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MLA killed on icy Hwy 2

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS RED DEER — A Conservative member of the legislature has been killed, apparently after stopping on an icy central Alberta highway to help a motorist whose car had flipped in a median.

C a l g a r y Mayor Naheed Nenshi issued a tweet on Monday night confirming that Manmeet Bhullar, 35, had died.

RCMP did not identify Bhullar but issued a news MANMEET BHULLAR release about the death of a 35-year-old man on Monday afternoon on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway north of Red Deer.

RCMP said a vehicle lost control and rolled, and two other vehicles stopped on the shoulder of the highway to assist.

A semi-truck then lost control and struck the rear of the first vehicle, then continued into the median and struck the driver and sole occupant of the second vehicle, who was standing in the median.

RCMP said the man was seriously injured and taken to hospital but later died of his injuries.

A winter storm hit much of Alberta on Monday, resulting in icy roads and blowing snow.

Interim federal Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose tweeted her condolences, saying “we have all lost a friend.”

Nenshi said he was “devastated to hear of the death of my friend and incredible public servant.”

He called Bhullar “a true warrior for fairness and justice, a big man with a giant heart …”

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Diane Yake of Red Deer County works to decorate her Christmas Tree at the Festival of Trees at Westerner Park on Monday. The tree entitled ‘Winterfest’ is decorated with 49 handmade and knitted doll outfits she has worked to complete over the last two years. A number of events are planned beginning Wednesday and running through the weekend at the 22nd annual fundraising campaign in support of the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation. To date the Festival of Trees has raised almost $12 million for the foundation. Public events at the Festival of Trees run Thursday, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. See related story on page B1.

Homes needed for refugees

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Catholic Social Services is urging residents to open their doors to Syrian refugees.

The agency tasked with settling the government-sponsored refugees in Red Deer and Edmonton is seeking volunteers and accommodations.

Some 200 will arrive in Red Deer for a new start by year’s end and some 1,500 in Edmonton. The federal government will release the detailed plan to take in 25,000 Syrian refugees across Canada today.

Jason Gariepy, Catholic Social Services spokesperson, said the agency has been in similar situations with groups fleeing their home countries because of war including the Hungarians in the 1950s, the Chileans in 1973 and the Vietnamese in the 1980s.

“Every decade it seems there is a refugee crisis of some sorts,” said Gariepy. “Catholic Social Services has always been able to manage that need. This is going to present some interesting challenges but we are very confident that we are going to be able to accommodate the people that are coming.”

But Red Deer-Mountain View MP Earl Dreeshen is concerned about the pressure the sudden influx of people will have on local agencies.

“There are a lot of other things that are required as well,” said Dreeshen.

“You have to find schools. You have to find health care. You have to find all the other types of services. The community has to be ready in that way as well. The housing aspect of it is uptmost on everybody’s mind. Until the plan comes out, there’s still going to be nervousness associated with it.”

The housing application form has

been on the organization’s website for about a week. Gariepy said he did not have concrete numbers but there has been strong support. He added it is difficult to say how much housing is needed because the agency does not have the specific number of refugees are coming.

“We know there are more opportunities today then there were a year or two years ago,” said Gariepy. “We are just working hard to identify all the options so we can get the best fit. Not just finding housing but housing that best matches the need.”

Gariepy said people can help the refugees, not just the Syrians, in other ways through its homework and cultural link programs. He said volunteers do not necessarily have to have a second language. He said they will match talent to an opportunity.

Please see REFUGEES on Page A2

Plan will boost province’s image as an environmental leader

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF The province’s climate change strategy was probably necessary but it comes at a cost, says the Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce.

“Although we were a leader in many Major oilsands ways on the environment front, with the player mulling perception surround- plan A5 ing our industry it needed that little extra boost,” said Reg Warkentin, the chamber’s policy co-ordinator.

“The climate-change plan seems to be improving that overall image of what we’re doing as environmental leaders.”

In unveiling her strategy on Sunday, Premier Rachel Notley made clear it was aimed at improving the image of Alberta’s energy sector, particularly the oilsands. The rejection of the Key-

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‘I THINK THE BURDEN WILL BE BORNE LARGELY BY THE SMALL GUYS. I THINK THAT WILL HURT A LITTLE BIT AND WILL BE PRETTY CHALLENGING, ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME.’ — REG WARKENTIN, POLICY CO-ORDINATOR, RED DEER AND DISTRICT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE stone XL pipeline by the U.S. was influenced by the “dirty oil” tag attached to the oilsands.

“I think that social licence is the biggest thing to getting these pipelines built. That’s the biggest constraint to our energy market right now,” said Warkentin.

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“If it’s going to fix that problem, in the end, I think it’s going to be a big win.”

Warkentin credits the NDP for getting major industry players on board, many of whom took the stage with her as the plan was announced.

“You knew it was something they

were all looking for and they knew it was something that had to be done.”

The plan though comes with a hefty price tag, which will be borne by Alberta’s taxpayers, including its small businesses, which are the economy’s biggest job creators.

It is estimated the $20 a tonne carbon tax in 2017 will cost the average household $320. The following year, when the tax increases to $30 a tonne, households will fork out $470 more in extra fuel and heating costs and other expenses.

While some relief has been promised for low- and middle-income earners, small businesses may have to absorb all those new costs themselves.

“I think the burden will be borne largely by the small guys. I think that will hurt a little bit and will be pretty challenging, especially at this time,” said Warkentin.

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Even McDonald’s is closed’ Belgium is the birthplace of surrealism, but there is an otherworldly feeling in Brussels after three days of the highest terror alert.

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Council opens two quarter sections up for industrial development

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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer is opening up 125 hectares for light industrial businesses in Queens Business Park on the most western edge of the city.

City council passed final reading to develop Queens Business Park NE35 and SE35 on two quarter sections at Monday’s regular council meeting.

Located on the west side of Hwy 2 and south of Hwy 11A, the majority of the new land is agricultural, along with a 13-hectare natural wetland that will be incorporated into the storm management system while maintaining the integrity of the wetland.

Development is anticipated to proceed in two phases, north to south.

Tara Lodewyk, the city’s director of planning services, said development is dependent upon market demand.

“The timing is really unknown. We could have someone come in and need a quarter section of land and it’s gone tomorrow. Or it builds much slower based on people needing smaller lots,” Lodewyk said on Monday.

Light industrial is for businesses that don’t emit noise, sound or dust beyond their borders. These could include such things as warehousing, storage and industrial support businesses.

NE35, where the wetland is located, will include an eco-industrial park.

Eco-industrial is where businesses co-operate with one another and the local community to reduce waste, efficiently share resources and produce sus-

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With heavy snow falling through the afternoon Monday in Central Alberta, road conditions quickly deteriorated. At least eight collisions brought the QEII to a standstill Monday afternoon. The Ponoka RCMP Integrated Traffic Unit issued a travel and tow ban on the QEII from Hwy 11A to Hwy 611 near Ponoka. Hwy 2

by Blackfalds was closed. Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning on Monday for a long period of snowfall with accumulation totaling 10 to 20 cm throughout Central Alberta.

Three suspects in custody after reports of gun shots east of Red Deer Three people are in custody after a report of gun shots and a chase east of Red Deer Sunday afternoon.

Blackfalds RCMP were called to a rural property near Hwy 11 and Range Road 265 at about 4:20 p.m. to a report of a break and enter to a residence.

Suspects were seen leaving a residence in a truck. gaps in child death investigations and the frustration of families who couldn’t talk publicly about the their loved ones because of an automatic ban on their identities.

Following the series, Bhullar released information that showed hundreds of children had died who had previously been in care, were in indirect care, or had injuries under investigation.

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BHULLAR: Former Tory minister Bhullar had been in Calgary attending the launch of a research project on the Alberta Men’s Survey, which will study men’s thoughts on personal well-being and healthy interpersonal relationships.

Bhullar was one of only 10 Conservatives to win re-election this spring when the party was swept from power by the NDP. He had been minister of human services in the government of former premier Alison Redford, held the infrastructure portfolio under former premier Jim Prentice, and was most recently serving as the Tory party’s critic on finance, the Treasury Board and infrastructure.

“On our last lunch, he told me about how being in opposition wasn’t all bad,” said Nenshi. “It gave him the time and capacity to work on issues that were very close to him, including the plight of Sikhs seeking to escape Afghanistan.

“I always looked forward to our long lunches over vegetarian Hakka Indian food and chai in our neighbourhood, talking politics and community and religion and pluralism and life,” Nenshi said of Bhullar, who was a Sikh.

“He was one of the finest men I have ever met in politics, or anywhere.”

Bhullar, who was born in Calgary, was first elected at the age of 28. He was the minister put in charge of the Tory government’s file on the deaths of children in care, bringing in changes that were prompted by a Postmedia newspaper series that revealed

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REFUGEES: Always people in need The agency will help them become acclimatized to not only the weather but the Canadian culture and the basics such as finding the grocery stores and using the telephone system.

Gariepy said this is something the agency does throughout the year because there is always a refugee in need.

“All of those elements of learning about Canadian culture and everyday things that most of us take for granted,” said Gariepy. “We work very closely with these families in those first 14 days to make sure they are on on their way of becoming settled. After the 14 days they move on and we continue to advocate for them. Hopefully by that time they have some supports in place. They can start properly integrating themselves into the community.”

People who are interested in volunteering or renting out a space can fill out a form on their website at www.catholicsocialservices.ab.ca. You can also call the Syrian refugee volunteer line at 780-391-3338. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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That truck was then involved in a single-vehicle crash a short distance away.

Witnesses reported to police that there were gun shots heard in the area.

The suspects fled from the scene and police contained the area to locate them.

No one was hurt in the crash and the RCMP have three suspects in custody.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Blackfalds RCMP at 403-8853300.

Anyone wishing to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.

STRATEGY: Creating a lot of pressure Small businesses are already looking at increased minimum wage changes and other tax increases.

“It’s just a lot of layers happening in a short time and creating a lot of pressures.”

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers gave the premier’s plan a solid review, saying it will allow the oil and gas industry to grow and will improve market access.

“Improving market access for our oil and natural gas resources is one of the most pressing priorities of our industry to ensure that our sector can continue to grow and provide prosperity to Albertans and all Canadians,” says the organization.

CAPP says the premier’s announcement is expected to “further enhance the reputation of our sector and improve our province’s environmental credibility as we seek to expand market access nationally and internationally.”

Improving its position in international markets means though that Canadian oil and natural gas must remain competitively priced, says the organization.

The Alberta Taxpayers Association slammed a carbon tax as an “unfair hit to Albertan families, businesses and rural communities.”

“On top of thousands of job losses as well as increases to taxes on income, business, gas, train fuel, large emissions, cigarettes, alcohol and craft beer, this expanded carbon tax is kicking Albertans when they’re down,” says the financial watchdog group.

It has posted a petition on its website urging the NDP government to reverse the carbon tax.

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tainable development.

“As an example, some industrial businesses produce extra heat based on the process that they’re doing in their business. Some businesses could take advantage of that, such as a green house,” Lodewyk said.

It will be the second eco-industrial park in Queens Business Park.

Mayor Tara Veer said the city isn’t anticipating a big demand for industrial land right away with the current economic slowdown.

“But the city has been down this road before and it’s always important that we have our planning and servicing and other groundwork in place so that when the economy does recover and there is substantial uptake, that we’re ready for it,” Veer said.

“The city has been in the position before where we didn’t have serviced industrial land and we’re still realizing the long-term effects of those opportunity costs in the community. So as much as we’re not expecting significant uptake in the next year or two, essentially we’re going through a planning exercise right now.”

She said Red Deer already has a reputation for maintaining a very low residential and business/ commercial tax rate, and for its business-friendly policy. Increasing the supply of industrial land is another way to let people know Red Deer is open for business.

“Red Deer has been recognized with many external awards and by agencies, most recently in Alberta Venture magazine as a friendly community to do business.”

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A4 New world for opposition parties

It’s not easy being in opposition walked away. these days. Especially not in Alberta, It appears “change of tone” will not nor in Ottawa, where radical regime come easily. change has elected governments with But you have to give them points for radically different ideas about how trying. Friday’s headlines hint at somegovernments should do business. thing more positive. The Huffington It is plainly obvious that Post, for instance, reportvoters have rejected the ed Friday that the Tories old way of doing governwill give the “benefit of the ment business, so how does doubt” to the Liberals on the opposition (which repclimate change. resents that old style) sucIf that’s the path forcessfully oppose the new? ward, it’s a smarter one. It That’s the challenge for reflects the tone of the Libboth the Wildrose Party eral Party during the elecin Alberta and the federal tion campaign when leadConservatives in Ottawa. If er Justin Trudeau said he you like, it even poses a tanwanted to see the details of gential challenge to the govthe Trans Pacific Partnererning Saskatchewan Parship agreement before deGREG ty whose leader Brad Wall ciding whether to support NEIMAN seems to have maneuvered it.

OPINION himself as an opposition The NDP under Tom leader who just happens to Mulcair rejected the TPP hold the reins of power. out of hand — a classic opIn Ottawa, it’s way too early to tell position move, but one that did not if the Conservatives can morph from resonate with voters who have gotten a decade of being increasingly auto- tired of government-by-competing-aucratic government leaders to becoming tocracies. opposition defenders of democracy Compare this example with Alberagainst government autocracy. Suf- ta’s Wildrose Party statements on the fice to say that adopting a slogan like issue of what governments should do “change of tone” will not be enough. about climate change.

Interim Conservative Party leadOn Thursday, party leader Brian er Rona Ambrose strode out to meet Jean suggested that because Alberta the press following her appointment, environment minister Margaret Mcto begin this process. She promised Cuaig-Boyd even spoke to her federal a more open and inclusive approach counterpart, Catherine McKenna, on to federal politics, took three quick Wednesday, that it was complicity toquestions, then turned her back and ward a new round of the National En-

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ergy Program. Whoa, Nelly. Really?

From 1980-85, when that debacle occurred, the Progressive Conservatives under Peter Lougheed were governing Alberta, and Justin Trudeau’s father, Pierre, was prime minister. The NEP was a stun gun that froze investment in Alberta, killing thousands of jobs.

It also killed Liberal Party prospects in the province. There has been no forgiveness since, earned or offered.

Now, said Jean in a party release, the NDP are in charge and they “are more than happy to go along” with a new federal scheme for a repeat. He said the fact the two ministers were even talking shows that the Alberta government is willing to let the federal government dictate how we run our energy-based economy.

Never mind where people may stand on the issue of what governments should do concerning the environment; this is about what opposition parties need to learn to persuade people, in today’s political realities following regime change.

Alberta voters have rejected the tone and substance of us-versus-them governance. Canadians in general rejected the notion that ideologues can dictate a narrow viewpoint from a small office onto the country, with no accommodation for anyone else.

In today’s reality, an opposition can’t win hearts (or votes) by throwing stones (or mud) anymore. Not in a time when people feel threatened enough already.

Alberta is on the verge of econom-

ic crisis driven by low energy prices.

Canada needs a policy on how to react to a global refugee crisis driven by sectarian violence and terrorism.

The whole world is looking for unified leadership on preventing a potential climate disaster that we have all worked together to create.

The change is this: we have elected political parties with policies of co-operation on these issues. An opposition party cannot succeed by simply refusing to co-operate. Whatever core support a rather overconfident premier Brad Wall may have in Saskatchewan, it’s a minority view to say he doesn’t want to co-operate on faster processing of Syrian refugees. That ship has sailed, and the non-profits are already at the table with money and resources to bring them in.

His announcement that Saskatchewan will be 50-per-cent reliant on renewables for energy supply sounds more like a government people will want to elect (or re-elect).

How will opposition parties there or in Alberta win debates now? By creating bogeymen of higher-priced electricity (which people can offset by being more efficient) or of potential loss of profits for large corporations with large pollution footprints? These just won’t fly in an era when people are looking for solutions, not excuses that solutions are just too much change.

In a climate where people want change, being in opposition is not easy.

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Letter’s criticism unwarranted I read Jamie McGillicky’s letter to the editor in Nov. 12’s edition of the Advocate with some considerable incredulity. It was difficult not to conclude that Jamie had been either incarcerated in solitary confinement or marooned on a desert island for the last four decades or so. Whatever the reality, the letter displayed a serious case of political sensory deprivation, whether voluntary or involuntary.

He seems to have missed the simple reality that Canada’s economy has led the G7 for the last decade, that Canada’s international reputation and influence is at a height not seen since the Suez Crisis, a reputation for sacrificial involvement in world affairs in which Canada has stood, and bled, for the freedom and civil liberties of countless people who were not fortunate enough to be born into a wealthy and free nation such as ours. A reputation that was once, first tarnished, then totally destroyed by the self-indulgent and cowardly foreign policy of our new Prime Minister’s father. Furthermore, a reputation that our new Prime Minister has vowed to discard in favour of a foreign policy borne of the intellect usually associated with a petulant teenager, not a serious statesman or stateswoman known for philosophically robust and intellectually rigorous thought.

He also seems to have missed the fact that President Obama’s time in office has seen the political, cultural and economic state of the United States sink to a low unseen in our neighbour’s entire

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history. Race relations have sunk to a level unseen for two generations and economic recovery from the 2008 fall unnecessarily delayed for years by reckless and intellectually bankrupt Keynesian economic policy, following economic philosophy that has consistently failed since the era of FDR and the Great Depression. Of course, we can’t forget the tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of Iraqi lives who have been thrown under the bus of political expediency. In 2008, monthly deaths in Iraq due to political violence fell to their lowest level since the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war but, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, Liberals in the U.S. decided that Arab lives don’t count and abandoned them.

Like our new government, President Obama forgot to attend elementary school mathematics and still thinks that 3–8=10. In civilized society, those who sink themselves in credit card debt are seen as unfortunate victims of the combined forces of corporate exploitation and a lack of self-discipline.

Despite this simple reality, Jamie actually claims that Liberal economic promises, and the votes cast in support of them, are the result of serious intellectual effort and that spending like a five-yearold with a credit card is the key to economic success.

Fortunately, Canada will probably survive despite such intellectually bankrupt policy making, but that’s a reflection of Canada’s hard working small and large business people, not the vacuous thinking that now dominates Ottawa.

If, as Jamie McGillicky claims, Liberal votes were not cast lightly or without serious thought, we are left with only two possible explanations; incompetence or deliberate negligence. This

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would leave us with a serious allegation against the average Canadian voter that even I, in my most cynical moments, remain reticent to make.

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Time to live in the world not online Life is surely a journey, and those of us who embrace that ideal travel to experience new cultures and geography, and take risks.

Unfortunately many young people are being robbed of the experience.

They have been raised in a world where they are never more than a few buttons away from all of their friends and everyone on the planet.

I say bring back the home phone and throw away the smartphone that robs us of our general knowledge and our independence.

I was very lucky to spend one month on Crete in my post “high school” year. No phones, no contact with family. Just enjoying the experience and using my wits whenever there was even a small problem.

The internet has robbed young and old alike of such experiences and I feel sorry for them.

Do you want to live life to the full? Then discard your smart-phone, cancel your Facebook account (the root of so much evil today). Switch on to enjoying nature around you, instead of texting everywhere you go. You are a part of nature. Not the internet.

Time to live.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Prominent members of both Big Oil and the environmental movement have given their blessing to Alberta’s sweeping new climate change plan.

But as remarkable as it Canada’s reputation was for the likes tops agenda at First of both oilpatch billionaire Mur- Ministers meeting ray Edwards, Ca- A7 nadian Natural Resources Ltd.’s chairman, and former U.S. vice president Al Gore, an outspoken advocate for tougher climate action, to back the plan, not everyone is singing its praises.

One of the biggest producers in the oilsands, ExxonMobil Corp.-controlled Imperial Oil (TSX:IMO), isn’t ready to endorse the policy.

“We are studying the announcements from the Alberta government to assess their impact on our existing operations and possible future projects in Alberta,” Imperial spokesman Pius Rolheiser said in an email Monday.

He added any policy must “protect the competitiveness” of the oil and gas industry.

Among other things, the plan aims to cap oilsands emissions at 100 megatonnes annually — about 30 megatonnes more than the industry now emits. The plan also includes a $20-a-tonne price on carbon emissions that will cover about 90 per cent of the economy, including essentials such as gasoline and home heating fuel, in 2017. That price will increase to $30 the following year.

In an interview Monday, Shell Canada’s outgoing president Lorraine Mitchelmore — a vocal supporter of the policy — said the feedback she’s heard so far from others in the industry has been “pretty positive.”

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Andrea Marie Berg, who was 42, was discovered dead on June 16 in the alley in the area of 124 Street and north of 113 Avenue.

Witnesses who found Berg said her legs, arms and mouth had been taped and her face was bloody.

An autopsy showed she died of blunt force trauma.

Carrie Goldien Jones, who is 34, is charged with second-degree murder.

EDMONTON — Doctors lined up Monday to praise Alberta’s decision to phase out coal-fired power, but companies that burn the coal to produce more than half the province’s power were still in the dark.

Environment Minister Shannon Phillips appeared with officials from the Alberta Medical Association, the Alberta Lung Association, the Asthma Society of Canada and the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.

They pointed to a study suggesting respiratory disease from burning coal costs provincial health care $300 million a year. Power plants are responsible for about onethird of all the sulphur dioxide released in Alberta, said Dr. Joe Vipond of Physicians for the Environment.

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Imperial Oil’s massive Kearl oilsands mine. thing that’s unanimous, but when you take a leadership role because it’s the right thing to do, you get many people behind you,” she said.

Shell Canada’s European parent company was among the first oil majors to advocate for a price on carbon and has long been assuming a $40 a tonne price when it makes investment plans.

Mitchelmore, who is stepping down from her role at year-end, called the Alberta announcement “historic” and said it makes her proud to be Canadian.

“It was one of the best consultations that I’ve seen, actually,” she said of the climate change panel’s review, headed

by University of Alberta economist An-

drew Leach.

“There is no perfect policy, but I think this is probably the most balanced, most well thought-out policy that I’ve seen … People have come together ahead of policy versus coming together after.”

Samir Kayande, director of energy research at ITG Investment Research, said it seems the cost to oilsands producers will be relatively modest — in the order of 30 cents a barrel more for a steam-driven project.

“Even though it means that their costs are going to be a little bit higher than they would have been in the absence of doing nothing, I think there was probably a recognition that doing nothing wasn’t an option,” he said.

Sophie Isabelle Frenchman, who is 48, and 36-year-old Lana Jane Pelletier are also charged with second-degree murder, while 50-year-old John Charles Kisil is charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder.

Berg’s friends have said she struggled with addiction and was in treatment last year.

A spokeswoman with the Hope Mission said Berg was a beloved member of the social care agency and served in many areas with the agency’s church, including its choir.

He says everyone knew his grandson, Joseph Stahl.

The boy had finished cleaning up some hog barns Saturday morning and was driving the forklift on a gravel road.

Stahl says the machine got too close to the edge, went into a ditch and pinned his grandson underneath.

RCMP have said witnesses performed first aid, but the boy had serious injuries and died at the scene.

Stahl says his grandson was familiar with the forklift and had operated it before.

Death of boy in farm accident a shock to Hutterite colony KILLAM — An Alberta Hutterite colony is planning the funeral of a 10-year-old boy who was killed while driving a forklift on the weekend.

Mike Stahl says the death has been a shock to the 80 people who live on the Lougheed colony near Killam, southeast of Edmonton.

Two families to be first Syrian refugees in Calgary: mayor

Groups warn plan will hit rural areas harder EDMONTON — Groups are warning that Alberta’s new climate change strategy will hit people who live in rural areas harder than people in cities.

The plan includes a carbon tax that the NDP government estimates will cost an average family about $500 a year by 2018 and about $960 by 2030.

Paige MacPherson of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation says many consumers will pay more to drive and to heat and power their homes.

Calgary’s mayor says the first of between 1,000 and 1,300 Syrian refugees are about to arrive in the city.

Mayor Naheed Nenshi told councillors that two of about 400 families were expected on Monday.

He said city officials and non-profit groups were given the details in a conference call with federal Immigration Minister John McCallum.

Nenshi doesn’t expect any problems dealing with the refugees.

He said he’s confident that the city and non-profit groups know what they are doing as Calgary usually receives far more than 1,000 newcomers each month.

The federal government has promised to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year.

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OTTAWA — The planned announcement Tuesday of how Canada will take in thousands of Syrian refugees will drive ongoing local, national and international efforts into high gear, a program that will extend far beyond the Liberals’ self-imposed end-ofyear deadline.

Syrians have been steadily arriving in Canada for months and some of them will count against the Liberal promise to resettle 25,000 people by Dec. 31, a milestone the government is expected to say Tuesday it is unlikely to meet.

But what many are watching for alongside that is how the mass influx will be handled and who is go-

ing to pay for it.

On top of the logistical costs of getting that many people into Canada are the millions more it is going to require to look after their housing, health, education and integration requirements.

“Canadians are going to want to help and cost might not be at the top of their list of considerations but it should be on the list,” said Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, in town Monday to meet the other premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

“We’ll have to do some planning for that and we hope the federal government will be generous.”

The costs are not entirely unknown the Immigration department tells private sponsors, for example, that one person would cost a minimum of around $20,000 for the first 12 months to just cover basic needs.

Quebec Premier Phillipe Couillard said his government has already set aside funds for 3,600 people and said if the province is expected to take in a larger number, more money will be required.

“The federal government has indicated the money is there,” he said.

The unveiling of the plan will be the latest step in weeks of nearly around-the-clock work by Canadian officials that began even before the Liberals took office earlier this month.

Parliamentary security officers, Mounties honoured for bravery

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A House of Commons security officer who was shot in the leg when a gunman stormed Parliament Hill says he thought he would die that day.

Const. Samearn Son was one of 20 parliamentary security officers and Mounties honoured Monday at RCMP headquarters for their bravery on Oct. 22 of last year.

In his first public account of the dramatic events, Son said he caught sight of rifle-toting Michael Zehaf Bibeau — who had just shot and killed a sentry at the National War Memorial — through the glass of the Centre Block doors.

Son instinctively reached for his pistol, which he only wore as a concealed weapon when working plainclothes duty. But that day he was in uniform inside Parliament’s main building and did not have a sidearm.

Son decided to “square up” and try to block Zehaf

Bibeau from shooting fellow officers.

“I could die running or I could die buying my partners some time,” he said Monday following the emotional ceremony.

Son believes his life may have been saved by the heavy west door under the Peace Tower that Zehaf Bibeau had to pull open, which meant the attacker’s rifle was facing down.

The officer says he yelled “Gun! Gun! Gun!” before lunging and hearing a bang as Zehaf Bibeau fired his Winchester.

“I thought it was lights out,” said Son, 38, who was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and came to Canada as a young boy. “I was super-grateful that I was still standing on my two feet.”

The gunman continued up the stairs toward the Hall of Honour and only later did Son roll up his pant leg and notice a hole in his sock.

“I saw blood on my boots,” said Son, who recovered after two months of rehabilitation.

A visibly moved RCMP Commissioner Bob Paul-

son told a hushed audience it’s “difficult to understand what happened” on Oct. 22, but one thing is clear: officers worked together to stop a man “with murder in his heart.”

House of Commons security officer Const. Charles Thom was at the top of the Centre Block stairs, working plainclothes protective duty for Stephen Harper, prime minister at the time, who was attending party caucus.

Thom says he heard Son’s shouts, turned to his left and shot Zehaf Bibeau once in the chest, only to see him continue running down the hall, much to the officer’s amazement.

“I was very surprised,” said Thom, 49.

He subsequently heard reports — which turned out to be false — of 13 more attackers on the roof of the Centre Block, a terrorist at the parliamentary visitors’ centre and a sniper atop the Langevin Block across the street.

“So we had to be prepared for everything.”

Thom has been diagnosed with post-traumatic

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Premiers praised Justin Trudeau’s willingness to take national leadership on the climate change file at next week’s United Nations climate summit in Paris.

And they applauded Alberta Premier Rachel Notley for unveiling Sunday a climate strategy that includes a hard cap on greenhouse gas emissions from the oilsands, which have been labelled “dirty oil” by international critics, including U.S. President Barack Obama, and have become a symbol of Canada’s alleged environmental neglect.

British Columbia Premier Christy Clark said the international focus on the oilsands has obscured measures provinces have been taking to combat climate change, including B.C.’s carbon tax which she labelled the best in the world.

“We have had a black eye for a long time on environmental issues and we have not deserved it,” she said.

“But now we’re getting a chance to show the world really what we’ve been doing all these years and I think they’ll be a little bit surprised.”

The first minister’s meeting is not expected to produce any new national target for reducing emissions or policies for achieving it. It is aimed more at demonstrating a new tone in the run-up to the Paris summit. Within 90 days of the summit, Trudeau has promised to hold another first ministers conference to hammer out a national climate strategy.

At that point, the prime minister will have to mediate conflicting demands from premiers over how to disperse the billions he’s promised in federal funding to help provinces reduce their carbon footprint.

But the potential for a squabble over money didn’t dampen premiers’ enthusiasm Monday for finally having a federal partner in the fight against climate change.

Under former prime minister Stephen Harper, B.C.’s Clark said Canada tended to “talk about economic growth more than the environment on the international stage.”

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QUICK QUOTES “I think we do have a chance to reset the brand. I think we also have an example to set to the world by showing how diverse actions across a big country like ours can come together and create one really bright picture for environmental protection and economic growth.” — B.C. Premier Christy Clark.

“I think that our plan will do a very good job in terms of changing the conversation about whether you can be an energy producer and also a responsible contributor to action on climate change.” — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley “Whatever it is we agree to going into Paris, whatever

we agree to as a country and then sub-nationals, whatever the provinces agree to, we need to make sure we understand what impact that is going to have on jobs, what additional impact will that have on the energy sector which is already suffering massive layoffs in our country. And I think that’s a reasonable question to ask.” — Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall “I again insist on this, our country needs a serious effort in rebranding on this theme of climate change and energy. Not only are we an important producer of oil — which we should be happy with because it’s a source of wealth for Canada — but we’re also the third largest producer of hydro electricity in the world. So we are at the same time a major producer of non-renewable and renewable energy.”

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VANCOUVER — The City of Burnaby’s bylaw battle against the Trans Mountain pipeline has been shut down by a B.C. Supreme Court judge who has declared that the National Energy Board rules take precedence over the city’s.

The Metro Vancouver city has tried to hamper preliminary planning in advance of laying the 1,100-kilometre-long pipeline between Alberta and coastal B.C. through two separate bylaws.

But Justice George Macintosh said in a ruling posted online Monday that the National Energy Board has the constitutional power to direct or limit the enforcement of Burnaby’s bylaws.

Macintosh said the energy board can take such action when city bylaws interfere with or block the regulation of the pipeline and expansion project, ruling NEB laws are supreme.

“Where valid provincial laws conflict with valid federal laws in addressing interprovincial undertakings, paramountcy dictates that the federal legal regime will govern,” said Macintosh.

“The provincial law remains valid but becomes inoperative where its application would frustrate the federal undertaking.”

Macintosh ruled the city’s bylaws were lawful but constitutionally inoperative and inapplicable.

“Burnaby appears from the filed evidence to be using the bylaws to make Trans Mountain’s preliminary work on the expansion project difficult, if not impossible, to undertake,” he added.

A spokeswoman for the City of Burnaby said officials received Macintosh’s ruling on Monday and will be reviewing the decision and considering an appeal. Ali Hounsell, with the Trans Mountain expansion project said in an email that the court’s decision simply reaffirms earlier rulings upholding the NEB’s jurisdiction as it relates to the project.

Macintosh decided not to rule on a separate constitutional question raised by the city, calling the question “an abuse of process.”

In that question, the city asked the court to rule that the energy board did not have the “constitution-

al jurisdiction” to direct or limit the enforcement of bylaws by the city.

Macintosh declined to answer the question, noting the city had failed to win the same argument in earlier hearings before the Federal Court of Appeal and the energy board.

The city was ordered to pay the company’s legal costs.

The dispute dates back to Dec. 16, 2013, when Trans Mountain asked the energy board for a certificate for the expansion project.

Mounties arrested more than 100 people during protests last year on Burnaby Mountain, where Trans Mountain crews were conducting test drilling at two locations.

A judge later tossed out civil contempt charges against many of the activists who were arrested for violating a court injunction ordering them to stay away from the drilling areas.

The company admitted that it had provided the wrong GPS co-ordinates when it asked for the original court order and the measurements were so inaccurate that the site was outside the area covered by the injunction.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA — Saskatchewan is signalling that it wants to be “a player in terms of responsible energy production” by reducing the province’s reliance on coal and adding wind and solar power.

Crown utility SaskPower has announced plans to have up to 50 per cent of power come from renewable sources by 2030.

“I think this is a realistic plan that we believe the people of Saskatchewan will support,” Bill Boyd, minister responsible for SaskPower, said Monday.

“Fifty per cent is a pretty significant target … for generation here in Saskatchewan. I think people want to see us move in that way. I think they also want us to do it in a way that’s still affordable to the ratepayers and also doesn’t result in any new taxes.”

Based on existing technology and expenses, SaskPower estimates it will cost an additional $1.5 billion to increase its renewable sources.

The utility says residential customers will see increases of less than $1 on their bills each month per year over the next 15 years.

About 30 per cent of power capacity could come from wind by 2030. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean wind will produce 30 per cent of Saskatchewan’s power.

Wind is currently capable of generating five per cent of the province’s power capacity, but it actually produced just under three per cent in 2014.

That’s because wind is considered an intermittent power source.

“The capacity factors for wind in the province are very, very good. They’re the best in Canada, but they’re only about 40 per cent, so you can count on the wind over the course of the year about 40 per cent of the time,” said SaskPower CEO Mike Marsh.

Marsh says Saskatchewan generally has clear skies, which is good for solar power. But solar gets tricky in the winter because the days are so short.

Still, Marsh is optimistic.

“If the wind is blowing and the sun is shining at the same time, we’ll be able to generate every megawatt we can from those sources.”

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The Opposition said it’s discouraged that SaskPower is aiming for up to 50 per cent of power from renewable sources instead of setting that as a minimum.

“Setting a capacity cap instead of a generation base is a big disappointment. It looks like a decent goal was set, but the watering down started immediately,” said New Democrat environment critic Cathy Sproule.

Saskatchewan needs to look at other power sources as it tries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change. Forty-four per cent of the province’s power came from coal last year. It has the highest emissions per capita in the country.

The province is trying to reduce emissions by capturing carbon dioxide from a coal-fired power plant in Estevan. But the $1.5-billion facility at the Boundary Dam power plant has only been working 45 per cent of the time since it opened in October 2014.

Boyd also said Saskatchewan will not introduce a carbon tax as Alberta did in its climate change plan released on Sunday.

Starting in 2017, Alberta plans to apply a $20-a-tonne price on carbon emissions. The price will increase to $30 in 2018.

Premier Rachel Notley said about 30 per cent of Alberta’s power will come from renewables by 2030.

Notley also said her province will move to phase out the province’s coal-fired power generation by then.

Saskatchewan could possibly consider phasing out coal, but only if there’s a development in renewable energy technology.

“For example, in terms of wind energy, if there was a breakthrough in terms of battery storage or something like that, that could change everything … in terms of how electricity is generated in the future,” he said.

“But at this point in time, there’s nothing with respect to that, so we see coal as part of the mix for the next number of years.”

The announcements from Alberta and Saskatchewan come as the premiers meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss climate change ahead of next week’s United Nations climate summit in Paris.

Can, under the agreement.

In return, RioCan and its partners have released Target from its obligations.

RioCan says the settlement cash will be used to mitigate losses caused by Target Canada’s departure. When Target Canada announced it would close all of its Canadian stores, RioCan had 26 locations that were under lease to the retailer.

Seven locations were assigned to new tenants, while RioCan has been working to fill the remaining 19 properties representing some two million square feet.

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MONTREAL — The UN agency that oversees global aviation will focus on airport security at a meeting in March in light of the recent terrorist attack that brought down a Russian airliner in Egypt, a top official said Monday.

Olimuyiwa Benard Aliu of Nigeria, council president of the International Civil Aviation Organization, said some countries need to do a better job addressing security challenges, including “insider threats” from airport staff, airline employees and others who have access to aircraft.

While most member countries meet high standards, “sometimes we do find there are deficiencies here and there,” he told reporters following the opening of a three-day aviation forum on the economic contribution of global aviation.

“The whole essence is to put in place mechanisms to assist the members states in addressing those challenges.”

Aliu said ICAO will implement recommendations of an investigation being conducted into the Oct. 31 explosion aboard the Russian plane that killed 224 people. The Islamic terrorist group ISIS has claimed responsibility, saying it planted a bomb aboard the aircraft.

“If there are specific recommendations that we need to pay attention to you can be rest assured that we will take action immediately,” Aliu said.

Aliu said 2014 was the safest year on record for commercial aviation and the sector wants to maintain that standard to ensure travellers continue to have confidence in airline travel, a big contributor to global economic activity.

Aviation generates US$2.4 trillion in economic activity annually supporting 58 million jobs, including 8.5 million direct employment.

The number of passengers is expected to more than double to six billion over the next 15 years, while more than half the 1.1 billion tourists who crossed international borders last year did so by air.

To ensure continued safety, countries need to develop new technologies and train employees to handle the extra traffic without more accidents, congestion or delays.

ICAO Secretary General Fang Liu of China said some developing states need help to enhance their capabilities.

“We would like to help the states with minimum standards,” she said, adding the extra funding shouldn’t come from higher security fees paid by passengers.

Liu said the agency’s No Country Left Behind strategy launched last year was designed to help countries to upgrade infrastructure, train workers and establish oversight systems.

Earlier, federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau said the Canadian government supports efforts to strengthen security and build the capability of aviation systems around the world.

Garneau, Canada’s first astronaut in space, also said efforts are needed to address climate change.

“So I applaud ICAO’s vision to increase the sustainability of international air transportation and reduce its impact on the environment.”

The world’s airlines are expected to have a banner year in 2015, earning four per cent profit margin on US$727 billion in revenues, according to the International Air Transport Association.

CEO Tony Tyler outlined the industry’s strategy for success.

“Ensure that the industry is safe, secure, sustainable and profitable and the rest will follow,” Taylor told the conference, while also warning against over-regulating and over-taxing the sector.

“The most successful governments value aviation as a broad economic catalyst supporting long-term development,” he said.

Manitoba Telecom Services sells Allstream business to Zayo Group TORONTO — Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (TSX:MBT) says it has signed a deal to sell its Allstream business to Zayo Group Holdings Inc. for $465 million in cash.

Allstream provides Internet and other services to businesses and governments.

U.S.-listed Zayo says it wants to add Allstream’s assets to its own communications infrastructure business. After closing costs, MTS says it expects net proceeds of roughly $425 million.

The agreement to sell Allstream follows a failed deal to sell the business to Egyptian investment group Accelero Capital for $520 million.

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 12.97 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.72 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.92 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 69.17 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Weakness in metals prices weighed on mining stocks, pushing the Toronto stock market to a lower close Monday.

Toronto’s S&P/TSX composite index gave back 51.11 points to close at 13,382.38, while the loonie was down 0.15 of a U.S. cent at 74.78 cents US. On commodity markets, the December gold contract fell 9.50 to US$1,066.80 an ounce, while December copper pulled back three cents to US$2.02 a pound.

The metals and mining sector was the lead decliner on the TSX, slipping 3.52 per cent, while materials was down 0.12 per cent.

Elsewhere in commodities, the January crude oil contract erased earlier gains, closing down 15 cents at US$41.75 a barrel as worries about rising inventories outweighed earlier news that Saudi Arabia is contemplating slashing its production in a bid to boost prices.

The January contract for natural gas gained 5.2 cents to US$2.343 per mmBtu. Meanwhile, the TSX capped telecom services sector moved 0.75 per cent higher after Manitoba Telecom (TSX:MBT) announced a $465-million deal to sell its Allstream division to U.S.-listed Zayo Group Holdings Inc. MBT shares were up $1.56 or more than five per cent at $30.15.

In New York, indexes were lower after turning in some of their best performances of the year last week. The Dow Jones industrials lost 31.13 points to 17,792.68, while the broader S&P 500 index slipped 2.58 points to 2,086.59 and the Nasdaq declined 2.44 points to 5,102.48.

Todd Mattina, chief economist and strategist at Mackenzie

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 21.06 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.75 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.26 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 21.92 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . . 9.52 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.99 First Quantum Minerals . . 4.54 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 15.58 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.53 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.33 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.87 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 26.33 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.740 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 5.53 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 18.28 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 24.99 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 51.42 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.42 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 21.49 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 33.00 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 8.54 Canyon Services Group. . 4.00 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 19.96 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1500 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 10.67 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.510 Investments, said investors are eagerly anticipating the December meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

While it’s expected that the central bank will raise its benchmark interest rate at the meeting, Mattina said investors are more interested in the Fed’s updated guidance on future rate hikes.

“There’s really a substantial gap between what the Fed is expecting and what the market is currently pricing for future interest rates,” Mattina said.

“What is so important about the December meeting will be to see if the Fed lowers its expectations for future interest rates towards what the market is pricing, or whether the Fed continues to keep a fairly optimistic path on how aggressively it wants to raise rates.”

In other corporate news, Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and Allergan (NYSE:AGN) announced a deal to combine the two companies to create the largest drug company in the world. Pfizer, the maker of Viagra and Lipitor, will buy Botox maker Allergan for about $155 billion in a mostly stock in a deal that will see Pfizer will also become based in Ireland, reducing its tax bill.

Pfizer shares slipped 85 cents, or nearly three per cent, to US$31.33, while Allergan stock fell $10.74, or 3.4 per cent, to US$301.72.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,382.38, down 51.11 points Dow — 17,792.68, down 31.13 points S&P 500 — 2,086.59, down 2.58 points Nasdaq — 5,102.48, down 2.44 points

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 80.28 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 38.35 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.73 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 18.33 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 42.38 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.09 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.380 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.35 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.67 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.750 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.02 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 39.43 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1500 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 76.82 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 60.18 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.13 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 26.09 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 35.41 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 38.39 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 88.85 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.67 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 42.60 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.66 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 75.49 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 43.70 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.50 Currencies: Cdn — 74.78 cents US, down 0.15 of a cent Pound — C$2.0211, down 0.65 of a cent Euro — C$1.4209, up 0.03 of a cent Euro — US$1.0625, down 0.20 of a cent Oil futures: US$41.75 per barrel, down 15 cents (January contract) Gold futures: US$1,066.80 per oz., down $9.50 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $19.611 oz., up five cents $630.49 kg., up $1.60 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Jan. ‘16 $3.50 lower $460.90 March ‘16 $3.00 lower $467.70 May ‘16 $3.10 lower $472.60 July ‘16 $3.30 lower $477.10 Nov. ‘16 $2.50 lower $471.30 Jan. ‘17 $0.20 higher $473.50 March ‘17 $0.20 higher $473.50 May ‘17 $0.20 higher $473.50 July ‘17 $0.20 higher $473.50 Nov. ‘17 $0.20 higher $473.50 Jan. ‘18 $0.20 higher $473.50.

Barley (Western): Dec. ‘15 unchanged $188.50 March ‘16 unchanged $190.50 May ‘16 $4.00 higher $195.50 July ‘16 $4.00 higher $195.50 Oct. ‘16 $4.00 higher $195.50 Dec. ‘16 $4.00 higher $195.50 March ‘17 $4.00 higher $195.50 May ‘17 $4.00 higher $195.50 July ‘17 $4.00 higher $195.50 Oct. ‘17 $4.00 higher $195.50 Dec. ‘17 $4.00 higher $195.50.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 491,480 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 491,480.

Interior Department to cancel energy lease on land sacred to Blackfoot tribes of U.S., Canada which is representing Solenex, said it was “insane” for the government to suggest that 33 years after the leases BILLINGS, Mont. — The Interior were issued — and after four studies Department plans to cancel a long-sus- of the Solenex proposal — that the govpended oil and gas drilling lease near ernment’s actions violated the law.

Glacier National Park that’s on land “The government does not have the considered sacred to the Blackfoot legal authority to cancel the lease,” tribes of the U.S. and Canada, accord- Pendley said. ing to court documents filed Monday.

Solenex would have to be compenTribal leaders said sated if a cancellasuch a move would tion occurs, Pendley make up for a wrong said. A similar situadone to them in 1982, tion involving leases when the government cancelled in Michissued the lease withigan’s Nordhouse out consulting the Dunes Wilderness tribes.

Area resulted in an But the legal maaward of about $100 noeuvring in the case million to the ownmight not be over: The ers of those leases, law firm represent— WILLIAM PERRY PENDLEY WITH THE MOUNTAIN he said. ing the lease owner, STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION Blackfeet leaders Solenex LLC of Baton said Monday’s court Rouge, Louisiana, infiling confirmed dicated it would challenge any attempt their view that drilling could not be to cancel the lease. done without disturbing the spiritual Government attorneys said the power of the Badger Two-Medicine, lease was improperly sold more than located within the Lewis and Clark Nathree decades ago, in part because an environmental study did not consider tional Forest.

“Badger Two-Medicine is too sacred the impact of drilling on the tribes. to develop,” Blackfeet Nation ChairThe U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management “failed to ful- man Harry Barnes said in a statement. ly consider the effects of oil and gas He thanked the Obama administration development on cultural resources, for moving to permanently protect a including religious values and activi- site that he said “is like a church — a divine sanctuary — to our people.” ties,” the attorneys wrote.

Dozens more oil and gas leases The 6,200-acre lease is in northwestern Montana’s Badger Two-Medicine were originally sold in the area, but area, which is the site of the creation over the years, most were retired or story for the Blackfoot tribes of south- surrendered by their owners.

Monday’s court filing did not adern Canada and the Blackfeet Nation of Montana. It is just west of the Black- dress the fate of 17 remaining leases in the area. Most of those are held by feet Indian Reservation.

The lease could be cancelled as ear- Devon Energy of Oklahoma, according to federal officials. ly as Dec. 11.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom VilSolenex LLC sued the government in 2013 to force a decision after the sack recommended cancelling all the dispute dragged on for decades. The leases in an Oct. 30 letter to Interior case is before U.S. District Judge Rich- Secretary Sally Jewell.

Jewell’s office referred questions ard Leon, who has expressed repeated frustration at how long it’s taken for on the remaining leases to Bureau of Land Management spokesman Al the government to resolve the issue.

William Perry Pendley with the Nash, who said Monday no decision Mountain States Legal Foundation, has been made.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

“THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO CANCEL THE LEASE.”

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A forklift operator moves a pallet of goods at an Amazon.com fulfillment center in DuPont, Wash. This year, Amazon has been making an aggressive push to offer same-day delivery to its $99 annual Prime loyalty club members. Their service is now available in 750 cities and towns in 16 metro areas. And where Amazon goes, other retailers must follow.

Retailers are rushing to match Amazon’s same-day delivery BUT IT ISN’T EASY, OR CHEAP

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Craft-selling site Etsy is working with Postmates for a holiday season pilot that will let some shoppers in New York City have items delivered to their door within hours for a flat fee of $20.

Apple is also working with Postmates on same-day deliveries in New York and San Francisco.

Uber is jumping into the sameday delivery game too. In October it launched an UberRush service in New York, San Francisco and Chicago that lets small businesses offer same-day delivery. Any small business within a certain geographic range in those areas can sign up for free and offer their online customers same-day delivery for a fee. In New York, UberRush will cost users $3 to start, then $2.5 per mile with a minimum of $5. Rates vary slightly in Chicago and San Francisco.

The holiday season will be a test for the new services. Not all businesses have found it’s what their customers want.

Last July, eBay shut down its eBay Now service, which it started in San Francisco in 2013 and expanded to four cities. The company said it’s now testing options that are “more relevant” to its sellers.

Rob Howard, who runs same-day delivery provider Grand Junction Inc., said eBay Now’s business model, which paid drivers to enter retail stores, buy an item and deliver it, was “very high cost and unsustainable.”

Deliv, by contrast, works with retailers to have packages ready to go for drivers when they arrive.

And the cost remains a sticking point. Amazon offers some same-day deliveries for free, subsidized by revenue streams elsewhere. But others charge between $5 and $20 dollars, a cost that deters some users.

“It’s nice to have, if you can get it for free,” said Forrester analyst Sucharita Mulpuru, who tracks the e-commerce industry, describing the mindset for many.

Speedy delivery could help drive customer loyalty in some cases. Dugan, the former Kozmo.com user, doesn’t use one-day delivery a lot. But he recently ordered a mat for his standing work desk from Amazon Prime Now. “From the time I placed the order to when it arrived at our reception was just over an hour — it was pretty awesome,” he said. “I can’t say I’ll use the service all the time, but this was about the perfect experience when I really, really needed something.”

NEW YORK — Everyone likes the idea of same-day delivery. But who wants to pay for it?

That’s the problem merchants face as the busy holiday shopping season approaches. They want to offer customers the near-instant gratification that usually only comes with shopping in stores or via apps like Uber and Seamless. But the logistics and costs of same-day delivery — the fuel, labour, infrastructure and other costs — has been a difficult challenge to surmount.

This year, Amazon has been making an aggressive push to offer same-day delivery to people who’ve paid its $99 fee for Prime loyalty club membership. That service is now available in 23 metro areas. And where Amazon goes, other retailers must follow.

“Over the past 18 to 24 months Amazon has been pushing the bar” for fast and cheap delivery, said Daphne Carmeli, CEO of Deliv, a startup that works with retailers to provide sameday delivery. “If you’re in retail, you have to step up to the new bar.”

Amazon, of course, doesn’t have to pay for the cost of store upkeep, not counting its new bookstore in Seattle. And it makes money from other non-retail areas, such as its cloud computing arm, so it can afford to offer delivery services others can’t.

“Retailers trying to compete with Amazon on the road Amazon created will always be at a disadvantage,” said shipping industry expert Satish Jindel.

“There’s only so long they can absorb the cost, it’s a huge challenge for retailers.”

Providing hassle-free, same-day delivery has been a quixotic quest for retailers for more than a decade. During the first Internet boom, startups like Kozmo.com became ubiquitous in New York as employees with purple messenger bags fanned out to deliver snacks and household goods. But it didn’t make money, went bust, and became a cautionary tale for the future.

“I remember using Kozmo.com a decade ago,” said C.J. Dugan, 37, a TV producer in Chicago. “One night we ordered a tub of ice cream and the movie ‘Pitch Black.’ They showed up in about 30 minutes…. It was before its time, I guess.”

Fifteen years later, things are definitely different. Driver routes are easier to track with smartphone GPS technology, more brick-and-mortar retailers are speeding delivery by using their stores as de facto warehouses, and more people are willing to work in an “on-demand” fashion popularized by Uber and service apps CANTECH TUBULAR SERVICES LTD like Taskrabbit.

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FDA approves genetically modified salmon for U.S.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — What’s for dinner? Before long, it may well be genetically modified salmon, the first such altered animal cleared for human consumption in the United States.

Critics call it “frankenfish,� but the Food and Drug Administration granted its approval on Thursday, saying the faster-growing salmon is safe to eat. It could be available in a couple of years. “There are no biologically relevant differences in the nutritional profile of AquAdvantage Salmon compared to that of other farm-raised Atlantic salmon,� the agency said.

The Obama administration had stalled in approving the salmon for more than five years amid consumer concerns about genetically modified foods. The fish grows twice as fast as normal salmon, so it reaches market size more quickly.

AquAdvantage Salmon is engineered by the Massachusetts-based company AquaBounty. Ron Stotish, the company’s CEO, said in a statement that the fish is a “game changer that brings healthy and nutritious food to consumers in an environmentally responsible manner without damaging the ocean and other marine habitats.�

AquaBounty said the fish could be on grocery store shelves in about two years, which is how long it takes the salmon to grow.

Once the salmon reach stores, consumers may not know they are eating them. Because there are no material differences between an engineered and a normal salmon, the FDA says the law does not require the fish to be labeled as engineered. AquaBounty says that genetically modified salmon have the same flavour, texture, colour and odour as the conventional fish.

The FDA released separate wording that would set guidelines for retailers who do want to label the fish, along with additional guidance for voluntary labeling of genetically modified plant foods.

Some retailers have said they won’t sell the fish at all — retailers Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Target and Kroger have all said they are not planning to sell AquAdvantage Salmon.

Critics have pressured retailers to reject the salmon, which they have labeled “Frankenfish.� They worry it could cause human allergies and the eventual decimation of the natural salmon population if it escapes into the wild. “There’s no place on our dinner plates for genetically engineered fish,� said Lisa Archer of the environmental advocacy group Friends of the Earth. “We will continue to work to ensure the market, from grocery retailers to restaurants, continues to listen to the majority of consumers that don’t want to eat this poorly studied, unlabeled genetically engineered fish.�

Just hours after the announcement, another advocacy group, The Center for Food Safety, said it would sue FDA to block the approval.

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, has said the engineered salmon could harm her state’s wild salmon industry. She took to the Senate floor to criticize the FDA shortly after the announcement, saying she was “spitting mad.� She and other Alaska and Pacific Northwest lawmakers said they will swiftly push legislation to mandate labeling of the modified fish. The FDA said the salmon will be allowed to be raised only in land-based, contained hatchery tanks at two facilities in Canada and Panama, and that other facilities in the U.S. or elsewhere cannot breed or raise the salmon for human consumption.

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An ice artist works on an ice sculpture at the Ice Magic Festival in Bruges, Belgium. Just a few weeks ahead of global climate change talks in Paris, ice sculpture festivals in Western Europe are feeling the impact of a particularly warm November

Retired husband not willing to lift a finger Dear Annie: I have been married do everything. for 50 years and don’t think I can stand There is nothing physically wrong one more day. The man I am married with him. His doctor says he’s in great to was once everything shape. He shows no sign of to me. Now, as each day mental decline, either. Downpasses, I grow more resizing to a smaller home is not sentful. I like him less an option for him. He likes it and less, almost to the here. I have told him how I point of hatred. feel time and again, and that He has always been a I’d like his help around the good provider. He worked house, but he just looks at me. while I stayed at home Maybe he wants a divorce and and raised our five chilis too cowardly to verbalize dren. Back then, I would it. In any event, I am past the never have expected him point of caring. I just want to come home and help out. — Old and Trapped around the house. But Dear Trapped: Your husKATHY MITCHELL things are different now. band may not want out. He AND MARCY SUGAR It’s just the two of us and may simply want to sit on ANNIE’S MAILBOX our animals. We are in the sofa while you do all the our mid-70s, and I am still work. And you are doing it, so doing all of the work inhe sees no reason to change. side this large five-bedroom house. He You have some options: You can stop refuses to help with anything. He lies doing the cooking, cleaning and launon the sofa and channel surfs while I dry for him, letting his clothes pile up

and his food remain uncooked; you can look into hiring help; you can get counseling; you can seek legal counsel and leave, with or without a divorce.

If your husband values the marriage, he will step up. If he doesn’t, at least you will know and can plan your future accordingly.

Dear Annie: After reading the letter from “Need Some Relief,� I thought I’d share how our family handles Christmas with four adult children and their spouses, 13 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren (and an occasional visiting in-law).

Dinner is at our house every year.

Everyone participates by graciously bringing a dish. One son’s family prepares the turkey, with mashed potatoes and gravy. Another brings all the drinks. We prepare stuffing, cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes. Others bring apple and pumpkin pies. Traditional!

We discuss dishes in advance, so there are no duplicates. It is such fun and each family feels good about shar-

ing. New recipes are exchanged. We also decided to forego gift-giving and do a $5 Christmas exchange. We all sit in a circle holding our “special number,� anxiously awaiting our turn to pick the wrapped gift of our choice.

Even the little ones screamed with delight, not at the gift, but because everyone was laughing and clapping.

What a joyous occasion.

Last, but not least, I insist on a group picture with everyone holding up their prized possessions. There is always a huge smile on each face. Because in the end it is being together that really matters. — Happy in Florida Dear Happy: Your letter is refreshing. This is what holidays are all about.

Or should be.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

HOROSCOPES are favoured today, as Venus provides Tuesday, Nov. 24 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS luck; Mars makes you braver than usuDATE: Shirley Henderson, 49; Billy al; and Saturn keeps things progressing in a safe and sensible fashion.

Connolly, 72; Katherine Heigl, 36 LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A relationTHOUGHT OF THE DAY: Creative projects are favoured, as your imagina- ship with a loved one veers off in an unexpected direction. A domestic sittion runs riot. uation also becomes very inHAPPY BIRTHDAY: In tense, and it will take your 2016, serious Saturn will deft diplomatic skills to calm help you be less impulsive troubled waters. and a lot more thoughtful SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): and thorough. Enjoy the Get set for a surprising day change of pace.

Scorpio, as Uranus shakes up ARIES (March 21-April your usual routine. Mars and 19): The planetary aspects Saturn help motivate you to boost your enthusiasm roll up your sleeves and get and restless Ram nature. a stalled project up and runYou certainly have the ning again. passion to get projects off SAGITTARIUS (Nov. the ground — now all you 22-Dec. 21): At the moment need the persistence to JOANNE MADELINE thereís a fine line between finish them!

MOORE being spontaneous and sucTAURUS (April 20-May cessful — and being hasty 20): If you combine probSUN SIGNS and foolhardy. Single Sagitlem solving skills with cretarians — look for love with ative thinking, then you’ll someone who is not your usuhave a winning double today. When it comes to joint finances, al type.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Tothings are more complex than they apday’s stars shake up your Capricorn pear.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Love and comfort zone. Which is a good thing, as duty are linked today, as you work it forces you to view a situation from a through relationship problems with totally different perspective. Then you a mature approach. Single Twins — can do something about it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’re when it comes to a burgeoning roin gung-ho reckless mode, as you rock mance, expect the unexpected!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The boats and ruffle a few feathers. Just more creatively you communicate — make sure you donít burn too maand the more you network with family ny bridges along the way! Singles — and friends — the better the day will youíre ready to fall in love very fast.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The be. But avoid letting illogical obsesmore motivated and organized you are sions cloud your Crab judgment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): An old friend- on the job, the more productive the ship may feel as if itís going backwards day will be. But avoid making unprebut it’s just entering a new phase. dictable financial moves that could Don’t worry. If you are adaptable — backfire badly later on.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internaand patient Ăą then relations will soon tionally syndicated astrologer and colbe back on an even keel.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Real es- umnist. Her column appears daily in the tate, business and financial matters Advocate.

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Getting vocal INNOVATIVE OPERATION ALLOWS BOY, 3, TO TALK WITH VOICE BOX MADE OF HIS OWN TISSUE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Grant Hasse was born with two very rare conditions — one that’s usually fatal, the other that should have left him unable to talk.

But at almost 4 years old, he’s a healthy bundle of energy after three dozen surgeries, including an innovative operation to create a new voice box.

Doctors discovered before he was born that Grant’s upper airway was completely blocked, meaning that at birth, he’d be unable to breathe. Even with quick intervention, doctors said his survival chances were extremely slim.

Only about 50 people born with the condition worldwide have survived.

Even fewer are born with no vocal cords — an anomaly doctors didn’t discover until after Grant was born.

What helped save his life was an operation to insert a breathing tube while he was still partly in the womb.

The Michigan boy is the first child for Andrea Hasse, a school principal, and her husband, Tadd, a carpenter.

During a routine ultrasound when she was 18 weeks pregnant, they learned that something was “undeniably wrong,” she said.

The images showed that Grant’s lungs seemed to be nearly fully developed, yet he wasn’t due to be born for another five months. Cartilage blockage in his upper airway prevented his body from expelling fluid, causing his lungs to swell.

“It was very earth-shattering for us,” Andrea Hasse said. “We were given a 1 to 3 per cent chance of survival. We clung to that 3 per cent.”

They were referred to specialists at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, about an hour from their Clinton Township home. Because of the increasing fluid, her pregnancy became dangerous and doctors performed a cesarean section. Grant was just 27 weeks old and weighed less than 3 pounds.

Dr. Glenn Green, a pediatric airway surgeon at the university’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, performed Grant’s first surgery during the C-section. An opening to his windpipe below the blockage was created in the baby’s neck as it protruded from his mother’s belly. A breathing tube was inserted, and a handheld ventilator was attached as he was pulled from the womb and transferred to a breathing machine. The tiny preemie spent four months in the hospital before being sent home with a ventilator and nurs-

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Andrea Hasse reads to her son Grant Hasse. The bright-eyed boy with a charming smile was born with two very rare conditions _ one that’s usually fatal, the other that should have left him unable to talk. But at almost 4 years old, he’s a healthy bundle of energy after 36 surgeries, including an innovative operation to create a voice box where there was none. ing care. Additional surgeries were postponed while he gained strength.

When Grant was around 1, during an operation to clear his throat, doctors learned he faced yet another hurdle — an undeveloped voice box and no vocal cords. Green had reconstructed airways in premature babies whose voice boxes were damaged from breathing tubes. So he decided to take that a step further and refashion a voice box and vocal cords for Grant, using the boy’s own tissue. It involved two major operations, the last in July 2014. The surgeon created two cord-like structures from nearby

muscle, and used a graft from Grant’s rib to separate them, allowing them to vibrate like real vocal cords to create sound. A speech therapist helped teach Grant how to form his lips and make puffs of air to create sounds, including “h” and “p.” After one speech therapy session in June, he started making letter sounds in the car. As soon as they got home, Grant blurted out “hop.”

“We couldn’t believe it!” Andrea Hasse said.

“We looked at each other stunned and Grant acted like it was no big deal!”

Scientists hatch malaria-resistant mosquitoes

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — California researchers hatched some malaria-resistant mosquitoes and then gave evolution a shove — using a groundbreaking technology to ensure the insects pass on that protective gene as they reproduce, with implications far beyond the promise of fighting malaria.

The experiment reported Monday involves what’s called a “gene drive,” a technique that, if it pans out, promises to alter the genetics of populations of insects and certain plants and animals faster than Mother Nature could.

Normally, genes have a 50-50 chance of being inherited. University of California researchers created a strain of mosquitoes that could pass a specially engineered malaria-blocking gene to about 99 per cent of their offspring.

The mutant mosquitoes, kept in a secured lab, highlight the promise of this technology along with questions about when and how it might be safe to try it in the wild.

“This is a major advance because it shows that gene drive interventions will likely be effective in mosquito vectors of disease,” said biologist Kevin Esvelt of Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, a gene drive researcher who wasn’t involved with the newest study.

But because no one knows how such rapid genetic change might impact habitats, Esvelt has urged the public to weigh in. The California study published online in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences adds some urgency.

“This work suggests that we’re a hop, skip and jump away from actual gene drive candidates for eventual release” in nature, he said.

Malaria kills more than half a million people a year, mostly children in

Africa, and sickens about 200 million more. Mosquitoes pick up the parasite by biting an infected person, and spread it when they bite someone else.

Mosquito-killing insecticides and bed nets are the main protection.

At the University of California-Irvine, molecular biologist Anthony James is developing what he calls “sustainable technologies” — rather than killing mosquitoes, instead rendering them unable to infect people.

James engineered immune system genes that could spur a mosquito’s body to develop antibodies to attack the parasite, so that it couldn’t transmit the infection. The new genes worked as intended when injected into the eggs of a particular malaria-spreading mosquito species, Anopheles stephensi.

Altered mosquitoes would have to gradually spread their new genes by mating with wild mosquito populations — and the next challenge is how to speed that process quickly enough to make a dent in malaria in any given region.

Enter gene drives, a technique that proponents say one day might be used to wipe out invasive species like kudzu or cane toads, or reverse pesticide resistance in weeds, or suppress insect populations. The idea comes from a few examples in nature where certain genes spread disproportionately, and scientists have longed for a way to control that process. Recently they’ve had some success using a powerful new tool named CRISPR-Cas9 that allows precise editing of DNA in living cells, sort of like cut-and-paste software.

Earlier this year, University of California, San Diego, biologists Ethan Bier and Valentino Gantz announced a CRISPR-fueled gene drive that worked in fruit flies.

For Monday’s study, the San Diego researchers teamed with James

— packing the malaria-resistance genes with the CRISPR-based gene drive, boosting chances of inheriting the malaria protection by targeting the change to a specific spot in the mosquito’s reproductive DNA. To measure, they tacked on a fluorescence gene that made mosquitoes’ eyes look red if they harboured the new gene.

The malaria protection spread remarkably well, proving the concept even though far more work is needed before this kind of mosquito could be tested in the wild, James said. Among the findings to be addressed was that the transgenic male mosquitoes passed their new trait to the next generation more efficiently than transgenic females did.

Gene drive experiments are controversial. One worry is the possibility of altered organisms escaping the labora-

tory before scientists know how to use them. The California team took safeguards including special lab security and using a mosquito species that can’t survive in California’s climate.

Additional questions involve what’s appropriate to try — wiping out a species or just altering it, for example — and how to approach such research in low-income countries.

The prestigious National Academy of Sciences is studying ethical issues surrounding gene drive research, and the California team says countries that struggle with mosquito-borne diseases in particular should be involved.

“Somebody sitting in the U.S. making up a list of rules has to appreciate that these countries have their own concerns,” James said.

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Jones is game-changing NO MARVEL SCREEN PROJECT PRIOR HAS PROVIDED SUCH GRITTY THRILLS

BY DAVID BETANCOURT ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Jessica Jones is the darkest, sexiest thing Marvel Entertainment has ever done.

Yes, for gritty thrills, it surpasses the studio’s movies and its network And streaming shows. Jessica Jones (released Friday on Netflix) intimately probes what lies in the shadows of failed heroism, and maps the psychological battle that follows.

Perhaps when Netflix and Marvel announced their five-show collaboration, kicking off with Daredevil, it was the Jessica Jones title that excited you the least.

Daredevil? Sure. Luke Cage? Bulletproof guy, right? Iron Fist? Martial arts.

Jessica Jones? Maybe you never got around to reading the Marvel Max line of comics that inspired the show. So maybe your expectations were low.

Even Jessica Jones villain David Tennant, who plays Kilgrave, admitted that he was unfamiliar with J.J., despite growing up as a big Marvel fan.

So if your expectations were low due to a lack of familiarity, that’s understandable. But one episode in, you’ll begin to understand this moment: Jessica Jones is that Big Bang moment that sparked a meaner, edgier and more seductive Marvel universe.

Maybe you’re saying, “Well, didn’t Daredevil establish that tone?” Indeed, Daredevil pushed PG-13 to PG15. But when you watch Jessica Jones, you’ll see they’ve kicked it up a notch.

Here are five takeaways from “Jessica Jones”: 1. The depth of defeat.

As the title character, Krysten Ritter wears defeat on her face and weathered sleeve. While we glimpse of her backstory to the time where she thought super-strength meant she could try being a hero, we mostly see the results that lead her to realizing she’s no Avenger: she’s failed. Her powers betray her when she comes into contact with a villain (Kilgrave) who can control minds. When Kilgrave appears to be back, Jessica’s first instinct isn’t to come up with a heroic approach; the plan is just to run.

We slowly build up to a Jessica/Kilgrave reunion. In between, we see the effects of Jessica’s PTSD. She prefers to be alone. She hits the bottle hard and isn’t looking for friends.

The horror of Kilgrave is that he can be anywhere. Or anyone. He makes it difficult for Jessica to trust the few friends she has. But eventually Jessica knows that the only way to deal with Kilgrave is directly.

2. The supreme sense of self-ish.

Kilgrave doesn’t want the world or the Infinity Gauntlet. Heck, at times he might just want a sandwich and a good place to watch a soccer match. But it is how he goes about getting what he wants that makes him one of the scariest Marvel bad guys put on screen. His power of suggestion can’t be refused.

His sinister ways are matched only by his calm, because he knows no one can say no to him.

Then there’s Jessica Jones — the one who got away. Singularly obsessed, he begins a slow hunt by watching her with other sets of eyes, and getting into Jessica’s head without using his powers.

3. Cage matched.

Unlike Daredevil, Jessica Jones serves as a sort of Defenders -lite sneak peek. We simultaneously get our title character and a look into the next Netflix hero. Mike Colter’s Luke Cage is the opposite of Jessica in many ways, but he, too, shares special abilities he’d rather not embrace. An attribute that eventually links the two in a relationship that is more sensual and complicated than anything we’ve seen

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Krysten Ritter stars in the new Marvel/Netlix series ‘Jessica Jones.’

Jessica Jones and the way we talk about consent

BY ALYSSA ROSENBERG ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Jessica Jones,the new series about a private eye (Krysten Ritter) who has given up on superheroics, arrived Friday on Netflix as the most fully realized and human-feeling of the Marvel television shows to make it to the small screen.

Unlike Daredevil, it leavens its grimness with humor and one of the more plausible, grown-up romantic relationships in the whole franchise, between Jessica and bartender Luke Cage (The Good Wife veteran Mike Colter). Jessica Jones has dandy action choreography and a fluid sense of how its characters’ powers would function up against human antagonists.

And Jessica Jones has one of the best supervillains in recent memory: Kilgrave (David Tennant), who has the ability to take over his victims’ minds completely, at least for a certain period of time and from a certain geographic distance. While Kilgrave sexually abuses only some of his victims, his ability to take away their free will lets Jessica Jones stage interesting conversations about consent, who can lose it and what it means to have been deprived of your agency.

In the real world, those discussions have become deeply entangled

f l Cage gets a little li l action i from Marvel. enough to show that tough skin he’s famous for. He’s a man who has no interest in being a hero, but as Hell’s Kitchen continues to attract unknown evils, he’ll get the hero call soon enough.

4. Coitus: Disrupt us.

Fully embracing the source material’s mature content, Jessica Jones doesn’t shy away from sex. Far for gratuitous, each sultry situation in serves to escape the madness of Hell’s Kitchen. And the couplings make it clear: this is an adult show based on an adult comic that itself was not suitable for kids.

5. Sense of the big build.

Jessica Jones get us halfway to the eventual series about the street-level,

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COMMENT in larger debates about the politics of college campuses and sexual assault law. Jessica Jones may not be able to break those deadlocks. But it at least gives us new ways into fraught ideas.

Kilgrave’s victims can be anyone: young, attractive women he wants to sleep with; a musician whose talent he covets; a decent policeman, Will Simpson (Wil Traval), whom Kilgrave wants to exploit to gain access to his victims; a marginal older man he tortured for the fun of it; and in one horrifying instance when he wants to upset Jessica deeply, a child. At least in the early episodes of the series, he’s loss of free will personified, and Jessica Jones is an unnerving reminder that no one is immune from him.

That doesn’t mean that his victims’ experiences are the same.

When Kilgrave’s targets meet in a tentative support group, Jessica is the only one of them who wants to take action to try to stop Kilgrave; the rest of them would do anything it takes to stay off his radar for the rest of their lives. But the fact that Jessica managed to free herself from Kilgrave’s puppetry doesn’t make her morally superior to her fellow survivors, and it doesn’t mean she has recovered from the experience.

ih d The h Defendf d antihero Avengers squad, ers. Jessica Jones is poised to be a hit, and the pressure will be on Luke Cage to continue the hot streak. Once Iron Fist is cast and all four Hell’s Kitchen

If anything, her eventual escape makes Jessica feel worse about the things that she did under Kilgrave’s influence and the fact that she wasn’t able to shake off his control over her sooner.

In a similar way, one of the more subtle, and useful, things Kilgrave’s powers do for Jessica Jones is that they mean the show can draw a clear distinction between the times when Jessica has genuinely been robbed of her free will and ability to consent, and the occasions on which she’s just making terrible, self-destructive decisions. It’s one thing when, under Kilgrave’s instructions, Jessica is forced to play out his sexual fantasies or cause harm to someone else. It’s something else entirely when, free of his influence, she drinks too much or has sex with someone when the better choice might be to go home alone. Those are Jessica’s choices, and Jessica Jones lets her carry the weight of them rather than passing them on to Kilgrave.

This is a refreshingly grown-up perspective on Jessica’s situation.

And the series is a nice reminder that although comic books are derided as a kids’ medium, their supernatural setups can provide us with clarifying thought experiments that allow us to approach our present dilemmas with fresh perspectives.

h h d b d The h Defenders f d heroes have debuted, — much like The Avengers on the big screen — could be a game-changer.

Much like Marvel and Netflix’s commercial team-up itself.

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City ready to debate budget

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People waiting for Red Deer Transit at the stop at the Village Shopping Centre in Red Deer brave the elements Monday as the snow begins to pile up. The snow is forecast to continue into to today, ending late this afternoon. Brisk winds are expected to make the windchill feel like its -20 C through the afternoon.

Ticking down to Festival of Trees WEEKEND PACKED WITH CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS AND FESTIVITIES

BY ADVOCATE STAFF

RED DEER

The countdown is winding down for the start of one of Red Deer’s most popular Christmas events, the Festival of Trees.

Starting Thursday, the doors open to the winter wonderland that is the Festival of Trees at the Westerner, 4847A 19th St. For everyone, the event starts at 6 p.m. with the Taste of Red Deer, which features food from local restaurants. The food frenzy runs until 9 p.m.

Some groups get a look at the festival before the doors open at 6 p.m.

Sponsors get a preview dinner on Wednesday from 6 to 11 p.m.; seniors and volunteers get an appreciation event on Thursday from 1 to 6 p.m. and on Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. it is the festival business lunch.

On Friday night, things can get a little tipsy with the festival of wines from 8 to 11 p.m.

Saturday is highlighted by the ‘Tis

the Season luncheon form 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and mistletoe magic from 6 to 11 p.m.

Sunday morning means breakfast with Santa from 9 a.m. to noon.

The Festival of Trees runs from Thursday to Sunday with several activities throughout the weekend including the gift and sweet shops, raffle alley, Santa’s secret shop, the tree room, candy cane lane and entertainment.

The doors are open on Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

BUCK ON THE LOOKOUT

Roughly $160.7 million in proposed spending will be on the table when Red Deer city council considers administration’s 2016 capital budget on Tuesday.

In what is expected to be an all-day affair, council will debate one-year and multi-year projects starting in 2016. A total of 121 projects are in the budget, up from the 105 in 2015.

Council will also consider 2015 projects that need more funding, and approve the 2017-2025 capital plan ($1.38 billion) in principle.

In order to pay for various projects, council is expected to consider first readings of borrowing bylaws for projects such as the 67th Street corridor improvements, a snow storage site and storm, roads, and water offsite projects.

The theme for the capital budget is “balancing vision and economic reality.”

The big ticket items include improvements to south east sector ($12.2 million); West Queens Business Park ($9.8 million); fleet replacement ($8.4 million); crown paving ($7.6 million); improvements to the 67 Street corridor ($6.6 million) and roadway reconstruction ($5.7 million).

Other proposed projects include preserving CPR Pedestrian Bridge ($3.7 million) and Memorial Centre ($2.1 million), 67 Street corridor improvements, River Bend Recreation Area preservation and enhancements ($5.5 million) and the Riverwalk project ($1.7 million) in Riverlands.

The meeting gets underway at 9 a.m. in City Hall chambers. The city will streaming the budget deliberations online at www.reddeer.ca

Man pleads guilty to defrauding O’Chiese FN

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

A mule deer buck looks over his shoulder as he makes his way along a walking path near Rotary Park in Red Deer on Friday afternoon. A doe in the area seemed to be playing a little hard to get towards the amorous advances from the buck, preferring to hide out in the dense bush nearby.

Weapons charges against Bergseth dropped

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF After calling one witness, the Crown dismissed charges against a man found in a car with a trunk full of guns in the Red Deer Regional Hospital parking lot.

Dixon Ross Bergseth, 37, of Red Deer was charged with nine counts of possession of a prohibited weapon and eight counts of possession of weapons obtained by crime. He was arrested on Sept. 4 while he was inside the car.

However, during his trial on Monday in Red Deer provincial court, testimony revealed he did not put the guns in the trunk, nor did he know they were there. He was represented by defence counsel Andrew Phypers during the trial.

Crown Prosecutor Blair Brandon applied to have the charges against Bergseth dismissed. Judge Jim Mitchell granted the application.

Bergseth had purchased the vehicle with a woman in Stettler a day or two prior. When they did the car’s

trunk was empty. The woman was called to testify Monday at Bergseth’s trial.

She said the two drove around Red Deer on Sept. 4 doing crystal meth and seeing friends. She said she had been up for a couple of days because of all the drugs she had been using.

The two went to visit a friend’s place. The woman testified that an “old friend” of hers named Dave asked to put something in her car’s trunk. She said Dave would not specify what he was going to put in her trunk, only that it was a surprise. She thought it was strange, but let him.

Early that morning after using more crystal meth, the woman started hallucinating severely. These hallucinations were so bad, the woman wanted to go to the hospital. She drove while Bergseth slept in the car.

She parked the vehicle by the emergency room doors and went into the hospital to get checked out.

Red Deer RCMP were called to the hospital to a report of a man in possession of a number of firearms that morning. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Ringing up more than $60,000 in personal purchases on a company credit card, a Sylvan Lake man only dug himself deeper into trouble when he tried to cover it up with an invoice for a company he never did business with.

Kevin Andrew Thomas, 54, pleaded guilty to one count of defrauding the O’Chiese First Nation of more than $60,000 in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Monday before Justice Wayne Renke, of Edmonton. He and Deborah Lynn Thomas were charged after a forensic audit of the O’Chiese gas station the two managed revealed significant personal purchases had been made on a credit card meant for business expenses.

In February 2010, an Alberta numbered company the two were directors of was awarded the management contract of the O’Chiese First Nation gas bar and convenience store. The store is owned and operated by the first nation. Kevin was provided with a business Visa by the first nation.

That summer a meeting was held with Kevin when the first nation became concerned he had made personal purchases with the card totalling about $65,000.

Kevin admitted to making personal purchases on the card in that amount in a letter dated July 5. The first nation demanded he pay it back within a week.

After signing the letter, Kevin requested to be reimbursed $72,000 for a business purchase. He provided an invoice from a company called Jingle Juice.

Jingle Juice is a beverage vendor that travels with the pow-wow circuit during the summer. However, Jingle Juice had no business dealings with Kevin and the invoice was fraudulent.

A forensic audit through MNP, ordered after the fake invoice was filed, revealed Kevin had made 77 personal purchases with the credit card.

In March 2013, Kevin gave a statement to police investigators admitting to the personal purchases.

Kevin and Deborah were scheduled to start a three day trial in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

However, Kevin’s guilty plea put an abrupt end to the trial. The two were first appeared in Rocky Mountain House provincial court on April 24, 2013.

Renke ordered the creation of both a pre-sentence report and a Gladue report, specific to aboriginal offenders, before the sentencing hearing.

The matter was adjourned to Dec. 7 in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench to set a date for sentencing.

Kevin faced three additional charges including theft over $5,000, using a forged document and creating a false document. Deborah was charged with theft over $5,000, using a forged document, creating a false document and fraud.

The remaining charges will go to the sentencing date. However, Crown Prosecutor Carolyn Ayre said the plan is to withdraw the other seven charges, including all charges against Deborah. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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DEFAMATION

Column a ‘hatchet job,’ court hears

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A friend and campaign worker of former TV journalist Arthur Kent says he believes a column written by Don Martin during the 2008 Alberta election campaign was a “hatchet job.”

Kent is suing Postmedia, the National Post and Martin alleging that he was defamed during his unsuccessful campaign to win a seat in Calgary for the Progressive Conservatives.

Kent became ARTHUR KENT known as the “Scud Stud” for his reporting on Iraqi missile strikes for NBC during the Gulf War and the column at issue ran under the headline Alberta’s ‘Scud Stud’ a ‘Dud’ on Campaign Trail.

The article used unnamed sources that described Kent as a lone ranger who failed to toe the party line and was difficult to deal with. They said Kent was not co-operating with the party and a number of key campaign members were threatening to quit, including the finance chairman.

Len Grant, a longtime TV journalist himself who volunteered on the Kent campaign, testified Monday there were no problems until the Martin column ran.

“I was taken aback. I felt there was a great deal of licence being taken by Don Martin. It’s either a news item or it’s an opinion piece. I don’t think you can have both,” said Grant, who retired from journalism in 2000.

“This is a very one-sided piece, very vindictive. I thought it was a hatchet job.”

The Martin article had no comment from Kent in it.

Under cross-examination, Grant admitted he didn’t have any real contact with campaign organizers and was mostly responsible for putting up lawn signs and handing out leaflets.

He acknowledged he has kept in contact with Kent over the years.

Former Calgary Herald reporter Heath McCoy testified that he had no problem reaching Kent for his own campaign story.

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Expert in DNA analysis takes the stand at murder trial of Dennis Oland SAINT JOHN, N.B. — An expert in DNA analysis has taken the witness stand as the trial looking into the murder of New Brunswick businessman Richard Oland enters its 11th week.

Joy Kearsey was a scientist at the RCMP lab in Halifax between 1997 and 2013.

Crown prosecutor P.J. Veniot said

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Ivan Henry leaves B.C. Supreme Court during a lunch break in Vancouver, B.C. A lawyer for the British Columbia government says the case of a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for nearly 30 years may have ended differently had the accused not represented himself in court. ‘You can only do a certain amount when that unwise decision is made,’ John Hunter told B.C. Supreme Court on Monday. ‘This is a case that demonstrates what can happen when a person accused of serious crimes refuses to accept the assistance of counsel.’

Toronto police doing immigration ‘dirty work’: activist group

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Police in Toronto make far more checks with immigration authorities about whether people have proper residency or work documentation than their counterparts in other major Canadian cities, according to a new report by activist and legal groups.

Those checks can lead to indefinite detention or deportation to places where their lives could be in danger, the groups said Monday.

Government data, obtained by the groups under access to information laws, show 83 per cent of Toronto police calls to Canada Border Services Agency are based on “officer suspicion” and were made to perform a “status check.” In fewer than one in 10 cases — about seven per cent — those reported had outstanding immigration warrants.

Study co-author Karl Gardner, with No One Is Illegal, said the data suggest officers are racially profiling individin his opening statement at the start of the trial that DNA samples taken from a brown jacket seized from the home of Dennis Oland matched the profile of Richard Oland.

Dennis Oland has pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder.

He is the last known person to see his father alive.

Richard Oland was found face down in a pool of blood in his Saint John office on July 7, 2011.

He had suffered about 40 blows to his head and neck from a blunt instrument and bladed weapon.

‘THEY’RE AFRAID TO CALL THE POLICE IN TIMES OF NEED, THEY’RE AFRAID TO WALK ON THE STREETS OR TAKE THE SUBWAY BECAUSE THEY FEAR BEING TARGETED BY THE POLICE BASED ON THE COLOUR OF THEIR SKIN. POLICE SHOULD NOT BE DOING THE DIRTY WORK OF CBSA.’ — KARL GARDNER, STUDY CO-AUTHOR uals and are choosing to contact the border agency without cause.

As a result, he said, police are creating a climate of fear among the estimated 200,000 undocumented migrants in the community.

“They’re afraid to call the police in times of need, they’re afraid to walk on the streets or take the subway because they fear being targeted by the police based on the colour of their skin,” Gardner said in interview. “Police should not be doing the dirty work of CBSA.” Toronto police denied any racial profiling or proactive reporting to the border agency. However, they have

long said they have a legal obligation to report illegal immigrants if they become aware of issues.

“Don’t ask, don’t tell was not an option for police. Don’t ask was,” police spokesman Mark Pugash said Monday.

“Do we actively target? No we don’t.”

Government data show that officers in Toronto reported 3,278 people to immigration enforcement between Nov. 4, 2014 and June 28, 2015 — a rate of about 14 people each day. During the same period, police services in Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver made a combined 2,729 calls.

MONTREAL — A man has been granted bail after being charged in connection with a YouTube video in which someone wearing a Joker mask says one Arab would be murdered in Quebec every week.

Jesse Pelletier, 24, appeared in a Montreal courtroom this afternoon and was freed on various conditions.

He had been detained since last Wednesday on charges of uttering threats, possession of a false weapon, public incitement of hatred and hoax regarding terrorist activities.

The person in the video was wearing a Joker mask and could be seen brandishing what looked like a pistol as he made the threats and spoke about the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead.

His lawyer reiterated today the video was “a bad joke.”

Pelletier is scheduled to return to court Jan. 18.

Pelletier, who has a bone defect from birth and suffered an accident about a year ago, appeared in court last week in a wheelchair.

YouTube murder threats against Arabs: Quebecer granted bail

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Playing games and That bad friend that you just can’t quit reading books Sometimes our lives get busy. Lately of age where nature walks and pretend there has been a bit of an upheaval in the car rides to Mexico just don’t seem to cut Brown household and our routine and it anymore. schedules have been thrown for loop.

Sometimes I wonder if he is growing up Unfortunately at this time too fast. I worry that the allure of the disruption is something video games, tablets and techthat cannot be avoided. So nology has jaded our children in I’ve decided to embrace it. a way that we never were. MaySometimes when unexpectbe this is true, or maybe we just ed change comes upon us the need to start thinking outside of best thing we can do for our the box when it comes to raising family is to show them how to our children. roll with the punches.

I asked Lars what he would It occurred to me lately like to do while we spent some that I’ve been so wrapped up time together. To no surprise in the “big things” that I’ve let of mine he said he’d like it if I the truly important stuff fall watched him play Angry Birds to the wayside. The best thing on the tablet.

LINDSAY for my babes (and me for that I met him halfway and offered BROWN matter) right now would be to to watch for half an hour if he’d make up for some much needdo some reading with me afterME PLUS THREE ed quality moments together. wards. He seemed happy enough Sophie and I set out on an with this decision. early Tuesday morning and “You see Mom; if you just pull ended up having more fun than I think the slingshot back like this and aim right either of us anticipated. Our first order here…BOOM! OH YEAH! See that Mom of business on that brisk November morn I totally nailed it!” The kid’s pure enthuwas to visit the lake and go for a, “beauti- siasm over what he was doing gave way ful autumn walk” (Sophie’s exact words). to most all of my reservations about the Sophie gathered all sorts of nature-stuffs; games. He is so confident when playing, I from dried colorful leaves to funny look- can see it is an outlet for him and that is ing rocks to pieces of bark with moss most definitely okay in my books. growing off of it.

After a very in depth look into the We placed all of her goodies into an world of Angry Birds we found a few airtight container in which she was to books to read. He read to me and although bring for show and tell the next day at we read daily I still am baffled at how far school. With every treasure that we stum- he has come. bled across a bigger smile grew on my Somehow we got on the topic of the daughters face, allowing my joy to surface Harry Potter books and how my mom too.

(Granny Colleen) used to read the series We then took some time for a little park to me and Uncle Dustin every night. I play. Sophie sat me on the car shaped explained that it was a book about wizjungle gym and asked where I’d like her to ardry and a school of magic called Hogdrive. I told her Mexico was nice this time warts. Immediately Lars was hooked, and of year. She agreed and we took a left then just like that we found ourselves another a right and then went down a very long “something special” to bond over in his and winding road and in virtually no time growing years. at all we found ourselves in sunny MexiI think it is natural for our lives to co. I asked her where she got her superb sometimes become heavy with all of the drivers training from and in true Sophie “big stuff”. We are all human and it’s easy fashion she answered with a reasonable to become overwhelmed with the daily and matter of fact reply. grind.

“Well of course Mom, I got it from the What’s important is taking the time to dollar store. Don’t you know that you can find the perhaps small, but extraordinary, get ANYTHING there!?” And once again moments that we can one day look back I think my frequent perusing of our local on and contentedly say, “what wonderful dollar store may be rubbing off on my times we’ve had.” daughter.

Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake mother Lars has entered into a different kind of two and freelance columnist.

I’ve had a friend for years and were in.

So were cigarettes. years who seems to drift in and out It seemed we smoked everyof my life with maddening regularwhere, except, of course, in front of ity.

Sometimes I want to be close, our parents, which was not allowed other times not so much, but this then and, to my knowledge, is not friend is always there, always avail- allowed now. Except, of course, in my case, where the reverable, always comfortsal is true. ing and always, weirdI would be severely ly enough, on the same chastised if I even enterwave length with me. tained the thought of lightAnd all I need to ing up in front of my chilconnect with this dren whom I swear have a friend is a lighter or at sense of smell keener than the very least, a pack a police dog sniffing out of matches. drugs.

Cigarettes. My Things were different friend, my buddy, my when I was young and bad choice of comfort. knew everything.

“No. 7 regular, Smokers were acceptplease.” That would TREENA ed. And when they lit up, be me. Buying one MIELKE they didn’t get the look, more pack. Again. you know the look of pure Actually, I had nevLIFE disdain like they have two er heard of anyone reheads and are also weird ferring to cigarettes as in other ways, that they get a friend until the other today. day when I admitted I had quit.

Smokers were allowed into Again.

“So, you must be going through a bars and restaurants and offices grieving process,” this person said. and even people’s homes. Smok“It’s kind of like losing your best ers, heaven forbid, even smoked in front of children, sometimes even friend.”

I have lost car keys and wallets their own.

But, that was then and this is and phone numbers. I have lost my way, and I have lost people I cared now.

Now, baby boomers such as myabout deeply. But, I never, ever thought giving up smoking was like self have had to admit smoking is a dirty, filthy habit and hanging is losing one or any of the above. really too good for any of us who But, actually it is.

For years and years I told every- dare to indulge in it. And if we canone that I could take or leave smok- not convince ourselves that we are ing. I was the control freak, here. I guilty as charged, all we need to do is check out the graphic pictures on could decide.

I’m not sure when the rules the cigarette packages.

Try and have a cigarette with a changed and I became the servant and my cigarettes just laughed at clear conscience after that.

It’s not easy, but, unfortunately, me and went up to about a million it can be done. dollars a packet. But, they did.

Ask me. I know.

And still I bought them.

But, I have quit again. This time I was introduce to cigarettes and lipstick when I was about 13 by my for good.

Well, at least for today! brother’s girlfriend, who was 19 Treena Mielke lives in Sylvan Lake and much cooler than me so I accepted both the gifts that came with and is editor of the Rimbey Review. the ‘grown up label’ attached with- She has been a journalist and columnist for more than 25 years. Treena is out question.

In those days rolled up blue married to Peter and they have three jeans, penny loafers, bobby pins, children and six grandchildren.ftrerecord players and drive-in movies ena

Attracting the wrong partner leads to bad relationships identity and found yourself making extreme sacrifices to satisfy their needs and desires with little or no return on the emotional investment.

Your role models while growing up did not demonstrate healthy attitudes and behaviours in their relationships. Studies have shown that individuals often seek out someone who demonstrates similar traits and behaviours – for better or worse – of the parent they most identified with emotionally.

You might seek out a partner who is controlling or dominating or one who is passive and emotionally bankrupt. In these cases, it comes down to familiarity. An old pattern from early programming is recognized and unconsciously replicated.

You hate to be alone so you will choose someone, anyone who can fill the partner role. The need to have someone in your life is overpowering so the first person (and often the wrong person) to offer his or her services gets the job. The possibility of being single and happy hasn’t occurred to you or been seriously considered. As a result, your relationships quickly fall apart.

You lack awareness and seldom pause for reflection or introspection. As a result, you don’t really know what your important and unmet needs are.

The first person to catch your eye wins your heart but ultimately is unable to fulfil your desires. You have a tendency to try to mould your partner into the person you want or need him or her to be, but it is a recipe for disaster.

The truth is, healthy self-esteem is a prerequisite to a healthy relationship. Without healthy self-esteem, every relationship is rigged to be a no-win scenario. When we lack personal value, we place the burden of feeling worthy on the other person. Believing our sense of self-worth is tied to how the other person feels about us, we may become overly sensitive or easily hurt. Worst of all, we may accept poor treatment because we feel we don’t deserve better.

Relationships are complex and perfect harmony may be unrealistic but healthy and productive relationships share a number of common components.

• Mutual respect which is demonstrated by the acceptance of opposing opinions and feelings.

• Equality, which means both partners are on the same level, with the equal right to think, speak and make decisions.

• Freedom, which allows both partners in the relationship to remain whole and unique individuals

It had happened again – another disastrous relationship.

My young friend had endured a long series of them. Each time she was well-intentioned and convinced that she had found the right man – her knight in shining armour – but the pattern always played out the same way. The infatuation would soon end and the men began to take her for granted or take advantage of her giving nature.

MURRAY In the worst of these relaFUHRER tionships, the men became emotionally and even physiEXTREME ESTEEM cally abusive. And the saddest part of it all, this young lady would stay in the relationship long past the point she should have left – often prompting intervention by friends, family or both to disentangle her.

In counselling sessions, I am sometimes asked the question, “Why do I keep attracting the wrong partner?” The simple answer: because your damaged self is doing the attracting. The damaged self feels incomplete. It looks to establish a connection yet has a deep-seated and unconscious belief that it is unworthy and unlovable. Thus, it prompts you to seek out a partner who will confirm your worthlessness – someone incapable of respect and abiding love.

In psychological terms, this is called behavioural congruence, meaning the behaviour or actions are consistent with deeply held beliefs, values and attitudes of the individual. For people suffering from poor or damaged self-esteem, this agreement between belief and behaviour often happens at an unconscious level. And when it happens, it is deemed a confirmation of the belief and serves to strengthen and reinforce it, creating a fixed and easily replicated pattern.

With few exceptions, chronically poor partnering is the result of poor self-esteem. Most of these negative patterns were set in motion during formative years and crystalized – through reinforcement – over time. Here are some common themes that you may recognize.

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with their own set of thoughts, friends, hobbies, interests and beliefs.

• Support and encouragement, which is offered unconditionally in both good times and bad.

• Good communication, which is demonstrated by the willingness to listen and be heard, without fear or judgement, and the determination to clarify expectations thus avoiding confusion and undue conflict. Your partner should never have to guess what you’re thinking or make assumptions about what you need.

• Trust and honesty, perhaps the two most important elements of a healthy relationship.

On the topic of relationships, American psychologist and author, Leo Buscaglia once wrote, “A loving relationship is one in which the loved one is free to be himself – to laugh with me, but never at me; to cry with me, but never because of me; to love life, to love himself, to love being loved. Such a relationship is based upon freedom and can never grow in a jealous heart.”

Your relationships improve as your self-esteem improves. That’s the simple answer. Healthy relationships enhance our lives and encourage compassion and respect. Both partners grow as individuals and as equal partners in a joint, positive and ever-enlightening adventure.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His new book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca

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B5 Polei playing dual roles for Rebels

TUESDAY, NOV. 24, 2015

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR He’s a hard-nosed enforcer, but Red Deer Rebels winger Evan Polei also has a nose for the net.

The six-foot-one, 220-pound Polei, one of the WHL’s premier scrappers, has taken his game to a new level this season. As a result, he has been an offensive force as well as an intimidating physical presence.

Polei was extra impressive in the Rebels’ 6-1 conquest of the visiting Saskatoon Blades Friday, picking up three assists while skating alongside Lane Pederson and regular linemate Adam Musil.

The large trio (Musil is six-foot-three and 196 pounds and Pederson is six-one, 189) contributed three goals and generally dominated their opposing skaters with their size and aggressive play.

“That’s the role our line has to play,” Polei said Monday. “Against Saskatoon, we outworked their second line, they just couldn’t handle us down low.

We just moved pucks around and used our bodies and ended up getting three goals on the night (including one with Ivan Nikolishin temporarily on the line).”

Polei and Musil have been linemates most of the season, while several players have auditioned for the third spot on the unit.

“It’s just whoever is playing well will join us,” said Polei, who will be back with Musil and Pederson tonight when the Rebels take on the Regina Pats at the Centrium to kick off a hectic stretch of four games in five nights.

“Lane will practise with us today and he’ll definitely be with us through the week,” added Polei, looking ahead also to games Wednesday and Friday at Cranbrook and Medicine Hat and a rematch with the Pats Saturday at the Centrium.

Polei’s three-helper outing Friday boosted his point total to 16 for the season, fourth-best on the team. He is tied for second on the club — with Michael Spacek and Grayson Pawlenchuk — with 10 goals and is deadlocked with Musil for the Rebels’ best plus/minus rating — plus-12.

The 19-year-old Wetaskiwin native showed hints of his offensive ability last winter with 16 goals in 53 games and this season is on pace to score more than 30.

“My game play has been way more consistent, which is allowed me to accumulate those points,” he said. “I mean, I’m not too worried about the amount of points I get this year because that’s not what’s going to get me a contract from an NHL or an AHL team.

“I just need to finish my checks, move my feet and be hard on pucks.”

Polei got a taste of the pro game when he attended the Detroit Red Wings prospects and main camps in

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff Rebels

Red Deer Rebel Evan Polei and Saskatoon Blade Schael Higson clash in front of Blades goaltender Nik Amundrud during a game at the Centrium earlier this season. Polei has produced on the score sheet in more ways than one. The six-foot-one, 220-pound forward not only is the team’s enforcer but has put up 16 points this season.

September.

“It was a lot of fun. I’m hoping to go back there next year, but if not hopefully another team will draft me in June,” he said.

The Red Wings haven’t kept in close contact with Polei but he’s confident they are still interested in his services.

“They said they were going to watch me all year and I have heard from one of their scouts,” he noted. “The scout talked to my agent and gave me some feedback from a recent game.”

While Polei has taken a step forward with his consistency this season, the Rebels on the whole are still searching for more uniformity in their game.

Red Deer has made a habit of bringing their A-game while up against top-end teams and coming up flat versus clubs performing at a .500 rate or lower.

“I think our biggest problem is looking at the standings and seeing our opponent’s record,” said Polei.

“If it’s not one of the top teams, it gets into our heads that we’re a team that can obviously beat this team, but then we drop down to their level and they smack us.

“We need to be consistent in how we play. If not we’ll lose to those teams we need to beat every night.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov can’t keep the puck as Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse defends in the third period of an NHL game, Monday, in Washington. The Capitals won 1-0.

Oilers can’t solve stingy Holtby, lose to Capitals

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Capitals 1 Oilers 0 WASHINGTON — Dmitry Orlov scored the only goal but the Washington Capitals credited Braden Holtby with their victory Monday night.

Holtby made 33 saves, Orlov scored with 6:32 left in the third period and Washington edged the Edmonton Oilers 1-0.

Capitals coach Barry Trotz said his team was often inconsistent in front of Holtby.

“He absolutely deserved the shutout,” Trotz said.

“He’s been one of our top players all year. Tonight he was by far our best player. There wasn’t even anybody in the same universe as him.”

Holtby made a number of tough stops on a night when Washington needed some help because its offence wasn’t as effective as usual. He came up with several good glove saves that frustrated the Oilers, who generated some good scoring chances at times as they outshot the Capitals 33-30.

The Capitals also helped Holtby with 19 blocked shots, including nine in a first period when the Oilers pressured Washington on occasion.

“That’s the key — if I can see it, then it’s my job to stop it,” Holtby said. “Not our strongest game, but we battled through. Shutouts only matter if it’s 1-0 like it was so, yeah, it’s a good night to have it.”

Tom Wilson started the game-winning play by coming up with a puck in the right corner. He quickly sent

it across the ice to Orlov, who fired a high slap shot past goalie Anders Nilsson from the left circle.

Orlov agreed these two points were thanks to Holtby.

“I think it’s his win,” Orlov said.

“They’re good offensively, so we needed to be ready and Holts played unreal.”

Brooks Laich also got an assist as the Capitals won their second consecutive game. Washington increased the pressure on offence in the third, registering 15 of its 30 shots after Edmonton had kept the Capitals quiet before that.

Nilsson finished with 29 saves and turned in a second straight strong performance. He made 19 saves in last Friday’s 5-1 victory at New Jersey that started Edmonton’s five-game Eastern swing.

This game was much different from the one played on Oct. 23 in Edmonton when the Capitals earned a 7-4 victory.

There wasn’t nearly as much offence, as both teams got better performances on defence and in goal.

In fact, neither team could generate much offence in the first two periods, and Edmonton came up empty on a 4-minute power play. Washington centre Nicklas Backstrom got a double-minor for high-sticking midway through the second period, but the Oilers could not score on their four shots.

Both teams missed on breakaways — the Oilers failed to convert on a twoon-none — about 8 minutes into the third before Holtby robbed Edmonton defenceman Eric Gryba on a quick glove save with 11:46 left.

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

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

GREY CUP

Mike Reilly and the Edmonton Eskimos head into the Grey Cup on quite a roll.

Edmonton chalked up its ninth straight win Sunday with a 45-31 victory over the Calgary Stampeders in the West Division final. That earned the Eskimos a berth in the CFL championship game against the Ottawa Redblacks, who beat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 35-28 in the East Division title game.

Ottawa comes into the Grey Cup having won five straight but had its trouble this season against Edmonton.

The Eskimos swept the season series 2-0, outscoring the Redblacks 69-29 although one victory was by a 46-17 margin and both contests were played in July. Ottawa will see Reilly on Sunday for the first time this season. Backup Matt Nichols got both previous starts versus the Redblacks as Reilly was sidelined with a knee injury suffered in Edmonton’s season-opening loss to Toronto in Fort McMurray.

Edmonton weathered the storm during Reilly’s absence, posting a 6-3 record following their starter’s injury. In fact, the Eskimos’ first two wins of the season came in sweeping the home-and-home series with Ottawa.

But Edmonton has been unbeatable since Reilly’s return as the starter in September. That includes two pivotal victories against Calgary that gave the Eskimos the season series and ultimately tops in the West Division after both teams finished with identical league-best 14-4 records.

Reilly has enjoyed another sol-

id CFL season, completing 214-of-329 passes (65 per cent) for 2,449 yards with 15 TDs and 10 interceptions. Reilly also ran for 324 yards on 66 carries (4.9-yard average) and scored two TDs. Reilly was impressive Sunday versus the defending-champion Stampeders at Commonwealth Stadium. He completed 31-of-39 passes for 370 yards and three TDs while also running for 30 yards and two touchdowns on seven carries.

Edmonton was pretty good away from Alberta, finishing tied with Calgary for the CFL’s best road record (63). The Eskimos and Stampeders also had identical 6-2 records in head-tohead matchups versus East Division competition.

A resurgent Burris, a finalist for the outstanding player award with Calgary quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell, is a big reason why the Redblacks are in the Grey Cup in just their second season of operation. The 40-year-old quarterback had a CFL-record 481 completions and had a league-best 5,703 yards passing in leading the Redblacks to a 12-6 record after the franchise registered just two victories in their inaugural 2014 campaign.

It was Burris’s 93-yard TD pass to Greg Ellingson in the fourth quarter that secured Ottawa’s victory over Hamilton on Sunday. With Burris under centre, the Redblacks averaged a league-best 386.3 yards per game with Edmonton second at 359.6. Ottawa also finished the season with four 1,000-yard receivers while Edmonton had two.

Patriots overcome sloppiness, more injuries to remain unbeaten

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Patriots 20 Bills 13 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady called out Rex Ryan and then he beat the Bills — again.

After shouting the name of the Buffalo coach as an audible, Brady led New England to a 20-13 victory over the Bills on Monday night and kept the defending Super Bowl champions on course for their second perfect regular season in nine years.

Brady completed 20 of 39 passes for 277 yards, hitting James White for a 20-yard score that was the first touchdown of the running back’s career to give New England (10-0) the lead.

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times for 82 yards and a 27-yard touchdown and caught six passes for 41 yards to surpass 100 yards from scrimmage for the fourth straight game. The Bills (5-5) snapped a two-game winning streak and lost to Brady for the 25th time in 28 games.

The game was filled with mistakes, penalties, injuries and turnovers — including two fumbles on a single punt, a rare missed field goal by Stephen Gostkowski and an inadvertent whistle that led to one of many lengthy conferences among the officials. And New England lost another key player: Danny Amendola, who took over as the Patriots’ No. 1 receiver because of last week’s injury to Julian Edelman, caught nine passes for 117 yards before leaving with a knee injury.

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Search begins for new head coach BUT HUFNAGEL CONTINUES INFLUENCE AS STAMPEDERS GM

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Aside from the wins, John Hufnagel’s legacy as head coach of the Calgary Stampeders will be seen on the sidelines of Sunday’s Grey Cup in Winnipeg.

Edmonton Eskimos head coach Chris Jones was Hufnagel’s defensive co-ordinator from 2008 to 2011.

Ottawa Redblacks coach Rick Campbell was Jones’s successor in Calgary in 2012 and 2013. Campbell also coached the Stampeders’ running backs in 2010.

The CFL is sprinkled with men mentored by Hufnagel. He is stepping aside after eight years as head coach of the Stampeders, but will continue as general manager in 2016.

B.C. Lions offensive co-ordinator George Cortez filled the same role for Hufnagel in 2008 and 2009. Cortez was head coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2012.

Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive backs coach Tony Missick spent four seasons in that job in Calgary.

Jones, Cortez and Missick won Grey Cups with Hufnagel. “You look at all the guys who have coached under Huf, they’re all very good coaches and for good reason because they’ve learned from him how to be professionals, how to handle the role and how to handle your players professionally and with respect,�

Stampeder quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell said Monday at McMahon Stadium.

Sunday’s 45-31 loss to Jones and the Eskimos in the West Division final marked the end of Hufnagel’s coaching tenure in Calgary.

His successor is another disciple.

Dave Dickenson, Hufnagel’s offensive co-ordinator for the last five seasons, takes over in 2016.

Hufnagel steps away from the Stampeder sideline with a 102-41-1 regular-season record. This season, the 64-year-old from Coraopolis, Pa., became the second-fastest coach in CFL

history to 100 career wins behind Wally Buono.

Hufnagel coached the Stampeders to Grey Cups in 2008 and 2014 and another appearance in 2012, as well as seven appearances in the division final.

The Stampeders played 69 regular-season games under Hufnagel without suffering back-to-back losses, which is a Canadian pro football record. “I had a blast for eight years,� Hufnagel said. “Especially the last four, the professionalism that the players brought to work each and every week was such a big part of them being able to win a lot of games. “I’m sure there will be things that I miss, but there’s going to be a lot of things I enjoy in the realm of the general manager job. I’m still going to be here on game day. The adrenalin flow, I’ll still have on game day. Hopefully I can help prepare the team as best I can sitting in the general manager chair.�

Dickenson did not speak to reporters Monday. A Calgary Stampeder spokesman said the team’s position was Hufnagel is still head coach and GM until after Sunday’s Grey Cup. But Dickenson addressed the Stampeders as head coach for the first time during Monday’s locker cleanout.

Dickenson was given the awkward title of assistant head coach to start the 2014 season, which was an indicator of Calgary’s succession plan. Hufnagel said the time was right to make the transition. “Continuity is important,� Hufnagel said. “Dave is an excellent football coach. He’s a very smart man, a smart football coach. He just needs to have some good luck, good fortune and hopefully I can help him.�

The Stampeders gave the Roughriders permission to speak to assistant general manager and director of player personnel John Murphy for the ‘Riders vacant GM position.

Murphy is under contract in Calgary

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Calgary Stampeders head coach John Hufnagel hugs a fan as he leaves the clubhouse in Calgary, Monday. The Stamps lost to the Edmonton Eskimos in Sunday’s CFL West final that put and end to their season. until Dec. 31. His skills in talent identification and recruitment helped the Stampeders stay deep positionally and resilient enough to win games when hit by significant injuries. “I think myself and 250,000 other people that live out there are probably interested in that job,� Murphy said. “From a professional standpoint, it’s time to take a look. The Stampeder organization has been great to me. “I’m not actively pursuing anything.

If somebody wants to speak to me about something, they’re more than welcome to contact Huf. I have no reason to be anything but pleased with the position I have other than the latest result.�

Hufnagel said he’ll meet with Dick-

enson and the rest of the coaches Tuesday to evaluate players and consider free-agent needs for 2016.

The fotball future of running back Jon Cornish is murky. The CFL’s leading rusher and Most Outstanding Canadian from 2012 to 2014 did not play in Calgary’s last five games because of neck pain. Injuries have limited Cornish to nine games each of the last two seasons.

Cornish’s situation will influence Calgary’s ambition to re-sign running back Jerome Messam, who will be a free agent. Eric Rogers, the CFL’s leader in receiving yards this season, and veteran defensive back Keon Raymond will also be among Calgary’s prominent free agents.

Kingsbury looks forward to second shot at wins record

cord. “But yeah, I’ll have to think about that: which number is going to be my next goal.�

Despite his success, Kingsbury is not as well known as Brassard, Canada’s first moguls star who won gold at the 1994 Olympics and put up 19 World Cup wins before retiring in 2002. Brassard, 43, will be Canada’s chef de mis-

sion at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Alex Bilodeau of Rosemere, Que., became the first Canadian to win Olympic gold on home soil in 2010 in Vancouver and matched that with gold at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, where he bumped Kingsbury to second place.

But Kingsbury may be the best of

them all, if only because freestyle skiing is an established Olympic sport now with more top level athletes from more countries, although Canada still dominates the men’s moguls.

His 28 wins came in only 60 competitions, while Grospiron needed 78.

He has won the World Cup moguls and overall freestyle titles the last four years in a row.

And he’s getting better. He spent the summer working on taking “the next step.� “I worked on changing my ski line, trying to be more direct in my skiing,� he said. “It improved a lot. “It’s a bit smoother and faster. I’m very excited. It will help me be even more consistent, to look better in different types of weather. It’s one of the toughest things to learn at the point that I am at.�

The off-season included training at Whistler in British Columbia, followed by a month in Australia and three weeks in Switzerland. He got home Oct. 29 to put in a month of gym work before returning to Europe next week to prepare for the season opener. “November is a long month because I’m not skiing but at the same time I like it because when I get back on skis I’m very excited,� he said. “The main thing is I love what I do. “I train smart. I take it like every day it’s the most important thing.

There’s no big secret. I’ve done the right things and I have good staff around me.�

After Ruka, there are moguls competitions Jan. 23 at Val St. Come, Que., and Jan. 30 in Calgary.

versity and will suit up with the women’s volleyball Clan next season.

The six-foot Pinkney was the captain and most valuable player on the Cougars squad this season and is an honour roll student. She has competed for the Alberta provincial team at the under-16 and under-17 levels. “We are very excited to have Kirsten joining our program,� Clan

head coach Gina Schmidt stated in a press release. “She has grown up playing multiple sports and brings a big arm and a ton of athleticism to the outside hitting position. Kirsten has a bright future ahead of her and we know her work ethic and attitude will make her a great fit with our team.�

Pinkney said Simon Fraser is the perfect fit.

“I wanted to compete in the NCAA and get a Canadian education.�

Simon Fraser is Canada’s only NCAA volleyball team competing in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. SFU just completed its 2015 season with a 15-13 (.550) overall record and the team placed fifth in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference with an 11-9 mark.

WORLD CUP MOGULS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Mikael Kingsbury is set to take another crack at the World Cup moguls skiing record.

The freestyle skier from Deux-Montagnes, Que., heads into the 2015-16 season tied with 1990s star Edgar Grospiron of France with 28 career victories. He can take over top spot with a win in the opening event Dec. 12 at the Ruka resort in Finland. “I’m trying not to think about it,� said Kingsbury. “For sure, it’ll be in the back of my head, but I’m just happy to be back in the competitive season.�

Kingsbury already fell short in one attempt, at the season-ending competition in Megeve, France in March.

Grospiron and Kingsbury’s boyhood idol, Jean-Luc Brassard of Valleyfield, Que., were on hand, only to see him fall in the quarter-finals of the dual moguls.

He had won his seven previous events, another World Cup record.

If it doesn’t come in Ruka, he is allbut certain to set the new standard at a later event and take it well beyond 29.

How many he will win in his career is anyone’s guess.

He is only 23, with perhaps four or five more peak years of skiing. “I never thought about that,� he said. “My goal was to reach 29 and whatever comes after that is still a re-

VOLLEYBALL

Red Deer’s Pinkney commits to Simon Fraser University Notre Dame Cougars outside hitter Kirsten Pinkney has signed a national letter of intent with Simon Fraser Uni-

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Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury skis the course during the first final to win the gold medal in the men’s moguls at the World Cup Freestyle Skiing competition in February at Val-Saint-Come, Que. With the new season starting in a few weeks, Kingsbury is set to take another crack at the World Cup moguls skiing record.

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

• Men’s basketball: Johns Manville vs.

Sheraton Red Deer, Alken Basin vs, Rusty Chuckers, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

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

Wednesday • WHL: Red Deer at Kootenay, 7 p.m. (The Drive).

• Heritage junior B hockey: Stettler at Ponoka, 7:45 p.m.

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

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

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

• WHL: Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m. (The Drive).

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Bruins at Red Deer North Star, 8 p.m., Arena.

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

• Chinook senior AAA hockey: Stony Plain at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday • Bantam AA hockey: West Central at Red Deer Ramada, 2:30 p.m., Kinex.

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Blue at Red Deer North Stars, 2:45 p.m., Arena.

• Midget AA hockey: Calgary Stampeders at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 4:45 p.m., Arena.

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

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

• AJHL: Brooks at Olds, 7 p.m.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena.

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

• AJHL: Grande Prairie at Olds, 2 p.m.

• Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Ramada at Red Deer Steel Kings, 1:45 p.m., Kinsmen A; Foothills at West Central, 2:30 p.m., Bentley • Men’s basketball: Grandview Allstars vs. Chillabongs, Monstars vs. Lacombe All Sports Cresting, Triple A Batteries vs.

Silver Spurs, 4:15 p.m.; NWS vs. Washed Up Warriors, Wells Furniture vs. The D Leaguers, Subaru vs. Btown Maple Jordans, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber.

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Central Division W L Pct 11 3 .786 8 4 .667 8 5 .615 7 7 .500 6 8 .429

GB — 2 2 1/2 4 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 11 3 .786 — Dallas 9 5 .643 2 Memphis 7 7 .500 4 Houston 5 9 .357 6 New Orleans 3 11 .214 8

Oklahoma Utah Minnesota Denver Portland

Northwest Division W L Pct City 9 6 6 7 .462 6 8 .429 6 8 .429 6 9 .400 Pacific Division W L Pct

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W LOTLSOL Red Deer 23 16 7 0 0 Calgary 25 14 10 0 1 Lethbridge 23 14 9 0 0 Edmonton 25 8 14 3 0 Medicine Hat 21 7 11 2 1 Kootenay 24 6 16 2 0

GF GA Pt 91 64 32 75 79 29 89 74 28 66 90 19 70 85 17 51 93 14

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 23 17 5 1 0 95 69 35 Victoria 25 16 7 1 1 87 58 34 Prince George 22 12 9 1 0 63 63 25 Kamloops 21 10 8 3 0 76 69 23 Vancouver 23 5 14 2 2 62 94 14

Seattle Spokane Everett Portland Tri-City

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GF GA Pt 82 58 31 74 75 27 47 43 24 73 63 22 69 88 19

Tuesday’s games Calgary at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Regina at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

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Sunday’s Games Toronto 91, L.A. Clippers 80 New Orleans 122, Phoenix 116 Brooklyn 111, Boston 101 Oklahoma City 117, Dallas 114 Golden State 118, Denver 105 Portland 107, L.A. Lakers 93 Monday’s Games Cleveland 117, Orlando 103 Charlotte 127, Sacramento 122, OT Miami 95, New York 78 Minnesota 100, Philadelphia 95 Milwaukee 109, Detroit 88 San Antonio 98, Phoenix 84 Oklahoma City 111, Utah 89 Tuesday’s Games Indiana at Washington, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Boston at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Denver, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Portland, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games New York at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Washington at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Cleveland at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Miami at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Houston, 6 p.m.

Brooklyn at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

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

New Orleans at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

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

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Bowling Heritage Lanes High scores Nov. 16-22 Monday Club 55+ 1 p.m.: Geoff Gunter, 263 high singles; 650 high triple.

Monday 7 p.m. mixed: Joanne Sulz, 290; Janis Tiegs, 741.

Tuesday 7 p.m. mixed: Andre Grenier, 334; Grenier, 804.

Wednesday Club 55+ 1 p.m.: Robert Doll, 273; Bill Dunlop, 680.

Thursday morning ladies: Judy Waisanen, 254; Chris Palm, 580.

Thursday Special Olympics mixed: Anthony

Kubasek, 235; Kubasek, 436.

Thursday 7 p.m. mixed: Terry Nystrom, 312; Nystrom, 739.

Monday Scratch League: Shel y Chrest, 366; Gary Baird, 1,157 (four games).

Youth Bowling of Canada Bumpers: Brodie Ehret, 58.

Bowlasaurus: Brieanne Ross, 92.

Peewees: Jennika Wudkevich, 135; Wudkevich, 239 (two games).

Bantams: Janae Lynn, 181; Lynn, 430.

Juniors: Emma Jean Ostrikoff, 265; Ostrikoff, 699.

Seniors: Jason Smith, 262; Smith, 716.

RDC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Graf and Tevis awarded for strong offensive efforts Ashley Graf of the Queens hockey team and Kings basketball player Ian Tevis are the RDC Boston Pizza female and male athletes of the week.

Graf, in her fourth year of Bachelor of Science in Nursing studies, led the Queens to a pair of wins over the Grant MacEwan Griffins — 2-1 at home Thursday and 3-0 Saturday in Edmonton. She picked up a pair of assists in the first game and then scored twice Saturday.

Tevis, a third-year Management Certificate student, scored a combined 59 points — shooting 69 per cent from

the field — in road wins over Medicine Hat and Briercrest.

The Seattle native was good on 11 of 16 three-point attempts and also contributed seven assists, 10 rebounds and four steals.

• The Queens will conclude the 2015 home-ice portion of their women’s hockey schedule with a 7 p.m. meeting Thursday with the visiting SAIT Trojans, while the RDC basketball teams will host SAIT Friday, starting with the women’s game at 6 p.m.

In addition, the hockey Kings will wrap up the 2015 portion of their schedule with a game versus Concordia Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Penhold Regional Multiplex, and RDC will host the Alberta Colleges fall bonspiel Friday to Sunday at the Pidherney Centre.

MEN’S BASKETBALL Dave McComish hooped 18 points and Eddie Ellis scored 16 as Wells Furniture posted a 61-49 win over Henry’s Eavestroughing in Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association play Sunday.

In another game, Josh Mat-

thies netted 17 points and Brian Miller added 14 for the Silver Spurs in a 61-56 victory over the Rusty Chuckers, who got 29 points from Neff Nazarrea and 12 from Joel Loneard.

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Wednesday’s games Calgary at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Regina at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Portland, 8 p.m.

Seattle at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

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

Red Deer Rebels Scoring GP Nikolishin 23 Spacek 23 W.Johnson 23 Polei 22 Bobyk 23 Musil 23 Fleury 17 Pawlenchuk 23 Bleackley 21 Hagel 23 Pederson 23 Kopeck 22 de Wit 23 Nogier 21 Pratt 18 Doetzel 19 Strand 23 Purtill 6 R.Johnson 10 Pouliot 7 Mahura 2 Martin 11 Toth 18 Shmoorkoff 19 Goaltending

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Sunday’s results Calgary 5 Saskatoon 2

Dallas St. Louis Minnesota

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NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OL GF GA Pt 22 16 4 2 78 50 34 20 10 5 5 61 57 25 21 11 8 2 49 52 24 Metropolitan Division GP W L OL 21 16 3 2 20 14 5 1 20 12 8 0

GF GA Pt 66 38 34 62 44 29 45 46 24

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GF GA Pt 74 50 34 59 53 30 57 51 25

San Jose Los Angeles Vancouver

Pacific Division GP W L OL GF GA Pt 21 13 8 0 59 51 26 21 13 8 0 54 46 26 22 8 8 6 64 60 22

Nashville Chicago Winnipeg Arizona Anaheim Colorado Calgary Edmonton

WILD CARD GP W L OL GF GA Pt 20 11 6 3 53 51 25 21 11 8 2 57 55 24 22 10 10 2 58 69 22 20 10 9 1 55 59 21 21 7 10 4 38 55 18 21 8 12 1 60 62 17 21 8 12 1 50 75 17 21 7 13 1 55 64 15

Sunday’s results Carolina 4 Los Angeles 3 San Jose 5 Columbus 3 Montreal 4 NY Islanders 2

Rebels vs.Regina Pats Tonight, 7 p.m., Centrium Regina comes into tonight’s contest with a 10-92-0 record. The Pats, who sit seventh in the Eastern Conference and fourth in the East Division, are 4-42-0 in their last 10 games, which include an 8-5 win over the visiting Rebels Nov. 13 … C Adam Brooks is the Pats’ front-runner in points with 26, including 10 goals. Sophomore C Sam Steel has 21 points (7g,14a) while LW Austin Wagner (7-9-16), D Chase Harrison (3-9-12) and RW Lane Zablocki (5-5-10) are also in double figures … Tyler Brown has posted a 4-6-0-0 record since replacing Daniel Wap-

New Jersey 3 Vancouver 2 Monday’s results Washington 1 Edmonton 0 NY Rangers 3 Nashville 0 St. Louis 2 Buffalo 1 Philadelphia 3 Carolina 2 (OT) Los Angeles 3 Florida 1 Boston 4 Toronto 3 (SO) Colorado 4 Winnipeg 1 Tuesday’s games Ottawa at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Calgary at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Winnipeg at Washington, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Montreal at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Columbus at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at NY Islanders, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Ottawa at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.

Chicago at San Jose, 10 p.m.

Monday’s summary Capitals 1, Oilers 0 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Wilson Wash (holding) 15:25.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Gryba Edm (hooking) 1:53, Gryba Edm (tripping) 6:45, Backstrom Wash (high-sticking) 8:28.

Third Period 1. Washington, Orlov 2 (Wilson, Laich) 13:28.

Penalties — Yakupov Edm (stick holding) 5:21.

Shots on goal Edmonton 13 10 10 — 33 Washington 7 8 15 — 30 Goal — Edmonton: Nilsson (L, 4-5-1) Washington: Holtby (W, 12-4-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Edmonton: 0-3 Washington: 0-3.

NHL Scoring Leaders Patrick Kane, Chi Tyler Seguin, Dal Jamie Benn, Dal Taylor Hall, Edm Daniel Sedin, Vcr John Klingberg, Dal Vladimir Tarasenko, StL David Krejci, Bos Erik Karlsson, Ott Mats Zuccarello, NYR Nathan MacKinnon, Col Blake Wheeler, Wpg Henrik Sedin, Vcr Evgeny Kuznetsov, Wash Michael Cammalleri, NJ

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Goalie Leaders Name Team Lundqvist NYR Holtby Wash.

Reimer Tor. Jones SJ Allen StL Schneider NJ Bishop TB Neuvirth Phila.

Price Mon. Halak NYI Mrazek Det. Fleury Pitts.

Condon Mon. Greiss NYI Rinne Nash.

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GPI 16 15 14 17 15 16 17 9 11 11 12 17 11 10 17

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ple — traded to Vancouver Nov. 5 — as the Pats’ starting netminder. Brown, who made 51 saves in a 2-1 loss at Brandon last Friday, possesses a 3.27 goalsagainst average and .915 save percentage.

Injuries: Regina — None.

Red Deer — D Kayle Doetzel (lower body, weekto-week), D Braden Purtill (upper body, week-toweek), D Josh Mahura (lower body, indefinite).

Special teams: Regina — Power play 13.7 per cent, 21st overall; penalty kill 71.6 per cent, 22nd.

Red Deer — Power play 23.7 per cent, fifth overall; penalty kill 78.9 per cent, 15th.

Scouting report

Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled G Louis Domingue from Springfield (AHL). Assigned G Marek Langhamer to Rapid City (ECHL).

American Hockey League SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Reassigned G Spencer Martin to Fort Wayne (ECHL).

ECHL READING ROYALS — Acquired G Adam Morrison from

RINGETTE Madison Caine, Kristen Demale and MacKenzie Lindholm scored in a losing cause as the Central Alberta U19AA Sting fell 6-4 to the Winnipeg Angels in the gold-medal game of the Edmonton Wood AA ringette tournament.

The Sting were 3-0-1 in round-robin play during the weekend event, hammering the Regina Bandits 12-2, downing the St. Albert Mission 8-2, edging the Angels 4-3 and battling the Calgary Blue to a 3-3 draw.

Demale fired four goals in the win over Regina, while ShaeLyn Baxter and Melissa Misutka each tallied twice and McKenna Causey, Gillian Dreger, Bryn Lunn and Ashlynn Morrison also scored.

Dreger, Demale and Sydney Cherniak each scored twice against S. Albert, and Baxter, with two, Morrison and Hailee Pluister connected in the

Fort Wayne for future considerations. Released G Alex Vazzano.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Waived QB Jimmy Clausen.

Signed QB David Fales from the practice squad. Terminated the practice squad contract of CB Terrance Mitchell.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed LB James Morris and CB Tramain Jacobs to the practice squad.

NEW YORK JETS — Waived LB Quinton Coples. Signed S Ronald Martin to the practice squad.

win over Winnipeg. Baxter, Demale and Dreger accounted for the Sting goals versus the Blue.

Baylee Schulhauser and Grace Romansky shared the Sting goaltending duties.

• The U14 AA Sting placed sixth in their division of the tournament, finishing round-robin play with one win, one tie and two losses.

Carly Cherniak erupted for four goals and Sydney Schnoor and Kate Roscoe also scored in a 6-4 triumph over the Sherwood Park Surge, and Cherniak, Schnoor and Julia Dawes tallied in a 3-3 tie with the St. Albert Mission.

In addition, the Sting lost 9-0 to the Calgary Blue and 10-3 to Buffalo Plains, their goals coming from Hanna Gill, with two, and Roscoe. Cherniak, Dawes and Tory Towers scored in a 4-3 playoff loss to the Calgary White.

The Sting goaltending chores were handled by Madison Kohut and Gracie Setters.

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HOBACK Ivar On Tuesday, November 17, 2015, our family lost our dearly loved father, grandfather and great grandfather, Ivar Maurice Hoback at the Sunset Manor in Innisfail, AB. A man of a deep faith, Dad was kind and sweet with a mischievous sense of humor.

Dad was born on May 24, 1930 and lived a full, rich life. Dad was a full-time farmer with his brother, Nils, on the farm their parents (Daniel and Maria Hoback) homesteaded northwest of Canwood, Saskatchewan. Dad farmed later in life with his two sons. He also worked as a plumber, and electrician bringing in-door plumbing and electricity to many homes that never had these conveniences before. Dad volunteered for many local committees, was active in their church and even ran for federal politics. He did all this while making time to take his 5 children to all their numerous activities. Dad married our wonderful Mom, Caroline (nee Moberg) on October 24, 1959. A year after Mom tragically passed away on November 5, 2006, Dad moved out to Vancouver Island to enjoy the warmer lifestyle and be close to family there. After five years, Ivar started to miss the prairies and his family there so he moved to Red Deer, AB where he resided until being called Home. Dad will be forever remembered and cherished by his children, Brendon (Karen and her daughter Britney) Hoback of Costa Rica, Debbie (Julien) Veuger of Red Deer, AB, Darcy (Rick) Silas of Sidney, BC, Randy (Jerri) Hoback, of Shellbrook, SK and Tammy (Dan) Moreland of Lunenburg, NS.; grandchildren, Daniel Bootsman, Christian (Chelsea) Bootsman, Melissa (Eric) Day all of Red Deer, AB, Kashmere Silas of Sidney, BC, Alysia Hoback of Vancouver, BC, Brock Hoback, London, UK, and Dawson Moreland of Lunenburg, NS.; great-grandchildren, Heidi Bootsman, Ezekiel, Elijah, Eden and Eve Bootsman, and Eddie Day. Ivar was predeceased by his wife, Caroline Hoback; parents, Daniel and Maria Hoback; and brother, Nils. Dad will be buried next to his wife at Dry Creek Cemetery, Canwood, Saskatchewan. A Funeral Service will be held in Canwood, Saskatchewan on Saturday, May 21, 2016. To share a story or memory of Ivar Hoback, please visit his Facebook Site (www.facebook.com/ivar.hoback). A special thank you to Symphony Seniors Living staff for the wonderful time he had when he made his home there, as well as the Innisfail Sunset Manor staff who took exemplary care of Dad this last year. Words cannot express how grateful we are as a family for the care and attention that you showed to dad. It will never be forgotten. We know he will be missed there as well. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca.

Let Your News Ring Ou t DOAN Scott Oct. 31, 1956 - Nov. 19, 2015 It is with great sadness and heavy hearts the loving family of Scott Doan announce his passing on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at the age of 59 years.

Scott is lovingly remembered by his wife, Leslie; his two sons, Ryan and Zach; and brother, Trent and his wife, Linda and their children, Jeremy, Jessica and Ethan of Beamsville, ON as well as a loving extended family.

Scott was born in Port Colborne, ON to Neil and Ruth Doan; and moved to Alberta in 1979. Scott was passionate about basketball and coached for many years in the Red Deer. Scott also loved spending time with family and friends while camping. A Celebration of a Life well lived will be held at the Red Deer Legion, Branch #35, 2810 Bremner Ave, Red Deer, AB on Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 2:30 pm. Memorial donations may be made in Scott’s memory to the charity of your choice.

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• Vulnerable sector criminal MISSING Siamese cat record check required. from North Lane Estates Email resume to: Red Deer County, gone staceys@cdlhomes.com missing in Aug. Call Trudy 403-346-8177 or 403-391-3686

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ENGHOJ Bernard Christian Jan. 6, 1938 - Nov. 15, 2015 Bernard passed away on Saturday November 15, 2015.

Bernie was born in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan.

His dad (Chris) was a line foreman for the CPR so the family lived in several towns eventually settling in Killam where his parents spent the rest of their lives. Bernie had several jobs during his lifetime, beginning with delivering groceries as a young man.

Upon leaving home, Bernie worked for the CPR for a short period then began a long career with Canadian Propane, starting out as a truck driver then on to manager.

He worked for the City of Red Deer in the roads department, and then managed Mohawk Propane. He also managed Shaw Cable, owned BCK Enterprises, worked for Circle P, Richard’s Consulting, maintenance man for Twilight Homes Foundation, Sims Realty and finally Red Key Realty. Bernie’s attempts at retirement were short lived, as he kept returning to work as he loved to do. He was predeceased by his wife Joyce, his parents Karen and Chris, mother and father-inlaw Audrey and Kari Olsen; sisters Kay Karbonik and Karen Bruce; brothers-in-law: Andy Karbonik, John Hancar, John Olsen, Leonard Olsen and Stephen Olsen. Bernie is survived by his wife Connie; daughters Sandi (Jay) Butterworth of Langley, B.C. and Beverly (Rod) Bouchard of Red Deer; his grand-daughters Kelsie (Jordan) Butterworth, Amber (Chris) Butterworth of Vancouver, B.C, and Kristy (Brian) Short, parents of Bernie’s newest love, great grandson Hunter Nicholas Short. He is also survived by his brother Gordon of Red Deer; sister Norma Hancar of Leduc; sisters-inlaw, Karen (Bill) Champ of Innisfail, Corinne (Kirk) Graham of Sylvan Lake, Laura Olsen of Markerville; brothers-in-law, Peter (Bonnie) Olsen of Red Deer, Jim (Linda) Olsen of Olds, and Marvin Bruce of Red Deer, as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins.

A Celebration of Bernie’s life will be held at The Moose Hall, 140 Petrolia Drive, Red Deer County on Friday, November 27, 2015 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Cremation entrusted to the Rocky Mountain Crematorium, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations can be made in Bernard’s name to the S.P.C.A, Canadian Diabetic Association or to the Killam Rec. Centre for the arena.

Condolences may be forwarded towww.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca.

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MCPHEDRAN Esther Elizabeth May 5, 1932 - Nov. 17, 2015 Esther Elizabeth McPhedran passed away at the West Park Lodge in Red Deer on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at the age of 83 years.

Esther (Howell) was born on May 5, 1932 on the family farm near Huxley, AB. She was one of a family of seven born to William and Esther Howell. Esther married Ralph (Red) McPhedran on August 30, 1957 and she is survived by three sons; Evan (Penny), Keith (Matt), and Neal (Ann), two grandsons; Brett (Dena) and Spencer, two granddaughters; Jenna and Kennedy, and a greatgranddaughter, Zahra. She is also survived by two brothers; Dennis and Lawrence (Shirley), and a sister, Jean Kelly. Esther was predeceased by her husband, Ralph in 2008, brothers; George, Edward and Wayne, brother-in-law, Jim Kelly, and sister-in-law, Ruth Howell. Mom enjoyed gardening, camping, and golfing. She was a great cook who hosted many family dinners. She was a true hockey wife, mom and grandma and was always proud of her family. The family wishes to express their deepest appreciation to the staff of West Park Lodge for their devoted care and attention to Mom for over six years. A Memorial Service will be held at Gaetz United Memorial Church, 4758 Ross St., Red Deer, on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation, 3942-50A Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4N 4E7 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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White House asks allies to ramp up contributions to anti-IS campaign despite pressure from Hollande, Republican critics and some members of his own Democratic Party.

However, Secretary of State John Kerry said in Abu Dhabi that both he and the president would like to see progress against the Islamic State “go faster.”

At the White House, spokesman Josh Earnest said the U.S. may step up efforts supporting strategies believed to be working — airstrikes and trainand-assist missions in Syria and Iraq — but he played down the possibility of any surge of new American resources into the fight.

The U.S. is “pulling more than our weight” in the coalition, Earnest said.

“And we believe that there is more that can be done if countries are willing to contribute additional resources.”

Vice-President Joe Biden sought those resources from allies at a meeting with ambassadors from 59 of the 65 countries in the coalition. The dis-

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The White House urged allies on Monday to do more in the campaign against the Islamic State, while President Barack Obama faced pressure in return to show the U.S.-led coalition will intensify efforts in response to the Paris attacks, even without a major shift in strategy.

Requests for more counterintelligence, military and humanitarian assistance came a day before French President Francois Hollande was to arrive at the White House to discuss the fight against the extremists believed to be behind the Nov. 13 attacks that killed 130 people. Hollande, who next visits Russian President Vladimir Putin, is expected to seek more co-ordinated military operations that would include both the U.S. and Moscow.

Obama has shown no inclination to rethink the U.S. strategy or significantly expand America’s commitment,

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will focus the fight on the common enemy rather than use its airstrikes to undermine the moderate forces fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Earnest said Monday the U.S. would “continue the conversation” with Putin but suggested Obama would make no promises to Hollande during Tuesday’s visit.

Rather, the meeting would be focused on the U.S. showing support, he said.

“This is a time when the French people are grieving and knowing that they can count on the most powerful country in the world to have their back,” Earnest said. “I think it will be a source of significant comfort to the French people.”

Kerry, meanwhile, suggested the U.S. was exploring some new ideas.

Between meetings with Arab officials in Abu Dhabi, the chief American diplomat told reporters Obama was asking everyone in the U.S. government for new concepts to speed up the fight.

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cussion focused on what more the countries could do to cut off financing for the Islamic State’s global network and how to stem the flow of fighters crossing into Syria and Iraq to join the group, the State Department said.

Separately, the U.S. military said it had destroyed 283 tanker trucks used

by IS militants to transport oil from producing fields in eastern Syria to smuggling points, an acceleration of attacks aimed at crippling the group’s oil revenues.

The attack by four A-10 attack planes and two AC-130 gunships was carried out Saturday at a site near Deir el-Zour and al-Hasakah but not made public until Monday.

After meeting with Obama, Hollande is headed to Moscow to meet with Putin, who has also expressed his intention to ramp up a campaign against the Islamic State.

The White House has not ruled out greater co-operation with Russia, but has expressed skepticism that Putin

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TUESDAY, NOV. 24, 2015

‘Even McDonald’s is closed’ RESIDENTS OF A DESERTED BRUSSELS GET USED TO SOLDIERS, REPORTERS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A waiter in a restaurant in the Grand Place serves a single customer on the outside terrace in central Brussels, Monday.

Three days of the highest terror alert and unprecedented measures that have closed down the city’s subways, schools and main stores, has created a very different atmosphere as the Belgian capital tries to avoid attacks similar to the ones that caused devastating carnage in Paris. schools and subways would start to reopen on Wednesday.

Michel said that decision was “a clear signal that we want to gradually return to normal life” and thanked the Belgian population for their understanding, noting that the country was facing an extremely difficult situation.

Two men charged with murder in death of pastor’s wife

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Two men were charged Monday with murder in the fatal shooting of a pastor’s pregnant wife during an apparent break in of their Indianapolis home, court records show.

Murder and several other charges have been against 21-year-old Jalen E. Watson of Indianapolis and 18-year-old Larry Jo Taylor Jr., and Marion County court records state they JALEN WATSON are co-defendants.

Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry was holding a Monday afternoon news conference to announce criminal charges in Amanda Blackburn’s killing.

Indianapolis police announced earlier Monday the arrest of Taylor on murder charges in Blackburn’s killing.

Blackburn was shot in the head during the Nov. 10 attack at the couple’s home and died the next day.

Online court records show Taylor faces 13 charges that include murder, burglary, criminal confinement while armed with a deadly weapon and robbery resulting in serious bodily injury. Watson faces 10 charges, including murder, burglary, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury and auto theft.

It wasn’t clear if all the charges arose from Blackburn’s killing, or if they might also include charges stem-

ming from what police have said was the burglary of a nearby home shortly before she was attacked.

Watson and Taylor were both being held at the Marion County Jail.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether either man had an attorney to speak on their behalf.

Blackburn, 28, was shot in the head during the Nov. 10 attack at she and her husband’s Indianapolis home and died the next day.

The couple’s 15-month-old son, Weston, was at home LARRY JO TAYLOR JR. upstairs in a crib but was not harmed in the attack.

Her husband, Pastor Davey Blackburn, had gone to the gym that morning and returned home to find his wounded wife, who was 13 weeks pregnant at the time.

He released a statement Monday saying: “Though it does not undo the pain we are feeling, I was extremely relieved to get the news of the arrest made last night of Amanda’s killer.”

Blackburn said investigators have told him they have a “solidly-built case.” Blackburn said he hopes the “court system would have wisdom on how to prosecute this man so that no one else endures the pain Amanda and our family have had to endure because of his actions.”

Police have not released additional details on Taylor’s arrest or the allegations he faces.

Witnesses to New Orleans shooting urged to come forward

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS — Authorities are still trying to determine what touched off a shootout between two groups of gunmen that wounded 17 people in a crowded New Orleans park, a police spokesman said Monday.

The mayor called on witnesses to come forward, but by late Monday morning nobody had offered either video of the shootout or descriptions or IDs of the gunmen, officer Frank Robertson said.

None of the injuries is believed to be life-threatening. Robertson did not know how many people were hospitalized or any details such as their ages.

Hundreds of people were gathered Sunday evening at Bunny Friend Playground — most for a block party and some for the filming of a music video — when two groups in the crowd opened fire on each other, police said.

Police were on their way to break up a big crowd there when gunfire erupted at the park in the city’s 9th Ward, the police said in a statement.

Mayor Mitch Landrieu, speaking at a news conference aired on WWL-TV, called on people who were in the park

to come forward with information. Police have also asked people with any video of the shooting to bring it to police.

“At the end of the day, it’s really hard to police against a bunch of guys who decide to pull out guns and settle their disputes with 300 people in between them. That’s just not something you can tolerate in the city,” Landrieu said. “It’s going to require the people who were in this park to basically say they’ve had enough and they’re not going to put themselves in harm’s way and give us information so that the police can do their job,” the mayor said.

Ten people were taken to the hospital in ambulances, and the others went in private vehicles, police said. Photos of the scene showed emergency workers wheeling some of the wounded on gurneys while other people who appeared to be in pain lay on the ground.

Large stadium lights lit up the park Sunday as police continued to analyze the crime scene. Witnesses told police the gunmen ran off after the shooting was over.

As many as 500 people could have been in the park when the shooting happened, Police Chief Michael Harrison said.

Brussels native Jacqueline Vander-Poelen, who lives near the city’s Medieval Grand Place square, said the noise of police operations and reporters scurrying to cover them made for an annoying weekend.

“What’s making me scared is the alarmist journalists saying

there’s going to be another attack,” Vander-Poelen complained. While she couldn’t remember any other instance where the city shut down so completely, she said residents would likely accept whatever measures were necessary to defeat extremists.

Chemical weapon used routinely in Syria’s civil war: U.S. envoy

closed meeting of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons’ Executive Council, which was called to discuss recent reports by a fact-finding mission, including that a “non-state actor” likely used the chemical agent sulfur mustard in August during fighting in the Syrian town of Marea, killing a baby.

Foley said Syrian opposition forces were fighting the Islamic State group in the town close to the Turkish border.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The U.S. envoy to the international chemical weapons watchdog warned Monday that the use of such toxic arms is “becoming routine in the Syrian civil war.”

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Brussels is more accustomed to the toing and froing of European diplomats than to truckloads of soldiers patrolling the streets. Its stores and markets should be bustling in the runup to Christmas.

But three days of the highest terror alert and unprecedented measures that have closed down the city’s subways, schools and main stores, has created a very different atmosphere as the Belgian capital tries to avoid attacks similar to the ones that caused devastating carnage in Paris.

“It’s fitting since Belgium is the birthplace of surrealism but there is an otherworldly feeling here,” said Jan Van Gent, a retired pharmaceutical manager.

“This is like a Magritte painting, to see these soldiers in a nice town where they don’t belong.”

Others weren’t convinced the government’s actions were anything more than a PR move.

“They have a lot of attention on them now so they have to prove they’re doing something, but I don’t know how much difference this will make,” said Maxime Legena, an IT technician. “We don’t really know how big this threat is because the government hasn’t said very much.”

But he did appreciate one unintended side-effect of the attempts to shutter the city: “My drive to work was much faster today because there’s nobody on the streets.”

On Monday evening, Prime Minister Charles Michel announced Brussels would remain at the highest alert level for another week unless there are any major developments. He said that

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Bringing some heat to cheese crackers

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS When I was a kid, my parents sometimes brought home tins of deliriously delicious cheese crackers. I can’t remember the brand — I think it was a British import — but I do remember that my sister and brother and I would inhale them as soon the tin was opened. All these years later the flavour of those crackers, richly cheesy and spicy, remains burned into my memory. This recipe is my attempt to resurrect them.

The ingredients and technique for making these crackers are similar to those used to make pie dough. Butter and flour (with added flavourings) are its bones. And as with pie dough, as soon as you combine gluten (the protein in flour) with a liquid, you have to mix quickly and briefly, or the end product will be tough. So be careful not to over-mix the dough.

The stars of this recipe are its two cheeses: extra-sharp cheddar and Parmesan. The spice, which is added to the dough at the start, then dusted onto the outside of each cracker, is provided by Colman’s Mustard powder (a venerable English brand) and cayenne pepper.

Happily, this recipe is simple to make. The dough is mixed quickly in a food processor, then shaped into a cylinder and chilled for an hour, time enough for the gluten to relax and the dough to solidify, making it easy to slice and bake. The typical cracker recipe requires you to roll out the dough and cut it with a cutter, a method that takes a lot more time — and generates a bigger mess — than my cylinder method.

Another advantage of this method is that you can freeze the cylinder (just take care to wrap the dough well, first in plastic, then in foil) and then, when guests show up unexpectedly, let the dough soften on the counter for a bit, then slice off and bake as many crackers as you need.

Or you can package the baked crackers in batches of 10 or 12, tie them up with a bow, and give them as gifts. No matter how you use them — as presents or served at home — I believe your family and friends will make them disappear as quickly as my sister, brother and I made that tin go poof.

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The ingredients and technique for making these crackers are similar to those used to make pie dough. Butter and flour (with added flavorings) are its bones.

SPICY CHEESE CRACKERS Start to finish: 2 hours 10 minutes (40 minutes active) Makes about 50 crackers ½ pound extra-sharp cheddar, coarsely grated 5 ounces finely grated Parmesan cheese, divided 1 ½ cups (6 1/3 ounces) all-purpose flour ½ cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into chunks 1 ½ teaspoons Colman’s Mustard powder, divided ½ teaspoon table salt 1 ¼ teaspoons cayenne, divided 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 2 tablespoons ice water In a food processor, combine the cheddar and 4 ounces of the Parme-

san. Pulse until the cheddar is finely chopped. Add the flour, butter, ½ teaspoon of the mustard, the salt and ¼ teaspoon of the cayenne.

Pulse until the mixture looks like small pellets. Add the Worcestershire sauce and ice water, then pulse until just combined.

Pour the dough onto the counter, divide it into 2 mounds, then use the palm of your hands to smear each mound across the counter several times, or until it comes together quickly when you press it with your fingers.

Transfer each half of the dough onto a 16-inch-long sheet of plastic wrap. Shape into a 12-inch log (about 1 ½ inches around), using the plastic as needed, then wrap tightly in the plastic. Chill for at least 1 hour.

When ready to bake, heat the oven to 325 F. Line 2 sheet pans with kitchen parchment and position one of the oven racks in the centre of the oven.

On a large plate, combine the remaining 1 teaspoon of mustard and 1 teaspoon of cayenne. Remove one of the cylinders from the refrigerator.

Unwrap the dough, then roll it in the spice mix, rubbing off the excess spice.

Slice the dough crosswise about 1/3 inch thick. Arrange the dough rounds on the prepared sheet pans, about ½ inch apart.

Sprinkle each round with a pinch of the additional Parmesan cheese and bake on the oven’s middle and bottom shelves, switching places halfway through, until dark golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool.

Add a kick to any meal with homemade boozy hot sauce

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The weekend before Thanksgiving usually is my holiday gift-making weekend. Most years, my mother and I make wild persimmon fruitcakes, which we wrap in bourbon-soaked cheesecloth. They are so delicious.

But this year, I’ve decided to start a spicy new tradition. I am going to make bottles of my favourite boozy hot sauce. Everyone loves hot sauce and this one is simple, beautiful and intensely delicious. It relies on alcohol, whole chilies and spices, and that’s it.

The alcohol is what carries the heat.

You could use vinegar, but I prefer the hard stuff. The alcohol lends a softer flavour to the finished sauce and becomes more balanced as it ages.

Most any distilled spirit will work so long as it isn’t fortified with a lot of sugar (don’t use any liqueurs). I like to use clear liquors (such as vodka, gin, white rum, tequila or even moonshine) because it lets you see the chilies and spices in the bottle.

The basic recipe is incredibly versatile and it’s easy to put your own spin on it. The recipe I make most often calls for silver tequila, whole peppercorns and whole dried chilies. One of my favourite holiday variations offers a Caribbean touch by using rum, allspice, cinnamon and chilies. I also like to make a more neutral version with vodka, dried habaneros, orange peel and whole star anise.

Or make a smoky barbecue hot sauce with dried chipotles, a pinch

of dark brown sugar and red pepper flakes. The sky and your spice cabinet are your only limits.

Which dried chilies to use? A mix is nice, but you need to decide for yourself what sort of heat you (or the recipients of your gifts) can handle. Scotch bonnets are a great choice. Ditto for Thai bird. Want to really crank up the heat? Look for dried ghost chilies, supposedly the hottest around.

As for bottles to pack the hot sauce in, consider buying the booze you use in the recipe in half-pint sizes. Those bottles are perfect for packaging the finished hot sauce. There is something both rustic and chic (and green!) about reusing the bottles you bought the booze in. Just be sure to soak off the old labels before you fill the bottles.

Alternatively, numerous shapes and sizes of bottles can be found online and at craft stores.

Just note: The sauce gets hotter the longer it sits, so you want to make the sauce at least three weeks before you give it to people. Also, shake the bottles every few days.

HOMEMADE BOOZY HOT SAUCE This homemade hot sauce is great as a condiment, mixed into recipes and even can be used to give kick to cocktails (best bloody mary, ever!).

Half-pint bottles are great for packaging the finished sauce, but any size small bottle with tightly fitting caps will work. Just divide the ingredients evenly between the bottles, seal tightly, then heat as directed.

This recipe calls for rum, which gives the finished hot sauce a decided-

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Start a spicy new holiday tradition by making batches of hot sauce as gifts. ly Caribbean taste. Want a more neutral flavour? Go with vodka.

Start to finish: 1 hour, plus aging Makes 3 cups 16 dried chilies (a mix or variety depending on desired heat) 20 whole cloves 4 whole allspice berries 10 whole black peppercorns 750-millilitre bottle white rum or vodka In a 4-cup heat-safe glass measuring cup, combine all ingredients. Cover tightly with plastic wrap, then set into a large saucepan. Pour enough water

into the saucepan so that it reaches the same level as the ingredients inside the measuring cup. Turn on the heat to medium-low. Heat the water to 180 F (use a candy or instant thermometer to monitor), then heat at that temperature for 10 minutes.

Remove the measuring cup from the water and uncover. Use a slotted spoon to remove the solids, then divide them between 4 small bottles (each large enough to hold 1 cup). Divide the rum or vodka among the bottles, then seal them tightly. Age for 3 weeks, gently shaking every day or so.

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Get the right gift for the foodie in your life

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Have you ordered your copy of the latest five-ingredient-paleo-gluten-free-Nordic-kale smoothie cookbook yet? Me either.

You know why? Because nobody outside hipster man bun-loving enclaves in Brooklyn and Los Angeles actually eats that way. Just don’t tell the publishing industry, which forever seems to trip over itself to get into ink whatever outrageous culinary fad crosses the editors’ Facebook feeds.

Surely there’s a better way…

Until then, we’re left to sift through the thousands of food books spewed forth each year. And we do it with particular fervour during this season of gifting as we search for books to satiate the foodies on our lists. So to save you a bit of trouble, I’ve assembled my list of the most useful, most inspiring and most interesting food books of 2015. In no particular order: “Kitchen Hacks: How Clever Cooks Get Things Done” by Cook’s Illustrated magazine (America’s Test Kitchen, $19.95) The folks at Cook’s Illustrated magazine have long collected kitchen tips and hacks from readers — the original culinary crowdsourcing. Now they’ve gathered their top 1,000 tips into one book (perfectly sized for stuffing in stockings). Nicely organized by circumstance (such as cleaning, food storage and how to transport things), the book is an amusing collection of ways to help you get the job done.

Ideas include how to tame the tears when chopping onions (burn a candle), what to do when avocado pits get stuck on your knife (tap it on the counter) and how to pit olives using an upside down funnel (you’ll just have to see that one for yourself). There also are some easy recipe hacks, including my favourite — how to use dry sherry, vanilla and liquid smoke to improve the flavour of cheap bourbon.

“The Broad Fork” by Hugh Acheson (Clarkson Potter, $35) This is Southerner-by-way-of-Canada Hugh Acheson’s gorgeous ode to produce, and it is seriously inspiring.

As in, the man makes a bowl of kohlrabi puree look (and taste) decadent, and that’s no easy task. Blissfully, the book isn’t vegetarian, but it does show you how to truly enjoy your veggies. Organized by season, then by vegetable, the book guides the reader through simple — yet sensual — ways to eat more plants. I mean, fried Brussels sprouts with lime vinaigrette? Poached eggs over sunchoke hash? Sauteed parsnips with country ham, parsley and basil?

One of each, please. This is a prime contender for best cookbook of year.

“Spuntino: Comfort Food (New York Style) by Russell Norman (Bloomsbury, $45)

A London restaurateur idealizing New York City food and drink? Sounds like doomed carpetbagging. But Russell Norman captures if not a Big Apple vibe, at least a taste of comfort you will crave. The book, named for Norman’s London eatery, is a gorgeous romp through visceral recipes you will crave. Things like mackerel sliders, eggplant chips with fennel yogurt, and a salad of ribbon steak, chicory and anchovy. Make no mistake: This is Brit gastro pub grub, but it’s tinged with a New York flavour. And the section on Prohibition-era cocktails certainly ups the appeal.

“A Visual Guide to Drink” by Ben Gibson, Patrick Mulligan and Pop Chart Lab (Avery, $30) This is a book I was prepared to hate. When you first open it, it seems like just page after page of charts and graphs that leave you feeling a bit like you’ve stumbled into a nightmare PowerPoint presentation. Then you start reading and you get sucked in by the minimalist presentation of gobs upon gobs of cools facts, figures and lesser known tidbits about everything booze.

The “Breweries of the United States” chart, for example, is just a two-page map of the country with dots indicating craft breweries. Simple and dull? Yes. And no. It’s easy to get lost wondering things like, what the heck is wrong with North Dakota? And I could spend hours dissecting the family tree diagram of beer styles. No question — this is a weird coffee table book. But for the boozer in your life, it’s going to be hypnotic.

“What Katie Ate on the Weekend” by Katie Quinn Davies (Viking Studio, $40) Speaking of books I wanted to hate… There is a growing genre of cookbooks that seem to exist mostly to let you know that the authors’ lives are more beautiful, more delicious and way more fun than your own. Australian food photographer and blogger Katie Quinn Davies is right at home here. Except I was drawn to her book anyway. And I became convinced her life really is more beautiful, more delicious and way more fun than my own.

In fact, her book — a follow to her first, “What Katie Ate” (also the name of her blog) — is beautifully photographed (no shock since that’s her day gig) and the recipes are truly appealing. I want her spiced squash and apple soup with bacon, and her crab, lemon and chili spaghetti (even if I have to wade through dozens of pages of lifestyle photos to get to them). Get this book for the person who wants to get lost in — and inspired by — a cookbook.

“Milk Bar Life” by Christina Tosi (Clarkson Potter, $35) If “What Katie Ate on the Weekend” is all about aspirational eating, Christina Tosi’s book is dedicated to

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The cookbook “Milk Bar Life” by Christina Tosi is just one of several food related gift ideas. embracing your grubby inner child.

Deliciously so. As the pastry chef and owner of Momofuku Milk Bar, she made a name for herself with crazy good creations like compost cookies, crack pie and cereal milk ice cream.

Her latest book pulls her more into savory territory, but with the same sense of whimsy.

Many of the recipes are riffs on the banal eats she (and many of us) had growing up. And so she gives us slow cooker cocktail meatballs (complete with a bottle of Heinz Chili Sauce), desperation nachos (which allow for Cheez Whiz) and Spaghettios sammy (which is exactly what you think it is).

Tosi has a sense of humour. The recipient of this book should, too.

“Olympia Provisions” by Elias Cairo (Ten Speed Press, $40) Elias Cairo is a bit of an icon in the food world, particularly on the Portland, Oregon, scene, where his Olympia Provisions has become a revered institution. What started as a salumeria has morphed into a mail order business, two restaurants and now a book. This is a book to inspire carnivorous cravings. Are you likely to

tackle its three-page recipe for homemade chorizo? Probably not. But you will LOVE the centerfold spread of 19 creative ways to dress hot dogs. Get this book for the meat geek in your life (because it also has ample recipes for using charcuterie, even if you’re not ambitious enough to make it from scratch).

“The New Sugar and Spice” by Samantha Seneviratne (Ten Speed Press, $27.50) And I’ll wrap with something to satisfy the holiday sugar rush. Samantha Seneviratne has a fresh approach to what can feel like a tired niche — the baking book. She organizes her beautifully photographed cookbook by spice, so chapters are sorted by cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and so on. It’s a different way to peruse — and be inspired by — a baking book. And tucked inside those chapters are approachable and creative takes on classic treats. So you get brownies laced with cinnamon, a frosted chocolate cake spiked with an impressive tablespoon of nutmeg, and an orange pull-apart bread flavoured with cloves. Great for the home baker eager for fresh ideas.

Affordable wines that would also make great gifts “They’ve been making wines for centuries, and besides using European grape varieties they also make single varietals and blends from indigenous varieties. It’s a great way to learn about new grapes.”

Alder Yarrow, founder and editor of the popular wine site Vinography.com also recommends looking afar.

“Once upon a time, California abounded with sub-$15 wines, but these days it more resembles a desert populated by sparse and prickly wines that I don’t really feel like drinking.

Contrast that with the incredible number of reasonably priced imports coming from Greece, France, Chile, Argentina and more, and you have to feel

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And that is the gifted wine sweet spot. And this is your answer: Our team of experts has come up with a few knockout bottles that sell for around $15 to help you create a wine shopping list that’s easy to buy, easy to drink.

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One tip for finding reds that won’t land you in the red is to experiment with new grape varieties, advises Jonathan Alsop, founder and executive director of the Boston Wine School.

“Sometimes you find great values in wine grapes no one has ever heard of before, like gaglioppo.” He recommends the 2013 Enotria “Ciro” Gaglioppo from Campania in southern Italy. Light red in colour, it’s “very juicy and easy to drink.”

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One domestic wine did make it on to Yarrow’s list — the 2014 Charles Smith “Kung Fu Girl” Columbia Valley riesling from Washington state, an emerging wine region that offers quite a few undiscovered values. He also recommends the 2014 Skouras “Zoe” Red Peloponnese, from Greece and the 2014 Bodegas Colome Torrontes Valle Calchaqui Salta from Argentina.

Two French wines made the list, with one being the 2014 Chateau de Fontenille Bordeaux Blanc recommended by Ray Isle, executive wine editor of Food & Wine magazine. His other two suggestions, both from Italy,

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