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Firefighters were called Monday evening to a rural property northwest of Rimbey. Fourteen prized tractors were destroyed in the blaze, which was fueled by high winds and exploding propane tanks. Please see related story on page A2.

The cupboards are bare CENTRAL ALBERTA’S FOOD BANKS ARE BUSIER THAN EVER AS THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN CUTS DEEP

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF “You know darn well that they are only one or two paycheques away from the problem.”

That’s Peggy Macofka, executive director for Rimbey Family and Community Support Services (FCSS), talking about some of the folks who use the food bank in that community.

She and Rimbey Food Bank Food Banks Canada co-ordinator Katherine Win- urges shift to basic ters agree — they income A3 are seeing new families that might have been considered better off now calling on the food bank for help.

Time are tougher this year than they have been in a long time, and many of the 11 food banks in Central Alberta are seeing strong increases in the number of people they help feed.

It’s no mystery why — Alberta’s economy is suffering from the continuing drop in oil prices. Layoffs and work shortages are becoming commonplace, and with Christmas just about a month away, food banks are expecting to be busier than normal.

In October they saw six new families that they had never met before.

The total was 20 families, comprised of 31 adults and 24 children. Normally they see about 12 families in a month.

The new people in October were young families for the most part that had been previously employed but had been laid off or run into a shortage of work.

“So far we’ve been able to manage, donations are strong,” said Macofka, but she admits they are a little worried about Christmas. Last year they gave out about 45 Christmas hampers but this year they are expecting 55 to 65.

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‘IT’S NIP AND TUCK RIGHT NOW. I’M HOPING IT DOESN’T GET MUCH WORSE THAN AROUND 500, BECAUSE AT THAT LEVEL THE AMOUNT OF FOOD GOING THROUGH IS VERY SUBSTANTIAL.’ — DAN GONZALES, DIRECTOR OF THE LORD’S FOOD BANK

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Janet Lindhout fills a hamper at the Red Deer and District Food Bank on Tuesday.

In Rocky Mountain House, Dan Gonzales, director of the Lord’s Food Bank, said they have seen at least a 20-per-cent increase in clients over the past three months.

In fact they set a record in September when they handed out 463 hampers, only to set another record in October of 501 hampers.

“It became very, very busy — meaning the demand for food is up substan-

tially,” Gonzales said.

“It’s just been going up on a steady basis in the last four or five months.”

He is a little concerned about being able to meet the need.

“It’s nip and tuck right now. I’m hoping it doesn’t get much worse than around 500, because at that level the amount of food going through is very substantial.”

In a normal month, when the econ-

omy is better, they give out about 350 hampers. The food bank covers a large area, which includes about 36,000 people. They service all the way out to the Big Horn Reserve, halfway to Drayton Valley, halfway to Caroline and halfway to Red Deer. It is one of the top 10 food banks in Alberta in terms of the amount of food given out.

“We’re hearing a lot of … people not getting as many hours and so that’s of course hurting different people,” Gonzales said. Most of their clients are families.

“We give out $700,000 worth of food in a year.”

Their Christmas campaign, called the Turkey Drive, is now on with a $55,000 goal. Some of the money will be used through the year to purchase extra food, but they do give out about $30,000 worth of food in Christmas hampers alone, he said.

On just the first day of registration, they had 46 applications for Christmas hampers already. The registration goes on for a month.

Please see FOOD BANKS on Page A2

Suspect in Waskasoo child abduction arrested

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer mother was horrified last week to see a thief drive off in her pickup with her two sleeping toddlers inside.

Police said that about 4:30 p.m. last Thursday the mother left her pickup running in her Waskasoo driveway

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with her two girls, aged one and three, in the back while she briefly returned to the house.

In that moment, the thief jumped in the truck. The woman saw what was happening and ran outside but could not stop the truck before the thief drove off.

“It was very quick,” said police.

Shortly before 5 p.m., a passerby found both children unharmed near

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Caribou Crescent and Carlyle Green in Clearview Ridge. The children had been taken out of their car seats and left outside.

The truck was found the next morning at Safety City near 30th Avenue and Hwy 11.

RCMP said a suspect was arrested on Tuesday morning when someone heading to work found him sleeping in their pickup and called police. He

was identified as being wanted in connection with the earlier incident and was arrested without incident around 8 a.m.

Charges are pending.

The cold weather typically sees a spike in thieves making off in running vehicles left unattended. RCMP remind drivers to lock doors and shut off engines.

Trio honoured in fight against violence Central Albertans working to stop the cycle of violence and abuse were among those recognized at the Inspiration Awards.

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Hobby goes up in smoke

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF More than a dozen vintage tractors were destroyed in a fire that levelled a farm shop near Rimbey on Monday night.

Rimbey Fire Chief John Weisgerber said they were called about 9 p.m. to the rural property about 15 km northwest of the town.

A large 15-metre-by-24-metre farm building was ablaze. The owner was alerted to the blaze by barking dogs.

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City council to consider RCMP request to ease space crunch City council will be asked to foot a $865,000 bill to ease the space crunch at the downtown RCMP building.

In the 2015 budget, council allocated $1 million to the police department to develop the second floor.

But the funding fell short as it was a preliminary estimate.

Police moved into the 86,000-square-foot, two-storey downtown building when it opened in the fall of 2010. The second floor was shelled off as part of the construction project in anticipation of future growth.

Officers had previously worked in cramped quarters on 48th Avenue and 49th Street. The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team moved into the detachment in 2012.

The city and ALERT jointly developed a section of the second floor for the agency.

Over the last four years, more than 30 additional officers and municipal employees were hired which have been housed on the main floor.

The main floor has reached capacity.

Council will consider the request on Nov. 24 as

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FOOD BANKS: People recognize the need “Sometimes people, because of the economy, they are even more generous because they recognize the need,” Gonzales said.

One business that had never donated before just gave them 600 cans of food. “People understand we are hurting a little more than usual, so that’s pretty neat.”

Executive director of the Red Deer Food Bank,

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Firefighters were able to protect a nearby house and mobile home but the shop was burned to the ground and the tractors, a pickup and tools destroyed.

Large bangs could be heard and balls of fire seen as the building burned.

Firefighters from Rimbey and Ponoka, which supplied a pumper truck, were on scene until about 1:30 a.m. They had to contend with high winds that spread burning embers and exploding propane and oxyacetylene tanks.

Cody Rosenthal said 14 tractors belonging to his

grandfather Roy were lost. He has spent more than two decades fixing up and restoring tractors, mostly to resell.

“He has sold over 170 tractors. Those were his favourites, so he kept them.”

The loss of the tractors hit his grandfather hard. “(He’s in) rough shape. You lose your favourite hobby, all at once.”

Cody lives on the property with his grandfather and grandmother and an uncle.

A damage estimate was not yet available. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

part of the 2016 capital budget deliberations.

The overall price tag on the $30-million project included designs and startup costs, including furnishings and window coverings. The city invested about $4 million, while the province is footing $16.5 million. The remaining $10 million was borrowed by the city.

Low-income Red Deerians to receive transit tickets

Red Deer’s largest performing arts facility may be getting a $2.1-million boost to address critical building code issues.

A 2015 facility assessment of the Memorial Centre identified the need for major renovations including mechanical equipment, roofing and hazardous materials abatement.

Administration will ask council to fund the project as part of the capital budget deliberations on Nov. 24.

The Memorial Centre was built in 1951. The work is expected to extend the life of the facility. It does not include any interior or parking lot work.

It is owned by the city and operated by the Central Alberta Theatre.

The city will work with the theatre company and the Red Deer Cultural Heritage Society to minimize disruption during the construction in next summer.

Roughly $599,000 was previously approved for the project.

Red Deer Action Group Society will once again be handing out about 2,400 transit tickets in 2016 to assist low-income Red Deerians.

The society runs Donate A Ride, modelled after a program by the same name in Edmonton, to provide community agencies with bus tickets for clients to access services like medical appointments, education and employment.

“I think for many individuals it is the only opportunity that they might get for basic services,” said Jean Stinson, president of Red Deer Action Group Society on Tuesday.

For the second year in a row, Red Deer Kinsmen contributed $5,000 to fund Donate A Ride.

In 2015, the society distributed 2,379 tickets to organizations that help youth, immigrants, seniors, parents and children, the homeless, and disabled Red Deerians.

“With transportation, there is always concerns.

Many people may not have their own personal transportation so they have to use public transportation,” Stinson said.

Community organizations fill out applications to receive transit tickets for clients.

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Fred Schaife said demand, like everywhere else, has “skyrocketed.”

From October 2014 to October 2015, they saw the single biggest increase in one particular service they have ever seen.

The walk-in service where people can select bread, potatoes, fruits and vegetables went up by 112 per cent over the previous October. In 2014 there were 670 accesses in the client service area compared with 1,419 accesses this year.

These are the people who are almost making ends meet and the majority of them will never actually apply for a hamper, Schaife said.

Overall, the hamper line increased from October 2014 to October 2015 was 35 per cent.

Red Deer Food Bank handed out 390 hampers in October 2014 compared with 473 last month. In 2014

this helped 533 adults and 251 children, but this year hampers helped considerably more — 637 adults and 440 children.

The chances of getting repeats in those numbers are slim because they pack enough food in each hamper to last a good number of days, Schaife said.

Recent successful food drives means they don’t expect to run out of food anytime soon, he said, but the increased numbers do put a strain on them because they are spending more buying meat, milk and margarine. This amounts to $2,500 to $3,000 each month.

“It really seemed to bust loose about six to eight weeks ago. Not unusual now to see in our client service area 15 and 20 people at a time. Two years ago it may have been six or eight people.” barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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‘A historic day for Alberta’ LEGISLATION TO REVOLUTIONIZE RULES FOR FARM SAFETY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta is redrawing the rules on work and safety for 60,000 workers on farms and ranches across the province.

Jobs Minister Lori Sigurdson introduced legislation Tuesday making farms and ranches subject to Occupational Health and Safety rules.

Farm and ranch workers would also be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits if injured on the job.

There would be new rules on labour relations and employment standards covering areas such as hours, vacation pay, minimum wages, and the safety of young workers.

Workers will be able to join unions and bargain for wages.

They will be allowed to refuse unsafe work without having to fear being fired.

About 43,000 farming and ranching operations would be affected.

“This is a historic day for Alberta,” Sigurdson told the house as she introduced Bill 6, the proposed Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act. “If (the bill is) passed, Alberta would join every other jurisdiction in Canada in applying workplace legislation to Alberta’s farms and ranches.”

Under the bill, Alberta investigators will be allowed to investigate serious injuries or deaths that occur on the commercial portion of farms.

Figures provided by the province showed that 25 people died from farm-related accidents in 2014 — nine more than the previous year.

The bill will require farm owners to buy mandatory insurance coverage for injured workers, whereas previously they could opt out.

The occupational health and safety provisions would cover anyone tasked to work on the farm, regardless of age, including a neighbour helping out for free.

Alberta is one of four provinces without mandatory workers’ compensation for farmers. The others are Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, and Prince Edward Island.

Farms and ranches are currently exempt from employment standard rules when it comes to supervision, types and hours of work regarding children.

And Alberta is the only jurisdiction in Canada without any form of labour relations coverage for farm and ranch workers.

The regulations will be worked out following consultations in November and December and phased in.

However, farms and ranch workers will be protected by occupational health and safety rules as

of Jan. 1. They will also be covered under workers’ compensation as of that date.

The legislation was promised but stalled for years under former Progressive Conservative governments.

Opposition Liberal Leader David Swann said the bill is long overdue and covers all the bases.

“I say hallelujah. Everybody is going to benefit from this,” said Swann.

He said Alberta farmers are already paying dearly for not having workers’ compensation insurance, saying that when there is serious injury or death on a farm, the farm owner pays another way — through civil court.

“These guys get sued and they go under,” said Swann.

The opposition Wildrose party said the bill is rushed and needs more consultation with farmers before becoming law.

Wildrose agriculture critic Rick Strankman said farmers “need to know what we are doing as legislators in Edmonton will not cause them undo harm through excessive regulation.

“The most important solution is education and having farmers come together, and a farmer-driven focus on solutions.”

Group home at centre of crime controversy closing

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — An Edmonton group home for high-risk youth teens that was the subject of complaints about rowdy behaviour and crime is closing its doors for good.

The home, run by a charitable group known as E4C, made headlines in September when one of its residents, a 17-year-old girl, was charged with stabbing a man to death on a nearby street.

After that, police and area residents said they had long complained that residents of the home were often out late at night, smoking drugs, banging on doors and damaging property.

Edmonton police Staff Sgt. Bill Clark said at the time he was “appalled” by the lax standards and supervision at the home.

E4C chief executive officer Karen Spencer said in a statement the decision to close is because recent publicity had made the home too well known, put-

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Justice Jo’Anne Strekaf said Arthur’s Kent’s lawyer made a number of inappropriate remarks as the trial began Monday and it would be unfair to continue after what the jurors heard.

“Given the number of inappropriate statements and the serious nature of many of those statements … and the difficulty of overcoming the damage caused by the statements, I have concluded that it would not be possible to correct the damage done to trial fairness,” Strekaf said Tuesday.

“As a result it would be unfair to the defendants in this case to proceed before this jury.”

Kent, 61, is suing Postmedia, the National Post and former columnist Don Martin over a column that ran when Kent was campaigning to win a seat in

ting the residents at risk.

“The public identification of the location of this group home has placed youth at this site in a vulnerable position as it exposes them to those who prey on marginalized young people,” said Spencer.

The province shut down the home after the stabbing pending a review of operations.

That review, released Tuesday, determined that some staff weren’t clear on protocols designed to keep the teens safe, which led to “loose or broad application of rules that compromised structure.”

The report noted that as a result, “community members observed youth using drugs outside the group home.”

The report said the home met licensing and accreditation standards and that staff worked well with probation officers and other youth-serving agencies.

But it said staff seemed tone deaf to the rising number of concerns from area residents, adding that “the degree of opposition to the home was a disap-

pointment to the agency management.”

E4C ran the home, known as the Inner City Youth Housing Project, under contract to the province.

It was for teens aged 14 to 17 with a history of traumatic experiences and exposure to crime who had been banned from other placements, such as in shelters or with families.

The home had five beds funded at about $400,000 a year.

Human Services Minister Irfan Sabir said his ministry will work to improve staff training and make sure the neighbours of group homes are heard through pacts known as “Good Neighbour Agreements.”

“That agreement encourages service providers to engage with the community where they are located, connect with the neighbours … (and) engage with them about their work (and) address their concerns,” said Sabir.

Calgary for the Progressive Conservatives in the 2008 provincial election.

The Alberta-born Kent acquired the nickname “Scud Stud” when he reported for NBC during the 1991 Persian Gulf War often going live as Iraqi Scud missiles were launched.

He was narrowly defeated in the election after a campaign in which a piece by Martin appeared under the headline Alberta’s ‘Scud Stud’ a ‘Dud’ On Campaign Trail.

made up of a number of regional health authorities, each of which had their own policy.

But he says bans are sometimes required when a family member or visitor is disruptive, aggressive or threatening.

He says they will review existing practices and look at establishing one clear, consistent and transparent policy.

Man from Tennessee killed in collision in Government wants one policy on banning southern Alberta visitors at long-term care homes CALGARY — Police are investigating a fatal crash EDMONTON — Alberta Health Services has been ordered to create a clear, consistent policy when it comes to restricting or banning visitors at long-term care facilities in the province.

Health Minister Sarah Hoffman made the announcement Tuesday.

She says the order comes after learning about a number of concerns around the practice.

She says some family members feel there “might be retribution — including that their access to a family member is being limited — if they speak up about certain cases.”

David O’Brien with AHS says they currently have a number of different policies in place at their facilities because when AHS was formed it was

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A4 Paris attacks: The terrorist strategy

As always after a major terrorist Arabs and drive them into the arms of attack on the West, the right question the Islamists. His hopes were fulfilled to ask after the slaughter in Paris is: by the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. what were the strategic aims behind Once the Western troops went in, the attack? This requires there was a steep decline getting your head around in terrorist attacks on Westthe concept that terrorists ern countries. Al-Qaeda have rational strategies, but wanted Western troops to once you have done that the stay in the Middle East and motives behind the attacks radicalise the local populaare easy to figure out. It also tions, so it made no sense to becomes clear that the mowage a terrorist campaign tives have changed. that might make Western The 9/11 attacks on the countries pull their troops United States in 2001 folout again. lowed the classical terrorThe resistance in Iraq ist strategy of trying to trick grew quickly and attracted the target government into Islamist fighters from maGWYNNE over-reacting in ways that ny other Arab countries.

DYER ultimately serve the terrorThe organization originalists’ interests. Al-Qaeda’s ly known as “Al-Qaeda in OPINION goal was to sucker the UnitIraq” underwent several ed States into invading Musname changes, to “Islamic lim countries.

State in Iraq” in 2006; then to “IslamAl-Qaeda was a revolutionary orga- ic State in Iraq and Syria” — ISIS for nization whose purpose was to over- short — in 2013, and finally to simply throw existing Arab governments and “Islamic State” in 2014. But the key take power in the Arab countries, personnel and the long-term goals rewhich it would then reshape in accord mained the same throughout. with its extreme Islamist ideology. The The man who now calls himself the trouble was that Islamist movements “Caliph” of Islamic State, Abu Bakr were not doing very well in building al-Bahdadi, first joined “Al-Qaeda in mass support in the Arab world, and Iraq” and started fighting the U.S. ocyou need mass support if you want to cupation forces in Iraq in 2004. But make a revolution. along the way the strategy changed, Osama bin Laden’s innovation was for ISIS eventually grew so strong that to switch the terrorist attacks from Ar- it conquered the extensive territories ab governments to Western ones, in in Syria and Iraq that now make up Isthe hope of luring them into invasions lamic State. Popular revolutions were that would radicalise large number of no longer needed. The core strategy

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now is simply conquest.

In that case, why are Islamic State and Al-Qaeda still attacking Western targets? One reason is because the jihadi world is now split between two rival jihadi franchises that are competing for supporters. The split happened in 2013, when ISIS, having launched a very successful branch operation in Syria known as the Nusra Front, tried to bring it back under the control of the parent organization.

The Syrian branch resisted, and appealed to Al-Qaeda, the franchise manager of both jihadi groups, for support.

Al-Qaeda backed the Syrians, whereupon ISIS broke its links with Al-Qaeda and set up as a direct competitor.

ISIS and the Nusra Front then fought a three-month war in early 2014 that killed several thousand militants and left the former in control of most of eastern Syria. Soon afterwards ISIS overran most of western Iraq and renamed itself Islamic State.

Islamic State and Al-Qaeda’s local franchise, the Nusra Front, are currently observing a ceasefire in Syria, but the two brands are still in a bitter struggle for the loyalty of jihadi groups elsewhere in the Muslim world.

Spectacular terrorist operations against Western targets appeal to both franchises because they are a powerful recruiting tool in jihadi circles. But Islamic State has a further motive: it actually wants Western attacks on it to cease.

It’s a real state now, with borders and an army and a more or less func-

tional economy. It doesn’t want Western forces interfering with its efforts to consolidate and expand that state, and it hopes that terrorist attacks on the West may force them to pull out.

France is a prime target because French aircraft are part of the Western-led coalition bombing Islamic State, and because it’s relatively easy to recruit terrorists from France’s large, impoverished and alienated Muslim minority. Russia has also become a priority target since its aircraft started bombing jihadi troops in Syria, and the recent crash of a Russian airliner in Sinai may be due to a bomb planted by Islamic State.

So the outlook is for more terrorist attacks wherever Islamic State (and, to a lesser extent, Al-Qaeda) can find willing volunteers. Western countries with smaller and better integrated Muslim communities are less vulnerable than France, but they are targets too.

Putting foreign ground troops into Syria would only make matters worse, so the least bad option for all the countries concerned is to ride the terrorist campaign out. Horrendous though the attacks are, they pose a very small risk to the average citizen of these countries. Statistically speaking, it’s still more dangerous to cross the street, let alone climb a ladder.

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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Our opportunity to do things better One definition of Insanity is repeating an action over and over again, expecting a different outcome.

Those who voted Anyone But Conservative may have done us a huge favour. At the very least we will have someone besides ourselves to blame if things go to hell in the near future.

To complete this disaster scenario, Obama finally killed the Keystone pipeline. To be fair, you have to know that Obama had no other choice — he had to follow through in order to be true to his supporters.

To do otherwise, his legacy would not only be being the first black president in U.S. history, but also being the biggest turncoat since Benedict Arnold. I can’t wait until the enviro-circus turns their attention to fracking.

What this means to us here in Alberta is that we are going to have to wait until the Americans burn through all of their newfound oil and gas reserves before our ‘dirty’ oil will be more palatable at whatever the world price will be. This will only be a few years into the future. In the meantime, we need to be doing things that will better situate ourselves in the market.

I am not upset that Prentice and Harper were defeated — they were both, speaking politically, stupid. Prentice had a year to run the province as he pleased and to build public confidence in his leadership, and he didn’t. Harper acted like George W. Bush, instead of campaigning on economic issues which were supposedly in his wheelhouse, his long, drawn-out campaign gave the Liberals plenty of time to build political capital. Could it be that the most successful Conservative governments are successful only when the price of oil is high? Think about it.

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a balanced budget and debt free status. It sounded good on paper, but how long did that last, and at what cost? A smart, successive government would have followed up with savings and re-investment as would have been in a good business model. But then, the price of oil fluctuates, and we have our feast and famine cycles. We keep doing the same things over and over again expecting a different outcome. Insanity?

With an NDP government in our legislature, and a Liberal government in parliament, we have nothing to lose. The ‘investors’ who pull out due to the economic uncertainty of world oil prices, and now the ‘unfriendly’ business climate that liberal governments produce, are not here for the long haul and do not have the best interests of Albertans and Canadians in their programs. Good riddance to them.

When you talk about corporate responsibility these days, you have to know that a corporations only responsibility is to its shareholders. There is no loyalty or responsibility to their bottom line employees or to the region that they operate in.

As a business man, I could see little sense in building a pipeline to Texas so that we could sell our highly discounted ‘dirty’ oil to provide work for Texans. Why not build refining capacity right here in Alberta to provide long term jobs for Albertans with that $7 billion? Is that an option now, or is it now something that we must now do? But, let’s also do it smart. Power the whole thing with wind and solar energy, backed up by natural gas. Show the world that we can do it better than anyone else. Plant a forest of trees around it to symbolize our commitment to carbon management.

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fibre — the new high strength, light-weight alternative to steel and aluminum. Would not carbon dioxide as produced in copious amounts by our resource industries be a good feedstock to this technology and future industry? How about good, old oxygen as a waste product? Mind boggling. Henry Ford and Thomas Edison saw failures as a chance to learn, and difficulties as opportunities. We need to take the initiative here to see the opportunity we have been given. We can clean up our act, and free ourselves from the tyranny of oil politics by diversifying our economy.

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★★★ Their joint efforts will continue at the Paris climate change summit in two weeks, he said, where they will “push strongly on some of the more recalcitrant countries who don’t seem to be as ambitious in their approaches to climate change.”

Trudeau also described his intervention in the G20’s climate change discussions.

“I said, ‘look Canada is a country with energy resources and seasons and a climate that means that we have challenges where it would be easy for us to make excuses around not doing the kinds of things on climate change that we need to do,” he said.

Asked whether he was offended by Obama’s characterization that Alberta has “dirty oil,” Trudeau suggested such remarks were a result of Canada’s inaction on the environment.

“A less aggressive approach on environmental responsibilities in the past led to a ramping up of rhetoric against Canadian oil, and against Canadian energy,” he said.

Trudeau said Canada has more work to do, beyond making positive statements, to convince the world that the country now takes environmental issues seriously.

“I know that Canada has to start demonstrating real action and not just words in order for the world to understand that we are serious and committed to developing our resources in a responsible and sustainable way.”

Trudeau didn’t offer anything specific, including whether his government would raise the previous Conservative government’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction target ahead of the Paris summit.

Trudeau also held firm to his commitment to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of the year, in the face of mounting criticism from the premiers of Quebec and Saskatchewan, as well as some mayors.

“It didn’t take the tragedies of Paris for us to suddenly realize that security is important,” said Trudeau, adding that he is “very much committed to keeping Canadians safe while we do the right thing to engage responsibly with this humanitarian crisis.”

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The Harper government took out Canadian CF-18 warplanes will the word “accompany” when it sent be withdrawn from combat before special forces into northern Iraq in the fall of 2014, but quietly took March and replaced by a more-rothe political and military risk of al- bust ground training mission, allowing those highly trained troops though many of the details are still to visit the front and even guide in being worked out, Trudeau told reairstrikes for Kurdish forces. porters on Monday.

Now that Prime Minister Justin Both before and during the elecTrudeau has committed to a more robust training mission in Iraq, a tion, Trudeau made clear he would former overseas commander says not commit regular army combat allowing troops to accompany local forces to Iraq, but “would engage forces on operations in limited cir- Canada’s military in something cumstances is a policy discussion we’ve demonstrated tremendous that will have to happen — not only in Ottawa but in other western cap- ability at in Afghanistan and elsewhere: training up local troops doitals. ing the fighting on the ground.”

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Trudeau said the increase, from the current number of 69 special forces trainers, is one of the scenarios being worked on as the government prepares to end the air combat mission of its CF18 fighter jets in the U.S.-led coalition that is bombing targets in Iraq and Syria.

Trudeau disclosed the plan during a wide-ranging, 20-minute news conference aboard his Canadian Forces airliner, several hours before it touched down in the Philippine capital of Manila on Tuesday night local time for the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation summit.

Trudeau will hold a key bilateral meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the summit on Thursday, where he said they will discuss a range of topics, including the military mission against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the refugee crisis and their combined efforts to fight climate change.

Trudeau has remained firm that Canada will withdraw its six CF-18 jet fighters before its March 2016 commitment expires, but has faced pressure to climb down from that promise because of Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris.

“I’ve committed repeatedly to my allies that we were going to do more on the training front and that means obviously more than just 69 trainers,” Trudeau said.

“How many that will be, what form that will take, what kind of engagement we’re going to have, those are things that we’re going to work out.”

Trudeau didn’t offer specific numbers but he has cited the Forces Afghanistan training mission, to which the Harper government initially committed almost 1,000 troops.

Trudeau said he wants Canada to be “a strong and positive contributor to the continuing mission against ISIL,” by training northern Iraqi troops to take the ground war directly to the militants.

Trudeau’s arrival at the back of his aircraft to meet with almost two dozen travelling journalists was a marked departure in prime ministerial communications after the strict message control of the recent Harper decade.

The rookie prime minister, on his first international trip, described some of his behind the scenes activities at the G20 summit he’d finished attending the previous day.

He said he was looking forward to his first formal bilateral with Obama

because “we’re going to have a lot to agree on” despite the president’s recent rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline project from Alberta to the U.S. gulf coast.

“One of the things I pointed out in our very first conversation on the phone was his focus on getting big things done in his final year,” he said.

“Looking at legacy dovetails nicely with my desire to get big things done off the bat, in my first year, to set the tone for the coming years.”

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A: The situation you're describing was more of a one day protest than anything else. In France, dentistry is all paid up front by the patient. Following that, the federal government reimburses a portion of it, and the remainder is typically covered by a 'mutuelle' which is a private insurance provider. The big issue as far as the dentists were concerned was that the rates had not been adjusted for 25 years, and had therefore not kept pace with rising costs. A consumer group claimed that dental care was becoming a luxury because is some cases treatment was 86% higher than recommended prices. In that country, dentists have the freedom to go on strike, but the authorities also have the right to back to work legislation as 'vital services'. What they have, in my opinion, is chaos where a socialist system is legislating fees and determine costs of doing business, yet not updating compensation structures on a regular basis. You can't have one without the other. It's not all bad for the consumers. Even in the absence of private dental insurance, the government still pays a large percentage of orthodontic treatment and covers treatment that is all 'fee for service' here. The fact that the fee guide has been a quarter century without an overhaul isn't unlike what occurs here. It is commonplace for an insurance company to set a fee that may be lower than some dentists charge for a procedure. We've heard it time and again – when a patient calls their insurance company for an explanation the clerk on the other end says 'it wasn't all covered because your dentist charges too much'. All dentists have heard that. Many provinces have a fee guide which may or may not resemble what a private insurance carrier will reimburse as well. In Alberta, the fee guide was scrapped and dentists can theoretically charge what they choose – but they are vilified if they charge above the imaginary fee guide and condemned if they charge below! The insurance carriers have their independent compensation levels which, if taken in a different context, could be interpreted as price fixing. They often prohibit any discussion with the dental office altogether – relying on the patient to carry messages back and forth which is a recipe for patient confusion. To answer your question – a 'strike' is unlikely because there is no mandated gov't rebate. We're entrepreneurs – sort of. Most dental offices will assist their patients in navigating the why's and wherefore's of dental insurance – I know we do!

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‘We really don’t want to go through it again’ PARIS BACKLASH SPARKS BAD MEMORIES OF POST-9-11 VIOLENCE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Leaders of a Hindu temple in Ontario that burned to the ground after 9-11 met Tuesday to discuss security in light of the horrific bloodshed in Paris that appears to have spawned attacks on at least two places of religious worship in Canada.

Board members of the Samaj temple in Hamilton said the torching of a mosque in Peterborough, Ont., and vandalism at a Hindu temple in Kitchener, Ont., have sparked bad memories of the arson 14 years ago.

“We really don’t want to go through it again,” Ramesh Panchal, president of the Hamilton temple, said in an interview.

“We’re just barely coming through that right now.”

The temple has been in touch with city police, who promised enhanced patrols in the area, and is taking steps to beef up its camera and security systems, Panchal said.

In 2001, just days after 9-11 terror attacks in the United States, flames erupted at the Samaj temple near a vandalized mosque that had received a hate message on an answering machine. Investigators determined it had been a case of arson in what police would conclude was a hate crime — and the arsonists had likely confused the temple with a mosque.

At the time, it was considered the worst act of vandalism against a Canadian house of worship after the Sept. 11 attacks — and something Samaj board member Mani Subramanian said he would never forget.

“I saw the temple literally burn under my own eyesight,” Subramanian said. “That got etched in my mind.”

Subramanian called Saturday’s arson in Peterborough and Sunday’s vandalism in Kitchener “heart-rending.”

Following 9-11, at least 10 mosques and three synagogues in Canada had windows broken or were spray-painted with hate messages.

So far, however, that kind of backlash hasn’t recurred on a large scale in Canada, with some organizations saying they’d seen no spike in hate-crime reporting in the past several days, although they warned it might be too early to spot any trends.

Fo Niemi, executive director of the Montreal-based Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations, said victims of hate-motivated harassment or worse are often scared to speak out or go to the police.

“The attack in Paris certainly could increase the frequency (of hate incidents) but people are still afraid to come forward,” Niemi said.

Still, the two Ontario incidents are among several that have occurred in Canada and around the world since Friday’s attacks in Paris — blamed on Islamic ex-

tremists — left 129 people dead.

Police in Toronto were investigating Monday’s assault of a Muslim woman who was punched and kicked by two men who ripped off her hijab and hurled racist slurs.

British police have charged a man with attempted murder after a man pushed a Muslim woman into the path of a London subway train. Authorities in Melbourne, Australia, report a man punched a Muslim woman in a random act.

Subramanian said anyone facing similar ordeals shouldn’t hesitate to reach out.

“Hate crime is an act of insanity it doesn’t reflect the whole community, it is just an isolated individual,” he said.

One positive arising from the Hamilton arson, Subramanian said, was an initiative under the mayor’s leadership aimed at supporting the shocked Hindu community and helping raise funds to rebuild the temple.

Police also sought to reassure congregants that they were there to protect them.

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The attack came two days after a mosque in Peterborough, Ont., was set ablaze in the aftermath of last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead.

Peterborough police are investigating the fire as a hate crime and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assured Muslim Canadians the federal government would work hard to find those responsible.

The Toronto assault took place around 3 p.m. on Monday near the midtown Grenoble Public School while a woman was on her way to pick up her son.

Police said the woman, who was wearing a hijab, was approached by two men and attacked.

“It was a completely unprovoked attack,” said Const. Victor Kwong.

“She was punched all over and kicked.”

The two men hurled slurs that were “bigoted in nature” at the woman and tried to rip off her hijab, Kwong said.

The woman fell to the ground and was robbed before the two men fled the area, he said.

The entire incident was observed by a witness who called police, he said. The woman was taken to hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries and has since been released.

Police said they are currently interviewing witnesses, gathering surveillance video from the area and asking anyone with information to contact them.

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She says the man is in custody as the RCMP continues to investigate and there is no further information to disclose at this time.

Security on the Hill has been tightened since Oct. 22, 2014, when a gun-toting murderer, Michael Zehaf Bibeau, managed to sprint across the lawn and through the main doors into Centre Block.

Zehaf Bibeau had just gunned down a soldier standing guard at the nearby National War Memorial.

He died himself in a hail of bullets just outside the door to the Library of Parliament.

Former Harper aide not guilty of influence-peddling OTTAWA — A former top aide to Stephen Harper has been found not guilty of influencepeddling.

Bruce Carson was charged in connection with his attempts to promote the sale of water purification systems for First Nations communities by a company that employed his former escort girlfriend.

Carson’s lawyer, Patrick McCann, acknowledged during the trial that his client tried to help H2O Pros sell water treatment equipment to indigenous communities.

But he argued there was nothing in law that prohibited Carson from lobbying First Nations communities.

Ontario Superior Court Justice Bonnie Warkentin has ruled that while it was clear that Carson was trying to use his influence to benefit his former girlfriend, the Crown failed to show the federal government had a direct say over what kind of water purification equipment First Nations communities can purchase.

Carson was a senior adviser to the former prime minister from the time the Conservatives took office in 2006, until he left the post in 2008.

Turcotte’s lawyer asks jury to judge accused as they’d want to be SAINT-JEROME, Que. — Guy Turcotte’s lawyer is asking the jury tasked with determining his fate to judge the accused as they would like themselves or their own relatives to be.

Pierre Poupart says his client, charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of his son Olivier, 5, and Anne-Sophie, 3, benefits from the presumption of innocence.

As he began his closing arguments today, Poupart told the 11 jurors to guard against oversimplifying the facts and suggested not to take everything as black or white.

The ex-doctor has admitted to causing the children’s deaths, but his lawyers argue the 43-year-old should be found not criminally responsible by way of mental disorder.

The accused testified at the trial he drank windshield washer fluid on Feb. 20, 2009, to kill himself and decided to murder his children to spare them the pain of finding his body.

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Group urges shift to basic income REPORT SAYS FOOD BANK USE ON RISE WITH MORE CHILDREN, SENIORS USERS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Food Banks Canada is using its annual report on the number of people using food banks in the country to push anew for the federal and provincial governments to do away with the social assistance programs.

The group wants to see the existing bureaucracies that oversee social benefits, such as disability payments, instead funnel all the savings into tax measures that would put more money into the hands of low-income earners.

The group’s executive director says that this would create a basic, minimum income for those living near or below the poverty line, and likely save money for governments.

Katharine Schmidt said the move could also reduce the number of people using food banks, which this year crept up by about one per cent to more than 852,000 from the almost 842,000 recorded last year.

“It certainly wouldn’t be an easy thing to do, but if we were to dismantle the existing bureaucracies and put in place a basic income that was administered through the tax system we really believe that it would reduce the overall cost to governments,” she said.

“At the end of the day, we would be a better off Canada than we are today.”

Food Banks Canada has seen two other regular requests in its annual HungerCount report become part of the Liberal government’s campaign platform: to bring down the cost of food in the territories, and money to build more affordable housing across the country.

FOOD BANK USE BY THE NUMBERS 852,137: people who received food from a food bank in March 2015.

78,693: people who accessed a food bank for the first time in March 2015.

5 per cent: Families using foodbanks who are homeless.

67 per cent: Food bank users who live in rental housing and pay market rents.

7 per cent: Food bank users who own their home.

35.8 per cent: Food bank users who

The Liberals promised $40 million over four years to Nutrition North to help lower food prices in the North, and an affordable housing plan that includes a promise to eliminate the GST on all new rental builds in the country while giving up to $125 million a year to landlords renovating rental units.

The report found that this past March, 852,137 people visited a food bank, up just over one per cent from the 841,191 recorded in 2014, but still below the 10-year high of 872,379 recorded in 2013.

The report this year found that almost 36 per cent or users, or about 305,000, were children. That’s equivalent to about 4,260 yellow school buses filled to their 72-seat capacity.

Schmidt said food banks also have seen more seniors on pensions and people in receipt of disability benefits.

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4,395,601: Meals and snacks provided annually through soup kitchens, shelters, school breakfast programs.

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Lorne Dawson, a University of Waterloo sociology professor, helped the Mounties with an intensive session Monday at RCMP headquarters aimed at learning from experiences in Australia, Britain and the United States.

The meeting was planned long before the devastating terrorist attacks in Paris — assaults that have rekindled concern about extremist activity in Canada.

Dawson, co-director of the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society, says he was pessimistic as recently as eight months ago about counter-radicalization efforts in Canada.

While the RCMP — the lead agency on the file — continues to lag behind allies, it looks like initiatives are now on track, Dawson said in an interview.

“It’s finally got to the point where it seems in Canada, we’re saying, ‘Yes, we’re going to do something about this.’

“The missing component is the buy-in from the new government,” he said, quickly adding that early signs are positive.

Dawson hopes the recently elected Liberals will fulfil their promise of creating a federal co-ordinator on counter-radicalization and community outreach — something he sees as a key ingredient for national success.

Money will also be needed, he said, noting Canada spends only a fraction of the tens of millions of dollars Australia has devoted to dealing with extremism.

While some of Canada’s international partners have done more to keep young people off the dangerous path of radical jihadism, Canadian agencies stand to learn from their missteps and adopt practices that are actually working, Dawson said.

He pointed to efforts in Australia to develop a system of hubs to provide assistance and counselling.

In the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is working with partners to empower local agencies to prevent extremists and their supporters from inspiring, radicalizing or recruiting others to their cause.

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Trio honoured in fight against violence DIANNE HOWARTH, JUDILONNE BEEBE AND KELLY KARIUS RECEIVE INSPIRATION AWARDS

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Central Albertans working to stop the cycle of violence and abuse in their communities were among those recognized at the Inspiration Awards ceremony held on Friday in Calgary.

Local recipients included sexual assault centre pioneers Dianne Howarth, of Red Deer, and Judilonne Beebe, of Stettler. Bullying prevention counsellor Kelly Karius, of Red Deer, was also recognized.

Established in 2012, the awards identify leadership in prevention of family violence, sexual violence, child sexual abuse and bullying, and acknowledge those who go above and beyond.

Recipients are nominated by their peers and are chosen by a committee comprised of community members.

In 2008, Howarth retired as the executive director of Red Deer’s Crisis Centre, which went on to become Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre.

Howarth said it was a long struggle before the centre received ongoing, secure funding. Provincial dollars finally came with support from former Premier Ralph Klein, and his wife Colleen Klein and former MLA Mary Anne Jablonski.

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Dianne Howarth of Red Deer has been honoured with an Inspiration Award as a sexual assault centre pioneer for her work with the Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre.

“The first time they funded us was for the position of executive director.

That was absolutely tremendous because we had to work bingos for my salary,” said Howarth who was executive director from 1989.

“For years we ran with way more volunteers than we did staff.”

She said the creation of the Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services in 1993 united centres across the province to provide a strong, unified voice.

Support from the Red Deer community has also been very important, she

said.

“I think it’s really come a long way, but it still has a long way to go. Some people won’t come forward because of the stigma attached,” Howarth said.

Elsewhere in Central Alberta, the Association of Communities Against Abuse is recognizing 25 years of helping children and adults who were sexually abused as children.

Beebe, the association’s executive director for the past 18 years, said it was a long time before provincial funding was available.

“Up until last year, there was only

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one full-time employee, and that was me, and we had a lot of part-time staff.

Now we have three full-time staff and then we have nine therapists,” Beebe said.

“There were so many years that this agency really hung on by its toenails. After 25 years, still doing the job we set out to do, is really an amazing thing.”

An open house to commemorate the 25 years will be held Nov. 24, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the agency, located in the north wing of Christ King Catholic School, at 4704 55th St., in Stettler.

The association was formed to provide local treatment so children didn’t have to go to Edmonton or Calgary.

Now there are therapists in Drumheller, Hanna, Stettler, Tofield, and Camrose.

Staff see about 150 clients a year, with about 70 per cent of them adults.

Services are free and available for as long as needed.

“Our youngest client right now is three and the oldest is in their 60s,” Beebe said.

Karius was recognized for her efforts to co-create the No Such Thing as a Bully System that focuses on bully actions rather than just labeling someone a bully.

All adults and children use bully actions and victim responses, she said.

“When you go through what a bully action is, they’re able to identify that in themselves. We’re working straight up with the personal responsibility piece,” Karius said.

Karius was nominated by staff at Samson Community Wellness, of Maskwacis, where she works part time. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Three opt for trial in forced confinement case FOURTH DEFENDANT LOOKING TO RESOLVE CHARGES

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École Barrie Wilson Grade 3 teacher Tracy Wirtanen leads her class through an exercise with a giant floor map of Canada in the school on Tuesday. For three weeks the map of Canada, one of five of its kind, has been loaned to the school from the Royal Canadian Geographic Society and will help students get a grasp on Canada’s vast geography. Students will engage in activities using props and innovative teaching techniques.

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LaGrange elected president of Alberta Catholic School Trustees Association The Alberta Catholic School Trustees’ Association has turned to a Red Deer member to lead it for the coming two-year term.

Adriana LaGrange, a Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools trustee, has been elected president of the provincial association at the recent annual general meeting.

LaGrange has served three terms as a trustee with the Red Deer Catholic Regional School District since her election in 2007. During her time she has served as both a board chair and a vice chair.

“I truly believe that faith permeation within an inclusive learning environment enriches the educational experience of all students and provides them with a strong foundation to build upon in their daily lives,” said LaGrange. “I am ready, willing and able to serve. Together we will continue the amazing legacy of Catholic education in Alberta.”

LaGrange was elected during the Alberta Catholic Schools Trustee’s Association AGM and convention held from Nov. 13 to 15 in Edmonton.

Coutre pleads not guilty A woman accused of dodging two

spike belts only to hit the ditch and roll a car has pleaded not guilty.

Madison Leigh Coutre, 23, of no fixed address, entered the plea on Tuesday in Red Deer provincial court through her defence counsel Andrew Phypers.

She is accused of being the driver of a stolen vehicle that was involved in a chase with Sylvan Lake and Rocky Mountain House RCMP on Nov. 10.

She was arrested south of Sylvan Lake after the vehicle rolled.

The vehicle approached a police road block and spike belt, pulled a U-turn and ran into a quick thinking officer who had set up a spike belt.

The vehicle attempted to avoid the second spike belt, but hit the ditch and rolled. All five of the passengers were arrested, three were taken to hospital with injuries and Coutre was charged.

A trial date will be fixed later this week.

Police make cocaine bust, charge three Police seized 1.56 kg of cocaine following a drug bust in Red Deer and Penhold last week.

Three search warrants were conducted on three residences and vehicles in the communities around 7:45 a.m. on Nov. 13.

Police have charged three men on a number of drug-related charges. The investigation began in late-October.

More details are expected at a news conference at the downtown Red Deer RCMP building on Wednesday.

RCMP seized approximately 1.56 kg (55 ounces) of cocaine and significant amounts of cash, and have arrested and charged three men with a number

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of drug-related offences. The search warrants came after an intensive investigation that began in late October.

Red Deer man going to trial on abduction charges A Red Deer man was ordered to stand trial on allegations of an attempted abduction three days before Christmas 2014, foregoing a preliminary hearing.

Alexander Beaulieu, 30, consented to a committal to stand trial on Tuesday in Red Deer provincial court. His counsel Andrew Phypers made the application to judge Gordon Yake.

A preliminary hearing, to test the strength of the Crown’s case, was scheduled but it was cancelled with the committal to stand trial.

Beaulieu now moves to Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Dec. 7 where a trial date will be set.

He is charged with attempted kidnapping, choking with intent, aggravated assault, robbery, uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, possession of stolen property under $5,000 and theft under $5,000.

Red Deer RCMP were called to the G.H. Dawe Centre on Dec. 22, 2014 to a report of an attempted abduction of a 13-year-old girl. Police said the girl was on the north side of the Dawe at 1 p.m. when a man stopped his truck and asked if he could use her phone.

The allegation is the man attempted to pull the girl into the back of the truck. The girl resisted and fought back despite being struck, kicked and choked. The man eventually let the girl go. Police arrested the suspect a few hours later in north Red Deer.

Three of the people accused of confining and beating a man at the Aladdin Motor Inn will hear the case against them while the fourth is looking to resolve the charges without a trial.

Jeffrey Allan King, 18, of Red Deer, Daniel Arthur Potter, 26, of Innisfail and Corim Kyle Conway, 23, of Red Deer all chose to be tried by a Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench judge alone with a preliminary inquiry. The elections were entered Tuesday in Red Deer provincial court.

Darren Curtis Lagrelle, 19, of Red Deer is seeking to resolve the charges without a trial. Through his counsel Walter Kubanek, his charges were adjourned to Dec. 7 for pleas to be entered.

King, Potter and Conway will have a one day preliminary hearing. These hearings are held to test the strength of the Crown’s case before heading to trial.

The preliminary hearing is scheduled for Jan. 13, 2016 in Red Deer provincial court.

Lagrelle is charged with forcible confinement, aggravated assault, disguise with intent to commit an offence, robbery, pointing a firearm, using a firearm in the commission of an offence and possession of a firearm contrary to an order.

King is charged with forcible confinement, aggravated assault, disguise with intent to commit an offence, robbery, pointing a firearm, using a firearm in the commission of an offence and failing to comply with a court order.

Potter is charged with forcible confinement, aggravated assault, disguise with intent to commit an offence and robbery.

Conway is charged with forcible confinement, aggravated assault, disguise with intent to commit an offence and robbery.

The four were arrested on July 30 at the Aladdin Motor Inn in North Red Deer. Police executing a search warrant on a room at the hotel found a victim being held against their will. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was treated at the scene

by EMS and released. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Second fugitive hunted FRANCE LAUNCHES AIRSTRIKES ON ISLAMIC STATE

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have told The Associated Press their sources indicated 19 people participated in the Paris attacks and five others provided hands-on logistical support.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve conceded that “the majority of those who were involved in this attack were unknown to our services.”

Mohamed Abdeslam, another brother of fugitive Salah Abdeslam, on Tuesday urged his brother to turn himself in. Mohamed, who was arrested and questioned following the attack but released Monday, told French TV BFM that his brother was devout but showed no signs of being a radical Islamist. He said Salah prayed and attended a mosque occasionally, but also dressed in jeans and pullovers.

Plane crash the result of ‘terrorist act’ PUTIN VOWS TO HUNT DOWN THOSE WHO CARRIED IT OUT would be paid in dollars.

“According to our experts, a homemade explosive device equivalent to 1 kilogram of TNT went off onboard, which caused the plane to break up in the air, which explains why the fuselage was scattered over such a large territory. I can certainly say that this was a terrorist act,” FSB head Alexander Bortnikov said.

He said tests showed the explosives had been produced outside of Russia, but gave no further details.

All of the people on board, most of them Russian tourists, were killed when the Metrojet Airbus 321-200 crashed over the Sinai Peninsula on Oct. 31, about 23 minutes after taking off from the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh. The plane was headed to St. Petersburg, where most of the passengers were from.

Egyptian authorities opened an investigation into a possible security breach or infiltration by militants of

the airport staff soon after the crash, security officials said. The investigation has been focused on baggage handlers, their security overseers and also personnel involved in aircraft catering, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.

Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said his government was informed only on Tuesday of the results of the Russian investigation into the cause of the crash and he shied away from endorsing its conclusion that a bomb was to blame. Speaking in Sharm el-Sheikh following a Cabinet meeting there, Ismail said Egypt would “bear in mind” the Russian conclusion.

Aviation Minister Hossam Kamal, meanwhile, sought to cast doubt on the Russian declaration, saying the technical investigation into the crash by experts from Egypt, Russia, France and Ireland had not concluded its work.

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in the Mediterranean, to start co-operating with the French military on operations in Syria. His order came as Russia’s defence minister said its warplanes fired cruise missiles on militant positions in Syria’s Idlib and Aleppo provinces. IS has positions in Aleppo province, while the Nusra militant group is in Idlib.

Moscow has vowed to hunt down those responsible for blowing up a Russian passenger plane over Egypt last month, killing 224 people, mostly Russian tourists. IS has also claimed responsibility for that Oct. 31 attack.

Seven of the Paris attackers died Friday, six after detonating suicide belts and one from police gunfire.

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attacks were a game-changer for the bloc. “This is Sept. 11 for Europe,” he said.

Paris police said 16 people had been arrested in connection to the deadly attacks, and police have carried out 104 raids since a state of emergency was declared Saturday.

French military spokesman Col. Gilles Jaron said the latest airstrikes in the Islamic State group’s de-facto capital, the Syrian city of Raqqa, destroyed a command post and training camp. NATO allies were sharing intelligence and working closely with France, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said.

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Pictures of victims, flowers and candles are set in memory in front of Le Bataclan concert hall in Paris, France, Tuesday, four days after over 120 people were killed in a series of shooting and explosions. Displayed, is a memorial for Mathieu Hoche.

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PARIS — French police are hunting for a second fugitive directly involved in the deadly Paris attacks, officials said Tuesday, as France made an unprecedented demand that its European Union allies support its military action against the Islamic State group.

The disclosure of a second possible fugitive, whom authorities said they hadn’t identified, came as French and Russian warplanes pounded the jihadi group’s self-declared capital in Syria. President Vladimir Putin ordered a Russian military cruiser to work with France on fighting the militants in Syria and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hinted at a possible Syrian cease-fire so the world could focus on crushing IS. French and Belgian police were already looking for a key suspect, 26-year-old Salah Abdeslam, whose suicide-bomber brother, Brahim, died in the attacks Friday night that killed at least 129 people and left over 350 wounded in Paris. Islamic state militants have claimed responsibility for the carnage.

Seven attackers died that night — three near the national stadium, three inside the Bataclan concert hall and one at a restaurant nearby. A team of gunmen also opened fire at nightspots in one of Paris’ trendiest neighbourhoods.

However, French officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday that an analysis of the attacks showed that one person directly involved in them was unaccounted for. The three officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to provide details about the ongoing investigation, said the second fugitive has not been identified.

The Paris attacks have galvanized international determination to confront the militants.

The French government invoked a never-before-used article of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty obliging members of the 28-nation bloc to give “aid and assistance by all the means in their power” to a member country that is “the victim of armed aggression on its territory.”

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said all 27 of France’s EU partners responded positively.

“Every country said: I am going to assist, I am going to help,” Drian said.

Arriving for talks in Brussels, Greek Defence Minister Panagiotis Kammenos told reporters that the Paris

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Transplant gives new face to burned firefighter

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — A volunteer firefighter badly burned in a 2001 blaze has received the most extensive face transplant ever, covering his skull and much of his neck, a New York hospital announced Monday.

The surgery took place in August at the NYU Langone Medical Center. The patient, 41-year-old Patrick Hardison, is still undergoing physical therapy at the hospital but plans to return home to Senatobia, Mississippi, in time for Thanksgiving.

The surgery has paved the way for him to regain normal vision, and in an interview last week he said that will let him accomplish a major goal: “I’ll start driving again.”

More than two dozen face transplants have been performed worldwide since the first one in France in 2005. Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, who led the surgical team that did Hardison’s transplant and recently wrote a review of the field, said Hardison’s is by far the most extensive performed successfully in terms of the amount of tissue transferred.

The transplant extends from the top of the head, over Hardison’s skull and down to the collarbones in front in back, it reaches far enough down that only a tiny patch of Hardison’s original hair remains — its colour matched by the dark blond hair growing on his new scalp. The transplant includes both ears.

It’s “a historic achievement,” said Dr. Amir Dorafshar, co-director of the face transplant program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, who was not involved in the operation. “This type of treatment option will potentially revolutionize the care of patients with severe facial burn injuries.”

The surgery began Aug. 14 and lasted 26 hours. It left no scars on Hardison’s new face because the seam of the transplanted tissue runs down the back of his skull.

The donor was 26-year-old New York artist and competitive bicyclist David P. Rodebaugh. He had died of injuries from a biking accident on a Brooklyn street.

Hardison was burned Sept. 5, 2001, in Senatobia in northwestern Mississippi. A 27-year-old father of three at the time who’d served for seven years as a volunteer firefighter, he entered a burning house to search for a woman. The roof collapsed, giving him third-degree burns on his head, neck and upper torso.

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This combination of photos provided by the New York University Langone Medical Center shows Patrick Hardison before and after his facial transplant surgery in New York. Hardison was burned in 2001, in Senatobia, Miss. A 27-year-old father of three at the time who’d served for seven years as a volunteer firefighter, he entered a burning house to search for a woman. The roof collapsed, giving him third-degree burns on his head, neck and upper torso.

Memphis, Tennessee, burn centre.

Doctors used a layer of skin from his legs to cover his wounded head, but he had lost his ears, lips, most of his nose and virtually all of his eyelid tissue.

Since he could not blink, doctors used skin grafts to reinforce what remained of his eyelids and sewed them nearly shut to protect his eyes. That left him with only pinhole vision.

“I was almost totally blind,” he recalled. “I could see just a little bit.”

His face was “one huge scar,” Rodriguez said.

Hardison still went to baseball games and did other things outside, although people stared. He playfully told curious children that he had fought a bear. Still, he said, life was hard. He endured 71 surgeries.

Eventually a church friend of his wrote to Rodriguez, who had performed a 2012 face transplant at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The doctor said he would try to help, and in August 2014 Hardison was

placed on a waiting list.

“We were looking for the ideal donor,” one who matched Hardison on biological traits to minimize the risk of his body’s rejecting the new tissue, as well as things like skin and hair colour, said Rodriguez, who by then had moved to NYU Langone.

A year later, Rodebaugh was identified as a potential donor by LiveOnNY, the non-profit organization that seeks transplant organs and tissue in the New York City area. A native of the Columbus, Ohio, area, he had signed up to donate organs. His mother gave permission to use his face, noting that Rodebaugh had always wanted to be a firefighter, said LiveOnNY president Helen Irving.

The hospital paid for the transplant operation, which included attaching four bone segments to Hardison’s skull, as anchors to prevent the face from drooping.

Now, three months later, the lower part of his face remains swollen, but

Rodriguez said that will go away in a few months. With his new eyelids and more surgery, he’s expected to regain a normal field of vision for the first time in more than a decade. He will have to continuing taking medications to prevent his body from rejecting the transplant.

Eventually, “a casual observer will not notice anything that is odd” in Hardison’s new face, which will blend features of his original face and the donor’s, Rodriguez said.

Hardison said his new face has already made a difference when he goes outside.

“I used to get stared at all the time, but now I’m just an average guy,” he said.

He’s been told he can’t return to firefighting because of insurance concerns, but he has another plan: motivational speaking or something similar, perhaps for wounded veterans.

His message? “Just how there is hope.”

Hard-to-treat TB highlights need to improve care for children worldwide

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — When a 2-yearold returned sick from a visit to India, U.S. doctors suspected tuberculosis even though standard tests said no. It would take three months to confirm she had an extreme form of the disease — a saga that highlights the desperate need for better ways to fight TB in youngsters in countries that can’t afford such creative care.

Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a global health threat, and it’s particularly challenging for young children who are harder even to diagnose, much less treat.

Doctors at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center are reporting how they successfully treated one of the few tots ever diagnosed in the U.S. with the worst kind — extensively drug-resistant TB, or XDR-TB, that’s impervious to a list of medicines.

“This was so difficult, even when we had all these resources,” said Hopkins pediatric TB specialist Dr. Sanjay Jain, who co-authored the report being published Monday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The child now is 5 and healthy, but Jain calls the case “a wake-up call to the realities of TB.” Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that usually strikes the lungs, spreading through coughs and sneezes. A recent World Health Organization report says TB sickened nearly 10 million people worldwide in 2014, including 1 million children. That’s double earlier child estimates, reflecting some countries’ better counts. Many experts suspect the toll is still higher because children in hard-hit countries can die undiagnosed.

In much of the world, doctors “don’t have anything like a CT scan to use to help them with this. They just have to use a stethoscope and a scale and their clinical judgment,” said Dr. Anna Mandalakas, director of the global tuberculosis program at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.

The Hopkins patient, who wasn’t identified, returned from a threemonth family trip to India with a high fever. A battery of tests yielded no diagnosis, and no relatives were sick.

But X-rays and CT scans found clues, a spot on her lung and some enlarged lymph nodes.

To diagnose adults, doctors check their sputum for TB germs. Children, especially younger than 5, don’t harbour nearly as much bacteria — and tots tend to swallow rather than cough out the mucus, Jain explained. Suspicious doctors threaded a tube into the girl’s stomach for samples, so a lab could try to grow and identify any bacteria lurking in them.

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Keioleen Helly, 3, center, is held by her grandmother Kionina Kaneso as she gets her temperature taken by medical student Ailea Apana at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine in Honolulu. The family was getting shots for a tuberculosis test required for entry to most shelters from volunteers at a mobile medical van by lantern light Meanwhile, the child was prescribed four standard TB drugs. Her fever broke, and she gained weight — changes that in many TB-stricken countries would signal successful treatment. But X-rays showed persistent lung inflammation. And after a month, workers finally detected slow-growing TB germs in one of those lab samples, something to use for more complex testing.

Confirmation that she had the scary XDR-TB came 12 weeks after the girl’s initial exam, Jain said. Three of the four drugs she was taking didn’t work.

Her fever roared back, lung tissue began dying. Doctors switched her to five different, riskier, medications — but had no fast way to monitor if they were working.

So Jain tried something experimental, stemming from his research on using special low-radiation CT scans to track infections. A scan showed her lungs were starting to clear weeks into the new therapy. She was declared in remission after 18 months of treatment, and continues to be healthy.

Drug-resistant strains of TB are on the rise, especially in India, China and Africa. The hardest-to-treat XDR form is very rare in the U.S., where patients are isolated from the public while being treated to prevent the strain’s spread. The Centers for Disease Con-

trol and Prevention counts 74 XDR-TB cases since 1993, two in children under 5.

The Hopkins case offers a lesson for hard-hit countries, that children may harbour resistant TB even if they seem to improve shortly after beginning standard treatment, Mandalakas said.

Beyond the challenge of diagnosis in children, few TB medications

come in pediatric doses, forcing health workers or parents to chop or crush pills.

The non-profit TB Alliance, the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, is developing a child-friendly formulation of standard tuberculosis treatment — combining proper doses in easy-to-take tablets — expected to become available next year.

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In-laws acting cruel to grandchildren Dear Annie: My in-laws have always vacations every year, some lasting for caused problems, but things have es- three weeks.

Somehow, they aren’t too busy for calated since my husband and I had that. children.

Meanwhile, they send us They live 30 minutes random texts berating us away, but they refuse to visabout not visiting more and it. that we don’t do enough for When our second child them. was born, they didn’t come Worse, when they see to my baby shower or to the the kids, they insult them hospital. When they finaland make fun of their slow ly visited, they didn’t even physical development and look at the baby. They won’t speech impediments. But FaceTime to see the grandthey are little kids and kids. progress takes time. I am We told them we’d come angry and hurt. I dread the to their home when the kids KATHY MITCHELL upcoming holidays. aren’t napping, but they AND MARCY SUGAR My husband feels as I do, said if we couldn’t spend but these are his parents. the entire day, they aren’t ANNIE’S MAILBOX The stress has caused a lot interested in seeing us at of problems in our otherall. wise happy marriage.

When we try to schedule I am not yet 30 and cannot imagine a visit, they usually say they are “too spending the rest of my life like this. busy.”

Yet when we do manage to see What can I do? — Feeling Blue Dear Blue: No one should be perthem, all they do is sit on the sofa and mitted to make fun of your children’s watch TV. They don’t interact with the chil- developmental issues.

Period. Your in-laws sound both dren. My in-laws take several luxury

toxic and selfish. Couples with young children are allowed to set their schedules.

We suggest you be unfailingly polite while you explain that, no, you cannot come visit now because the kids are napping (or in school or have other activities).

When you can do a whole-day visit, offer to do so.

But if the in-laws insult your kids, leave immediately. If they don’t like it, too bad.

And make sure your husband backs you up on this.

Dear Annie: My boyfriend and I are discussing marriage.

We have both been married previously.

We already live together and have everything we need.

We would like to have a picnic or something and just surprise everyone with a wedding, so that no one feels obligated to bring gifts.

Normally, when we have picnics with friends and family, we provide the main courses and everything else is potluck.

Would that be acceptable in this sit-

uation? — Wondering in Pennsylvania Dear Wondering: The idea of surprising your friends with an impromptu picnic wedding is a lovely idea.

Just be sure that the people most important to you will make the date a priority and show up, and others won’t be offended because a picnic seemed to be no big deal and they spent the day elsewhere.

But unless it is the custom among your friends to supply the wedding feast, we don’t think it is appropriate to ask your guests to bring the food. If people offer, you can say it’s not necessary.

If they choose to bring something anyway, so be it. They will consider it a wedding gift.

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Alpha Omega a family affair

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Not that Prevail’s planning to flame out anytime soon, but Alpha Omega is the name of the new hip-hop group he formed with his sister’s son.

The Vancouver-based MC feels the Greek words for ‘the beginning’ and ‘the end’ aptly describe the partnership between himself (Prevail is a veteran rapper and half of Swollen Members), and his real-life nephew, an MC who’s relatively new to the hip-hop scene.

“I’ve had a longer tenure in rap,” said Prevail, who performs with Alpha Omega on Thursday at Wild Bill’s Sports Bar in Red Deer.

At age 40, he realizes some people might see him as heading toward the “twilight” of his career, while 26-yearold Neph is just getting started. “I’m in the ushering out phase, while he’s in the ushering in phase.”

Prevail and Neph (also short for Nefarious One and Nephilim) started working together because they’re family.

They soon discovered something that fans are already starting to notice on Ghost Town, the first single off Alpha Omega’s up-coming six-track EP, The Concept.

Their rap styles blend seamlessly.

Ghost Town is a moody, atmospheric duet of their hypnotic vocals, interspersed with voice-over clips from a B-movie style announcer. “It transfixes people,” said Prevail, who was happy to see the familial chemistry he shares with Neph translate in the studio.

“We had no preconceived notions of what it would be like, but it happened to be absolutely amazing.”

Prevail used to bring his young nephew foreign coins from his overseas tours. Later, the two started playing chess together, and eventually, making music.

Their Alpha Omega tracks have

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“My partying days are behind me,” Sheen said in an “open letter” posted online. “My philanthropic days are ahead of me.”

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Alpha Omega performs on Thursday at Wild Bill’s Sports Bar in Red Deer. Doors at Wild Bill’s open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance. less angry edge than Prevail’s tunes with Madchild of Swollen Members.

But the MC believes The Concept still shows many dimensions — from the high-energy Toxic Avengers and A.O. to the more subdued and melodic Bluntly Speaking — with chorus written by Neph.

The latter is about power of words.

Both MCs name their favourite authors — Hunter S. Thompson for Neph and Herman Hess for Prevail, who explained, “Siddhartha is one of the books that helped guide me as a young man.”

While words can be considered shallow in this age of Twitter, Prevail believes there’s always an intellectual underground of “those who are seeking” who look for ideas in literature “to validate their own thought process … You have to be a seeker and you end up finding others who are seeing.”

These days harsh — and not necessarily wise — words are being exchanged between West Coast rappers Madchild and Snak the Ripper. It all started with a dissing Tweet from Snak and led to an vicious exchange of rap tunes on Youtube.

Is the vitriolic spat a publicity stunt?

Prevail claims he doesn’t have any insider’s knowledge. But he mentions that rap has always been about settling hostilities in a non-violent way — a test of verbal skill, wit and rhythm. If there’s some high drama involved, why not? he added, with a chuckle.

“Life can always use a jolt.”

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This manifesto was released as the former Two and a Half Men star appeared on NBC’s Today to say he tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS about four years ago, but that, thanks to a rigorous drug regimen, he’s healthy.

When asked by Today co-host Matt Lauer if he had transmitted the disease to others, Sheen declared, “Impossible. Impossible,” and insisted he had informed every sexual partner of his condition beforehand. He told Lauer he has had unprotected sex with two partners, both of whom knew ahead of time, adding, with no clarification, “They were under the care of my doctor.”

That claim was disputed by Bree Olson, who was living with Sheen in 2011

as one of his two “goddesses.”

“He never said anything to me,” Olson said on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio show Tuesday. “I was his girlfriend. I lived with him.”

She said she learned of Sheen’s condition only in the past few days, prompting her to be tested. She told Stern the results were negative.

Asked by Lauer if he expected “a

barrage of lawsuits” from past sexual partners alleging he infected them, he said wanly, “I’m sure that’s next.”

But in California, where Sheen resides, a person can be charged with a felony only if they are aware they are HIV-positive and engage in unprotected sex with another person with the specific intent of exposing them to the disease.

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BDC earmarks cash for downturn $500M MORE FOR SMALL, MEDIUM BUSINESSES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK OF CANADA

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The head of the Business Development Bank of Canada says it is setting aside $500 million in extra financing to help small- and medium-sized businesses weather the downturn caused by low oil prices.

BDC president Michael Denham said that while there’s not a crisis yet, with delinquencies and loss rates up only slightly, the bank wanted to be ready for a potential increase in demand in the months ahead.

“There’s no massive deterioration right now, but in order to be prepared for when our clients and entrepreneurs need to access more financing, we took this step today,” Denham said Tuesday in an interview.

He said the funding amounts to about a 40 per cent increase compared to the bank’s normal lending in the oil and gas sector, and that the bank will also be working to process applications faster.

“Given the needs of the sector, we’re making more dedicated financing available than is typically the case.

We’re going to work the files through

our processes much more rapidly than is typically the case. So we’re tackling this with a level of urgency,” Denham said.

He said the bank hasn’t tapped out its current allocation of funds for small and medium oil and gas companies, which almost all work on the service side of the industry and make up about five per cent of the bank’s portfolio. But he said the bank wants to make sure clients have confidence it will be there for them in the coming months.

The funding is intended to help businesses increase their efficiency, improve financial management, buy new technology and equipment, and especially diversify away from the oil

and gas industry, said Denham.

Dan Kelly, president and chief executive of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, said the funding could be helpful.

“Often in an economic downturn, especially one that affects one sector harder than others, capital markets can dry up pretty fast,” said Kelly.

The bank also plans to provide advice to companies on how best to adjust their businesses to endure the impact of the economic downturn.

BDC is a crown corporation that supports Canadian entrepreneurship through loans, investments, and advisory services. It has more than 100 business centres and over 32,000 clients across Canada.

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This photo shows a Norfolk Southern locomotive on Chicago’s south side. Canadian Pacific Railway says it has proposed a merger with U.S.-based Norfolk Southern Corp. to create a transcontinental railroad

CPR proposes merger with Norfolk Southern

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Canadian Pacific Railway formally proposed a merger with U.S. rail company Norfolk Southern on Tuesday in the hopes of creating a transcontinental railway, a deal that would extend the already vast reach of Canada’s second-largest railway.

The proposal was announced after markets closed Tuesday and includes a sizable premium in cash and stock, the Calgary-based railway said, although details weren’t immediately available. It also came hours after the chief operating officer for Canadian Pacific said consolidation in the rail industry in North America was inevitable.

In announcing the merger, CP said it was confident it could satisfy the concerns of regulators on both sides of the border, adding that the proposal could create a company with the potential for faster earnings growth

than either railway could achieve on its own.

“CP strongly believes that the combined railroad would offer unparalleled customer service and competitive rates that will support the success of the shippers and industries it serves, and satisfy the U.S. Surface Transportation Board and Canadian regulators,” CP said in a news release.

CP (TSX:CP) also said the merger would alleviate congestion in Chicago by using underutilized hubs that would free up capacity for other railways operating through the city without the need for more infrastructure.

“An efficient end-to-end freight shipment solution will also improve safety, reduce highway congestion, and allow the rail industry to play an even greater role in the revival and sustained recovery of the North American economy.”

CP said it plans to take a new approach to terminal access, including giving shippers the option to connect with another railroad if the merged

company fails to provide adequate service or competitive rates.

Neither CP nor Virginia-based Norfolk Southern could be reached for comment after the announcement. But CP said it hopes the board of directors for Norfolk Southern will give the offer “due consideration” and engage in a “thoughtful dialogue on creating a new industry leader.”

CP CEO Hunter Harrison has long advocated consolidation in the rail industry to ease congestion and transport goods more efficiently across the continent.

Earlier Tuesday, CP chief operating officer Keith Creel told a conference that an industry pause on mergers will eventually end.

“When it comes to consolidation, it’s not if, but when,” he told a Scotiabank transportation conference in Toronto.

He acknowledged that CP’s affinity for mergers — it tried but failed in its overture to Florida-based CSX Corp. a year ago — isn’t popular with some competitors.

A Red Deer agriculture consulting business is being bought out.

California-based Trimble announced last week that it will acquire the assets of privately held Agri-Trend, which operates the largest network of independent agriculture consultants in North America. The company has more than 200 specialists in Canada and the U.S., including 110 “coaches” specializing in agronomy, precision farming, crop marketing and farm business management. They are backed up by a team of science specialists, who support the coaches and the Agri-Data Solution platform, which is a proprietary farm data management solution.

Trimble is a leader in precision agriculture technology, which allows farmers to maximize efficiency and reduce chemical and fertilizer inputs.

In a release announcing the purchase, Agri-Trend founder Rob Saik says his company has been working with farmers for 17 years and the deal will mean even more help can be provided.

“The combination of our advanced agricultural technical expertise and Trimble’s exceptional precision agriculture tools provides us with a platform that will support production practices that are sustainable both from an environmental and financial perspective for today’s farmers.”

Trimble has been in business since 1978 and is listed on NASDAQ as TRMB.

Suncor to boost spending Suncor Energy has set a capital budget for 2016 that’s $900 million higher than what it expects to spend this year.

That’s despite the company’s gloomy outlook for commodity prices next year: U.S. benchmark crude unchanged at US$50 a barrel and a Canadian heavy oil price that’s $2 lower than this year’s forecast.

Canada’s dominant oilsands producer aims to spend between $6.7 billion and $7.3 billion next year — a range it says offers the flexibility to respond to changing market conditions.

Lots of activity in the agricultural sector this month

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Exhibitors I talked with were happy, calling it one of the best shows they attend.

And they were doing business this year, which is an indicator of the economic stability still evident in many parts of ag, despite uncertainties in the rest of the economy.

The opening day of AgriTrade also coincided with a major business announcement. Word came that Red Deer based firm Agri-Trend had been purchased by Trimble of California. AgriTrend is a group of companies founded by Red Deer

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entrepreneur Rob Saik, who has also served as the Agri-Trade committee chair for the last several years. In 1997, he started the private company, now considered the largest network of independent agricultural consultants in North America, with a ‘Chevette and a soil probe,’ as he puts it. By putting together a team of Agri-Coaches to help advise farmers on crop production, he was able to lead producers into new areas of precision agriculture, with things like field mapping and diagnostic plant work. That led to the formation of other divisions like Agri-Data, and providing grain marketing, business information and even carbon credit selling services.

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“Trimble’s acquisition of Agri-Trend is another step towards total farm management for the grower,” said Joe Denniston, vice president for Trimble’s Agriculture Division. “Together, Trimble and Agri-Trend will enable the integration of decisions and execution to give greater control over the outcome, resulting in maximized productivity for the grower.”

“Agri-Trend has been working side by side with farmers for over 17 years.

With the strength that Trimble provides, we aim to help even more farmers as the move to precision agriculture continues to gain momentum globally,” said Saik.

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The highest profile one was Agri-Trade, which filled every available inch at Westerner Park in Red Deer with exhibits of big and small farm machinery, and ag business tools ranging from high tech to simple, good ideas. It also filled the city with visitors from all across Western Canada and parts of the U.S. To walk the Agri-Trade floor is to get a glimpse of how big, technologically advanced, and diverse the business of

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Penny stocks are high risk Derek, I heard about a great penny The reality tends to be the opposite. stock, should I invest?

My experience tells me that most of The allure of getting rich in the these ventures fail miserably. I have stock market can be a very seen hundreds of thousands powerful incentive to invest squandered on these ideas. in a small company that While it can be true that a you may not fully undervery small percentage of stand. To be sure, there are these companies may ultitwo ways to put your hard mately succeed and the ruearned savings to work mours turn out to be true; it – one is to invest, and the is more likely they are simother is to speculate. If you ply that, rumours. invest, your plan typically is Before investing in a to earn a consistent return small company that trades over the long-term. If you for pennies a share, it may speculate, you’re hoping to be helpful to decide how make it rich in a very short much you’re comfortable DEREK time frame. In my experilosing. In fact, you should FUCHS ence, those who speculate be perfectly comfortable WEALTH WATCH tend to lose a lot of money. losing all your investment.

Too often an investor There is no magic number; brings a penny stock to it is simply a decision that if my attention with the hope of making that money were to be gone tomorrow, lots of money. The scenario typically it wouldn’t change your financial cirplays out like this: they have a friend cumstances. or co-worker who knows someone who Be aware that investing in a penworks at the company they are wishing ny stock isn’t just a high risk venture; to invest in. Usually, the story is that it’s beyond that – it’s speculative and the company may be on the brink of a you have a real chance of losing monhuge contract, a big resource discov- ey. Once you’re comfortable with how ery, or an amazing cure for a disease. much money you’re willing to lose, you Whatever the background, the poten- can move on. tial for return seems astronomical.

The next step should be to under-

stand why there is so much hype about this company in particular. Too often these opportunities follow the pattern of what is known as a “pump and dump” scheme. This is where a major shareholder spreads false rumours about the company in efforts to drive the share price higher.

In these cases, the share price moves higher (pump), the major shareholder sells their shares at this lofty price (dump), and the shares come crashing back down.

The hopeful investors are left holding worthless shares while the major shareholder walks away with a hefty return.

Another consideration is to be aware of how many shares trade on a daily basis. With penny stocks, you will often see a few thousand shares traded daily or perhaps none at all.

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The final thought is to determine why you’re investing in the first place.

In most cases, investors who save money regularly do not need to make giant returns to meet their goal.

While it would be nice to make millions in a hot stock, the reality is that most of these ideas will set you back further in the long-run. I often say to keep your life exciting, and your investments boring.

Boring investments may not make you rich over night, but they shouldn’t lose all your money either.

Lastly, before you make any investment decisions, it is critical that you discuss your objectives and tolerance for risk with a professional advisor.

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Happy investing!

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in one of its own factories, which is due to start production in 2017. Tissue sales from Atlas will immediately generate six per cent of Resolute’s overall pre-tax operating earnings, while the addition of production from the company’s plant in Calhoun, Tenn., will raise that even further. Newsprint, specialty paper, pulp and lumber are expected to contribute a smaller share of earnings going forward.

“We still believe we can make money from paper for a while, but eventually we need to look to other opportunities to use this solid wood and pulp base for other products,” chief financial officer JoAnn Longworth said Tuesday in an interview.

Resolute (TSX:RFP) has been investing in the past few years to expand its pulp and wood operations while also looking at entering the tissue business.

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Resolute counters dwindling paper demand by accelerating entry into tissue making Resolute Forest Products is stepping up efforts to counter dwindling demand for paper by accelerating its entry into the North American tissue business. The Montreal-based company expects to become the continent’s 10th largest tissue maker — joining Canadian rivals Cascades and KP Tissue — with the acquisition of Florida-based Atlas Paper and investing

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Apple Pay is demonstrated at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. Apple’s year-old mobile-payments service is expanding to more countries, banks and merchants, as it faces growing competition and some challenges before it becomes as commonplace as plastic cards. Apple Pay is now available in Canada.

Apple Pay launches in Canada for AMEX customers TORONTO — Apple Pay officially launched in Canada on Tuesday, but only a small number of Canadians will be able to buy books, burgers and bagels with their mobile phones at first.

The mobile payments app allows users to upload credit card data to their devices and use it for tap-to-pay systems or in-app purchases.

Apple said seven retailers, including Tim Hortons, Petro-Canada and Indigo Books and Music, will accept payments at first, with more to come.

Yet most Canadians won’t be able to use Apple Pay because it currently only accepts American Express cards issued by Amex Bank of Canada and the tap-and-pay system only works with the iPhone 6 and 6S models.

Apple will require the co-operation of banks and card issuers such as Visa and MasterCard to make the system work on a widespread basis, but Canada’s large financial institutions have so far been silent on working with the Cupertino, Calif.,-based tech company.

Penelope Graham, editor at RateSupermarket.ca, said the banks are wary of Apple cutting in on the transaction fees they charge merchants, which Visa and MasterCard agreed to cap at 1.5 per cent earlier this year.

American Express, as an independent company, can set its own fees.

“There’s less red tape for Apple to work with American Express to launch it here,” she said.

American Express cards issued through the company’s partnership with Scotiabank cannot be used for Apple Pay. The company accounts for less than 10 per cent of the total value of Canadian credit card transactions.

According to media reports, Apple charges a 0.15 per cent fee in the Unit-

ed States and a lower fee in the United Kingdom, where EU rules put much lower limits on transaction fees.

Graham said it is inevitable that Apple and the big banks will come to some sort of a agreement, because both sides are interested in growing the mobile payments market in Canada.

All five major banks have their own mobile payment apps, and independent competitors such as SureTap and Ugo are also looking to grab a slice of the market.

“If you look at the direction all of the banks are going, putting this kind of investment into their financial technology, they certainly anticipate that this is the future of payments,” she said.

Aside from the absence of Visa and MasterCard, Apple Pay also faces an obstacle in that only the Apple Watch and its latest two iphones, the iPhone 6 and 6S, include the built-in wireless technology known as near-field communication that makes contactless payments possible.

Apple Pay can also be used for inapp purchases on the iPad models that feature Apple’s fingerprint-sensing security. Apple Pay launched in the United States in October 2014 and in the United Kingdom in July 2015. Australians can also use Apple Pay as of now, but they too are limited to American Express cards.

Jonathan Magder, senior manager at Accenture, said his company’s research has shown that Canadians won’t adopt mobile payments just for the sake of convenience.

He said Apple needs to work with retailers to provide discounts and link its product with existing loyalty programs in order to drive adoption.

“You, as a consumer, don’t walk into a store thinking about how you want to pay,” he said.

bonus to the purebred owners. This year proved to be a real boost for the community of Forestburg, since both the bull and female winners were from that community. It was also a sweep for the Red Angus breed. Taking Supreme female honors was a cow-calf pair that were proven winners, Red K Adams Zaria, and her calf Red Ter-Ron Shocker; owned by Ter-Ron Farms. The bull was Red Redrich Aftershock; owned by Redrich Farms and Wood Coulee Red Angus. The two families are neighbours and friends, and were thrilled to share such a big day of victory.

Another big ag event held recently in Red Deer was the Westerner Park Championship Dairy Showcase, which attracted one of its largest slate of entries in several years. Getting the nod as the Grand Champion Holstein this year was an eight-year-old cow still in peak form, Lakefield Dundee Janice.

She’s proudly owned by Continental Holsteins of Leduc. The reserve champion was a three-year-old with a bright future, Wendon Dempsey Prude. She’s owned by a group including B. Murphy & Borba, Eaton, and Pat Conroy, but was bred by Wendon Holsteins of Innisfail. Young local breeders (and committee members) Markus and Amanda Hehli of Mosnang Holsteins of Rimbey were excited to be named Premier Breeders of the Holstein show. Premier Exhibitor honours went to Westcoast Holsteins of B.C. For the Jersey breed, Lone Pine Jerseys of Didsbury claimed both those awards. Shady Nook Farms had the Champion Jersey, with Reserve going to Steve and Marie Smith.

Also, the Outstanding Young Farmers of Canada program is holding its national event in Edmonton this week. It brings together regional winners from across the country to share their stories and get to know each other. Alberta is represented by Patrick and Cherylynn Bos of Rock Ridge Dairy, an innovative goat milk farm business.

So, there are plenty of accomplishments in agriculture to celebrate this month!

Dianne Finstad is a veteran broadcaster and reporter who has covered agricultural news in Central Alberta for more than 30 years. From the Field appears monthly in the Advocate.

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Saik adds it was key for him that Agri-Trend be able to maintain its independent position. Trimble provides technology for various manufacturers, so isn’t allied with any one particular brand of equipment or farm inputs.

Agri-Trend will continue to operate as in the past, with Darren Howie of Lacombe now moving into the G.M.’s role.

It’s a real agri-business success story, in our own back yard.

“It’s really a dream come true for me,” added Saik. “It’s like watching a child, conceived in Red Deer, and nurtured in Western Canada, which now can be taken out globally.”

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it likely wouldn’t be far off the mark to call Saik Red Deer’s newest millionaire.

Saik himself becomes an employee of the new entity, staying on in charge of Global Business Development. That will also enable him to work on another current project; a documentary film he and his son Nick are producing called Know GMO, showcasing the real science and the ‘other’ side of the GMO story from around the globe. Filming is nearly complete and now comes the mammoth tasks of boiling 95 hours of footage down to a 90 minute product, plus raising the rest of the needed funds.

They’re hoping to have to have it ready for release by next summer.

In the meantime, many Agri-Trade visitors make a ‘double-duty’ trip, by also spending some time at Farmfair International, the livestock show, and the Canadian Finals Rodeo in Edmonton, which runs at the same time. There’s always a good crowd on hand for the Alberta Supreme Championship. It brings together the Farmfair beef breed champions, along with the winners from the Olds Fall Classic and the Lloydminster Stockade Round-Up. A panel of judges sizes up the impressive bunch of bovines, and then Supreme champions are selected. The winners receive a Ram truck, which is a huge

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 125.69 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.92 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.44 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.87 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.24 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.50 Cdn. National Railway . . 76.99 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 184.68 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 34.54 Capital Power Corp . . . . 18.66 Cervus Equipment Corp 13.98 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.65 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 49.63 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 19.66 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.69 General Motors Co. . . . . 35.21 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 22.68 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.24 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 42.30 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 33.20 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.16 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 5.73 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 42.48 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 122.30 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.64 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.80 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 69.33 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto Stock Exchange closed lower Tuesday as commodity prices continued their recent slide and the shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals took another hit.

The S&P/TSX composite index fell 37.13 points to end the day at 13,280.39, led lower by losses in the gold and materials subsectors.

Tuesday’s loss comes after the TSX posted a 242-point gain on Monday to snap an eight-day losing streak.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals, whose stock prices has fallen by more than 70 per cent as American politicians have criticized its practice of raising drug prices and regulators have scrutinized its relationship with specialty pharmacy Philidor, dropped another $4.22 to end the day at $93.57.

On commodity markets, the December gold contract fell $15 to settle at US$1,068.60 an ounce, while the December crude oil contract lost $1.07 to US$40.67 a barrel and the January contract for natural gas lost 2.7 cents to US$2.527 per mmBtu. “Concerns about slowing demand from China and other emerging markets are weighing on commodity prices, and therefore the underlying equities as well,” said Tim Caulfield, director of Equity Research and portfolio manager at Franklin Bissett Investment Management.

Caulfield said it’s unclear how demand for Canada’s raw materials and precious metals will rebound as the world economy deals with tepid growth and low inflation.

“It’s just a time of uncertainty where there are so many question marks,” he said.

Despite the fall in commodities, the Canadian dollar ended the day up 0.09 of a cent at 75.14 cents U.S.

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 20.54 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.82 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.92 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.84 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . . 9.29 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 16.22 First Quantum Minerals . . 5.10 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 15.22 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.34 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.34 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.29 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 26.92 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.770 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 6.23 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 18.00 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 25.00 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 49.47 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.59 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 21.81 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 33.05 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 9.44 Canyon Services Group. . 4.07 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 20.38 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1600 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 10.94 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.560 New York markets saw little change as the Dow Jones industrial average rose 6.49 points to close at 17,489.50, the broader S&P 500 index fell 2.75 points to 2,050.44 and the Nasdaq climbed 1.4 points to 4,986.01.

A U.S. Labor Department report said the consumer price index rose 0.2 per cent in October after falling the previous two months.

“October’s inflation numbers are just the sort of confirmation the Fed is looking for that domestic strength is generating inflationary pressures,” said Leslie Preston, an economist at TD Bank.

That could increase the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will begin raising short-term interest rates from historic lows as early as next month, added David Chalupnik, head of equities at Nuveen Asset Management.

“Historically, hiking interest rates would not be good for the stock market, but at this point it’s a psychological boost that the economy is self-sustaining enough that the Fed could get off the zero interest rate policy,” Chalupnik said.

In other economic news, the Federal Reserve said that U.S. manufacturing output rose 0.4 per cent in October, the first gain in three months, as factories cranked out more steel, cars and computers.

The rise suggests that U.S. manufacturers may be overcoming challenges they have faced for most of this year, including a high American dollar and slow overseas growth.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,280.39, down 37.13 points Dow — 17,489.50, up 6.49 points

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 79.96 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 38.11 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.86 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 18.59 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 42.82 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.16 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.520 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.31 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 38.57 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.870 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.00 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 40.43 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1500 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 75.80 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 60.54 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.17 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.75 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 35.46 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 38.48 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 87.60 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.77 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 43.46 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.80 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 75.49 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 43.70 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.29 S&P 500 — 2,050.44, down 2.75 points Nasdaq — 4,986.02, up 1.40 points Currencies: Cdn — 75.14 cents US, up 0.09 of a cent Pound — C$2.0249, down 0.12 of a cent Euro — C$1.4170, down 0.66 of a cent Euro — US$1.0648, down 0.36 of a cent Oil futures: US$40.67 per barrel, down $1.07 (December contract) Gold futures: US$1,068.60 per oz., down 15 dollars (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $19.572 oz., down 17.4 cents $629.24 kg., down $5.59 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Jan. ‘16 $1.90 lower $470.20 March ‘16 $1.70 lower $476.40 May ‘16 $1.90 lower $479.90 July ‘16 $1.80 lower $483.40 Nov. ‘16 $0.30 lower $477.60 Jan. ‘17 $0.30 lower $477.70 March ‘17 $0.30 lower $477.70 May ‘17 $0.30 lower $477.70 July ‘17 $0.30 lower $477.70 Nov. ‘17 $0.30 lower $477.70 Jan. ‘18 $0.30 lower $477.70.

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.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 381,560 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 381,560.

TransCanada touts projects beyond Keystone, Energy East pipelines

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Major pipeline proposals like Keystone XL and Energy East may have been getting an awful lot of ink recently, but TransCanada Corp. wants its shareholders to also pay attention to the smaller, less splashy aspects of its business.

In addition to the $35 billion in large-scale projects it has on the go, TransCanada is working on $13 billion in small- to medium-sized developments that are expected to come into service over the next three years.

None of those have been as headline-grabbing as Keystone XL, the cross-border oil pipeline U.S. President Barack Obama rejected earlier this month, or Energy East, the contentious Atlantic-bound proposal that’s winding its way through the Canadian review process.

The bite-sized, near-term projects on the docket include expansions to TransCanada’s existing natural gas networks, natural gas pipelines in Mexico, regional oil pipelines and power generation facilities.

“There’s a lot of other things going on in the company and we’ve made quiet progress on a number of those fronts,” CEO Russ Girling said Tuesday during TransCanada’s investor day, which was webcast.

“You can see that the story is much bigger than Keystone XL.” TransCanada executives reiterated their disappointment in Obama’s Keystone XL rejection, but continued to refer to the project in the present tense during their presentations.

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The company is weighing its options, which could include reapplying for a cross-border permit under a new U.S. administration.

The company has sunk about US$2.4 billion into Keystone XL, about 40 per cent of which Paul Miller, the executive in charge of liquids pipelines, says can be recovered.

About half of the expenditure so far has been on tangible items like pipe that could, at least in part, be put to other use.

Chief operating officer Alex Pourbaix said TransCanada has learned from its Keystone XL experience when it comes to how the upfront costs of a project are shared with its customers, especially when those undertakings face mounting social and political challenges.

“While Keystone and projects like it remain critical to serving North America’s future energy needs, we will only advance them if we can minimize the risks our shareholders experience in the event they don’t proceed,” said Pourbaix.

As an example, Pourbaix highlighted TransCanada’s approach to a pair of natural gas pipelines the company is planning so that it can connect natural gas supplies in northeastern British Columbia to proposed liquefied natural gas terminals on the coast.

“If they do not proceed, we will recover the approximately $300 million that we have spent securing regulatory permits for each project from our customers and if they do proceed, they will provide our shareholders with significant longterm upside.”

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Jackets hang at the factory of Canada Goose Inc. in Toronto. Canada Goose plans to double staff at a new factory in Winnipeg by early next year as it lays the groundwork for a bigger international expansion.

Canada Goose plans to grow manufacturing presence in Winnipeg

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada Goose plans to double staff at a new factory in Winnipeg by early next year as it lays the groundwork for a bigger international expansion.

President and CEO Dani Reiss says a new facility opened last month and already employs 80 people.

He hopes to see that level spike — first to about 160 employees by March with a further goal of 364 people working there by the end of March 2017.

“We want to be able to support growth in the markets … where we’re growing very quickly,” Reiss said in an interview.

The company says hiring is being done in partnership with the Manitoba government, which has helped support the training of employees.

Canada Goose has been quickly building its capacity over the past two years after securing a deal with U.S. private investment firm Bain Capital, which took a majority stake in the brand.

The company was founded in 1957

by Reiss’ grandfather, but over the past decade, the brand has become a household name, featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit edition and in various Hollywood movies.

Last January, Canada Goose purchased a 45,000 square-foot facility in Toronto from a company that was making its garments under contract.

Its new Winnipeg factory is significantly larger — measuring 103,000 square feet. It’s located at 1455 Mountain Ave., just north of the company’s existing operations in the city.

In total, Canada Goose now has two factories in Winnipeg and two in Toronto. The company also contracts out manufacturing work to about 20 other factories across the country.

All of its products are made in Canada, with the exception of its gloves, which are manufactured in China. The company has said it can’t find a Canadian facility with the technology to make down-filled gloves.

Reiss said the made-in-Canada brand is focused on making sure it can meet the growing demands for its jackets and outerwear in the United States, which is now its fastest growing market.

“The (U.S.) for the first time this year is going to be bigger than Canada in terms of overall market size,” he said.

Beyond North America and Europe, Reiss is weighing expansion at a tempered pace.

“In a few years, we feel like we’d be in a pretty good position to enter the Chinese market,” he said.

“When we do it, we want to do it properly.”

B.C. NDP pledges sweeping energy retrofits to create jobs, save on rate hikes

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS BURNABY, B.C. — Opposition New Democrat Leader John Horgan isn’t ruling out cancelling the $9-billion Site C Hydro electric project already under construction if his party wins the 2017 provincial election.

Horgan made the statement while launching his PowerBC plan Tuesday, pledging provincewide retrofits of everything from the Revelstoke Dam to private homes.

He said his plan would create jobs across B.C. and protect families and businesses from rising power rates through accelerated energy retrofits of public buildings, schools, commercial structures and homes.

Horgan said he would revisit the question of cancelling the Site C project leading up to the provincial election 18 months from now, adding life would go on if the agreement was shelved.

“I don’t think we’re at the too-late stage,” he told reporters.

Energy Minister Bill Bennett disagreed, calling the suggestion to cancel the Site C project “an asinine idea.”

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Bombardier says flight testing now complete for long-delayed CS100 jet MONTREAL — Bombardier says its long-delayed CS100 aircraft has completed certification flight testing and is awaiting a final review and acceptance

by Transport Canada.

The Quebec-based company (TSX:BBD.B) says all that remains now is to finalize the submission of the remaining documentation to Transport Canada for the smaller of its two CSeries jets.

The company said earlier this month that its CSeries aircraft had made more than 1,000 test flights for the certification process.

It added at the time that it expected

He said if Horgan wants to fight an election on that issue then “let her rip.”

Bennett noted that by 2017 the majority of the construction costs and work on the dam will be underway, including the diversion of the Peace River.

He said Horgan’s suggestion amounts to telling job seekers to put away their new work boots and hard hats.

The NDP energy plan would also include upgrading existing Crownowned BC Hydro facilities like the Revelstoke Dam. Horgan said his plan would free BC Hydro to pursue clean-energy opportunities that draw upon wind and solar power and use emerging technologies.

He said the plan would also include partnerships with First Nations and clean-energy providers.

Horgan said his plan is more cost effective and efficient than the Liberal energy plan, which he described as stuck in the 1950s.

“I’ll put (my plan) against Christy Clark’s any day of the week,” he added. certification by the end of the year.

Rob Dewar, vice-president for the CSeries aircraft program, says the jet now is conducting route proving exercises by touching down at airports across Canada and the United States.

Dewar says the CSeries is preparing to enter service with Swiss International Air Lines, part of the Lufthansa Group, in the first half of 2016.

Energizer Resources posts profit of $50,000 in 1st quarter TORONTO (AP) — Energizer Resources Inc. (ENZR) on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $50,000, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

On a per-share basis, the Toronto-based company said it had profit of less than 1 cent.

The company’s shares closed at 4 cents. A year ago, they were trading at 13 cents.

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Getting a feel for the next level REBELS PROSPECTS GETTING A LOOK AT LIFE IN WHL AFTER WEEK OF PRACTICE

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR The experience of skating and practising with the Red Deer Rebels has been everything Carson Sass anticipated, and more.

In addition, his scheduled one-week visit with the WHL team may be extended and turn into something more.

“When I first found out I was coming to Red Deer I was excited, I couldn’t wait to get out here,” the Melville, Sask., native said Tuesday, prior to a practice session at the Kinex.

“It’s been fun so far.”

It’s also been a bit of an eye-opener for Sass and fellow 16-year-old defenceman Ethan Sakowich, each of whom were invited by Rebels GM/head coach Carson Sass Brent Sutter to work out with the team this week.

“Brent said I’d be here a week, but it could be longer. I don’t know yet,” said Sass, who is a key member of the midget AAA Yorkton Maulers.

The six-foot-one, 175-pound rearguard has embraced the challenge of keeping up to the Red Deer regulars during practice.

“It’s different, a lot different than midget triple A back in Saskatchewan, but I think I can adjust to it,” he said. “For sure the practices are more structured, more upbeat and everything like that.”

Sutter watched Sass perform during a game between Yorkton and the host Saskatoon Blazers Nov. 8. He came away impressed.

“I like his overall game,” said Sutter. “He can skate, he moves the puck well and he’s got bite in his game. From his positional play in his own zone, you can tell he’s an intelligent player.

“I thought he was really good during the game I watched, and from what Randy (Rebels director of scouting/player development Peterson) and Shaun (assistant GM/director of player personnel Sutter) are saying he’s been really good all year.”

While it took several games to emerge, Sass has developed an offensive touch this season. In fact, he’s the Maulers’ top-scoring defenceman with five goals — including two on the power play — and 11 points in 17 games.

“I started the season off slow, in the first eight games I didn’t get a point,” he said.

“Then I got two points in one game and kind of rocked it from there … I got nine points in a fivegame stretch.

“I kind of transformed into more of a two-way guy.

Last year I was more defensive and now I’ve gained some confidence and got my offensive game up. I’m playing lots of minutes, including on the power play.

“I think I can play at this level. I want to play at this level and I guess we’ll see what happens.”

Sass has already signed a standard WHL education contract and will likely be with the Rebels sooner than later, but will it be this season, even on a look-see basis?

“Obviously he’s still young and still has a ways to go,” said Sutter. “But there’s certainly a real good upside there.

“He and Sakowich will stay here this week.

They’ll watch us play Friday (versus the visiting Saskatoon Blades), practise with us Saturday and then we’ll see from there.”

Sutter said there is a possibility that one of both of the prospects will still be in Red Deer next week.

With veteran defenceman Kayle Doetzel out week to week with a foot fracture and fellow rearguard Braden Purtill out until early December after undergoing surgery on a broken finger, the Rebels are down to six healthy blueliners, which would suggest that Sass and Sakowich could provide temporary depth.

Doetzel was injured during the Rebels’ last home game — a 4-3 win Nov. 3 over the Seattle Thunderbirds. He played the first two games of the team’s recent five-game road trip before being put on the injury list.

“He played two games after the injury, but it just wasn’t getting any better so we shut him down,” said Sutter. “He’ll be out for awhile.”

• Former Rebels netminder and Los Angeles Kings prospect Patrik Bartosak is facing 12 domestic-related assault charges after an incident Monday with his girlfriend.

Bartosak, 22, is facing a felony second degree assault charge, seven domestic simple assault charges, and three criminal threatening charges from the alleged incident according to L.A. Kings Insider Jon Rosen. The incident occurred while Bartosak was playing with the ECHL’s Manchester Monarchs on a conditioning stint.

A statement from the L.A. Kings on Tuesday said, “This is a very serious matter and these allegations represent a type of behavior we do not stand for. We will continue to gather information and comment further when appropriate.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Flames cool off Devils

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Flames 3 Devils 2 CALGARY — When David Jones broke into the NHL with the Colorado Avalanche eight seasons ago, he didn’t think about eventually scoring his 100th goal.

Not only did Jones reach the memorable milestone on Tuesday in his 407th NHL game, his goal stood up as the winner and he also had an assist to lead the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils.

“To get 100 goals in the NHL is pretty cool,” said Jones. “I never thought I would get that. Hopefully there’s more to come.”

Jones one-timed a pass from linemate Joe Colborne past New Jersey goalie Cory Schneider at 6:09 of the second period for his team-leading seventh goal. It was also the first time Jones has scored this season during a win for Calgary.

“It’s certainly nice to get it against those guys and get a win,” said Jones, who now has goals in backto-back games for the first time this season. “I know throughout my whole career, once you get a hot stick, you just try and put everything on the net. I’m a little streaky that way. I’m sure I’ll go some games without scoring, but I’m relishing this opportunity that the puck’s going in right now.”

Jones’s linemates also had two points each as Matt Stajan finished with a goal and an assist, while Colborne set up two goals.

“When you do the right things out there, the hockey gods take care of you,” said Calgary coach Bob Hartley, who was pleased with the trio’s play.

TJ Brodie also scored for the Flames (7-12-1), who stretched their winning streak against the Devils to six straight games dating back to Jan. 10, 2012.

Making his ninth straight start in net for Calgary, Ramo stopped 18-of-20 shots he faced to improve his record to 5-7-0.

Bobby Farnham and Jordin Tootoo scored for the Devils (10-7-1), while Schneider finished with 27 saves.

Ramo made a couple of early stops to turn aside scoring attempts by New Jersey forwards Mike Cammalleri and Adam Henrique, before making a save with his mask to prevent Kyle Palmeiri’s wrist shot from going into the net.

“I thought we had some real quality chances early in the game before they made it 1-0 that we didn’t capitalize on and then we had some real good pushes late that we weren’t able to finish.,” said New Jersey coach John Hynes.

The Flames opened the scoring at 10:04 of the first when Brodie took a tape-to-tape pass from Johnny Gaudreau in the high slot and used his speed to get around New Jersey forward Lee Stempniak before firing a sharp-angle shot to the top corner in behind Schneider.

“I was stunned that went in,” said Schneider.

“It literally hit me and I turned to watch it go wide.

Sometimes it gets caught up in your jersey there and pulls it in. Again, it was a shot I should have stopped and thought I stopped.”

Stajan had his first goal of the season a short time later at 13:33 when he drove hard to the net to swat a rebound past Schneider.

Farnham scored for the Devils at 4:01 of the second period when he shovelled a loose puck in the crease past Ramo before Jones answered right back for the Flames at 6:09.

New Jersey pulled within a goal at 8:06 of the second when Tootoo fired a shot from the slot to the top corner over Ramo’s blocker during a New Jersey power play.

Brodie had one of the best scoring chances for either team in the third period, but Schneider made a nice glove save to stop the breakaway opportunity.

Notes: Gaudreau had not recorded a point in Calgary’s previous four games before assisting on Stajan’s first-period goal. … Jones scored the 100th goal of his NHL career in his 407th career game.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Lindsay Thurber Raiders Hayley Lalor, 14, and Nikki Thomas, 7, block a shot from Notre Dame Cougar Kirsten Pinkey, 2, during game three of the 4A Zone senior girls volleyball final at Lindsay Thurber on Tuesday. The Raiders won the match three games to none.

Cougars, Raiders roll to wins in opening games of zone finals

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Cougars 3 Raiders 1 Call it a net result.

The Notre Dame Cougars were superior at the mesh during Tuesday’s opening match of the bestof-three 4A zone senior high boys volleyball final versus the host Lindsay Thurber Raiders, and, predictably, emerged as 3-1 victors.

“This is one of the best hitting teams that we’ve had and I think when we take care of first contact and passing on service receive, that it really gives us a lot of options and opens up the court for us,” said Cougars head coach AJ Mahoney, following his club’s 21-25, 25-14, 25-20, 25-18 win.

Earlier, the host Raiders swept Notre Dame 3-0 in the first match of the best-of-three senior girls zone final.

The Cougars boys were led by outsides Connor Sinnamon, Parker Biletsky and Griffin Moline, whose kill closed out the final set and the match.

The Raiders didn’t have the same killer instinct at the net and were hampered by a handful of service faults.

“Connor has been a big hitter for us all season and Parker is one of our captains and a big lefty, as is Griffin,” said Mahoney.

The series switches to Notre Dame for a second match Thursday. Mahoney insisted Raiders coach Terence McMullen will have his charges primed for the do-or-die contest.

“Terence always has a great team by the end of the season,” said Mahoney, who was impressed with the brand of volleyball played Tuesday.

“Terence and I are kind of the same way — we both like our teams to peak at the same time so we have a good match at the end. We’ve had some good battles back and forth throughout the season, but this is definitely the highest quality we have played at the same time and I’m looking forward to another big one on Thursday.”

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Raiders 3 Cougars 0 Head coach Kirsten DeZutter could not pinpoint any one area in which her Raiders dominated in the 25-18, 25-20, 25-15 conquest of their Red Deer foes.

Nor could she identity any one or two of her charges who stood out above the others.

That doesn’t mean she wasn’t impressed with her players’ performance.

“We’re proud of our efforts tonight and happy with the result,” said DeZutter. “I’m pleased all the way around. To be honest, I really believe it was a huge team effort tonight.

“We had one person step up to chase the ball down and another person getting the block. I really believe that it was a team effort. That’s how I felt tonight.”

Lindsay Thurber trailed 17-18 in the opening set before recording the next eight points in succession.

It was more of the same in the second set, with the score knotted at 19-19 before the Raiders garnered six of the next seven points, including a clinching service ace by Kelsey Lalor.

The two sides clash again Thursday at 6 p.m. at Notre Dame. The boys match will follow.

“We know it’s always going to be a battle with the other Red Deer teams, Notre Dame and Hunting Hills,” said DeZutter. “It’s a really healthy (inner-city) rivalry that we have here and we believe in ourselves.

“We just know that we have one more match and we’re not going to look past that at all. We know it’s going to be a tough match Thursday night.”

If the Cougars girls rebound to prevail Thursday, a third and deciding match will be played Friday at Lindsay Thurber.

If the Lindsay Thurber boys win at Notre Dame, the Cougars will host the deciding match Friday.

The winners will represent the Central zone in the 4A provincials Nov. 26-28 at Edmonton Jasper Place. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Looking to end season on a high MCILROY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Rory McIlroy is planning to round off his season as the European number one with a winning performance at the DP World Tour Championship this week.

Top of the standings, McIlroy is in pole position among seven players with a chance of winning the Race to Dubai on Sunday after the last event of the European Tour season at Jumeirah Golf Estates.

McIlroy, who missed last week’s BMW Masters in Shanghai, leads England’s Danny Willett by 1,613 points. He needs to finish ahead of Willett, and inside the top-three in case any of the next five players win the tournament, to secure his third European number one crown.

“I didn’t quite think I’d be in this position, especially after taking the week off last week,” McIlroy said Tuesday.

“But a few of the guys didn’t capitalize on that in China thankfully and I find myself in a position where it’s totally in my hands.

“If I go out and win the tournament, I win the overall thing no matter what anybody else does, and that’s a nice position to be in. I just want to win the tournament. I don’t care who finishes second, who finishes third.”

McIlroy’s bid for the European title has been hampered by an ankle injury this year ruled him out of three tournaments that would have counted toward the Race to Dubai - the Scottish Open, British Open and WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

He has played only 11 events this season and needed special intervention from the European Tour to get into the $8 million DP World Tour Championship.

The event is open only to the top-60 players on the Race to Dubai who have met the minimum requirement of having played at least 12 events.

McIlroy will not be playing any tournaments after this one until the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship from Jan. 21-24 next year.

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New Zealand great Lomu dies unexpectedly WELLINGTON, New Zealand — All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu, whose power and pace revolutionized rugby and whose humility and grace won millions of fans, died early Wednesday, New Zealand Rugby said. He was 40.

New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew said the union was “shocked and deeply saddened” to learn of Lomu’s unexpected death.

“Jonah was a legend of our game and loved by his many fans both here and around the world,” he said. “We’re lost for words. Our heartfelt sympathies go out to Jonah’s family.”

Lomu had dealt with the severe kidney ailment nephrotic syndrome since 1995 which forced his premature retirement from international rugby in 2002.

He played 63 tests for the All Blacks, scoring 43 tries and was the prototype of a new type of backline player who combined pace and size.

Lomu underwent a kidney transplant in 2004 and tried unsuccessfully to resume his professional career.

Injuries put Stamps in a jam

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — It will be an interesting few days for the Calgary Stampeders’ offensive line.

Injuries to a pair of Canadians means coming up with a contingency plan in case they can’t play in the CFL’s West Division final Sunday in Edmonton against the Eskimos.

After a couple of days off from practice, the Stampeders get back on the field Wednesday.

“It will be busy,” Stampeders head coach and general manager John Hufnagel said Tuesday. “There will be a lot of shuffling, but we will have to make a decision on Day 3 so they can get a full practice under their belts in positions we hope they’ll start the game with and hopefully finish.”

Sunday’s winner books a berth in this year’s Grey Cup on Nov. 29 in Winnipeg.

Centre Pierre Lavertu has a hamstring strain and won’t practise before Friday, Hufnagel said. Left guard Shane Bergman was to undergo a scan later Tuesday to determine the extent of his upper-body injury.

Hufnagel was already planning for the addition of an international player to the offensive line. Californian John Estes, signed as a free agent in July, started three

games at left guard for the Stampeders this season, but also played centre at the University of Hawaii.

Spencer Wilson shifted from right guard to the middle when Lavertu limped to the sideline in the first quarter of Sunday’s 35-9 division semifinal win over B.C. The versatile lineman from Toronto has played every position on the Stampeders’ offensive line during his career, including centre. Wilson put one snap over quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell’s head in the fourth quarter, but Calgary had the game well in hand by then.

“He had the one really bad snap and had some low snaps, but Spencer does practise the position,” Hufnagel said. “It’s not like it was foreign to him. He graded out well.”

Toronto defensive lineman Quinn Smith has flipped back and forth all season as Calgary’s emergency call-up when an offen-

sive lineman went down.

“He’s very aware of the playbook, the calls,” Hufnagel said. “He’s been a very handy person to have on your roster this year.”

Hufnagel prefers to leave Junior Turner where he belongs at defensive tackle, although Turner didn’t hurt Calgary’s protection in the half he played guard for Bergman on Sunday. Mitchell didn’t get sacked in the game.

Karl Lavoie of Quebec City coming off the injured list at left guard is an option with internationals Derek Dennis and Garry Williams remaining at tackle.

The Stampeders were tied with the Montreal Alouettes for the fewest sacks allowed this season (33).

The Eskimos haven’t played a game since Nov. 1 as they finished the regular season with a bye week followed by another for finishing first in the division.

Edmonton will be the healthier and more rested team. Their coaches have had ample time to prepare for either the Lions or Stampeders. Hufnagel didn’t believe the long break will be a disadvantage for the Eskimos on Sunday.

“I don’t believe so. I wish I had that problem to handle this year,” Hufnagel said. “I’m sure they had a plan. They’ll be fully prepared and they will be ready to go.”

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Maddon, Banister named managers of the year

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Joe Maddon won his third Manager of the Year award Tuesday and Jeff Banister his first after each guided his team on a surprising run to the playoffs.

In his initial season with the Chicago Cubs, Maddon took the National League prize following the club’s first post-season appearance since 2008. He also won in the AL with Tampa Bay in 2008 and 2011.

“It’s really good to know that what you believe in works in other places,” Maddon said during a break from his pizza-and-wine celebration with family and friends. “I didn’t tweak anything. It was the same approach.”

Maddon received 18 firstplace votes and 124 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

He beat out St. Louis’ Mike Matheny and the New York Mets’ Terry Collins by a surprisingly comfortable margin, becoming the seventh manager to win the award three times and the seventh to earn it in both leagues.

“To be the steward of this wonderful group of young players, I feel very fortunate,”

Maddon said on MLB Network.

Banister garnered 17 firstplace votes and 112 points, easily topping Houston’s A.J. Hinch and Hall of Famer Paul Molitor from the Minnesota Twins, another rookie manager.

Banister joined Houston’s Hal Lanier (1986), San Francisco’s Dusty Baker (1993), Florida’s Joe Girardi (2006) and Washington’s Matt Williams (2014) as the only men to win in their first season as a major league manager.

“To be able to have this in year one — tremendous,” Banister said. “But it means that we had a group of players that went out every single day, they showed up, they played well, they beat back some odds, they were resilient, they showed some grit and played together and really, truly played for each other on a nightly basis, and I was most proud of that.”

Texas won 88 games this season — 21 more than last year — in capturing the AL West title despite several significant injuries, including losing ace Yu Darvish for the entire season to elbow surgery.

The Rangers won their first two playoff games in Toron-

Estrada says returning to Jays was first option

to before dropping the next three and getting eliminated.

“All the things that I’ve been through in my lifetime — and there were a lot of times that I asked why — well there were times this year that I knew exactly why,” the 51-year-old Banister said. “It was so that I could give another group of people some thoughts, some ideas, some toughness and some motivation to continue to press forward.”

Hinch finished second with eight first-place votes and 82 points. Molitor got two firstplace votes and 33 points.

New York Yankees skipper Joe Girardi received a pair of first-place votes, and Toronto’s John Gibbons got the other one.

Maddon left Tampa Bay last fall and signed a $25 million, five-year contract to manage the Cubs. He took over a team that was coming off five straight losing seasons and hadn’t won a playoff game since 2003.

With his colorful, fun-loving manner, the 61-year-old Maddon led a young club to the third-best record in the majors at 97-65, good for third in the competitive NL Central behind St. Louis and second-place Pittsburgh.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon celebrates a win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League wild card baseball game in Pittsburgh. Joe Maddon has won his third Manager of the Year award, earning his first in the NL after guiding the Chicago Cubs to their first postseason berth since 2008.

Chicago beat the Pirates in the wild-card game and then the Cardinals in the Division Series before getting swept by the Mets in the NLCS. Matheny came in second with nine first-place votes and 87 points. Collins was listed atop three ballots and had 49 points.

Voting is conducted before

Price’s future up in the air awaiting Cy Young verdict

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Toronto wanted him back and Marco Estrada was happy to return. For the right-hander, it was a win-win situation.

The Jays agreed, signing him to a US$26-million, two-year deal that made sense for both parties.

For the 32-year-old Estrada, who made $3.9 million last season, it’s a gigantic pay hike that should translate into lifetime security for his family. For the Jays, needing to bolster their rotation for the likely loss of free agents David Price and Mark Buehrle, it’s two more years of service from a dependable, quality arm.

Estrada is also low maintenance and a comfortable fit in the Toronto clubhouse.

“He exemplifies everything we’re looking for in a Blue Jay player,” interim GM Tony LaCava told a Rogers Centre news conference Tuesday. “He earned this contract and we’re happy to have this day for him.”

The new contract was announced last Friday, but Estrada and LaCava met the media Tuesday to discuss the deal.

After being acquired from Milwaukee in a November 2014 trade for Adam Lind, Estrada started this season in the bullpen after rolling an ankle in spring training but soon pitched his way out of it.

Befuddling batters with a devastating change-up, Estrada went 13-8 with a career-best 3.13 earned-run average and a career-high 28 starts.

Only Jake Arrieta (.185) of the Chicago Cubs and Zack Greinke (.187) and Clayton Kershaw (.194) of the Los Angeles Dodgers held batters to a lower average this season than Estrada (.203).

And Estrada led the majors in that category after the all-star break, restricting opposition hitters to a .183 batting average.

Kershaw is due to make $34.6 million next season while Greinke will get $26 million. Arrieta made $3.63 million as an arbitration-eligible player in 2015, and isn’t eligible for free agency until after the 2017 season.

Estrada had several options after the Jays made him a $15.8-million qualifying offer. He could have opted for the one-year pot of gold, tested free agency or made another deal to stay in Toronto.

He chose the last option, saying it was “smooth sailing” getting the deal done.

“I would have taken probably less for more years,” he acknowledged.

“But it’s just the way things worked out. Two years is plenty … I feel like it’s an extremely fair offer.”

“Could I have got more years on the open market? Maybe. But I wanted to come back here.”

Estrada said one big reason was that most of his teammates are also coming back.

“And I feel it’s a pretty strong team to begin with.”

He and his family, who make their off-season home in Arizona and were originally less than happy about having to shift their spring training base to Florida, had also grown to love Toronto.

“They loved it out here,” he said.

“They had a really good time, felt safe and comfortable. That means the world to me. Knowing that they liked it as much as I did here, I knew it was going to be an easy decision to stay here.”

Estrada will join Marcus Stroman and R.A. Dickey in the 2016 rotation.

Looking for outside starting help is Job 1 but the Jays can also move Aaron Sanchez or Roberto Osuna from the bullpen. Drew Hutchinson is another option, albeit an enigmatic one.

the post-season.

Awards week is shaping up as a big one for the revitalized Cubs. Third baseman Kris Bryant was chosen NL Rookie of the Year on Monday, and ace pitcher Jake Arrieta is one of three finalists for the Cy Young Award on Wednesday.

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TORONTO — David Price can join a select list of Blue Jays on Wednesday when the American League Cy Young Award winner is announced.

But even if Price is right for the award, the free agent pitcher may be an asterisk on the Jays’ list of winners — Roy Halladay (2003), Roger Clemens (1997, ‘98) and Pat Hentgen (1996) — given his Toronto days could well be over.

Price (18-5), who joined Toronto on July 30 in a deal with Detroit just ahead of the trade deadline, is up against Sonny Gray (14-7) of the Oakland Athletics and Dallas Keuchel (208) of the Houston Astros for the AL award.

The six-foot-six Price won the award in 2012 with Tampa Bay. Interim Jays GM Tony LaCava was cagey when asked about Price.

“Without being specific to any one guy, we’re engaged with a number of free agents and we’re talking to a lot of teams as well,” he said.

The Cubs have already been linked to Price, who is expected to land a contract in excess of US$200 million.

Price went 9-1 with a 2.30 earnedrun average in 11 starts with the Jays.

He ranked first in the American League in earned-run average (2.45), third in innings pitched (220.1) tied for third in quality starts (24) and was fourth in strikeouts (225).

The National League Cy Young winner will also be announced Wednesday with Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs and Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers vying for the award. Kershaw has won the award three of the last four years.

The Jays are also in the mix for AL MVP on Thursday with third baseman Josh Donaldson up against Lorenzo Cain of the Kansas City Royals and Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels.

Canada escapes El Salvador with a draw

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada 0 El Salvador 0 SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Canada’s men’s soccer team may still be looking for their first victory in Central America in more than a decade but they’re leaving El Salvador feeling like they’ve put in a good month’s work.

The Canadians sit in second place in their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying group after a scoreless draw against El Salvador on Tuesday night at the Estadio Cuscatlan.

The result concludes a successful start to the semifinal round of qualifying in the CONCACAF region where Canada won last Friday against Honduras at Vancouver’s BC Place before salvaging a point in a very hostile environment in El Salvador.

“If you had asked me before for four points after two games I would have taken it,” said defender Adam Straith, noting he felt that Canada easily could have picked up three points has certain things gone their way.

“The results have been positive, the performances were positive. We wanted to get the Canadian fan base more positive about the team. I think we did that with a good performance in Vancouver. Now with a decent away performance here I think we’ve achieved what we set out to.”

El Salvador pressed Canada early and had the first corner kick of the game in the fifth minute.

Cyle Larin, who scored the winning goal in the 1-0 win over Honduras, had

WORLD CUP QUALIFYING Canada’s first scoring chance in the eighth minute.

Larin chested a throw-in from the left side before turning and firing but his volley was off the target.

Canada’s two trips to Central America in the last World Cup qualifying cycle were losses. They lost 2-0 to Panama in September 2012 and that infamous 8-1 result in Honduras the following month.

They haven’t won in this part of the world since 2004. Captain Julian de Guzman believes this result shows that Canada is no pushover playing in these tough conditions.

“For a lot of these guys, this is new for them. They’ve never experienced anything like this before. It’s an eye-opener,” said deGuzman, who moved ahead of former defender Paul Stalteri with his Canadian record-setting 85th appearance.

Denis Pineda had some early success operating down the left flank for El Salvador. He had the better of Karl Ouimette a few times and that led to El Salvador’s best chance of the first half.

In the 35th minute, Pineda beat Ouimette before carrying the ball into the middle towards goal. It ended up being played through on the right to Dustin Corea, who was through on goal but Canadian goalkeeper Milan Borjan raced off his line to cut down the angle and deflect the shot wide of the goal.

“I’m not happy with the chances our opponent created against us so we can say that we need to continue fighting a

‘I CONSIDER IT A GOOD RESULT AND A GOOD PERFORMANCE BECAUSE WE NEED TO DETECT EVERY TIME WHAT IS NECESSARY TO CONTINUE IMPROVING.’ CANADIAN HEAD COACH BENITO FLORO lot because we need to fix simple mistakes,” said head coach Benito Floro, who was pleased with his team overall.

“I consider it a good result and a good performance because we need to detect every time what is necessary to continue improving.”

Canada came back with a few chances late and had one opportunity go off the crossbar in the final five minutes.

In the 42nd minute, Larin rose for a cross that challenged El Salvador goalkeeper Henry Hernandez. It was a clean challenge with Larin getting his head to the ball first but it rattled off the crossbar and out.

With one of the last kicks of the first half, midfielder Will Johnson had a long range shot miss just high.

In a much more subdued second half with fewer chances, Corea had an opportunity to bring the home fans to their feet in the 54th minute when he cut in from the right ride and unleashed a fierce, curling left-footed effort from just outside the Canadian penalty area that Borjan got his hands to, forcing the ball out for a corner.

SCOREBOARD Hockey GA 67 58 66 68 74 61

Pt 31 26 25 21 21 18

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF Red Deer 22 15 7 0 0 85 Lethbridge 20 12 8 0 0 78 Calgary 22 11 10 0 1 63 Edmonton 22 8 11 3 0 59 Medicine Hat 18 6 9 2 1 64 Kootenay 22 4 16 2 0 47

GA 63 65 73 73 73 91

Pt 30 24 23 19 15 10

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF Kelowna 20 14 5 1 0 80 Victoria 22 14 7 0 1 71 Prince George 19 10 8 1 0 53 Kamloops 18 9 8 1 0 65 Vancouver 21 5 12 2 2 56

GA 63 45 56 58 84

Pt 29 29 21 19 14

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF 19 12 6 1 0 68 17 11 5 0 1 40 21 10 8 2 1 65 19 10 9 0 0 66 20 7 12 1 0 59

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Pt 25 23 23 20 15

Tuesday’s results Regina 4 Medicine Hat 2 Prince Albert 4 Moose Jaw 1 Everett 2 Kootenay 0 Edmonton 6 Vancouver 2 Swift Current at Seattle, late Wednesday’s games Medicine Hat at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Prince George at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Everett at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Swift Current at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Edmonton at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Friday’s games Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Prince George at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

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

Seattle at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Tri-City at Portland, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Swift Current at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Victoria at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

WHL Scoring Leaders G 18 16 13 16 19 5 12 5

Brayden Point, MJ Dryden Hunt, MJ Tyson Baillie, Kel Reid Gardiner, P.A. Jonathon Martin, SC Brayden Burke, Let Ivan Nikolishin, RD Mathew Barzal, Sea

A 25 18 21 17 13 26 18 25

Pts 43 34 34 33 32 31 30 30

Devante Stephens, Spo Keegan Kolesar, Sea Luke Philp, Koo Radel Fazleev, CAL Tyler Wong, Let Michael Spacek, RD Noah Gregor, MJ Giorgio Estephan, Let Simon Stransky, P.A.

8 14 11 12 16 10 9 8 8

21 14 16 14 9 15 16 17 17

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OL 19 14 3 2 18 8 5 5 18 9 8 1

Montreal Ottawa Detroit

GF 67 54 41

Metropolitan Division GP W L OL GF NY Rangers 18 14 2 2 57 Washington 16 11 4 1 50 NY Islanders 19 10 6 3 54 WILD CARD W L OL 11 7 0 10 7 1 8 7 3 8 9 3 8 8 1 8 9 1 6 8 4 6 9 4 6 10 2 7 12 0

29 28 27 26 25 25 25 25 25

GA 42 57 45

Pt 30 21 19

GA 32 37 44

Pt 30 23 23

Pittsburgh New Jersey Florida Tampa Bay Boston Buffalo Philadelphia Toronto Carolina Columbus

GP 18 18 18 20 17 18 18 19 18 19

GF 40 46 49 46 56 41 35 46 35 48

GA 40 43 45 49 54 49 53 55 53 63

Pt 22 21 19 19 17 17 16 16 14 14

Dallas Nashville St. Louis

Western Conference Central Division GP W L OL GF 19 15 4 0 68 17 11 3 3 53 19 12 6 1 51

GA 48 40 46

Pt 30 25 25

Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

Pacific Division GP W L OL 18 12 6 0 18 10 8 0 19 7 6 6

GF 46 50 55

GA 38 47 50

Pt 24 20 20

Minnesota Chicago Arizona Winnipeg Anaheim Colorado Calgary Edmonton

GP 17 18 18 19 19 18 20 18

WILD CARD W L OL 10 4 3 10 7 1 9 8 1 8 9 2 6 9 4 7 10 1 7 12 1 6 12 0

GF 51 49 50 50 35 50 48 47

GA 47 44 54 62 49 50 74 58

Pt 23 21 19 18 16 15 15 12

Tuesday’s results San Jose 5 Boston 4 Dallas 3 Buffalo 1 Los Angeles 3 Philadelphia 2 (SO) Columbus 3 St. Louis 1 Toronto 5 Colorado 1 Pittsburgh 4 Minnesota 3 Nashville 3 Anaheim 2 Calgary 3 New Jersey 2 Monday’s results NY Islanders 5 Arizona 2 Anaheim 4 Carolina 1

Montreal 4 Vancouver 3 (OT) Florida 1 Tampa Bay 0 Detroit 4 Ottawa 3 (OT) St. Louis 3 Winnipeg 2

Thursday • Senior high volleyball: 4A zone finals — Lindsay Thurber at Notre Dame, girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow; second matches of best-of-three.

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

• Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Ramada at Central Alberta, 7:15 p.m., Lacombe;

Wednesday’s games Vancouver at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m.

Washington at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday’s games Dallas at Washington, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Boston, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Colorado at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Arizona at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Columbus at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

NY Rangers at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Buffalo at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Friday

Tuesday’s summary Flames 3, Devils 2 First Period 1. Calgary, Brodie 2 (Gaudreau, Monahan) 10:04.

2. Calgary, Stajan 1 (Jones, Colborne) 13:33.

Penalties — Colborne Cgy (tripping) 17:19, Stempniak NJ (interference) 18:15.

Second Period 3. New Jersey, Farnham 3 (Gionta, O’Neill) 4:01.

4. Calgary, Jones 7 (Colborne, Stajan) 6:09.

5. New Jersey, Tootoo 2 (Stempniak, Cammalleri) 8:06 (pp).

Penalties — Ferland Cgy (interference) 6:40, Merrill NJ (delay of game) 8:28.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Severson NJ (interference) 2:12, Hamilton Cgy (holding) 5:49, Stempniak NJ (tripping) 14:19.

Shots on goal New Jersey 6 9 5 — 20 Calgary 7 11 12 — 30 Goal — New Jersey: Schneider (L, 9-5-1) Calgary: Ramo (W, 5-7-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — New Jersey: 1-3 Calgary: 0-4.

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CFL PLAYOFFS Sunday’s results Division Semifinals East Division Hamilton 25 Toronto 22 West Division Calgary 35 B.C. 9

G 13 9 12 8 8 4 8 11 9 9 8 6 3 9 9 8 7 7 6 6 5 4 3 1

Patrick Kane, Chi Tyler Seguin, Dal Jamie Benn, Dal Taylor Hall, Edm Blake Wheeler, Wpg John Klingberg, Dal Nathan MacKinnon, Col Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Bryan Little, Wpg Mats Zuccarello, NYR David Krejci, Bos Artemi Panarin, Chi Erik Karlsson, Ott Max Pacioretty, Mtl John Tavares, NYI Brendan Gallagher, Mtl Jeff Carter, LA Tomas Plekanec, Mtl Daniel Sedin, Vcr Michael Cammalleri, NJ Evgeny Kuznetsov, Wash Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy Martin Hanzal, Ari P.K. Subban, Mtl

A 15 17 13 12 12 16 11 7 9 9 10 12 15 8 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 13 14 16

Pts 28 26 25 20 20 20 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17

Sunday, Nov. 29 103rd Grey Cup At Winnipeg Ottawa-Hamilton winner vs. Edmonton-Calgary winner, 4 p.m.

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 9 0 0 1.000 303 Buffalo 5 4 0 .556 231 N.Y. Jets 5 4 0 .556 217 Miami 4 5 0 .444 191 South L T 5 0 5 0

6 7

0 0

.333 .222

192 169

255 214

Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

W 8 6 2 2

L 1 4 7 8

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .889 .600 .222 .200

PF 235 236 210 186

PA 152 191 236 277

Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

W 7 4 4 2

West L T 2 0 5 0 5 0 7 0

Pct .778 .444 .444 .222

PF 205 224 227 210

PA 168 195 241 249

PF 273 205 212 166

PA 253 209 184 214

Green Bay Chicago Detroit

6 4 2

3 5 7

0 0 0

.667 .444 .222

219 199 167

185 234 261

West L T 2 0 5 0 5 0 6 0

Pct .778 .444 .444 .333

PF 302 166 199 126

PA 185 183 179 223

North

Sunday, Nov. 22 Division Finals East Division Hamilton at Ottawa, 11 a.m.

West Division Calgary at Edmonton, 2:30 p.m.

W 4 4

3 2

Pct .444 .444

PF 200 184

PA 169 207 184 225 PA 227 211

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct N.Y. Giants 5 5 0 .500 Washington 4 5 0 .444 Philadelphia 4 5 0 .444 Dallas 2 7 0 .222

Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

W 9 6 4 4

South L T 0 0 3 0 5 0 6 0

Pct 1.000 .667 .444 .400

PF 255 229 191 255

PA 175 190 237 315

Minnesota

W 7

North L T 2 0

Pct .778

PF 198

PA 154

Arizona St. Louis Seattle San Francisco

W 7 4 4 3

Monday’s Game Houston 10, Cincinnati 6

Sunday, Nov. 22 N.Y. Jets at Houston, 11 a.m.

Denver at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Oakland at Detroit, 11 a.m.

Indianapolis at Atlanta, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

St. Louis at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

Dallas at Miami, 11 a.m.

Washington at Carolina, 11 a.m.

Kansas City at San Diego, 2:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Seattle, 2:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Minnesota, 2:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at Arizona, 6:30 p.m.

Open: Cleveland, N.Y. Giants, New Orleans, Pittsburgh Monday, Nov. 23 Buffalo at New England, 6:30 p.m.

UFC

Curry scores 37 to lead Warriors to 12th straight win over Raptors

Despite loss, Canadian fighter Letourneau rises in UFC rankings

Warriors 115 Raptors 110 OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry scored 37 points to lead the defending champion Golden State Warriors to their 12th straight win to open the season, a hard-fought 115-110 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night.

Klay Thompson added 19 and Andrew Bogut scored 13 for the Warriors, who are off to the best start since Dallas won the first 14 games in 2002-03. Golden State needs just three more wins to equal the NBA record of 15-0 held by the 1948-49 Washington Capitols and the 1993-94 Houston Rockets.

It didn’t come easy as Toronto fought back from an 18-point deficit and trailed by just one late in the game with the ball. But Kyle Lowry was called for an offensive foul and Curry hit two free throws to help seal the win.

Lowry and DeMar DeRozan scored 28 points apiece for the Raptors, who have lost five of seven following a 5-0 start.

Despite her weekend loss to strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Canadian Valerie (Trouble) Letourneau has risen two places to No. 6 in the UFC’s women’s 115-pound rankings.

Letourneau, a Montreal native who trains out of Florida, went five rounds with the Polish champion in the co-main event of UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia.

Newly crowned bantamweight champion Holly Holm rocketed up the UFC rankings following her upset win over (Rowdy) Ronda Rousey in the main event. Holm, ranked seventh at 135 pounds going into UFC 193, now sits atop the bantamweight rankings. Rousey is listed as the No. 1 contender.

Holm’s rapid rise pushed six other women down, with Victoria’s Sarah Kaufman falling one place to No. 5. Holm, meanwhile, enters the UFC’s pound-for-pound ranking for the first time at No. 13 while Rousey drops seven spots to No. 11.

Former light-heavyweight champion Jon (Bones) Jones reappears in the rankings after the lifting of his UFC suspension.

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Red Deer Women’s League Hoosier Daddy 47 Funk 46 HD — Kristsy Landry 13 points; POG: Cori Jones.

Funk — Nichole Fischer 11; POG: Karen Howley.

Xpress 54 Dynamo 28 Xpress — Julia Devos 14; POG: Devos. Dynamo — Kacey Blanchett 10; POG: Blanchett.

Pink Panthers 54 Age Gap 35 PP — Rebecca Daly 15; POG: Laura Stephen.

Shooting Stars 43 Ball Hawks 39 SS — POG: Cheryl Chase.

Big Ballers 38 Rampage 27 BB — POG: Trisha Clough. Rampage — Rebecca Shaub.

Storm 61 Triple Threat 21 Storm — Andrea Meding 14; POG: Colleen Braithwaite.

Central Alberta Sr. Men’s Monstars 72 Grandview Allstars 70 Monstars — Adam Glover 12, Darren Wright 11; POG: Amara Fofanah. GV — Vic Moncholi 14, Rick Feser 14; POG: Tom West.

EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Cleveland 8 3 .727 — Chicago 7 3 .700 1/2 Toronto 7 4 .636 1 Atlanta 8 5 .615 1 Boston 6 4 .600 1 1/2 Miami 6 4 .600 1 1/2 Washington 5 4 .556 2 Indiana 6 5 .545 2 Detroit 6 5 .545 2 New York 6 6 .500 2 1/2 Milwaukee 5 6 .455 3 Orlando 5 6 .455 3 Charlotte 5 6 .455 3 Brooklyn 2 9 .182 6 Philadelphia 0 11 .000 8

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Golden State 11 0 1.000 — San Antonio 8 2 .800 2 1/2 Dallas 7 4 .636 4 Phoenix 6 4 .600 4 1/2 L.A. Clippers 6 4 .600 4 1/2 Oklahoma City 6 5 .545 5 Denver 6 5 .545 5 Utah 5 5 .500 5 1/2 Memphis 6 6 .500 5 1/2 Minnesota 5 6 .455 6 Houston 4 7 .364 7 Sacramento 4 7 .364 7 Portland 4 8 .333 7 1/2 L.A. Lakers 2 9 .182 9 New Orleans 1 10 .091 10 Monday’s Games Dallas 92, Philadelphia 86 Chicago 96, Indiana 95 Memphis 122, Oklahoma City 114 Boston 111, Houston 95 San Antonio 93, Portland 80 Phoenix 120, L.A. Lakers 101 Tuesday’s Games Washington 115, Milwaukee 86 Minnesota 103, Miami 91 Brooklyn 90, Atlanta 88 Detroit 104, Cleveland 99 New York 102, Charlotte 94 Denver 115, New Orleans 98 Toronto at Golden State, late Wednesday’s Games Indiana at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Brooklyn at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Portland at Houston, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

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

Toronto at Utah, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m.

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned RW Tomas Jurco to Grand Rapids (AHL) for conditioning.

BASEBALL American League LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with INF Cliff Pennington on a two-year contract.

National League CINCINNATI REDS — Promoted Steve Baumann to athletic trainer. Named Jimmy Mattocks assistant athletic trainer.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Signed SS Brandon Crawford to a six-year contract through 2021.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Named Harvey Sharman executive director/medical services Paul Lessard director, athletic training Dale Gilbert athletic trainer Patrick Panico and Joe Cancellieri corrective exercise specialists. Promoted Matt Eiden to strength and conditioning coach.

American Association AMARILLO THUNDERHEADS — Released INF Kori Melo, C Jordan Guida, RHP Clay Chapman, LHP Chris Cummins, RHP Eric Gleese, RHP Mark Haynes and RHP Tyler Pearson.

FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Released LHP Jonathan Chudy.

JOPLIN BLASTERS — Claimed RHP Richard Barrett off waivers from Amarillo.

KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Released RHP Michael Nannini and RHP Fernando Hernandez.

FOOTBALL

National Football League NFL — Suspended Oakland Raiders LB Aldon Smith for one calendar year for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy.

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Placed WR Breshad Perriman on injured reserve. Waived-injured DB Asa Jackson. Waived WR-KR Jeremy Ross. Signed WR Kaelin Clay, TE Chase Ford and CB Cassius Ford.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed CB Jacoby Glenn from the practice squad. Waived CB Terrance Mitchell.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived QB Brandon Weeden, CB Corey White and RB Christine Michael.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Placed TE James O’Shaughnessy on injured reserve. Claimed DT David King off waivers from Seattle.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed WR Chris Harper from the practice squad. Released OL Chris Barker.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed TE Chase Ford.

Signed TE Dominique Jones to the practice squad.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed WR Hakeem Nicks.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released WR Chris Matthews. Signed WR Kevin Smith from the practice squad.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed WR Tre McBride from the practice squad and WR Andrew Turzilli from San Francisco’s practice squad. Placed CB Jason McCourty and WR Justin Hunter on injured reserve. Signed LB Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil and CB Shaquille Richardson to the practice squad. Released LB Markus Pierce-Brewster.

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• Peewee AA hockey: Wheatland at Red Deer TBS, 12:45 p.m., Kinsmen A; Central Alberta at West Central, 2:45 p.m., Sylvan Lake.

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

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

• Midget AAA hockey: St. Albert at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Arena.

• Midget AA hockey: West Central at Central Alberta, 3:15 p.m., Blackfalds; Wheatland at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 4 p.m., Kinex; Lethbridge at Olds, 5:30 p.m.

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Blazers at Red Deer Strata Energy, 5:30 p.m., Arena.

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• High school football: South regional tier 2 final — Foothills at Hunting Hills, 1 p.m., Great Chief Park.

• Major bantam hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer, 2 p.m., Arena.

• Bantam AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Ramada, 2:30 p.m., Kinex.

• Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton Southside at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena.

• Chinook senior AAA hockey: Innisfail at Bentley, 7 p.m.

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

• Heritage junior B hockey: Ponoka at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.; Strathmore at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Okotoks at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

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• Peewee AA hockey: Olds at Red Deer Parkland, 12:30 p.m., Kinsmen A; Wheatland at Central Alberta, 4 p.m., Big Valley; Medicine Hat at West Central,

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• Senior high volleyball: 4A zone finals — Notre Dame girls at Lindsay Thurber, third match of best-of-three, if necessary, 6 p.m.; Lindsay Thurber boys at Notre Dame, third match of best-of-three, if necessary, 6 p.m.

• College volleyball: Ambrose College at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow.

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

• AJHL: Drumheller at Olds, 7 p.m.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.; Ponoka at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

• Chinook senior AAA hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Bentley, 8 p.m.; Stony Plain at Innisfail, 8 p.m.

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

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

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ATKINS Natalia (Dollie) Natalie (Dollie) Atkins, of Red Deer, AB, passed away peacefully, surrounded by the love of her family, at Mitchener Extended Care Facility, on November 11, 2015, at the age of 89 years.

Natalie will be lovingly remembered by her son Ray Atkins of Red Deer, and Linda Atkins of Red Deer.

Also left to honour her memory are her six grandchildren, ten greatgrandchildren, and her sister Mary Lorimer, of Westlock, AB, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Roy, in 2007.

Natalie, born in Romania, immigrated with parents and older sisters at the age of 6 months to Castor, AB. Natalie had a full life with her partner Roy operating several automotive repair shops in Calgary and a family run full service shop in Caroline, AB. Natalie assisted her son Ray with his own family run shop in Red Deer where Natalie did the books until she was 86. Natalie and her husband enjoyed numerous trips and wintering in Arizona until past surgery left her with a stroke and bed ridden for the past 3 years.

The family’s heartfelt thanks go out to all of Natalie’s helpers and workers at Mitchener Care Facility. She will be truly missed .. Love You Mom (GG) A Celebration of Natalie’s life will be held at Bower Kin Community Centre, 85 Boyce St., Red Deer, AB on Saturday November 21, 2015 at 1:00 p.m.

CLARK Donald 1933 - 2015 Donald Clark was born to Jim and Helen Clark in Rimbey, the same day as Johnny Cash, February 26, 1933 and has a story as remarkable!

He passed away Saturday, November 14, 2015 surrounded by loved ones.

He leaves a part of himself with each of his children who are left to mourn his loss; Robin (Murray Gommerud) Armitage, Deana (Brian Kolari) Gillies, Larry Clark and Lorry (Tim Visser) Clark, their children and grandchildren, step-daughter, Loro (DL) Carmen, and a dear foster son, Richard Sime. He also leaves many dear nieces, nephews and special friends to share his memory. A proud, loyal and dignified man chose his exit from this life and transitioned to be with loved ones who’ve gone before him, his beloved wife, Norma, his ex-wife and mother of his children, Marion, both parents, all of his siblings, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. A service of celebration, remembrance and healing will be held at the Radisson Red Deer, 6500 67 Street, Red Deer, on Friday, November 20, 2015 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.

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CLAYTON, Robert “Bob” 1934 - 2015 Bob Clayton passed away quietly at home in the company of his wife Betty on Thursday morning November 12, 2015 at the age of 81 years. They had been married for over 60 years and raised three children; Gordon Clayton of Cochrane, Alberta, and sisters MaryAnn Clayton and Rene’ (BettyAnn) Clayton both of Red Deer. He is also survived by five grandchildren, seven greatgrandchildren, and his sister Sadie (Sherrie) Jones of Calgary. He was predeceased by his parents Gordon and Margaret Clayton of Vulcan, Alberta.

Bob was a long-time resident of Red Deer and seasonal tenant at Spruce Bay on the shores of Pine Lake. Bob will be remembered for his congeniality, storytelling, and love for family and friends. As a young man Bob was known throughout southern Alberta for his athletic skills as a goaltender in hockey and catcher in baseball, playing on many highly competitive junior and senior men’s teams in the 1950’s. He left his home town of Vulcan, Alberta to join the Royal Canadian Air Force as a mission flight controller and spent a number of years assigned to NORAD (Northern Air Defense) in various postings such as Quebec City, Comox, B.C., Montreal, Duluth, Minnesota, and Schefferville, Quebec. Upon completion of his military career Bob became a process operator and was one of the original crew which started up the Great Canadian Oil Sands facility (now Suncor Energy) in Fort McMurray in 1967. In 1969 Bob moved his family to Red Deer to operate a Chevron gas plant west of Sylvan Lake from which he retired in 1992. He spent much of his retirement enjoying his love for sports, attending numerous tournaments, his love for travel, accompanied by family and friends on numerous trips to Hawaii, Mexico, and Southeast Asia, and his love of cooking, regularly trying new recipes. A formal memorial service for Bob will not be held at his request but a celebration of his life will be planned for the spring at Pine Lake. He will be sorely missed by family and friends but long remembered. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

DANIELS Darryll E. 1970 - 2015 Darryll E. Daniels passed away in Red Deer on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at the age of 45 years.

Darryll was born on May 1, 1970 in Helena, Montana to his parents Marjorie and Gordon Daniels.

Darryll touched and made a difference in so many lives.

Always thinking of others. His “art was from the heart”. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. We know our journey on earth is temporary, our circle with our creator is permanent. Your journey of pain and suffering on earth is over. However, your love and talents that you so freely shared will continue to live on. Darryll is survived by his parents, brothers; Gordon, JR and Nicholas, nieces; Jade, Vanessa and Leara, numerous aunts, uncles and cousins, as well as some “in laws” and “outlaws”.

He was predeceased by his brothers Chuck and Kyle and adopted sister Julia Rose. You will be loved and missed as long as the rivers flow and the grasses grow. Our family takes comfort in knowing you are in a better place. We will love and miss you forever. A memory from Darryll’s nieces: Uncle Darryll “you win” love Jade, Vanessa and Leara “pinky swear”. A Celebration of Life for Darryll will be held at our family home, #1, 27 Halman Crescent, Red Deer, on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 12:00 p.m.

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

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DICKSON Lloyd Erwin Lloyd Erwin Dickson passed away peacefully at his home in Red Deer on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at the age of 91 years.

He was born in Regina, SK, on May 9, 1924 and raised on the family farm in the Tregarva District, northeast of Regina.

He was a WWII Navy veteran, then worked at Alberta Government Telephones until retiring in Red Deer.

Over the years, Lloyd remained active in many community organizations including Sunnybrook Farm Museum, The Lending Cupboard, and Masonic Lodge. He is survived by his wife, Isabelle, son, Greg (Penny), and daughter, Barbara (Arnold), sisters; Bernice, Linda (Jerry), Dorothy-Ann, brothers; Harold (Shirley) and Ken, and two granddaughters; Lesley and Lynsey (Jade). A Memorial Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to one of following charities: Canadian Diabetes Association, 6, 5015 48 Street, Red Deer, AB, T4N 1S9, Sunny Brook Farm Museum, 4701 30 Street, Red Deer, AB, T4N 5H7, or the Lending Cupboard Society, 5406C 43 Street, Red Deer, AB, T4N 1C9. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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LANDRY Marie 1928 - 2015 Mrs. Marie Louise Blanche Landry passed away at the Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre, Lacombe, Alberta on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at the age of 87 years.

Marie was born on May 7, 1928 at Red Deer, Alberta the eldest girl of fourteen brothers and sisters. Marie left school early to work at the Red Deer Bakery in order to help support her siblings.

She married her sweetheart, Henry, after he returned from World War II. Marie and Henry lived on the Landry family farm until moving to Red Deer in 1980. She was a very active member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Red Deer, and a member of the CWL for sixtyfour years. She will be forever remembered for her baking, her welcoming smile and her overflowing will and generosity to help others.

Marie will be lovingly remembered by her sons, Chuck (Jan) Landry and Paul (Karen) Landry; her daughters, Annette Mymko and Jan (Tom) Blunden; eight grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.

Marie was predeceased by her husband, Henry; her parents, a grandson, Aarin, a daughter-in-law, Edie Sr., a son-in-law, Walter, as well as many of her siblings. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 5508 - 48A Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. with The Reverend Father Jozef Wroblewski celebrant.

Interment will take place at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 2:45 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Marie’s honor may be made directly to Lacombe Continuing Care, c/o Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre, 5430 - 47 Avenue, Lacombe, Alberta, T4L 1G8.

The family would like to extend a very special thank you to Dr. Van Niekerk, and all of the wonderful staff at the Lacombe Continuing Care for their kindness and compassion to their mother.

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

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Obituaries

BURKIN William Henry Dad’s strong heart, filled with love for his large family stopped beating on the evening of Friday, November 13, 2015 following a four week stay at Red Deer Regional Hospital. As family, we would like to express our thankfulness for the excellent care dad received. William Henry Burkin leaves behind his loving wife, Beryl, whom will miss his love and hand holding that occurred over the past seventy-five years.

William was predeceased by sons; Bill (Deloris) of Golden B.C., Bob (Sharon) of Fort Saskatchewan, Dennis (Linda) of Fox Creek, and son-in-law, Lyle (Brenda) of Fox Creek.

His sons; Alan of Edmonton, Raymond (JoAnne) of Red Deer, daughters; Brenda (Steve) and Cathy (Bryan) both of Fox Creek, grieve, and will miss his enjoyment of family and love for life.

There are twenty-two grandchildren, thirty-seven great-grandchildren and eight great, great-grandchildren, to continue his mantra of “Make Someone Smile Today”. Dad served in the British Military during the Second World War, in the European Campaigns, being hospitalized twice. He proudly wore his medals every Remembrance Day. Cremation has taken place, with internment at a later date. Dad’s remembrance will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. Following, there will be a tea for family and friends at Inglewood Seniors Living, 10 Inglewood Drive, Red Deer. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in William’s honour may be made directly to the Canadian Diabetes Association, 6, 5015 48 Street, Red Deer, AB, T4N 1S9 or the Canadian Cancer Society, 101, 6751 52 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4N 4K8, or to a charity of your choice. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

SMITH Gary Dwayne Smith passed away suddenly November 11, 2015 at the age of 69 years. The son of J.O. and Rebecca Smith, was raised at Poplar Haven Farms just north of Wimborne. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from the University of Alberta before returning home to farm and ranch with his father and brothers Ron and Robert. Some of his fondest memories were competing alongside Robert and friend Lorne Howard in rodeos throughout Western Canada first as bull riders and eventually as calf ropers.

Gary was also involved in the livestock export business and has worked throughout Mexico, Columbia, Brazil, Uruguay, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Russia, Kazakhstan and Asia. He has also served as a judge of beef cattle in many international livestock exhibitions. Gary is survived by his wife Kristine; son Guy (Emily); daughter Kelly (Scott) Fraser; Gary’s pride and joy, his grandchildren Brayden Taylor and Tilden Smith and Alex, Becca, Jill and Aubrey Fraser; sisters Cleo Ross and Donna Bennett; brother Ron (Ruth) Smith; sister in law Annette Smith; brother in law Jess Block and sister in law Andrea (Walton) Van Dyke; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and their families.

He is joined in heaven by his parents, brother Robert, brother in laws Jim Ross and Bill Bennett along with a few special cronies from across the cattle industry.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday November 20, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at the Olds Cow Palace (5116 54 St.) Olds, AB. HEARTLAND FUNERAL SERVICES LTD., INNISFAIL entrusted with arrangements.

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BRAND New House GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, Vistas - Sylvan rent $875 403-596-6000

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3 BDRM, 3 bath, 3 Ár, 3 parking, 5 appls, fenced yard, pets allowed to over 30ish parents with family at 7316-59 Ave. Rent/S.S. $1590.Ph 403-341-4627.

SEIBEL PROPERTY 6 locations in Red Deer, well-maintained townhouses, lrg, 3 bdrm, 11/2 bath, 4 + 5 appls.

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ACROSS from park, Oriole Park, 3 bdrm.

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1 BDRM., 3 appls., close to mall, seniors only, no pets, $860. rent, $600. SD balcony. 403-318-0751 2 BDRM. lrg. suite bldg, free laundry, clean, quiet, Avail. $900/mo., S.D. 403-304-5337

adult very Dec.1 $650.

2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $875 rent/d.d.

403-346-1458 ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889

CITY VIEW APTS. Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building. Rent $925 S.D. $800. Avail. immed.

Near hospital. No pets.

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Avail. immed.

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2003 NISSAN Maxima SE Titanium 143,000 km V6 6 spd. manual, loaded $5900. 403 358 1713

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Call 403-343-7955

Opposite Hospital 2 bdrm. apt. w/balcony, adults only, no pets heat/water incld. $875.

403-346-5885

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BEAUTIFUL BUFFALO LAKE - LAKEFRONT 1/2 acre Treed Lot, Utilities to property line, no building commitment. Large lakefront lots are rare and do not come available often. MUST SELL. $185,000 Call or txt 403-921-4278.

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Mobile Lot

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Flooring

1180

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Handyman Services

1200

Massage Therapy

1280

Seniors’ Services

1372

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MIAMI — A jury on Tuesday viewed a surveillance video depicting the final moments of a young wife’s life before she was fatally shot by her husband, who later posted a photo of her dead body on Facebook and insists he fired in self-defence.

The video, from one of several cameras at the couple’s South Miami home, shows no evidence that 27-yearold Jennifer Alfonso was physically attacking Derek Medina as he claims before he gunned her down in their kitchen in August 2013. But the video angle also does not capture everything that happened in the kitchen, nor the shooting itself.

Two police officers who dealt with Medina the day of the slaying testified that he never asked for medical attention and showed no evidence of physical injury. Medina told police in a videotaped statement played earlier in his trial that Alfonso regularly abused him and had been hitting and pushing him forcefully before the shooting.

“Did you observe any obvious signs of injury to Mr. Medina?” prosecutor J. Scott Dunn asked South Miami police Det. Matt Taylor, who drove Medina to the Miami-Dade Police Department for questioning shortly after the killing.

“No,” Taylor replied.

Earlier, police photos introduced as evidence showed no marks indicating any fight on Medina’s body or head and no cuts or scratches to his hands.

In the surveillance video, Alfonso is shown going in and out of the cou-

ple’s kitchen, at one point washing a few dishes and at another briefly opening and closing the townhouse’s front door. Medina comes into the kitchen and both are off camera, then he leaves and comes back — which is when the shooting happened.

Puffs of gunpowder can be seen swirling in the air around the camera. Medina then appears to use his cellphone to take the Facebook photo and leaves the house after changing clothes. He later turned himself in to police.

Medina said in his police statement that Alfonso came at him with a knife and that he was able to disarm her, then went upstairs to get his .380-calibre handgun. Alfonso was shot eight times.

“Is Jennifer seen attacking Derek as he went upstairs to retrieve the firearm he would eventually use to shoot her dead?” Dunn asked lead Miami-Dade police Det. Jonathan Grossman.

“No,” Grossman answered.

“She never left the kitchen alive after that, did she?” Dunn continued.

“No, she did not,” the detective said.

Prosecutors said Tuesday they are close to wrapping up their main case, after which the defence will begin putting on its witnesses. It’s not yet clear whether Medina will testify. He faces life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder.

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dog, Little Hank.

Truck driver Fernando Rendell said he was headed to Kansas City, Missouri, but stopped after seeing two trucks in the ditch along the slick interstate.

As the system pushed east, the National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for parts of Texas, including Houston, and a large swath of Arkansas, where heavy rain had led to standing water in Little Rock and winds caused property damage in the southwest part of the state. Tornado watches also are in effect for most of Louisiana and western Mississippi through the evening hours, while Alabama is bracing for severe storms on Wednesday.

On Monday, a least five tornadoes touched down in the Texas Panhandle, including one that hit a Halliburton district office near Pampa. Early Tuesday, two weak tornadoes touched down in the northern suburbs of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to the National Weather Service. No one was injured in any of the tornadoes.

Tuesday’s storms come on the twoyear anniversary of tornadoes and thunderstorms that killed eight people in Illinois. In 2015, only 10 people have died due to tornadoes — two in Arkansas, two in Oklahoma, two in Illinois and four in Texas.

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Storm leaves snow behind in Colorado, Kansas DENVER — A powerful wintery storm dumped heavy snow on parts of Colorado on Tuesday while bringing the threat of tornadoes to millions in central and southern states.

Much of Interstate 70, Colorado’s main east-west highway, was closed because of blizzard conditions on the state’s Eastern Plains as well as in northwest Kansas, where up to 15 inches of snow and heavy winds are in the forecast. Dozens of semi-trailers and cars were lined up along the interstate and a nearby frontage road on Tuesday as strong winds blew snow across the road.

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