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Farmers cry foul HUNDREDS RALLY AGAINST BILL 6

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Hundreds of farmers vo voiced their anger in Red D Deer on Tuesday at prop posed farm-safety legislattion condemned as an att tack on a way of life.

A room at Westerner P Park’s Harvest Centre soon fil filled to its 500-person capa pacity, leaving about 200 res restive people milling about out outside.

M Municipal Affairs Minister D ani Danielle Larivee left the head tab le and stood on a snow-covtable ered be bench outside to explain her part ty’s farm-safety legislation, party’s known as Bi Bill 6, and tried to answer

their questions.

The chill did little to lower the temperatures of the farmers and their families she faced who gathered to lambaste the government for rushing through legislation without consulting those on the province’s 43,000 farms and ranches.

Assurances from Larivee, Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier and Red Deer North MLA Kim Schreiner that the legislation expected to take effect on Jan. 1 only deals with the Workers Compensation Board and paid farm workers did little to improve the mood.

Many speakers fear impending red tape will destroy family farm traditions and prevent youngsters from doing the things they have always done to help out.

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The farming community showed up in force at Westerner Park in Red Deer Tuesday protesting the Alberta Government proposed Bill 6 prior to a town hall meeting hosted by the Alberta Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier. Someone brought this bird to show they think the bill is a turkey.

Family comforted as child fought fatal illness The community that often surrounds those most in need of love and caring has changed in ways making the world smaller, and better.

It’s a community of people who can physically hug others close, but today it’s also a community that offers and sends support through the World Wide Web, the Internet.

For one Red Deer family, MARY-ANN support from BARR family and BARRSIDE friends as well as that online connection is helping them get through the loss of a child.

Up until the very end, those closest to Keera St. Laurent took turns holding the four-year-old in their arms.

And they shared her unfolding story online where hundreds of photos and supportive comments have been posted.

Sadly, last Saturday, less than a day after a caring community held a

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moving candlelight vigil for her and her family outside her window at Red Deer Regional Hospital, young Keera passed away. Her battle with cancer was over, and with it went the tremendous pain she suffered through.

Keera, nicknamed Girlie, is survived by her parents Jessi and Darrell St. Laurent, her brother Devin, 6, a large extended family and many friends.

“People are making fancy little pictures and posting (them), uplifting prayers and thoughts, even the support of people we don’t know personally has been amazing, and of course close friends, and distant friends who have become close. People have done so much for us,” Jessi, 29, said Monday.

“You could just feel the love pouring out of everybody. It was a very incredible experience,” she said of the vigil that was held Friday evening.

“There again, people who couldn’t attend were on the (Hugs for Keera Facebook) page putting their candles that they had lit at the same time … there was a lady in England who stayed up, it was 2 o’clock her time .. and lit a candle. That candlelight vigil was huge. It was just amazing,” Jessi said.

‘PEOPLE ARE MAKING FANCY LITTLE PICTURES AND POSTING (THEM), UPLIFTING PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS, EVEN THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE WE DON’T KNOW PERSONALLY HAS BEEN AMAZING, AND OF COURSE CLOSE FRIENDS, AND DISTANT FRIENDS WHO HAVE BECOME CLOSE. PEOPLE HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR US.’ — JESSI ST. LAURENT

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BILL 6: Tempers inflamed in the crowd One woman rose to say the government’s policies were going to kill the coal mines where her father and brother worked.

“Now, they’re taking away the ranch as well,” she said, to thunderous applause and cheering, most of the crowd rising to its feet.

The government says the changes are only meant to bring the province in line with the rest of the country and improve farm safety by providing mandatory Workers Compensation Board coverage to paid (T4-slip eligible) ONEIL CARLIER workers and to allow Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) legislation to apply to farms. Specific OHS regulations will be hammered out next year following consultation and will not take effect until 2017.

Alberta is the only province where farms and ranches remain exempt from OHS legislation. Workers Compensation Board requirements are mandatory in six provinces and can be opted out of in four.

Tempers were consistently inflamed in the crowd though by what many considered a lack of detail on how the changes will be applied and conflicting information presented by government officials and its website.

“I am going to be quite blunt, there has been some misinformation on the website,” Larivee said outside.

One person shouted out, “How can we trust you then?” in response.

Throughout her lengthy question and answer session there were shouts of “What’s the rush?”

The government’s determination to pass the legislation before the end of the year has angered many of its critics.

Inside the Harvest Centre, Carlier said the government wants the legislation in place before there is another farm death, which under current legislation cannot be investigated by Occupational Health and Safety.

“That’s the important part of this bill,” he told reporters, adding the bill provides another level of safety for farm workers.

Carlier was asked why the bill could not be sent to committee for more input. He said he would consider that, but that could delay the legislation for up to a year.

While many in the crowd were clearly fearful of the impact of the legislation, Carlier said in “my heart of hearts I cannot see that this legislation, that will give a measure of legislation to paid farm workers, will affect family farms.

“Going forward, looking at this, talking to my colleagues, I will make a commitment to ensure that farming families are not adversely affected by this legislation, or any legislation as far as that goes.”

Red Deer North MLA Schreiner said the government is listening and has added more and larger venues for farmers to discuss their concerns with government.

Schreiner said was pressed by one woman after the meeting on whether she would vote against the bill given the clear opposition in the room.

“I will tell you one thing, that I will always vote the way my constituents want me to vote,” she said, stopping short of saying she would vote against it.

Schreiner said the messages heard in Red Deer will be taken back to government.

Even before the official Bill 6 event began at 1 p.m., farmers arrived in the hundreds to rally outside the Harvest Centre beginning at 11 a.m.

The placard-waving crowd was reinforced by a small fleet of tractors, grain trucks and even a fully-loaded hay bale truck.

Speaker after speaker got up to the mic to criticize the legislation, which they say would destroy farm families and bind small farm operations up in red tape and regulations and impose crippling costs.

“I’m just here for my son,” said Meegan Carlson, whose five-month-old son Kolton was bundled up warmly in his stroller next to her.

“I’m worried about the way they’re going about the bill,” said Carlson, who carried a sign saying, ‘Save the Farm Save the Family.’

“A lot of people aren’t opposed to a lot of what’s in the bill; it’s just the wording. They need to give it time and do more consultation.”

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Carlson, who made the 1 ½-hour drive from her Meeting Creek farm to get to the protest, said farm families are not against safety. But they worry that in its haste to pass the legislation, the NDP government has not heard from those who will be affected most.

“Mistakes get made when it’s rushed.”

Graham Fegan, who farms with his family south of Delburne, has no time for the NDP. “The NDP’s against the farmers. They’re against Alberta,” he said bluntly. “It will kill the family farm.”

His father, Bruce Fegan, said the bill will “change the way of farming” while adding an estimated $25,000 to $30,000 in costs to meet the requirements of new legislation.

Farmers with old equipment that doesn’t comply with farm safety rules will be forced to upgrade at big cost, he said.

He questions why the legislation is necessary.

“Our farm is 98 years old. We’ve never had a serious accident.”

Children start learning how to operate safely from the ages of six or seven.

“Farmers knew what they could do and what they couldn’t because we trained them from an early age.”

KEERA: Trouble began after she turned two

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Keera opens birthday presents on her third birthday when the family held a big celebration to also thank everyone who was helping her in her fight.

Keera’s trouble began just after she turned two, said her grandmother, Cora Simpson.

Just before Christmas in 2013, Keera seemed to get very tired, did not want to walk and just wanted to be held.

In February 2014, following an MRI in Calgary, doctors discovered a tumour on her brain, which had spread to her spine. It was a type of aggressive cancer found mainly in children — known as a supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumour. The family was told they were in for an uphill battle and chances weren’t good for Keera, Cora said.

Doctors could not operate because the tumour was too small. So Keera underwent chemo-dialysis in Calgary, and then radiation.

“She did beat it for awhile,” said Cora. “(Keera) was famous for saying, ‘I’m gonna kick cancer’s ass. And when it came back again she still said that.”

This past September, a follow-up regular MRI showed the cancer had returned.

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At this point, said Cora, Keera’s parents had to choose between more treatment in Calgary for their daughter, but that she probably wouldn’t make it to January.

They chose not to continue with the treatment, Cora said. “(Keera) wanted to be at home and Jessi said, ‘No, if you can’t fix it, we’re not going to prolong the inevitable and have her miserable. She might live an extra three months but it would be three months away from everybody.’”

“That was the decision,” said Cora.

Keera’s parents tried other things, such as an organic diet and herbs, Cora said. “My daughter and son-in-law moved heaven and earth to try everything and it just didn’t work. The tumour just continued to grow.”

At the end of October, the Make A Wish Foundation sent Keera, her brother and parents to Disney World in Florida. Originally the plan was to send them in December, but Keera was getting sicker.

She was able to enjoy some of what Disney World had to offer. “She got to party with the princesses and had a princess makeover,” and went on some of the rides.

A few days after the family returned in early November, her parents took Keera to Red Deer Regional Hospital where she was placed in palliative care.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Cora said about the pain Keera was in then. In the end, Keera was put into a medically induced coma to save her from that pain.

“We had been taking turns cradling her in our arms that last couple of days, and she seemed to be so much better in somebody’s arms. She just seemed to be peaceful.”

“We all had a chance to say goodbye. We all told her how much we loved her. It was time.”

“We would say, ‘Go fly with the angels darling, you’re tired,’” Cora said.

“She was the happiest most loving little girl I’ve ever seen. She didn’t know a stranger. She had a smile with a dimple that just lit up a room. She had twinkly blue eyes, curly hair.”

“She loved dolls and tea parties, princesses, her favourite song was Barbie Girl by Aqua … she would sing that song and dance.”

The day Keera died happened to also be Cora’s 55th birthday.

“My birthday wish was that Keera would simply pass, to get her out of her agony. That’s a terrible thing for any grandmother to say but to watch her suffer like that was the worst thing I’ve ever seen in my life.”

To other families who have a child with cancer, Cora says: “Love your child as long as you’ve got them. Never give up hope. Fight, fight, fight. And there’s organizations and people out there that support you, that you don’t even know exist.”

At 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Keera passed away peacefully in the arms of her great grandmother, Charlene Benson.

Keera’s funeral is this Saturday, 11 a.m. at Parkland Funeral Home. Instead of flowers, the family is asking donations be made directly to Help Families Handle Cancer or to the Make A Wish Foundation.

Jessi said she will always remember her daughter as a princess. “She loved everybody and everybody always loved her. She was always beautiful and she always found the beauty in everything.”

“We’re still trying to figure out how to cope with it. It’s nothing anybody should ever experience in a life,” Jessi said.

“We greatly appreciate everything and we couldn’t have, and wouldn’t be able to do this, without the support.” barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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MAN, 19, TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — RCMP shot a suspect wanted in a triple homicide west of Edmonton while trying to arrest him at a location close to where the bodies were found on the weekend.

Supt. Gary Steinke said Mickell Clayton Bailey, 19, of Edson, was transported to hospital with serious injuries.

“Efforts to arrest the armed suspect peacefully were not successful today and he was shot by police,” Steinke told a news conference Tuesday in Edmonton.

“This is a crime that has shocked local citizens, police and all Albertans. The murder of three innocent victims in their own home is unsettling for even the most seasoned police investigator.”

Mounties found the bodies of Roxanne Berube, 36, another female and Daniel Miller on Sunday in the home they shared near Edson, just over 200 kilometres west of Edmonton.

Autopsies have not yet been completed, but a police spokesman has said the victims suffered “obvious trauma.”

Police have not released the name of the second female, but friends and family on Facebook identi-

fied her as Berube’s teenage daughter.

Steinke said they have yet to positively identify the girl.

Bailey has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder.

Steinke said Bailey was known to at least one of the people who was killed.

He would not say if Bailey fired at police, nor would he elaborate on the relationship between Bailey and any of the victims.

An Alberta Justice department unit that reviews serious incidents involving police was on the scene of the shooting and investigating.

Mounties were able to find Bailey quickly, mainly thanks to tips from people in the area, Steinke said.

Police were not searching for any other suspects.

“Our investigation has lead us to believe that one person was responsible, and one person only was responsible,” Steinke said.

Edson Mayor Greg Pasychny said the community has been on edge since the weekend as people wondered how someone could commit such a crime.

When he heard that RCMP had made an arrest, Pasychny said he went around town to share the news in the hope that it would put them at ease.

“You could see the sense of relief on people that

somebody had been apprehended,” Pasychny said.

“I was in the drug store talking about it and people there were saying, ‘Oh, they caught him’.

“I think our community and the surrounding community where it occurred can sleep a little bit better knowing that he has been apprehended.”

Alberta Justice officials said Bailey does not have a criminal record.

RCMP said they were responding to a call from someone outside the home when they found the bodies.

Sylvia Standing said Berube, her goddaughter, was a mother of five. Berube’s Facebook page said she started working at McDonald’s in Edson in October.

One of Berube’s co-workers, who didn’t want to be named, described Berube as a good worker and a nice person.

According to her Facebook page, Berube was a fan of country and western music and an avid ATVer. She and Miller had apparently met in the late summer of 2013, with Berube announcing to friends “my boyfriend … and I have 10 kids between us and 2 grand babies.”

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BRIEF Bail denied to Red Deer man charged with murder Charged with a single count of second-degree murder, a Red Deer man made his first court appearance to answer for the charge.

Daniel Boyd Sawyer, 31, is accused in the Nov. 18 stabbing death of Alan Beach, 31. The alleged incident occurred in the parking lot of Village Mall near the Blarney Stone pub.

Sawyer appeared by closed circuit television sporting a black eye. He reserved his plea pending discussions with his legal counsel, Dean Zuk of Edmonton.

His bail was denied on the charge and will remain in custody.

Red Deer RCMP continue to look for a second suspect they believe was involved in the incident.

He is described as a Caucasian male, about 30 years old with short dark hair and was clean shaven at the time of the incident. He is about 1.77 metres (fivefoot-10) tall and weighs about 90 Kg (200 pounds).

At the time of the incident he wore a dark coloured jacket, dark pants and a dark coloured baseball cap with a white logo. He may be travelling in a black pickup truck.

Police advise the second suspect is considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached.

Anyone with information on the incident or the second suspect is asked to contact the Red Deer RCMP at 403-406-2300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477.

Former hospital worker charged with accessing information on 240 people EDMONTON — A former Calgary hospital worker is facing 26 counts of accessing the health information of more than 200 people.

The office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner says it was contacted by Alberta Health Services in October 2014 and then conducted an investigation.

Spokesman Scott Sibbald says the results of that investigation were handed over to a Crown prosecutor in Calgary, who then laid the charges under the Health Information Act.

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Much unproven about climate change One of the news stories that real- cult message and wait for the planes ly grabbed my attention in 1988 was to resurface with Al Gore’s ridiculous the discovery of the lost Second World prediction (polar ice cap gone by 2014) War planes in Greenland. at the 2009 Copenhagen In 1942, six fighter planes climate summit? Al Gore and two bombers were became the poster boy for forced to land in Greenthe global warming moveland because of inclement ment when he released his weather and were subsealarmist documentary An quently abandoned on the Inconvenient Truth and was ice surface. They were disconsidered to be an authorcovered 46 years later in ity on climate science-until the same location-only now people noticed his predicthey were buried under altions were largely an inconmost 270 feet of ice. venient fallacy.

Extraordinary and exEven the global warmists pensive recovery efforts began to shy away from the JIM were used to rescue some gospel according to a failed SUTHERLAND of the planes from their U.S. presidential politiicy confinement, includcian and changed the hanOPINION ing then state-of-the-art dle from global warming to ice melting technology. At climate change. This was a the time I was astounded by the sheer moniker that gave them more wiggle amount of ice and snow that entombed room when global temperatures did these planes in only four and a half not follow the computer models’ predecades. dictions of Baked Alaska-among other I admired the rescue efforts in the polar regions. early 90s, but now I would ask this baThe biggest problem with the clisic question: why did they use artifi- mate issue is the absence of scientific cial melting efforts when all they had protocol. Many points of support evto do is buy into the global warming idence have been put forth by both

sides of the debate that humans are directly responsible for higher overall temperatures on this planet. There is evidence to support either viewpoint and develop a convincing argument that supports their particular side of the equation.

This process used to be called scientific debate and neither side had the right to claim a victory in the debate until they could provide enough evidence to turn a theory into fact. All variables must be factored into the debate and entered into the final conclusions. Therefore any debate about man-made global warming must also include the possibility of other factors like sun activity, ocean current activity, volcanic activity and a host of other factors that influence the complicated climate mechanisms on our planet.

These factors cannot be simply dismissed as flat-earth nonsense by proponents of man-made warming because every variable has to be addressed when it comes to the climate change debate. The science is absolutely not settled for me and many others who see too many unanswered questions about the role of other climate-influencer variables. We see

planes buried under almost 300 feet of ice in only 46 years and have to ask how did it happen if Greenland is in full meltdown mode?

Now we have a new world where we will pay dearly for our perceived role in global warming in the form of carbon taxes and other measures designed to punish energy consumers here in Canada, including the way we heat our homes during the winter months. There is no room for debate at the provincial or federal level for Albertans-we are about to be steamrolled by a highly questionable revenue grab and made to feel guilty about our alleged leading role in global warming.

Winter is still winter here in Alberta. We still require oil and gas to keep us warm during the excessive number of cold months in our sub-arctic province and now we will get to pay more for these necessities of life via increased carbon taxes brought forth by politicians with highly questionable motives based upon very questionable science. Welcome to the new Alberta in the new Canada.

Jim Sutherland is a local freelance writer.

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Canada has proud history of standing tall against terrorism I take exception to some of the statements in Lucille Gaumond’s “Trudeau’s response to terror has been embarrassing” published in the Nov. 25, 2015 Red Deer Advocate.

In response to the attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, Canada immediately shut down its airspace and welcomed thousands of air passengers on flights diverted from the U.S., action that has since been recognized numerous times by the U.S. as they have expressed great appreciation.

The war in Afghanistan began less than a month later. Canada joined in the NATO effort. As well as the military contribution, Canada’s efforts including the rebuilding of the Dahla dam and irrigation works, building schools, immunizing children against polio, and training of Afghan armed forces and police.

In March of 2003, U.S. and British forces invaded Iraq. Canada had taken part in the first Gulf War of 1991 as part of a United Nations force led by the U.S. In 2003, Prime Minister Jean Chretien refused to declare war on Iraq without UN approval. As the U.S. and the United Kingdom withdrew their efforts to gain UN sanction for war against Iraq, Chretien announced in Parliament that Canada would not participate.

The UN based its decision not to sanction the war against Iraq on a discussion of international law and the UN inspections for Iraq’s alleged possession of

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Merger of C.P. Rail and Norfolk bad news for Canada I see a story in the paper regarding the proposed merger of C.P. Rail and Norfolk Southern Railroad.

This would be another “fait accompli” for Warren Buffett whose firm owns Norfolk.

Imagine if you will, that Mr. Buffett has been able to influence the Democrat Party and U.S. President Obama (possibly by extremely large donations to that party) to cancel the Keystone pipeline project.

So how do you then transport Canadian oil?

By train!

Norfolk could then charge us billions in the long run to haul our oil on his trains rather than the much more economical system of pipelines which he has been able to block.

So no pipeline, which means major revenue to Norfolk who can then take some of their enormous cash flow and buy out Canadian Pacific Railroad.

Perhaps Members of Parliament — Earl Dreeshen and Blaine Calkins — can influence the new federal Liberal Party to block this disgrace.

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Refugee flights start Dec. 10

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The first planes carrying Syrian refugees from camps overseas are expected to arrive at two of Canada’s busiest airports late next week.

A federal solicitation document posted Monday names Dec. 10 as the date when the first flights are planned to carry refugees from camps in Jordan and Turkey to Canadian soil.

The document says those flights could continue until the end of March.

The federal government plans on bringing 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of February, with 10,000 of them arriving by the end of this month.

The first group will be made up largely of privately sponsored refugees, many of whose files have been in the works for months as churches and other community groups moved to assist some of the most vulnerable people fleeing the Syrian civil war.

The plan is bring those refugees into Canada on commercial flights, with military airplanes available every 48 hours if necessary in case commercial jets aren’t available.

The solicitation document posted Monday asks for interested air carriers to get in touch with the government by the end of this week, with the deadline landing six days before the first flights are supposed to leave from one of two cities in Turkey — Adana and Gaziantep, which is about 100 kilometres north of the Syrian city of Aleppo — and from Amman, Jordan. The flights will land at either Toronto’s Pearson airport or Montreal’s Trudeau airport and continue until at least Feb. 29, 2016, “but may be required later.”

Each aircraft has to seat at least 200 and fly direct between the locations.

The document says the number of people on each flight will vary and the exact schedule, including days and times for flights, haven’t been set in stone.

Approximately 15,000 of the 25,000 Syrian refugees who will arrive in Canada in the coming weeks are being resettled by the federal government. They will go to dozens of municipalities across the country.

The federal government estimates it will cost $678

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BRIEF Governor General calls arrival of Syrian refugees a ‘defining moment’ OTTAWA — The federal government signalled Tuesday that Canada could welcome as many as

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Kathleen Burke, an employee with Wing Central Construction works on lights in one of the barracks that are being made ready to possibly house Syrian refugees at CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ont., on Tuesday. CFB Trenton has room for 950 people on base. million over the next six years to bring the refugees to Canada and help them settle. That figure doesn’t include additional funding that could be necessary for provinces and territories.

More than 500 officials have been assigned to work on the massive resettlement program, one of

the largest of its kind in the world as it relates to the Syrian refugee crisis.

Since the outbreak of the war there in 2011, the UN estimates some 4.2 million people have been displaced.

50,000 refugees by the end of 2016 as Gov. Gen. David Johnston urged Canadians to embrace those fleeing the conflict in Syria.

Calling Canada’s response to the crisis a “defining moment” for the country, Johnston hosted a forum that brought federal, provincial and municipal political leaders together with heads of business organizations and aid groups trying to better co-ordinating efforts to deal with the impending influx of 25,000 refugees by the end of February.

“This is a defining moment for Canada, a defining moment for all of us,” Johnston told the gathering.

“And it’s even more than that. It’s an opportunity … to re-imagine how we take care of the most mar-

ginalized and vulnerable among us.”

Immigration Minister John McCallum told a morning panel at the forum that he’s concerned the current level of enthusiasm among Canadians for bringing in refugees will be lost if governments and aid organizations don’t properly communicate.

“There’s nothing that will turn the momentum off more than if people want to help, and they get no answer at the other end of the phone or they don’t know who to phone,” said McCallum.

“There is a momentum today. Whether there will be two weeks from today is something we can’t take for granted, and we have to work on.”

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Canada embraces training mission

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WE CAN DO MORE THAN DELIVER TWO PER CENT OF AIRSTRIKES ON ISIL, DION TELLS NATO

Jurors at Guy Turcotte trial complete second day of deliberations

BRUSSELS — Stephane Dion walked through NATO’s doors Tuesday suggesting he won’t have to do much of a sales job over the impending withdrawal of Canada’s jets from the U.S.-led bombing campaign against militants in Iraq and Syria.

Other countries, including North Atlantic allies, understand the warplanes have played only a small part in the effort, and that Canada will be more effective in a training role, Dion said on his way into a meeting of foreign ministers.

“There are a lot of things where Canada may be a great supporter, instead of delivering two per cent of the airstrikes,” the global affairs minister said.

Dion also indicated the signals he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have received at other international conferences indicate that Canada’s new policy is “well understood.”

As of Nov. 19, Canada had carried out 199 airstrikes out of a total of 8,289 coalition raids — or 2.4 per cent.

It remains unclear when the jets will be coming home — or what a beefed-up training commitment would look like — but Dion could see a menu of opportunities before him during the two-day ministerial meeting which began Tuesday.

Kurds want help with police, firefighter training, ambassador says AMMAN, Jordan — Canada’s ambassador to Iraq says there is room for the federal government to expand training support for Kurdish forces battling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

In an interview with The Canadian Press, Bruno Saccomani says Iraq is looking for help in beefing up the capabilities of the country’s police officers and firefighters.

He says Iraqi Kurdistan is struggling to deal with doThe war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIL or ISIS, is not a NATO mission, but almost all members contribute in one form or another to the U.S. coalition.

The alliance announced last summer it was embarking on a “capacity-building” training program for the Iraqi military, but gave no timelines for the training at sites in Turkey and Jordan. It was looking at a wide series of measures, including countering improvised explosive devices, bomb disposal, de-mining, civil-military planning, cyberdefence, military medicine and medical assistance.

A NATO official, speaking on background, said

mestic security requirements attached to the high numbers of displaced people in the area.

Saccomani says helping with community policing might be something Canada could do “quite nicely,” but whether that’s what will happen remains up to Justin Trudeau’s government.

The Liberals are currently mulling next steps for Canada’s military engagement in the fight against ISIL following their decision to withdraw CF-18 fighters from the bombing mission in Iraq and Syria.

Trudeau said last month an expanded training mission was in the cards but didn’t provide any details.

the mission is still in the planning stages and member nations have yet to be asked for troop contributions. But what is clear is that the Trudeau government is more prepared to embrace alliance initiatives than the Harper government had been in recent years.

Under the Conservatives, Canada was pulled more tightly into a U.S. orbit with a series of policy changes and agreements, and was more willing to act in ad-hoc coalitions, like the one bombing ISIL. “Canada will be a positive partner,” Dion said.

“We want to re-engage Canada in multilateralism and NATO is at the core of that.”

Remote B.C. town trying to do life without Crown denies purposely delaying murder charges Internet after provider shuts down

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS STEWART, B.C. — In an age when quality of life includes being connected to the Internet, residents of a British Columbia town say they’ve gone back 20 years after service was cut off indefinitely.

“It’s the same as going from the car to the horse.

We should be going forward, not backward,” said Mayor Galina Durant, of the District of Stewart.

“To stay without Internet — it’s like you cut a line of life in a certain way,” she said Tuesday.

The town of 500 people in northwestern B.C. was plunged into the past a day earlier, when a non-profit society that had served the community’s Internet needs shut down after two decades.

The mayor and council were notified of the impending blackout, but their efforts failed to prevent the OneWayOut.net Society to withdraw service.

Stewart is located along the B.C.-Alaska boundary, about a 1,500 kilometres drive through mountains from Vancouver.

Durant said the district worked with Telus and the B.C. government to upgrade to high-speed, but it was too expensive for the non-profit provider to contribute the matching infrastructure.

“It is not our intention to stand in the way of progress,” the society said in a statement posted on its website. “We wish to thank all our customers for your patronage over the last 20-plus years.”

Residents in the community that is grappling with the loss of email, Facebook and Netflix say they’re trying to improvise and live life the old-fashioned

way — without the World Wide Web.—— Their public library’s catalogue is down, stores are having difficulty completing Internet-based transactions and a primary entertainment source has also vanished from a community with no movie theatre.

Durant is taking an online course in local government management but can’t access her curriculum.

Winter travellers who rely on the province’s DriveBC website for road conditions can’t go online either.

Mike Ginka, who runs the town’s general store, said people already feel shut in during the winter, so the timing of the Internet shutdown couldn’t be worse. He said it’s typical for small communities to lack access to services and fears his business could now suffer even more.

“This is just the tip of it, being our Internet,” Ginka said. “he world today forces you to have it, to use it. And when you don’t have it, we’ve kind of been left out in the cold again.”

Telus spokeswoman Emily Hamer said the company does not provide direct Internet service to Stewart and is working with the district to bring in a new firm. She said Telus is building a fibre extension that will deliver additional bandwidth, but that could take from eight to 12 weeks.

“We’re going to expedite the project as much as possible, but it’s a big build and the process includes the design and scheduling of construction,” Hamer said.

“This is the fastest, most effective way to get highspeed Internet service to Stewart.”

Edmonton’s chief Crown prosecutor admits the case against Travis Vader was circumstantial, but is denying she stayed murder charges against him so RCMP would have longer to investigate and gather evidence.

At a pre-trial hearing on Tuesday, Michelle Doyle denied a suggestion by Vader’s lawyer, Brian Beresh, that the stay was a convenient excuse to buy more time.

Vader, 43, was first charged in 2012 with two counts of first-degree murder in the 2010 deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann, an elderly Edmonton-area couple who vanished while on a trip to British CoTRAVIS VADER lumbia.

But the charges were stayed in March 2014.

Nine months later, the charges were re-laid and a trial before a judge alone is scheduled for March 2016.

On Tuesday, Beresh produced an email from an RCMP officer, dated the day after the stay had been issued, suggesting “disclosure issues” were at least partly behind the stay and saying the Crown wanted to bring the charges back to court as soon as possible.

SAINT-JEROME, Que. — The jurors at Guy Turcotte’s murder trial completed their second day of deliberations on Tuesday without reaching a verdict.

They did ask the judge at one point for copies of two articles of the Criminal Code — one that defines the notion of not criminally responsible by way of mental disorder and another that deals with sentences for murder convictions.

Quebec Superior Court Justice Andre Vincent granted their first request but not the murder-related one because sentences do not fall under a jury’s authority.

Turcotte is charged with first-degree murder in the 2009 slayings of his children Olivier, 5, and Anne-Sophie, 3.

The jurors began their deliberations Monday afternoon and can reach one of four possible verdicts: not criminally responsible by way of mental disorder or guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree murder or manslaughter.

Turcotte, 43, admitted to causing the deaths but his lawyer argued the jury should find him not criminally responsible by way of mental disorder.

Dennis Oland tells jury he didn’t kill his father as he testifies in own defence

Police discover bodies of two men in Quebec home 48 hours apart SAGUENAY, Que. — Quebec police are investigating after the discovery of two corpses 48 hours apart in the same spot in the same home.

The men in their 30s were known to authorities and knew each other, said Saguenay police officer Bruno Cormier.

He said the body of Eric Migneault, 34 was found Sunday in the home in Saguenay, which is about 250 kilometres north of Quebec City.

On Tuesday morning, police found the body of a 33-year-old man “in the same spot in the house,” Cormier said.

He was unable to say if there were signs of violence on the corpses and added police haven’t yet ruled either death a homicide.

Cormier said Migneault’s body was brought to the Montreal morgue in hopes an autopsy can determine the cause of death.

He said police haven’t decided whether to send the second body to Montreal.

“It’s too early to determine what happened,” Cormier said. “All the doors are open and we’re trying to close one at a time.”

“I just think he should pay for it himself,” Ambrose said in an interview.

“It’s not a reflection of their child care choice — every family has a different makeup, every family has to make decisions about their child care — but I think … Canadians would expect them to just pay for their own nanny out of their own pocket.”

New Democrat MP Sheila Malcolmson, the party’s status of women critic, called out the prime minister for paying his nannies so little.

The pair, who are considered special assistants under the Official Residences Act, have been hired for $15 to $20 per hour during the day and $11 to $13 at night.

“Surely the people looking after his children should be paid more than $11 an hour,” Malcolmson said. “I’m stunned to hear that figure and I am saddened.”

Feds reject Air Canada’s request to see security threat assessments OTTAWA — The federal Public Safety Department has rejected Air Canada’s request for regular access to security risk assessments, something the airline wanted in order to play a bigger role in passenger safety.

The air carrier has expressed concern to the federal government about accommodating sky marshals on its flights, often at significant cost.

The Canadian Air Carrier Protective Program involves placement of undercover sky marshals, known as in-flight security officers, on select commercial routes to prevent the planes from being taken over by terrorists.

In a submission to a federal review panel, Air Canada said if a marshal requests a specific seat, it must be provided even if it has been sold to a passenger.

It recommended the RCMP share all data regarding risk assessments for individual flights with airlines, allowing carriers to make educated judgments about whether to cancel a flight.

Air Canada also wants the government to generally focus the sky marshal program only on flights that have “a pre-agreed level of risk,” says the airline’s submission to the federal review of the Canada Transportation Act. The federal review panel is expected to issue a report sometime this month. However, Public Safety has dismissed the idea of making risk evaluations available to air carriers.

“Details of risk assessments cannot be shared for security reasons,” department spokeswoman Josee Sirois said.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Dennis Oland spoke for the first time in his own defence Tuesday, telling his lawyer he didn’t kill his father and describing their last meeting as an “engaging and wonderful conversation.”

The courtroom was full to overflowing for Oland’s testimony at his murder trial, now in its 12th week, OTTAWA — Canada’s federal opposition parties and defence lawyer Gary Miller asked his client moare calling out Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for usments into his testimony whether he killed Richard ing taxpayer dollars to pay for two nannies helping Oland. to care for his three young children.

“No. No, I did not,” he replied.

During the election campaign, Trudeau attacked Oland, 47, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree the Conservative government for handing out tax murder in the death of his father, a well-known busicuts and benefits, including a new universal child nessman whose family founded Moosehead Brewcare benefit, to Canada’s wealthiest families — ineries, the oldest independently owned brewery in cluding his own.

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As a result, said interim Conservative leader The 69-year-old was found face down in a pool of Rona Ambrose, he ought to be footing his own child blood in his office in Saint John, N.B., on July 7, 2011. care bills.

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A grainy, black and white surveillance video was played for the jury that showed someone getting into a light coloured car on Canterbury Street near Richard Oland’s office, then opening and closing the hatchback before getting into the vehicle and driving away between 6:12 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. on July 6, 2011.

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Wellness Centre coming to Riverlands

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A gluten-free cafe, an organics grocer and a massage therapy clinic may just be the beginning of the Weber Wellness Centre in Riverlands.

April and Keith Weber, owners of Weber Physiotherapy, are behind the new centre at 5589 47th St. that could open as early as next summer.

“We really want to promote mobility throughout our community,” said April Weber.

“Being close to the river and our path system, it is something that is always at the forefront for us.

We have been in lots of discussions with other businesses in the community. We are really interested in seeing if that will be a possibility because it would be wonderful to have that mobility concept.”

She said their philosophy aligns with the city’s walkable vision for the area.

Contractors are currently at work getting the site ready.

On the top floor, the Webers will operate the massage clinic next to a naturopathic practice.

Weber Physiotherapy is not moving from its existing location.

However, Purearth Organics will move its existing shop at #12 5579-47 St., into a 3,000-square foot space on the bottom floor of the building.

A potential client is interested in operating a gluten-free healthy cafe next to Purearth Organics on the main floor, said Weber.

“It’s coming a long,” she said. “We finally got our permits. We are constructing so that’s super exciting to see some changes over there.”

Weber said along with Purearth Organics, they are really trying to promote wellness in Red Deer.

She said they are holding about 1,500 square-feet space in the building in the hopes of attracting a tenant who works in the wellness industry.

“We are pretty excited to be aligned with

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

April Weber takes a look through her new property in Riverlands on Tuesday. The building will also be the new home of Pure Earth Organics, a cafe, and residential suites.

Purearth,” said Weber. “We have a lot of good

that at present in our community.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Canada rebounds with 2.3 per cent quarterly GDP growth

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

STATSCAN REPORT

OTTAWA — Canada climbed out of the recession that knocked the economy into reverse over the first half of 2015 — but the rebound quickly showed signs of lost momentum.

Statistics Canada said Tuesday the country’s real gross domestic product grew at an annualized rate of 2.3 per cent during the three-month period that ended in September. The GDP received boosts from improved performances in exports and household consumption, the federal agency said.

But the economy also contracted by 0.5 per cent at a non-annualized rate in September — a decrease largely linked to the country’s hobbled manufacturing and natural resources sectors.

That September reading followed GDP growth at a non-annualized pace of 0.3 per cent in July and 0.1 per cent in August.

“The third quarter came in like a lion but went out like a lamb,” CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld wrote Tuesday in a research note to clients.

Earlier this year, the economy fell into the technical definition of a recession after it recoiled for two straight quarters. It decreased by a revised annual pace of 0.7 per cent over the first three months of 2015 and again by 0.3 per cent in the second quarter.

The September slide, however, means the October GDP reading suddenly became significant in determining how much the weak handoff could affect the fourth quarter.

“October will be pivotal,” said Desjardins senior economist Jimmy Jean.

“If we see another contraction, that would almost certainly put the whole quarter into negatives. That would spell a double dip in terms of GDP growth returning to contraction.”

Jean added that a below-zero reading for the fourth quarter could force the Bank of Canada to lower its trend-setting interest rate in the new year.

The September GDP number was dragged down by the weight of declines in sectors such as manufacturing, mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction, Statistics Canada said. Oil and gas alone fell 5.5 per cent that month, while manufacturing dropped by 0.6 per cent after three straight months of increases.

The overall third-quarter reading came in close to

expectations. Economists had expected growth of 2.4 per cent for the third quarter, according to Thomson Reuters.

Statistics Canada said the economy registered 2.7 per cent growth in the exports of goods, led by increases in motor vehicles and parts as well as consumer goods and crude-oil bitumen.

Household spending, meanwhile, grew by 0.4 per cent in the third quarter, the agency said.

The economy’s struggles — led by the deep, negative impact of stubbornly low oil and commodity prices — have forced experts to repeatedly downgrade their growth forecasts for Canada.

Last month, the federal government’s fiscal and economic update contained average forecasts made in October by a group of private-sector economists.

They predicted a 1.2 per cent increase in real GDP — a common measure of economic growth — for 2015 as a whole, down from an April estimate of two per cent.

In October, the Bank of Canada predicted the economy to expand by 2.5 per cent in the third quarter and 1.5 per cent in the fourth.

The central bank has projected growth of 1.1 per cent for 2015 as a whole and two per cent for 2016.

The Bank of Canada, which cut its key interest rate twice this year to cushion the economy from the major drop in oil prices, is scheduled to make a rate announcement Wednesday. It is widely expected to hold its trendsetting rate at 0.5 per cent.

The weaker economic conditions have put pressure on the new Liberal government’s election promises, which include big-ticket spending for projects like infrastructure that it says will produce jobs and growth. Even with billions in spending commitments, the Liberals committed to keep annual deficits under $10 billion over the next two years, generate a shortfall of only $5.7 billion in the third year and balance the books in time for the next election in 2019.

But the Liberals announced in their fiscal update last month that they inherited federal books from the Conservatives that will drive the country billions of dollars deeper in the hole than expected, raising doubts they will meet all their fiscal goals without changing some of their plans.

TORONTO — Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) says its fourth-quarter net income rose 13 per cent from last year to $1.214 billion, beating analyst estimates by a wide margin and taking the total for the 2015 financial year to $4.405 billion.

The profit for the three month period equalled $1.83 per BMO common share, or $1.90 on an adjusted basis — up 17 per cent in both cases. Analysts had estimated $1.70 per share of net income and $1.74 per share of adjusted profit.

“These results reflect the benefits of our diversified business mix, with Canadian and U.S. banking and wealth management all contributing to the bank’s growth,” BMO chief executive Bill Downe said in a statement Tuesday.

BMO’s Canadian banking arm contributed $560 million of net income for the three months ended Oct. 31, up seven per cent from last year, while its U.S. banking arm provided $207 million of net income, up 23 per cent.

Its wealth management and capital markets segments also grew. Net income from wealth management was $243 million, up eight per cent from last year, while BMO Capital Markets had $242 million of net income, up 27 per cent.

Scotiabank Q4 profit rises to $1.843 billion, says results good in Canada, abroad TORONTO — Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) says its fourth-quarter net income was $1.843 billion, taking the total for the 2015 financial year to nearly $7.3 billion. The profit for the three months ended Oct. 31 amounted to $1.45 per share, up 32 per cent from $1.10 a year earlier when Scotiabank recorded a number of unusual items.

Excluding special items last year, the quarter’s earnings per share was up 10 per cent from $1.32.

Scotiabank says most of its business units did well, both in Canada and internationally.

Canadian banking contributed $837 million to the quarter’s total profit, and $3.344 for the full year.

COS lays out spending plans in face of hostile takeover bid

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., fighting a hostile takeover bid by Suncor Energy, has laid out spending plans and performance targets for next year that it says demonstrate shareholders are wellserved under the status quo.

Throughout the heated takeover debate, Suncor (TSX:SU) has cast COS (TSX:COS) as a risky investment as a stand-alone firm, given the likelihood of a prolonged oil price downturn.

But on a conference call Tuesday, COS CEO Ryan Kubik said with major project spending complete and cost savings taking hold, the company is poised to enter 2016 in good shape.

It’s expecting capital spending to come in at $295 million next year. In October, it estimated 2015 spending at $368 million.

“Canadian Oil Sands is becoming more resilient and will emerge from this oil price downturn even stronger,” said Kubik.

At least one investor on the call wasn’t convinced.

Robert Cooper, with Calgary investment dealer Acumen Capital Partners, expressed frustration at COS’s share price performance and dividend growth compared to Suncor. And he wondered why COS turned down a higher friendly offer in the spring.

At the time that Suncor made its all-stock hostile approach on Oct. 5, it was worth $8.84 a share. An earlier friendly attempt was valued at $11.84 as of March 31.

Based on Monday’s close, the offer is now worth $9.23 a share, or $4.5 billion.

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Cooper said COS should be trying to negotiate a better deal with Suncor.

“I really want to know, after shareholders have really got their face ripped off in the past year, who’s looking out for them?” Cooper asked.

Kubik responded that his company is much more sensitive to swings in crude prices — on the upside and downside — than Suncor.

COS says for every US$10 per barrel increase in oil prices, cash flow is bolstered by about $300 million.

The company expects to generate $338 million in free cash flow next year. It is basing its 2016 assumptions on US$50 U.S. benchmark crude, versus about US$42 currently.

COS’s main asset is its 37 per cent share in the Syncrude oilsands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alta.

Suncor is much bigger and more diversified, with a huge oilsands footprint as well as refineries, gas stations and offshore platforms. Suncor has a 12 per cent stake in Syncrude, meaning it would own just under half of the mine if it’s successful.

Kubik added shareholders should “take comfort” in a process underway to seek another bidder. A COS adviser has said 25 parties have expressed some degree of interest.

On Monday, the Alberta Securities Commission allowed COS to keep its so-called poison pill, a defensive tactic to buy time, in place until Jan. 4.

In an interview, Cooper said he wasn’t impressed with how Kubik responded to his questions.

“I think that’s a standard non-answer answer,” he said.

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Thanks to the Suncor bid, COS has seen a boost in its share price, which has surged above $10 at some points since Suncor’s hostile approach in October.

If Suncor walks — which it has threatened to do — the stock will drop back to $5 or $6, said Cooper.

He acknowledges another suitor could emerge, but so far the most likely one — Syncrude partner Imperial Oil (TSX:IMO) — has been silent.

“The reality is you’re really worth what someone’s willing to pay for you,” said Cooper.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 132.14 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.44 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.69 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.52 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.25 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.25 Cdn. National Railway . . 80.17 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 196.83 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 33.15 Capital Power Corp . . . . 17.22 Cervus Equipment Corp 14.77 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 53.42 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 48.26 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 19.57 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.09 General Motors Co. . . . . 36.26 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.60 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.13 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 42.45 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 35.27 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.46 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 5.30 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 43.31 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 125.84 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.75 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.09 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 67.40 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Oil prices rose and two of Canada’s biggest banks posted solid results, pushing the Toronto stock market to a second straight triple-digit advance on Tuesday.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 166.23 points at 13,636.06 after a 101-point gain Monday, helped by a solid gain in the heavily weighted financials sector as both Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) and the Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) turned in fourth-quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 168.43 points to end the day at 17,888.35, while the S&P 500 added 22.22 points to 2,102.63 and the Nasdaq rose 47.64 points to 5,156.31.

U.S. banks were among the gainers in New York, amid signals the European Central Bank is looking to cut interest rates while the U.S. Federal Reserve looks to raise its rates later this month.

Higher interest rates are good for banks because they can charge more to lend money.

Ian Nakamoto, director of research at 3Macs, said stock prices usually rise in the last few weeks of the year.

“The Santa Claus rally is alive and well,” he said. “It’s a season where there tends to be more ups than downs, unless we get something (bad) out of the blue.”

After a tumultuous 2015, he said, investors believe markets will have a better year in 2016.

On commodity markets, the February gold contract fell $1.80 to end trading at US$1,063.50 an ounce, January benchmark crude oil rose 20 cents to settle at US$41.85 a barrel and January natural gas fell 0.4 of a cent

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 22.45 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.34 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.99 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 20.83 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 10.16 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 16.71 First Quantum Minerals . . 5.11 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 16.22 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 6.10 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.75 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.87 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 26.65 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.770 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 5.56 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 18.60 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 24.66 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 54.76 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.36 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 22.44 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 32.35 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 8.93 Canyon Services Group. . 4.48 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 20.19 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1100 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 11.09 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.510 to US$2.231 per mmBtu. The Canadian dollar ended the day down 0.06 of a U.S. cent at 74.83 cents U.S. Before the market opened, Statistics Canada said the country’s real gross domestic product grew at an annualized rate of 2.3 per cent in the third quarter after contracting in the first half of 2015.

Despite the rebound for the quarter as a whole, the economy actually shrank by 0.5 per cent at a non-annualized rate in September.

Nakamoto said that the Canadian economy is still suffering from the overhang of the commodity shock. Oil prices have fallen by more than half over the last 16 months.

“We relied on growth in the oil sector for five years, 10 years and now that that’s gone. I’m hard pressed to find where the next avenue of growth for the Canadian economy is going to come from,” he said.

The trading day began with some good news from Japan, where an index measuring factory output in the world’s third-largest economy rose to 52.6 in November, the highest reading in 20 months and up from 52.4 in October. Japanese shares jumped 1.3 per cent on the news.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,636.06, up 166.23 points Dow — 17,888.35, up 168.43 points S&P 500 — 2,102.63, up 22.22 points Nasdaq — 5,156.31, up 47.64 points Currencies:

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 81.89 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 40.40 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.58 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 17.74 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 43.54 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.22 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.430 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.67 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 37.79 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.650 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.12 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 40.47 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1500 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 78.22 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 60.83 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.22 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.66 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 36.11 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 38.07 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 89.91 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.47 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 44.11 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.80 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 76.88 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 44.90 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.26

Cdn — 74.83 cents US, down 0.06 of a cent Pound — C$2.0154, up 0.42 of a cent Euro — C$1.4209, up 1.02 cents Euro — US$1.0632, up 0.67 of a cent Oil futures: US$41.85 per barrel, up 20 cents (January contract) Gold futures: US$1,063.50 per oz., down $1.80 (February contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $19.63 oz., up 5.6 cents $631.10 kg., up $1.80 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Jan. ‘16 $5.10 higher $471.30 March ‘16 $6.10 higher $480.10 May ‘16 $6.10 higher $485.90 July ‘16 $5.50 higher $490.00 Nov. ‘16 $2.80 higher $478.50 Jan. ‘17 $3.30 higher $482.20 March ‘17 $3.30 higher $482.20 May ‘17 $3.30 higher $482.20 July ‘17 $3.30 higher $482.20 Nov. ‘17 $3.30 higher $482.20 Jan. ‘18 $3.30 higher $482.20.

Barley (Western): Dec. ‘15 unchanged $189.00 March ‘16 unchanged $191.00 May ‘16 unchanged $197.00 July ‘16 unchanged $197.00 Oct. ‘16 unchanged $197.00 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $197.00 March ‘17 unchanged $197.00 May ‘17 unchanged $197.00 July ‘17 unchanged $197.00 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $197.00 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $197.00.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 580,320 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 580,320.

Federal shortfalls on track to be billions bigger than forecasts: watchdog

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s budget watchdog is casting doubt on the Liberal government’s forecasts for the federal books, warning that medium-term deficits will likely be billions of dollars higher than expected.

The government is on track to deliver annual shortfalls that could turn out to be $10.8 billion higher than the projections in Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s recent fiscal update, the parliamentary budget office said Tuesday.

Over the near term, however, the budget office predicted the public books would be in better shape than the government anticipates.

In fact, the budget office says Ottawa is currently headed for a $1.2-billion surplus this fiscal year — a $4.2-billion swing from the Liberals’ $3-billion shortfall projection for 201516. The report underlined the biggest reasons for the contrasts between the two 2015-16 calculations as “other revenues” and “direct program expenses,” which, combined, accounted for $3.9 billion of the difference. It noted the government had yet to release the detailed data for those categories.

“For this reason, PBO cannot assess whether the government’s outlook for the 2015-16 budgetary balance is pessimistic,” said the report by parliamentary budget officer Jean-Denis Frechette.

In April, the previous Conservative government projected a $2.4-billion surplus for 2015-16 — including the $1 billion set aside for contingencies.

Some observers have said it could be in the Liberal government’s interest to lower expectations and blame their Tory predecessors as a way to deflect future fiscal criticism.

Frechette’s report also included a 2016-17 deficit estimate that’s $900 million smaller than Ottawa’s forecast.

But for the fiscal years between 2017-18 and 2020-21, the budget office warned the federal books are on a trajectory to produce annual shortfalls of $2.3 billion, $3.6 billion, $6.3 billion and $10.8 billion higher than the Lib-

erals’ predictions.

Frechette pointed to Ottawa’s “more optimistic outlook” for revenues it expects to rake in from personal and corporate income taxes as well as the GST. “The government’s status-quo outlook for the economy and federal budget over the medium term is optimistic,” the report said.

“Based on forecast comparisons and forecast revisions, PBO believes that there is downside risk to the government’s medium-term outlook.”

Later Tuesday, Morneau defended his department’s fiscal numbers by saying the fall update relied on the average of private sector economic forecasts, just as previous governments have done for over 20 years.

He said the fall update provided a “realistic and sound assessment of Canada’s economic and fiscal position” and he noted his department added a “downward” adjustment to the private-sector forecast to account for global uncertainty.

“In the government’s view, the forecasts generated by private-sector economists, along with historical and yearto-date results, remains the best basis for economic and fiscal planning,” Morneau said in a statement, which did not directly reference the PBO report.

Conservative finance critic Lisa Raitt said the PBO prediction for 201516 shows that her party left the government finances in good shape.

“We managed the government very well and we were ready for economic shocks that seemed to be happening from outside of our shores,” Raitt said in an interview.

“We hope that the Liberals take a lesson from what we’ve done, so that they can avoid the pitfalls that other countries in the world haven’t been able to avoid…. Now is not the time to start running these deficits because they’re going to be a lot bigger than you think they are.”

Raitt also zeroed in on the budget office’s challenge that the Liberals were too rosy in their expectations about tax revenues.

Understanding your options for pension accounts LEAVING EMPLOYER CAN CREATE CONFUSION Derek, I recently left my employer and I don’t understand what to do with my pension accounts.

Usually when you leave an employer you are left with two types of investment accounts.

One is a Locked-In Retirement Account (LIRA) and the other is a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP).

There are many similarities with these two types of accounts, and some subtle but key differences that you should be aware of.

DEREK What deterFUCHS mines whether WEALTH WATCH you have a LIRA or an RRSP depends on where the money originated from. Generally speaking it depends on whether you had a pension or a Group RRSP. Pensions can play a valuable role in your future retirement and many employers offer a pension. In most of these instances the employee and/or the employer add money to the pension every paycheque and the funds slowly build up so that you’re able to have an income when you finally hang up your hat.

When it is time to retire there is a calculation that determines how much income you can expect.

When someone leaves their employer they normally have to decide what to with the money that has accumulated in their pension.

One of the choices is to move the money to your investment advisor.

In these cases, pension money will go to a Locked-In Retirement Account (LIRA).

The reference of “Locked-In” does not mean you are restricted in what you invest in or whom you invest with, it simply means that there are restrictions on when you can put this money in your bank account.

The idea behind a pension is that it is money earmarked for your retirement.

The Canadian government encourages all of us to save and fund our own retirements as best as possible and pensions play a valuable role with this.

As such, when you leave your employer there are rules that this money remains invested for your future retirement.

One of the key features of the LIRA is that you can’t access the money until you get to normal retirement age.

At this point, you’re allowed to transfer the funds to a Life Income Fund (LIF).

Once the funds are in a LIF you have to take out a minimum percentage every single year.

If the minimum payment isn’t enough you’re allowed to take out more up to a certain maximum de-

pending on your age and the amount in the plan.

This rule again is intended so that you slowly draw the funds during your retired years, rather than all at once.

Alongside a pension, many employers also offer a Group RRSP. This means that everyone in the company has the option to add money to a savings plan to help fund their retired years.

In some cases the employer will match the employee’s contributions either fully or partially.

When you leave your employer, you usually have to move your Group RRSP as well.

The Group RRSP simply moves to your financial institution and is invested into a regular RRSP in your own name.

The difference is that you’re no longer part of the company and therefore have left the “group”.

Unlike the LIRA, money from an RRSP can be accessed anytime.

Ideally this money should be set aside for retirement, but the reality is that the funds are there if your financial situation changes.

Once you turn 71, the RRSP changes to a Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF).

A RRIF is very much like a LIF in that it has a minimum you need to take each year, but it differs because there is no maximum.

In short, you can take out all the money from your RRIF anytime you choose.

The reality is that you’ll want to consider the implications of taxation as all the money that comes out of your LIF or RRIF is taxable as income.

Another factor to consider is that you may have the choice to “unlock” part of your LIRA before you move the money to a LIF. This transfers money from your LIRA to your RRSP. The benefit here is that you can now access more funds if you need to, or at the very least have the option if need be.

My best suggestion is to have a discussion with a qualified financial advisor to understand your options better.

Your advisor should be able to offer peace of mind to your financial situation particularly after going through a major change in your employment.

Happy Investing, Derek Fuchs, CIM, CFP, FCSI Wealth Watch is written by Derek Fuchs, a wealth advisor with Scotia Wealth Management in Red Deer. It is provided for informational purposes only and any opinions contained in it are his own. Readers are urged to consult a wealth advisor for help with their personal investment circumstances. Fuchs can be contacted at derek.fuchs@scotiawealth.com.

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Always better to compromise Dear Annie: Please help settle a dispute between my wife and me. I have been an avid golf player for the past 20 years. After every Sunday game, I come home and wash the golf balls in the kitchen sink. We live in a very modest house, and other than the bathroom, the kitchen has the only other sink.

I refuse to wash my golf balls in the bathroom because I use the same sink to brush my teeth. For what feels like forever now, my wife has argued that the kitchen is no place to wash things from the KATHY MITCHELL outside world. While I underAND MARCY SUGAR stand that it may not be the most ideal place, it is really ANNIE’S MAILBOX the only option I have.

My wife has now reached the point where she doesn’t even want me to play golf on Sunday anymore. I really love golfing and would hate to see it come to this. How should I approach this with my wife? — Between a Golf Ball and

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a Hard Place Dear Between: Your golf balls don’t belong in the kitchen sink. You may object to washing them where you brush your teeth, but it’s hardly an improvement to wash them where you prepare your food.

If you want to continue golfing without annoying your wife, we recommend a compromise. Many golf courses have ball-cleaning machines. If so, use them.

If not, when you get home, soak them in a bucket of hot water. (A golfer we know first throws in a tablet of denture cleaner to really get the grit out.) It’s a small inconvenience to you, and it will make your wife happy.

Dear Annie: I’ve been traveling a lot, but now I’m home for a couple of months.

Right before I left for my last trip, I met “Alec” and we clicked immediately. The problem is, we come from very different cultures and are looking for different things from a relationship. Alec also is dealing with various personal issues that I don’t want to take on.

Since I’ve been home, I’ve seen Alec twice. I know I’m leading him on, but selfishly I don’t want to stop seeing him. We always have such an amazing time together. I’ve never had this sort of relationship.

Should I just go with it and enjoy a new and exciting experience, or should I put an end to our budding relationship before one of us gets hurt? — On the Fence Dear Fence: As long as you are honest, you are not leading him on. Make sure Alec knows that you don’t anticipate the relationship lasting for the long haul.

That way, if he still wants to continue seeing you, it’s up to him. You cannot avoid someone getting hurt in spite of your upfront warnings.

But keep in mind that some of the most unexpected relationships can turn into long-term, loving commitments. If the things that are “amazing” with Alec include good conversations, shared values, a similar sense of humor, warmth and affection, they could make up for cultural differences and other issues.

Only time will tell.

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

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Herbs are among the most useful plants in nature.

They deliver flowers, flavours, fragrances and cures.

They’re also good for repelling deer, attracting pollinators, clearing the air, freshening your breath and concocting beauty treatments. Most are easy to grow, indoors or out. Herbs don’t require much space, and many thrive in dry conditions.

“These are really multi-purpose plants,” said author Sue Goetz. “There is no other plant category with so much diversity.”

Herbs probably are best known for their culinary qualities, but using them for fragrance has captivated gardeners for thousands of years.

“Plant extracts were used in bathing, and for scenting and cleansing linens and clothes, the floors of homes, tiles, tents, horses and even the sails of ships,” Goetz said. “In Elizabethan times, aromatic herb waters and cut stems of plants were sprinkled on floors to mask unpleasant odours.”

There are more than 100 different herbs from which to choose. It all depends on what you want from them. Think beyond kitchen gardens, said Goetz, who recommends herbs for sanctuary settings.

“Surrounding yourself with herbs in the garden is like having your own fresh apothecary,” she said.

“These aren’t just plants that do one thing, like taste good they heal, have anti-bacterial qualities, soothe skin, calm down a bad mood.”

Goetz singles out mint as a plant familiar to most people yet with healing qualities all but unknown.

“It is a wonderful aromatic that uplifts a tired mind, or when used in a foot spa, mint is a stimulant that revives tired feet by bringing blood to the surface or the skin,” she said.

Herbs also come in handy if you have animals around the house, said Pam Miller, a master gardener from Frederick County, Maryland.

“A wonderful way to deodorize carpets from pet smell is to mix two parts of baking soda to one part dried lavender flowers or leaves,” she said “Sprinkle onto the carpet as you would use a carpet deodorizer.”

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Today will run more smoothly if you’re working behind the scenes, observing and being the power behind the throne.

But expect some conflict between what you think and what you feel.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you allow yourself the time and space to day-dream; imagine and visualize; then you’ll come up with a creative solution to a pressing problem.

Let your subconscious mind do the work!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Expect a productive flow of communication today Scorpio, as you connect with others and participate in some serious and informative conversations. There’s always something new to learn!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarians don’t do things by halves! With today’s stimulating and impul-

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Adventurous Aquarians are in freedom-bunny mode today, as positive Mercury/Uranus aspects fire up your desire for freedom.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When it comes to money matters, make sure you communicate clearly to others about your expectations. If you keep everyone in the loop then there’s less chance of misunderstandings.

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BY STEPHANIE MERRY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Quentin Tarantino wants you to know that the only way to fully appreciate his new movie is to see it under a combination of conditions that hasn’t been used in nearly 50 years. Anything less and you are not truly a connoisseur of film.

He asserts that you must watch the Western The Hateful Eight at a 70mm “roadshow” screening. Is this a marketing stunt? Or just the whimsical demands of a self-indulgent auteur?

After all, very QUENTIN TARANTINO few theaters are capable of projecting 70mm film anymore, having made the switch to digital. More importantly, if you ask a typical person what 70mm means, they’ll most likely shrug and get back to whatever television show they’re watching.

But Tarantino sticks to his guns, and on Christmas Day, 96 theaters in the U.S. and four in Canada will be outfitted to screen all three hours and two minutes of Tarantino’s latest the way it was meant to be seen (according to the director, anyway). The cost to make this happen? No one is divulging exact figures, but a feature in the New York Times threw out some guesses: Possibly in the range of $60,000 to $80,000 per screen. And that doesn’t include fees to hire and train projectionists — a nearly extinct breed.

So do we roll our eyes at Tarantino’s willingness to inconvenience exhibitors? Deride his obsession with passe technology for the sake of nostalgia?

Not after watching the movie’s first featurette. Tarantino has worthy aspirations. He’s trying to save the film industry.

The seven-minute movie about the movie is one part history lesson, one part film procedural and 100 per cent persuasive marketing. Wisely, Samuel L. Jackson does most of the talking.

The actor has always been the epitome of cool, so when he says that seeing the movie in 70mm “will make your enhanced viewing even doper,” we want to toggle over to Fandango, credit card in hand.

So what is a roadshow? It’s a throwback to a time when people got excited about going to movies. In the 1950s and ’60s, certain films played in a limited number of theaters before getting wide releases. Those advanced screenings were classy events. “People even got dressed up,” Jackson marvels in the featurette. An overture preceded the feature, and an intermission gave people a chance to stretch their legs; programs were handed out. These screenings also had extended cuts of the movie, treating early viewers to additional footage.

The roadshow release of The Hateful Eight has all that and begins on Dec. 25 with a one-week run, after which theaters that aren’t outfitted for 70mm will show the movie on 35mm and digital.

Tarantino, along with Christopher Nolan, is among the biggest defenders

of celluloid, so of course the featurette breaks down the wonders of 70mm film. More than just a delightfully analog approach, shooting on 65mm film (which is then printed on 70mm) offers directors more space within each shot.

It’s twice the width of the standard 35mm, so there’s more room for visual elements within every frame and, when projecting the image on a big screen, little loss of picture quality.

The Hateful Eight is a Western shot in Telluride, Colo., so it’s ideal for the wide-format treatment. But Tarantino took it a step further by shooting in Ultra Panavision, which, as Jackson explains, is “the widest format there is.” The Hateful Eight is only the 11th film ever shot this way. To make this happen, the crew had to refurbish decades-old lenses and retrofit cameras.

Even the movie’s editor wasn’t entirely prepared for the virtuosic scale of images with an aspect ratio (the ra-

tio of width to height) of 2.76:1. During an interview with CineMontage magazine, Fred Raskin said, “I’m a little ashamed to admit that, aside from my general excitement at seeing the 2.76:1 compositions, I don’t think I was aware there would be any difference creatively. But once the footage started coming in, the combination of the beauty of the 70mm and that super-wide aspect ratio led us to hold on to wide shots substantially longer than we would have otherwise. When you are seeing these beautiful compositions — and the clarity of the image is such that you can see the depth of the performances in the actors’ eyes — why would you cut away?”

Basically this is a lot of effort to remind people that there’s a difference between film and television — and that’s a lesson the movie industry desperately needs to be spreading right now.

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BRIEF Morrissey wins ‘Literary Review Bad Sex’ award LONDON — Maybe he should have stuck to writing songs — former Smiths frontman and lyricist Morrissey has won the annual award for the poorest quality writing about sex.

The award that writers don’t want to get was given on Tuesday at a gala ceremony in central London.

The prize was given for Morrissey’s first novel, List of the Lost. The judges cited a scene between relay runner Ezra and his girlfriend Eliza in which the couple “rolled together into the one giggling snowball of full-figured copulation.”

Morrissey is the 23rd winner of the not-so-prestigious prize awarded by the Literary Review magazine to spotlight “poorly written, perfunctory or redundant” passages of sexual description. Explicitly pornographic works aren’t eligible.

Past winners include Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe.

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The pop superstar tweeted today that he’ll perform at the Danforth Music Hall on Dec. 7 to benefit an outreach centre in his hometown of Stratford, Ont. The Stratford House of Blessing tells The Canadian Press it just learned about the concert this morning when Bieber’s label Universal Music Canada called.

The organization says Bieber’s mother used its services when he was little.

This isn’t the first time Bieber has donated to the outreach group, which has a food bank and helps those in need through various services.

Last year, he and his grandmother donated several of his childhood items, which the group auctioned off on eBay for $64,000. He’s also donated $10,000 to the group.

Today, Bieber tweeted at the Stratford House of Blessing with the message: “Thank you for being there when we needed you :) now it’s my turn.”

Bieber has been storming the charts lately with his new album, Purpose.

U.S. action hero Steven Seagal gets job offer to train Serbia’s special police BELGRADE, Serbia — Steven Seagal used to overwhelm Russian and Serbian bad guys in Hollywood movies with his martial arts techniques. Now Serbia wants him to share his secrets.

Serbian officials offered the veteran American actor and producer a job Tuesday training Serbian special police forces in Aikido, a Japanese martial art that Seagal is famous for in his blockbuster movies.

“When you have such a famous star coming to Serbia, who loves our country and our people, our desire is to have him back again,” the mayor of Belgrade, Sinisa Mali, said after meeting Seagal.

Seagal has received the royal treatment during his three-day stay in the Serbian capital.

Lucas will finally get the chance to see Star Wars EPISODE II OF II

BY HANK STUEVER ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES By the mid-’70s, George Lucas hoped to return to making experimental independent film, but Alan Ladd Jr. at Twentieth Century Fox bought his loony idea for a science-fiction space saga.

Lucas wanted to make a movie that would teach children the central ethic of right and wrong, good and evil.

“I want[ed] to see if I can bend their lives at a particular point in time when they’re very vulnerable,” he recalls, “and give them the things that we’ve always given kids throughout history.

The last time we had done it was with the Western. And once the Western was gone, there was no vehicle to say, ‘You don’t shoot people in the back’ and such.”

But mostly, Lucas wanted to make “one real movie. Everything I’d done had been low-budget, cheapy, on-thestreets. I had never made anything on a soundstage. I wanted to build sets … work with art directors and production designers and — you know.”

In Star Wars lore, Lucas and everyone at Fox braced themselves for the film to bomb. It cost about $11 million to make; the studio was already down in the dumps financially. It opened on the Wednesday before Memorial Day weekend of 1977 in 32 theaters.

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Filmmaker George Lucas poses at Skywalker Ranch in San Rafael, Calif. all watched it on screens as big as an IMAX and as little as an iPhone, but that very first time it played in those twin-plexes and drive-ins. The words crawling across a field of stars, the camera panning down to the desert planet, the Imperial Star Destroyer seeming to come in low over our heads with its laser cannons firing at Princess Leia’s cruiser. There went our minds. ★★★ Now he’s living his own sequel, the Yoda years.

In 2013, Lucas married Mellody Hobson, 46, an investment banker and workplace diversity advocate who also chairs the board of DreamWorks Animation. In between takes at a photo shoot, he proudly gets out his phone to show off pictures of their 2-yearold daughter, Everest, and freely de-

scribes the details of the gestational surrogacy process that made her. (After his divorce from his first wife in 1983, Lucas raised three children, now grown — two of whom he adopted as a single father.)

He has pledged to give away nearly all of his estimated $5 billion worth; much of his philanthropy has focused on education, with significant donations to USC’s film school and the University of Chicago Lab Schools.

Most notably, he has thrown his energies into the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Chicago, which could cost him as much as $300 million to build, by some estimates, and $400 million to permanently endow.

“To me, art is communicating emotions — that’s all,” Lucas says. “That’s art. If it’s not communicating emotions and it’s just an intellectual exercise, then it’s just a road map. Or it’s a set of plans for a building, it’s not the build-

ing itself.

“The great thing about art is that you get a feeling about something, you get knowledge about something, but you don’t know why. Describe the Sistine Chapel — it’s very hard. ‘It made me feel spiritual feelings and thoughts I’d never had before.’ Well, what do you mean? ‘I don’t know what I mean — you’ll have to just go and see it.’ Star Wars was like that. People couldn’t describe it; they just kept saying, you gotta go see it, you gotta go see it, you gotta go see it. ” After offering to build the museum in his home of San Francisco, Lucas tired of fighting those who opposed both its sensibilities and its proposed location. He’s facing a similar battle in Chicago — art and architecture critics have sniffed at the design and the location on the city’s cherished lakefront.

Still, “I’m optimistic,” he says. “I’m always optimistic.”

And he’s optimistic about that fast-approaching day that he takes a seat in a theater, the lights go down and (presumably) the words “A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away …” appear on the screen. (Surely they won’t have changed that.)

Think of it this way, he says: “I never got to see the spaceship come over [in 1977]. I never got that experience that everyone else got to have. I never got to see Star Wars. So this time I’m going to.”

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City catching up on tree replacement RED DEER HAS A BACKLOG OF 26 YEARS OF DEAD TIMBER, ADDS $75,000 BOOST TO PROJECT

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer is making progress on clearing a 26-year backlog of dead and dying trees in the community.

But at the current rate it’s going the trees will not be cleared for at least another decade.

Red Deer’s urban forest has been weakened due to climate change, with its continued dry falls, shorter winter cold spells and increased storms leaving the trees susceptible to disease and pests, according to a city report.

Many of the dead trees are in landscaped areas such as roadway set-

“WE HAVE TO WAIT A DECADE TO HAVE A TREE REPLACE. GRANTED IT IS NOT (26 YEARS).

BUT THIS IS SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT.�

PAUL HARRIS, CITY COUNCILLOR backs, parks, sidewalks and parking lots.

To date an estimated 1,310 urban trees are in the replacement queue.

During the recent 2016 capital budget talks, council approved $75,000 in one-time funding to replace another 75 trees each year on top of the 45 budget-

COUNCIL ed trees that are replaced for the next nine years. The tally comes to $675,000.

But Coun. Paul Harris said it felt like the city is in the same situation it was two years ago despite a $200,000 cash infusion over two years to play catch up on the stockpile. “We have to wait a decade to have a tree replace,� he said. “Granted it is not (26 years). But this is substantial improvement.�

City administration said it was the number that they felt was reasonable and manageable.

Harris said the plan was to get

caught up and have enough money in the operating budget to replace the trees as necessary. Harris was behind the motion to bring the issue to council after hearing concerns from the public.

Council directed administration to bring back a report on the tree replacement strategy by the mid-year budget review.

The city is currently working on an Urban Forest Management strategy.

The plan is expected to outline operational and capital recommendations to ensure Red Deer’s urban forest remains sustainable and continues to expand. No word on when the plan is expected to be completed. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Students at the Dawe Community School in Red Deer got the chance Tuesday to do a little Christmas shopping at school. Thousands of items all priced at $2 were donated by the Tool For School Africa Shine organizing committee. Funds raised by the students shopping will go to fund projects at Tools For School Africa.

Judge calls condo thief a ‘plague on the community’

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Stealing sunglasses, garage door openers, a jacket, iPods and eventually a Jeep from a condo parkade in Deer Park landed a Red Deer man 16 months in custody.

Due to his lengthy pre-sentence custody period, Daniel Jordan Buehler, 19, of Sylvan Lake was released on time served after pleading guilty Tuesday.

Buehler pleaded guilty to nine counts of mischief, two counts of breach of probation and one count of theft of a motor vehicle before judge David Plosz in Red Deer provincial court.

Plosz called Buehler a “plague on the community. “Maybe you haven’t grown up yet,�

Plosz said while delivering his sentence.

On Dec. 11, 2014, Red Deer RCMP were called to the underground parkade of a condo building on Duston Street. They had received several reports of vehicles that were broken into by two males.

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COURT showed the two males, and very clear images of Buehler, breaking into numerous vehicles. Crown Prosecutor Ann MacDonald said among the items reported stolen were sunglasses, iPods, garage door openers, a radar detector, a jacket and a Jeep Patriot. On one vehicle the ignition was broken off. The two suspects left the parkade in the stolen vehicle.

Buehler was arrested on Dec. 27 by Red Deer RCMP and has been held in custody ever since.

Kyle Zachery Hosli Rombough, 23, was sentenced to two years in custody for his part.

Buehler was also scheduled to stand trial on firearms and housebreaking charges from a separate incident starting late last week. However, the Crown requested an adjournment due to an issue with the exhibits for the trial. A new trial date has yet to be set.

In exchange to consenting for the trial adjournment, the Crown agreed to release Buehler from custody on a $1,000 no cash bail. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Home invasion trial heads to inquiry

BY ADVOCATE STAFF A stabbing and home invasion in Johnstone Park earlier this fall is heading to a preliminary inquiry.

Brandon Caleb Roberston, 20, of Red Deer elected to be tried by a Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench judge alone on Monday in provincial court.

Robertson faces 20 charges including assault causing bodily harm, uttering threats, break and enter with the intent to commit a crime and two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

A preliminary inquiry, which is held to test the strength of the Crown’s case before heading to trial, has been scheduled for Feb. 22, 2016 in Red Deer provincial court.

The Priority Crimes Task Force arrested Robertson after investigation a home invasion on Oct. 3 that sent a man to the hospital with non-life-threatening stab wounds.

Police said two men attempted to force their way into a home in Johnstone park and a resident was stabbed in the shoulder during a physical altercation.

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Though the facts of five sexual assaults were never disputed, a man was found not criminally responsible due to what the judge called a major mental illness.

Blaise Kambu-Ndengi, 24, was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder of a bipolar type, which is a type of schizophrenia.

Judge David Plosz gave his decision on Tuesday in Red Deer provincial court after two trial dates on the matter.

The assaults occurred between July 1 and 10, 2014.

While Kambu-Ndengi was found not criminally responsible, he is still on court-ordered bail conditions — the same ones that he was released from custody on pending his trial. Within the next 45 days he will appear before a review board in Calgary and they will deliberate on what sort of treatment he will need going forward.

Under law, Kambu-Ndengi was placed on the Sex Offender Information Registry. Due to multiple counts of sexual assault he will be on the registry for his life. The public does not have access to the registry.

At trial the Crown called no witnesses and relied solely on the agreed statement of facts, which were not disputed. The defence called two witnesses a psychologist from the Red Deer Remand Centre and a forensic psychiatrist, Dr. Oluyemisi Ajeh, of Calgary.

Ajeh diagnosed Kambu-Ndengi with the form of schizophrenia. She also testified that he could not be held criminally responsible based upon reports of his behaviour, his mental history, a family history of mental disorders, psychological test and her own interviews.

Both Crown and defence counsel Michael Scrase agreed Kambu-Ndengi met the requirements to be found not criminally responsible.

Kambu-Ndengi was arrested on July 7 by two members of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team.

The officers happened to be driving through the area of the Port O’ Call Safeway, on Gaetz Avenue, at about 10 p.m. when the first reports of a sexual assault came to police.

According to an early police release, a woman was sexually touched by the suspect, who fled when he was confronted.

The suspect was pursued by staff and the two officers. The officers detained him until RCMP members arrived on scene moments later. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Riot police secure the area after an explosion on a highway overpass near a subway station, wounding five people, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday. The explosion was caused by a bomb left on barriers on the overpass, according to Atilla Aydiner, the mayor for Istanbul’s Bayrampasa district. belonging to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, and government forces flared up again in July, killing hundreds of people and derailing a fragile peace process with the Kurds.

Two suicide bombings blamed on local Islamic State militants killed a total of 130 people in attacks near the

border with Syria in July, and in the capital, Ankara, in October.

A banned far-left group, the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army-Front, or DHKP-C, is also active in Istanbul, and two members of the group opened fire at the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul in August.

U.S. special operations force headed to Iraq

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The U.S. military will deploy a new special operations force to Iraq to step up the fight against Islamic State militants who are unleashing violence and are determined to hold territory they have seized in Iraq and Syria, Defence Secretary Ash Carter told Congress on Tuesday.

The introduction of the assault force puts U.S. combat troops on the ground in a more permanent role in Iraq and Syria for the first time in the year-plus fight against IS. It comes as Republicans have called for more U.S. boots on the ground, while war-weary Americans stand divided about the prospect of greater military involvement.

Carter, who testified alongside Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, faced skeptical law-

makers who argued that the U.S. needs to be more forceful in countering the threat from IS, credited with attacks in Paris and Beirut and the downing of a Russian airliner.

Carter told the House Armed Services Committee that over time, the special operations force will be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence and capture IS leaders. Carter said that will improve intelligence and generate more targets for attacks.

There currently are about 3,300 U.S. troops in Iraq, and President Barack Obama had previously announced he was sending fewer than 50 special operations forces to Syria.

Carter said the number in the new expeditionary force will be “larger” than 50. He said it will be a “standing” force, meaning it will be stationed in Iraq. He said it would focus on helping Iraq defend its borders and build its security forces, but also would be in position to conduct unilateral opera-

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“This is an important capability because it takes advantage of what we’re good at,” Carter said.

“We’re good at intelligence, we’re good at mobility, we’re good at surprise. We have the long reach that no one else has. And it puts everybody on notice in Syria. You don’t know at night who’s going to be coming in the window. And that’s the sensation that we want all of ISIL’s leadership and followers to have.”

Yes, words matter.

Vitriol aimed at Muslim refugees this month was followed by attacks on mosques.

Dismissing the #BlackLivesMatter movement gave way to open gunfire on protesters in Minneapolis.

The flaming hatred of Planned Parenthood set the stage for another act of domestic terrorism Friday at a clinic in Colorado Springs.

Robert Lewis Dear Jr., a 57-yearold drifter with an extremist agenda, used the phrase “no more baby parts” after he allegedly killed three people — a police officer, an Iraq war veteran and a mother of two - and injured nine others in the rampage at the Planned Parenthood clinic.

Grandstanding members of Congress fed him this line after the release of heavily edited video clips of a Planned Parenthood executive talking in graphic language about the donation of tissue from aborted fetuses.

Never mind that fetal tissue has been used in important medical research since the 1930s (helping produce vaccines for polio, measles and mumps) and has been funded by the federal government for most of those eight decades. And never mind that Planned Parenthood, a group that provides 2.7 million American women with contraceptives, breast exams and, yes, abortions, makes no money from the legal donation of fetal organs to medical labs.

Conservative lawmakers went wild, vowing to defund Planned Parenthood, holding hearings and turning the whole affair into a series of sound bites that boiled down to talk of “baby parts.”

Predictably, threats skyrocketed after the release of the tapes.

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Are the parts and procedures even the same over there?

A: A: You have questions on some thought provoking issues. Dental implants are installed in patients' mouths worldwide. With hundreds of different manufacturers, we choose to restrict our choices to parts that can be sourced anywhere. There are mainstream manufacturers, and your dentist will be able to limit his choices to internationally available components. My concern wouldn't be so much which manufacturer of implant you are going to use, but more importantly who is going to 'quarterback' the case.

I know little about their dental association over there, but I see one company called 'Dental Safaris' who book incredibly cheap dental treatment with literally tourist safaris to get your tourism goals and your dental treatment all under one roof! From the costs they advertise – it is highly unlikely they offer any liability position in the event that something goes awry with any aspect of this procedure.

My concern is always for patients' health in these situations. For example – it is common to have one dentist compiling a treatment plan here, and determining what part he will deliver and what will be referred out. He will almost certainly work with a specialist he trusts unless all aspects of treatment fall within his scope of practice focus. On a 'safari' – who knows? There are no guarantees in dentistry – here or there. Here, though – you do have fall back liability if something unexpected occurs. With many of these resort type destinations that is just another word. They may have world class dentists. Likely they also have some who may not meet that standard. Your quandary is going to be trying to find out just who is your best choice. You may save money, but if you have to replace it a couple of years down the road that may not be possible surgically.

One thing is for sure – the more people involved – the more fingers will be pointing elsewhere if anything doesn't work out. Be very careful. If you're happy with your dentist here, it may be worthwhile to stage your treatment with a couple of trips home to complete it.

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ISTANBUL — A pipe bomb left on a highway overpass near an Istanbul subway station exploded Tuesday, wounding five people, a local official said. The blast caused some panic in the city, which is on edge following a spate of deadly bombings in Turkey.

The bomb was left at the start of the evening rush hour near the Bayrampasa subway station on Istanbul’s European side, said Atilla Aydiner, the mayor for Istanbul’s Bayrampasa district, who said five people were hurt.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

The private Dogan news agency said the explosion occurred seconds after a bus carrying police drove past, suggesting that police could have been the target of the attack.

Aydiner said a number of vehicles were damaged in the blast, including a bus and a car. Authorities deployed riot police with shields to secure the perimeter of the site in case of a second blast.

Kurdish rebels fighting Turkey for autonomy in the mainly Kurdish southeast of the country have carried out bombings in Istanbul in the past and frequently target Turkey’s security forces. Fighting between rebels

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Which brings us to what just hapthat is beyond the pale of our politBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS pened in Colorado Springs. ical discussion I think it’s a serious, Some politicians don’t seem to care legitimate issue. How we talk about about the violence that their rhetoric PARIS — President Barack Obama it — making sure that we’re talking helps incite. said Tuesday he hopes the shooting at about it factually, accurately, and not Even as the standoff between Dear a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colodemonizing organizations like Planned and police in Colorado Springs was un- rado spurs conversation and action on Parenthood — I think is important.” derway, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., deterring gun violence.

In Washington on Tuesday, six was shrilling on live TV, slamming Obama, speaking at a global warmHouse Democrats wrote to Speaker Planned Parenthood while a gunman ing conference, said it will ultimately Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and urged him to was still inside the clinic. be up to Congress, states and local govdisband a special committee investiIt was barely over before the ugliest ernments to act in ways that prevent gating Planned Parenthood’s provision people in the antiabortion crowd went people intent on committing violence File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS of fetal tissue to researchers. on social media to cheer the deaths, from getting weapons.

Colorado Springs shooting suspect, “To continue this Select Commitcalling the shooter a “brave hero” or He says the United States spends Robert Dear, right, appears via video tee is to continue spreading these lies saying that any woman who was there enormous resources to prevent terabout Planned Parenthood, and to confor an abortion that day and who was rorist attacks and the country has the for this first court appearance. tinue inciting extremism and attacks killed “deserved it.” power to do much more to prevent the fended Planned Parenthood and its against reproductive health facilities, This is what terrorism looks like. work providing health services to providers and patients,” said Rep. Jerregular occurrence of gun homicides.

Leaders incite and inflame with fiLast week’s attack in Colorado women around the country. rold Nadler, D-N.Y. ery speeches and threatening words. killed three people. Nine others were “I think it’s fair to have a legitimate, House Republican leaders have They cite heavily edited propaganda wounded. honest debate about abortion,” Obama indicated they have no plans to shut videos. They use violent language. And In his comments, the president de- said. “I don’t think that’s something down the committee. they unleash the worst impulses of the unstable and the unmoored.

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It was only a few years ago that we had this debate after former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin posted a map with crosshairs over members of Congress she wanted out of office and tweeted, “Don’t retreat, RELOAD!” And when thenRep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., one of the people in Palin’s crosshairs, had her office vandalized, she asked folks to tone down the rhetoric.

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BALL BATTLE

Fleury gets nod for junior camp BLEACKLEY LEFT OFF LIST

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate Staff

Lindsay Thurber Raider Jenna Hawkes, centre, runs into some tough defending by Hunting Hills Lightning players Madi Nimmo, left, and Kristen Loney during high school basketball action at Lindsay Thurber, Tuesday. Thurber easily handled the Lightning, winning the game 74-36. Thurber was led by leading scorers Kelsey Lalor who registered 30 points, and Kiera Fujimoto who finished with 19 points. The top scorer from the Lightning was Nimmo who had 17 points.

He had an inkling, make that a positive inkling, that his name would be on the list of players invited to the Canadian national junior team selection camp.

With the calibre of major junior defencemen across the country, nothing was etched in stone. Still, there was Haydn Fleury’s moniker, nicely adjoined to 10 fellow blueline candidates, on the Hockey Canada list released Tuesday.

“Any time you get that group of defencemen you can’t be 100 per cent sure (of receiving an invitation),” said the Red Deer Rebels veteran rearguard. “But just from going to camp last year, I kind of had a good idea.”

Fleury was one of the final Team Canada cuts last December and insisted he came away with a better knowledge of what it will take to crack the Canadian roster for the 2016 World Junior Championship beginning Dec. 26 in Helsinki, Finland.

“I’ll know what to expect going into the camp,” he said. “There’s a lot of pressure on the team, lots of media attention and you have to know how to handle it. I think I’ll just learn from last year.”

Fleury’s on-ice performance to this point in the Western Hockey League season would indicate he’s a favourite to earn his national junior stripes the second time around and even be employed on the Canadian power play.

The six-foot-three defender was selected in the first round — seventh overall — of the 2014 NHL entry draft, but after returning to Red Deer from the Hurricanes’ camp last year appeared to lose sight of his offensive game.

He was better all around in the sec-

ond half of the season and finished with six goals and 28 points; he’s currently well ahead of that pace with seven goals and 18 points in 21 outings.

“Ever since getting cut (from the national junior team) last year I’ve turned my game around,” said Fleury.

“I got off to a slow start last year and coming back from Carolina this year that didn’t happen. I think I learned from everything that happened and became better for it.”

Fleury got an extended look with the ‘Canes this fall and saw some NHL preseason action before being reassigned to the Rebels at the end of September. He returned to Red Deer with a healthy feeling of self-assurance.

“I just have a lot of confidence right now,” he said.

“I put in the work this summer to bring my game to a good spot. I was close in Carolina and kind of brought that back here.”

The pride of Carlyle, Sask., admitted that wearing the Canadian jersey in the global junior championship would be a fantasy realized.

“Every Christmas as a kid I would play mini sticks, pretending I was one of those guys on the team. To actually be on the team would really be a dream come true,” he said.

While Fleury was all smiles Tuesday, teammate Conner Bleackley was anything but upbeat. After attending the national squad’s summer camp, he didn’t make the selection camp list.

“For sure I’m happy for Haydn, but (for me) it sucks right now,” said the Rebels forward and Colorado Avalanche prospect. “It’s really disappointing but there’s nothing I can do about it now.”

Bleackley has been stuck in a mystifying funk this season that may be drawing to a conclusion.

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Canada announces WJC selection camp roster

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Mitch Marner knows what’s expected of him and his teammates on Canada’s world junior team.

Marner and Dylan Strome were two of the biggest names on Hockey Canada’s 30-man selection camp roster announced on Tuesday. The two NHL draft picks will be counted on to lead Canada’s forwards to back-to-back world junior championships.

“I think that however they finish there’s always pressure on the next team to go up and do better,” said Marner while wearing a Team Canada jersey shortly after the announcement. “Our goal is obviously to go in and try and win a gold medal. So that’s what we’re going to do.”

Marner was selected fourth overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in June, but was returned to the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights after NHL training camp. Strome was taken third overall by the Arizona Coyotes and was also sent back to play junior with the OHL’s Erie Otters.

The pair are tied for fourth in the OHL with 47 points after 22 games. Marner has 15 goals and 32 assists while Strome has 14 goals and 33 assists.

“They’re certainly amongst the elite players on

this team and yet it’s not going to be those two guys that win us a gold medal, it’s going to be all 22 players,” said Ryan Jankowski, the team’s director of player personnel. “I think their roles are going to be important on this team and yet I think all 13 forwards are going to be important.

“As we saw last year, we need a team that has depth.”

Hockey Canada will hold a four-day selection camp Dec. 10-13 in Toronto that will include two exhibition games against an all-star team from Canadian universities. The 30-man roster will be whittled down to 22 before Canada’s first game in Helsinki, Finland, on Dec. 26. It’s expected that Canada will have 13 forwards, seven defencemen and goaltenders Mackenzie Blackwood (Barrie Colts, OHL) and Mason McDonald (Charlottetown Islanders, QMJHL) for the holiday tournament.

“Growing up as a kid it’s everyone’s dream to be named to the world junior,” said Marner. “It should be a lot of fun going to camp and trying hard to make the team.”

Lawson Crouse, Joe Hicketts and Brayden Point will all return from Canada’s gold-medal winning team in 2015, but the team’s front office would like to see more familiar faces including NHLers like Robby Fabbri of the St. Louis Blues, as well as Jake Vir-

tanen and Jared McCann of the Vancouver Canucks.

“There has been connections made with those NHL teams and we’re in a wait-and-see process with them,” said Jankowski, who added that Canada would finalize its team on Dec. 19 at midnight when the NHL freezes its rosters for the holidays. “We’d love Sam Bennett but I think things are going really well for him in Calgary and that (Connor) McDavid guy is injured so unfortunately he’s not going to be eligible.”

Crouse, who has nine goals and 11 assists in 18 games with the OHL’s Kingston Frontenacs this season, was pleased to be returning to Canada and assuming more of a leadership role.

“Just from my experience last year I can kind of mentor these guys,” said Crouse. “I obviously can use that experience from last year to help settle some nerves down for other guys and help us win.”

One surprising name on Canada’s roster was defenceman Jake Walman, who was born and raised in Toronto but holds dual citizenship with the United States.

He tried out for the American team and attended the U.S. summer camp in Lake Placid, N.Y. However, last week the International Ice Hockey Federation ruled he was ineligible to play for the U.S., leaving Canada as his only option.

Flames fire-up third period comeback in win over Stars

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Flames 4 Stars 3 (SO) CALGARY — Third-period rallies were common place for the Calgary Flames one year ago. On Tuesday night, they went back to that old tactic.

Sean Monahan had the clinching goal in the shootout and two assists in regulation as the Flames overcame a three-goal, third-period deficit to beat the NHL-leading Dallas Stars 4-3.

Monahan’s goal was the last of three on Antti Niemi in the shootout with Joe Colborne and Johnny Gaudreau also finding the net.

“Games like this, it brings back the taste of last year, of those comebacks,” said Flames coach Bob Hartley. “The boys were having fun in the room. The music and everything. For me, that’s the best part of coaching and the best part of being in a team sport. You see those emotions, you see finally the rewards for hard work.”

Patrick Sharp scored in the shootout for the Stars, who were eliminated on Monahan’s goal because Tyler Seguin hit the post on Dallas’ initial shot.

Bolstered by a team-record 10 third-period comebacks, the Flames were a feel-good story a year ago, unexpectedly making the playoffs and then reaching the second round.

But this season, Calgary entered the night ranked 29th in the NHL, even in points with the last place Edmonton Oilers.

“Great team effort tonight,” said Gaudreau. “It was another one of those comebacks like last season where guys

were showing a ton of effort until the final buzzer.”

Dallas coach Lindy Ruff said he could feel Calgary taking over the game in the second period. He said his club was lucky to be ahead 3-0 after 40 minutes.

“Give them full marks. The last 30 minutes, they were all over us,” Ruff said. “We got caught playing in our own end, dumping it out and they just kept coming at us. We didn’t skate well, we didn’t execute well and a couple of our reads on our last couple goals against weren’t very good.”

Gaudreau, Mikael Backlund and Dougie Hamilton scored in regulation for Calgary (9-14-2), which kicked off a five-game homestand with its fifth win in a row at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Jason Spezza, Cody Eakin and Mattias Janmark scored for the Stars (195-1), who are tied with Montreal for the most points in the NHL. Backlund got the comeback started 1:51 into the third. He whacked the puck into Niemi’s pad three times before getting it up and over for his third goal of the season.

Seventy seconds later, Gaudreau hammered in a Monahan rebound.

The Flames tied it at 17:42 when Hamilton took a pass from Monahan, and ripped a wrist shot into the top corner, setting off an eruption from the home crowd.

“Mony had great vision there,” said Hamilton. “I found a little pocket and just happy my shot didn’t get blocked.”

The Flames held the high-scoring duo of Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin off the scoresheet. Both players

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Dallas Stars’ goalie Antti Niemi stops a deflection from Calgary Flames’ Joe Colborne during second period NHL hockey action, in Calgary, on Tuesday. snapped eight-game scoring streaks.

“We just stopped playing hockey,” Benn said. “We knew they were a desperate hockey team over there, we knew they’ve got some firepower. It’s a pretty embarrassing loss.”

Janmark’s first goal in 18 games at 11:16 was the only goal of the second.

“Let’s be realistic. In the second period, we scored on one chance and I don’t think we had many others,” Ruff said. “They had some go off posts and

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they could have easily been back in the game.”

Monahan alone hit three goal posts that period.

Niemi finished with 29 stops to drop to 10-4-1. Ramo, who had 26 saves, improved to 7-8-1.

Notes: The Flames adjusted their lines with David Jones joining Monahan and Gaudreau on the top unit and Jiri Hudler switching to a line with Markus Granlund and Bennett.

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Today • JV basketball: Rocky Mountain House at Notre Dame, Camrose at Hunting Hills, Ponoka at Sylvan Lake, Lindsay Thurber at Lacombe, Stettler at Wetaskiwin; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow.

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

Friday • Peewee AA hockey: Olds at Central Alberta, 6 p.m., Big Valley.

• Mixed martial arts: Havoc Fighting Championship, 7:30 p.m., Westerner Prairie Pavilion.

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

• Midget AAA hockey: Lloydminster at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena.

Saturday • Minor midget AAA hockey: Airdrie/ Cochrane at Red Deer Strata Energy, 11:30 a.m., Arena.

• Major bantam hockey: Southeast at Red Deer, 2 p.m., Arena.

• Midget AA hockey: Central Alberta at Red Deer Elks, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Bantam AA hockey: Olds at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2:30 p.m., Kinex.

• Junior women’s hockey: Calgary

Warriors at Central Alberta, 4:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.

• Midget AAA hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena.

• Major midget girls hockey: Edmonton at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Peewee AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer TBS, 12:30 p.m., Kinsmen A; Olds at Central Alberta, 2:45 p.m., Clive; Lethbridge Red at West Central, 5:30 p.m., Sylvan Lake.

• WHL: Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

(The Drive).

• AJHL: Calgary Mustangs at Olds, 7 p.m.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Mountainview at Ponoka, 8 p.m.

Sunday • Peewee AA hockey: Lethbridge Red at Red Deer Parkland, 12:45 p.m., Kinsmen A • Bantam AA hockey: Foothills at Red Deer Ramada, 1 p.m., Kinsmen A. • Major midget girls hockey: Calgary at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Spruce Grove at Red Deer Strata Energy, noon, Arena; Calgary Blackhawks at Red Deer North Star, 2:45 p.m., Arena.

• WHL: Prince Albert at Red Deer, 5 p.m., Centrium.

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF GA Prince Albert 26 16 7 2 1 87 80 Brandon 25 15 8 0 2 88 68 Moose Jaw 27 13 9 4 1 93 88 Regina 25 12 11 2 0 74 87 Saskatoon 25 10 12 3 0 79 101 Swift Current 26 8 15 3 0 64 81 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF GA Red Deer 27 19 8 0 0 106 74 Lethbridge 26 17 9 0 0 105 78 Calgary 28 16 10 1 1 86 87 Edmonton 28 11 14 3 0 80 96 Medicine Hat 23 7 13 2 1 77 95 Kootenay 27 6 19 2 0 55 110 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF GA Kelowna 26 19 6 1 0 104 77 Victoria 27 17 8 1 1 93 62 Prince George 24 13 9 1 1 73 70 Kamloops 23 11 9 3 0 83 79 Vancouver 26 6 16 2 2 69 102 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF GA Seattle 25 16 7 2 0 91 69 Spokane 27 14 10 2 1 89 92 Everett 23 14 7 0 2 62 44 Portland 23 12 11 0 0 79 70 Tri-City 27 10 16 1 0 81 108

Toronto Pt 35 32 31 26 23 19 Pt 38 34 34 25 17 14

Pt 39 36 28 25 16 Pt 34 31 30 24 21

Tuesday’s results Kootenay at Kamloops, late Portland at Prince George, late Medicine Hat at Victoria, late Wednesday’s games Brandon at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Regina at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Portland at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Kootenay at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

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

Thursday’s games Prince Albert at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 11 7 .611 — Boston 10 8 .556 1 New York 8 10 .444 3 Brooklyn 5 13 .278 6 Philadelphia 1 18 .053 10 1/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 10 6 .625 — Atlanta 12 8 .600 — Charlotte 10 7 .588 1/2 Orlando 10 8 .556 1 Washington 7 8 .467 2 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 13 5 .722 — Indiana 11 5 .688 1 Chicago 10 5 .667 1 1/2 Detroit 9 9 .500 4 Milwaukee 7 11 .389 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 14 4 .778 — Memphis 11 8 .579 3 1/2 Dallas 11 8 .579 3 1/2 Houston 7 11 .389 7 New Orleans 4 14 .222 10 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 11 7 .611 — Utah 8 8 .500 2 Minnesota 8 10 .444 3 Portland 7 12 .368 4 1/2

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6 12 .333 Pacific Division W L Pct 19 0 1.000 10 8 .556 8 10 .444 7 12 .368 2 15 .118

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Friday’s games Saskatoon at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Prince Albert at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Portland at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Kootenay at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Prince George at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

WHL Scoring Leaders

Monday’s Games Boston 105, Miami 95 Detroit 116, Houston 105 Chicago 92, San Antonio 89 Milwaukee 92, Denver 74 Atlanta 106, Oklahoma City 100 Golden State 106, Utah 103 Sacramento 112, Dallas 98 L.A. Clippers 102, Portland 87

Tyson Baillie, Kel Brayden Point, MJ Dryden Hunt, MJ Ivan Nikolishin, RD Mathew Barzal, Sea Reid Gardiner, P.A. Brayden Burke, Let Devante Stephens, Spo Jonathon Martin, SC Radel Fazleev, CAL Parker Bowles, TC Alex Forsberg, Vic Lane Bauer, Edm Keegan Kolesar, Sea Adam Brooks, Reg Brett Pollock, Edm Tyler Wong, Let Egor Babenko, Let Noah Gregor, MJ Simon Stransky, P.A. Collin Shirley, Kam Jayce Hawryluk, Bra Michael Spacek, RD

Tuesday’s Games Washington 97, Cleveland 85 Philadelphia 103, L.A. Lakers 91 Brooklyn 94, Phoenix 91 Orlando 96, Minnesota 93 Memphis 113, New Orleans 104 Dallas 115, Portland 112, OT Wednesday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Washington, 5 p.m.

Golden State at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Denver at Chicago, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Houston, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

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

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

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Tuesday’s Sports Transactions

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 10 1 0 .909 347 N.Y. Jets 6 5 0 .545 272 Buffalo 5 6 0 .455 266 Miami 4 7 0 .364 225 South W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 6 5 0 .545 249 Houston 6 5 0 .545 232 Jacksonville 4 7 0 .364 236 Tennessee 2 9 0 .182 203 North W L T Pct PF Cincinnati 9 2 0 .818 297 Pittsburgh 6 5 0 .545 266 Baltimore 4 7 0 .364 259 Cleveland 2 9 0 .182 213 West W L T Pct PF Denver 9 2 0 .818 252 Kansas City 6 5 0 .545 287 Oakland 5 6 0 .455 264 San Diego 3 8 0 .273 244

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Monday’s Game Baltimore 33, Cleveland 27 Thursday, Dec. 3 Green Bay at Detroit, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 6 Arizona at St. Louis, 11 a.m.

Seattle at Minnesota, 11 a.m.

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at Chicago, 11 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.

Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

Houston at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 11 a.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

Denver at San Diego, 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 2:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at New England, 2:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 7 Dallas at Washington, 6:30 p.m.

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REBELS: Keep playing better A strong skater with a heavy shot, he struck for 29 goals as a 17-year-old and scored 27 times and collected 68 points last season.

However, the High River native has a mere five goals to his credit in 25 out-

Canadian junior championship selection camp roster CALGARY — Roster for the IIHF world junior championship selection camp as announced Tuesday

by Hockey Canada (with name, hometown, current club and league, plus NHL draft with year, round and overall selection in parentheses camp to be held Dec. 10-14 in Toronto): Goaltenders Mackenzie Blackwood, Thunder Bay, Ont., Barrie (OHL), New Jersey (2015 second round, 42nd overall) Mason McDonald, Halifax, Charlottetown (QMJHL), Calgary (2014 2, 34) Defencemen Thomas Chabot, Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, Que., Saint John (QMJHL), Ottawa (2015 1, 18) Jakob Chychrun, Toronto, Sarnia (OHL), eligible for 2016 draft Travis Dermott, Newmarket, Ont., Erie (OHL), Toronto (2015 2, 34) Vince Dunn, Lindsay, Ont., Niagara (OHL). St. Louis (2015 2, 56) Haydn Fleury, Carlyle, Sask., Red Deer (WHL), Carolina (2014 1, 7) Joe Hicketts, Kamloops, B.C., Victoria (WHL), Detroit (2014 free agent) Brandon Hickey, Leduc, Alta., Boston University (NCAA), Calgary (2014 3, 64) Noah Juulsen, Abbotsford, B.C., Everett (WHL), Montreal (2015 1, 26) Roland McKeown, Listowel, Ont., Kingston (OHL), Carolina from Los Angeles (2014 2, 50) Travis Sanheim, Elkhorn, Man., Calgary (WHL), Philadelphia (2014 1, 17) Jake Walman, Toronto, Providence College (NCAA), St. Louis (2014 3, 82).

Forwards Mathew Barzal, Coquitlam, B.C., Seattle (WHL), N.Y. Islanders (2015 1, 16) Anthony Beauvillier, Sorel, Que., Shawinigan (QMJHL), N.Y. Islanders (2015 1, 28) Rourke Chartier, Saskatoon, Kelowna (WHL), San Jose (2014 5, 149) Lawson Crouse, Mount Brydges, Ont., Kingston (OHL), Florida (2015 1, 11) Michael Dal Colle, Vaughan, Ont., Oshawa (OHL), N.Y. Islanders (2014 1, 5) Pierre-Luc Dubois, Rimouski, Que., Cape Breton (QMJHL), eligible for 2016 Julien Gauthier, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Que., Val-d’Or (QMJHL), eligible for 2016 Jayce Hawryluk, Roblin, Man., Brandon (WHL), Florida (2014 2, 32) Travis Konecny, Clachan, Ont., Ottawa (OHL), Philadelphia (2015 1, 24) Mitchell Marner, Thornhill, Ont., London (OHL), Toronto (2015, 1, 4).

Nick Merkley, Calgary, Kelowna (WHL), Arizona (2015 1, 30) Brendan Perlini, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Niagara (OHL), Arizona (2014 1, 12) Brayden Point, Calgary, Moose Jaw (WHL), Tampa Bay (2014 3, 79) John Quenneville, Edmonton, Brandon (WHL), New Jersey (2014 1, 30) Mitchell Stephens, Peterborough, Ont., Saginaw (OHL), Tampa Bay (2015 2, 33) Dylan Strome, Mississauga, Ont., Erie (OHL), Arizona (2015 1, 3) Spencer Watson, London, Ont., Kingston (OHL), Los Angeles (2014 7, 209).

Staff Head Coach — Dave Lowry, Ottawa, Victoria (WHL).

Assistant Coaches — Dominique Ducharme, Joliette, Que., Halifax (QMJHL) Kelly McCrimmon, Plenty, Sask., Brandon (WHL) Trevor Letowski, Thunder Bay, Ont., Windsor (OHL).

Goaltending Consultant — Fred Brathwaite, Ottawa, Hockey Canada.

Equipment Managers — Chris MacDonald, Halifax, Halifax (QMJHL) Matt Auerbach, Vernon, B.C., Victoria (WHL).

Team Physician — Dr. Roy Diklich, Windsor, Ont., Hockey Canada.

Athletic Therapists — Joey Garland, Carbonear, N.L., Windsor (OHL) Brian Cheeseman, Mount Pearl, N.L., Edmonton (WHL).

24 8 11 5 21 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts N.Y. Rangers 25 17 6 2 36 Washington 23 17 5 1 35 Pittsburgh 24 14 8 2 30 N.Y. Islanders 25 13 8 4 30 New Jersey 24 12 10 2 26 Philadelphia 25 10 10 5 25 Carolina 24 8 12 4 20 Columbus 26 10 16 0 20

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 25 19 5 1 39 88 66 St. Louis 25 15 7 3 33 66 61 Nashville 24 13 7 4 30 64 62 Chicago 25 13 9 3 29 68 64 Minnesota 23 12 7 4 28 65 62 Winnipeg 25 11 12 2 24 67 80 Colorado 25 10 14 1 21 73 76 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 24 15 8 1 31 60 51 San Jose 24 14 10 0 28 67 63 Arizona 24 13 10 1 27 67 70 Vancouver 26 9 9 8 26 70 71 Anaheim 25 9 11 5 23 51 65 Calgary 25 9 14 2 20 60 90 Edmonton 25 8 15 2 18 62 77 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 5, Colorado 3 N.Y. Rangers 4, Carolina 3 Toronto 3, Edmonton 0 Anaheim 4, Vancouver 0 Tuesday’s Games Detroit 5, Buffalo 4, SO Calgary 4, Dallas 3, SO Colorado 2, New Jersey 1 Montreal 2, Columbus 1 Philadelphia 4, Ottawa 2 Florida 3, St. Louis 1 Nashville 5, Arizona 2 Minnesota 2, Chicago 1 Los Angeles 2, Vancouver 1, OT Pittsburgh 5, San Jose 1 Wednesday’s Games Toronto at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

Boston at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Anaheim, 8:30 p.m.

GA 57 64 72 64 60 58 67

Tuesday’s summary Flames 4, Stars 3 (SO) First Period 1. Dallas, Spezza 10 (Jo. Benn) 1:48.

2. Dallas, Eakin 7 (Jokipakka, Nichushkin) 16:28.

Penalties — Klingberg Dal (hooking) 19:41.

Second Period 3. Dallas, Janmark 4 (Oduya, Demers) 11:16.

Penalties — Giordano Cgy (high-sticking) 0:15, Oduya Dal (tripping) 13:21.

Third Period 4. Calgary, Backlund 3 (unassisted) 1:51.

5. Calgary, Gaudreau 6 (Monahan, Brodie) 3:01.

6. Calgary, Hamilton 3 (Monahan, Wideman) 17:42.

Penalties — Klingberg Dal (delay of game) 5:11.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — Hudler Cgy (holding) 4:07.

Shootout — Calgary wins 3-1 Dallas : Seguin miss, Sharp goal.

Calgary : Colborne goal, Gaudreau goal, Monahan goal.

Shots on goal Dallas 14 7 4 4 — 29 Calgary 4 12 16 0 — 32 Goal — Dallas: Niemi (LO, 10-4-1) Calgary: Ramo (W, 7-8-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Dallas: 0-2 Calgary: 0-3.

tice squad. Signed RB Kerwynn Williams from the practice squad and S D.J. Swearinger to the practice squad.

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Waived WR Chuck Jacobs. Placed TE Chase Ford on injured reserve.

Signed WR Daniel Brown and G Kaleb Johnson from the practice squad.

BUFFALO BILLS — Placed DT Kyle Williams on injured reserve. Signed DT T.J. Barnes, DE Lavar Edwards and LB Kevin Reddick. Signed LB A.J. Tarpley to the practice squad.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Released LS Danny Aiken. Signed DB Cortland Finnegan.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Released S Tim Scott from the practice squad.

DENVER BRONCOS — Waived TE Richard Gordon. Signed S Josh Bush.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed C Daniel Munyer to the practice squad.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Waived-injured DT C.J. Mosley. Waived LB James-Michael Johnson. Re-signed OL Jacques McClendon.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Released LB Terrance Plummer from the practice squad. Signed S John Lowdermilk to the practice squad.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed DL Trey Flowers on injured reserve. Claimed RB Trey Williams off waivers from Dallas. Signed WR Damaris Johnson. Re-signed WR Austin Hill to the practice squad.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed G Geoff Schwartz on injured reserve. Signed G Adam Gettis from Oakland’s practice squad.

NEW YORK JETS — Signed LB Julian Stanford to the practice squad.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released C Drew Nowak. Released DE Julius Warmsley from the practice squad. Signed TE Chase Coffman. Signed WR Deshon Foxx and DT Justin Hamilton to the practice squad.

Arena Football League ORLANDO PREDATORS — Agreed to terms with DL Darryl Cato-Bishop.

Canadian Football League

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed LB John Rush and PK Billy Pavlopoulos.

HOCKEY National Hockey League FLORIDA PANTHERS — Recalled D Josh Brown from Manchester (ECHL) to Portland (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled F Cody Bass from Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Reassigned LW Ben Johnson from Albany (AHL) to Adirondack (ECHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned F Jayson Megna to Hartford (AHL).

American Hockey League IOWA WILD — Returned F Andrew Yogan to Cincinnati (ECHL).

LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS — Recalled F Geoff Walker from Reading (ECHL).

MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Signed F Vinny Saponari to a professional tryout agreement.

PROVIDENCE BRUINS — Returned F Rob Bordson to Adirondack (ECHL).

SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Recalled G Tyler Beskorowany from Norfolk (ECHL).

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS — Assigned G Brian Roster to Wheeling (ECHL).

ECHL ALASKA ACES — Added G Drew O’Connell as emergency backup. Traded F Dean Chelios and D Landon Oslanski to Wichita for F Anthony Deluca and F Daniel Johnston.

ATLANTA GLADIATORS — Signed D Matt Register. Traded D Zach Yuen to Idaho for D Cole Martin.

BRAMPTON BEAST — Loaned F Luke Pither to St. John’s (AHL).

ELMIRA JACKALS — Released F Matt Harlow.

GREENVILLE SWAMP RABBITS — Loaned F Darian Dziurzynski to Binghamton (AHL).

MANCHESTER MONARCHS — Loaned D/F Tony Turgeon to Portland (AHL).

NORFOLK ADMIRALS — Released F Peter MacIntyre. Signed F Quinn Smith.

ORLANDO SOLAR BEARS — Traded F Scott Tanski to Reading for future considerations.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Montreal 26 19 4 3 41 Detroit 25 13 8 4 30 Ottawa 24 12 7 5 29 Boston 22 13 8 1 27 Florida 24 11 9 4 26 Tampa Bay 25 11 11 3 25 Buffalo 25 10 12 3 23

GF 90 61 78 73 63 59 58

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NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Washington 5 6 0 .455 N.Y. Giants 5 6 0 .455 Philadelphia 4 7 0 .364 Dallas 3 8 0 .273 South W L T Pct Carolina 11 0 0 1.000 Atlanta 6 5 0 .545 Tampa Bay 5 6 0 .455

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BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Assigned 2B Josh Rutledge outright to Pawtucket (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP Joba Chamberlain on a minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with OF Rafael Ortega on a one-year contract.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms with 1B/ DH Byung Ho Park on a four-year contract. Named Stu Cliburn pitching coach, Chad Allen hitting coach and Dax Fiore strength and conditioning coach of Rochester (IL) Ivan Arteaga pitching coach, Tommy Watkins hitting coach and Coty Greene strength and conditioning coach of Chattanooga (SL) Henry Bonilla pitching coach of Fort Myers (FSL) J.P. Martinez pitching coach, Brian Dinkelman coach and Steve Taylor trainer of Cedar Rapids (MWL) and Cibney Bello pitching coach of the GCL Twins.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with RHP Jim Johnson on a one-year contract.

CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Tim Melville, Dayan Diaz and J.C. Ramirez and 1B/ OF Brandon Allen on minor league contracts.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Assigned 1B Wilin Rosario outright to Albuquerque (PCL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Joe Wieland on a one-year contract.

MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with OF Justin Maxwell on a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DETROIT RED WINGS — Fined Detroit G Reggie Jackson $25,000 for directing inappropriate language toward a fan.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Placed RB Chris Johnson on injured reserve/designated for return. Released CB Robert Nelson Jr. Signed CB Corey White. Released TE Brandon Bostick from the prac-

ings this season and suffered through a 13-game scoreless stretch. On a positive note, three of his markers have come in the last four games.

“It’s gone better lately, it was just a matter of time,” he said. “I know I’m a better player than I was last year and the year before. Hopefully I can keep it up and they can start going in in bunches.

“My chances of making the (national) team were a lot better at the start of the season. It’s frustrating, but I’ve started to play better these last few games. Hopefully I can just keep playing better and prove them wrong.”

Bleackley’s lack of goals hasn’t been connected to the number of scoring op-

portunities he has been presented.

“I think if you look at my shooting percentage, it’s probably about five per cent or something like that,” he noted.

“That will go up, we have lots of games left to play. We could play up to 100 games this season.

“We’re going to keep winning and that’s the most important thing.”

• The selection camp goes Dec. 1014 in Toronto and will be attended

by 10 WHL players, the others being defencemen Joe Hicketts of the Victoria Royals, Travis Sandheim of the Calgary Hitmen and Noah Juulsen of the Everett Silvertips, and forwards Matthew Barzal of the Seattle Thundebirds, Rourke Chartier and Nick Merkley of the Kelowna Rockets, Brayden Point of the Moose Jaw Warriors and John Quenneville and Jayce Hawryluk of the Brandon Wheat Kings. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The Edmonton Eskimos held a downtown Grey Cup party Tuesday for hundreds of cheering, horn-blowing, bell-ringing fans.

And quarterback Mike Reilly admitted his team is not pretty — but it is pretty good.

“I told you guys we were gonna bring it home,” Reilly, standing beside the Cup, said to the cheering throngs of fans, most dressed in green and gold.

He then gestured to his teammates and said, “They may not be the best looking, but I got the best teammates in the world.”

The fans, basking in the bright early afternoon sun with temperatures around the freezing mark, came to celebrate the team’s 14th CFL championship.

Some waved Eskimos flags the size of bedsheets. Team mascots hugged kids and posed for photos. Eskimos cheerleaders performed somersaults in the air and the players signed autographs on stage and tossed tiny footballs into the crowd.

The Eskimos defeated the Ottawa Redblacks 26-20 in the CFL title game Sunday in Winnipeg. It was the team’s first championship in a decade, and just two years removed from a woeful 4-14 campaign.

Reilly told the crowd they remember those dark days.

“I told (defensive lineman) Odell (Willis) a couple of years ago when we could only win four games, I said, ‘Man remember that because there’s gonna be a time when it’s all worth it,”’ said Reilly.

Head coach Chris Jones called his team’s performance a “magical ride.”

“All these players, they sacrifice a

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Edmonton Eskimos’ Odell Willis hoists the Grey Cup during a fan rally for the Grey Cup champions, in Edmonton, on Tuesday. The Eskimos defeated the Ottawa Redblacks 26-20 to win the 103rd Grey Cup in Winnipeg. lot for this city and to be able to play this game,” he added.

He pointed at them and said, “You guys are the reason, man. You guys are the reason we put a championship back in this city.”

General manager Ed Hervey labelled the fans the animating spirit of the franchise.

“It’s very much appreciated, your loyalty to this club, your passion,” said Hervey.

“I want to say this to you, we love all of you. I love you all personally,” he added.

And as the cheering and horn-blowing again reached a crescendo, he shouted: “We’re back!”

Price seems to be right for Red Sox Dickenson surprised by defensive coach’s departure

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Dave Dickenson has only been on the job as head coach of the Calgary Stampeders for a week and he’s already dealing with a surprise departure from his staff.

Dickenson, meeting with the media for the first time since succeeding John Hufnagel as coach, confirmed Tuesday that defensive co-ordinator Rich Stubler will not return next season.

“We did have some change that we weren’t expecting on our coaching staff,” he said. “It was certainly nothing I had heard inklings of and got word of it late last week and it was confirmed yesterday. I really do like Stubes and I felt like this should have been a relationship we could have continued. He did a great job.”

Stubler spent two seasons as Calgary’s defensive co-ordinator. The Stampeders reached the West Division final before falling to the eventual Grey Cup champion Edmonton Eskimos.

“He’s the one that decided to leave,” said Dickenson. “It certainly wasn’t anything on our end, but I’m excited that we’ll have people in place and it gives us an opportunity to either promote or find some other people to help our defensive team out.”

Should the Stamps decide to promote from within, Dickenson said current defensive line coach DeVone Claybrooks would be a candidate.

“It has to be the right fit for everybody, but I certainly love the way

DeVone works,” said Dickenson. “I thought he was a major part of our success already this past year.”

After working with Calgary’s defensive line for the past four seasons, Claybrooks said he would jump at the chance to take on more responsibilities under Dickenson’s direction.

“I’ve been on the defensive side of the ball and I’ve had all the opportunities to grow and be a defensive co-ordinator,” said Claybrooks. “He does a good job at his craft and he puts a lot of time into it. He’s very organized, very detailed and he’ll put people in positions to be successful. Our job as assistants is just not to mess it up. I’m excited to have him as a leader. We’ll follow him wherever he goes.”

Dickenson, who spent the past five seasons as Calgary’s offensive co-ordinator, said he’s up for whatever challenges lay ahead.

“Any time you’re basically coming in in a winning program, the expectations are higher,” he said. “That’s fine with me. I’m more than happy to take that on. I think our coaches and our players like that. We want to and expect to be good.”

BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox and AL Cy Young runner-up David Price have agreed to terms on a seven-year free-agent deal worth $217 million, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because the deal — the largest ever for a pitcher — is pending a physical. It is expected to be announced on Friday, the person told the AP. A left-hander who was the AL’s top pitcher in 2012 and the runner-up twice in seven full major league seasons, Price has a 3.09 ERA with 1,372 strikeouts and 104 wins.

Choosing the Red Sox reunites Price with president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski, who until this August was the Detroit Tigers’ general manager. Dombrowski has had a hand in all three of Price’s moves the past two years.

After spending his entire career in Tampa Bay, Price was acquired by Detroit at the 2014 trade deadline. A year later, the Tigers traded him to the Blue Jays at the July 31 non-waiver deadline and Price helped Toronto reach the playoffs for the first time since 1993.

Now he will try to help turn around a team that has finished last in the AL East in three of the last four sea-

sons. (The Red Sox won the World Series in 2013.) On its way to a 78-84, last-place finish in 2015, Boston brought in Dombrowski and he quickly went to work rebuilding the once-proud ballclub.

Dombrowski DAVID PRICE traded a package of prospects to San Diego for closer Craig Kimbrel last month.

And this week he got someone Kimbrel can save games for.

Price bolsters a rotation that has lacked an ace since the Red Sox balked at the asking price for Jon Lester, who signed a six-year, $155 million deal with the Chicago Cubs. Twelve different pitchers started at least one game for the Red Sox in 2015.

Price joins a rotation that, barring injuries and trades, is expected to include Wade Miley, Rick Porcello, Eduardo Rodriguez and Clay Buchholz.

Joe Kelly, Steven Wright and Henry Owens could bolster the bullpen, fill in as starters or serve as trade bait.

The 30-year-old went 18-5 with a 2.45 earned-run average last season for the Blue Jays and Tigers, including a 9-1 regular-season record with Toronto.

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WOIT Patricia Anne Mary (nee Thielen) It is with great sadness and heavy hearts the loving family of Patricia Anne Mary Woit announces her passing after a brief struggle with cancer on Friday, November 27th, 2015.

Patricia leaves to mourn her husband of 48 years, Ivan, son, Jeffrey (Charlene), daughter, Lisa (Dion) Zukiwsky, grand-children; Boston and Chloe Woit, and stepgrandchildren; Dyson and Spencer Zukiwsky. She also leaves to mourn brothers; Garry (Kathy) Thielen of Reno, Nev., and Roger Thielen of Milk River, her aunt, Ada Emard of Lethbridge, sisters-in-law; Cheryl Beitel of Regina and Bernadette Woit of North Vancouver, along with numerous cousins, aunts and uncles. Patricia was born in Lethbridge, AB, on June 13, 1944 and was raised on the family farm at Masinisin where she took her early schooling and then completed her high school in Milk River. Patricia began a career in hair dressing in Regina, SK, and later joined P. Lawson Travel and subsequently began working for Air Canada which is where she met her loving husband, Ivan.

They married in 1967 and one year later they moved to Red Deer with Burritt Travel and later she became a partner with her husband in Vista Travel. On first arrival in Red Deer, she became the second employee of Parkland Credit Union, she was extremely proud watching this organization grow knowing she played a part in its beginning. After raising her children, Patricia worked alongside her husband in the travel business and for many years they escorted many groups to destinations all over the world. Cruising was Pat’s passion and enjoyed more than 30 in her lifetime. Fulfilling her passion for travel, Patricia, along with her daughter Lisa, visited Kenya and Tanzania, Vietnam and Cambodia along with the last few winters spent in Cabo San Lucas and Palm Springs. Her biggest passion however was her grandchildren who she loved to take to Sunnybrook Farm, nature hikes in Kin Canyon and the various playgrounds throughout the city. Her leisure time was spent reading, doing crosswords, playing canasta on the computer with opponents from all over the world and golf with her two golf buddies; Val and Nassim, providing there wasn’t a cloud anywhere in the sky. A Memorial Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Thursday, December 3rd, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that a contribution be made in Patricia’s honor to Sunnybrook Farms, 4701 30th Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 5H7 or the Canadian Cancer Society, 101 6751 52 Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 4K8. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

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MCKEAN Carol Feb. 29, 1940 - Nov. 25, 2015 It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that the family announces the passing of Carol McKean, long time resident of Bentley, Alberta with her family at her side at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at the age of 75 years. Carol is survived by her husband Reiny, daughters Jeanne Stotz (Larry Bergen), Roxanne McKean (Kate Hunt), son Grant (Crystal) McKean, sister Joyce Turnbull, sister-in-law Cathy Palmer, grandchildren Shauna McKean (Shaun Picket), Sheldon Stotz (Melissa Drummond), Amy (Dana) Womacks, Collin McKean (Hannah O’Meara) McKean, two great grandchildren Kaleigh and Jayden McKean, and one great greatgrandson Ethan. Carol was predeceased by her parents Ervin and Agnes Palmer, brothers Dennis and Derald Palmer, step-sisters Francis Stevenson, and Lucille Manley. Carol had a great love for her family, was a strong support to her many friends, had a great sense of humor, and was always a joy to be with. Carol always saw the good in people and never missed an opportunity to show that she cared. As a young mother she and her sister Joyce ran the Bentley Hotel coffee shop. Once her three children were grown she joined husband Reiny on his work crew and became the camp cook. She loved her trips to Vegas and her winters in Arizona with Reiny and friends. A celebration of Carol’s life will be held at the Obituaries In Memoriam Bentley Community Church, 4824 50 St., on Friday, December 4, 2015 at 1:00 OLSEN pm. Carol will be sadly Donna missed by her family and 1932 - 2015 friends. If friends so desire It is with heavy hearts the memorial contributions may family of Donna Olsen be made to the Bentley announce her passing on School Breakfast/Lunch Saturday, November 28th, Program or to STARS 2015 at the Red Deer Hospice. Service details will Foundation. be announced at a later date.

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In Loving Memory of Ed Billan who passed away December 2, 2010 Your presence we miss Your memory we treasure Loving you always Forgetting you never With love from the Billan family

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FULL TIME Nanny req’d for employer Christina, Red Deer County, AB for 6 children: 6m.-15 yrs. old.

Duties: bath, dress, feed, meal prep, light housekeeping. $12-$16.00/hr. 44 hrs. per wk. Completion of high school, 1-2 yrs. exp.

Call 403-754-3369 or email anderson-christine@ hotmail.com Optional accommodation avail. at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is not a condition of employment.

LIVE IN caregiver req’d. $11.50/hr. 44 hrs./wk, free accommodation with light housekeeping duties.

Contact Joel or Maria at 587-877-3452 or email resume to: parialmarie38 @gmail.com NANNY needed for elderly with disability. Must assist personal care, accompany to doctors appointments.

Red Deer $15.56/hr. Email amal.hamdan0@yahoo. com

Medical

790

CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons req’s.

FOOD SERVICE SUPERVISORS 1-2 yrs. exp. an asset. $13.75/hr., 40 hrs./week, 4 positions, F/T and P/T. Permanent shift, weekend, day, night, and evening.

Education not req’d. Start ASAP. Benefits. Apply at 6620 Orr Drive. Red Deer or call Kerry at 403-848-2356 for complete job description LITTLE Caesars Pizza is now hiring a F/T Food Service Supervisor. $13.75/hr.

40 hrs/wk. Flexible time including weekends. Must have at least 1 - 2 yrs. food service exp. Email resume allan_barker25@yahoo.ca or apply in person @ 9, 6791 50 Ave. Red Deer.

Call 403-346-1600 for info.

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The Executive Director is Trades responsible for the start-up and overall management, operation, and community GOODMEN engagement for our ROOFING LTD. Central Zone. This posiRequires COME AND VISIT tion is based out of Red Deer. The successful SANTA 10 - NOON. SLOPED ROOFERS candidate will possess 2 miles E on 39th Street LABOURERS strong leadership skills to from 30th Ave., Red Deer. & FLAT ROOFERS direct and support the team.

QUALIFICATIONS: Valid Driver’s Licence • Degree in nursing, or preferred. Fax or email Lost related field additional info@goodmenroofing.ca education in leadership, or (403)341-6722 business an asset.

SMALL black and gold cat NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! • A minimum of fi ve (5) missing since August from years experience in Buying or Selling Rosedale Valley in Healthcare and your home?

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• Experience in a in Classifieds progressively responsible role with demonstrated ability in leadership, Personals Truckers/ sales and marketing, Drivers and financial manager.

ALCOHOLICS • Experience working ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 CLASS 1 & 3 Drivers in with seniors, family, and Central AB. Min 3 yrs off the community.

COCAINE ANONYMOUS road BJ/Pup experience.

• Vulnerable sector criminal 403-396-8298 Oilfield tickets required. record check required.

Email: Email resume to: OVEREATERS Anonymous haulingcrude@live.ca staceys@cdlhomes.com Contact Phyl @ 347-4188

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Flooring

1180

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Handyman Services

1200

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Massage Therapy

1280

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1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 505-4777

For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK ANDERS BOWER HIGHLAND GREEN INGLEWOOD JOHNSTONE KENTWOOD RIVERSIDE MEADOWS PINES SUNNYBROOK SOUTHBROOKE WEST LAKE WEST PARK

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For early morning delivery by 6:30 am Mon. - Sat. VANIER CLEARVIEW Call Joanne at 403- 314-4308

SANTA’S LITTLE HELPERS Christmas light installation.

Call for free quote.

403-596-3341

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Snow shoveling/dump runs/odd jobs 403-885-5333

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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

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Is holding it’s ANNUAL CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE & SALES SAT. DEC. 5 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

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For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK CLEARVIEW RIDGE Sales & Distributors CLEARVIEW TIMBERSTONE SALES ASSOCIATE LANCASTER REQUIRED For North/Central Alberta.

VANIER Opportunity for a mature WOODLEA/ person or couple in wholesale fashion jewelry, WASKASOO giftware and clothing sales.

DEER PARK • Great second career.

GRANDVIEW • Must be fit and love to travel.

EASTVIEW • Work schedule approx.

MICHENER 8 months per year.

• A strong interest in MOUNTVIEW ladies fashion an asset.

ROSEDALE Reply to: GARDEN HEIGHTS order@klassenjlrs.com Terry, 306-652-2112 MORRISROE

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ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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Family owned and operated since 1974, Trail Appliances is one of the leading independent appliance retailers in Western Canada. We are currently looking to expand our workforce at our Red Deer location.

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If you are looking for a rewarding career with Trail Appliances, please submit your resume and cover letter stating the position you are applying for to: reddeerjobs@ trail-appliances.com or by fax: (403)342-7168.

We thank all interest applicants; only those chosen for an interview will be contacted. Security checks will be conducted on successful candidates.

Seeking mature individuals with car or small truck to deliver the new Red Deer YP/Telus phone books into the town of Red Deer.

This door to door delivery, no selling Involved. Must be available during day, as there are many business deliveries.

Can start immediately All payment is made by direct deposit.

Please email, lorelei.senger@yp.ca

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CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

1660

Firewood

1500-1990

Children's Items

1580

Household Furnishings

100 VHS movies, $75.

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BOX of Christmas decorations $15 403-348-0201 LARGE button telephone (RDRH) allows; can be used in hospital. $40 obo.

403-347-3741 PROPANE heater for inside travel home, works good $150 obo 403-314-0804 TABLE & 2 chairs, wooden child size, $65.

403-342-7460

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

WATER cooler $50.

403-885-5020

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ELECTRIC DRILLS, 3/8”, (5) $10. Each.

403-314-0804 SKILL SAW, Craftsman 7.25, $50. 403-314-0804

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6 locations in Red Deer, well-maintained townhouses, lrg, 3 bdrm, 11/2 bath, 4 + 5 appls.

Westpark, Kentwood, Highland Green, Riverside Meadows. Rent starting at $1100. For more info, phone 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2190

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160 SILEAGE wrapped round wheat green feed bales, very good quality.

780-877-2339 780-877-23326

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20” ELECTRIC snow blower $200 403-302-1300 8 X 10 AREA RUG, green, beige and burgundy tones, clean, $55 obo.

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TO GIVE AWAY Mature, well-trained, affectionate, Male Cat. Grandchildren have allergies. To Good Home!

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FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

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Grain, Feed Hay

1760

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SUPER Nintendo w/4 games $140; Game Cube w/6 games $80; Sony CD Walkman $30 Pacific DVD series $20 403-782-3847

Tools

1720

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

LADIES long leather coat, brown with fur collar, quilted lining, size 10.

Selling because too small. $100. 403-347-3741 NURSES’ uniforms, pants & tops. med. to large size. $5 each. (approx. 25) good shape.

403-347-2526

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Condos/ Townhouses

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1590

Electronics

1900

LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar, birch.

Price depends on location of delivery. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

SESAME Street Bert & Ernie, 4 stuffed figures, $30 for all; baby doll with rooted hair, sleep eyes, 22” tall, $15; and Storybook Classic DVDs, 16 in total, $35. 403-314-9603

Clothing

Travel Packages

3050

3 BDRM. 4 plex, Innisfail, heat included, $875 w/laundry connection.

403-357-7817

3020

ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or Jan. 1. 403-304-5337

SYLVAN Lake, 3 fully ACROSS from park, furn. rentals, 1 w/garage, Oriole Park, 3 bdrm. inclds. all utils, $1100 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. $1500. Details 403-880-0210 Rent $1025/mo. d.d. $650.

Avail. now or Jan. 1 SYLVAN older 2 bdrm.

403-304-5337 house. Large lot, $975/mo.

NORMANDEAU Avail. immed. 403-886-5342 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 403-357-7817 appls. $1100. No pets, N/S Quiet adults. 403-350-1717

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2 BDRM., 2 bath condo, in Anders $1300 rent & d.d. + Firewood 1 BDRM., 3 appls., 50+, Sporting utils. Avail. Dec. 1 no pets.

Ref’s. req’d. 403-728-8240 no pets, $840 rent, $600 SD. Goods 403-318-0751 AFFORDABLE HIGHLAND Green 3 bdrm.

2 BDRM. bsmt suite.

MEN’S Ski-Doo brand Homestead Firewood 1 1/2 bath, townhouse $850/mo. 403-348-1304 boots, size 12, like new, Spruce, Pine, Aspen - Split. avail. immed. $1300 + $150.

403-347-3741 Avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 utils, water/garbage incld, 2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $875 rent/d.d.

FIREWOOD: Spruce & TRAVELING GOLF BAG, 1 yr. lease, no pets, n/s, 403-872-0668 403-346-1458 Pine - Split 403-346-7178 black. $45. 403-885-5020

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

SEPARATE entrance in mobile home; util., laundry, bathroom, kitchen shared; pets considered; $350/mo.; no dd. 403-304-4139

AVAIL. IMMED. large 2 bdrm. in clean quiet adult building, near downtown Co-Op, no pets, 403-348-7445

Warehouse Space

3140

BAY for lease. Burnt Lake Industrial Park. Shop area, 4,381 sq. ft.; office area, 2,372 sq. ft. Call 403-588-7120.

CITY VIEW APTS.

Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building. Rent $925 S.D. $800. Avail. immed.

Near hospital. No pets.

403-318-3679 GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

COLD storage garage, 14’ x 24’, $200/mo.; heated big truck space, $775/mo.

VARIETY SHOP SPACES ~ offices ~ fenced yards ~ Big or small, different locations. 403-343-6615

3190

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LIMITED TIME OFFER: First month’s rent FREE! 1 & 2 Bedroom suites available. Renovated suites in central location.

Cat friendly. leasing@ rentmidwest.com 1(888)679-8031

PADS $450/mo.

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Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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3 BDRM. house n/s, small pets, $1050 + utils. + SD, avail. Jan. 1, 403-741-7442

Condos/ Townhouses

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homes NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 3 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

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Opposite Hospital 2 bdrm. apt. w/balcony, adults only, no pets heat/water incld. $875.

403-346-5885

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FULLY furn. bdrm. for rent, $500/mth - $250 DD. Call 403-396-2468

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1996 26’ PHOENIX

147,000 kms, sleeps 6, new tires, good working order $9100.

2003 OLDS ALERO, good cond., 240,000 kms. $1500.

403-309-0614

2001 INTREPID SE $2000 firm 403-357-9459

403-704-3094

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2007 Ford Ranger Level II 6 cyl auto 4x4 loaded. Clean.

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2011 COLORADO, Z71 4x4, loaded for comfort, 45,000 kms., 1 owner, $27,500.

403-341-0603

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2004 FREESTAR Limited Edition

2006 JEEP Commander full load, 4.7.

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2006 BUICK CXL Lucerne 117,000 kms, n/s, all options, winter & summer tires on wheels, $6800 obo

2007 DODGE Nitro 4x4, SLT V6, auto., loaded w/sunroof, low kms., CLEAN. Priced to buy Call 403-318 3040

2009 VENZA AWD, fully loaded, 39,000 kms. $18,999.

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6 DAYS IN THE RED DEER ADVOCATE IF YOUR VEHICLE DOESN’T SELL THE FIRST WEEK, THE 2ND WEEK IS HALF PRICE!

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2012 Dodge Gr. Caravan White, 93,000 Kms. Full Inspection $13,450.

Harvey @ Reward Lease 403-358-1698

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2010 FORD FUSION SEL, 2.5L, IV engine, 6 spd., loaded.

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B10 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015 Houses For Sale

4020

HOUSE FOR SALE IN ANDERS. Motivated to sell 1350 sq. ft. bungalow. 3 bedroom, 3 bath with ofÀce/den. Jacuzzi tub in master. Finished basement. 2 car garage. Large bright kitchen with pantry and island. 5 appliances, window coverings and 2 gas Àreplaces. Nice clean yard. UnderÁoor heat. Call 403.348.1591. $399,900.

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SERGE’S HOMES “OPENING”

Dec. 3 & 4, 2 - 5 pm Dec. 5 & 6, 1 - 5 pm 6325 61 Ave. Red Deer Call Bob 403-505-8050

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Experts close in on Aztec discovery

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO CITY — A Mexican archaeologist said his team has found a tunnel-like passageway that apparently leads to two sealed chambers, the latest chapter in the search for the as-yet undiscovered tomb of an Aztec ruler.

The Aztecs are believed to have cremated the remains of their leaders during their 1325-1521 rule, but the final resting place of the cremains has never been found. Outside experts said Tuesday the find at Mexico City’s Templo Mayor ruin complex would be significant.

The National Institute of Anthropology and History said Monday that a team led by archaeologist Leonardo Lopez Lujan had discovered an 8.4-meter (27-foot) long tunnel leading into the centre of a circular platform where dead rulers were believed to have been cremated.

The mouth of the tunnel was sealed by a 3-ton slab of rock. When experts lifted it in 2013, they found a hollow space marked by offerings both rich and grisly.

Gold ornaments and the bones of eagles and infants were found in an offering box.

Two skulls of children between 5 and 7 years old were found with the first three vertebrae, suggesting they might have been decapitated.

The kind of stone knives used in human sacrifices were also found, as well as a hand and bones from two feet.

But one researcher detected signs that a passageway appeared to lead deeper into the ceremonial platform, known as the Cuauhxicalco (kwow-she-KAL-koh), where written accounts from after the 1521 Spanish conquest indicated that rulers’ remains were burned.

The passageway proved to be about 18 inches (45 centimetres) wide and 5 feet (1.5 metres) high.

“Once the rocks and dirt were dug out, we saw that it led directly into the heart of the Cuauhxicalco,” Lopez Lujan said. “At the end (of the passageway), there are what appear to be two old entrances that had been sealed up with masonry.”

The passageway was re-filled for about two years because work was going on at one of the access points to the ruins.

With that work nearing completion, Lopez Lujan hopes to start digging again starting in 2016.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tourists visit the Templo Mayor archaeological site in Mexico City, Tuesday. Mexican archaeologists have discovered, at the archaeological site, a long tunnel leading into the center of a circular platform where Aztec rulers were believed to be cremated. The Aztecs are believed to have cremated the remains of their leaders during their 1325-1521 rule, but the final resting place of the cremains has never been found.

“Obviously, this includes re-excavating the passageway and finding out what lies behind the two sealed doorways,” Lopez Lujan wrote. “The hypothesis is that there will be two small chambers with urns holding the ashes of Mexica rulers, but we could be wrong.”

It would be a logical place for rulers remains to lie — the Templo Mayor site was the most significant temple complex in the Aztec capital, known as Tenochtitlan. But Mexican archaeologists have been searching in vain for the tombs for years.

In 2007, archaeologists using ground-penetrating radar detected underground chambers directly below a huge stone monolith carved with a representation of Tlaltecuhtli (tlahl-tay-KOO-tlee), the Aztec god of the earth. At the time, Lopez Lujan suspected an emperor’s tomb might lie beneath. But

none was found, despite the presence of rich offerings.

Any artifacts linked to an emperor would bring tremendous pride to Mexico. The country has sought unsuccessfully to recover Aztec artifacts like the feather-adorned “shield of Ahuizotl” and the “Montezuma headdress” from the Ethnology Museum in Vienna, Austria.

But Lopez Lujan is being cautious, saying the presence of graves at the end of the newly found passageway is simply a theory.

“What we are speculating is that behind these sealed-up entrances there could be two small chambers with the incinerated remains of some rulers of Tenochtitlan, like Moctezuma I and his successors, Axayacatl and Tizoc, given the relative dating of the surrounding constructions,” Lopez Lujan said.

Police investigate death of Alaska city mayor

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Notices

6010

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of

MARVIN WILLIAM EVANS who died on November 1, 2015

If you have a claim against this estate, you must Àle your claim by

January 11, 2016 and provide details of your claim with

Christopher R. Warren Q. C.

Warren Sinclair LLP

at #600, 4911-51 Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 6V4 If you do not Àle by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Police in Alaska’s capital city have tentatively ruled out gunshots, drugs or suicide in the death of the newly elected mayor but have not determined whether he died from a natural event or foul play.

The adult son of Stephen “Greg” Fisk, 70, found the mayor’s body Monday afternoon and alerted police.

Fisk was found with injuries that police did not describe. Police are awaiting autopsy results to announce a possible cause of death.

“It’s not clear what the cause of those injuries are,” said police spokeswoman Erann Kalwara.

Fisk lived alone. There was no sign of forced entry into Fisk’s home above Juneau’s downtown.

Police are hoping the state medical examiner in Anchorage will complete the autopsy in a couple of days, she said.

Fisk had scheduled appointments Monday and when he missed them, his adult son, Ian, went to his father’s home and spotted the body.

In their official statement, police acknowledged rumours of an assault but said those rumours were “speculation.”

An attack was “one of the possibilities out there, but there’s others that could have happened,” Police Chief Bryce Johnson told the Juneau Em-

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In this photo taken Monday night, DJ Thomson, right, and Joyce Levine light candles on Kennedy Street after hearing about the death of Mayor Stephen “Greg” Fisk in Juneau, Alaska. Fisk, the newly elected mayor of Alaska’s capital city, was found dead in his home Monday. Circumstances surrounding the death were not immediately known. pire newspaper. “There could’ve been a fall. There’s lots of things that would cause it.”

The department has fielded media inquiries from around the country, Kalwara said. Sometimes, it’s obvious at the scene that a person died of natural causes.

“In this case, we just can’t confirm that yet or rule anything

out,” she said Tuesday afternoon.

Citing Johnson, however, Kalwara said there was no apparent gunshot wound and “nothing at the scene to indicate there were drugs involved.”

Likewise, “There’s nothing on scene to indicate it was a suicide,” she said.

Fisk’s son, Ian, in an email statement said his family is

grieving privately.

“We sincerely appreciate the support of the community and we recognize that, as would be the case with any public figure, his death brings a lot of attention,” Fisk said. “At this time we have no reason to speculate as to the cause of his death and are awaiting the results of his autopsy. Meanwhile I will not be responding to any further media requests of any kind, and ask for your understanding.”

Greg Fisk, a fisheries consultant, handily defeated incumbent Merrill Sanford in the Oct. 6 election to become mayor.

Bob King, a veteran of Alaska politics who worked as press secretary to former Gov. Tony Knowles and as a fisheries aide to former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, was Fisk’s next-door neighbour, friend and campaign manager.

“He wanted to focus on strengthening Juneau’s role as Alaska’s capital city,” King told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Fisk wanted to encourage development of Juneau’s waterfront and pledged to push the federal government to restore jobs that had been moved to Seattle from Juneau, King said.

Fisk also intended to work for more affordable housing in the city whose downtown is bounded on one side by the ocean and on the other by mountainsides.

“He had a lot of different thoughts and he really jumped into it,” King said.

Demand for ag loans surges in U.S. Investigators say rudder LOW CROP, CATTLE PRICES SLASH FARM INCOME

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WICHITA, Kan. — The nation’s net farm income is the lowest since 2002, and with another year of low commodity prices, demand for agriculture loans is surging as farmers struggle to make ends meet.

Today’s grain prices will bring in enough to pay for basic operating costs like fertilizer, seed and land rent, said Troy Soukup, the past president of Kansas Bankers Association’s Ag Bankers Division. Yet, crop prices are not high enough for farmers to make payments on equipment loans — or even to get paid for their own labour.

Agricultural lenders say they are seeing people who had operating loans requesting larger ones, and some who had operated with cash are borrowing money.

But it’s unlikely the current run on loans will be anything like the farm credit crisis of the 1980s, when those who survived the significant year-to-year losses were without large debts to repay.

Farmer Tom Giessel had to borrow just to finish out this season at his western Kansas farm where he grows wheat, corn and sorghum. Not so long ago, commodity prices were so high that Giessel didn’t have to borrow any money for the farm between 2012 and 2014.

“Everybody is kind of taking a step backward with these low commodity prices,” he said.

“In fact, it might be more than a step — it might be kind of a tumble backward.”

U.S. farm debt is forecast to increase 6.3 per cent in 2015, a recent U.S. Agriculture Department’s Economic Research Service report showed. At the same time, net income has plummeted by a staggering 55 per cent since 2013 and is forecast to be $55.9 billion this year — the lowest since 2002.

The report cites depressed crop and cattle prices as the main reasons for the decline.

It’s the latest in a boom-and-bust cycle as old as farming. A widespread drought that began in 2010 in the south and spread across the Midwest before peaking in 2012 diminished stockpiles of grain, but was followed by a renaissance fueled by a rare combination of high crop yields and prices. As more grain crops were grown, the resulting glut caused a sharp fall in prices these past two years, aggravated by weak exports.

“Most of what we are hearing out there is that farmers and the banks are in good shape to be able to weather any potential downturn,” said Steve Apodaca, vice-president of the Washington, D.C.based American Bankers Association’s Center for Agricultural and Rural Banking.

The USDA’s Farm Service Agency saw demand for loans across the nation soar from nearly $4 billion in 2013 to more than $5.6 billion in 2015. Delinquency rates nationwide were around 1 per cent, according to FSA data.

USDA provides farmers “a strong safety net to support them during challenging times,” FSA administrator Val Dolcini said in an emailed statement.

system, pilot response led to AirAsia crash

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JAKARTA, Indonesia — A rudder control system problem that had occurred nearly two dozen times in the previous 12 months coupled with the pilots’ response led to last year’s crash of an AirAsia plane in Indonesia that killed all 162 people on board, investigators said Tuesday.

In releasing their report, the country’s National Transportation Safety Committee said an analysis of Flight 8501’s data recorder showed the rudder control system had sent repeated warnings to the pilots during the Dec. 28 flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.

Aircraft maintenance records for the Airbus A320 showed that similar problems with the rudder system had occurred 23 times during the year prior to the crash, including nine times in December. The investigators said the fault was caused by cracked soldering on an electronic card.

Investigator Nurcahyo Utomo said the malfunction by itself should not have been dangerous. But after the fourth time an alarm went off during the flight, a crew member apparently went outside of handbook recommendations and removed a circuit breaker to try to reset the system, he said.

The autopilot then became disengaged, and the aircraft began to roll, but no movement was detected on the plane’s manual control stick for nine seconds, he said.

It then began climbing rapidly before stalling and plummeting into the Java Sea. Utomo said the voice recorder showed the pilot said “pull down,” but in fact the plane was ascending.

“It seemed that there was a miscommunication between the pilot and co-pilot after the fourth fault,” he said.

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Superior Court grants injunction that would postpone Quebec’s assisted dying law THE CANADIAN PRESS QUEBEC — The Quebec government will seek leave to appeal a court ruling that would postpone the implementation of a provincial law on assisted dying until at least February. A Quebec Superior Court justice granted an injunction on Tuesday to a group of doctors opposed to the law. Health Minister Gaetan Barrette and Justice Minister Stephanie Vallee both reiterated their belief that the law is perfectly valid. The legislation, which outlines how terminally ill patients can end their lives with medical help, was adopted unanimously by members of the legislature in June 2014. The senior Couillard government ministers reminded reporters in Quebec City the law addressed end-of-life care for those with serious illness and should not be associated with a form of euthanasia, a parallel made in the injunction ruling.

“There is a clear difference between euthanasia and medical aid in dying,” Vallee said. “We are going to appeal the decision and, for the moment, we have no choice but to comply with the judgment that has been rendered.”

The legislation came after four years of discussions and consultations as well as a grace period allowing institutions time to determine how to implement the law.

Barrette didn’t hide his disappointment, particularly for those people eagerly awaiting the law’s arrival.

“After the consensus we have experienced in this province, in this

room, in this (national) assembly, there’s a ruling that says to the public they (the courts) disagree,” Barrette said…

We still believe we are in our right.”

The injunction sought by the Quebec-based Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice and Lisa D’Amico, a handicapped woman, was related to a Supreme Court ruling last February that struck down the prohibition on physician-assisted dying.

The high court’s decision gave the federal government 12 months to craft a new law to recognize the right of clearly consenting adults with enduring intolerable physical or mental suffering to seek medical help to end their lives.

The group of doctors and D’Amico argued the ruling was based on a case in British Columbia that occurred before the Quebec law was adopted in June 2014.

They also said a patient’s consent cannot be free and informed if he or she has not been offered all palliative care options, which is not always the case in Quebec due to a lack of accessibility to certain treatments, drugs and services.

Reaction to the court ruling was mixed.

“Euthanasia is done by lethal injection, which does not constitute a form of health care,” Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, said in a statement.

Dying With Dignity Canada, however, expressed disappointment with the ruling.

“We are devastated by the judge’s decision to delay access to medical aid in dying in Quebec,” said Wanda Morris, the

organization’s CEO. “We fear this injunction will effectively rob terminally ill Quebecers — those patients in the last throes of their illnesses — of their rightful access to a peaceful death.”

Meanwhile in Ottawa, the federal government is expected to announce this week whether it will seek an extension from the Supreme Court to the one-year deadline.

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Nobel laureate David Baltimore of CalTech speaks to reporters at the National Academy of Sciences international summit on the safety and ethics of human gene editing, Tuesday. before adoption, are alternatives. And they raise the spectre of parents who can afford designer babies with specific traits.

“The medical arguments are tenuous and the possible social consequences are grave,” said Marcy Darnovsky of the Center for Genetics and Society, an advocacy group.

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on such research could block important discoveries. British researchers, for example, plan to alter embryos to study early human development, work that could shed light on miscarriages.

On the other side are critics who argue that standard in vitro fertilization techniques to test the genetics of embryos before they’re implanted, or

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WASHINGTON — Alternating the promise of cures for intractable diseases with anxiety about designer babies and eugenics, hundreds of scientists and ethicists from around the world began debating the boundaries of a revolutionary technology to edit the human genetic code.

“We sense that we are close to being able to alter human heredity,” Nobel laureate David Baltimore of the California Institute of Technology said Tuesday in opening an international summit to examine what he called “deep and disturbing questions.”

“This is something to which all people should pay attention.”

It’s an issue that gained urgency after Chinese researchers made the first attempt at altering genes in human embryos, a laboratory experiment that didn’t work well but did raise the prospect of one day performing genetic engineering that goes far beyond helping one sick person — and could pass modified genes on to future generations.

“This is a technology that could have profound implications for permanent alteration of the human genome,” molecular biologist Jennifer Doudna of the University of California, Berkeley, wrote this week in the journal Nature. Doudna co-invented the mostused gene-editing tool, and her calls for scientists, policymakers and the public to determine the right balance in how it’s eventually used led to this week’s gathering.

At issue are tools to edit precisely genes inside living cells, finding specific sections of DNA to slice and repair or replace, much like a biological version of cut-and-paste software.

There are a few methods but one with the wonky name CRISPR-Cas9 is so fast, cheap and simple for biologists to use that research is booming.

Scientists are engineering animals with humanlike disorders to unravel the gene defects that fuel them.

They’re developing potential treatments for muscular dystrophy, sickle cell disease and cancer. They’re trying to grow transplantable human organs inside pigs. They’re even hatching mutant mosquitoes designed to be incapable of spreading malaria, and exploring ways to wipe out invasive species.

Twice, experimental gene-editing therapies have been tried in people: British doctors treated a 1-year-old with leukemia with donated immune cells altered to target her cancer, and a California company is testing a way to make HIV patients’ own immune cells better resist the virus.

One hurdle is safety. While the

CRISPR tool is pretty precise, it sometimes cuts the wrong section of DNA. Tuesday, CRISPR pioneer Feng Zhang of the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard reported tweaking the tool’s molecular scissors to significantly lower chances of those “off-target” editing errors — an improvement that could have implications both for developing therapies, and for germline research.

The biggest ethical quandary arises over using those same tools to perform what scientists call “germline” editing, manipulating reproductive cells — sperm, eggs or embryos — to spread gene changes to future generations rather than trying, for example, to fix a defect only in one patient’s blood-producing cells and thus cure his or her sickle cell disease. In the U.S., germline editing for clinical use — meaning for pregnancy — “is a line that should not be crossed at this time,” John Holdren of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy said on Tuesday.

Last spring’s experiment in China highlighted that ethics aside, embryo editing wasn’t anywhere near ready for real-world use for safety reasons: Those off-target edits risked fixing one problem only to create another.

But there’s controversy over whether and how to continue laboratory experiments to see whether it eventually could work. Around the world, laws and guidelines vary widely about what germline, or hereditary, research is allowed. Some ban any research some allow only lab research but not pregnancies some have no policies. In the U.S., the National Institutes of Health won’t fund germline research but private funding is allowed.

What one country attempts “will have consequences in others,” the White House’s Holdren noted.

Proponents say the ultimate goal is to prevent mom and dad from passing devastating diseases to their children.

“This technology is poised to transform preventive medicine,” Harvard geneticist George Church wrote in Nature.

He added a warning: If mainstream scientists can’t explore heritable gene editing, that “could put a damper on the best medical research and instead drive the practice underground to black markets and uncontrolled medical tourism.”

It’s not just about editing embryos some potentially simpler treatments hinge on germline editing policies, too. At the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Kyle Orwig wants to develop treatments for male infertility by altering sperm-producing cells that in some men, don’t do their job.

Doudna adds that a complete ban

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Air pollution reaches new highs BEIJING SCHOOLS KEEP STUDENTS INDOORS AS AIR POLLUTION REACHES EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS LEVELS

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CHINA

BEIJING — Schools in the Chinese capital kept students indoors and par- Ministry said on its website.

Gao Yang, 35, a teacher who lives ents brought their kids to hospitals with breathing ailments Tuesday as in coastal city of Tianjin, said he was Beijing grappled with extremely se- trapped in Beijing while on a business vere air pollution for the fifth straight trip because of the closed highways.

“I can do nothing but park my car at day.

The heavy smog erased the capital’s the hotel and wait until the smog goes skylines with a monotonous grey and away,” Gao said.

Forecasters expected winds to clear left buildings just a block or two away hardly discernable. Neon signs barely the smog before Wednesday.

Outside Beijing, readings for PM2.5 punctured the gloom, and many Beijingers wore masks of various kinds were was as high as 976 micrograms in the suburban region of Liulihe. while walking the streets.

Several cities in the northern prov“It’s the worst day so far this year,” said Liu Feifie, a 36-year-old mother ince of Hebei, which surrounds BeiPhoto by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and Internet company employee. “I jing, also reported extremely polluted A woman uses a cloth to cover her face from pollutants as she walks past a feel my throat totally congested with air. construction building on a heavily polluted day in Beijing, Monday.

Beijing issued Inspectors from the Ministry of Enphlegm and it feels very itchy. But I’m more concerned about the health of vironmental Protection found some its highest smog alert of the year following air pollution in capital city reached construction projects flouted orders my 7-year-old kid.” hazardous levels as smog engulfed large parts of the country despite efforts to Readings of the tiny poisonous Monday to stop work that could raise clean up the foul air.

PM2.5 particles reached into the high dust, according to Xinhua.

600s micrograms per cubic meter through the capital, as compared with the World Health Organization safe level of 25. Some suburban neighbourhoods logged levels up in the 900s on Monday.

Outside a packed children’s hospital in downtown Beijing, parents and grandparents complained about the smog’s impact on small children and say the pollution has made their children vulnerable to illnesses such as throat infections and the flu.

“The government is supposed to be tackling the pollution, so we need THE ASSOCIATED PRESS to see the effects. If in a few years the situation does not change, we will MEXICO CITY — Mexconsider leaving,” said ico weathered a record Yin Lina, who brought eastern Pacific hurriher 5-year-old daughter to cane season with almost the hospital with a stuffed no deaths and relatively nose. little damage, given the Several hospitals in intensity of this year’s Beijing contacted by the storms.

AP declined to provide The U.S. National Ocefigures on patient visits, anic and Atmospheric Ador their symptoms, during ministration released its the period of smog.

2015 hurricane season reThe pollution spike is port Tuesday, saying that a reminder of China’s se“this is the first year since vere environmental chalreliable record keeping lenges as President Xi began in 1971 that the Jinping joins other world eastern Pacific saw nine leaders at the Paris climajor hurricanes,” which mate conference. are defined as Category 3 Factories and construcor higher with winds of at tion sites were told to releast 111 mph (178 kph). duce work after the city Turning to the worst of government on Sunday isthose storms, the report sued its first orange alert noted that Hurricane Pa— the second highest of tricia was “the strongest four warning levels — in hurricane on record in almost two years. the Western Hemisphere” China’s cities are just before it struck among the world’s dirtiest a sparsely populated after three decades of exstretch of Mexico’s Pacifplosive economic growth ic coast in October. But that led to construction while Patricia caused tens of hundreds of coal-fired of millions of dollars in power plants and the damage, there was no conspread of automobile firmed death attributed to ownership. the storm — or from any Communist leaders of the other eight major have tightened emissions hurricanes in the eastern standards and are investpacific this year. ing in solar, wind and oth$ Mexicans have woner renewable energy. But dered why the country esthe country still depends caped any major disaster, on coal for more than 60 and President Enrique per cent of its power.

Pena Nieto even attributBeijing has vowed to ed the lack of damage to clean up its notoriously prayer circles and “faith foul air and had been doof the Mexican people.” ing fairly well prior to the But Dr. Gerry Bell, the latest stretch of pollution, lead seasonal hurricane with generally cleaner air Started in 1961 - Registered Charity in 1986. forecaster at NOAA’s Clithan in 2014. mate Prediction Center, Since 2002, we have helped 11,453 families and individuals.

Tests found coal burnsaid the same thing that ing to be to blame for the Gave away 10,659 Christmas hampers and toys made Pacific hurricanes bulk of the latest polstronger — the El Nino lution surge, the official to 11,669 chrildren. weather phenomenon — Xinhua News Agency may have also made them said, citing Zhang Dawei, less deadly. El Nino is an head of the city’s environThe Christmas Bureau volunteers work all year long ocean-warming phenommental monitoring centre. to provide the less fortunate with a Merry Christmas. enon seen once every few Power demand soared years that can change due to unusually cold weather patterns globally. weather in November.

“El Nino made both For most of that month, the central and eastern the capital was shrouded Pacific hurricane seasons in persistent smog. more intense,” Bell wrote.

Air quality worsened “El Nino also caused the on Friday and deterioratstorms in the eastern Paed throughout the weekcific to form farther west end.

Authorities said they from the west coast of avoided issuing the highMexico, and to also track est-level alert because more westward. As a reconditions were forecast sult most of those storms to improve by Wednesday. remained over the open Beijing schools were ocean throughout their ordered to stop outdoor life.” activities. A primary Bell attributed the lack school in the Xicheng disof deaths from Patricia trict on the west side sent “to excellent responses a message to parents that from emergency managers classes were cancelled and citizens before the Tuesday. storm struck.”

Conditions were worsThe Atlantic hurricane ened by cold air that season was below normal, trapped pollutants near with 11 named storms. the ground, according to The 2015 hurricane seaZhang, the environment son ended Monday, and Office Hours: official. there is no telling what He said pollution from next year may be like.

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