipeg and B.C. Glenn had three interceptions in last weekend’s 23-11 loss to Hamilton but was 27-of-35 passing for 294 yards before giving way to Anthony Boone in the fourth quarter.

Time, Glenn said, was a major reason for his turnaround. Montreal, which took a commanding 25-2 half-

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CURLING: Ferby misses the rink “I miss the game a bit but I don’t miss the practising and the travelling.

That’s all necessary no matter what level you’re playing at and I’m not prepared to do that.”

Ferbey received the ultimate honour last year when he was inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame.

“It’s a great honour and a culmination of things,” he said. “Like I said when I was inducted, it’s not me, it’s the other individuals I played with over the years.

“They should be right alongside me.

I wouldn’t have won anything without them. They should be in there too and hopefully they will be one day.”

Ferbey rebounded to defeat Jeff Erickson 6-4 in an evening draw.

Scores Friday: Men A event, 9:30 a.m. — Kin Win Woo 9 Brock Virtue 1; Soo Hyuk Kim 7 Sean O’Connor 1; Dean Joanisse 8 Craig MacAlpine 3; Jeremy Harty 5 Josh Heidt 4; Jason Ackerman 6 Glen Hansen 3;

Sean Geall 10 Travis Cooper 9; Ryan Deis 7 Kevin Park 6; Shaun Meachem 8 Charley Thomas 7.

A event, 1 p.m. — Wade White 8 Jeff Erickson 1; Jason Jacobson 9 Randy Ferbey 3; Se Hyeon Seong 8 Scott Smith 2; Warren Cross 7 Grant Dezura 2; Aaron Sluchinksi 6 Harvey Kelts 4; Jamie Koe 5 Thomas Scoffin 3; Mick Lizmore 7 Bruce Korte 5; Brady Clark 9 Lloyd Hill 8.

A event, 4:30 p.m. — Geall 7 Meachem 2; Deis 8 Woo 3; Harty 8 Joanisse 5; Ackerman 6 S.Kim 5.

B event, 4:30 p.m. — Thomas 7 Cooper 2; Hansen 5 O’Connor 1; Park 4 Virtue 3; Heidt 6 MacAlpine 2.

A event, 8 p.m. — Sluchinski 6 Koe 5; Cross 7 Seong 4; White 6 Jacobson 5; Lizmore 5 Clark 4.

B event, 8 p.m. — Dezura 7 Smith 2; Korte 6 Hill 5; Ferbey 6 Erickson 4.

Women A event, 9:30 a.m. — Lindsay Makichuk 6 Jie Mie 5; Nadine Chyz 8 Brett Barber 1; Nicky Kaufman 9 Teryn Hamilton 2; Kalya Skrlik 9 Kalynn Park 5.

A event, 1 p.m. — Diane Gushulak 4 Lana Vey 3; Chelsea Carey 6 Jodi Marthaller 4; Taryn Schachtel 7 Sijia Liu 6; Robyn Silvernagle 5 Geri-Lynn

Capitals 7 Oilers 4 EDMONTON — Evgeny Kuznetsov scored his first career hat trick and added two assists as the Washington Capitals extended their winning streak to five games with a 7-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday.

Nicklas Backstrom, Marcus Johansson, Andre Burakovsky and Justin Williams also scored for the Capitals (6-1-0), who were playing their third game in four nights.

Connor McDavid, Benoit Pouliot, Rob Klinkhammer and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins replied for the Oilers (3-5-0), who saw a three-game winning streak come to an end.

Washington started the scoring early, just three minutes into the first, as Kuznetsov took a feed from T.J. Oshie and he waited for Oilers goalie Anders Nilsson to go down before lifting the puck into an open net. Edmonton responded with nine minute to play in the opening period as Nail Yakupov displayed some grit behind the net to chip the puck in front to Pouliot, who beat Washington goalie Philipp Grubauer, making his first start of the season.

Giordano scores in OT to beat Red Wings Flames 3 Red Wings 2 CALGARY — Mark Giordano scored his second of the game at 3:12 of overtime to lead the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night.

Giordano also had an assist as the Flames (2-5-0) snapped a four-game losing streak. It was also the first time in five attempts Calgary won on home ice at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Joe Colborne scored with 1:12 left in the third period to force extra time, while goaltender Jonas Hiller made 27 saves to even his record at 2-2. Gustav Nyquist and Brendan Smith scored power-play goals in the first period for the Red Wings (3-3-1), while goalie Jimmy Howard turned aside 37 shots. Nyquist opened the scoring at 7:38 of the first period when he converted a feed from Henrik Zetterberg to finish off a great passing play during a Detroit man advantage.

time lead, obtained the veteran quarterback from Saskatchewan at the CFL trade deadline Oct, 14.

“You get another couple of days familiarity with the players, with the receivers, with the offence and you just get into a groove,” Glenn said. “I think the positive atmosphere on the sidelines was another key thing.

“Everybody was up on the sidelines, the offence was cheering the defence on, the defence was cheering the offence on.”

Glenn and the Als were sharp right from the start, his six-yard scoring strike to Tyrell Sutton capping an impressive eight-play march to open the contest.

“If you can take the opening drive

80 yards and score, especially a touchdown, that’s starting pretty fast,” Glenn said. “It was one of those things we talked about, if we get the ball first we want to come out and show what we’re about.

“That was a big drive to open the game line that, it was big for us.”

Montreal coach/GM Jim Popp agreed.

“The four losses we had we gave up a touchdown in three of those and then a field goal,” he said. “We were playing (from) behind and as the stats show we only scored 15 points total in the first half of those four games.

“It makes a huge difference if you can start positively, especially on the road.”

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A event, 4:30 p.m. — Alana Paetz 8 Kaufman 0; Kelsey Rocque 5 Skrlik 2; Chyz 7 Kaufman 4; Makichuk 5 Shannon Kleibrink 3.

B event, 8 p.m. — Satsuki Fijisawa 5 Silvernagle 3; Mie 8 Hamilton 2; Barber 6 Park 2; Casey Scheidegger 7 Gushulak 3. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

His solo blast 428 feet in the fourth cut the Royals’ lead to 2-1. Then, with Toronto down to five outs, he slammed a two-run shot 387 feet that tied the game at 3-3.

There was no bat flip this time. He gently dropped the bat, with more work left to do.

It was Toronto’s fifth must-win game of the playoffs and it proved to be one too many for the AL East champions, ending a remarkable season that saw the Jays reload at the trade deadline and dominate after the all-star break.

But they could not dethrone the Royals, who ultimately won with timely hitting from a deep, diverse offence and a better bullpen.

Kansas City claimed its second straight AL pennant — and the fourth in franchise history — while earning a date with the waiting New York Mets in the World Series. The Royals lost the Series in seven games to San Francisco last year.

Ben Zobrist and Mike Moustakas homered for Kansas City.

JAYS: Bautista channels inner Joe Carter The game was played 22 years to the day that Joe Carter’s walk-off home run against Phillies reliever Mitch Williams gave Toronto its second straight World Series title.

Bautista did his best to channel Carter this night.

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports Today ● 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.

Baseball 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 American League Kansas City 4, 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 City 14, Toronto 2 Wednesday, Oct. 21: Toronto 7, Kansas City 1 Friday, Oct. 23: Kansas City 4, Toronto 3 National League New York 4, Chicago 0 Saturday, Oct. 17: New York 4, Chicago 2 Sunday, Oct. 18: New York 4, Chicago 1 Tuesday, Oct. 20: New York 5, Chicago 2 Wednesday, Oct. 21: New York 8, Chicago 3 WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7) Tuesday, Oct. 27: N.Y. Mets at Kansas City Wednesday, Oct. 28: N.Y. Mets at Kansas City Friday, Oct. 30: Kansas City at N.Y. Mets Saturday, Oct. 31: Kansas City at N.Y. Mets x-Sunday, Nov. 1: Kansas City at N.Y. Mets x-Tuesday, Nov. 3: N.Y. Mets at Kansas City x-Wednesday, Nov. 4: N.Y. Mets at Kansas City

SATURDAY, OCT. 24, 2015

Hockey WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Prince Albert 11 8 2 0 1 44 Moose Jaw 10 7 1 1 1 45 Brandon 10 7 1 0 2 50 Saskatoon 11 5 3 3 0 40 Regina 11 6 5 0 0 33 Swift Current 12 4 6 2 0 33 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Red Deer 13 9 4 0 0 51 Lethbridge 9 7 2 0 0 42 Calgary 12 6 5 0 1 31 Medicine Hat 10 4 5 1 0 33 Edmonton 11 3 6 2 0 28 Kootenay 13 2 10 1 0 26 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Victoria 11 7 4 0 0 35 Kelowna 11 7 4 0 0 45 Prince George 9 5 4 0 0 27 Vancouver 10 4 4 1 1 37 Kamloops 10 3 7 0 0 26 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Seattle 8 6 1 1 0 31 Tri-City 10 4 5 1 0 33 Everett 6 4 2 0 0 17 Spokane 10 3 5 1 1 28 Portland 8 2 6 0 0 21

GA 38 25 21 44 39 41

Pt 17 16 16 13 12 10

GA 36 24 43 40 39 55

Pt 18 14 13 9 8 5

GA 24 41 21 46 38

Pt 14 14 10 10 6

GA 20 36 17 43 25

Pt 13 9 8 8 4

z-league title y-conference title d-division leader x-clinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top two positions per conference regardless of points a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Friday’s Results Saskatoon 4 Kootenay 3 (OT) Lethbridge 3 Swift Current 2 (OT) Red Deer 3 Medicine Hat 1 Prince Albert 7 Moose Jaw 2 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.

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FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Rebels 3, Tigers 1 First Period 1. Red Deer, Pawlenchuk 6 (Nikolishin, Spacek) 15:58 (pp).

Penalties — Spacek RD (hooking) 8:01, Jevne MH (game misconduct) 11:38, Jevne MH (Major - Checking to the Head) 11:38, Morrissey MH (holding) 15:23.

Second Period 2. Red Deer, Kopeck 2 (Bobyk, Nogier) 2:16.

3. Red Deer, Musil 2 (unassisted) 5:36 (short-handed-SH).

Penalties — RD Bench (too many men) 4:40, Kopeck RD (tripping) 6:32.

Third Period 4. Medicine Hat, Stanton 1 (Prezuiso, Morrissey) 16:41.

Penalties — Shmoorkoff RD (tripping) 4:41.

Shots on goal by Medicine Hat 9 12 20 — 41 Red Deer 10 15 9 — 34 Goal — Medicine Hat: Lotz (L, 2-1-0) Red Deer: Toth (W, 7-3-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Medicine Hat: 0-4 Red Deer: 1-2.

Attendance — 5,209 at Red Deer.

Today’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.

Sunday’s Games Prince George at Vancouver, 3 p.m.

Prince Albert at Regina, 4 p.m.

Brandon at Portland, 6 p.m.

Monday’s Games Kootenay at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, October 27 Brandon at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

Lethbridge at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday, October 28 Spokane at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Prince George at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Tri-City at Portland, 8 p.m.

Brandon at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Montreal 8 8 0 0 16 30 Tampa Bay 8 5 2 1 11 27 Ottawa 7 3 2 2 8 23 Florida 7 3 3 1 7 20 Detroit 7 3 3 1 7 18 Boston 7 3 3 1 7 27 Toronto 6 1 3 2 4 13 Buffalo 7 2 5 0 4 13 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 7 6 1 0 12 29 N.Y. Rangers 8 5 2 1 11 22 N.Y. Islanders 7 4 2 1 9 24 Philadelphia 6 3 2 1 7 13 New Jersey 7 3 3 1 7 16 Pittsburgh 7 3 4 0 6 11

Thursday, October 29 Spokane at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Friday, October 30 Victoria at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Regina, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

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

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

Portland at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

6 2 4 0 4 12 8 0 8 0 0 15 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Dallas 7 6 1 0 12 25 Nashville 7 6 1 0 12 24 St. Louis 7 5 2 0 10 21 Minnesota 6 4 1 1 9 17 Winnipeg 7 4 2 1 9 23 Chicago 7 4 3 0 8 17 Colorado 6 2 3 1 5 16 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF San Jose 7 4 3 0 8 18 Vancouver 7 3 2 2 8 18 Arizona 7 3 3 1 7 19 Los Angeles 6 3 3 0 6 10 Edmonton 8 3 5 0 6 19 Calgary 7 2 5 0 4 15 Anaheim 6 1 4 1 3 6

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NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Friday’s Games Montreal 7, Buffalo 2 Boston 5, N.Y. Islanders 3 Tampa Bay 4, Winnipeg 3, OT Calgary 3, Detroit 2, OT Washington 7, Edmonton 4 Carolina at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Today’s Games Anaheim at Minnesota, 4 p.m.

New Jersey at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Arizona at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Florida at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Columbus at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Carolina at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Minnesota at Winnipeg, 4 p.m.

Calgary at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

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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.

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New York at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Toronto FC at Montreal, 3 p.m.

New England at New York City FC, 3 p.m.

Orlando City at Philadelphia, 3 p.m.

D.C. United at Columbus, 3 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Seattle, 5 p.m.

Colorado at Portland, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Sporting Kansas City, 5 p.m.

San Jose at FC Dallas, 5 p.m.

English Premier League GP W D L GF GA Pts Manchester City 9 7 0 2 24 8 21 Arsenal 9 6 1 2 16 7 19 Man. United 9 6 1 2 15 8 19 West Ham 9 5 2 2 20 12 17 Leicester City 9 4 4 1 19 17 16 Crystal Palace 9 5 0 4 12 10 15 Tottenham 9 3 5 1 11 7 14 Southampton 9 3 4 2 15 12 13 Everton 9 3 4 2 12 11 13 Liverpool 9 3 4 2 8 10 13 Stoke 9 3 3 3 9 10 12 Chelsea 9 3 2 4 14 17 11 West Brom 9 3 2 4 7 11 11 Swansea 9 2 4 3 10 11 10 Watford 9 2 4 3 6 10 10 Norwich 9 2 3 4 14 20 9

during Wednesday’s game.

DETROIT PISTONS — Waived F Cartier Martin, G/F Adonis Thomas and C Jordan Bachynski.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Waived F Jonathan Holmes.

NEW YORK KNICKS — Waived G Travis Trice II, G/F Wesley Saunders and Fs Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Darion Atkins and DaJuan Summers.

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Exercised fourth-year options on C Steven Adams and G Andre Roberson and third-year option on F Mitch McGary.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Fined Miami DE Olivier Vernon $37,363, N.Y. Giants DE Damontre Moore $20,000 and Jacksonville S Johnathan Cyprien $8,681 for their actions during last week’s games.

BUFFALO BILLS — Released S Josh Bush.

Signed PK Jordan Gay. DETROIT LIONS — Released DT Ishmaa’ily Kitchen.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed LB Amarlo Herrera to the practice squad.

ST. LOUIS RAMS — Waived S Christian Bryant.

Signed RB Trey Watts from the practice squad.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Placed S Antoine

Bethea on injured reserve.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Dallas D Jason Demers two games for elbowing during Thursday’s game. Fined New Jersey F Stephen Gionta $2,284.95 for spearing during Thursday’s game.

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Assigned F Mark MacMillan fromi St. John’s (AHL) to Brampton (ECHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Assigned F Viktor Arvidsson to Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Agreed to terms with F Anthony Beauvillier on a three-year, entry-level contract.

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Rochester RW Dan Catenacci and San Jose D Karl Stollery one game.

CHARLOTTE CHECKERS — Signed F Drayson Bowman to a professional tryout contract.

ROCHESTER AMERICANS — Assigned D Josh Chapman and Piro Goulakos to Elmira (ECHL).

ROCKFORD ICEHOGS — Recalled F Chris DeSousa from Indy (ECHL).

ST. JOHN’S ICECAPS — Assigned D Josiah Didier to Brampton (ECHL).

SYRACUSE CRUNCH — Recalled G Allen York

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Saturday, Oct. 24 Aston Villa vs. Swansea, 1400 GMT Leicester City vs. Crystal Palace, 1400 GMT Norwich vs. West Brom, 1400 GMT Stoke vs. Watford, 1400 GMT West Ham vs. Chelsea, 1400 GMT Arsenal vs. Everton, 1630 GMT Sunday, Oct. 25 Sunderland vs. Newcastle, 1200 GMT Bournemouth vs. Tottenham, 1405 GMT Manchester United vs. Manchester City, 1405 GMT Liverpool vs. Southampton, 1615 GMT

Transactions BASEBALL American League SEATTLE MARINERS — Named Scott Servais manager.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Reinstated 3B Christian Villanueva 2B Arismendy Alcantara and Addison Russell 2B Jonathan Herrera RHPs Neil Ramirez, Jason Motte, Yoervis Medina, Tommy Hunter, Dan Haren, Carl Edwards Jr. and Dallas Beeler LHPs Zac Rosscup and Eric Jokisch C Taylor Teagarden and OF Matt Szczur.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Assigned RHP Deolis Guerra outright to Indianapolis (IL).

American Association LAREDO LEMURS — Signed RHP Jimmer Kennedy.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed RHP Nick Mutz.

BASKETBALL USA BASKETBALL — Named San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich men’s national team for 2017-20.

National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Miami G Gerald Green $25,000 for making menacing gestures on the playing court

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ELMIRA JACKALS — Released D Mitchell Stretch.

TULSA OILERS — Released F Radoslav Illo.

SOCCER National Women’s Soccer League SKY BLUE FC — Re-signed M Nikki Stanton, and loaned her to Perth (W-League-Australia).

COLLEGE DEPAUL — Agreed to terms with women’s basketball coach Doug Bruno on a one-year contract extension through the 2020-21 season.

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UMKC — Announced the resignation of men’s assistant basketball coach Andre McGee.

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Low gas prices keeps inflation down FALLS TO 1.0 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The annual pace of inflation slowed in September due to lower gasoline and other energy prices, but the cost of groceries, restaurant meals and many other things pushed higher.

Statistics Canada’s consumer price index for September rose 1.0 per cent compared with a year ago — a smaller increase than the 1.3 per cent posted in August and below the 1.1 per cent expected by economists.

TD Bank economist Brian DePratto said the dichotomy that has characterized inflation so far this year continued in September.

“Headline inflation remains weak, dragged down by energy prices that remain well below their yearago levels,” DePratto said.

“At the same time, the significant depreciation of the Canadian dollar since last summer has made imports more expensive, helping keep core inflation (slightly) above the Bank of Canada’s two per cent target.”

Prices were up in seven of the eight major categories, with the overall increase driven by higher food prices, Statistics Canada said.

The cost of food was up 3.5 per cent compared with a year ago, with fresh vegetables up 11.5 per cent and meat up 4.4 per cent. The price of food in restaurants climbed 2.7 per cent.

The index for recreation, education and reading was up 2.5 per cent, while the clothing and footwear

category gained 1.2 per cent.

Only the transportation group, which includes gasoline, was lower as it fell 3.5 per cent from a year ago due to an 18.8 per cent decline in gasoline prices compared with last year.

The Bank of Canada’s core index, which excludes some of the most volatile components, was up 2.1 per cent from a year ago, matching economist estimates from Thomson Reuters.

However, the central bank has said the drop in the Canadian dollar has given a temporary boost to inflation and that the underlying rate remains below two per cent.

In its monetary policy report on Wednesday, the central bank said based on the assumption of a Canadian dollar at 76 cents US, it estimates the exchange rate pass-through will peak at 0.5 to 0.7 percentage points in the second half of this year before gradually fading through 2016.

The Bank of Canada held its key interest rate this week at 0.5 per cent as it downgraded its 2016 and 2017 outlook for the economy due to the continued fallout of low energy prices.

Paul Ashworth, chief North America economist at Capital Economics, said the biggest problem is the disinflationary threat stemming from the real economy’s under-performance.

“The economy may no longer be in recession, but it is still struggling to get back to potential growth,” Ashworth said.

“Unless there is a more pronounced pick-up that absorbs some of the economic slack built up over the

September inflation for Canadian provinces and territories OTTAWA — Canada’s national inflation rate was 1.0 per cent in September, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces and territories. (Previous month in brackets): ● Newfoundland and Labrador, 0.4 (0.7) ● Prince Edward Island, -0.8 (-0.1) ● Nova Scotia, 0.0 (0.8) ● New Brunswick, 0.3 (1.0) ● Quebec, 1.0 (1.1) ● Ontario, 0.9 (1.2) ● Manitoba, 1.3 (1.8) ● Saskatchewan, 1.4 (1.9) ● Alberta, 1.3 (1.7) ● British Columbia, 1.3 (1.2) ● Whitehorse, Yukon, 0.6 (0.7) ● Yellowknife, N.W.T., 1.9 (2.0) ● Iqaluit, Nunavut, 2.4 (1.9) past few years, core inflation will trend gradually lower.”

Statistics Canada says prices rose in eight provinces with Saskatchewan posting the largest increase with a gain of 1.4 per cent for the year. Ontario gained 0.9 per cent, while Quebec increases 1.0 per cent.

Prince Edward Island saw prices drop 0.8 per cent compared with a year ago, while Nova Scotia reported no change.

Vale under investigation for possibly decades of toxic smelter runoff

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

An ice floe floats on a lake in front of the Solheimajokull glacier, where the ice has retreated by more than one kilometer (0.6 miles) since annual measurements began in 1931. The trillion-dollar question of who should pay for global warming is coming to a head in talks on an international climate pact, as developing countries worry they won’t get enough money to tackle the problem. With just five weeks left before a U.N. climate summit in Paris, developing countries closed ranks at weeklong talks ending on Friday in Bonn and called on wealthy nations to make firm financial commitments to help them fight and adapt to climate change.

UN climate deal talks heat up DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEMAND FINANCING

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BONN, Germany — The trillion-dollar question of who should pay for global warming is coming to a head in talks on an international climate pact, as developing countries worry they won’t get enough money to tackle the problem.

With just five weeks left before a U.N. climate summit in Paris, developing countries closed ranks at weeklong talks ending Friday in Bonn and called on wealthy nations to make firm financial commitments to help them fight and adapt to climate change.

The Paris summit “will be judged by what is contained in the core agreement on finance. For us, that will be the yardstick for success,” said Nozipho Mxakato-Diseko of South Africa, who chairs a developing country bloc of 134 countries.

In testy exchanges with the Algerian and U.S. diplomats leading the climate talks, Mxakato-Diseko complained that a draft deal they produced was “lopsided” in favour of developed countries. She even drew an analogy to apartheid.

Western delegates said they were disappointed by the characterization of the talks as a rich-poor struggle over responsibilities to address climate change.

“We strongly oppose that division,” Netherlands climate envoy Michel Rentenaar told The Associated Press. “If there is a division, it’s perhaps between those who want an ambitious accord and those who don’t.”

The slow pace in Bonn contrasted with the momentum outside the U.N. talks.

Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy economies this year endorsed “deep cuts” in climate-warming greenhouse gases, top polluters China and the U.S. deepened their co-operation on climate issues and Pope Francis called fighting climate change a moral imperative.

Yet delegates said it wasn’t surprising that negotiations on the Paris agreement would get stuck on money — always a stumbling block in the U.N. talks — and that it probably would be one of the last issues to get untangled.

The Paris deal is likely to have some provisions on financing projects to fight global warming for poor countries. The question is how specific they will be.

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some want the rosebush in full bloom,” said Alden Meyer, an observer of the talks from the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Developed countries have agreed to boost the flow of climate finance to $100 billion annually by 2020, but are reluctant to make firm commitments beyond that, partly because of budget uncertainties.

They also want to expand the pool of donors to include China and other emerging economies.

European Union negotiator Sarah Blau said that was already happening outside the negotiations, pointing to a recent U.S.-China announcement where Beijing pledged $3.1 billion in climate finance to poor countries. The U.N. talks, she said, are “somehow detached from what’s happening really on the ground.”

The money is used in two ways. First, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by helping developing countries switch from high-polluting fossil fuels to wind, solar and other renewable sources of energy.

Second, to help the most vulnerable countries including small island nations adapt to climate change by building barriers against rising seas or developing drought-resilient crops.

Climate finance is hard to measure because there are no common standards on what to count. A recent report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimated climate finance flows reached $62 billion in 2014, which developed countries took as a sign they were well on track toward the $100 billion.

Mxakato-Diseko dismissed those figures as unreliable “because we don’t know what methodology was used, the veracity thereof, the credibility thereof.”

Coalescing around the finance issue, developing countries appeared more united in Bonn than at previous talks this year and collectively rejected a 20-page draft agreement they said didn’t address their concerns.

Amendments were made to the text, adding many competing options on how to deal with finance and other crunch issues, but few compromises were made. By Friday, it swelled to 55 pages and negotiators started thinking about scheduling another round of talks before Paris.

“We’ve been running a marathon for years to reach to this point. Now we need an all-out sprint to get over the finish line in Paris,” said Jennifer Morgan of the World Resources Institute, a Washington-based environmental think-tank .

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Environment Canada is investigating Vale SA’s Sudbury, Ont., smelting operations for allegedly leaking toxic runoff into local waterways since at least 1963.

The allegations are contained in a warrant the government agency used to seize documents, computers and related materials from Vale’s Sudbury offices on Oct. 8 as part of its investigation into potential violations of the Fisheries Act. In the warrant, Environment Canada accuses the company of allowing “acutely lethal” seepage from the smelter waste piles into water frequented by fish, and of knowing about the leakage for years. The warrant contains allegations not proven in court.

The accusations indicate the seepage started well before Vale took control of the smelter when it acquired Inco Ltd. in 2006 for US$17.6 billion.

The Environment Canada investigation was triggered after a Sudbury resident noticed a “foamy, lime-green coloured substance in a creek” in October 2012. The federal agency’s officers followed the seepage back to Vale’s Copper Cliff smelter slag storage area, the document says.

It says the slag storage area is a massive, 200-hectare waste dump in active use since 1929, with more than 115 million tonnes of smelter waste.

Gordon Moore, who drafted the warrant and was one of the Environment Canada enforcement officers who responded to the 2012 incident, said in the document that at the time he found light greenish-coloured water flowing from the smelter waste heaps onto a Sudbury Catholic District School Board property and then into the city’s storm drains.

The warrant says those storm drains flow into Nolin’s Creek and then into Junction Creek, both of which, according to Environment Canada, are considered fish-bearing creeks.

Vale is quoted in the warrants as disputing that Nolin’s Creek is fish-bearing, and says the runoff would be diluted by the time it reaches Junction Creek.

Moore says in the warrant that tests on the substance found in the creek in October 2012 showed it killed all fish in the test within 24 hours. To be considered “deleterious” — or harmful under the Fisheries Act — a sample has to kill at least 50 per cent of fish within 96 hours.

Samples from the creek showed nickel levels to be 68 times higher than regulated limits and copper levels 2.6 times higher, while tests on water from the school board property showed nickel levels to be 305 times the limit, the warrant says.

The document adds that Environment Canada spoke with Denis Faucher, manager of facility services at the school board, who told investigators that the back of the property was always wet, even in dry summers, and that “he had observed various coloured water coming through Big Nickel Mine Drive onto the school board property since at least 1988.”

Moore says in the warrant that aerial photographs from 1963 show water flowing from the waste heaps onto the nearby property, and that the width and depth of the erosion around the stream also indicate the flow has been going on for decades.

The warrant also says that a study done for Vale by independent environmental consultant Water Earth Science Associates in 2012 found that water was seeping onto the school board property during dry times at a rate of 45 litres per minute in one area, and 180 litres a minute in another for a total of 324,000 litres a day. Moore says in the warrant that studies dating back to the 1990s showed further evidence of waste water seeping from the slag piles, but that the company did nothing about it until ordered to by Environment Canada.

“I have reasonable grounds to believe Vale had knowledge of the seepage discharge, as previously described, and had failed to take action to address the seepage discharge until a direction was issued,” wrote Moore.

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N.S. university gets $5 million from Tim Hortons co-founder ANTIGONISH, N.S. — Canadian business magnate Ron Joyce is donating $5 million to St. Francis Xavier University towards the establishment of a centre for government studies.

Joyce, co-founder of the Tim Hortons coffee chain, is making the donation through his Joyce Foundation.

The institute, to be named after former prime minister and St. F.X. alumnus Brian Mulroney, will be dedicated to the study of government, Canada-U.S. relations, and global affairs for undergraduate students.

The institute is expected to open in late 2017.

University president Kent MacDonald says the money will go towards the construction of the institute as well as academic scholarships and bursaries.

Nova Centre secures BMO’s Atlantic HQ as major tenant HALIFAX — A massive commercial development in the heart of downtown Halifax has secured a major tenant.

BMO Financial Group (TSX:BMO) says its Atlantic Canadian headquarters and support

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services will move to Nova Centre’s office tower, which will be branded as BMO Tower under a 10-year lease agreement and naming rights deal.

The main branches of BMO Bank of Montreal and BMO Nesbitt Burns — already located in downtown Halifax — will move to the tower at the corner of Argyle and Prince streets, along with BMO private banking, commercial and corporate finance operations. The bank’s main Halifax branch is expected to open in December 2016 on the tower’s main floor, with the remaining operations and services moving into their new spots the following March.

BMO says some 200 employees will work in the building, which remains under construction. Argyle Development Ltd.’s project — one of the biggest the East Coast has ever seen —will eventually occupy two city blocks and include offices, hotel rooms, condos and a convention centre.

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Barley (Western): Dec. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15 unchanged $185.00 March â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;16 unchanged $187.00 May â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;16 unchanged $188.00 July â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;16 unchanged $188.00 Oct. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;16 unchanged $188.00 Dec. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;16 unchanged $188.00 March â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;17 unchanged $188.00 May â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;17 unchanged $188.00 July â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;17 unchanged $188.00 Oct. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;17 unchanged $188.00 Dec. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;17 unchanged $188.00.

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rio Draghi indicated Thursday that the bank could consider providing more stimulus at its meeting in December.

Germanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DAX gained 2.9 per cent, while Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CAC 40 rose 2.5 per cent and Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FTSE 100 climbed 1.1 per cent.

On Friday the Chinese central bank took steps to boost lending and stimulate its economy, cutting interest rates for the sixth time in less than a year and reducing the amount of money banks must keep on hand as a reserve fund. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Monetary policy is overly restrictive in many countries around the world, including China, so I think they will continue to get looser on their monetary policy, more stimulative on their monetary policy, over the next few months,â&#x20AC;? Belisle said.

On commodity markets, the December gold contract fell $3.30 to US$1,162.80 an ounce, the December crude contract fell 78 cents to US$44.60 a barrel and the December contract for natural gas dropped nine cents to US$2.493 per thousand cubic feet.

Belisle said commodity prices should rise as central banks get more assertive in pursuing policies aimed at boosting the local economy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If that stimulus in China and around the world plays out, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generally good for commodities,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The loonie ended the day down 0.4 of a U.S. cent at 75.90 cents US.

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MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; North American markets rose Friday after the European and Chinese central banks signalled new efforts to boost growth through monetary policy.

The Toronto Stock Exchangeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s S&P/TSX composite index ended the day up 75.55 points at 13,953.66, helped by a rebound in the share price of embattled Valeant Pharmaceutical International (TSX:VRX).

Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest drugmaker had seen its stock slide by 37 per cent over the past four days amid a storm of criticism around its business practices, but gained back $8.64, or six per cent, on Friday.

Steve Belisle, portfolio manager at Manulife Asset Management, said Valeant and another Canadian pharmaceutical, Concordia Healthcare Corp., had both been oversold because of perceived political risk in the big U.S. market for drugmakers seeking to increase revenue through substantial price increases. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were pushed down way too much and a more rational price is actually higher than where they are,â&#x20AC;? he said.

While earnings growth in the sector has been driven over the last two years by mergers and acquisitions, that activity looks to be far less likely now that the industry is under a microscope among U.S. politicians, he said.

The Dow Jones average of 30 stocks closed up 157.54 points at 17,646.70, the broader S&P 500 index advanced 22.64 points to 2,075.15 and the Nasdaq gained 111.81 points to 5,031.86.

Stocks rallied for a second day in Europe in anticipation of moves by the European Central Bank to inject more financial support into Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ailing economy. ECB head Ma-

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For 10 years, members of the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance have organized their annual RiverWatch float down the river, to take note of the river’s health, learn about impacts on the river — and to take advantage of day trip with friends in the midst of the river’s autumn display.

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Participants take a short shore break to stretch and enjoy the scenery.

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String of bomb threats hoaxes MOUNTIES NOT CONFIRMING LINK BETWEEN SAVE-ON-FOODS AND THREE MONEY MART PHONE CALLS

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Bomb threats were phoned into Red Deer and Innisfail Money Marts on Friday morning.

In Red Deer, it is the second bomb threat hoax in two days.

East Hill Save-On-Foods was evacuated as a precaution early Thursday afternoon. Police closed off the parking lot while the store was searched, but nothing was found.

In Red Deer, staff at the Money Mart at 5018 45th St. took the bomb threat call about 11 a.m.

The business and an adjacent Pita Pit were evacuated while police investigated. The owner of the building was called to unlock a door so police could search the roof.

“THE REASON BEHIND BOMB HOAXES RANGE FROM IRRESPONSIBLE ACTS DESIGNED TO DISRUPT DAILY LIFE TO TRYING TO FOOL SOMEONE INTO TAKING SOME FORM OF ACTION AGAINST THEIR WILL, NOT KNOWING THAT IT ISN’T REALLY A BOMB.” CONST. DEREK TURNER, RED DEER RCMP A search turned up nothing.

Innisfail RCMP Staff Sgt. Chris Matechuk said the Money Mart there was phoned at 10:21 a.m. on Friday.

“Then Wetaskiwin and Red Deer city’s came right after,” said Matechuk, who believes it was also a Money Mart

RCMP in Wetaskiwin that was victimized.

The callers to Innisfail and Red Deer demanded money in connection with the bomb threats, said Matechuk.

Innisfail’s Money Mart, which is located downtown at what is known locally as Banker’s Corner, was evacuated along with nearby businesses.

“We did a search and found nothing suspicious and cleared the scene,” he said.

Staff and customers were allowed back after about an hour.

Red Deer RCMP media liaison Const. Derek Turner said this early in the investigation police aren’t saying the calls are related but “we certainly won’t rule that out at this time.”

Police said while they take every

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bomb threat seriously, they are almost always hoaxes.

“The reason behind bomb hoaxes range from irresponsible acts designed to disrupt daily life to trying to fool someone into taking some form of action against their will, not knowing that it isn’t really a bomb,” Turner said.

A number of charges, such as public mischief or uttering threats, can be laid against people making bomb threats. The maximum penalty is five years. An extortion conviction carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.

A corporate spokesman for Money Mart was not able to provide more information on Friday.

Wetaskiwin RCMP were contacted but did not provide more information

by Friday evening. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Lacombe working on scrubbing out graffiti problem

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Marc Michaud of Michaud Toys in Jarvis, Ont. demonstrates one of the many wooden board games at his booth to Bob Lawrance of Red Deer at the annual Our Best To Art and Craft Sale on Friday. The sale, featuring hundreds of exhibitors runs through the weekend at Westerner Park. Doors open today 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

LOCAL BRIEFS

Blackfalds man charged in ramming of cop cars A Blackfalds man faces several charges related to an incident where two police officers were injured when their vehicles were rammed east of Sylvan Lake on Oct. 21.

After receiving reports of suspicious vehicles in the rural area of Sylvan Lake, police located the drivers and tried to pull them over. The drivers refused to comply and fled the area at a high rate of speed.

Police located one vehicle while conducting patrols of the area.

RCMP members attempted to stop the vehicle a second time and the driver rammed the police vehicle causing extensive damage.

A second police vehicle close by was also rammed before the suspect vehicle suffered extensive damage as it lost control and rammed a power pole in effort to escape.

Two officers were injured during this incident with one receiving medical treatment on scene and the other did not require treatment.

Mitchell Thomas Huber, 21, of Blackfalds will face charges on Oct. 30 of possession of a prohibited weapon, two counts of failure to comply with probation order, possession of property obtained by crime, operation of a motor vehicle while being pursued, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and two counts of assault with a weapon.

Rocky man pleads guilty in officer choking A Rocky Mountain House man facing six charges related to choking a police officer has pleaded guilty to two charges.

All other charges related to the March 6 incident near Eckville were withdrawn.

Darrel James Jamieson pleaded guilty to intent to resist arrest and impaired operation of a motor vehicle.

A pre-sentencing report will be heard in court on Dec. 15.

Jamieson is prohibited from driving for a year.

In March, police tried to arrest an erratic driver who was swerving to avoid parked cars and nearly collided with two police cruisers. With police in pursuit, the vehicle went off road into a parking lot where it hit a barricade.

Court heard the suspect fled the

vehicle and tried to climb a chain link fence.

An officer followed the suspect onto the fence where the suspect hit the officer and they both fell onto the ground. The officer was on top of the suspect who tried to choke him.

Another officer shortly came onto the scene and brought the suspect under control.

Firearms case adjourned to November A man charged in relation to firearms complaints in September has been adjourned until next month.

On Sept. 21, Red Deer RCMP received reports that a black Ford Edge was driving erratically and all its occupants were pointing a firearm at people as they drove by.

Police located the vehicle in a Highland Green parking later that day. Three suspects were taken into custody and a replica firearm was seized.

Michael Allen Simon will face four counts of failure to comply, possession of weapon for a dangerous purpose in Red Deer provincial court on Nov. 6.

Sylvan Lake man charged with aggravated assault A 33-year-old Sylvan Lake man has been charged with aggravated assault related to a serious incident in downtown Lacombe where a person was left fighting for his life on Aug. 16.

Lacombe Police Service was called to a report of an assault at a downtown residence in the early hours of Aug. 16. A man was flown to hospital in Edmonton where he spent three weeks recovering.

William Desjarlais will be in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday.

Red Deer Museum sharing First World War stories More stories of Central Albertans in the First World War are being displayed at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery.

Red Deer and the Great War: The King Will Take Off His Hat to the Canadians will focus on the second year of the war, 1915.

It is now a 100 years later, and we are marking the centennial of the Battle of Ypres and the writing of In Flanders Fields by Lieut. Col. John McCrae. The Canadian physician

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was inspired to pen the poem after presiding over the funeral of his friend and fellow soldier Alexis Helmer, who died in the battle.

The hardship and horrors of the First World War continued reaching Red Deer in 1915, since Central Alberta men played significant roles in major battles. Seriously injured men began returning home from Europe’s front lines, bringing news of countrymen who would not be coming back at all.

The King Will Take Off His Hat to the Canadians will be showing to Feb. 7. The museum galleries will be open on Remembrance Day, Nov. 11, from noon to 4:30 p.m. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

On Oct. 30 and 31 members of the Royal Canadian Legion will be giving out poppies at the museum. Donations to the Poppy Campaign are an annual fundraiser for legions. Since 1921, the poppy has stood as a symbol of remembrance of the sacrifice of fallen soldiers, as well as for pride and respect for all those who fought for our country.

Blues singer set to play Fratters Maple Blues Award winner and Canadian harmonica legend Harpdog Brown is coming to the city with his Travellin’ Blues Show.

Brown will perform Tuesday at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer. The winner of the Muddy Award for best northwest blues release of the year will be bringing more than 35 years of experience with thousands of shows, seven albums, and a growing fan base.

Brown’s latest music lays down Chicago’s early electric blues. His shows are described as “a mix of realdeal blues and deep soul-felt messages of life.”

There’s a $10 for the 8 p.m. show.

For more information, please call 403356-0033.

Correction An event in Thursday, Oct. 22 What’s Happening on page B4 had the wrong location. Central Alberta Historical Society will meet on Oct. 28, 7 p.m. in the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, not the 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.

Lacombe is targetting its graffiti blight.

Local merchant and councillor Reuben Konnik has led the charge to find ways to tackle a persistent graffiti problem.

He proposed a time limit on how long graffiti can be left on buildings before owners are required to paint over or remove it. The goal is to discourage taggers by ensuring their unwelcome handiwork has a short life span.

Konnik also wants to see if there is some way the city can oversee a tip reward program offering cash to those who provide information leading to the identification of graffiti vandals.

Both proposals were debated by council earlier this week. Konnik said staff have been asked to come back with some recommendations on how to change the local community standards bylaw.

There was some debate about how long to give property owners before they are required to bust out the paint brushes or cleaning supplies before facing a potential fine. He suggested 48 hours, but some supported a 72-hour window.

“We’re not entirely sure as to the time frame yet,” he said.

As the owner of a downtown shop, Konnik empathizes with business people who don’t need another cost to bear. But something needs to be done to discourage graffiti before it gets out of hand.

It’s unclear if there is enough support for a reward system.

“Whether that gets into the bylaw remains to be seen,” he said. “I need to convince of them that, I think.

“Hopefully, administration will come up with some ideas as well.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Ponoka fires chief administrative officer

BY ADVOCATE STAFF There’s been a shakeup of senior administration at Town of Ponoka The town is looking for a new chief administrative officer and a director of corporate services. Council voted in a special meeting on Oct. 20 to terminate the contract of CAO Rachel Kunz, who was hired last September.

“This is a hard decision that we do not take lightly, however council must do what we believe is in the best interests of the town,” says Mayor Rick Bonnett in a statement announcing the move.

The town also lost its corporate services director, Betty Quinlan, who resigned to take a similar position with the Town of Blackfalds. She starts her new job on Monday.

Ponoka has contacted the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association and the Local Government Administration Association for assistance in having an interim CAO in place next week.

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5 things some Christians like to pretend Jesus said

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WE NEED TO GET RID OF THESE MANMADE SAYINGS THAT WE TRY TO ATTRIBUTE TO JESUS

BY JEFFERSON BETHKE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

5. “What I truly want is for you to be as privately spiritual as possible and make sure you never miss your quiet time.”

I didn’t really grow up in the nice and tidy, Pleasantville version of a Christian home, but I did go to church enough as a kid to know the culture, the songs, and the right phrases.

By the time I got to college and really started following Jesus on my own, I realized a lot of our preconceived notions and sayings sometimes don’t even appear in the Bible at all.

Even worse, sometimes the sentiment of these socalled Jesus sayings is actually the opposite of what the scriptures teach.

Here are just a few phrases I think we mistakenly attribute to Jesus (or the Bible) without even realizing it:

Now, of course those things are good. But one thing we’ve completely done since the time of Jesus is privatize faith.

We’ve made faith all about me and God and my spiritual disciplines (praying, reading the Bible, etc.).

And we then gauge our walk with God on how good or bad we are doing at those things.

But Jesus almost always emphasized the opposite.

Our barometer or litmus test for how we love God is how we love people. Jesus said the greatest commandment is to love God and love neighbor.

What’s interesting, though, is He says the greatest commandment (singular) is to love God and love people (two commands — plural).

So is Jesus a C student who just didn’t get it? Or is He creatively saying it is one commandment because you can’t separate the two. You love God by loving neighbor.

How you love your neighbor is a reflection of how you love God. What if that was our litmus test?

1. “The Kingdom of Heaven is really, really far away, and if you raise your hand you can go there when you die.”

For the most part, this is a pretty accurate description of the “gospel” most Christians are telling today. But Jesus said the exact opposite. In Matthew 4 it says Jesus began His ministry by going around saying, “Repent for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

And the way Matthew says he went around saying it infers it was actually the main theme of Jesus’ preaching ministry.

The kingdom — the place where God reigns and rules — is breaking open right here in the middle of the old creation.

Heaven is infecting earth. He’s coming down to dwell with His people, and His invitation is that we might take our entire lives — our sexuality, or money, our marriages, etc. — and place them under His reign and His rule.

To me, that’s so much more exciting and lifegiving than just trying to escape this place. Our gospel is evacuation; His is restoration.

Jefferson Bethke is the author of the just-released “It’s Not What You Think” and the New York Times bestseller “Jesus > Religion.” Bethke’s message connects at a heart level with an audience ranging from atheists to nationally recognized religious leaders. He lives in Maui, Hawaii.

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 403-227-4159.

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.

Upcoming events 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.

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 403-341-9348, or Donna at 403-7822032.

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2. “Fight for your rights.”

In today’s culture there is certainly a seismic shift in control, power, and authority. Christian values and principles are no longer the law of the land (which, by the way, just places America now in the majority of all historical contexts, since Christianity has almost always flourished most when it was subversive, underground, and guerilla).

Because of this shift, though, a lot of Christians are getting very knee-jerky.

The power is slipping away, and so we seem to be doing everything in our power to keep that power or get it back.

There’s lots of talk about fighting for our rights, religious liberty, and the like.

Now first let me be clear that religious liberty is a beautiful thing and a tenet of America that we should all hold dearly.

But, we also have to recognize it doesn’t do us much good to fight the way Jesus specifically told us not to.

In the first century, the Jewish people were looking for a messiah who would come storming in, fight and defeat the Romans with violence, and put the Jews back in power.

Yet, we see a Jewish rabbi who comes and loves and serves, and then is instead executed under the very Roman rule the Jewish people thought he came to defeat.

Yet that was his plan the whole time, and He then resurrects and says that He has won. The enemy has been defeated. That’s about as counter cultural and upside-down as it gets.

But might we today be a people who follow the way of the cross, and instead of fighting for our rights, offer ourselves as a sacrifice for others and see what happens? Who knows . . . love just might win.

3. “If you follow me, it will be easy.”

I think sometimes a lot of us follow Jesus because we want our lives to get better.

But the truth is that when Jesus becomes Lord and King of your life, you find a peace you never had before, a joy you never had before, and things begin to operate how they were created to be.

But, one thing we don’t talk about enough is that Jesus said it would be hard.

There’s temptation, there’s suffering, there’s ache and pain and hurt. God doesn’t relieve us of suffering when we follow Him, but He does promise us He will walk with us through it — and that’s the best promise we could ever have.

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4. “Make sure people know I hate their sin.”

There’s a group of people who would consider themselves religious and are constantly telling other Christians to stop being soft on sin — or, they will even say, we have to make sure people know that “God hates them.”

I can’t tell you how much it grieves me to hear self-proclaimed Christians talk like this, but what’s also very interesting is they miss one big thing. I do agree with them in a sense — yes, Jesus spoke of hell and judgments more than anyone else in the Bible.

But the part they conveniently leave out is it was almost always directed to the most religious people of the day.

The gatekeepers. The people who had the scriptures memorized.

The people who held religious gatherings, beliefs, and ideas.

Talk about awkward.

The very people Jesus was most intensely indicting were His own people. Usually for things like exclusivism, or following rules without love, compassion, and grace.

What’s interesting then is the very people who usually yell the loudest about God’s judgment don’t realize that the very thing they are saying is probably best directed at themselves.

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Actress Gillian MacGregor stars as physicist Sophie Clark in Nikola Tesla and the End of the World, a web series created by Red Deer-raised filmmaker Ian Strang.

Strang creates Tesla series

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer-raised filmmaker Ian Strang created a science-fiction online series about real-life mysterious inventor Nikola Tesla that premiered at the Raindance Film Festival in London.

Nikola Tesla and the End of the World was nominated for Best British Series at the festival that previously introduced such cult films as Memento, The Blair Witch Project, Pusher and Ghost World. Although Tesla didn’t win the award, its first episode was screened at the Vue Cinema at Piccadilly Circus in London in September, and word-of-mouth about the series is growing.

The four-episode Canadian/British co-production was created by writer/director/editor Strang, who grew up in Central Alberta and made his first films and music videos in Edmonton.

In 1994, one of Strang’s early projects won the audience choice award at the Calgary International Film festival. Eighteen years and several films later, he was invited by an Emmy-winning producer to edit documentary television in the U.K. Strang soon fell in love with London and decided to film his next cinematic venture there.

While Nikola Tesla and the End of the World was shot in England, Strang insisted all post-production work be done in Canada. Juno-award-winning songwriter Connie Kaldor composed the ethereal title track and sound designer Bruce Fleming (Murdoch Mysteries) provided the digital audio.

In the series, London University physics instructor Dr. Sophie Clarke builds a strange time machine from long-lost plans that mysteriously turn up. She unwittingly transports the enigmatic Serbian, turnof-the-last-century inventor, Tesla, to modern-day London.

Differences soon surface between Clarke and Tesla — not only about science, but about whether women should be scientists at all.

Red Deer Advocate reporter Lana Michelin asked Strang more about the series, the award nomination, and his life in London: • When did you live in Red Deer?

I lived in Red Deer from the age of 7 until I was 19. I left to attend Grant MacEwan College (now MacEwan University) in 1993.

• How did you fall into the film world?

I started making movies with video equipment at Eastview Junior High, and then Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive. My interest was in music and film,

and in Edmonton I studied music. I eventually started producing and directing videos for local bands, then moved into writing and directing my own films.

That started a 20-year process that took me to Regina, Toronto, then finally London, paying the bills as a TV editor and directing independent films whenever I could.

• You worked on a lot of Canadian reality shows, including Holmes on Homes and Disaster DIY. How did the transformation towards more creative projects happen?

My work on (reality shows) was simply a matter of following the money! I continued to write and direct independent short films which were screened in international festivals, but home and garden shows paid the bills. When I finally got a chance to work on a technology series called Patent Bending for the Discovery Channel, word started getting around that I was good at more “science-y” stuff.

• What made you decide to relocate to the U.K? Will you stay there in the long term?

Through a series of coincidences, a TV producer in London named Carlo Massarella heard about me. In 2012 he needed Canadian editors to come to the UK to work on a program called Massive Moves.

Carlo is brilliant, prolific and has won an Emmy, so I immediately agreed to go to London for two months.

He ended up liking my work and asked me to stay for five more months. After that, going back and forth between London and Hamilton, Ont., became a regular thing.

• How did you get the idea for your Nikola Tesla web series, which can be seen on YouTube?

In January I decided to make London my base.

First, the quality of programs is excellent and the people I work with are fantastic.

Second, I fell in love and married a Londoner in May. So it looks like I’ll be here for a while. The idea for Nikola Tesla and the End of the World came from being in London. I’d been making no-budget short films for years, and suddenly I was surrounded by magical, cinematic views.

I just wanted to point my camera at the city and make something. I was editing programs about science, and the idea of having the characters be a physicist and a famous electrical engineer just popped into my head.

• There’s a car named Tesla, a U.S. rock band called Tesla — why do you think there is this on-going cultural fascination with this historic scientist?

Tesla is a real-life person who seems like a character from science fiction. On the one hand, he’s a bona fide inventor, and his ideas are very practical:

an alternating-current electrical transmission system that we still use today, and one of the earliest remote control systems, for example. On the other hand, the things he might have invented are mysterious and exciting: wireless electrical transmission, and a laser-based weapon called a “Peace Ray” that would be at home in the hands of a super villain. After his death the U.S. government seized all of Tesla’s writings, which hasn’t hurt the enduring, often wild speculation surrounding the man.

• Are you feeling some benefits yet of having your first episode screened at Raindance?

Being screened in a prestigious festival and nominated for an award is exhilarating, especially when the award is Best British Series; having that nomination means when I approach potential collaborators, I stand out from the crowd. There are a lot of people trying to get films made in both Canada and the U.K., so anything that legitimizes you as a filmmaker is helpful. Having Raindance associated with your work means a lot.

• Do you have any new projects lined up?

I have lots of new projects in development, but the immediate one is building the online presence of Nikola Tesla and the End of the World. You can’t just put your movie on the web and hope people watch, you have to engage with the audience. I’m editing some fun, educational science videos presented by Tesla (Paul O’Neill) that will be released next year, along with more behind-the-scenes movies. The website will grow and, hopefully, so will the audience.

• How did your Central Alberta upbringing affect your view of the world and your career direction?

In smaller, urban centres people tend to be more relaxed and friendly, which means you get a lot of practice chatting casually with strangers. Knowing how to connect with people is part of the reason I was able to build a large social and professional network in a new country.

The other thing about Red Deer is there were always events, courses and workshops at RDC. Although I was never a student there, I spent a lot of time learning music, volunteering as an usher at the theatre, and even singing in the chorus of the RDC production of The Pirates of Penzance. My first experiences in art and entertainment happened because of the creative resources in Red Deer.

• Anything else you want to add?

Tesla has been (twice) nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Editing and Music at the NYC Web Fest in Manhattan, (This interview was edited for space). lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Drake’s dance moves applauded by choreographers

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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TORONTO — From Carlton Banks to Marvin Gaye and someone who’s stubbed his toe, Toronto rapper Drake is sparking scores of comparisons, parodies and memes with his shimmy-shuffle slow grooves in his new video for the earworm Hotline Bling.

But what do the dance experts think?

“Young man can dance and he’s got some groove in his system,” says renowned choreographer Tre Armstrong, who was a judge on So You Think You Can Dance Canada.

“It’s all about vibe and groove for him. It’s not about choreography, so people need to stop trippin’.”

Melissa Nascimento-So, youth program director at City Dance Corps in Toronto, applauds Drake for putting himself out there.

“He looks like he’s having a great time,” she says, “and really, that’s what dance is all about.”

The video, which debuted on Apple Music on Monday night, begins with a shot of curvaceous women working in a call centre.

It then cuts to a dancing Drake (whose real name is Aubrey Graham) in an illuminated box on a minimalistic set, clad in a blood orange puffer jacket, light blue jeans and camel-coloured Timberland Boots.

“You used to call me on my cellphone,” he sings as he slowly rotates his torso into hunched-over and upright positions, doing what appears to be a twostep/salsa/shimmy fusion with animated tai-chi-esque arm movements.

More body rolls, deep-knee bends and arm gestures follow as we see the 28-year-old in various outfits, often putting his hand in the shape of a phone and swirling it at the side of his head as he sings the chorus.

“I really applaud Drake for just having fun with it and just vibing out and doing his thing,” said Aaron Libfeld, a partner at The Underground Dance Centre in Toronto. “I think he was just channelling however the song made him feel and I think he was just expressing how he felt in his movements. It’s really nice to see a rapper go out there and actually do that. I think it was really bold of him.”

The video has caused a frenzy online, with countless Vine parodies, articles and several Twitter accounts dedicated to it. There have also been comparisons to The Carlton, the dorky dance by Alfonso Ribeiro’s character on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” “What the actual hell were you doing there?” said The Daily Show host Trevor Noah on Tuesday’s show.

“What are those dance moves?

“You’re holding every single mixed-race person back. Do you know how hard we’ve worked to be called ‘black’ and then you do this to us, Drake?

You’re going to get our black status revoked.”

Nascimento-So felt Drake was channelling a few different styles. “Marvin Gaye, Bollywood, a Latin flair. He still has this kind of urban look to him and bounce as well,” she said. “The greatest dance moves come out of fusion, so maybe that’s what he was going for.”

Armstrong loved a couple of particular moves.

“There was the hand jook. He has this thing where he puts his hands down on an ankle. I thought that was fresh. And then he has the pelvic pop, the pelvic thrust.”

Nascimento-So said she was surprised by the video, noting “we’ve never seen him move this much.”

But she added, “Drake does come from an acting background and we know that he’s already funny and a bit of comedian, so I wasn’t surprised in that sense.

“Hopefully he stretched before all of that.”

Despite the mockery, the experts think his interpretive moves are inspirational.

“It’s about just having fun, loving life, enjoying the music that you’re listening to and moving freely to it, so good on him for doing that,” said Nascimento-So.

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Bill Murrayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paper shredder is broken Rock the Kasbah One star (out of four) Rated: 14A Legend has it that Bill Murray uses a paper shredder to graphically express the thumbs down he gives to bad movie scripts sent his way.

On the strength of the painfully unfunny comedy Rock the Kasbah, wherein he takes bad rock â&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll attitude to war-torn Afghanistan, the legend is pure bunkum. Or maybe Murrayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shredder is broken.

Sleazy promoter Richie Lanz is simply the least enjoyable character the comic has ever played, and in quite possibly his worst movie ever. This is really saying something for a man whose dubious career choices have included two Garfield movies and Cameron Croweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent Aloha debacle.

Lanz is an incompetent California talent agent who claims to have discovered Madonna and advised Jimi Hendrix during his supposed glory years of decades past. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now reduced to bilking the gullible of their savings, one of them being lounge singer Ronnie (Zooey Deschanel) who appears to be his sole employable client.

A chance USO opportunity takes them to Kabul, but Ronnie splits before entertaining the troops (or us). This leaves Lanz at loose ends, a bad place for him to be.

Utterly and offensively tone deaf to cultural sensitivities and his own safety, Lanz wanders into a perilous zone of other actors trying (and failing) to be funny: Bruce Willis as an angry mercenary; Kate Hudson as a golden-hearted hooker; Scott Caan and Danny McBride as scheming gun runners.

Meanwhile, another movie commences. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the one where Leem Lubany, so good in Omar, plays a woman who bravely challenges the males-only rule of Afghan Star, the popular local spin on American Idol. Her name is Salima Khan, but sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s based on the real Setara Hussainzada, who has already been the subject of two documentaries.

The barely seen Salima would have been a much better character for director Barry Levinson and screenwriter Mitch Glazer to focus on, were they not determined to fill every scene with Murrayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s increasingly mirthless antics. What exactly did they think was amusing about Murray bellowing an off-

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The Glorious Sons will headline two triple-bill rock shows on Thursday and Friday in Red Deer.

The Juno Award-nominated band will perform both nights at Boâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar and Grill along with Toronto-based Poor Young Things and Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Northcote.

The Glorious Sons singer Brett The Mexican Day of the Dead Emmons is looking forward to his celebration will be demystified next bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second cross-Canada headline tour. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What separates our band from a weekend at the Red Deer museum.

On Sunday, Nov. 1, members of the lot of others is the reckless approach we take to live shows. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not scared Franco family of Red Deer will share of anything other than sending a fan their annual tradition of honouring the memories of late friends and home unhappy,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The five-piece Kingston, Ont. band ancestors by offering a Day of the is touring in support of the latest Dead presentation from 2 to 4 p.m. at Sons album, The Union, which earned a 2015 Juno GALAXY CINEMAS RED DEER 357-37400 HWY 2, RED DEER COUNTY 403-348-2357 nomination.

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the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery.

Community participation is an essential part of this holiday tradition that started in southern and central Mexico and spread north through immigration to the U.S. and Canada.

Cristina Franco and her children moved to Red Deer from Mexico a decade ago. The family brought rituals and traditions passed down through generations, as well as more than 500 pieces of Mexican art.

This includes sugar skeletons and tombs, clay and papier-mache figures, and ceramic, wood and stone cooking utensils â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some more than 200 years old. They will be displayed on a traditional Day of the Dead altar at the museum.

Anyone interested can attend to learn more about this family celebration about helping ancestors

on their spiritual journey. They will also get to sample Mexican hot chocolate and pan de los muertos bread. Everyone is welcome.

Calgary pianist performing at RDC Calgary pianist and composer Peter Jancewicz will perform some classical favourites on Thursday evening at Red Deer College.

Jancewiczâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Spice of Life recital will include beloved works by Chopin and Beethoven, as well as some of his original compositions.

Tickets to the 7:30 p.m. show in Studio A of the RDC Arts Centre are $22.60 ($18.40) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

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s days grow shorter and cooler, the unstructured ensembles of shorts and tanks make way for the sweaters, boots, tweeds, and wool of autumn attire.

Whether you’re ready to head back to the office or the classroom, you may want to include cozy ribbed knits, pantsuits and some other trendsetting items in your autumn wardrobe.

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Pantsuits are back in a big way, but they’re edgier than in years past. Whether it’s tailored jackets paired with flowing pants, cigarette-style bottoms and cropped tops or a boxy blazer and suspenders, pantsuits are a chic and trendy look.

Duster coats

Duster coats and ponchos could be seen at all the major runway shows. These coats are equally comfortable tossed over casual wear, such as a sweater and jeans, or worn over business attire. The longer length keeps legs and torsos warm on chilly days. Play with patterns and colors, such as animal print or pale pink, for extra flair.

The cooler temperatures of autumn mean wrapping yourself up in comfort and coziness without compromising on style.

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Worried about dignity of elderly brother Dear Annie: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m the baby of seven. ingly weak. I wanted him to stay with Two siblings died several years ago, me, but he said he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to burden me any longer. He said and last May, my eldest sishis friend was in a nursing ter died of pancreatic canhome and he thought it was cer. In July, I found out that fine for him, too. It broke my older brother is losing my heart. Once there, Carl his battle with pulmonary was constantly reminded to fibrosis. Two days later, my stay in bed and not walk on other brother, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carl,â&#x20AC;? was his own due to the risk of diagnosed with eye canfalling. I spoke to the night cer that has metastasized nurse and explained that to other parts of his body.

Carl would still try to get up He is not expected to live to use the bathroom, and I through the end of the year. wanted her to check on him.

I am devastated, as is my Her reaction was to tell other sister. But the reason KATHY MITCHELL me that Carl was wearing an Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m writing is to help my dyAND MARCY SUGAR adult diaper, so it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a ing brother not lose his digANNIEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MAILBOX problem. She didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bat an nity. Carl moved to my state eye or try to assist him. She to be closer to my family. simply doomed him to a fate He decided against additional treatment and accepted hospice that no grown person should have to care. He was weak, but still able to face until they have no choice.

Telling a man to ignore the call of use a walker and get to the bathroom.

Within weeks, Carl became alarm- nature seems so harsh to me.

I hate this, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hurting for him and all others who have or will go through this. Is there anything I can do? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; My Brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Keeper Dear Keeper: We understand your concern and grief.

But nursing homes have staff that must deal with multiple residents, many of whom have the same issues as Carl.

Although the night nurseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attitude was not very compassionate, it is simply not possible for her to get to each room in time to escort every resident to the bathroom. Accidents are going to happen.

Your choices now are: accept the diapers, hire a full-time aide to sit in Carlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room and assist him, or bring him back to your home with hospice care.

These are not easy decisions and they cause pain to everyone. We are so sorry.

Dear Annie: This is for â&#x20AC;&#x153;W.,â&#x20AC;? the woman who said her neighbor complains about perfectly reasonable

sounds coming from her condo. Please tell her that she can buy soundproofing drywall and have a handyman install it right over her existing drywall. Crown molding can be removed and put back up over the new drywall. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really easy. She should get the type that is 98 percent noise canceling.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done this before, and can tell her that she could scream at the top of her lungs and her neighbor will hear nothing. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; M. Dear M.: Thanks for the suggestion, although it seems like a lot of bother for a neighbor who seems to be exceptionally (or irrationally) sensitive to sound. But the writer may find it worthwhile in order not to be subjected to constant complaints to the police.

Saturday, Oct. 24 delicious dining.

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Bill LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like Wyman, 78; Kevin Kline, 67; Zac Posen, 34 being particularly social today, as Venus, Mars and THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stars favour Jupiter visit your solitude zone. So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the perfect communicating in creative ways. time to enjoy solo pursuits â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like reading, writing HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You have a magnetic and walking. personality that draws people to you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): 2016 is the year to stress less, relax Avoid sitting on the side-lines and often, and play a lot more. being a Scorpio wallflower! Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in ARIES (March 21-April 19): the mood to socialize and circulate; If you blurt out the first thing on converse and communicate. But reyour mind, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll spend the rest of sist the urge to promise more than the day patching up the problems you can deliver. youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve created. So think before you SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. speak, and avoid raising sensitive 21): Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a flash-in-the-pan Sagsubjects. ittarius! You love starting projects but TAURUS (April 20-May 20): make sure your energy, good intenThe stars favour convivial conversations and enthusiasm last the distion and light-hearted banter. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re tance so that you actually finish what also keen to watch a movie, go to you begin. a concert, see an exhibition or curl CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): up with a new book for a rollicking Avoid the tendency to rush today good read.

Capricorn â&#x20AC;&#x201D; especially when driving, JOANNE MADELINE GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Totravelling and getting around your loMOORE day favours social functions and cal neighbourhood. And try not to be local community connections, but uncharacteristically blunt.

SUN SIGNS there may be some conflict between AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): work matters and family responsibilDo you love your work and does your ities. Strive to balance both needs. job stimulate your Aquarian creativCANCER (June 21-July 22): Crabs are born ity? Today, take the time to re-evaluate your procollectors. Having things you love around you fessional position, as the Sun moves through your makes you feel safe. Today the emphasis is on career zone. inner security, feeling strong on the inside, regardPISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Strive to get the less of what you own. balance right between being proactive, and taking LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in take-charge thoughtful action. Spontaneity works sometimes. At mode today Lions. Try channeling all that fiery other times, perceptive Pisceans learn to adopt a energy and ambition into challenging projects and more measured approach. physical pursuits, rather than being bossy with loved ones.

Sunday, Oct. 25 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Hey Virgo â&#x20AC;&#x201D; VeCELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Chloe nus stimulates your love of the good things in life Rose, 20; Helen Reddy, 73; Katy Perry, 30 today, as you are drawn to convivial company, THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Success comes tobeautiful surroundings, the arts, plus fine food and day through having an organised plan.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You are someone other people can depend on. In 2016, learn to balance personal projects with family functions and community involvement.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be in a rush today Rams! Money matters are favoured â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as long as you are realistic and patient in your approach to financial planning. Remember â&#x20AC;&#x201D; slow and steady wins the race.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your greatest asset is your Taurean tenacity, so use it to your advantage. But remember theres a very fine line between being persistent and just being plain stubborn!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stars highlight all types of group activities, as you communicate and collaborate with a wide range of people.

Make your dreams for the future imaginative â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and realistic.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): It will be easier than usual to keep your emotions under control today Crabs. So expect a steady-as-she-goes kind of day, with no overblown dramas or emotional meltdowns!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not all about you Leo! Turn your attention to the needs of others. The more time and effort you put into a relationship with a lover, child, teenager or friend, the better the day will be.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find you can communicate more comfortably as the day progresses. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also time to join forces with a family member to find a practical solution to a persistent

problem.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll feel unusually optimistic about money matters, as the Sun shines in your $$$ zone. The more positive energy you put into financial affairs, the better the outcome will be.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): With the Moon moving through your daily routine zone, put aside time to nurture home and hearth today. Plus give a family member the time and attention they have been asking for.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Steady Saturn helps stabilize your fiery emotions today Sagittarius. So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wonderful day to roll up your sleeves, put your head down, tie up loose ends and get things done.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Expect a pleasantly productive day as you complete projects; patch up a problematic partnership; explore exciting new travel options; or enjoy relaxing in the great outdoors.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): As the Moon moves through your communication zone, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to clear up a problem or misunderstanding with a loved one. Otherwise, the situation may be blown out of proportion.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get too carried away with abstract concepts Pisces. Take your pie-in-the-sky dreams and bring them down to earth. When it comes to relationships, consultation is the key.

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Hot white

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Benjamin Moore’s colour of the year, Simply White, is a neutral colour that elicits strong opinions from designers.

Benjamin Moore’s colour pick for 2016?

Simply White

BY JURA KONCIUS SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Benjamin Moore’s 2016 Colour of the Year was officially announced last week: Simply White.

Huh? With memories of the earthy Marsala (Pantone’s 2015 Colour of the Year) and vivid Coral Reef (the Sherwin-Williams 2015 choice), how could a plain vanilla get such an exalted ranking?

“White is transcendent, powerful and polarizing — it is either taken for granted or obsessed over,” Benjamin Moore Creative Director Ellen O’Neill said in the company’s announcement. The release also said that this particular colour was chosen from the company’s more than 250 selections of white paint because “it was the most neutral, level and constant in the various light sources used in today’s design environments.”

Reaction in the design community was not surprise, but rather a bit of caution.

Miles Redd, a New York designer known for his richly hued interiors, was rooting for a daffodil yellow or maybe a shade of blue.

“I don’t think of white as a colour. But I know it is.

I live in technicolour,” Redd said. “Most people do go for white paint. Colour is something people don’t always know how to handle. I guess it’s not surprising given that white sheets and white towels are the number one sellers, too.”

Washington interior designer Mary Douglas Drysdale was not surprised by any of this.

White feels right at home with bisque porcelain in a ceramist’s studio.

“I think it’s consistent to where design has been moving over the past three to four years. There is a paring back and a real simplification. I think it has to do with the interest in de-cluttering,” Drysdale said, praising the choice. “It’s not one of those treatments that is a weird colour that everybody can’t have. It’s about the democratization of design.”

“I have never met a white I didn’t like,” said Margaret Russell, editor in chief of Architectural Digest.

She then retracted that when she recalled that she had to have a new apartment repainted because the white was too beige. “I love the fact that Benjamin Moore chose a white, because it calls attention to the fact that there are so many nuances in white. You just want it to be the right one.”

For professional colour consultants, choosing a specific white paint always requires a lot of testing.

Jean Molesworth Kee, whose Alexandria, Va., business is the Painted Room, has been seeing a lot of white in European design blogs and thinks white will replace gray as the hot colour.

Kee, whose own home is painted Benjamin Moore’s Linen White, counsels that Simply White is just one of many neutral choices. “A huge caution to people choosing colours on Pinterest. You should only use that as inspiration; you have to test it in your own house.”

Actually, she said, white isn’t right for every home. “White is at its most gorgeous in Southern California and Australia where there is beautiful light,” said Kee. “If it’s somewhere there is no light, it goes shadowy and dies.”

“White is my favorite colour,” said Erin Paige Pitts, a designer with offices in Maryland and Florida. “My kids joke that there is no such colour in their art classes. But my house is almost all white.”

She explained that Simply White has a bit of yellow in it, which makes it more cheerful than some whites.

“It’s fresh and clean and bright,” Pitts said. “It’s a good choice.”

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The benefits of bad taste

BY DEAN FOSDICK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Choosing the right kinds of flower bulbs to plant this fall is largely a matter of taste — bad taste.

If you’re a gardener trying to defend against plant predators, it helps to look for bulbs that are noxious and unpalatable to foraging wildlife.

Members of the amaryllis family are the best long-term choice for predator control — particularly daffodils, snowdrops and snowflakes, said Christian Curless, a horticulturist with Colorblends, a wholesale bulb company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. All contain lycorine, an alkaloid both repellent and toxic to animals.

“It is incredibly bitter to the taste and, presumably, to the scent for deer and other fur-bearing animals that don’t have to taste these plants to know they’re off the menu,” Curless said.

“These plants we label as ‘deer-androdent-proof’ because even a starving animal won’t eat them.”

Plants described as predator “resistant,” meanwhile, are a toxic step down from those called predator “proof.”

“The bulbs we classify as ‘resistant’ are, for reasons we often don’t under-

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Cute, but destructive, a deer in your back yard is not always a welcome guest.

Planting daffodils, hyacinth or allium amng your tulips will keep deer away from munching your flowers down to the ground as they arrive in spring. Fall is a good time to get those bulbs into the ground. stand, not preferred by deer or rodents or both,” Curless said. Bulbs in this category include allium, hyacinth, fritillaria and anemone.

In the case of rodents, it can be harder to tell which bulbs will be resistant. “With rodents, you can plant bulbs and if they don’t come up, no-

body knows what happened,” Curless said. Rodents like voles, moles and gophers are undercover agents — digging furtively beneath the snow or soil.

But it’s deer that are often considered gardeners’ Enemy No. 1 for the damage they do in vegetable patches, orchards and flowerbeds.

Mice and squirrels also can also be active bulb predators, said Mark Bridgen, director of Cornell University’s Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center in Riverhead, New York.

“They dig up the bulbs to eat, or for other reasons like easy digging to store acorn seeds,” Bridgen said.

Chemical deterrents and frighteners are options for discouraging bulb burglars, but their success has been mixed.

“Many are useful,” Curless said.

“Try them. See how it goes. Beyond that, don’t stick with one. Deer are capable of becoming used to something that initially was unpopular with them.

You run the risk of having them desensitized to it.”

Fences over 2.5 meters high are good control devices, but are costly and can run afoul of local zoning laws.

They also might lead to unintended consequences.

“They may keep animals from your property, but that means shifting them over to somebody else’s,” Curless said.

“And they’ll exclude not only deer but other predators. If they can’t get in to eat voles, they can create an enclave for other (predator) animals on your property.”

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 Photo by STEVE MAXWELL/Freelance

Good tradespeople usually have neat vehicles and work trailers. A new Canadian smartphone app lets homeowners also check for license, insurance and a successful track record. The app is called eRenovate (erenovate.com). Its unique in the world, free to homeowners, and offers access to the most thoroughly verified contractors in the country.

Home renovations clients and contractors are the most financially a r e o n t h e i r b e s t dangerous activity the behavior. Everything is average Canadian will smiles and handshakes undertake, and like a n d o p t i m i s m a t many dangers, people the start, but this is usually wander into the where danger lurks. home reno Pleasantries minefield make it seem blind to the almost rude hazards. to investigate D e s p i t e the track decades of record of a Canadians contractor. watching Checking h o m e things out the renovations old fashioned gone wrong way involves on TV, I a lot of still hear trouble and from people embarrassing STEVE w h o ’ v e questions MAXWELL w a l k e d too, but this into highly is where the HOUSEWORKS avoidable internet can trouble. help.

There was the elderly The newest option couple who gave a f o r f i n d i n g g o o d smiling crook $60,000 Canadian contractors to build a garage, then and tradespeople is a he simply left with the smartphone app called money, never to return. eRenovate (erenovate.

A cabinetmaker I com). worked for 25 years Its unique in ago tells me he almost t h e w o r l d , f r e e t o never finds contractors h o m e o w n e r s , a n d c a p a b l e o f r e a d i n g offers access to the blueprints that we m o s t thoroughly routinely used when v e r i f i e d c o n t r a c t o r s w e w e r e b u i l d i n g in the country. Enter kitchens together in a description of the the 1980s. One couple project you have in I know paid $45,000 for mind, snap photos, shoot a premium basement a little video, then hit renovation only to find a button. The details of the contractor used the your project instantly cheapest fixtures and go out to every verified accessories imaginable. contractor in your area Another contractor for estimates. These I investigated drove people have already a prospective client p r o v e n t h e y h a v e around in his expensive insurance, licenses and truck to see his ìprevious years worth of a good projectsî. These homes track record, so all thatís were actually someone left for you to do is get elseís work, and the liar quotes, settle on a price, proved to be dishonest, then watch as a proper vulgar and incompetent renovation, paint job, after the deal was struck. new floor or new kitchen Why do things like happens at your place. this happen? And more Whatís the simplest importantly, what can initial test for assessing you do to safeguard a contractor? How neat yourself from renovation is this personís work bad guys? truck and trailer? A What you need are m e s s y t r u c k i s n í t a concrete strategies foolproof indicator that’ll filter out the because good builders riffraff and lead you donít always have time to competent, honest to keep things perfect, and d i s c i p l i n e d That said, Ive never seen professionals. And yes, a tradesperson with neat tradespeople like these gear who wasn’t also a are out there, ready, good worker. willing and able to make Every homeowner good renos happen for wants their tradespeople you. Ultimately, you’re to be good, honest and looking for the right considerate people, but kind of heart. So how do not every homeowner you know what kind of realizes they have the “ìheart” you’re hiring? same responsibility.

The best way to judge More than a few home a contractor is by their r e n o v a t i o n p r o j e c t s fruits.

I know have been The biggest mistake ruined by homeowners homeowners typically themselves. Nickel and make is failing to check diming your contractor how well prospective down on price, constant c o n t r a c t o r s h a v e complaining, obsessive prepared themselves m o n i t o r i n g o f t h e with licenses, liability project and frequently insurance and worker c h a n g i n g p r o j e c t safeguards. Another details ñ these are all mistake is failing to the ways homeowners a s k f o r r e f e r e n c e s shoot themselves in and to follow up on the foot when it comes them. Sounds simple, to renovations. Choose but theres one reason tradespeople by their due diligence doesn’t fruits, then be a good happen often enough: client yourself. Do these enthusiasm. things and you’ll be Emotions are always happy. upbeat at the beginning Steve Maxwell is of a project, and both C a n a d a í s h o m e o w n e r

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ADVANTAGE............. 357-8087 .............................. Sylvan Lake 160 Pioneer Way ..............2:00 .............. 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. .....Tara ..... Tara Dowding .............. REALTY EXECUTIVES ........................ 872-2595 .... $349,900....... Blackfalds 5283-37 Street ..................2:00 .................. 2:00 - 4:00 p.m...... p.m......Larry Larry Watson ................ ROYAL LEPAGE, NETWORK ............ 358-0054 ... $499,900....... Innisfail 38545 RR20 ........................2:00 ........................ 2:00 - 4:00 p.m...... p.m......Alex Alex Wilkinson ............. ROYAL LEPAGE, NETWORK ............ 346-8900 ............................. Sylvan Lake 5134 Prairie Ridge ...........2:00 ........... 2:00 - 4:00 p.m...... p.m......Kathleen Kathleen Fordice ........ ROYAL LEPAGE, NETWORK ............ 346-8900 ............................. Blackfalds 86 Cedar Square...............2:00 ............... 2:00 - 4:00 p.m...... p.m......Avril Avril Evans.....................

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ADVANTAGE............. 348-6303 .... $419,900....... Blackfalds 609 Oak Street ..................1:00 .................. 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. .....Wes ..... Wes Giesbrecht ........... CENTURY 21, ADVANTAGE.............

ADVANTAGE............. 350-5674 .... $419,900....... Springbrook 3320 50 Avenue ...............1:00 ............... 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. .....Mark ..... Mark Whitaker ............. CENTURY 21, ADVANTAGE.............

ADVANTAGE............. 587 377-5210.. $289,900 Sylvan Lake 49 Westview Crescent .... ....2:00 2:00 -4:00 p.m.. ... .Kim Fox ......................... CENTURY 21, ADVANTAGE.............

ADVANTAGE............. 506-7552 .............................. Blackfalds 129 Mann Drive ................1:00 ................ 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.. p.m.. ....Jocelyn .... Jocelyn ........................... LAEBON HOMES ................................ 302-9612 .............................. Penhold 172 Paramount Crescent .10:00 . 10:00 - 12:00 p.m..Carlene p.m..Carlene Kowalchuk ... ABBEY MASTER BUILDER BUILDER................ ................ 587-377-0128 587-377-0128...$459,900 ...$459,900.... Blackfalds 4273 Ryders Ridge Blvd..1:00 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.. p.m.. ....Lyle .... Lyle Kellington ............ MASON MARTIN HOMES................ 588-2231 .............................. Sylvan Lake #102 639 Oak Street .......11:00 ....... 11:00 - 5:00 p.m. ..Jessica .. Jessica Mercereau ...... MASON MARTIN HOMES................ 588-2550 .............................. Springbrook

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 - RED DEER 5754-41 Street Cres.........2:00 ........ 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. .....Kevin ..... Kevin Schropfer .......... RE/MAX................................................. 343-3020..... $349,900....... West Park 14 Argent Close ................2:00 ................ 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. .....Susan ..... Susan Grise ................... COLDWELL BANKER, ON TRACK .. 391-0849..... $399,900....... Anders South 5804-44 Avenue ...............1:00 ............... 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. .....John ..... John Richardson ......... REALTY EXECUTIVES ........................ 348-3339 .... $538,000....... Waskasoo 72 Ramage Crescent....... .......2:00 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. .....Owner ..... Owner............................. REALTY EXECUTIVES ........................ 872-2595 .... $449,900....... Rosedale Meadows 85 Tyson Crescent............2:00 ............ 2:00 - 4:00 p.m...... p.m......Bett Bett Portelance ........... CENTURY 21, ADVANTAGE.............

ADVANTAGE............. 307-5581 .... $569,900....... Timberstone 148 Downing Close Close......... .........2:00 2:00 - 400 p.m.. .....Milena ..... Milena Toncheva ........ CENTURY 21, ADVANTAGE.............

ADVANTAGE............. 304-5265 .............................. Devonshire 62 Card Crescent ..............2:00 .............. 2:00 - 4:00 p.m...... p.m......Steven Steven Cormack.......... ROYAL LEPAGE, NETWORK ............ 391-1672 .............................. Clearview 51 Ellenwood Drive.........2:00 ......... 2:00 - 4:00 p.m...... p.m......Sena Sena Walker .................. ROYAL LEPAGE, NETWORK ............ 358-0077 .............................. Eastview Estates 118 Jaspar Crescent ........1:00 ........ 1:00 - 3:00 p.m...... p.m......Gerald Gerald Dore .................. ROYAL LEPAGE, NETWORK ............ 872-4505 .............................. Johnstone Park 14 Mitchell Crescent .......2:00 ....... 2:00 - 4:00 p.m...... p.m......Lori Lori Loney ..................... ROYAL LEPAGE, NETWORK ............ 350-9700 .............................. Morrisroe 200 Ramage Close...........2:00 ........... 2:00 - 4:00 p.m...... p.m......Scott Scott Wiber ................... ROYAL LEPAGE, NETWORK ............ 346-8900 ............................. Rosedale Meadows 40 Joa Avenue ..................2:00 .................. 2:00 - 4:00 p.m...... p.m......Kathleen Kathleen Fordice ........ ROYAL LEPAGE, NETWORK ............ 346-8900 ............................. Johnstone Crossing 62 Card Crescent ..............2:00 .............. 2:00 - 4:00 p.m...... p.m......Rick Rick Burega................... ROYAL LEPAGE, NETWORK ............ 350-6023 ............................. Clearview Meadows 98 Timberstone Way ....... .......2:00 2:00 - 4:00 p.m...... p.m......Bob Bob Gummow ............. ROYAL LEPAGE, NETWORK ............ 598-7913 ... $585,900....... Timberstone 6 Thompson Crescent .... ....12:00 12:00 - 6:00 p.m. ..Aaron .. Aaron .............................. LAEBON HOMES ................................ 396-4016............................... Timberstone 22 Tindale Place ...............12:00 ............... 12:00 - 6:00 p.m. ..Samantha .. Samantha ...................... LAEBON HOMES ................................ 392-6261............................... The Timbers 17 Lazaro Close ................1:00 ................ 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. .....Kyle ..... Kyle Lygas ..................... MASON MARTIN HOMES................ 588-2550............................... Laredo

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 - OUT OF TOWN 5283-37 Street ..................2:00 .................. 2:00 - 4:00 p.m...... p.m......Larry Larry Watson ................ ROYAL LEPAGE, NETWORK ............ 358-0054 ... $499,900....... Innisfail 5833 Maple Crescent......1:00 ...... 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. .....Darlis ..... Darlis Dreveny ............. ROYAL LEPAGE, NETWORK ............ 358-4981............................... Innisfail 142 Red Ash Cove ............2:00 ............ 2:00 - 4:00 p.m...... p.m......Cam Cam Ondrik .................. ROYAL LEPAGE, NETWORK ............ 346-8900 ............................. Springbrook 2 Aurora Heights ..............2:00 .............. 2:00 - 4:00 p.m...... p.m......Avril Avril Evans.....................

Evans..................... CENTURY 21, ADVANTAGE.............

ADVANTAGE............. 348-6303 .... $319,900....... Blackfalds 10 Artemis Place ..............2:00 .............. 2:00 - 4:00 p.m...... p.m......Avril Avril Evans.....................

Evans..................... CENTURY 21, ADVANTAGE.............

ADVANTAGE............. 348-6303 .... $319,900....... Blackfalds 129 Mann Drive ................1:00 ................ 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. .....Jocelyn ..... Jocelyn ........................... LAEBON HOMES ................................ 302-9612............................... Penhold 4273 Ryders Ridge Blvd..1:00 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. .....Lyle ..... Lyle Kellington ............ MASON MARTIN HOMES................ 588-2231............................... Sylvan Lake #102 639 Oak Street .......1:00 ....... 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. .....Jessica ..... Jessica Mercereau ...... MASON MARTIN HOMES................ 588-2550............................... Springbrook

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 - RED DEER 2 Veer Place.......................1:00 ....................... 1:00 - 5:00 p.m...... p.m......Melesa Melesa Starcheski.......

Starcheski....... ROYAL LEPAGE, NETWORK ............ 318-0515 ... $499,900....... Vanier

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 - RED DEER 154 Morris Court ..............1:00 .............. 1:00 - 5:00 p.m...... p.m......Melesa Melesa Starcheski.......

Starcheski....... ROYAL LEPAGE, NETWORK ............ 318-0515 ... $459,900....... Blackfalds

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 - RED DEER 3318 41 Avenue ...............1:00 ............... 1:00 - 3:00 p.m...... p.m......Melesa Melesa Starcheski.......

Starcheski....... ROYAL LEPAGE, NETWORK ............ 318-0515 ............................. Mountview

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54 Woodbine Ave. - Blackfalds Open floor plan, 3-sided fireplace, 2 walk-in closets in the master bedroom, large pantry in the kitchen

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5 Lazaro Cl. - Red Deer 1692 Sq. Ft. 2 storey home. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, Modern take on farmhouse style home. Laundry room on second storey.

105 Lalor Drive - Red Deer There are 3 pantries; Butlers Pantry, Walk-in Pantry, and Cabinet Pantry.

Master bedroom with full ensuite on the main floor. 2 bedrooms with walkin closets on second floor. 2 storey living room.

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4 4289 Ryders Ridge Blvd. Sylvan Lake Stunning 1903 Sq. Ft. 2 storey with walk-out basement. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms. You’ll love the modern bright & open kitchen/dining/living area. Fully finished with fireplace and upper bonus room. Massive deck overlooking pond & concrete firepit from walk-out basement.

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11 4273 Ryders Ridge Blvd, Sylvan Lake 21 25 Lazaro - Red Deer Fully developed energy efficient Built Green home. The Maxim has a large open floor plan ideal for family gatherings & entertaining. Features: solar panels, hardwood floors, quartz countertops, second floor laundry, spacious ensuite with dual sinks, tile shower & exquisite fixtures.

There are 3 pantries; Butlers Pantry, Walk-in Pantry, and Cabinet Pantry.

Master bedroom with full ensuite is on the main floor. 2 bedrooms with a t.v. nook upstairs. Lots of large windows

throughout house.

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133 Hawkridge Blvd. - Penhold Landscaped yard, 6 ft white fence.

Stainless steel appliance package.

Custom Hunter Douglas blinds. No condo fees.

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2 Mitchell Crescent - Blackfalds 2 bedroom, 2 bath, open concept, main floor laundry, large walkin pantry. Tile & hardwood floors.

Fireplace. Quartz countertops. 11’ tray ceiling in livingroom

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73 Crestview Blvd. - Sylvan Lake 2044 Sq. Ft. 2 storey home with 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms. Dbl. sided fireplace to enjoy in the livingroom & out on your covered deck. Basement is finished with wetbar, wine nook & hot yoga studio. Master suite is a home oasis complete with free-standing tub, tiled shower, walk-in closet

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22 Tindale Place - Red Deer Space for the whole family, 2533 Sq. Ft. 3 bedrooms + den, 3 bathrooms, bonus room. Spacious home with all the modern amenitites

10 67 Cameron Close - Sylvan Lake Superior value in this 2 storey that boasts 1376 Sq. Ft. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Bright & spacious floor plan with open kitchen & great room.

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3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms. Main floor stacked laundry. 4 stainless steel appliances. ICF foundation. Heat recovery ventilation system. Supreme double-pane Legacy windows. Fully finished basement with a wet bar.

Custom built-ins.

Fully landscaped yard with parking pad.

13 13 Caribou Cres. - Red Deer

1746 Sq. Ft. 3 bed, 2.5 bath 2 storey home. Open concept living & dining space with wall mounted gas fireplace. Kitchen is modern and stylish with white quartz counters and dark maple cabinets.

23 174 Noreseman Close - Penhold-lake Open concept living & dining space on the main floor. Master ensuite complete with glass walk-in tiled shower, his & her sinks, and soaker tub. Trayed ceiling

Basement development, 9’ high cabinets, quartz countertops, hardwood floors all from a builder who prides on craftsmanship

feature in the master bedroom.

Main floor laundry & locker style storage at the garage door.

14 4276 Ryders Ridge Blvd. - Sylvan Lake 24 94 Mitchell Crescent - Blackfalds 1097 Sq. Ft. 2 bedroom, 2 bath bungalow with attached garage, front veranda, large rear deck.

Walkout basement with a beautiful southern view of the Blindman River Valley.

Miele stainless steel appliances. Hi gloss and exodic African Mohogany wooden cabinetry. 1908 sq ft, 3 bed 2.5 bath with bonus room. Hunter Douglas blinds and sunshine garage door.

15 4280 Ryders Ridge Blvd.-Sylvan Lake 25 6 Thompson Crescent - Red Deer

Lots of “bang for your buck” 2135 Sq. Ft. 3 bedrooms & 3 bathrooms, & “Bonus” room. Open concept floorplan, large master suite.

1790 Sq. Ft. 2 storey home. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, Must see kitchen has twotone cabinets & live edge eating bar.

Master ensuite has soaker tub, custom shower, his & hers sinks.

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1418 Sq. Ft. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Spacious & open concept floor plan. Beautiful kitchen/dining area is perfect for family gatherings.

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Bedside manner I think of the bedroom as being a ble. A sheet of MDF (medium density sanctuary where our tactile fiberboard) is cut to whatand visual senses have the ever size or shape you opportunity to relax and want. It acts as a canvas berevel in a peaceful and luxhind the bed, creating any urious mood. mood that suits.

The bed reigns supreme Wrap padding around and with the selection of the front and sides of the bed linens available on board and glue it in place. line and in stores, the atmoThen cover the headboard sphere you choose to build with fabric. Here I used is only limited by your imagvintage sacking material ination. that had a fine stripe deA good starting point sign, which runs one way when decorating a bedroom on the headboard and then DEBBIE is the bed cover. turned for the accent pilTRAVIS Its the focal point and lows. The sacking introducHOUSE TO HOME will be the inspiration for es another textural dimenthe colour of the walls, the sion to the bed. window treatments and A final luxurious touch floor covering. is the cashmere blanket folded neatly The materials that make up the fur- at the foot of the bed, ready to pull up nishings — the bed, bedside tables, for a bit of extra warmth and elegant dresser, and chair, are also important indulgence. elements.

The colour palette is blue and Wood, metal and plastic each tell white, s duo that fits any style. Blue is their own story when mixed and a soothing shade, signifying clear skies matched with fabric designs and co- and cleansing water and produces a lours. Finlad’s bright Marimekko fab- spa-like feel when coupled with white. rics are fun and fanciful paired with There is nothing in the room that jars contemporary plastics or white metals. or is high energy.

Fine cottons and linens are reminisWood is a natural element that cent of fine homes, paired with wood maintains the simplicity and rustic aland wrought iron. lure of the setting. A bench is always When it was time to compose sleep- a good idea placed at the end of the ing spaces for my own home, my first bed, for perching while dressing and thoughts centered around what fab- folding back bedlinens not needed at ulous fabric textures enhance a good night. The old wood bench is light. nightís sleep. We all have our prefer- The floating bedside tables, also made ences, but for me the touch of smooth, from old wood, are small and appear crisp, high quality cotton sheets feel weightless adding to the airy feeling of glorious against the skin — high end the rustic mood. Positioning tiny readhotel sheets, that are meant to make ing lights on the wall is a space-saver. you feel special. Layering the bed with The overall simplicity of this bedroom a combination of intriguing textures is captivating. Natural materials and promotes visual interest. The duvet, uncomplicated style lines soothe and cover I chose is linen, a true classic refresh. This is a wonderful space to in with a slightly rougher finish that has which to let go and dream. rustic appeal.

Debbie Travis’ House to Home column The custom headboard is a favour- is produced by Debbie Travis and Barbaite DIY project that is easy to assem- ra Dingle.

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Along with other local expert speakers, you won’t want to miss your chance to see Damon Bennett, from Holmes Inspections, Holmes on Homes and Holmes Make it Right on HGTV, up close and personal at the 2015 Red Deer Home Renovation Show.

SEE DAMON LIVE! Friday, October 30 - 5:30pm Saturday, October 31 - 1:30pm Did you know that the Red Deer Home Show and Red Deer Home Renovation Show is brought to you by the Canadian Home Builders’ Association – Central Alberta? The CHBA-CA is a voluntary not-for-profit organization serving members since 1956. 2016 marks our 60th year anniversary serving as the voice of Central Alberta’s Residential Construction Industry!

To start celebrating our association’s anniversary, we would like to offer the first 60 attendees on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday FREE GENERAL ADMISSION to the Red Deer Home Renovation Show. (Please note that this does not included Westerner Park’s parking fee).

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POTUER Carl 1938 - 2015 Mr. Carl Potuer of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at the age of 76 years.

Carl will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Betty Potuer and his son, Lawrence, both of Red Deer.

A Private Family Gathering will be held at a later date.

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

403.340.4040.

IN Loving Memory of our Mother Nettie MacDonald Mar. 30, 1927 - Oct. 25, 2007 May the winds of Heaven blow softly and whisper in your ear How much we love and miss you and wish that you were here.

Forever loved, deeply missed but never forgotten Norm, Wendy, Judy, Holly, Don & families

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SWM SEEKING petite woman late 50’s or early 60’s who enjoys swimming, biking, horse back riding. I have 40’ motorhome for travel and own home in resort area near lake. Please reply with phone number to Box 1114, c/o RED DEER ADVOCATE, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

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In Memoriam IN LOVING MEMORY OF CAMERON SWAINSON July 31, 1989 - Oct. 25, 2009

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

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HOPPS Thank you to the many people who honored my husband Douglas William Charles Hopps by attending his funeral. Many thanks to the people who travelled long distances, family and friends, it was greatly appreciated.

He has gone to Heaven, rest in peace.

Shaaron Hopps and family.

THANK YOU From Shotokan Karate Club of Red Deer for all the donations to our 2015 Children’s Tournament A&W Blackfalds R & E Elevator Ltd. Cunningham Electric Ibiba Horsfall Ken & Anita Macdonald Dransfield Inspection Service Red Deer Overdoor McNaney Family Domes Family Dmytro Family Thor Contracting Village Sobeys Central AB. Co-op Sobeys Village Mall Walmart South Hill Central Alberta Co-Op Eastview IGA Subway Penhold

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SERVICE RIG HEAVY HAUL TRUCK DRIVER F/T position required for an oilfield construction must have all necessary valid tickets for the position company based in Sundre, Ab. Minimum 5 years being applied for. experience loading and Bearspaw offers a hauling heavy equipment. very competitive salary Clean Driver’s Abstract. and benefits package Benefits and competitive along with a steady wages offered to the right work schedule. candidate.

Please submit resumes: Applications can be faxed, Attn: Human Resources Attn: Mark 403-638-4950 Email: payroll@ or emailed to safety@ bearspawpet.com saunderstrucking.ca Fax: (403) 252-9719 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 Looking for a place to live?

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Personals Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. ALCOHOLICS 37444 HWY 2 S ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. COCAINE ANONYMOUS FOOD ATTENDANT 403-396-8298 Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening LOOKING for WALTER both full and part time.

ATCHISON who was 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + raised in BRISCO, BC. benefits. Start ASAP. If you know him, ask him Job description to call Barb 250-347-7757. www.timhortons.com This is friendly, and could Education and experience be to Walter’s benefit. not req’d.

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SWORDS Teresa Sept. 16, 1959 - Oct. 13, 2015 Teresa Swords died suddenly on October 13, 2015 in Blackfalds. Teresa is survived by her mother, Florence Willick; her sisters, Kathy and Lorie Willick, and Rose Turner; and her brothers, Stephen, John, and Dave Willick.

She is predeceased by her husband, Scott Swords. There will be an informal celebration at Leto’s Restaurant, 4944 Hwy 2A, Lacombe, AB on Saturday, October 24, 2015 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

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LONG (McMillan) Marie Oct. 12, 1926 to Oct. 22, 2015 Marie was raised in the Gadsby district. She attended school in Stettler and continued on to receive her teaching certificate in the last year Normal School was ever held in Edmonton. She taught at Lakeside School where she met and married Ken Long in 1947. Ken and Marie farmed two miles south of Lacombe where they raised their six children: Connie (Luke) Stienstra, Dianne (George) Langrock, Jim (Vickie) Long, Gail (Darryl) Andrew, Sereta (Don) Brown, and Noreen (Ron) Selvais, fifteen grandchildren, and twenty four great grandchildren. In 1978, Ken and Marie moved to Oliver in the Okanagan Valley in B.C., but Lacombe was always home and they returned in 1989 and have resided there since. Ken and Marie had 68 wonderful blessed years together.

They both enjoyed travelling and a good card game.

Marie loved her poker games, socializing with the neighbors, and her crib games with the ladies. She is survived by her loving husband, Ken, and one sister, Louise Miller. Marie was predeceased by her parents, Malcolm and Imelda McMillan, and her brother, Donald. At Marie’s request there will be no funeral service. A private family graveside service, followed by a gathering of friends and relatives, will be held at 2:00 p.m. in the Banquet Room at the Best Western Hotel in Lacombe, on Sunday, October 25, 2015. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Marie’s honor may be made directly to the Palliative Care Unit at Lacombe General Hospital. Cremation entrusted to Wilson’s Funeral Chapel.

Condolences may be forwarded to www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca

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CRAIG William Norman Craig of Olds, passed on to Heaven 11 pm on Tuesday October 20, 2015 in the Olds Hospital at the age of 87 years.

Funeral Services will be held on Monday October 26, 2015 at 1pm at the Olds United Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial tributes may be made to the Alberta Cancer Foundation as Norm was a survivor of cancer.

HEARTLAND FUNERAL SERVICES LTD., Olds entrusted with arrangements. 403-556-3223 www.heartlandfuneralservices.com

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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

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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 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Farm Work

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FEEDLOT in Central Alberta seeking F/T employee for feed truck operator and machinery maintenance. Send resume to fax: 403-638-3908 or e-mail to: dthengs@hotmail.com

Medical

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.

Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

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ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

NOV. START • Community Support Worker Program •

GED Preparation

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca 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 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

GREENHOUSE Laborers are required for our greenhouse operation located near Blackfalds, Alberta. Responsibilities GOODMEN include transplanting, ROOFING LTD. watering, handling and Requires caring for plant material and preparation of SLOPED ROOFERS customer orders. This LABOURERS position is labor intensive & FLAT ROOFERS and entails working in both hot and cold environments.

Valid Driver’s Licence Laborers are required to preferred. Fax or email work a minimum of 40 info@goodmenroofing.ca hours per week. Laborers or (403)341-6722 must be available to work NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! different shifts, 7 days a week. Positions are REQ’D IMMEDIATELY available starting mid EXPERIENCED January and last until late Sheet Metal and June. No previous work Furnace Installers experience or qualificaTop wages, hourly wages. tions are required. Starting Openings in new home, wage is $11.20 an hour. replacement and service Please email resumes to dept. Great working Kevin@cagreenhouses.ca conditions. Please call or or fax resume to e-mail. brent@ 403-885-4147 comfortecheating.com (Attn. Human Resources.)

403-309-8301 Resumes may also be mailed to Box 100, BlackREQ’D. IMMED. sheet falds, Alberta, T0M 0J0. metal journeyman, apprentices and labourers Looking for a new pet? for work in Red Deer and Check out Classifieds to Area. Send resume to find the purrfect pet. monteyb@telus.net or Fax resume to: Greenhouse workers 780-447-2758 wanted for Blue Grass Nursery & Garden Center Classifieds in Red Deer, Alberta Your place to SELL We are looking for 10 full Your place to BUY time seasonal employees.

No experience needed, SHUNDA training will be provided CONSTRUCTION Starting in February 2016.

Requires Full Time Duration is for 4 months Carpenters Wage is $11.20 per hour at Competitive Wages maximum 44 hrs. per week. & Benefits.

Please fax resume to Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-342-7488 403-343-1248 or email to: Or by email: admin@shunda.ca edgar.rosales@bg-rd.com

Trades

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790 ASSOCIATED AMBULANCE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

The moment that you died, Our hearts split in two, The one side filled with memories, The other died with you.

We often lay awake at night, When the world is fast asleep, And take a walk down memory lane, With tears upon our cheeks.

Remembering you is easy, We do it every day, But missing you is heartache, That never goes away.

Charlotte Bolze Sunday, October 25, 2015 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Valley Centre Community Hall

~Lovingly Remembered by: Dad, Mommy, Maria, Tina, Taelyn, Jessica, Grammy, Grandma Banyai, Grandma Betty and all your friends

The successful candidate(s) will be responsible for providing non-medical transport of clients between health facilities within central Alberta, predominately in and around the Red Deer area. The operational base for this service will be located in Sylvan Lake Alberta.

Successful candidates will be expected to be available for a one (1) week training and orientation process scheduled for early December 2015 QUALIFICATIONS: • Current registration as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) with the Alberta College of Paramedics or certiƓcation in Advanced First Aid with CPR, Oxygen Therapy and AED • Valid Class 4 driver’s license or equivalent • Ability to operate large and small vehicles safely and effectively in all situations • Ability and willingness to work in a team environment • Above average interpersonal and critical thinking skills • Ability to meet the physical demands of the job

We hold you tightly within our hearts,

And there you will remain, Life has gone on without you, But it never will be the same.

For those who still have their son, Treat him with tender care, You will never know the emptiness, As when you turn and he is not there.

Associated Ambulance & Services is looking to hire professional, energetic and customer service driven individuals to work in our new non-medical transport service.

HAPPY 60th BIRTHDAY Cindi P Mayer-Sexsmith.

Many great adventures yet to uncover young lady.

Love from all your many friends and family xo

This competition will remain open until all available positions have been Ɠlled.

Interested applicants are asked to submit a resume to: Erin Iker at recruitment@associatedambulance.com Please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 Employment Training

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SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

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Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

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

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ELECTRIC skillet new in box $22; oak top dining table w/leaf, 6 chairs $30; misc. end tables w/lamps $10/ea, accent table 18” x 13” w/drawers, shelf, lamp $55 computer table w/office chairs $80 403-346-2192

JOKER Halloween costume childs Large $10; Tae Kwon-do shirts and pants, several sizes $10/ea; 403-314-9603 MEN’S leather coat, large, $20. Ladies black wool coat, size 10-12, $20.

403-347-5316

PROPANE heater for inside travel home, works good $150 obo 403-314-0804

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

3 BDRM. main level house, Johnstone Park. $1350 + d.d., 70% utils., avail. now, no pets.

403-971-9640, 923-1119 4 BDRMS, 2 1/2 baths, single car garage, 5 appls, $1695/mo. 403-782-7156 403-357-7465

TWO king size pillows, $25 for both. SOLD

Suites

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ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889 AVAIL. IMMED. large 2 bdrm. in clean quiet adult building, near downtown Co-Op, no pets, 403-348-7445 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

CITY VIEW APTS.

Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building. Rent $900 S.D. $800. Avail. immed.

Near hospital. No pets.

403-318-3679

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300 ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

Call Prodie at 403-314-4301

RENT or sale, storage unit at Sylvan Lake, all concrete const., 24 x 48 w/water/power/heat, 16’ door, no GST 403-347-0016

Mobile Lot

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Cars

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2011 DTS CADDY, 51,000 km, $38,000. 403-346-6108 2009 TOYOTA Corolla CE, 70,700 kms, well maint, AC, remote, clean cond, $10,200 403-314-0047 2005 NISSAN Altima SE, 3.5 V6, loaded, 230000 kms, well maintained, $5000. 403-396-1272

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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 INGLEWOOD JOHNSTONE KENTWOOD RIVERSIDE MEADOWS PINES SUNNYBROOK SOUTHBROOKE WEST LAKE WEST PARK

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Tender Bids should be addressed to “North School Land Sale” and are to be received no later than 2:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, on January 6, 2016, at the offices of Red Deer Public School District No. 104 at 4747-53 Street, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 2E6, Attention: Della Ruston.

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Sandra at 403-314-4306

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

For early morning delivery by 6:30 am Mon. - Sat. VANIER CLEARVIEW Call Joanne at 403- 314-4308

Accounting

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Personal Services

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5* JUNK REMOVAL

STOP SMOKING IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR Imagine Laserworks can GARAGE Doors Serviced help you stop smoking.

50% off. 403-358-1614 You can actually quit smoking in less than an Start your career!

Escorts hour!

Acupuncture Laser See Help Wanted Therapy is best way Stop KAYLA 403-392-0891 Smoking with up to 95% INDEPENDENT w/own car Moving & success rates. Its highly Cleaning Storage effective and 100% painless.

Save money and live Handyman EXP’D. lady will do house Services MOVING? Boxes? Appls. longer call now to find out where the next smoking cleaning, laundry, ironing. removal. 403-986-1315 clinic is being held or come In town or country. Call TOO MUCH STUFF? to our office in Innisfail BEAT THE RUSH! Book 403-309-4640 CALL 587 877-4840 Let Classifieds now for your home projects.

Reno’s, flooring, painting, help you sell it. small concrete/rock work, Central Alberta’s Largest Window landscaping, small tree Cleaning Contractors Car Lot in Classifieds cutting, fencing & decking.

Call James 403-341-0617 ROBUST CLEANING BLACK CAT CONCRETE SERVICES - Windows, Garage/Patios/RV pads Painters/ Massage eavestroughs, vinyl siding.

Sidewalks/Driveways Decorators Therapy Pckg. pricing, free quotes.

Dean 403-505-2542 403-506-4822 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. LAUREL TRUDGEON We do it all! 403-302-8550 Residential Painting and Yard Colour Consultations.

Care DALE’S Home Reno’s 403-342-7801.

Free estimates for all your Elite Retreat, Finest Classifieds...costs so little reno needs. 403-506-4301 FALL cleanup. Tree/junk Saves you so much! in VIP Treatment. removal. Snow removal 10 2am Private back entry Something for Everyone JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. contracts welcome.

403-341-4445 Free Est. 403-872-8888 403-358-1614 Everyday in Classifieds INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

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CARRIERS NEEDED

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Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Property clean up 505-4777

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For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK CLEARVIEW RIDGE CLEARVIEW TIMBERSTONE LANCASTER VANIER WOODLEA/ WASKASOO DEER PARK GRANDVIEW EASTVIEW MICHENER MOUNTVIEW ROSEDALE GARDEN HEIGHTS MORRISROE

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1500-1990

Storage Space

AVAIL. Nov. 1, 3 bdrm.

GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. house, full bsmt, 2 bath, 2004 BUICK Century, fridge, stove, microwave, apartments, avail. immed, WATER cooler $50.

4 dr., auto, V6, loaded, rent $875 403-596-6000 dishwasher, in Parkvale 403-885-5020 98,000 km. $3,500. (downtown area). 4614 47 LARGE 2 bdrm. suite 403-887-5000 CLASSIFICATIONS St. R.D. Small pets only. w/balcony, $995/mo.

Apply in person to Sporting 4000-4190 inclds. heat and water.

4610-47 St. or call 403-314-0209 Goods Electronics 403-347-2943 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. Realtors BODY vibe brand new, SUITES. 25+, adults only ATARI w/14 games $150 $150; EZ cycle bike $50, Condos/ & Services n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 403-782-3847 never used 403-309-6653 Townhouses LIMITED TIME OFFER: GAME CUBE 5 games COMPLETE set of Cleveland First month’s rent FREE! $80; PS2 w/games; $50; TA5 irons, R.H. Graphite 3 BDRM, 3 bath, 3 flr, 3 2003 NISSAN Maxima SE 1 & 2 Bedroom suites 403-782-3847 parking, 5 appls, fenced Shafts, 3-pw, 52 and 56 Titanium 143,000 km V6 6 available. Renovated wedges, older big Bertha yard, pets allowed to over suites in central location.

GRUNDIG am/fm shortspd. manual, loaded 30ish parents with family at 4 and 7 fairway woods, wave field radio, model $6450. 403 358 1713 Cat friendly. leasing@ 7316-59 Ave. Rent/S.S. Adams and Tailormade #S450DLX w/owners rentmidwest.com 1994 OLDS 88 $1500. drivers, Adams and Tailor- $1590.Ph 403-341-4627. manual, used 2x, $50.

1(888)679-8031 403-347-5316 made hybrids, Ping, SOLD INGLEWOOD 2 bdrm.

Wilson and Odyssey Lonsdale 2 bath condo.

Heated parkputters, Sun Ice bag and Two-Bedroom ing & all utils. incl. $1450.

Equipmenttravel cover, $400 for all.

Avail.

Dec. 1.

403-350-3722 SUV's Apartments for Rent 403-227-5077 Heavy HERE TO HELP Established, adult, no-pet SEIBEL PROPERTY & HERE TO SERVE buildings in convenient TRAVELING GOLF BAG, 6 locations in Red Deer, 3 TRAILERS for sale or rent black. $45. 403-885-5020 Call GORD ING at locations. In-suite laundry bdrms, 1 1/2 bath, appls, Job site, office, well site or RE/MAX real estate (washer & dryer), starting at $1100. For more storage. Skidded or central alberta 403-341-9995 3 appliances, parking info 403-347-7545 or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Collectors' gord.ing@remax.net underground ($) in one.

403-304-7576 6 month lease. $1200 Items $1275 rent plus security SOUTHWOOD PARK Houses deposit. Contact 3110-47TH Avenue, PORCELIN tea cup from Tools 403-596-5498 or Italy in presentation box 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, For Sale 2006 JEEP Commander info@lonsdalecourt.com generously sized, 1 1/2 $15 403-314-9603 full load, 4.7. Best ELECTRIC DRILLS, 3/8”, for viewing. baths, fenced yards, “COMING SOON” BY Offer ASAP 403-342-7798 (5) $20. Each. www.lonsdalecourt.com full bsmts. 403-347-7473, SERGE’S HOMES 403-314-0804 Travel www.lonsdalegreen.com Sorry no pets.

Duplex in Red Deer Close www.greatapartments.ca SKILL SAW, Craftsman Packages to Schools and Recreation 7.25, $50. 403-314-0804 Trucks Center. For More Info TRAVEL ALBERTA Call Bob 403-505-8050 4 Plexes/ Alberta offers 2008 CHEV 1/2 ton, 4x4, 1 & 2 bdrm., 6 Plexes SOMETHING Looking for a place 3.7 Vortex auto, has new Adult bldg. only, N/S, Firewood for everyone. to live? glass, winter tires, and batNo pets. 403-596-2444 3 BDRM., no pets, Make your travel Take a tour through the tery, fiberglass canopy, $1000 mo. 403-343-6609 plans now.

AFFORDABLE CLASSIFIEDS jump seats, 200,000 kms, Opposite Hospital $5900 obo 403-505-3113 2 bdrm. apt. w/balcony, Homestead Firewood TOO MUCH STUFF? ACROSS from park, adults only, no pets Spruce, Pine, Aspen - Split.

2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, Let Classifieds heat/water incld. $875.

Avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 4 appls. Rent $925/mo. help you sell it.

Fifth 403-346-5885 d.d. $650. Now or Nov. 1.

B.C. Birch, Aspen, Wheels 403-304-5337 Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

SYLVAN: fully furn. 2 Wanted PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 bdrm. avail. immed. $1400.

INNISFAIL, avail. immed.

2002 WILDERNESS 27’ negotiable, inclds. all utils.

2 bdrm., 2 bath, 5 appl., To Buy FIREWOOD, North of A/C, solar panel, axels details 403-880-0210. $1095/mo. + util.

403-343-1010 Costco. 403-346-7178 turned, good cond, WANTED TO BUY: old $8000 403-357-7815 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, lead batteries for recycling Can deliver 403-396-8629 RISER HOMES Suites 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 Tires, Parts 1 CHANCE ONLY! 1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, Classifieds (1)BLACKFALDS 1200 sq. Acces.

N/S. No pets.

Your place to SELL 2 BDRM. bsmt suite. ft. bi-level walkout 3 bdrm.

Household 403-596-2444 Your place to BUY $850/mo. 403-348-1304 2 bath, open floor plan, 4 SUMMER TIRES .

Furnishings VANIER WOODS fireplace $339,000 Legal 205-70R15 with Alessio fees, GST, sod, tree and sports rims , plus 1 brand NOW OPEN Condos/ CORDOBA sofa table, appls. incld. LLOYD FIDnew spare tire w/rim.

Brand new like new, other pieces Townhouses DLER 403-391-9294 Rims could also be put on rental community. sold at The Brick, winter tires. $200 for all Reserve now for 33” h x 19” d, new $650, 403-346-4263 your choice of suite! your price $200 obo.

1&2 BDRMs from $1170.

403-755-2760 In-suite laundry. Dishwasher.

Misc.

MOVING. All home furBalcony. Pet friendly. nishings and major appls.

Automotive Elevator. Parking avail.

403-346-2192 to view and Gym. Community garden. make an offer.

Non-smoking. On-site mgmt.

AL’S SPEED SHOP 39 Van Slyke Way, Red Deer Diamond Cut specialist. I Waterfront Units Now Renting WANTED This is a three bedroom can diamond cut your rims, 403.392.6751 Antiques, furniture and UNITS AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY motors, exhaust tips. This VanierWoodsApartments.ca two bath modified by level estates. 342-2514 - Furnished and Unfurnished. walk out, backing onto will enhance the perforgreen area and alley great mance of your motor as Rent includes: Gas, electricity, water, Warehouse for trailer .Many upgrades. well as the cooling and Stereos cable and internet. $419,900 includes GST make your bike fast. Call Space TV's, VCRs Small dogs under 20 pounds allowed. legal fee, front sod. Tree. for pricing 780-516-0565 Beautiful Lakefront condominiums in an adult LLOYD FIDDLER COLD storage garage, RCA 5 disc changer stereo community. Very quiet building with the best view of 403-391-9294 14’ x 24’, $200/mo.; heated w/remote the lake from any of our units! big truck space, $775/mo. $50 403-782-3847 All units have stainless steel appliances, Fridge, Stove, VARIETY SHOP SPACES Public Microwave, Dish Washer, Washer and Dryer. ~ offices ~ fenced yards ~ Notices Misc. for Big or small, different Heated Underground Parking ~ Storage Unit available locations. 403-343-6615 Sale with rental ~ On site management, maintenance and security.

FOR SALE BY TENDER FOR LEASE 100 VHS movies, $75.

ENJOY LIFE ON THE LAKE! Board of Trustees of the Red Deer Public School District No. 104 has Riverside Light Industrial For All 403-885-5020 for sale by Tender, in accordance with The Disposition of Property 4614-61 St. (directly beCall us today to set up an appointment or email Regulation AR 181/2010, the “North School Site” (currently leased hind Windsor Plywood) BBQ older, cast iron us for further information. to Koinonia Christian School), with municipal address of 6014-57th 2400 sq. ft. large 55 x 85 grates, good cond., $75 Email: jenn@beca.ca Phone: 403-887-6699 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta and legal description of: compound 403-350-1777 obo 780-717-6206 PLAN 4596NY LOT S CONTAINING 1.55 HECTARES (3.82 ACRES) MORE OR LESS EXCEPTING THEREOUT: HECTARES (ACRES) MORE OR LESS A) PLAN 1524652 SUBDIVISION 0.076 0.19 EXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS ATS REFERENCE: 4;27;38;20;E ESTATE: FEE SIMPLE CLASSIFICATIONS MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF RED DEER

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CLASSIFICATIONS

Misc. for Sale

KEYBOARD, stand, bench and music books, $100; set of encyclopedias, $25; standing lamp, $10; sewing machine, $25; and hood hair dryer, $10.

403-346-2346

NURSES’ uniforms, pants & tops. med. to large size. $5 each. (approx. 25) good shape.

403-347-2526

stuff

Call Rick at 403- 314-4303

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Clothing

Prospective buyers must rely on their own inspection. The highest or any Tender will not necessarily be accepted. A deposit for Ten Percent (10%) of the tender Offer payable to Warren Sinclair LLP in trust for Board of Trustees of Red Deer Public School District No. 104 must be submitted with the Tender bid by way of certified cheque or bank draft.

For more information, and to receive a copy of the Tender Document Package please contact Della Ruston, Associate Superintendent, System Improvement, Red Deer Public Schools at (403) 357-3994 or by email at della.ruston@rdpsd.ab.ca.

PUBLIC NOTICE ABANDONED/SEIZED VEHICLE PROGRAM SERVICE ALBERTA

ASVP.CO.2015.01 – Public Tender Sealed tenders will be received until 14:00:59, November 10, 2015 for the purchase of the following: Vehicles declared abandoned and deemed to be salvage by the staff of Service Alberta, Surplus Sales Branch in the Red Deer area for the period of November 15, 2015 to March 31, 2016 SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY

the REVERSE is also true CALL

309-3300 CLASSIFIEDS to find out more...

Bid forms and further information may be obtained from Surplus Sales, 38 Highfield Circle SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 5N5 FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: ASVP 403-297-4188 GST WILL BE ADDED TO THE BID PRICE.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 D7

It will be important to allow the architecture to dominate and to create intimate, human scale areas.

Challenge of extra space Q — We are white ceiling. their light upward and wash maximum amount of evening be had with rough, casual having some B e a u t i f u l both the wall and the ceiling. privacy. materials like terra cotta for difficulty deciding cherry wood The one exception would Blinds may be topped by lamps and other accessories on the furniture we floors are often be around the fireplace a valance, preferably not be and softwoods for the hard need for the living best emphasized where spot lighting should covered in fabric, but rather furniture. and dining rooms of by a subtle area illuminate the fireplace wall painted in the same grey as A formal interior will our new home. carpets. and create dramatic shadows the walls. feature shiny materials like The room has A s o l i d o r on the stonework.

Avoid large, colourful porcelain and glass and rich beautiful cherry neutral tone will All windows should have patterns and overly busy mahogany woods. wood floors, a emphasize texture the minimum treatment that furniture styles and stay great view of over colour. privacy will allow. with simple lines of the David Ferguson is a regular the surrounding Avoid overhead Blinds will maintain the contemporary classics. contributor to CBC Radio’s DAVID forested area l i g h t f i x t u r e s , view in the daytime and allow Use texture and wood Ontario Today. Write to David FERGUSON through several u s i n g i n s t e a d you to control the level of light grains to add warmth to the at: david.ferguson@hotmail.ca.

CREATIVE SPACE large windows, and a series of wall entering the space. space. a large, attractive sconces that direct They will offer the An informal feeling will fireplace that emphasizes the 6-metre (20-foot) high cathedral ceiling.

Powered by This space was an added to the house about ten years ago, but I don’t think the renovation was very well thought-out.

Because the house does not have a separate family room, we will use the area everyday.

Our current furniture Parkland C.L.A.S.S. has grown over Äve decades to become one of the largest includes a sofa, love seat, disability based service providers in Alberta. Parkland C.L.A.S.S. exists to two chairs, coffee table improve the quality of life of children & adults and end tables, as well as with developmental disabilities through individual choice, a shelving unit.

We will need to dignity and rights. We strive to empower the people decide where to put the we serve, measuring our success against television, but we would the goals they set for themselves.

CONFERENCE SERVICES COORDINATOR prefer not to install it Salary: $53,425.34 to $73,459.85 above the fireplace.

Olds College has a challenging opportunity available for an experienced SPECIALIZED TEACHER We also have a round Conference Services Coordinator. The primary focus of this position is Parkland School serves approximately 35 children in a designated special education private school setting. dining table and chairs, as the management of established College conference service business with an emphasis on fostering long-term client relationships. This is a Specialized education is provided in an environment designed to support children with physical and well as a number of large permanent, full-time opportunity. Please forward a resume quoting developmental disabilities. We are seeking a Teacher who is highly motivated, self-directed, and team oriented competition #15119M. houseplants. to join our school team this term (ending June 29, 2016 with a possibility of extension).

Central Alberta’s career site of choice.

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For information on this or other employment opportunities, please visit our website at www.oldscollege.ca/employment

Duties will include: the development of Individual Program Plans for each assigned student; providing targeted instruction aimed at maximizing the learning potential of each individual student; and the supervision of up to 6 specialized student aides, which includes providing them with training, mentorship, and support.

Qualifications: Experience with children, developmental and physical disabilities, behaviour management, knowledge and understanding of the values of citizenship, choice, support, and equality of opportunity.

Applicant should be in good physical condition: performing lifts and transfers is sometimes required. The ideal Teacher will be energetic, flexible and team oriented. She/he will demonstrate a positive attitude, strong communication skills, and willingness to assist with personal care. Knowledge and appreciation of Aboriginal tradition and cultural ways is an asset. Driver’s license and transportation is also an asset. A Bachelor of Education and currently certified to teach in Alberta is required.

Employment Opportunities The City of Lacombe is currently recruiting for:

PARKLAND CLASS, HUMAN RESOURCES

6010-45th Avenue Red Deer, Alberta T4N 3M4 Fax: (403) 986-2404 email: hr@pclass.org

Police Administrative AssociateClient & Member Support Job #2015-16 Application Deadline is October 27, 2015

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Hours of Work: 30 Hours/Week: Mon – Fri, 8:45am – 3:15pm Wage: $30.00 per hour We offer a Group Benefit Plan, an Employee Assistance Plan after 3 months of employment.

We also offer a friendly, caring and helpful working environment.

Please forward resumes quoting # 5386TA to:

We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Competition will remain open until a suitable applicant is found.

www.parklandclass.org

humanresources@lacombe.ca

Therapist (Full Time – 1 yr. Term) Providing clinical services for clients, ages 13 to 17, whose primary issues of concern relate to their mental health diagnosis or identified mental health concerns. The therapist will work in collaboration with professionals from multiple disciplines including psychiatry to assist clients.

Temporary

INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT ABORICULTURE & HORTICULTURE PROGRAM

Therapist (Full Time) Provide clinical services for clients, ages 13 to 17, who require stabilization and a comprehensive assessment. The program framework will integrate resiliency practices with trauma informed care while being family-centered.

Rate of Pay: $25.64 - $29.82 per hour

Olds College Animal Sciences and Horticulture has an opportunity for a temporary Instructional Assistant beginning January 4, 2016. This is a full-time position with a term of employment from January 4, 2016 to April 29, 2016. The successful candidate will provide direct support to instruction primarily, but not limited to, arboriculture, pruning, entomology and greenhouse operations. Please forward a resume quoting competition # 15120A by November 12, 2015.

Qualifications: Masters Degree in Psychology or Social Work, registered with the appropriate professional association, and must have current Standard First Aid/Level C CPR, PIC, CYIM and Driver’s Abstract.

Please visit our website www.vantagecommunityservices.ca for more information. Applicants are sincerely thanked in advance for their interest.

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Competition closes when positions are filled.

Contract

INSTRUCTOR LAND AGENT DIPLOMA PROGRAM

The Land Agent program at Olds College has a contract teaching opportunity available for the Agricultural Value and Practices course (AGB 1000) which is part of the Land Agent Diploma. The duration of the contract is January 4, 2016 to April 27, 2016. The focus of this course is to develop the learner’s knowledge of the agricultural community and specifically of agricultural practices in Western Canada. Please forward a resume quoting competition # 15121F by November 5, 2015.

For information on these or other employment opportunities, please visit our website at www.oldscollege.ca/employment

Based in central Alberta, we help youth, adults, and families by providing counselling, transitional housing for youth, life skills training, and in-house treatment for mental illness. We are seeking qualified, motivated individuals to fill the following positions.

Resumes can be emailed to hr@vantagecommunityservices.ca , faxed to (403) 346-3225, or forwarded to: Human Resources Vantage Community Services 4920 54 Street Red Deer, AB T4N 2G8

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Please Apply To: Human Resources City of Lacombe - 5432, 56th Ave, Lacombe AB, T4L 1E9

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For full job description and other employment opportunities please visit the City of Lacombe website at www.lacombe.ca/employment

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A — The sheer volume of space in your room is both a feature attraction and a difficult challenge in this space.

In the living room, the ceiling soars from 2.5 metres (eight feet) at the expansive, southern exposure window wall to more than six metres (20 feet) at the fireplace wall.

The dining room has a similar slope, another expansive window wall as well as a patio door and both spaces are large and well proportioned.

The secret to handling this type of space is to allow the architecture dominate.

The major problem you will face when decorating here will be creating intimate, human scale areas.

I have attempted to include all of your existing furniture on my plan.

There is a comfortable view of the fireplace and the television, located in a tall armoire, from both the sofa and the easy chairs.

The taller the armoire, the better, because you will want to emphasize the room’s height.

The view through the window can be appreciated from both the love seat and the easy chairs, and there is easy access to the stereo equipment, also housed in the wall armoire.

While I am sure that this arrangement will make a very comfortable room, it is not necessarily the best way to take advantage of the space’s potential drama.

Given the size and daytime light levels in the room, I would opt for a dramatic tone for the walls — a medium blue or green tone, sharply contrasted with a pure

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SATURDAY, OCT. 24, 2015

Relationship with parents strained because of divorce Dear Harlan; I haven’t talked to my having strong feelings about your redad since my parents’ divorce because lationship with both parents (not just your dad). Explain that you want a rehe’s being a jerk to my mom. lationship with both parents.

How do I have a healthy Make it clear that you don’t relationship with both him want to be involved in their and my mom, and not be relationship; you want your biased or take sides? — In own relationship with each the Middle parent.

Dear In the Middle; If your mom has concerns Make this about you; don’t or information that she feels make it about your mom or compelled to share, let her your dad. share it. At the same time, Your mom doesn’t like find a person unrelated to your dad very much, and your parents to lean on. your dad doesn’t like your Bottom line: Make this mom. Focus on how you about your relationship with can love your parents.

HARLAN your parents, not about their You’re in the middle, and COHEN relationship. See if this apclearly are aligned with proach will help your mom your mom. And all you HELP ME HARLAN open up and help you find know is the limited inforanswers. mation you’ve been able to Dear Harlan; This is in response to pick up from being around your dad’s a letter you answered from a guy who interactions with your mom.

You don’t really know your dad’s wanted to know if his new friend is side of the story. There is a lot of his- gay.

You read way too much into some tory — and you don’t need to be part of these questions. I am not a lesbian. of it.

Start with your feelings. Explore Therefore, if I want to know if a new them. It’s the only thing you can con- friend, acquaintance, game show control. Explain to your mom that you’re testant, etc., is gay or lesbian, I want

to know just because I am curious, and not necessarily for some deep-seated reason or because I’m afraid.

I just want to know. So there. If this guy wants to know, it’s not because he is afraid he is gay, etc. If I were in his shoes, I’d want to know too. It’s MY business to like, accept, etc., gays and lesbians, not Harlan’s. — Different Opinion Dear Different Opinion; I’m a supporter of BACKING OFF when it comes to figuring out if someone is gay.

Besides, gay people are fantastic at letting friends and family know they are gay. They do it when they are ready.

A friend doesn’t need to ask. It’s not a friend’s right. It’s not a required part of a friendship.

Being curious isn’t a reason. There’s always something more behind curiosity. I see this as a respect and boundary issue.

It’s reasonable to wonder if a friend is gay, but this reader seemed too interested. I was getting a bi-curious feeling and asked a few questions.

Write Harlan at harlan(at)helpmeharlan.com or visit online: www.helpmeharlan.com. All letters submitted become property of the author. Send paper to Help Me, Harlan!, 3501 N. Southport Ave., Suite 226, Chicago, IL 60657.

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OnTuesday, November 10, the Advocate, with the generous support of the local business community, will pay tribute to those who have answered Canada’s call in time of need by publishing a very special pictorial section honouring our veterans.

In Search of Pictures and Stories . . . of yourself, your family, loved ones or friends who have served in the Canadian Armed Forces during World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict, Desert Storm, Afghanistan or any of Canada’s Peacekeeping Missions.

THE RED DEER ADVOCATE ATTENTION: SPECIAL SECTIONS COORDINATOR 2950 BREMNER AVE. RED DEER, AB T4R 1M9 OR EMAIL: SPECIALSECTIONS@REDDEERADVOCATE.COM We will run as many photos as possible, but space is limited. Those individuals whose photos have been submitted, but for whatever reason are unable to be reproduced and do not run, will be named in our special “Honour Roll.”

The Red Deer Advocate would like to thank participating businesses and families of veterans for their assistance in the publication of this very special section.

Advertisers: Please call Display Advertising at 403-314-4392 for information on how to be included in this event.

PLEASE INCLUDE COMPLETED FORM WITH YOUR PHOTO(S).

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Please ensure your photos are clearly marked with your name and address so we can return them to you.

We can reproduce black & white or colour photos of almost any size; however, we do require an original.

We cannot reproduce photocopies of pictures.

Mail or bring in your photos before Wednesday, October 21, and completed write-up to:

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Medals Awarded __________________________________________________________________ A brief biography relating unique experiences: ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

At the going down of the sun.

And in the morning.

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CANADIANS TOOK PART IN THE ALLIED INVASION OF NORMANDY, FRANCE CANADIANS DIED DURING THE CAMPAIGN

Respect Gratitude to our Veterans.

With deepest

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