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Local facilities have room for improvement: report BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Long-term care facilities in Central Alberta have some work to do to reduce the use of restraints, potentially inappropriate use of antipsychotics, and the number of residents experiencing worsening pain according to new data. This week Canadian Institute for Health Information showed daily physical restraints were used on 19 per cent of residents in the Central Zone compared to 8.6 per cent across Alberta in 2014-15. CIHI says restraints are sometimes used to manage behaviours or prevent falls. But there are many potential physical and psychological risks associated with applying physical restraints to older adults, and such use raises concerns about safety and quality of care. In Central Zone, 28.9 per cent of residents were taking antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis compared to 21.1 per cent provincially. CIHI says these drugs are sometimes used to manage behaviours in residents who have dementia. Careful monitoring is required as such use raises concerns about safety and quality of care. In Central Zone, 18.5 per cent of residents had worsening pain compared to 13.2 per cent across Alberta. CIHI says worsening pain can be related to a number of issues, including medication complications and/or improper management of medication. Careful monitoring of changes in pain can help identify appropriate treatment. Worsened pain raises concerns about a resident’s health status and the quality of care received. Dr. James Silvius, provincial medical director for seniors health with Alberta Health Services, said in general he was reasonably pleased with the data results, but there is some work to do, like reducing use of restraints in Central Zone. “It declined for three years and then it went up in Central Zone. I’m not entirely sure why that is. We know there are certain sites that are a fair amount higher than others. When you think about the size of many of these facilities, small changes in the number of people can really skew the data unfortunately,” Silvius said on Friday. In the Red Deer region, the use of restraints was highest at Rimbey Hospital and Care Centre at 43 per cent and lowest at Extendicare Michener Hill in Red Deer at 0.1 per cent. He said the potentially inappropriate use of antipsychotics has actually dropped significantly in Central Zone from 34.7 per cent last year to 28.9 as AHS works to reduce the use of antipsychotics. “We recognize that this was an issue within AHS. We started to work on it. Central Zone has further to go than some of the others and we’re making good progress.” Residents taking antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis was highest at Olds Hospital and Care Centre at 37.5 per cent and lowest at Extendicare Michener Hill in Red Deer at 20.2 per cent. When it comes to worsening pain, there are some sites in the zone that are doing better than others. “One of the sites that have done very well made recognition and management of pain a specific focus of activity last year and their results are way better than just about anyone else’s which suggests there’s some best practice sitting in Central Zone which we need to look at replicating.” He said that site was Extendicare Michener Hill. Residents with worsening pain was highest at Bethany Sylvan Lake at 31.5 per cent and lowest at Extendicare Michener Hill at 4.9 per cent.
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Red Deer embraces season of giving BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF If there’s any doubt that Red Deer overflows with the spirit of giving, look no further than the Christmas charities helping record numbers of people in need this year. With the final numbers mostly counted, the combined efforts of the Red Deer Christmas Bureau, Salvation Army, Central Alberta Women’s Outreach and Family Services of Central Alberta will bring comfort and joy to several thousand people — many of whom have never had to apply for assistance before. And those that offer support to these agencies are coming through as always, although there’s still need, and time, to give. The Christmas Bureau, the hub of the season’s drive to help families and children — had a total of 1,237 applicants this year. This week there are 1,146 hampers going out to families, helping 1,345 children, Christmas Bureau president Teresa Kutynec said. Going back as far as 2002, the 2015 numbers are the highest, even about 100 higher than during the global economic crisis several years ago. Despite the high numbers, the bureau will be able to help everyone. “It’s people out of work and I think people weren’t quite prepared for everybody being off for this long. The oilpatch hasn’t gone back to work. There’s a lot of people who have been off since February and still haven’t found any work.” “I think it’s a bit of a humbling experience for them. They’re having to use a service they’ve never used before, where they’ve possibly donated to in the past.” Kutynec is worried already about next year, and that the growing need will be a trend. “We’re all a bit concerned. … It’s a lot of new people.” Families receive toys for their children as well as a hamper that contains food including a turkey and ham, vegetables, and all the fixings. The bureau’s cash drive for $150,000 may not be reached, Kutynec said, because they still had about $40,000 to go as of Friday. The annual charity checkstop raised $16,000, about $1,000 more than last year. That money is split between four groups, including the Christmas Bu-
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Salvation Army Cadets Scott and Cathy Allen of Kitchener, Ont. work in the basement of the Salvation Army Church in Red Deer preparing Christmas Hampers last Thursday. reau. “We wish everybody a Merry Christmas and we hope that everybody gets back to work and if they used the service and the next year if they don’t have to, then maybe they can give then.” People who want to donate can still do so today and Tuesday by dropping by the bureau between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. with cash or cheque at #15 7428-49 Ave., or go to CanadaHelps.org and search ‘Red Deer Christmas Bureau’ to make a donation online. Over at the Red Deer Salvation Army, Major Larry Bridger said they are seeing strong support. “The response in the last few days has been overwhelming to be honest,” he said Friday. “The people of Red Deer, when there’s a need, they respond wholeheartedly.” Bridger said that a lot of people came by to make donations of gift cards and cash after learning about the need in local media earlier in the week when they still needed over 50 more sponsors for their Adopt A Family program.
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Father Frost and children react as storybook characters come to life during an interactive Russian Children’s New Year play Saturday afternoon at the Dawe Centre Gym. The Russian New Year’s party and play are an annual event that bring out more than a hundred of the city’s residents, many with Russian heritage.
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Blood needed in holiday season BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF The downturn in the economy affects many things, even the number of people giving blood. Canadian Blood Services in Red Deer is busy encouraging people to book one of over 400 open appointments over the Christmas period until Jan. 2. Judy Jones, Associate Director of Donor Relations for Alberta, Saskatchewan and NWT, says that besides the fact that people have other things on their minds at this time of year, the Partners for Life program is seeing fewer donations. Partners for Life involves corporate and community organizations making regular group donations. But with people being laid off, and businesses not as able to give remaining workers time off from work, the result is fewer donors. Jones said one of their main target groups right now is men and women ages 35 to 53. This group does not donate as much, likely because of busy
lifestyles. But it also happens to be the age group that once committed, they get the best returns from, said Jones. Blood donations have a limited shelf, so just like “milk in a fridge” there is a need for continual donations. For example, the platelets in blood, have a shelf life of five days. White blood cells have a shelf life of 42 days. Blood donations by individuals can be made every 56 days. Jones said they need a minimum of 110 first-time donors at the Red Deer clinic each month. While the blood supply is good now, she said the challenge during the holiday season is there are fewer hours to collect blood. But the need and demand remains the same. Jones said that while people may not be able to give money during the current economic times, giving blood is one way people can donate without digging into their pockets. People can come in and donate a unit of blood to save a life and still be giving back to the community, she said. People can book appointments by calling 1-888-236-6283. They can also
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Canadian Blood Services R.N. Jackie Kessler takes a blood donation from donor Dan Sims at the Red Deer clinic last week. download on their mobile devices the free application GiveBlood, available in iOS and Android. The Red Deer blood donor clinic, at #5 5020 - 68th St., has appointments available on the following days: Tuesday: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. ; Wednesday: 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Thursday Dec. 24: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Saturday Dec. 26: 9 a.m.
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CARE: Physical and psychological factors Worsening pressure ulcers was particularly high at Consort Hospital and Care Centre where 17.4 per cent of patients had worsening ulcers. The provincial rate was 3.1 per cent. Pressure ulcers can happen when a resident sits or lies in the same position for a long period of time. Immobility may be due to many physical and psychological factors, neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s and improper nutrition or hydration. CIHI says careful monitoring is required to ensure good quality of care. Silvius said since the Consort facility only has 15 long-term care beds, one resident developing a pressure sore or coming in with a sore will have a big impact on their statistics. That’s what he suspects happened. Kira Leeb, CIHI director of health system performance, said in previous years, the percentage of worsening pressure ulcers in Consort was on par with the regional and provincial rate. “It is only in this last year that there’s been a spike. Certainly I would be much more concerned if the trend was ongoing, if it had gone up year after year. That would suggest people aren’t on top of it,” Leeb said. She said by reporting on a variety of health care indicators CIHI provides a balanced perspective. “It’s nice to have that picture. A lot of times what we see is hospitals and long-term care facilities perform well on some indicators and poor on others,” Leeb said. She said if a facility ranked high on several of the indicators that would be odd. People pay particular attention to potentially inappropriate use of antipsychotics, restraint use, and falls among seniors. “Those are really the ones we have many more conversations about. This is really what this information is meant to do, to drive conversation.” This is only the second time CIHI has publicly released data on the long-term care sector. The first time data came out was in June. In Central Alberta, data comes from 39 long-term care facilities. Across the province, there are 168 facilities. National data was calculated from about 57 per cent of long-term care facilities. Leeb said people are visiting the CIHI interactive website to find out how facilities are performing. “The most important thing for us is really that people have a sense, because they pay for much of the health care system, to know how it’s performing.” For more information visit www.cihi.ca. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com
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CHARITIES: 220 families He said they will meet the needs of approximately 220 families with a total of 420 children. Last year they helped 180 families. Bridgen also noted that some of the people they are assisting have never asked for help before and these are not the same people receiving help from the Christmas Bureau. Given the recent donations, they are able to supplement gift hampers a little more. As for the 30-day Christmas kettle program, which wraps up on Wednesday, he said he is not concerned about reaching their goal of $210,000. At last count they were at $144,000 and the last days before Christmas are usually the best days for kettles donations, he said. “Response has been”absolutely tremendous” and Bridgen wanted to offer a sincere thanks to Red Deer. Darcy Ouellet, fund development officer at Central Alberta Women’s Outreach, said as of Friday they have seen applications for 214 single-parent families with 451 children. The numbers are comparable with last year. They only assist single-parent families and he has
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noticed more men this year than in previous years. The final numbers are expected to be a little higher than last year. “Our sponsors, they are so amazing, they really, really are. We had some that said, ‘We know things are tougher, we’ll do two families this year,’ and then we had some that they just couldn’t do it this year.” Liz Leinweber, Family Services of Central Alberta volunteer co-ordinator, said the Gifts for Grandparents program will be up compared to last year. They helped 568 seniors last year, and are at about 580 this year. They also received a lot of support in recent days when the public learned of the need, she said. Various other groups help the Christmas charities and people in need at this time of year. The City of Red Deer’s Toy for Tickets program resulted in 500 gifts (50 more than in 2014) coming in for the Christmas Bureau. The Salvation Army’s Christmas Day dinner takes place from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the church, located at 4837-54th St. Meal deliveries will be done between noon and 2 p.m. but they must be prearranged by Wednesday by calling 403-346-2251.
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Manitoba’s attorney general says province is ready for a transgender judge BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s attorney general says his province is ready for its first transgender judge, and possibly the first transgender judge in Canada. Gord Mackintosh appointed Kael McKenzie to the provincial court last week. McKenzie has been a Crown attorney in Manitoba for five years, and also practised family, commercial and civil law before that. He received his law degree from the University of Manitoba in 2006. Mackintosh says the province has worked to increase the diversity of the bench over the past decade after expanding the criteria in 2002 to include not only professional excellence and community awareness, but also the diversity of Manitoba society. He says in addition to being transgender, McKenzie is also Metis. “Diversity is valued, along with the other qualifications for advancement to the bench,” Mackintosh said on Sunday. “We had a number of qualified candidates. The fact that Kael is also transgender is exciting.” “Manitoba is certainly ready for a transgender judge.” Mackintosh said that according to the Manitoba Bar Association, McKenzie is the first known transgender judge in Canada. A news release from the Manitoba government notes that McKenzie also served in the Canadian Forces, and has volunteered for organizations including the Canadian Bar Association, the Manitoba Bar Association, the Winnipeg Folk Festival, the North American Indigenous Games and Winnipeg’s Rainbow Resource Centre. The release said McKenzie was selected by a list of candidates recommended by an independent judicial nominating committee, chaired by Chief Judge Ken Champagne. Mackintosh, who was also attorney general back when legislation was changed to require consideration of diversity for the bench, said the change recognized the provincial bench wasn’t reflecting the face of Manitoba and needed to be strengthened.
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Missing cheetah in B.C.’s Interior still on the lam, Calgary zoo offers to help BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — A cheetah on the loose in British Columbia’s Interior is still unaccounted for after it was last spotted roaming a snowy highway in the Kootenay region last week. As of Sunday evening, conservation officers were still urging people to phone in any sightings of the big cat. RCMP notified the public on Thursday that the feline had been seen wandering near Crawford Bay, about 50 kilometres northeast of Nelson in the Kootenays. “It’s pretty much status quo,” said the Environment Ministry’s Danielle Bell, speaking on behalf of the B.C. Conservation Officer Service. “We’ve gotten some public tips and are following up on those.” The B.C. government approached the Calgary Zoo late last week asking whether the facility would be willing to house a cheetah, said zoo spokeswoman Trish Exton-Parder. “We’ve got the expertise to care for them and the veterinary care to make sure they’re safe and happy,” said Exton-Parder. Calgary doesn’t have any cheetahs of its own, but Exton-Parder said such an animal could be held comfortably in a temporary quarantine. Though the public would not be able to view the cat given the lack of an appropriate exhibit, she said. “We could also offer some assistance to the B.C. government to help find another home … that is ac-
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credited,” she added. Exton-Parder referenced the numerous offers of assistance the Calgary facility received in the aftermath of the 2013 Alberta floods. “That’s how accredited zoos help each other out,” she said. “We’re all on the same page. We’re trying just to help wildlife.” Currently, Vancouver’s zoo holds the only permit to possess a cheetah in B.C., according to a statement from the Forests Ministry. The statement said the ministry had received a permit application to possess a cheetah in the Kootenay region and that application is currently under review. “However, ministry staff advise there is no indication or information as to whether the cheetah on loose is or could be related to the above permit application,” the statement said. Insp. Joe Caravetta of the Conservation Officer Service said last week that the provincial wildlife veterinarian doesn’t believe the missing cheetah poses a threat to the public. “We want to be able to find this cheetah and for its own health and benefit be able to capture it and get it to a facility and have it checked out,” Caravetta said on Friday. “It could be hungry, and any animal that is hungry may do things that may not be in its character.” The RCMP are encouraging people to keep an eye on small children and pets until the animal is located. assistance in locating Andrew Joseph Snow, 29, of no fixed address, but believed to be in the area. Snow is currently wanted for an alleged attempted murder. He is described as Caucasian, 1.8 metres (6 feet) tall, 109 kgs (240 lbs), with brown hair and a tattoo with writing on the left side of his neck. Snow is considered to be armed and dangerous and should not be approached. If you have any information as to his whereabouts, please contact the Sylvan Lake RCMP detachment at 403-887-3333 or to remain anonymous you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
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EDMONTON — Police say three suspects, including a 13-year-old, face first degree murder charges in connection with a pair of convenience store holdups in the Alberta capital that left two clerks dead. Laylin Delorme, 24, Colton Steinhauer, 27, and the youth who can’t be named were arrested Friday morning. In addition to the murder charges, all three suspects face charges of robbery with a prohibited restricted firearm and being disguised with intent. A police news release didn’t say when the suspects will appear in court to face the allegations. Police identified one of the victims on Friday as Karanpal Singh Bhangu, 35, and on Saturday, they identified the second victim as Ricky Massin Cenabre, 41. Police said the clerks were working alone at two separate stores and didn’t fight back when masked robbers walked in and shot them on Friday morning. Ephraim Holganza, who knew Cenabre through the local Filipino community and recently sold a vehicle to him, said Cenabre was from the island province of Bohol in the Philippines and had been in Canada about four or five years. He had a common-law wife in that country as well as a teenaged son. “He was a good person, quiet. During our conversations, he said when he gets his permanent residency, he was going to enlist in the military,” Holganza said. Police chief Rod Knecht called the deaths “a barbaric and gratuitous act of violence” and “evil” when he spoke at a news conference on Friday afternoon. Police were alerted to trouble when a panic alarm call was made from one of the Mac’s stores. Bhangu was found shot in the stomach and was rushed to hospital, but died of his wound. According to the principal of Progressive Academy where Bhangu’s wife, Kiran, worked as a teacher, Bhangu and the couple’s six-year-old son had come to Edmonton from Canada just a few months ago. Kiran had already been in Canada for four years, the principal said. A 911 call was made from the second Mac’s by a delivery man who found a trail of blood leading to a storage room. Cenabre was pronounced dead at the scene. Holganza and others in Edmonton’s Filipino community are seeking donations to help Cenabre’s family in the Philippines. Police say they made the arrests after officers spotted a suspected stolen vehicle near another Mac’s. A chase ended when the vehicle crashed into a guardrail. Police said some cash was stolen in both robberies but investigators said Friday that it would have been small amounts since convenience stores typically put most of their sales in floor safes and armoured cars pick up the bulk each day.
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Duffy saga now of little consequence It is not totally true to say that the ter or the ascent of a prosecutorial oplegal travails of Stephen Harper’s for- position leader could be presumed to mer star senator are no longer of any hang in the balance of the Duffy trial. real consequence to anyAt this time last year, one but himself. A dozen of Duffy, Harper and Thomas Mike Duffy’s past and presMulcair were the leading ent Senate colleagues have co-stars in a high-stakes cause to wait for the trial political drama that was verdict with bated breath. deemed to have the potenThey are on the list of tial to reshape the electoral current or ex-senators landscape. whose expense claims were Twelve months later, brought to the attention of there has yet to be a definthe RCMP over the past two itive resolution to the Senyears. Take Pamela Wallin, ate saga, but the storyline who is back in the upper has fizzled out; the audihouse since the election. ence has lost interest; the CHANTAL There has not been a word spotlight has shifted and HEBERT on where she stands since the curtain has fallen in the RCMP reportedly transwhole or in part on its main OPINION ferred her file to the Crown protagonists. prosecutors last summer. That is as good a meaThe odds that the other senators en- sure of what a difference a year in polgulfed in the spending scandal will be itics can make. charged and/or taken to trial stand to At this time last year, Harper decrease if Duffy is found not guilty of looked well placed to make electoral all or most of the 31 criminal charges history by winning a fourth conseclaid against him. utive mandate. The rise to pre-emiThat being said, gone are the days nence of the security issue in the wake when the re-election of a government, of the Parliament Hill shootings had the reputation of a sitting prime minis- given his party a second wind. For the
first time since the Senate scandal, the Conservatives were seeing positive omens in public opinion. That gave rise to trepidation about the upcoming Duffy trial and even talk of an early election to minimize the risks. These days, most Harper-related speculation is of an idle variety. It revolves around the timing of his definitive departure from the House of Commons. Most expect it will come sooner rather than later. Some wonder why it has not happened yet. For the record, there is nothing exceptional about the fact that Harper is still an MP. It may be one of the more normal features of his exit from politics. Paul Martin was defeated in January 2006 but resigned his seat only in March. As for Mulcair, 12 long months ago he was basking in the glowing reviews of his performance as chief-questioner of the government in the Commons. The NDP leader was never more on a roll than over the time of the Senate scandal. It was in its wake that he came to have a larger-than-life presence in question period. He will probably go down in modern Canadian his-
tory as the official Opposition leader who will have asked the most questions of a government over the course of a single session. A year later, Mulcair’s parliamentary persona feels too big for the support role of leader of the third party in the House. In the new House of Commons, he looks like a square peg in a round hole. At least for the time being, his famous prosecutorial skills are wasted on a Liberal prime minister that too many New Democrats for comfort like better than they do their own leader. At year’s end, Harper is headed for political retirement but not mostly for what the Duffy trial has brought to light. The betting is that Mulcair — whose oratory feats on the Senate turned out to be wasted on the country’s voters — will not be far behind. As for Duffy, except among a handful of allegedly profligate senators, his ultimate fate is a matter of relative indifference. The Senate saga was the biggest political drama of the last federal decade but it earned none of its main actors a curtain call. Chantal Hébert is a national affairs writer syndicated by the Toronto Star
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Re: “Terrorism is an overblown threat” First of all, I believe that most people don’t understand the big picture. Every day in Syria, over 230 people will be killed by the following armed forces: Assad’s army killing anyone they don’t like; rebels killing Assad forces; Sunnis killing Assad forces, Shiites and Kurds; Shiites killing Assad’s forces, Sunnis, and Kurds; Kurds killing Assad forces, Sunnis, Shiites and Turkish forces; Turkish forces killing Kurds, Sunnis, Shiites, and Assad’s forces; Russians killing anyone opposed to Assad dictatorship; ISIS killing anyone they don’t like; lastly, America’s allies (Great Britain, France, Germany, Canada, and 20 other nations killing anyone who supports Assad’s dictatorship. God only knows how many thousands of many poor, unfortunate Muslim civilians are being killed every day in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mali, Somali, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Chad, Libya, Yemen, etc. by fanatical religious nuts (ISIS, Taliban, Boko Haram, al Qaeda, and their associates). In a global context, the Germans and the Russians suffered nearly 2 million casualties at the Battle of Stalingrad in nearly six months of fighting (Aug. 23, 1942 to Feb. 2, 1943). In a 24 hour period, June 6, 1944, D-Day, Allied forces lost 4, 414 dead while German forces lost over 5, 000 dead. Untold millions of Christians, Catholics, and Jews were killed in the religious wars, in Europe, during the 16th and 17th centuries. In America, on an average day, four or more civilians will be killed or wounded in mass shootings. Over 30,000 Americans will be killed by
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gunfire this year. Add to that figure, over 100, 000 will be wounded, costing the taxpayers billions of dollars every year. Yet, the NRA and its supporters keep spewing horse manure that more gun will make Americans safer. If that were the case, America would be the safest place on this planet. George E. Thatcher Trochu
Re: “Climate change deniers need to change” Mr. Stewart has a classic mixing of apples and oranges in his column. His main problem here is aligning “climate warming” with “the world of pollution”. No one says that global pollution is “good” or of “no consequence”. No one is in favor of millions of people being “irreparably damaged” because of pollution. He quotes the World Health Organization reporting that 7 million people die yearly from “air pollution” inferring of course this is caused by global warming. But that report goes on to say that a majority of these deaths come from “Indoor Air Pollution” — from burning wood and dung for cooking and heat. That has nothing to do with global warming. Poverty is the main driver for these deaths, not power generation, traffic or industry. Poverty exacerbates indoor pollution and it is usually in a society which lacks the resources to clean up industrial (outdoor) pollution. Other studies show that millions more succumb to indoor pollution that has moved outdoors (like smelling your neighbor’s fireplace when you go out-
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side). Then there are the hundreds of thousands who die from desert dust, agriculture/ammonia exposure, forest fire smoke, etc. In Alberta forest fires produce about 1000 times the particulate matter issuing from our clean coal power plants. So to infer that these 7 million deaths (to say nothing about asthma claims) is because of air pollution coupled to global warming is disingenuous at best. What about Alberta? Yes, we have some pollution – but CO2 cannot be considered a part of it. I wonder if Mr. Stewart or any other “alarmist” (if he calls me a “denier”, I can certainly call him an “alarmist”) has ever done a benefit analysis of CO2 increase? Typically they only consider the negatives pushed by a consensus crowd: “Increase in extreme weather events ...” Sorry, data shows exactly the opposite — less hurricanes, less tornadoes, less drought, less forest fires, etc. We hear about them more often, but that’s because of better communications. Mr. Stewart: check out the data and erect a mental filter to discern what is hype and what is fact. Even the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) refutes a tie between extreme weather and climate change. Please don’t impugn the motives of those who disagree with you. You call skeptics “deniers”, “rabble … inspired by … a fear of losing economic well being and a lack of respect in science”, and uncaring about others. That’s simply arguing from arrogance which is typical for the pro-consensus crowd. Pollution needs to be addressed, but that cannot be conflated with “global warming.” They are two completely different issues. Murray Snyder Rocky Mountain House
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Social media playing role as refugees arrive BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — Val Macdonald says it only took a few minutes before a little red notification popped up on her Facebook page after posting about donations for a Syrian refugee family. The privately-sponsored refugees arrived in British Columbia’s Comox Valley in October, but they needed some essential items. Macdonald, who helps run the Syrian Refugee Support Committee Facebook page, said she posted about the family of four needing diapers and within days, they had enough diapers to last three months. She said many donations, everything from winter boots to AppleTV, have come from complete strangers in their community of roughly 63,000 people. Social media also bolstered their efforts to raise about $40,000, she said. “Social media allows you to connect with people quickly,” said Macdonald, who has worked in the immigration sector for more than 25 years. “It’s creating a whole new ball game.” Giles Crouch, managing partner at Thistlewood digital research firm in Halifax, says social media is playing a key role in community organizing as 25,000 refugees arrive in Canada over the next few months. “It allows for coordination that we’ve never had before,” said Crouch in a recent interview. “It’s a much faster way to organize, to have consistent messaging amongst
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Canadian Minister of Immigration John McCallum, center, poses for a photograph with a Syrian family soon to be resettled in Canada, Sunday groups and to share on a national and international basis. It’s almost zero cost and makes it very easy to coordinate. Without social media, just think, you’d have to be mailing out letters, making phone calls and sending fax-
es.” Even the federal government is using social media to mobilize. The Immigration Department has been encouraging people to use the hashtag #WelcomeRefugees.
Peter Goodspeed, a spokesman for the Toronto-based Lifeline Syria, said their 370 sponsorship groups are forming and devising plans through social media. “Social media is allowing us to organize in a way that we’ve never been able to before,” said Goodspeed, whose organization assists refugee sponsorship groups in the Toronto area. “It’s playing a big role.” Crouch also said a majority of Canadians who have posted comments on social media about Syrian refugees are supportive of their arrival in Canada. Crouch said based on his company’s analysis —which included a sample of Twitter feeds, public Facebook posts and blog posts — more than 70 per cent of those who have posted comments online have expressed supportive sentiments about Syrian refugees coming to Canada. Crouch said memes are also playing a massive role in the online conversation about refugees. He said memes, images or videos that often contain humorous phrases, help shape public opinion. “Memes communicate a complex message often very quickly,” said Crouch, adding that memes about Syrian refugees have been mostly positive. “If someone distills a message down into a few sentences, or a few words, because these media are highly visual, it enables them to get out there more so than just the words.”
Guilty verdict shocks New Brunswick professor BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Legal watchers in the Maritimes expressed surprise over Saturday’s murder conviction against a member of one of New Brunswick’s most prominent families, with one expert forecasting an appeal. A professor of criminal justice history who has been following the trial of Dennis Oland said he was shocked a jury came back with a guilty verdict. Greg Marquis of the University of New Brunswick, who is writing a book about the Oland trial, said the evidence presented at the trial was largely circumstantial. Marquis pointed out that Judge John Walsh emphasized in his legal instructions to the jurors that they could not convict Oland second-degree murder in the death of his father Richard Oland unless they felt his guilt was proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Marquis said if he had been on the jury he would have struggled with that concept in the light of evidence avail-
OLAND MURDER TRIAL able, which included a brown sports jacket with some blood stains found on it. “There was not a lot of direct evidence. There was no murder weapon or witnesses,” he said in an interview on Sunday, a day after the jury handed down its verdict of guilty of second degree murder. “There was hardly any blood evidence, except for on the brown sports jacket. That was a key piece of forensic evidence but even that is problematic because no one could say how the blood got onto the jacket or how long it had been there.” Oland’s mother Connie has issued a statement maintaining her son’s innocence and said they would be discussing options with the prominent New Brunswick family’s legal team. Robert Currie, a criminal law professor Dalhousie University in Halifax, predicted Oland will appeal the conviction.
However Currie said Oland’s avenues for an appeal are limited because the jury’s deliberations are kept confidential, so there is no written decision to dispute as there are when a case is tried by the judge alone. Appeals in jury trials are usually limited to the judge’s instructions to the jury or the admissibility of evidence, said Currie. He predicted Oland would appeal the decision to allow the brown sports jacket as evidence at the trial. Oland was wearing the jacket when he visited his father on July 6, 2011 — the day before he was found face down in a pool of blood in his Saint John office. The DNA of the blood stains matched the profile of Richard Oland. However, none of the expert wit-
“THERE WAS HARDLY ANY BLOOD EVIDENCE, EXCEPT FOR ON THE BROWN SPORTS JACKET. THAT WAS A KEY PIECE OF FORENSIC EVIDENCE BUT EVEN THAT IS PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE NO ONE COULD SAY HOW THE BLOOD GOT ONTO THE JACKET OR HOW LONG IT HAD BEEN THERE.” —GREG MARQUIS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK nesses could say how long the blood had been on the jacket or how it got there. The Oland family is one of the Maritimes’ best known families and founded Moosehead Breweries.
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B1 Rebels blown away by Hurricanes
MONDAY, DEC. 21, 2015
BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Hurricanes 6 Rebels 1 The Red Deer Rebels were red-faced Saturday night at the Centrium. The Rebels were dealt an embarrassing 6-1 Western Hockey League loss by the Lethbridge Hurricanes in front of a home-ice gathering of 5,374, a beat-down that was every bit as convincing as the score was lopsided. Red Deer GM/head coach Brent Sutter was naturally disappointed with the way the contest unfolded considering the teams came in tied for top spot in the Eastern Conference. Yet, he didn’t sound surprised. “It’s a trend, something that’s been going on here for awhile now,” he said. “We’ve been trying to get a realization here of what we are and how we have to play … how we have to get our identity to where we want it to be. But if tonight isn’t a wake-up call, it’s not going to happen. “When you get beat and beat bad by a good team, a very good team … when you get it handed to you pretty good, it’s humbling. It better be for everybody. If not, then our care level isn’t where it needs to be.” The game was tied at one when ‘Canes forward Giorgio Estephan pounced on a turnover at the Lethbridge blueline, broke in alone and beat Rebels netminder Rylan Toth at 18:28 of the first period. Not only did it prove to be the winning goal, but the Rebels’ performance dropped off from that point on. “As soon as something happened to us that wasn’t good, we seemed to go the other way and get off our game. We stopped playing the way we want to play,” said Sutter, who gave positive marks to only forward Brandon Hagel. “We just struggled, from our goalie right on out. Like I told the kids, our best player tonight was 160 pounds. Brandon Hagel was our best player.” The ‘Canes had plenty of skaters who fit into the positive category, including Carter Folk, Kord Pankewicz and Egor Babenko, who busted the game open with second-period goals. Folk beat Toth to the top corner at 8:27, Pankewicz connected 1:33 later and Babenko tipped a point shot by Red Deer native Andrew Nielsen past Rebels back-up Trevor Martin at 14:23. Martin replaced Toth, who blocked 16 of 20 shots, following the Pankewicz goal and stopped 11 of the 13 shots he faced over the second half of the game. He also surrendered a third-period goal to Ryley Lindgren, who broke down the right side and wired a shot to the far top top corner. Barrett Sheen scored his fourth goal of the season to give the ‘Canes a 1-0 lead at 12:24 of the first period, and Rebels captain Wyatt Johnson evened the count 82 seconds later, finishing off a nifty give-andgo with Lane Pederson. From there, and certainly after Estephan tallied, the ‘Canes were in command. “We’ve been playing some good hockey,” said Lethbridge head coach Brent Kisio, whose club improved to 24-11-10-0 and into sole possession of first place in both the Central Division and Eastern Conference heading into the Christmas break. The ‘Canes are 5-1 in their last six games — all on the road — and 8-2-0-0 in their last 10 overall.
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Evan Polei of the Red Deer Rebels has his stick lifted off the puck by Jordy Bellerive of the Lethbridge Hurricanes during Saturday night WHL action at the Enmax Centrium. The Rebels fell to the Hurricanes 6-1. “It was a long, hard road trip,” added Kisio. “We talked about setting out and trying to get first place by Christmas and of course we were excited for tonight’s game. Red Deer is hosting the Memorial Cup so it was a chance for us to kind of measure up. It’s always a good challenge and one that our guys were ready for.” The ‘Canes won a total of 20 games last season and are clearly a different squad in 2015-16. “Right from day one we just talked about looking forward and not back,” said Kisio. “We haven’t looked back at all. We’re trying to get better every day and we want to make playoffs. That was our our goal at the start and it’s still our goal.” With the off-season additions of 20-year-old forwards Cory Millette and Justin Gutierrez and overage defenceman Arvin Atwal — along with the ongoing development of players such as Estephan, Lindgren, Brayden Burke and Tyler Wong — Lethbridge has done a complete 360 in relation to the 2014-15 campaign. Goaltending has also been a key. Red Deer product Jayden Sittler, while seldom tested over the
final two periods, made 25 saves for the victory, his dazzling stop on Presten Kopeck with five seconds remaining in the opening stanza maintaining the ‘Canes’ lead and momentum. “It’s our older guys and our leaders who come to work. It makes coaching easier when guys want to work hard,” said Kisio. “It’s just a group that wants to work hard and win games.” While the Rebels are still in decent shape — tied with Calgary for second place in the Conference, just two points back of Lethbridge — heading into the Christmas break, Sutter wants to see a change in attitude and performance when the club resumes play Dec. 27 against the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings. “Over the next six to seven days the players can go home and enjoy spending time with their family and their friends, but also be thinking about what’s gone on here for probably the last 12 to 14 games as far as our level of play,” said the Rebels boss. “Things have gotten away from us that we have to get back. Obviously, to a man the players all have to get better. Everybody has to get better.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com
Red Wings soar past Flames Oilers buried by Avalanche
FLAMES END ROAD TRIP WITH 2-2 RECORD
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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Red Wings 4 Flames 2 DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings scored a flurry of goals after giving up one. Dylan Larkin and Brad Richards scored 45 seconds apart midway through the second and Gustav Nyquist added one late in the period, helping Detroit build a cushion it needed to beat the Calgary Flames 4-2 Sunday night. “Our second period was the way we have to play hockey to be successful,” Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. Detroit got the puck out of its end quickly, forechecked hard and created turnovers to keep pressure on the Flames in the pivotal period. The Red Wings needed the comfortable lead because Calgary cut into it. Dougie Hamilton’s goal with 3:59 left pulled the Flames within a goal. Justin Abdelkader, though, scored an empty-net goal with 30 seconds left in the game to seal the victory. “Maybe we don’t have enough energy to get on top of teams and forecheck and backcheck,” Hamilton said. Petr Mrazek made 26 saves for the Red Wings, who were winless in their previous three games, and the goaltender was fortunate to have some shots hit posts behind him. “Saved us when we needed him to,” Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg said. Karri Ramo stopped 31 saves for the Flames, who have lost two straight after winning seven in a row. Calgary’s Dennis Wideman broke a scoreless tie in the first period. Wideman’s goal ended the team’s five-game stretch without a power-play goal. The Flames, who score on an NHL-low 10 per cent of their power plays, had scored just two goals with a man advantage in 52 chances over 15-plus games before his goal. Zetterberg was able to play one
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Detroit Red Wings goalie Petr Mrazek (34) stops a Calgary Flames center Josh Jooris (16) shot in the first period of an NHL game, Sunday, in Detroit. game after having a lower-body injury, but defenceman Jonathan Ericsson was unable to bounce back from the upper-body injury he had in Friday’s shootout loss to Vancouver. Blashill said he didn’t know if Ericsson would be cleared to play Tuesday at home against New Jersey. Larkin made it 1-all 7:46 into the second period, scoring off a rebound and ending a five-game stretch without a goal, after the Flames failed to clear the puck. Less than a minute later, Calgary was casual with the puck in its end and it was costly because Richards was able to shoot the puck through traffic and into the back of the net to put Detroit up 2-1. “Turnovers flip the momentum,” Calgary coach Bob Hartley said.
The Flames pulled Ramo to add an extra skater during a 4-on4 situation with four-plus minutes left and it paid off with Hamilton’s goal. “Petr held us in the first, then we got going a bit,” Blashill said. “At the end, it got a little crazy.” Detroit, which has struggled to keep late leads this season, did enough to win after going 0-1-2 in the previous three games following an 8-0-4 run. “If you can put a stop to it and come out with a game like we had, it definitely helps and builds confidence,” Red Wings forward Riley Sheahan said. NOTES: Calgary, which surged over .500 with its recent winning streak, fell to 5-11-2 on the road. … The Red Wings scratched C Tomas Nosek and D Xavier Ouellet after recalling for the game from the AHL to add depth.
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Avalanche 5 Oilers 1 DENVER — It’s been nearly two seasons since Semyon Varlamov and the Colorado Avalanche have rolled like this. Varlamov made 39 saves, Jarome Iginla scored his 598th career goal and the Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 on Saturday night for their fifth consecutive win. Varlamov tied his career high with his sixth victory in a row and improved to 7-1 in December. After a slow start to the season, the goalie is playing like he did when he led the Avalanche to 52 wins and 112 points in 2013-14. “We’re feeding off of him,” Colorado coach Patrick Roy said. Tyson Barrie had a goal and an assist, and Blake Comeau and Nick Holden also scored for the Avalanche. Colorado moved to 17-16-1 and is above .500 for the first time this season. It is the longest winning streak for the Avalanche since they won six straight from March 25 to April 5, 2014. Varlamov was in net for all of those wins. He has stopped 177 of 183 shots in the last five games and has a 1.12 goals-against average in eight starts in December “It doesn’t matter how many shots, my job is stopping the puck,” Varlamov said. “Doesn’t matter 15 or 40, I try to stop all of them.” Andrej Sekera scored for the Oilers, who have lost three in a row following a six-game winning streak. “Varlamov at the other end played well all night,” Edmonton coach Todd McLellan said. “He was there the whole night, right to the bitter end, and he made some tremendous saves.” Comeau gave Colorado a 1-0 lead with a short-handed goal 1:12 into the game. Edmonton defenceman Justin Schultz failed to keep the puck in the Avalanche zone and Comeau beat Anders Nilsson for his fifth of the season. Barrie made it 2-0 with a power-play goal at 16:49. It was his third of the season. After Holden’s goal in the second period made it a three-goal game, Sekera cut the lead to 3-1 just 2:58 into the third. Iginla restored the three-goal lead with his ninth of the season at 7:05. Iginla is two goals shy of becoming the 19th player in NHL history with 600. “I was alone in front and I almost had too much time to think about it,” Iginla said. “I tried to hesitate for a quick 5-hole and it went in. The first couple periods you try not to get frustrated and to stay with it. It was good to see one finally go in.” Jack Skille made it 5-1 with his fourth goal at 16:31. The Oilers couldn’t get a puck by Varlamov in the first two periods and gave the goalie his due. Taylor Hall was frustrated after Varlamov made a right pad save on him in the waning moments of the second period but tapped the goalie on his equipment as he skated to the locker room.
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Raptors can’t recover from bad start BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Kings 104 Raptors 94 TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors were already fighting an uphill battle, faced with clawing their way out of a massive first-quarter hole. Doing it without all-star guard Kyle Lowry proved just too big of a challenge. The Raptors dropped a 104-94 loss to Sacramento on Sunday, after giving a season-worst 37 points to the Kings in the first quarter, then losing Lowry to a third-quarter ejection. “It’s terrible, it’s totally unacceptable the way we performed tonight,” coach Dwane Casey said. “The way you come into the game with that disposition of: OK, we’re at home, we’re OK. It’s not OK. How many times do we have to do that before it smacks us upside the head and wakes us up?” Patrick Patterson added 18 points in the loss, while James Johnson finished with 14, Terrence Ross chipped in with 13 and Bismack Biyombo grabbed 13 rebounds. The Raptors (17-12) stumbled out to another horrible start, digging themselves a 22-point deficit before the first quarter was even over. “Yeah, it was terrible,” DeRozan said. “Gave them too much confidence, too many easy shots… we found ourselves dug in a hole.” Lowry was ejected with 7:22 left in the third quarter, picking up two quick technicals when he persisted in speaking to official Scott Wall about a call. Addressing the media in the post-game locker-room, Lowry said he let his team down. “At the end of the day it’s my fault,” he said. “I’ve got to have better composure and I take all responsibility for my actions. “I couldn’t be out there with my teammates and that’s the most frustrating part is I let my teammates down and the organization.” Patterson insisted Lowry had nothing to be apologetic about. “We know that he’s a very passionate player, he plays with his heart every possession, he’s very emotional, and he cares about the game and most importantly he cares about this team,” Patterson said. “We understand whether he gets two technicals, whether he gets one, whether he gets in a fight, whether he gets ejected, we all know it’s his passion, it’s his desire to want to win so much. “He shouldn’t feel sorry, he shouldn’t feel like he let us down.” The Raptors managed to inch their way back into the game, and trailed just 78-70 with a quarter to play. A Patterson three-pointer with 4:29 remaining pulled the Raptors to within four points, but that was as close as they’d come. Darren Collison’s basket with 1:10 left put the Kings up by 12 and sent the soldout crowd of 19,800 fans pouring out of the Air Canada Centre. Rajon Rondo had 19 points and 13 assists to lead the Kings (11-16), while former Raptor Rudy Gay also had 19 points. Rondo was playing his second game since he was
JUNIOR B HOCKEY Jeff Boese notched a pair of goals, including the eventual winner, as the visiting Blackfalds Wranglers slipped past the Red Deer Vipers 4-3 in a Heritage Junior Hockey League game Saturday. Eric Moltzahn and Wally Samson sniped the other Blackfalds markers. Colton Weseen, with two goals, and Nick Glackin scored for Red Deer. Weseen and Glackin scored the final two goals of the game — power-play tallies at 8:18 and 18:23 of the third period — but the late rally fell just short. Nicolas Herrebrugh made 24 saves for the winners. Vipers goalie Mack Patchett blocked 31 shots. In other Heritage League weekend action: • The Stettler Lightning split a pair of homeice contests, defeating the Mountainview Colts 2-1 Friday and dropping a 4-3 shootout decision to the Three Hills Thrashers 24 hours later. Ryan Spiller and Rylan Plante-Crough scored in the shootout to lift the Thrashers to victory. Both players also tallied in regulation-time and the visitors got an additional goal from Jesse Morrison. Dylan Houston, with two goals, and Linden Heidecker replied for the Lightning, who got a 36-save performance from Taylor McLaughin. Win-
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Sacramento Kings centre DeMarcus Cousins drives to the hoop against the entire Toronto Raptors team during fourth quarter NBA action in Toronto Sunday. suspended for his flurry of profanity-laced homophobic slurs directed toward referee Bill Kennedy. Kings coach George Karl said he believes the team has moved past the ugly incident. “I hope so,” Karl said. “I don’t think it’s a burning fire, it probably has a way to flicker and maybe stimulate something but I don’t think it’s on our top-10
priority list, it’s not going to make the top 10 of David Letterman for us.” The Raptors were without both Jonas Valanciunas, who missed his 14th consecutive game with a broken hand, and DeMarre Carroll (knee contusion). Both are scheduled to see doctors this week seeking clearance for their return.
ning netminder Greg Pols stopped 39 shots. Houston and Chandler Knibb scored against Mountainview and McLaughlin turned aside 36 shots. The Colts held a 37-31 advantage in shots. • The Wranglers posted a 4-3 win over the visiting Cochrane Generals Sunday. Details of the game were unavailable. • Three Hills, with Plante-Crough potting a pair of goals and Dru Hickie and Ben Schierman each scoring once, downed the host Airdrie Thunder 4-1 Friday. Pols came up big in the Thrashers net, making 49 saves as the visitors were outshot 50-27. • The Ponoka Stampeders got an overtime goal from Nate Higgins and upset the visiting Thunder 6-5 Saturday. Higgins also scored a first-period goal for the Stamps, who were outshot 37-30. Jaizen Threefingers, Justin Van Tetering, Roenick Minde and Austin Ancion accounted for the other Ponoka markers, while Zeke Leuck made 32 saves. The Stamps got past the host Banff Academy Bears 3-0 Sunday, their goals contributed by Minde, Higgins and Colby Walter. Carter Gendreau made 43 saves for the shutout. Ponoka was outshot 43-41.
Canada finalizes world junior roster
OLDS GRIZZYS OLDS — The Olds Grizzlys closed out the final portion of their Alberta Junior Hockey League pre-Christmas schedule on a negative note. The Grizzlys were 6-3 losers to the visiting Lloydminster Bobcats Friday and 24 hours later suffered a 5-2 home-ice loss to the Drumheller Dragons. Jeremy Klessens and Tyr Thompson provided the Olds goals in Saturday’s setback before 323 fans at the Sportsplex. The Dragons got two goals from Mike Falanga and singles from Connor Boyd, Levi Wunder and Braeden Salverda, who also contributed two assists. Drumheller goalie Jonny Hogue and Olds netminder
Kurtis Chapman each made 39 saves. The Grizzlys trailed 1-0 after one period and 3-1 heading into the final frame. On Friday, Austin Holmes tallied twice for the Grizzlys and Chase Olsen also connected in front of 564 fans. Morgan Messenger and Taylor Allan each sniped two goals for the Bobcats, while Zac Giroux and Nick Quillan also beat Chapman, who finished with 30 saves. Alex Leclerc turned aside 17 shots for Lloydminster, which led 2-0 after one period and 3-2 after 40 minutes. The Grizzlys are idle until Jan. 1 when they visit the Brooks Bandits. Brooks is in Olds 24 hours later.
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Montreal Canadiens draft pick Noah Juulsen was among four cuts made by Hockey Canada on Sunday as it finalized its world junior hockey championship roster. Jeremy Lauzon of the Quebec Major Ju- See full roster on scoreboard nior Hockey League’s Page B5 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies was the other defenceman cut by Canada. Jayce Hawryluk of the Western Hockey League’s Brandon Wheat Kings and Nick Merkley of the Kelowna Rockets were also released by the team. “We had a really good evaluation period in Toronto and Imatra, and were able to see how the players responded to different situations — from practices to games,” said Scott Salmond, vice-president of hockey operations and national teams for Hockey Canada. “These are never easy decisions, but we feel confident in the team we have and their ability to make the nation proud and give us all something to get behind this holiday season.” The Canadian roster features three goaltenders, including Calgary Flames draft pick Mason McDonald, MacKenzie Blackwood of the Ontario Hockey League’s Barrie Colts and Samuel Montembeault. Blackwood will sit out the first two games of the world juniors in Helsinki, Finland after receiving an eight-game suspension in the OHL. Defenceman Joe Hicketts is among those to make the team. He’s one of four returnees from last year’s team that won gold at the tournament held in Toronto and Montreal. Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Mitchell Marner is one of 13 forwards to make the team. Jake Virtanen, who was loaned to Canada from the Vancouver Canucks on Dec. 13, also made the team and is another returnee from last year. The Canadians open the world juniors on Boxing Day against the United States. They have one more exhibition tune-up on Wednesday against Sweden. Earlier Sunday, Canada blanked the Czech Republic 1-0 in exhibition play.
EDMONTON OILERS
Oilers recall Defenceman Mark Fayne from AHL Defenceman Mark Fayne was recalled by the Edmonton Oilers from the American Hockey League on Sunday. The 28-year-old has appeared in 24 games with the Oilers this season and has one assist and a minus-six rating. Fayne had one assist in five games with the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors. Edmonton placed Fayne on waivers Dec. 9. He is in the second season of a US$14.5-million, four-year contract that carries a $3.625-million cap hit. The Oilers have lost their last three games and face the Winnipeg Jets at home on Monday.
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Brem wins women’s World Cup GS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COURCHEVEL, France — Austrian skier Eva-Maria Brem safely protected her lead from the first leg to win a World Cup giant slalom race on Sunday, picking up her second career win and denying Swiss racer Lara Gut a third straight race victory. Gut, who overtook American Lindsey Vonn for the overall lead, finished tied for second place with Norway’s Nina Loeseth, who secured a career-best result. “I’d like to continue like this until March and not stop here,” Gut said after her 24th career podium and first in Courchevel. “I could have done better in the first run, the second run I was just trying not to think about the tiredness in my legs.” It’s been hectic for Vonn and Gut in the French Alps, first in Val d’Isere and then here for the GS. Gut won Saturday’s downhill, which Vonn failed to finish after skiing off course. She also won Friday’s super-combined, beating Vonn by one hundredth of a second. She got the upper hand again this time. Vonn was 10th in the morning first run but finished 13th with sunny conditions fading on the Emile-Allais course. “It just wasn’t quite right today … It was pretty dark second run, but normally I’m good at that,” said Vonn, who picked up 20 World Cup points compared to Gut’s 80. “I just kept catching my edge doing weird stuff. I didn’t really feel very balanced. But it was a good effort I tried really hard and got some points.” The 31-year-old Vonn felt tired after her nearcrash on Saturday, and plans to have a rest far from the mountains before returning to action in another GS at the Austrian resort of Lienz on Dec. 28. “After yesterday I’m just really sore and I physically need a break,” she said. “I’m going to take a couple of days off, see my sister in Florence and get ready for Lienz.” Brem’s other race win was also a GS in Aspen, Colorado last year. “The first win I won because I’m a fighter and this one I won because I stayed cool,” the 27-year-old Brem said. “I think you need both. The first win is unbelievable but after this one I was crying.” Brem had come close this season, finishing second in GS in the Swedish resort of Are last weekend and in Aspen, Colorado last month. After raising both arms high into the air, she tumbled down and lay on her side for a few moments. When she got up, a grinning Gut rushed over to hug
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France’s Tessa Worley competes during the first run of an alpine ski, women’s World Cup giant slalom in Courchevel, France, Sunday. her. “I’m very strong in the head,” said Brem, who has 10 career podiums. “But I just need that moment in every season when everything comes together.” The 26-year-old Loeseth was third in slalom last weekend in the Swedish resort of Are and third in slalom in January at the Croatian resort of Zagreb. “It’s a little strange for me that this is coming in GS but I’ll take it,” Loeseth said. “Hopefully 2016 will be even better.” Her performance caps a great few days for Norwegian racing. On Friday, Aksel Lund Svindal won a super-G ahead of Kjetil Jansrud and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde for an “Attacking Vikings” podium sweep. “It’s very inspiring to see how the boys are ski-
ing,” Loeseth said. “They’re pushing so hard, I want to do the same.” Loeseth could also take inspiration from Gut, who is strong in all disciplines and is shaping up as Vonn’s only serious overall contender. She has 558 points to Vonn’s 500, although the American — who is chasing a fifth overall title — leads 4-3 in race wins. Their contest promises to be a thrilling one, with the 24-year-old Gut trying to take the pressure off herself. “It only counts in March. I’m really not going to think about it,” she said. “Today I could have fallen and Lindsey could have won, then she would have been in front.” Meanwhile, Brem climbed up to fourth overall.
Hirscher wins third straight Alta Badia GS title BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEN’S WORLD CUP SKIING
LA VILLA, Italy — Marcel Hirscher became the first skier to win the challenging Alta Badia giant slalom in three consecutive years Sunday, reclaiming the overall World Cup lead from Aksel Lund Svindal in the process. Erasing a slim first-run disadvantage, Hirscher finished 0.19 seconds ahead of Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway on the steep and twisty Gran Risa Course. “I skied totally my 100 per cent,” Hirscher said. “I think Kristoffersen was a little bit smoother but I pushed harder.” Kristoffersen beat Hirscher in a slalom in Val d’Isere, France, last weekend and feels he can do the same in GS. “I’m getting closer and closer to Marcel,” Kristoffersen said. “Soon somebody has to beat him, so why not me?” Opening-leg leader Victor Muffat-Jeandet of France ended up third, 0.86 behind. “It’s a new experience starting the second run in the lead,” Muffat-Jeandet said. “It was a really strong emotion. If I want to fight with them I need two really crazy runs. But that will come.”
Olympic and three-time world champion Ted Ligety moved up from 10th after the morning run to finish fourth, missing the podium by nearly half a second. “It was a nice step in the right direction,” said Ligety, who has been struggling since missing a month of training due to back and hip injuries after the season opener in Soelden, Austria. “I’m just trying to get healthy again and get the feeling back.” Ligety has won twice on the Gran Risa and been on the podium six times. Italian great Alberto Tomba holds the course record with four GS wins. Hirscher also has four victories in Badia, although one of the Austrian’s wins came in slalom in 2011. “It’s better to think about that when I retire,” Hirscher said. “Every victory, every podium is nice.” Hirscher has finished on the podium in every race he’s entered this season, including his first career super-G victory in Beaver Creek, Colorado, two weeks ago. “Marcel is skiing unbelievable,” Kristoffersen
said. “For sure he’s the best technical skier right now and also one of the greatest of all time. Tomba’s wins on the Gran Risa came in 1987, ‘90, ‘91 and ‘94. Kalle Palander of Finland and Massimiliano Blardone of Italy also each have three GS wins in Badia. The 36-year-old Blardone finished 22nd Sunday — which was an accomplishment with the No. 56 bib — then told the crowd it was his last time racing the Gran Risa. He plans to retire at the end of this season. In the overall standings, Hirscher moved 20 points ahead of Norwegian rival Svindal, who finished 28th. Kjetil Jansrud, who is third overall, didn’t qualify for the second run in 37th. It was Hirscher’s 35th World Cup win and puts him back on track to become the first man to win five consecutive overall titles. Ligety led a strong day for the U.S. Ski Team, with Tim Jitloff finishing seventh and Tommy Ford placing 12th after posting the fastest second run by a large margin. Alta Badia is celebrating its 30th anniversary of World Cup racing, with Swedish great Ingemark Stenmark having won the first race on the Gran Risa in 1985.
MINOR HOCKEY Major Midget AAA The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs experienced an unusually miserable Alberta Midget Hockey League weekend, losing both at home and on the road. The Chiefs fell 6-3 to the host Calgary Flames Saturday, their goals coming off the sticks of Joel Ray, Matthew Froehlick and Tyler Graber. Red Deer netminder Justin Travis allowed five goals on 23 shots before being replaced by Dawson Weatherill, who stopped 17 of 18 shots. The Flames outshot their guests 4131 and were assessed five of seven minor penalties. On Friday, the Lethbridge Hurricanes blew into Red Deer and posted a 4-0 win. Weatherill made 26 saves in a losing cause as Red Deer held a 34-30 edge in shots and took five of seven minor infractions. Minor midget AAA Angus Macleod, Jaden Callan and Ty Herle scored for the host Red Deer Strata Energy Chiefs in a 6-3 loss Saturday to the Calgary Blazers. Duncan Hughes stopped seven of 10 shots in the Red Deer net, while Steven Arthur made 19 saves while facing 22 shots. The Chiefs directed 25 shots at Blazers netminder Jacob Romanowski. Meanwhile, the Red Deer North
Star Chiefs fell 5-1 to the host Calgary Blue. Ethan Schlag notched the lone Rebels goals, while Brayden Laturnus made 34 saves. Shots on goal wee 39-30 in favour of the hosts. Major midget girls Shae Demale scored the lone goal for the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs in a 4-1 loss to the host Calgary Fire Saturday at the Max Bell Centre. Bailey Knapp made 26 saves for the Chiefs, who held a 29-27 edge in shots. Major bantam The Red Deer Rebels bounced back from Saturday’s 3-0 home-ice loss to the Calgary Flames by battling the host Rocky Mountain Raiders to a 4-4 draw Sunday. Jackson Rider, Deegan Moffard, Walker Stevenson and Payton Wright scored for the Rebels Sunday, while Jason Very made 17 saves. On Saturday, Bretton Park stopped 37 shots in the Red Deer net. The Chiefs were assessed six of 11 minor penalties and the lone misconduct and each team recorded 40 shots. Major bantam girls The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs posted a break-even record of 1-1 while scoring just a single goal during the weekend. The Chiefs pulled out a 1-0 win over
Canadian women’s soccer team falls to Brazil in international tournament final NATAL, Brazil — Janine Beckie scored the first goal but host Brazil responded with three of its own, including two from Monica, for a 3-1 victory over Canada on Sunday in the final of the international women’s soccer tournament in Natal. Monica’s first goal of the game, on a header off a corner kick in the 63rd minute, stood as the winner as Brazil remained undefeated in the four-team tournament. “I think the girls gave it everything they could tonight,” said Canadian coach John Herdman. “Brazil just had a little bit more quality on the attack, whether it was with their set pieces or delivery.” Canada finished second after going 2-1 in group play. The Canadians’ only other loss of the tournament was against Brazil in the final game of the preliminary round. Beckie opened the scoring in Sun-
day’s game with a shot on the run down the left side early in the second half. Less than a minute later, Brazil tied the game on a goal from Andressa Alves. Alves was given a yellow card when she celebrated her goal by running up a set of stairs to hug her family. Monica made it 3-1 on another header from a corner kick with 10 minutes remaining in the second half. “We know with Brazil that you have to open yourselves up a little bit to get something off them,” said Herdman. “There were two great chances in the second half, and had we capitalized on them the game could have gone a totally different direction.” Four teenagers made their first appearances for Canada’s national “A” squad in Natal — Gabrielle Carle (17), Kennedy Faulknor (16), Marie Levasseur (18), and Deanne Rose (16).
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Wyatt Gelinas of the Red Deer Strata Energy Chiefs pushes through the defence of Calgary Blazer Traeland Serrao during Saturday Minor Midget AAA action at the Red Deer Arena. the visiting Calgary Outlaws Sunday, their lone goal coming off the stick of Paige Dodd. Madison McLaren made 19 saves for the shutout as the Rebels
held a 20-19 edge in shots. On Friday, Chantelle Sandquist made 35 saves for the Rebels in a 1-0 loss to the visiting Calgary Rangers.
CHINOOK HOCKEY LEAGUE The Bentley Generals will enjoy a merry Christmas after closing out the 2015 portion of their Chinook Hockey League schedule with a pair of weekend wins. The Generals made it a perfect weekend by doubling the visiting Stony Plain Eagles 4-2 Saturday before 500 fans at Rimbey. Carter Rigby, Graeme Craig, Kyle Bailey and Cody Esposito scored for the Generals, with Bryce Williamson and Tanner House replying for the Eagles. Dustin Butler made 32 saves as the winning goaltender and Travis Yonkman blocked 37 shots at the other end. Bentley was three-for-four on the power play, while Stony Plain was one-forsix with a man advantage. The clubs were tied at one after 20 minutes and the Generals were up 3-1 after two periods. Bentley was a 5-3 winner over the host Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs Friday, getting goals from Esposito, Todd Fiddler, Kyle Sheen, Mike Kneeland
and Jesse Todd. Jamie Marshall, Brett Holmberg and Doug Auchenberg were the Chiefs snipers. Thomas Heemskerk made 23 saves in the Generals goal. Chiefs netminder Troy Trombley turned aside 40 shots. The Generals, who were one-forfour on the power play, return to Chinook League action Jan. 8 against the Chiefs at Rimbey. The Innisfail Eagles, meanwhile, fell 5-2 at Fort Saskatchewan Saturday. Chris Bailer and Ty Clay scored for the Eagles, who got a 39-save outing from Dan Dunn. Marshall and Richard Kelly each potted two goals for the Chiefs, whose other marker was courtesy of Brendan Baumgartner. Fort Saskatchewan goaltender Garrett Kindred turned aside 39 shots. The Eagles were zero-for-two on the power play; the Chiefs were one-fortwo. The Eagles’ next game is Jan. 10 versus Bentley at Rimbey.
B4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Dec. 21, 2015
Cardinals clinch NFC West with win BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cardinals 40 Eagles 17 PHILADELPHIA — The Arizona Cardinals can check division champions off their to-do list. David Johnson ran for 187 yards and three touchdowns, Carson Palmer threw a TD pass and the Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Eagles 40-17 on Sunday night to clinch the NFC West title. The Cardinals (12-2) will earn a first-round bye with a win over Green Bay next week. They still have a chance to secure the No. 1 seed if they win out and Carolina (14-0) loses its last two games. The Eagles (6-8) would win the NFC East title if they beat Washington (77) at home and the Giants (6-8) on the road. But they’re not even close to Arizona’s level. The Cardinals outclassed Philadelphia in every way on their way to their eighth straight win. Johnson, a rookie filling in for injured backs Chris Johnson and Andre Ellington, had a pair of 1-yard TD runs and a 47-yarder. Palmer gave Cardinals fans a brief scare when he came out for one play after injuring his right index finger on a throw. But he returned to toss a 16-yard TD pass to John Brown and finished 20 of 32 for 274 yards. Deone Bucannon returned Sam Bradford’s interception 39 yards for a
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Arizona Cardinals’ David Johnson (31) runs for a touchdown past Philadelphia Eagles’ E.J. Biggers (38) during the first half of an NFL game, Sunday, in Philadelphia. touchdown to give Arizona a 37-10 lead early in the fourth quarter, sending fans to the exits. Bradford threw for 361 yards and
two TDs. Tyrann Mathieu intercepted Bradford’s pass late in the fourth quarter and limped off the field. There was no
immediate word on his injury. The Eagles had fumbles end consecutive drives in the third quarter. Bradford lost the ball on a sack by Markus Golden at Arizona’s 44 and Ryan Mathews turned it over at midfield. Johnson broke several tackles on his long run to give the Cardinals a 17-10 lead in the second quarter. He appeared stopped for a short gain, but came out of a pile and sprinted down the right sideline while fighting off defenders. The Eagles were driving for the tying score, but went for fourth-and-1 at the Cardinals 8 and Mathews was stopped for no gain. DeMarco Murray is 14 for 14 on third and fourth downs of 2 yards or less, but he didn’t get a carry until the third quarter. After forcing Arizona’s first punt, the Eagles quickly drove 53 yards to tie it at 10-10 in the second quarter. Mathews started the drive with a 20-yard run on the first play and Bradford connected with Zach Ertz over the middle for a 22-yard TD pass. The Cardinals easily moved the ball on their opening drive and Johnson ran in from the 1 for a 7-0 lead. Palmer would’ve had a 78-yard TD pass on the first play from scrimmage but Brown dropped a deep throw in stride. Bradford went down for one play and Mark Sanchez came in for a handoff. Fans stood up, yelled and motioned for Bradford to get up while he was laying on the field. The Eagles lost two games by a total of 90-31 when Sanchez started two games last month.
Panthers hold off late charge by Giants to stay perfect NFL ROUNDUP
PANTHERS 38 GIANTS 35 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Graham Gano’s 43-yard field goal as time expired kept Carolina perfect this season with a wild 38-35 victory over the New York Giants on Sunday. Cam Newton threw for five touchdowns in building a 28-point lead before New York stormed back to tie it with 1:46 remaining. The rally tied the NFL record set by San Francisco against New Orleans in 1980. The big difference: The 49ers won their game the Giants lost. Newton led the Panthers (14-0) to their 18th straight regular-season victory. He has thrown for 19 touchdowns in the last five games and a career-best 33 in this so-far special season. Carolina visits Atlanta and hosts Tampa Bay to finish the schedule. All three previous NFL teams to reach 14-0 — Miami in 1972, New England in 2007 and Indianapolis in 2009 — made the Super Bowl. The Giants (6-8) fell one game behind Washington in the NFC East. STEELERS 34, BRONCOS 27 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger passed for 380 yards and three touchdowns as the Steelers rallied. Antonio Brown caught 16 passes for 189 yards and two scores as Pittsburgh (9-5) moved into the AFC’s second wildcard spot by dominating the NFL’s best defence after spotting the Broncos 17-point lead. The Steelers controlled the second half, finally taking the lead when Ryan Shazier intercepted Brock Osweiler to set up a 23-yard dart from Roethlisberger to Brown with 3:34 to go. Osweiler threw for 296 yards with three touchdowns passing and another on the ground but struggled in the second half as the Broncos (10-4) lost their second straight and failed to lock up the AFC West title. SEAHAWKS 30, BROWNS 13 SEATTLE (AP) — Russell Wilson continued his record pace by throwing three touchdown passes, two to Doug Baldwin, and the Seahawks clinched a playoff spot for the fourth straight season. Seattle (9-5) won its fifth straight and, thanks to losses this week by Tampa Bay and the New York Giants, wrapped up a post-season berth. Wilson was 21 of 30 for 249 yards. He found Baldwin on TDs of 6 and 3 yards in the first half, then hit Tyler Lockett on a 27-yard TD strike on the first play of the fourth quarter. Wilson became the first quarterback with three or more TD passes and no interceptions in five straight games. Johnny Manziel threw a 7-yard TD to Gary Barnidge on the first drive for the Browns (3-11). PACKERS 30, RAIDERS 20 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers threw a touchdown pass and Damarious Randall returned an interception for another score to help Green Bay. Green Bay (10-4) clinched a spot in the post-season in the first quarter when the New York Giants lost to Carolina. But the Packers still have their eyes set on a division title and remain one game ahead of Minnesota in the NFC North. Derek Carr threw two early interceptions to put Oakland (6-8) in a hole but then had a pair of touchdown passes to Amari Cooper. It wasn’t enough as the Raiders were eliminated from playoff contention for the 13th straight season. BENGALS 24, 49ERS 14 SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Jeremy Hill ran for a pair of 1-yard touchdowns to back AJ McCarron’s first career start, and the Bengals clinched a fifth straight post-season berth, As Andy Dalton watched from the sideline with a large cast over his broken right thumb, McCarron threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Kroft just before halftime as the Bengals (113) forced three second-quarter turn-
overs by San Francisco (4-10) to take command. Vontaze Burfict and Adam “Pacman” Jones each made interceptions on balls that deflected off the hands of tight end Vance McDonald. Cincinnati capitalized with touchdowns on two of the turnovers, including Kroft’s TD catch one play and five seconds after the second pick. VIKINGS 38, BEARS 17 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Teddy Bridgewater threw a career-high four touchdowns and ran for another, and the Vikings took a big step toward clinching playoff spot. Bridgewater completed 17 of 20 passes for 231 yards without a turnover, connecting twice with Stefon Diggs for scores. Jerick McKinnon and Zach Line had the other touchdown catches on a remarkably productive afternoon for all of Minnesota’s running backs. Adrian Peterson missed some time because of an injury to his left ankle, but finished with 63 yards to maintain his NFL rushing lead. The Vikings are 9-5. The Bears are 5-9. CHARGERS 30, DOLPHINS 14 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Danny Woodhead had his first career four-touchdown game and Philip Rivers recovered a fumble on a play that began with him throwing an interception in what might have been the final NFL game in San Diego. Woodhead caught TD passes of 20, 9 and 9 yards, and scored on a 2-yard run for the Chargers (4-10), who failed to score a touchdown in each of their previous two home games. Miami (5-9) lost for the fourth time in five games. The Chargers Cannon went off. The disco ditty “San Diego Super Chargers” blared for what might be the final time. It could all be over after 55 seasons if NFL owners allow Chargers Chairman Dean Spanos to move to an industrial suburb of Los Angeles and build a stadium with the rival Oakland Raiders. REDSKINS 35, BILLS 25 LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Kirk Cousins equaled his career high with four touchdown passes and ran 13 yards for another score, helping Washington win consecutive games for the first time in more than a year and stay atop the NFC East. While the Redskins (7-7) moved closer to a playoff berth, the Bills (6-8) are now assured of missing the post-season for the 16th year in a row, the NFL’s longest active drought. Making first-year Bills head coach Rex Ryan’s defence look inept, and helped by a key fourth-down encroachment penalty on Buffalo, the Redskins scored TDs on each of their first three possessions for the first time since September 1999, grabbing a 21-0 lead in the second quarter. CHIEFS 34, RAVENS 14 BALTIMORE (AP) — Kansas City capitalized on a variety of miscues by Baltimore, extended its winning streak to eight games and remain in the thick of the playoff picture. Tyvon Branch returned a fumble 73 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter and Marcus Peters clinched the victory with a 90-yard interception return for a score with 4:36 left. Kansas City (9-5) also scored touchdowns following a drive-extending penalty by Baltimore and a failed fake punt. With the win, the Chiefs became the first NFL team to follow a five-game slide with eight successive wins in the same season. Baltimore (4-10) is 2-5 at home — the first time in its 20-year history the team has lost five home games. TEXANS 16, COLTS 10 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Brandon Weeden replaced injured quarterback T.J. Yates late in the first half and threw a go-ahead 8-yard TD pass to Jaelen Strong with 10:36 to play as Houston won at Indianapolis for the first time in 14 tries. The Texans (7-7) took sole posses-
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Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback William Gay (22) breaks up a pass intended for Denver Broncos wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders (10) during the second half of an NFL game in Pittsburgh, Sunday. sion of the AFC South lead by snapping a two-game losing streak. The Colts (6-8) have lost three straight and need help to make the playoffs. The battle of backup quarterbacks didn’t earn style points. Yates was 6 of 10 for 68 yards with one interception before hurting his left knee. Weeden went 11 of 18 with 105 yards, leading the Texans to three field goals and the decisive TD. Hasselbeck was 17 of 30 with 147 yards and one interception and briefly gave way to Charlie Whitehurst in the fourth. PATRIOTS 33, TITANS 16 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady threw for two touchdowns to help New England hold onto the top spot in the AFC in a game that saw Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota knocked out of the game with a knee injury in the first half. The 2014 Heisman Trophy winner and the No. 2 overall pick in this year’s
draft, Mariota left and did not return after being sacked to end consecutive second-quarter drives. Brady completed 23 of 35 passes for 267 yards. Delanie Walker caught two passes, both for touchdowns, for 64 yards for Tennessee. Zach Mettenberger completed 20 of 28 passes for 242 yards, two TD and two interceptions after replacing Mariota. FALCONS 23, JAGUARS 17 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Julio Jones scored for the first time in seven weeks, and Atlanta ended a six-game losing streak. Jones finished with nine receptions for 118 yards and set the franchise record for catches in a season. He has 118, breaking teammate Roddy White’s mark of 115 set in 2010. The Falcons (7-7) had lost six straight and even had some wondering whether they had given up after losing 38-0 last week at Carolina.
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SCOREBOARD Local Sports • Major bantam hockey: Calgary Bisons at Red Deer Rebels, 6:30 p.m., Arena. • Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds Wranglers at Stettler Lightning, 8:15 p.m.
• WHL: Edmonton Oil Kings at Red Deer Rebels, 5 p.m., Centrium.
WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF Brandon 35 21 11 1 2 131 Prince Albert 34 20 11 2 1 108 Moose Jaw 34 17 12 4 1 117 Regina 35 15 15 3 2 107 Saskatoon 33 13 17 3 0 102 Swift Current 34 10 20 3 1 78
GA 99 102 107 121 138 109
Pt 45 43 39 35 29 24
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CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF Lethbridge 35 24 11 0 0 148 Red Deer 35 23 12 0 0 127 Calgary 37 22 13 1 1 123 Edmonton 36 14 19 3 0 99 Medicine Hat 34 12 19 2 1 108 Kootenay 36 6 28 2 0 70
GA 105 104 115 118 134 154
Pt 48 46 46 31 27 14
WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF Kelowna 35 25 9 1 0 133 Prince George 34 21 11 1 1 118 Victoria 35 21 12 1 1 117 Kamloops 32 17 11 3 1 117 Vancouver 36 12 19 3 2 102
GA 101 95 85 101 127
Pt 51 44 44 38 29
U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF 33 19 11 3 0 113 32 19 11 0 2 89 34 17 13 3 1 114 33 16 16 1 0 113 34 14 19 1 0 105
GA 99 70 117 108 130
Pt 41 40 38 33 29
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Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Cleveland 18 7 .720 — Indiana 16 10 .615 2 1/2 Miami 16 10 .615 2 1/2 Chicago 15 10 .600 3 Toronto 17 12 .586 3 Atlanta 17 12 .586 3 Charlotte 15 11 .577 3 1/2 Detroit 16 12 .571 3 1/2 Orlando 15 12 .556 4 Boston 14 13 .519 5 New York 14 14 .500 5 1/2 Washington 11 14 .440 7 Milwaukee 11 18 .379 9 Brooklyn 7 20 .259 12 Philadelphia 1 28 .034 19 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Golden State 26 1 .963 — San Antonio 23 5 .821 3 1/2 Oklahoma City 18 9 .667 8 L.A. Clippers 16 12 .571 10 1/2 Dallas 15 12 .556 11 Memphis 15 14 .517 12 Houston 14 14 .500 12 1/2 Utah 11 14 .440 14 Phoenix 12 17 .414 15 Denver 11 16 .407 15 Minnesota 11 16 .407 15 Sacramento 11 16 .407 15 Portland 11 18 .379 16 New Orleans 8 19 .296 18
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Saturday’s Games Oklahoma City 118, L.A. Lakers 78 Washington 109, Charlotte 101 New York 107, Chicago 91 Memphis 96, Indiana 84 Houston 107, L.A. Clippers 97 Sunday’s Games Miami 116, Portland 109 Minnesota 100, Brooklyn 85 Cleveland 108, Philadelphia 86 Milwaukee 101, Phoenix 95 Sacramento 104, Toronto 94 Atlanta 103, Orlando 100 New Orleans 130, Denver 125
Seattle Everett Spokane Portland Tri-City
Monday’s Games Sacramento at Washington, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Orlando at New York, 5:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Chicago, 6 p.m. Charlotte at Houston, 6 p.m. Portland at Atlanta, 6 p.m. Indiana at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. Phoenix at Utah, 7 p.m. Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday’s results Kamloops 3 Swift Current 0 Prince Albert 5 Brandon 2 Moose Jaw 4 Regina 3 (OT) Saskatoon 5 Kelowna 3 Medicine Hat 7 Calgary 5 Edmonton 5 Kootenay 2 Lethbridge 6 Red Deer 1 Prince George 8 Victoria 2 Vancouver 2 Everett 1 Spokane 5 Portland 4 (OT) Seattle 6 Tri-City 3
Tuesday’s Games Memphis at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Dallas at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Detroit at Miami, 5:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Denver, 7 p.m.
Christmas break
Football
NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Washington 7 7 0 .500 Philadelphia 6 8 0 .429 N.Y. Giants 6 8 0 .429 Dallas 4 10 0 .286 South W L T Pct y-Carolina 14 0 0 1.000 Atlanta 7 7 0 .500 Tampa Bay 6 8 0 .429 New Orleans 5 8 0 .385 North W L T Pct x-Green Bay 10 4 0 .714 Minnesota 9 5 0 .643 Chicago 5 9 0 .357 Detroit 4 9 0 .308 West W L T Pct y-Arizona 12 2 0 .857 x-Seattle 9 5 0 .643 St. Louis 6 8 0 .429
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National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct y-New England 12 2 0 .857 N.Y. Jets 9 5 0 .643 Buffalo 6 8 0 .429 Miami 5 9 0 .357 South W L T Pct Houston 7 7 0 .500 Indianapolis 6 8 0 .429 Jacksonville 5 9 0 .357 Tennessee 3 11 0 .214 North W L T Pct x-Cincinnati 11 3 0 .786 Pittsburgh 9 5 0 .643 Baltimore 4 10 0 .286 Cleveland 3 11 0 .214 West W L T Pct Denver 10 4 0 .714 Kansas City 9 5 0 .643 Oakland 6 8 0 .429 San Diego 4 10 0 .286
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San Francisco 4 10 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division PF 435 344 341 278
PA 269 272 336 361
PF 275 285 343 269
PA 301 372 380 359
PF 378 378 292 253
PA 243 287 360 387
PF 308 365 319 280
PA 259 257 356 348
PF 316 318 373 246
PA 332 362 358 324
PF 449 302 311 323
PA 278 312 353 397
PF 347 296 289 267
PA 265 272 352 336
PF 445 370 241
PA 269 248 294
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Thursday’s Game St. Louis 31, Tampa Bay 23 Saturday’s Game N.Y. Jets 19, Dallas 16 Sunday’s Games Minnesota 38, Chicago 17 Atlanta 23, Jacksonville 17 Houston 16, Indianapolis 10 Carolina 38, N.Y. Giants 35 New England 33, Tennessee 16 Washington 35, Buffalo 25 Kansas City 34, Baltimore 14 Seattle 30, Cleveland 13 Green Bay 30, Oakland 20 San Diego 30, Miami 14 Cincinnati 24, San Francisco 14 Pittsburgh 34, Denver 27 Arizona 40, Philadelphia 17 Monday’s Game Detroit at New Orleans, 6:30 p.m . Thursday, Dec. 24 San Diego at Oakland, 6:25 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 26 Washington at Philadelphia, 6:25 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27 Houston at Tennessee, 11 a.m. Cleveland at Kansas City, 11 a.m. New England at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m. Indianapolis at Miami, 11 a.m. San Francisco at Detroit, 11 a.m. Dallas at Buffalo, 11 a.m. Chicago at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m. Carolina at Atlanta, 11 a.m. Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 11 a.m. Jacksonville at New Orleans, 2:05 p.m. St. Louis at Seattle, 2:25 p.m. Green Bay at Arizona, 2:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28 Cincinnati at Denver, 6:30 p.m.
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Liverpool emphatically beaten by Watford BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Liverpool slumped to a 3-0 defeat at Watford in the Premier League on Sunday, while managerless Swansea drew 0-0 at home to West Ham at the Liberty Stadium. Liverpool now trails the Champions League places by five points after its latest loss, while Swansea stayed in the relegation zone after taking a point. Watford took the lead at Vicarage Road after only three minutes, Nathan Ake poking in after stand-in Liverpool goalkeeper Adam Bogdan, replacing the injured Simon Mignolet, dropped a corner. Odion Ighalo then netted twice, with a composed finish in the 15th before heading in unmarked in the 85th as Liverpool was punished for a stagnant and unimaginative performance. Manager Jurgen Klopp felt his side’s reaction to conceding early contributed to the rest of their display. “We lost our minds after the first goal, we lost our compact formation,” Klopp said. “The reaction has to be better. We came here to do something really different than what you saw. Hopefully it is the most disappointing moment in my whole Liverpool FC life from now on.” Liverpool failed to offer anything in attack that worried Watford, which played at a higher tempo and with more attacking intent throughout the encounter. The victory is its fourth in a row in the Premier League and leaves it only a point behind Tottenham in fourth, on 28. “We are fighting a lot, we are very competitive,” Watford manager Quique Sanchez Flores said. “I feel completely happy with the performance and the players. We are playing against amazing teams but we control the matches.” In Wales, Swansea missed some good chances in the first half against West Ham as it failed to claim the victory that would have lifted it out of the relegation zone. Andre Ayew, Ki Sung-yueng and Jack Cork failed to convert opportunities as Swansea stayed in the bottom three, two points adrift of safety. West Ham substitute Enner Valencia almost won it for the visitors late on but his strike was tipped over the bar by Lukasz Fabianski as Slaven Bilic’s side settled for its third straight goalless draw.
Sunday, December 27 Everett at Vancouver, 3 p.m. Regina at Brandon, 3 p.m. Moose Jaw at Swift Current, 3 p.m. Calgary at Kootenay, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Red Deer, 5 p.m. Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 6 p.m. Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. Tri-City at Portland, 6 p.m. Seattle at Spokane, 6:05 p.m. Kelowna at Kamloops, 7 p.m. Prince George at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.
WHL Scoring Leaders G 23 9 17 14 20 19 20 19 19 18 12 9 14 21 17 10 23 22 16 14 16 13 20 18 17 11 9 19
National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Montreal 34 20 11 3 43 Boston 32 19 9 4 42 Detroit 33 17 9 7 41 Florida 34 18 12 4 40 Ottawa 34 17 12 5 39 Tampa Bay 34 17 14 3 37 Buffalo 34 14 16 4 32 Toronto 31 11 13 7 29
GF GA 103 82 104 83 86 85 93 80 104 102 86 80 79 89 77 86
Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts 32 24 6 2 50 35 19 12 4 42 34 18 11 5 41 34 16 13 5 37 33 14 12 7 35 32 15 14 3 33 33 13 15 5 31 35 13 19 3 29
GF GA 103 70 101 91 91 80 79 84 70 89 71 82 79 99 86 107
WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Dallas 33 24 7 2 50 St. Louis 34 20 10 4 44 Chicago 35 20 11 4 44 Minnesota 31 17 8 6 40 Nashville 33 16 11 6 38 Colorado 34 17 16 1 35 Winnipeg 32 15 15 2 32
GF GA 114 85 87 81 96 83 86 73 85 85 95 90 90 97
Washington N.Y. Rangers N.Y. Islanders New Jersey Philadelphia Pittsburgh Carolina Columbus
Saturday’s summary Hurricanes 6, Rebels 1 First Period 1. Lethbridge, Sheen 4 (Atwal, Bellerive) 12:24. 2. Red Deer, Johnson 9 (Pederson, Bobyk) 13:56. 3. Lethbridge, Estephan 14 (unassisted) 18:28. Penalties — Polei RD (fighting) 3:14, Skeoch Let (fighting) 3:14. Second Period 4. Lethbridge, Folk 6 (Millette, Lindgren) 8:27. 5. Lethbridge, Pankewicz 2 (Millette) 10:00 (pp). 6. Lethbridge, Babenko 19 (Nielsen, Gutierrez) 14:23. Penalties — Vandervlis Let (interference) 3:15, Bobyk RD (cross-checking) 9:52, Watson Let (interference) 11:16, Babenko Let (high-sticking) 17:25, Babenko Let (high-sticking) 17:25. Third Period 7. Lethbridge, Lindgren 16 (Estephan) 3:20 (pp). Penalties — Nikolishin RD (tripping) 2:46, Sheen Let (cross-checking) 10:52, Bobyk RD (interference) 14:29. Shots on goal Lethbridge 14 10 9 — 33 Red Deer 12 8 6 — 26 Goal — Lethbridge: Sittler (W, 11-5-0) Red Deer: Toth (L, 18-10-0). Power plays (goal-chances) — Lethbridge: 2-3 Red Deer: 0-5. Attendance — 5,374 at Red Deer.
Tyson Baillie, Kel Brayden Burke, Let Adam Brooks, Reg Devante Stephens, Spo Reid Gardiner, P.A. Parker Bowles, TC Dryden Hunt, MJ Egor Babenko, Let Ivan Nikolishin, RD Brayden Point, MJ Alex Forsberg, Vic Mathew Barzal, Sea Radel Fazleev, CAL CollinShirley, Kam Justin Gutierrez, Let Nolan Patrick, Bra Jonathon Martin, SC Tyler Wong, Let Keegan Kolesar, Sea Giorgio Estephan, Let Cameron Hebig, Sas Brett Pollock, Edm Jesse Gabrielle, PG Matthew Phillips, Vic Dominic Turgeon, Por Ethan Bear, Sea Andrew Nielsen, Let Remi Laurencelle, Eve
versity (NCAA), Calgary (2014 3, 64) Roland McKeown, Listowel, Ont., Kingston (OHL), Carolina from Los Angeles (2014 2, 50) Travis Sanheim, Elkhorn, Man., Calgary (WHL), Philadelphia (2014 1, 17). Forwards Mathew Barzal, Coquitlam, B.C., Seattle (WHL), N.Y. Islanders (2015 1, 16) Anthony Beauvillier, Sorel, Que., Shawinigan (QMJHL), N.Y. Islanders (2015 1, 28) Rourke Chartier, Saskatoon, Kelowna (WHL), San Jose (2014 5, 149) Lawson Crouse, Mount Brydges, Ont., Kingston (OHL), Florida (2015 1, 11) Julien Gauthier, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Que., Val-d’Or (QMJHL), eligible for 2016 Travis Konecny, Clachan, Ont., Ottawa (OHL), Philadelphia (2015 1, 24) Mitchell Marner, Thornhill, Ont., London (OHL), Toronto (2015, 1, 4) Brendan Perlini, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Niagara (OHL), Arizona (2014 1, 12) Brayden Point, Calgary, Moose Jaw (WHL), Tampa Bay (2014 3, 79) John Quenneville, Edmonton, Brandon (WHL), New Jersey (2014 1, 30). Mitchell Stephens, Peterborough, Ont., Saginaw (OHL), Tampa Bay (2015 2, 33) Dylan Strome, Mississauga, Ont., Erie (OHL), Arizona (2015 1, 3) Jake Virtanen, Abbotsford, B.C., Vancouver (NHL). Staff Head Coach — Dave Lowry, Ottawa, Victoria (WHL). Assistant Coaches — Dominique Ducharme, Joliette, Que., Halifax (QMJHL) Kelly McCrimmon, Plenty, Sask., Brandon (WHL) Trevor Letowski, Thunder Bay, Ont., Windsor (OHL). Goaltending Consultant — Fred Brathwaite, Ottawa, Hockey Canada. Equipment Managers — Chris MacDonald, Halifax, Halifax (QMJHL) Matt Auerbach, Vernon, B.C., Victoria (WHL). Team Physician — Dr. Roy Diklich, Windsor, Ont., Hockey Canada. Athletic Therapists — Joey Garland, Carbonear, N.L., Windsor (OHL) Brian Cheeseman, Mount Pearl, N.L., Edmonton (WHL).
A 35 41 31 34 26 27 25 25 24 25 31 34 28 19 23 30 16 17 23 25 22 24 16 18 19 25 27 16
Pts 58 50 48 48 46 46 45 44 43 43 43 43 42 40 40 40 39 39 39 39 38 37 36 36 36 36 36 35
2016 Canadian World Junior Championship roster CALGARY — Finalized roster for the 2016 IIHF world junior championship as announced Sunday by Hockey Canada (with name, hometown, current club and league, plus NHL draft with year, round and overall selection in parentheses tournament begins Dec. 26 in Helsinki, Finland): Goaltenders Mackenzie Blackwood, Thunder Bay, Ont., Barrie (OHL), New Jersey (2015 second round, 42nd overall) Mason McDonald, Halifax, Charlottetown (QMJHL), Calgary (2014 2, 34) Samuel Montembeault, Becancour, Que., Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL), Florida (2015, 3, 77). Defencemen Thomas Chabot, Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, Que., Saint John (QMJHL), Ottawa (2015 1, 18) Travis Dermott, Newmarket, Ont., Erie (OHL), Toronto (2015 2, 34) Haydn Fleury, Carlyle, Sask., Red Deer (WHL), Carolina (2014 1, 7) Joe Hicketts, Kamloops, B.C., Victoria (WHL), Detroit (2014 free agent) Brandon Hickey, Leduc, Alta., Boston Uni-
Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 32 20 10 2 42 81 71 San Jose 33 16 15 2 34 88 91 Vancouver 35 12 14 9 33 89 102 Arizona 32 15 15 2 32 87 102 Calgary 33 15 16 2 32 87 112 Edmonton 34 14 18 2 30 88 105 Anaheim 31 12 14 5 29 58 77 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Saturday’s Games Chicago 3, Buffalo 2, SO Columbus 3, Philadelphia 2, SO St. Louis 3, Calgary 2 Toronto 5, Los Angeles 0 Anaheim 2, New Jersey 1 Carolina 2, Pittsburgh 1 Dallas 6, Montreal 2 Nashville 3, Minnesota 2 Arizona 1, N.Y. Islanders 0 Colorado 5, Edmonton 1 Sunday’s Games Florida 5, Vancouver 4, SO Boston 2, New Jersey 1, SO Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 2 Detroit 4, Calgary 2 Washington 7, N.Y. Rangers 3 Chicago 4, San Jose 3, OT Monday’s Games Anaheim at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Columbus at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 5 p.m. Montreal at Nashville, 6 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Toronto at Colorado, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Tuesday’s Games St. Louis at Boston, 5 p.m. Anaheim at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m. New Jersey at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Vancouver at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m. Ottawa at Florida, 5:30 p.m. Montreal at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Chicago at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Calgary, 7 p.m. Toronto at Arizona, 7 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m. Sunday’s summary Red Wings 4, Flames 2 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Backlund Cgy (interference) 4:11, Stajan Cgy (hooking) 12:32, Glendening Det (slashing) 16:17. Second Period 1. Calgary, Wideman 1 (Brodie, Gaudreau) 1:56 (pp). 2. Detroit, Larkin 12 (Smith, Zetterberg) 7:46. 3. Detroit, Richards 3 (unassisted) 8:31. 4. Detroit, Nyquist 12 (DeKeyser, Sheahan) 17:31. Penalties — Larkin Det (hooking) 1:23. Third Period 5. Calgary, Hamilton 5 (Hudler, Giordano) 17:01. 6. Detroit, Abdelkader 11 (DeKeyser) 19:30 (en). Penalties — Helm Det (tripping) 4:01, Monahan Cgy (roughing) 6:42, Russell Cgy (slashing) 15:48,
Penguins star day to day with lower-body injury Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is dealing with a lower-body injury and could miss Monday night’s game against Columbus. Coach Mike Sullivan said Sunday that Crosby is “day to day” after getting hurt during Saturday night’s 2-1 loss to Carolina. Sullivan said he believes Crosby was injured in the third period. Crosby, a two-time Hart Trophy winner, has just six goals and 16 assists in 32 games for Pittsburgh, which has dropped five straight and is 0-4 under Sullivan. Sullivan said Crosby will be evaluated on Monday morning. The coach added Crosby will play if he’s ready even though the Penguins have four days off after Monday’s visit from Columbus.
Saturday’s summaries Avalanche 5, Oilers 1 First Period 1. Colorado, Comeau 5 (Soderberg, Johnson) 1:12 (sh). 2. Colorado, Barrie 4 (MacKinnon, Landeskog) 16:49 (pp). Penalties — Col Bench (too many men) 0:54, Pouliot Edm (Concealing puck) 15:41, Iginla Col (tripping) 17:08. Second Period 3. Colorado, Holden 3 (Mitchell) 14:26. Penalties — None. Third Period 4. Edmonton, Sekera 4 (Hall, Draisaitl) 2:58. 5. Colorado, Iginla 9 (Tanguay) 7:05. 6. Colorado, Skille 4 (McLeod, Barrie) 16:31. Penalties — None. Shots on goal Edmonton 13 14 13 — 40 Colorado 9 12 8 — 29 Goal — Edmonton: Nilsson (L, 10-9-1) Colorado: Varlamov (W, 12-8-1). Power plays (goal-chances) — Edmonton: 0-2 Colorado: 1-1. Blues 3, Flames 2 First Period 1. St. Louis, Tarasenko 21 (Gunnarsson, Steen) 1:23. 2. St. Louis, Parayko 6 (Tarasenko) 3:47. Penalties — Reaves StL (fighting) 3:50, Engelland Cgy (fighting) 3:50. Second Period 3. St. Louis, Lehtera 4 (Steen, Tarasenko) 14:53. Penalties — Bouwmeester StL (holding) 8:37, Stastny StL (hooking) 12:03, Parayko StL (delay of game) 17:14. Third Period 4. Calgary, Monahan 12 (Giordano, Jooris) 4:00. 5. Calgary, Giordano 7 (Backlund, Jones) 16:07. Penalties — Fabbri StL (stick holding) 4:59. Shots on goal Calgary 8 15 15 — 38 St. Louis 7 6 9 — 22 Goal — Calgary: Ramo (L, 11-9-1) St. Louis: Elliott (W, 5-3-2). Power plays (goal-chances) — Calgary: 0-4 St. Louis: 0-0. NHL Scoring Leaders Patrick Kane, Chi Jamie Benn, Dal Tyler Seguin, Dal Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Taylor Hall, Edm Erik Karlsson, Ott Daniel Sedin, Vcr Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy Blake Wheeler, Wpg Joe Pavelski, SJ Michael Cammalleri, NJ Bobby Ryan, Ott Alex Steen, StL Patrice Bergeron, Bos Mike Hoffman, Ott Artemi Panarin, Chi Henrik Sedin, Vcr John Klingberg, Dal David Krejci, Bos Alex Ovechkin, Wash Ryan O’Reilly, Buf Nathan MacKinnon, Col Mikko Koivu, Minn
G 20 22 18 21 15 8 14 12 10 15 12 11 11 11 17 10 9 5 9 16 12 10 8
A 28 22 26 15 21 28 20 21 23 17 20 21 21 21 14 21 22 26 21 13 17 19 21
American Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OL SL Pct Pts Wilkes-Barre 21 5 0 1 .796 43 Hershey 15 8 1 5 .621 36 Bridgeport 16 12 2 1 .565 35 Portland 14 11 1 0 .558 29 Providence 11 11 5 1 .500 28 Lehigh Valley 14 15 1 0 .483 29 Springfield 12 14 1 1 .464 26 Hartford 12 15 2 0 .448 26
Toronto Albany St. John’s Utica Rochester Syracuse Binghamton
North Division W L OL SL Pct 23 5 2 0 .800 16 8 3 0 .648 14 7 5 2 .625 14 10 2 2 .571 14 12 1 1 .536 11 11 4 1 .500 7 17 2 0 .308
Pts 48 35 35 32 30 27 16
WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L OL SL Pct Pts Rockford 18 6 2 2 .714 40 Milwaukee 18 9 1 0 .661 37 Grand Rapids 16 8 0 1 .660 33 Lake Erie 15 8 2 2 .630 34 Charlotte 16 11 1 0 .589 33 Chicago 13 10 1 2 .558 29 Manitoba 8 15 1 2 .365 19 Iowa 5 21 2 3 .242 15
Pts 48 44 44 36 36 36 34 33 33 32 32 32 32 32 31 31 31 31 30 29 29 29 29
GF 98 83 80 80 75 87 76 66
GA 53 89 77 73 82 88 92 88
GF 119 73 87 87 75 67 71
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GF GA 86 73 84 81 78 62 73 70 87 87 81 73 54 84 60 103
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Transactions Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS — Designated LHP Kyle Lobstein for assignment. Agreed to terms with SS Mike Aviles on a one-year contract. OAKLAND ATHLEITCS — Agreed to terms with RHP Jarrod Parker on a one-year contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association INDIANA PACERS — Fined Indiana F Paul George $35,000 for public criticism of officiating and using profanity in a live television interview. FOOTBALL National Football League DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed CB Terrance Mitchell from the practice squad. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Waived DT C.J. Mosley. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Placed DE Scott Crichton on injured reserve. Signed DE Zach Moore from the practice squad. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released LB Eric Martin. Signed RB Joey Iosefa from the practice squad. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Placed OT Austin Howard on injured reserve. Signed S Tevin McDonald from the practice squad. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Waived LB Orie Lemon.
HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled F Zach Nastasiuk from Toledo (ECHL) to Grand Rapids (AHL). NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Activated C Travis Zajac from injured reserve. WINNIPEG JETS — Assigned F Axel Blomqvist from Manitoba (AHL) to Tulsa (ECHL). American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Rochester LW Jack Nevins three games and Hershey LW Liam O’Brien one game. BINGHAMTON SENATORS — Returned F Darian Dziurzynski to Greenville (ECHL). SYRACUSE CRUNCH — Recalled D Charlie Dodero from Greenville (ECHL). ECHL ECHL — Suspended Quad City D Mike Monfredo one game. ALLEN AMERICANS — Added G Nolan Bowker as emergency backup. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Loaned F Derek DeBlois to Lake Erie (AHL). TOLEDO WALLEYE — Signed D Dajon Mingo. Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL National League CINCINNATI REDS — Promoted senior director of
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SAN CANDIDO, Italy — World champion Andrea Limbacher of Austria won a thrilling ski cross race on Sunday for her first World Cup victory in nearly three years, while Victor Oehling Norberg continued his recovery from injury to triumph in the men’s event. The lead was exchanged several times in the women’s race before Limbacher took control. Canadian Kelsey Serwa of Kelowna, B.C., edged out France’s Alizee Baron for second in one of nine photo finishes on the day. “It’s so awesome to race here,” Limbacher said. “It’s so much fun. I’m so happy I was able to make those passes in the final and get the victory here. I was in a good battle with Kelsey and Alizee there.” Anna Holmund of Sweden finished fourth but remained comfortable atop the standings,
baseball operations Nick Krall and senior director of baseball analytics Sam Grossman to assistant general managers. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DETROIT PISTONS — Recalled G Brandon Jennings and Fs Reggie Bullock and Darrun Hilliard from Grand Rapids (NBADL). FOOTBALL National Football League SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Released G Craig Watts from the practice squad. Signed QB Brad Sorensen to the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League MINNESOTA WILD — Recalled D Guillaume Gelinas from Quad City (ECHL) to Iowa (AHL). ST. LOUIS BLUES — Assigned F Zach Pochiro from Chicago (AHL) to Quad City (ECHL). TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled C Tanner Richard from Syracuse (AHL). American Hockey League CHARLOTTE CHECKERS — Returned F Ryan Rashid to Greenville (ECHL). SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Reassigned D Gabriel Beaupre to Fort Wayne (ECHL). ECHL SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Loaned F Joe Devin to Lake Erie (AHL).
with a lead of nearly 150 points clear of Baron. Olympic champion Jean-Frederic Chapuis of France was second in the men’s race, to take over the lead in the standings from Montreal’s Christopher Del Bosco, who slipped to third — behind his Canadian teammate Brady Leman of Calgary. Sylvain Miaillier of France finished third on the day, ahead of Switzerland’s Alex Fiva. Oehling Norberg was forced to withdraw from the season’s first event in Montafon due to serious back spasms and then missed the next two races in Val Thorens as he recovered. “It’s been tough, for sure,”Oehling Norberg said. “In Montafon after I hurt my back I was almost thinking about quitting this, thinking I’m getting so tired of this back problem and I just want to be healthy. But I got the best support I’ve ever had, such good training to get my back better for this race, and to win is an unbelievable feeling.”
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Skaters take to the ice at Bower Ponds for the first time this season. Cooler weather, with temperatures dropping as low as -25 with the windchill kept many families off the ice Saturday, but more turned out during warmer conditions Sunday.
Red Deerians had their first opportunity to lace up their skates and hit one of the best ice surfaces in the city this past weekend. Bower Ponds Recreation opened their doors - and the ice and sledding hill- to city residents and visitors for the season. While the weather was cool, dropping into the -20’s on Friday and as low as -25 Saturday with the windchill, it wasn’t enough to keep everyone indoors. Sledders made quick work of creating the first tracks on the hill this winter, and groups of skaters could be seen on the ice throughout the day. Frozen toes and noses were then warmed up with hot chocolate and other goodies, as profits made Saturday went towards the Red Deer and District Food Bank. Bower Ponds Recreation also collected food donations throughout the weekend as well. Bower Ponds will be open from 4:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. Monday - Friday and 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. on weekends throughout the season. The pavilion, however, will close if temperatures drop below - 25 degrees Celsius.
ABOVE; Owen Lundmark hangs on tight as his father, Jason Lundmark, pulls him across the ice in a sled Saturday afternoon at Bower Ponds. LEFT; Dustin Froilan cheers as he skates on the Bower Ponds ice for the first time this season on Saturday afternoon.
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Poloz named top newsmaker CP 2015 BUSINESS NEWSMAKER OF THE YEAR BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — As 2015 began, Stephen Poloz commanded a central bank amid an economy finally showing signs of broad recovery — to the point many predicted he would, before long, boost the long-frozen benchmark interest rate. But just three weeks into the fresh year, the Bank of Canada governor spotted an approaching threat: plummeting world oil prices. That’s when Poloz dropped a bombshell on the cautious economic optimism. He cut the bank’s trend-setting rate, blindsiding financial markets. Poloz defended the stunner as a shield to blunt the “unambiguously negative” effects of the price slide on the oil-exporting country. The governor has been voted Canada’s 2015 Business Newsmaker of the Year in the annual poll of the country’s newsrooms by The Canadian Press. Poloz was the choice of senior business journalists because of his work throughout a turbulent year. He spent 2015 analyzing an economy walloped by low crude prices, pushed into technical recession and, eventually, subjected to another drop in the overnight rate. “It’s not often, if ever, that a central banker catches the market completely off guard with interest-rate policy, but that’s precisely what Stephen Poloz did,” wrote Business News Network anchor Greg Bonnell in explaining his vote for Poloz. “While many questioned why the governor felt it
necessary to take out that ‘insurance,’ two back-toback quarters of negative growth for the Canadian economy made his January move look very prescient.” Even Poloz himself admits he was surprised by the developments 12 months ago. “In a nutshell, it was a challenging year, of course, because we started off with a shock of great size,” Poloz said earlier this month when asked about the past year. “And not only was it a big shock … it is the most complex type of shock that an economist can face.” He recalled that last December, the bank was only just starting to see the oil-price plunge for what it was. Just a couple of months before that, “there was almost no sign of it,” Poloz added. “It was just a little soft, but it looked like it would be temporary,” he said of conditions in the fall 2014, when crude prices started their free fall. Up until January, the central bank had been expecting Canadian growth to accelerate along with the anticipated momentum in the U.S. economy, he said. When the U.S. pick-up failed to materialize, Canada’s early 2015 picture dimmed to the point that it prompted Poloz to utter an eyebrow-raising adjective that seized headlines and would hound him for months. Poloz told the Financial Times in a March interview that the oil slump would make Canada’s first-quarter data look “atrocious.” He was later forced to explain his use of the remark to a parlia-
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Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz looks up as he holds news conference. Poloz has been named The Canadian Press 2015 Business Newsmaker of the Year. mentary committee, where he said it was “certainly not our intent to surprise or to frighten people.” But the early 2015 numbers were indeed dreadful. The economy shrunk over the first and second quarters of the year. By definition, two straight quarters of contraction is a technical recession.
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An Air Canada passenger jet lands at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Halifax. Air Canada says it has reached a tentative contract agreement with the union representing its technical maintenance, airport ramp and cargo personnel.
Air Canada reaches tentative agreement with IAMAW BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Air Canada says it has reached a te ntative contract agreement with the union representing its technical maintenance, airport ramp and cargo personnel. That airline says the 10-year agreement with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers covers 7,500 employees. The agreement is subject to ratification by the union’s membership as well as to certain openers over the ten-year period. Details will not be released pending ratification by the union members and approval by the Air Canada board of directors. Air Canada says the union will recommend ratification to its members and the company will seek
the board of directors’ approval for the agreement promptly. This is the sixth agreement reached with unions representing various Air Canada employees, and the third for a ten-year period. “This new agreement with the IAMAW on collective agreement terms for ten years is an important achievement that will support long-term and profitable growth at Air Canada and one that recognizes the important contribution of IAMAW members,” Calin Rovinescu, president and chief executive of Air Canada said in a statement. “Moreover, it will benefit all stakeholders by giving our company more certainty and flexibility, while at the same time providing stability for our employees.” The union issued a statement saying the tentative deal will provide job security to mechanics and airport workers.
WATERLOO, Ont. — BlackBerry is getting a financial boost from its growing software division, but the smartphone company says it’s still to early to deem its latest Priv phone either a sales success or a disappointment. With about a month of sales for the new device under its belt, BlackBerry was vague Friday in its third-quarter results about how its first Android smartphone has performed so far in the marketplace. “I don’t want to over-hype that situation,” chief executive John Chen told analysts Friday as BlackBerry delivered better-than-expected financial results. He settled with saying Priv sales have been “quite positive.” Shares of BlackBerry jumped more than 10 per cent on Friday — rising $1.14 to $12.03 on the Toronto Stock Exchange — as investors responded favourably to the company’s latest quarterly results. Overall revenue came in above expectations and losses were far less than analysts had anticipated. The international reception of the Priv will be closely watched in the coming weeks as BlackBerry prepares to launch it on a global scale. After being available in only four countries during the third quarter ended Nov. 28, the phone’s distribution will spike to 31 countries by the end of February when the company’s fourth quarter ends. BlackBerry is in the midst of a transition period where its software business has taken priority over designing phones. Sales of the Priv are considered an important metric in determining whether there’s any hope in making future hardware. Chen expects the handset division will become profitable again within the next two quarters, one of his key objectives since joining the company in late 2013, which suggests BlackBerry will stick with phones. Even with the signs pointing to a future in hardware, Chen is reluctant to fully commit until he sees international sales figures. “The next three months will tell us a lot,” he said in a conversation with reporters at the company’s headquarters in Waterloo, Ont. The lack of Priv sales figures prevents investors from getting a clear picture of how many people bought the phone in its early days.
Things to consider when thinking about retirement There have been a lot of studies and reports recently which show that Canadians are worried about their retirement and don’t feel they’re well prepared financially for this stage of their lives. There are any number of reasons why this is the case: they haven’t saved enough over the years; they may be suddenly thrust into retirement due to unforeseen circumstances; their expectations of retirement may not match reality; and the returns they can get today on their investments and hard-earned savings just aren’t sufficient TALBOT to support their retirement BOGGS lifestyle. MONEYWISE That’s why it’s important to keep retirement in mind when making financial and other life decisions. “Retirement should always be top-of-mind when making financial decisions and involves more than just saving, says Chris Buttigieg, senior manager, wealth planning strategy with BMO Financial Group. “Canadians need to consider and plan for every possibility that may impact their ability to achieve their ideal retirement lifestyle.” There are a number of things Canadians can do and think about to help ensure they prepare for a successful retirement. One of the first is to work with a financial professional to create a plan that will address your retirement goals. This involves thinking about who you’ll spend your retirement with, where you want to live and
what you want to be doing. With people living longer retirement can last 20 to 30 years. A financial plan will help you visualize the steps you need to take to achieve your retirement goals. Determine your annual income from savings, investments, property, and government and employer pensions. If you have a company pension, determine your pension entitlements and when you can start collecting benefits. If you want to continue working in retirement, find out if your employer will allow you to work parttime or with a reduced workload. Estimate your annual expenses during retirement by calculating your current annual living expenses and then identifying what may increase, decrease or stay the same. Divide your retirement expenses into needs and wants. This will help you understand areas where you can possibly reduce expenses. Understand how different sources of income are taxed and the best ways to stretch a dollar in retirement or maximize after-tax income to minimize taxes. This can be done with a retirement income plan that assesses how to draw efficiently from retirement savings and pensions Establish an easily accessible emergency fund, like a line of credit or savings account. Having funds available that are liquid and free from market fluctuations will help you deal with unexpected costs and avoid prematurely selling long-term or income-producing investments. It’s vital for small business owners to have a succession plan that outlines how and when you will transition away from the business. Succession into retirement could require as many as 10 years to plan and implement.
Review your risk tolerance and ensure your portfolio reflects your comfort level and needs in retirement. It’s important to keep in mind that as you age, health issues may arise and require additional health care not covered by provincial health benefits. It’s necessary to prepare for these additional health care costs. BMO Wealth Institute report has found Canadians expect to spend an average of $5,391 on out-of-pocket medical costs per year after the age of 65. Develop a contingency plan with your loved ones regarding the care of aging family members. Discuss your own personal wishes for later-in-life care and support with your loved ones. The probability of requiring long-term care rises from a 30 per cent by age 65 and to a 50 per cent chance by age 75. When planning for retirement, it’s also important to think about estate planning. Ensure your Will is up to date in order for your estate to be distributed according to your wishes. Review and update beneficiary designations for RRSPs, RRIFs, TFSAs and insurance policies and make sure Powers of Attorney documents are current so your needs can be cared for efficiently and in a timely manner. “With the retirement landscape constantly evolving its important Canadians are prepared, financially and otherwise for their golden years,” says Buttigieg. Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.
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Finance ministers meet to confront Canada’s new economic reality BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Provincial and territorial finance ministers are scheduled to gather tonight in Ottawa with federal counterpart Bill Morneau to begin confronting the hard economic truths facing Canada and the new Liberal government. Several regional ministers have indicated they hope to leave the meetings, which wrap up Monday, with a better understanding of the government’s election promises, which touch on a broad range of issues likely to impact the provinces. The federal Finance Department has laid out some of the subjects expected to be on the agenda, including Liberal promises of public-pension reform, infrastructure spending and a revamped child-benefit plan. But with the country’s economy struggling to rebound from the negative effects of low commodity prices, there’s an overarching theme Morneau says he would like to focus on. “The main subject I’d like to talk about is growth,� he said recently when asked about the meeting. “We will be spending time talking about infrastructure and how we can best make infrastructure investments together with the provinces. And as I said, we’re going to talk about Canada Pension Plan enhancement and how we might be able to work together in that regard.� In a recent statement, the Finance Department called the federal and provincial governments joint stewards of the CPP. It said major changes to the plan would need support from Ottawa as well as seven of the 10 provinces representing at least two-thirds of the country’s population. The Liberals also pledged to provide billions of dollars worth of funding for the provinces, territories and municipalities for infrastructure projects such as public transit. The party argues that such investments are crucial to firing up Canada’s weakened economy and to creating jobs. While it may not appear on the official agenda, Morneau is expected to field questions from the other ministers about health care and the need to figure out how to grapple with its mounting costs. When asked about the Liberals’ promises on health, Morneau said federal Health Minister Jane Philpott would take the lead on discussing
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Five things to watch this shortened week in Canadian business:
Business bigwig:
Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz is The Canadian Press’s freshly minted business newsmaker of the year. Hot off the honour, he’ll be in Ottawa on Monday making a presentation at a finance ministers meeting, possibly wearing shades and being pursued by paparazzi.
Morneau meetup:
Finance Minister Bill Morneau meets with his provincial counterparts to discuss the Canada Pension Plan, infrastructure and other issues on Monday. The aforementioned Poloz will be in attendance.
Last-minute shopping:
Canadians are rushing to get their holiday shopping done this week. Are Canadian retailers poised to have a good season, or a dismal one as the economy continues to pull out of its downturn?
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“WE WILL BE SPENDING TIME TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW WE CAN BEST MAKE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS TOGETHER WITH THE PROVINCES. AND AS I SAID, WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT CANADA PENSION PLAN ENHANCEMENT AND HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER IN THAT REGARD.� — BILL MORNEAU, FINANCE MINISTER those issues with her provincial counterparts. The Liberals have promised to negotiate a new federal-provincial health-care accord and provide a fresh commitment for long-term funding — a crucial concern of finance ministers since it swallows such a large portion of their budgets. Their Conservative predecessors allowed the previous health accord to expire. It was a 10-year, $41-billion deal signed in 2004 under then-prime minister Paul Martin which guaranteed federal health transfer payments would increase annually by six per cent. The Tories decided unilaterally in 2011 that the Canada Health Transfer would grow by six per cent a year until 2017-18. After that, health transfers will be tied to the rate of economic growth and inflation, but the annual rate of increase won’t fall below three per cent. The federal government had informed the provinces how much money they were likely going to receive in transfers for the next fiscal year. The Ontario government issued a news release Sunday saying it was told its entitlements for 2016-17 were $13.9 billion for the Canada Health Transfer, $5.1 billion for the Canada Social Transfer and $2.3 billion from equalization, the program that helps poorer provinces to deliver the same quality of government services as richer ones. Another provincial minister has said he expects discussion on the planned national co-operative securities regulator and the possible impacts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty.
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Live lobsters are packed and weighed for overseas shipment at the Maine Lobster Outlet in York, Maine. Exporters say lobster shipments to European countries like France, Italy and Spain are down because of the strong dollar and a less-than-festive economy overseas.
Nevada approves $335 million deal to attract electric carmaker BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada lawmakers approved a $335 million incentive package to attract upstart electric carmaker Faraday Future’s billion-dollar factory to a hard-hit Las Vegas suburb, even though the company has yet to unveil a concept car or bring a product to market. The state Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of the deal Saturday, after a four-day special session in Carson City. Lawmakers learned last week that Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting was backing the secretive California-based company, which employs some former Tesla Motors executives, and that
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Ralph and Jane Bruinsma and the Triangle Group of Companies would like to thank our many customers for their support during the past year. Together, over the last 4 and a half years, we have raised $68,877.24 made up of payments to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and the Canadian Cancer Society in the Lethbridge and Red Deer area through propane sales and related BBQ activities.
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We are also raising funds for High River Flood Victims, with one of our propane trucks. To date we have donated $45,000.00 to this great need. If you would like to donate to this worthy cause in High River please call 1-888-446-1047. We would like to extend season’s greeting and a big thank you to our sponsors and customers who made this possible and look forward to seeing you at our fundraising events in 2016. Warmest wishes to everyone this holiday season and a healthy and prosperous new year.
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Peter Mayhew plays Chewbacca and Harrison Ford plays Han Solo in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, directed by J.J. Abrams.
Star Wars blasts box office record BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS; LOS ANGELES — To say that the force is strong with this one is an understatement. Star Wars: The Force Awakens brought in a galactic $238 million over the weekend, making it the biggest North American debut of all time according to studio estimates on Sunday. The Walt Disney Co. earnings destroy the previous opening record set by Universal’s Jurassic World, which drew $208.8 million this summer. Internationally, the film brought in $279 million, bringing its global gross to $517 million — second only to “Jurassic World’s” global bow of $525 million. But the dinosaurs had the added benefit of China — Star Wars won’t open there until Jan. 9. This is just the latest in a laundry list of records set by J.J. Abrams’ film, the seventh in the franchise, which had analysts anticipating a debut anywhere from $150 million to $300 million. The “X-factor” was quality. While The Force Awakens drew enormous presales, the film was kept under lockdown from the press and critics until mere days before it was released to the public. Reviews turned out to be stellar (95 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes), as did early audience reaction, who gave the film an A CinemaScore. Rentrak’s Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian said that’s the key element that may push the film to the $2 billion mark by the end of its run. Many are already going back for a second helping. “The enthusiasm has really turned into a cultural event,” said Dave Hollis, Disney’s executive vice-president of theatrical distribution. “It’s unbelievable.” “It feels historic. The marketing team has embarked on a two-plus year journey to create this event feel,” Hollis added. “It’s hard to think you could replicate this, but never say never.”
Males overwhelmingly drove the astronomical earnings, comprising 58 per cent of the audience. “Many of the bigger films of the past few years have been driven by that often marginalized female audience,” Dergarabedian said. “This proves that if you put the right film in the marketplace, the guys will show up in big numbers. You can still break records with one gender being the dominant one.” He predicted that over time, Daisy Ridley’s protagonist may help even the gender breakdown. Hollis agreed, noting that the breakdown evened out across the weekend too. Friday audiences were 63 per cent male, he said. The film also drew mainly adults, who made up 71 per cent of the audience. Teens accounted for only 9 per cent, but those numbers may go up in the coming weeks as holiday vacations kick in. IMAX, 3D and other premium large format screens further helped drive the massive earnings. Nearly half of moviegoers — 47 per cent — chose to see the film on the generally pricier screens. IMAX screens alone accounted for $48 million of the global earnings. But Star Wars didn’t fly alone this weekend. A few other movies attempted to provide some counterprogramming and ended up with comparatively decent results. Almost a galaxy away, Fox’s animated Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip came in second with $14.4 million. According to exit polls, 70 per cent of audiences were comprised of families. The film also played to a rather diverse audience of 22 per cent Hispanics and 19 per cent African-Americans. “Starting on Monday, 73 per cent of K through 12 is out of school. Why wouldn’t we make our picture available?” said Chris Aronson, Fox’s president of domestic distribution as to why they released their film “in the teeth of the hurricane.” “Star Wars is the phenomenon it is
and will continue to be, but there is another segment of the audience out there,” he added. In third place, the Tina Fey and Amy Poehler comedy Sisters earned an estimated $13.4 million out of the gates. A whopping 79 per cent of audiences were female for the R-rated comedy — a solid indicator that the counterprogramming against “Star Wars” was in fact a wise choice. “A healthy box office needs something for everyone,” said Nick Carpou, Universal’s president of domestic distribution, who expects a solid performance for the comedy in the weeks to come. Rounding out the top five were The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2, with $5.7 million and Creed, with $5.1 million. This is the biggest overall weekend in box office history with combined grosses north of $300 million, putting 2015 in range of becoming the first $11 billion year in history. “We’re on the verge of a record-breaking year,” Dergarabedian said. “I think we’re going to do it.” Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Rentrak. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday. 1. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” $238 million ($279 million international).
2. “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip,” $14.4 million. 3. “Sisters,” $13.4 million ($1.8 million international). 4. “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2,” $5.7 million ($7.8 million international). 5. “Creed,” $5.1 million. 6. “The Good Dinosaur,” $4.2 million ($9.2 million international). 7. “Krampus,” $3.8 million ($1.8 million international). 8. “In the Heart of the Sea,” $3.5 million ($3.9 million international). 9. “Diwale,” $1.9 million. 10. “Bajirao Mastani,” $1.7 million. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at international theatres (excluding the U.S. and Canada), according to Rentrak: 1. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” $279 million. 2. “Mojin: The Lost Legend,” $85 million. 3. “Surprise — Journey to the West,” $24 million. 4. “The Good Dinosaur,” $9.2 million. 5. “The Himalayas,” $8.5 million. 6. “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2,” $7.8 million. 7. “Spectre,” $6.5 million. 8. “Bridge of Spies,” $4.5 million. 9. “In the Heart of the Sea” and “The Tiger: An Old Hunter’s Tale,” 3.9 million. 10. “Krampus” and “Sisters,” $1.8 million.
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Trucker that injured Tracy Morgan, will argue for dismissal NEWARK, N.J. — The truck driver who slammed into a limousine carrying comedian Tracy Morgan last year plans to ask a New Jersey judge to throw out criminal charges against him. Kevin Roper was driving a Wal-Mart truck in June 2014 when he crashed into Morgan’s limo van. The former 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live star and others suffered serious injuries. His friend James McNair was killed. Roper was charged in state court with crimes including death by auto. Attorney David Glassman told The Associated Press on Friday he’ll ask a judge on Tuesday to dismiss the case because Roper can’t get a fair trial. Glassman contends Roper received a “tsunami” of negative publicity because Morgan’s federal lawsuit against Wal-Mart was allowed to proceed despite Roper’s attempt to delay it until his criminal case finished.
Royo was named the winner of the Miss World 2015 competition Saturday night in the southern Chinese island resort of Sanya, an event dogged by controversy over China’s refusal to allow Canada’s entrant to attend. Sofia Nikitchuk of Russia was the runnerup and Indonesia’s Maria Harfanti took third place in the final following a lengthy competition featuring 114 women. Each had won the right to represent their country in a series of local and regional competitions. The victory marked the first-ever win for a Spanish contestant. Lalaguna is a 23-yearold model from Barcelona with a degree in pharmacology who plans to pursue a master’s degree in nutrition. She placed first in the competition’s top model contest and appeared to impress the judges with her public speaking. Not present was Miss Canada, Chinese-born Anastasia Lin, who had been prevented from boarding her connecting flight to Sanya from Hong Kong last month after China refused her a visa.
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The Queen of Soul made a surprise appearance at the House of Swing, helping the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra usher in the holiday season at their first concert in their newly refurbished home. Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis had a special gift for the audience when he introduced Aretha Franklin in the middle of Thursday night’s annual “Big Band Holidays” concert at the Rose Theater. The concert followed a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by Bette Midler to open the new Mica and Ahmet Ertegun Atrium at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Franklin, walking onstage to a standing ovation, said, “Wynton, I think maybe I’ll change the program just a little bit.” Accompanying herself on piano, she then sang the traditional Christmas carol O Tannenbaum in English and German. She followed with a soulful, gospel-infused version of the Tom Jones-Harvey Schmidt tune My Cup Runneth Over, an outtake from her 1972 album To Be Young, Gifted and Black, which she recently added to her concert repertoire. The 73-year-old diva, joking that “this happens to be my 50th year in the business and I’m feeling it,” dedicated her performance to Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, who died in 2006. Ertegun signed Franklin to the label in 1967 and helped turn her into the Queen of Soul by recording such hits as Respect. Mica Ertegun, a prominent interior designer, chose to honour her late husband’s legacy by providing the lead gift and taking an active role in the multimillion-dollar makeover of the public spaces connecting Jazz at Lincoln Center’s three performance venues. Marsalis, in a backstage interview, noted that
“THIS HAPPENS TO BE MY 50TH YEAR IN THE BUSINESS AND I’M FEELING IT” ARETHA FRANKLIN when Jazz at Lincoln Center moved into its new home, dubbed the House of Swing, on two floors of the Time Warner Center in 2004, the organization poured its resources into the performance venues, leaving little left over for the atrium, which was treated as an afterthought. Now, he says, the public space has “a warmth and feeling” that was lacking before. The redesign, with its curving walls of red oak, opens up the public space to the two-story glass windows offering sweeping views of Central Park and the Manhattan skyline, adds a raised stage by the windows for performances by jazz ensembles, connects the floors with a glass staircase, and incorporates state-of-the-art technology, including a 26-foot video wall. “It’s elegant, it’s grand and it has a type of relaxed formality,” said Marsalis, JALC’s managing and artistic director. “ It’s a more welcoming atmosphere for the House of Swing.” The concert was a welcome homecoming for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, which used other New York venues and toured the U.S. after the renovations began in July. During the two-hour concert, the JLCO, with guest vocalists Audrey Shakir and Denzal Sinclaire, continued its holiday tradition of performing fresh new arrangements by its members of Yuletide classics, closing with a briskly swinging version of Silent Night featuring both singers that was anything but calm.
Conductor Masur who invigorated NY Philharmonic, dies at 88 BERLIN — Conductor Kurt Masur, who was credited with helping prevent the collapse of communism in East Germany from descending into violence and later reinvigorated the New York Philharmonic as music director, has died at 88. Philharmonic President Matthew VanBesien says “it is with the deepest sadness that I write on behalf of the Masur family and the New York Philharmonic that Kurt Masur — our inspiring Music Director, 1991-2002, and Music Director Emeritus — passed away” Saturday. He says Masur’s 11-year tenure, one of the longest in Philharmonic history, “both set a standard and left a legacy that lives on today.” Masur also spent 26 years leading the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in eastern Germany. When Germany was reunited on Oct. 3, 1990, he directed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the celebration.
Bieber poses for a selfie with ‘Fashion Santa’ TORONTO — Some star power has graced a Toronto shopping mall. Yorkdale Shopping Centre has tweeted a photo of Justin Bieber posing for a selfie with the mall’s “Fashion Santa”, a model who goes by Paul Mason from January to November. Yorkdale wrote on Twitter that the Canadian pop star Bieber was shopping at the mall when he posed with Mason. The images were posted Saturday but it was not clear when they were taken. Before capturing the Canadian pop star’s attention, Mason made international headlines for starring in the mall’s Christmas ad campaign. He’s also been posing for selfies with mall-goers like Bieber in support of Sick Kids Foundation, which raises funds on behalf of Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. For every selfie taken and posted on social media and accompanied by the hashtag “YorkdaleFashionSanta,” the mall will donate $1 to Sick Kids Foundation, up to $10,000.
Spain’s Mireia Lalaguna Royo wins Miss World SANYA, China — Spain’s Mireia Lalaguna
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Historic vote for change SPAIN BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID — Spaniards angry with 21 per cent unemployment and seemingly endless corruption cases voted Sunday in an historic election that is expected to end the nation’s two-party political system due to strong support for two upstart parties. Spain has been dominated for more than three decades by the ruling Popular Party and the main opposition Socialists, which have alternated running the government. But many people casting ballots were expected to support the business-friendly Ciudadanos party or the far-left Podemos party. Both gained strength by portraying the Popular Party and the Socialists as out-of-touch behemoths run by politicians who care more about maintaining their own power than citizens’ needs. Miguel Redondo, a 19-year-old Madrid university student, voted for Podemos because “it’s the party that best understands the difficulties that young people are going through.” Spain’s 36.5 million registered voters were electing representatives to the 350-seat lower house of Parliament and to the Senate, which has less legislative power. Voting was brisk Sunday but by 3 p.m., the Interior Ministry said voter participation was slightly less than in the 2011 election. Polls predict the right-of-centre Popular Party will get the most votes but not enough to retain its parliamentary majority. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has said he would seek an alliance to prevent a leftist coalition from taking power — as one did in neighbouring Portugal last month. Francisco Herrera, a 43-year-old porter in Madrid, said although Rajoy had disappointed him, he felt the Popular Party “defends the economy and the type of government that suits us right now.” Spain could end up with a host of coalition government possibilities. The most likely ally for the Popular Party is Cuidadanos, while the Socialists would probably team up with Podemos. There’s also the possibility of a three-way alliance between the Socialists, Ciudadanos and Podemos. Days or weeks of negotiations may be needed to determine the outcome
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Pablo Iglesias, leader of Podemos party, casts his vote for the national elections in Madrid, Sunday. Spaniards are voting in an historic national election Sunday with the country’s traditional two parties and widely anticipated strong showings for two new parties. — which will be unprecedented because the Socialists and the Popular Party have previously only needed support from tiny Spanish parties to get a majority in Parliament when they didn’t win one from voters. The nation’s devastating economic crisis, non-stop corruption scandals and a separatist drive in the northeastern region of Catalonia have dominated Spanish politics over the past four years. Rajoy has boasted about his handling of the economy, done his best to skirt the corruption minefield and has vowed to halt the independence push. His administration’s biggest success has been in pulling Spain back from an economic abyss in 2012 and returning the economy to steady growth, but the jobless rate still stands at 21 per cent. This has fueled claims by Ciu-
dadanos and Podemos that the Socialists plunged Spain into an economic crisis and the Popular Party has failed to fix the problem. Rajoy’s party also adopted unpopular austerity measures and labour and financial reforms that are credited with creating jobs but damaging the country’s social welfare system. Although Spain’s economy is now one of the fastest-growing in the 28-nation European Union, its unemployment rate is the second-highest in the EU after Greece. His administration has been hurt by his U-turn on a promise not to raise taxes and by cuts to national health care and public education. Many Spaniards are also angry about what they perceive as the impunity of politicians and business leaders amid incessant corruption cases.
The question of independence for economically and politically powerful Catalonia has divided that region and soured political ties with the rest of Spain. Rajoy vows to quash what is seen as the biggest threat to Spanish unity in recent decades. Other parties favour negotiations to devolve more power to Catalonia. Rajoy, 60, champions conservative social policies, siding with the Roman Catholic Church against abortion. He has raised questions about his future as the Popular Party leader, however, by including his deputy, 44-year-old Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, on campaign posters. Pedro Sanchez, a 43-year-old former university economics professor, was unknown to most Spaniards until he was elected leader last year of the Socialists.
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Rescuers search for survivors amongst collapsed buildings after a landslide in Shenzhen, in south China’s Guangdong province, Sunday. The landslide collapsed and buried buildings at and around an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on Sunday authorities reported.
Landslide collapses and buries buildings in southern China AT LEAST 27 PEOPLE MISSING BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING — A landslide collapsed and buried buildings at and around an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on Sunday, leaving 27 people missing, authorities said. At least seven people were rescued after 18 buildings were buried and an area of 20,000 square meters (24,000 square yards) was covered with soil, the Ministry of Public Security’s firefighting bureau said in an online statement. Shenzhen’s public security bureau posted a notice online saying that eight hours after the landslide, 21 men and six women were unaccounted for. Shenzhen’s fire brigade said that one building had collapsed, but that the landslide had affected a large area in the northwestern outskirts of the city. Li Yikang, the deputy secretary general of the Shenzhen city government, said at a televised news conference that more than 900 people had been evacuated. Giving different figures than the
fire authorities, Li said that four people had been rescued and 22 factory buildings buried, involving 15 companies. The reason for the discrepancies wasn’t immediately clear. Li said that nearly 1,500 people were involved in rescue efforts. State broadcaster China Central Television, or CCTV, said that there was a residential area next to the industrial zone, and that the buildings buried included two workers’ dormitories. Ren Jiguang, the deputy chief of Shenzhen’s public security bureau, told CCTV that most people had been moved to safety before the landslide hit. The Beijing Youth Daily, citing a local resident, reported that the soil that slid down onto the area had been piled up against a 100-meter (110-yard) -high hill after being dug up in the past two years in construction work. State media carried photos of what looked like at least one five-story building leaning over and partly crumpled in the industrial park, and a sea of brown soil covering a vast area around it.
NEW DELHI — A man convicted as a juvenile in the fatal 2012 gang rape of a young woman aboard a moving bus in India’s capital ended his threeyear term in a reform home Sunday, as angry protesters demanded that he remain in detention. The man was short of his 18th birthday when he and five others brutally attacked the 23-year-old woman in a case that shocked India, where sexual violence against women is rampant. Several activists and politicians have demanded that he not be released until it can be proven that he has been reformed. Scores of protesters Sunday were led by the parents of the woman who was attacked. On Friday, the Delhi High Court rejected a petition to extend the man’s term, saying that he has served the maximum sentence allowed under the law. India’s top court is set to hear another such petition Monday. News reports said the man was moved Sunday from the reform home where he had been kept to a new home under the care of a children’s rights group. Police eventually broke up the protests Sunday, removing the demonstrators from central New Delhi in buses. The December 2012 attack in the heart of New Delhi sparked outrage across India and highlighted the issue of violence against women in the coun-
try. The woman and a male friend were returning home from seeing a movie at an upscale mall when they were tricked by the attackers into getting on the bus, which the men had taken out for a joyride. The attackers beat the victim’s friend and took turns raping her. They penetrated her with a rod, leaving severe internal injuries that led to her death two weeks later. Four men were convicted of rape and murder in an unusually fast trial for India’s chaotic justice system, and legal appeals against their death sentences are pending in the Supreme Court. A fifth man involved in the case died in prison. The four adults who went to trial confessed to the attack but later retracted their confessions, saying they’d been tortured into admitting their involvement. In response to the attack and the widespread public protests it provoked, India’s government rushed through legislation doubling prison terms for rapists to 20 years and criminalizing voyeurism, stalking and the trafficking of women. The case also ignited a debate about whether minors who commit especially horrific crimes should be tried as adults. New legislation to lower the age for young people to be tried as juveniles from 18 to 16 is currently stuck in India’s Parliament.
Fake bomb prompts emergency landing of Air France flight in Kenya BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NAIROBI, Kenya — A fake explosive rigged with cardboard, sheets of paper and a household timer forced an Air France flight into an emergency landing in Kenya on Sunday, sending hundreds of passengers down emergency slides in what the airline’s CEO said was the fourth bomb hoax against the airline in recent weeks. The homemade apparatus was discovered around midnight hidden in a lavatory cabinet behind a mirror where it was apparently placed during the approximately 11-hour flight to Paris from the island of Mauritius, said
the airline’s CEO, Frederic Gagey. He said the airline has had heightened security checks around the world since the Nov. 13 attacks that left 130 people dead in Paris. “It was an ensemble of cardboard, papers and something that resembled a kitchen timer. Nothing that presented a danger to the plane, to the passengers or to the crew,” a visibly irritated Gagey told a news conference in Paris. He said it contained no explosives. Air France has been the target of three prior hoaxes, all in the United States, Gagey said. The fourth came on board the flight from Mauritius, a popular winter vacation spot for French tourists.
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Belgian district fueling militancy through alienation BRUSSELS — Brahim Abdeslam seemed no different from his peers in Molenbeek, one of Belgium’s poorest districts, where drug use is rife and many of the young men are unemployed. One November evening, he passed the time smoking pot in a parked car with two of his friends. But the next day, Abdeslam drove to Paris, and on Nov. 13 he blew himself up outside a cafe on Boulevard Voltaire, part of the wave of attacks claimed by the Islamic State group that killed 130 people. The Molenbeek district of Brussels was home to a core number of the participants in the Paris attacks: its reported architect, Abdelhamid Abaood Abdeslam his brother, Salah, who escaped and remains at large and three others. Another suicide bomber in the attacks, Bilal Hadfi, hailed from a similar district in the Belgian capital. Moreover, those involved in at least two previous attacks — the foiled shooting on a French train and an attack on the Jewish Museum in Belgium that killed four — had links to Molenbeek. Home to generations of immigrants and Belgians of North African descent, Molenbeek feels like a dead end for many of its youth, residents say. With few opportunities, they feel neglected by authorities and rejected by the rest of Belgian society — giving an opening for radicals to seek recruits. “We are now well into the fourth generation of migrants,” said Sheikh Mohammed Tojgani, the imam of Molenbeek’s main mosque, al-Khalil. “Now even children realize one way or another that they are marginalized and that they are encountering racism. And when older ones look for work, they are not given many opportunities.” “That is what makes recruiting them easy, because they all have accumulated hatred.” Militant recruits have mostly been small-time criminals, young idealists and young women from broken homes looking for men who would make reliable husbands, said Johan Leman, an anthropologist who heads Foyer, a volunteer agency in the district. Molenbeek’s youth speak of bearded men who talk to them about “help-
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Belgian authorities detain one person as part of Paris attacks investigation BRUSSELS — Belgian authorities investigating their country’s links to last month’s attacks in Paris have searched a house in Brussels and detained an unidentified person for questioning. Federal prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt said the search was continuing Sunday evening. The building is located between the centre of the Belgian capital and the Molenbeek district where some of the perpetrators of the Nov. 13 attacks, included suspected ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud, had lived. Van der Sypt declined to provide details of the search or the person detained, but said authorities are still trying to establish what connection they may have to the attacks in the French capital in which 130 people died. The Belgian prosecutor said that once more is known, an official statement will be issued on Monday.
One killed after avalanche buries three people in Montana BOZEMAN, Mont. — An avalanche in southern Montana buried three snowmobilers from North Dakota, killing a 33-year-old man. The Park County Sheriff’s Office says two riders were able to dig themselves out Saturday from the slide north of Cooke City on the Montana-Wyoming line. The victim and his companions have not been identified. The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center is warning people in the backcountry about dangerous conditions. Officials said Sunday that continuing snowfall and strong winds have made the snowpack unstable and natural and human-triggered snow slides are likely. The warnings cover the mountains near Cooke City, the Madison Range, the Gallatin Range, the Lionhead area near West Yellowstone and the Bridger Range.
Putin says Russia will continue to develop nuclear weapons, but doesn’t intend to use them MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin says Russia will continue to develop nuclear weapons but doesn’t intend to use them. The Russian leader made the comment in a documentary called “World Order” that was aired on state television Sunday night. “Russia as a leading nuclear country will be improving this weapon as a containment factor the nuclear triad is the basis of our nuclear security polices,” he said, referring to the three main delivery systems for nu-
ing your brothers in Syria,” trying to recruit them to join jihadis fighting in that country’s civil war. A total of 30 Molenbeek residents have left for Syria since 2011, according to Mayor Francoise Schepmans. But youth in the neighbourhood say the figure may be much higher. Zaid, a 24-year-old of Moroccan descent, was with Abdeslam in the car that night. He had known Abdeslam for years in a friendship built over countless nights smoking pot, playing cards or hanging out at the cafe Abdeslam owned in Molenbeek — which police closed down not long before the attacks on suspicion of drug dealing there. Abdeslam never talked about politics, never spoke in favour of IS or other militants, Zaid told The Associated Press. He also drank beer and gambled — both forbidden in Islam. Zaid showed a short video on his phone showing Brahim and his brother Salah dancing with women in a nightclub in May. “Like almost everyone from Molenbeek, he was full of contradictions,” said Zaid. “He did not see, or chose not to see, a clash between drinking beer, gambling and praying. He has done all of them simultaneously.” Like many of those who knew the Paris attackers, Zaid spoke to the AP on condition he only be identified by his first name to avoid police attention. In recent months, Abdeslam dropped some of those habits and started to pray more regularly, but that was hardly unusual. He continued to smoke pot, which is frowned upon in Islam but not explicitly banned. Molenbeek, separated by a canal from a trendy part of Brussels filled with cafes and restaurants, is the second poorest of Belgium’s 589 municipalities, and in its older quarters, population density reaches four times the Brussels average, with 27,000 people crammed into each square kilometre. A third of students drop out before graduation from its overwhelmed middle schools and high schools. Unemployment runs at 50 per cent among its youth. Around 40 per cent of residents under 18 live in a household where neither parent works. When seeking jobs, they confront the stigma of being from Molenbeek, a stigma that has only grown since the clear warheads — bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ICBMs. “We have never brandished or will brandish this nuclear club, but our military doctrine allocates it a place and role,” he said, according to excerpts reported by the state news agency Tass.
Five bodies found in wreckage of small plane that went missing from radar in California BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Rescuers pulled five bodies from the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into an orchard in central California after vanishing from radar, local and federal authorities said Sunday. The Federal Aviation Administration was looking for what caused the crash that killed five people, Kern County sheriff’s Sgt. Mark King said. He expected the names of the victims to be released Monday. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the single-engine Piper PA32 around 4 p.m. Saturday as it headed from Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose to Henderson Executive Airport in a Las Vegas suburb, FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said. The plane sent a mayday call. Searchers spotted the wreckage southwest of Bakersfield about three hours after receiving an alert from the FAA about a missing plane that was last detected an estimated 10 miles south of the city, the Kern County sheriff’s office said. A meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Hanford said it was rainy and cloudy in the area south of Bakersfield around the time the plane dropped off radar. A National Transportation Safety Board investigator also was on site Sunday, Gregor said. FAA records list an address for an owner of the plane. A woman who answered a number listed for that address would only say that her husband used to be part owner of the plane but sold his share. The crash was only about 30 miles from the site of a medical helicopter crash that killed four people in heavy rain and fog 10 days earlier.
Mexican cardinal says church has no problem with use of marijuana for medicinal reasons MEXICO CITY — Roman Catholic Cardinal Norberto Rivera says that the church has no problem with the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. The cardinal who also serves as the archbishop of Mexico City said Sunday that the church has never had a problem recommending the use of “all elements from nature that can be used to help improve health.” He recalled that when he was a child the plant was commonly used for health reasons such as relieving pain. Rivera was asked about his views on the medicinal use of marijuana at a news conference.
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In this Nov. 18 photo, Mohammad Abdeslam the brother of Paris attackers Salah and Brahim Abdeslam, lights a candle on the balcony of his house in the town square of Molenbeek, Belgium. Molenbeek was home to a core of the participants in the Paris attacks; its reported architect Abdelhamid Abaaoud and brothers Brahim and Salah Abdeslam. Moreover, those involved in at least two previous attacks, the foiled shooting on a French train and an attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels all had links to Molenbeek. attacks. They struggle with questions of identity in a country where they still don’t feel accepted as real citizens. Shaimaa Belaraby, an 18-year-old who was born in Belgium, says she is proud of being Belgian and feels like a foreigner when she visits her family’s homeland, Morocco. But the teen, who wears a Muslim headscarf, says she feels her Moroccan identity when she steps out of Molenbeek. “They always used to give looks out of the corner of their eye,” she said. “But since the Paris attacks, the looks have gotten more frequent and harsh.” She told of how one evening not long after the attacks, she went out with friends to the cafe district across the canal. A man walking his dog passed, and when the dog barked, one of her friends screamed.
The man said it was crazy to fear a dog. When she protested, the man said: “You’re right, it’s us who are crazy to have allowed you to come to Belgium.” Molenbeek’s mayor, Schepmans, acknowledges more must be done for the district. “Before, we were not careful enough and we did not ask ourselves many questions about the best way to work with the people here,” she told the AP. “Now, we all have to work together to help people here have a better life, but we also have to take security measures.” Still, there is less money these days to help the poor in April, the mayor announced a 10 per cent cut in spending after the local government racked up a 13.7 million euro ($14.5 million) operating deficit in 2014.
Mystery donor drops $1,000 bill into Morgantown kettle, annual gift began in 1970s
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Someone has slipped a $1,000 bill into a Salvation Army kettle in Morgantown, West Virginia, every year for nearly four decades. The long-running holiday mystery continued on Saturday when a $1,000 bill was found in a kettle at a supermarket. Salvation Army Lt. Allen Adkins told media outlets that the donation is a big help. He says it also energizes the Salvation Army’s kettle fundraising campaign. No one knows who the donor is. The anonymous donation began appearing in kettles in the late 1970s.
Jamaican authorities hunt for 4 men who escaped from jail SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Jamaican authorities said they were searching Sunday for four male prisoners who escaped from a Spanish Town jail. Police said a fifth prisoner who fled with the others returned to custody accompanied by a pastor. The men were discovered missing from their cells during a Saturday inspection. Authorities say the prisoners escaped by cutting through a metal grille. One of the escaped prisoners had been charged with murder and the others faced charges that included illegal possession of firearms and ag-
Three rockets from Lebanon hit northern Israel, no injuries reported JERUSALEM — Three rockets fired from southern Lebanon landed in northern Israel on Sunday and the Israeli military responded with “targeted artillery fire,” Israeli officials said. No injuries or damage was reported. Sirens wailed in northern Israel where the rockets hit and the Israeli army said it “holds the Lebanese Army responsible for attacks emanating from its territory.” Lebanese security officials said the rockets were fired from an area south of the Lebanese port city of Tyre. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters. The rocket fire came amid tensions on the border after Samir Kantar, a fighter from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah who carried out a notorious attack in Israel, was killed in Syria in an airstrike. Hezbollah blamed Israel for the airstrike and said it would avenge his death. There was no confirmation that the rocket attacks were linked to the Hezbollah threat. Kantar spent nearly 30 years in an Israeli prison after being convicted of the 1979 killing an Israeli policeman along with a father and his 4-year-old daughter. He was returned to Lebanon in a controversial prisoner exchange.
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Gender identity clinic winding down after damning review TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY RAISES CONCERNS CLINIC PRACTICING CONVERSION THERAPY bow Health Ontario, an organization that works to improve access to services for the LGBTQ community, lauded CAMH for arranging the external review and its response to the findings and recommendations. “I congratulate CAMH for taking this step, for being public and open about it, for the transparency,” said Anna Travers. Ontario MPP Cheri DiNovo said the CAMH announcement heralds “a new day dawning” for the transgender community. DiNovo, the NDP’s LGBTQ critic, introduced the private member’s bill that became the province’s Affirming Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Act in June. The act prohibits doctors from using conversion therapy on LGBTQ kids and teens under 18, while delisting it as a covered service for adults under the province’s health insurance plan.
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HEEDING SCIENCE, U.S. DISTRICTS ADOPTING LATER FIRST BELLS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE — More school districts around the U.S. are heeding the advice of scientists who have long said that expecting teens to show up to class before 8 a.m. isn’t good for their health or their report cards. The Seattle school board voted last month to adopt an 8:45 a.m. start time beginning next year for all of its high schools and most of its middle schools, joining 70 districts across the nation who adopted a later start time in recent years. The movement still has a long way to go: There are more than 24,000 U.S. high schools. Supporters expect that such decisions will be made more quickly now that people have mostly stopped debating the underlying science. Proponents of later start times got a boost last year when the American Academy of Pediatrics said that while starting later isn’t a panacea for teen health and academic problems, it can improve students’ lives in many other ways. “Essentially, across the board, any domain that you look at improves pretty dramatically,” said Dr. Judy Owens of Boston Children’s Hospital and author of the academy’s policy statement on teen sleep. After the report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also pushed for later bell times. Research studies have shown later start times help combat sleep deprivation in teens, who naturally fall asleep later than their parents would like, and improve academic success, attendance, mental health and cut sleep-related car accidents. “We’re going to look back on this time period and wonder why it took so long,” said Phyllis Payne of Start School Later, which helps parents groups advocate for later bell times. She said 49 new local groups have
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A student yawns as he sits with others in the cafeteria before classes begin at Roosevelt High School in Seattle. More school districts around the U.S. are heeding the advice of scientists who have long said that expecting teens to show up to class before 8 a.m. isn’t good for their health or their report cards. started in the last three years. The obstacles to change are mostly financial. St. Paul, Minnesota, public schools delayed the adoption of later start times for all its high school students, even after seeing great results in a one-school pilot, because of transportation issues. The district could not overcome parent complaints about earlier start times for elementary students, which were made necessary because of the new later times for high school students. It would cost St. Paul about $8 million to add more buses, explained Jackie Statum Allen, assistant director
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Husband hesitant of wife driving young neighbour Dear Annie: My husband and I live I’m going in that direction anyway. in the house where I was raised. I feel My husband feels this is wrong. He fortunate that most of my neighbors says no one would approve if he ofare people I grew up fered to give the 18-year-old with. One neighbor is a granddaughter a ride. very good friend. We’ve Annie, this young man is the known each other since same age as my grandkids (who childhood. She is in bad I wish had the oomph to walk shape physically and fianywhere). I don’t know why nancially, and does not it’s any different than when I drive. The grandkids she take his grandmother shopping raised still live with her. or to the bank. My husband Neither of them has a and I have been married for car. 30 years and have no trust isThe 21-year-old sues. He says it has nothing to grandson walks three do with trust. It’s just not right. miles to and from work I’m confused. What do you say? KATHY MITCHELL every day, rain or shine. — M. AND MARCY SUGAR On some days, I drop my Dear M.: We say, give the kid ANNIE’S MAILBOX grandson off at school, a ride. We understand your which is within a half husband’s perspective and mile of where my neighagree that there is a double bor’s son works. I offered to give the standard here. When Grandpa gives young man a ride on those days when a young woman a ride, there is a pre-
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HOROSCOPES Monday, Dec. 21 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Jane Fonda, 77; Keifer Sutherland, 48; Ray Romano, 57 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today’s lively stars favour travel, freedom and having fun. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Try to have more fun and be more flexible in 2016. Swapping controlling behaviour for spontaneity, and criticism for praise, is a good place to start. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your ability to motivate others is at an alltime high today, so put your energy and enthusiasm to positive use. But avoid being too blunt Rams — remember words can cut like a knife! TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you becoming mentally lazy? With Mercury and Pluto in your education zone, look for opportunities to learn — whether through study, travel or the guidance of a mentor or teacher. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Unpredictable Uranus is squaring Mercury, which is your ruling planet. So you’re not in the mood to be told what to do. You’re also more accident-prone than usual so slow down Twins! CANCER (June 21-July 22): When it comes to loved ones and close friends, expect the unexpected today Crabs.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You prefer to ponder — and stew — over things for a long period. But a situation may require a snap decision today, where you have to think on your feet and make some fast moves. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Today’s hasty stars boost your holiday spirits — and your spontaneous spending gene. So don’t let a persistent child, teenager or friend talk you into buying something you really can’t afford. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): As you hurtle through the holiday season, think carefully before you do or say anything controversial — especially with fractious family members. “Act in
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FOIE GRAS PARFAIT This is the recipe for the foie gras toast that Derek Dammann serves at his Montreal restaurant Maison Publique. It is great with pickles on the side. 250 g (8 oz) shallots, sliced Sprigs from ½ bunch fresh thyme 2 cloves garlic 300 ml (1 ¼ cups) Madeira 300 ml (1 ¼ cups) ruby port 150 ml (2/3 cup) white port 105 ml (7 tbsp) brandy 400 g (14 oz) trimmed chicken livers, room temperature
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Baby’s Name (as you want it to appear in the paper):______________________________ Birthdate: Month_____________Day_____________Year_____________ ☐ Son ☐ Daughter Parent’s Names: ______________________& ______________________ Last Name to be used: ________________________________ Daytime phone number to call in case of questions: ( ) ______________ VISA/MC ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ Expiry: ____________ Email: __________________________________________
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