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Ice ice baby CITY APPROVES FUNDING TO REVIEW ARENAS, ICE CAPACITY BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Does Red Deer need more ice? By a vote of 6-3, council approved $75,000 in onetime funding to develop an ice facilities strategic plan that will guide the future of indoor and outdoor rinks on Monday. Mayor Tara Veer said the city has been flooded with requests from potential partners and user

groups to discuss ice capacity and the possibility of twinning an arena in light of the Red Deer Arena project and Red Deer College’s indoor rink. Veer said the goal is to have the plan completed well before the Red Deer Arena’s replacement is designed so the city could gauge a sense of potential partners. The plan will look at the state and location of the existing facilities, demographics, population forecasts, trends, city and regional capacity and financial viability.

“This is essentially a fair way for us to acknowledge those requests and look at the whole picture and base our answer on needs and facts as opposed to a more political basis,” said Veer. The ice study will be positioned within the city’s capital plan and dovetail with the community amenities plan. The city currently does not have any concrete statistics on usage. It is expected to be completed early in 2016.

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REMEMBRANCE DAY

Canada’s gift to the Dutch recalled BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Canada’s participation in the liberation of the Netherlands during the Second World War was the focus of the Remembrance Day ceremony at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High school on Monday. Alberta’s Lt.-Gov. Lois Mitchell, who spoke at the event, said the people of the Netherlands have never forgotten what Canadian troops did 70 years ago. Mitchell had a few numbers to help hit home just how important a part Canadian troops played. During Nazi occupation, 234,000 Dutch citizens died, she said. “That’s more than twice the population of Red Deer. Can you imagine losing an entire city — twice over,” Mitchell told hundreds of students and staff who gathered for the annual ceremony. “During the long years the Netherlands suffered through occupation, people died of many causes, in concentration camps, via acts of war, and through forced labour. But they also died from hunger.” The winter of 1944-45 was particularly harsh and became known as the “Hunger Winter” among the Dutch, she said. “By then the daily ration for each citizen was 320 calories a day. The Canadian Food Guide suggests about 2,000 or more calories every day for teenagers. Imagine going for months with just 320 calories. “Now imagine the sight of Canadian bombers flying above your town, dropping parcels of food. Imagine seeing Canadian troops marching down your streets, fighting to save your lives and telling you that the nightmare is finally over. That’s the gift that Canada gave the Netherlands 70 years ago.” She said 7,600 Canadians died battling to free the Dutch.

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The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, the Honourable Lois Mitchell addresses the students, staff and invited guests to the École Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School Remembrance Day event at the school Monday afternoon. “The people of the Netherlands have never forgotten the role that Canadians played in saving their country. It’s important that we remember it as well, just as you people do here today.” Since October, Mitchell has attended many events leading up to Nov. 11 and she said Lindsay Thurber was likely the only high school she will visit. While speaking to local media after the ceremony, the lieutenant-governor congratulated staff and students on their efforts to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. “I think there is a groundswell of young people that care and feel that they too can make a difference,” Mitchell said. On Monday at West Park Elementary School in

Red Deer, two Grade 5 classes operated a Remembrance Day Museum for fellow students, parents and the public. About 50 students gathered information to set up displays and make posters about the wars and peacekeeping efforts involving Canadians. Some students brought in artifacts and photos of family members who have served in the military. At one of the exhibits, Grade 5 student Lillian Snowball wore white cotton gloves to pick up a gaiter, or ankle/shin guard, used in the First World War. “They would put it over their ankles and shins so they didn’t get cuts. Because if that cut got infected while on duty, you would probably die. Even if it was just a scrape,” Snowball said.

Psychiatric evaluation delays first-degree murder trial BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

ation for Fleig. Faye said he had concerns about the mental state of Fleig, citing his bipolar disorder and a recent refusal to take medication while being held at the Red Deer Remand Centre ahead of the trial. Fleig, wearing blue prisoner coveralls, was handcuffed in the prisoner box where he alternated between standing and sitting regularly. Faye told Ackerl he had visited Fleig over the Thanksgiving long weekend at the Edmonton Insti-

Faye requested an adjournment so Fleig could be examined as soon as possible. The quickest method was to adjourn the trial to Friday in Calgary court where a forensic psychologist would examine Fleig. Concerns over the mental state of a man convicted From there the parties would reconvene on Nov. 16 of first-degree murder delayed the start of his secin Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench. If Fleig was deond trial for the gangland style killing of Brandon termined to be fit for trial, the trial would proceed. Neil Prevey. If he was not, then a two to three week assessment Christopher Martin Fleig, 31, was convicted in could be ordered, further delaying the trial. 2012 of the April 2009 Crown Prosecutor drive-by shooting Raj Dhillon agreed DEFENCE COUNSEL ALLAN FAY BEGAN THE TRIAL BY REQUESTING AN ADJOURNMENT FOR A death of Prevey, 29, with Fay’s recommenin Inglewood in Red MENTAL FITNESS EVALUATION FOR FLEIG. FAYE SAID HE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE MENTAL dation and request for Deer. Though Fleig a psychiatric evaluadid not actually shoot STATE OF FLEIG, CITING HIS BIPOLAR DISORDER AND A RECENT REFUSAL TO TAKE MEDICATION tion. Dhillon provided Prevey, the Crown beWHILE BEING HELD AT THE RED DEER REMAND CENTRE AHEAD OF THE TRIAL. the court with a schedlieved he had orchesule of witnesses and trated the killing. tution maximum security facility, and said he was how they expect the trial to proceed. The trial was The Alberta Court of Appeal ordered a new trial lucid. But an attempt to visit Fleig at the prison this scheduled to run from Monday to Dec. 22. on March 10, 2014, but did not overturn the convic- past weekend before the start of trial was thwarted However, Dhillon said due to conversations betion. by a lockdown. He later learned that Fleig was not tween Crown and defence they expect the trial to Fleig’s second trial started Monday in Red Deer taking his medication. take much less time than was allotted. Court of Queen’s bench before Justice Larry Ackerl Faye said he had concerns about Fleig’s mental Ackerl granted the adjournment. of Edmonton. fitness and was worried about his client’s ability to Defence counsel Allan Fay began the trial by re- instruct counsel during the trial. questing an adjournment for a mental fitness evaluPlease see FLEIG on Page A2

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City revamps whistleblower policy BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer city staff can now blow the lid on harassment, bullying or safety in the workplace without fear of retaliation. On Monday council enhanced and revamped its ethics standard policy or a Whistleblower policy including adding an anonymous third party confidential hotline for employees. Greg LeBlanc, the city’s Human Resource Team Leader, said the hotline would be operational 24/7 all year round through an online reporting option and through a telephone service. LeBlanc said there is a process within the ethics toolkit that tells new employees at orientation that ensures them they will be protected. The city currently does not have an anonymous way of reporting concerns. LeBlanc said there has been a policy in place where employees could drop off a sealed envelope to the Human Resources department. “What they don’t have is the anonymous way of reporting their concerns,” said LeBlanc. “As an example … we have had a sealed envelope delivered to Human Resources and one of the forms in the toolkit suggests it. That has been in place since 2005. It’s not as confidential and to some extend easy as a third party Council will consider the estimated $15,000 annual fee for the third-party hotline during the upcoming operational budget talks in January. Mayor Tara Veer said there were various means of fulfilling the ethical standards policies and reporting mechanisms but there was a lack of accountability and formal mechanism for staff to come forward. “We needed that anonymous component to be built into our accountability loop,” said Veer. “Today we followed through on that commitment to our public and our staff so if they have a concern they can come forward anonymously and without fear of reprisal.” In 2013 the Alberta government created the Public Interest Disclosure Act which was applicable to the public sector and post secondary institutions and hospitals. It was not applicable to municipalities but the jurisdictions had the opportunity to opt in. The city initially opted in at the suggestion of the audit committee in September 2013 and directed administration to review the legislation and the current and past practices and policies. As part of the resolution, council rescinded the 2013 resolution.

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ICE: How are resources being used? Coun. Lawrence Lee said this is an opportunity to look at something that hasn’t been looked at in a long time. The 1991 Community Services Master Plan and the 2008 Community Asset Needs Assessment painted a broad inventory and condition of city-owned recreation, parks and culture assets. “I think it is about time that we knew as a city how those resources are being used,” said Lee. “Are they being used effectively? Are there opportunities to save in terms of construction? Is there a need for some of the current ice surfaces? Are there savings to be had? Those are all good questions that we don’t have answers for today.” The city currently operates six indoor ice arenas, 36 outdoor boarded natural ice surfaces, 35 snowbank rinks, three natural skating ponds and an outdoor long track speed skating oval. Coun. Frank Wong, a long-time advocate for the

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Work is continuing on an extension of 48 Street into the Riverlands area in Red Deer. A new traffic light has been installed on Taylor Drive at the site and will allow traffic to access the Carnival Cinema area Taylor drive in both directions and from the east on 48th street.

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No problem with most Alberta resource dams except one coal mine: regulator EDMONTON — An investigation into the structural safety of energy industry dams and ponds in Alberta has no found serious problems except at one coal mine. The Alberta Energy Regulator says its review of 55 oilsands and 14 oil and gas structures did not identify any significant deficiencies. But its inspection of 31 coal mine structures found a significant problem at a Coal Valley Resources Inc. mine pond near Edson. “One structure, owned by Coal Valley Resources, was found to be significantly deficient,” Kirk Bailey, the regulator’s executive vice-president of operations, said. “Inspectors found erosion within the structure, which was causing a free flow of water from a partwinning of the G.H. Dawe Community Centre arena, voted against the motion. Coun. Tanya Handley and Coun. Buck Buchanan were also opposed. Wong said the work including the geographic analysis has already been completed. “As far as I am concerned, we already have the stats,” he said. In the city’s current 10-year capital plan, twinning of the Dawe arena has been earmarked beyond 2025. Coun. Dianne Wytnjes said the new arena is not going to be cheap so it’s important the city get it right. She said it also important to look ahead to what may be needed in the future. The city approved $21.6 million to replace the aging arena last November. Handley said she is concerned that the plan would come back and knock off items already in the capital plan. “What are we willing to give up to make ice happen immediately when there are so many other wants from our community that we have heard,” she said. “What are we willing to take out or to adjust? … I understand the timing. It makes good sense.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

tially reclaimed pit, which is a contravention of several Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act approval conditions.” The regulator said the Oct. 14, 2014, release of a substance from the pond is under investigation. “The AER is investigating this non-compliance and will release the results of its investigation when complete.” The mine is separate from Coal Valley’s Obed mine near Hinton, where about 670 million litres of waste water spilled on Oct. 31, 2013. At the time, Coal Valley operated the Obed mine as a subsidiary of Sherritt International Corp. (TSX:S). Last month the Alberta Crown charged the two companies with offences under Alberta’s Environmental Protection Act, Public Lands Act and Water Act over the spill. The regulator ordered inspections of the structural integrity of energy industry dams last March after Alberta’s auditor general said the government was failing to properly regulate the province’s network of dams and tailings ponds. Auditor general Merwan Saher said most of the mines used by the coal industry had not been inspected since the 1980s or 1990s and there were no safety reviews on file for 22 of the structures.

FLEIG: Convicted in May 2012 Fleig was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison by Justice Kirk Sisson on May 30, 2012. Prevey was parked in a car on Ibbitson Close when another vehicle pulled up to the vehicle. A total of 15 shots were fired from a Glock handgun, seven hitting Prevey. The autopsy said three shots were fatal. The Crown said Prevey and Fleig were rival drug dealers. According to the Crown, Fleig had recruited another person to perform the murder, provided the murder weapon, directed the shooter to Prevey’s car, gave the order to shoot through a walkie-talkie, assisted in the disposal of the murder weapon and drove to Calgary with the shooter after the incident. Police recovered the Glock on June 23, 2009 from a vacant lot. Fleig became a person of interest in the police investigation after being interviewed on Oct. 6, 2009. He was charged on March 29, 2010. Fleig also pleaded guilty to three counts of perjury in 2012 for contradictory evidence he gave at the first trial and at the preliminary hearing for three other men charged in the incident. He was sentenced to four years in custody.

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An Alberta family whose farmland has been tainted by chemical contamination has asked the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s energy regulator to force the responsible companies to negotiate compensation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are very solid facts upon which the regulator can demonstrate it does have the ability to be an enforcer when things go wrong,â&#x20AC;? said Keith Wilson, lawyer for Ron and Lonni Saken. The Sakens were informed in 2014 that groundwater under their dairy farm â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which has been in the family since 1929 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was contaminated by a solvent used in the treatment of sour gas. That solvent comes from a gas plant owned by Bonavista Energy, which bought the plant from Suncor (TSX:SU) in 2010. Bonavistaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studies show the leaching began years before it bought the plant. Experts say it will be at least a decade before the groundwater is safe and will more likely take 30 years or longer. Meanwhile, the contamination prevents the Sakens from selling their farm or borrowing against it. Plans to expand the farm to allow their son and his fiancee to join it have been put on hold. The Alberta Energy Regulator has ordered Bonavista to truck at least 9.5 million litres a year to the farm for the family, staff and cattle. Bonavista has complied. But the water is only a stop-gap, said Wilson. He points to provisions in the 2013 law that created the agency, allowing it to direct companies to at-

tend a dispute resolution meeting. His letter to the regulator asks it to force both Bonavista and Suncor to do so. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The meeting will provide an opportunity for the two energy companies known to be responsible for the contamination of the Saken farm to develop a long-term solution,â&#x20AC;? he wrote. In a letter to the regulator, Bonavista says it is willing to attend such a meeting but is wary of the stakes. It argues the rules say those talks could only involve the order to supply water. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bonavista understands Mr. Wilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request to relate to more than the order,â&#x20AC;? says the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s letter. It said it would negotiate with the Sakens if the scope was agreed on in advance. In earlier correspondence with The Canadian Press, Suncor has said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;not appropriateâ&#x20AC;? to comment on a plant it no longer owns. Nigel Bankes, a resource law professor at the University of Calgary, said Wilson might get the regulator to force Bonavista to the table, but is unlikely to get Suncor. He said both companies could be included in a contaminated sites order using provincial legislation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then there is a possibility of implicating other persons responsible, (which) would include a prior owner of the facility,â&#x20AC;? Bankes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure why that wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been done yet. There doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to be much doubt there is contamination.â&#x20AC;? A spokesman for the Alberta Energy Regulator was not immediately available.

Judicial council reviews judge after comments in sex assault case BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Federal Court justice who once asked a sexual assault victim why she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep her knees together is under review by the Canadian Judicial Council. The council announced on Monday it will review a 2014 decision made by Robin Camp when he was a provincial court judge in Alberta. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very pleased that the judicial council is looking at it,â&#x20AC;? said Alice Woolley, a University of Calgary law professor and one of three legal academics who filed the complaint. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope that they will look at all of the issues raised by his decision â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not only his treatment of the complainant, which was truly appalling, but also his disregard for the law.â&#x20AC;? In June 2014, Camp acquitted a man of sexual assault of a 19-year-old woman after deciding that the accused manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version of the events was more credible. Campâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s verdict was overturned on appeal and a new trial ordered. But Woolley and her colleagues, Elaine Craig and Jocelyn Downie from Dalhousie University, accuse Camp of relying on â&#x20AC;&#x153;mythsâ&#x20AC;? long discarded

CONTINUED FROM A2 Veer said it worked on paper but it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t translate in practice. Kristy Svoboda, Director of Human Resources, told council that to date no other municipalities have opted into the legislation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were concerns that we were giving away our municipal independence,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The legislation was very cumbersome. There wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t any specific language specific to the mu-

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I HOPE THAT THEY WILL LOOK AT ALL OF THE ISSUES RAISED BY HIS DECISION â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NOT ONLY HIS TREATMENT OF THE COMPLAINANT, WHICH WAS TRULY APPALLING, BUT ALSO HIS DISREGARD FOR THE LAW.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ALICE WOOLLEY UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY LAW PROFESSOR in Canadian law, among which is that a woman cannot be raped against her will. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you just keep your knees togetherâ&#x20AC;?? Camp is quoted as saying in the court transcript. He questioned the womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s morals and called her â&#x20AC;&#x153;unsavoury.â&#x20AC;? He suggested her attempts to fight off her attacker sounded like â&#x20AC;&#x153;a very ineffectual attempt.â&#x20AC;? He suggested â&#x20AC;&#x153;sex and pain sometimes go together â&#x20AC;Ś thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not necessarily a bad thingâ&#x20AC;? although he later conceded her pain was not enjoyable. He referred to the woman as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the accusedâ&#x20AC;? throughout the trial. Woolley said a complaint to the council was necessary because of the discretion the Canadian legal system allows its judges. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a relationship of trust between Canadian society and the judinicipalities. Any reprisal complaint can be reported directly to the commissioner. There was no opportunity for the City of Red Deer to do our own rigour and process. It added another layer of complexity to an already PIDA terminology and regulation.â&#x20AC;? Administration will report to the audit committee and council annually. It will be brought back to council for review in a yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

ciary,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We depend on them to take that independence and use it wisely and well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But sometimes a judge does something that violates the public trust â&#x20AC;Ś and this is that kind of case.â&#x20AC;? The complaint asks the council to consider removing Camp from the bench. A statement from Federal Court, to which Camp was appointed last June, says the judge wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hear any cases involving sexual conduct during the investigation. Camp has released a statement, apologizing both to the victim and to all women. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To the extent that what I have said discourages any person from reporting abuse, or from testifying about it, I am truly sorry,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will do all in my power to learn from this and to never repeat those mistakes.â&#x20AC;?

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Time for nuclear disarmament is now “When people say they’re never their security?” going to use the (nuclear) deterrent,” Now, there are a few errors and said General Sir Nicholas Houghton, omissions in that statement, 192 minus “I say you use the deterrent every sec- eight is 184. ond of every minute of evThe five “declared” ery day. The purpose of the countries — the United deterrent is you don’t have States, Russia, Britain, to use it because you effecFrance and China — were tively deter.” already nuclear weapons You sort of know what powers before the Non-Prohe meant to say, although liferation Treaty was signed his syntax needs some in 1968, and their bombs work. But the general’s inwere “grandfathered” by coherence is forgiveable, the treaty. They promised because it is grounded in to get rid of them eventualthe greater incoherence of ly, but half a century later the strategy he is trying to “eventually” has still not ardefend: the notion of an inrived. GWYNNE dependent British nuclear The four (not three) other DYER deterrent. nuclear weapons countries, As Britain’s most senior India, Pakistan, North KoOPINION serving military officer, rea and Israel, never signed Houghton went on the BBC the NPT because they all last weekend to denounce the leader had powerful enemies. Just like the of the opposition, Labour’s new leader original five, they were all thinking Jeremy Corbyn. Why? Because Cor- in terms of sheer survival when they byn had said he would never press the developed their first nuclear weapons. nuclear button in the (rather remote) But what Corbyn failed to mention contingency that he becomes prime (to the great disadvantage of his arguminister after the 2020 election. ment) was that six other countries eiIndeed, Corbyn has said that he ther had nuclear weapons or were on would like to get rid of Britain’s nucle- the brink of getting them — but then ar weapons entirely. turned around and walked away from “There are five declared nuclear them. weapon states in the world,” he told Brazil and Argentina frightened the BBC a month ago. “Three others each other into a race to develop nuhave nuclear weapons. That is eight clear weapons under the ultra-nationcountries out of 192; 187 countries alist military regimes of the 1970s and do not feel the need to have nuclear 1980s, but they didn’t really pose a weapons to protect their security. Why threat to each other and the programs should those five need them to protect were ditched by civilian governments

in the 1990s. Both countries signed the NPT just before the century ended. After the Soviet Union broke up in 1991, the former Soviet republics of Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan all wound up with ex-Soviet nuclear weapons on their soil. But they had no real enemies, so they all agreed to destroy them or give them back to Russia, the legal successor to the Soviet Union. And South Africa developed nuclear weapons in the dying days of apartheid, fearing that Cuban and Russian military help to the “front-line states” of Africa might grow into an all-out military assault on the white-ruled state. After white minority rule ended peacefully in 1994, the new government led by Nelson Mandela quietly dismantled the six South African bombs. Nobody developed nuclear weapons just to feel more powerful: they were all driven by fear of attack. And when that fear vanished, as it did for some countries, they promptly got out of the nuclear weapons business again. Logically, both Britain and France should now belong the latter group. They both built their bombs just after the Second World War because they feared an overwhelmingly powerful conventional attack on Western Europe by the Soviet Union, and didn’t trust the United States to use its own nuclear weapons to save them. After the Soviet Union fell, they faced no threat that was even remotely comparable. They still don’t today. Yet they cling to their irrelevant nuclear

weapons, presumably because they think that is what guarantees them a seat at the high table. Maybe it does, but it is a very expensive way to keep a seat of such dubious value. The military forces that Britain actually uses from time to time are being hollowed out to maintain this ludicrous deterrent (which depends on missiles leased from the United States). It wouldn’t transform the world if Britain got rid of its nukes, but it would be a down-payment on what all the declared nuclear powers said they would do when they signed the NPT. French nuclear disarmament would also be a good idea. Like people who live on the slopes of a volcano that hasn’t erupted in 70 years, we have mostly forgotten the appalling danger that still looms over us. The Cold War ended 30 years ago but the weapons are still there, waiting for some fool or madman to pull the trigger. I know what you’re thinking: Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons, and now it has a real enemy in Russia. So tell me: would you feel safer if Ukraine had nuclear weapons too? Would Ukrainians? No. The stakes would be a 100 times higher, and we would have been living in a terrifying nightmare for the past two years. Gwynne Dyer is a freelance Canadian journalist living in London. His latest book, Crawling from the Wreckage, was published recently in Canada by Random House.

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Post-elections critical reflections Before the elections I asked 10 questions we should pose to political candidates in exercising our civic responsibilities. Now, reflecting after some recent elections involving citizens voting in this province, I am puzzled by the persistence of some common voting strategies which are suspect at best. I thought it might be interesting to critically think about a couple of them. There is the comment I heard in line while waiting to vote: “The devil you know is better than the devil you don’t,” which got several nods from people in line. Why? First, this strategy hardly makes any sense at all. It has the negative effect of perpetuating and even encouraging the “devils” (whoever they are?) to continue to run. Second, if I were such a “devil” I would probably seek to accomplish little or nothing while in office, since I’d know that I wouldn’t have to do anything to get re-elected except continue to be a do-nothing devil of a candidate! Third, this strategy is like voting partially blind. What the person in line was saying is that “I don’t know anything about the other candidate(s)” so I will vote for the only one I know.” Wow. This sounds like the most uninformed voter imaginable. It also says that I will base my negative choice for the current “devil” on the fact that I am ignorant, have no knowledge of the platform or policies of his or her opponents. But no one should be making any decision, let alone one of this

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importance, based on ignorance: such an appeal to ignorance informs us more about the voter’s dereliction of their duty as a citizen to make an informed decision. Some of these strategists even said that they didn’t like the devil they know at all but since they knew nothing of the opponents, they would vote for the devil they didn’t even want. Finally, maybe I’m missing the point. Could it be that voting isn’t at all about policies or plans for governing but rather about personal knowledge? Since I met good old incumbent devil (my current representative), I know him, what he likes on his barbecued burgers and whether she gets her hair dyed regularly. But, of course, this interpretation makes me an even less-informed voter, someone who has chosen information about personality over information about policy and procedure. Perhaps naively, I hope that informed, conscientious, concerned citizen voters will take their responsibility to elect the best candidate’s party policies seriously in order to avoid this flawed and potentially disastrous strategy. The phrase “they’re all the same so what difference does it make who you vote for?” was a second oft heard remark. First, to assume that two of anything are the same is to invite an elaboration about what features there are that make them so similar as to be virtually identical? It needs to be more than trivial claim that they are both running to represent the same constituency. Second, this, of course, encourages the why vote at all? response. But it shouldn’t. It is an empty claim

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with no evidence or demonstration offered to support it. At least I haven’t heard any. Third, if it makes no difference who you vote for then that means you should still vote but simply flip a coin to decide. But wait, that won’t work. There are only two sides to a coin and often three or more candidates running for any position. At the very least, we should all critically reflect on our voting strategies so that in the future we do not fall back on those that are clearly nonsensical. Creating and implementing good voting strategies is clearly a universal imperative. Jim Gough Red Deer

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CANADA BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Plans to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by year’s end could involve assistance from commercial air carriers, at least one of which has already offered space on its planes to the Liberal government. Air Canada reached out to the new government following the election, offering its services to help ferry people to Canada as they flee the ongoing civil war and other unrest in Syria. Though the airline can’t fly directly into Syria itself, it could land planes in Istanbul as well as Beirut an estimated 1 million people in Lebanon have registered with the United Nations as refugees from the conflict. “Air Canada has offered to co-operate with the federal government to the fullest extent possible in any operation to transport Syrian refugees,” spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick said in an email. “At this point, however, we have only exchanged preliminary information.” Commercial aircraft are one of a range of options the government is exploring, Immigration Minister John McCallum said Monday as he announced a new cabinet committee specifically tasked with overseeing the resettlement program promised during the election campaign. Other options include ships and military planes, and the government is also exploring housing refugees in old military bases. “Every option is on the table,” McCallum said. “Whatever works, what is cost effective, whatever will get them here safely and quickly.” Health Minister Jane Philpott is the head of the committee, which also includes McCallum and the ministers of heritage, public safety, foreign affairs, international development, defence and democratic institutions. McCallum said the government is currently pinpointing refugees in three countries: Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey. United Nations officials in Geneva and in the refugee camps and cities in those countries are also being consulted. The selection of the 25,000 would be done in concert with the global refugee agency. The UN has been actively managing expectations in those areas as word of the Liberal commitment has spread,

insisting that only those refugees selected according to a set of criteria will be eligible for resettlement in Canada. Of the estimated 4 million people formally defined by the UN as refugees from the conflict, the agency has so far only made formal requests to resettlement nations to take in some 130,000. The previous Conservative government had agreed to take in 11,300 by 2018 through a mix of government and private sponsorship, but moved that timetable up during the election. Those files are still being processed as of the first week of October, only 2,563 people had arrived. Furio De Angelis, the Canadian representative for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said he hopes Canadian citizens also have a thoughtful response to whatever happens in the coming months. “With this co-ordinated, cross-government approach, it would be a little bit diminishing if on the 31st of December we are going to do the mathematics that, ‘Oh no, it was 19,000, it was 23 (thousand), it was 17,000, it was 15,000,” he said. The broader point, De Angelis said, is that the Canadian government is stepping up in a major way. He said there is also significance in getting as many refugees to Canada as is feasible by the end of the year. “We are talking about refugees who, if they are coming before the end of the year, they will be saved from a very very harsh winter.” In addition to the commitment to resettlement, the Liberals also pledged $100 million to the UNHCR, but De Angelis said he has had no talks with them to date about that financial promise. McCallum said the committee is also exploring the costs of the resettlement program in addition to the money for the UNHCR, the Liberal campaign platform said the refugee resettlement plan would cost $100 million this year and next. The NDP said Canadians are looking for more detail than just a committee. “This is the new government’s first test on delivering the change they promised to Canadians,” said NDP MP Jenny Kwan. “We hope that the next announcement, on how they will achieve this goal, is coming very soon.”

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Conservatives famously failed to regulate the oil and gas sector despite promising to do so for the better part of a decade. “That is why it is so important to sit down with the provinces and territories and look at how we can all do our part,” said McKenna. “Much of this is in the jurisdiction of the provinces.” Provincial premiers have been invited to join Trudeau in Paris at the begining of December, but it remains unclear what specifically Canada brings to COP21. McKenna, an international trade lawyer who worked with the United Nations in negotiating a peace agreement in East Timor, said she’s had bilateral meetings with France’s foreign and environment ministers and Mexico’s environment minister and plans to meet with her U.S. counterpart before returning to Canada on Wednesday. She’s joining climate negotiations that have been years in the making, with several major sticking points still remaining on the eve of the full conference. These include climate finance, mitigation and adaptation funding for developing countries, and getting more countries to the table in Paris.

OTTAWA — Canada’s national target set by the Conservatives for cutting greenhouse gas emissions should be considered a floor for future action, federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Monday. The new Liberal government has so far refused to set a carbon reduction target in advance of the COP21 international climate conference that begins at the end of the month, citing the need to consult with the provinces before putting in place a credible national plan. But with environmental groups loudly complaining that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will take Stephen Harper’s climate plan to the world, McKenna moved Monday to put some parameters around Canada’s position. McKenna is in Paris attending ministerial meetings in advance of COP21, where the international community hopes to set in place a post-2020 framework for global action on climate change. The Conservatives announced in May that Canada’s contribution to this year’s Paris talks would be a 30 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions below 2005 levels by the year 2030. Canada, however, is currently not on track to meet its existing 2020 cuts under the 2009 Copenhagen accord, and the Harper government did not provide any policies to meet the more ambitious 2030 goal. “Yes, that will be the floor, but certainly we want to try to do better,” McKenna said in a conference call after repeatedly skirting the question of targets. The key, she said, is “to figure out what you can actually do. You can have a target, but you have to be able to meet the target and you have to take concrete actions toward those targets.” Canadian governments — Liberal and Conservative alike — have previously agreed to international carbon cuts, but GREAT failed to implement the policies needed to make those cuts a reality. The

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BRIEF Liberals, PQ all leading in ridings they held going into Quebec byelections MONTREAL — The Liberal and the Parti Quebecois candidates were all leading in ridings their parties respectively held going into four provincial byelections Monday in Quebec. Philippe Couillard’s Liberals were leading in three ridings — Beauce-Sud, Fabre and Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne. Meanwhile, the PQ were ahead in the northeastern Quebec riding of Rene-Levesque, a longtime stronghold for the party. The governing Liberals have 68 seats going into the byelections, compared to 28 for the PQ, 20 for the Coalition for Quebec’s Future and three seats for Quebec Solidaire. There is one independent and one vacancy in the provincial legislature.

Canadian military plane detained in Iraq OTTAWA — The Defence Department says a CC-130 Hercules — flying to Erbil, Iraq, in support of Operation Impact — was held by authorities at Baghdad International Airport for several days late last month. Department of National Defence spokeswoman Dominique Tessier said Monday in an email that the plane was held due to an issue with customs documentation with respect to its cargo. Tessier said the Canadian Armed Forces and Department of Foreign Affairs worked with Iraqi authorities to resolve the situation and the aircraft returned to Kuwait. She said the aircraft was at Baghdad International Airport between Oct. 28 and 31.

Tessier said no equipment or cargo was confiscated by Iraqi authorities, but declined to disclose what the plane was carrying other than to say it originated from Canada. An Ottawa Citizen report says the cargo was weapons destined for Canadian special forces in Kurdistan. “In order to ensure the safety of our operations, we cannot disclose the content, the destination or the specific Canadian intended users of the shipment,” Tessier said when asked if it was transporting weapons.

Fahmy says he feared losing citizenship because of new Conservative law OTTAWA — Formerly imprisoned Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy says he feared he might lose his Canadian citizenship under a controversial and recently enacted law. Fahmy tells The Canadian Press that while in prison in Egypt, he read and grew concerned about the former Conservative government’s law allowing for the revocation of citizenship of someone convicted of terrorism, treason or espionage. Fahmy, 41, was freed in September after spending more than 400 days behind bars on terrorism charges in Egypt after a court case that was the subject of broad international criticism. Fahmy also says he will soon present the Liberal government with a proposed charter of rights on how to deal with citizens imprisoned abroad. The new charter stresses something that didn’t happen in his case — direct leader-to-leader intervention to put pressure on a foreign government to force a Canadian prisoner’s release. Fahmy has accused former prime minister Stephen Harper and his government of not doing enough to win his release by betraying him and leaving him to languish in a dirty cell.

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Landslide victory BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS YANGON, Myanmar — The party of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi claimed victory Monday in virtually every seat in four states where results of Myanmar’s historic parliamentary election were known, signalling a sweep that could give it the presidency and further loosen the military’s stranglehold. The announcement at the headquarters of the National League for Democracy set off a new round of jubilation among the party’s red-shirted supporters, who already had been celebrating the result of Sunday’s vote. The NLD said it had won 44 of the 45 lower house seats and all 12 of the upper house seats from the party stronghold of Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city. It also won all 38 seats in Ayeyarwaddy state, all but one of the 40 in Bago, and 11 out of 19 lower house seats and all 10 upper house seats in Mon state. The trend was expected to continue in Myanmar’s remaining 10 states. Even without official results, it was clear that the Union Solidarity Development Party was facing a rout. The party is made up former junta members who ruled the Southeast Asian country for a half-century and as a quasi-civilian government since 2011. Many of its leaders conceded personal defeats in their races. Aung Kyaw Kyaw, a 29-year-old pharmacist, said he didn’t vote for the ruling party because “they were only former military people. If I voted for them, that means I am asking my own enemy to come back into my life.” Although the government’s Union Election Commission did not announce the outcome of the Yangon races, the NLD has stationed representatives at counting centres and kept its own tallies that were relayed to its headquarters. The election commission has been slow in releasing the numbers. Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and pro-democracy icon, had urged supporters earlier in the day not to provoke losing rivals who mostly represent the former junta in the country also known as Burma. Hours before the Yangon announcement, party spokesman Win Htein said the NLD had secured about 70 per cent

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A child joins adult supporters of Myanmar’s National League for Democracy party to celebrate as unofficial election results are posted outside the NLD headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD party said Monday that it was confident it was headed for a landslide victory in Myanmar’s historic elections, and official results from the government that began trickling in appeared to back up the claim. of the vote counted by midday. Another spokesman, Nyan Win, put the number at 90 per cent. “We will win a landslide,” Nyan Win told The Associated Press. If those figures are confirmed by official results, it would mean that Suu Kyi’s party would not only dominate Parliament, but could also secure the presidency despite handicaps built into the constitution. “I want Mother Suu to win in this election,” said street vendor Ma Khine, using a widely used affectionate term for the 70-year-old party leader. “She has the skill to lead the country.

Thousands of stranded Russian tourists leave Egypt CAIRO — Thousands of Russians vacationers were heading home from Egypt on Monday aboard special planes sent by Moscow, which has suspended all flights to Egypt amid security concerns in the aftermath of the Oct. 31 plane crash of a Russian airliner that killed all 224 people onboard. Other airliners from Britain and Western Europe also are arriving to bring their nationals home, after several countries and airlines last week suspended new flights to Egypt because of the security concerns as suspicions focused on the possibility that a bomb caused the Metrojet crash. U.S. and British officials have cited intelligence reports as indicating that the Oct. 31 flight from the Sinai resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg was brought down by a bomb on board. Most of the 224 people onboard were Russian tourists. Israel Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon told reporters on Monday that there was a “high probability” that the plane was brought down by a bomb. Yaalon said he “would be surprised” if a planted explosive device did not cause the crash. But he noted that Israel is not involved in the investigation and said his opinion was based on “what we hear and understand.” Since the Russian suspension of Egypt flights was announced on Friday, dozens of airliners have been bringing Russian tourists back home, carrying only cabin baggage, while Russian cargo planes are hauling back the rest of their luggage. Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said it would take about two weeks to bring GiŌs will be delivered to all the stranded RusSeniors in our community who sian tourists back home. will beneĮt from your Dvorkovich, who has been made the point-man for generosity. Please drop oī the repatriation in the donaƟons by December 15th. wake of the Russian plane crash in Sinai, said earlier in the day 25,000 have We will gratefully accept donaƟons like: already been brought x Throw Blankets x Bath Towels/ Mats back home since the x Toiletries for Men & Women weekend. x MiƩens, Scarves, Hats, Toques Russian Prime Minister x Coīee, Tea, Hot Chocolate Dmitry Medvedev said he x Large Print Books (Crossword, Suduko, Word Search) x Cookies, Candies (including DiabeƟc), Crackers, Jam does not expect flights to x GiŌ Cards & Cash DonaƟons, $20 + will receive tax Egypt to resume any time receipts soon, saying that “it will take time” to ensure safe5409 50 Ave. Red Deer ty of travellers in Egypt. PH: 403-343-6400 He stopped short of giving For more informaƟon visit: a timeline for that. www.fsca.ca Security concerns over Egyptian procedures

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I respect her so much. I love her. She will change our country in a very good way.” The NLD has been widely expected to finish with the most seats in Parliament. A two-thirds majority would give it control over the executive posts under Myanmar’s complicated parliamentary-presidency system, which reserves a quarter of the 664 seats for the military. The military and the largest parties in the upper house and the lower house will each nominate a candidate for president. After Jan. 31, all 664 legislators will cast ballots and the

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HEALTH

TUESDAY, NOV. 10, 2015

Adults just aren’t as happy as they once were AGED 30 AND UP AREN’T AS HAPPY AS THE TEENS THEY USED TO BE, ACCORDING TO STUDY Are you happy? Very happy? If you’re in your 30s or older, a new study has found that you’re less likely to answer “yes” than your parents were. The findings, being published online Thursday in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, come on the heels of another recent report that found that death rates of middle-aged white Americans have been rising, largely due to suicide and substance abuse. “Age is supposed to bring happiness and contentment. For that not to be true anymore is somewhat shocking,” says Jean Twenge, a professor at San Diego State University who is the study’s lead author. She also wrote the book “Generation Me,” a look at young adults and the attitudes and influences that have helped shape them. Starting with data in the early 1970s, Twenge and her colleagues found that adults 30 and older used to be happier than younger adults and teens. But that “happiness advantage” has steadily declined as the older adults have expressed less satisfaction with their lives and the younger cohort has gotten a little happier. Other experts who study happiness say the findings fit with their own research. They attribute the shift to everything from growing financial pressures — and what some call “economic insecurity” — to the fact that real life has been a rude awakening for a generation of young adults who were told they could do anything and are discovering that often isn’t true. Geena Kandel, a senior at Washington University in St. Louis, says she and her peers already worry that even a good college education won’t be enough to help achieve what their par-

ents have. “It puts a lot of pressure on people my age,” the 21-year-old says. Before you get too bummed out, consider another finding of the study: One in three of all American adults still report being “very happy.” Twenge and her colleagues found, for instance, that 30 per cent of those in the 18- to 29-year-old range gave that response in the 2010s, compared with 28 per cent in the early 1970s. There’s also been a notable uptick in “very happy” teens. In the 1970s, for instance, 19 per cent of 12th graders chose that response, compared with 23 per cent in the 2010s. Adults age 30 and older, however, have seen a five-percentage-point drop, from 38 per cent in the early 1970s to 33 per cent today. The findings — which are from University of Chicago’s longstanding General Social Survey and the University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future survey — ring true for Emily Valdez, a 49-year-old mom in Seattle. “I thought that life would be simpler,” she says. “My parents’ marriage, children, child-rearing . just seemed - and still seems in their eyes - less fraught with indecision, second-guessing and maybe just less insecurity.” Some say the onslaught of information at our fingertips every day is one factor making us feel overwhelmed. “I think we are no longer keeping up with the Joneses but rather keeping up with the world,” says Satu Halpin, a 37-year-old mother in Olympia, Washington, who tunes out to stay happier. It is, of course, also impossible to ignore the economic downturn in the last decade. Shigehiro Oishi, a researcher at the University of Virginia, has documented a growing dissatisfaction with the widening gap between the wealthy and everyone else.

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Half of U.S. moms gain too much weight during pregnancy, study finds NEW YORK — Nearly half of U.S. moms gain too much weight during pregnancy, according to a government study released Thursday. Putting on too many extra pounds during pregnancy can harm the mom, and may cause a range of problems for the child, experts say. The study found only about a third of women gain the recommended amount of weight, and about a fifth gained too little. Overweight and obese women most commonly exceeded the guidelines. Women need to eat extra calories during pregnancy, although not that much — only about 350 to 450 extra calories during the second and third trimester, said Andrea Sharma, one of the study’s authors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “It’s not about eating twice as much. It’s eating twice as healthy,” she said. How much moms should gain depends on their weight when they become pregnant. Experts say women of normal weight should add 25 to 35 pounds. Overweight women should gain 15 to 25, and obese women should only add 10 to 20. For unusually thin women, weight gain should be about 30 to 40 pounds. Gaining too little weight increases the risk that the baby will be born very small. Too much weight can lead to obesity and other health problems for the mom. It can lead to dangerous complications during labour and delivery. And it raises the risk the baby will become obese, diabetic, and have other problems later in life. The study involved more than 3 million U.S. pregnant women during 2012 and 2013. In most of the 46 states included, birth certificates now also record pre-pregnancy weights.

Montana family has third set of twins BOZEMAN, Mont. — Tiffany and Chris Goodwin knew what to expect when they learned they were having twins this fall. The Three Forks couple already had two sets. Tiffany Goodwin says the first year is chaotic and a blur, but after that, the twins play together. Their third “first year” began Monday with the births of Carter and Olivia at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital. Chris Goodwin tells the Bozeman Daily Chronicle that he’s been surprised every time they’ve learned they were having twins. He says he appreciates the support they receive from family. Carter and Olivia join 2-year-old identical twins Emalynn and Brielle, 5-year-old twins Josh and Eliza and their big brother Mason, who is 7. Tiffany Goodwin says she doesn’t plan on having any more children.

High toxin levels delays California’s Dungeness season SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Wildlife authorities delayed the Dungeness crab season and closed the rock crab fishery for most of California on Thursday, just days after warning of dangerous levels of a neurotoxin linked to a massive algae bloom off the West Coast. The state Fish and Game Commission voted 3-0 on the Dungeness delay and the rock crab closure north of the Santa Barbara-Ventura county line. The panel said crabbing would resume when toxin levels dropped but did not estimate when that might be. The recreational Dungeness season was scheduled to start Saturday and the commercial season was set for Nov. 15. Rock crabs are caught yearround. Officials on Tuesday warned people to avoid eating Dungeness and rock crabs. High levels of domoic acid have been found in crabs from the Oregon border to the southern Santa Barbara County line, the Department of Public Health reported. In severe poisoning cases, the neurotoxin can

Others have linked unhappiness to “income insecurity.” “The more competitive and market-driven society becomes, the more people are on their own to survive and flourish, the more insecure they are in their day-to-day lives, the more unequal things become — quality of life tends to decline,” says Benjamin Radcliff, a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame who has researched this topic. Twenge, the study’s author, also said that, beyond income factors, people who were single parents, and presumably had fewer social supports, said they were less happy. She and her co-authors also speculated that young people were less stressed by economic factors until they hit adulthood. In addition, Tim Bono, a psychologist at Washington University who teaches and studies happiness, thinks there’s something to that “rude awakening” theory for his generation of young adults. A while back, the 32-year-old professor came across a box of school papers and other relics from his past — worksheets, assignments and notes sent home that all reinforced “how special I was and how I could do anything I set my mind to.” He also found many of the ribbons and trophies he’d received as a kid, not only for winning but for simply participating in sports. “My generation has been bathed in messages of how great we are and how anything is possible for us,” Bono says, noting that that mindset can easily lead to disappointment. A 30-year-old father from Texas, who served in the Army before enrolling at the University of Puget Sound in Washington, Daniel Trapp says his life experience has helped him feel happier than some of his peers, “despite the

cause seizures, coma or death. It was unclear how much impact the actions might have on California crabbing, which is estimated to bring in at least $60 million commercially. The toxin is linked to a vast algae bloom off the West Coast — which has seen unusually warm ocean temperatures as a result of El Nino, said Jordan Traverso, a spokeswoman at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Such blooms are cyclical, but this summer surveyors aboard a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel said the algae bloom was one of the largest ever observed on the West

stress that I have in my life.” But he’s also noticed “a delay in acceptance of an adult role” from his fellow college students, some of whom have chosen graduate school to avoid the working world. Others wonder if the youngest adults should get more credit. “Some accuse the so-called Millennials of this kind of avoidance, while others point to research and anecdotal evidence that Millennials aren’t in denial, they just are smarter, more connected with each other and more hopeful about changing things,” says Michael Simon, a psychotherapist and school counsellor in New Orleans. For his part, Bono at Washington University wants to help his students make changes that lead to happiness. He teaches two classes, including the “Science of Happiness” in which his students learn how they can affect their own sense of well-being. Among other things, Bono advises getting more sleep and exercise, as well as social connection — while avoiding “social comparison,” especially online. Focusing on gratitude also increases happiness, he says. Kandel, the Washington University senior, who’s taken both of Bono’s classes, says the strategies have helped her focus on “How can I still have a rewarding life?” instead of worrying about whether she’ll have, and achieve, as much as her parents. Mona Hines, a 43-year-old pharmacist in Chicago, says gratitude has helped her, too. She has endured tough times in her adult life, including a divorce. Now remarried, she is caring for her elderly parents and appreciating the time with them. It’s still not always easy. “Am I happy? Sometimes,” she says. “Always (when) on vacation though!”

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Shell embraces carbon capture MOVE REFLECTS NEED TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE: CEO BY THE CANADIAN PRESS FORT SASKATCHEWAN — Ben van Beurden would be the first to admit carbon capture and storage is not the most alluring technology to look at. But the CEO of European energy giant Royal Dutch Shell Plc wants CCS — unsexy though may be in the public’s eye —to come as readily to mind when thinking about combating climate change as windmills would. Van Beurden was among the dignitaries to crank a big yellow valve at Shell’s oil processing complex in Fort Saskatchewan northeast of Edmonton last week, officially opening its $1.35-billion Quest project — helped by $745 million from the Alberta government and $120 million from Ottawa. Quest — a dizzying labyrinth of tubes and pipes — is attached to the Shell’s Scotford upgrader, where oilsands bitumen from its mine some 500 kilometres north is transformed into refinery-ready crude. The aim of the project is to capture more than a million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually that would otherwise escape into the atmosphere — about a third of the upgrader’s total emissions — and store it more than two kilometres underground. “It’s not a very visually stimulating technology,” van Beurden said. “Everyone can sort of look at a windmill or solar panel and immediately associate that with nature providing us with energy.” But as Shell sees it, CCS is crucial in ensuring the oilsands remain competitive in an increasingly climate-conscious world. Van Beurden said renewables have their place, but given the globe’s population growth trajectory in the coming decades, phasing out fossil fuels entirely is not realistic. That’s where CCS comes in, he said. “We know that oilsands are more carbon intensive than your average oil project in North America and that gap that exists is going to be significantly closed by a project like Quest,” said

van Beurden, adding various efficiency measures will also do much of the heavy lifting. Though projects like Quest have their societal benefits, they aren’t necessarily commercially viable without some sort of outside incentive, said van Beurden. Straight-up government funding, like what Quest received, is one option. Pricing carbon is another. Shell was among the big global energy players to push for a broad carbon price ahead in the lead up to the UN climate talks in Paris later this month. Van Beurden figures a carbon price of between $60 and $80 a tonne would mean “companies like ourselves would feel compelled to capture and store the CO2 rather than emit.” He isn’t banking on the Paris discussions resulting in a global carbon price that high right off the bat, but he hopes it’s something that can be built up to eventually. Quest is among the 15 carbon capture and storage projects operating worldwide. Two are in Canada: Quest and one at the Boundary Dam power plant in Saskatchewan, which has had a rocky startup. As part of its government funding agreements, Shell is sharing its knowhow from Quest publicly in the hopes similar projects get off the ground. Alberta Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd was another VIP turning the yellow wheel at the Quest opening. She spoke positively about the technology after the event, but said government support for future projects is not in the cards for now. “I think right now we have other challenges with our budget to get back on track and I think it’s prudent to wait for the climate change plan before we make commitments,” she said, referring to the expert panel weighing Alberta’s overall climate strategy. The Quest deal was made by Alberta’s previous Progressive Conservative government. The NDP is honouring that contract, but has not been enthusiastic about the concept generally.

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From left, Alberta Minister of Energy Marg McCuaig-Boyd, Shell Canada President Lorraine Mitchelmore, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell Ben van Beurden, Marathon Oil Executive Brian Maynard, Shell ER Manager, Stephen Velthuizen, and British High Commissioner to Canada Howard Drake open the valve to the Quest carbon capture and storage facility in Fort Saskatchewan on Friday. Quest is designed to capture and safely store more than one million tonnes of CO2 each year an equivalent to the emissions from about 250,000 cars. “It was very far advanced and to stop it wouldn’t have been fair to the Albertans who had put their money into this and it would have been costly to stop it,” said McCuaig-Boyd. Environmental economist Dave Sawyer said there are plenty of smaller CCS opportunities to help take a bite out of emissions. He said it’s a common misconception that such projects need to have the same cost and scale as Quest.

It’s also not widely understood that CCS isn’t actually a single technology, but a series of different pieces working in concert with each other, Sawyer said. “We’ve got this rising technology curve that has cheap opportunities at the bottom and expensive stuff at the top and why are we just focused at the top?”

AGRI-TRADE

BRIEF Supporters join First Nation in fight against northwest coast LNG plant A battle against a liquefied natural gas plant proposed for an environmentally sensitive region near Prince Rupert, B.C., is gathering powerful support. Lax Kw’alaams Hereditary Chief Donnie Wesley’s letter opposing the Pacific Northwest LNG plant has been signed by more than 70 First Nations, scientists, unions, businesses, university and faith groups. Wesley’s letter urges Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his environment minister to reject the plant proposed for Lelu Island and Flora Bank, an area environmentalists say is vital to the Skeena River salmon run, the second largest run in Canada.

Germany: Nearly quarter of VWs being recalled need more than software changes BERLIN — Germany’s Transport Ministry says automaker Volkswagen will likely need to make more than just software changes to nearly a quarter of its 2.4 million diesel cars being recalled in the country. The ministry told The Associated Press in an email Monday that of the vehicles being recalled for fixes in Germany, the Federal Motor Transport Authority “currently expects that approximately 540,000 will also need hardware changes.”

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Rhett Jensen, 15, of Sylvan Lake works to put a shine on the wheels of a New Holland tractor in the Parkland Pavilion at Westerner Park Monday morning. Hundreds of exhibitors are busy getting their booths set up at Westerner Park this week in preparation of Agri-Trade which starts Wednesday. The annual agriculture show Runs Wednesday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

PrairieSky buying some CNRL royalty holdings BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (TSX:CNQ) is selling most of its royalty land holdings to PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. (TSX:PSK) for $1.8 billion in stock and cash as it looks to strengthen its balance sheet in the face of low oil prices. The friendly deal would see CNRL transfer 81 per cent of its royalty volume to PrairieSky, consisting of the equivalent of 6,700 barrels per day of oil and natural gas production, and about 21,850 square kilometres of royalty land — nearly four times the size of the entire Prince Edward Island. “This is truly a win-win deal,” said CNRL president Steve Laut in a conference call with analysts

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Monday, adding that shareholders of both companies will benefit from the combined strength and diversity of the assets. Under the deal, PrairieSky would pay $680 million in cash and about 44.4 million of its common shares, priced at $25.20 each, for the royalty portfolio. The company says it has lined up investors to provide the $680 million in cash through a private placement of equity that’s expected to close by Dec. 2. Desjardins Capital Markets analyst Justin Bouchard said in a note that while the sale will help CNRL insulate its balance sheet, it is “by no means a game-changer.” The deal follows Cenovus Energy’s (TSX:CVE) sale of its royalty business for $3.3 billion in June to the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

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as the company sought to shore up its finances. Dundee Capital Markets analyst Chad Ellison said the deal should be positive for PrairieSky as the company picks up the “last high quality royalty asset” and should add to cash flow while also increasing the quality of the company’s portfolio. The deal significantly adds to PrairieSky’s land holdings in the Viking light oil play in Saskatchewan and the Deep Basin natural gas prospects in Alberta and British Columbia, bringing the company’s total land holdings to about 59,500 sq. km in the three provinces. CNRL said it has preserved the right to develop about 420 sq. km of land in western Saskatchewan through a leasing and drilling commitment with PrairieSky.

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The agreement Monday came as PrairieSky, which was spun off last year from Calgary-based Encana (TSX:ECA), also announced its thirdquarter financial results. As with most other oil and gas companies, which have suffered from a plunge in global prices that began about a year ago, PrairieSky’s revenue and profit have plunged but its production has increased. Its revenue in the three months ended Sept. 30 dropped to $44 million from $91.4 million in the same quarter last year, while net earnings were down to $14.1 million from $61.2 million. Production was up to 16,026 oil-equivalent barrels per day — primarily from natural gas — compared with 15,448 barrels a year earlier.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 129.81 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.72 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.04 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.71 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.25 Cdn. National Railway . . 79.29 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 188.79 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 34.59 Capital Power Corp . . . . 19.04 Cervus Equipment Corp 14.30 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.70 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 50.44 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 21.07 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.92 General Motors Co. . . . . 35.67 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 22.25 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.25 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 40.75 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 33.17 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.24 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 610 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 43.18 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 111.25 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.95 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.50 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 67.46 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American stock markets closed sharply lower Monday as investors south of the border mulled the increased odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike following last week’s strong U.S. jobs data. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX index gave back 70.68 points at 13,482.62, while the Canadian dollar was at 75.33 cents U.S., up 0.12 of a cent from Friday’s close. In New York, the Dow Jones average of 30 stocks was down 179.85 points at 17,730.48, the broader S&P 500 index declined 20.62 points to 2,078.58 and the Nasdaq lost 51.82 points to 5,095.30. That followed Friday’s better-than-expected employment report, which showed the U.S. economy added 271,000 jobs in October and left many investors expecting a December interest rate hike from the Fed. Norman Raschkowan, senior partner at Sage Road Advisor, said given the lack of economic news, investors may be acting on general concerns about lagging global economic growth. “In the U.S. people are taking some profits today after what’s been a pretty good few weeks, and that’s just setting a negative tone for the other major markets,” Raschkowan said. Meanwhile, earnings results from Canadian companies have been lacklustre thus far, Raschkowan said. “There haven’t been a lot of companies that you could really say, ‘Wow, those are great results,”’ Raschkowan said. “They’ve either been OK or actually disappointing.” One bright spot on Monday was the gold sector of the TSX, which climbed nearly three per cent following a small increase in the price of the precious metal.

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 20.69 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.88 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.49 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.90 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . . 9.77 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 16.63 First Quantum Minerals . .6.65 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 15.83 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 6.89 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.41 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.00 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 27.68 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.870 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 6.98 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 18.15 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 18.79 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 51.66 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.82 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 22.45 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 32.93 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 9.76 Canyon Services Group. . 4.69 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 20.87 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1600 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 10.67 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.630 After hitting a three-month low on Friday, the December gold contract rose $0.40 to US$1,088.10 an ounce on Monday, a move that Raschkowan said likely relates to the slight decline in the value of the U.S. dollar. “The price of gold is usually denominated in U.S. dollars, but people view it as a more stable store of value,” Raschkowan said. “So if the dollar has gone down in value, the gold should still be worth the same, so in terms of the number of dollars it should go up. They just tend to move inversely with each other over long periods of time — not usually on a day-to-day basis, but over longer periods there’s definitely a relationship there.” Meanwhile, the December crude contract fell by 42 cents at US$43.87 a barrel, the December contract for natural gas was down seven cents at US$2.30 per mmBtu and copper rose a penny to US$2.23 a pound. Shares of Quebec-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (TSX:VRX) climbed 3.7 per cent, or $4.05, to $113.24 as the embattled drugmaker announced it will provide an operational update Tuesday. Valeant has been entangled in a drug-pricing controversy, and company officials are scheduled to appear at a U.S. Senate committee hearing that is examining the issue. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Monday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,482.62, down 70.68 points Dow — 17,730.48, down 179.85 points S&P 500 — 2,078.58, down 20.62 points

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 81.95 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 39.10 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.78 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 18.67 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 42.77 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.26 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.760 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.50 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 38.97 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.030 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.31 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 43.73 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2000 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 76.41 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 60.99 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.50 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.30 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 36.00 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 38.82 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 89.08 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.11 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 43.72 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 76.06 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 44.87 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.44 Nasdaq — 5,095.30, down 51.82 points Currencies: Cdn — 75.33 cents US, up 0.12 of a cent Pound — C$2.0064, up 0.52 of a cent Euro — C$1.4279, down 0.07 of a cent Euro — US$1.0756, up 0.11 of a cent Oil futures: US$43.87 per barrel, down 42 cents (December contract) Gold futures: US$1,088.10 per oz., up 40 cents (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.061 oz., down 34.5 cents $644.96 kg., down $11.09 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov ‘15 $1.90 lower $470.40 Jan. ‘16 $1.90 lower $477.80 March ‘16 $2.60 lower $482.90 May ‘16 $2.50 lower $485.00 July ‘16 $2.00 lower $486.30 Nov. ‘16 $2.50 lower $476.30 Jan. ‘17 $2.50 lower $476.30 March ‘17 $2.50 lower $476.30 May ‘17 $2.50 lower $476.30 July ‘17 $2.50 lower $476.30 Nov. ‘17 $1.30 lower $477.50. Barley (Western): Dec. ‘15 unchanged $188.50 March ‘16 unchanged $190.50 May ‘16 unchanged $191.50 July ‘16 unchanged $191.50 Oct. ‘16 unchanged $191.50 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $191.50 March ‘17 unchanged $191.50 May ‘17 unchanged $191.50 July ‘17 unchanged $191.50 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $191.50 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $191.50. Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 283,980 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 283,980.

Algoma files for creditor protection BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Ontario-based Essar Steel Algoma Inc. filed for creditor protection on Monday as it deals with steel prices that have fallen by more than half since February. The company has filed requests with Canadian and U.S. courts as it seeks to restructure its debt and buy enough raw materials to last through the winter. It has also raised US$200 million from a group of investors led by Deutsche Bank to fund ongoing operations. Essar Steel Algoma, a subsidiary of India-based global conglomerate Essar Steel, is the second biggest steel producer in Canada, churning out 2.5

million tonnes of steel products per year for automakers and other manufacturers. The company says it has roughly a $163 million shortfall between now and the end of January and needs new funding to cover its costs, which include raw materials, pension contributions, and loan and interest payments. The Ontario Superior Court has appointed Ernst & Young as the monitor to oversee the restructuring. At the end of September, Essar Steel Algoma’s outstanding liabilities totalled roughly $2.7 billion and its assets amounted to just over $2.2 billion, with $847,000 in free cash on hand. The company’s mill in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., employs close to 3,000 people, making it the city’s largest employer.

Economic growth will slow to half of 2014’s rate BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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TORONTO — Canada’s economic growth this year will slow to 1.2 per cent — about half of what it was last year — before gaining strength in the next two years, says a report released Monday by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The Paris-based economic think tank estimates Canada’s gross domestic product, which grew by 2.4 per cent in 2014, won’t get back to that level for at least two more years. It’s estimating Canada’s 2016 economic growth at 2.0 per cent and 2.3 per cent for 2017. The figures follow a pattern laid out by the Bank of Canada last month, with some variations. Canada’s central bank said on Oct. 21 that its 2015 GDP estimate remained at 1.1 per cent, while it lowered the 2016 and 2017 estimates to 2.0 per cent and 2.5 per cent, respectively. By comparison, the OECD estimates the United States will grow 2.4 per cent this year, 2.5 per cent in 2016 and 2.4 per cent in 2017 — outpacing most other G7 countries by a wide margin each year. The United Kingdom is the only G7 country to come close to the U.S. in

each of the three years. The OECD report also warned that a slowdown in international trade is “deeply concerning” and could be signalling a new recession for the world’s leading economies. The risk to the global economy centres on slower growth in emerging markets such as China, it added. China’s economic transition away from massive investment in infrastructure and manufacturing has hurt commodity exporters such as Australia, Brazil, Canada and Russia, the report said. The OECD is made up of 34 of the world’s most developed countries and advocates for policies to promote growth, education and social welfare issues. In a nod to the upcoming UN discussions on climate change in Paris, the report says “action is needed now” to address the problem. The OECD urged leaders from nearly 200 countries gathering for the talks not to use economic weakness as an argument for inaction.

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198,065 units, down from 231,304 in September — primarily because of fewer of multiple-unit project starts in urban areas. The urban multi-unit starts accounted for 122,187 units nationally in October, down 22 per cent from the previous month. CMHC says the decline in urban starts was seen in most regions of Canada, with British Columbia being the exception. The overall number of single-detached starts was up from September, but accounted for only 59,255 of the total. CMHC says the six-month trend in October continued to rise, going to 206,089 from 202,793 in September.

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Mary Triana, 16, wears an intricate Day Of The Dead face at the first annual “Viva la Vida” festival at the Santa Ana, Calif., train station. The first annual “Viva la Vida” festival was a celebration of Day of the Dead (Dia De Los Muertos) at the Santa Ana Train Station. The event featured individual alters to ancestors, food and entertainment.

‘Kid’-napped baby goat reunited with mom at Arizona State Fair BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — Like a scene out of a Hollywood tearjerker, a baby pygmy goat that vanished from the Arizona State Fair came home to its mother Thursday surrounded by TV cameras and jubilant fairgoers. Dozens of employees and visitors burst into applause as GusGus was gently placed in the pen where he was last seen. Several people huddled to watch mother and kid reunite below a “Welcome Home GusGus!” banner and “Welcome Home” balloons. Fair livestock director Karen Searle said a man walking his dog along a canal in Phoenix found GusGus and took him to a pet store, where an attentive worker reached out to the State Fair. “They called the fair and sent pictures to our phone,” Searle said. “We said ‘It’s got to be him’ and it was him.” GusGus was hungry and tired but not injured. Searle believes someone simply dumped him near the canal and that he couldn’t have been out there that long. Finding him was especially urgent because he cannot survive without his mother’s milk. The miniature goat weighs less than 5 pounds and is still nursing. Born last month, he also has not received all his shots. Fair workers say they wish they could meet the man who found GusGus, but he didn’t even leave his name at the pet store. “From the bottom of our hearts, we’d like to thank him,” petting zoo manager Emilie Owen said. “He literally saved GusGus’ life by finding him.”

HOROSCOPES Tuesday, Nov. 10 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Ellen Pompeo, 45; Hugh Bonneville, 51; Miranda Lambert, 31 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: It’s a great day to solve a perplexing problem. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Imaginative and creative, you love to express yourself. Don’t be discouraged by perceived setbacks over the coming year — let your unique talents shine. ARIES (March 21-April 19): slapdash approach won’t do today Rams! There’s just no substitute for thorough research and paying close attention to details, as you power through projects with extra focus and finesse. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re in the mood for serious conversations today, as you discuss professional or personal challenges with someone who is older or wiser than you. A problem shared is a problem halved. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): With powerful Pluto aspecting Mercury, youíll be noticed wherever you go. Motivation and confidence are high, so make the most of the positive planetary aspects today Twins. CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you are having a tricky time with a child or teenager, accept responsibility for the part you play in the problem. Creativity is high, so tap into the imaginative Cancerian muse within. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll feel like doing your own thing today, free from extra responsibilities and annoying restrictions. Your communication zone is activated, as you swap stories with others.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Conscientious Virgo — a sensible, structured and careful approach is the best way to make the most of today’s positive planetary aspects. But don’t forget to have some fun JOANNE MADELINE along the way. MOORE LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): With SUN SIGNS Venus visiting your sign — until Dec. 5 — Librans are shining brightly. You’re in the mood to express yourself — and others will focus intently on what you’ve got to say. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Mercury/Pluto connection boosts your ambition and focus, as you communicate with extra confidence and charisma. So it’s a fabulous day to make positive changes in powerful ways. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s a great day to do research, as you focus your mind and get to the bottom of a mystery or perplexing problem. Playing with children is also favoured, as you tap into your inner child. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Confidence is high today, as Mercury and Pluto help you conquer a challenge. Be inspired by the original celebrity chef Julia Child “The only real stumbling block is fear of failure.”

Families at the fair who had heard about the missing goat earlier in the day were also in a celebratory mood. “It’s good to know he’s OK. He’s so little,” said Megan Zimbelman, who was there with her high school classmates. Someone took tiny GusGus from his pen Wednesday evening. The kidnapping sparked disbelief and legions of followers on social media who helped make the missing animal a hot topic. His disappearance sparked the hashtag, .FindGusGus. “In over 30 years that we’ve been doing this, I have never had anything like this happen,” Owen said. The images of the mother, Custard, crying for her missing kid helped bring even more attention to the story. According to petting zoo workers, Custard was calling out for her baby. Searle said there are employees in the petting zoo at all times. So someone would have noticed if GusGus had tried to run off. Because he is tame and accustomed to humans, he would not have cried out if someone picked him up. “This was definitely an intentional theft. There’s no way it was an accident,” Searle said. GusGus and Custard are part of a menagerie of animals provided by the Oregon-based Great American Animal Entertainment Company, which brings petting zoos to events around the country. The makeshift barn that houses the petting zoo at the Arizona State Fair has no surveillance cameras. Owen said it saddens her that now they have to change security around the petting zoo. “Probably we’ll have someone stationed at the exit gate from now on, checking people to make sure nobody is leaving that isn’t supposed to be,” Owen

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Superficialities won’t do today Aquarius! A current problem — at home or work — requires a forensic and focused approach, as you get to the bottom of what’s really going on. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Mercury and Pluto encourage you to examine

and scrutinize things before they get the Piscean stamp of approval. So be proactive, as you tackle challenges and power through projects. Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Dear Annie: My wife and I have been together for 10 years and married for two. I still work full time, but my wife took early retirement last spring and now she spends weeks at a time visiting different members of her family. When she is gone, she rarely answers her phone. I’ve noticed that when she’s away, I sleep and eat more, rarely socialize and don’t get things done that I should. I believe I’m depressed without her. Sometimes I pretend that I have no partner and don’t care that she’s away. I get through those weeks much better that way. I believe it would be easier if she called me daily or at least answered my calls, so I don’t feel cut off and alone. She doesn’t understand this. She says phone calls interfere with her visits. Annie, wouldn’t any normal person understand calling her spouse to touch base once a day? Is it right for couples to be apart so much? I really want this marriage to work, but it seems rather one-sided. — Lonely and Depressed in the Midwest. MITCHELL Dear Lonely: Most couples & SUGAR check in once a day or at least every other day when they ANNIE’S MAILBOX are apart. The fact that your wife doesn’t want to do this for weeks at a time worries us. We know some readers will question whether she is even visiting relatives or doing something altogether different, but we think your wife considers time away from you to be her vacation, and she is reluctant to be reminded otherwise. When she next returns home, you can ask her about this. You can consider counseling together. But we also recommend that you stay active while she’s away. Find something to do that will keep your mind busy so you are less depressed and lonely. Take up a hobby. Work on a project around the house. Go to the gym — exercise is good for raising endorphins and making you feel better. Dear Annie: I have three adult granddaughters, and I have been sending them $50 for each of their birthdays and at Christmas. They never thank me, but I know they have cashed the checks. I also send gifts for my great-grandchildren with no acknowledgement. I am struggling with whether to continue this tradition. I never get a Christmas card or birthday card from them. Also, I had breast cancer and a double mastectomy a few years ago and they never ask how I’m doing. I feel bad if I don’t send them a gift, but don’t you think this relationship should work both ways? — Disappointed in Them Dear Disappointed: Many grandchildren think gifts and cards only flow one way. You have to tell them. But all gifts should be acknowledged in some form, and if your grandchildren don’t do this, it’s time to stop. When they ask why they didn’t get a Christmas gift from Nana this year, simply say you never hear back from them, so you assume they don’t particularly like your presents. That should take care of 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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ENTERTAINMENT Nash, CBC team up on basketball drama BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

BRIEF Canadian Folk Music Awards recipients announced EDMONTON — The recipients of this year’s Canadian Folk Music Awards were announced Sunday evening during a gala at Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre. Newfoundland’s Amelia Curran took home Contemporary Singer and English Songwriter of the Year for her album They Promised You Mercy. PEI’s Catherine MacLellan won Contemporary Album and Solo Artist of the Year for her album The Raven’s Sun. while Edmonton local Rebecca Lappa brought home the Young Performer of the Year award for her album Tattered Rose. Ontario’s Kiran Ahluwalia was awarded World Solo Artist of the Year for Sanata: Stillness, and Ontario fiddler Adrianna Ciccone won Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year for her album The Back of Winter. Ensemble of the Year went to Comox Valley, BC’s Big Little Lions for A Little Frayed, A Little Torn, and the Vocal Group of the Year award was claimed by St.John’s based Fortunate Ones for The Bliss. Husband and wife duo Raven Kanatakta and ShoShona Kish from Long Point First Nation in Winneway, Que-

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Retired NBA star Steve Nash is teaming up with the CBC to develop a onehour drama set at an elite basketball academy. He says the series would would revolve around the teens, parents, coaches and administrators at a Toronto-area school and thetrials young athletes face as they seek superstardom. and text it back and forth to a coach or a recruiter, and the same goes for their behaviour — they get caught out doing something, the whole world knows about it right away instead of it being just some little secret. It’s just a heightened environment and very difficult,” said Nash, whose 19-year career with the Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers included eight all-star appearances, seven nominations to the all-NBA team and consecutive MVP awards. He’s now the general manager of Canada’s men’s national team. Nash said he can understand the pressure young players face and hopes

to bring some authenticity to “Hardwood.” “As a young player you have high hopes and dreams, you have these goals that you’re striving for and then you have all these people around you with expectations, that want a piece of your time or your success and so to navigate that is something that we’re going to see a lot (in the show) — how these kids navigate these two worlds of one, being a high-profile high school recruit and at the same time being a teenager,” said Nash. “It becomes very tricky for these kids to land on their feet and to get through all this stuff unscathed.”

bec who perform as Digging Roots won Aboriginal Songwriter for their album For The Light. Nova Scotia’s husband and wife fiddle duo Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy won the Instrumental Group of the Year award for their album ONE. Newfoundland’s Matthew Byrne was awarded Traditional Album of the Year for Hearts & Heroes and Quebec’s Michael Jerome Browne won Traditional Singer of the Year for his 1920’s blues-inspired album Sliding Delta.

Family star Eric Stonestreet will present a veterans-related category for the quiz show’s contestants. Sajak and Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, who has participated in more than a dozen USO trips over the years, also taped a PSA for Got Your 6 Storytellers events, one held in New York last week and one set for Tuesday in Los Angeles.

Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy! salute veterans this week LOS ANGELES — Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune aren’t playing around when it comes to marking Veterans Day. The game shows, in co-operation with the veterans’ support campaign Got Your 6, are using this week’s episodes to spotlight those who have served. On Wheel of Fortune, all of the contestants have been in a branch of the U.S. military. And host Pat Sajak, an Army veteran, joined with other vets and show presenter Vanna White to tape a series of public service announcements. The PSAs that will air during Wheel of Fortune aim to counter stereotypes and myths about veterans, said Army vet and Got Your 6 spokeswoman Kate Hoit. On the Jeopardy! episode airing Wednesday, Veterans Day, Modern

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Alice Ripley joins American Psycho musical heading to Broadway NEW YORK — Tony Award-winner Alice Ripley will be helping out a complete psycho onstage this spring. Ripley, along with her former Next to Normal co-star Jennifer Damiano, will join Benjamin Walker in the musical based on the novel American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. Performances begin March 24 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The book for the stage version was

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X-Company lands at Dieppe for Season 2 BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Stephanie Morgenstern stood on one of Dieppe’s steep, stony beaches in the north of France and — surprisingly for a TV screenwriter — found herself at a loss for words. Morgenstern and her husband, Mark Ellis, are the creative team behind X Company, a CBC drama returning for a second season in January. The series is based on an actual, top secret, Second World War spy training facility that was located about an hour east of Toronto on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The second season finds the fictional spy camp recruits immersed in one of the most savage battles of the war: the ill-fated Allied invasion at Dieppe. “It’s quite overwhelming actually to be where such an extraordinary event happened,” Morgenstern says on the phone. “To be standing on this beach takes your breath away. You feel so small and insignificant compared to the scale of courage.” Morgenstern’s voice trails off. In a matter of hours, Canadian forces suffered over 900 casualties at Dieppe on the morning of Aug. 19, 1942 with 2,000 more taken prisoner. The coastal town has never forgotten, and marks every anniversary with monuments, pageantry and hundreds of Canadian flags. “Being there really re-inspired me and re-energized me,” says Ellis. “You feel ghosts there, you feel proud of your country. It makes you really want to do justice to those men who were actually there 70-plus years ago now.” The show’s second season, according to Morgenstern, will be more serialized than season 1, with Dieppe “the culminating event of the season,” spread over two episodes. The Dieppe invasion was a way to, as Ellis says, “reference such a quintessential story of Canadian loss and sacrifice. We wanted to honour (the soldiers), but also tell it from an angle that hadn’t been told before.” In the last few years — thanks in part to the work of Canadian military historian David O’Keefe and the 2012 documentary Dieppe Uncovered — evidence has emerged to suggest the doomed dawn raid had a purpose and a complexity that went far beyond its legacy as a military failure. The savage battles along the beaches may have been a diversion tactic designed to allow special forces to raid German command posts and capture code-carrying “Enigma” machines. Will there be any losses among the core group of characters who make up the X Company? “I don’t want to give too many spoilers away,” says Morgenstern. “I’ll just say the weight of the tragedy hits the gang personally. I think it is realistic and fitting that we do face mortality.” written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Duncan Sheik penned music and lyrics for more than a dozen original songs. It centres on a yuppie serial killer who is obsessed with high-end clothes and beauty products even as he slashes his way through Manhattan. Christian Bale starred in the 2000 film version.

Maureen O’Hara to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery ARLINGTON, Va. — Actress Maureen O’Hara will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery next to her husband. The burial will be Monday afternoon in the historic military cemetery near Washington. O’Hara was married to U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles Blair from 1968 until his death in a plane crash a decade later. Irish-born O’Hara died Oct. 24 at age 95.

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TORONTO — Retired NBA star Steve Nash is teaming up with the CBC to develop a one-hour drama set at an elite basketball academy. The B.C.-bred athlete says the proposed series would revolve around the teens, parents, coaches and administrators at a Toronto-area school, and the unique trials young athletes face as they seek superstardom. “It’s a really incredible backdrop to create characters and create storylines that are really relevant, authentic and I think exciting for audiences,” said Nash in a recent call from Los Angeles. It’s tentatively titled “Hardwood,” with Nash working behind-the-scenes as an executive producer. The former point guard said he doesn’t expect to appear on camera, but he saw lots of opportunity to invite NBA pals to make cameos. “I think it’d be great — we have so many Canadian NBA players now that it’d be a lot of fun to have them get involved, so that’ll be something that we definitely would be excited to do.” Nash said the project is still in a very early stage of development with scripts currently being written. “Hardwood” is being executive produced by Insight Production’s John Brunton and Barbara Bowlby, the Toronto-based team behind “The Amazing Race Canada” and “Big Brother Canada.” Nash said he envisions stories could delve into the intense pressures young players face and the “shady” dealmaking that can emerge around them — something he has firsthand knowledge of. Since leaving the game earlier this year, Nash has indulged his passion for film and television through his company, Meathawk Productions. He said his interest began 20 years ago when he became “a bit of a cinephile.” “And then initially I made a short for Nike and I was kind of hooked,” said Nash, who co-directed a documentary about Terry Fox for the ESPN series “30 for 30” in 2010. “Eventually (I) made a bunch of digital content for brands, did a ‘30 for 30’ for ESPN, another doc for ESPN, and actually also was involved in a couple of … web series, so it was a fairly natural progression from just becoming a fan of film and storytelling to becoming a participant.” Nash said the basketball business has changed a lot since he was a teenager, noting that social media has made everything “so much more immediate and public.” “They just put a clip on YouTube

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PROVINCIAL MONEY TO GO TOWARDS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS LIKE BRIDGES, WATER TREATMENT BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Rural municipalities, many of which face huge infrastructure deficits, will get some provincial government help. The NDP government announced on Monday it will restore funding to a $100-million Strategic Transportation Infrastructure Program. Another $170 million boost will push Water for Life and Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership grant programs to $545 million. Lacombe and Blackfalds hope to use that program to help fund a much-needed $40-million regional sewage line connecting their communities to Red Deer’s treatment plant. Blackfalds Mayor Melodie Stol was pleased to see the funding increase, although it remains unclear when the money will come available. A provincially funded cost-benefit

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“IT IS STILL TWO YEARS AWAY FROM THE MONEY BEING AVAILABLE, BUT WE CAN START PLANNING.” AL KEMMERE, HEAD OF ALBERTA ASSOCIATION MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS AND COUNTIES analysis on the project is already underway and if that supports the project communities have agreed to go ahead with detailed design work to be ready to build if funding is approved. “We’re just hopeful that they’ll see the merits of the project and the cost-benefit analysis will justify what we’re trying to do,” said Stol. “The City of Lacombe is hoping to be considered for future funding through the Water for Life and the Al-

berta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership grant programs,” said city chief administrative officer Norma MacQuarrie in an email. “We hope to also capitalize on the Strategic Transportation Infrastructure Program (STIP) grant funding.” Rural municipalities have been lobbying the province to restore funding to the transportation infrastructure program, since the Conservatives cut all funding to it in 2013. The fund was used by many smaller and rural municipalities to provide some financial help to repair and replace critical infrastructure, especially bridges. The money can also be used for roads and airports. Transportation Minister Brian Mason said the funding will be replaced in two stages — $35 million in 2017-18 and $65 million in 2018-19. The cost of replacing an aging bridge infrastructure — much of it built from the 1940s to 1960s — is a significant concern for many rural mu-

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nicipalities. Lacombe County, which is spending millions each year repairing, maintaining and replacing bridges and culverts, estimated it will take 30 years to replace all of them. Al Kemmere, head of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties, said the organization sent letters to the province ahead of this year’s budget requesting more bridge funding and Water for Life funding. Kemmere said the government is listening, which is good news for municipalities, especially rural ones, which have 75 per cent of Alberta’s 8,800 bridges. “It is still two years away from the money being available, but we can start planning,” said Kemmere, who is a councilor in Mountain View County, which has more than 250 bridges. The province will invest more than $4.6 billion in roads and bridges according to its recently released budget. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Masyk sentence hearing set for December BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

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The Northern Lights dance in the sky over north Red Deer on Friday night. The light show lasted for a couple of hours, though became more spectacular outside of the city in darker areas.

Penhold hopes flooding finished $3.8 MILLION PROJECT DESIGNED TO HALT ANNUAL SPRING DELUGE, OPEN LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Annual flooding that has plagued Penhold every spring for decades is about to end. Over the next few weeks, a $3.8-million project to redirect and temporarily store flood water from Waskasoo Creek will be complete, except for a few cosmetic improvements to the area. To hold back spring runoff, Waskasoo Avenue on the east edge of town

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has been raised a metre to form a dike. Other parts of the project include a berm and a pair of large holding ponds to keep flood waters from creeping into town. “The land balancing is going to be able to protect all the houses and the manufactured home park,” said Mayor Dennis Cooper. Besides protecting homes and the town’s $21-million multiplex, flood work will benefit downstream properties in Red Deer County and the city, said Cooper. By building holding ponds, spring flood waters can be held regulations. Similar sessions focusing on residential and commercial development were held earlier this month. The speaker session takes place from 4-6 p.m. at Lacombe City Cinemas 4510-50 Avenue. For more information go to the city’s website at www. lacombe.ca and click on “What’s New.”

Ronald McDonald House hosting Bowling for Families Ronald McDonald House Charities Central Alberta is hosting a Bowling for Families night to raise funds for the families staying at the local facility. Organizers are encouraging teams of up to six people to register for the fun-filled night that will include glow bowling, a buffet dinner, comedy from Kevin McGrath and music by Ryan Carnduff, as well as prizes and more. \ Bowling for Families goes Nov. 21 at Heritage Lanes from 4:30-10 p.m.

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“THE LAND BALANCING IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT ALL THE HOUSES AND THE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK.” DENNIS COOPER, MAYOR OF PENHOLD back and released more slowly. Once complete, the town will be left with about a 66-acre chunk of land that can be used for paths, sports fields, an RV park or other uses. A needs study and public input will determine the best options for the land, most of which is not suitable for building permanent structures on. In April, the province approved a $3.36-million grant to cover 90 per cent of the cost of road and drainage work. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Remembrance Day ceremonies scheduled at Red Deer Arena Red Deer will remember the men and women who served our country with Lest We Forget, the Remembrance Day ceremonies at the Red Deer Arena on Wednesday. The assembly begins 10:40 a.m. followed by the Marching on the Colours, O’Canada, Invocation, Lord’s Prayer and The Last Post at 10:50 a.m. At 11 a.m. there will be the minute gun followed by silence, two minute Gun, The Lament and Reveille. The hymn O God Our Help in Ages will be played followed by the laying of the wreaths, benediction, God Save the Queen and a march. The Red Deer Legion Branch #35 will open its club rooms at noon for members and guests. The arena is located at 2810 Bremner Avenue. For more information, call 403-342-0035.

The sentencing hearing for a Penhold woman convicted in the hit and run death of a teen last spring has been set for early next month. Jessica Lyn Masyk, 26, will learn her sentence on Dec. 9 in Red Deer provincial court. She pleaded guilty to three charges on Aug. 19 including driving while unauthorized, failing to remain at the scene of a collision and public mischief for filing a false police report. She reported her vehicle missing to Innisfail RCMP, while knowing two of her friends had driven it to a farmers field and set it on fire. Trystan Sorensen, 18, was killed on Hwy 592 west of Penhold on May 20, 2014. At dusk he was longboarding with his friend when Masyk’s Dodge Durango crested over a hill and struck Sorensen. The impact sent Sorensen’s body flying into the ditch. Sorensen died at the scene. Last Thursday, Crown Prosecutor Ed Ring and defence counsel Kaitlyn Perrin gave judge John Holmes their sentencing submissions. They both suggested the judge order a six to eight month in custody sentence for Masyk as well as a fine between $1,000 and $1,500. Ring also sought an order for Masyk to provide a sample of her DNA for the national registry. Holmes reserved his decision and asked for some time to review case law and victim impact statements before he made his decision. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Doyle gets 30 days for credit card fraud BY ADVOCATE STAFF A short jail sentence, followed by probation was ordered for a Red Deer man who stole a credit card from a Morrisroe home, then tried to use it at a convenience store. Gregory Loe Doyle, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of fraud under $5,000. He was arrested with a second man in September in relation to a break-in and then use of a stolen credit card. Red Deer RCMP said a break and enter and credit card theft occurred in the Morrisroe nieghbhourhood on Sept. 5 and two men were caught on surveillance cameras. Five days later the two were caught again on surveillance cameras attempting to use the stolen credit card at a convenience store in Bower. Doyle was sentenced to 30 days in custody, 12 months probation and given a $200 fine. Damien Ray Vasseur, 23, of Red Deer is charged with break and enter and fraud under $5,000 in relation to these incidents. He will appear in Edmonton provincial court on Nov. 17 on these charges.

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MISSING-WOMEN GROUPS URGE CAUTION BEFORE INQUIRY BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Canada’s new government should tread carefully to lay the proper groundwork for an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women, says a coalition of First Nations and advocacy organizations. The group wants pre-inquiry consultation with the families of missing and murdered women and related community groups and have them included in establishing the inquiry’s terms of reference and its process for selecting commissioners. It also wants the government to pay legal costs for family members who wish to be involved. “We firmly believe that indigenous women’s leadership is critical,” said Fay Blaney, co-chairwoman of the Women’s Memorial March Committee. “We need indigenous women to be central to the substance and the process of this inquiry. This is about our lives and our safety,” she told a news conference Monday. As the Liberal leader, Justin Trudeau campaigned on a promise to launch a long-sought inquiry into Canada’s almost 1,200 missing and murdered indigenous women. The coalition, which consists of more than two dozen groups and individuals, said British Columbia’s own missing-women inquiry, which wrapped up in 2012, failed on several counts. They say the inquiry led by former B.C. Appeal Court judge Wally Oppal should serve as a cautionary tale. The coalition came together after various organizations were shut out of that inquiry looking into the actions of police and serial killer Robert Pickton after the DNA of 33 women were found on his pig farm. Members have continued to meet to pursue justice for murdered and missing women. Kendra Milne, a spokeswoman for the Vancouver-based women’s legal advocacy organization West Coast LEAF, denounced the scope of B.C.’s probe as too narrow.

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Montreal can dump 8 billion litres of sewage into river if conditions met Montreal can begin dumping eight billion litres of untreated sewage into the St. Lawrence River if certain risk-mitigating conditions are met, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Monday, calling the situation “less than ideal” but the best solution to the city’s waste water crisis. Before the city can dump the sewage into the river it needs create an emergency plan for unintended problems, keep a close watch on the discharge and deploy measures to clean up affected areas, McKenna said during a media conference call from Paris. The city must also upgrade its monitoring of the river’s water quality before, during and after the discharge and give that data to the Environment Department. “Whenever (Montreal) meets the conditions, then they have the ability to conduct the discharge, but they must meet those conditions first,” McKenna said. Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre said late Monday that work will proceed as planned, hinting it could even start this week. McKenna’s decision brings an end to the often bitter back-and-forth sniping between Coderre and the previous Conservative government over the project. Coderre openly accused the previous government of being anti-

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Murder trial hears from wife of accused BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The wife of a man accused of killing his teenaged daughter two decades ago told his trial Monday that her husband was an abusive spouse who controlled everyone in his family. Elaine Biddersingh — who is also charged in the case and faces a separate murder trial next year — testified that her husband, Everton Biddersingh, hit his daughter, confined her in a tiny closet and rationed her food when he was angry with her. “He beat her with a belt and say she don’t have no manners, she must have respect,” said 54-year-old Elaine Biddersingh. “What he used to do to me, he started to do to her. Sometimes when she moves around you could see she was in pain.” Everton Biddersingh has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of his 17-year-old daughter, Melonie, whose frail, charred body was discovered in a burning suitcase in an industrial area north of Toronto 21 years ago. He and his wife weren’t arrested until March 2012 after a tip to police led to the identification of Melonie’s remains. Speaking slowly, often with long pauses before answering questions from a Crown prosecutor, Elaine Bidscience and using the city’s sewage crisis as political fodder during the recent federal election campaign. The mayor has said the dump is necessary because the city must temporarily close a large sewer that feeds sewage to a treatment facility and alternative solutions would be too costly. The city plans to relocate a snow chute and conduct critical work on aging sewage infrastructure.

Military spouses’ pension problems to be reviewed OTTAWA — The federal department in charge of retirement benefits has quietly been reviewing its protocols amid concerns that military spouses were wrongfully being rejected for old age security payments. That review has been ongoing since at least June after reports emerged of at least one military spouse being asked for myriad documentation, including mortgage payments and high school graduation records, to prove her eligibility for the OAS. Her husband, a veteran, was reportedly easily approved for the pension payments. Speaking points and background material provided to then-employment minister Pierre Poilievre in early June suggest the department should have approved the woman’s application for OAS and that other military spouses applying for benefits should seamlessly receive them as well. The department doesn’t know how widespread the issue is — Service Canada doesn’t track specific information on military spouses — but only about one in 10 OAS applicants doesn’t receive a pension payment in the first month of entitlement. A person has to have resided in Canada for a prescribed number of

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dersingh, who has been out on bail since her arrest, told the jury about her life with her husband. In the early years of her marriage, she said he frequently hit her and called her names like “stupid,” “ugly” and “dumb.” “It was fearful,” she said when asked to describe their relationship. “He didn’t waste any time starting to beat me, punching my face, kick me, spit in my face.” In 1991, Melonie and two brothers came from Jamaica, where they were born, to Canada to live with their father and their stepmother, court has heard. Biddersingh said she felt “very happy” about the children’s arrival, planned to care for them like her own and noted that all three were healthy and happy when they arrived. Jurors have heard that the children weren’t sent to school and were allegedly mistreated. Melonie’s younger brother, Dwayne, died accidentally in June 1992. Biddersingh said she tired of her husband’s treatment of her a few months after the children arrived, and left the family home for six weeks, staying with her mother and keeping Melonie and her own two young sons with her. When she and the children returned, her husband’s abuse of Melonie took a sharp turn for the worse,

Biddersingh said, explaining he resented his daughter’s behaviour while she had been away. “He put it like she’s showing off…he would beat her,” she said. “Food was rationed. Because she don’t have any manners, she disrespected him.” Her husband also didn’t allow Melonie to have friends “because he doesn’t like to see anyone happy,” she said. Melonie’s older brother, Cleon, also had his food rationed, Biddersingh said, noting that when her husband was away, she would give the two children some extra food at times. Cleon has testified, however, that it was his stepmother who maintained control over the food, with his father doling out physical punishments. Biddersingh said she also noticed Melonie’s appearance started to change over time. “She lost some weight. In her face she looked sad. She looked thinner,” she said. “She was moving slower, when she came she was a bubbly person, so it was a difference.” When asked if Melonie had injuries to her body, Biddersingh said she never had a chance to closely inspect her stepdaughter. Melonie was tasked with helping care for Biddersingh’s youngest child, and had to wash clothes in the apartment bathtub when ordered to do so by her father, she said.

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stepdaughters over the course of a decade. Some of the sex acts involved the family dog. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the sisters, was originally convicted of eight counts of sexual assault, two counts of child pornography and two counts of bestiality. The man, known only as D.L.W., appealed one of the bestiality convictions, arguing he hadn’t committed the offence because the act itself didn’t involve intercourse. Two of the three B.C. Court of Appeal justices hearing the case agreed with the defence and the charge was dropped. Because one judge dissented, the Crown was allowed to appeal the case to the Supreme Court. Animal Justice, an organization that uses the legal system to promote animal rights, was allowed to intervene in the case.

Top court to decide on whether all sex acts with animals should be illegal The Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments Monday on whether all sex acts with animals should be considered bestiality — and therefore declared illegal. The disturbing case involves a man from British Columbia who was convicted of sexually assaulting his two

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Too cool for younger siblings Today I walked into the kitchen to find Lars gently brushing Sophie’s hair. They were concocting a plan to meet up at recess later that day. “When you come outside go right to the twisty slide Sophie!” Lars was getting a bit frustrated from Sophie’s inability (or blatant refusal) to recognize what slide he was talking about. As they nattered at each other I couldn’t help but think back on a time when my own brother and I used to be an oddly unbreakable force. Dustin and I were close, there was no denying it. We were stuck together on acreages our entire adolescent lives. That’s bound to make two people learn to enjoy each other’s company. Dad worked the oilfields and was gone frequently while Mom was left with two kids and acres of open land. We only had one vehicle back then which Dad usually took to work. So more often than not when I say we were stuck out there, we actually were. We made due. We journeyed through the back forty’s wood and made blanket forts out of Mom’s plentiful collection of crocheted blankets. We had secret languages that weren’t languages at all but somehow we knew what the other meant. There was always an inside joke being created or

chuckled over. And because of all of our cryptic laugh attacks due to nonsensical sentences, people often thought of us as a little strange. Did I care what people thought? Nope. Well, not until I did I guess. LINDSAY There comes BROWN an age in evME PLUS THREE ery young person’s life when they begin to take notice of what the other humans around them are saying. We start to recognize when people are talking about us. We begin listening more intently and taking to heart the details in which others perceive. For some reason once this time in our lives comes to pass we begin deeply caring about what our peers think. We will do just about anything to assure that we come off as “normal” to the squad (as the kids nowadays call it). It was a little after my thirteenth birthday that I stopped hanging out

with Dustin so much. I wanted to be with my friends and according to them; it really wasn’t cool to have your kid brother tagging along to the beach with you. So with a heavy heart (that was masked by layers of blue eye shadow and heavy mascara) I told my brother to hit the road. I wonder about the day when Lars will find himself too cool to hang out with Sophie. Perhaps because their age gap is only a few years apart it will never happen. Maybe they will manage to stay friends throughout those awkward teenage years. For their sake, I hope so. I know looking back I could have used my brother in those uncertain days. Lars and Sophie are still sitting at the kitchen table, he has finished brushing her hair but she is still mulling over the complexity of her brothers plan. There is something so special about the way they sit and talk, almost as if they know what the other is about to say. Their conversation flows without the complications or worries that are often veiled in so many other aspects of this life. Once again my thoughts are drawn back to my brother and I realize how special the sibling bond can be. There have been many moments when we

have had that same uninhibited conversation. We will talk early into the morning around hazy campfires, recalling childhood memories that only he and I could possibly understand. What a wonderful thing to have someone in this world that can place a value on those early days in the same way you can. Lars flings on his backpack as though he’s been doing it for years and his sister follows suit. As we approach Lars’ school doors Sophie moves towards her brother for a hug. “I love you Lars, have a good day.” “Love you too Soph, remember, twisty slide at first recess!” He says then runs off towards his classmates. As we walk towards Sophie’s classroom she looks up to me and says, “Don’t you just love Lars Mom?” I smile and reply in kind. I am thankful that my children have each other. It is reassuring to know they have a friend in one another— especially for first recess meet and greets at the good ole twisty slide. Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake mother of two and freelance columnist.

Remembering relatives who served A VAGUE MEMORY OF AN UNCLE, AND A PROUD BROTHER The promise of spring held only mockery and even the innocent beauty of the crocuses, trying to break through a bitter crust of snow most have done little to alleviate the quick, sharp agony of loss my father felt when he read the telegram. No doubt, the words blurred and swam before his tear filled eyes on that fateful day. “We regret to inform you, your son lost his life during flying operations at 2 a.m. on March 9, 1944. He was killed during a night take-off on the east/west runway at RAF Station Einshmer, five miles east of Hader, Palestine. I was not yet even a twinkle in my dad’s eye when he received the telegram on that long ago, raw spring day, but family history has kept the heartbeat of the story alive and strong throughout the years. As for me, I am proud to know these strong and vibrant threads of history have been woven by the lives and times of those gone before me into the colorful tapestry of my heritage. The family has the diaries of Richard Wellington Warden, killed in action in 1944, and I have pored over the entries, my curious eyes trying to piece together the life of this stranger whom fate has dictated I will never have the

privilege of meeting. I read the words penned by this young man barely out of his teens and, in those few scribbled lines, I see a different world, a world fraught with danger, thrills and an ever TREENA present fear MIELKE that constantly LIFE lurks unseen in the shadows. R i c h a r d (Dick) writes about the thrill of flying and the excitement of receiving those coveted piloted wings. And he writes about his buddies and hanging out, trying their luck at picking up cute girls. But, mostly, as the war raged around him, the message he hasn’t written is the one that comes through loud and clear. He wants to come home. He doesn’t want to be in the middle of a stinking war where the stench of the dying littering the battlefield assaults the living. He wants to live. He wants to

assisted National Defence in having 185 Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medals presented to veterans or their next of kin. He was presented with the Certificate of Merit in 2003 for many years of dedicated service to the Legion. I think about how he stood proudly at attention through many, many Remembrance Day Services and how he continued to serve his country long after he retired his uniform and carefully hung up his medals. And, once again, I see more threads being woven into the tapestry of my heritage. And I feel so very grateful that these young men in my family, and so many other young men and women sacrificed so much so we could have the privilege of wearing poppies and attending Remembrance Day services. Lest we forget – how could we? Treena Mielke lives in Sylvan Lake and is editor of the Rimbey Review. She has been a journalist and columnist for more than 25 years. Treena is married to Peter and they have three children and six grandchildren.

kiss his girl. He wants to have fun. Go fishing. Play ball. But he did none of those things, and before he reached his 22nd birthday, he became just another casualty of war. And they will not grow old! I close the diary gently and quickly drop a kiss onto the forehead of the man in a wheelchair sitting beside me. He is a war vet having served with the Royal Canadian Signal Corps in Korea. He also served overseas with peacekeeping corps in Germany and the Belgian Congo. Today, he sits quietly, gazing out of the hospital window, while the memories of those days when he served his country dance unseen behind his pale blue eyes. In my own memory, I only recall fleeting glimpses of this older brother, a young man in a uniform, a stranger really, to a child too young to understand very much of anything at all about war or the aftermath of war. My brother was a proud soldier who never really quit being a soldier, even after he was discharged. On Nov. 11, 2005 he was awarded the Alberta Centennial Medal for his outstanding contribution in helping veterans and their families. In 2001, he

Get honest and think about bad behaviours you’re guilty of Every morning a young man and an old man walked the same path to a nearby village. The old man walked with a pronounced limp and complained endlessly about his plight. The young man would deliberately slow his pace so the old man would have companionship on the journey. On days when the young man needed to take produce to the village for sale or bring items home, he used a homemade cart and let the old man ride in the back. One morning, as the two reached the village, the old man removed his shoe and when he did, a small stone fell out of it. The old man knelt down, picked up the stone and dropped it back into his shoe. The young man was quick to point out that the stone must be the cause of the old man’s limp. Appearing perplexed, the old man claimed to have no idea what the young man was talking about. With that, he put the shoe back onto his foot and hobbled off painfully down the road. Ever wonder what keeps some people stuck and unable to overcome their problems? It could be “secondary gain,” also known as negative benefits. Simply put, secondary gains are the benefits we get from not overcoming a problem – the payback for staying stuck. Typically, the word gain is used in a good sense but in this regard, the gain is not a positive one. This gain can easily create all kinds of problems and plenty of unnecessary suffering in one’s life. There are many examples of secondary gain. You put your life on hold until you lose weight. The idea of changing your lifestyle creates anxiety, thus keeping the weight on is reinforced. You often claim to feel anxious and overwhelmed prompting your partner to stay close by your side, thus being anxious and overwhelmed is reinforced. Your spouse lets you off the hook for social commitments when your blinding headaches occur, thus the headache pain is reinforced. Secondary gain issues create stress within relationships as significant others often have the sense they’re being manipulated by the stuck individual. What seems like a ploy or manipulation is likely happening at an unconscious level. To the individual, the distress or impairment is real and any suggestion that the ailment has been manufactured will likely be met with stern opposition. It’s impossible to shift beliefs and behaviours that are beyond our awareness. By recognizing and understanding the mechanisms at play, we can learn alternate coping techniques that get needs met in a healthy, productive manner. This can help an individual to gain more self-control and self-respect and result in improved self-esteem levels.

I often encounter secondary gain when working with clients suffering from deeply rooted self-esteem issues. For example, an individual may be working diligently toward shifting negative thinking but find tremendous difficulty in doing so. He or she could be visualizing, affirming his or her worth through awareness exercises or even meditation yet see little change. In MURRAY some cases, the situation gets FUHRER worse. To me, this is a signal that we may be dealing with EXTREME ESTEEM a secondary gain issue. For whatever reason, the unconscious mind feels more comfortable staying with the negative or disadvantaged “stuck” state rather than moving toward positive change. What can trigger a secondary gain issue? Here are some common culprits. Fear of responsibility. At some level, we may feel that added success, love and even awareness will demand more than we are capable of providing. We fear being exposed as a fraud – “found out” as not being truly able or deserving of this higher level of good. Loss of love. If we change too much, we may move out of the sphere of our current peer group, family, friends or romantic relationship – even if it’s unhealthy or dysfunctional. Loss of consideration. As odd as it sounds, some people will unconsciously hang onto a painful condition – just like the old man in story – because they desire the sympathy and allowances others make because of their suffering. A powerful, yet common negative benefit. Here’s a simple test and one I cautiously encourage my clients to take: when you read or hear the list of common culprits, do you get an emotional reaction? Do you feel anger, frustration or anxiety? This could be your secondary gain issue coming up. As you’re reading these words, you may be getting hints of it right now. If so, I suggest you grab a pen and start writing down your feelings. Writing it down will draw the issue into conscious awareness. Get honest with yourself and really start to ponder the reason(s) why you’ve been hanging onto thoughts and behaviours that do not serve you in a positive way. Ask yourself, “What good reason do I have to hanging onto this habit or belief?” Speak with friends and allow them to provide open and honest feedback without retaliation. This can be challenging but also highly rewarding. Keep in mind, there may be more than one issue. Once you’ve unearthed an issue, go to work on it.

You may wish to seek professional help. Other options are to join a support group, start a daily gratitude journal, or meditate about it. Secondary gain is a behavioural mechanism and not a reason for shame or a negative reflection on the individual. On the contrary, it says that you are a courageous and aware individual, willing to face the truth that lies within and change it. “All human progress is preceded by new questions,” wrote Anthony Robbins. Perhaps the time has come to ask yourself a new series of questions – ones that reveal your deep need for the negative thoughts and behaviours that persist and plague you daily. Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His new book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bears 22 Chargers 19 SAN DIEGO — Zach Miller leaped, snagged Jay Cutler’s pass with his right hand and tumbled into the end zone. A big-time play in another close finish for the Chicago Bears, who beat the staggering San Diego Chargers 22-19 on Monday night. “Jay made a great throw and I was able to go up and get it. After that, I went unconscious,” Miller said about his game-winning catch with 3:19 left. “It was one of those things where instincts kind of take over. I really didn’t have time to go up with two, because he put some juice on it. I went with one and thankfully pulled it down.” Miller’s TD reception and a 2-point conversion run by rookie Jeremy Langford, subbing for the injured Matt Forte, gave the Bears (3-5) their first lead of the night. Chicago’s last five games have been decided by three points or less, including consecutive losses to Minnesota and Detroit before the trip to San Diego. Cutler, who had an interception returned for a touchdown and lost a fumble, kept attacking San Diego’s depleted secondary, completing 27 of 40 passes for 345 yards. “We have got to figure out how to win in the fourth quarter,” Cutler said. “We have talked about it. We’ve won games in the fourth quarter, we’ve lost in the fourth quarter. That’s what the NFL is about. You have to play your best in the fourth quarter, and that’s what coach (John) Fox has talked about. It’s good that it happened today, but we have to continue it.” Cutler calmly led the Bears on the winning 10-play, 80-yard drive after the Chargers opened a 19-14 lead on rookie Josh Lambo’s 22-yard field goal. Two plays before the TD throw to Miller, Cutler was hit and still completed a 12-yard pass to Alshon Jeffery on thirdand-6. “The safety flew over the top and it was just a matter of waiting for Zach to get past the linebacker,” Cutler said. “I left it high on him, and he made a heck of a catch. It couldn’t have happened to a better guy. For him to come up with a catch, it was something special.” The Bears scored 15 points in the fourth quarter. Cutler’s two TD passes broke the franchise record, giving him 139 with the Bears. He had been tied with Hall of Famer Sid Luckman. San Diego (2-7) lost its fifth straight game for its longest skid since dropping six straight in 2011. It’s the longest losing streak in coach Mike Mc-

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Chicago Bears wide receiver Alshon Jeffery,right, makes a catch as San Diego Chargers cornerback Steve Williams looks on during the second half of an NFL game Monday, in San Diego. Coy’s three seasons. San Diego’s Philip Rivers was 26 of 42 for 280 yards. It was the first time in six games that he didn’t throw for more than 300. “When you lose five in a row it’s pretty sickening,” Rivers said. “When it’s like this you kind of want to dig a hole and hid for a little while.” The Chargers made numerous mistakes. Rivers threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Gates in the fourth quarter but it was nullified when right guard D.J. Fluker was whistled for being an ineligible receiver downfield. The Chargers had to settle for Lambo’s 22-yard field goal. Earlier in that drive, wide receiver Stevie Johnson spiked the ball after making a catch for a first down at the 4

and was whistled for delay of game. “It’s all emotion. We’re out there playing hard and I was trying to get in the end zone,” Johnson said. “I didn’t really spike it that hard but they called it and that is part of it. I’ve got to be smarter than that.” The Bears had a rough first half, but the Chargers couldn’t put them away. Cutler lost a fumble on a sack and then made an off-the-mark throw to Jeffery, which second-year cornerback Jason Verrett intercepted and returned 68 yards for a 13-0 lead. The Chargers suffered even more injuries. Verrett hurt his groin one play after his pick-six and came out, but remained on the sideline. Cornerback Patrick Robinson left with a neck injury.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA — Russia’s status as a sports superpower and its participation in track and field events at next year’s Olympics came under threat Monday after a report accused the Russians of widespread, state-supported doping reminiscent of the darkest days of cheating by the former East Germany. The findings by a commission set up by the World Anti-Doping Agency were far more damaging than expected. It means that two of the world’s most popular sports — soccer and track and field — are now mired in scandals that could destroy their reputations. The WADA investigation’s findings that Russian government officials must have known about doping and coverups, with even its intelligence service, the FSB, allegedly involved, threatened to severely tarnish President Vladimir Putin’s use of sports to improve his country’s global standing. Russia hosted the last Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014 and will hold the next World Cup in 2018. “It’s worse than we thought,” said Dick Pound, an International Olympic Committee veteran who chaired the WADA probe. “It may be a residue of the old Soviet Union system.” The 323-page report said that in Russia, “acceptance of cheating at all levels is widespread.” Among its findings: • Moscow testing laboratory director Grigory Rodchenkov ordered the “intentional and malicious destruction” of 1,417 doping control samples to deny evidence for the investigation. • FSB agents regularly visited the lab, routinely questioned its staff and told some of them not to co-operate with WADA as part of “direct intimidation and interference by the Russian state” with the lab’s work. Staff at the lab believed their offices were bugged by the FSB. • FSB agents even infiltrated Russia’s anti-doping work at the Sochi Olympics. One witness told the inquiry that “in Sochi, we had some guys pretending to be engineers in the lab, but actually they were from the Federal Security Service.” • “Widespread inaction” by track

Wide receiver Malcom Floyd, who is playing his last season, injured his left shoulder while diving trying to make a catch. Eight days earlier, San Diego’s Keenan Allen, one of the NFL’s leading receivers, suffered a season-ending lacerated kidney when he landed hard at the end of a spectacular touchdown catch in a loss at Baltimore. Cutler broke the franchise record for touchdown passes when he found Martellus Bennett for a 1-yard score midway through the second quarter. Cutler had been tied with Luckman with 137 with the Bears. Cutler began his career with the Broncos. Luckman threw his final touchdown pass as a member of the Bears on Sept. 17, 1950. Langford scored on a 1-yard run early in the fourth quarter to start Chicago’s comeback.

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Rusty Olympic rings decorate a fence outside the Russian Olympic committee building in Moscow, Russia, Monday. Russian track and field athletes could be banned from next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after a devastatingly critical report accused the country’s government of complicity in widespread doping and cover-ups. and field’s governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations, and Russian authorities allowed athletes suspected of doping to continue competing. “The Olympic Games in London were, in a sense, sabotaged by the admission of athletes who should have not been competing,” the report said. The WADA commission, set up after a German TV documentary last year alleged widespread Russian doping and coverups, recommended that WADA declare the Russian athletics federation “noncompliant” with the global anti-doping code, and that the IAAF suspend the federation from competition. The IAAF responded by saying it will consider sanctions against Russia, including a possible suspension that would ban Russian track and field athletes from international competition, including the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. IAAF President Sebastian Coe gave the Russian federation until the end of the week to respond. “If they are suspended — and it sounds like the IAAF is moving in that direction already — and they are still

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suspended, at the time of Rio, there will be no Russian track and field athletes there,” Pound said in an interview with The Associated Press after the release of the findings. He said Russia’s doping could be called state-sponsored. The commission said its months-long probe found no written evidence of government involvement, but it added: “It would be naive in the extreme to conclude that activities on the scale discovered could have occurred without the explicit or tacit approval of Russian governmental authorities.” “They would certainly have known,” Pound said. To the AP, he added: “We have finally identified one of the major powers as being involved in this. It’s not just small countries or little pockets. This is a major sporting country. It’s got to be a huge embarrassment.” Vladimir Uiba, head of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency that provides medical services to Russian national team competitors, said the report is part of a “politically motivated” campaign linked to the crisis in Ukraine.

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TORONTO — As Quebec City, Las Vegas and Pyeongchang wait, the NHL is in no rush to make big decisions. At some point the league must decide whether to expand to Quebec, Las Vegas, both or neither, and whether to send its players to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea. But officials reiterated Monday there’s plenty of time before anything is figured out on those fronts. Commissioner Gary Bettman confirmed that no final decision will be made on expansion at the next board of governors meeting in December. The executive committee is set to meet to discuss the applications by Quebecor and Bill Foley’s Black Knight Sports & Entertainment, but there’s no timeline for a recommendation. “We’re being very deliberate, very careful and very thorough,” Bettman said Monday. “This is an important business decision, and it doesn’t get governed by PR or politics or various pressures. You’ve got to make a decision for the right reasons.” In remarks during the Prime Time Sports Management Conference, Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly emphasized that the NHL was focused more on the long-term value of its business and franchises than on the short-term boon of expansion fees. Adding one more team could earn the owners upwards of US$500 million and the same additional amount with a second expansion team. That comes with a catch. “It’s not a quick cash grab,” Bettman said. “People think, ‘Well of course you’re going to expand, you get all this money.’ Not so fast because (league revenues get) divided 30 ways. If you bring in another team, it gets divided into 31 ways. That has an economic consequence.” The earliest expansion would happen to either Las Vegas or Quebec City would be the 2017-18 season.

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Flint Firebirds get back to business REINSTATE HOCKEY COACHES DAY AFTER FIRING AS OWNER ACKNOWLEDGES ‘MISTAKE’ BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FLINT, Mich. — Flint Firebirds coach John Gruden got his job back a day after being fired, a move that triggered his players to throw their jerseys on the floor of the Ontario Hockey League team’s front office. “After our emotional shootout game against the Oshawa Generals, I made a decision with regards to our coaching staff, which was an irresponsible mistake,” team owner Rolf Nilsen said Monday in a statement. Nilsen said the team’s senior leadership apologized to its players and met with OHL Commissioner David Branch, adding the Firebirds are co-operating with the league’s investigation into the matter. “My understanding is David came here from Toronto to figure out what happened here and why,” team president Costa Papista said. Papista said Gruden and assistant coach Dave Karpa were not fired because of a lack of playing time for defenceman Håkon Nilsen, son of the owner, as has been reported. “That’s something that when Rolf is ready to discuss, he might be able to shed some more light,” Papista said in a telephone interview. “I, personally, had not seen or witnessed any type of

concern or displeasure around that issue.” Papista said the team’s general manager, Terry Christensen, told the coaches they were fired following Sunday’s win over Oshawa Generals. “After that, all 22 players marched up three flights of stairs and put their jerseys on the floor of our front office,” Papista recalled. “They vocalized that they were not going to play if this was the decision.” Gruden has a three-year contract, and Karpa’s one-year deal was extended by two years. The Firebirds are in their first season after existing as the Plymouth Whalers in suburban Detroit, where the franchise was owned by Peter Karmanos, who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday. The team, in Plymouth and Flint, had operated relatively under the radar for years without much publicity. That changed on Sunday night after the firings were followed by the fallout with the players. The Firebirds are scheduled to host the Sarnia Sting on Friday night. “I feel bad that this incident is completing overshadowing everything positive about our organization, the players and coaches,” Papista said. “We have to get this behind us and turn a negative into a positive.”

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On Nov. 8, Flint Firebirds’ Nicholas Caamano battles for the puck with Oshawa Generals’ Michael Dal Colle during a hockey match in Flint, Mich. The owner of the Flint Firebirds junior hockey team apologized Monday for firing his coaching staff over the weekend. According to multiple reports, owner Rolf Nilsen fired head coach John Gruden and assistants Dave Karpa and Petr Jonak because his son — defenceman Håkon Nilsen — was not receiving enough playing time. As a show of solidarity, each player — including the owner’s son — handed in his jersey and quit, according to reports.

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Peter Malnati kisses “Reveille,” the trophy of the Sanderson Farms Championship after winning for the first time on the PGA Tour, closing with a 5-under 67 to win in Jackson, Miss., Monday. Malnati finished at 18 under in for the tournament.

Malnati rallies for first PGA Tour win at Sanderson farms BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSON, Miss. — Peter Malnati finished his final round with a onestroke lead. He then went to the clubhouse, where he watched the rest of the tournament on TV, talked with his wife and even did a few pull-ups to stay loose. Turns out the extra exercise wasn’t needed. He had his first PGA Tour victory already wrapped up. The 28-year-old Malnati shot a 5-under 67 on Monday to rally past a crowded leaderboard and win the Sanderson Farms Championship, beating William McGirt and David Toms by one stroke. Malnati finished at 18 under in a rain-soaked tournament that was forced to complete play Monday. He was one shot behind going into the final round but closed with five birdies over his last 12 holes. He was remarkably calm down the stretch, avoiding trouble at the Country Club of Jackson. He made par on his final three holes, sinking a 3-foot putt on No. 18 to hold his one-stroke lead. Then, it was time to wait. “It was kind of all surreal at that point,” Marnati said. “I was definitely happy. I don’t really know what all I was feeling.” Soon enough, he was feeling like a PGA Tour winner. The victory continued a trend for younger winners: He’s the fifth first-time winner in five events this season. The waterlogged event in Jackson was delayed five times, either by rain, lightning or darkness. The final day was a long one for several players, with some finishing as many as 30

holes. The leaderboard was constantly changing throughout Monday’s marathon round, with about 15 players moving in and out of contention. Roberto Castro led through the first two rounds but shot a 3-over 75 in the third round. He finished at 16 under in a tie for fourth. Malnati was one of the few constants throughout the day. He had back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 5 and 6, but quickly recovered with birdies on four of the next six holes. Malnati said he promised himself he wouldn’t be watching the scoreboard if he was in contention during the final round, but curiosity overwhelmed him when he was on the 18th green. He turned to his caddie Shane Joel and asked how he was doing in relation to the field. Joel’s response: “How about we just hit a good putt right here.” He did. It earned him a $738,000 paycheque and an exemption for the next two-plus years. “I’m not a big stats guy, but I’ll enjoy looking at my stats because I bet I hit a lot of greens, particularly over the last two rounds,” Malnati said. This is Malnati’s second go-round on the PGA Tour. He struggled as a rookie in 2014 and lost his card, but re-gained it after finishing ninth on the Web.com Tour last season. Patton Kizzire and the 48-year-old Toms had a one shot lead after the third round before shuffling back into the pack early in the final round. Toms still hung around the leaders all day, but couldn’t quite make the charge for his 14th career win. He had four birdies on the back nine.

TORONTO — NHL general managers are expected to review rule changes and discuss the controversial coach and executive compensation policy at their annual November meeting on Tuesday. For the first time, the league has three-on-three play in overtime and coach’s challenges for goaltender interference and offside plays. Deputy commissioner Bill Daly doesn’t expect any potential changes to those rules to take place right away. “These rules are the way they’re going to be at least for the balance of the season,” Daly said Monday. “I don’t think there’s been any unintended consequences for the rules. And I think they’ve operated as we’ve expected they’d operate.” A year ago at this meeting, GMs got rid of the dry scrape of the ice surface before overtime, which was designed to create more offence in overtime and cut down on shootouts. As Ken Holland of the Detroit Red Wings put it, the dry scrape turned out to be a “buzz kill” that stopped the momentum of games, so it was removed almost immediately. One area of debate is whether referees and linesmen should decide coach’s challenges in consultation with the situation room in Toronto or whether the league should have that power as it does on the puck crossing the goal line. Currently, officials watch replays on a tablet device at the penalty box. “I’m fine with the format. I like it,” Minnesota Wild GM Chuck Fletcher said. “For the most part I think it’s been great. I think we’ve corrected some wrongs on the ice, the officials have been able to make the better call.” In the first 214 games of the season, coaches challenged 32 plays. Seven of 23 goaltender interference challenges overturned the call on the ice, while four of nine offside challenges overturned the call on the ice. Coaches have given mixed reviews to the new system, with Mike Babcock of the Maple Leafs pointing out that more goals are being taken off the board as the NHL tries to create more offence. Three-on-three overtime isn’t going anywhere as it has been incredibly successful in cutting down on the number of shootouts. Of 42 games that went to overtime through Sunday, 29 were decided before the shootout, good for

69 per cent. Last season, only 44.4 per cent of games that went to four-on-four overtime ended before a shootout. “When you looked at what we were trying to accomplish with the rule change, it’s working extraordinarily well,” Bettman said during his keynote address at the Prime Time Sports Management Conference. Some big-name players, namely Winnipeg Jets defenceman Dustin Byfuglien and Ottawa Senators captain Erik Karlsson, have voiced their displeasure about three-on-three overtime. “Bother me would be too strong a word,” Bettman said. “If I owned a bakery, I’m not sure I would advertise the fact that I think my cupcakes don’t taste good. The fact is overwhelmingly it’s had a positive reaction, and people are always entitled to their opinions.” Bettman has his own opinion about the NHL’s executive compensation policy that has come under fire in recent months. Teams must give up draft picks when hiring rivals’ executives are coaches, even those fired from their positions. For example, the Columbus Blue Jackets will have to give one of their next three second-round picks to the Vancouver Canucks for hiring John Tortorella during the season, even though he was fired after 2013-14. That has led to plenty of debate, and Daly said the policy could change after this GMs meeting and next month’s board of governors meeting. “There was certainly some hesitation to instituting the policy in the first place,” Daly said. “It’s something the commissioner was not very supportive of from the start and a little bit skeptical about how it would operate and I think some of the effects of that policy haven’t been entirely consistent with certainly the intent of the policy. It’s something that certainly warrants attention.” Pittsburgh Penguins GM Jim Rutherford waived compensation when the New Jersey Devils hired Ray Shero but took it from the Buffalo Sabres for coach Dan Bylsma because other teams had taken it. “I think that we just have to get it to where we thought it was going to be,” Rutherford said. “When we voted this in, I don’t think any of us thought that it was for people that were terminated. As long as we should straighten that out, it probably still works.” Daly said the earliest that compensation rule would change is Jan. 1, a full year after it was instituted.

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Lacombe native and Red Deer minor hockey graduate TJ Brown has committed to attend Quinnipiac University in 2017 on an NCAA athletic scholarship. The offensive defenceman, who played two seasons with the major bantam Red Deer Rebels Black and one year with the Red Deer midget AAA Optimist Chiefs, is in his second season with the Camrose Kodiaks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League. Brown, 17, has three goals and 10 points in 20 games this season after scoring six goals and collecting 20 points in 58 games during his rookie campaign. ”The Camrose Kodiaks are very proud of this accomplishment that TJ has achieved,” Kodiaks GM/head

coach Boris Rybalka said in a press release. “He is not only a great hockey player, but more importantly a great person.” “I am excited about my future and what lies ahead for me, but at the same time I am excited to finish my junior career and dominate before I move onto the NCAA,” said Brown. “I would like to thank the Kodiaks organization for everything they have done and also Quinnipiac for putting their trust and faith in me; I will not let you down.” Quinnipiac University is located in Hamden, Conn. • Olds Grizzlys forward Riley Smith has been added to Central Scouting’s ‘players to watch’ list for the 2016 NHL entry draft.

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Mass start has more meaning for Blondin INCLUSION IN OLYMPICS UPS ANTE FOR REIGNING WORLD CUP CHAMPION CALGARY — A lot changes in a sport when there’s Olympic medals on the line. Ivanie Blondin wants to stay on top of those changes from now until the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee declared in June that the mass start will be added to the Olympic long-track speedskating program in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Blondin claimed both the overall World Cup title and a world championship silver in mass start in the weeks prior to the IOC’s announcement. With Olympic medals now on the table, the 25-year-old from Ottawa expects a ramping up of tactics in what was already a cat-and-mouse marathon. Blondin will race her first World Cup mass start since the IOC’s declaration Sunday at the Olympic Oval in Calgary. “I think I’m going to have an even bigger target on me this year,” Blondin said Monday at the Oval. “Last year, I feel the mass start event wasn’t really thought out very well by the other teams too much, but this year I think they’re going to go into it really having game plans down before the races and having tactics. “Most of them will probably revolve around me and (Irene) Schouten because it was kind of a battle between both of us last season.” Mass start brings elements of shorttrack speedskating to the long-track oval. The skaters leave the start line at the same time for 16 laps of jockeying and jostling for position. Points are awarded for three intermediate sprints during the race and the final sprint to the finish, but the points are weighted so first, second and third over the finish line earn the medals. Blondin will also race 1,000 and the

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Ivanie Blondin of Canada finishes fourth in the 500-metre race at the ISU Allround Speed Skating World Championship at Calgary in March. Now that Olympic medals are on the line in long-track speedskating’s mass start, defending overall World Cup champion Blondin of Ottawa expects tactics to ramp up and what was already an elbows-up race to become even more intense. 3,000 metres in the season-opening World Cup starting Friday at the Oval. The men’s and women’s mass start is Sunday. Blondin was among 25 Canadians named to the host World Cup team at a news conference Monday. She started short-track speedskating at age 14 and switched to long-track at 20. Blondin isn’t the only former short-tracker who has donned the clap skate.

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CFL PLAYOFFS

The Toronto Argonauts will have to solve the Tim Hortons Field jinx to reach the East Division final. Toronto visits the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday in the East semifinal, the winner facing the Ottawa Redblacks in the conference final at TD Place on Nov. 22. Hamilton was just 5-4 at home this year. The Ticats opened with three consecutive wins at Tim Hortons Field to improve to 10-0 there before losing 26-23 to Montreal on Aug. 27. Since then, Hamilton has gone 2-4 at the facility but is 3-0 there all-time versus Toronto. The Ticats have been especially dominant this year, outscoring the Argos 76-30 in their two home victories against their arch rivals. Toronto was also 0-2 in relocated games at Tim Hortons Field this year. Overall, the Argos are 0-5 there and have been outscored 150-59. But the Argos do have some reasons for optimism. They head into the playoffs on a positive note, snapping a three-game losing streak Friday with a 21-11 home win over Winnipeg in their final game at Rogers Centre. Veteran Ricky Ray looked sharp in just his second start of the season and the three-time Grey Cup winner will be under centre Sunday. Also, Toronto won’t have to face quarterback Zach Collaros. Collaros led Hamilton to all of its home wins against his former team but is recovering from season-ending knee surgery. Hamilton is coming off two straight losses to Ottawa, including a 44-28 decision at TD Place on Saturday. Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris completed 28-of-37 passes for 368 yards and six touchdowns. With Hamilton backup Jeff Mathews (head) injured, youngsters Jacory Harris and Jeremiah Masoli were a combined 14-of-27 passing for 199 yards and one score versus Ottawa. Ottawa rookie William Powell ran for 119 yards and averaged seven yards per carry. Toronto had 155 yards rushing against Winnipeg, with 2012 Grey Cup MVP Chad Kackert posting a game-high 89 yards on 10 carries and Curtis Steele adding 54 yards on 11 carries. Calgary begins its Grey Cup title defence hosting the B.C. Lions in the West Division semifinal. The Stamps won both meetings, including a 28-7 decision at B.C. Place Stadium last

weekend. Backup Drew Tate threw two TD passes while Anthony Parker had four catches for 122 yards and a touchdown. Rookie Lemar Durant had three catches for 45 yards but two were for TDs. B.C. also rested some of its starters, including quarterback Jonathon Jennings as veteran Travis Lulay drew his first start since Sept. 3. Running back Andrew Harris, a Winnipeg native, had only eight carries for 42 yards but cracked the 1,000-yard plateau for the second time. Montreal’s Tyrell Sutton won the league rushing title with 1,059 yards, 20 more than Harris. Calgary’s Jerome Messam, a Toronto native who grew up in Brampton, Ont., was third with 1,006 yards. Harris posted league-best 1,523 yards from scrimmage, 20 more than Messam. It was a record-setting campaign for Burris, who set a new league high for completions (481). The 40-year-old also threw for a league-best 5,693 yards and his six TDs versus Hamilton gave him 26 for the year, further strengthening his case for the CFL’s outstanding player award. Chris Williams was Burris’s favourite target with 88 catches for 1,214 yards and eight TDs. Williams, back in Canada after two seasons in the NFL, finished third among league receivers behind Calgary’s Eric Rogers (87 catches, 1,448 yards, 10 TDs) and Edmonton’s Adarius Bowman (league-high 93 receptions, 1,304 yards, seven TDs). Once again, a B.C. Lion led the CFL in tackles. Adam Bighill registered 117 after teammate Solomon Elimimian had a record 143 last season in becoming the first pure defensive player to claim league MVP honours. Montreal’s John Bowman had a CFL-best 19 sacks, two more than Winnipeg’s Jamaal Westerman. B.C.’s Ryan Phillips, Blue Bomber Johnny Adams and Ottawa’s Abdul Kanneh all finished tied with six interceptions. Kanneh also was tied for the CFL lead in forced fumbles (four) and fumble returns (three). Hamilton’s Justin Medlock was the league scoring leader with 181 points, 25 more than Calgary’s Rene Paredes. Edmonton’s Sean Whyte was the CFL’s most accurate kicker, hitting 24-of-26 field goals (92.3 per cent), just ahead of Montreal rookie Boris Bede (36-of-40, 90 per cent).

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with a 2-1 loss to British Columbia, then fell 1-0 to Ontario Blue and defeated Atlantic 1-0, with Bast assisting on the lone goal. Ontario Red defeated Manitoba 2-1 in the gold-medal game Sunday.

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Pair of Red Deer players help Team Alberta finish seventh at U18 women’s hockey championship Team Alberta, with Red Deer defencemen Mairead Bast and Abagael Thiessen in the lineup, lost 4-0 to Saskatchewan in Saturday’s seventh-place game of the National Under-18 Women’s Hockey Championship at Huntsville, Ont. Alberta opened the tournament

Silver Spurs slide past Rusty Chuckers in Central Alberta men’s basketball The Silver Spurs, with Adam Bullock draining 15 points and Josh Matthies netting seven, slipped past the Rusty Chuckers 55-54 in a Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association game Sunday. Neff Nararrea led the Chuckers with 22 points, while Rusty Gilchrist scored 15.

Olivier Jean of Lachenaie, Que., helped Canada win Olympic men’s relay gold in short track in 2010. He’ll make his international long-track debut this weekend in the 1,500. Other Canadians to watch include Jordan Belchos of Toronto and transplanted Dutchman Ted-Jan Bloemen of Calgary. They both beat the national record in the 10,000 metres at fall trials with Bloemen the current record-holder.

Bloemen, Belchos and Denny Morrison won team pursuit silver at the 2015 world single-distance championship. Morrison, an double Olympic medallist in 2014, isn’t racing in Calgary. He’s still recovering his racing form after a spring motorcycle accident. Calgary’s Gilmore Junio and Kaylin Irvine, Regina’s Kali Christ, Marsha Hudey of White City, Sask., Brianne Tutt of Airdrie, Alta., and William Dutton of Humboldt, Sask., are the 2014 Olympians also racing for Canada on home ice. Blondin isn’t expecting an immediate influx of women into the mass start now that it’s an Olympic event. She’s spoken to other long-trackers who aren’t interested in it because of the body contact. But her coach Mark Wild believes other countries will start investing more athlete manpower into mass start over the next two and half years leading into Pyeongchang. “The field is going to deepen,” Wild said. “There’s going to be more people doing it, but the best athletes are going to get better.” A teamwork dynamic is emerging in mass start whereby one skater works in service of another — like cycling’s domestique — to run interference, chase down breakaways and provide a body to draft behind. “The way we look at it is it’s an individual race, but you need to approach it from a team perspective,” Wild explained. “We’re developing tactics of our own to compete against other countries, other athletes.” Blondin is anxious to re-establish herself this season as one of the best women in the world at the new Olympic event. “Until the first World Cup kind of goes down, you don’t know where you are internationally just yet,” she said. “I want to perform to my best potential and make my country proud like I did last season.”

Dyce interested in tackling Riders head coach job full-time BY THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA — Learning “on the fly” was the biggest challenge Bob Dyce faced this season as the Saskatchewan Roughriders interim head coach. Dyce assumed the job at the end of August after Saskatchewan fired head coach Corey Chamblin and GM Brendan Taman following an 0-9 start to the season. Dyce, who began the year as the club’s special-teams co-ordinator, compiled a 3-6 record in his first experience as a CFL head coach. The Riders also promoted Jeremy O’Day to interim GM to replace Taman. Saskatchewan finished the season last in the West Division with a CFLworst 3-15 record but ended the campaign by rallying for a 30-24 win over the Montreal Alouettes on Sunday. “I didn’t have huge expectations in certain ways because it wasn’t something that I planned on doing,” Dyce said Monday. “Once I stepped into the role, it was a great role and a challenging role. “You know, I think it’s one thing becoming a head coach when you’ve had a whole off-season to prepare for it as opposed to eight hours. But the role itself I thoroughly enjoyed.” Dyce took over a team whose struggles began right from the beginning of the season. Starter Darian Durant suffered a season-ending Achilles injury in the club’s opening game, then shortly afterwards veteran backup Kevin Glenn went down with a torn pectoral muscle, thrusting rookie Brett Smith into the starting lineup. Dyce says it’s going to take a while to look at what went wrong.

“We were challenged from the start and you know, you look at different aspects of the season or different aspects of the team and you have an idea,” he said. “But I think it’s going to take a little more analysis than just saying, right now, 24 hours after you just played your last game … ‘Well, this went wrong.’ “You know the things that have to be corrected. I mean obviously when you look at our season, we were challenged defensively from Week 1 and throughout the season.” Dyce is interested in becoming the Riders’ full-time head coach but hasn’t spoken directly to team president/CEO Craig Reynolds about the position. Defensive back Tristan Jackson, an eight-year CFL veteran, said the 2015 season was also a learning experience for him. “I tell people all the time man, this was probably one of the toughest seasons of my career,” Jackson said as he cleaned out his locker. “You just get up and pray, because when you lose, it’s tough. “You lose a lot of keys guys on offence, then you lose keys guys on defence and just going in … it was just a constant struggle.” Veteran defensive end John Chick agreed, saying it was “a rough season.” But Chick gets the feeling the Riders are all looking towards being better next year. “Right now, it’s just about closing that chapter,” he said. “It was a bad chapter, but you know I think, not only does it remind you of the good times, but it makes you look forward to the better times.”

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports

TUESDAY, NOV. 10, 2015

Hockey

• AJHL: Spruce Grove at Olds, 7 p.m. • Men’s basketball: The D Leaguers vs. Kingsmen, Alken Basin vs. Silver Spurs, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. • Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Blackfalds, 7 :30 p.m.

Wednesday • WHL: Red Deer at Brandon, 3 p.m. (The Drive).

Thursday • Men’s basketball: Vikings vs. Wells Furniture, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Henry’s Eavestroughing, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday • College basketball: Lethbridge at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. • Peewee AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Parkland, 6 p.m., Collicutt Centre. • WHL: Red Deer at Regina, 6 p.m. (The Drive). • College men’s hockey: Portage at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. • AJHL: Brooks at Olds, 7 p.m. • Heritage junior B hockey: Airdrie at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.; Banff at Three Hills, 8 p.m. • Midget AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Elks, 8 p.m., Arena. • Chinook senior AAA hockey: Stony Plain at Bentley, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday • Peewee AA hockey: Okotoks Green at Red Deer TBS, 12:30 p.m., Kinsmen A; Taber at West Central, 5:30 p.m., Sylvan Lake. • College volleyball: Olds at RDC, women at 1 p.m., men to follow.

• Midget AA hockey: Okotoks Green at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 2 p.m., Arena; Airdrie at West Central, 8 p.m., Sylvan Lake. • Bantam AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Ramada, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; West Central at Red Deer Steel Kings, 3 p.m., Kinsmen A. • Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton K of C at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena. • College basketball: Ambrose at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. • WHL: Red Deer at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. (The Drive). • Heritage junior B hockey: Ponoka at Red Deer, 6:45 p.m., Arena. • Major bantam girls hockey: Peace Country at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Collicutt Centre. • Heritage junior B hockey: Cochrane at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.; Okotoks at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; High River at Ponoka, 8 p.m.; Medicine Hat at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

Sunday • Major bantam girls hockey: Peace Country at Red Deer, 10 a.m., Collicutt Centre. • Peewee AA hockey: Okotoks Black at Red Deer TBS, 11:30 a.m., Kinsmen A; Okotoks Green at Stettler, 2 p.m. • Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton Maple Leafs at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Arena. • Midget AA hockey: Medicine Hat at Red Deer Elks, noon, Arena. • Bantam AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Steel Kings, 1:45 p.m., Kinsmen A; Bow Valley at West Central, 3:30 p.m., Caroline. • Men’s basketball: Grandview vs. Monstars, Carstar vs. NWS, Johns Manville vs. Silver Spurs, 4:15 p.m.; Chillabongs vs. Washed Up Warriors, Sheraton Red Deer vs. Lacombe All Sports Cresting, BTown Maple Jordans vs. Rusty Chuckers, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber.

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Wednesday’s games Red Deer at Brandon, 3 p.m. Vancouver at Kelowna, 3:05 p.m. Everett at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Portland at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. Red Deer Rebels Scoring GP Nikolishin 19 Spacek 19 W.Johnson 19 Fleury 13 Pawlenchuk 19 Bobyk 19 Polei 18 Musil 19 Bleackley 17 Hagel 19 Kopeck 19 Pederson 19 Pratt 15 de Wit 19 Nogier 17 Doetzel 19 Purtill 6 Strand 19 Mahura 2 R.Johnson 8 Pouliot 3 Martin 10 Toth 14 Shmoorkoff 15 Goaltenders

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Monday’s Games Indiana 97, Orlando 84 Chicago 111, Philadelphia 88 Minnesota 117, Atlanta 107 Denver 108, Portland 104 San Antonio 106, Sacramento 88 Detroit at Golden State, late Memphis at L.A. Clippers, late

West Division GP W L T PF PA y-Edmonton 18 14 4 0 466 341 x-Calgary 18 14 4 0 478 346 x-B.C. 18 7 11 0 437 486 Winnipeg 18 5 13 0 353 502 Saskatchewan 18 3 15 0 430 563 x — clinched playoff berth y — clinched division.

Tuesday’s Games Utah at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Washington, 5 p.m. New York at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Miami, 5:30 p.m. Charlotte at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Dallas at New Orleans, 6 p.m. Boston at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

WEEK 20 Bye: Edmonton Saturday’s results Ottawa 44 Hamilton 28 Calgary 28 B.C. 7 Friday’s result Toronto 21 Winnipeg 11 Sunday’s result Saskatchewan 30 Montreal 24 (OT) End of Regular Season

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Monday’s Super Series summary WHL 7, Russia 3 First Period 1. WHL, Clague 1 (Shirley, Hicketts) 2:16 2. WHL, Juulsen 1 (Point, Shirley) 14:35 Penalty — Kolganov Rus (hooking) 16:57. Second Period 3. WHL, Point 1 (Shirley, Bean) 6:39 4. WHL, Bleackley 1 (Barzal) 8:11 5. WHL, Shirley 1 (Point) 11:40 6. WHL, Harkins 1 (Hicketts, Gardiner) 12:59 Penalties — Fleury WHL (holding) 0:36, Russia bench (too many men served by Pilipenko) 2:44, Gropp WHL (holding) 17:46. Third Period 7. Russia, Tsulygin 1, 5:02 8. Russia, Lauta 1 (Svetlakov, Kolganov) 6:20 9. Russia, Fazleev 1 (Rykov, Nikolishin) 15:36 10. WHL, Mayo 1 (Gropp) 16:02 (pp) Penalties — Nikolishin Rus, Barzal WHL (roughing) 11:11, Afonasevsky Rus (interference) 15:48. Shots on goal Russia 7 3 8 -- 18 WHL 13 11 5 -- 29 Goal (shots-saves) — Russia: Tretiak (L, 0-1-0)(1815) Trushkov (6:39 second 11-7) WHL: Sawchenko (W,1-0-0)(9-9) Hart (10:48 second 9-6). Power plays (goals-chances) — Russia: 0-2 WHL: 1-3. Attendance — 6,258 at Kelowna, B.C. NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OL GF Montreal 16 13 2 1 59 Ottawa 14 7 4 3 42 Tampa Bay 16 7 7 2 38 Metropolitan Division GP W L OL GF NY Rangers 14 10 2 2 42 Washington 13 10 3 0 43 Pittsburgh 14 9 5 0 31 WILD CARD GP W L OL GF New Jersey 14 8 5 1 37 NY Islanders 15 7 5 3 40 Boston 14 7 6 1 47 Detroit 14 7 6 1 33

CFL PLAYOFFS Sunday, Nov. 15 Division Semifinals East Division Toronto at Hamilton, 11 a.m. West Division B.C. at Calgary, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22 Division Finals East Division Hamilton-Toronto winner at Ottawa, 11 a.m. West Division Calgary-B.C. winner at Edmonton, 2:30 p.m.

Canadian Football League Scoring Leaders (x—scored two-point convert): TD C FG S Pt J.Medlock, Ham 0 49 42 6 181 R.Paredes, Cgy 0 26 41 7 156 B.Bede, Mtl 0 25 36 13 146 C.Milo, Ott 0 34 32 1 131 R.Leone, BC 0 27 30 13 130 P.McCallum, Sask 0 18 29 4 109

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Sunday, Nov. 29 103rd Grey Cup At Winnipeg East vs. West Champions, 4 p.m. Moe 706. Thursday morning ladies: Tammy Downey 261; Downey 632. Thursday Afternoon Special Olympics: Glen Jackson 205; Jeremy Garbutt 365. Thursday 7:00 pm mixed: Suzie Lobert 284; Matt Desjardins 684. Monday Scratch League: Gary Baird 387; Baird 1,161 (four games).

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Sunday’s results Dallas 4 Detroit 1 New Jersey 4 Vancouver 3 (OT) Boston 2 NY Islanders 1 Chicago 4 Edmonton 2 Monday’s games Arizona 4, Anaheim 3 (OT) Tuesday’s games St. Louis at New Jersey, 5 p.m. Colorado at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Vancouver at Columbus, 5 p.m. Carolina at NY Rangers, 5 p.m. Calgary at Florida, 5:30 p.m. Washington at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m. Ottawa at Nashville, 6 p.m. Winnipeg at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Toronto at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. NY Islanders at San Jose, 8:30 p.m. Arizona at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday’s games Montreal at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m. Edmonton at Anaheim, 8 p.m. Thursday’s games St. Louis at NY Rangers, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Carolina, 5 p.m. Colorado at Boston, 5 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Vancouver at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m. Calgary at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m. Buffalo at Florida, 5:30 p.m. Toronto at Nashville, 6 p.m. New Jersey at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Edmonton at Arizona, 7 p.m. NY Islanders at Los Angeles, 8:30

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Wednesday’s Games Toronto at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 5 p.m. New York at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Indiana at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Golden State at Memphis, 6 p.m. Brooklyn at Houston, 6 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 6 p.m. New Orleans at Atlanta, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at Denver, 7 p.m. Detroit at Sacramento, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

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WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Victoria 20 14 5 0 1 68 38 Kelowna 18 13 5 0 0 75 58 Prince George 16 8 7 1 0 42 44 Kamloops 16 8 8 0 0 53 53 Vancouver 17 4 10 2 1 46 68 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Seattle 17 10 6 1 0 61 46 Spokane 18 8 7 2 1 56 64 Everett 13 8 4 0 1 29 28 Portland 16 7 9 0 0 50 47 Tri-City 17 6 10 1 0 50 64

Sunday’s Games Cleveland 101, Indiana 97 New York 99, L.A. Lakers 95 Miami 96, Toronto 76 Oklahoma City 124, Phoenix 103 Detroit 120, Portland 103

Bowling Heritage Lanes High scores Nov. 2-8

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Prince Albert 19 12 5 1 1 68 60 Brandon 18 11 5 0 2 68 50 Moose Jaw 18 10 5 2 1 72 56 Saskatoon 18 8 7 3 0 62 71 Swift Current 18 8 8 2 0 48 52 Regina 16 7 8 1 0 41 58 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Red Deer 19 13 6 0 0 72 54 Lethbridge 17 12 5 0 0 72 52 Calgary 20 9 10 0 1 53 70 Edmonton 19 7 9 3 0 50 61 Medicine Hat 15 5 7 2 1 53 62 Kootenay 19 4 13 2 0 44 77

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct N.Y. Giants 5 4 0 .556 Philadelphia 4 4 0 .500 Washington 3 5 0 .375 Dallas 2 6 0 .250 South W L T Pct Carolina 8 0 0 1.000

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Sunday’s Games Tennessee 34, New Orleans 28, OT Minnesota 21, St. Louis 18, OT Carolina 37, Green Bay 29 New England 27, Washington 10 Buffalo 33, Miami 17 N.Y. Jets 28, Jacksonville 23 Pittsburgh 38, Oakland 35 San Francisco 17, Atlanta 16 N.Y. Giants 32, Tampa Bay 18 Indianapolis 27, Denver 24 Philadelphia 33, Dallas 27, OT Open: Arizona, Baltimore, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Seattle Monday’s Game Chicago 22, San Diego 19 Thursday, Nov. 12 Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 6:25 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15 Detroit at Green Bay, 11 a.m. Carolina at Tennessee, 11 a.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 11 a.m. Dallas at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m. New Orleans at Washington, 11 a.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 11 a.m. Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m. Jacksonville at Baltimore, 11 a.m. Minnesota at Oakland, 2:05 p.m. Kansas City at Denver, 2:25 p.m. New England at N.Y. Giants, 2:25 p.m. Arizona at Seattle, 6:30 p.m. Open: Atlanta, Indianapolis, San Diego, San Francisco Monday, Nov. 16 Houston at Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m.

RDC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Monday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned RW Zach Nastasiuk and D Richard Nedomlel from Toledo (ECHL) to Grand Rapids (AHL). NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled G Marek Mazanec from Milwaukee (AHL). Placed F Eric Nystrom on injured reserve. NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Recalled D Adam Pelech from Bridgeport (AHL). NEW YORK RANGERS — Reassigned G Mackenzie Skapski to Hartford (AHL) from Greenville (ECHL). American Hockey League HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Loaned G Jeff Malcolm to Greenville (ECHL). ECHL IDAHO STEELHEADS — Announced F Emil Molin was recalled by Texas (AHL). MANCHESTER MONARCHS — Announced F Derek Arnold was returned to the team by Ontario (AHL). BASEBALL Major League Baseball OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended St. Louis minor league RHP Alex Reyes (Springfield-Texas) 50 games after a second positive test for a drug of abuse in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. National League PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Claimed RHP Guido Knudson off waivers from Detroit. Promoted pro scout Ron Hopkins and national supervisor Matt Ruebel to special assistants to the general man-

JUNIOR B HOCKEY Bryce Boguski recorded a hat trick and Wally Samson tallied twice and added an assist as the Blackfalds Wranglers whipped the visiting High River Flyers 9-1 in a Heritage Junior Hockey League mismatch Sunday.

ager and Southeast Region supervisor Rodney Henderson and Midwest Region supervisor Everett Russell to professional scouts. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended St. Louis WR Stedman Bailey four games for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. Suspended Denver CB Aqib Talib one game for forcefully poking an Indianapolis opponent in the eye after a play, a violation of safety-related playing rules. BUFFALO BILLS — Released WR Titus Davis from the practice squad. Signed CB Sammy Seamster to the practice squad. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Waived LB Jayson DiManche and DB De’Ante Saunders. Signed OL Garth Gerhart to the practice squad. DETROIT LIONS — Placed DT Andre Fluellen on injured reserve. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Waived CB Tony Carter. Placed DT Henry Anderson on injured reserve. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed RB Dion Lewis on injured reserve. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Placed LB Jordan Hicks on injured reserve. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Placed C-G Chris Watt on injured reserve. Signed G Craig Watts from the practice squad. ST. LOUIS RAMS — Signed WR Wes Welker. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Activated OT Demar Dotson from the injured reserve-return list. Waived CB Tim Jennings. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed WR LaRon Byrd, LB Carlos Fields and DL Anthony Johnson to the practice squad. Released WR Corey Washington from the practice squad.

Andrew McLennan, Bryce Marshall and Robin Carlson each scored once and picked up two helpers, while Curtis Rajotte added the other Blackfalds goal. The Wranglers, who led 4-1 after one period and 7-1 after 40 minutes, outshot their guests 60-21. Nicolas Herrebrugh made 20 saves as the winning netminder.

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LLOYD Larissa 1973 - 2015 It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of our beloved “Risi”. She passed away on November 4th, 2015 leaving behind her loving husband Glenn Lloyd, daughters Robyn Lloyd and Arynn Lloyd, her sister Olga Selikhanova and her niece Leera Selikhanova. She lived her life and touched the world in such a special way that she brought light and happiness to all that were around her. The wonderful things she brought to this world will live on through the love and caring she spread to all of those who knew her. Our memories and love for her we will cherish forever, we love you Risi.

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BARRETT Florence On Wednesday, November 4th, 2015, Florence Barrett passed away peacefully at the Lacombe Hospital at the age of 101 years. Florence was born on February 8th, 1914 to Joseph and Mary Hainsworth, being one of nine children, she lived most of her younger years in the Leslieville area. On June 10th, 1933, Florence married George Barrett and they lived in Evarts and then four years later, moved to Delburne, where they farmed and drove the rural mail route for 32 years. In 1975, they retired and moved to the Village of Delburne. In March of 2008, she moved to Red Deer. She lived there until 2014 when she moved to the Royal Oaks in Lacombe. Florence is survived by her four children; Harry (Tina) and their children, Rick and Monica; Eleanor (Al) Volker and their children, Jan and Doug; Russell (Dorothy) and their children, Jeff and Jennifer; and Joyce (Sandy) Starkey and their children, Scott and Leanne. Florence was also blessed with fourteen great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by two sisters; Ruth MacDonald and Alice Thompson, and sister-inlaw, Bettie Hainsworth. Florence was predeceased by her husband, George, four brothers and two sisters. Mom was always a very busy person and loved to work in her garden, play bingo, cards, curl, shuffleboard (winning gold medal in the Alberta Senior games) and helping on the farm and in the community. She was involved in and was secretarytreasurer of many local groups, a couple being the Royal Purple and Drop-In Centre. Mom drove her car until she moved to Red Deer in 2008 and always said she had to give the “old people” a ride, when she was actually older than most of them. She loved her family and how could anyone not love her, as she always helped in any way she could. She will be deeply missed by her family and friends. A family interment will be held at the Delburne Cemetery on Thursday, November 12th, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. A Memorial Service will follow at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, at 1:00 p.m. 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

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A security • Lacombe GRILL COOK check will be conducted on Aides Apply in person with resume the successful candidate. Gov’t of Alberta Funding 3811 40th Ave. EXPERIENCED caregiver may be available. for senior needed. Position 403-340-1930 HERITAGE LANES involves light housekeepwww.academicexpress.ca BOWLING ing. First aid/CPR certified. Red Deer’s most modern 5 $11.50/hr,40hr/wk. SHOP HAND / pin bowling center req’s Call 403-314-0700 BUS CLEANER Bartenders/servers for Must be avail. to work eves and wknds. Please P/T F. caregiver wanted eves./wknds. and have send resume to: for F. quad. Must be reliable own transportation. Fax htglanes@ and have own vehicle. CLASSIFICATIONS resume to 403-347-4999 telus.net or apply in person 403-505-7846 1500-1990 email: frontbus@platinum.ca F/T DISPATCHER REQ’D. Coming Knowledge of Red Deer Antiques Events and area is essential. & Art Verbal and written communication skills are ROTARY PHONE, Circa req’d. Send resume by fax 1940’s black, bakelite, to 403-346-0295 Mint condition. Cord has CLASSIFIEDS - REMEMBRANCE DAY been converted, so it can Central Alberta’s Largest Hours & Deadlines be used. Works great. Car Lot in Classifieds $45. Call (403) 342-7908

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Our Beloved Mother, Baba, Sister and Friend Pearl Stelmaschuk Oct. 22, 1917 - Nov. 10, 2010 “A Mother’s Love Endures Forever!” Always in our hearts, Your sons, Clark, Gerry, and Mori and their families.

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VANAK Jason Lawrence 1988-2015 Jason Lawrence Vanak was born in Brooks, Alberta on March 19, 1988 and passed away suddenly on November 5, 2015 at his home in Wembley Alberta. Jason and his best friend and son Mason, and his two beloved dogs Diesel and Kalie spent many hours enjoying each other’s company. If they weren’t out tinkering in the garage, side by siding or going to events like monster trucks, you could find the two of them snuggled up on the couch together watching a show. Jason’s big smile, witty sense of humour, willingness to lend a hand, fun loving attitude, and soft caring personality, will be sadly missed. He was always quick to give a hug and often would stand or sit beside you and rest his arm over your shoulder. Jason would often end his phone calls with I Love You. The love Jason had for his family goes beyond what words can say. He will be so very sadly missed by Mason and his mom Kassia, his Dad Terry, big Brother Ryan and Samantha and their children, as well as his extended family and friends. Jason was predeceased by his loving mom, Sharlene Vanak, his Grandpa Lawrence Johnston and Grandma Grace Johnston. The joy and legacy of this exceptional young man will be enjoyed through the smiles and happiness Mason will bring to this family. A celebration of Jason’s life will be held at the Holy Cross Lutheran Church 20 Banister Gate in Okotoks, Alberta on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. officiating by Pastor Henry Poitras, a friend of the family. Donations in Jason’s memory can be made to Bethel Church, Calgary (Families in Need) c/o Rev. Henry Poitras, 109 Evansbrooke Way NW Calgary, AB. T3P 1C8. To email condolences please visit www.snodgrassfuneralhomes.com Arrangements in care of SNODGRASS FUNERAL HOMES LTD. OKOTOKS 403-938-3111.

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LITTLE TYKES Flintstone AFFORDABLE car, and child’s push pull Homestead Firewood car $18/ea. 403-346-5423 Spruce, Pine, Aspen - Split. Avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 Classifieds...costs so little B.C. Birch, Aspen, Saves you so much! Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail. PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

Clothing

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FIREWOOD: Spruce & Pine - Split 403-346-7178

FREE BLACK POPLAR LADIES lambskin leather logs. You pick up. fall/winter coat, Cold Water Very close to Red Deer. Creek, L, $40; ladies long 403-392-8385. black dress jacket, knee length, Emma James, size LOGS 14, $15; ladies black wool Semi loads of pine, spruce, knee length coat, DKNY tamarack, poplar, birch. size 10 $25 403-348-0201 Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging MEN’S 3X and up clothing 403-318-4346 for sale 403-598-8371

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KITTENS to give away, 6 mos. old. and 2 mos. old Needs good home 403-782-3031

Sporting Goods

SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

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AIR HOCKEY by Sportscraft was $900 new, exc. cond, $200. 403-352-8811 ANTIQUE skis with poles and boots, $50 obo; antique CMC bike, 28” wheels, good cond. $40 obo. 403-342-4949

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2 END tables, dark, 2 lamps $100 403-342-4949 or 780-717-6206 AREA RUG, 5’ X 8’, brown, tan and black, $50 obo. 403-342-4949 CHINA cabinet/hutch, 5 upholstered chairs, rectangle table like new. $600. 403-341-6204 LIKE new Dining Room Suite with China cabinet. Oak in color. Will take offers. 403-506-5989 PLANTERS, OAK, solid quarter cut, 25” x 17” on top x 25” tall, (X2). Could be converted to end/bedside tables. $60 for the pair. Call (403) 342-7908

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BIKE helmet, for mountain biking, size M new $100, asking $45 w/storage bag, good cond. 403-314-9603 TEMPO treadmill in new cond., $800. 403-343-8439

Call Prodie at 403-314-4301

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Stereos TV's, VCRs

SONY Trinitron tv 26” w/remote, used little $75. 403-352-8811

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DISNEY Party Time Mickey Mouse, mint cond, in box, vintage toy $35 403-314-9603 FISHER Price vintage lunch kit w/thermos, good cond, $25 403-314-9603

Travel Packages

100 VHS movies, $75. For All 403-885-5020

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20 - commercial rectangle serving trays, 14” x 18” asking $2.00 each; 75 commercial 9” sandwich plates asking $1.00 each; size 8 1/2 mens 852 tack skates asking $5.00 call 403-728-3485

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3 BDRM., no pets, $1000 mo. 403-343-6609 ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650. Now or Nov. 1. 403-304-5337

Suites

ROOMMATE wanted, all inclusive. $450. 403-358-3711 lve. msg.

ROOM TO RENT very large $450. 403-350-4712

adult very Dec.1 $650.

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COLD storage garage, 14’ x 24’, $200/mo.; heated big truck space, $775/mo. VARIETY SHOP SPACES ~ ofÀces ~ fenced yards ~ Big or small, different locations. 403-343-6615

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Riverside Light Industrial 4614-61 St. (directly behind Windsor Plywood) 2400 sq. ft. large 55 x 85 compound 403-350-1777

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PADS $450/mo. Brand new park in Lacombe. Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000. Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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n/s, no pets or parties, $895/mo. www.ambassadorapts.ca 403-343-1576

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ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

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3 bdrm, 3 bath, 3 Ànished CITY VIEW APTS. Árs, 3 parking at 7316-59 Clean, quiet, newly reno’d Ave. avail. to family with adult building. Rent $900 over 30 year old adults. 5 S.D. $800. Avail. immed. appls., deck through patio Near hospital. No pets. doors and small fenced 403-318-3679 yard for critters. Rent/Sec. “COMING SOON” BY DISHWASHER, GE, GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. $1575/mon. 403-341-4627 2 Yrs. old; $150. SERGE’S HOMES apartments, avail. immed, TOILET, Crane, 4 BDRM. house in Eckville rent $875 403-596-6000 Duplex in Red Deer Close taller than normal, $75. 4 appls., $1400/mo. + utils. to Schools and Recreation LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. $200 for both. Avail. Nov 30, 877-2864 Center. For More Info SUITES. 25+, adults only 403-342-4949 or cell or 887-7143 eves. Call Bob 403-505-8050 n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 780-717-6206 BLACKFALDS excellent LIMITED TIME OFFER: FRAMED, 30x30 large 2001 family home with 4 Condos/ First month’s rent FREE! genuine painting of Indian bdrms/3 baths. Large yard Townhouses 1 & 2 Bedroom suites Peace Treaty, $200. and RV parking. $291,000 available. Renovated 403-347-7405 (Quick Poss.) Call 3 BDRM, 3 bath, 3 Ár, 3 suites in central location. Marianne Nicholson ParaFUR All Real , 4 ft. rugs (2) parking, 5 appls, fenced Cat friendly. leasing@ dise Realty 403-318-1803 composed of animal fur, yard, pets allowed to over rentmidwest.com $100 ea. 403-347-7405 30ish parents with family at 1(888)679-8031 7316-59 Ave. Rent/S.S. TIGER Head pillow, $1590.Ph 403-341-4627. genuine, with glass eyes, $150. 403-347-7405 SEIBEL PROPERTY 6 locations in Red Deer, 1 & 2 bdrm., VINTAGE Royal Doulton well-maintained townAdult bldg. only, N/S, Beswick horse, brown houses, lrg, 3 bdrm, No pets. 403-596-2444 shetland Pony, 3 1/2” high 11/2 bath, 4 + 5 appls. This is a three bedroom $40; Merrell Ortholite Westpark, Kentwood, two bath modiÀed bi level shoes, air cushioned, size Highland Green, Riverside walk out, backing onto 6 1/2, like new $25. Meadows. Rent starting at green area and alley great 403-352-8811 $1100. For more info, 1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, for trailer .Many upgrades. phone 403-304-7576 or N/S. No pets. WATER cooler $50. $419,900 includes GST 403-347-7545 403-596-2444 403-885-5020 legal fee, front sod. Tree. LLOYD FIDDLER 403-391-9294

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DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

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2010 FORD FUSION SEL, 2.5L, IV engine, 6 spd., loaded. 81,000 kms. $12,500. 403-350-1608

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HELLO!! My name is Nick Blair, I’m a new sales consultant at Honda Red Deer. My past career was welding and this is a Flooring HUGE career change for me! I’m looking to build up my clientele, so if your NEED FLOORING DONE? interested in a new/used Don’t pay the shops more. Over 20 yrs. exp. Honda or anything else we Call Jon 403-848-0393 may have on the lot, come on in! If interested, my personal cell number is Handyman 403-990-4024. Lets book Services you an appointment!

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INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. Free Est. 403-872-8888 with oilÀeld service companies, other small businesses and individuals Entertainment RW Smith, 346-9351

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Ambulances leave the King Abdullah bin Al Hussein Training Center where a Jordanian policeman went on a shooting spree in Mwaqar on the outskirts of Amman, Jordan, Monday. The policeman opened fire Monday on foreign trainers at a police compound, killing two Americans, a South African and a Jordanian and wounding two Americans and three Jordanians, according to government spokesman Mohammed Momani.

Five killed in rare shooting attack in Jordan police training centre BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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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Well-maintained 2 bdrm mobile home in Alix. $910 inclds. water, 5 appl. 403-348-6594

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COUNTRY Mobile Home, near Bentley. $950/mo. + utils. + d.d., 403-748-2678.

TRAVELING GOLF BAG, DANBY 3.5 cu. ft. fridge, black. $45. 403-885-5020 for dorm/beer SENIOR lady has for sale suitable an HD10 dozer, good cond. fridge $100 403-346-9899 Collectors' Open to offers. 403-986-8963 TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, ofÀce, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

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AMMAN, Jordan — A Jordanian police captain opened fire Monday on instructors at an international police training centre in Jordan’s capital, killing at least five people, including two Americans, before being shot dead by security forces. It was not clear if there was a political motive to the shooting spree, which also wounded six people, including two Americans. But concern has swirled in staunchly pro-Western Jordan over possible revenge attacks by Islamic militants since the country assumed a high-level role in the U.S.-led military campaign against the Islamic State extremist group, which controls large areas of neighbouring Syria and Iraq. The unprecedented assault inside a Jordanian security compound also raised questions about the kingdom’s image as an island of relative stability in a turbulent region. The shooting took place at the Jordan International Police Training Center in Amman, where Jordanian and foreign instructors, including Americans, have trained thousands of police officers from the Palestinian territories and other parts of the Arab world in recent years. The Jordanian officer opened fire, killing the two Americans and a South African contractor before being shot dead, government spokesman Mohammed Momani said. Two Jordanians were critically wounded and later died, he said. Momani did not release the assailant’s name, but a former Jordanian parliament member, Suleiman Saed, identified him as his 29-year-old relative, Anwar Abu Zaid, a captain in the police force. He said the assailant’s identity was given to him by a senior official in the Public Security Department. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media, said eight people died in the attack, but Momani would only confirm five. In Washington, President Barack Obama said that “we take this very seriously and will be working closely with the Jordanians to determine exactly what happened.” U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said the two slain Americans worked for DynCorp International, a major military contractor, in a program funded by the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security and Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement. The two wounded Americans are also civilians, the State Department said. The wounded — three Jordanians and a Lebanese in addition to two Americans — were treated at an Amman hospital where King Abdullah II paid a visit. The alleged shooter’s brother, Fadi Abu Zaid, told The Associated Press his brother was mentally stable and “not an extremist at all.” He said the father of two joined the security forces at age 18 and had been working at the training centre for several months. He said his brother had given notice recently because he had received a job offer from a Gulf country, but that he had reported to work as usual on Monday. In Abu Zaid’s home village of Rimon, north of Amman, about 200 relatives and neighbours gathered in the family’s diwan, or tribal meeting area. They did not start the formal three-day wake because the government has not released the body, said Saed, the former parliament member. In any case, the family will not accept the body before hearing details of the circumstances of Abu Zaid’s death, Saed said. Momani said Jordanian authorities launched an investigation into what may have motivated the shooting. “We have full confidence in our security measures, and the investigation will uncover the motivation behind what happened,” Momani said. In an earlier statement, he referred to the shooting as a crime. The shooting coincided with the 10th anniversary of the bloodiest attack by Islamic militants on Jordanian soil — triple hotel bombings in Amman that killed 60 people and wounded more than 100. But with the attacker’s motives unknown, it was not clear if there was any link. Abdullah and his wife Queen Rania marked the anniversary Monday with a prayer for the dead during a memorial service for victims. While U.S. forces in Afghanistan have come under attack on a number of occasions by local police and troops serving alongside them, in what are known as “green-on-blue” assaults, such attacks are extremely rare in the Middle East. Fayez Dwairi, a strategic analyst and former senior military officer in Jordan, said he could not recall such a deadly shooting inside a Jordanian security compound in his 36 years in the military.

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Three favourite recipes from Nigella Lawson BY THE CANADIAN PRESS When Nigella Lawson develops recipes, she pays close attention to balance. “That’s what cooking is, about balancing salt and sweet and fire and sourness and also textures. That is just what cooking is — in effect, life,” says the British celebrity cook. Her 10th book, “Simply Nigella: Feel Good Food,” reflects the way she likes to cook at the moment — with recipes that are uncomplicated, relaxed and delicious. Lately the television personality says she can’t get enough of roasted cauliflower. She makes Warm Spiced Cauliflower and Chickpea Salad With Pomegranate Seeds often because it’s so simple. “I go home and put the cauliflower in and then I take my coat off, then I’m ready for the chickpea bit and it’s done. I would say that’s my most frequent meal I have.” She says it’s also delicious for lunch the next day. “Someone the other day said, ‘I’ve had this for lunch every day for three days.’ I said, ‘I’m sorry you haven’t beaten my record yet. I’ve had it every day for weeks.’ I just always make sure I’ve got it.” She encourages home cooks to feel free to make substitutions. “All these recipes can be infinitely fiddled with,” she says. For instance, she often doesn’t put tomatoes in the cauliflower recipe. “If I haven’t got any good tomatoes I don’t bother.” Here is the recipe along with Lawson’s favourite mac ‘n’ cheese and a dessert she created to satisfy her children’s love of chocolate chip cookies that are gooey on the inside. WARM SPICED CAULIFLOWER AND CHICKPEA SALAD WITH POMEGRANATE SEEDS This can be a quick dinner or a vegetable side dish. It can be further bolstered by crumbling in some feta. “This is also very, very good cold, so if you have some left over, it makes a fabulous box lunch, or provides instant gratification on those days you have to eat fridge-side, with your coat still on, you’re so hungry,” writes Lawson. 1 small head cauliflower 45 ml (3 tbsp) regular olive oil 2 ml (½ tsp) ground cinnamon 10 ml (2 tsp) cumin seeds 375 ml (1 ½ cups) chickpeas (homecooked or drained from a can or jar) 15 to 30 ml (1 to 2 tbsp) harissa, to taste (and depending on the heat of the harissa) 4 smallish ripe vine tomatoes (about 175 g/6 oz total) 5 ml (1 tsp) sea salt flakes or kosher salt, or to taste 45 to 60 ml (3 to 4 tbsp) pomegranate seeds 625 ml (2 ½ cups) Italian parsley leaves Preheat oven to 220 C (425 F). Trim cauliflower and divide into small florets. Pour oil into a large bowl, add cinnamon and cumin seeds, and stir or whisk to help spices disperse. Tip in prepared cauliflower and toss to coat. Pour contents of bowl into a small oven pan (Lawson suggests a disposable foil baking pan measuring 30 by 20 cm/12 by 8 inches) and place in oven for 15 minutes. Don’t wash the bowl you’ve been using yet. Add chickpeas to this bowl, and add harissa, tasting it first to see if you want the full amount toss to coat. Quarter tomatoes and add to bowl, and shake or stir to mix. When cauliflower has had its 15 minutes, remove pan from oven and quickly tip chickpeas

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Warm Spiced Cauliflower and Chickpea Salad With Pomegranate Seeds. and tomatoes over cauliflower. Toss to combine before returning to the oven for a further 15 minutes until cauliflower is tender. When it’s ready, remove from oven and sprinkle salt over vegetables, then toss to combine with half of the pomegranate seeds before dividing between 2 bowls. Divide parsley leaves — without chopping them — between the 2 bowls and toss to mix. Scatter with remaining pomegranate seeds. Leftovers can be cooled, then covered and refrigerated within 2 hours of making. Will keep in refrigerator for up to 2 days and can be served cold. Makes 2 hearty servings or 1 with leftovers. SWEET POTATO MACARONI AND CHEESE Lawson says this is her favourite macaroni and cheese “It is delicious and I love the way that the orange of the sweet potato makes it look like plastic cheese. To balance the sweetness of the potato there’s the saltiness of feta and a teeny touch of bitter sage,” she says. 500 g (1 lb) sweet potatoes 1 pkg (284 g/10 oz) pennette or other small short pasta (approx. 500 ml/2 cups) 60 ml (4 tbsp) soft unsalted butter 45 ml (3 tbsp) all-purpose flour 500 ml (2 cups) whole milk 5 ml (1 tsp) English (hot) mustard 2 ml (½ tsp) paprika, divided 175 ml (¾ cup) crumbled feta cheese 375 ml (1 ½ cups) grated sharp cheddar cheese, divided 4 fresh sage leaves Salt and pepper, to taste Preheat oven to 200 C (400 F). Put on

a large-ish saucepan of water to boil, with the lid on to make it come to a boil faster. Peel sweet potatoes and cut them roughly into 2.5-cm (1-inch) pieces. When water’s boiling, add salt to taste, and then sweet potato pieces, and cook for about 10 minutes or until soft. Scoop them out of the water into a bowl using a slotted spoon and lightly mash with a fork, without turning them into a puree. Don’t get rid of this water, as you will need it to cook your pasta in later. In another saucepan, gently melt butter and add flour, whisking to form a roux, then remove pan from heat, slowly whisk in milk and, when it’s combined and smooth, return to heat. Exchange your whisk for a wooden spoon, and continue to stir until your gently bubbling sauce has lost any floury taste and has thickened. Add mustard and 1 ml (¼ tsp) of the paprika. Season to taste, but do remember that you will be adding cheddar and salty feta later, so underdo it for now. Cook pasta in sweet-potato water, starting to check 2 minutes earlier than package instructions dictate, as you want to make sure it doesn’t lose its bite entirely. Drain (reserving some of the pasta cooking water first) and then add pasta to the mashed sweet potatoes, and fold in to combine the heat of the pasta will make the potatoes easier to mix in. Add feta cheese to sweet potato and pasta mixture, crumbling it in so that it is easier to disperse evenly, then fold in bechamel sauce, adding 300 ml (1 ¼ cups) of the grated cheddar as you go. Add some of the pasta cooking water,

should you feel it needs loosening up at all. Check for seasoning again, then spoon brightly sauced macaroni and cheese into 4 small ovenproof dishes (each about 375- to 425-ml/1 ½- to 1 ¾-cups or 1 large rectangular dish measuring 30 by 20 by 5 cm deep/12 by 8 by 2 inches deep). Sprinkle remaining cheddar over each one, dust with remaining 1 tsp (¼ tsp) paprika, then shred sage leaves and scatter skinny green ribbons over top. Place dishes on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes (or, if you’re making this in a larger dish, bake for 30 to 35 minutes), by which time they will be piping hot and bubbling. MAKE AHEAD: The macaroni and cheese can be made 1 day ahead. When the pasta has cooked, reserve 105 ml (7 tbsp) of the cooking water and add this to the white sauce (it may look a little thin but the pasta absorbs the sauce as it cools). Transfer to the ovenproof dishes (without the sage topping). Once cool, cover and refrigerate within 2 hours of making. Sprinkle with cheddar, paprika and sage just before baking and cook for an extra 5 to 10 minutes, checking that the macaroni and cheese is piping hot in the centre before serving. Makes 4 servings. CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH POTS Here is a cookie dough you bake in a little dish and then eat with a spoon, dolloped with ice cream or creme fraiche. Any time you’re having friends over for supper — be they children or adults — and don’t know what to make for dessert, this is the answer, says Lawson. If you don’t own ramekins, use a pie dish. Lawson has used one that measures 20 cm (8 inches) in diameter at the base and 25 cm (10 inches) in diameter at the lip, and it needed 5 minutes’ longer cooking time. But the ramekins give you a better goo-tocrust ratio, and that’s what these are all about, she says. 250 ml (1 cup) all-purpose flour 2 ml (½ tsp) fine sea salt 2 ml (½ tsp) baking soda 125 ml (8 tbsp) soft unsalted butter (1 stick) 75 ml (1/3 cup) plus 15 ml (1 tbsp) light brown sugar 5 ml (1 tsp) vanilla paste or extract 1 extra large egg 175 ml (¾ cup) small bittersweet chocolate chips 6 ramekins Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F), and measure flour, salt and baking soda into a bowl, forking together to mix. With an electric mixer or by hand, beat butter and sugar until you have a light and creamy mixture, then add vanilla paste or extract and egg, beating again to incorporate. Gently fold in flour mixture once it’s mixed in, fold in chocolate chips. Divide dough among 6 ramekins (you will need about 70 ml/4 ½ tbsp of batter for each one). Using a small offset spatula (for ease) or the back of a teaspoon, spread mixture to cover bottom of ramekins, and smooth tops. Place ramekins on a baking sheet and bake for 13 to 15 minutes. They will still be quite gooey inside, but the top will be set, and they should be golden brown at the edges and just beginning to come away from the sides of the ramekins. Leave to cool for 5 to 10 minutes before serving. You can spoon a scoop of ice cream on top of each one or serve with cream or creme fraiche on side. They will set as they cool, so don’t dally. Makes 6 servings.

Cheesy pasta shells with butternut squash COOKING ON A DEADLINE BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Need to know what to do with all that leftover butternut squash from Thanksgiving? I’ve got you covered. Because this pasta dish — a fantastic weeknight-friendly dinner — is a great recipe for when you just can’t look at another leftover in its original form one more time. I mean, how many times can you have pie for breakfast (don’t answer that, that was a trick question)? OK, maybe we can handle the pie. But how many times can you have straight up reheated roasted squash? That’s exactly my point. In this recipe, we give butternut squash a new life with pasta and a trio of cheeses — Parmesan, soft goat and Monterey Jack. The squash contributes colour and some bona fide nutritional value, while diced caramelized onions provide texture and a nice flavour. This can be served as a main course with a salad and a vinegary dressing to balance out the creamy richness of the dish. It also makes a luxurious side dish to a roasted chicken or some grilled or pan-seared chops. Using the cooking water from the pasta does a couple of things in this recipe. The water contains some of the starch from the pasta, so it helps thicken the sauce and bind it to the cooked pasta and vegetables. It also eliminates the need for an excessive amount of half-and-half or cream. And,

no, I’m not saying that this pasta isn’t indulgent… I’m just saying it could be even more indulgent. In the unlikely event you don’t have any leftover roasted squash — or would like to make this other times of the year — I’ve written the recipe to start with uncooked squash. But if you do have leftovers, just skip that step of the recipe and substitute 3 to 4 cups of cooked squash. CHEESY PASTA SHELLS WITH BUTTERNUT SQUASH Start to finish: 45 minutes Servings: 6 1 medium butternut squash (about 2 pounds), peeled, seeded and cut into 1-inch chunks (about 4 cups of chunks) 2 medium yellow onions, diced 1 teaspoon dried sage 3 tablespoons olive oil Kosher salt and ground black pepper 1 pound pasta shells 1 ½ cups half-and-half ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese 1 cup crumbled soft goat cheese 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese Heat the oven to 400 F. On a rimmed baking sheet, mound the butternut squash, onions and sage, then drizzle the oil over everything. Toss to coat, then spread into a single layer. Season with salt and pepper. Roast for about 35 minutes, or until the squash is tender and everything is nicely browned. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salt-

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Give butternut squash a new life with pasta and a trio of cheeses, Parmesan, soft goat and Monterey Jack. ed water to a boil. Cook the pasta according to package directions. Reserve 1 ½ cups of the cooking water, then drain the pasta. Return the empty pasta pot to medium-high heat and add the reserved cooking water and the half-and-half. Heat just until little bubbles appear around the edges of the pot. Whisk in the Parmesan, goat cheese and Monterey Jack until the cheeses are melted.

Return the pasta to the pan and stir until coated with the sauce. Add the cooked squash and onions and toss to combine. Adjust the seasonings and serve hot. Nutrition information per serving: 650 calories 250 calories from fat (38 per cent of total calories) 28 g fat (14 g saturated 0 g trans fats) 55 mg cholesterol 500 mg sodium 78 g carbohydrate 6 g fiber 9 g sugar 24 g protein.

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Road map for secession unveiled MADRID VOWS TO BLOCK CATALAN INDEPENDENCE BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BARCELONA, Spain — The regional parliament of Catalonia launched a plan Monday to set up a road map for independence from Spain by 2017, defying warnings from the central government in Madrid that it is violating the nation’s constitution. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy pledged to halt the effort. The chamber, based in the northeastern city of Barcelona, passed the secession resolution by 72 votes to 63. The proposal was made by pro-secession lawmakers from the “Together for Yes” alliance and the extreme leftwing Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP). The groups together obtained a parliamentary majority in regional elections in September that they presented as a stand-in plebiscite on independence after the central government in Madrid refused to allow an official referendum. The Spanish government reacted swiftly Monday. In a nationally televised address, Rajoy said his government will appeal the decision at the

constitutional Court, which has in the past blocked moves toward independence. “Catalonia is not going anywhere, nothing is going to break,” Rajoy said. He added he would meet with the leader of the main opposition Socialist Party, Pedro Sanchez, to forge a common front against the separatists. The resolution passed by the Catalan parliament in its first postelection session declared “the start of a process toward the creation of an independent Catalan state in the form of a republic” and a “process of democratic disconnection not subject to the decisions by the institutions of the Spanish state.” While separatist lawmakers celebrated the result in the chamber, opponents held up Spanish and Catalan flags. “There is a growing cry for Catalonia to not merely be a country, but to be a state, with everything that means,” said Raul Romeva, head of the “Together for Yes” alliance. Catalan branches of Spain’s ruling conservative Popular Party and the Socialist and the Citizens opposition parties had filed appeals to halt the vote,

but Spain’s constitutional Court ruled last Thursday that it could go ahead. “You want to divide a country by raising a frontier within the European Union,” Citizens regional leader Ines Arrimadas told separatist lawmakers. The constitutional Court is expected to rule the law illegal quickly, but the resolution specifically orders the regional government not to heed the decision of Spain’s highest court. It gives the incoming government 30 days to start working on a new Catalan constitution, which would later be voted on in a referendum by the summer of 2017, and begin establishing a new tax office and social security administration. Pro-secessionist parties won their majority in September on the strength of just 48 per cent of the vote. Anti-independence lawmakers say that denies separatists a legitimate democratic mandate to break away from Spain. As well as warnings from the EU that an independent Catalonia would have to ask to be admitted to the bloc, separatist forces also face an internal dispute that could slow or even derail the independence push.

Later Monday, the parliament began what is expected to be a long, heated debate over whether Artur Mas should continue for a third term as the region’s head of government. While his “Together for Yes” alliance backs him with 62 votes, it is short of the required majority of 68. The anti-independence parties are against him, and the CUP has said it won’t support Mas because of his conservative austerity policies and the corruption investigations involving his Convergence Party. The parliament has until Jan. 9 to form a government or a new election must be called. By then, Spain will have held a national election, and the issue of how to handle the situation in Catalonia will play a crucial role in whether Rajoy’s Popular Party can hold onto power. Polls consistently show that while the majority of the 7.5 million Catalans support holding an official referendum on independence like Scotland, they are evenly divided over whether to break centuries-old ties with the rest of Spain.

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Conservatives win election, need allies BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ZAGREB, Croatia — Croatia’s conservative opposition has won the Balkan country’s first parliamentary election since joining the European Union in 2013, but without enough votes to rule alone and with tough government negotiations looming. The state electoral commission said Monday that with 99 per cent of the vote counted, the conservatives, led by former intelligence chief Tomislav Karamarko, won 59 seats in the 151-seat parliament. The ruling Social Democrats, led by incumbent Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic, got 56 seats. The result means both blocs have failed to win an outright majority and the forming of a new government will depend on several small parties that entered parliament. The kingmaker will be the thirdplaced party, Most, or Bridge, with 19 seats. Milanovic called on Most leaders to start negotiations on the forming of a new government. Before the election, Most leaders pledged they wouldn’t enter a coalition government with any of the big parties, but may give them support in parliament if they offer to carry out radical political, social and economic reforms. “I don’t believe that either of the big parties will agree with our reform proposals,” Most leader Bozo Petrov said. Zarko Puhovski, a political science professor, said that if Most sticks to its pre-election pledges, it “heralds minority government or new elections.” According to the constitution, Croatia’s president must consult parliamentary parties and nominate a prime minister-designate who gains the support of the majority of lawmakers. If the prime minister-designate fails to form a new government within two months, new elections are called. “I believe that we will have a new prime minister-designate soon,” said President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic.

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Israeli soldiers mourn at the grave site of 19-year-old Binyamin Yakobovitch during his funeral in Kiryat Ata near Haifa, Israel, Monday. Yakobovitch, a sergeant from a paramilitary border police unit, was injured in a Palestinian attack earlier this month and succumbed to his wounds on Sunday. Police said the Palestinian intentionally rammed his car into a group of Israelis in the West Bank.

Racial tension brings down university president BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBIA, Mo. — The president of the University of Missouri system resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over his handling of racial tensions at the school. President Tim Wolfe, a former business executive with no previous experience in academic leadership, took “full responsibility for the frustration” students expressed and said their complaints were “clear” and “real.” He made the announcement at the start of what had been expected to be a lengthy closed-door meeting of the school’s governing board. For months, black student groups have complained of racial slurs and other slights on the overwhelmingly white flagship campus of the state’s four-college system. The complaints came to a head two days ago, when at least 30 black football players announced that they would not play until the president was gone. One student went on a weeklong hunger strike. “This is not the way change comes about,” Wolfe said, alluding to recent protests, in a halting statement that was simultaneously apologetic, clumsy and defiant. “We stopped listening to each other.” He urged students, faculty and staff to use the resignation “to heal and start talking again to make the changes necessary.” A poor audio feed for the one board member who was attending the meeting via conference call left Wolfe standing awkwardly at the podium for

nearly three minutes after reading only one sentence. Black members of the football team joined the outcry on Saturday night. By Sunday, a campus sit-in had grown in size, graduate student groups planned walkouts and politicians began to weigh in.

Until Monday, Wolfe did not indicate any intention to step down. He agreed in a statement issued Sunday that “change is needed” and said the university was working to draw up a plan by April to promote diversity and tolerance.

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