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Masyk jailed for hit-andrun crash BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF In the end, a judge decided Jessica Lynn Masyk’s sentence wouldn’t be measured in months, but in years. Masyk, 26, was sentenced to one year in custody for the fatal hit and run of a Red Deer teen last May. Trystan Sorensen was killed after being struck by the car Masyk drove. At the time, Sorensen was longboarding on Hwy 592 west of Penhold with a friend. Masyk had recently had her driver’s licence suspended. Crown Prosecutor Ed Ring and de-
fence counsel Kaitlyn Perrin, of Calgary, had suggested Masyk serve a sentence of six to eight months. But in his ruling on Tuesday, judge John Holmes said the sentence should be one year. Masyk sat beside defence counsel. She wore a red sweater, black skirt and black tights with holes in them. She waived goodbye to her family as the sheriffs escorted her into custody. Masyk pleaded guilty to driving while unauthorized, failing to remain at the scene of a collision and public mischief for filing a false police report on Aug. 19 in Red Deer provincial court. Holmes said Trystan was an excep-
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Amy Sorensen and Harry Midgley pose with photos of Trystan Sorensen, their son and brother, respectively. tional young man who overcame many obstacles in his life and had a loving family. Amy Sorensen, Trystan’s mother, said she was relieved the lengthy matter had come to a conclusion. Trystan was killed on May 20, 2014.
Holmes called Masyk’s actions in the four days after the crash “callous in the extreme. She was only concerned with herself at the time.”
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Experts alarmed by rise in suicides BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF A 30 per cent rise in suicide in Alberta in the first six months of 2015 has to be addressed now, says a mental health expert. “If we do nothing, the worst is yet to come,” said Mara Grunau, executive director of the Centre for Suicide Prevention in Calgary. New statistics from Alberta’s medical examiner’s office show 327 suicides from January to June 2015 compared to 252 in the first six months of 2014. Last year suicides totalled 547. “Our rate in Alberta is high. More Albertans die by suicide then they do in fatal car collisions every year so we’re starting at a nasty spot, and now we’ve gone up,” Grunau said on Tuesday. “All of a sudden we’re seeing this climb. That to me is alarming.” She said blaming the increase strictly on job loss in Alberta’s oil-focused economy is not supported by research. “For every one per cent rise in unemployment, we get a .79 per cent uptake in suicide, however it’s usually a two-year delay until we get to that point. I’m not saying there aren’t people who have lost their jobs and killed themselves. I know there have been, on an individual level. But on a population level, it seems too quick to be that.” She said two years ago, Southern Alberta experienced massive flooding and Fort McMurray also suffered a huge flood deemed a natural disaster which could help explain the increase, but the data is not broken down. Grunau hoped the province can turn things around with the report from Mental Health Review. “It will be presented in January. I’m optimistic suicide prevention will be identified as a priority area. If we do something, we can curb what will happen two years from now with this latest catastrophe.”
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Students from Annie L. Gaetz Elementary School in Red Deer took to the stage at the CrossRoads Church Tuesday evening for their schools Christmas concert. The students from all grades at the school performed the musical Santa Goes Green. Some of the songs performed included It’s Our World, Power to the People, Recycle the Fruit Cake, the Greenhouse Effect, and Turn Off the Pump and Plug in the Sleigh. Family and fiends of the school in attendance were encouraged to bring a food donation for Loaves and Fishes.
Frustrated pool advocate steps down from board BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Pool advocate Jack Cuthbertson is passing the torch in the fight to build an aquatic centre in Red Deer. Cuthbertson stepped down in frustration recently as board chair of the Central Alberta Aquatics Centre group after eight years. “It gets a bit frustrating to deal with a council that won’t do anything,” said Cuthbertson. Cuthbertson is not convinced the pool will become a reality until the money is on the table. The city has the pool inked in the capital plan for construction starting in 2020 and completion in 2022. Some $93.9 million is
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‘WE NEED TO HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM CITY HALL BEFORE WE CAN GO OUT AND SAY TO PEOPLE WE ARE (FUNDRAISING).’ — JACK CUTHBERTSON allocated in funding over three years. “How much more will the price go up five years from now?” said Cuthbertson. Coun. Lynne Mulder asked about the financial implications of moving the project ahead four years so it would be ready in time for the 2019 Canada Winter Games during the
10-year capital plan debate in November. Roughly $83-million would have had to be added to the 2016 budget in order for the pool to be ready for the games. It was not something council wanted to tackle in 2016 without a clear funding plan. Cuthbertson said it is time council stopped using cost as the veto for moving ahead. The group will likely start fundraising for a pool once it is solidified in the city’s plan. Cuthbertson said there is no guarantee that it will start in 2020 because it is in the 10-year plan. The city funds projects in the first year of the 10-year plan.
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Man pleads guilty to refusing to provide a breath sample BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A sentence will come early in the new year for a Red Deer man who injured a teen in a hit-and-run collision in Mountview. Eric William Petty, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of refusing to provide a breath sample knowing that the operation of a motor vehicle caused an accident resulting in bodily harm. The plea was entered by his defence counsel, Chad Evans, on Tuesday in Red Deer provincial court. In the agreed statement of facts, it was noted that Petty was co-operative with police and showed significant concern for what had happened. Sentencing was adjourned to Jan. 5 in Red Deer provincial court. No criminal record was alleged by Crown Prosecutor Katie Clarey and no pre-sentence report was requested. Dery Wang, 18, was found injured on the side of the road near the intersection of 32nd Street and Mitchell Avenue. He was cycling to the Greyhound bus station to catch an early bus to Calgary to go to the Stampede on July 4, when he was hit. Wang was badly injured in the crash. He suffered broken bones and brain trauma, as blood had been cut off to his brain because of the injuries. Wang was stabilized at Red Deer Regional Hospital and then flown by STARS to Edmonton. Wang was in a coma for more than a month, but has recovered since the crash. A local fundraising group called 100 Men Red Deer, chose to donate their money this month towards Wang. The group of men agrees to donate $100 to a cause that is voted on by the group. The goal is to donate $10,000 to a cause.
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Red Deer Air Cadet commanding officer Ken Tucker addresses air cadet Will Kennedy during a full-dress parade at the Cormacks Armoury in Red Deer, Tuesday. Through this year, the Red Deer Air Cadets have been celebrating the 75th year of Air Cadets in Canada. The organization, which is open to youth aged 12-18, is rich in tradition and teaches youth the value of citizenship and leadership, says Damian LaGrange, public relations representative for the 24 Squadron Red Deer Air Cadets. ‘This is an amazing organization with lots of opportunity for local youth.’ Anyone interested in participating in the program can attend weekly drill nights each Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Armoury on 55 Street at 44 Avenue or visit www.reddeeraircadets.com.
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MASYK: Trystan’s ashes in court After the crash, Masyk exited her vehicle and looked around. She phoned a friend who told her to leave, which she did. Then she plotted with three acquaintances to cover up the crime. Two men drove her vehicle to a farmer’s field and set it on fire. The day after the crash, Masyk reported her vehicle stolen to Innisfail RCMP and implicated a man. Four days later, Masyk turned herself in to police. “In my mind, there is a significant aggravating factor; the cover-up efforts extended beyond a period of panic,” said Holmes. Sorensen pointed out the sentence was equivalent to what Steven Lagace, 30, got, one of the men who burned Masyk’s vehicle. Lagace and Logan Graham, 23, were previously convicted of burning Masyk’s vehicle. “Trystan doesn’t have to go out in the cold with us,” said Sorensen. She had brought Trystan’s ashes to each one of Masyk’s court appearances on these charges. “I miss him a lot, I wish things were different. But they’re not. It’s coming to terms with that and finding a way to live around it.” The ashes, a picture of Trystan and a petition asking for a minimum sentence for fatal hit and runs were placed on the bar between the gallery and the bench. On top of the year-long sentence, Holmes fined Masyk $1,000 for driving while unauthorized and prohibited her from driving for two-and-a-half years. Holmes also ordered Masyk to provide a sample of her DNA to the national database. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com
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the review that there be dedicated leadership for suicide prevention reporting to the premier, open and easy access to mental health care, research, public education, and more. Grunau said suicide prevention programs like Men at Risk help by reaching out to men who work in male-dominated industries, like the oil field and ranching, where men work isolated, high-risk jobs and are socialized not to seek help. But prevention requires a multi-pronged approach and it’s everyone’s responsibility, she said. “People who consider suicide don’t want to die. They want the pain of living to end. They don’t see a way out. We need to offer them a way out. If you see someone at risk, or suspect someone is at risk, be bold and ask them,” Grunau said. Trish McAllister, executive director of Red Deer’s Canadian Mental Health Association office, said the number of people looking for help has increased in the last three to four months. “Our calls are certainly way up. I wouldn’t have a percentage for you. But we certainly have seen our phone calls and walk-ins increase pretty significantly,” McAllister said. CMHA assists people living with mental illness and homelessness, but can also refer people to other community services. “We can’t fix job loses or fix the economy for people. But what we can is help them find resources to get through those tough times and know there is support in their community and in their family so they don’t feel so isolated. Often that’s the main issue. Those stresses build up and build up. People begin to feel more isolated and feel there is no other option. They need to know there are other options.” McAllister said it’s never one issue, like job loss, that pushes people to suicide. “It can certainly perhaps be a tipping point for some individuals. But it’s rarely one individual factor.” She said Central Alberta typically has a higher suicide rate. “Part of that is due to our rural composition. Some of that is isolation and lack of resources. Some of that is a rural mentality that we have to sort of buck up,” McAllister said. Lindsay Douglas, communications co-ordinator of the Distress Centre in Calgary, was also reluctant to directly relate the increase in suicides in Alberta to oil-patch layoffs. “It’s too early to tell and we just don’t have enough information,” Douglas said.
“Suicide is very complex issue. The stats are very basic. They don’t go into demographics, the age of people dying by suicide, or where they are in Alberta. So it’s hard for us to draw conclusions with the information we have.” The Distress Centre operates the Suicide Prevention Hotline and while calls to the line have increased, the reason is not clear. “Calls to our suicide prevention line are up, but we receive so few calls to that number that it could be a number of factors that are bringing the calls up. It could be just a few people calling frequently,” said Douglas about rural hotline for Southern Alberta, including Red Deer. She said the line receives only about 1,500 calls a year on average. “Even though we don’t receive a lot of calls, we think it’s really important to have that number, for people outside of Calgary or Edmonton to have a place to call when they’re struggling.” Not all calls to the hotline deal with suicide, but many do because it’s easily recognizable, she said. To contact the Suicide Prevention Hotline call 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433). Another toll-free resource is Alberta Mental Health Help Line at 1-877-303-2642. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com
POOL: New outlook with fresh ideas “We need to have a commitment from City Hall before we can go out and say to people we are (fundraising),” he said. Cuthbertson, however, is not stepping away from the group’s advocacy efforts. He will be in the background while a new chair, Brian Gallaway, takes the helm. He said the group needs a new outlook with fresh ideas because the project has been turned down so many times. Cuthbertson said there has been some progress with all the studies on the feasibility but the time is now to take the plunge and build the aquatics centre. “We’re going to keep at it,” he said. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com
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NDP move to limit debate on Bill 6 BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s NDP government has served notice it is limiting debate in the legislature on a contentious farm safety bill. Government house leader Brian Mason gave the required one day’s notice Tuesday that gives him the option of limiting debate to one hour on each of the final three stages of discussion on Bill 6. “It’s quite clear that the opposition is filibustering,” Mason later told reporters. “They’re trying to block the business of the house and we can’t allow paralysis of the assembly. There’s important business that needs to be attended to by the house, not just Bill 6.” Opposition members have been talking long into the night in recent sitting days to try to stall the bill and give farmers more time to voice their opposition. Farmers have organized convoys and protest rallies since the bill was introduced three weeks ago. They have shown up by the hundreds at public consultation sessions to berate cabinet ministers. The bill proposes workers’ compensation benefits and health and safety rules for paid workers on farms. Producers say that would bury their operations in red tape and hurt their ability to pass on their way of life to their children. Wildrose Leader Brian Jean, speaking at length on the bill Tuesday morning, said a filibuster is necessary. “The only power we have in this place as opposition is the power to speak,” he said. “The only opportunity we have is to stand up … to speak to the bill, to try to slow the process down so that farmers and ranchers can have their say — because they have not had their say.”
Jean said the government has limited consultation with farmers, so it follows that it would limit it in the legislature as well. Mason said he won’t automatically invoke the closure motion at each debate stage, but will do what is necessary to get the business of the house completed. Closure motions could see the house pass Bill 6 by Thursday or next Monday. The closure motion came after another loud, vitriolic question period. Both sides of the house shouted, pointed and banged on their desks. Some farm families looked on from the gallery. The Wildrose all but shouted down NDP backbencher Cam Westhead during his statement supporting the bill. Later, as tempers flared, Mason called out the Opposition as “goons” and “gangsters.” He later apologized. The proposed legislation calls for all paid farm workers to be covered under occupational health and safety rules starting Jan. 1 and to receive workers’ compensation benefits if injured. Farmers say they weren’t consulted and are demanding the government pull the bill to allow for more talks. The Opposition Wildrose and Progressive Conservatives have taken up that fight and say lack of consultation shows disrespect to farmers. The NDP is putting forward amendments this week to make it clear that the bill does not cover family members or volunteers who help out on a farm. Details — including specifics on occupational health and safety rules, employment standards and labour rights — are to be crafted over the coming year and farmers are to be involved every step of the way, Premier Rachel Notley has said.
Alberta has done its share for climate: minister BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s environment minister says the province is doing its share to fight climate change, even under a more stringent limit for global warming. “We have unveiled a robust package of policies that we believe signals our willingness to do our part,” Shannon Phillips said Tuesday from Paris, where she is attending an international climate conference. “We have taken our share of the responsibilities.” Her federal counterpart in Paris, Catherine McKenna, appeared on Tuesday to endorse a global goal of keeping SHANNON PHILLIPS rising temperatures to within 1.5 degrees of pre-industrial levels — lower than the previous goal of two degrees. “We support the Paris agreement having language that says we should aim and strive towards limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees,” McKenna’s spokeswoman, Caitlin Workman, said in an email. It wasn’t immediately clear whether it would become an actual target for Canadian policy. But Environment Canada said in an email later Tuesday that “Canada is … supportive of striving towards limiting global warming to 1.5 C.” The mark was proposed by low-lying island na-
tions most likely to be immediately affected by an increase in sea levels. Scientists have long endorsed the two-degree limit as the most that can be allowed before climate changes become too severe. Phillips declined to say if McKenna had told her in advance of Canada’s support for the lower limit. “Our officials are in contact with federal officials,” she said. “There are a number of different conversations that are underway.” Mike Hudema of Greenpeace said a 1.5-degree limit would put even more pressure on Alberta to reduce its emissions. He said if every province adopted policies similar to those outlined by Alberta before the conference, Canada wouldn’t even cut greenhouse gases enough to limit warming to two degrees. “The 1.5-degree targets mean that we need even greater reductions,” he said from Paris. “You can’t have the type of reductions that the science is demanding without Alberta doing a much bigger part. There aren’t enough reductions from the other provinces to meet the 100 megatonnes (of carbon) coming from the tar sands alone.” Phillips said reduction targets for each province are to be set co-operatively at a meeting held within 90 days of the Paris conference. Other provinces understand that Alberta’s economy is unique and benefits all of Canada, she said. “Different provinces have different abilities to reduce. I think the federal government understands that,” she said. “At no time have I had the sense from my federal counterpart or any other province that there is a lack of recognition of Alberta’s importance to the Canadian economy.”
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Man acquitted of aggravated assault A man at the centre of a nationwide warrant earlier this year was found not guilty of aggravated assault. John Timothy Knowles, 32, of Red Deer was acquitted of the allegations on Monday in Red Deer provincial court by Judge Jim Mitchell. A Canada-wide warrant was issued for Knowles arrest on a variety of charges on Feb. 5. He was arrested on Feb. 23. Since then numerous charges against Knowles have either ended in an acquittal or have been withdrawn. On July 22, charges including assault with a weapon were withdrawn by the Crown Prosecutor.
Crossing of highway in darkness near Edmonton proves deadly for siblings STONY PLAIN — Two sisters are dead after the car they were in collided with a semi west of Edmonton. The crash happened Monday evening at an intersection on Highway 16. RCMP at Stony Plain say it appears the car was trying to cross the highway when it was struck. The 20-year-old driver and her 15-year-old passenger died at the scene. A 60-year-old man who was at the wheel of the truck had minor injuries.
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WANG: Go Fund Me page available While typically choosing charitable organizations, 100 Men Red Deer chose to give money to Wang to help with the debts, hospital visit, planning, rehabilitation, teaching and daily living assistance that will be required for Wang and his family going forward. The group came up $1,900 short of their annual goal of raising $40,000. But on Monday night, they raised $9,100 for Wang. Anyone wanting to help the group reach their goal can donate to the Red Deer Food Bank, Central Alberta AIDS Network, Canadian National Institute for the Blind or Dery Wang’s Go Fund Me page, www.gofundme.com/na3rdjkk. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com
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Climate-change deniers need to change Denying the existence of global mind climate change — is a plague. warming will not rid the world of polSome of the responsibility for meetlution. ing the goals that will result from the Nor will denial save the millions of Paris talks rests with each of us. And lives either lost or irrepain Alberta, where so much rably damaged around the of our economy depends on world every year as the refossil fuels, and where exsult of despoiled air, water tracting oil sands bitumen and soil. creates an insufferable So why does the moveemissions volume, this is no ment to deny the presence small thing. of climate change and globThe effort is made more al warming exist? And why difficult because among have the deniers emerged us remains a rabble that from the smog again, as seems to be inspired by world leaders look for a way two things: a fear of losing to tackle global warming? economic well-being, and a As December dawned, lack of respect in science. JOHN world leaders gathered in It’s difficult to underSTEWART Paris to renew efforts to arstand why the health and rest climate change. After welfare of those around OPINION the leaders left COP21, the them, and of themselves, serious work of negotiating isn’t paramount. an agreement to limit global warming It should be easy to understand how began. And from all of this work, a costly an unhealthy workforce is to the deal seems certain. economy, today and into the future. If Whether that deal results in the they only believe in dollars and cents, member nations actually reaching for that should make sense to them. or hitting the targets remains to be Set aside the science that points seen. to global warming, an increase in exThe Kyoto Accord is proof that tar- treme weather events, and dramatic gets can be missed and ignored, partic- ecological changes that will follow ularly when a noisy segment of society from such alterations in the natural won’t concede that pollution — never order. Drill down instead to two crit-
ical issues in this debate: the multipronged devastation that pollution causes versus the desire to maintain the economic status quo at any cost. According to the Asthma Society of Canada, the “prevalence of asthma has been increasing over the 20 years and it is estimated that currently over three million Canadians have asthma.” Worldwide, asthma rates (including among children) rise on average by 50 per cent every decade, and rates are higher in urban settings. For this growing group, the future changes for the worse by the moment. Asthma triggers include chemicals, fumes, odours and air pollution. The cost is staggering: the asthma society says the condition is the third leading cause of missed work and the leading cause of school absenteeism in this country. And there are an estimated 146,000 Canadian emergency room visits a year due to asthma. According to Conference Board of Canada 2010 data, chronic lung diseases (among them asthma) cost Canadians $12 billion in health-related costs. More broadly, the World Health Organization says that in 2012, about seven million people died as the result of exposure to air pollution. That number represents one in eight deaths worldwide.
WHO said, in a report in 2014, “that air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk. Reducing air pollution could save millions of lives.” Water and soil pollution similarly cause profound human loss and suffering. Take your pick from a variety of cancers, multiple sclerosis, birth defects … the list is long and devastating. The stories of tragic loss are repeated around the globe, from “cancer villages” in China where whole communities are doomed because of years of exposure to pollution to above-normal cancer rates in Northern Alberta communities. In whose value system can this pollution-caused devastation be acceptable, even if it is accompanied by economic gain? We cannot blindly live in this moment. As much as deniers believe that the economic standards of today — and the status quo that includes a faltering environment — are all that matter, we really do need to be concerned about the future. It is time for the deniers to get onside. The world’s most fundamental problem must be solved — before we are all lost in the smog. Troy Media columnist John Stewart is a former Red Deer Advocate editor.
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Bigger dangers than working on farms Premier Notley says the goal of Bill 6, “has always been to regulate and protect paid farm workers” (Global News, Dec. 1). If reducing injuries and deaths is the Alberta goal then we should concentrate on activities where most injuries occur. In Canada injuries obtained during participation in some type of sports or exercise (35 per cent of total) were over twice that of the next riskiest activity (household chores, 15 per cent) and “two out of three injuries among adolescents were linked to sports,” according to Stats Canada. Injuries connected with sports or exercising were 2.5 times more common than injuries obtained while working at a job or business (14 per cent of injuries). If reduction in injuries is the real goal, imposition of severe rules and regulations on sporting activities and mandating Alberta Occupational Health and Safety involvement should be a much higher priority than the Farm Safety Bill. Also, since walking was associated with 12 per cent of all injuries in Canada, why don’t we consider banning walking under icy conditions? No one would agree with such approaches. However, if the government is not prepared to tackle the major causes of injury, is it not unethical to attack a small minority of Albertans in Bill 6? Common sense tells us that we will never be able to eliminate injuries and deaths in any industry even with major government involvement. All of which makes one wonder — is the real goal of Bill 6 the unionization of labour on farms and ranches? Gary (Matt) Mathison Edmonton
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Angry with Trudeau, Chretien not Canada’s response to terrorism In response to Mr. Franz letter. Not once did I mention Canada’s response to terrorism, I definitely said Trudeau, Goodale and Chretien. I am well aware of our contribution to the fight against terrorism. We lost men and women in Afghanistan, twin towers so on and so on. I truly am proud of Canada’s contribution to the world. Again, Trudeau’s response was embarrassing, he did not acknowledge the horrendous event that occurred in France. The point I am trying to make is that we want our leader to respond. We want him to speak on our behalf to people of France or the world. We want a thoughtful, sympathetic, condolences extended. He is our prime minister — speak on our behalf acknowledge the pain, sorrow, suffering the world suffers, does not mean he has to commit to anything, would it kill him to say we as Canadians are sorry for your lost. As well at the G20 he was an embarrassment. Russia and the rest of the world united to stand behind France. Did we? Then to make matters worse he shakes (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s hand and tells him to get out of Ukraine, what was he thinking? At the summit, he was notably out of his league. He looked like an adolescent, does he not have senior advisors to guide him through? Then he acts like a rock star, taking selfies risking his and his high paid security squad. Now he’s off to the Manila same reckless behaviour. I want my prime minister to act like a grown up. The refugees. We must help somehow, we cannot
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turn them away. As well we must make sure that Canadians are looked after first. What is there about us that we disconnect from our people, our people are hungry, without jobs, ever year the hue and cry regarding the homeless. Charity begins at home. Now we are paying for the nanny — all working parents pay for child care so should he. That should be only an expense when he attends affairs of state. Another point I’d like to make. We are going to send trainers to help. Now we all know the ISIL response will be — Oh we won’t shoot you — you are just trainers and leave that personnel alone. Are you kidding? We are basically sending in ground forces without air support. Let’s use our heads here, we need to have those planes there to back up the ground force to protect them from being butchered. The world is calling for an allied front to fight terrorism. (UK Prime Minister David) Cameron as far as I’m concerned dismissed Trudeau as the fluff he is. These are my observations and I did not always agree with Harper. He at least had a bit of common sense as compared to the trust fund baby who really has no credentials, no education, no experience and it shows. I cannot imagine the next few years. His cabinet, his response to gender equality “it’s 2015” so therefore my gender is the high water mark to head a portfolio. I have never heard anything so ridiculous. I want my cabinet ministers to have the knowledge the expertise, the one I see who was chosen for what she had to bring to the table is the justice minster. She has more experience, knowledge and smarts than Trudeau. Lucille Gaumond Red Deer
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Alain Bouchard, left, with Canada’s Public Health Agency, and Tim Bowen, with Canadian Border Services at the arrival facilities for Syrian refugees in Montreal.
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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The decision to extend through February the deadline to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees in Canada was a good compromise on a program the world is watching closely, says the head of the International Organization for Migration. There was never any doubt the Liberals would follow through on a campaign promise of a major Syrian relief program, the group’s director general William Swing said Tuesday. But the logistics required to meet their goal by year’s end were simply too daunting, he said. “As we worked through this, talking to our Canadian counterparts both in Beirut, Amman and Ankara and here in Ottawa, we realized that it’s just physically not possible to bring 25,000 in by the end of this year,” said Swing. “So we’ve come up with, I think, a good compromise — roughly three months until around the 1st of March, that’s what’s been agreed to and we’ll just see how that goes. That, I think, gives us a little more breathing space.” The UN has registered more than 4.28 million refugees from Syria and has asked countries to take in a minimum of 130,000 people by the end of next year. That’s not including millions who’ve left camps and other temporary accom-
modation and travelled by land or sea to European countries to seek asylum on their own. Canada’s program meets a major need, Swing said, but he wouldn’t address whether it was one that required the deadline the Liberals attached. “That’s a judgment, a policy judgment the government has to make,” he said. “It’s urgent in the sense it sends a good positive signal to others that if Canada can do it, perhaps they should look at also following suit in that sense. Clearly, it’s been a good step from our point of view.” For the Syrian program, the IOM is helping run Canadian centres in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey that are now processing hundreds of cases a day — 700 in Jordan, and about half that in Beirut, he says — in a bid to resettle at least 10,000 people to Canada by year’s end, and a further 15,000 people by the end of February. “We’re quite optimistic about this and we’re very upbeat,” he said. “We think this is a humanitarian act that reflects a lot of political courage and leadership and vision.” It’s still unclear exactly when the first charter flights carrying Syrians will begin arriving at the Toronto and Montreal airports. Though the prime minister has said it could be this week, Swing suggested it may not be until next week.
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to provide services,” she said. Provincial officials also said Tuesday they’re getting ready to roll out the welcome mat. Ontario Immigration Minister Michael Chan and Health Minister Eric Hoskins were to hold a special advisory meeting on refugees Tuesday afternoon with various government and community organizations to discuss housing, education and health-care planning for the refugees.
A: The holiday season is a time for overindulging on just about every score. The first thing any dentist is going to warn you about are 'sweets'. That is sort of a catch-all term, but at this time of year there seem to be many sticky, hard, and very sugary foods served. Some of them even hang on Christmas trees and I have seen kids with red and green faces because they sucked on candy canes non-stop. These are hopefully enjoyed in moderation, and always encourage them to drink lots of water and brush as often as you can terrorize them into doing! We see lots of citrus fruits – specifically Mandarin oranges (my favourite). It's easy to regard them as totally healthy, but they are very high in critic acids and can erode tooth enamel. Lest we forget those who celebrate – don't forget about the adult (big kids only) beverages such as copious quantities of wine. They tend to stain teeth because of chromogens which produce teeth discolouring pigments. They also contain tannins which make your teeth sticky, making the staining process worse. If you imbibe in white wine only you're not out of the woods because it contains erosive acids which allow staining from other foods and drinks to more easily penetrate your teeth. There must be something good – right? You'll never see more cookies and biscuits than this time of year. Stick to gingerbread if you can, as it has less sugar. There will be less gluten sticking to your teeth and less bacteria damaging your enamel. The stereotypical turkey is usually lean and healthy, and full of great nutrients like phosphorus which promote strong teeth. Nuts are good overall, except in the dental office we often see chipped teeth that are casualties of holiday season nuts. They help in production of saliva, which washes bacteria from your mouth and neutralizes corrosive acids. The very simple act of swishing water around in your mouth when you cannot (or choose not to) brush is vastly underrated. I encourage you to almost make a game of it with your grandchildren. You'll assist them with their oral health, and not be seen as a nagging grandma (not that you even remotely sound like one). At the risk of sounding repetitious – if anything goes into your mouth except for water – you better be brushing and flossing!
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Dear Dr. D: I have a houseful of grandchildren coming for the Christmas holidays, and it seems to be a non-stop eating and snack fest. I'm the grandma who is always harping on the lot of them already about not eating junk food and brushing their teeth. Their parents don't seem to give me the support on that issue. What are the worst holiday foods for kids – (big and small)?
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Duffy says his Senate appointment was meant to boost Harper OTTAWA — Sen. Mike Duffy says former prime minister Stephen Harper appointed him and other previously non-partisan people to the Senate to help the Conservative party’s image and attract voters. “What they were trying to do was put people in the Senate who would, in effect, provide third-party validation of Stephen Harper as someone Canadians can trust,” Duffy told Ontario Justice Charles Vaillancourt, noting that in 2008, many voters were still unsure about Harper. It was the first time Duffy has spoken publicly since he stood briefly to plead “not guilty” to the 31 charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery back when the trial started in April. The 69-year-old is much thinner now and so is the crowd in the courtroom, much of the excitement around the affair having evaporated with the October electoral defeat of the Conservative government. Duffy has long waited to tell his side of the story on his contested living and office expenses and the clandestine $90,000 he received from Harper’s chief of staff Nigel Wright to repay some of those claims. Duffy has maintained that he was railroaded by Harper’s staff into repaying the claims, when he never thought he had done anything wrong. “Nothing in my life … has been simple or straightforward,” Duffy told his defence lawyer, Donald Bayne, at one point.
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OTTAWA — The leaders of Canada’s First Nations swaddled Justin Trudeau in a ceremonial blanket Tuesday as they embraced the newly elected prime minister’s commitment to what he called a “sacred obligation” to the country’s Aboriginal Peoples. Trudeau didn’t show up empty-handed, either. The Liberal government will lift a long-standing two per cent cap on federal funding for First Nations communities, he told the Assembly of First Nations gathering — that, despite mounting economic and political pressure on the federal pocketbook. He said the Liberals would also provide additional money for long-awaited education reforms to be led by First Nations communities themselves, an-
RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015 A7 other long-standing sticking point with the previous Conservative government. And he repeated one of the most anticipated promises of the 2015 campaign: to investigate the tragedy of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. Three of his cabinet lieutenants kicked off the first consultative phase of what will be a federal inquiry next year. “I promise you that I will be your partner in the years to come, and hope that you will be mine,” Trudeau said. The removal of the funding cap, which was imposed originally to keep transfer payments in line with inflation, has been at the top of the First Nations wish list for years. Critics say it has long since fallen out of step with a growing aboriginal population across the country. “As you know, that limit has been in place for nearly 20 years,” Trudeau said of the cap, which he said would disappear in the government’s first budget. “It hasn’t kept up with the demographic realities of your communities, nor the actual costs of program delivery.”
Liberals face data deficit in deciding on infrastructure spending: documents OTTAWA — The Liberal government lacks data and information to make strategic decisions on how best to use the billions of dollars in its highly touted infrastructure plan, briefing documents say. The Liberals have made it a point to say that they want to make policy decisions based on the best available evidence. It’s an off-shoot of their campaign criticism of the previous Conservative government’s policy-making process. Briefing material provided to Amarjeet Sohi, the country’s new infrastructure minister, suggests the government will have to rely on limited data on the state of roads, bridges, highways, water and sewer systems when deciding where to spend money. The documents, newly obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act, say the federal government will not be able to make “strategic, evidence-based investment decisions” without better information. Infrastructure Canada officials even suggested the government could pay for its own research about the socalled infrastructure deficit, which has been estimated to range from $50 billion to $130 billion. Various studies take different paths to arrive at different financial figures. While there is no national database on specific pieces of infrastructure that need work, municipalities keep detailed information on the state of their infrastructure that they use when prioritizing work and applying for federal funding.
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Islamic school shuttered FEARS BACKLASH AFTER TERROR ALLEGATIONS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Canadian branch of a controversial Islamic foundation suspended classes over safety concerns Tuesday following a report that four of its former students left Canada to join a terrorist group in Syria. The Al Huda Institute Canada said it closed its doors after CBC News reported that one woman who attended its religious classes left to support ISIL while three others also left for the country but were intercepted by Turkish authorities and sent back to Canada. The institute said it first heard about the allegations on Monday night. “Law enforcement authorities have never brought forward any allegations that four girls associated with the institute travelled to join terrorist organizations,” said Imran Haq, the institute’s operations manager. “In addition, the institute has no knowledge as to the identity of these individuals and as such, cannot confirm whether or not they were enrolled in the institute, for how long, or any other related information.” Haq said the institute was “committed” to working with authorities to address the allegations. It’s unclear when the former students are alleged to have travelled overseas. The institute, located in Mississauga, Ont., was first thrust into the spotlight on Monday after it emerged that the woman who carried out last week’s mass shooting in California attended one of its affiliate religious schools in Pakistan.
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The entrance to the Al-Huda madrassa, or Islamic religious school, in Mississauga, Ont., on Monday. The Canadian branch of an Islamic foundation distanced itself Monday from the woman who carried out last week’s mass shooting in California following reports she had attended one of the group’s schools in Pakistan. That led the Ontario-based school to publicly distance itself from Tashfeen Malik and her husband, condemn their attack which left 14 people dead and 21 wounded, and emphasize that there was a difference between religious conservatism and extremism. “Al Huda Institute Canada provides authentic Islamic knowledge which is based on compassion, mercy, and tol-
erance,” Haq said. “It unequivocally condemns violence and terrorism.” The institute runs religious courses for women, but also runs a private elementary school. The attention the school has received this week has put staff and students “at risk of backlash,” Haq said. The institute has contacted local police with their concerns, and are re-
ceiving support from them, he said. The institute’s elementary school is registered with the province, but Education Minister Liz Sandals noted that such private institutions are not required to hire accredited teachers or have the Ontario curriculum. “We literally have no oversight over elementary private schools,” she said. “I do not have any legal authority to tell an elementary private school what to teach.” The institute in Mississauga was founded in 2005 by Farhat Hashmi, a Pakistani scholar who once lived in Canada. It is among a number of branches across Pakistan, the U.S. and the U.K. which all teach ideology and principles she has promoted. Hashmi, who has a doctorate in Islamic studies from the University of Glasgow in Scotland, has been criticized for being very conservative and promoting an oppressive interpretation of Islam. Haq has defended Hashmi, saying her teachings have been “well-received” by students and are “relevant to Muslims all around the world. The Al Huda International Welfare Foundation has spoken out since its link to the California shootings surfaced, saying Malik seemed “unable to understand the beautiful message of the Qur’an.” “We cannot be held responsible for personal acts of any of our students,” said the statement posted on Hashmi’s and the foundation’s website. “The organization stands to promote the peaceful message of Islam and denounce extremism, violence and acts of terrorism.”
Four Mounties suspended over discreditable conduct allegations BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WOODSTOCK, N.B. — The top Mountie in New Brunswick says the suspension of four RCMP members from the Woodstock area while they are investigated for allegations of discreditable conduct is troubling for the force. “I’m probably puzzled as much as you are and saying to myself, how could this happen where I have four police officers in one detachment suspended?” Assistant Commissioner Roger Brown told a news conference Tuesday in Fredericton. Brown said he can’t get into specif-
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tigation and there were several incidents that resulted in the suspensions, Brown said. All four members of the RCMP have been suspended with pay but Brown said he is pursuing suspension without pay in two of the cases. He said it’s significant to have four members suspended from a detachment of 20 officers. “It’s very embarrassing for me as a commanding officer to be before you and tell you that I’ve had to suspend four of our own. These members now have to account for their actions,” he said. Brown said he doesn’t know if there could be more officers suspended and
will let the investigations run their course and take as long as necessary. “When I get to the bottom of this I will make the appropriate decisions that have to be made moving forward, up to and including, if warranted, that these individuals are no longer members of the (Royal Canadian) Mounted Police,” Brown said. He said the suspensions should not take away from the good work being done by police across the province. “The conduct of members of the RCMP is rightfully held to a higher standard,” Brown said. “These suspensions are troubling but I can assure the public we are taking these matters very seriously.”
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A8 Sub-zero policy rate an option BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is saying for the first time that it would consider pushing its trend-setting interest rate below zero if the country ever suffered another major economic shock such as the financial crisis. In prepared remarks of a speech Tuesday, governor Stephen Poloz said the option of a negative key interest rate was now among several potential unconventional monetary policy tools the bank could apply in an unlikely crisis scenario. The central bank, he said, STEPHEN POLOZ has moved its “effective lower bound” — or its floor — for the benchmark rate into sub-zero territory for the first time, dropping it to
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negative 0.5 per cent from the positive 0.25-per-cent mark it set in 2009. The bank’s rate is now 0.5 per cent. There could be limitations on the impact of such a move, Poloz said. “While we now believe that interest rates can be pushed below zero, there still is a lower bound,” Poloz said in the speech at the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto. “So we can’t be cavalier about how much more room to manoeuvre we have. Further, there is evidence that consumers and businesses respond less to interest-rate declines when interest rates are already very low.” Poloz, however, stressed that the fact he listed new unconventional monetary measures should in no way be taken as a sign the bank is about to use any of them. He reiterated his optimism for the Canadian economy and reaffirmed his projection it was strengthening despite the pain of persistently low resource prices. The non-resource sectors, Poloz added, have continued to strengthen. “Given this outlook, it may seem like an odd time
to be updating our unconventional monetary policy tool kit,” he said. “I certainly hope we won’t ever have to use these tools. However, in an uncertain world, a central bank has to be prepared for all eventualities.” Poloz said after examining the experiences of other countries since the financial crisis, the bank added new potential remedies to a cabinet already stocked with options like forward guidance and large-scale asset purchases, also known as quantitative easing. The bank used a form of forward guidance in 2009 when it committed to keep the key rate unchanged for a year as long as there was no change in the inflation outlook. On Tuesday, Poloz announced another new unconventional measure added to the bank’s arsenal: funding for credit. The option would ensure economically important sectors had continued access to funding even when the credit supply was impaired, Poloz said. Poloz also said fiscal stimulus tends to be a more powerful tool than monetary policy in extreme crises.
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Oilfield workers drill into the Gypsum Hills near Medicine Lodge, Kan. With OPEC unwilling to cut back on production, low oil prices seem almost guaranteed for at least the next few months. A boom in production from countries outside of OPEC, particularly the U.S., has filled storage tanks at the same time that economic growth has cooled or disappeared in most economies except the U.S. Analysts expect that imbalance in supply and demand to be corrected in the second half of 2016.
Annual pace of housing starts picks up in November BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Canadian housing market continued to show signs of strength as the annual pace of housing starts in November came in faster than expected. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Tuesday the annual pace increased to 211,916 units in November compared with 197,712 units in October. That compared with the 197,300 that had been expected by economists, according to Thomson Reuters. “Canadian homebuilding activity remains robust, and accelerating momentum through the latter stages of 2015 will likely catch the eye of policy-makers currently stewing over the strength in real estate,” Bank of Montreal senior economist Robert Kavcic said. Overall, the rate of urban starts increased by 7.7 per cent in November to 195,121, boosted by a gain in multi-unit starts that increased by 13.2 per cent to 137,898. Single-detached urban starts fell 3.6 per cent to 57,223 units. The pace of urban starts increased in the Prairies, Ontario and Atlantic Canada, but fell in British Columbia and Quebec.
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CMHC chief economist Bob Dugan noted that rising single home prices continue to support demand for multi-home starts. “However, inventory management is necessary to make sure that these units do not remain unsold upon completion,” Dugan said. Rural starts were estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 16,795 units. The strength of the Canadian housing market is being closely watched. New home construction in Canada has picked up strength in the second half of this year after a weak start to 2015. “Looking forward, relatively tight housing market conditions in Ontario and B.C. may continue to encourage a relatively lofty pace of new home construction at least through the first half of 2016,” TD Bank economist Diana Petramala said. “However, the combination of weaker economic growth and rising longer-term borrowing rates in Canada will likely pull some of the steam out of housing activity overall next year.” The six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates for housing starts across the country was 208,401 units in November, up from 206,125 in October. and $2.6 billion. It also says 2015 total capital spending is on track to be within previously announced guidance of $3 billion. The company says next year’s sustaining and maintenance costs will be 15 to 20 per cent below the historical average of $3 billion but it hasn’t disclosed the level of this spending in 2015. Husky says the 2016 capital budget includes between $700 million and $800 million on its heavy oil projects and $100 million on oilsands. It also plans to spend at least $400 million each in its other upstream operations in Atlantic Canada, Western Canada and the Asia Pacific region and $800 million on its North American refineries. Husky also plans to speed up for the sale of some production assets in Western Canada and is considering a partial sale of some midstream assets in the Lloydminster region but not any downstream assets such as the Lloydminster upgrader.
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Bill Ramji, Carnival Cinemas owner-operator, takes a break from overseeing the construction on the theatre. Crews have been renovating the threatre since August and are expected to wrap up by lateJanuary.
Entrance relocated as part of theatre renovation BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Carnival Cinemas owner-operator Bill Ramji knew it was physically impossible to turn a building around so he did the next best thing. He shifted the main entrance on 5402-47 St. to the north from south side of the theatre. The move was in response to the city’s expropriation of the land in front of the theatre’s main entrance to create the new Alexander Way and Taylor Drive intersection. “By putting the parking lot in the back, we just could not have the people walk around the building,” said Ramji. “Hence we had to be creative.”
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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 130.57 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 33.56 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.77 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.37 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.15 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.31 Cdn. National Railway . . 72.98 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 171.64 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 29.88 Capital Power Corp . . . . 16.30 Cervus Equipment Corp 14.29 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 50.90 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 41.86 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 17.96 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.93 General Motors Co. . . . . 35.48 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.11 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.76 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 40.29 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 34.54 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 40.77 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 4.35 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 41.02 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 123.49 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.61 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.41 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 66.15 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American stock markets posted triple-digit losses for a second consecutive session Tuesday amid a global sell-off triggered by yet another report signalling a continuing slowdown in China’s economy. At the close, the S&P/TSX composite index was down 120.36 points at 12,922.47 as the price of oil steadied in a range near seven-year lows. That followed a big drop in crude on Monday that helped send Canada’s main market down more than 300 points or some 2.4 per cent. Meanwhile, the commodity-sensitive Canadian dollar continued its decline, falling 0.40 of a cent to 73.60 cents U.S., a low last seen in June 2004. U.S. markets were also deeply in the red amid heavy selling of raw material and energy stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 162.51 points to 17,568.00 after falling 117 points on Monday, while the broader S&P 500 was 13.48 points lower at 2,063.59 and the Nasdaq edged down 3.57 points to 5,098.24. On commodity markets, the January contract for benchmark U.S. crude oil ended the session 14 cents lower at US$37.51 a barrel, while January natural gas was unchanged at US$2.07 per mmBtu and February gold was up a dime at US$1.075.30 an ounce. In economic news, customs data from China showed that exports from the world’s second-largest economy fell 6.8 per cent in November, worse than October’s 3.6 per cent decline, while imports contracted 8.7 per cent. China accounts for as much as 40 per cent to 50 per cent of global commodity demand, ac-
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BRIEF Alberta Securities Commission accuses man of defrauding Facebook investors CALGARY — The Alberta Securities Commission is accusing a Calgary man of defrauding investors looking to buy shares in Facebook’s initial public offering out of more than $1.5 million. S e c u r i t i e s commission officials have issued a notice of hearing for Nelson Peter Bradbury. They allege he lied to investors about his having an inside track on Facebook Inc. initial shares, how he intended to use their money and how he’d be paid. They also allege Bradbury converted investment funds for his personal use, used them to pay returns to other investors and provided false records. Bradbury is also accused of handling investment contracts without proper registration and without a prospectus or exemption. None of the allegations has been proven. A hearing is to take place next February in Calgary. Facebook went public in May 2012 with a market value of more than $100 billion. The price per share was $38. The current stock price for Facebook
Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 22.04 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.93 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.61 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 20.00 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 10.23 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.86 First Quantum Minerals . . 4.40 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 16.27 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.21 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.61 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.56 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 24.26 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.68 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 4.77 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 16.59 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 23.08 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 49.37 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.89 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 19.31 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 28.85 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 8.16 Canyon Services Group. . 3.74 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 18.61 CWC Well Services . . . . . 0.09 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 9.13 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 0.50 cording to consultants PwC. “For the most part, the global sell-off started with the report from China, which is the fifth consecutive month showing continued weakness in the economy,” said Benjamin Jang, portfolio manager, Nicola Wealth Management in Vancouver. “There’s additional concern over (China’s) currency reserves, but really, the headline concern is again the exports falling in light of a market where we’re heading into the Christmas season.” That sparked selling in Asia, where China’s Shanghai Composite lost 1.9 per cent and Japan’s Nikkei 225 finished one per cent lower. In Europe, Germany’s DAX lost two per cent, France’s CAC-40 fell 1.6 per cent and Britain’s FTSE 100 declined 1.4 per cent. Jang described it as “kind of interesting” that markets have been driven lower by the news from China, describing it as “a phenomenon that maybe reflects the new positioning in terms of investors’ mindset” that perhaps even poor economic data won’t necessarily result in increased government stimulus. “So going forward … I think that, on a relative basis, with lessening government intervention, the markets are left to kind of support themselves and they are going to trade more in line with fundamentals,” he said.
Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 74.63 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 36.27 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.44 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 15.57 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 40.48 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.11 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.080 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 4.66 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 34.95 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.630 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 1.97 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 35.29 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.10 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 77.27 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 57.46 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.45 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 23.38 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 34.80 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 36.18 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 89.16 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.07 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 42.17 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.65 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 74.30 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 43.43 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.15
3.57 points Currencies: Cdn — 73.60 cents US, down 0.40 of a cent Pound — C$2.0392, up 0.54 of a cent Euro — C$1.4802, up 1.44 cents Euro — US$1.0894, up 0.47 of a cent Oil futures: US$37.51 per barrel, down 14 cents (January contract) Gold futures: US$1,075.30 per oz., up 10 cents (February contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $19.986 oz., down 16.9 cents $642.55 kg., down $5.43
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Tuesday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,922.45, down 120.38 points Dow — 17,568.00, down 162.51 points S&P 500 — 2,063.59, down 13.48 points Nasdaq — 5,098.24, down
ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Jan. ‘16 $3.90 higher $473.30 March ‘16 $4.40 higher $483.20 May ‘16 $4.30 higher $491.10 July ‘16 $3.50 higher $496.50 Nov. ‘16 $1.50 higher $493.90 Jan. ‘17 $0.70 higher $496.50 March ‘17 unchanged $496.00 May ‘17 unchanged $496.00 July ‘17 unchanged $496.00 Nov. ‘17 unchanged $496.00 Jan. ‘18 unchanged $496.00. 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: 835,360 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 835,360.
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Deal would see Chinese company design and build Cape Breton container port SYDNEY, N.S. — A Chinese company has signed an agreement that would see it design and build the proposed container port in Sydney, N.S. H a r b o r - P o r t Development Partners, the firm behind the development of the port, says it has come to an agreement with China Communications Construction Company Ltd. The deal would see the Chinese company provide container cranes and other portrelated equipment. The company would also conduct an overall feasibility study.
B.C. turbo charges tech sector and jobs strategy with $100M venture capital fund VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government is betting on the potential success of technology startups to boost job creation across the province. Premier Christy Clark announced a $100-million venture capital fund to give early-stage tech entrepreneurs access to money that will help grow their businesses. She said the money will address the difficulty entrepreneurs face
MONTREAL — Canadian Pacific Railway has dropped the gloves in its battle to acquire Norfolk Southern after the U.S. railway immediately rejected a revised takeover offer. The Calgary-based company enlisted the help of activist U.S. investor Bill Ackman to challenge the qualifications of Norfolk Southern CEO James Squires and opened the door to launching a hostile bid if the board of the Virginia company continues to oppose negotiations. “We are going to work and do everything at our disposal to get this to the shareholders and get a resolution to it,” Canadian Pacific chief executive Hunter Harrison said Tuesday during a conference call. “If that calls for a proxy, so be it.” After initially trying to strike a friendly deal, Canadian Pacific is now adopting the playbook successfully led by Ackman in 2012 to overhaul Canadian Pacific. Ackman, a large shareholder in Canadian Pacific, said Norfolk Southern’s opposition is the same response he faced when he moved to replace Canadian Pacific’s old guard. They denigrated Harrison’s plan to improve efficiency as “unrealistic and unachievable,” but under his leadership, costs were lowered ahead of schedule, Ackman said. Harrison can bring about the same turnaround for Norfolk Southern, ultimately resulting in a merged company that would become North America’s largest railway, Ackman said. “What I like about 71-year-old CEOs is they’re motivated to get things done promptly,” Ackman said of Harrison during the call. Canadian Pacific (TSX:CP) said in a
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CARNIVAL: Set to reopen in January But it may be a blessing in disguise as the low-cost theatre will boast a whole new look with a new lobby, concessions and six tills — up one — when the renovations are finished by the end of January. It will also feature a new birthday room, boardroom and offices on the second floor. Ramji said the theatre wants to expand on its offerings before the matinees begin in the afternoon. “Even though we are open for matinees seven days a week, we still have that gap from first thing in the morning until 12:30 p.m.,” said Ramji. “People love it because of the big screens and they can do their big PowerPoint presentations whether it is a group of 10 or 100 people.” Because of the public demand, the
letter to Norfolk Southern’s CEO that under the amended bid, his company’s shareholders would own 47 per cent of the newly merged company, up from 41 per cent. The revised deal would see Norfolk Southern shareholders receive $32.86 in cash and 0.451 shares of stock in the combined company — a bid Canadian Pacific characterized as a “substantially more financially attractive offer.” The offer put forth last month would have seen Norfolk Southern shareholders receive $46.72 in cash and 0.348 shares in the new railroad. Although the revised offer contains less cash and more equity than the one put forward a month ago, shareholders would receive them in May instead of the end of 2017. Canadian Pacific said it believes the total value of the stock and cash offer to Norfolk Southern shareholders will be worth US$125 to US$140 per share in May when one of the railways, likely Canadian Pacific, is put into a voting trust and shares of the new company begin to trade. Harrison would quit and sever all financial ties with Canadian Pacific to run Norfolk Southern until 2018 or 2019, when Canadian Pacific chief operating officer Keith Creel would take over to run the merged company. The two companies would merge in the fall of 2017 after the U.S. regulator gives its approval. If the merger isn’t sanctioned, the voting trust would end and the two companies would cut ties, with Harrison remaining at the helm of Norfolk Southern. Ackman said he hopes large shareholders in Norfolk Southern who have approached Canadian Pacific will call their company’s board and management to convince them to “come to their senses.” theatre will start taking debit cards for purchases when construction is completed. Currently it is cash only with an ATM in the lobby. One of the trade offs is reducing the number of theatres to six from eight. He said logistically it was not possible to rebuild two new theatres after rebuilding the new lobby area. “I wasn’t too happy about shutting down two auditoriums but hopefully we will have an eatery in the old area,” said Ramji. Ramji is in talks to bring Subway and possibly a coffee shop into the theatre. Carnival Cinemas has been screening second run movies since 1996 and is coming up on its 20th anniversary in May. “When we first started, I was quite worried,” he said. “We went through quite a roller-coaster ride to locate here.” Ramji said they looked at five different sites and finally landed on the site in Riverlands. He is hopeful that the new plan for Riverlands will bring more foot traffic to the area and into his theatre. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com
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Dear Annie: My boyfriend and I have been dating dren really act? Should I bother? for 18 months and would like to move in together and I was raised in a loving respectful home and feel eventually marry. totally out of my element. — Heartbroken in CaliforIt would be a second marriage for both of us. He nia has been divorced for four years and has Dear Heartbroken: Becoming a stepparthree children who are just into their ent can be difficult and it doesn’t help that teens. I have no children, but have been your boyfriend closes his eyes to the probactively involved in the lives of my many lem. nieces and nephews, and the children of If his children are violent toward each my friends. other and other family members, he is unHis kids are the problem. I’m ready doubtedly aware of it, but unwilling to deal to give up the best relationship of my with it. life because of them. They curse me, Teenagers can be notoriously rebelblatantly disrespect me, and are generlious, even under the best of circumstancally unpleasant to be around. They are es. And their mother could be influencing physically and verbally violent toward them negatively, as well. each other, their peers and other family You need to be extremely kind and pamembers. They lie and are disrespectful tient, but the cursing, lying and disrespect MITCHELL of adults and authority. They gossip and must end. And that will happen only if your & SUGAR spread rumors. boyfriend insists on it. I’ve told my boyfriend about their bad Please ask him about family counseling ANNIE behavior, but they are well-mannered before the relationship disintegrates. Also, and courteous in his presence, so he look into the National Stepfamily Resource claims not to see it. Center (stepfamilies.info). I’ve attempted a heart-to-heart with them, only Dear Annie: It’s taken a while, but I want to reto be mocked, have my words twisted and lies told spond to “Forever Trapped,” who feels she was born about me. I am currently taking anti-anxiety medica- the wrong gender, but worries about surgical solution over this situation. tions. How can I convince my boyfriend how his chilMy son (he was born female, but is living his life
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as a male) was also confused. When younger, he exhibited so much male behavior that I thought he was a lesbian, but that wasn’t it. He realized he was transgendered and transitioned from female to male many years ago. He had surgery, and you now cannot tell he was ever female. My son is happily married, living as a gay man in the Boston area. There is nothing wrong with “Forever Trapped.” Her gender identity didn’t match her body. I hope she can find a therapist who works with the transgendered community. Surgery is expensive and not covered by insurance. Please don’t give up. Be the person you were meant to be. — Proud Parent of a Transgendered Son Dear Parent: We wish all parents would be as accepting and supportive as you. Thank you for writing. Dear Readers: Sunday, Dec. 13, is The Compassionate Friends’ Worldwide Candle Lighting in memory of all the children who have died. Please light a candle in the evening at 7 p.m., local time, and remember them with love. For more information, log on to compassionatefriends.org. 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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A rough-legged Hawk soars through the sky near Slack Slough with an eye looking below most certainly searching for a meal earlier this year. The roughlegged hawk spends the summer capturing lemmings on the Arctic tundra, tending a cliffside nest under a sun that never sets. Winter is the time to see this large, open-country hawk in southern Canada, where it is on the hunt for small rodents.
HOROSCOPE friends, neighbours and local Wednesday, Dec. 9 CELEBRITIES BORN ON community identities. RelationTHIS DATE: Judy Dench, 80; ships with family members will John Malkovich, 61; Joshua Bell, test your patience but keep your cool — and your sense of per47 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: To- spective. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): day’s positive aspects are fabulous for anything new and excit- The stars are wonderful for love and romance. Attached Librans ing. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You ap- — it’s time to shake up a stale pear much more confident on the relationship. Singles ñ you could outside than you feel on the in- meet your soul mate via a surside. 2016 is the year to become prise introduction from a friend. SCORPIO (Oct. more aware of your 23-Nov. 21): The unconscious drives, Sun/Uranus trine acas you learn to foltivates your adventurlow your intuition. ous side. So it’s time ARIES (March to try something new 21-April 19): The — especially at work Sun trines Uranus — as you make excittoday, so it’s time ing discoveries about to be innovative, inyourself and the world ventive and oh-so around you. interesting as you SAGITTARIUS do your own thing in (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): your own highly inIt’s a delightful day for dividual and advenJOANNE MADELINE social occasions and turous Aries way. MOORE all forms of entertainTAURUS (April SUN SIGNS ment. Your sense of 20-May 20): Work humour is also firing, issues are in a state as you amuse others of flux so don’t commit to anything long-term just yet. with some special Sagittarian stoWhen it comes to joint finances or ries. Enjoy the spotlight! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. a business partnership, avoid the inclination to over-extend yourself. 19): Your meticulous approach GEMINI (May 21-June 20): won’t be appreciated today CapBe proactive and focus on your ricorn. It’s a time to take some fabulous aspirations for the future. calculated risks — especially at Some family and friends won’t be home or work. If you are too cauhappy with your goals, but you tious, youíll miss the moment. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. must formulate them to suit your18): It’s a terrific time to do someself — not others. CANCER (June 21-July thing unexpected, as Uranus un22): Don’t be too cautious today leashes the adventurous AquariCrabs. The Sun/Uranus trine puts an within. So take a trip, explore, you in the mood to explore and experiment — and grab life enthuexperiment — especially at work. siastically with both hands! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you connect with like-minded With Uranus shaking up your souls, the sky’s the limit. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You business and career zones, it’s long to be Top Cat today Lions, time to show colleagues what you as you brim over with confident are really capable of. Why not hit plans and adventurous schemes. them with an innovative idea that The more unique and unconven- really blows them away? Joanne Madeline Moore is an tional you are, the more creative internationally syndicated astrolyou’ll feel. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): oger and columnist. Her column The stars favour socializing with appears daily in the Advocate.
How the big tech companies compare on public transit directions BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — HopStop, a pioneer in offering transit directions in major cities, disappeared in October — not because it failed, but because Apple bought it and shut it down after putting its engineers to work building Apple’s own transit-navigation service. That feature went live on Apple Maps in September, narrowing a major feature gap with Google Maps. Such transit services offer you navigation routes via train and bus, usually based on published transit schedules. Some also offer limited real-time arrival information. Although Apple’s transit service doesn’t cover as many cities as HopStop and Google Maps, it has its strengths, including improvements in getting you to and from subway stations. Here’s a look at how Apple Maps, Google Maps and a few smaller rivals stack up in this respect. ——— APPLE MAPS Apple is expanding its transit service gradually. In the U.S., it’s currently limited to Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, the San Francisco Bay area and Washington, D.C. It also covers Berlin, London, Mexico City, Sydney and Toronto, plus more than 300 cities in China. Coverage areas include some suburbs. Where Apple has gone further is in sending teams to map out subway stations. Rival mapping services typically use a station’s centre point to offer walking directions to and from the station. Given that stations can stretch for blocks, this approach can mean more walking if there’s a closer entrance just around the corner. Apple Maps can direct you to that closer entrance — and to a specific subway exit with directions that reflect the wording you’d see on signs within the station. You get better directions as a result — unless you’re looking at a sprawling subway station that serves multiple routes. Apple might direct you to an exit on a different platform, potentially leading you on a maze-like journey through tunnels and up or down stairs. Sometimes it’s easier just to use the closest exit and walk aboveground. ——— GOOGLE MAPS Google has been offering transit directions longer. Google Maps now covers public transit in hundreds of cities on every continent except Antarctica. In California alone, it works in about 70 cities — even Yosemite National Park.
Google also covers more devices. While Apple Maps requires an iPhone, iPad or Mac, Google Maps has an Android app and works on other devices through a Web browser. Even on Macs, Apple Maps requires a dedicated app. But Google Maps doesn’t offer precise directions to station entrances and exits. And while Google Maps recently updated its Android app to offer directions without an Internet connection, that’s limited to driving directions. ——— MOOVIT Moovit gets the same official data from transit agencies that Apple and Google Maps get. But it supplements that with crowdsourcing, a fancy term for free labour from people around the world. Volunteers improve coverage by adding information on bus routes and schedules from smaller transit agencies that don’t provide mapping data. Moovit now covers 800 cities worldwide. Moovit is particularly good at accounting for service changes and disruptions. New York’s transit agency, for instance, provides warnings about such changes, but the timetables aren’t automatically updated. As a result, Google and Apple will sometimes direct you to a subway that skips a particular stop, while warning you that you can’t get on there. Moovit has teams to manually adjust the timetable data so that the route offered reflects what’s actually running. One feature added last week: Real-time information on when your train or bus is coming. Rival services typically rely on scheduled stops. You’re on your own, though, figuring out entrances and exits. Moovit has apps for Apple and Android mobile devices and Windows phones. ——— CITYMAPPER As with Apple Maps, Citymapper offers specific exit information. Citymapper now covers 29 cities worldwide and is available on Apple and Android mobile devices. The best part: It tells you what part of the train to get on so that you’re closer to your destination when you get off. ——— TRANSIT Transit presents route choices in a grid, which takes getting used to. Others tend to give you recommendations to reduce work on your part. But Transit does offer real-time schedules, along with information on nearby bike- and car-sharing services. It covers more than 100 cities worldwide on Apple and Android mobile devices.
HEALTH HOW A WOMAN WHO NEVER FELT PAIN HELPED RESEARCHERS FIND A POTENTIAL WAY TO DEVELOP BETTER PAINKILLERS The woman was 39 years old and had never felt pain. She is one of a handful of people with congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP), an extremely rare genetic disorder that prevents messages of physical suffering - a sting, a bite, a bruise, a burn - from reaching the brain. For many, the condition is less a superpower than a curse. Pain, after all, serves a purpose. It’s the body’s way of preventing us from doing things that harm it, like barreling into furniture or touching a hot stove. Babies with the condition will chew their fingers and toes until they bleed. Adults are more likely to die prematurely. So when neurobiologist John Wood helped the 39-year-old woman (who is unnamed in his report) experience pain for the first time - with a laser beam and a dose of the opioid antagonist naloxone - it seemed like a gift. “I think she quite enjoyed the experiment,” Wood, a professor at University College London, told the New Scientist. Wood’s finding, published Friday in the journal Nature Communications, is a breakthrough not just for people who can’t feel pain, but for those who feel far too much of it. Working backwards from experiments with the 39-year-old and on mice that had been genetically modified to exhibit the CIP mutation, he and his UCL colleagues found what he calls the long-sought “secret ingredient” in painlessness. By combining compounds called opioid peptides with drugs that block communication channels between the body and the brain, Wood was able to rep-
NIH opens project to learn how environmental factors affect childhood disorders BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health is launching a new project to help unravel how early-in-life environmental exposures may affect autism, obesity and certain other childhood disorders. It’s a second shot at tackling those important questions, after a more ambitious research attempt failed. The goal is “really to understand that interplay between the environment and genetics and behaviour that play out to determine whether a child ends up healthy or not,” said Dr. Francis Collins, the NIH’s director. Called ECHO, for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes, the seven-year project will examine such interactions in pregnancy and early childhood, focusing on four areas of special public health concern: asthma and other airway disorders obesity neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism and learning disability and birth defects and other infant health outcomes. The project announced Monday is a next step after the failure of a massive earlier attempt to study how the environment and genetics interact in child health. The National Children’s Study was supposed to eventually track 100,000 children from womb to adulthood. A year ago, Collins cancelled that research, after years of planning and pilot-testing only to have scientific advisers conclude it was too unwieldy to work. The ECHO project takes a different, and more streamlined, approach. Rather than starting from scratch to recruit participants, researchers with child health studies already under way can apply to expand them, using new technologies to measure even small environmental exposures that would be analyzed at NIH-designated labs. For example, an asthma study might use wearable monitors to uncover what
triggers a child’s asthma attacks, or compare air pollution sensors with inhaler use. NIH said it plans to spend $160 million on ECHO research this year.
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‘THE OTHER THING, THAT REALLY WAS WORRISOME FOR ME, IS PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IS LOST. THAT WILLINGNESS TO GET ENGAGED AND INVOLVED GOES AWAY. THAT’S REALLY TROUBLESOME BECAUSE WE RELY SO HEAVILY ON (THE PUBLIC) CALLING US.’
BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Frustrated by lengthy dispatching delays, Lacombe police are setting up their own call-out system. Lacombe Police Chief Steve Murray said it is averaging upwards of eight minutes, not counting call hold times, before his officers are notified through the RCMP’s dispatch centre in Red Deer. That means the average on-scene time for his officers is often around 15 minutes. “The number one complaint against the Lacombe Police Service is how long it takes to get to people when they call us,” he said.
— STEVE MURRAY, LACOMBE POLICE CHIEF Looking into the problem, police examined 400 random calls and identified a “lag” between the time a 911 call, or other call, comes in before Lacombe police are dispatched. Dispatch for 911 is handled through the City of Red Deer’s Emergency Services, and police dispatch goes through an RCMP office. Murray doesn’t blame the RCMP dispatch centre, which covers a huge area from the southern Alberta border to Wetaskiwin to the B.C. and Saskatchewan borders. But he is also convinced a better option is needed. The department plans to set up its own police dispatch sys-
tem that will begin operating in 2017. Several civilian staff are already keen to take on the role and another dispatcher will be hired. Murray expects to slash response times at least in half by taking dispatch local. He wants to at least meet the standard of Calgary police, who aim to be on scene anywhere in the city within seven minutes on a call where there is an immediate threat to life. Not being able to get to potential crime scenes or other complaints in a timely way hinders police on many levels. It reduces their chance of catching culprits in the act, or when evidence
County council passes three-year budget BY ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer County’s first three-year budget is officially in the books. Council unanimously passed $45.8-million operating and $29.6-million capital budgets for 2016 on Tuesday. As well, the county anticipates spending $43.6 million in 2017 and $43.4 million in 2018 on operations. Capital budgets are estimated at $19.9 million in 2017 and $21.6 million in 2018. Under the county’s spending plans, ratepayers won’t see a tax rate increase next year, assuming individ-
ual property assessments remain unchanged. Taxpayers can expect similar good financial news in 2017 and 2018 if the county’s numbers hold up. Levies for protective services, environmental initiatives and community services also remain unchanged. Mayor Jim Wood reiterated his support for longer term budgeting, which provides both administration, council and county residents a clearer picture of future expenses. “I’m very happy to see this multiyear budget,” said Wood. There were a few minor tweaks to the budget since it was first introduced two weeks ago.
Most significant was a $272,841 increase in the amount approved as a contribution to Sylvan Lake’s $33.5-million NexSource Centre multiplex. Council had earmarked about $1.1 million over two years, but agreed to up its support to $1.4 million on Nov. 24. Among the big-ticket expenditures roads and bridges. The county will spend $6.5 million on paving next year and $4.2 million on bridge repairs. Another key initiative is the county’s $1.75-million commitment towards a $9.5-million project to extend Red Deer Airport’s runway to take larger passenger jets.
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Brittany Woodrow browses through some Cozy Toz fleece socks being sold at the Craft and Market Sale at Parkland Nurseries and Garden Centre on Saturday. Markets featuring locally crafted gifts and unique foods are held Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., until Dec. 19.
Maskwacis family loses home in fire BY ADVOCATE STAFF A Maskwacis family of 14 lost their home and all their belongings to a fire late last week. Jason Cutarm and his wife Melissa Nepoose and their family all managed to escape the fire safely on Friday afternoon. The fire started in the furnace, according to Jason’s sister, Tara Cutarm, who is the communications manager for the Ermineskin Cree Nation, and
who is making an appeal for the family. Tara Cutarm said they are seeking help and donations for the extended family, which includes three adults — Jason, Melissa and Treiven; three teens — nephew Kobe Minde, 16, Kailese, 17, and Kinesha, 15; six children under 12 — Tresley, 12, Jessica, 11, Kennedy, 9, Creeden, 8, and Hunter and Jr. (twins age 6); Sureya, 3,; and a grandchild, Treiven’s two-year-old daughter. The house has major fire damage
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and the family lost all of their belongings including Christmas presents, Tara Cutknife said. Donations can be dropped off at Ken and Elizabeth Cutarm’s in Ermineskin, located three-quarters of a mile west of Bear Paw Pawn Shop (off Hwy 2A), continue straight through the four-way crossing to their house, which is the second driveway on the left. A GofundMe account set up to raise $10,000 had reached $4,495 by Tuesday morning. It can be found at www.gofundme.com/epdg7aws
is fresh, and also means other crimes, such as a string of vehicle break-ins can happen before police arrive. “The other thing, that really was worrisome for me, is public confidence is lost,” he said. “That willingness to get engaged and involved goes away. That’s really troublesome because we rely so heavily on (the public) calling us.” Up until eight years ago, 911 dispatching for police, fire and ambulance was done locally. But the service was contracted out when the province moved to centralized dispatching. Staffing and training challenges were also issues at the time. Lacombe has a $328,000 annual contract with the RCMP dispatch service out of its centre on 55th Street near Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School. Besides offering quicker police response, Murray anticipates about $200,000 a year could be saved through local dispatch. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com
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Springbrookto-Red Deer trail approved BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A Springbrook-to-Red Deer walking trail has taken a big step forward. Red Deer County council approved a route and gave staff the green light to apply to the TransCanada Trail Foundation for up to $1.5 million in funding. The 11-km route runs north from Springbrook up Range Road 280 to Township Road 381, where it links to 32nd Street. Paul Pettypiece, president of the Central Alberta Regional Trails Society, said the county’s support gives the local trail movement a big boost. Central Alberta trail advocates have been working with Alberta TrailNet and the TransCanada Trail Foundation and funding has been all but promised. The national trail organization has money available as part of its drive to create a country-spanning route in time for Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017. “I wouldn’t say it’s a 100 per cent sure thing, but it’s a 95 per cent sure thing,” said Pettypiece of the $1.5 million grant. The funding application must be in by the end of the year. Corporate, community and private donors will also be approached to help fund the trail, which will cost $2.4 million to $3.3 million. “The financial burden on the county will be relatively small,” he said. County chief administrative officer Curtis Herzberg said council’s route approval does not commit the county to any funding. More detailed financial information on building, operating and maintenance costs would follow if the grant is approved. Mayor Jim Wood said he liked the idea of the local trail forming part of the national network and pointed to the popularity of the City of Red Deer’s trails. “I believe this is going to be a great addition to the county,” said Wood. Coun. Christine Moore was another big supporter of the trail proposal. “I’m really happy this day has arrived,” said Moore. “There is a lot of work to do. This is just the beginning. “You know the old movie Field of Dreams, ‘build it and they will come?’ That’s what’s going to happen here.” The only dissenting vote came from Coun. Richard Lorenz. He is not convinced that the trail will be well used and was concerned with saddling the county with future maintenance costs. There are other more pressing priorities in the county than establishing trails, he said, before voting against the route and grant application motion. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com
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Crown didn’t disclose another suspect DIDN’T GIVE WRONGLY IMPRISONED B.C. MAN INFO ON ANOTHER SUSPECT THAT LIVED ACROSS THE STREET BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — A man imprisoned for nearly three decades on wrongful sexual assault convictions didn’t know another suspect had lived across the street, a British Columbia court has heard. Ivan Henry’s lawyer said in closing arguments that the Crown failed to disclose crucial details about another suspect, and that would have been powerful to his defence at a 1983 trial. “The evidence at the trial was that Henry lived in the heart of where the assaults were taking place,� Marilyn Sandford told B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday. “Well, here was someone else who not only lived in the heart, but had actually lived there for years.� She said Henry moved to the neighbourhood in 1982, years after the assaults began. The other man, Don McRae, had been under surveillance as a suspect, had a history of sexual predation and more closely resembled a composite drawing, she added. Henry was acquitted by the B.C. Court of Appeal in 2010 on 10 counts of sexual assault involving eight women and is suing the province for compensation. The federal government and the City of Vancouver recently settled with
Henry, leaving B.C. as the only remaining defendant. The province is expected to deliver its closing arguments next week. Sandford argued that if more evidence had been disclosed to Henry during the trial in 1983 — when he defended himself — the outcome likely would have been different. If Henry had known about McRae, he could have cross-examined police about their surveillance and entered evidence about his history of predatory behaviour, she said. He also could have shed new light on testimony from a woman who said she saw her assailant on a bus shortly after her attack, Sandford said. The woman testified the man was holding an envelope with Henry’s address on it, court heard. But Henry’s address was similar to the other suspect’s address, Sandford pointed out. While it’s not known why police stopped considering McRae, Sandford said officers moved away from him as they pursued their “tainted� investigation of Henry. She said McRae was not eliminated through forensic or alibi evidence and was not shown to complainants in a police lineup. In 2002, police re-investigated a number of unsolved sexual assaults and arrested McRae. He pleaded
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Ivan Henry leaves B.C. Supreme Court during a lunch break in Vancouver, B.C. The lawyer of a man wrongfully imprisoned for 27 years says her client’s 1983 sexual-assault trial is Canada’s most egregious example of the Crown withholding evidence. guilty in three sexual assaults and in 2005 was sentenced to five years in prison. Other suspects were also considered by police but little is known about them, she added.
The Crown also failed to tell Henry that biological material, including semen and pubic hair, had not been examined, and didn’t disclose information gathered from a tracking device on his car, Sandford said.
New Brunswick woman goes Negotiations spur wait for child benefit missing while jogging in Grenada Such issues are part of the reason the BY THE CANADIAN PRESS new child benefit, which the Liberals BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada — Police and community members were searching the small Caribbean island of Grenada on Tuesday for a missing woman from New Brunswick who disappeared while out jogging with her dog. Assistant Supt. Sylvan McIntyre of the Royal Grenada Police Force said several specialized units were involved in the search for Linnea Veinotte, who was reported missing at about 8 a.m. Sunday. “We have expanded the search area throughout the length and breadth of Grenada, so every division and every force are involved in the search,� he said in an interview
from the capital of St. George’s. “We are hopeful that the person is found and found alive.� McIntyre said the family dog was found lying on the side of the road after being struck by a car and they believe Veinotte was taken by someone driving a dark coloured vehicle. He said the 36-year-old mother of two young children was jogging in what he described as an affluent neighbourhood of St. George’s. Police say a witness reported hearing a loud bang and officers found blood at the scene near where the dog was discovered. A black bandana, sunglasses and broken glass were also found at the site, police said. “We cannot say at the moment that she was hit,� he said.
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Getting creative — every day GILLIAN BROCKELL ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES WASHINGTON — As I walk into my friend Lauren Rapp’s apartment east of Capitol Hill, she waves me through her galley kitchen to the refrigerator. “Dude, check this out,” she says, conspiratorially. She has a lot of interesting stuff at her place: a fancy triathlon bike, wornbut-still-glossy Taschen art books, a gloriously strong spruce-scented candle that masks the smell of Swisher Sweets cigarillos - but I’ve never once known her to cook. She opens the top door to her nearly empty freezer, and there, front and center, is a miniature sofa chair, the perfect size for a Barbie doll, made out of ice cream sandwiches. On top of the fridge there’s a dozen more: a tiny deck chair wound out of jump rope, a four-inch park bench made out of zip ties, a metal high-back made from a heart-shaped jewelry box with screws for legs. There are at least 40 more miniature chairs on her kitchen cabinets. And over in a corner of her living room, five black bookshelves with hundreds more, crammed three deep. “I actually hate clutter,” she says. “So this is hard for me.” Rapp, 33, is part of a growing number of people doing 365-day projects: They complete a task every single day for a year and post it to social media. There’s the celebrity hairstylist who winds a different braid every day, the Austinite who eats a taco every day. The wooden spoon carver. The anime doodler. Perhaps it’s the new year’s resolution for the Internet age, or a quirky millennial form of meditation, or another example of the vacuous attention-seeking of social media. But for those doing it, the results have been compelling, exhausting and surprisingly life-changing. Even for the taco guy. For Rapp, it all started in December 2014 with a failed attempt to finish the “The Artist’s Way,” the 1992 self-help workbook that’s supposed to jump-start your creative side. Rapp, who was frustrated and barely getting by with freelance Web consulting gigs, had been meeting with friends to do the workbook, hoping accountability to a group would push her through to the end. Something, anything, to break the procrastination. “We made it through three or four sessions,” she says, laughing. “And then, you know, people get busy. Life gets busy.” The book encourages meditation, so after what ended up being the last group session, she sat for 10 minutes, “which to me can be an eternity.” “And during the meditation, during my wandering thoughts, I just thought it would be cool to make a little chair for my bookshelf, for a decoration,” she recalls. “Then I thought, ‘Well, you’re supposed to be meditating, not thinking about this!’ “ She made the first chair out of cardboard and vintage paper travel games. It looks a little chintzy, to be honest. And Rapp, who has a degree in design art and Kai Kristiansen chairs in her dining room, is anything but chintzy. Still, the next day she made another chair, also cardboard. “And then the third day was the first time I was sort of seeking something specific,” which ended up being a mid- century modern lounge chair made from a Chick-fil-A box. She posted a photo of each miniature to Instagram (@laurenrapp), and after a week of collecting likes, a commenter asked how long she was planning on doing this. He suggested a year. With January approaching, it was about the time blogs and magazines (ahem, sorry) bombard readers with new-year-new-you suggestions. “And so,” she says, “you’re already thinking, ‘What am I going to do? Am I going to be a runner? Am I going to save the world?’ “ One thought kept circling: “If you can’t commit to something fun, what’s the likelihood that you’ll commit to things that aren’t so fun?” So she decided to go for it, to prove to herself that “being an artist doesn’t mean being flaky,” and committed to 365 days of miniature chairs. For Christmas, her parents got her a handheld rotary tool to cut, shape and polish materials for crafts, and she was off. •
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For hairstylist Sarah Potempa, committing to a 365-day project was also about kick-starting her creativity, by returning to her roots (pun intended). Potempa, a bubbly 34-year-old who lives in Libertyville, Illinois, but is based in New York, stresses that she “absolutely loves” her career, flying all over the world styling celebrities for red-carpet events, photo shoots and music videos. But … “You go into the room with a huge celebrity and there’s a whole team, and everyone’s like, ‘Okay, she’s wearing this, and this is the jewelry, and we’re thinking she should have a middle part and it should be straight,’ ” she says. “Like, ‘Here’s my image, do what I want.’ “ And what “they” want is beach waves. Lots and lots of beach waves - those long, loose curls that make a starlet look perpetually windswept, whether or not there’s a fan blowing nearby. (Potempa is founder of the Beachwaver Co., which sells the “first-ever rotating curling iron” for the windswept girl at home.) Potempa first started braiding as a high-school athlete, to get her and her teammates’ hair out of the way. It was a skill that came in handy as she started her career doing high-con-
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Lauren Rapp uses everyday items to construct her tiny chairs and posts a picture of her creation to Instagram everyday. cept editorial work - or, for the unfamiliar, weird hair. “Coat-hangers, cardboard” (again with the cardboard!) and lots of braids. She missed it, and she wanted something uniquely hers, so, inspired by the viral hashtag #100daysofhappy, Potempa launched #365daysofbraids on Instagram (@sarahpotempa) on Jan. 1. •
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Devon “Bosco” Farr, 50, couldn’t have cared less about any of that resolution nonsense. As the multi-pierced floor manager at the Austin, Texas, independent bookstore BookPeople, eos. “I’d take their concepts and then that the more we use social media, Farr spent the run-up to New Year’s make up my own,” she says. the more unhappy we are. The irony Day chiding his younger employees Cornrows. French braids. Knot is that the “social” network actually about their planned lifestyle changes braids. Zipper braids. Pancake braids. makes us lonelier, right? pinned to an arbitrary date. As a joke, Crown braids. Five-strand braids. WaThat’s not based on nothing: You’ve he vowed to eat a taco a day. terfall braids. Fishtails. Box fishtails. probably heard about the University of “Because I eat tacos all the time,” Dutch fishtails. French Dutch fishtail Michigan study showing that Facebook he tells me on a sweltering Texas day pigtails. She started pulling from cro- use predicts declines in well-being over pizza (kidding, it was tacos). cheting and basket weaving. She did a and life satisfaction over time. And the It might be considered rather “Aus- 13-strand weave on her sister. follow-up University of Houston study tin-y” to commit to a resolution for iroMost of the braids are on co-work- showing that it’s because we compare ny’s sake, but the ironic part didn’t last ers, family members, models and cli- our messy lives to the perfect-seeming long. ents. Reese Witherspoon, Lea Michele ones other people post. And surely “On the second day, I went to eat and Anna Chlumsky all lent their hair you’ve seen the headline about how with a friend, and I was like, ‘I got to go to the cause. She did a zigzag cornrow Facebook “likes” release the same somewhere where we can get a taco,’ on a stranger in a bar. chemical in the brain as cocaine (doand … I ended up writing on [FaceBoth Rapp and Potempa say the dai- pamine). book] about eating the taco with her, ly exercise of discipline has opened But what if, like red wine or time and it immediately became something the wells of creativity they hoped passing, social media is a neutral thing completely different,” he says. “It would be unlocked. we can use well or poorly? What if inwasn’t about the tacos at all. It was “I feel more confident, and like an stead of social media replacing real really about documenting a year with expert,” Potempa says. “I’ve very much human connections, they are real hufriends.” been a free spirit. I’ve learned that, man connections, and have been all ‘The first couple months, dude, like, I have control and discipline, and along? it’s awesome,” Rapp remembers. “It I am able to do something every day.” Consider a few other studies that was very easy to find things that I can And, Potempa says, the daily braid haven’t gotten much play. Margaret transform. I’d wake up thinking, ‘Oh, has helped her stay in the present Duffy, a researcher at the University of what’s today gonna bring?’ And it moment. It feels like meditating. The Missouri, found that people who used brought me things.” braids are often so intricate she’ll social media frequently to share “inThere was an airplane’s safety in- chant the instructions to herself, like a teresting or important aspects of their formation card on the post-holidays mantra. “Right, over, under; left, over, lives” - such as, say, meeting a personflight back to Washington. A plastic under. …” al goal - had no greater risk of depresdinosaur (still one of her favorites). A Even the taco guy has found a pay- sion. The users who “lurked” without Morton salt cannister (my favorite). off. Farr says his relationships have contributing anything - they were the About a month in, she started the deepened this year because of the con- ones who got more depressed. thrift store supply runs. A stack of versations he has had over tacos. He And the University of California at staples. A deck of cards. A computer also estimates he has eaten tacos with San Diego found that social media may mouse. A mousetrap. Spatulas. An old 30 to 40 new acquaintances. People are be better at spreading happiness than Rolodex. A xylophone. At first she dis- intrigued when he invites them into sadness. A positive Facebook post replayed the chairs on her radiator, and his daily quest. duced the number of negative ones by when that got crowded, she had the “I like people a lot more than I friends almost twofold, while negative shelves installed. thought I did,” he says. “I always think posts had less of an effect on friends’ Then she discovered food as con- of myself as kind of misanthropic. positive posts. struction material: asparagus spears, Turns out, not at all true.” And is getting a dopamine hit a bad coffee beans, Spam, cheese crackers, He mostly orders chicken tacos with thing? After all, dopamine is the neus’mores and so much fruit. Food has corn tortillas and no cheese to avoid rotransmitter that rewards us for good the benefit of being perishable, so af- gaining weight. “I’ve actually lost behavior. ter the Instagram photo, the chairs are weight,” he says, laughing. Sean Young, who heads UCLA’s destined for the trash can (i.e., not bePerhaps you’re thinking: Okay, but Center for Digital Behavior, has done ing clutter). why must they post it to social media? a number of studies creating online But lest you think it has all been Why not just set a personal goal and go intervention groups for people who mindfulness and sunshine, Rapp conafter it? use methamphetamines, have unsafe firms that, yes, she has wanted to give There’s this pop psychology notion sex or just want to de-stress. Subjects up. Many, mawho used the online communities with ny times. At offline treatment had a greater chance the beginning of healthy behavior than those who it would take used just offline treatment. hours, though Young stresses that posting a goal now she can on Instagram alone isn’t necessarido it in 35 to ly going to do much toward behavior 45 minutes. change. But “it can be the start.” She has had On Rapp’s Instagram feed, comto cancel menters compete to make up the pundates to make niest name for each chair (one made of chairs. She tree-shaped car fresheners was chrishas spent a lot tened “Breath of Fresh Chair”). Her of money. And friends are “inspired by the commitoh, the lost ment,” she says. And when she has sleep to figure out which A growing number of people are doing 365-day projects: they wanted to give up - “Do I fake that I’m g l u e s w o r k complete a task every single day for a year and post it to social in the hospital?” she’d ask herself it was thinking about the crowd that best on which media. saved her. plastics and metals. The nadir was midsummer, when ideas were running thin and her rotary tool started breaking down. It’s rechargeable but would take progressively longer to charge, with progressively less power. 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Raiders rolling to start season BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR The Lindsay Thurber Raiders veterans are already performing at an expected high level and the rookies aren’t far behind. So far, so good for the senior high girls basketball squad, who took top honours in the SAIT tournament during the weekend at Calgary and on Tuesday upped their Central Alberta League record to 2-0 with an impressive 85-17 win over the visiting Lacombe Rams. “We’ve had a pretty good start to the season,” said Raiders head coach Kathy Lalor, who has seven veterans and five more who are going into their first season. “We have seven returning players and all of them were key contributors last year,” Lalor continued, referring to wings Elizabeth Morneault, Morgan deBoon and Kallie Loewen, guards Kelsey Lalor and Kiera Fujimoto and posts Nikki Thomas and Jenna Hawkes. The newcomers are wings Sierra Laye and Gaia Shaw, post Kieran Gray and guards Emma Holmes and Hayley Lalor. “Our two Grades 10s (Holmes and Hayley Lalor) are both really good ball handers and shooters,” said the Raiders coach of the two rookies. “They also play pretty good defence, so they fit in pretty well with what we have already. “The two Grades 11s (Laye and Loewen) are key players, they’re playing in positions where we needed people, and our first-year Grade 12 (Shaw) is a pretty good shooter from the outside. The kids who have come in have really filled the spots where we needed people, and that’s been key. “It’s a little tough right now. We have a few injuries, some basketball related and some from the girls who have come in from volleyball. The tough part is just being able to get those kids who have come from volleyball a bit of rest, but Christmas is coming and that will be a good time for them to rest up.” Lalor didn’t finalize her roster until last week, just in time for the SAIT tournament.
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Lindsay Thurber Raider Morgan Deboon looks to make a pass as Lacombe Ram Tiegan Hutchison defends during high school basketball action at Lindsay Thurber on Tuesday. “The Calgary league had their opening tournament the same weekend, so there weren’t any Calgary teams in the (SAIT) tournament,” she said. “But there was a lot of teams from around Calgary, like Cochrane, Okotoks and Chestermere, and there was a team from Cranbrook. “The competition was really good on our side of the draw, our girls had to play hard. They were all hard fought games, so that was good for us. I’m pleased that we were able to compete after having our girls for only a few days, but it’s a good way to start the
season … you hit the floor running.” The Raiders finished 12th at least year’s 4A provincials. Lalor feels the 2015-16 edition is capable of more, particularly as the host team come March. “The awesome thing is because we’re hosting provincials two teams from our zone are going to get to go this season,” she said. “It’s great that the provincials will be here, it gives the kids lot of things to work towards. One thing we do know for sure is we have a lot of work to do to be competitive with those top teams, but I think we have the girls to do it.”
Fujimoto led the Raiders with 23 points Tuesday. Kelsey Lalor added 20 and Hayley Lalor also hit doubles figures with 15. Mya Baptiste and Katie McMillen each netted a team-high four points for the Rams. • In other senior girls play Tuesday, Kristen Loney scored 12 points for the host Hunting Hills Lightning in a 52-26 victory over the Ponoka Broncs. Kelsey Kolesnik contributed nine points for the winners, while Allie Wynychuk led the Broncs with 11. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com
Pair of Rebels anxious O’Connell survives tough to return from injury test to stay undefeated BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Forward Evan Polei and defenceman Kayle Doetzel can’t return to the Red Deer Rebels’ active roster soon enough. Polei has missed the last four games with an upper-body injury and Doetzel has been sidelined for nine contests after suffering a foot injury last month. The Rebels are hopeful that both will be back in the lineup in time for Sunday’s game versus the visiting Calgary Hitmen. Polei could actually be back for Friday’s home game against the Medicine Hat Tigers, who will entertain Red Deer tonight. “Evan has been skating and practising. We’re hoping for Friday, and if not probably Sunday,” GM/head coach Brent Sutter said Tuesday. As for Doetzel … “He’s having x-rays done tomorrow (today),” said Sutter. “He’s been working out, riding the bike, but we’ve kept him in a boot to avoid any further problems. He said he feels great and that he’ll be ready to start practising on Thursday. We’d like to get him into two or three practices before he
plays.” The return of the two veterans takes on extra importance considering defenceman Haydn Fleury and forward Michael Spacek will, in all likelihood, appear in their final WHL game of 2015 tonight. Fleury will join the Team Canada hopefuls at a selection camp opening Thursday evening in Etibicoke, Ont., and is a favorite to crack the national team roster for the World Junior Championship Dec. 26-Jan. 5 in Helsinki. Finland. Spacek will head overseas for the Czech Republic camp, and he too is a virtual certainty to compete in the world juniors. While the return of Polei and Doetzel will help fill the void, the fact remains the Rebels have flat out missed their presence in recent outings. Both are more, much more, than marginal players. “They could have made a difference for us this past weekend, no question about that,” said Sutter, whose team lost to both Lethbridge and Prince Albert. Sutter said forward Ivan Nikolishin, the Rebels’ top scorer, has not been invited to the Team Russia camp. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com
BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Red Deer’s Cam O’Connell didn’t expect to be presented with anything less than a major challenge when he stepped into the ring with Cecilio Santos last Friday. “The fights are just going to get tougher as we move along, and that’s what you want,” O’Connell said Tuesday. Santos, a seasoned scrapper from Mexico City, certainly provided a big test for O’Connell, but the Red Deer boxer prevailed by unanimous decision at the Edmonton Shaw Conference Centre. “He was tough,” said O’Connell, who boosted his undefeated record to 10 victories and one draw. “He’s also very schooled. He’s fought for the WBC, WBO and IBF world titles and he has tricks that I’d never seen before.” O’Connell suffered a hand injury early in the eight-round lightweight fight that forced him to take another approach. “I hurt my hand in he second round so I ended up fighting most of the bout
with my left hand,” he explained. Nevertheless, he used his jab and later a series of heavy body shots to frustrate and overpower his 37-yearold opponent, who was appearing in his 62nd pro fight. “There was a couple of swing rounds that could have gone either way, but I thought I won every round,” said O’Connell. Two judges marked it 80-72 in favour of O’Connell and the third judge scored the bout 79-73. O’Connell wasn’t totally satisfied with his performance until he watched the video of the scrap. “I wasn’t happy at the beginning, I wasn’t sure of how well I did,” he said. “It was a tough fight, but after watching the tape I’m really impressed with the improvements we’ve made since our last fight (in mid-October).” O’Connell will take a few weeks off, then return to the gym in January to start preparing for his next bout in the early spring. “For sure I will fight in March,” he said. “My handlers are trying to get me a North American title shot. We’re hoping that will be my next fight.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com
Flames sink Sharks for seventh-straight home win BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Flames 4 Sharks 2 CALGARY — Mikael Backlund had a goal and an assist to lead the Calgary Flames to a 4-2 win over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday. Markus Granlund, Sean Monahan and Michael Frolik also scored for the Flames (11-142), who avenged a 5-2 loss to the Sharks on Nov. 28 in San Jose. Dennis Wideman and Mark Giordano had two assists each as Calgary won its seven straight on home ice. Chris Tierney and Joe Thornton scored for the Sharks (14-13-0), who lost their fourth straight games. Logan Couture made his return to the San Jose lineup after missing 23 games with a broken right fibula. He had an assist on Thornton’s goal. Karri Ramo, who has started three straight games and 15 of the past 16 for the Flames, made 31 saves to earn his
ninth win of the season. Martin Jones started in net for the Sharks and stopped 11 of 14 shots he faced before being replaced by Alex Stalock, who made 17 saves in relief. The Flames jumped out to a pair of leads in the first period, but both times the Sharks answered right back. Granlund opened the scoring on the first shot of the game at 1:45 when he took a cross-ice feed from Jiri Hudler and snapped a shot over Jones’ blocker to the top corner. The Sharks pulled even at 4:31 when Tierney swatted a rebound past Ramo, who stopped the initial backhand shot from the slot by Joonas Donskoi. The Flames had a pair of great chances to take the lead, but defenceman T.J. Brodie rang a shot off the post before Jones stopped a redirection by Granlund with his mask. Monahan put the Flames up 2-1 during a power play at 8:07, but the Sharks responded with a power-play goal of
their own by Thornton, who redirected a shot by Patrick Marleau at 11:02. Frolik scored on a backhand at 2:27 of the second to put the Flames back up before Monahan one-timed a pass from Johnny Gaudreau a short time later. Monahan’s goal was waved off after video reviewed showed that the Flames had gone offside on the play. The Flames took a 4-2 lead at 8:59 of the second when Backlund snapped a shot from the slot past Stalock. The Sharks outshot the Flames 9-8 in the third but couldn’t get any pucks past Ramo, who made a nice glove save to stop a point shot by Brent Burns during a late power play. Notes: Both teams were missing key defencemen due to injury. The Sharks were without Marc-Andre Vlasic (lower body) for the second straight game, while Kris Russell (upper body) missed his second game in a row Calgary.
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San Jose Sharks’ Joonas Donskoi, right, slams into the net as Calgary Flames’ goalie Karri Ramo focuses on the puck during first period NHL action, in Calgary, on Tuesday.
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CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF GA Calgary 32 19 11 1 1 104 99 Lethbridge 29 19 10 0 0 117 86 Red Deer 29 19 10 0 0 109 83 Edmonton 30 13 14 3 0 84 98 Medicine Hat 27 8 16 2 1 85 113 Kootenay 32 6 24 2 0 60 135
Pt 40 38 38 29 19 14
WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF GA Pt Kelowna 29 22 6 1 0 117 82 45 Victoria 29 19 8 1 1 101 64 40 Prince George 29 18 9 1 1 97 82 38 Kamloops 26 12 10 3 1 94 88 28 Vancouver 30 8 18 2 2 85 111 20 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF GA Pt 27 17 8 2 0 95 78 36 28 15 10 2 1 96 93 33 26 15 9 0 2 66 52 32 27 13 14 0 0 89 84 26 29 11 17 1 0 87 112 23
Tuesday’s results Calgary 6 Brandon 4 Prince Albert 1 Edmonton 2 Kootenay 2 Prince George 7
Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m. Prince George at Portland, 8 p.m. Everett at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. Victoria at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m. Spokane at Seattle, 8:35 p.m. National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Montreal 28 19 6 3 41 Detroit 28 15 8 5 35 Ottawa 28 15 8 5 35 Boston 26 14 9 3 31 Florida 28 13 11 4 30 Tampa Bay 28 13 12 3 29 Buffalo 28 11 14 3 25 Toronto 28 10 13 5 25
GF GA 94 63 73 72 90 83 85 75 71 70 66 65 67 78 64 76
Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Washington 26 19 5 2 40 N.Y. Rangers 28 18 7 3 39 N.Y. Islanders 29 16 8 5 37 New Jersey 28 14 10 4 32 Pittsburgh 26 14 10 2 30 Philadelphia 28 11 11 6 28 Carolina 28 10 14 4 24 Columbus 29 11 16 2 24
GF GA 82 57 80 58 82 70 71 69 61 62 57 78 64 87 68 84
WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Dallas 28 21 5 2 44 St. Louis 28 16 8 4 36 Chicago 28 15 9 4 34 Minnesota 26 14 7 5 33 Nashville 28 14 9 5 33 Winnipeg 28 13 13 2 28 Colorado 28 12 15 1 25
GF GA 99 75 72 68 78 70 70 64 73 75 76 85 77 81
Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 27 18 8 1 37 71 57 San Jose 27 14 13 0 28 72 72 Vancouver 29 10 11 8 28 77 81 Arizona 28 13 14 1 27 75 89 Anaheim 28 11 12 5 27 55 68 Calgary 27 11 14 2 24 69 96 Edmonton 28 11 15 2 24 71 82 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Wednesday’s games Calgary at Regina, 6 p.m. Brandon at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m. Portland at Everett, 8:05 p.m. Seattle at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Thursday’s games Edmonton at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Friday’s games Kelowna at Regina, 6 p.m. Calgary at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Kamloops at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. Lethbridge at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.
Monday’s Games Nashville 3, Boston 2 Colorado 2, Minnesota 1, OT Vancouver 5, Buffalo 2
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Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 4, Philadelphia 3, SO Washington 3, Detroit 2, SO Toronto 3, New Jersey 2, SO Los Angeles 3, Columbus 2, OT Ottawa 4, Florida 2 St. Louis 4, Arizona 1 Chicago 4, Nashville 1 Dallas 6, Carolina 5 Calgary 4, San Jose 2
• JV basketball: Notre Dame at Ponoka, Hunting Hills at Sylvan Lake, Lacombe at Stettler; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. • WHL: Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m. (The Drive). • Peewee AA hockey: Red Deer TBS at Red Deer Parkland, 7:30 p.m., Kinsmen A. • Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Ponoka, 7:45 p.m. • Chinook senior AAA hockey: Innisfail at Bentley, 8:30 p.m., Lacombe.
Wednesday’s Games Boston at Montreal, 5:30 p.m. San Jose at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Colorado, 8 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Thursday’s Games Montreal at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m. Washington at Florida, 5:30 p.m. Philadelphia at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Chicago at Nashville, 6 p.m. Columbus at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. Buffalo at Calgary, 7 p.m.
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Tuesday’s summary Flames 4, Sharks 2 First Period 1. Calgary, Granlund 2 (Hudler, Wideman) 1:45. 2. San Jose, Tierney 3 (Donskoi, Zubrus) 4:31. 3. Calgary, Monahan 8 (Giordano, Wideman) 8:07 (pp). 4. San Jose, Thornton 4 (Marleau, Couture) 11:02 (pp). Penalties — Zubrus SJ (hooking) 7:45, Raymond Cgy (holding) 10:52, Donskoi SJ (high-sticking) 19:03. Second Period 5. Calgary, Frolik 7 (Backlund, Hamilton) 2:27. 6. Calgary, Backlund 4 (Giordano, Brodie) 8:59. Penalties — Zubrus SJ (holding) 4:15, Couture SJ (tripping) 12:59, Couture SJ (interference) 18:32. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties — Zubrus SJ (roughing) 11:39, Smid Cgy (roughing) 11:39, Hamilton Cgy (interference) 15:01, SJ Bench (too many men) 16:15, Pavelski SJ (holding) 18:34. Shots on goal San Jose 14 10 9 — 33 Calgary 9 16 8 — 33 Goal — San Jose: Jones (L, 12-9-0) Calgary: Ramo (W, 9-8-1). Power plays (goal-chances) — San Jose: 1-3 Calgary: 1-7.
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CAMROSE — Mackenzie Bauer turned in a hat-trick performance for the Camrose Kodiaks Tuesday in an 8-2 Alberta Junior Hockey League mauling of the Olds Grizzlys. The Kodiaks, who led 2-0 after one period and 6-2 after 40 minutes, also got two goals from Cole McBride and singles courtesy of Tanner Younghans, Angus Scott and Ethan James. Patrick Gora made 21 saves as the winning netminder. Replying for Olds in front of 952 fans at the Encana Arena were Logan Linnell and Austin Holmes. Grizzys goaltender Kurtis Chapman blocked 33 shots.
Five Red Deer players are on the Zone 4 girls hockey team for the Alberta Winter Games Feb. 13-16 in Medicine Hat. Goaltender Chantelle Sandquist and forwards Stephanie Keeper, Avery Lajeunesse, Paige Dodd and Brooke Litwinski will suit up with the Parkland squad, which consists of 20 2001-04 born players from Central Alberta. The Zone 4 roster also includes goalie Aline Hironaka of Camrose, defencemen Sarah Gette of Innisfail, Julie Wagner of Clive, Rimbey’s Jayda Schatschneider, Raice Szott of Daysland, Abby Fonteyne of Wetaskiwin and Sydney Sorken of Sedgwick, and
• Men’s basketball: Vikings vs. Alken Basin, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. The D Leaguers, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. • Midget AA hockey: Red Deer Elks at Central Alberta, 7:15 p.m., Lacombe.
Friday • Senior high boys basketball: Notre Dame Cougar Classic. • JV basketball: Hunting Hills tournament. • Peewee AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Parkland, 6 p.m., Collicutt Centre. • WHL: Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. • AJHL: Bonnyville at Olds, 7 p.m. • Minor midget AAA hockey: Red Deer North Star at Red Deer Strata Energy, 8 p.m., Arena. • Bantam AA hockey: Central Alberta at West Central, 8 p.m., Sylvan Lake. • Heritage junior B hockey: Cochrane at Three Hills, 8 p.m. • Midget AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 8:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre.
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Washington 114, Miami 103 Phoenix 103, Chicago 101 L.A. Clippers 110, Minnesota 106 Boston 111, New Orleans 93 Milwaukee 90, Portland 88
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Dame Cougar Classic. • JV basketball: Hunting Hills tournament. • Peewee AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Parkland, 12:30 p.m., Kinsmen A; Bow Valley at Central Alberta, 4:45 p.m., Big Valley; Olds at West Central, 5:30 p.m., Rocky Mountain House. • Major bantam hockey: Calgary Royals at Red Deer, 2 p.m., Arena. • Bantam AA hockey: Olds at Red Deer Ramada, 2:30 p.m., Kinex. • Major bantam girls hockey: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre. • Junior women’s hockey: Irma at Central Alberta, 4:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. • Midget AA hockey: Calgary Bruins at Red Deer Elks, 4:45 p.m., Arena; Calgary Stampeders at West Central, 5:30 p.m., Eckville. • Heritage junior B hockey: Stettler at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena.
Sunday • Peewee AA hockey: Central Alberta at Red Deer TBS, 1:30 p.m., Kinex; Okotoks at West Central, 2:45 p.m., Sylvan Lake. • Bantam AA hockey: Central Alberta at Red Deer Steel Kings, 1:45 p.m., Kinsmen A. • Chinook senior AAA hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Bentley, 2 p.m. • Midget AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 2:30 p.m., Arena. • Men’s basketball: Grandview vs. Washed Up Warriors, Monstars vs. Henry’s Eavestroughing, Silver Spurs vs. Rusty Chuckers, 4:15 p.m.; Chillibongs vs. NWS, Lacombe All Sports Cresting vs. Carstar, Triple A Batteries vs. Subaru, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber. • Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Red Deer, 6:45 p.m., Arena. • WHL: Calgary at Red Deer, 5 p.m., Centrium.
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Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 105, Portland 100 Golden State 131, Indiana 123 Brooklyn 110, Houston 105 Oklahoma City 125, Memphis 88 Orlando 85, Denver 74 Utah at Sacramento, late
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forwards Juliana Gulayets and Kadie Rosie of Sylvan Lake, Caille Cocke of Bowden, Hailey Hoogkamp of Lacombe, Dylan Norrie of Bowden, Sage Sansregret of Consort, Rachael Wood of Clive and Zoe Lorenz-Boser of Bentley. Ally Benfeld of Innisfail is the Parkland coach mentor. Forward Emma Dixon of Olds is on the Zone 2 roster. The Parkland players were selected from one of eight zone selection camps held during the weekend. A total of 600 players attended the camps.
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NHL eliminates compensation policy BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETINGS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — When general managers wanted the NHL to institute a draft-pick compensation policy for hiring coaches and executives from other teams, they didn’t envision it including fired employees, too. So when the Edmonton Oilers had to give up a second-round pick to hire former Boston Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli, the Buffalo Sabres had to give up a third-round pick to hire former Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Bylsma and the Columbus Blue Jackets had to give up a second-round pick to hire former Vancouver Canucks coach John Tortorella, it caused quite the uproar. Starting Jan. 1, the executive compensation policy will be gone. Commissioner Gary Bettman recommended to the board of governors that it be scrapped after one full year and relayed that there was no objection. “What we were trying to do was provide an orderly way for young management people or coaches to be allowed to progress and move up the ladder,” Calgary Flames president of hockey operations Brian Burke said Tuesday after the board of governors meeting. “But a team that had skill at identifying young people would be compensated for it. It was never envisioned it would apply to terminated employees. “The league applied it in that manner and they presented today, I think, some compelling ideas for eliminating
it and they eliminated it.” For the past 11-plus months, any team hiring a coach or executive from another team had to surrender either a second- or third-round draft pick, depending on the time of year. Five third-round picks and two second-round picks have been given up so far under the policy, and Bettman said those selections won’t be given back. “Everybody operated under the same rules for a year,” Bettman said. The Oilers were the biggest losers of the policy, having to send a second-round pick to the Bruins for Chiarelli and a third-round pick to the San Jose Sharks for coach Todd McLellan. The Toronto Maple Leafs gave up third-round picks to the Detroit Red Wings and New Jersey Devils for coach Mike Babcock and GM Lou Lamoriello, respectively. Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan agreed with the decision to get rid of the policy but said it didn’t affect his decisions to hire Babcock and Lamoriello. “I think about the two people we have in a coach and a general manager and the direct impact they will have for us,” Shanahan said. “We all love our draft picks but the odds, the percentages of those people having a direct impact on the organization, you prioritize. It wouldn’t have changed anything.” Bettman said the decision was made to eliminate the policy rather than modify it because “it wasn’t a policy that was free from issues” and changes could have created more problems.
Early projection is for salary cap to go up $3M despite sagging Canadian dollar While the Canadian dollar continues to struggle, NHL revenues are up enough that the salary cap could increase by as much as US$3 million for next season. The Canadian dollar is currently worth 74 cents U.S., something that hurts the league when some of its most lucrative markets are Canadian. But commissioner Gary Bettman said speculation and commentary about the declining Canadian dollar is “a little off the mark” as business is still going well. Board members said the early projection for the 2016-17 salary cap was about $74.5 million, up from $71.4 million. But that depends on several factors, including the Canadian dollar and the Players’ Association using its five per cent escalator. “When I give a number, they’re all soft this time of year, so I don’t want to pinpoint any number,” Bettman said. “Don’t take that to the bank yet because it’s early. It’s only December, we still have a lot more of the season to play and a lot more revenues to collect.” A year ago the board was given a rough projection of $73 million, but that was contingent on the Canadian dollar being worth 88 cents. It continued to fall. “It’s not set in stone or concrete so you have to tread carefully,” New Jersey Devils general manager Ray
Shero said. “It’s good news for the league when it goes up, good news for the players.” It may not be good news for budget teams, but it’d be welcome for those who spend to the ceiling. Think about the Tampa Bay Lightning with captain Steven Stamkos still unsigned or the Los Angeles Kings, who are working to get a deal done with centre Anze Kopitar. “The league has been pretty accurate in their estimation of the cap in the coming year,” Lightning GM Steve Yzerman said. “So it does help you plan a little bit and you have a better idea. From the manager’s perspective, the cap going up gives you a little more flexibility to do what you need to do.” The Stanley Cup-champion Chicago Blackhawks could have used more room last summer when they traded Patrick Sharp, Brandon Saad and Johnny Oduya and let Brad Richards leave in free agency. Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff was with the Blackhawks in 2010 when they had to tear things down the first time. Cheveldayoff could use as high a cap as reasonably possible with captain Andrew Ladd and all-star defenceman Dustin Byfuglien impending free agents. “It’s such a soft, fluctuating number,” Cheveldayoff said of the cap projection. “Who knows how different it might be six months from now?” Don Waddell said the cap didn’t mean so much to his Carolina Hurricanes because they’re on their own budget, but he knows a higher cap isn’t a bad thing.
UFC plans monster weekend with fights on 3-straight nights BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The UFC is surging toward the new year by flexing its promotional muscles for three straight nights in Vegas. Conor McGregor’s featherweight title showdown with champion Jose Aldo on Saturday night is the culmination of a three-day fight extravaganza this weekend. The UFC is staging back-to-back-to-back shows on the Las Vegas Strip, loading its stacked deck with intriguing matchups between former champions and rising stars. “It’s going to be a historic time for me, but also for the entire UFC,” McGregor said. “You’ve never seen a weekend like this.” In its 22-year history, the UFC has never crammed three major fight cards so closely together, never mind in the same city. The promotion is putting on at least 33 fights in those three days, including two title bouts and its first headlining non-title women’s bout. After receiving criticism for occasionally thin shows while expanding its promotional breadth in recent years, the UFC made sure plenty of
attention will be on mixed martial arts during this weekend gap between the college football regular season and holiday festivities. “It’s literally the best December we’ve ever had in the company’s history,” UFC President Dana White said when announcing the lineup. “We started looking at the end of the year. A lot of people needed fights, so we said, ‘Let’s do three in a row. We’ll do Thursday, Friday and Saturday.’ It’s a killer weekend in Vegas, right before Christmas.” The UFC 194 pay-per-view card is headlined by interim champion McGregor’s long-anticipated meeting with Aldo, the imperious Brazilian champion who has been subjected to months of expert verbal abuse from his Irish challenger. And that show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena actually features two title fights: Middleweight champion Chris Weidman also defends his belt against Luke Rockhold in a tantalizing style clash pitting two dominant 185-pounders at the peak of their careers. Weidman and Rockhold could headline a major show on their own, but the promotion wants to guarantee another
big pay-per-view buy for UFC 194 after Ronda Rousey’s stunning loss to Holly Holm last month at UFC 193, which became one of the biggest money-makers in the company’s history. The pay-per-view portion of the UFC 194 card is so stacked that popular veteran Urijah Faber is consigned to fighting Frankie Saenz on the preliminary card. One night earlier at the Cosmopolitan hotel, featherweight veterans Frankie Edgar and Chad Mendes will meet on Fox Sports 1 in the compelling main event of a card also featuring the final bout in this season of “The Ultimate Fighter,” the UFC’s long-running reality show. Edgar or Mendes, who lost to McGregor as a late replacement for Aldo in August, could be the next challenger for the undisputed belt.
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LLOYD Gwendolynn Jan. 25, 1916 - Nov. 26, 2015 It is with great sadness that we relay the passing of Gwendolynn Lou Lloyd at the Ponoka General Hospital at the age of 99 years. She will be dearly missed by her grandchildren Aaron of Ponoka and his children Devon of Lethbridge, and Colton of Grande Prairie; Cody (Patricia) of Ponoka and their children Darien of Ponoka and Sydney of Los Angeles, CA; sister Muriel Badry of Summerland, BC. She was predeceased by her husband Owen Spencer Lloyd (Slim) in 2005 and their son O. Wayne Lloyd in 2010; brothers Clarence and Donald; sister Melva (Toots). Gwen, was born in Ponoka on January 25, 1916 and grew up surrounded by music. She played trumpet in the Ponoka Band and performed at community dances with her family. She and Slim were married on January 8, 1940 and farmed on part of the original Lloyd homestead until moving to town in 1983. Over the years Gwen was an active member of the community working in the Ponoka Post Office for many years as well as volunteering at Tourist Information office. Together with Slim she enjoyed many hobbies and adventures including traveling to Arizona for several years in the winter, vending at local farmers markets, attending and holding garage sales. Gwen and Slim were regulars at the Ponoka Drop-In Center where she spent hours playing Bingo and never turned down a game of Cribbage. Our beloved grandmother leaves us her many stories and words of wisdom; her humor and wit; she is our roots and our pillar and we will never forget her. Memorial donations are gratefully accepted to the Ponoka Drop-In Centre, FCSS or the Ponoka Covered Wagon Society for the Handicapped.
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SWAINSON Mrs. Winnifred Swainson of Calgary, Alberta passed away on Friday December 4th, 2015 at the age of 86. She had spent 4 long challenging years battling Alzheimer’s. Winnie was born to Daniel and Winnifred Sheridan on November 9th, 1929 in Lacombe, Alberta. After high school she attended nursing school and graduated as a Registered Nurse. In 1952, she married Lewis Hilsenteger and moved to Saskatchewan. They had 6 children, then relocated to Red Deer where they had their 7th child. Sadly, in 1965, Lewis passed away suddenly. Winnifred, with her amazing inner strength, moved her entire family to Edmonton and enrolled at the U of A to complete her Nursing Degree. A year later she graduated and moved back to Red Deer where she was employed for several years at the Red Deer Mountview Health Unit. In 1975, Winnifred married Bryan Swainson and spent many vacations traveling with him to far away lands. Winnie enjoyed playing golf at the Red Deer Country Club and spending time at the family cottage at Gull Lake. Many were impressed with her level of determination to deal with the ups and downs of life. Winnie is survived by her two daughter’s; Peggy (Larry) Crowe and Barb (Ken) Purcell, five sons; Jim (Glenda), Ray (Kathy), Dan (Donna), Ken (Pam) and Marty (Kathy), 19 grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and her three sisters; Pat (Greenhough), Marg (Hedges) and Cecile (Phillips). Her husband Lewis, her sisters Mary and Anne, her brothers Edward and Robert and her parents Daniel and Winnifred preceded her in death. A Funeral service will be held in Red Deer at Sacred Heart Church on Saturday, December 12th at 11am, with a reception to follow. Friends and family are all welcome to attend and celebrate Winnifred’s life.
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A huge thank you to Whisker Rescue Society. Due to my health I knew I would not be able to properly care for my cat Sam. I surrendered him to Whisker Rescue and my heart broke. He then developed diabetes and later kidney issues. But Whisker never gave up on him and lovingly cared for him until the end. For that I will be forever grateful. I still miss him so much. Sincerely Ethel.
OSBORNE SR. Jack Reginald (Reg) Oct. 30, 1932 - Dec. 9, 2014 In the year since you left us, we are all still so thankful for the gift of being able to say good-bye, Dad. There were no words left unspoken - just love and a sense of peace and understanding that in life, there is death. In your life, you taught us so many wonderful things. You always finished what you started and took the time to do it right the first time. You believed a handshake was a man’s word - no contract required. You showed us that less was more (with the exception of fishing, good food, friends and family.) You believed that cocktail hour began at 4pm and there was always room for more wine in the glass. Thank you Dad, for the lifelong friendship and respect you and mom shared. It kept our family whole. As you left us, you taught us more than you could ever know. The grace in which you carried yourself in your final months made us so proud. You were in pain, yet never asked for anything and wanted to be up and presentable whenever anyone came to visit. A gracious host to friends and family until the very end. Thank you for shaping who each of us are, and for continuing to watch over us until we meet again.
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Trail Appliances Ltd. has an immediate opening for a full-time Journeyman Plumber to work within Red Deer and surrounding areas based out of our Red Deer location. The main duties of this position include, but are not limited to: • •
Reg is survived by his loving spouse, Linda Steele, his dear sister, Joan (Bill) Vogel, children Tara (Tim), Reg Jr. (Janice), their mother, Val and grandchildren Taylor (Shanel), Carter (Destiny), Makena and Jordyn.
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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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MOSIER GORDON EUGENE Aug. 4, 1937 - Dec. 4, 2015 It is with great sadness, the family of Gordon Mosier announce his passing on December 4, 2015 at the age of 78 years. Gordon is survived by his loving companion Bernice Giles, son Doug Mosier, daughters; Wendy Mosier, and Debbie Berlinguette (Mark), grandchildren; Tim Baergen, Colin and Mackenzie Bouteiller, Amy and Kaylin Berlinguette, great-grandchildren; Tiffany and Zoe Baergen, brother Glen Mosier, uncle Leon Mosier, many cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. Gordon was predeceased by his son David, brother John and his parents. Gordon was a kind and caring man who enjoyed spending time with family and friends. Gordon was self employed for many years as owner of Rodgers Home Furnishing in Lacombe, then operating Gordon’s Trucking in the Ponoka area where he lived for 34 years. A service will be held for Gordon on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church 5226 51 Ave, Lacombe, AB. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the charity of the donor’s choice. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”
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SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!
TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300 ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK CLEARVIEW RIDGE CLEARVIEW TIMBERSTONE LANCASTER VANIER WOODLEA/ WASKASOO DEER PARK GRANDVIEW EASTVIEW MICHENER MOUNTVIEW ROSEDALE GARDEN HEIGHTS MORRISROE Call Prodie at 403-314-4301
ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK ANDERS BOWER HIGHLAND GREEN INGLEWOOD JOHNSTONE KENTWOOD RIVERSIDE MEADOWS PINES SUNNYBROOK SOUTHBROOKE WEST LAKE WEST PARK Call Sandra at 403-314-4306
ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For early morning delivery by 6:30 am Mon. - Sat. VANIER CLEARVIEW Call Joanne at 403- 314-4308
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For CENTRAL ALBERTA If you are looking for a LIFE challenging and rewarding career as a Journeyman 1 day a week Plumber, please submit INNISFAIL your resume including cover letter and salary PENHOLD expectation to: LACOMBE reddeerjobs@ trail-appliances.com or by SYLVAN LAKE fax at (403) 342-7168. OLDS Security clearances will be conducted on successful BLACKFALDS applicants. PONOKA We thank all interested
applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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JANUARY START
1500-1990
GED Preparation
Antiques & Art
Would you like to take the GED in your community?
COLEMAN STOVE, H. D. single burner from 1950’s, stainless steel, $100. firm 403-896-9246 Start your career! See Help Wanted
Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Caroline Sylvan Lake Innisfail Stettler Ponoka Lacombe
Children's Items
Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available. 403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca
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VARIOUS BABY CLOTHES up to 1 yr. old, $1-$5 403-309-3045
ELLIS Bird Farm is accepting applications for a Cafe (Tea House) Operator/Contractor for the 2016 season (May - early September). Favorable terms and high profit potential. For information package contact info@ellisbirdfarm.ca
Clothing
Central Alberta LIFE &
Spruce, Pine, Aspen - Split. Avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail. PH. Lyle 403-783-2275
FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 FIREWOOD: Spruce & Pine - Split. 403-346-7178 LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar, birch. Price depends on location of delivery. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346
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LADIES size 4 1/2 Italian chocolate leather knee high boots, soft fits like a glove, $200 403-227-2976
DOUBLE bed mattress and box spring $50; brown antique steel bed frame w/all railings $100 403-309-3045
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TABLE & Chair set, wood, maple, 4 chairs, black fabric on chairs, 32x36 at smallest, 32x50 with leafs. $180. ***SOLD***
SUPER Nintendo w/4 games $140; Game Cube w/6 games $80; Sony CD Walkman $30 Pacific DVD series $20 403-782-3847
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Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514
Grain, Feed Hay
8 X 10 AREA RUG, green, beige and burgundy tones, clean, $30 obo. 403-755-2760
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LADIES London Fog, reg. 10 size, cranberry pea coat Length $50. 403-227-2976
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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.
Firewood
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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
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CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290
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HORSE DRAWN SLEIGH RIDES. 886-4607 eves. You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!
SYLVAN Lake, 3 fully furn. rentals, 1 w/garage, inclds. all utils, $1100 $1500. Details 403-880-0210
Condos/ Townhouses
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160 SILEAGE wrapped round wheat green feed bales, very good quality. 780-877-2339 780-877-23326
CONTENTS SALE Antiques, power tools, lamps, furniture, tools, MUCH MORE 100 MUSTANG ACRES Dec. 9 - 12 Wed. - Sat. 10 - 4 403-318-5310
Travel Packages
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4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes
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HIGHLAND Green 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, townhouse avail. immed. $1300 + utils, water/garbage incld, 1 yr. lease, no pets, n/s, 403-872-0668
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3 BDRM., no pets, $1000 mo. 403-343-6609 ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or Jan. 1. 403-304-5337 Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds
4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes
3050
ACROSS from park, Oriole Park, 3 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $1025/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or Jan. 1 403-304-5337
Suites
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ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889 AVAIL. IMMED. large 2 bdrm. in clean quiet adult building, near downtown Co-Op, no pets, 403-348-7445
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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
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Rooms For Rent
2 ROOMS $500./mo. each DD $200 each. 403-352-7417
CITY VIEW APTS.
Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building. Rent $925 S.D. $800. Avail. immed. and Jan. 1. Near hospital. No pets.403-318-3679
Warehouse Space
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BAY for lease. Burnt Lake GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. Industrial Park. Shop area, apartments, avail. immed, 4,381 sq. ft.; office area, 2,372 sq. ft. Call rent $875 403-596-6000 403-588-7120. LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. COLD storage garage, SUITES. 25+, adults only 14’ x 24’, $200/mo.; heated n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 big truck space, $775/mo. VARIETY SHOP SPACES ~ offices ~ fenced yards ~ Big or small, different 1 & 2 bdrm., locations. 403-343-6615 Adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets. 403-596-2444
MORRISROE MANOR THE NORDIC
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Garage Space
1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, HEATED garage, 20x26, West Park, avail. Jan. 1 N/S. No pets. $250/mo., 403-845-0203 403-596-2444
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2003 OLDS ALERO, good cond., 240,000 kms. $1000. 403-309-0614
2001 INTREPID SE $2000 firm 403-357-9459
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2011 COLORADO, Z71 4x4, loaded for comfort, 45,000 kms., 1 owner, $27,500.
DO YOU HAVE A DIRT BIKE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.
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2004 FREESTAR Limited Edition
2006 JEEP Commander full load, 4.7. Best Offer ASAP 403-342-7798
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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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2003 NISSAN Maxima SE Titanium 143,000 km V6, 6 spd. manual, loaded 403 358 1713
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WE Will Take Payments!! 2012 Dodge Gr. Caravan White, 93,000 Kms. Full Inspection $13,450. Harvey @ Reward Lease 403-358-1698
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EXCELLENT 2nd vehicle, 2007 Ford Five Hundred, loaded, w/sunroof, leather, all options, $5,300 obo. 403-505-7684
2010 FORD FUSION SEL, 2.5L, IV engine, 6 spd., loaded. 81,000 kms. $11,800. 403-350-1608
RARE 1997 LINCOLN Mark VIII, exc. cond. throughout, $6000. obo.
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Mobile Lot
PADS $450/mo. Brand new park in Lacombe. Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000. Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820
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Realtors & Services
4010
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Trucks
2011 DODGE Ram 3500 4wd crew cab “LOOK” now only $36,495 STK W8914A; 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan 4dr. wagon ONLY 48,000 kms, now ONLY $18,485 STK P3315A. Call Frank at Northwest Motors 403-877-5977 2006 DODGE Hemi Ram truck, 4x4 auto., 4 dr., loaded, no rust, 200,000 km. 403-782-4386
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Vans Buses
2014 JEEP Patriot ( a good buy at $21,000!); 2010 Chrylser Towne n Country ( A great van at only $16,500!): 2011 Dodge Caravan Stow n Go (hot price at $18,000!) Call Bob Argent 403-318-7319
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Tires, Parts Acces. HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net
4 SUMMER TIRES . 205-70R15 with Alessio sports rims , plus 1 brand new spare tire w/rim. Rims could also be put on winter tires. $200 for all 403-346-4263
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Houses For Sale
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. Quick possession. ABSOLUTELY NO AGENTS
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Public Notices
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of
MARVIN WILLIAM EVANS who died on November 1, 2015
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5030
Cars
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.
2003 OLDS Alero, good cond., 240,000 kms. $1000. 403-309-0614
Classified 5040 does it all!
SUV's
Christmas Special!
2013 Winter Chill Grand Cherokee Laredo was $29,900 now $27,450 payments $234 bi-weekly; 2013 Mineral Grey Dodge Durango RT was $58,270 now $46,400 payments $390 bi-weekly. Call Ken Northwest Motors 403-877-0629 for details. 2014 CHEROKEE North 4x4 V6 auto, heated front seats, remote start, sunroof, backup camera, was $38,765 Len’s price $34,300 + GST/fees; 2014 Ram 1500 Laramie crew cab 4x4, full load w/air suspension, sunroof, black gold exterior w/rare light tan interior, was $64,490 Len’s price $45,800 + GST/fees. Both vehicles under 500 kms. Call Len Sisco at Northwest Motors 403-304-2066.
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Trucks
2014 SPORT Crew Cab white under 500 kms, was $60,340 now $43,190; 2014 Black Laramie two tone under 500 kms., was $64,500 now $46,700 Butch at North West Motors 403-392-1606
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INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilÀeld service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS
Cleaning
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HOUSE CLEANING Provided for Seniors. Many yrs. exp. 403-782-4312 Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.
Contractors
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BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550 COUNTERTOP replacement. Kitchen reno’s. Wes 403-302-1648
Handyman Services
1200
BOOK NOW! For help on your home projects such as bathroom, main Áoor, and bsmt. renovations. Also painting and Áooring. Call James 403-341-0617
Massage Therapy
1280
FANTASY SPA
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10 - 2am Private back entry
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Misc. Services
1290
5* JUNK REMOVAL
Property clean up 505-4777 GARAGE Doors Serviced 50% off. 403-358-1614
Moving & Storage
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DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your MOVING? Boxes? Appls. reno needs. 403-506-4301 removal. 403-986-1315
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Seniors’ Services
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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777
Trump not backing down STANDS BY HIS PROPOSAL TO BAN MUSLIMS FROM ENTERING US, DESPITE WIDESPREAD OUTRAGE BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call to block Muslims from entering the United States is being met with a chorus of near-universal condemnation from across the country and around the globe. From the halls of Congress to 10 Downing Street, Trump’s statement Monday advocating a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” was blasted as bigoted, unconstitutional and potentially dangerous for American interests abroad. British Prime Minister David Cameron, breaking the custom of British leaders not commenting on U.S. presidential contenders, slammed it as “divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong.” U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon denounced “any kind of rhetoric that relies on Islamophobia, xenophobia, any other appeal to hate any groups.” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a statement in support of religious freedom. Even Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling weighed in, decrying Trump on Twitter as worse than her fictional villain Lord Voldemort. “This is not conservatism,” Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters after a closed-door GOP caucus meeting. “What was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for, and more importantly it’s not what this country stands for.” Trump’s campaign has been marked by a pattern of inflammatory statements, dating back to rhetoric that some Mexican immigrants, who entered the country illegally, are drug smugglers and rapists — but even that didn’t evoke the same widespread level of contempt.
The billionaire businessman and former reality television star has maintained his lead in early opinion surveys, despite the controversies, vexing his Republican rivals and alarming a GOP establishment in panic over the damage they fear he’s doing to a deeply divided party. Trump, who appears to revel in the attention, didn’t back down from his proposal Tuesday, saying that banning Muslims “until our country’s representatives can figure out what the hell is going on” is warranted after last month’s attacks by Muslim extremists in Paris and last week’s shootings in San Bernardino, California. “Somebody in this country has to say what’s right,” Trump said in an interview with ABC taped Tuesday. “It’s short-term. Let our country get its act together.” Trump’s proposed ban would apply to immigrants and visitors alike, a sweeping prohibition affecting adherents of a religion practiced by more than a billion people worldwide. Trump clarified in a round of television interviews Tuesday that his proposed ban would not apply to American citizens travelling abroad and would allow exemptions for certain people, including the leaders of Middle Eastern countries and athletes for certain sporting events. However, not specified in his list of exemptions, for example, are Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai and the four civil society groups that led Tunisia’s transition to democracy — all Muslim Nobel Peace Prize winners. Since the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris that killed 130 people and wounded hundreds, some other Republican presidential contenders have proposed restrictions on refugees and tighter surveillance in the U.S. But Trump’s proposal goes far further, prompting a new round of criticism. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Trump’s
rhetoric risked inflaming tensions in the Middle East, playing into the recruiting strategy of Islamic State militants, who have framed their battle as a war between Islam and the West. “He’s putting our soldiers and diplomats at risk, he’s empowering the enemy,” said Graham, another GOP presidential contender, in an interview with CNN. Trump, he said, is making new enemies of people “who came to our side in Iraq and Afghanistan and who are under siege in their own countries.” Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, another Trump rival, suggested Trump’s comments were helping violent extremists gain strength. “They want us to marginalize Muslims so that they move in their direction, rather than in ours,” he said. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton also said Trump was playing into jihadists’ hands, but she had harsh words for his Republican rivals as well. “The truth is many of them have also said extreme things about Muslims,” she said at a campaign rally Tuesday in New Hampshire. “Their language may be more veiled than Trump’s but their ideas are not so different.” Trump rejected the criticism and accused his opponents of trying to use the issue to boost their campaigns. “I’m the worst thing that’s ever happened to ISIS. The people in my party fully understand that,” he said on ABC. “They get it. They’re trying to get publicity for themselves.” At the White House, press secretary Josh Earnest lambasted Trump as a “carnival barker” and called on his rivals to denounce their fellow candidate. “What he said is disqualifying,” Earnest said. “Any Republican who’s too fearful of the Republican base to admit it has no business serving as president, either.”
Heavy rains drench northwest Oregon, causing flooding, landslides BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon and the rain are synonymous — but the downpours that have caused flooding, landslides and evacuations in the state this week are getting to be too much even for the Pacific Northwest. Residents in the Portland area and throughout northwest Oregon and southwest Washington were pummeled by a second barrage of heavy rains on Tuesday, as rain continued to soak already saturated ground, bringing some area creeks and rivers to flood stage. Officials predicted that residents could face a repeat of Monday’s scenario: streets turned into creeks, flooding near rivers and streams, landslides and delays in traffic and mass transit. Some buildings and residences were stacking up sandbags to prevent further flooding. Amtrak on Tuesday closed tracks between Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, because of high waters north of Portland Union Station. Passengers using the Amtrak Cascades service will be taken by bus around the closed areas. Coast Starlight and Empire Builder trains will be rerouted through the area. Earlier Tuesday, commuter train and Amtrak services were cancelled between Seattle and Everett because of a landslide on the tracks. Train service will be halted until at least Thursday morning, part of a mandatory waiting period as tracks are inspected.
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This photo released by the Oregon Department of Transportation shows a sinkhole on Highway 22 in Yamhill County, Ore., Tuesday. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for much of northwest Oregon and southwest Washington. The Oregon Department of Transportation closed all lanes of Highway 30 Tuesday afternoon south of St. Johns Bridge in Portland due to a landslide leaving trees and debris across the road. Officials had partially opened the road by Tuesday evening but weren’t expected to fully open it until sometime Wednesday. As of Tuesday evening, more than 3,800 customers were without power in the Puget Sound region while nearly 4,000 customers were experiencing power outages in the Portland area. Even before the downpour re-
turned Tuesday, several of the previously flooded streets remained closed throughout the area. The state Department of Transportation said parts of several highways in western Oregon were closed because of high water. Officials were also trying to figure out how to repair massive sinkholes that had opened up on Monday — one in front of Mount Hood Community College in Gresham, a Portland suburb, and another on Highway 22 in Yamhill County. The college remained closed on Tuesday.
California shooting shows difficulty law enforcement has detecting potential attackers BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — By the time the married couple who carried out the deadly San Bernardino attack came to the attention of police, it was far too late. Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, had gone undetected while planning the massacre that included amassing thousands of rounds of ammunition, high-powered guns and pipe bombs. The FBI’s acknowledgement that the San Bernardino shooters had been radicalized Muslims for “quite some time” points to the difficulty discovering potential terrorists who keep a very low profile and shows the deadly consequences that can occur when identification comes too late. “It appears these people were very good at hiding their intentions,” said David Schanzer, a Duke University public policy professor who runs a centre that studies terrorism. “What this situation shows is it’s not a foolproof system. … A hundred per cent prevention is not achievable.” The couple, who lived quietly in a two-bedroom townhouse with their 6-month-old daughter and Farook’s mother, had not come to the attention of law enforcement before clothing themselves in black, donning face masks and bursting into an annual festive meeting of Farook’s county health
department colleagues with guns blazing. They killed 14 people and wounded 21 last Wednesday before dying in a shootout with police about four hours later. David Bowdich, chief of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, told reporters the agency was searching for how and where radicalization occurred and who might have led them to those beliefs. Investigators believe Malik radicalized before meeting Farook, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said Tuesday, though she didn’t elaborate on what led the FBI to that conclusion. Farook, 28, a restaurant inspector born in the U.S. to a Pakistani family, radicalized before Malik, 29, emigrated to the U.S. from Pakistan in July 2014 on a fiancee visa and married him the next month. America’s counterterrorism infrastructure has had success flagging individuals who try to travel abroad to fight alongside militants, fund operations overseas or who communicate online with overseas terrorists. But it’s been far more challenging for law enforcement to identify each and every individual who self-radicalizes online, a process the Islamic State has facilitated with slick Internet propaganda aimed at the disaffected. “They’re not communicating with a terrorist organization, they’re not doing those other things that we have typically looked for when we’re look-
ing for terrorists,” said John Cohen, a former Homeland Security Department counterterrorism co-ordinator. Behaviour in isolation isn’t likely to put a defendant on law enforcement’s radar. But sudden withdrawal from friends or family, for instance, starts hitting trip wires when combined with other actions, such as increased visits to hate-spewing chat rooms or radical change in appearance. Even then, law enforcement is challenged on a daily basis in separating individuals who hold radical views, which in and of itself is not a crime, from those who are plotting acts of violence or encouraging others in that direction. “It’s a highly individualized process, and each person is different,” said Seamus Hughes, deputy director of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University’s Center for Cyber & Homeland Security, which recently issued a study showing that 56 people had been charged in the U.S. this year in connection with supporting the Islamic State. “The radicalization process could take a few years, it could take a few months.” Mike German, a national security fellow at New York University Law School and a former FBI agent, said the government’s model to predict who will become a terrorist is flawed, partly because it focuses too much on those who adhere to a radical or extreme ideology.
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Ford promises older, wiser Han Solo BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — When speaking about Star Wars, there are few topics that inspire a twinkle in Harrison Ford’s eyes. The 73-year-old actor is matter-offact about almost everything involving the sci-fi series’ latest episode — from his reunion with Carrie Fisher (“It was no big deal.”) to the franchise’s unwavering popularity (“For me, it’s old news.”). However, when Ford brings up his new co-stars, he lights up like the Millennium Falcon charging through hyperspace. “The new, young actors Daisy Ridley and John Boyaga were well cast, well directed and are huge talents,” he said, his gritty voice lifting, during a recent interview. “They come off really well in the movie. They carry the movie.” After more than 30 years, Ford is reprising his role as smart-aleck smuggler Han Solo in director J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens, out Dec. 18. The iconic character, who hasn’t been seen on screen since celebrating the fall of the Galactic Empire in 1983’s Return of the Jedi, serves as an unlikely mentor to scavenger Rey (Daisy Ridley), defector Finn (John Boyega) and pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) as they team up to take on masked adversary Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and his minions. While the film has been cloaked in an unparalleled level of secrecy, Ford guaranteed that fans can expect the same Solo they fell in love with from the original Star Wars trilogy. (Disney declined to screen Force Awakens for this story ahead of the Dec. 14 premiere). “The shorthand is that he’s older and wiser, but his bones are the
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Carrie Fisher, from left, Mark Hamill, and Harrison Ford attend Lucasfilm’s ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ panel on Day 2 of Comic-Con International in San Diego, Calif. same,” Ford said. “He’s not selling real estate now. He’s the same guy — only with the passage of 30 years. While we do not sit down and describe what he’s been doing for those years, we do discover in the context of the story what the complications have been in his life.” Ford, who infamously wanted George Lucas to kill off Solo in Return of the Jedi, had a “why not?” attitude about suiting back up as Solo. He wasn’t surprised by Disney’s Death Star-sized plan to revive the franchise after acquiring Lucasfilm in 2012 for more than $4 billion. The studio is planning to release a stand-alone film about a young Solo in 2018.
“If you make a huge investment in a product and it pays off, there’s wisdom in seeing whether the well has run dry,” Ford said. “If the well has run dry, (expletive) admit it and go on
to something else. This well has not dried, especially when you introduce new discoveries, which Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver represent.” Despite embodying the intergalactic scoundrel in three films, the Indiana Jones star didn’t feel the need to provide Force Awakens filmmakers with much insight into Solo, who is back alongside shaggy sidekick Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew). “They wanted to know if I didn’t like something, and we would talk about ways to fix it,” Ford said. “That’s what we do. It’s a collaborative process. There wasn’t much. (Lawrence) Kasdan was back. He was one of the writers from the original films. He has a keen understanding on how the beast works, so I think they produced a script that — in my mind — was very easy to work with.” Once he was back in a galaxy far, far away, Ford’s reprisal was stopped short on the second day of production last year when a door on the Millennium Falcon set outside London fell on him. He broke his left leg and was grounded for months. The unexpected time off proved more frustrating than fruitful. “I had been ready,” he said. “I didn’t have much to think about. I think it gave J.J. some more time to think about some of the scenes.”
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