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CORBY OAKLEY HAS EARLY-ONSET DEMENTIA BUT HE DOESN’T MISS A NOTE WHEN HE IS PLAYING HIS GUITAR

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

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Denise Oakley listens as her husband Corby plays one of his guitars in their Innisfail home this week.

Forty-one-year-old Corby Oakley is riding an “unstoppable train.”

The Innisfail resident has a rare form of early-onset dementia for which there’s no treatment or cure.

He had to quit working for an oilfield company since being diagnosed last fall with a condition that’s obliterating his short-term memory. Over the last 12 months, he started to stutter and take forgetful pauses. He also stumbles from dizziness when he walks.

But whenever Oakley sits down to sing with his guitar, he’s the same guy he ever was — the same gifted musician his wife fell in love with when they were both junior high students in Red Deer.

Oakley doesn’t stumble over lyrics when he sings ZZ Top, Collective Soul or Green Day songs with his pitch-perfect rock voice.

And he doesn’t miss a note when he fluidly plays his electric guitar — as many Red Deer farmer’s market patrons will have noticed when they passed Oakley, who was busking last summer in his wheelchair across from the antiques stall.

“I’m starting to lose some words … but the music comes with muscle memory,” explained Oakley, who spent two decades as a professional singer and guitarist with the Calgary-based cover band Applejax.

Along with Calgary band mates Jerry Day and Grant Mitchell, Oakley was twice invited to entertain in Hong Kong by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. The Applejax trio also backed Ronnie Prophet at the Calgary Stampede Grandstand Show, and worked with such hit-makers as Buddy Knox (Party Doll), Lucille Starr (When the Sun says Goodbye to the Mountains), and renowned fiddler

Al Cherney.

In the late 1990s and 2000s, “we played many high-profile corporate gigs,” said Oakley — including a decade of STARS fundraising galas in Calgary, for which the band received a 10-year recognition plaque.

But the group played its last gig in February. A few months earlier, Oakley had learned something was going seriously wrong with his brain.

He had been forgetting things, like driving to work. One day, he arrived at his job and walked away from his car without setting the brake. It rolled into another vehicle.

His wife was called by his employer and took him to the hospital’s emergency department.

After a series of tests, Oakley was told he has a degenerative condition that’s killing his brain cells. Specialists believe he has either Lewy body dementia or the hereditary spinocerebellar ataxia. In both cases, the progressive conditions are irreversible and untreatable.

He had to go on long-term disability from his job as a crane operator.

Without corporate music gigs on weekends (Day and Mitchell shelved Applejax rather than continuing without Oakley who had been an integral part of the band since 1995), Oakley was left with a lot of time on his hands. To boost his spirits and allow him to continue doing what he’s always loved, his wife Denise suggested he perform as a busker at the Red Deer farmers’ market last spring and summer.

“I thought it would give him something that he’s very competent at that’s his. He’s been good at it his whole life, so he doesn’t have to doubt himself when he plays,” she said.

The idea of busking “was very scary,” said Oakley, since he wasn’t used to playing solo.

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GUITAR: Good-luck charm But he got a street performer’s license, purchased a battery-powered amp for his electric guitar, pulled out his binder of lyrics, and started practising in front of the Music Centre Canada shop on Little Gaetz Avenue, where his former guitar teacher Ray Repp works.

The first change he collected was $1.87 — so he put that amount into his collection jar every time he set up to play at the Saturday morning farmer’s market.

And whether it was due to this goodluck charm, or Oakley’s obvious talent, he became a big hit with market-goers, as well as neighbouring stall operators. “I started to develop a following,” he recalled.

Some vendors liked his playing so much they would hunt him down whenever he tried to move to a different location at the market.

The lady from Paradise Coffee would lure him back to his regular spot, across from her booth, with free smoothies and muffins, while the hummus vendor suggested new Metallica songs for his play list.

“I looked forward to it every week.

It was a friendly atmosphere and it made me want to do more and do better,” said Oakley. “I would add more songs, so they wouldn’t have to listen to the same ones all the time — and they appreciated that. They said some guys come and do four songs all day long, over and over. But I had a list of 40 songs.”

Denise remained by his side as he busked. She said she enjoyed watching her husband be transported to a carefree place. “When he closes his eyes and plays — he calls it noodling— he goes into his own world and forgets everything else.”

Oakley’s descent into dementia is admittedly harder for her to bear than it is for him. “I’ll be honest with you, I’m a complete wreck,” said Denise, who stopped working as a finance manager so she can stay home and spend more time with him.

Oakley doesn’t find his condition as upsetting, since his lack of shortterm memory ensures he lives in the moment. “I can think about it right now, but in four minutes it won’t be there to think about” — whereas his wife can’t stop thinking about it.

Denise wishes they could have spent more of their lives together. As it happened, they dated as 14-yearolds at Glendale Junior High School until both of their families moved away from Red Deer. They then lost touch for a couple of decades and both forged partnerships with others that didn’t work out in the long run.

After splitting from her first husband, Denise met a mutual friend who was in touch with Oakley. In June,

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Innisfail singer Corby Oakley, at home with his guitar.

2009, she sent him a Facebook message saying “do you remember me?”

Oakley never forgot her. He would think of the teenage Denise sitting on a basement deep freezer, watching him rehearse with his first band. She would dream up KISS-like costumes, and figure out how to make rock boots with seven-inch platform soles.

“She was always so supportive, always encouraging me to play,” he said. “She enjoyed my music as much as I did — which is something I did not have in any other past relationships.”

“He’s my favourite. There’s no one else I would rather listen to,” maintains Denise. “I’ve heard some songs a million times and I never get tired of listening to them. There’s just this pride. You feel it in your chest:

like, that’s my boy …”

When the two junior high school sweethearts met again as adults in their mid-30s, their “second first kiss” sealed the deal, according to Oakley.

They were engaged by July, and married on Sept. 9 of the same year.

Their blended family includes Denise’s two sons and Oakley’s daughter. The youngest 14-yearold son still lives with them and is coping as well as he can with Oakley’s deteriorating health.

Denise said she feels “incredibly lucky” to have found Oakley again and is trying hard to see things from his more adaptative perspective. While she would find it easy to “feel really bad” every day, Denise said she’s trying to “spin” the situation and see it

instead from an angle of gratitude for the time they have had together.

“I’ve always been a make-the-bestof-it kind of guy,” said Oakley. “We saw the Lego Movie ... You know the song, Everything is Awesome? We sing it every morning when we get up,” he added, “because it could always be worse …

“You’ve got to think of the positive things in life.”

The musician is looking into performing at open-mic nights at Red Deer clubs over the winter.

He has also recorded a CD of original music that he wrote over the years, called Decades Ago. It’s available for $10 by calling Oakley at 587-7843348. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Controversial reality TV couple to speak in Red Deer

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

ALBERTA HOME EDUCATION ASSOCIATION CONVENTION 2016

A reality TV couple clouded with controversy will speak at the Alberta Home Education Association’s 2016 convention in Red Deer.

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, stars of the cancelled TLC series 19 Kids and Counting, were confirmed as the keynote speakers early this spring.

Less than a month later Josh, one of the couple’s sons, confessed to allegedly molesting several young girls including four of his sisters about 10 years ago.

The association’s board of directors re-affirmed its decision this week and released a statement on

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its website about its decision.

It said “the controversy surrounding actions taken by Josh Duggar is really old news. The events happened more than a decade ago and were dealt with legally and morally at that time. AHEA does not condone Josh’s behaviour but wishes to follow the example of the victims in this situation who have expressed a desire to forgive and forget.”

As well it noted, “the people who are coming to speak are home educating parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, and not their son Josh.

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when their children make a mistake, it is AHEA’s hope that Jim Bob and Michelle will share what they learned as parents from these difficult experiences — learning of Josh’s behaviour then and now living through the recent media hysteria.”

The convention is slated for April 8 and 9 in Red Deer. Other speakers include Andrew Pudewa, the founder and director of the Institute for Excellence in Writing, authors Linda Lacour Hobar and Josh Chalmers.

Visit www.aheaonline.com for more information. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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NDP applies economic shock therapy Alberta’s summer of promise – and in a rush in the spring: phased-in insecond-guessing – has come to an end. creases in the minimum wage; replacThe province’s first NDP govern- ing the 10 per cent flat tax with five ment has finally set to work in earnest, progressive tax brackets; increasing almost a full six months the corporate tax rate to 12 after being elected. And it per cent from 10 per cent; apparently intends to put and the launch of a full-on Albertans to work as well, oil royalty review. Those based on the budget preinitiatives were about fairsented by Finance Minister ness as well as creating Joe Ceci on Tuesday. some new revenue.

How the inaugural budBut not nearly enough to get of Premier Rachel Notpay for what has followed. ley’s government pays off Cuts to education and will go a long way to anhealth by the previous Proswering critical questions gressive Conservative govabout the validity of all ernment were reversed. those campaign promisThe province also allocated JOHN es. And the validity of the $297-million for flood mitiSTEWART choice Albertans made on gation upstream of Calgary.

May 5 in electing the NDP. Then, Ceci confirmed in the OPNION Talking the talk about budget, the NDP will run investing in infrastructure a record deficit of $6.1 biland protecting core services like ed- lion in the fiscal year ending March 31, ucation and health care is pretty easy 2016. when you start an election campaign The theme is economic diversificaas the third choice. Now, it’s time for tion and job creation, reflected in the the New Democrats to walk the walk. new Department of Economic DevelThe first steps, economically, came opment and Trade. Notley called the

budget a “shock absorber.” It offers $2.1 billion in funding through a variety of institutions to encourage business growth.

The NDP also expects to spend $4.5 billion more on infrastructure over the next five years — on schools, roads, hospitals and seniors housing. In all, Ceci says as many as 37,000 jobs will be created through these initiatives.

Taxes on tobacco and alcohol will rise — again — raising $122 million more for government coffers. In one of the few nods to restraint, MLAs will have their wages frozen for the next four years and Ceci promised, over time, to get health care costs under control.

The province is also cleaning out the government’s contingency fund, which sits at $6.5 billion. It will be depleted by the 2016-17 fiscal year.

Stimulus makes sense in the fragile economic climate in which Alberta finds itself, but it comes at tremendous cost. As Wildrose Leader Brian Jean cautioned, too often government throws good money after bad in an effort to create economic advancement

but fails to get value — or even adequately track the spending and its impact.

Investing in a massive construction agenda makes fiscal sense when your credit is good, interest rates are rock bottom, your province’s infrastructure has not kept pace with explosive growth, and there is a deep pool of tradespeople ready to go to work.

That, in a nutshell, is Alberta in late 2015, a full year after the bottom first dropped out of world oil prices. Tens of thousands of Albertans have lost their jobs. Thousands more small businesses are struggling. Commercial and residential construction projects are drying up.

Successive Progressive Conservative governments failed to spark any significant economic diversification in this province. The Alberta Advantage the Conservatives once boasted about is long gone.

Now it is time to restore Alberta’s vigour.

Troy Media columnist John Stewart is a journalist based in Red Deer and a Troy Media columnist.

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Trail system critical to everyday travel Early this summer, I wrote a column about Red use our trails pretty well the same every day.

Deer’s project to count the users of our trails netThis is probably the most important finding of the work in certain areas. I suggested that people would trails count study so far. Red Deer rightly regards be surprised by the numbers, perhaps even me. our trails network that links our city parks as a recWell, I have to admit I am surprised. While the reational and active-living gem. It is that, and more. city parks department seems pleased that there are Our trails system is also a transportation corridor more than 200,000 crossings a year at the CPR pedes- for people moving through the city to take care of trian/bike bridge (based on usage in the the necessary tasks of their daily lives. three-month study), I actually thought the As such, it is woefully incomplete and numbers would be double or triple that — will never achieve its potential until it is or more. made so.

I had no doubt that the Three Mile We are all very sensitive to the costs of Bend off-leash dog park would rank highthings in local government. Most of all, in ly on user counts, as would Bower Ponds no other area than in sustainable non-car — which always seems to be busy. And it transportation. should surprise no one that trail usage So, as Poth noted in his talk with Adat McKenzie Trails — as pretty a park as vocate reporter Crystal Rhyno this week, any in this town — would count fairly low knowing the numbers is vital to planning (more on that later). our spending for repairs, upgrades and It’s just that, as good as the numbers expansion of our trails network. appear for trails usage in the city, I exBut I would caution planners that GREG pected more. trails usage is not a popularity contest.

NEIMAN I really thought that there would be The CPR Bridge is busy because it is useOPINION points on our trails network that would ful. The trail to the McKenzie Recreation peak above 1,000 crossings on some days.

Area is less busy because it is less useful.

The CPR Bridge, for instance, is a major McKenzie Trails is an end-of-the-road transportation route for non-motorized traffic ac- destination. Unless you are willing to climb almost cessing our city centre, and it was declared “busy” straight up the river escarpment trail to reach Garwith an average of 560 crossings a day. den Heights, there is no place else to go.

(Again with the due notice: I serve on the board of Bower Ponds is a nice destination, too, but from the Central Alberta Regional Trails Society, and am there you can easily reach Riverside Meadows, Oripresident of Red Deer Association for Bicycle Com- ole Park, Fairview, Heritage Ranch, West Park and muting. My bias is clear and unapologetic, as is my downtown without having to reverse course. No interest in this topic.) knock against McKenzie Trails; the numbers there City parks superintendent Trevor Poth reported merely reflect usage of visitors for one purpose: to one interesting item the study uncovered: trails us- enjoy the park. age is an everyday occurrence, not just a weekend or A far larger number of people pass the electrongood-weather thing. There are peaks and surges in ic counters at Bower Ponds because they are going places, of course, but the study found that overall, we somewhere. The same applies to the Devonian Trails

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near Sunnybrook. I suggest that trail is a transportation link as much or more than anything else — and the numbers reflect that.

Here’s a point I want to highlight from this study so far: in the absence of separated bike lanes to make non-car transportation pleasant and safe, our so-called recreational trails are carrying people who choose not to drive to every errand they conduct in their daily lives. Therefor, in order to be useful, the trails need to be linked and networked to the places where people want to go.

In many places, they are not. Along the south bank of the river past the Riverlands construction project the trail is closed and will be for quite some time.

There is a trail in the long-term plan for access from the new roundabout on 67th Street to the Riverbend Recreation Area, as well as all the new housing developments to the south and east. But it’s not complete now, and therefor the existing trails cannot be fully used.

Access from the city’s north side across 67th Street to the whole of the rest of the city is extremely restricted and I see no priority solutions for that in the city’s long-term plans. It’s a barrier many wouldbe cyclists and pedestrians choose not to cross.

All these things affect usage, which is not accounted for (yet) by the city’s otherwise very good study.

In 2013, filmmaker Andreas Mol Dalsgaard produced a watershed documentary titled The Human Scale. You can find it on Netflix and it’s worth a watch. It’s premise, proved by actual experience in several cities, is that planners hugely underestimate the benefits of trails and bike lanes — when they are networked to places where people actually want to go in their daily lives.

That, I think, is the biggest surprise when we continue our study that we have yet to discover.

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Notley, Gallant renew effort on pipeline ENERGY EAST

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and her New Brunswick counterpart Brian Gallant say they’re hoping for a renewed push to get the Energy East pipeline built under incoming prime minister Justin Trudeau. But both agreed specific steps to reduce climate change must work alongside the proposed $12-billion TransCanada line.

Gallant said the record of outgoing Prime Minister Stephen Harper is testament to why fixing climate change is not only good policy but also good business.

“Under the Harper government, no pipelines for oil were built,” Gallant, standing beside Notley, told reporters Thursday at a legislature news conference.

“I believe that one of the reasons for that is because the international community and even Canadians did not feel like the Harper government was doing enough when it came to protecting the environment and combating climate change.

“I’m very hopeful that with the Trudeau government that we’re going to be able to build that brand internationally and gain the trust of Canadians that we can develop our natural resources and energy projects in a responsible and a sustainable way.”

The Energy East line would take oil from Alberta and Saskatchewan across the country to refineries and ports in the East, including New Brunswick.

Notley agreed that Alberta and New Brunswick are the “bookends” on the project.

“You can see Alberta as the push

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Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant speak with media after a meeting in Edmonton on Thursday. and New Brunswick as the pull in terms of getting that pipeline approved,” she said.

Both Gallant and Notley hope to go “to all parts of Canada to talk about the benefits of this pipeline to not just Alberta and New Brunswick but frankly to all Canadians and to talk about the import of our energy industry to the Canadian economy,” Notley said.

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“The thing that gets me is people are so mean that they are threatening (the family) and it’s not the family,” she added.

“Just leave the family alone and wait until the justice system figures out what really happened and let’s hope for the best.”

LETHBRIDGE, — A man accused of killing a two-year-old Alberta girl and her father will require further psychiatric assessment before it is determined if he is fit to stand trial.

Derek Saretzky, 22, is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and Terry Blanchette.

He appeared via closed-circuit television in a Lethbridge courtroom on Thursday.

Saretzky was initially sent for a 30-day review of his mental health, but the judge was told that doctors at the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre in Calgary require more time because “they were not yet done with their analysis.”

The matter is to return to court Nov. 26.

Saretzky was charged in the two deaths in the Crowsnest Pass area of southwestern Alberta last month after Blanchette’s body was found in his Blairmore home.

Hailey was discovered a day later in a rural area nearby after an Amber Alert that stretched across Western Canada and into the United OAC* States. Saretzky faces a separate charge of committing an indignity to the little girl’s body.

There were no members of the Blanchette family in court Thursday, but purple ribbons, symbolizing Hailey’s favourite colour, remained tied to parking meters outside (OVER-THE-RANGE) Starting at Starting at the courthouse.

One of Saretzky’s former co-workers made an Starting at starting at appearance to provide him with moral support.

She described him as “a good boy” when she worked with him at the Walmart store in Pincher Creek, Alta., a few years ago.

The woman, who refused to give her name out of fear she could be harassed, said she still finds it hard to believe that Saretzky was charged.

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The party says it raised just over $10 million from July 1 to Sept. 30 — the largest quarterly haul ever for any federal party.

The Conservatives beat the previous quarterly record — $8.2 million raised by the Tories during the 2011 election campaign — by a whopping 23 per cent.

The Liberals, who won the Oct. 19 vote, have yet to reveal how much money they raked in.

During the campaign, New Democrats boasted that they’d set a new record, raising just over $9 million in the third quarter.

However, the Conservatives have now surpassed the NDP take by more than $1 million.

The NDP did have more donors, however, pulling in contributions from 64,145 individuals compared to 63,177 who gave money to the Conservatives.

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VANCOUVER — A girls’ soccer team on northern Vancouver Island has been sidelined over the club’s salmon farming sponsor and a player’s staunch opposition to the industry.

Jason Elligott of BC Soccer said the team’s play came to a halt over parents’ concerns about media coverage that involved their kids.

“Media were showing up at the field of play, trying to interview players on the team, and the parents of those players didn’t want their children to be exposed to that,” he said.

Anissa Reed said she and her 14-year-old daughter Freyja oppose salmon farming due to environmental concerns such as sea lice and disease, though sponsor Marine Harvest Canada disputes such claims.

The issue involves the company’s sponsorship of one team within the Upper Island Riptide soccer club. Marine Harvest says on its website that it employs more than 10,000 people internationally and raises one-fifth of the world’s salmon.

Reed said she and Freyja moved to Comox so her daughter could play for an under-15 squad but learned about the sponsorship deal in August, months after the team’s tryouts.

“She would never sign up to play for Marine Harvest, but it’s not just that easy to leave,” said Reed, noting the closest competitive club is in Nanaimo, 114 kilometres to the south.

Willie Mitchell, a salmon-farming opponent and member of the NHL’s Florida Panthers, has also weighed in, with a tweet of support for the teen.

In a tweet Tuesday, he offered to sponsor the team himself.

Panthers’ spokesman Mike Lewis said the hockey player will not make any public comments before talking to the girl’s team.

Commercial fishermen also got involved, announcing a gathering on Thursday at the Comox fisherman’s wharf.

The United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union, numerous seafood companies and individual fishermen said they would present the girl with a trust fund so she could continue to play soccer without any sponsorship issues.

Reed said she set up a Facebook page, questioning the sponsorship deal, and discussed her concerns with the club’s steering committee.

A Sept. 14 email summarizes those talks from the club’s point of view.

Steering committee member Sean Arbour said Reed would have to remove social media posts linking the company and club and that she and Freyja could not engage in “sideline chatter” about the company at games, training sessions and events.

Arbour said Freyja, in part, would not have to wear corporate logos or participate in fundraisers using company products. He called the email “strike 1” for the Reeds.

“In the event that the above conditions are not met, a hearing will be necessary to discuss further involvement in the Riptide program,” he said.

Reed said she feared Freyja wouldn’t be allowed to talk to teammates about staying out of team photos bearing the company’s logo.

Marine Harvest said it does not seek sponsorship opportunities but supports community groups unconditionally.

“Marine Harvest’s donations to community groups have not, and will not, and will never, restrict a recipient’s right to voice their opinions or their ability to speak freely,” it said in a news release.

The club declined to comment but released a statement Wednesday, saying it will remain non-partisan, appreciates support from the business community and that its actions were meant to protect a safe, fun and challenging environment.

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—TOM MULCAIR NDP. He did, however, speak personally to defeated candidates the day after the election and also reiterated that he intends to stay on party leader and lead the NDP into the next federal election in four years.

“Absolutely, I am here with a strong delegation, the second strongest in the party’s history,” Mulcair said.

“Three-and-a-half million Canadians, despite the (Liberal) wave, put their trust in the NDP’s vision.”

He intends to hold the Liberals to their numerous promises.

“The tone for us, from the start, is going to be: ‘This is what you said you would do. Will you do it?”’

Until then, Mulcair intends to champion the issue of Syrian refugees, of which prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau has promised to bring some 25,000 to Canada by the end of the year — a colossal logistical challenge. The Liberals will be measured by what they can actually deliver, he added.

A former provincial environment minister, Mulcair will also be active on the climate change file.

Mulcair said he read that prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau has invited opposition parties and provincial premiers to attend the UN Conference on Climate Change, taking place Nov. 30 to Dec. 11 in Paris.

The NDP leader said he hasn’t received an invite — formal or informal — but would be delighted to participate and lend his experience. Mulcair wants to see Canada adopt a target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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OTTAWA — NDP Leader Tom Mulcair will ask defeated MPs and party veterans to examine what went wrong during the election campaign that cost him half of his caucus.

In an interview with The Canadian Press, Mulcair said Thursday he will set up a committee of between four to six people — a mix of former MPs and party stalwarts — to examine the reasons behind the loss.

“I especially want to make sure that we learn the lessons that need to be learned from this campaign,” Mulcair said in an interview in his office, filled with boxes as he and his staff prepare to move to a still-undetermined location.

Asked if he had an idea of who would sit on such a panel, Mulcair said he’s just getting started on the names.

“I’m just compiling a list today and we will look at this over the next week,” Mulcair said.

Possible candidates include veterans like Megan Leslie, Jack Harris, Pat Martin, Peter Stoffer and Nycole Turmel, all of whom were defeated in last week’s vote.

Former party leader like Ed Broadbent could also make the list.

Mulcair said he wants a report on the party’s defeat by the end of January. The NDP, which held 95 House of Commons seats before the campaign began, emerged with just 44 seats — a crushing result, considering the party was topping most polls at the beginning of August.

In 2011, Jack Layton won 103, seats thanks in part to the so-called Orange Wave that swept Quebec.

Defeated parties usually have a tradition of inviting defeated MPs to the inaugural caucus meeting following the election, but Mulcair said that won’t be happening in the case of the

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Increase in youth vote emboldens student groups to push Liberals on promises

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Student groups say young voters — a group that typically registers some of the lowest turnout levels in the country — cast more ballots in last week’s federal election than they did four years ago.

The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations estimates that youth voter turnout was up by about 10 per cent since 2011, based on consultations with member campuses.

The exact number won’t be known until Elections Canada releases detailed breakdowns of voter turnout in the coming months.

Elections Canada numbers show 70,231 people came out to special offices set up on 38 campuses during a four-day stretch prior to advance voting, which took place over the Thanksgiving long weekend.

The offices were established as part of a pilot project to get more students out to vote.

The Canadian Federation of Students said the wait time at some campuses was as long as an hour: More than 400 students crammed the special office on the Ryerson University campus in downtown Toronto on the Wednesday before the long weekend, while Memorial University in St. John’s saw 1,100 students line up out the door on the last day the office was open.

CFS national chairperson Bilan Arte said the numbers help to undermine the reputation of young people as politically apathetic.

The figures have emboldened student groups to lobby the incoming Liberal government to make it easier to pay for post-secondary school and to create jobs for young people upon graduation.

“We need to make sure that the Trudeau government not only does what it said it would do, but actually goes beyond that,” Arte said.

Viviane Bartlett, CASA interim executive director, said students believed they had their voices heard during the election and her group “will be here to ensure the government continues to listen during their four-year mandate.”

The Liberals have made sweeping promises to make it easier for students to pay for school and to get a job upon graduation.

The Liberals have promised to spend $1.47 billion over four years on a youth job strategy that promises to create 40,000 jobs for young people in each of the next three years and waive employment insurance premiums for 12 months for businesses who give a full-time job to anyone 18 to 24.

The Grits are also planning to eliminate education tax credits for books and put the approximately $2 billion in savings towards non-repayable grants to students, a move student groups say should make it easier to pay for an education.

“But it doesn’t do very much to actually address the systemic issues that we have around access across the country,” Arte said. “It doesn’t address high tuition fees that continue to skyrocket from coast to coast. It doesn’t present a national vision for post-secondary education.”

Those issues are likely to come up when CASA officials wander on to Parliament Hill as part of their annual lobbying blitz where they have some 150 meetings with cabinet ministers, MPs, senators and top civil servants.

“Our job really is to work with the government in a collaborative manner to ensure that there is an investment in the issues that matter to students,” Bartlett said.

SAINT-JEROME, Que. — A defence witness testified Thursday that Guy Turcotte’s mental state the night he stabbed his two children to death prevented him from developing an intent to kill.

Dominique Bourget was back on the stand for a second day at the former doctor’s first-degree murder trial in the February 2009 slayings of his two young children.

Bourget told the jury she believes the acts were the product of man whose brain was profoundly sick.

His brain was not working like a normal person’s, Bourget said, adding that Turcotte was disconnected from reality.

“He was in a state of mental confusion and was out of touch with reality,” she said. “He was thinking so much about dying, he was no longer thinking of anything else.”

Turcotte, 43, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of Olivier, 5, and Anne-Sophie, 3.

He has admitted to causing their deaths but his lawyers are arguing he should be found not criminally responsible by way of mental disorder.

Bourget, a forensic psychiatrist with a specialty in domestic homicides, is crucial to that defence.

On Wednesday, she told the court that Turcotte was suffering from an adjustment disorder, exhibiting signs of anxiety and depression with obsessive-compulsive traits.

She also said Turcotte was in an acute suicidal crisis.

Turcotte told jurors at his trial last week that on Feb. 20, 2009, he had decided to end his life and began drinking windshield washer fluid — which contains methanol. As he went about his plan, he decided to bring his children with him.

Bourget testified Thursday that Turcotte was not thinking of killing his children the night they died.

“For him, at that moment it’s not to kill, it’s to bring his children with him,” she said.

She said this logic was clearly faulty and irrational.

“We understand that this way of thinking is highly abnormal and can be explained, in Mr. Turcotte’s case, by the presence of psychiatric illness,” she wrote in her July 2015 report.

She said a parent who is contemplating suicide doesn’t think about killing, but rather about an “expanded suicide” because a good parent doesn’t want to abandon their child and leave them behind.

His actions are all the more “absurd,” she said, “because he’s causing them to suffer (by killing them)” to spare them the suffering of finding their father dead. Bourget testified at Turcotte’s first trial in 2011 and saw him again in July 2015 to make a second report.

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Prime minister designate Justin Trudeau hugs a supporter as he leaves the stage after a welcome rally in Ottawa.

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Former Manitoba health minister who challenged premier has new union job

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WINNIPEG — A former Manitoba health minister who challenged Premier Greg Selinger and ran unsuccessfully in the federal election has a new job.

Erin Selby will start next week as a negotiator for one of the province’s largest unions — local 832 of the United Food and Commercial Workers.

Selby was one of five ministers who questioned Selinger’s leadership last year and stepped down from cabinet.

She supported another rebel minister, Theresa Oswald, in a leadership contest that Selinger survived by a mere 33 votes.

Selby resigned her legislature seat in September to run for the federal NDP in St. Boniface-St. Vital, where she finished third.

Selby’s new employer represents more than 15,000 workers in Manitoba, and its president, Jeff Traeger, endorsed Selinger during the leadership race.

Selby declined an interview request Thursday and directed questions to Traeger, who was not immediately available for comment.

Quebec public security minister on temporary sick leave Quebec’s public security minister is taking a leave of absence to deal with an unspecified illness.

A spokeswoman for Lise Theriault, who is also the province’s deputy premier, says she is stepping aside for an indefinite period and wouldn’t say when she’ll return.

Theriault has been on the defensive ever since news broke that several native women in the town in northwestern Quebec accused provincial police officers of physical and sexual abuse going back several years.

The Opposition has called for her resignation over what they call her mismanagement of the investigation into the abuse allegations.

Municipal Affairs Minister Pierre Moreau will take over Theriault’s duties during her absence.

Thousands petition Winnipeg city hall over funding for road for isolated reserve WINNIPEG — More than 3,000 people are petitioning Winnipeg city hall to make good on a commitment to help build a road for a reserve cut off by an aqueduct which provides fresh water to the city.

The petition was started over concerns that Winnipeg is backing away from its promise to fund construction of an all-weather road for the Shoal Lake 40 First Nation.

The reserve — on the Manitoba-Ontario boundary — was cut off from the mainland a century ago during construction of the aqueduct.

The reserve has been under one of the longest boil-water advisories in Canada and its plight became an issue during the recent federal election campaign.

Christian musician Steve Bell started the petition and says the city doesn’t appear prepared to put money in this year’s budget for the project.

He says if the city doesn’t budget for the road this year, it will delay construction of the much-needed road.

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Toronto police issue warrants for Pan-Am athletes in sexual assault case Toronto police have issued warrants for the arrest of two members of the Brazilian soccer team who competed at this summer’s Pan Am Games.

Police say Andrey Da Silva Ventura and Lucas Domingues Piazon are wanted in connection with a sexual assault that took place towards as the Games were winding to a close.

They allege the players encountered the 21-year-old victim at a downtown club on July 25 and then returned to her home.

Police allege both men sexually assaulted the victim after she fell asleep, and then fled the scene.

Police say both Ventura and Piazon are currently out of the country.

They say the men would have to be extradited to Canada if they are to face charges. Police have another warrant out for member of the Brazilian water polo team in another sexual assault case in July as the Games were ongoing.

Manitoba Mounties ask for help to find suspects who assaulted elderly man on farm ROSSBURN, Man. -- RCMP in western Manitoba need the public finding suspects who terrorized an elderly man on a farm north of Rossburn.

Police say early Tuesday morning, three masked men with weapons tied up and assaulted the man at his farm home north of Rossburn.

The senior was hospitalized and is recovering. RCMP believe the man was intentionally targeted. Two of the three suspects were caught on camera.

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New Zealand has circulated a draft U.N. resolution reaffirming the twostate solution as the only path to peace between Israel and the Palestinians and calling on the Security Council and key international players to assist the two sides in preparing for negotiations.

But the draft, obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, is almost certain to raise objections from the Israelis over its call for a halt to settlement expansion and from the Palestinians over its call to refrain “from referring a situation” concerning Israel to the International Criminal Court.

The Palestinians joined the court in April and the ICC’s chief prosecutor has opened a preliminary investigation of alleged Israeli war crimes.

The draft demands that Israel and the Palestinians take steps “to end the violence, avoid incitement and protect civilians.”

San Diego man pleads guilty to lying to U.S. officials about participating in Syrian conflict SAN DIEGO — A Syrian-American man from San Diego has pleaded guilty to lying to U.S. officials about knowing a member of the extremist Islamic State group and about participating in combat against the Syrian regime.

Mohamad Saeed entered his plea Thursday in federal court to two counts of making false statements involving international terrorism.

The statements were made in March to FBI and State Department officials during a terrorism-related interview at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey.

In his plea agreement, Saeed said he did know a member of the Islamic State in Iraq, and that while in Syria he fought alongside Al Nusrah, an alQaida-linked terrorist organization.

He had denied both things when questioned by U.S. officials.

Prosecutors and defence attorneys plan to jointly recommend a sentence of eight years.

Fire hits Ukraine arsenal, setting off explosions MOSCOW — Ukrainian news reports say a large fire in a military arsenal in an eastern town is setting off explosions and at least person is believed to have been killed.

The fire began Thursday evening in Svatove, which is under government control although near areas controlled

by Russia-backed separatist rebels.

The deputy head of the regional administration, Yuri Klimenko, said one person was believed to have died and another four wounded, according to the Interfax news agency.

There was no immediate determination of what set off the fire.

Uruguayan president, trained oncologist, assists French girl in distress on flight to Paris MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez has put his old profession as physician to use — helping revive a young French woman on a flight to Paris.

Vazquez spokesman Jose Luis Veiga told The Associated Press on Thursday that the incident happened on Monday.

Veiga says the pilot asked over loudspeakers if a doctor was on board.

Vazquez and his medical team got up and assisted.

Veiga says the 17-year-old appeared to be choking. When her breathing didn’t improve, Vazquez and his medical team gave her an injection, which revived her.

Veiga says the incident “could have been very serious.”

The girl had competed in a hockey tournament in Argentina and apparently ate a food that contained nuts, which she is allergic to.

Vasquez was travelling to France for a state visit.

Pakistan police say roadside bomb in southwest has killed local tribal elder, 6 others QUETTA, Pakistan — A tribal police official says a roadside bomb in southwestern Pakistan has targeted a local tribal elder, killing him and six of his associates.

The official, Abdul Wali, says the attack on Thursday night killed Mir Gul Khan and six others as they were travelling in a convoy on the outskirts of the city of Quetta.

Wali says no one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

The bodies of the seven were taken to a hospital morgue.

Quetta is the capital of Baluchistan province, which has long been the scene of a low-level insurgency by Baloch separatist groups.

Rival tribal groups also often target each other’s men over lingering feuds.

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An electrifying performance HUNTING HILLS LIGHTNING SCORE 30 POINTS IN THE FINAL 24 MINUTES TO THUMP THE LACOMBE RAMS

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Lightning 47 Rams 7 The Hunting Hills Lightning treated the Great Chief Park audience to a second-half light show Thursday and left the Lacombe Rams in the dark.

The Central Alberta High School Football League’s most explosive squad erupted for 30 points in the final 24 minutes and thumped the Rams 47-7 in a City Division semifinal.

Up 17-7 at the half, the Lightning players talked among themselves during the intermission.

The over-riding theme of the pep talk?

“Just that we had to play Hunting Hills football,” said running back Brandt Burzuk, who scored four touchdowns. “Our system came together and everything ended up working out.”

The Lightning will face the winner of today’s 6 p.m. semifinal between the Lindsay Thurber Raiders and Notre Dame Cougars at Great Chief in the division championship game Nov. 7. It will mark the Lightning’s sixth straight appearance in the final.

“It feels amazing,” said Burzuk, who opened the scoring a mere 49 seconds into the contest after Kaden Hall returned the opening kickoff to the Lacombe two-yard line.

Burzuk ran 46 yards for another major six minutes later and the Lightning were up 14-0 after one quarter. Eder Arias booted a 30-yard field goal in the second quarter to extend the lead, before the visitors recorded their lone score of the contest, quarterback Jonathan Ericson hooking up with Logan Ellis on an 80-yard pass-and-run play 2:21 before the break.

“We’ve had some lulls this season,” said Lightning head coach Kyle Sedgwick. “It’s weird, some games our second quarter is bad, some games it’s the third quarter.

“In the second quarter we had a bit of a lull. In the second half we finally clued in. We have a lot of Grade 12s this year and they realized if they didn’t get it going the season was over … 17-7 at the half, it’s anybody’s ball game.”

Burzuk scampered 50 yards up the middle for a touchdown 2:25 into the third quarter and three minutes later Zech Pilgrim hauled in a pass from Eric Thomson and scored on a play that covered 55 yards.

Burzuk’s fourth major of the evening came on a 58-yard run 36 seconds into the fourth quarter and Alex Sugrue scored on a four-yard run late in the

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Hunting Hills Lightning ball carrier Brandt Burzuk breaks a tackle by Lacombe Ram William O’Keefe on his way to scoring a first quarter touchdown at Great Chief Park Thursday night. contest. Eder Arias converted all six touchdowns and added a 30-yard field goal, and the Rams conceded a safety.

“Our leaders had to lead tonight and they did,” said Sedgwick. “But that’s a young team over there and they’re going to be good. They gave us a battle tonight, for sure.”

The Rams’ defence was particularly effective in the second quarter.

“But we just chipped away,” said Sedgwick. “They ran without a safety quite a bit and had (star receiver David) Mueller playing some linebacker.

Draisaitl doubles down in Oilers comeback win over Habs THE CANADIAN PRESS Oilers 4 Canadiens 3 EDMONTON — Season debuts don’t get much better than the one Leon Draisaitl had on Thursday.

Draisaitl scored a pair of goals in his first game of the season — including the winner with 1:02 to play in regulation — as the Edmonton Oilers erased a three-goal deficit for a 4-3 victory over the league-leading Montreal Canadiens.

Draisaitl was called up earlier in the day from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League and missed the morning skate.

“My flight landed at 2:30 p.m., I went to the hotel, ate quick, and came to the rink,” said Draisaitl, the Oilers’ third-overall selection in the 2014 NHL draft.

“For me personally, it feels good, but this game was really important for the team as well.

Not folding our hands and coming back from down 3-0, that shows the character in the room.”

Draisaitl only scored twice in 37 games last season with Edmonton.

Brandon Davidson and Benoit Pouliot also scored for the Oilers (4-7-0), who ended a three-game skid.

“Obviously they are the NHL’s best team over there,” said Oilers forward Connor McDavid, who recorded two assists to extend his points streak to seven games. “It feels pretty special to come back like that against them.

“We have been finding ways to lose games and having teams come back on us in the third period. To do it the other way around feels pretty good.”

Brendan Gallagher, Torrey Mitchell and Alex Galchenyuk scored for the Canadiens (9-2-0), who have lost two in a row after starting the season with nine straight victories.

“We had a really strong start, we were playing the right way and we started the second period wrong,” said Montreal head coach Michel Therrien. “We tried to be fancy and it was really frustrating to see our team play that way and we got what we deserved.”

Montreal started the scoring midway through the opening period with a power-play goal, as Gallagher tipped a P.K. Subban shot past Oilers goalie Cam Talbot for his fifth of the season.

The Canadiens made it 2-0 with three minutes to play in the first as Mitchell stripped a puck from defender Oscar Klefbom and beat

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Montreal Canadiens’ Brendan Gallagher (11) is checked by Edmonton Oilers’ Mark Fayne (5) during NHL action in Edmonton, on Thursday.

Talbot high to the glove side, also his fifth goal of the campaign.

A minute later the Habs took a three-goal advantage as a big bounce off the boards came to Andrei Markov in the corner and he made a perfect pass through the crease to Galchenyuk for his second goal of the year.

Edmonton finally got one past Montreal goalie Carey Price with 52 seconds left in the second period as a chip shot by Draisaitl on the power play hit the netminder and was ruled over the line despite being gloved out of the air

by Alexi Emelin.

The Oilers almost scored early in the third, but Subban incredibly knocked a Pouliot shot that was heading into the net out of the air and sent it down the ice.

Edmonton made it 3-2 six minutes into the period as a Davidson point shot deflected off defender

Jeff Petry and into the Montreal net for his first of the season.

The Oilers tied the game 3-3 midway through the third as Connor McDavid sprung Pouliot for a breakaway and he scored his third of the year.

Edmonton completed the comeback as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins fed it out front to Draisaitl for his second of the contest.

Calgary is the next opponent for both teams, as the Canadiens will travel to face the Flames on Friday. Calgary then visits Edmonton on Saturday.

Notes — Price has actually struggled against the Oilers in recent years, coming into the game with a 1-6 record against Edmonton with a 3.71 GAA and an .857 save percentage… Habs winger Alexander Semin was a healthy scratch for the first time this season.

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

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“They just wanted to take away the run and that’s what teams are doing. But Eric Thomson is getting a lot more confident with every series, not just every game. He made some throws tonight and was just a few inches away from a few that would have been game-breakers for us. We need a more balanced attack, but when push comes to shove, Brandt and Kaden Hall carry the mail for us.”

• Elsewhere Thursday, the Stettler Wildcats ripped the visiting Rocky Mountain House Rebels 360 in a Rural Division semifinal. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Anthopoulos parts ways with Blue Jays

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The same day he was named Major League Baseball’s executive of the year, Alex Anthopoulos found himself trying to explain why he was facing unemployment.

In a surprising turn of events, the Toronto Blue Jays parted ways with their chief architect Thursday — less than a week after coming within one inning of forcing Game 7 in the American League Championship Series.

Anthopoulos said it was his choice, with the final decision coming late Wednesday afternoon.

“I just didn’t feel like this was the right fit for me going forward,” Anthopoulos told reporters in a conference call Thursday. “Not an easy (decision).

Obviously everyone knows how I feel about the organization, the city, the country.”

“By no means was this an easy decision but it was one that I felt I needed to make … I own this decision. This is on me 100 per cent,” he added.

It was a classy if confusing exit.

Despite repeated questions, Anthopoulos did not elaborate on why he is leaving, other than to say that he wanted to be true to himself and that the impasse was not due to a financial disagreement. But the GM’s departure comes during a changeover in Jays management with Mark Shapiro, the former Cleveland Indians president, taking over from the departing Paul Beeston as president and CEO. “This decision is solely mine. Mark gave me every opportunity to return. He was sincere in wanting me back … (Team owner) Rogers and Mark were more than generous, I mean extremely generous,” Anthopoulos said. “I don’t know that it’s fair to really get into any specifics out of respect to Rogers, to Mark, to the Blue Jays, to the organization.”

Anthopoulos left more questions than answers.

He said he wanted to be back and that ownership and his new boss wanted him to stay.

But clearly the team’s new landscape was not one he could live with.

He declined to say why it was not a good fit. But he went out of his way to praise Shapiro and Rogers, stressing that the baseball team is in good hands.

“I know this is not an easy day for anybody … I don’t think any of us wanted this to happen.”

Anthopoulos, 38, turned down a five-year contract extension, amid speculation of a difference in vision with Shapiro who does not officially take up his new job until Monday.

Unlike Beeston, Shapiro is a president immersed in the baseball side — and one who clearly has his own views on how to run a club. Shapiro and Anthopoulos don’t appear to be on the same page, although Anthopoulos rejected the suggestion of a power struggle.

Anthopoulos said he did not have another job lined up, although he said his phone “exploded” Thursday once news of his pending departure broke.

“My focus was on the Toronto Blue Jays and it will be really through Saturday, at least. What happens after that, I’ve no idea.”

He said he would take time to “recalibrate” and evaluate his options.

Anthopoulos was named Sporting News’ 2015 Major League Baseball Executive of the Year, as selected by a panel of 47 major-league executives in voting prior to the post-season.

“I’m very honoured and grateful,” said Anthopoulos, the first Jays executive to win the award.

Beeston, an unabashed backer of Anthopoulos, confirmed in a statement earlier Thursday that the team’s popular GM and senior vice-president of baseball operations was leaving.

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THE ICE This week in Rebels history Thrust into an offensive role on a line with Ryan NugentHopkins Josh and Willie Coetzee, Cowen Josh Cowen responded with a two-goal performance as the Red Deer Rebels doubled the visiting Medicine Hat Tigers 4-2 on Oct. 29 of 2009. “It’s a big plus to play with ‘Hoppy’ and Willie,” said Cowen, who notched his fourth and fifth goals of the season just 18 seconds apart in the opening period. “They create a lot of space for themselves and all I have to do is go to the net.

That’s kind of what we went through at the start of the game, Willie and I. I just stand around the net and try and bang in goals and that’s what happened.

I was pretty happy with myself and the team’s effort.” Coetzee and Nathan Green also tallied for the Rebels, while netminder Darcy Kuemper came up big with 42 saves.

Who’s hot Portland Winterhawks C Dominic Turgeon is riding a six-game Dominic point streak Turgeon dating back to Oct. 16, scoring eight goals and adding four assists during that span. The 19-year-old is the son of former NHL player Pierre Turgeon.

Who’s not Edmonton Oil Kings overage RW Luke Bertolucci contributed Luke nine goals Bertolucci and 26 points in 57 games last season, but this fall has produced only two goals and one assist in 14 games, including just a single assist in the last eight outings.

He said it “It sucks.

I’m not a big fan of losing.

The kid at the other end made some good Daniel saves but at Wapple the end of the day we have to be able to score some goals. There are a lot of good goalies in this league. We just have to find a way.” — Regina Pats goalie Daniel Wapple, to Greg Harder of the Regina Leader-Post, after making 27 saves in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Prince Albert Raiders, who got an outstanding 38-save outing from rookie netminder Ian Scott.

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Pawlenchuk put in the work OFF-SEASON WORKOUT PROGRAM HAS HELPED GET REBELS FORWARD MORE POWER THAT HAS PAID OFF ON THE SCORE SHEET

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR With two multi-talented linemates and an extra five pounds of muscle on his frame, Red Deer Rebels winger Grayson Pawlenchuk is on pace for a 35-goal Western Hockey League season.

And while there is no way of predicting his final goal tally — Pawlenchuk has sniped seven goals and has collected 10 points in 14 games to date — anything in the neighbourhood of his current projection will be a big step up his 2014-15 season total.

The 18-year-old scored nine times and collected 26 points in 72 games last winter, somewhat of a letdown considering he notched seven goals and put up 19 points in his rookie season of 2013-14. Once projected as an NHL entry draft pick, Pawlenchuk was passed over in June, but he’ll get plenty of looks from NHL scouts this season if he continues to perform at his current level.

Skating alongside Ivan Nikolishin and centre Michael Spacek, the Rebels’ top two scorers, has been a boon for Pawlenchuk, who also helped himself with an off-season workout program that focused on adding brawn and power.

“I have two pretty great linemates who are both up there in the league for points. Things have been going pretty well and it helps that I’m playing with those two,” said the Ardrossan product. “But my summer on the ice helped me quite a bit, and my workouts were a lot harder this summer than ever before. I came into the season a little more prepared.”

Pawlenchuk added five pounds of muscle while training under the guidance of Kevin Douglas at Breakthrough Training in Sherwood Park.

“At the start of summer we worked on kind of losing a little weight by burning fat,” he said.

“Then towards the middle and

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Grayson Pawlenchuk is on pace for a 35-goal season and the Red Deer Rebel credits some hard work in the off-season and some great linemates for the increase in production. the end of summer it was about building muscle. We worked out with weights every day.

“Kevin is a great trainer.

Two of the guys who trained in my group are Skyler McKenzie (Portland Winterhawks) and Brendan Guhle (Prince Albert Raiders). Both finished at the top during their team’s fitness testing.”

Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter credited Pawlenchuk’s impressive start to the forward’s off-season work.

“He’s playing on a skilled line, but he’s been a big part of that,” said the Rebels boss.

“He’s a guy who goes to the net hard, plus he’s got some skill

and he shoots the puck.

“He’s also such a dependable player. He plays in all three zones of the ice. He’s stronger this year, he had a great summer of working out and training, and put on some weight. He’s been really good for us.”

Obviously, the six-foot, 186-pound winger would take great pride in being selected in the 2016 NHL entry draft, but he’s not dwelling on the possibility.

“It would be great to be drafted, but I’m not too focused on it,” he said. “If I continue to play well it should happen and if our team is successful this

season there’s a better chance of it happening.

“We’re doing well so far, we just have to keep it up.”

The Rebels will be gunning for their sixth consecutive victory tonight when they host the Spokane Chiefs. Red Deer, at 10-4, is tied for second place in the Eastern Conference.

“The mood with the team is pretty good, but we have to keep it tight,” said Pawlenchuk.

“We can’t let off. If we get too high on ourselves we’ll start losing so we just have to keep on an even keel and keep playing the way we are.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

Hitmen make pair of moves to bolster scoring Mike Moore could wait no longer to right As for Porter, who will replace the rethe good ship Hitmen. assigned Lasse Petersen and will likely be The Calgary Hitmen general manager, back-up for veteran Brendan Burke, once with his team having lost five of their pre- Burke returns from injury … vious seven outings, swung a multi-player “In the goaltenders, with two young guys deal with the Vancouver Giants this week. (Petersen and Kyle Dumba, who will likely Off to the West Coast were defenceman be reassigned once Burke is back) that we Ben Thomas and forward Chase Lang, both saw over the month here that weren’t ready 19; incoming were 20-year-old right winger for a starter role, this provides us with a litJackson Houck, 18-year-old goalie Cody tle more depth in goaltending,” said Moore.

Porter and left winger Jakob Stukel, 18.

“Now we have four real strong goaltenders Porter adds to the Hitmen depth in goal on our list and an opportunity to develop and Stukel is a useful piece up front, but them at the right pace, which is important Houck is the centrepiece of to us.” the deal for the Hitmen.

Moore wasn’t finished there, as “We weren’t scoring he followed the blockbuster trade enough goals and needed to by dealing 18-year-old power fordeal with that,” Moore told ward Terrell Draude to the SaskaJefferson Hagen of the Caltoon Blades in return for a fifthgary Herald. “Jackson Houck round pick in the 2016 WHL bancertainly brings that to our tam draft. club as well as great leaderThe Calgary GM also waived ship and a big strong body overage forward Elliott Peterson to that works hard.” make room for Houck.

Houck, who made his Hit• For Draude, the trade was a men debut Thursday against virtual homecoming. The Edmonthe visiting Spokane Chiefs, ton native moved to Warman, just GREG was the third-leading scornorth of Saskatoon, seven years MEACHEM er on the Giants at the time ago and suited up with the midget of the transaction, with four AAA Contacts for one season when INSIDER goals and nine points in a dozhis teammates included current en games. In 268 WHL conBlades forwards Cameron Hebig tests, he has accumulated 91 goals and 198 and Wyatt Sloboshan. points.

“This is probably my top option so I was Moore wasn’t minimizing the potential of really excited when I found out,” the sixPorter and Stukel. foot-three, 209-pound Draude told Scott “Jacob Stukel is a real quality, speedy, Larson of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix. skilled guy that can score,” he said. “He’s “I played with (Sloboshan) on a line in had some injury issues through his West- midget so hopefully there is some chemisern League career. He blew his knee out try there. I’m a big guy with some skill and at 16, broke a thumb last year, but our guys hopefully can contribute offensively … Use (scouts) were very, very high on him since my size as much as possible and maybe add he was 14 years old, so I don’t think he’s some grit.” seen the best of his hockey days yet.”

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“He’ll fill a top-six (forward) role for us,” Woods said.

“He’s only 18 and he’s from Warman which is an added plus.”

• The Olds Grizzlys’ loss is the Regina Pats’ gain.

Sean Richards, a 16-year-old forward from St. Albert who will celebrate his 17th birthday in December, bolted the AJHL Grizzlys for the Pats late last week, roughly two months after turning down an invitation to the Pats training camp.

The five-foot-11, 180-pound Richards decided instead to return to the Grizzlys, with whom he scored five goals and added six assists in 56 games during the 2014-15 season.

Richards contributed four goals and seven points to the Olds attack this fall before having a change of heart and taking his talents to the Queen City.

“It has always been a dream of mine since I was a kid (to play in the WHL),” Richards told Greg Harder of the Regina Leader-Post. “It was a tough decision coming out of the AJ and ditching my team, kind of, but I thought it was the right decision for me and my career.”

Richards made his Pats debut last Sunday and was held pointless in a 2-1 loss to the visiting Prince Albert Raiders.

• Jesse Gabrielle, whom the Pats shipped to the Prince George Cougars in August, is the WHL player of the week for the period ending Oct. 25.

The 18-year-old forward collected seven points — including five goals — in four games to help the Cougars post a 3-1-0-0 slate for the week. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Developing a love for cross-country Amy Severtson ran cross-country in high school for the fun of it and to stay in shape for her first love, figure skating.

Little did she know it would lead to a place on the RDC cross-country team and a passion for the sport.

“It wasn’t my main focus in high school, but I ran on the side to stay in shape then in Grade 12 it evolved to where I could get a possible scholDANNY arship and run for the colRODE lege. It’s developed to a point LOCAL SPORT where I love the sport and competing for the team.”

The 18-year-old native of Innisfail has enjoyed a strong first year with RDC, consistently finishing second to Jordanna Cota in the team results. She has competed in three Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference Grand Prix races with a seventh-place finish among college runners, in her last start in Camrose, her best showing. She also was 12th and 14th.

“Going into the first race I didn’t know where I stood, but Brian (Stackhouse) did a good job of talking with me about where I want to be at the end of the season. The races are also close together so you know who is around you and you can push yourself to be running in those same groups and hopefully improve your time.

“We had a strong cross-country program in Innisfail, but this is definitely a step up,” said Severtson, who finished in the top 10 in the high school junior division in Grade 10.

Severtson enjoys the team aspect of the RDC team.

“Figure skating is strictly an individual sport,” she said. “Here you run for the team and you train with the team … that’s awesome. Jordanna has real-

ly helped me … she pushes me to improve my times over the year, which I didn’t know I would. I also like the fact the team is mixed and you train and travel together. We have a strong team.”

She’s looking forward to the next three weeks competing in the ACAC championships in Lethbridge Saturday and the Canadians Colleges Athletic Association championships Nov. 13-14 in Brockville, Ont. “I’m looking forward to that,” she said. “I do have a little background in competing so that won’t bother me.”

One of the RDC team’s strongest competition will be Lethbridge College, led by former Innisfail star Emily Lucas.

“We trained together and were good friends, so it will be interesting to compete against her and see how she’s doing,” said Severtson.

But while she’s enjoying her cross-country experience figure skating is still her No. 1 sport.

“I started skating at a young age of two and fell in love with it,” she said. “I first competed at age seven and I’m still going strong.”

Severtson is a member of the Red Deer Skating Club, although she trains out of Canmore and Edmonton.

“They have two divisions here, competitive and recreation,” she said. “Recreation skaters still compete, but I was the only competitive skater and my coach here wanted to step back.’

She trains with skaters at her level from around AlberAmy Severtson ta so it was important to find other clubs, and coaches, to train with. One of her coaches worked with former Red Deer star Jamie Salé and David Pelletier.

Figure skating is a year round commitment, says Severtson.

“In the summer is a big training time with the fall and into winter the competitions. In spring there’s the regrowth and new programs.”

The competition begins in early November.

“The sports double up a bit, but Brian has been great and helps me out when I need the time away,” she said.

Severtson is in her second year of junior, and will move into the senior ranks next season. Over the years she’s has success at the provincial level and competed at the Alberta Winter Games twice and the Western Canada championships. Her goal this year is to advance to the Canadians.

Her strength is jumping.

“I could jump for two hours and love every minute of it, but I do need to work on my spins,” she said. “In competition you need to be technically strong. Just the slightest mistake can drop you 10 spots.”

Her time training with the RDC team has helped her skating.

“I know I’m a lot stronger this year, because of my time with Red Deer College. I think both sports help each other. I know I’m looking forward to what will happen down the road.”

At five-foot-two Severtson is one of the shortest runners on the RDC team, but a perfect height when it comes to skating.

“For skating its a positive, you only see the odd skater who is taller,” she said. “But I’m short when it comes to the starting line.”

Severtson is taking athletic therapy and will be at the college for one year, then transfer to the University of Victoria.

“Only one year here, but I’m glad Brian offered me the chance to come … I couldn’t be happier,” she said. “Victoria has the program I need.”

She hasn’t looked at running for the university, but will continue to skate.

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.

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Red Deer College Queens Nikki Connor and Suze Vanderlinde squeeze NAIT Ook player Livia Lucova during second period action at the Arena in Red Deer Thursday.

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Queens take down Ooks

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Queens 3 Ooks 2 The RDC Queens could have been a bit sharper in the third period, but overall they looked like a team that will challenge for the Alberta Colleges Women’s Hockey League title this season as they downed the defending champion NAIT Ooks 3-2 at the Arena Thursday.

“They’re still a tough team, but it was amazing I could feel a different vibe throughout the dressing room all day,” said Queens fifth-year defenceman and captain Casey Nicholson. “From the coaches all the way down there was a different feeling. They’re a well-coached team, but we came out early and played our game.”

The Queens dominated play from the outset as they outshot the Ooks 16-3 in the first period but came out scoreless.

The second period saw the Ooks take the lead when Veronika Kuzelova slid the puck under Alex Frisk while on the power play at 2:24. However the Queens didn’t sit back. In fact they continued to storm the Ooks net and Julia Murrell tied the game at 5:13 when she grabbed a loose puck in front of the NAIT goal and calmly slid it past Shelby Audet.

“In the past we seemed to have letdown when we gave up a goal, but tonight that wasn’t the case,” said Nicholson. “We wanted the puck and wanted to take it to them.”

Keinyn Nordell put the Queens ahead at 12:05 slamming home a puck into the open side after a nice feed from Morgan Fraser. Nikki Connor notched what proved to be the winning goal with 6.9 seconds remaining in the middle stanza when she broke off the point and took a perfect feed from Murrell, who was the RDC player of the game.

The Ooks showed why they’re the defending championship as they came out strong in the third period and Jordyn Tibbatts scored on a rebound at 3:29. From then on they held an edge in play and

dominated territorially over the final 2:30 when they pulled Audet for an extra attacker.

“The girls have to be comfortable protecting the lead,” said Queens head coach Kelly Coulter. “Our game shouldn’t change. We should stay consistent, continue pressuring them and managing the puck … don’t stray from what got us into the lead.

“Tonight they got some momentum and came at us. It was a matter of us needing to execute the way we practice. We have to be more comfortable, but then that will come with time. We did use several rookies tonight.”

Although the Ooks did have pressure over the final 2:30 Nicholson was pleased with the way they hung on.

“We had our veteran defence out there and I thought overall we stayed composed. We tried to do our job and not worry about the fact they had an extra person.”

Overall it was a good solid effort.

“I was very happy with our first two periods,” said Coulter. “We held them to eight shots and put pressure on their defence and took away their deep passes.”

The Queens will need to do more of the same tonight as they visit the Ooks, 2-3.

The win gave the Queens a 4-1 record and first place.

“I’ve been very happy with the way we’ve started the season,” said Nicholson. “We have more depth and talent than we have had and a lot of grit. We have 25 players and five lines and they all play with grit. On defence we have a lot of experience with only one true rookie (Breanne Neudorf).”

Frisk finished with 20 saves while Audet faced 36 shots. The Queens took three of four minor penalties.

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.

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NEW YORK — The man-child on the mound was simply getting some work in, two simulated innings to sharpen up for the World Series.

It was late afternoon at Kauffman Stadium, dimmed by dark clouds on this overcast day in Kansas City, and even his New York Mets teammates wanted no part of 6-foot-6 Noah Syndergaard.

David Wright bounded into the batting cage, watched a few fastballs whizz by like pellets fired from a BB gun, and stepped right back out.

“How are you supposed to hit that?” he asked buddy Michael Cuddyer.

A chuckling group of Mets marveled at Syndergaard’s sizzling cheese the day before the Series opener — but now they’ve placed the heat squarely on their rookie starter. With the National League champs trailing 2-0 in the best-of-seven set, the 23-year-old thunderbolt aptly nicknamed Thor pitches Friday night against Royals right-hander Yordano Ventura.

And the Mets know perfectly well they can’t afford to lose.

“I feel like being able to watch the past two games has really helped me out and helped me devise a game plan,” Syndergaard said.

Both teams cancelled workouts Thursday at Citi Field, all dressed up to host its first World Series with a game featuring two of the best arms in baseball.

Syndergaard’s fastball averaged 97.1 mph during the regular season, the highest velocity of any major leaguer who pitched at least 150 innings, according to STATS. The 24-year-old Ventura ranked third at 96.3 mph.

In the NL playoffs, Syndergaard threw 22 pitches at least 100 mph and topped out at 101, STATS said.

Ventura can touch the century mark, too.

“Right now I’m not worried about velocity at all. I just want to go deep in the game,” Ventura said, with teammate Christian Colon translating.

But while Syndergaard certainly brings it, so do Mets aces Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom. And despite their 95-98 mph heat, neither one was able to throttle a Royals lineup that’s mastered the lost art of consistently making solid contact.

“This team likes the fastball,” said ALCS MVP Alcides Escobar, the first batter Syndergaard will face.

Kansas City’s aggressive leadoff man is batting .364 with 12 runs, eight RBIs and seven extra-base hits this post-season.

“It’s something else being able to watch Escobar walk up there and swing at the first pitch almost every single game,” Syndergaard said. “I have a few tricks up my sleeve that I’ll be able to break out tomorrow night. I’m looking forward to it.”

Scolded by Wright in spring training for eating lunch in the clubhouse during an intrasquad game, Syndergaard acknowledged a rookie mistake and agreed he should have been on the bench looking to learn something.

And despite all the attention his fastball draws, the rapid development of Syndergaard’s secondary pitches has been the key to his immediate success.

“The amount of confidence that I’ve gained throughout this entire season and the journey has been an unbelievable experience for me,” he said.

After making his major league debut in May, Syndergaard picked up a two-seamer that runs to his arm side and fine-tuned his changeup. He gained control of his sharp slider without losing the ability to bend in that slower curveball.

Veteran teammate Michael Cuddyer used the words maturity, transformation and evolution in describing Syndergaard’s season.

“We’re really excited to see him on this stage and see him pitch tomorrow night, and very confident to have him out on the mound,” Cuddyer said.

All the improvements along the way helped Syndergaard finish 9-7 with a 3.24 ERA and 166 strikeouts in 150 innings — not to mention a long home run to straightaway centre field.

Then the right-hander went 1-1 with a 2.77 ERA in three NL playoff games, including his first career relief appearance.

Powerful arm, swift progression.

“He’s a very fast learner,” Mets manager Terry Collins said. “He has no fear.”

Ventura generates velocity with a whip of his slender frame, perhaps generously listed at 6-feet tall. Syndergaard, by contrast, is a 240-pound hammer who revels in his larger-than-life image.

With long, golden locks flowing out from beneath his baseball cap, 11 letters to that unusual last name arched around his shoulders on the back of a Mets jersey, Syndergaard resembles some sort of Viking pitcher sent from the ancient past.

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports Today • Senior high volleyball: Hunting Hills girls/boys tournament; first matches at 8:30 a.m., final matches at 7 p.m.

• College basketball: SAIT at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow.

• Peewee AA hockey: Airdrie at Olds, 6:45 p.m.

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

• College men’s hockey: SAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.

• High school football: City Division semifinal— Notre Dame vs. Lindsay Thurber, 6:00 p.m., Great Chief Park.

• Midget AA hockey: Central Alberta at Red Deer Elks, 8 p.m., Arena.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

Saturday • Senior high volleyball: Hunting Hills girls/boys tournament; first matches at 9 a.m., quarter-finals at 10:15 and 11:30 a.m., semifinals at 12:30 p.m., bronze matches at 2:30 p.m., gold matches at 3:45 p.m.

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Rockyview at Red Deer Strata Energy, 11:30 a.m., Arena.

• Peewee AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer Parkland, 12:30 p.m., Kinsmen A. • High school football: Playoffs, teams and times TBA. • Major bantam hockey: Southeast at Red Deer, 2 p.m., Arena.

Kansas City 2, New York 0 Tuesday, Oct. 27: Kansas City 5, N.Y. Mets 4, 14 innings Wednesday, Oct. 28: Kansas City 7, N.Y. Mets 1 Friday, Oct. 30: Kansas City (Ventura 13-8) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 9-7), 6 p.m.

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

• Midget AAA hockey: Sherwood Park at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena.

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

• Midget AA hockey: Cranbrook at Olds, 7:30 p.m.

• Bantam AA hockey: Taber at West Central, 8 p.m., Sylvan Lake.

Sunday • Major bantam hockey: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer, noon, Arena.

• Peewee AA hockey: West Central at Olds, 12:15 p.m.

• Bantam AA hockey: Taber at Red Deer Ramada, 1:45 p.m., Kinsmen A; Central Alberta at Olds, 2:45 p.m.

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

• Midget AAA hockey: Grande Prairie at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Arena.

• Midget AA hockey: Olds at Central Alberta, 3:45 p.m., Blackfalds.

• Men’s basketball: Grandview Allstars vs. Washed Up Warriors, Monstars vs.

Wells Furniture, Henry’s Eavestroughing vs. Sheraton Red Deer, 4:15 p.m.; Orangemen vs. Carstar, NWS Axemen vs. Lacombe All Sports Cresting, Triple A Batteries vs. Johns Manville, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber.

• WHL: Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 6 p.m.

(The Drive).

Saturday, Oct. 31: Kansas City (Young 11-6) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 4-0), 6 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 1: Kansas City (Volquez 13-9) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 13-8), 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 3: N.Y. Mets at Kansas City, 6:07 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 4: N.Y. Mets at Kansas City, 6:07 p.m.

Soccer Major League Soccer Playoffs KNOCKOUT ROUND Eastern Conference Wednesday, Oct. 28: New England 1, D.C. United 2 Thursday, Oct. 29: Toronto 0, Montreal 3 Western Conference Wednesday, Oct 28: LA Galaxy 2, Seattle 3 Thursday, Oct. 29: Sporting Kansas City (6) at Portland (3), late CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Eastern Conference New York Red Bulls (1) vs. lowest-seeded KO round winner Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 1: New York Red Bulls at TBD Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 8: TBD at New York Red Bulls Columbus (2) vs. other KO round winner

Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 1: Columbus at TBD Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 8: TBD at Columbus Western Conference FC Dallas (1) vs. lowest-seeded KO round winner Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 1: FC Dallas at TBD Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 8: TBD at FC Dallas Vancouver (2) vs. other KO round winner Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 1: Vancouver at TBD Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 8: TBD at Vancouver CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP Eastern Conference Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 22: TBD Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 29: TBD Western Conference Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 22: TBD Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 29: TBD MLS CUP Sunday, Dec. 6: TBD

Golf CIMB Classic Thursday At Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Purse: $7 million Yardage: 6,985 Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Scott Piercy 31-31—62 Hideki Matsuyama 32-33—65 Jason Gore 31-35—66 Alex Cejka 33-33—66 Cameron Smith 30-36—66 Charles Howell III 34-32—66 Keegan Bradley 32-34—66 Spencer Levin 33-34—67 Morgan Hoffmann 31-36—67 Kevin Na 33-34—67 Matt Jones 34-33—67 Brendan Steele 33-34—67 Ryan Moore 33-34—67 Branden Grace 34-33—67 Scott Hend 32-35—67 Patrick Reed 32-36—68 Adam Scott 34-34—68 Scott Brown 34-34—68 Justin Thomas 36-32—68 Chad Campbell 34-34—68 Padraig Harrington 32-36—68 Troy Merritt 35-33—68 Stewart Cink 36-32—68 Jason Dufner 34-35—69 Rory Sabbatini 34-35—69 Brendon De Jonge 35-34—69 Ryo Ishikawa 33-36—69 Jon Curran 33-36—69 Robert Streb 33-36—69 Paul Casey 34-35—69 Kevin Chappell 35-34—69 Scott Pinckney 33-36—69 Greg Owen 34-36—70 David Hearn 35-35—70 Russell Knox 35-35—70 Zac Blair 36-34—70 Sergio Garcia 36-34—70 Anirban Lahiri 34-36—70 John Senden 33-37—70 Hudson Swafford 35-35—70 Kyle Reifers 35-35—70 Cameron Tringale 35-35—70 Nick Watney 36-34—70 James Hahn 35-35—70 Ben Martin 35-35—70 Brian Harman 35-35—70 Jim Herman 35-35—70 Paul Peterson 36-34—70 Colt Knost 34-36—70 Marc Leishman 34-37—71 Kevin Kisner 36-35—71 Richard T. Lee 38-33—71 Chesson Hadley 36-35—71 Pat Perez 32-39—71 Ben Crane 34-37—71 Danny Chia 35-36—71 Henrik Stenson 34-37—71 Harris English 37-34—71 Tony Finau 35-36—71 Carlos Ortiz 35-36—71

FRIDAY, OCT. 30, 2015

Hockey

Baseball WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7 x-if necessary)

B4

Daniel Summerhays Ben Leong Prayad Marksaeng Ernie Els SSP Chawrasia Andrew Dodt Matt Every Steven Bowditch David Lingmerth Jerry Kelly Danny Lee Mardan Mamat Nick Taylor Luke Donald Gary Woodland Arie Ahmad Irawan Daniel Berger John Peterson

35-36—71 37-34—71 34-38—72 35-37—72 35-37—72 37-35—72 37-35—72 35-38—73 38-35—73 36-37—73 34-39—73 35-39—74 38-36—74 34-40—74 38-37—75 39-36—75 40-36—76 38-42—80

Blue Bay LPGA Thursday At Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Course Hainan Island, Japan Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,778 Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Xi Yu Lin 33-34—67 Austin Ernst 34-34—68 Sei Young Kim 36-34—70 Ryann O’Toole 36-34—70 Jane Park 37-33—70 Jenny Shin 36-34—70 Candie Kung 33-38—71 Brittany Lang 38-33—71 Stacy Lewis 35-36—71 Caroline Masson 35-36—71 Danielle Kang 37-35—72 Kim Kaufman 36-36—72 Ilhee Lee 38-34—72 Mirim Lee 35-37—72 Mariajo Uribe 37-35—72 Q Baek 35-38—73 Shanshan Feng 37-36—73 Sandra Gal 38-35—73 Haru Nomura 35-38—73 Ziqi Ye 35-38—73 Sun Young Yoo 38-35—73 Carlota Ciganda 38-36—74 Ariya Jutanugarn 38-36—74 Christina Kim 39-35—74 Mi Hyang Lee 38-36—74 Minjee Lee 37-37—74 Suzann Pettersen 38-36—74 Pornanong Phatlum 38-36—74 Alena Sharp 37-37—74 Yani Tseng 37-37—74 Jing Yan 38-36—74 a-Yunjie Zhang 40-34—74 Na Yeon Choi 39-36—75 Moriya Jutanugarn 39-36—75 Jessica Korda 36-39—75 Inbee Park 37-38—75 Morgan Pressel 36-39—75 Yuting Shi 37-38—75 Jennifer Song 35-40—75 Kris Tamulis 37-38—75 Ayako Uehara 35-40—75

MASTERS GRAND SLAM OF CURLING

Ottawa’s Rachel Homan still undefeated

Swift Current at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF Prince Albert 14 11 2 0 1 57 Brandon 14 9 3 0 2 60 Moose Jaw 12 7 3 1 1 47 Saskatoon 13 6 4 3 0 46 Regina 12 6 5 1 0 34 Swift Current 13 5 6 2 0 36

GA 41 38 35 51 41 41

Pt 23 20 16 15 13 12

Sunday’s games Victoria at Saskatoon, 1 p.m.

Brandon at Moose Jaw, 3 p.m.

Seattle at Calgary, 4 p.m.

Spokane at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Tri-City at Vancouver, 6 p.m.

Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 6 p.m.

Everett at Portland, 6 p.m.

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF 12 10 2 0 0 55 14 10 4 0 0 55 15 7 7 0 1 38 12 5 6 1 0 43 15 4 8 3 0 38 15 3 11 1 0 34

GA 32 39 54 47 53 63

Pt 20 20 15 11 11 7

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF Kelowna 13 9 4 0 0 53 Victoria 14 8 5 0 1 42 Prince George 12 6 6 0 0 33 Vancouver 13 4 7 1 1 41 Kamloops 12 4 8 0 0 34

GA 43 30 33 57 43

Pt 18 17 12 10 8

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Montreal 11 9 2 0 18 Tampa Bay 11 5 4 2 12 Florida 9 5 3 1 11 Ottawa 9 4 3 2 10 Boston 8 4 3 1 9 Detroit 9 4 4 1 9 Buffalo 10 3 7 0 6 Toronto 8 1 5 2 4

GF 39 28 30 29 33 22 23 19

GA 21 28 18 30 29 24 33 28

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF 11 8 2 1 0 41 12 6 6 0 0 38 14 5 7 1 1 38 9 5 3 0 1 21 13 4 8 1 0 42

GA 25 31 56 22 51

Pt 17 12 12 11 9

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts 10 6 2 2 14 10 6 2 2 14 8 6 2 0 12 10 6 4 0 12 10 5 4 1 11 9 4 3 2 10 10 4 6 0 8 10 2 8 0 4

GF 33 28 30 20 25 20 20 22

GA 25 20 21 20 27 26 28 41

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Dallas 10 8 2 0 16 Nashville 9 7 1 1 15 St. Louis 10 7 2 1 15 Minnesota 9 6 2 1 13 Winnipeg 10 6 3 1 13 Chicago 10 6 4 0 12 Colorado 9 3 5 1 7

GF 35 27 27 28 32 20 22

GA 27 17 21 25 26 19 26

Lethbridge Red Deer Calgary Medicine Hat Edmonton Kootenay

Seattle Portland Spokane Everett Tri-City

Thursday’s results Spokane 6 Calgary 3 Edmonton 3 Saskatoon 1 Wednesday’s results Medicine Hat 6 Spokane 2 Prince Albert 4 Edmonton 0 Lethbridge 5 Vancouver 2 Kamloops 6 Prince George 1 Portland 5 Tri-City 2 Brandon 3 Everett 2 (SO)

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 9 6 3 0 12 20 18 Vancouver 10 4 2 4 12 28 22 Arizona 10 5 4 1 11 27 28 San Jose 9 5 4 0 10 24 20 Edmonton 11 4 7 0 8 28 34 Calgary 10 2 7 1 5 20 40 Anaheim 10 1 7 2 4 10 27 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Friday’s games 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.

Wednesday’s Games Ottawa 5, Calgary 4, SO Pittsburgh 3, Washington 1 Nashville 2, San Jose 1

Saturday’s games Seattle at Kootenay, 2 p.m.

Regina at Moose Jaw, 2 p.m.

Rebels vs.

Spokane Chiefs Tonight, 7 p.m., Centrium The Chiefs, with overage LW Adam Helewka scoring twice, dumped the Calgary Hitmen 6-3 Thursday to improve to 5-7-1-1. Spokane is 2-6-1-1 in the last 10 games and sits third in the U.S Division and sixth in the Western Conference … It was Helewka’s second game back with the Chiefs since being reassigned by the San Jose Sharks. He started the season with the San Jose Barracuda of the AHL … Spokane’s leading scorer, RW Kailer Yamamoto, picked up two assists Thursday to boost his points total to 17 (2g,15a). C Markson Bechtold (4-8-12), D Jason Fram (5-6-11), LW

TRURO, N.S. — Ottawa’s Rachel Homan remains undefeated after nine draws of round-robin play at the Grand Slam of Curling Masters tournament.

Homan (3-0) scored two in the sixth end and added one in the eighth to top Sweden’s Margaretha Sigfridsson (0-3) 5-3 in her afternoon match on Thursday.

Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones improved to 2-0 with a 9-2 victory over Switzerland’s Alina Paets in Draw 7 while Val Sweeting (2-0) of Edmonton toppled Binia Feltscher of Switzerland 8-2 in the morning draw.

On the men’s side, Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen is 3-0 after dispatching Calgary’s Pat Simmons (1-2) 8-2 in the afternoon.

Calgary’s Kevin Koe is also 3-0 after defeating Halifax’s Shawn Adams (0-3) 6-2 in evening play, while Brad Gushue (30), of St. John’s. Nfld., remained undefeated with a 6-2 win over Sweden’s Niklas Edin 2-1.

Brad Jacobs, from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., moved to 2-1 by doubling up Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher (1-2) 6-3 in the evening’s final draw.

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

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

Columbus at Washington, 5 p.m.

Colorado at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Boston at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Montreal at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s Games N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 11 a.m.

San Jose at Dallas, 1 p.m.

Nashville at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Washington at Florida, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s summary Oilers 4, Canadiens 3 First Period 1. Montreal, Gallagher 5 (Subban, Plekanec) 9:27 (pp).

2. Montreal, Mitchell 5 (Smith-Pelly) 16:56.

3. Montreal, Galchenyuk 2 (Markov, Flynn) 17:51.

Penalties — Emelin Mtl (hooking) 0:27, Pouliot Edm (holding) 8:36, Subban Mtl (interference) 18:40.

Second Period 4. Edmonton, Draisaitl 1 (Hall, Klefbom) 19:08 (pp).

Penalties — Gryba Edm (holding) 14:55, Fleischmann Mtl (high-sticking) 18:31, Pacioretty Mtl (tripping) 20:00.

Third Period 5. Edmonton, Davidson 1 (Nurse, McDavid) 6:15.

6. Edmonton, Pouliot 3 (McDavid, Yakupov) 10:43.

7. Edmonton, Draisaitl 2 (Nugent-Hopkins) 18:58.

Penalties — Subban Mtl (roughing) 4:13, Pouliot Edm (roughing) 4:13.

Shots on goal Montreal 11 5 5 — 21 Edmonton 5 11 11 — 27 Goal — Montreal: Price (L, 7-2-0) Edmonton: Talbot (W, 3-5-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Montreal: 1-2 Edmonton: 1-4.

Dominic Zwerger (4-6-10) and RW Keanu Yamamoto (3-7-1) are also into double digits for points … The Chiefs limited the Hitmen to 19 shots despite being short-handed on six occasions.

Injuries: Spokane — C Hudson Elynuik (lower body, 4-6 weeks), D Jordan Henderson (lower body, 2-4 weeks). Red Deer — D Josh Mahura (lower body, indefinite), C Jeff De Wit (upper body, day-to-day), LW Evan Polei (upper body, day-today).

Special teams: Spokane — Power play 18 per cent, 15th overall; penalty kill 78.7 per cent, 12th. Red Deer — Power play 24.2 per cent, ninth overall; penalty kill 75.9 per cent, 18th.

Scouting report

Football x-Hamilton x-Ottawa x-Toronto Montreal

GP 16 16 16 16

CFL East Division W L T 10 6 0 10 6 0 9 7 0 6 10 0

West Division GP W L T x-Edmonton 17 13 4 0 x-Calgary 16 12 4 0 B.C. 16 6 10 0 Winnipeg 17 5 12 0 Saskatchewan 16 2 14 0 x — clinched playoff berth.

PF 496 408 392 342

PA 335 420 461 332

Pt 20 20 18 12

PF 426 408 403 342 381

PA 319 320 433 481 497

Pt 26 24 12 10 4

WEEK 19 Bye: Winnipeg Friday’s game B.C. at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 31 Saskatchewan at Calgary, 1 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 1 Ottawa at Hamilton, 11 a.m.

Montreal at Edmonton, 2 p.m.

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 7 0 0 1.000 249 N.Y. Jets 4 2 0 .667 152 Buffalo 3 4 0 .429 176 Miami 3 4 0 .429 154

PA 133 105 173 173

Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee

W 3 2 2 1

Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland Baltimore

W 6 4 2 1

Denver Oakland Kansas City San Diego

W 6 3 2 2

South L T Pct 4 0 .429 5 0 .286 5 0 .286 5 0 .167 North L T Pct 0 0 1.000 3 0 .571 5 0 .286 6 0 .143 West L T Pct 0 0 1.000 3 0 .500 5 0 .286 5 0 .286

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct N.Y. Giants 4 3 0 .571 Washington 3 4 0 .429 Philadelphia 3 4 0 .429 Dallas 2 4 0 .333 South W L T Pct Carolina 6 0 0 1.000 Atlanta 6 1 0 .857 New Orleans 3 4 0 .429 Tampa Bay 2 4 0 .333 North W L T Pct Green Bay 6 0 0 1.000

PF 147 154 147 119

PA 174 199 207 139

PF 182 158 147 161

PA 122 131 182 188

PF 139 144 150 165

PA 102 153 172 198

PF 166 148 160 121

PA 156 168 137 158

PF 162 193 161 140

PA 110 150 185 179

PF 164

PA 101

Minnesota Chicago Detroit Arizona St. Louis Seattle San Francisco

4 2 1 W 5 3 3 2

2 0 4 0 6 0 West L T 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0

.667 .333 .143

124 120 139

102 179 200

Pct .714 .500 .429 .286

PF 229 108 154 103

PA 133 119 128 180

Thursday’s Game New England 36, Miami 7 Sunday’s Games Detroit vs. Kansas City at London, 7:30 a.m.

San Francisco at St. Louis, 11 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at New Orleans, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Tennessee at Houston, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 11 a.m.

Arizona at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

San Diego at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Seattle at Dallas, 2:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Denver, 6:30 p.m.

Open: Buffalo, Jacksonville, Philadelphia, Washington Monday’s Game Indianapolis at Carolina, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 5 Cleveland at Cincinnati, 6:25 p.m.

Basketball Central Alberta Sr. Men’s Alken Basin 80 Johns Manville 48 AB: Wyatt Saari 22, Owen Saari; POG: W.Saari.

JM: Barn Celso 19; POG: Celso.

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 1 0 1.000 — Toronto 1 0 1.000 — New York 1 1 .500 1/2 Brooklyn 0 1 .000 1 Philadelphia 0 1 .000 1

Miami Washington Atlanta Charlotte Orlando

Chicago Detroit Cleveland Milwaukee Indiana

Southeast Division W L Pct 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 1 1 .500 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 Central Division W L Pct 2 0 1.000 2 0 1.000 1 1 .500 0 1 .000 0 2 .000

GB — — 1/2 1 1 GB — — 1 1 1/2 2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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

Thursday’s Games Carolina 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OT New Jersey 4, Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 4, Buffalo 3 Colorado 2, Tampa Bay 1 St. Louis 2, Anaheim 1 Winnipeg 3, Chicago 1 Dallas 4, Vancouver 3, OT Edmonton 4, Montreal 3

Dallas Memphis Houston San Antonio New Orleans

Southwest Division W L Pct 1 0 1.000 1 1 .500 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 2 .000

GB — 1/2 1 1 1 1/2

Northwest Division W L Pct Denver 1 0 1.000 Minnesota 1 0 1.000 Oklahoma City 1 0 1.000 Portland 1 0 1.000 Utah 0 1 .000

GB — — — — 1

Pacific Division W L Pct 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000

GB — — 1 1 1

L.A. Clippers Golden State L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

Wednesday’s Games Washington 88, Orlando 87 Toronto 106, Indiana 99 Chicago 115, Brooklyn 100 Detroit 92, Utah 87 Boston 112, Philadelphia 95 Miami 104, Charlotte 94 New York 122, Milwaukee 97 Cleveland 106, Memphis 76

Denver 105, Houston 85 Oklahoma City 112, San Antonio 106 L.A. Clippers 111, Sacramento 104 Dallas 111, Phoenix 95 Portland 112, New Orleans 94 Minnesota 112, L.A. Lakers 111 Thursday’s Games Memphis 112, Indiana 103 Atlanta 112, New York 101 Dallas at L.A. Clippers, late Friday’s Games Utah at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Miami at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Washington at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

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

Minnesota at Denver, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Houston, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Portland at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Utah at Indiana, 5 p.m.

New York at Washington, 5 p.m.

Golden State at New Orleans, 5:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Portland, 8 p.m.

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

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS — Named Rich Dubee pitching coach.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Promoted Jeff Kingston to vice-president and assistant general manager for baseball operations, Tom Allison to vice-president for player personnel and Lee MacPhail IV to director of professional scouting. Named Joe Bohringer special assistant to the general manager.

TEXAS RANGERS — Announced pitching coach Mike Maddux will not return next season.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Announced general manager Alex Anthopoulos is leaving the team.

National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Declined the mutual 2016 option on 1B Justin Morneau.

MIAMI MARLINS — Fired Dan Jennings general manager.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Named Andy Green manager.

American Association AMARILLO THUNDERHEADS — Traded INF Ricky Rodriguez to Washington to complete an earlier trade.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Exercised 2016 options on LHPs Kyle Anderson, Nick Hernandez, Jon

Jones and Brendan Lafferty RHPs Edwin Carl, Brad Mincey, Jailen Peguero, Rett Varner, Matt Jackson, Mike Noteware and Mark Pope Cs Luis Alen and Ryan Babineau INFs Casio Grider, James Boddicker and Casey Haerther and OFs Reggie Abercombie, Tillman Pugh and OF Adam Heisler.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Indiana Pacers F Paul George $10,000 for public criticism of officiating and Los Angeles Clippers G Austin Rivers $25,000 for throwing a seat cushion into the spectator stands.

FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed WR Darren Waller on injured reserve. Signed OT De’Ondre Wesley from the practice squad and OT Marcel Jones and RB Terrence Magee to the practice squad.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Released WR Kenny Cook from the practice squad. Signed WR Fred Williams to the practice squad.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released DB Brandon Dixon from the practice squad. Signed DB Floyd Raven to the practice squad.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed WR T.J. Graham. Signed DB Sammy Seamster to the practice squad.

ST. LOUIS RAMS — Released LB Jo-Lonn Dunbar.

Signed DT Doug Worthington from the practice squad and LB Zack Hodges and DE Gerald Rivers to the practice squad.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed WR Rico Richardson to the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League EDMONTON OILERS — Recalled C Leon Draisaitl from Bakersfield (ECHL). Assigned F Tyler Pitlick and D Joey LaLeggia to Bakersfield.

American Hockey League LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS — Loaned G Martin Ouellette to Reading (ECHL).

STOCKTON HEAT — Recalled F Ryan Lomberg and G Kent Simpson from Adirondack (ECHL).

ECHL ADIRONDACK THUNDER — Signed G Drew Fielding.

COLORADO EAGLES — Released G Tate Maris as emergency backup.

ELMIRA JACKALS — Signed F Matt Harlow.

FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Signed F Jon DiSalvatore.

MANCHESTER MONARCHS — Loaned F Derek Arnold to Ontario (AHL).

READING ROYALS — Released G Nick Niedert.

WICHITA THUNDER — Loaned F Kenton Miller to Ontario (AHL).

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 B5

Patriots stay perfect, down Dolphins

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Patriots 36 Dolphins 7 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady slammed the ball after taking a sack, got up and threw a touchdown pass on the next play to finish off another stellar performance.

Even when they look sluggish, Brady and the New England Patriots still dominate.

Brady threw for 356 yards and four touchdowns — two to Julian Edelman — and the Patriots beat the Miami Dolphins 36-7 on Thursday night to become the first of the NFL’s five unbeaten teams to reach seven wins.

Stephen Gostkowski broke Adam Vinatieri’s franchise record for consecutive field goals by connecting from 52 and 36 yards to make it 26 in a row. Rob Gronkowski had 113 yards receiving and a touchdown, and Dion Lewis had 93 yards receiving and one score.

“I made a bad read and I shouldn’t have taken a sack there,” Brady said about his angry response to the fourth-quarter sack.

He was smiling afterward while backup Jimmy Garoppolo took the final snaps to seal the lopsided win.

The loss was the first for Miami (3-4) under interim coach Dan Campbell. The Dolphins scored 82 points in wins over the lowly Titans and Texans in Campbell’s first two games after replacing Joe Philbin. But they were completely overmatched against

the defending Super Bowl champions.

“You have to play good football in all three phases when you play the New England Patriots. They’ve always been that way,” Campbell said.

It could be an even bigger loss for the Dolphins because four-time Pro Bowl defensive end Cameron Wake was carted off the field with an Achilles tendon injury. Campbell didn’t have an update on the extent of the injury.

The Patriots are 7-0 for the second time in franchise history and first time since going 16-0 in 2007. They’ve scored at least 28 points in every game and 30 or more in six straight.

A week after setting an NFL record with 25 straight completions, Ryan Tannehill had a rough night against New England. He threw two interceptions and no TDs. “We just couldn’t get going,” Tannehill said.

Brady connected with Gronkowski for a 47-yard scoring pass on the opening drive, but the Patriots managed a total of 65 yards on their next five possessions.

“We were doing things we don’t typically do,” Brady said.

They went up 9-0 on a safety after centre Mike Pouncey snapped the ball before Tannehill was ready on a third down from the 9.

Then Brady got going in the 2-minute offence. He completed all four of his passes for 59 yards on a scoring drive that was capped by a 16-yard toss

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Miami Dolphins defensive end Cameron Wake (91) sacks New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) in the first half of an NFL game, Thursday, in Foxborough, Mass. to Lewis for a 19-0 lead.

Tannehill led the Dolphins into the end zone to start the second half with Lamar Miller scoring on a 1-yard run.

But the Patriots took control in the fourth quarter.

Brady threw TD passes of 10 and 16 yards to Edelman.

“We dug ourselves in some holes with stupid penalties,” Edelman said. “It’s one of those things where we were

NHL coaches are warming up to the challenge WITH NEW RULE ALLOWING THEM TO REVIEW GOALS Teams that challenge a call have a 5-9-1 record. Successful challenges have resulted in teams going 2-2.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Dan Bylsma is a big An unexpected offshoot is how coaches supporter of the NHL’s decision to introduce have adapted to using challenges even when coaching challenges this season. It makes no they’re not certain the call will be reversed. difference to the Buffalo Sabres’ first-year Rather than using their 30-second timeout to coach that the new rule cost his team in its settle players and slow an opponent’s momenseason-opening game. tum, coaches are using the challenge to take The Sabres became the NHL’s second team advantage of the extended two- to three-minto have a goal disallowed as a result of a chal- ute break it takes for plays to be reviewed. lenge in a 3-1 loss to Ottawa on Oct. 8. That’s Sharks coach Peter DeBoer used his chalwhen Evander Kane’s wrap-around goal that lenge for such a reason after Kings forward would have tied the game at 2 was disallowed Jeff Carter scored to put Los Angeles up 3-0 after a video review showed forward Zemgus early in the second period. The goal counted, Girgensons was a hair offside when Buffalo but the Sharks scored next in a 4-1 loss on Oct. entered the zone.

22.

“It was the right call,” Girgensons said fol“At that point it was a long shot,” DeBoer lowing the game. “Someday, it’s going to go for said. “I was going to call a timeout, so that was us.” my thought process.”

Bylsma said it was a “fanMurphy is fine with coachTHE REASON WE tastic” result. es using that strategy, noting INSTITUTED IT WAS SO teams lose their timeout if the “It goes against us, but I think it’s worked great,” he THAT WE COULD GET challenge fails. said.

DeBoer is 1-2 on challenges, THE EGREGIOUS CALLS with Getting it right is what the his successful one having NHL was counting upon when PARTICULARLY RIGHT, an impact in San Jose’s 5-0 win it joined the NFL and Major over Washington on Oct. 13.

League Baseball in allowing ONES THAT EVERYBODY The Capitals had cut the lead coaches to challenge calls.

3-1 midway through the secALIVE SEES AND SAYS, to NHL coaches can chalond period, but the goal was ‘THIS IS THE WRONG lenge goals based on whether disallowed because replays the play was offside or there CALL, IT’S A SCREW-UP. showed Jay Beagle interfered was goalie interference. The with goalie Martin Jones. coach can challenge only if he “I think at that point, it mayMIKE MURPHY, hasn’t used his timeout. And NHL VICE-PRESIDENT OF HOCKEY OPERATIONS be took a little out of our sail,” the challenge is not necessary Capitals defenceman John in the final minute of the third Carlson said. period or overtime, when the league takes Though they’re called coaching challenges, over all reviews. much of the responsibility lies on assistants to “I think it’s worked well,” said Mike Mur- recommend whether to have a play reviewed. phy, NHL vice-president of hockey operaIn Buffalo, Bylsma uses his headset to contions. “The reason we instituted it was so that sult with three assistants in the press box to we could get the egregious calls particularly determine whether to use his challenge. Toright, ones that everybody alive sees and says, ronto coach Mike Babcock credited assistant ‘This is the wrong call, it’s a screw-up.”’ coach Andrew Brewer for making the call on There have been fewer screw-ups three having a Montreal goal overturned because weeks into the season: Of the 15 goals chal- of goalie interference in the Maple Leafs’ sealenged through Wednesday, only four have son-opening 3-1 loss. been reversed — three for goalie interference Murphy said there are no plans to expand and Girgensons’ offside. what plays can be challenged.

An Associated Press review found that “You want to use video replay to get egreeight of the 15 challenges have been made gious plays, not close calls where it’s 50-50,” when the game is tied and just four when a Murphy said. “(Coaches) can live with some team is trailing. Eight of the 15 challenges of the close plays that happen in our sport. have been used in the second period, and just It’s what make our sport so great. It travels so three in the third. fast.”

digging ourselves in a hole and our defence was playing well.”

Patriots owner Robert Kraft got a huge roar from the crowd when he took a verbal shot at the Colts during a speech honouring Willie McGinest on Thursday night.

“There’s nothing more satisfying than saddling the Indianapolis Colts with a loss, something the Patriots did 16

times in Willie McGinest’s career,” Kraft said after the twotime Pro Bowl linebacker was inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame at halftime.

The rivalry between the Patriots and Colts intensified because of the “Deflategate” scandal, which began when Indianapolis reported New England was using underinflated balls during the AFC championship game last January.

Kings and Queens players crowned at ACAC soccer awards RDC ATHLETICS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Six members of the RDC Queens and two from the Kings were honoured at the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference soccer championship banquets Thursday.

Queens head coach Dave Colley was honoured as the South Division’s coach of the year while forward Sydney Daines, midfielder Kelsie Caine, defenders Alexandra “Adi” Moyer and Krysten Strand and keeper Lauren Good were named to the ACAC Women’s South Division All-Conference team.

Midfielder Alim Hirji and defender Julius Abegar received All-Conference recognition for the men’s South Division.

Colley is in his 16th season with the Queens, including five as head coach. He put together one of his best teams this season as they won the South Division for the first time and put together an undefeated record, 8-0-2.

Daines, a native of Innisfail, is in her second-year with the Queens, finishing with 13 goals in 10 games, which led the South Division and was second in the conference. Daines is taking her Bachelor of Education, Secondary.

Caines, a first-year kinesiology student from Red Deer’s Notre Dame High School, scored four times in 10 games.

Moyer is in her fourth season with the Queens and one of the premier defenders in the conference. The Lacombe native, who is in nursing, also contributed two goals in 10 games. She was on the South Division’s All-Conference team in the 2013-14 season.

Strand is in her first year with the Queens, but third year overall after spending two seasons with the University of Cal-

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Good, a native of Red Deer, is in her fifth and final season.

She returned to the Queens last season after attending the U of C. Good, who was also a South Division All-Conference player in 2011-12, started nine games playing 803 minutes and posting a 7-0-2 record, five shutouts and a 0.56 goals-against-average. She led the South Division in wins, shutouts and goals-against average. She tied for the most shutouts in the conference and was second in goals-against.

She in taking Bachelor of Education, Elementary.

Hirji was named to the All-Conference team for the second straight year. The fourth-year native of Calgary scored once in 10 games, but was one of the premier twoway players in the league. He is in kinesiology.

Abegar, a native of Accra, Ghana, returned to the Kings this season after taking a year off. Two years ago he was not only an All-Conference defender, but the ACAC player of the year. This season he contributed three goals in nine games while anchoring the defence.

The Kings open playoff action today at 2 p.m. in Fort McMurray against the NAIT Ooks.

The winner advances to the semifinal against Lethbridge.

The Kings University and SAIT meet in the other quarter-final with the winner facing Keyano.

The Queens received a bye into the semifinals and will meet the winner of the Medicine Hat-Concordia quarter-final, Saturday at 2 p.m. NAIT won the north and will clash with the winner of the Grande Prairie and Lethbridge contest.

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Impact sends TFC packing from MLS playoffs

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Impact 3 Reds 0 MONTREAL — The Saputo Stadium crowd loves local product Patrice Bernier, and the Montreal Impact captain paid them back on Thursday night.

Bernier scored the opening goal, his first of the season, as the Impact posted a dominating 3-0 victory over Toronto FC in the knockout round of the Major League Soccer playoffs.

The Impact will now play host to the Columbus Crew in the opening leg of a two-game, total goals Eastern Conference semifinal on Sunday. “It was against Toronto and it was a do-or-die game,� said Bernier, of Brossard, Que. “I like to play these games. “They don’t come that often, so I just tried to do the best I could.�

The first MLS playoff game between two Canadian sides became a one-sided affair when Montreal scored three times in the first half and shut down TFC the rest of the way.

Ignacio Piatti and Didier Drogba, with his 12th goal in as many MLS games, also scored.

TFC was in its first trip to the MLS playoffs in nine seasons and came up with a dud performance, rarely troubling the Montreal defence. Italian star Sebastian Giovinco had a chance early on, but was in too close to score.

He then forced Evan Bush to make a diving stop on a free kick in the second half. “First congratulations to Montreal,� said Toronto coach Greg Vanney. “I thought they outcompeted us, especially in the first half.

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Montreal Impact’s Victor Cabrera, left, is challenged by Toronto FC’s Jozy Altidore during second half MLS playoff soccer action in Montreal, Thursday. “I thought we were tentative, we were a little bit hesitant to close people down, to get tight to people. We were second to loose balls. And we made some poor decisions defensively.�

Montreal coach Mauro Biello put Bernier into the lineup in the central midfield and put Piatti on the left side to help control TFC’s Michael Bradley and Benoit Cheyrou and move the ball

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

Lightning volleyball tournament gets underway today The Hunting Hills Lightning senior girls/boys volleyball tournament opened at 8:30 a.m. today with the host teams taking on their counterparts from Edmonton Archbishop O’Leary.

The Hunting Hills squads were slated to play again today at 2:15 and 5:45 p.m. Also competing this weekend are the Notre Dame Cougars and Lindsay Thurber Raiders in both the girls and boys divisions.

The other teams entered in the two divisions are from Lethbridge Chinook, Grande Prairie Charles Spencer, Bishop Grandin, Bishop Carroll and St. Mary’s of Calgary, and Archbishop MacDonald and Strathcona from Edmonton.

Pool play will conclude with 9 a.m. matches Saturday, and will be followed by the quarter-finals at 10:15 and 11:30 a.m., the semifinals at 12:30 p.m. and the bronze and gold matches at 2:30 and 3:45 p.m.

Piercy goes low to take early lead in Malaysia PGA TOUR

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Scott Piercy allied some crisp putting to solid tee-to-green play and shot a flawless 10-under 62 on Thursday to take a threestroke lead after the first round of the PGA Tour’s CIMB Classic.

The American made 10 birdies at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club to pull away from Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, who had eight birdies and a bogey in his 65.

Piercy’s 10-under score matched the tournament record set by Nick Watney, who had a 61 at the par71 Mines Resort and Golf Club in 2012.

Jason Gore was tied for third on 66 with American compatriots Keagan Bradley and Charles Howell III plus Germany’s Alex Cejka and Cameron Smith of Australia. Eight players shared eighth place on 67, including last year’s runner up Kevin Na. Two-time defending champion Ryan Moore was again in contention, tied for seventh with seven others on five-under 67.

Adam Scott was tied for 16th on 68 in a group of 10 players including Padraig Harrington and Scott Brown, who made up for an earlier double bogey by sinking a hole-in-one on the par-3 15th and winning a BMW sports car as reward.

Piercy’s 10-under was his lowest round since a closing 61 at the Phoenix Open two years ago.

The Las Vegas native, who turns 37 next week, started brightly with birdies on the first three holes and also finished well with birdies on 17 and 18.

Piercy began the new PGA season with a tie for 25th at the Shriners Hospitals for Children, and blamed bad putting for disguising a game he otherwise felt “was in a good spot.� “I made the putts I didn’t last week and got a little lucky as well,� Piercy said.

One of the “lucky� holes was the par-4 13th, where his approach shot dropped ten feet below the green, but he managed to chip in for birdie. “It was good fortune, a good break and it was nice to see the ball go in,� said Piercy, who has three PGA Tour victories, including the Barbasol Championship in July. “I only missed three or four greens today so if you got 14 chances, you’re doing pretty good.�

Matsuyama said he aimed to get plenty of rest ahead of another round Friday in the draining tropical heat. “In this weather, you can’t beat yourself too much.

I’ll practice a little bit and head back to the hotel,� said the 23-year-old Japanese. “I hit my driver really well today and that was the reason for my low score. This is my third time here and I love the course. Playing the last couple of years prepared me for that.�

Former world No. 1 Scott was satisfied with his 68 and being in a good position to challenge for the lead in the coming days.

The Australian, now 16th in the world, had an eagle on the par-5 5th but also bogeys at 7 and 12. “The greens are rolling so you could really make some putts and I should have done better but overall, I’m happy,� Scott said. “We have to hit good shots as there are some trick lies and you have to play solid. You need to play good shots to get a good score.�

up from outside positions. It worked to perfection.

Montreal played it’s first home post-season game after losing a knockout-round game 3-0 in Houston in 2013.

A boisterous crowd of 18,069, including MLS commissioner Don Garber, saw Montreal come out with high energy and put TFC on their heels.

Bernier, who found new life and more playing time when Biello re-

placed Frank Klopas as coach in August, opened the scoring in the 18th minute on a counterattack after a Bradley turnover. Piatti sent Bernier in alone for a side foot shot past Chris Konopka. “His goal was fantastic, he’s a true leader of this team,� said Drogba.

Bernier also got a standing ovation when he was subbed out for fellow Canadian Kyle Bekker in the 76th minute. “The games I play I’m going to speak with my feet,� the 36-year-old said. “The rest I don’t control. “The support has been tremendous for me every time I go on the pitch from the fans. I guess I owed them at least one good game at home.�

TFC defender Josh Williams slipped on the grass and let an Ahmed Kantari pass roll by to Piatti for an easy goal in the 34th minute.

But the big bell that was recently installed behind the east goal rang the loudest when Drogba scored five minutes later on a pass from Bernier.

The Impact captain just had a chance cleared off the line by Justin Morrow when he recovered the ball and lifted it to Drogba at the far post.

The Impact made two changes to Sunday’s starting lineup, sending Bernier in for Johan Venegas and Dilly Duka for Dominic Oduro.

TFC kept the same lineup, subbing Kantari off for Eriq Zavaleta at half time.

Montreal earned home-field advantage for the knockout round with a 2-1 win over TFC on Sunday at Saputo Stadium. It gave the club third place in the conference and dropped Toronto to sixth.

Rugby World Cup final has all the ingredients for a classic

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — The two best teams in the tournament. Nos. 1 and 2 in the world. Archrivals. Neighbours. Records at stake.

The Rugby World Cup may just have its perfect final.

At the end of a tournament dominated by the southern hemisphere, New Zealand and Australia have proved the most durable and incisive over the six weeks, and the trans-Tasman rivals head to Twickenham on Saturday bidding to win rugby’s grandest prize for a record third time.

It’s the fourth time they have each reached the final but they have never met there, adding to the sense of occasion for one of the biggest events in sports.

Rugby World Cup finals have tended to be tight, tense games — the 2011 final finished 8-7 and two of the previous four didn’t contain a try — but this showpiece promises to be different, with both sides preferring an expansive game and the weather in London forecast to be dry and an unseasonal 20 degrees (68 F).

The All Blacks have proved they can counter any style, any weather condition, and almost every opponent by losing just three of their 53 games since lifting the Webb Ellis Cup four years ago on home soil. They are in the conversation for the best team in the professional era (since 1996) and rightly start as favourites, as they seek to become the first team to retain the title, and win the World Cup abroad for the first time.

There’ve been none of the nerves, stress and injury problems that accompanied the team and its rugby-mad public in 2011, when they ended a cavernous 24-year wait for the cup. The All Blacks’ performances were professional but inconsistent — by their high standards — in the pool stage, but they’ve mixed flair and resilience to beat France (62-13) and

South Africa (20-18) in the knockout stage, and their 36 tries is easily a tournament high.

Coach Steve Hansen has his best players fit, his team is on a World Cup-record 13-match winning run, and how New Zealand would love to give the perfect send-off to captain Richie McCaw, flyhalf Dan Carter, hooker Keven Mealamu, centres Conrad Smith and Ma’a Nonu, and injured prop Tony Woodcock — five of them test centurions who are all likely to be playing their last matches in the All Black jersey.

It is that experience that Hansen believes will be a telling factor. “When you have got experience and that experience is in good form,� Hansen says, “that is a massive advantage.� “Every game is like a final� is an increasingly used phrase in sports, but it holds true for Australia in this tournament. Drawn in the toughest ever World Cup pool, the Wallabies have been playing knockout rugby since meeting — and beating — England and Wales in their final two group games. They scraped past Scotland in the quarterfinals, ultimately because of a refereeing error, and picked off Argentina in the semis last weekend.

The final will be the Wallabies’ fifth straight match at Twickenham and the neutrals may just be on their side, hoping for a close match, with New Zealand having only lost one of the last 12 meetings with their neighbours.

That, however, came in the deciding match of the Rugby Championship in August, and the 27-19 win in Sydney will give the Wallabies confidence that the All Blacks juggernaut can be stopped.

It was in that match that Australia played openside flankers David Pocock and Michael Hooper together for the first time, and they caused carnage at the breakdown, as they have ever since. It is this area where the Wallabies will likely have a distinct edge on Saturday. Pocock, playing at No. 8, is averaging 3.5 turnovers a game in the tournament.

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Going through Figure skating world the emotions watching as Chan faces Hanyu RAY SAYS HE’LL BATTLE A MYRIAD OF EMOTIONS WHEN HE LEADS ARGOS AGAINST LIONS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LETHBRIDGE — Patrick Chan first laced on figure skates nearly 18 years ago, and the sport has thoroughly dominated his life ever since.

So when the three-time world champion decided to launch a comeback after a season away — a jam-packed year of sky diving, snorkelling and snowboarding, all the things he couldn’t do while competing — he vowed to do things differently.

Chan marks his return Friday at Skate Canada International, his first major event since his heartbreaking silver at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

Among the changes the 24-yearold has made: no training on weekends.

“Just skate Monday to Friday, and really give it every day of the week 100 per cent and not have to dread skating on weekends and feeling tired from one week to the next. Now I feel rested and motivated and energized when I get to the rink on Monday,” Chan said Thursday.

“So little things like that. Kathy (Johnston, his coach) suggested I do that the year of Sochi, but I chose to do what I’d always done. As a child and as a teenager, I trained that way, I wanted to stick to it. But now that I’m almost 25 I really wanted to try something new, start fresh, take a year off, come back and really (treat it) like

a clean slate.”

The figure skating world will be watching this week as Chan faces Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu, who knocked off the Canadian favourite for Olympic gold.

This is their first meeting since Sochi, and Japan has sent 35 journalists to the Enmax Centre to report on their rematch.

Because he hasn’t been competing, Chan will skate in the first flight, rather than the last flight with the top-ranked skaters.

He practised with the first group Thursday, including Nam Nguyen, the 17-year-old from Toronto who has grown nearly a foot since Chan last competed against him at the 2014 Canadian championships.

Chan’s practice was solid. He doubled his planned quad jump in his program run-through, but went through that segment again, landing a beautiful quad-triple combination.

Chan skated on several show tours during his hiatus. He said he started feeling a void not long into his break. The decision to come back quickly seemed like the right one.

“I’d find myself at home and having a lot of time on my hands, and sometimes when I didn’t have stuff planned, I missed the training environment, I missed my friends at the rink,” he said.

“I missed the order I had every day. I’d wake up at the same time.

It gets boring after a while but honestly I probably needed six

months and then I wanted to get back into it.

“So I think that was the first good sign that I wanted to come back and wanted to train again.”

He’s kept an eye on Hanyu, a superstar in Japan since his Olympic victory.

The 20-year-old, who trains in Toronto with Brian Orser, won the Grand Prix Final last season and finished second behind Spain’s Javier Fernandez at the world championships.

“For me, it’s great,” Chan said.

“I get to come back as a new, rejuvenated person, and compete again and feel rested and motivated to compete again. Which is not how I felt last time I competed against (Hanyu).

“Now I feel like things will be different. Whether it’s at this event, or (Grand Prix) Final, or at worlds, I don’t know. But every competition I come to, I’ll give it my best, 100 per cent, and if he’s here or not, it’s going to be the same.”

The event marks a comeback for Kaetlyn Osmond as well. The two-time Canadian champion missed all of last season after breaking her leg after crashing into the boards, an injury that required surgery.

There was a frightening moment Thursday when she crashed into the boards during practice.

The shaken 19-year-old from Marystown, N.L., was helped from the ice, but later returned.

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TORONTO — On the outside, Ricky Ray will be calm as usual. But inside, he’ll be anything but.

Ray will make his season debut as the Toronto Argonauts’ starter on Friday when they host the B.C. Lions at Rogers Centre. The 36-year-old quarterback spent the first half of the year recovering from off-season shoulder surgery before returning as Trevor Harris’s backup.

Harris led Toronto (9-7) to a playoff berth, but the offence has struggled recently, especially in last week’s 34-2 loss to the Montreal Alouettes.

Ray, in his 13th CFL season, said he’ll experience a myriad of emotions against B.C. That includes being nervous before the opening kickoff, something he feels before every game even after more than a decade in pro football.

“You never know what’s going to happen, you want to play well and make sure you’re going to make good decisions and help your team win,” he said. “I’m going to feel all the emotions that you normally go through like excitement, being a little nervous.

“You’re going to face adversity during the game, you’re going to be a little bit down and then do some good things and be back up. It’s definitely a roller-coaster of emotions and I’m just looking forward to feeling that again.”

Chasing his 100th career win as a starter to tie Matt Dunigan for No. 7 all-time, Ray saw his first action of the season against Montreal. He completed 12-of-15 second-half passes for 107 yards and had a TD strike to Kevin Elliott negated by penalty.

“It feels like I got a little bit of pre-season action last week and I’m making my first start of the season this year, which I am,” Ray said. “Usually the first game of the year is everybody’s first game and you can go out there and everybody can feel the same.

“Now, I have those feelings and everybody is at the end of their year. For me it’s trying to focus on what I try and do, prepare well and make sure I trust what I see and make good decisions.”

Ray added he isn’t concerned about his surgically repair right throwing shoulder.

“I had a good week of practice,” he said. “I felt like I was able to be accurate and make the throws that I wanted to.”

Ray has battled injuries since coming to Toronto from the Edmonton Eskimos prior to the 2012 season. But Argos head coach Scott Milanovich said Ray has always returned strong.

“Ricky just has a quiet calm, confidence about him that I think can be felt,” he said. “I expect him to play well. I’ve got to remind myself he hasn’t played much, but he’s had a history of coming back off injuries and long delays and playing well.”

Ray’s return could be good news for veteran slotback Chad Owens, who has 51 catches this year after three-straight campaigns of 85 or more receptions.

“Ricky and Chad have something kind of special,” Milanovich said. “It remains me a lot of what AC (former Montreal star quarterback Anthony Calvillo) had with (Ben) Cahoon.”

Toronto must win one of its final two regular-season games — it hosts the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Nov. 6 — to have a shot at second in the East Division and a home playoff date in the conference semifinal.

B.C. (6-10) also has plenty to play for. The Lions are battling Montreal (6-10) and Winnipeg (5-11) for the third West Division playoff berth.

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Timeless tattoo SYLVAN LAKE ARTIST TAKES FULL RUN AT WORLD RECORD SESSION WITH DRAGON DESIGN

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A record-breaking tattoo attempt tested pain thresholds for both artist and human canvas.

While Vancouver-based performance artist Josh Burns underwent just under 51 hours of teeth-grindingly painful inking, it was no walk in the park for Sylvan Lake tattoo artist Brandon Fancie.

“It was a little more intense than I thought it was going to be once I got into it, but we pushed through, I guess, and got it done,” says Fancie, 35, who owns Sylvan Lake’s Lucid Tattooing and Design.

“My hand got a little sore after a while for sure. But once I hit 45 or 46 hours my feet and ankles started to swell up from sitting and standing so long. That kind of over-powered everything else.

“At the end of it, when I got to my hotel, I was pretty much crawling around the room. I could barely walk.”

The epic inking session at a Vancouver tattoo parlour was dreamed up

by Burns, who was aiming to top the previous Guinness World Record of continuous tattooing of 50 hours and 10 minutes.

By the time the needle made its last prick and the last drop of ink had been injected into his skin, he had lasted 50 hours and 57 minutes.

Burns, who makes his living doing performances such as suspending himself by hooks through his flesh among other wince-inducing feats, is putting together his witness documents and other proof for the Guinness World Record book guardians.

It could be some time before he finds out if his feat will be included in an upcoming version of the popular book.

For Burns, the marathon session was part of a long-held ambition of re-inventing himself as human dragon.

He has had his tongue forked, ears pointed, horns implanted and eyes tattooed with help from his friend and body modification artist Russ Soxx.

Tattooing the wings across his ribs was extremely painful, but after about 20 to 24 hours “I thought, I got this,” he says, with a chuckle.

By the end of the session, much of

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Sylvan Lake tattoo artist Brandon Fancie goes to work on a near 51-hour tattoo session with Vancouver based performance artist Josh Burns. The work was done in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record for longest single tattoo session.

“AT THE START OF IT, I WAS WONDERING IF HE WAS GOING TO MAKE IT. HE REALLY HAD A TOUGH TIME FOR PROBABLY THE FIRST 24 HOURS. AFTER THAT, HE MUST HAVE KIND OF MENTALLY ACCEPTED IT.” BRANDON FANCIE, TATTOO ARTIST his back, legs and a forearm had been decorated.

The record-breaking attempt meant adhering to a strict set of Guinness rules. Five-minute breaks were allowed each hour and they could be banked.

But only time under the needle was

counted. Rest breaks and the stencilling and other preparation that went into the body art was not counted in the time carefully recorded with video and stop watches by two witnesses.

Fancie, who was invited to participate through friends, said the pair usually took a 10-minute break every

Looking for graffiti solutions SYLVAN LAKE INVESTIGATING WAYS TO STOP TAGGERS

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Tired of graffiti vandalism and messy properties, Sylvan Lake town council is forming a task group to tackle the problems.

Town communications officer Joanne Gaudet said among options being considered are wrapping electrical boxes in artistic images, which tends to deter taggers.

There was some talk of offering rewards for information leading to identifying graffiti vandals. But administration was not convinced it was a workable approach or a good use of tax dollars.

A Community Standards Bylaw passed by council in 2012 requires property owners to remove graffiti or face fines starting at $250. A time limit is not outlined however.

City of Lacombe, which is facing its own graffiti problems, is considering change its bylaws to require graffiti to be removed within 48 or 72 hours to further deter vandals.

Lacombe is also looking into a reward system to identify vandals. No decision has been made yet on either proposal.

In the meantime, Gaudet said Sylvan Lake enforcement officers have been encouraged by the town to take a hard line on repeat or persistent offenders in connection with unsightly properties.

A man found with a sawed-off rifle and meth was sentenced to a short jail term on Thursday, more than a year after the charges were first laid.

Kevin James Barker, 43, of Red Deer pleaded guilty to seven charges in Red Deer provincial court. Four of those charges stem from a police raid on a residence in Normandeau.

The Crown Prosecutor Dave Inglis described the residence as a rooming house and police said nine adults lived in the building at the time.

Red Deer RCMP obtained a search warrant on May 30, 2014 and entered the residence.

Barker pleaded guilty to possession of a prohibited weapon, brass knuckles; possession of methamphetamine and possession of and careless storage

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The town of Sylvan Lake is considering new measures to deter graffiti artists from tagging property like this grain bin on the edge of town.

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two hours with the longest break only about 20 minutes.

He gives Burns credit for making it through. “At the start of it, I was wondering if he was going to make it. He really had a tough time for probably the first 24 hours.

“After that, he must have kind of mentally accepted it.”

He knew their shifts would be grueling, but he wasn’t put off.

“I’m an Alberta boy. I’ve done my fair share of long shifts out in the oilfields so I kind of figured with that experience it could definitely be done.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

of a prohibited weapon, a sawed-off .22-calibre rifle.

Barker’s room door was locked, but when police entered it they found the sawed-off .22-calibre rifle and a small amount of methamphetamine.

The meth, which totaled 0.7 grams, was found in a safe that was bolted to the floor. He also pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to appear, including a trial date scheduled for Aug. 21, and guilty to one count of driving without insurance.

Barker was arrested outside of the residence prior to the search warrant of the rooming house. When police searched Barker they found a set of brass knuckles. Inglis also said police found drug paraphernalia in their search of Barker’s room.

Inglis called the house located in the Normandeau neighbourhood was a “very problematic residence for po-

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lice” and the subject of numerous complaints of drug trafficking, weapons and unsavory people at the building.

“The sawed-off gun is a nasty thing,” said Inglis. “It’s only really around for intimidation purposes.”

Judge Gordon Yake sentenced Barker to four months in custody. With a credit of 71 days served since his most recent arrest in September, Barker has 49 days left to serve.

Yake also issued a weapons prohibition and ordered the forfeiture of all offence related items seized, which included the methamphetamine, brass knuckles and the sawed-off rifle.

On the two fail to appear and the driving without insurance, Yake ordered fines totalling $3,425.

Barker will be released from custody ahead of his trial on a single charge of possession stolen property. He was granted $1,000 cash deposit bail.

Police have arrested two people after uncovering one of Alberta’s largest marijuana grow ops in a barn near Stettler.

Stettler RCMP and Green Team of Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) sniffed out 3,284 plants and three kilograms of dried buds with a street value estimated at almost $4 million on Oct. 22 at a Stettler home off Hwy 12.

Police said the barn housed a complex three-stage grow operation powered by an industrial-style generator.

Two pickup trucks were seized that had been retrofitted with hidden compartments in slip tanks believed used to smuggle the drugs. Two suspects were arrested at the home.

Stettler RCMP had responded to the rural home the previous night after receiving a call about a suspicious person. The Green Team, featuring RCMP and Calgary Police Service officers, was called in to further investigate.

It ranks as the second largest grow op busted by Alberta police. In August 2010, a Drumheller drug operation yielded 3,854 plants. Police also seized 2,233 plants from a Parkland County home in December 2012.

Kin Wa Au Yeung, a 53-year-old man, and Dan Wang, a 35-year-old woman, are facing drug trafficking and illegal marijuana production charges.

It is alleged that neither possessed a valid Health Canada grow op licence.

ALERT was established by the provincial government to bring together the province’s law enforcement officers to fight organized and serious crime.

To report suspicious activity or suspected marijuana grow ops, police urge people to call their local detachment or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477 (TIPS). For information on how to spot a grow op go to www.alert-ab.ca/ growops/

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Defence questions search of Markerville property

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

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Defence counsel wants to know what led more than 100 Mounties to search his client’s residence before he will enter his plea.

Andrew Phypers, defence counsel for Michael Alois Schaab, 42, of Markerville, has requested a copy of the Information To Obtain, which is what is required for a search warrant to be granted.

A rural property near Markerville was searched by a team of more than 100 RCMP officers from the Red Deer, Blackfalds, Sylvan Lake and Innisfail detachments. They were also assisted

by members from the Alberta Emergency Response Team, the Special Tactical Operations Team and Police Dog Services.

The search was conducted on April 15. Three men and one woman were taken into custody without incident during the search.

Police seized a large number of items including a stolen Mercedes, a dirt bike and trailer, methamphetamine, cocaine, steroids, GHB, four long guns, two handguns and rail torpedoes. The Edmonton Explosives Disposal Unit of the RCMP were called in

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to handle those items.

Phypers had previously told the court he intended to elect for a trial

by Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench before a judge alone with a preliminary inquiry. Inquiries are held to test the strength of the Crown’s case before heading to trial.

Maurice Collard, who appeared as agent for Phypers in Red Deer provincial court on Thursday, told judge Gordon Yake that Phypers was requesting the ITO so he could shorten the length of the inquiry.

Crown Prosecutor Dave Inglis requested the adjournment on behalf of a special crown prosecutor handling the file. The adjournment was requested so the Crown could obtain the ITO

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Three Hills man gets 18 months for police chase A Three Hills man was handed an 18-month sentence for his role in a wild police chase that started in Strathcona County and ended with his arrest in Three Hills.

Christopher Ferguson, 24, was sentenced Sherwood Park provincial court on Thursday.

He was convicted of a lengthy police investigation that started on May 30, 2014.

Strathcona County RCMP officers conducting speed enforcement near Hwy 21 found a speeder and attempted to pull the driver over. They pulled the vehicle into a subdivision and exited the police vehicle and approached the suspect vehicle’s window to deal with the speeding driver. The suspect

Lacombe rejoins economic partnership City of Lacombe has rejoined the Central Alberta Economic Partnership (CAEP).

Council voted in 2012 to drop out of the organization that takes a regional approach to economic development initiatives. Councillors of the day questioned whether the community was benefitting from its involvement.

Membership in CAEP was reconsidered after it introduced new tools to help municipalities with their economic development goals. Council wants to expand the city’s commercial sector by attracting more businesses and investment.

CAEP membership dues are based on a per capita formula. Lacombe’s annual contribution will be $5,091.

Talbot gets one year for assaulting an officer A man who assaulted a police officer who woke him up was sentenced to a little more than a year in custody.

Martin Victor Talbot was convicted earlier this week of the April 28 incident at the Village Mall parking lot in North Red Deer.

Talbot, 24, of Red Deer was charged with assaulting a police officer, having the care and control of a vehicle while being impaired and possession of property obtained by crime.

He was arrested just before 10 p.m. that spring evening after Red Deer RCMP responded to a report of an impaired driver.

They found Talbot asleep in a running SUV. When officers awoke the man, Talbot assaulted one officer with his fists and resisted arrest.

Officers managed to take Talbot into custody without injuring himself or the officers.

Talbot has been sentenced to 377 days in custody as a result of his conviction.

from investigators.

It was adjourned two weeks to Nov. 12 in Red Deer provincial court. At which point a preliminary inquiry date will be set. Yake has been seized with the file and will preside over the inquiry.

Schaab is charged with six counts of unsafe storage of a firearm, four counts of possession of property obtained by crime, two counts of possession of a firearm knowing possession was unauthorized, two counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking and several other firearm related offences.

Schaab has been released from custody on $10,000 bail. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Catholic school reading program gets national award

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Two ladies make their way around the wetlands in Clearview Thursday afternoon. For the next few days evening temperatures are expected to dip below the freezing mark but daytime highs will remain on the plus side of things, which should make for a comfortable experience for trick-or-treating on Saturday. vehicle sped off at a high rate of speed, dragging the RCMP officer about 100 metres.

The suspect vehicle continued to evade police, smashed through a fence and then went southbound on Hwy 21.

Later that evening, Stratchnoa RCMP were assisted by Three Hills RCMP, Red Deer RCMP, Police Dog Services and the RCMP Air Services in locating the suspect.

He was arrested at a rural acreage and taken into custody. Charged with dangerous driving causing bodily harm, criminal flight and criminal hit and run.

Ferguson was also handed a 15 month drivers licence suspension as a result of the incident.

City issues reminder to move holiday trailers The City of Red Deer is reminding residents to move their holiday trailers and recreation vehicles from their front parking areas before Nov.1.

In accordance the with The City’s Land Use Bylaw, holiday trailers and recreation vehicles can be placed on a front yard parking pad starting April 1 but must be transferred to an alternate location by Nov. 1.

Fines for not complying start at $250 for the first offence. Land use bylaw information is available at www. reddeer.ca.

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A Central Alberta program to promote summer reading among elementary and middle school students recently received national recognition.

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools won an Award of Excellence and a Best in Class Award at the Canadian Association of Communicators in Education Conference held last week for RDCRS READS Summer Reading Program.

Summer Reading promotes reading by getting books into the hands of students, increasing access to books to eliminate summer reading loss and to having school libraries open during the summer months.

Students can also get involved in library activities planned for them every week and parents can use activities at home.

Over 16,000 books were distributed in 11 schools this past summer.

“After two years, the Summer Reading program has had impressive results. With so many books getting into the hands of our students we are truly fostering a life-long love of reading,” said Jeff Tuchscherer, St. Patrick’s Community School vice-principal.

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Cuts continue in oil and gas

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Canada’s oilpatch continues to move aggressively to cut costs and companies say the efforts are starting to show results.

Cenovus Energy said Thursday that it had increased to 700 the number of people laid off in the second half of the year, roughly double what it forecast in July, after cutting 800 jobs in February.

The company said it expects to end the year with 24 per cent fewer staff than it started with and there are plans for more cuts next year as it makes structural changes.

“We’re fundamentally changing the way we work,” Cenovus chief executive Brian Ferguson said in an interview.

The company is also cutting benefits like giving employees the first and third Friday of the month off, and is looking at all aspects of discretionary spending as it works to drive down costs.

“We’re continuing to focus on where and how we improve our cost structure,” said Ferguson. “We’re leaving no stone unturned.”

So far the efforts are paying off, with expected savings of $400 million this year rather than the $240 million Cenovus had forecast earlier. It anticipates further savings of $100 million next year as a result

of this year’s staff cuts.

Cenovus says its efforts led to a 23 per cent drop in per-unit operating costs in the third quarter at its oilsands projects compared with a year ago.

Ferguson said the company has to keep driving on costs as there is no clear near-term recovery in oil prices.

“There’s more uncertainty in the macro environment today than there has been,” said Ferguson. “I think you could see the macro environment continue to deteriorate for the next couple of quarters.”

Athabasca Oil Corp. said Thursday that in response to the challenging times it had reduced its office and field staff by about 25 per cent this week, without disclosing the number of jobs actually cut.

“Unfortunately, these are the necessary steps required to weather an extended downturn,” company spokesman Matt Taylor said in an email.

Drilling company Calfrac Well Services has also significantly reduced staff in the face of continued low oil prices, saying Thursday that head counts have been cut by roughly 40 per cent in Canada and 50 per cent in the United States since the end of 2014.

In order to be profitable with low commodity prices, Calfrac said it is “focused on aggressively managing its cost structure.”

So far it is encouraged by results showing a rough-

ly 48 per cent reduction in fixed costs in Canada and a 59 per cent reduction in the U.S. But the reductions weren’t enough to keep the company in the black, with Calfrac reporting a net loss of $24.2 million in the third quarter compared with a net gain of $44.5 million in the same quarter last year.

On Wednesday MEG Energy reported net operating costs of $9.10 a barrel in the third quarter thanks to record-low non-energy operating costs of $5.98 a barrel. The company also lowered its 2015 net spending outlook by $49 million and said it had reduced its workforce by 30 per cent this year.

But again the cost reductions weren’t enough to keep the company profitable, with MEG reporting a net loss of $428 million.

Suncor Energy, which had cut roughly 1,300 staff as of July, said cost cutting is paying off after third-quarter results showed its lowest cash operating costs since 2007 at $27 a barrel, compared with $31 a barrel in the same quarter last year.

Suncor Energy chief executive Steve Williams said in a media call Thursday that costs are “pleasantly surprising” so far and that he is seeing increased productivity from contractors at its Fort Hills oilsands site.

“This may well be the first megaproject that is delivered on cost and schedule,” said Williams.

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$56M settlement approved in TransAlta case COMPANY HAD TIMED OUTAGES TO DRIVE UP PRICES

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Houses are shown under construction in Toronto in June. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says it has detected overvaluation in 11 housing markets, with other concerns flagged in Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Regina.

Eleven housing markets in Canada are overvalued

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TORONTO — A growing number of Canadian housing markets are overvalued, either because the cost of buying a home has ballooned or underlying economic conditions don’t support current prices, according to a new report from the federal housing agency.

In its latest housing market assessment report released Thursday, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. has identified 11 markets where it has found evidence of overvaluation.

That’s up from the eight markets the federal agency deemed as being overvalued in its last quarterly report in August.

In some markets, notably Toronto and Vancouver, overvaluation reflects the fact that home prices have been climbing rapidly, said CMHC chief economist Bob Dugan.

In others, like the oil-price dependent markets of Regina, Saskatoon and Calgary, it’s because underlying economic and demographic factors needed to sustain current home prices — such as personal disposable incomes, mortgage rates and population growth — have deteriorated.

“In places like Regina, we still detect overvaluation in that centre, but we’ve actually seen buyers’ market conditions … and some softening of prices,” Dugan said during a conference call.

CMHC’s housing market assessment report aims to serve as an early warning signal by identifying problematic conditions that, if left unchecked, could

lead to a correction in home prices later on down the road.

The agency uses four factors to identify the level of risk present in Canadian real estate nationally and in 15 markets: accelerating price growth, overvaluation of prices, overbuilding and overheating of demand, which occurs when demand significantly outstrips supply.

CMHC says it has found strong evidence of problematic conditions in Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Regina.

All four of those markets show signs of overvaluation, according to the agency, and in Toronto, price acceleration is also present.

Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Regina show signs of overbuilding, which occurs when the supply of homes outpaces demand, in addition to being overvalued.

Saskatoon was not identified as problematic in CMHC’s previous assessment, but was added to the list this time as signs of overvaluation emerged.

Vancouver, one of the country’s priciest real estate markets, has not been listed among the high-risk markets, although CMHC says it is now detecting “moderate” evidence of overvaluation.

The agency says it is also keeping a close eye on condo developments in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. CMHC says there are signs that developers in those markets may be building more units than people are willing to buy.

CALGARY — The Alberta Utilities Commission has approved TransAlta’s proposed $56-million settlement for deliberately timing outages at power plants to drive up electricity prices.

TransAlta (TSX:TA) will pay a $52-million administrative penalty, which the commission says is the largest of its kind in Canadian history, plus $4.3 million to cover the cost of the Market Surveillance Administrator investigation.

The administrative penalty includes $27 million to repay the profits TransAlta made, plus a monetary penalty of $25 million.

The commission said in approving the settlement Thursday that it believes the penalty is large enough that it can’t be considered a cost of doing business or a licensing fee for transgressions.

“This is the first time something like this has happened, we don’t want there to be a second,” AUC spokesman Jim Law said in an email.

Alberta Energy Minister Margaret McCuaig-Boyd said in a statement that the size of the settlement “should serve as a deterrent and a warning.”

She said the government is moving ahead with the electrical rate policy work it committed to in the election and that it continues to work to improve province’s electrical system.

“When Albertans receive their electricity bills, they expect the price they pay has been arrived at in a fair and ethical way,” said McCuaig-Boyd.

In July, the commission found TransAlta had violated Alberta’s Electric Utilities Act and its Fair, Efficient and Open Competition Regulation on four occasions and had engaged in insider trading.

The commission ruled that clear, cogent and convincing evidence showed TransAlta timed outages at its coal-fired power plants in late 2010 and early 2011 to drive up power prices when demand was high.

It also found the company used privileged information to benefit while trading in the electricity market.

In assessing the penalty the commission said “the contraventions resulted in significant, widespread harm to customers and the market by negatively impacting pool prices, the forward market and customer confidence.”

TransAlta spokeswoman Stacey Hatcher said that with the commissions’ approval of the consent order the company is “now focused on moving forward.”

Manitoba companies could be shut out in other western provinces

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Manitoba companies could be shut out of some contracts in other western provinces under a regional trade deal that stops at the Saskatchewan boundary.

Some Saskatchewan Crown corporations have started stating explicitly in contact offers — for items ranging from trucks to fencing — that bids may be limited to provinces who have signed on to the New West Partnership Trade Agreement.

Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia set up the agreement, which is aimed at reducing barriers to trade and investment, in 2010. Manitoba has not joined in, despite pleas from business leaders.

“Some of our members have done a great deal of work in Saskatchewan over the last five years, and we’d be very concerned if the rules change such that they weren’t permitted to work across the border,” Ron Hambley, president of the 700-member Winnipeg Construction Association, said Thursday.

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Saskatchewan started aggressively promoting the new approach last month, when it listed seven Crown corporations that will “primarily” purchase from jurisdictions in the partnership. More recently, the different treatment has been made explicit in some contract offers.

A request for fencing for SaskEnergy says the utility “may choose to only accept bids from (partnership) region suppliers or give preference to bidders who are (partnership) region suppliers.”

Hambley is worried Alberta and B.C. will adopt similar restrictions and would like to see Manitoba join the regional trade deal.

He would also like the Manitoba NDP government to challenge Saskatchewan’s rules. He said they appear to violate the Agreement on Internal Trade, which covers all provinces and territories.

The Saskatchewan government has said some Crown corporations are exempt from the national trade agreement, including SaskPower and the Saskatchewan Transportation Co., which provides bus service across the province.

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The Manitoba government had considered joining the New West agreement in 2010. Instead, the province is focusing on a mandatory renewal of the national trade deal due by next March.

“We are in the centre of the country and we want to make sure that people understand that we are going to work equally as close with our western neighbours as we are with our eastern and southern and northern,” said Jobs and the Economy Minister Kevin Chief.

“Where we’re going right now … is a strong commitment to find ways in which we can have a national agreement.”

Chief added that he feels preferential treatment goes against the spirit of the national trade deal and wants to address any specific examples.

Some Manitoba groups have opposed the idea of joining the partnership. The Manitoba Federation of Labour, among others, has said the trade deal could lead to lower regulations for worker safety and other items as the provinces try to harmonize.

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 116.75 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.16 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.91 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 70.14 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market finished lower Thursday as gold prices dropped to a three-week low on growing expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates later this year.

The S&P/TSX index ended down 71.28 points at 13,791.88, while the Canadian dollar was up 0.15 of a U.S. cent to 75.95 cents US as the greenback retreated against a number of major currencies.

The metals and mining sector was the biggest decliner, falling 7.5 per cent, on broad declines in metals prices as traders reacted to comments from the latest Federal Reserve meeting, released Wednesday.

In its statement, the Fed hinted at the possibility of raising rates in December for the first time in seven years, a move which appeared to unsettle traders.

“I think people, for the most part, had written off a hike for 2015,” said Luciano Orengo, managing director and portfolio manager at Manulife Asset Management.

“When you look at the wording of yesterday’s Fed meetings it put the probability of a hike higher than what it was before.”

The December gold contract plunged $28.80 to US$1,147.30 an ounce, while December copper fell four cents to US$2.32 a pound.

The TSX materials and gold sectors both dropped 3.5 per cent after underwhelming financial results from some major companies.

Shares of Goldcorp tumbled 10 per cent, or $1.96, after the company reported a deeper quarterly loss affected by falling precious metals prices.

Industrial giant Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B) was also a contributor to the decline, fall-

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 20.88 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.91 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.96 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 24.23 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 10.31 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.72 First Quantum Minerals . . 6.66 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 17.32 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 6.60 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.75 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.27 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 27.32 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.850 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 7.38 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 19.51 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 20.11 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 52.59 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.83 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 21.15 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 30.33 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 9.88 Canyon Services Group. . 5.07 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 19.78 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1900 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 10.06 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.680 ing more than 17 per cent after reporting a US$4.9-billion third-quarter loss, tied mostly to writedowns on its CSeries and Learjet 85 business jet programs. The company also announced it is getting a US$1 billion lifeline from the Quebec government to help complete development of the CSeries.

In other commodities, crude oil prices for December added 12 cents to US$46.06 a barrel, while December natural gas gave back four cents to US$2.26 per mmBtu. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 23.72 points at 17,755.80, while the broader S&P 500 shed 0.94 of a point to 2,089.41 and the Nasdaq pulled back 21.42 points to 5,074.27.

In economic news, the Commerce Department said U.S. economic growth slowed to a 1.5 per cent rate in the July-September quarter as businesses cut production of goods and drew down inventories. That was down from the 3.9 per cent rate of the previous quarter and lower than analyst forecasts for 1.7 per cent growth.

Shares in Botox maker Allergan (NYSE:AGN) jumped six per cent after it reported holding talks with Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) about a sale. Both companies have a long history of deal-making and Allergan completed a $66 billion acquisition earlier this year. Pfizer shares were down over two per cent.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,791.88, down 71.28 points Dow — 17,755.80, down 23.72 points S&P 500 — 2,089.41, down 0.94 of a point

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 82.23 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 38.19 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.67 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 20.27 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 44.14 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.22 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.560 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.00 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 38.81 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.950 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.25 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 45.98 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1900 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 76.93 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 63.04 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.29 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.26 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 33.85 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 37.86 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 94.30 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.23 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 44.34 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 76.48 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 45.10 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.17

Nasdaq — 5,074.27, down 21.42 points Currencies: Cdn — 75.95 cents US, up 0.15 of a cent Pound — C$2.0162, up 0.28 of a cent Euro — C$1.4454, up 0.52 of a cent Euro — US$1.0977, up 0.60 of a cent Oil futures: US$46.06 per barrel, up 12 cents (December contract) Gold futures: US$1,147.30 per oz., down $28.80 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $21.421 oz., down $1.071 $688.69 kg., down $34.43 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov ‘15 $4.80 lower $460.60 Jan. ‘16 $3.30 lower $471.20 March ‘16 $3.10 lower $477.30 May ‘16 $2.90 lower $480.20 July ‘16 $2.80 lower $480.30 Nov. ‘16 $2.90 lower $472.00 Jan. ‘17 $2.90 lower $470.60 March ‘17 $2.90 lower $472.30 May ‘17 $2.90 lower $472.30 July ‘17 $2.90 lower $472.30 Nov. ‘17 $2.90 lower $472.30.

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

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 472,580 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 472,580.

NEWS IN BRIEF

A bill that would make Uber and AirBnB legal in Ontario passed second reading in the legislature Thursday.

Former Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak’s private member’s bill would allow ride-sharing, home-sharing and parking-sharing apps such as Rover, which lets Toronto homeowners rent their parking spots for $2 an hour, to operate. Hudak, who is a regular user of Uber and AirBnb, said the services give consumers more choice and

empower Ontarians to make some extra money.

“There are two commodities in life that we don’t have nearly enough of: time and money,” he said. “Through the use of modern consumer technology, the simple push of the pad on your smartphone, you can have a bit more of both.”

The bill now has to go to committee to be studied before it has a chance at becoming law. Some Liberals voted against Hudak’s bill, but enough supported it to pass. Environment Minister Glen Murray said he supported the bill so it could be studied at committee because the issue is complex and needs a thorough hearing.

PotashCorp hastens closure of N.B. mine, plans production hiatus in Saskatchewan

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SASKATOON — Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc. (TSX:POT) plans to slash production and permanently close a potash mine New Brunswick ahead of schedule, the company said Thursday as it reported a drop in quarterly profits, sales and financial guidance.

The company said the fertilizer market has been weaker than expected in the second half of this year and it’s taking measures to reduce inventory and output.

PotashCorp chief executive Jochen Tilk said the company is focused on striking the right balance between flexibility and cost.

“We have some of the best, most efficient potash assets in the world and we continue to take steps to even further improve efficiencies and lower our costs,” he told a conference call with financial analysts.

Tilk noted cuts the company made in 2013 when it took out 3.5 million tonnes in potash production capacity.

The company said it will permanently close its Penobsquis mine in New Brunswick at the end of next month, instead of next year, affecting 140 contract workers employed by Vic Progressive Diamond Drilling.

PotashCorp is also planning threeweek temporary shutdowns at three of its mines in Saskatchewan in December as part of the plan to reduce production by 500,000 tonnes in the fourth quarter.

The earlier closure of the Penobsquis mine, with 800,000 tonnes of capacity, will allow the company to focus on ramping up production at Picadilly, a newer and lower-cost mine in the province.

“While this will reduce production levels in New Brunswick by approximately 800,000 tonnes annual until we have Picadilly fully ramped up, it aligns with market conditions,” he said.

New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant said the closure had been planned, but that didn’t make it any easier for those affected.

“But that’s just a reminder to my-

self and to our government why we have to focus on creating jobs, why we have to focus on developing our natural resources and energy projects, why we have to ensure that projects like the Energy East pipeline make its way from Alberta to New Brunswick,” he said while in Edmonton.

In its financial report for the three months ended Sept. 30, PotashCorp said its net income dropped to US$282 million or 34 cents per share from US$317 million or 38 cents per share in the third quarter of 2014.

Revenue from sales of potash, nitrogen and phosphates and related fertilizer products or services fell to US$1.53 billion from US$1.64 billion.

In its outlook, the company said it now expects earnings for the full year of $1.55 to $1.65 per share, down from earlier expectations for between $1.75 and $1.95.

PotashCorp also cut its forecast for potash sales volumes to between 9.0 and 9.2 million tonnes and gross potash margins of $1.4 billion to $1.5 billion.

That compared with its guidance in July for potash sales volumes between $9.3 million tonnes and $9.6 million tonnes and gross potash margins between $1.5 billion and $1.7 billion.

Despite the lower outlook, Tilk said the company’s dividend is safe.

“The value of the dividend, $1.2 billion annually, was stress tested in a number of downside scenarios and we remain comfortable that even amidst a more challenging macro environment it is very well supported and can be sustained,” he said.

Shares in the company, which traded lower Thursday following the release of the company’s results, carried a dividend yield of more than seven per cent.

Earlier this month, PotashCorp dropped its attempt to buy German fertilizer company K+S AG. The company had offered 41 euros a share for the company, valuing it at about 7.9 billion euros, however the bid failed to win widespread support and was rejected by K+S.

Scott Builders Inc. Appoints

Dallas Williams VICE-PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER

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The inside of the production facility at the Rocanville potash mine owned by the PotashCorp, is shown in Rocanville, Sask., in 2007.

Murray Cunningham, P. Eng., Chief Operating Officer of Scott Builders Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Dallas Williams, C.E.T., to Vice-President and General Manager of the Red Deer Operation. Dallas’ expanded role as a VicePresident will include work as a Board Member and additional responsibilities at a Corporate level.

Dallas joined Scott Builders Inc. in 2007 and was successful in setting up and operating the Special Projects Group. He was appointed General Manager of the Red Deer operation in 2014 and has achieved outstanding results in that role. He earned his honors diploma in Civil Engineering Technology from NAIT in 2003.

Dallas is a Safe Harbour Society board member in Red Deer and actively coaches both minor hockey and baseball in his community.

Scott Builders Inc. was formed in 1971 and is a leading Design | Build Contractor operating in the Commercial, Industrial and Institutional markets out of three full service branches in Calgary, Red Deer and Edmonton. The Employee Owned, Red Deer based firm is ranked in the Top 50 Contractors in Canada.

Dallas Williams VP & General Manager 8105 49th Ave Close Red Deer, Alberta T4P 2V5 o. 587.797.2766 | c.403.506.8931 E-mail: dallasw@scottbuilders.com

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Alternate fuel productions using CO2 Gasoline and diesel fuel are the most common of fuels used for transportation.

Normally, in North America, these products are refined from crude oil. However if a nation does not have a readily available source of crude oil they face some key, but not necessarily insurmountable, obstacles.

Using a number of chemical reactions a process was developed in Germany in LORNE 1925, which allowed for the OJA production of diesel fuel from ENERGY coal and natural gas. The Fischer-Tropsch process, allowed Germany to continue the war with the rest of the world even after the crude oil supplies were seriously curtailed by embargos.

Technology allowed the Nazi’s to fuel their war machine and it is this technology that provides some countries of the world the ability to fuel their industries.

Gas to liquids technologies, GTL, are making extensive inroads into alternate sources of petrol, such as those from natural gas, coal, or biomass. These products do prove to have some advantages over crude derived gas or diesel, in that their sulfur content is zero and they prove to have lower total emissions, but in the end they still add to the world’s total CO2 output.

The Fischer-Tropsch method utilizes hydrogen and carbon monoxide with a number of chemical

steps to develop the long chain molecules we know as petroleum i.e. gas, diesel or jet fuel. But what if we were to collect CO2 out of the air and completely eliminate the need for any geological reservoir based crude oil?

It may sound farfetched, as if it belongs to the realm of science fiction, but the German auto maker Audi has announced it has that very capability. In 2013 they started construction of a plant, in Dresden, to manufacture diesel from water and carbon monoxide.

The proof of concept plant started to produce the world’s first “blue crude” in April of 2015, which was then converted into e-diesel. These “carbon neutral” fuels, as they are designated, do not add carbon to the air because they use atmospheric CO2 as a source of raw materials, carbon neutral, because the process is powered by alternate sources such as wind and solar.

The development of this technology may sound foreign to good old energy rich Alberta, but a company in Calgary would beg to differ.

Carbon Engineering, and yes it is based in Calgary, has started the construction of a pilot plant designed for the capture of ambient CO2 in Squamish, B.C. The plant is designed to capture carbon monoxide from the ambient air, and though a number of steps produce “pipeline” pure CO2.

This direct air capture, DAC, process has some considerable advantages over carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies as it produces a “feedstock” for the production of fuel, as well as for direct disposal in deep wells, or fabrication of different carbon based materials. By removing CO2 from the air we can literally mine the atmosphere for energy and reduce its overall GHG content.

Guaranteed, there will be more information in future articles.

Lorne Oja is an energy consultant, power engineer and a partner in a company that installs solar panels, wind turbines and energy control products in Central Alberta. He built his first off-grid home in 2003. His column appears every second Friday in the Advocate. Contact him at: lorne@solartechnical.ca.

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Industrial Area Structure Plan Bylaw 3540/2015 Red Deer City Council proposes to pass Queens Business Park NE 35 & SE 35 Industrial Area Structure Plan. The plan area encompasses two quarter section of land, totaling 125.67 hectares and is located on the West side of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway and South of Highway 11A, within NE 35-38-28-W4, on the West end of Red Deer. Guiding statutory plans for this area include the Municipal Development Plan and the West QEII Major Area Structure Plan. Both of these plans identify the area as suitable for industrial development.

The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours or for more details, contact City of Red Deer Planning Services at 403-406-8700.

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The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent sails past a iceberg in Lancaster Sound in 2008.

Janet Napolitano, the President of the University of California, said at the Carbon Neutrality Initiative at the University of California-San Diego Tuesday, that reducing the human carbon footprint is a “moral imperative” and vows to turn the system’s 10 campuses into a living laboratory for solutions.

University of California unveils plan to combat climate change, saying it’s a ‘moral imperative’

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO — Reducing the human carbon footprint is a “moral imperative,” University of California President Janet Napolitano said Tuesday as she vowed to turn the system’s 10 campuses into a living laboratory for solutions that can be scaled up to state, national and global levels.

Napolitano made the comments at a two-day climate change summit at UC San Diego, where researchers discussed their blueprint for actions that they say the state and the world should undertake to tackle the problem — including reducing the carbon footprint of the wealthiest 1 billion people.

The plan will be presented at next month’s landmark climate change conference in Paris.

UC officials say global warming could be slowed dramatically by reducing greenhouse gases such as methane emissions by 50 per cent and black carbon by 90 per cent over the next 15 years. The wealthiest need to cut back dramatically, while green energy needs to be made more available to the poorest 3 billion people, the plan says.

UC experts are asking religious leaders to help foster change.

“Addressing these challenges and reducing our carbon footprint is a moral imperative,” Napolitano said, adding that the university system is on track to meet its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2025.

“I anticipate that by 2025, when the University of California is carbon neutral, that the rest of the world in seeking climate solutions will say, ‘Well, let’s go back to 2015 when they had that summit at UC San Diego and let’s see if we can do what the University of California did,”’ said Napolitano, the former Homeland Security secretary and governor of Arizona.

PINE TREES

Saskatchewan official says no mountain pine beetle found in province for second year

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SASKATOON — There’s some promising news on the mountain pine beetle’s presence, or lack thereof, in Saskatchewan.

The insect has destroyed millions of hectares of lodgepole pine in British Columbia and Alberta, and there were worries that it could move further north, where there are a lot of Jack pines.

The university has reached an agreement to buy 80 megawatts of solar power, the largest such purchase by any U.S. university, Napolitano said. UC also has vowed to target $1 billion of its investment portfolio toward renewable energy and other climate change solutions over the next five years.

If the world reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by 80 per cent by 2050, that could slow the disastrous impacts of climate change by 25 years, UC researchers say.

Gov. Jerry Brown, who also spoke at the summit on Tuesday, said the problem requires bringing together the state’s best minds to cross partisan lines and move the nation away from relying on fossil fuels.

“We are up against a very powerful opposition,” Brown said, referring to Republicans who have blocked drastic carbon-reducing measures that they say will harm job growth.

Brown said denying climate change will hurt the economy in the end by causing the planet irreversible damage.

He told the audience of mostly scientists that he recently sent Republican presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson, a neuroscientist, a flash drive containing the U.N. Synthesis Report on climate change after Carson said he had not seen evidence of global warming.

Brown has set some of the nation’s most ambitious goals against global warming, including reducing the state’s carbon dioxide emissions to 40 per cent below 1990 levels, shifting its electricity production to at least 50 per cent from renewable sources and increasing energy efficiency in buildings by 50 per cent. He has called for the goals to be met by 2030.

“While California is not a planet, it’s still a global leader,” Brown said. “And what we do will be disseminated.”

Rory McIntosh, Saskatchewan’s forest entomologist and pathologist, says they have found no trace of the dangerous bug in the northwest part of the province for the second straight year.

McIntosh says the situation is also improving in the Cypress Hills area in the southeast, where both Alberta and Saskatchewan are working together to slow down the beetle.

He says they found 260 affected trees, compared to 440 in 2013.

McIntosh hopes that aggressive actions to burn trees immediately after they are affected and a lack of insect immigration could lead to a continuing downward trend.

He says anyone can make a difference to prevent the beetle from arriving in Saskatchewan.

He cautions people to not move, transport, store, or use pine firewood with bark attached.

City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, November 23, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of City Hall. If you want your letter included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services by Friday, November 13, 2015. You may also submit your letter at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

Development Officer Approvals On October 27, 2015, the Development Officer issued approvals for the following applications: Permitted Use Clearview Ridge 1. Prominent Homes Ltd. – a 0.56 m variance to the minimum side yard, to an existing single-detached dwelling, located at 270 Carrington Drive.

Davenport 2. E. Gabora – a 0.22 m variance to the maximum height for a proposed detached garage, to be located at 23 Durand Crescent.

Deer Park Village 3. Compass Geomatics Ltd. - a 0.24 m variance to the minimum side yard, to an existing singledetached dwelling, located at 71 Doran Crescent.

Gaetz Avenue North Commercial 4. 1791763 Alberta Ltd. – exterior building elevation upgrades to an existing motel, located at 7474 50 Avenue.

Timberstone 5. Right Price Construction Ltd. - a 0.8 m variance to the minimum rear yard to the doors, to a proposed detached garage, to be located at 398 Teasdale Drive.

Vanier Woods East 6. Callaghan Contracting Ltd. - a 3.99 m variance to the minimum side yard to the doors, to a proposed detached garage, to be located at 48 Valley Green.

7. Parkland Builders Group Ltd. - a 63.61 m2 variance to the maximum site coverage, for a proposed single-detached dwelling, to be located at 29 Vienna Close.

Discretionary Use Laredo 8. Wagar Services – an approval of use for a homebased esthetics business, to be located at 31 Logan Close.

Timber Ridge 9. D.C. Ngo – a secondary suite, with two bedrooms, within an existing single-detached dwelling, to be located at 58 Truant Crescent.

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on November 13, 2015. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw.

Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8190.

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Self-driving car decisions WHAT IF YOUR SELF-DRIVING CAR DECIDES ONE DEATH IS BETTER THAN TWO AND THAT ONE IS YOU? COMMENT SARAH KAPLAN SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

‘WE HAVE A TECHNOLOGY THAT POTENTIALLY COULD SAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT IS GOING TO BE IMPERFECT AND IS GOING TO KILL.’

few hundred people, and there are still many questions that linger about cars that can make life and death decisions on their own, but “figuring out how to build ethical autonomous machines is one of the thorniest challenges in artificial intelligence today,” the study’s authors argue. “As we are about to endow millions of vehicles with autonomy, taking algorithmic morality seriously has never been more urgent.”

Plenty of people agree. The past year or so has seen a surge in studies, surveys and think pieces on the kinds of moral calculations we might assign to self-driving cars. For example, should people be able to choose a “morality setting” on their self-driving car before getting in? California Polytechnic ethicist and Robot Ethics editor Patrick Lin, writing in Wired last year, says no: “In an important sense, any injury that results from our ethics setting may be premeditated if it’s foreseen,” he said. “. . . This premeditation is the difference between manslaughter and murder, a much more serious offense.”

Another big question: Will, at some point, humans be banned from driving altogether? Stanford political scientist Ken Shotts said that could happen.

“There are precedents for it,” he wrote in a Q&A on the university’s Web site. Such as building houses.

“This used to be something we all did for ourselves with no government oversight 150 years ago. That’s a very immediate thing - it’s your dwelling, your castle. But if you try to build a house in most of the United States nowadays . . . you can’t do it yourself unless you follow all those rules. We’ve taken that out of individuals’ hands because we viewed there were beneficial consequences of taking it out of individuals’ hands. That may well happen for cars.”

The biggest ethical problem, self-driving car proponents say, would be to keep autonomous vehicles off the road.

“The biggest ethical question is how quickly we move,” Bryant Walker-Smith, an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina who studies the legal and social implications of self-driving vehicles, told the MIT Technology Review in July.

“We have a technology that potentially could save a lot of people, but is going to be imperfect and is going to kill.”

Sarah Kaplan is a reporter for Morning Mix and is on Twitter at @sarahkaplan48

The year is 2035. The world’s population is 9 billion. The polar ice caps BRYANT WALKER-SMITH, AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT THE have totally melted and Saudi Arabia UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA WHO STUDIES THE LEGAL AND has run out of oil. Will Smith is batSOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES tling murderous robots. Matt Damon is stranded on Mars. Dippin’ Dots is thought manufacturers might make finally the ice cream of the present.

You’re humming along in your cars that protected the passenger, reself-driving car, chatting on your iP- gardless of the number of lives that hone 37 while the machine navigates might be lost.

They had good reason to feel that on its own. Then a swarm of people appears in the street, right in the path way: when asked if they would buy a car that would sacrifice its passenof the oncoming vehicle.

There’s a calculation to be made - ger to save other lives, most people avoid the crowd and crash the owner, balked. or stay on track and take many lives?

Even though they wanted other peo- and no one is at the wheel to make it. ple to buy self-driving cars - they make Except, of course, the car itself. roads safer! they’re better for the enviNow that this hypothetical future ronment! they serve the greater good! looks less and less like a “Jetsons” they were less willing to buy such cars episode and more like an inevitability themselves. At the end of the day, most (well, except for the bit about Dippin’ people know they’d feel uncomfortable Dots), makers of self-driving cars - and buying a car that could kill them if it the millions of people they hope will needed to, and most car makers know buy them - have some ethical ques- that too. tions to ask themselves: Should cars Those responses came from just a be programmed for utilitarianism when lives are at stake? Who is responsible for the consequences? And above all, are we comfortable with an algorithm making those decisions for us? In a new study, researchers from MIT, the University of Oregon and the Toulouse School of Economics went ahead and got some answers.

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The new Apple TV will set you back $149, or $199 for a version with extra storage. Apple will still sell the old version for $69. Neither requires an iPhone or iPad, although either iDevice can simplify the Apple TV setup process.

THE BASICS Apple TV has been a dependable streamer, but until now its repertoire was limited to a few dozen services. Sure, these included Netflix, Hulu and HBO. But Apple didn’t let you add other channels — say, competitive videogame play from Twitch.tv — on your own.

That’s all changed. The new Apple TV features an iPhone-like app store that lets you choose your own streaming services. And it’s no longer pushy about steering you to iTunes and other Apple services.

You can easily customize the home screen with your favourites.

Video quality on the new Apple TV maxes out at full high definition, known technically as 1080p. That should be plenty for most people. Video enthusiasts may complain that it doesn’t support a higher-quality video standard called ultra-high definition or 4K, as several other streaming boxes do. But there aren’t many 4K TVs or much programming for them available yet.

The Apple TV remote doesn’t have a headphone jack, which other streaming devices like the Roku 3 and 4 and the Nvidia Shield offer to spare your family and roommates late at night.

It can be tricky doing chores with a remote dangling from your headphone cords. What Apple TV offers instead is support for Bluetooth wireless headphones — sold separately, of course, by Apple and others.

It’s not yet clear whether you’ll be able to stream video from Amazon and Google Play. Both companies have competing video stores, and one sticking point could be the cut Apple takes on in-app digital sales. Other major services, including Google’s YouTube, are expected on the Apple TV.

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The newly overhauled Apple TV is not just for video, photos and music anymore, but a way to bring to the big screen just about anything you can do on a phone or tablet.

INSET; This screen shot shows the new Apple TV’s customizable home screen.

TV. Generally speaking, though, the new Apple TV has taken an important first step into a broader

world. Plenty of devices do video and games well.

With a new range of non-streaming apps, Apple has an opportunity to do much more than that.

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I had to rephrase or repeat my questions a few times, especially if I was speaking quickly. As long as I enunciated clearly, results were mostly satisfactory. Apple TV’s version of Siri, however, won’t handle general Web searches.

Apple TV catches up with rivals in enabling games. The remote has sensors that let you navigate spaceships and swing baseball bats by moving it around. But a bigger potential lies in bringing other apps to the big screen.

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The new Apple TV enables voice searches using the Siri virtual assistant. Request “Seinfeld” or Jennifer Lawrence, and Apple TV will look through catalogues for iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, HBO and Showtime, with more to come. You can even ask for “good documentaries to watch.”

Although similar capabilities are available on other devices, Apple TV goes further in a few ways: — The remote replaces traditional rewind and forward buttons with a laptop-style trackpad. By sliding left and right, you control playback and navigate the on-screen keyboard more quickly. Sliding down gets you settings and show details, when available. The remote also lets you control the TV’s power and volume directly, something I’ve seen only with TiVo video players.

— You can control playback by asking Siri to rewind 45 seconds or jump ahead five minutes, though some services won’t let you forward past commercials. Saying “What did she say?” will rewind video 15 seconds and briefly turn on closed captioning, when available. It works fully with iTunes for now, but the closed-captioning part doesn’t work with all third-party services yet.

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Fathers more likely to be killers DADS MORE LIKELY TO KILL THEIR KIDS THAN MOMS AND GAP GROWING, STUDY FINDS

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TORONTO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Contrary to popular perception, Canadian dads are more likely to kill their children than moms are, according to an extensive new study that also finds the gender gap appears to be growing.

The research published in the journal Child Abuse and Neglect could help in devising strategies to prevent the horrors of filicide, study author Myrna Dawson said Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People who kill their children tend not to be evil, they tend to be people who are struggling with very real life events,â&#x20AC;? Dawson, a University of Guelph sociology professor, said in an interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Social supports can help reduce the number of these cases.â&#x20AC;?

Dawson, a Canada research chair in criminal justice and public policy, looked at Statistics Canada data from between 1961, when the agency started its annual homicide survey, and 2011, the most recent year for which the information was available. In that time â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one of the longest periods for any study of this kind â&#x20AC;&#x201D; parents killed at

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THERE ARE OFTEN RISK MARKERS, THERE ARE OFTEN SITUATIONAL FACTORS IF THERE WAS PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARENESS OF THE RISKS TO CHILDREN, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN MORE IMMEDIATE INTERVENTIONS.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; MYRNA DAWSON, AUTHOR OF STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT least 1,612 children under 18.

Overall, 57 per cent of the accused child killers were men, although the ratio jumps to 90 per cent for stepfathers, according to the research.

While the study did not attempt to delve into details of individual homicides, Dawson said the higher incidence of fathers killing children may simply reflect the fact that men, in gen-

eral, are more violent than women. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Another explanation may be that an increasing gender gap in filicidal mothers and fathers is the result of changes in parenting or child-care responsibilities,â&#x20AC;? the research states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is believed that fathers spend more time with children than in the past, arguably increasing their time at risk.â&#x20AC;?

Dawson said she was surprised by the size of the gender gap. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even research has focused more on female accused,â&#x20AC;? Dawson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It may be that there is more horror if a mother kills a child than a father, because we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect violence as much from women.â&#x20AC;?

Another finding was that killer fathers tend more than mothers to be motivated by revenge or sexual jealousy.

The research also found: â&#x20AC;˘ Female accused tend to be under 18 and likely single or never married â&#x20AC;˘ Males dominate older age groups and tend to be divorced, separated or widowed â&#x20AC;˘ Most accused are biological parents â&#x20AC;˘ When stepchildren are killed,

nine of 10 accused are the stepfathers â&#x20AC;˘ Fathers are more likely than mothers to commit suicide after killing a child.

Dawson said further research is needed on parental-leave policies in terms of stresses on parents and the changing roles of mothers and fathers in child care. Experts also need to pay more attention to family violence involving stepchildren given the increasing numbers of blended families. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned that domestic homicides are actually probably one of the most preventable types of homicide,â&#x20AC;?

Dawson said.

Several child-killings have made the news in recent months: A Winnipeg woman was charged with killing her two-month-old daughter, a Montreal man killed his 10-month-old-son and then himself, a woman threw her sixmonth-old child from an apartment in New York City. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are often risk markers, there are often situational factors if there was public and professional awareness of the risks to children, there may have been more immediate interventions.â&#x20AC;?

Study: Mammograms havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cut rate of advanced breast cancer ed in an early, localized phase when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more amenable to treatment,â&#x20AC;? they write, but that assumes that cancer starts in one place, grows and then spreads. If that was always true, screening would reduce the rate of advanced cancers.

And that has not happened. The rate of breast cancers detected at an advanced stage has been stable since 1975, despite wide use of mammography since the 1980s. The average age of women diagnosed with cancer also has remained around 63, another sign cancers are not being found sooner.

The trends suggest that some breast cancers are already â&#x20AC;&#x153;systemicâ&#x20AC;? or widely spread from the start, and that finding them sooner has limited impact. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Screening mammography has been unable to identify those bad cancers,

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BOSTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A new report raises fresh questions about the value of mammograms. The rate of cancers that have already spread far beyond the breast when they are discovered has stayed stable for decades, suggesting that screening and early detection are not preventing the most dangerous forms of the disease.

The report, in Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New England Journal of Medicine, is by three prominent cancer specialists and is based on federal statistics going back to the 1970s.

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destined to become metastatic, at an earlier stage. That doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say mammography doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help less aggressive cancers,â&#x20AC;? but those are less likely to prove deadly, Welch said.

Dr. Barnett Kramer, a screening expert at the National Cancer Institute, said the report shows the limitations of mammography. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to say it has had no effect but it certainly has not lived up to the anticipated effect,â&#x20AC;? he said.

For every tumour detected early because of mammography, â&#x20AC;&#x153;you would hope to see â&#x20AC;Ś an equal reduction in metastatic disease, and that has not occurred.â&#x20AC;?

The situation is very different with prostate cancer. The rate of advanced cases of that disease has been cut in half since screening with PSA blood

tests came into wide use around 1988, and the average age at which men are diagnosed has fallen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from 72 to 70, the authors write.

However, this does not prove PSA testing is good. Shifting the stage at which a disease is diagnosed is â&#x20AC;&#x153;only the first step for successful screening,â&#x20AC;? which also has to save lives to be worthwhile, Welch said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just because you find something earlier doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean you can change its course.â&#x20AC;?

Again, Kramer agreed. Prostate screening, â&#x20AC;&#x153;when put to a definitive test, did not show a clear reduction in prostate cancer mortalityâ&#x20AC;? in large, rigorously done trials, he said.

The government task force recommends against PSA testing, and says its risks outweigh its benefits for most men.

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DREVANT Reginald Wayne Oct. 26, 2015 - Red Deer, AB. It is with great sadness that the family announces the sudden passing of our beloved Husband, Brother, Father and ‘Pa; Reginald Wayne Drevant, aged 75 years.

Reg was born December 22, 1939 at Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is predeceased by his Mother and Father; Annie (nee Patola) and Edward. He is survived by his Wife and Soul Mate, Connie (nee Bourassa) of 50 years, Son, Craig (Joanne), Daughters; Michelle and Janelle, Grandchildren; Taylor, Ashlee, Alexandra, Owen and Charlee, Sisters; Marlene (George) and Lynne, and numerous nieces, nephews, Connie’s family and many good friends. He was a source of inspiration to all who knew him. We thank you ‘Pa for the treasure chest of memories that you have left us with. A Celebration of Life will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. If friends so desire, memorial donations may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, 202, 5913 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4N 4C4.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

CLARK Gwenyth 1931 - 2015 Gwenyth Jewell Clark of Innisfail, Alberta, passed away at the Rosefield Centre, Innisfail on Friday, October 23, 2015 at the age of 84 years.

Gwenyth will be lovingly remembered by her sons, Christopher (Randi) of Moncton, New Brunswick, Michael (Rachel) of Olds, Alberta and Jim (Andrea) of Calgary, Alberta; her daughters, Sharon Kilbourn of Innisfail, Alberta and Marie Earle (Joey-Dean Hayes) of Fort McMurray, Alberta; four grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. She will also be sadly missed by her sister, Myrtle Swinston of Red Deer; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and dear friends. Gwenyth was predeceased by her parents, Ada and Ed Watkins, her life partner, Mel Siebel, a brother, Jim, and a sister, Ellen. A Celebration of Gwenyth’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Gwenyth’s honor may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society at w w w . c a n c e r . c a .

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

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

403.340.4040.

Obituaries REINHEIMER Alma Alma Reinheimer passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at the age of 72 years at the Dulcina Hospice.

She walked peacefully into the arms of Jesus and joined her husband, Wayne in Heaven. She is dearly treasured and will be deeply missed by her entire family and friends. A Celebration of Alma’s life will be held at Bethany Baptist Church, 3901 - 44 Street, Red Deer, AB on Saturday October 31, 2015 at 1:30 pm. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Alma’s memory to Place of Rescue Orphanage, PO Box 27096, RPO Tuscany, Calgary, AB, T3L 2Y1 (www.placeofrescue.com).

Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca.

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MOFFAT Elsie 1919 - 2015 Elsie was born May 18, 1919 in Milnerton, AB to William and Amelia Calvert and passed away on October 22, 2015 at Sunset Manor at the age of 96 years. She was active in the community until her health prevented her from doing so. She took her LPN training in 1961 and worked at the Innisfail Hospital for 15 years retiring in 1976. She was a member of the Knee Hill Valley Club 51 and was a life member of the Hospital Auxiliary. She enjoyed travelling, bowling, knitting and was involved in the Drop in Centre and the Historical Village. She is survived by her children Donna (Wallace) Seifried and Floyd (Edna) Wacker; grandchildren Shawn (Wanda) Seifried, Sheldon (Chrystal) Seifried, Billie Wacker and Sandy Wacker (Michael Milne); great grandchildren Gabe Seifried, Poppy Seifried, Cameron Seifried, Zach Bodman and Dylan Milne; sister in law Dorothy Calvert as well as the entire Ken Moffat family and her nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, brothers Joe, Lewis, Gordon and Delbert Calvert, sister Ellen White, brother in law Bud White, sisters in law Marion Calvert and Lil Calvert, great grandson Jackson and her spouses Ken Moffat, Charles Smith and Christopher Wacker. A memorial service will be held at the Innisfail United Church on Monday, November 2, 2015 at 11:30am. Memorial donations may be made to the Charity of One’s Choice.

HEARTLAND FUNERAL SERVICES LTD., INNISFAIL entrusted with arrangements. Phone: 403-227-0006. www.heartlandfuneralservices.com

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DIETZ Raphael “Ralph” Ralph passed away Monday, October 26, 2015 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital at the age of 89 years. Ralph was born on May 12, 1926 at Kindersley, Saskatchewan to Anton and Theresa Dietz. He grew up on the family farm and has always loved the country life! Ralph came to Alberta in 1958 and worked at various jobs in the oil patch and at the Kabob gas plant at Fox Creek before settling in Red Deer where he was employed at St. Thomas Aquinas school as a maintenance man (Mr. Fixit) until his retirement. Ralph always had many fond memories of the pupils, teachers and staff. He enjoyed having coffee at McDonald’s with his coffee buddies, traveling, curling, fishing and having a good game of cribbage. He always thought of others and handled life’s difficulties with determination. Ralph will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his wife of 53 years, Mary; cherished grandchildren, Shawn (Chris) and Dennis (Sierrena); great grandchildren, Joshua, Rorke, TJ and Colton; sisters-in-law, Katie and Bertha; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

He was predeceased by his parents; nine brother; and six sisters.

Ralph was also predeceased by his step-daughter, Diana, whom he loved and missed so very much. A Memorial Service will be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer with Reverend Bert de Bruijn officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Alberta Lung Association, PO Box 4500, Station South, Edmonton, AB T6E 6K2, or to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 202, 5913 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 4C4 or to a charity of the donor’s choice. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-3319.

GARDINER Judith Marlene (Majeau) of Sylvan Lake, was born August 17, 1943 in Edmonton, to parents Napolean and Maren (Vest) Majeau, and died October 24, 2015 at the age of 72 in Red Deer, supported by her family. She was predeceased by her brother Garry Majeau and sister in law, Carol Majeau.

She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Kenneth Gardiner, daughters Faye (Jim) Peterson, Gail (Murray) Martin and son Kevin (Sherri) Gardiner, her brothers Paul (Sandra), David (Laverne), Roland (Charlie) and Norman (Sue) Majeau and her sister Joanne (Larry) Kluthe, her brothers in laws Bob (Judy), Brian (Pat), and Hal (Sandy) Gardiner and numerous nieces and nephews who all adored her. Her grandchildren: Darci and Chelsea Peterson, Harrison and Lois Gardiner, Samuel Martin, and Damian, Dakota and Dylan Sullivan, were her pride and joy!

Nothing she enjoyed more than having the kids around.

She loved going to watch their events, from Christmas concerts, soccer, bowling, band, karate, curling, hockey and whatever else the kids were into at that time. Judy loved curling and golfing and was a great swimmer. She was a skilled seamstress, and quilter, talented with various other crafts. While her kids were young, Judy was a stay at home Mom, then she worked for a while at the school and at Razzle Dazzle daycare, where her true gift of caregiver shone brightly. Judy enjoyed her time in the baby room, but especially her work with her special girl, Jody. Ken and Judy made many interesting trips down south, particularly enjoying Lake Havasu and their trip to the Masters. They went on their trip of a life time to Australia and New Zealand in 2012 and recently went across Canada this summer until her yet undiagnosed illness, hampered the trip too much. Judy was a dedicated wife and mother, always taking care of her family. She was a beautiful person from the inside out, with inner strength and grace, creating many friendships despite her shy and private nature. Funeral will be Nov 2 at Sylvan Lake Alliance Community Church at 2pm, followed by a celebration of her life at the Legion. In lieu of flowers or gifts, make donations to the Canadian Liver Foundation or the Lending Cupboard in Red Deer.

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WOOD R. David Jan. 1, 1956 - Oct. 29, 2015 It’s with a heavy heart today that we let you know that Dave passed away on Thursday. We are grateful to have his mother, youngest brother, and sister here with us. David is survived by his children; Everett and Leatina as well as their spouses Amy and Shawn and his grandchildren Sarah and Elijah. In lieu of flowers please consider a memorial donation in David’s name to enhance internet access for patients in Ward 32 of the Red Deer Regional Hospital through the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation at 3942 58A Ave Red Deer, AB T4N 4E7. We will be hosting a Celebration of David’s life on Sunday November 1, 2015 from 1pm to 5pm in the Banquet Room at Moxie’s Restaurant.

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ANNUAL General Meeting Monday, Nov. 23, 7:00 pm 4826 47 Street, Red Deer, AB Aspire 3rd Floor Conference Room Friends, families, staff, donors and anyone with an interest in Aspire are invited to join us for an update from the Board, a review of the year past, and elections of the 2015-2016 Board of Directors.

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BIKE, Cherokee found at McKenzie Trail area. phone 403-343-8327 must identify.

FOUND in West Park full CD case. Call 403-309-2070 to identify.

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

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

Call 403-314-0700

Births

LOOKING for an In-Home caregiver for a 1 year old.

Temporary full-time position. Wage is 11.20/hour.

Duties include child care and light housekeeping.

High School education, CPR/First Aid training, driver’s license required.

Please send resumes to Roselle.Miguel@ albertahealthservices.ca

Farm Work

SUTHERLAND Avery Bruce, born at Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, on Monday, March 9th, 2015 weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz. Welcomed by parents Neal and Michelle and older siblings Kessie and Nolan.

Proud Grandparents are Loretta and Andy Humbke of Red Deer and Anna and the late Bruce Sutherland of Red Deer.

Celebrations Please Join Her Family IN CELEBRATING VI ELKIN’S 90th BIRTHDAY! November 7, 2015 OPEN HOUSE from 2:00 - 4:00 pm At GOLDEN CIRCLE 4620 - 47 Ave. Red Deer, Alberta

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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 FULL-TIME position on a mixed farm operation.

Some exp. nec. House can be provided. Mail resume to: McComish Ranch, Box 2170 , Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 or e-mail claytonmccomish@gmail.com

Oilfield

800

SERVICE RIG Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking a FLOORHAND Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

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

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

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

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

EAST 40TH PUB REQ’S F/T or P/T GRILL COOK Apply in person with resume 3811 40th Ave.

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 Restaurant/ Hotel

820

Truckers/ Drivers

860

JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N HEAVY HAUL 700 3020 22 St. TRUCK DRIVER FOOD ATTENDANT F/T position required for an Req’d permanent shift oilfield construction weekend day and evening company based in Sundre, both full and part time.

Ab. Minimum 5 years 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + experience loading and benefits. Start ASAP. hauling heavy equipment.

Job description Clean Driver’s Abstract. www.timhortons.com Benefits and competitive Education and experience wages offered to the right not req’d. candidate.

Apply in person or fax Applications can be faxed, resume to: 403-314-1303 Attn: Mark 403-638-4950 or emailed to safety@ saunderstrucking.ca

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DRIVER with clean Class 1 or Class 2. Bus driver or semi driver exp. preferred Must be availl eves. and wknds. Looking for both P/T & F/T Fax resume to 347-4999 or email to: frontbus@platinum.ca

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

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 Call Prodie at 403-314-4301

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 Call Sandra at 403-314-4306

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For early morning delivery by 6:30 am Mon. - Sat. VANIER CLEARVIEW Call Joanne at 403- 314-4308

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Clothing

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JOKER Halloween costume childs Large $10; Tae Kwon-do shirts and pants, several sizes $10/ea; 403-314-9603 LADIES London Fog, reg.

10 size, cranberry pea coat, $50. 403-227-2976 LADIES size 4 1/2 Italian chocolate leather knee high boots, soft fits like a glove, $200 403-227-2976

EquipmentHeavy

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2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $875 rent/d.d.

403-346-1458

HEAVY duty Coleman single burner stove from 1950s, called the Sunshine of the Night, chrome base, $200. 403-896-9246

2 bdrm. suite downtown area, above store, at 5115 Gaetz Ave. Quiet person preferred $950/mo., $950 d.d. all utils., except electricity.

Avail. immed. 347-3149

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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 GREENHOUSE Laborers are required for our greenhouse operation located near Blackfalds, Alberta. Responsibilities include transplanting, watering, handling and caring for plant material and preparation of customer orders. This position is labor intensive and entails working in both hot and cold environments.

Laborers are required to work a minimum of 40 hours per week. Laborers must be available to work different shifts, 7 days a week. Positions are available starting mid January and last until late June. No previous work experience or qualifications are required. Starting wage is $11.20 an hour.

Please email resumes to Kevin@cagreenhouses.ca or fax resume to 403-885-4147 (Attn. Human Resources.)

Resumes may also be mailed to Box 100, Blackfalds, Alberta, T0M 0J0.

Household Furnishings

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CHESTERFIELD suite, good cond. $150. Stepstool, $8; 2 bar stools, $2. each. 403-346-2192 CORDOBA sofa table, like new, other pieces sold at The Brick, 33” h x 19” d, new $650, your price $200 obo.

403-755-2760 LIKE new Dining Room Suite with China cabinet.

Oak in color. Will take offers. 403-506-5989 MOVING. All home furnishings and major appls. 403-346-2192 to view and make an offer.

THERAPY elevated massage queen dual bed with controls, like new, open to offers. 403-347-0450

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

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SONY Trinitron tv 26” w/remote, used little $75, also black glass tv stand, 42”w, 24”h, 18”d, bought at Sims, good for flat screen tv, $125.

403-352-8811

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LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

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FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

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NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, NORTH RD, clean 3 bdrm.

3 appls., incl. heat & hot exc. cond., good storage, 5 water, washer/dryer appls., blinds, fenced yard, hookup, infloor heating, a/c., high berm behind unit. car plug ins & balconies.

403-347-6081 or 396-1269 Call 403-343-7955

QUIET LOCATION

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Adult bldg. 1 bdrm. $800 2 bdrm. $840 346-2624

SYLVAN: fully furn. 2 3 BDRM, 3 bath, 3 flr, 3 bdrm. avail. immed. $1400. parking, 5 appls, fenced negotiable, inclds. all utils. yard, pets allowed to over details 403-880-0210.

30ish parents with family at 7316-59 Ave. Rent/S.S. $1590.Ph 403-341-4627.

CONDO for rent. 2 bdrm, 2 bath, 6 appl., 2 parking stalls...1 underground heated, all util. incl., 1,100 sq. ft., amenities include gym and social room, avail. Nov. 15 or Dec. 1. $1,350/mo...lease.

403-358-4582

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

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Mobile Lot

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

Brand new rental community.

Reserve now for your choice of suite!

1&2 BDRMs from $1170.

In-suite laundry. Dishwasher.

Balcony. Pet friendly.

Elevator. Parking avail.

Gym. Community garden.

Non-smoking. On-site mgmt.

39 Van Slyke Way, Red Deer

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Realtors & Services

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Houses For Sale

“COMING SOON” BY

SERGE’S HOMES Duplex in Red Deer Close to Schools and Recreation Center. For More Info Call Bob 403-505-8050 3 BDRM main fl. house for rent, avail. imm., $1,175/mo. + 2/3 util. Call Bob 403-872-3400

RISER HOMES FALL Special, 1 ONLY! 3 bdrm. 2 bath bi-level walkout, hardwood/tile, $337,900 Includes all fees, appl. pkg, sod and tree.

LLOYD FIDDLER 403-391-9294 anytime Tired of Standing?

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2002 FORD RANGER. Yellow, 5 speed manual, 3.0L V6. 126k km Pristine. $5,500. 403.598.5346

Vans Buses

5070

2006 FREESTAR, 7 passenger, fully loaded, DVD, exc. shape, 94,000 km, $6,500 obo. 403-318-1878 2002 PONTIAC Montana, white, very reliable. $1000.

403-864-8870

Misc.

Automotive

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AL’S SPEED SHOP Diamond Cut specialist. I can diamond cut your rims, 2009 TOYOTA Corolla CE, motors, exhaust tips. This will enhance the perfor70,700 kms, well maint, mance of your motor as AC, remote, clean cond, well as the cooling and $10,200 403-314-0047 make your bike fast. Call for pricing 780-516-0565

Red Deer ADVOCATE CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300

PUBLIC NOTICES

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TO: TERRI-LEE LAMOUREUX You have been sued by Jin Feng Zheng and Chunjiao Sun respecting a motor vehicle accident that occurred on the 8th day of February, 2013 in the City of Red Deer, in the Province of Alberta. You are the Defendant. You are being served substitutionally by this message pursuant to a Court Order dated October 28, 2015. You have only 25 days to do something to defend yourself against this claim. You can respond by ŋling a Statement of Defence or a Demand of Notice in the oőce of the Clerk of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Calgary, Alberta AND by serving your Statement of Defence or a Demand of Notice on the PlaintiŊ’s address for service which is as follows: YANKO & POPOVIC Barristers & Solicitors 301, 300 Manning Road N.E. Calgary, Alberta T2E 8K4 Ph: (403)262-0262 Fax: (403)204-0284 Attention: David G.Yanko You may get a copy of the Statement of Claim by requesting it from the aforementioned address

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Accounting

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Cleaning

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Steam carpet cleaning, move out, bi-weekly residential. 587-377-0109

Contractors

Red Deer Advocate Publication Dates: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 Thursday, November 12, 2015 Deadline is: Tuesday November 10 @ 5 p.m.

Adjoining half section (2 quarters) located in Ponoka County approx 15 KM SW from Rimbey. Mixture of pasture, hay, cultivated land, trees. Annual surface lease revenue $9,500. $650,000. If interested call, 321-783-2609.

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Office & Phones CLOSED Wednesday November 11, 2015

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Farms/ Land

Public Notices

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

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2006 JEEP Commander full load, 4.7. Best Offer ASAP 403-342-7798

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HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

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This is a three bedroom two bath modified bi level walk out, backing onto green area and alley great for trailer .Many upgrades. $419,900 includes GST legal fee, front sod. Tree.

LLOYD FIDDLER 403-391-9294

2007 FORD 500, 4 dr. fully loaded, clean unit. c/w summer & winter tires, brand new. $5300.

403-505-7684 2005 NISSAN Altima SE, 3.5 V6, loaded, 230000 kms, well maintained, $5000. 403-396-1272

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Call us today to set up an appointment or email us for further information.

Email: jenn@beca.ca Phone: 403-887-6699

SUV's

Cars

VANIER WOODS NOW OPEN

Greenhouse workers SEIBEL PROPERTY wanted for Blue Grass 6 locations in Red Deer, 3 Nursery & Garden Center bdrms, 1 1/2 bath, appls, in Red Deer, Alberta starting at $1100. For more We are looking for 10 full info 403-347-7545 or time seasonal employees. Misc. for 403-304-7576 No experience needed, Sale training will be provided SOUTHWOOD PARK Starting in February 2016.

3110-47TH Avenue, 403.392.6751 100 VHS movies, $75.

Duration is for 4 months 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, VanierWoodsApartments.ca For All 403-885-5020 Wage is $11.20 per hour at generously sized, 1 1/2 maximum 44 hrs. per week. baths, fenced yards, BBQ older, cast iron Please fax resume to full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Rooms grates, good cond., $75 403-342-7488 Sorry no pets. obo 780-717-6206 For Rent Or by email: www.greatapartments.ca BEAM Central Vac, elecedgar.rosales@bg-rd.com trified hose, new power AVAIL Immed: 1 Lrg fully head. $190.

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Plane catches fire on runway in Florida ONE BURNED, A DOZEN HAVE MINOR INJURIES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DANIA BEACH, Fla. — A jet plane’s engine caught fire Thursday as it prepared for takeoff, and more than 100 passengers had to quickly evacuate using emergency slides. One person was seriously injured, officials said.

Dozens of passengers could be seen in video footage gliding down the slides of the Dynamic Airways flight bound for Caracas, Venezuela. Some ran away from the plane into the terminal at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport as fire crews rushed to put the blaze out.

Andres Gallegos said he was one of the first passengers to use the chutes to evacuate.

“I heard a loud bang. I turned around, saw the lights, saw the flames and I ran to the front of the aircraft,” said Gallegos, who said it took about 30 seconds for the plane doors to open.

“It was pretty nerve-wracking, knowing that the door wasn’t opening and that something was on fire.”

Other passengers reported chaos as people screamed, cried and ran through the plane. Several people said the flight crew remained calm and acted quickly.

“In that moment, the only thing going through my mind is trying to get off the plane,” said passenger Daniela Magro.

One person was seriously injured by burns that were not life-threatening and about a dozen other people were taken to the hospital for minor injuries including bumps, sprains and stress, said Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue spokesman Mike Jachles said.

Once inside the airport, passengers expressed frustration, saying they’d been held in a room for over an hour and had not heard from the airline.

Don Dodson, the director of operations for Dynamic Airways, said they had set up a crisis centre, flown in additional airline representatives to help passengers and arranged for a relief flight to take passengers to their final destinations.

Dynamic is a 5-year-old airline that connects Fort Lauderdale, New York, Venezuela and Guyana. It operates seven 767s. Dynamic said on its website its Boeing 767s can accommodate up to 250 people. Officials said 110 passengers and crew were onboard this flight.

Passengers on another plane on the runway recorded the fire and posted video to Twitter showing plumes of thick black smoke coming from the plane.

An air traffic controller told the pilot “a lot of fluid” was leaking from his left engine and then urgently said the engine had caught fire and that he was dispatching firefighters, according to an audio recording posted by WSVN.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Firefighters walk past a burned out engine of a Dynamic Airways Boeing 767, Thursday, at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport in Dania Beach, Fla. The passenger plane’s engine caught fire Thursday as it prepared for takeoff, and passengers had to quickly evacuate on the runway using emergency slides, officials said.

Airline officials said the onboard fire extinguishing fluid was not enough to put out the fire.

The airport closed briefly after the fire. The south runway reopened Thursday afternoon, but the north runway was still closed, causing delays.

Dynamic began servicing Caracas in July, after several other major airlines ended or slashed service to Venezuela

Israeli forces shoot two Palestinians in West Bank stabbing incidents

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — Israeli forces on Thursday shot and killed two Palestinians, including one who stabbed a soldier, Israeli authorities said, the latest in a string of clashes in the volatile West Bank city of Hebron.

In recent days, Hebron has become a focus of clashes following six weeks of Israeli-Palestinian violence. The city, where several hundred Jewish settlers live in fortified enclaves amid tens of thousands of Palestinians, is a frequent flashpoint of unrest.

In the latest violence, police said a 23-year-old Palestinian man stabbed a soldier in the head, wounding him lightly, and then attempted to stab another security officer before Israeli forces shot and killed him. The Palestinian approached soldiers at a checkpoint as clashes between Palestinian

protesters and Israeli troops erupted nearby, police said.

Later, Israeli forces shot and killed another Palestinian who the military said attempted to stab an Israeli soldier.

But a Palestinian witness at the scene, community activist Issa Amro, challenged the Israeli account, saying he had not seen a knife. Palestinians have repeatedly accused the army of using unnecessary or excessive force, a charge that Israel denies.

Along with clashes between Palestinians and Israeli troops, Hebron has also been the scene of several stabbing attacks by Palestinians. The Israeli military said Thursday that a Palestinian who tried to stab a soldier in the city on Wednesday died after forces shot him.

The incident involving the 23-yearold Palestinian on Thursday took place near a disputed shrine known

over the government’s refusal to pay an estimated $4 billion the carriers say they have trapped in the country.

For Venezuelans hoping to travel abroad, the options have been severely reduced to little-known carriers such as Dynamic or domestic carriers, which due to the country’s economic crisis, have struggled to import replacement parts.

New Mexico officer dies after being shot by ex-convict during traffic stop

to Jews as the Cave of the Patriarchs, where the Bible says the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were buried along with three of their wives.

Muslims call it the al-Ibrahimi mosque, reflecting the fact that Abraham is considered the father of both Judaism and Islam.

The current wave of violence began in mid-September in Jerusalem amid tensions over a sensitive holy site and quickly spread deeper into Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Eleven Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks. In that time, 58 Palestinians have been killed, 38 said by Israel to be attackers, the remainder killed in clashes with Israeli troops.

Israel says the outburst of violence is the result of Palestinian incitement.

But Palestinians say it is the result of frustration stemming from nearly 50 years of Israeli occupation.

A sombre Albuquerque police chief stood surrounded by dozens of law enforcement officials as he described a well-liked, highly decorated officer who was gunned down outside a pharmacy last week.

Officer Daniel Webster died early Thursday at University of New Mexico Hospital, a little more than a week after he was shot by an ex-convict, Chief Gorden Eden said. Webster’s death followed an especially violent week in New Mexico’s largest city in which police say another gunman shot and killed a 4-year-old girl amid a road rage dispute.

Webster had suffered gunshot wounds to his upper body and jaw on the night of Oct. 21, and he had undergone emergency surgeries after Davon Lymon opened fire on him outside a pharmacy, authorities said.

Lymon has been in and out of the court system for years and was facing misdemeanour battery charges.

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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.”

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Oct. 30 2009 — Former gold medallists Catriona LeMay Doan (speedskating) and Simon Whitfield (triathlon) are the first of more than 12,000 torchbearers as the Olympic Torch Relay begins in Victoria for 2010 games.

1991 — Canadian Forces Hercules C-130 crashes on Ellesmere Island in the high Arctic while on a routine supply mission; 5 of the 13 passengers die before rescuers can reach

them over 33 hours later.

1972 — Pierre Trudeau wins a minority, with 109 seats for the Liberals to 107 for the PCs under Robert Stanfield; 31 NDP; 15 Social Credit; 2 Independent.

1957 — Alberta votes for greater variety of liquor outlets.

1918 — Allied and German high commands agree to a cease fire in the War; armistice follows on November 11.

1813 — Major Perrault and 300 Canadien militia cross the border and occupy Champlain, New York

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MasterCard pairs to make clothes that pay for themselves

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MOBILE PAYMENT

NEW YORK — Call it payable fashion. You won’t need a credit card to pay for your clothes your clothes will BE your credit card.

MasterCard is pairing with fashion designer Adam Selman and others in a program aimed at making an array of consumer products double as mobile payment devices, including clothing but also automotive products and “yet to be imagined categories.”

“The idea is that virtually any device can be a commerce device,” said Sherri Haymond, group head of digital channels for MasterCard, in a telephone interview Tuesday.

The program was unveiled Monday at the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas.

Benetton relaunches brand

Selman works closely with pop star Rihanna and designed her famous, very sheer dress for the 2014 Council of Fashion Designers of America awards.

How one would hide even a microchip in such a sheer garment is, of course, hard to imagine, but Selman was chosen, Haymond said, “because he is extremely innovative, really creative. When we met Adam, his vision and our vision really connected.”

Other partners set to be involved in the program: General Motors, wearable technology maker Nymi, jewelry company Ringly, and Bluetooth locator TrackR, according to MasterCard.

Haymond said the program uses existing technology and functionality that MasterCard has been working on for two years.

“People can pay with what’s most accessible to them,” she said.

In the past several years, a number of fashion designers have ventured into wearable technology, with everything from clothing that measures various health functions to accessories that charge devices.

As for Selman, he has produced a prototype of two dresses, gloves, sunglasses and a handbag, all imbedded with microchips for payment.

“Technology is vital to the fashion industry,” Selman said in a statement from MasterCard.

“What sets the program apart is that it features the technology, while still remaining invisible, yet interactive and totally functional with the wearer.”

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TREVISO, Italy — Benetton, the Italian maker of colorful knitwear, is relaunching its brand with a gentler ad campaign that ditches shock factor images such as the pope kissing an imam, which once angered the Vatican.

John Mollanger, Benetton’s new head of product and marketing, told The Associated Press on Thursday that the brand is integrating its mission to sell clothes and its advertising campaign “for the first time maybe” to make its message to customers more consistent.

“If the communication experience is schizophrenic,” Mollanger said. “it’s not necessarily good news.”

Benetton’s brand relaunch comes in a period of renewal for the brand.

The Benetton family bought back stock to reprivatize the company in 2012, and a new team of key executives was brought in earlier this year.

The apparel company has struggled under competition from fast-fashion brands like H&M and Inditex’s Zara.

“From a business standpoint, we are in a situation where the business has been stable, which is very different from the business in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s when there was exponential growth,” Mollanger said, calling the evolving retail climate “a major call to action.”

Four capsule collections, including a sportswear first for Benetton, will be rolled out between now and April in selected United Colors of Benetton stores around the world —but not the United States, where the last Benetton store closed this year in New York City. Benetton is evaluating options for relaunching in the U.S. market.

The first collection features graphic patterns from the archives dating back five decades, and is backed by a campaign featuring five women who have overcome personal hurdles.

Mollanger said Benetton was turning its focus away from ads that “points the finger” at problems, and instead was seeking to actively help, including setting up a 2-million-euro fund to help women working in garment factories around the world.

That doesn’t mean Benetton won’t call on its Fabbrica communications research centre for social campaigns, but that it is aligning its brand advertising focus more closely with its apparel.

“We have matured and the world has matured,” Mollanger said.

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Individuals killed during Soviet repressions remembered in ceremony MOSCOW — On the square outside the former headquarters of the KGB in Moscow, Russians on Thursday read the names of victims of political killings in Soviet times in a 12-hour-long ceremony.

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John Adams conducts the Ghostly Walks in downtown Victoria in 2013. Paul Kingsbury, Simon Fraser University geography professor, is embarking on a four-year research project to better understand what makes paranormal researchers tick.

“Although we live in a secular, modern, rational, post-enlightenment society, researchers have observed … in the past decade or so a sort of paranormalization of the everyday.”

Kingsbury pointed to a growing number of activities such as reiki, a form of channelled energy therapy, and healing crystals as further evidence of the popularization of the paranormal.

“It’s no longer taboo,” he said. “It’s no longer crackpot to talk about paranormal experiences.”

About 10 years ago, there were

about 250 ghost-hunter groups in the United Kingdom but that number has since grown ten-fold, to 2,500, he said.

Kingsbury said he knows of one instance where a church called up a crew of paranormal investigators to look into some onsite goings-on.

The interest is hardly limited to the Western world.

One of the appealing elements of studying the paranormal is how culturally universal it is, said Kingsbury, adding that virtually every society has a reference to a spirit-like entity in its vocabulary and belief system.

Most cultures also have a cryptid, which he defined as a sort of monster, such as a Sasquatch or a Big Foot, he said.

Kingsbury mused that his research findings would apply to some unexpected areas.

“The paranormal is defined as that which exceeds conventional scientific understanding. From that point of view there are a lot of things in society that can be classed as paranormal.

“If you think of things such as love, how does science completely explain the phenomenon of love?”

The ceremony, organized by Russian rights group Memorial, came on the eve of the national day for remembrance of victims of political repression.

Each participant was given the names of two people to read aloud.

But the scale of such executions was so enormous that there wasn’t enough time to read all the names.

Historians estimate a million or more were killed just in the infamous 1937-38 purges under Josef Stalin.

In the past few years, there has been a push to emphasize the Soviet victory in World War II, rather than

address the victims of political repression under the Communist regime.

“This isn’t just a political event or a historical event. It can’t be. History and politics are too intertwined,” said Anna Vardiya, 53, who has attended the annual commemoration ceremony since they began 10 years ago.

Another demonstration was held in the Belarusian capital Minsk, where

about 200 activists gathered and protested that repression continues under authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

“We will continue to live under a fearsome, Stalinist government,” until there is a frank discussion of Soviet history, said Vladimir Mazanki, who came to the protest with a candle and a portrait of his father in hand.

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The Simon Fraser University geography professor is embarking on a four-year research project to better understand what makes paranormal researchers tick.

“The project is not to prove or disprove paranormal phenomena,” Kingsbury said. “It is to hunt the UFO, Big Foot and ghost hunters and find out what they’re doing with the paranormal in … everyday spaces.”

His research involves an undisclosed site.

While the bulk of the study is still to come, Kingsbury’s preliminary research has already shed some light on some of the motivations behind wouldbe spectre seekers.

“What we’re finding so far is that people join paranormal-investigation groups because they’ve had profound paranormal experiences,” he said.

Such groups are often include skeptics looking to provide people with closure or peace of mind, he said. A successful investigation isn’t necessarily to prove the existence of a ghost, he added.

“There’s a great deal of altruism in these groups. … I think there’s a therapeutic dimension with their clients.”

Funding for such an esoteric area of study is traditionally unusual, Kingsbury noted. He sees the social-science research dollars being dedicated to his project as an indicator of just how mainstream the topic has become.

“There’s been a sort of paranormal turn in popular culture,” he said, describing what he called the “re-enchantment of the West.”

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Man lives out the mission of his sister, who died in 2011 tsunami YAMATOTAKADA, Japan - Standing in front of the blackboard, Jeffrey Anderson began a class about Halloween by explaining the spooky creatures very carefully and slowly: skeleton, witch, werewolf and mummy.

The high school students looked on silently in what could have been complete incomprehension or, alternatively, absolute comprehension. It was difficult to tell.

Using sweeping hand gestures and occasionally asking his colleague to chip in with translation, “Jeff sensei” then urged the teenagers to stand up and use the new additions to their English vocabulary.

“What kind of monster are you?” they asked one another, rather hesitantly, using prepared clues to figure out the answer.

Such scenes play out in schools across Japan every day, thanks to the thousands of people from around the world - usually young - who come here as part of the Japan Exchange and Teaching program, or JET, as it is commonly known. Most of them are seeking a work-based adventure in a foreign land.

But Anderson, who hails from the Richmond, Virginia, area, arrived with a strong connection to Japan already: It was in this country that his sister Taylor, also a JET teacher, died.

Taylor - who was then 24, the same age as Anderson was when he arrived here in August - had been teaching in schools in the small city of Ishinomaki on Japan’s northeastern coast for 2 ½ years. She loved Japan, wearing a kimono for special occasions and learning the Japanese language and how to play the taiko drum. Her parents and her younger siblings, Julie and Jeffrey, had visited her in Ishinomaki.

But on March 11, 2011, a devastating earthquake struck. Taylor helped shepherd her students out of the classroom and waited to hand them over to their parents. She then got on her bike and headed home - apparently to collect her cellphone to call loved ones - instead of heading inland. She was killed in the tsunami triggered by the quake.

Now, four years on, another Ander-

son has arrived in Japan on the JET program.

Jeffrey Anderson is teaching in another Japanese backwater, a quiet little city where the majority of the population has gray hair but that is toward the south of the country. He asked to come here, to a part of Nara prefecture that is 50 miles from Kyoto, because he wanted to be halfway between city and country. This kind of environment reminds him of where he grew up, in Virginia’s Chesterfield County.

Anderson teaches English at Takadashi Senior High School and runs an after-school communications club. He was coaching a student for a speech competition on a recent day. Japanese schools are no-shoe zones, so Anderson walks the corridors in a pair of black, fake Crocs, reserved only for indoor use, saying “konnichi wa” to students and sometimes more, in English, to colleagues.

There are no other foreign teachers in the immediate area, but Anderson fits right in.

“Jeffrey is like a Japanese person,” said Toshio Morimoto, the school’s vice principal. “He’s very polite and quiet.”

Anderson’s parents, Andy and Jean, retain close ties to Japan and are ardently trying to help the earthquake-hit region, which remains depressed. They run the Taylor Anderson Memorial Fund to help people in the greater Ishinomaki area recover from the 2011 disaster and to pursue Taylor’s dream of serving as a bridge between the United States and Japan.

This year, the foundation funded an exchange program involving four students and their advisers from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia, Taylor’s alma mater, and four students and their faculty advisers from Ishinomaki Senshu University, as well as a bunch of other exchange programs linking Virginia and Ishinomaki. There are also “Taylor libraries” in Ishinomaki, stocked with donated books placed on shelves built by a local resident who lost his three children, including two whom Taylor taught, in the disaster.

Andy and Jean Anderson visit Japan regularly. They will come to Tokyo next month for the U.S.-Japan Council’s annual conference, then head up

State Office of Tourism inks deal with Pixar to promote animated movie with Wyoming landscape

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The state of Wyoming is looking to boost tourism through an animated film that will be released nationwide next month.

The Good Dinosaur, which will be released Thanksgiving week, is about a dinosaur named Arlo and his human friend as they travel a harsh and scenic land. Valleys and mountains depicted in the film were inspired by the Wyoming landscape, such as the Teton Range.

Under an agreement between the state Office of Tourism and Pixar, Wyoming will invest $1.2 million of its advertising budget on a media campaign promoting both the film and the state.

In addition, the state will pay Pixar $100,000 to help sponsor the film’s world premiere Nov. 17 in Los Angeles.

In return, Wyoming will be able to promote the state, such as displaying its bucking horse and rider logo on the red carpet at the premiere.

Tourism Office spokesman Chris Mickey said that Wyoming will be able to use images from the film in commercials marketing the state to potential visitors.

“One of the things we love about this partnership is we can directly tie the dinosaurs to Wyoming in the movie,” Mickey said.

The commercials will run from mid-November to mid-December, but probably won’t be aired in Wyoming, he said.

“But they will be seen in select markets all over the country,” Mickey said.

Diane Shober, executive director of the Wyoming Office of Tourism, said arrangement with Pixar provides the state the opportunity to increase interest in and visitation to Wyoming.

“The film is visually stunning and the setting is very characteristic of the Wyoming scenery we know and love,” Shober said in a statement. The Good Dinosaur is a perfect fit for Wyoming with the mountain backdrops, sweeping landscapes and ties to paleontology and culture of the American West.”

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Jeffrey Anders, an english teacher who came to Japan on The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program, teaches english during class in Nara Prefectural Takada Senior High School Monday in Nara, Japan. to the disaster zone to visit current exchange students and reunite with previous ones.

Because of his family ties to Japan, and especially because of his sister’s death in a catastrophe that has deeply scarred the country, Jeffrey Anderson has become something of a local celebrity.

NHK, the national public broadcaster, ran a segment about him when he arrived in August. Several newspaper reporters, eager to write about the American who is following in his sister’s footsteps, have made their way to Yamatotakada to see him.

His story does not quite fit the neat little narrative about legacy that they want, though.

“I like Japan because Taylor introduced me to Japan,” Anderson said as he waited to catch his train home one day this week. He recalled coming to visit her and her affection for this country. “But I’m primarily interested

in traveling.”

Anderson, an environmental science graduate of the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, joined the Peace Corps after college and taught English in Mozambique for 1 ½ years before applying to the JET program.

“I wanted to see more of the world after Mozambique, so I came here,” he said. “I’m enjoying my life here.”

Like his sister, Anderson is studying Japanese and talked at length about the computer program he is using to try to master kanji, the complicated, pictographic characters widely used in written Japanese.

He is also teaching some American customs to his students and was preparing to attend a school Halloween party as Odlaw, the mean character from “Where’s Waldo?”

Anderson’s parents are pleased that their son is doing what he loves, just as Taylor did.

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Montreal’s Queen Elizabeth hotel to close for a year for renovations HOTEL RENOS EXPECTED TO COST 140 MILLION Montreal’s historic Queen Elizabeth hotel will close for a year to undergo major renovations to its rooms and common areas.

Ivanhoe Cambridge, the real estate arm of Quebec pension fund manager the Caisse de Depot, says it will invest $140 million to renovate the hotel, part of the Fairmont chain.

The closure — June 2016 to June 2017 — will see the majority of the hotel’s 600 employees laid off for between nine and 12 months, although they will be offered jobs at other hotels and properties managed by the Fairmont chain.

The hotel said the “new concepts” it is implementing will lead to an increase in the total number of jobs after reopening.

Work on the hotel’s common areas and 500 of the guest rooms is expected to be complete in time for summer celebrations marking Montreal’s 375th birthday and the 150th anniversary of Confederation on July 1, 2017.

The rest of the rooms will be ready by December 2017.

Ivanhoe Cambridge chairman Daniel Fournier said in a statement Thursday that the transformation would “mark the hotel’s return as Montreal’s leading business destination and preferred venue for international events and global business conferences.”

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Woman labeled ‘psycho’ for filing complaint Dear Annie: My husband and I have been happily married for 20 years.

After the kids were grown, we decided to downsize. We put our home on the market and moved to a different state.

My husband’s mother did not want us to move. She started interfering with the real estate office that was showing our house.

She was given written warnings to stay away from the property. She then stripped all our perennials and trellises and took KATHY MITCHELL the picnic table and hoses AND MARCY SUGAR — anything she could get off the property. She left a huge ANNIE’S MAILBOX mess, and I had to pay someone to clean it up.

She wouldn’t stop, so I finally called law enforcement. Now members of the family have labeled me “psycho” because I filed a complaint,

but the local police haven’t done anything.

Mom continues to arrive at showings and claims she is the caretaker.

What can I do to stop this woman without breeding more ill will? — Fed-Up Psycho Dear Fed Up: Your mother-in-law’s behavior is outrageous. Where is your husband in all this? He should quite firmly inform his mother that her punitive and destructive actions must stop immediately or she risks estrangement from his family. It is obvious that she is so frightened and upset by your departure that she believes her only recourse is sabotage.

You both need to reassure her that living elsewhere will not keep you from calling, writing and visiting often.

If she is incapable of adjusting, however, suggest she get professional help. It sounds like she could use it.

Dear Annie: I am a 15-year-old freshman. My best friend, “Ella,” recently told me she is constantly depressed. She said she’s tired of living behind a mask and wants people to understand.

Ella told me she’s thought about cutting herself.

She is usually a bright and cheery person, so this came as a shock.

I can’t help thinking that maybe I never knew the real girl. She absolutely refuses to talk to her parents because she dislikes them. To me they seem like great parents, but I don’t live in her house.

What should I do?

I don’t want to let Ella down in her time of need.

— Trying To Understand Dear Trying: If Ella won’t talk about this with her parents, encourage her to talk to the school counselor, a favorite teacher or another trusted adult.

Suggest she get some exercise. It boosts endorphin levels and could make her feel better. You are a good friend to care about Ella’s mental health.

Both of you can get more information through the teens site at kidshealth.org.

You also should discuss this with your own parents so they can help you work on it.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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BRIEF Couple with love of Halloween picks haunted house as site for wedding LUDINGTON, Mich. — A couple with a love of Halloween — and each other — got married at a haunted house in western Michigan.

The Muskegon Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/1RfM91I ) Jennifer Hornacek and Arturo Mendez of Ludington were married on Wednesday in a Day of the Dead-themed ceremony.

Hornacek says they “wanted to do something different” and celebrating the Day of the Dead is a tradition for Mendez and his family.

Still, the bride wasn’t initially excited about the idea. She says: “At first I said no, I am not getting married in a haunted house. … But we were out shopping and I saw this dress and everything started flowing.”

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HOROSCOPES Friday, Oct. 30 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Henry Winkler, 69; Diego Maradona, 54; Ivanka Trump, 33 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The stars point to an unpredictable and confusing day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Confident and organized, you are easily frustrated if things move too slowly. 2016 is the year to balance passion with plenty of patience.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Looking for employment? With Venus, Mars and Jupiter all jumping through your job zone, strike while the iron is hot. For some helpful Rams, volunteer work is a satisfying option.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re in the mood to shop up a storm, as you find ways to JOANNE MADELINE improve your physical appearMOORE ance. So its a terrific time to buy SUN SIGNS a new outfit, have a haircut or purchase beauty products.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The Gemini Moon promises a busy day full of variety, friendship, communication and creativity. You’re also keen to get involved with like-minded people within a group situation.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’ll make professional progress if you combine creative thinking with an innovative approach. If you’re not sure about a relationship, then follow your instincts.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Lions are in a giant rush but do you know where you’re going? It’s not a good day to make important decisions, as you’re lacking direction.

Wait until your mind is more settled and focused.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Close relationships will be confusing today, as misread motives lead to irrational thinking and misunderstandings. So it would be wise to spend less time talking and more time listening.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When it comes to your nearest and dearest, expect the unexpected today.

Someone will turn around and throw you a curved ball, but it’s nothing you can’t handle with heaps of Libran style.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’re keen to clear the air and get something off your chest today. Some people will appreciate your honesty ñ while others wont be amused. Strive to take it all in your stride Scorpio.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Are loved ones getting sick and tired of your frequent promises and offers of help — accompanied by little or no action? Its time to step up to the plate and walk your Sagittarian talk!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Let non-essentials go and focus on what makes you happy. Get back to basics, as you patch up problems with a loved one. And try to see things from the other person’s point-of-view.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Today’s stars stimulate up your eccentric Aquarian side — and your tendency to do things in unconventional ways. Sick and tired of being single? Love and adventure are waiting online.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A relationship with a loved one could be somewhat confusing. Keep your cool Pisces, and don’t let them press your emotional buttons.

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After more than 45 years of saving pennies, a Louisiana man decided it was time to cash them in.

The News-Star reports that 73-year-old Otha Anders, of Ruston, took 15 five-gallon plastic water jugs full of the coins to the bank on Tuesday. His grand total: A deposit of $5,136.14 into his account. He says it will go toward a recent dental bill.