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Students brace for major shift in ’17 BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Plenty of Red Deer Public elementary students will be swapping schools once the district’s new elementary school opens in Inglewood in September 2017. Changes to school attendance boundaries were being presented to school board trustees on Wednesday. The board will defer its final decision on the changes until its Jan. 27 meeting to allow for community input and response. Apart from students living in Inglewood, Vanier and Vanier East who will attend the new kindergarten-to -Grade-5 school built for 500 students, major changes are also in store for students at Pines School that houses the Spanish bilingual program, at Grandview School and Mountview School. “We’re going to re-purpose Grandview School to house our Spanish bilingual program. We’ve really been surprised by how successful that program is. Every year just more and more families are choosing that program so we want to give it the space to expand,” superintendent Stu Henry said on Wednesday. The Spanish program currently has about 120 students. Pines School will be closed and held in reserve. “With all the construction happening in that northeast corner, by Clearview Ridge and Timberlands, we may need a release valve in the next few years so we may just reopen it to take care of some of the neighbourhoods over there. But that would also depend whether we get another school in the next few years.” Henry said the south end of Red Deer has too many old schools in aging-out neighbourhoods all close together By moving the Spanish bilingual program to Grandview, most English students at Grandview will be amalgamated at Mountview School. Grandview students from Rosedale will to go Barrie Wilson School. He said most of the changes make sense because students will live closer to their school.

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Thanks to an RCMP drinking party, things got a little silly Wednesday at the City of Red Deer RCMP Detachment. Here Leanne Murray, left, and Marlo Holmes take a selfie after consuming several alcoholic beverages. The two volunteered, along with Frazer Snowdon, John Brown and Steve Kenny, to help train RCMP members in a Drug Recognition Expert Course at the detachment. After the volunteers were sufficiently inebriated, nine RCMP members from across the province then administered physical co-ordination tests on the intoxicated subjects, providing a hands-on opportunity for the officers to observe, test and assess how varying doses of alcohol impair the average person’s physical co-ordination.

Handley, Mulder spar over fate of late-night bus service BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

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Emotions ran high as council reinstated late-night bus service on all routes on Wednesday. It was a 5-4 split vote, the closest over the six days of debate, that ultimately put the bus back on the road for half-hour service after it was reduced to hourly service after 10:45 p.m. in 2012. A rare heated exchange between Councillors Tanya Handley and Lynne Mulder showed the severity of the decision.

Handley said it is premature to make “emotional” decisions until the city has concrete data on ridership and the Transit Master Plan. “We need to wait,” said Handley. “I understand the emotional argument. I feel it but my head says let’s wait and get it right so we are not doing the same thing to people again. We’re not putting it into place and pulling it out when we look at the master plan.” Mulder said she took exception to it being “an emotional decision.” “I’ve heard you on many occasions

be extremely emotional about the public,” said Mulder. “I would just say I believe in the riders and the information. The people who I talk to would like this service reinstated. I take exception to the words ‘emotional decision.’” Mulder said this time slot is extremely important for those people who work nights. “It is meeting a need in our community for a vulnerable group of people and I think we have an obligation to do that,” said Mulder.

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Savvy Sylvan store owners help snag serial robbery suspect COUPLE PLANNED AHEAD IN CASE OF THEFT BY JENNA SWAN SYLVAN LAKE NEWS

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Jenn and Tim Stoddart, owners of Bayshore Market, stand inside their store where on Monday an attempted robbery occurred. Thanks to some quick thinking the pair helped to capture a suspect wanted for a number of robberies and attempted robberies over the last month in Sylvan Lake.

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The infamous Sylvan Lake serial robber’s run has hopefully rumbled to a halt. An arrest was made Monday in a string of convenience store thefts, thanks to two Sylvan Lake business owners, a collaborative approach to crime prevention in the community and fast acting measures from the RCMP. For weeks Jenn and Tim Stoddart, owners of Bayshore Market, watched as one local business after another was hit by a masked but seemingly unarmed assailant. They knew it was only

a matter of time before they saw those signature eyebrows walk through their door, knowing it was inevitable they and the robber would likely soon meet. They had asked other local business owners and victims of the robberies how the individual acted while in their stores, along with what he had said during the robberies. With what they learned, Jenn and Tim spent a good deal of time talking about and rehearsing what to do when the robber came knocking on their cash drawer. Their weeks of suspicion were correct. On Monday afternoon at 3:21 p.m. the black-masked bandit crossed the threshold of their store front.

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Waiting for house prices to drop Central Alberta house prices flattened out last year and may drop this year if the economic downturn continues unabated. Story on PAGE C1

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Teen charged with sex crimes testifies at trial BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Although he admitted to exposing himself twice, the Crown maintains a man accused of sexually assaulting five youths minimized his role in his testimony. The male teen, now 18, took the stand Wednesday during the fourth day of his youth court trial. His name is protected by the Canada Youth Justice Act and the name of the five victims is protected by a court ordered publication ban. The 18-year-old is accused of five counts of sex assault, two counts of sex assault with a weapon and one count each of sexual interference and committing an indecent act. The incidents are alleged to have occurred between 2011 and 2015 and the victims and the accused had some involvement with local Scouts and cadet groups. Some of the incidents occurred on Scout or cadet activities. His four-day trial concluded on Wednesday. Judge Darrell Riemer reserved his decision until next week. After playing the two-hour police interview of the accused in the morning, Crown Prosecutor Dane Rolfe closed his case. The interview started with the 18-year-old denying the allegations. However, as the interview went on he admitted to smaller, lesser elements of some of the allegations including twice exposing himself to a male youth. He also admitted to some sexual touching, but said it was much more innocent and in the context of kissing, hugging or other behaviours that were allowed by the accusers. Defence counsel Kevin Schollie opened his case by calling his client to the stand. The 18-year-old reiterated that he had exposed himself twice, but denied numerous other allegations. He denied performing an indecent act in front of an accused and said that much of the groping and fondling allegations were innocent and he thought some were wanted advances. The accused said he did not know why he exposed himself and agreed when Rolfe described it as a spur of the moment decision. When Rolfe said the accused would minimize his involvement when confronted on some of the allegations, the 18-year-old said “to a point.”

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BOUNDARIES: Students stay closer to home “For instance, Inglewood students right now go to Mountview and they’ll be able to go to a school right in their neighbourhood. Vanier students, instead of going all the way to Barrie Wilson — which is really far — will go to Inglewood. Rosedale students will be able to go to Barrie Wilson instead of Grandview.” He said a small number of students currently at Grandview and who live downtown will travel a little bit farther, but they will be switching to Mountview which is pretty close to Grandview. “We’re not sending anybody across the city.” He said it’s been a complicated, 14-month process for Red Deer Public Schools to develop school attendance boundaries and narrow it down to four possible scenarios. “I think we had 17 in-person meetings. We did an online process and heard from 1,000 of our citizens, and I think 3,000 ideas shared. A lot of those ideas really helped shape the recommendation I’m taking to the board.” Other elements of the school attendance boundaries plan includes: ● Mountview School continues as a dual-track English and French immersion school. ● Students living in Laredo will be redirected to Mattie McCullough School. ● French immersion students at Barrie Wilson

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A Hindu priest prepares sandalwood paste to be used by devotees after bathing at the Sangam, confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, in Allahabad, India, Thursday. Thousands of devotees are expected to take holy dips at Sangam starting Jan. 14, on occasion of the Hindu festival of Makar Sankranti during the period of Magh Mela.

BRIEF Oilpatch impacts concern mayor of Alberta town FOX CREEK — The mayor of an Alberta town in an area of heavy hydraulic fracking is expressing concern over the oil industry’s impact after yet another earthquake hit his community. “Fox Creek town council is very concerned,” Jim Ahn wrote in a letter to reporters Wednesday. “It seems industry and the provincial government have been turning a blind eye as to what has been going School from Vanier and Lancaster will go to Mountview School. ● Growth at Gateway Christian School will be accommodated by maximizing existing space, request for modular classroom space and shared use of space at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School. ● Parents can still access school of choice, however restrictions will be in place at schools needing to accommodate future growth. Details on the plan can be found online at http://www.rdpsd.ab.ca/documents/general/Agenda-2016-01-13.pdf. The new $12.3-million school in Inglewood will alleviate the space crunch Red Deer Public is experiencing in most of its schools. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

BUDGET: Proposed tax hike at 3.11% Transit manager George Penny told council he could not justify putting the service back on the road. The city is waiting on data that will give a clearer picture on ridership including frequency, locations and time of day on all routes. This data is expected to come some time in the third quarter this year. “We will have that data in the future but making that decision now is tough,” said Penny. It was Coun. Paul Harris who asked council to reinstate the service. He was backed by Councillors Ken Johnston, Buck Buchanan, and Dianne Wyntjes

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on in our area.” Fox Creek, a resource town that relies on oil, gas and forestry for its jobs, was hit Tuesday by a quake that measured 4.8 on the Richter scale — big enough to rumble buildings and shake pictures on the wall and count as the strongest ever recorded in Alberta. It was the town’s 367th seismic event since January 2015. The Alberta Energy Regulator hasn’t definitively linked the activity to the amount of fracking in the area, but it has implemented special regulations and is conducting research. Earthquakes aren’t the only thing Ahn is concerned about. “We have industry pulling water from our rivers, streams and lakes at rates we feel far exceed their capabilities to replenish themselves,” he wrote. “We do not want to be left with swamps that were once prize trophy lakes.” along with Mulder. He said it provides quality of life to the people who use the service in many ways. “I think about the people who ride at this hour,” said Harris. “These are people who typically do not have cars. They rely on our public transit to get to and from work. So we have reduced our budget but we have increased theirs. A lot of people who need transit live in the outskirts of our community because that is where the most affordable housing is. It shows a respect to our community for people who need transit the most.” Mayor Veer, along with Councillors Frank Wong, Lawrence Lee and Handley were opposed. Veer said this council has made a strong investment in transit. She said she could not support the move because spending the money feels out of step without the Transit Master Plan. She said there could be other areas to invest in transit. Transit rider Cherise Piercy collected 482 signatures in 2012 and another 47 signatures recently over one week calling on reinstatement of the service. Piercy was in chambers for the decision. Piercy said she has waited for this day since the service was eliminated four years ago. “Yes,” said Piercy, who did not hold back her feelings. “We need it back. We got it back. I knew we needed it back.” The $78,327 expenditure will bring the proposed tax rate up to 3.11 per cent, up .07 per cent from Tuesday. It also adds $156,673 to the 2017 operating budget. That means a homeowner of a house assessed at $325,000 will pay $5 more a month or $60 more annually on his or her property tax bill. A 2016 bill would ring in at $1,990 compared to $1,930 in 2015. Budget deliberations continue today at 10 a.m. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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THEFT: Stores urged to remain vigilant “He was in and out of here in a minute-and-ahalf,” said Jenn. “He came through the door, he had his mask on, a different sweater — this time it was blue and yellow instead of the usual all-black. I said hello and asked him how he was. ‘Cold,’ he replied. He grabbed an ice tea from the cooler, put it on the counter and I told him if that was everything it would be two dollars please. He went to reach for money but instead put a bag on the counter and said, ‘Please put the money in the bag’ — I replied a simple ‘No.’” Jenn kept calm, Tim was unseen to the masked man but was in the store watching and listening to what was happening. They had planned for the situation. Under the counter, a can of dog spray — a mild form of mace — was stashed and ready to use. Jenn reached for the deterrent, but as she raised the spray the suspect shielded his face and fled the scene without her having to use it. As the suspect fled on foot, Tim pursued cautiously. “He never really ran,” said Tim, who before purchasing Bayshore Market with his wife was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces for 22 years, time which included a tour in Afghanistan. “He left the store and just started jogging. I don’t think he realized I was behind him because after a couple of blocks he slowed to a walk. “I never felt scared — there was never any handto-hand combat — I don’t know if my military training was what made me pursue him but I did.” The suspect got in his car with just enough time for Tim, who was on the phone with 9-1-1, to report the make and model of the vehicle with a nearby witness also grabbing a photo of the vehicle. Five minutes after having called the incident in, the RCMP were on scene at Bayshore. Within 20 minutes they had returned with good news in hand. The suspect had been located in a blue, four-door, older model Toyota Corolla near Humpty’s and Esso. “I didn’t even think about when I went after him — I guess I just figured I would follow after him to see where he goes to after,” Tim said, with Jenn adding they are thankful they had a plan in place. Over the past few weeks Jenn had been working nights. She said she had ran through the situation in her head a number of times which may have lead to her calmness when the robber entered the establishment. “I asked staff at Plaza, who have been hit a number of times now, what he did when he came into her store. She told me he apologized — she told me he said he was sorry he had to do this to her again,” said Jenn. “He apologized to her twice — so that didn’t instill a lot of fear in me, which made me think why would I hand the money over if he’s not violent. “We would never expect our employees not to hand the money over, but that’s where the difference of being the owners comes into play. This store is our

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Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci talks to reporters before the start of a meeting with Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau and his provincial and territorial counterparts, in Ottawa. The Alberta government is freezing the salaries of managers and non-unionized public-sector workers for two years as it deals with nosediving oil and gas prices. this year in salaries — equivalent to half the total amount of government revenue. The pay for cabinet ministers and legislature members has already been frozen. Legislature members make almost $128,000 with pay escalating depending on added responsibilities. Cabinet ministers pull in over $190,000 a year and Premier Rachel Notley tops out at almost $207,000. Manager salaries have been a political football in years past under the former Progressive Conservative government. life. We work really hard for our money and even if they got $200 then that’s a lot of people in and out of our doors to get that money when you’re in a convenience store.” Even though the suspect rests behind bars, the Stoddarts said this won’t be the end of their heightened sense of security and urge others not to become complacent. “He proved it was pretty simple to walk into somewhere unarmed and not threaten anyone — so what else might this spur?” questioned Jenn. “I think everyone still needs to be very much aware of what’s going on out there and stick together.” Sylvan Lake RCMP Detachment Commander, Staff Sergeant Gary Rhodes, said over the last three weeks they had been putting proactive policing measures into affect, such as speaking with local businesses owners as well as stationing police vehicles in front

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THURSDAY, JAN. 14, 2016

Hard work ahead for Syrian resettlement Much of the political and national resettlement effort has to continue relconversation on the Trudeau govern- atively seamlessly so that anxieties are ment’s ambitious Syrian refugee pro- not heightened on either side. There gram has revolved around targets and are those who want this government timelines. But that has obproject to fail and they are scured a larger truth. lurking, on social media As the country’s 10,000th and email inboxes, waiting Syrian refugee arrives with matches to ignite that in Canada this week, the spark. toughest part of this project Canadians have confor the Liberal government tributed to winter clothing lies ahead. drives and have welcomed For the first time, govrefugees into their homes. ernment-sponsored refuIt has taken on the trapgees have topped the numpings of a national project. bers of privately sponsored But European countries, refugees, and another 15,000 without that ability to pickdisplaced Syrians — a mix and-choose, have been TIM of both programs — will ardealing with a massive tide HARPER rive by the end of February. of migrants with no end in INSIGHT Military bases are standsight. According to the Ining by to potentially house ternational Organization government-sponsored reffor Migration, 1,700 miugees in the dead of a Canadian winter grants have arrived by sea in Europe and this is a much more vulnerable, each day so far in 2016. at-risk group than those that have the In Germany, Angela Merkel’s govprivately sponsored support system ernment is changing laws to make it awaiting their arrival. easier to deport foreign nationals, inThis country, because of geography, cluding asylum seekers, in the wake some prudent planning despite the of a massive number of assaults and rush and the ability to pick and choose sexual assaults of women in Cologne its new arrivals, can legitimately look on New Year’s Eve. on our effort with pride. We are now More than 500 criminal complaints standing virtually alone in not hav- have been filed, 40 per cent of them for ing to face down some type of refugee sexual assault. All the suspects idenbacklash. tified so far are immigrants, but they But as their numbers swell, it will are not necessarily part of a wave of not take much to spark one. There can 1.1 million migrants who flooded into be no perception that housing, school- Germany last year. ing or job queues are jumped and the That doesn’t seem to matter. The

damage is done. Immigrants were beaten in a demonstration Sunday night in Germany and Merkel has admitted Europe has lost control of the refugee crisis. A similar case of mass sexual assault by immigrants has come to light in Sweden. In the U.S., fears and a backlash have been stoked by candidates for the Republican presidential nomination and state governors only too happy to piggyback on a wave of xenophobia. There is no direct line to be drawn between those incidents and attitudes in Canada, but opponents of the influx will be only too happy to draw one if given half a chance. The government must also be careful about the single-minded focus on the refugee program because an abuse of an immigration sponsorship program appears to have taken place right under its nose. Reports Tuesday that some applicants seeking to sponsor parents or grandparents to this country paid up to $400 to have couriers ensure they’re at the front of the line of a program in which demand far outstrips space are causing concern. The common theme is fairness — for those here seeking reunification and for Canadians who are awaiting services that should not go first to refugees. Government officials acknowledge the refugee intake has moved into a different phase, but they maintain the challenge is the resettlement effort,

not the makeup of the more vulnerable government-sponsored refugees. If they are not moved to proper shelter quickly, they could react unfavourably, as anyone would. Without a support network waiting, their language skills here could falter. The government also knows there is a waiting list for proper housing for those already in the country. Their needs cannot be overtaken by refugee needs. When there is an incident, as there was over the weekend in Vancouver, government ministers properly and quickly condemned a pepper spray attack on refugees. By moving heterosexual single men down the list of refugees to be accepted, the Liberals may have unwittingly made such assaults less likely here. Vulnerability, not cultural concerns, led to that prioritization. The first point about Canadian society prospective arrivals are told is that men and women are equal. “They have the same rights and are treated with the same level of respect,” the immigration website says. Immigration Minister John McCallum says that once the taps are turned on, the numbers of refugees heading into this country will flow. That increased flow must lead to increased vigilance. This country has shown much compassion and goodwill to those arriving on our shores, but that compassion will inevitably get a tougher test. Tim Harper is a national affairs writer syndicated by the Toronto Star.

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Important we do not becomes silos within our community It is no secret that our country and city are becoming more diverse. Yet at the same time, our circles of community are becoming more and more homogeneous. In the era of social media we can more easily stay in touch with our friends across the planet than we can converse with our next-door neighbour. Over the last few years I’ve noticed that we, as individual Canadians, are collectively surrounding ourselves with people like ourselves; young people spend time with young people, seniors with seniors, immigrants with immigrants, etc. Maybe it’s just me, but are we becoming more siloed? Am I surrounding myself with people that share my same political beliefs? Interests? Hobbies? Or am I learning how to encounter my neighbour, who might be very different then me, with the respect and dignity they deserve as a fellow human being. Lately I’ve been hearing that new immigrants and refugees aren’t integrating into Canadian culture the way previous generations have, folks are sticking to their own, holding different values and customs. As Red Deer prepares to accept 200 Syrian refugees, I ask, “Will you reach out to your new neighbours?

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Spending spree LIBERALS LOOK AT SPEEDING UP PROMISED INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is “actively considering” speeding up promised investments in infrastructure in a bid to stimulate Canada’s rapidly deteriorating economy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised during last fall’s election campaign to pump an additional $60 billion over 10 years into infrastructure projects. But less than half that money — $17.4 billion — was earmarked to flow during the Liberals’ first mandate. The platform committed to spending an extra $5 billion for each of the first two years and $3.45 billion in each of the next two years. However, The Canadian Press has learned the government is now looking at moving up the spending schedule, pushing the money out faster in response to worsening economic conditions. Commodity prices have continued to slide, the dollar has nosedived and already sluggish economic growth has slowed to a crawl in the three months since Trudeau won on a platform focused on stimulating the economy and improving the lot of middle-class Canadians. Asked repeatedly Wednesday if the government is considering spending more than the promised $5 billion extra on infrastructure in the coming year, Finance Minister Bill Morneau did not rule out the idea but said details will have to await his maiden budget, expected in mid to late March. “It will include significant infrastructure spending, but the exact details of the budget we haven’t completed yet so I can’t provide more information on the exact numbers,” he said during a visit to a Toronto refugee centre. The deteriorating economic situation has already forced the Liberals to

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Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi and Ottawa Mayor Jiim Watson (left) tour the site of a future light rail transit station in Ottawa, Wednesday. rethink their pledge to run up deficits of no more than $10 billion in each of the first three years of their mandate. Trudeau has downgraded that promise to a “goal.” While they may yet have to scale back some of their other pricey campaign promises, Trudeau and Morneau have doubled down on the infrastructure spending, arguing that the worsening economic picture only reinforces the need to stimulate growth. During an event Wednesday with Toronto Mayor John Tory, Trudeau said his government has no plans to scale back its infrastructure spending. “The infrastructure investments that the mayor is counting on are not a problem — they are part of the solu-

tion to the challenges that Canada has been facing,” Trudeau said. “That’s exactly what we’re serious about tackling.” Last week, Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz also weighed in, calling infrastructure spending an “important ingredient” in economic growth. Sources say the Liberals are looking at speeding up infrastructure spending — “actively considering” it, in the words of one insider — but they want to ensure additional money wouldn’t wind up paying for gazebos, park upgrades and other beautification projects of the sort that were funded in Ontario’s cottage country prior to the 2010 G8 summit.

Paper urges Liberals to abandon promised ‘infrastructure bank’ OTTAWA — The authors of a new research paper are urging the federal Liberals to break two infrastructure-related election promises, arguing both proposals could saddle taxpayers with unexpected costs as the years drag on. The first is a promised federal “infrastructure bank,” serving as middleman between lenders and cities so local and provincial governments could benefit from the lower interest rates the federal government commands on loans. The money would then help finance new infrastructure projects that local governments can’t afford on their own. The second promise would eliminate the requirement of cities to look for a private-sector partner to share the financial risks and windfalls of any project. A paper being released Wednesday by the right-leaning C.D. Howe Institute argues the Liberals should scrap both ideas. Combined, the two ideas would shift the financial risk solely onto taxpayers, who would be on the hook if a project goes over budget, the paper warns. The cost to the economy could negate any of the economic benefits the Liberals hope to gain from billions in infrastructure investments, it adds. Benjamin Dachis, the paper’s author, said the government shouldn’t give up on trying to “crowd-in” private sector funding for projects, either through a public-private partnership or through a private sector loan. The public purse simply can’t finance every single infrastructure project needed in Canada, Dachis said, arguing that the government should only fully fund a project if it is socially worthwhile, but of zero interest to the private sector.

Refugees grateful for response to pepper-spray attack BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Ahmad Hwichan gestures to his throat and grimaces as he talks about coughing up blood and hearing children screaming in the chaotic aftermath of last week’s pepper-spray attack in Vancouver. The newly arrived government-sponsored refugee from Syria was one of about a dozen people who were sprayed by a man on a bicycle outside a welcome ceremony around 10:30 p.m. on Friday. Despite the suffering, the unsavoury incident has failed to temper the enthusiasm and gratitude Hwichan and other refugees feel toward their adopted country and its citizens. “This doesn’t change my point of view of Canada. It will never change,” Hwichan said through a translator on Tuesday, four days after the attack. “This was probably one guy who was drunk or, I don’t know, crazy.” He added in English without the help of a translator: “I love you Canada

so much.” The pepper spraying prompted universal condemnation from political leaders, including Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan. Syrian refugee Youssef Ahmad

using a translator. “(Syrian President) Bashar al-Assad killed around 300,000 people and did not apologize once. “Canada stays Canada — Canada of dreams,” he added. “One individual does not represent the whole Canadian people.” Al-Suleiman recalled seeing a man

‘WE’RE NOT USED TO THIS BACK HOME IN OUR OWN COUNTRY. (SYRIAN PRESIDENT) BASHAR AL-ASSAD KILLED AROUND 300,000 PEOPLE AND DID NOT APOLOGIZE ONCE. CANADA STAYS CANADA — CANADA OF DREAMS. ONE INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT REPRESENT THE WHOLE CANADIAN PEOPLE.’ — YOUSSEF AHMAD AL-SULEIMAN al-Suleiman, also hit in the attack, recounted how he and his fellow newcomers were stunned after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to Twitter and apologized on behalf of himself and the Canadian people. “We’re not used to this back home in our own country,” al-Suleiman said,

wearing a helmet cycle up to their group, which was waiting on the sidewalk outside a Muslim Association of Canada centre for a bus to return to their residence. The man sprayed something once or twice toward the crowd and quickly left, he said. Hazaa Sahal and his son were also

struck by the spray. The 44-year-old father of three described resorting to a strategy used by protesters in Syria, who would pour Pepsi or Coke on their faces to counteract the effects of tear gas during anti-government demonstrations. But he said the technique proved ineffective against pepper spray and actually worsened the stinging. Sahal explained how immediately after the incident some refugees wished they had never come to Canada. That feeling quickly evaporated when they saw the overwhelming positive response from police, health officials, the government and the Canadian public, he added. “There is always good and bad. But in this country the good is more than the bad,” Sahal said in Arabic. “We felt like nothing bad happens here and goes without being punished, or the actor being held accountable.” Shadi al-Radi said the entire experience actually strengthened his faith in his new country.

Refugee program shifts focus onto integration from logistics BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Thousands of Syrian refugees expected in Canada in the coming days could spend up to two weeks in temporary accommodations — including military bases — before being able to settle into more permanent homes. Those conditions will still be better than what people have left behind in Jordan, Lebanon or Turkey, where nearly all of the Syrian refugees com-

ing to Canada are currently living, said Immigration Minister John McCallum. “I don’t think the need to spend one or two weeks in interim accommodation will be a devastating experience for them, given what they have come from,” McCallum told a news conference Wednesday. “That being said, we’ll attempt to make that interim process as quick as possible.” When the current resettlement program was rolled out in November, the government said incoming refu-

gees would spend a couple of nights in hotels near the airport before transiting on to their final destinations. For those with private sponsors, there would likely be homes ready but what would happen with government-assisted refugees — those whose costs are covered entirely by government — was always a question mark. Ordinarily, those refugees are welcomed by settlement agencies that run temporary housing facilities, and they stay there for a few weeks before a permanent home is found.

But those organizations always had concerns that the sheer volume of Syrians would overwhelm those facilities — a fear that’s now become a reality as the Liberals work towards bringing 25,000 people to Canada by the end of February. The groups are providing daily feedback to the government on the number of beds they have available but at least three military bases are expected to be mobilized in the coming weeks to help house thousands of people.

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MAN ARRESTED WITH HELP OF AUSTRALIAN CHARITY The Canadian man who was sentenced in Vietnam to four years in jail for abusing teenage boys was caught with the help of an Australian charity that located his victims and tipped off police. Vadim Scott Benderman, 45, formerly of Montreal, admitted during his half-day trial on Wednesday that he lured four boys into his home in Hanoi and paid them between $10 and $15 to have sex, according to a Hanoi court official who spoke on condition of anonymity. A judge sentenced Benderman to four years in prison and ordered he be expelled from the country after serving his sentence, the official said. Michael Brosowski, founder of the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation, which helps homeless and trafficked minors in Vietnam, said Benderman’s arrest was partly the result of investigations by his staff. In an interview with The Canadian Press from Hanoi, Brosowski said his charity has a program to help street children. During a routine visit to lakes and parks where homeless kids congregate at night in the capital, he said his staff met with

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First aboriginal woman appointed as dean of law school The first aboriginal woman appointed to head a Canadian law school says the next generation of lawyers will better understand and help restore the country’s relationship with indigenous peoples. Angelique EagleWoman was appointed this week as dean of Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, a position she’ll take up in May, a month before the fledgling Thunder Bay, Ont., law school’s first class is set to graduate. EagleWoman, who currently teaches law at the University of Idaho College of Law, said she was drawn in part by Lakehead’s mandatory first- and second-year courses in aboriginal law. That requirement aligns with the recommendations laid out by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which call for all law students to take a course in aboriginal people and the law, including the history and legacy of Canada’s residential school system. The recommendations aim to ensure “that this next generation of lawyers would know what the history is and what the legal relationship is between the Canadian federal and provincial governments and indigenous communities,” she said. “Our law graduates will know that history, will know those legal relationships, and then they can go out and they can help with the new collaboration, the new reconciliation.”

Four women charged in U.S. ‘grandparent scam’ ALBANY, N.Y. — Four Canadian women have been arrested and charged in the United States amid allegations they were part of an organized criminal operation that targeted the elderly using a wellknown ruse dubbed the grandparent scam, New York state police say. According to police, the scammers out of Laval, Que., would contact a senior by phone or email and identify themselves as the person’s grandchild. Police identified those arrested as Christina Antonakakis, 29, Sophia Mikelakis, 57, Nora Apkarian, 42, and Anahid Apkarian, 61, all of Laval. They all face charges of third-degree criminal possession of stolen property. Antonakakis and Mikelakis are also charged with 3rd degree attempted grand larceny.

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Benderman’s victims. “Since 2013 we have been finding that a majority of the children we meet on the streets — most of whom are boys — have been approached by pedophiles,” he said. “And sadly many have already gone with the pedophiles by the time we meet them.” Brosowski said in 2014 several boys told his foundation’s social workers they had been abused by a foreigner whom they called Ben or Dan. A few months later another boy told Brosowski’s staff he had recently been with the same man and disclosed his home address and his Facebook profile, which was under the name Dean Wilson. “We continued receiving information from the children and watching out for the man in our street outreach work,” Brosowski said. “The breakthrough came when we discovered his email address, which through an online search revealed his real name. We could see he had previously been arrested in Cambodia.” Brosowski said based on the info they collected, Hanoi police were able to set up a sting and catch Benderman with an underage boy. The Blue Dragon organization is an Australian charity based in Hanoi and was started by Brosowski in 2003.

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VANCOUVER — A B.C. court has heard that a person allegedly linked to Canada’s spy agency helped radicalize a man who was eventually arrested for plotting to blow up the provincial legislature. The information comes after B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bruce ordered the release of a heavily redacted transcript from a closed-door hearing that took place last week in connection with the trial of John Nuttall and Amanda Korody. The pair’s lawyers are applying for correspondence between the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and its alleged human source to better understand the role the spy agency played in the undercover police sting. Lawyers for the Crown and CSIS opposed releasing the documents. Nuttall and Korody were found guilty last June on terrorism charges but their convictions haven’t been entered while defence lawyers argue police entrapped the pair. Nuttall’s lawyer, Marilyn Sandford, told the court that her client claimed the alleged CSIS operative encouraged him to engage in violent terrorist acts and played a significant role in his radicalization.

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Rebels blank Warriors in tight battle BY ADVOCATE STAFF Rebels 1 Warriors 0 (OT) MOOSE JAW — With Western Hockey League teams now well into the second half of the regular season, games are starting to resemble what fans will be watching in late March and beyond. The Red Deer Rebels and Moose Jaw Warriors hooked up in a tight, intense battle Wednesday evening, an outing that was scoreless until Rebels forward Ivan Nikolishin connected at 1:19 of overtime, taking a feed from Adam Helewka and beating goalie Zach Sawchenko with a low slot. The Rebels’ performance was very much in contrast to their showing Saturday night at the Centrium, where they fell 6-5 in overtime to the Vancouver Giants. Needless to say, Red Deer GM/head coach Brent Sutter was pleased to see his charges churn out a defensive gem before 3,112 fans at Mosaic Place. “We’ve been talking about how we have to tighten up defensively because we’re heading into playoff-type hockey,” said Sutter, following the 1-0 victory. “We have to get accustomed to that, to not playing such high risk hockey and turning pucks over. “We kept our turnovers to a minimum tonight and

now we have to build off that.” The Rebels denied the Warriors less than a handful of scoring chances while outshooting their hosts 38-25, including 18-7 in the second period.

“We had some opportunities but we didn’t capitalize,” said Sutter. “We didn’t give up a whole lot and Tother (Rebels goaltender Rylan Toth) made the saves when he had to. He was solid and I thought their guy was really good, too. “It was kind of like a playoff game with a lot of close checking. I just thought our entire game was solid.” Both teams were zero-for-three on the power play. The Rebels are in Brandon Friday for the second game of their three-game road trip. The Wheat Kings will be out for revenge after suffering a 10-0 loss to Red Deer Jan. 2 at the Centrium. “We have to go in there and play well,” said Sutter. “We know they’re going to be fired up after the last game. They’re going to be ready to play so we have to make sure we match their emotion and go out and play our game.” With the victory, Red Deer remains two points back of the Central Division and Eastern Conference leading Lethbridge Hurricanes, who were 5-2 winners Wednesday at Swift Current, where the Rebels will conclude their trip Saturday. • The three stars were (1) Sawchenk0, (2) Toth, who posted his fifth shutout of the season, and (3) Nikolishin. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Bennett pots four against Panthers ROOKIE LEADS FLAMES TO SHUTOUT WIN OVER PANTHERS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Flames 6 Panthers 0 CALGARY — Sam Bennett saw it as a step in the right direction. But it was also a step into history. The Flames rookie became the third youngest player in NHL history to score four goals in a game — including a hat trick in the first period — and Jonas Hiller had 15 saves as Calgary won 6-0 over Florida on Wednesday, handing the Panthers their first regulation loss in 14 games. “It’s a great feeling,” said Bennett, up to 10 goals on the season. “It’s big for my confidence. I knew I felt confident playing in this league and now I think I took another step in the right direction.” Per Elias Sports, Jack Hamilton (Toronto, 1943-44) and Bobby Carpenter (Washington, 1981-82), are the only two players to score four times in a game at age 18. “Wow,” exclaimed Flames coach Bob Hartley. “Right from the start of the game, he was flying out there. Very happy for him, a great performance, he played well. Here’s a young kid that was working so hard, it’s nice to see that he’s getting rewarded.” Bennett had not had a goal in 47 days when he scored Monday against San Jose. Immediately after the goal, his first in 19 games, he made a gesture of removing the monkey off his back, a reference to his long drought. He wasted little time scoring again, one-timing a set-up from Jiri Hudler past Roberto Luongo just 56 seconds into Wednesday’s game. Mikael Backlund, who centred the line with Bennett and Hudler, was impressed at how Bennett stayed positive during his slump. “He still played really well during his slump. For a young player, it’s easy to just fade away. but he was being physical, was still making plays and was trying to score and it just didn’t come,” said Backlund. Johnny Gaudreau and Mason Raymond also scored for Calgary (20-20-2), which had lost four of their previous five home games. The Flames begin a five-game road trip in Edmonton on Saturday.

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Calgary Flames’ Sam Bennett, centre, celebrates his fourth goal with teamates Mikael Backlund, left, and Dennis Wideman during third period NHL action against the Florida Panthers in Calgary, Wednesday. Florida (26-13-5) had entered the night as the NHL’s hottest team having gone 12-0-1 since losing in regulation to Boston on Dec. 12. “It’s embarrassing,” said Panthers centre Jonathan Huberdeau. “Coming up here after a pretty good streak and being beat 6-0? It’s not what we were hoping for. We didn’t have a good start at all, we weren’t ready, and they took advantage of us.” Playing their fifth game in a row on the road, it looked like the Panthers ran out of gas, getting outshot 36-15. “We got our butts handed to us tonight. It was well deserved,” said Florida defenceman Erik Gudbranson. Dec. 12 was also the last time Hiller appeared in a game with Karri Ramo

having taken over as the Flames No. 1 goalie, getting 12 starts in a row before finally getting a rest. “Sometimes it’s easier to see more shots but at the same time, I don’t think we gave up too many scoring chances so that always helps,” said Hiller, who entered the night with an ugly .862 save percentage. Luongo, replaced by Al Montoya to start the second period, yielded four goals on 15 shots. He falls to 19-12-4. Bennett completed his first-ever NHL hat trick at 17:01 of the first period when he backhanded a rebound under the crossbar to make it 4-0. The Scotiabank Saddledome crowd jumped to its feet and hats flew onto the ice in recognition of the feat. At 19

years and six months, he became the youngest Flame to score three goals in a game. His fourth on spectacular individual effort came with 25 seconds left in the game. Notes: Florida head coach Gerard Gallant missed the game after the passing of his mother. Assistant coach Mike Kelly filled in….. Panthers D Aaron Ekblad (concussion) missed his second game… Hudler (groin) returned after missing three games while Calgary C Joe Colborne was a healthy scratch… Florida’s Jaromir Jagr (4-2-6) and Aleksander Barkov (14-5) both had five-game point streaks snapped.

Raptors mix business with pleasure on London trip BUT CASEY KEEPS FOCUS ON THE COURT BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LONDON — A mid-season trip to Europe hasn’t provided a whole lot of sightseeing opportunities for Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey. “I know the families have gone to different places,” Casey said Wednesday, one day before his team faces the Orlando Magic at a sold-out O2 Arena in London. “I’ve watched a lot of basketball the last couple of days, our team and also Orlando. “It’s great to be in another city in another country but we’re professionals. We’re here to do a job. We’re here to play a game tomorrow night. That’s our number one goal. Our families are enjoying the city and everything but our guys are professional enough and mature enough to understand we’re here for a game.” While Casey is keeping his focus on the court, several Raptors players have found ways to mix a little bit of pleasure into this trans-Atlantic business trip. “Yesterday we got to do pictures in front of Big Ben,” guard Kyle Lowry said before the Raptors practised on the O2 court. “It’s always good to do those type of things.” Lowry initially planned to hop a Eurostar train through the Channel Tunnel and squeeze in a visit to Paris, but jetlag got the better of that idea. “I wanted to but my sleep pattern is all off right

now,” Lowry said. “I’m super tired.” Despite disrupted bedtimes, several Raptors players and family members have arranged to attend Wednesday night’s Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion. That outing will be led by forward Patrick Patterson, who said he attends Toronto FC matches “as often as possible” and also caught multiple games in Brazil during World Cup 2014. “It was my idea to make sure that we see a soccer match while we’re out here,” Patterson said. “You’ve got to see a Premier League match, you’ve got to. I’ve always wanted to see a Premier League match.” Canadian guard Cory Joseph was also hoping to catch the soccer game. “I’ve been a Chelsea fan since I was young,” Joseph said. “My guy was (Montreal Impact striker Didier) Drogba. When he was here, he was my guy.” Guard DeMar DeRozan and forward James Johnson are the only current Raptors left from the team that played two games in London in March 2011, when Toronto lost twice to the then New Jersey Nets. The second defeat on that trip was a wild 137-136 triple-overtime game in which DeRozan and former Raptors centre Andrea Bargnani both missed last-second shots. The 2011 trip marked the first NBA regular season contests to be played in Europe. Toronto also participated in NBA Europe Live 2007, playing pre-season games in Rome and Madrid. Raptors president and general manager Masai Ujiri, who played professionally in England, said he was happy to have the team return to London for what will be the league’s sixth regular season game

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in the British capital. “It’s vital for us that we’re a global team,” Ujiri said. “We want to be relevant. We are the only international team in the NBA and this appeals to us because we feel like we have a huge audience, whether it’s Canadian or global.” Being in London a second time brings a welcome dose of familiarity, DeRozan said. “You’ve got a sense of comfort with what to expect where before you kind of had those butterflies, you didn’t know how it was going to be, how the game was going to turn out. Now, just going out here, you feel like you’re just on another court back in the States. We feel like we’re playing in their arena in Orlando.” Thursday’s game offers a chance for redemption, DeRozan said, after the Magic spoiled Toronto’s franchise-best 5-0 start this season with a 92-87 win in Florida on Nov. 6. “They’ve got a lot of weapons, they play hard, they’re a defensive-minded team,” Casey said of Orlando. “We’ve got to make sure we come out and play with force on both ends of the floor.” The Magic (20-18) are 8-0 against Atlantic Division opponents this season but come into Thursday’s game having lost five of six. Despite being idle since Saturday, Toronto (24-15) has moved up one spot to second in the Eastern Conference standings thanks to three straight losses by the Chicago Bulls. The Raptors will fly home Friday morning and take the weekend to relax before kicking off a seven-game homestand Monday night against Brooklyn.

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Concussion won’t slow Hamelin down SPEEDSKATING BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Short-track speed skater Francois Hamelin knows the damage concussions can do and has even seen the recent hit movie about brain injuries, but says it won’t stop him going all out on the track. The younger brother of short-track star Charles Hamelin is coming off the worst of the four concussions he has suffered in his wild, high-speed sport and will be back at it for the Canadian championships this weekend at the Maurice Richard Arena. Hamelin, of Ste-Julie, Que., was enjoying his best season since he broke into international competition in 2007 when he was involved in a three-skater wipeout at a meet in Shanghai in December. “At first I thought it was a normal crash, but watching the video, one guy just completely fell on my head,” he said Wednesday. “I was out for about 30 seconds. “When I woke up it was kind of weird. It was really scary.” It may have played a part in an incident he found frightening in another way — forgetting the bag holding his precious custom-made skate boots in an overhead bin when the flight back from Shanghai landed in Toronto. A few days later his boots were found — on Dec 18, his 29th birthday — although he was unable to train for a week and a half while going through concussion protocol. He feels he has completely recovered. Hamelin was aware of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, a disease caused by repetitive brain trauma that has been found in many ex-athletes in contact sports. He had three concussions early in his career before getting his fourth in Shanghai, but says it is not comparable to what football or hockey players go through. But friends still encouraged him to go see the movie “Concussion” about brain injuries in the National Football League. “They asked me if I was scared but

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Francois Hamelin of Canada crashes out in a men’s 5000m short-track speedskating relay semifinal at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Feb. 13, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Francois Hamelin, the brother of short-track star Charles Hamelin who at age 28 is enjoying his best season, says a concussion suffered last month in China was his third or fourth and probably the worst he’s had. I’m not more scared about it,” said Hamelin. “Those kinds of bad situations where guys go crazy or they get disease from that, they had thousands of hits. “I’m not falling every day. That hit was huge. I blacked out completely. But it’s one hit. I haven’t had that kind of hit for seven years. I don’t feel like we get hit so many times that we’ll get to the point of having a hard time to live. “We had some skaters that had really bad concussions and still struggle with it, like headaches and (being) a little dizzy, but I want to skate. I’m go-

ing to keep doing my sport as long as I can and this is not the kind of thing that will stop me or scare me when I’m skating. I don’t think of it at all.” Hamelin was having a career season that included medals in three straight meets and a first ever gold in an individual distance (500 metres) at Nagoya, Japan, a week before Shanghai. At the Canadian championships, he’ll be gunning for a spot on the sixman team for the final two World Cups in February and the world championships March 11-13 in Seoul. He has always skated in the shadow

of his brother Charles, who at 31 remains one of the world’s best. Francois Hamelin has a relay gold medal from the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, but consistent results in individual distances have been elusive. “I always had this potential where you can be really good and there was always something stopping me,” he said. “I think it’s in my head.” The meet marks the return of veteran Olivier Jean, who skated in the first four long-track World Cups this season and is still deciding which sport to focus on for the 2018 Winter Games.

NHL GMs preferring to Stricker wants to make the swap talent than rely on most of his reduced schedule PGA TOUR thinning free-agent market BY JOHN WAWROW THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A thin NHL free-agent market combined with a stagnant salary cap has New Jersey Devils’ Ray Shero and his fellow general managers leaning more on making trades to improve their teams. It’s a growing trend that became apparent last summer, when the most high-profile moves came in the form of swaps rather than free-agent signings. And it was once again evident last week, when the league was buzzing after Nashville dealt defenceman Seth Jones to acquire centre Ryan Johansen from Columbus. “This has been building up for a long period of time,” Shero said, noting more teams are signing young stars to long-term deals well before they’re eligible to enter free agency. “The trade market is more vibrant in trying to acquire players than just waiting for free agency and the uncertainty that comes with it,” Shero said. There’s more certainty in making a trade because there’s no guarantee a team can land a free agent. And the bidding wars for free agents can leave teams paying a steep price at a time the salary cap has increased just $7.1 million since 2011-12. The cap isn’t projected to grow much this off-season, especially after the Canadian dollar dipped below 70 cents U.S. on Tuesday. This summer’s free-agent class could potentially include Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos, Los Angeles’ Anze Kopitar and Carolina’s Eric Staal. There’s a much larger number of aging veterans that could be on that list, too, including 39-year-old Patrik Elias and defenceman Brian Campbell, 36. The shift in strategy is reflected in which players are making the biggest impacts after changing teams last off-season. According to STATS, five of the top six point-producers who switched teams last summer were acquired via trades: Dallas’ Patrick Sharp (37 points), Buffalo’s Ryan O’Reilly (36), New Jersey’s Kyle Palmieri (31), Columbus’ Brandon Saad (30), New Jersey’s Lee Stempniak (29) and Colorado’s Carl Soderberg (29). And Stempniak doesn’t count as

a traditional free-agent addition. He made the Devils only after signing a tryout contract to attend training camp. Sharp and Saad were traded by Chicago, because the defending Stanley Cup champions needed to free up space under the salary cap. The Avalanche weren’t prepared to meet O’Reilly’s contract demands, so they traded him to Buffalo, where he’s blossomed into a budding star after signing a seven-year, $52.5 million extension. “He’s come in and really been the heart and soul of our team,” Sabres coach Dan Bylsma said of O’Reilly, Buffalo’s only All-Star Game representative. As for goalies who switched teams last off-season, the two leaders in wins were also acquired by trades: San Jose’s Martin Jones (18) and Dallas’ Antti Niemi (16). Predators GM David Poile acknowledged how difficult his pursuit has been to land a first-line centre of Johansen’s calibre. “They don’t grow on trees,” Poile said. “Looking at free agency, looking at the draft, it just wasn’t there. So this is a good move for us today and for the future.” Johansen’s career-best 33 goals scored in 2013-14 would match Nashville’s franchise record set by Jason Arnott in 2008-09. NUMBERS GAME Of the NHL’s top 25 goal-scorers through Monday, 17 are still on their original team 15 were first-round draft picks nine were drafted fourth overall or higher and just one, Minnesota’s Zach Parise, was a free-agent addition. STREAKING With six goals in seven games, Sharks defenceman Brent Burns upped his total to 18. He became the NHL’s first blue-liner to score 18 through 40 games since Calgary’s Al MacInnis had that many in 1990-91. SLUMPING Forward Chris Higgins is on the outs in Vancouver after the team announced it is attempting to trade the 11-year veteran. Higgins missed the first 12 games with a broken foot, before scoring twice in his first three. He’s managed just one assist in his past 22 before being placed on waivers Tuesday.

“Working Together To Keep You Coming Back”

HONOLULU — Steve Stricker decided three years ago to start cutting back on his schedule. Now he can’t wait to get started. That’s why he left Wisconsin for the California desert the day after Christmas for six days of hard work, followed by a trip to the North Shore of Oahu for a week of work and play before starting his season at the Sony Open. At first, he barely beat his daughter. Bobbi Maria, a senior in high school who devoted the fall to tennis, shot a 79. Her dad, a 12-time winner on the PGA Tour, shot 73. “And then I shot 8 under and 10 under the next two days. I beat her by 20 after that,” Stricker said with a laugh. He turns 49 next month. He helped bring a Champions Tour event to his home state of Wisconsin this year. On the practice green Tuesday at Waialae, he was surrounded by players who had not even started kindergarten when Stricker began his PGA Tour career. And he’s not ready to stop just yet. “I feel younger this year than I did at times last year,” Stricker said. The Sony Open is the first full-field event of the new year, and this won’t be a cameo appearance for Stricker. He still plans a limited schedule. Being home for his wife and two daughters remains a priority. He also wants to give himself a fair chance to win. “My No. 1 goal is to win again,” he said. “I’m hitting the ball not much differently from five years ago. It’s about getting it in the hole, and I’ve been grinding on my putter for the last five months.” Stricker, who had surgery on his back on Christmas Eve in 2014, didn’t play until the Masters last year and tied for 28th. He played only nine more

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times and didn’t fare much better, and he faced the harsh reality of a player in semi-retirement. He wasn’t eligible for any of the World Golf Championships, and he wasn’t in the U.S. Open for the first time in five years. This year, he isn’t guaranteed a spot in any of the big events. His world ranking, which reached as high as No. 2 in 2009, has dropped all the way to No. 245. It’s about the world ranking. It’s not about the money. It’s not even about hanging on. Stricker didn’t mind easing his way back into golf last year, especially after back surgery. And he concedes to feeling older than he really was. Maybe it was the time away from the competition that rekindled his excitement. Whatever the case, he plans to compete 15 times and play enough to get into a rhythm. He played back-to-back weeks only one time last year. His plan is to head from Honolulu to La Quinta, California. He’ll go to the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (with country singer Toby Keith as his partner), and he might play Riviera if the forecast is right. “I’m excited to play,” he said. Jordan Spieth, who won by eight shots last week on Maui, is taking the week off. Brandt Snedeker is the only player from the top 5 at Kapalua who is playing the Sony Open, a traditional course just beyond the shores of Waikiki with smaller greens and tighter fairways. The field also includes Adam Scott, who at No. 11 is the highest-ranked player in the field, Zach Johnson, Matt Kuchar and Kevin Kisner from the top 20. Stricker spent an hour on the putting green. There were no chalk lines on the grass, tees in the ground or anything else to help with his alignment. He putts for feel, and that carried him to a remarkable resurgence that took him from no PGA Tour card to three Ryder Cup teams and contending in majors again.

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CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF 43 31 12 0 0 187 44 29 13 1 1 167 44 26 16 1 1 146 43 17 21 5 0 119 42 16 22 3 1 138 44 8 33 3 0 89

GA 128 128 137 140 166 187

Pt 62 60 54 39 36 19

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 42 29 10 3 0 154 Prince George 43 26 15 1 1 147 Victoria 44 25 15 1 3 146 Kamloops 42 21 14 4 3 147 Vancouver 43 17 21 3 2 130

GA 121 124 111 129 149

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U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF 40 24 12 2 2 111 40 22 15 3 0 126 41 19 17 3 2 132 41 20 19 2 0 138 42 17 23 2 0 133

GA 89 120 142 134 162

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Wednesday’s results Lethbridge 5 Swift Current 2 Red Deer 1 Moose Jaw 0 (OT) Medicine Hat 6 Kamloops 5 (SO) Prince Albert 3 Edmonton 1 Regina at Portland, late Seattle at Prince George, late Saskatoon at Spokane, late Tuesday’s results Saskatoon 5 Kootenay 1 Prince George 6 Seattle 2 Regina 4 Everett 3 (OT) Friday’s games Calgary at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Red Deer at Brandon, 6:30 p.m. Kamloops at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Prince Albert at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m. Saskatoon at Tri-City, 8:05p.m. Kelowna at Victoria, 8:05 p.m. Portland at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Everett at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m. Regina at Seattle, 8:35 p.m. Saturday’s games Red Deer at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Edmonton at Calgary, 6 p.m. Prince George at Vancouver, 6 p.m. Moose Jaw at Brandon, 6:30 p.m. Prince Albert at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Medicine Hat at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Saskatoon at Portland, 8 p.m. Regina at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. Kelowna at Victoria, 8:05 p.m. Seattle at Everett, 8:05 p.m. Sunday, January 17 Kamloops at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Monday, January 18 Saskatoon at Everett, 3:05 p.m. Vancouver at Portland, 4 p.m. Wednesday’s summary Rebels 1, Warriors 0 (OT) First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Shynkaruk MJ (instigator) 19:32, Doetzel RD (fighting) 19:32, Shynkaruk MJ (fighting) 19:32, Shynkaruk MJ (10-minute misconduct) 19:32. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Thrower MJ (fighting) 5:47, Rattie RD

(interference) 5:47, Rattie RD (fighting) 5:47, Point MJ (face-off violation) 6:00, Nogier RD (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 18:18, McNulty MJ (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 18:18, Hagel RD (slashing) 18:18. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties — Howden MJ (tripping) 1:26, Spacek RD (Embellishment) 1:26, Herringer MJ (delay of game) 5:55, Helewka RD (hooking) 6:42. Overtime 1. Red Deer, Nikolishin 26 (Helewka) 1:19. Penalties — None. Shots on goal Red Deer 8 18 9 3 — 38 Moose Jaw 7 7 11 0 — 25 Goal — Red Deer: Toth (W, 23-10-0) Moose Jaw: Sawchenko (LS, 16-8-3). Power plays (goal-chances) — Red Deer: 0-3 Moose Jaw: 0-3.

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Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 5, Columbus 2 Carolina 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT St. Louis 5, New Jersey 2 Buffalo 3, Minnesota 2 San Jose 4, Winnipeg 1 Chicago 3, Nashville 2 Tampa Bay 4, Colorado 0 Arizona 4, Edmonton 3, OT

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Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 42 27 12 3 57 112 92 Arizona 42 22 16 4 48 120 128 San Jose 41 21 18 2 44 118 113 Vancouver 43 17 16 10 44 105 120 Calgary 42 20 20 2 42 115 129 Anaheim 41 17 17 7 41 78 99 Edmonton 44 17 23 4 38 108 131 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

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2015-16 Canadian Hockey League Top Ten (last week’s rankings in parentheses): 1. (1) Erie Otters (OHL, 34-5-1-0) 2. (2) Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL, 31-6-3-1) 3. (3) London Knights (OHL, 29-6-2-1) 4. (6) Kitchener Rangers (OHL, 28-6-4-0) 5. (4) Val-d’Or Foreurs (QMJHL, 31-9-2-1) 6. (5) Kelowna Rockets (WHL, 29-10-3-0) 7. (7) Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL, 30-12-0-0) 8. (8) Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL, 28-10-5-1) 9. (10) Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL, 28-12-1-1) 10. (9) Red Deer Rebels (WHL, 28-13-1-1) Honourable Mentions Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL, 27-11-3-0), Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL, 26-12-2-2), Windsor Spitfires (OHL, 25-11-5-0). National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Florida 44 26 13 5 57 Detroit 43 22 14 7 51 Montreal 43 23 17 3 49 Tampa Bay 43 22 17 4 48 Boston 42 21 16 5 47 Ottawa 43 20 17 6 46 Toronto 41 16 18 7 39 Buffalo 43 17 22 4 38

GF 118 107 122 111 126 119 105 100

GA 98 112 107 102 113 131 115 117

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts 42 32 7 3 67 42 23 14 5 51 43 23 15 5 51 44 21 18 5 47 42 20 16 6 46 41 19 15 7 45 44 19 18 7 45 45 16 25 4 36

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GA 90 110 109 107 103 110 120 145

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Thursday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. Vancouver at Washington, 5 p.m. Chicago at Montreal, 5:30 p.m. Carolina at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Nashville at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. New Jersey at Colorado, 7 p.m. Detroit at Arizona, 7 p.m. Edmonton at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s summary Flames 6, Panthers 0 First Period 1. Calgary, Bennett 7 (Hudler, Hamilton) :56. 2. Calgary, Gaudreau 19 (unassisted) 5:52. 3. Calgary, Bennett 8 (Backlund, Hamilton) 12:01. 4. Calgary, Bennett 9 (Engelland, Jooris) 17:01. Penalties — Gudbranson Fla (holding) 6:32, Jokinen Fla (holding) 19:42. Second Period 5. Calgary, Raymond 4 (Jones, Giordano) 13:20. Penalties — Backlund Cgy (tripping) 14:26. Third Period 6. Calgary, Bennett 10 (Hudler) 19:35. Penalties — Raymond Cgy (hooking) 4:55. Shots on goal Florida 5 4 6 — 15 Calgary 15 10 11 — 36 Goal — Florida: Luongo (L, 19-12-4) Calgary: Hiller (W, 5-4-0). Power plays (goal-chances) — Florida: 0-2 Calgary: 0-2. NHL Scoring Leaders A 38 28 27 36 20 20 24 25 28 30 21 22

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Basketball Red Deer Women’s League Storm 61 Age Gap 22 Storm — POG: Kayla Newans. AG — Tyisha Bean, 7 points; POG: Bean. Rampage 49 Ball Hawks 47 Rampage — Shayna Bryans, 19 points; POG: Marlene Flatla. BH — Janelle Kakaowy, 13 points; POG: Kakaowy. Spartans 48 Shooting Stars 41 Spartans — Marla Masters, 11 points; POG: Sydney Daines. SS — Becky Clutton, 9 points; POG: Clutton. Big Ballers 51 Express 36 BB — Morgan Richardson, 18 points; POG: Richardson. Express — Sandra Tapas, 14 points; POG: Terri Hok. Triple Threat 66 Dynamo 51 TT — Tamara Mckelvie, 19 points; POG: Mckelvie. Dynamo — Tori Adolf, 18 points; POG: Adolf. National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 24 15 .615 — Boston 20 19 .513 4 New York 20 21 .488 5 Brooklyn 11 28 .282 13 Philadelphia 4 36 .100 20 1/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 23 16 .590 — Miami 22 16 .579 1/2 Orlando 20 18 .526 2 1/2 Washington 18 19 .486 4

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Thursday’s Games Toronto vs. Orlando at London, England, 1 p.m. Chicago at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Cleveland at San Antonio, 6 p.m. Detroit at Memphis, 6 p.m. Sacramento at Utah, 7 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Washington at Indiana, 5 p.m. Portland at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m. Phoenix at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Dallas at Chicago, 6 p.m. Charlotte at New Orleans, 6 p.m. Atlanta at Milwaukee, 6 p.m. Miami at Denver, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Houston, 7:30 p.m.

Joel Longard netted 20 points and Neff Nazarrea added 12 to lead the Rusty Chuckers past the Btown Maple Jordans 60-48 in Central Alberta Senior Mens Basketball Association action Tuesday. Ryan Gertterink scored 13 points in a losing cause, while teammate Dean Sanders contributed nine. In another contest, the Silver Spurs got 20 points from Nick Pelerine and 14 from each of Adam Bullock and Brian Miller in a 56-43 win over Johns Manville. Barn Celso drained 11 points for the losing team.

BROOKS — Olds netminder Ben Giesbrecht was outstanding in defeat Wednesday, turning aside 61 shots in a 4-1 Alberta Junior Hockey League loss to the Brooks Bandits. Jeff Mallot sniped three goals for the Bandits in front of 1,463 fans at Centennial Regional Arena. Parker Foo also tallied for Brooks, which held a 50-12 advantage in shots over the final two periods. Chase Olsen scored the lone goal for the Grizzlys, who were zero-for-four on the power play. Garrett Hughson made 19 saves for the Bandits, who were zerofor-three with a man advantage. It was the second heroic performance by Giesbrecht in as many nights. The Olds stopper came up with 46 saves in the Grizzlys’ 7-2 win over the visiting Canmore Eagles Tuesday. Landon Kletke and Ryley Smith each scored twice for Olds, which got single markers from Olsen, who added two assists, Matthew Holzer and Wyatt Noskey.

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Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Justin Wilson on a one-year contract. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Agreed to terms with 1B Yonder Alonso on a one-year contract. SEATTLE MARINERS — Designated RHP A.J. Schugel for assignment. Named Todd Donovan assistant director of player personnel and Nick Manno, Andy Pratt and Jason Lefkowitz pro scouts. TEXAS RANGERS — Released RHP Kohsuke Tomita. Agreed to terms with RHP Tom Wilhelmsen on a one-year contract and INF Pedro Ciriaco on a minor league contract. Named Ben Baroody assistant to the senior director of amateur scouting. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Named Gil Kim director of player development. National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Chris Hatcher on a one-year contract. MIAMI MARLINS — Designated 1B Tommy Medica and RHP Andre Rienzo for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Edwin Jackson and 3B Chris Johnson on one-year contracts. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Traded RHP Cody Hall to Arizona for a player to be named or cash. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with C Wilson Ramos on a one-year contract. Assigned RHPs Erik Davis and Taylor Hill outright to Syracuse (IL). FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed LB Quayshawn Nealy to the practice squad. BUFFALO BILLS — Named Ed Reed assistant defensive backs coach. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed WR Jarrett Boykin to a reserve/future contract. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed WR Greg Little

to a reserve/future contract. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Hue Jackson coach. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed G David Yankey to a reserve/future contract. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released OL Torrian Wilson from the practice squad. Re-signed WR DeAndre Carter to the practice squad. Signed DB Cedric Thompson and WR J.J. Worten to the practice squad. NEW YORK JETS — Signed DE Lawrence Okoye to a reserve/future contract. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed WR Ricky Collins. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended New Jersey F Bobby Farnham for four games, without pay, for interference against St. Louis F Dmitrij Jaskin during a game on Tuesday. Fined Winnipeg D Tyler Myers $5,000 for cross-checking San Jose F Tommy Wingels during a game on Tuesday. ARIZONA COYOTES — Claimed D Kevin Connauton off waivers from Columbus. COLORADO AVALANCHE — Waived D Nathan Guenin. Recalled D Chris Bigras and Nikita Zadorov. EDMONTON OILERS — Recalled F Zack Kassian from Bakersfield (AHL). Assigned F Greg Chase from Bakersfield (AHL) to Norfolk (ECHL). Recalled D Ben Betker from Norfolk to Bakersfield. MONTREAL CANADIENS — Assigned F Tim Bozon from St. John’s (AHL) to Brampton (ECHL). NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled Fs Kevin Fiala and Cody Bass from Milwaukee (AHL). Assigned F Victor Arvidsson to Milwaukee. Placed F Colin Wilson on injured reserve. Assigned D Garrett Noonan from Milwaukee (AHL) to Cincinnati (ECHL).

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FRIDAY, JAN. 15 ● Red Deer Firefighters Children’s Charity Christmas tree pick up will take place Jan. 8 to 22. Donations to the charity can be made directly to the firefighter picking up the tree, or mailed in pre-addressed envelope left in the homeowner’s mailbox. See reddeer.ca. ● Red Deer Legion Branch #35 year round events: Singles Bridge on Thursdays at 1 p.m. (all levels welcome, including beginners) and Texas Hold ‘Em on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.; meat draws on Fridays at 5 p.m., and Saturdays at 4 p.m. Phone 403-3420035. ● Silver Blades senior skating is offered on Fridays, 2 to 3:30 p.m., and Seniors Skating is offered on Tuesdays from 2:30 to 3:30, both at the Red Deer Arena. Ages 50 years plus. Purchase 10-time punch card from City of Red Deer Recreation Parks and Culture, or $4.75 drop-in. Phone 403-347-6883.

SATURDAY, JAN. 16 ● Red Deer Symphony presents Red Deer’s Got Talent at Red Deer College Arts Centre featuring Stephanie Galipeau — viola, and Rylan Gajekl — cello on Jan. 16. Tickets available at Black Knight Inn Ticket Centre, or www.rdso.ca, 403-755-6626 or 1-800-6618793. ● Yummy in My Tummy Puppet Party Fun goes Jan. 16 from 11 to 11:45 a.m. in the Children’s Department at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch. Take in puppet plays, rhymes, and crafts. ● Everything is Awesome Lego Days is held at Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library on Saturdays, Jan. 16 and

Feb. 13 from 2 to 3 p.m. Children ages six and up, and those under six with an adult, are invited to enjoy challenges, minute-to-win-it, and free play. ● Disney Family Movie Days at Timberlands will take place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 16 featuring the movie Cinderella, and on Feb. 27 featuring the movie Beauty and the Beast. ● Book to Movie Day will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at Dawe Branch or Red Deer Public Library. Young readers ages seven and up are welcome to read the book of the month, and then watch the movie and enjoy popcorn, and discussion after the film. Children under seven must bring an adult. Call 403-309-3488. On Jan. 16 enjoy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahn, on Feb. 2o enjoy A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond. ● MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The Jan. 16 session is called 3D Assemblage Trains. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403-309-8405. Free with admission.

SUNDAY, JAN. 17 ● David Thompson SnowRiders is hosting a snowmobile rally on Jan. 17 with registration at the staging area south on Range Road 3.2 west of Benalto on Hwy. 11 with registration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for loop approximately 40 km. Rally hands cost $5 each, or five for $20. All hands must be in by 4:30 p.m. An ASA trail pass is required or purchase day pass for $20 per snowmobile. Rally hands $5 each or five for $20. Contact Clint at 403-392-3424 for more information. ● Lacombe Legion Community Break-

fast is offered on Jan. 17 from 9 a.m. to noon upstairs at Byron Greff Memorial Hall. Adult breakfasts cost $6 and breakfasts for children under 12 years cost $3 each. Phone 403782-6441. ● Gospel concerts at Ponoka Drop-In Centre are held the third Sunday of each month at 7 p.m., next on Jan. 17 with New Song Band. Admission is $5 at the door. Contact Trudy at 403-783-42465. ● Discovery Sundays are offered at Kerry Wood Nature Centre from 1 to 4 p.m. to learn something new about the natural world around us. Drop in, or phone 403-346-2010 to find out more.

MONDAY, JAN. 18 ● Cover 2 Cover Book Club will meet on Jan. 18 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library. The theme will a book that made you a reader. Visit www.rdpl. org/programs/book-clubs/cover2cover. New members always welcome. Phone 403-3413822. ● A Postmodern Expression of Christianity will be holding its first meeting on Jan. 18 at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch in the boardroom from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. All interested in exploring life, love and spirituality in an inclusive, nonjudgmental environment with a smattering of laughter invited. Hosted by Ian Hartley and Dennis Liesch. RSVP at meetup.com if attending. ● Red Deer Flying Club invites those interested or involved in aviation to come to monthly get-togethers on the third Monday of each month at the clubhouse at Red Deer Regional Airport, next Jan. 18. Contact Bert at 403-350-5511.

TUESDAY, JAN. 19 ● A Day at Camp Halfblood for teens goes Jan. 19 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the mezz at Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library. Feed the Cerberus, meet Medusa, pin the eye on the Cyclops, eat all the blue things, and watch Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. ● Red Deer Celiac Support Group

meets in the coffee lounge at the south location of Sobeys Inc. on the third Tuesday of every month starting at 7 p.m., next on Jan. 19. Those sensitive and allergic to gluten are invited to come out and find out more about Celiac disease, gluten free diets and products, support, fellowship, coffee and goodies. See www.celiac.ca, or contact Clarice at 403341-4351 or Marlene at 403-346-6235. ● Red Deer Chamber of Commerce Key Speaker Series features Brian Burke as speaker on Jan. 19 in the Black Knight Inn from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Chamber members $60 or $420/table of eight, or $75 or $550/table of eight for non-members. See www.reddeerchamber.com/event.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20 ● Cribbage and Card Games Club meets at Red Deer Public Library Dawe Branch at the fireplace on Wednesdays from 2 to 4 p.m. Join other card game enthusiasts for an afternoon of fun! ● Fireside Readers book club will meet on Jan. 20 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch in Waskasoo Kiwanis Meeting Room. For discussion will be The Juggler’s Children: A journey into family, legend and genes that bind us by Carolyn Abraham. Phone 403-3429110. See the blog at http://firesidereaders. rdpl.org/. If you can’t attend meetings, read along and post your comments. ● Central Alberta Historical Society will meet on Jan. 20 7 p.m. at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. Guest speaker historian Sheila Bannerman’s presentation will be From Industrial School to Walking with Our Sisters. Everyone is welcome. Contact Lianne at 403-347-1826.

THURSDAY, JAN. 21 ● Girls’ Hangout on the third Thursday of each month at Timberlands Branch of Red Deer Public Library from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Girls in Grades 4 and 5 are invited on Jan. 21. Videos, crafts, games, and friendship.

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Like a walk in the park FEAR-FREE MOVEMENT IN VETERINARY CARE AIMS TO REDUCE PET STRESS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Trips to the veterinarian leave Joy so scared, she gets sick. The black Lab-mix dog shakes and shivers, her heart rate jumps, her blood pressure spikes, her temperature rises, her eyes dilate and she cowers under anything she can get beneath. After trying vet after vet for 14 years, the dog’s owner Debby Trinen of Sandpoint, Idaho, has finally found relief for Joy’s stress from a new approach to veterinary care called “fearfree.” The fear-free movement aims to eliminate things in the vet’s office that bother dogs and cats — like white lab coats, harsh lights and slippery, cold exam tables — while adding things they like. For example, a fear-free clinic “will have a big treat budget,” said Dr. Marty Becker, the initiative’s main cheerleader and the vet chosen to introduce it to the country. All the dogs and cats at his North Idaho Animal Hospital, where Joy now gets care, have space on their files to note favourite treats, from Easy Cheese to hot dogs. About 50 practices across the coun-

try have gone fear-free, Becker said. Later this year, the initiative will start certifying veterinary professionals. The certification takes about 12 hours of online instruction. The movement hopes to register as many as 5,000 people this year. Hospital certification could start in 2018, followed by animal shelters and homes, Becker said. Heather Lewis of Animal Arts in Boulder, Colorado, which has been designing animal hospitals since 1979, says there are many ways to make veterinary offices more pleasant for pets. Among them: ● Paint walls in pastels and have staff wear pastel scrubs and lab coats. To an animal’s eyes, a white lab coat is like a bright glowing beacon and can be scary. ● Remove old fluorescent lights. Dogs and cats have better hearing than humans, and the buzz from those old fixtures can bother them. ● Consider alternatives to lifting animals up on to high exam tables with cold, slippery metal surfaces. Some clinics, like Becker’s, use yoga mats for animal exams. ● For background music, choose classical. Becker and Lewis like collections called Through a Dog’s Ear and Through a Cat’s Ear.

A fear-free vet might also use sedatives or pheromones — chemicals secreted by animals that serve as stimulants for many things, including mating — rather than muzzles or restraints to keep animals calm during treatment, Becker said. “Twenty-five to 30 per cent of pets need sedation,” Becker said. Becker introduced veterinarians to the fear-free initiative at the North American Veterinary Community convention last year. He’s presenting version 2.0 at the 2016 conference beginning Saturday in Florida. Becker, chief veterinary correspondent for the American Humane Association, has written 22 books and is doing the 23rd on the fear-free initiative. One fear-free centre is the Bigger Road Veterinary Center in Springboro, Ohio. “We designed this clinic to look like you were going for walks in the park,” said Dr. John Talmadge. “Support beams look like maple trees. I don’t know if we’re fooling any pets but the exam rooms look like cottages and it looks like blue sky on the ceiling. It has a very inviting feel.” He also expanded from 2,000 square feet to 10,000 square feet so he’d have room for better senior care and pain management. And for owners making

end-of-life decisions for their pets, the clinic offers a private area. “There is nothing more important than making that last treatment dignified and calming,” Talmadge said. Becker says the fear-free initiative is important because stress and anxiety cause so many problems for pets, both physical and mental. “Once pets know fear and anxiety and stress, you can’t undo it,” he said, adding, “You can see it. You can smell it because dogs are stained with their own saliva from licking themselves. You can hear it and feel it.” Stress and fear can lead animals to hide the symptoms that prompted the vet visit, and may even alter their test results, said Richard A. LeCouteur, a veterinarian with a specialty in neurology and a professor emeritus at the University of California at Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine. Talmadge says the fear-free approach is proving popular. “We have more than doubled our business through that clinic since opening (in April) and are well ahead of where we thought we would be,” Talmadge said.

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Robbie Burns’ Night Supper is on Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Red Deer Royal Canadian Legion. Cocktails from 6 to 7 p.m. followed by the traditional Robbie Burns supper: Turkey, roastit bubbly jock wi’ stuffin intilt, champit tatties, mashed neeps, gravy, haggis, apple pie. Cash bar. Event includes Highland Dancers, piping in the Haggis and the Red Deer Legion Pipe Band. Tickets are available at the Legion. $30 per person and should be purchased in advance. Call the Legion 403-342-0035 or Arnie 403-782-7183. ● Reading Tails is a six-week program for children ages six to 12 who would like to practice reading skills with a trained therapy dog and its handler at Red Deer Library Downtown Branch. For more information or to register contact 403-346-4688. ● 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten promotes reading as the best way to prepare kids for school. Children from birth to five years may join this self-paced early literacy program. Learn about and register for this program at any of Red Deer Public Library branches. ● Art Moves: Hearts and Roses is a new program at Red Deer Public Library whereby donations of wall-ready two-dimensional art find new homes with those unable to purchase art in the marketplace. On Feb. 13 all ages are invited to Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library to donate and view the artwork. Events will be held on the second Saturday of the month with a new theme each time. Donated artwork does not have to fit the month’s theme. ● Red Deer Public Library has several adult literacy learning opportunities at Dawe Branch from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the following days of the week: Conversation Group meets on Mondays, CELPIP Test Preparation is held on Wednesdays, and Communication Skills for Foreign Trained Professionals meets Tuesdays. Those interested in these programs should contact Adult Literacy Program at 403-346-2533, adultlit@rdpl.org. ● Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) is an eight-week course to help participants explore personal recovery goals and develop strategies to promote a better quality of life. The course will be offered on Thursdays, Feb. 18 through to April 7 from 5:30 to 8:15 p.m. and is designed for adults and teens aged 14 plus who live together and consider themselves a family. There is a $25 materials charge. Financial assistance may be available. Presented by Canadian Mental Health and the Public Library. Contact CMHA at 403-342-2266 to arrange an interview.

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● Annual Lacombe Fiddler’s Jamboree will be presented on Jan. 31 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Lacombe Upper Elementary School. Admission is $5 for adults and free for children ages 10 years and under. Sponsored by Maetche Music Studio, 403-358-4635. ● Red Deer Justice Film Festival will be held at Margaret Parsons Theatre, Red Deer College, Jan. 22 and 23. Ten documentary films will be shown over two days portraying powerful stories to foster awareness of injustices and indignities suffered around the world. Organized by Hearts of Women. To find out the full list of documentary films and speakers, see www.justicefilmfestival.ca. Admission is free. Tickets available at the door on first come, first served basis. ● Living Stones Church seniors monthly luncheon will be offered on Jan. 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Jessica Leman will speak on helping hands, and The New Song Band will perform. The cost is $10 per person at the door. Phone 403-347-7311. ● Canadian Firearms Courses are offered at Cottonwood-Gordon Hall. Non-restricted: Feb. 13 starting at 8 a.m.; Restricted: Feb. 14 at 9 a.m. Pre-register by Feb. 6. For more information call 403-224-2881 or firearmscourses@gmail.com. ● An Evening with Randi Boulton will be presented on Jan. 23 at Elnora Community Hall hosted by Elnora Agricultural Society. Dessert served at intermission. Costs are $20 for adults and $10 for children ages six to 10 years. Tickets at Jewell’s Groceries. ● Snowflake Luncheon hosted Knox Presbyterian Church Ladies Group will be offered on Jan. 23 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Knox Presbyterian Church. Enjoy a soup and bun luncheon. A selection of sweet trays and frozen meat pies will be available for sale. Tools for Schools Africa will have jewelry and books for sale. Admission is $5 per person. ● Arts and Craft Beer Fundraiser for Red Deer Arts Council and the Emerging Artist Award will be held on Jan. 30 at Festival Hall. Highlights include live music with St. James Gate, dancing, craft beer , appetizers by several local restaurants, 50/50, raffle, and more. Doors open and beer tasting at 7 p.m. Dance at 9 p.m. Tickets available at Black Knight Inn Ticket Centre for $50 per person, or $350 for a table of eight. See www.reddeerartscouncil.ca. Donations of raffle items valued at $100 and more sought. ● The Leadership Centre of Central Alberta presents Diamonds and Denim with replacing their proper ID. To book an appointment, phone 430-314-9129, see www. communitylegalclinic.net, or email to info@ communitylegalclinic.net. ● Red Deer and District Garden Club meets on Jan. 21 at Kerry Wood Nature Centre at 7 p.m. Come hear speaker Caroline Harris present a slide show and talk about wildflowers in Yukon and Alaska. More information at www.reddeergardenclub.ca or www.facebook.com/RedDeerGardenClub. For more information call Noreen at 403-3574071.

co-host Spinal Cord Injury Alberta on Feb. 12 at Sheraton Hotel Red Deer. Cocktails at 6 p.m. Dinner at 7 p.m. with dance with live band, diamond pendant raffle, live and silent auction to follow. Seating limited to 350. For information and tickets contact Linda at 403340-0324. ● Magdalene House Society is seeking volunteers to assist with driving clients to appointments, visiting with clients, taking clients to recreational outings and more. Contact 587-273-4324, magdalenehouses@gmail. com to apply and find out more. ● Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre is seeking a volunteer Pediatric Kindergarten Tour Facilitator. Time commitment is two and a half hours once per week in the morning or afternoon on Monday or Tuesday, in Feb., March, April and May. Tours are designed to teach Kindergarten students about hospitals in an effort to help alleviate fears and anxiety. Contact Darci at 403-343-4715, darci. shave@ahs.ca. ● Habitat for Humanity Red Deer Region Society has a variety of volunteer needs. Requests include volunteer coordinator intern, website design consultant, events, marketing, and administration volunteers, ReStore customer service, ReStore general labour, group volunteer days, and construction volunteers. To help out, contact Megan at megan.oshust@habitatreddeer.ca, or 403309-6080. ● Coldest Night of the Year National Charity Walk will be held in Red Deer on Feb. 20, starting at 4 p.m. from Loaves and Fishes. Walk two, five or 10 km and raise funds and awareness for homelessness, and poverty. Teams, individuals and volunteers are needed. To sign up and find out information see coldestnightoftheyear.org. Youth who raise $75 and adults who raise $150 will receive an official CNOY tuque and scarf. ● City of Lacombe Affordable Housing Steering Committee volunteers are needed. Volunteers are expected to commit to a tw0-year term. To find out more and sign up, contact 403-782-1287, mail@lacombe.ca. ● Burman University in Lacombe presents Sundays at Seven — a professional concert series on various Sundays, starting at 7 p.m. On Jan. 24, enjoy Phil Hansen

and Konstantin Bozhinov — Cello and Lute. On Feb. 21, enjoy Luis Mario Ochoa Cuban Quintet. On March 13, enjoy Joachim Segger — Piano and Organ. Single tickets or discounted series of tickets available. See burmanu.ca/music/sundayatseven, phone 403-782-3381. ● Ecole Secondaire Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School presents the musical comedy Winnie the Poo by A. A. Milne, on Feb. 5 and 6, Feb. 10 to 13, at 7 p.m., and Feb. 6, 7, and 13 at 1:30 p.m. at Lindsay Thurber Drama Studio. Tickets on sale now for $12. Rush seating. Phone 403347-1171. ● After Hymn musical production fundraising event for Central Alberta Pregnancy Care Centre Special Housing Project will be offered on March 11 and March 12 at CrossRoads Church. Volunteer opportunities available. For drama information, contact Laura at 403-596-3041, music and general information, contact Annette at 403-346-0065, or for other volunteer opportunities, contact Colleen at 403-358-4938. Production by playwright Andrew Kooman under the direction of Annette Bradley and Laura Geelen. ● Lincoln Hall Society Dinner, Entertainment, and Comedy Night will be held Feb. 6. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner catered by Bob Ronnie at 6:30 p.m. and comedy show with Lars Callieou at 8 p.m. Advance tickets are $50 per person and much be purchased by Feb. 2. Callieou has opened for Jeff Foxworthy. Phone 403-7824194. ● Sheraton Celebrity Dance-Off Gala in support of Julietta’s Place will be held on April 16. Local celebrities have been paired with professional dance instructors to compete for the honour of best ballroom dancer. Tickets for the gala, including dance with live band to follow the competition will be on sale on Jan. 18. See celebritydanceoff.ca. Tickets sell out quickly. ● Lending Cupboard requires several volunteers. Volunteers to clean medical equipment, provide customer service, and board members are needed. Contact 403356-1678, ext. 22 or volunteer@lendingcupboard.ca.

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Waiting for house prices to drop EXPERTS PREDICTING EVENTUAL CORRECTION IN HOUSING MARKET

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BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Central Alberta house prices flattened out last year and may drop this year if the province’s economic downturn continues unabated. Real estate watchers agree prices could fall — although modestly — if current trends continue. The numbers of sales versus listings and the days houses remain on the market are signs the market is weakening. The aggregate price of a Red Deer home at $344,550 — a 0.6 per cent drop — was almost unchanged in 2015 compared to the previous year, according to Royal LePage’s house price survey and market survey forecast released on Wednesday. The aggregate home price is based on a weighted average of median home values. There was some variation depending on the type of home. Bungalow values increased 2.9 per cent to $348,447 and two-storey homes increased by 6.4 per cent to $358,300. Condominiums dropped an average 5.1 per cent to $242,758. Central Alberta Realtors Association came up with a similar picture when it released its November results recently. The average year-to-date sale price for the region was $314,819, which was 0.4 per cent above the 2014 price for the same period based on sales through the Multiple Listing Service. Red Deer’s Soderquist Appraisals’ numbers based on a 12-month moving average of selling prices tells the same story. Red Deer prices remained almost identical, $336,244 in 2015 compared with $336,830 a year earlier. Soderquist’s Mike Garcelon has 25 years experience as an appraiser and believes a pricing correction is likely

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Despite a bump in home sales early this year, there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the housing market in Red Deer. This property on Cronquist Drive is one of a growing inventory of houses for sale.

“I’M ACTUALLY QUITE PESSIMISTIC FOR RESIDENTIAL VALUES GOING INTO 2016. UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES, WE COULD CERTAINLY SEE A CORRECTION IN PRICES.” MIKE GARCELON, APPRAISER WITH SODERQUIST APPRAISALS this year. But that prediction comes with the important qualifier: if current economic trends persist. Real estate like so many sectors of the economy is cyclical and periodic corrections are to be expected, said Garcelon. He points to the crash of 2008. It took about a year for that to make its way into housing markets. “It kind of went sideways for about a year and then in 2009 and 2010 (house prices) dropped roughly five to 10 per cent, and that was about it,” he said. Direct comparisons to now are difficult because the economics in play

were not the same. Oil dropped from almost $150 a barrel to $30, but rebounded within a few months to $80. “This is a whole different situation. That’s why I say it’s so hard to predict what’s going to happen. “I’m actually quite pessimistic for residential values going into 2016. Unless something changes, we could certainly see a correction in prices.” Central Alberta Realtor Association president Lorna Moore doesn’t see a “doom-and-gloom” scenario but does expect to see some price correction if oil remains low and layoffs increase. Moore, broker and owner with Royal LePage Tamarack Trail Realty in

Rocky Mountain House, is already seeing some of the impacts on the workforce in rural areas. For those who have lost their jobs, the replacement employment pickings are slimmer now, which is beginning to affect house prices. If listings continue to rise and consumer confidence starts to waver, lower house prices will likely follow, although sharp declines are unlikely. “If there’s no sign of recovery in the energy question I think we are going to see a decline, there’s no question,” adding that would likely start to show up in the second and third quarters. “Right now, we’re in a buyer’s market as we speak. We’ve seen a decline in sales activity just in sales alone in the last quarter of almost 30 per cent.” Chad Jensen, broker and owner with Red Deer’s Royal LePage Network Realty Corporation, said so far the city is “holding its own. “With sales right now they’re feeling a lot more pricing pressure in the small communities than Red Deer.” In the first two weeks of January, 19 homes were sold in the city up from 10 last year. Home inventories are expected to climb assuming the economy undergoes no major changes. But that may draw out more buyers. While first-quarter sales may drop, he is anticipating consumer confidence and sales will pick up in the second half of 2016. Red Deer is unlikely to see the kinds of major price corrections that have been predicted by some for Calgary. Local house prices have climbed steadily and conservatively and have not seen the spikes most prone to correction that Calgary has. “I don’t think you’re going to see a big drop for house prices in Red Deer. “I definitely think it’s going to be a year where people are sitting on the fence a little bit.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

RCMP nab wanted man

BATTLE OF THE BROOMS

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Megan Steenbergen, left, and Kamryn Mollins battle for the ball on the ice at Sylvan Lake Wednesday during a game of broomball. The two H.J. Cody Grade 10 students joined their classmates on the large rink on the lake during their physical education class. The Town of Sylvan Lake services the rink on the lake along Lakeshore Drive on a regular basis providing residents with a great opportunity to enjoy winter.

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RDC starts non-profit management certificate program BY ADVOCATE STAFF

After Blackfalds RCMP issued an alert that a man pretending to be a police officer had pulled over a woman in Blackfalds, police reported Wednesday morning that in fact it was a real police officer. RCMP had said earlier that at about 1 p.m. on Tuesday a lone female was driving northbound on Hwy 2A in Blackfalds when a newer model gray Jeep Patriot moved in behind her. The male driver activated a siren and flashing head lights. The woman stopped her vehicle and the man identified himself as a police officer and presented a badge to the woman. After asking for insurance and registration, the man gave her a warning and departed. The man was not wearing a police uniform. RCMP asked the public to report any information regarding the incident to the Blackfalds detachment. RCMP have since verified that the

woman was pulled over by a neighbouring detachment officer who was driving an unmarked police vehicle with working emergency equipment. Last week Alberta RCMP reported that a woman driving alone in the Grande Prairie area at night had been pulled over by a man impersonating a police officer. He was not wearing a uniform but had flashing lights on his vehicle. The man asked the woman to get out of her vehicle but she sensed something was not right and did not get out of the vehicle. The man did not provide a badge or give his name. The woman subsequently reported the incident to police. Police issued a warning to Albertans to be alert for people pretending to be police. They recommended asking for identification and if the person claiming to be an officer fails to provide identification, call 911.

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A man who is a suspect in an attempted murder case was arrested in Blackfalds on Tuesday night with the assistance of the RCMP Emergency Response Team. Andrew Joseph Snow, 29, of Sylvan Lake, was taken into custody without incident, in relation to outstanding warrants for his arrest. Sylvan Lake RCMP had issued an appeal just before Christmas asking the public for help in locating Snow, he was considered armed and dangerous and was not to be approached, and he was wanted for an alleged attempted murder. At that time police believed he was in Central Alberta. On Tuesday, at about 9:30 p.m., Blackfalds RCMP said that they had surrounded a residence in the town in the area of East Point Drive and Parkway Drive, and advised all residents in the area to stay inside their homes until the matter was resolved. At that time RCMP stated there was a man in a house who was considered armed and dangerous. RCMP asked the general public to stay away from the affected area until further notice and to refrain from reporting any police movements on social media. About two hours later police announced that Snow had been arrested and there was no further concern for public safety.

Registration is now open for a new Red Deer College program aimed at the non-profit sector. Classes for the Non-Profit Management Certificate begin in March. The course will offer training in fundamental management skills and enhanced leadership for the non-profit sector. It is intended for people who work or want to work in non-profit organizations, who are employed as a board member, manager of supervisor involved in hiring, managing and motivating employees or volunteers or those who want to gain in-depth knowledge of the sector. Students will also have the opportunity to network with colleagues while learning from established professionals in the local non-profit community. The certificate will qualify individ-

uals for an entry-level position or advancement in the non-profit sector. Some of those jobs might include executive director, development director, grant writer, marketing director or volunteer manager. To earn the certificate, students will need to complete six core courses over one academic term. These include Foundations of Management, Effective Communication, Conflict Resolution, Synergy of Teams, Law for Non-Profit and Non-Profit Board Governance. The course was developed with the help of Peter and Kathy Lacey, wellknown community supporters and volunteers, and a group of people who work in the non-profit community in Central Alberta. The new certificate is being offered through the college’s School of Continuing Education. More information can be obtained by visiting the Continuing Education link at rdc.ab.ca or by calling 403-3564900.

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Via rail plotter to appeal verdict BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A man found guilty of plotting to derail a passenger train between Canada and the U.S. plans to appeal his conviction at Ontario’s highest court. Chiheb Esseghaier, a deeply religious Muslim, argues he ought to have been judged by the rules of the Qur’an. The Tunisian national has filed an inmate notice of appeal with the OntarCHIHEB ESSEGHAIER io Court of Appeal in which he sets out the primary reason his conviction should be quashed. The notice of appeal says the trial judge erred in refusing to allow the trial to be conducted pursuant to the holy Qur’an instead of the Criminal Code. Esseghaier and his co-accused, Raed Jaser, were found guilty last March on a total of eight terror-related charges between them. They were sentenced to life in prison in late September, with no chance of parole until 2023. Jaser is also appealing his conviction. When handing down their sentence, Toronto Justice Michael Code found that both men had not renounced their extremist beliefs, had not accepted responsibility for their offences and presented questionable prospects for rehabilitation. Esseghaier, who appeared unruffled by both the verdict and the sentence in his trial, had demanded throughout his legal process to be judged by the holy Islamic book. He refused a lawyer and represented himself throughout his trial, often went on rambling rants in the courtroom and even prayed in the prisoner’s dock on occasion. His mental state became an issue during the sentencing phase of the trial after two psychiatric assessments found he was likely schizophrenic — findings he vigorously disagreed with — although one of the psychiatrists who assessed him found he was still fit to be sentenced. A court-appointed lawyer ordered to assist Esseghaier asked Code to postpone sentencing until it could be determined if Esseghaier could be hospitalized and treated, but Code refused, saying there was “no causal link” between Esseghaier’s mental state during sentencing and his behaviour at the time of the offences. The same court-appointed lawyer helped Esseghaier complete his notice of appeal, and noted for the appeal court that the man is “severely mentally ill.” During Esseghaier and Jaser’s trial, a jury heard that an undercover FBI agent gained the men’s trust and surreptitiously recorded their conversations, which made up the bulk of the evidence in the case. The two were recorded speaking about terror plots they would conduct in retaliation for Canada’s military actions in Muslim countries.

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The bow of the Leviathan II, a whale-watching boat owned by Jamie’s Whaling Station, is seen near Vargas Island Tuesday, October 27, 2015 as it waits to be towed into Tofino, B.C., for inspection. The Transportation Safety Board is analyzing cameras from passengers and crew as part of its investigation into a deadly whale-watching accident that claimed six lives near Tofino, B.C.

Probe into fatal whale-watching accident examines cameras BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The Transportation Safety Board is analyzing cameras from passengers and crew as part of its investigation into a deadly whale-watching accident that claimed six lives near Tofino, B.C. Five Britons and an Australian died when the Leviathan II capsized last October. TSB spokesman Chris Krepski said Wednesday that navigational equipment from the 20-metre vessel carrying 24 passengers will also be analyzed. He said the investigation will determine how factors such as sea and operating conditions affected the ship in the moments before a large wave hit

the side of the vessel. The Pacific Whale Watch Association has said rough sea conditions in the area may be a factor, noting a similar fatal accident occurred 17 years earlier in the same waters off the west coast of Vancouver Island. Krepski said a “survivability assessment” will also be conducted. “We could look at the location of the passengers aboard the vessel, availability and use of survival equipment, environmental conditions, what any kind of instructions from the crew would have been and determine what the impact may have been on crew and passengers.” The TSB has completed the first round of interviews with crew, passengers and relatives, and follow-up

interviews may be done if necessary, Krepski said. The investigation team is also reviewing the vessel’s inspection history and shipyard work orders, as well as information obtained from search and rescue officials. TSB officials have said that if anything is uncovered suggesting an immediate risk, details will be released right away. A final report on the tragedy could be years away. Two other fatal accidents in Canada involving whale-watching vessels killed four people. Both occurred in British Columbia — in 1992 and 1998 — with one vessel capsizing and the other sinking.

Review of school board’s lice policy renews debate about exclusion of students BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — One of the country’s largest school boards is considering changing the rule that keeps kids with head lice at home, inflaming the debate over whether exclusion is the right way to deal with the maligned critters. Ryan Bird, a spokesman for the Toronto District School Board, said Wednesday that the policy is under review because the public health authority has changed its position on excluding students that have lice or their eggs, called nits. That happened after the Canadian Pediatric Society reaffirmed its view that there is no “sound medical rationale” for keeping kids with lice out of school. “I think that many people believe that as long as it’s being treated, that shouldn’t be a barrier to come to school for days at a time,” Bird said. “I

don’t anticipate it taking very long to start redrafting our own procedures.” The Toronto board’s shift is just the latest development in a long and heated public discussion over how to handle kids with lice, with some parents saying affected children should be kept away from school until the bugs are gone. Others say the risk of transmission is low and there is greater harm in depriving kids of an education while making them feel ashamed about having lice, which are most often spread by head-to-head contact. Boards across the country have different policies on the issue. Some, like Vancouver, follow local health officials’ guidelines naming lice a nuisance and have no restrictions while others, like Toronto for now, insist students be lice-free before they return to class. Boards in Calgary and Halifax don’t exclude students with lice, but encourage parents to treat their kids before

sending them back to the classroom. A spokesman for the English Montreal School Board said via email that the board has no policy, and schools have their own “systems” for handling the issue. “Sadly, it is something we can never say good-bye to,” wrote Michael Cohen in an email. The small, wingless insects live and feed on scalps by simultaneously sucking blood and injecting saliva. Females can produce five or six eggs a day for 30 days, with each in a shell that sticks to the hair shaft. Dawn Mucci, a mother of three and CEO of the lice removal company Lice Squad, has dealt with infestations on her own kids and says students with lice should be kept out of school to prevent the spread of the bloodsucking bugs. “Lice is frustrating, it’s annoying, it’s a stress, it takes time and energy to have to deal with it,” she said from her home in Innisfil, Ont.

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Parting gifts DAVID BOWIE AND THE SAD, INSPIRING HISTORY OF MAKING ART WHILE DYING BY GEOFF EDGERS ADVOCATE NEW SERVICES So how could we be so stupid? David Bowie has barely been seen in public, doesn’t do interviews, and then he puts out the video for a new song, Lazarus, in which he’s sickly thin, in a hospital bed, with his eyes covered. “Look up here, I’m in heaven,” he sings in the song’s opening. As fictitious movie producer Ben Geisler shouts in “Barton Fink,” “Wallace Beery! Wrestling picture! What do you need, a road map?” Except we made our deal with Bowie a long time ago. His gift for telling a story and inventing the characters and universe driving it — and our willingness to suspend disbelief — became our immutable pact. Why would we doubt him now? Images of death and destruction have been elemental in Bowie’s work, from his Ziggy and the Thin White Duke personas to his Outside and Heathen albums. If there was a time to worry, it was after his heart attack in 2004 and subsequent public withdrawal. Then our hero returned, out of nowhere, to make 2013’s The Next Day, a record strong enough to register with his best work, and followed on Jan. 8 with the adventurous Blackstar. Yes, Lazarus was about mortality, but what isn’t? The art of creation while dying. Famously heard, of course, in Mozart’s Requiem and the tender darkness of Franz Schubert’s Der Doppelganger. For me, there’s also the work that emerges when the artist may not know the end is near, work we explore while searching for clues into the elusive creative process. Was Coltrane, skronking as furiously as he could in the mid-1960s, aware at least subconsciously that the clock was ticking? Doris Lessing capturing her family history in the clunky but rewarding Alfred and Emily as her mind tests her. When I read Jack Kerouac’s Big Sur, sadness of this song while we were reI feel the melancholy of a man who has cording it,” bassist Tim Lefebvre wrote certainly resigned himself to a crein Rolling Stone magazine this week. ative death, even if the body won’t take “I would be unable to play it again its last breath for another seven years. today.” Big Sur is his last great book. It’s also Maybe so, but I can’t stop listening a kind of end. “Oh hell, I’m sick of life to it, in part-tribute, part fact-finding. — If I had any guts I’d drown myself in We remain a society obsessed with that tiresome water but that wouldn’t death, particularly when we can prebe getting over at all,” groans Jack Dutend it’s others, not us, who are facing luoz, Kerouac’s nom de plume. it. We sometimes use it to justify and The interpretation also can shift. excuse the deathbed product, whether Does the brilliant video of Johnny Glen Campbell, struggling with AlzCash’s cover of Hurt resonate more toheimer’s disease for a documentary day because, only seven months after created supposedly in the service of its filming, he would be gone? raising awareness, or Billie Holiday’s In Bowie’s case, we had the artist’s Last Recording and Michael Jackson’s declining to offer his insights upon the This Is It. album’s release. Some critics reported We search for clues in Elliott the new work was referencing the IsSmith’s From a Basement on the Hill, lamic State. (A spokesman eventually the album he was recording as he was dismissed that interpretation of the overtaken by depression. We don’t 10-minute-long title track. “Blackstar is have to search hard. “I’m through trynot about the Middle East situation.”) ing now, it’s a big relief,” Smith sings But there was certainly no sense that on The Last Hour. he would be gone so soon. Bowie, obviously, understood how “Ambiguous and spellbinding,” he wanted to be remembered —Alexis Petridis wrote in the Guardian through this art, not some Jeteresque on Jan. 7, three days before Bowie’s farewell tour — but that doesn’t mean death. “It’s a rich, deep and strange alhis was the only way out. bum that feels like Bowie moving restI still think of Warren Zevon’s final lessly forward, his eyes fixed ahead: act. The Werewolves of London singer, the position in which he’s always made diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer his greatest music.” in 2002, died as he had lived, with huThen he was gone. And Petridis mor, sarcasm and dysfunction. wrote another piece, about how the This was a man who wanted us to album’s meaning changed. Even feel everything, the rawness in the stuLazarus, meant as the title track in dio as he’s surrounded by friends, the the off-Broadway musical of the same frustration as the painkillers derail name that Bowie co-wrote, could no a session, the absurdity of the death longer be viewed as emerging from the watch, when suddenly everybody who production’s lead character. “Now it ignored him for years wanted a piece. feels suspiciously like Bowie writing In the documentary that aired about his own epitaph,” Petridis wrote. his struggle, we see Zevon in a limo Tony Visconti, the longtime producheading to do The Late Show With David er and friend, characterized Blackstar Letterman for the stunning episode in as “a parting gift” in a Facebook post which he would be the only guest. His after the news broke. manager tells Zevon that the New York“His death was not different from er magazine is now interested in dohis life — a work of art,” he wrote. ing a profile. (Now? Where were they In that spirit, Bowie reminded me of George Harrison, who soldiered away at his (also excellent) final album, “Brainwashed,” while privately battling his disease. Bowie told only a select few about his cancer and swore them to secrecy. Not even the musicians who played with him on “Blackstar” seemed to know his dire state. Now, like us, they find themselves reinterpreting Dollar Days, a song as beautiful musically or lyrically as anything he ever wrote. “If I never see the English evergreens I’m running to,” he sings over an acoustic guitar’s strums, “it’s nothing to me.” The song builds, driven by Donny McCaslin’s saxophone, as GREAT THINGS HAPPEN WHEN Bowie repeats “I’m trying to, I’m dying to.” “I felt the incredible

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ABOVE: Warren Zevon, left, during his final appearance on ‘Late Show With David Letterman,’ Oct. 30, 2002. Zevon, who had terminal lung cancer, was the only guest on the show. LEFT: David Bowie in the video for ‘Lazarus.’

when his last record came out?) “Too late,” Zevon says. “Too late.” This approach is nothing like Bowie, cool and mysterious and private to the end. Yet his “gift,” as Visconti so perfectly put it, was as generous as what we received from Oliver Sacks and Tuesdays with Morrie. These figures gave us their time when they had so precious little of it. For that, we should be grateful. All of Monday, I watched in awe at the flood of appreciation in my social media scrolls, from the usual suspects

(Mick Jagger and Iggy Pop) to the wholly unexpected. (Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi tweeted out the lyrics to Space Oddity.) That night, I called singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips after reading his moving Facebook post and realizing we had shared the same experience as so many others. We spent the weekend feasting on Blackstar — a new Bowie record! — and all of Monday in mourning and shock. I asked him about watching Lazarus. “The video was chilling, hard to watch in some ways before,” he said. “I haven’t watch it since. Our heroes, they carry us on their backs and they carry our dreams, and to see them facing down mortality,” he trailed off. I asked whether he would listen more to it and watch Lazarus again. Yes, he said. “Because that’s what those things are for,” Phillips said. “They’re medicine for this culture to confront these ugly realities and death is one of them.”

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Sylvan gets retail recommendations RETAIL GAP STUDY BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Revitalizing Sylvan Lake’s downtown means creating more “body heat,” says a retail gap analysis. Town council got its first look on Monday at the second phase of the retail analysis designed to identify future retail opportunities and locations. The plan builds on earlier work that pinpointed the best retailers to draw to lure visitors, as well as identifying shortcomings in services and businesses catering to locals. Richmond, B.C.-based Consultants MXD Development Strategists came up with almost a dozen recommendations for council to consider. In the waterfront district, incentives should be offered to encourage twoto-four-storey mixed-use residential developments to increase “body heat” in the area. A fast-track approval process could also be considered for the area, where municipal non-commercial or public space areas could be created. Other ideas include more scheduling of year-round activities, showcasing regional artists with live/work spaces; supporting outdoor patios, craft brewers and mobile vendors, and assessing what audience the town is missing out on.

The report points out successful efforts in Comox and Penticton, B.C. and Port Hope, Ont. in attracting visitors through vibrant restaurant sectors, farmers markets and other draws. Sylvan Mayor Sean McIntyre said the municipality and chamber of commerce have been working together on developing the waterfront and downtown identity. “Chiefly, our goal there is to attract our own residents to that zone as part of their daily lives, (although) of course, visitors have a large impact on that area as well,” said McIntyre. Mixing residential and commercial development is one strategy to boost the numbers of people on the ground to support restaurants, shops and other businesses. Many communities across North America are pursuing the same goal. “It comes from the knowledge that people like to shop and eat and spend their time near to where they work and live,” he added. “It’s not just a business initiative. It’s a community initiative. A healthy downtown contributes to a healthy community.” McIntyre said council’s goal is to create a “complete community,” where all sectors, residential, commercial, recreation, commercial and recreational meet local needs. Changes to bylaws affecting land use, development styles, and new initiatives, such as limited mobile vending, are already being adopted by

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Town of Sylvan Lake is trying to revitalize its downtown by making it a destination, not only for visitors, but local residents. A recently completed retail gap analysis recommends more mixed residential/commercial developments and other initiatives to create a vibrant town core. council with a view to supporting economic development. Government, the private sector and

residents must all be on board for these sorts of initiatives to be successful, he said.

Shaw to sell media arm to Corus BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Shaw Communications is selling its media division to Corus Entertainment for $2.65 billion, dividing the Shaw telecom empire into separate media and network companies as it moves to sharpen its focus. Analysts say the deal should help Shaw (TSX:SJR.B) fund its $1.6-billion purchase of Wind Mobile, announced in December, and positions the Calgary-based cable, Internet and satellite TV company to better compete with its rivals as it moves into the wireless market. The sale comes at a time when the Canadian media industry is facing an uncertain future as a looming CRTC-mandated change will give customers more control over which channels are included in their TV packages and traditional media faces increasing competition from digital alternatives. “With the previously announced acquisition of Wind and sale of Shaw Media, Shaw will be focused on delivering consumer and small business broadband communications supported by its best-in-class wireline, WiFi and wireless infrastructure,” Shaw Communications CEO Brad Shaw said in a statement. Corus (TSX:CJR.B) will add the Global Television network and 19 specialty channels including HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada and Showcase to its portfolio, which already includes a number of other specialty TV channels as well as a network of 39 radio stations and the Nelvana animation studio. Shaw Communications will become a large shareholder in Corus as a result of the deal, which involves both cash and shares. Both Corus, which was spun off from Shaw in 1999, and Shaw Communications, are controlled by the Shaw family. Edward Jones & Co. telecom analyst David Heger said Shaw’s media business, while still producing solid results, had less prospects for growth than its new wireless property.

Key things to know about Shaw’s deal to sell media division to Corus Entertainment

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Corus Entertainment’s headquarters is shown in Toronto on Wednesday. Shaw Communications is selling its media division to Corus Entertainment for $2.65 billion — a deal that will help fund Shaw’s purchase of Wind Mobile. “Corus can be the cash-cow media business, while the Shaw side is where they are, in the near term, making some investments with future revenue potential,” he said. In March, new CRTC rules come into effect that mean Canadian TV subscribers will be able to pick individual channels to add to their subscriptions on an a la carte basis, or in small packages that they design themselves. That could mean a lot less revenue for the less popular specialty channels, which have until now been supported by their inclusion in packaged bundles from the TV providers. At the same time, traditional media producers are facing increasing competition from online content and digital alternatives. “Now at least, if you’re Shaw, if nothing else people know they need a high-speed Internet connection to be watching TV online and you can get a piece of that,” Heger said. The sale of Shaw Media to Toronto-based Corus will move about $1.85 billion in cash to Shaw Communications, which will also receive about

71 million Corus shares representing about 39 per cent of the company. Euro Pacifica analyst Robert Goff said the cash value of the deal helps to answer concerns that arose about Shaw’s debt when the company said it would spend $1.6 billion on Wind Mobile. “From a Shaw perspective, it realizes a strategic realignment and generates proceeds to fund the acquisition of Wind Mobile,” he said. In a research note, Canaccord Genuity analyst Aravinda Galappatthige said the new money could help address the gap between Wind Mobile’s increasingly outdated 3G network and the 4G LTE offerings of its competitors. “With a less levered Shaw, it is possible that the company can now accelerate its wireless network upgrade plans for Wind and/or become more aggressive on the wireless subscriber acquisition front,” he said. The deal is expected to close by May 31, pending approval by regulators and Corus shareholders. The Wind deal is also expected to be closed by about the same time.

TORONTO — Shaw Communications has announced a $2.65-billion deal to sell its media division to Corus Entertainment, which was spun off from Shaw Communications in 1999. The combined company would own the Global Television Network, specialty channels including Showcase and DejaView, and the Canadian versions of international channels such as the Food Network, BBC Canada and HGTV. Here are key things to know about the deal: Why is one Shaw-controlled company selling to another? The Shaw family, which controls Shaw Media’s parent company, is also the controlling shareholder in Corus. The deal essentially consolidates the Shaw family’s various media properties under the Corus umbrella. With changes coming that will allow customers to select which individual channels they want to buy, and broader questions looming about the performance of the media industry in an increasingly digital world, it makes business sense to focus one company on distribution and the other on producing the content for distribution. Are there other reasons why this deal is happening? Shaw says it wants to sell its media assets in order to concentrate on its cable, fibre-optic and wireless networks. The deal would also help fund the company’s $1.6 billion purchase of upstart wireless carrier Wind Mobile, announced in December. Selling its media division puts Shaw’s focus squarely on the networks that underlie its Internet, television, home phone and mobile services. What difference will it make for TV viewers? The deal should have little impact for viewers, at least in the short term. Despite the multibillion-dollar price tag, the agreement doesn’t actually change much about Shaw Media’s ownership. Is pick and pay a factor? Beginning in March, TV customers will be able to pick individual channels to add to their subscriptions on an a la carte basis, or in small packages that they design themselves. That could mean a lot less revenue for the less popular specialty channels, which have until now been supported by their inclusion in packaged bundles from the TV providers.

Economic concerns following Morneau’s cross-Canada tour BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — No matter where Bill Morneau has taken his pre-budget road show, the economic storm clouds have gathered overhead. The federal finance minister’s cross-country tour to consult Canadians as he crafts his first budget has been overshadowed by the rapidly deteriorating economic situation. On Wednesday, the rookie minister’s circuit took him to Canada’s financial centre: downtown Toronto. But on top of focusing on the new Liberal government’s plans to help middle income Canadians and spur economic growth, Morneau has also had to explain what he’s called “considerable headwinds.” And he has acknowledged they have “no quick, easy fixes.” Canada’s commodity-heavy economy is suffering from a toxic combination of still-falling resources prices, mounting business and consumer pessimism and eroding fiscal conditions

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that are gnawing away at the government’s bottom line. “The challenges that we face today are real,” Morneau told a business crowd earlier this week in Montreal. In Toronto, he told reporters about the fiscal hurdles the Liberals found when they formed government. “The situation was more challenging than we expected,” Morneau said. The obstacles are mostly tied to tumbling crude oil prices, a key determinant of government revenues and overall economic health. Canada has been struggling since the late-2014 oil price shock, which forced the economy to contract over the first two quarters of 2015. In late November, Morneau released a fall fiscal update that based its calculations on private-sector projections calling for oil to average US$54 a barrel in 2016. The prediction seemed optimistic at the time oil was about US$40. This week, crude prices slid to near US$30 and some analysts have warned it could fall to US$20.

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“All in all, the message is that the outlook is much worse than what it was back in November,” said National Bank senior economist Krishen Rangasamy. “I think this is a major, major impact.” In a recent note to clients, Rangasamy pointed out that low oil prices have helped drive Canada’s terms of trade to their lowest mark in 12 years — and that’s before the most recent oil price slide is factored in. It’s even below where it was during the so-called “Great Recession” of 2009. Terms of trade compare the prices a country pays for imports versus how much it receives for exports. Falling terms of trade lead to lower government revenue growth, as measured by nominal gross domestic product, Rangasamy said. His National Bank colleague, Warren Lovely, estimated in an “admittedly simplified scenario” that even a one per cent drop in nominal GDP could cost the government $8 billion a year.

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Cogeco CEO opposes government restrictions of Internet services MONTREAL — Although he shares the frustrations about video on demand services like Netflix, Cogeco’s chief executive says he’s opposed to government intervention that could open the door to tighter supervision of the Internet. Several cable companies have accused the U.S. company of reaping significant revenues in Canada without paying taxes and investing in telecommunications infrastructure. “Our fear is that if governments intervene in what is allowed or not on the Internet, at some point we risk ending up with censorship,” Louis Audet said Wednesday prior to Cogeco’s annual meeting in Montreal. He likened the problem to the Quebec government’s requirement for companies to block access to online gaming sites other than those of its state-owned gaming agency Loto-Quebec.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 119.62 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 34.70 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.90 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.16 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.17 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.92 Cdn. National Railway . . 72.90 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 150.55 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 31.13 Capital Power Corp . . . . 16.89 Cervus Equipment Corp 13.25 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 43.63 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 42.82 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 17.44 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.23 General Motors Co. . . . . 30.49 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 21.78 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.73 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 39.51 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 31.49 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.10 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 4.37 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 44.26 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 107.00 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.38 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.50 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 63.41 MARKETS CLOSE The Canadian dollar closed below 70 cents U.S. Wednesday for the first time in nearly 13 years while the Toronto stock market registered another triple digit loss. The loonie finished the day at 69.71 cents U.S., down 0.43 of a cent since Tuesday’s close. The last time the Canadian dollar closed beneath the 70-cent U.S. mark was on April 30, 2003, when it was 69.76 cents U.S. Colin Cieszynski, chief market strategist at CMC Markets, says the 70-cent mark constitutes a “pretty significant psychological hurdle.” Cieszynski said the dollar’s decline has been motivated primarily by falling oil prices — and their potential implications for monetary policy. “There’s been a lot of growing speculation that the Bank of Canada’s governor (Stephen) Poloz could kick off 2016 with a rate cut the same way he did in 2015,” Cieszynski said. “There’s a lot of concerns that the falling oil price could lead to more layoffs in the oil sector and deepen the recession that we’re seeing in the oilpatch, so there is a growing possibility of that, although up until now he’s been more content to let the falling loonie do a lot of the stimulus work for him.” For the second day in a row, Finance Minister Bill Morneau found himself answering questions about the dollar’s nosedive. “I believe that there are opportunities with a lower dollar. There are also challenges,” he said in Toronto, where he held pre-budget consultations. “We will remain focused on that and consider that in our planning. It’s not something that’s in our control.” The S&P/TSX composite index lost 203.49 points at 12,170.41, marking its 10th losing day in 11 trading sessions since the Christmas break. The metals and mining sector was the biggest loser on the TSX,

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 23.13 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.36 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.92 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 18.44 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 11.53 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.94 First Quantum Minerals . . 3.32 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 15.99 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 3.55 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.40 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.14 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 22.52 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.560 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 3.80 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 15.04 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 22.82 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 39.25 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.17 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 13.58 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 24.72 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 24.72 Canyon Services Group. . 3.23 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 16.36 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1050 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 6.05 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.510 dropping more than three per cent. Industrials stocks lost roughly 2.7 per cent. The TSX has been hammered by plummeting crude prices and lacklustre economic data out of China in recent weeks. Since Christmas Eve it has lost 1,139.39 points, or about 8.6 per cent of its value. New York markets also took a turn for the worse after two days of gains that had put an end to a string of heavy losses. The Dow Jones plunged 364.81 points to 16,151.41, while the S&P500 shed 48.40 points to 1,890.28 and the Nasdaq declined 159.86 points to 4,526.06. “The bulls could only control the market for so long, and now the bears have been dominating,” Cieszynski said. “Who knows if at some point the bargain hunters might start to step in again?” On commodity markets, the February contract for benchmark crude finished the day four cents higher at US$30.48 a barrel, while February natural gas gained 1.2 cents to US$2.269 per mmBtu and February gold rose $1.90 to US$1,087.10 an ounce. In economic news, the U.S. Federal Reserve’s beige book, which contains anecdotal evidence of economic conditions, indicated “modest” economic growth in most regions. Cieszynski said the data suggests that the U.S. central bank is on track for further interest rate hikes. “But that’s a good thing,” he said. “It’s a sign that the economy is doing well, and that, in the long run, is positive for corporate earnings and should be good for stocks.” FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Wednesday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,170.41, down 203.49 points

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B.C. Supreme Court hands another setback to Northern Gateway pipeline BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — An alliance of First Nations is celebrating a British Columbia Supreme Court ruling that it says could set back the Northern Gateway pipeline by years and throw a wrench into another high-profile project review. The case was brought forward by the Gitga’at First Nation and Coastal First Nations, which represents nine aboriginal communities along B.C.’s northern and central coast, including the Gitg’aat. At the centre of the challenge was an equivalency agreement in which British Columbia gave the National Energy Board the power to review the controversial pipeline proposal. The court found the province “breached the honour of the Crown” by failing to consult with the Gitga’at and Coastal First Nations. That means the equivalency agreement is invalid and the province must make its own decision on Northern Gateway — after consulting with and accommodating First Nations along the route. “We’re now at the point where if Northern Gateway as a company wanted to move ahead, it would almost have to start over,” said Art Sterritt, a member of the Gitga’at who’s been a staunch opponent of Northern Gateway. Northern Gateway has had a federal permit in hand — with 209 conditions attached — since mid-2014, but the company has not officially committed to building the project. Instead, it has been looking to garner support from First Nations along the route. The ruling is the latest setback for the project, which aims to ship 525,000 barrels of oilsands crude a day to the port of Kitimat, B.C., for export to Asia. The federal Liberal government has said it wants to formalize a tanker ban on B.C.’s north coast — a move many say would essentially kill the project. Northern Gateway spokesman Ivan Giesbrecht said Enbridge remains committed and that the NEB’s review was one of the “most exhaustive” in

Canadian history. “Approval of the project falls within federal jurisdiction and this decision from the British Columbia Supreme Court does not change that approval or the project’s environmental assessment,” he said, adding the company would continue to work with all levels of government. Joseph Arvey, lead counsel for the petitioners, said it’s a “very significant” decision that goes beyond Northern Gateway. “The court said that the province abdicated, gave away its powers to the federal government over the Northern Gateway project when it entered into this so-called equivalency agreement with the NEB. But it entered into exactly the same equivalency agreement with the NEB on the Kinder Morgan project,” he said. The B.C. government said this week it could not support Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion, which would triple the amount of crude shipped from Alberta to the Vancouver area, because it hasn’t met its five conditions. “As far as I’m concerned, the province should congratulate us on this win even though they opposed us in the court,” said Arvey. “The court essentially provided the province with the legal backbone that it didn’t have up until this point.” B.C. Justice Minister Suzanne Anton said the province is reviewing the decision, but the interpretation so far is that the province won’t have to duplicate the entire review process. “Our reading of it is not that the judge is requiring us to do everything all over again. But what we do have to do is assess our B.C. requirement as per our B.C. statute and make sure that we’re complying with those requirements,” she said. Tara O’Donovan, a spokeswoman for the National Energy Board, declined to comment on what the ruling would mean for other projects under review. Sterritt, with the Gitga’at. said he’s been pleased with the shift in tone at the federal level when it comes to aboriginal engagement, and he’s hoping Wednesday’s ruling spurs a similar change in B.C.

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Bombardier overhauls sales agreements to resell cancelled business jets BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Bombardier is looking to reap higher profits by reselling US$1.75 billion worth of business jets whose orders were cancelled as part of an overhaul of its global sales efforts. The Montreal-based planemaker said Wednesday that the firm orders for 24 mainly larger planes and options to purchase 30 others were cancelled after it initiated a restructuring of sales agreements with some unidentified customers. The company also announced Wednesday that it will directly sell the Challenger and Global business jets to customers in the Middle East and North Africa after ending a nearly 40-year sales and distribution relationship with TAG Aeronautics. The work will be fully integrated into Bombardier’s five-member sales team based in the Middle East. Together, the strategic changes will result in a US$278-million pre-tax charge, about half of it non-cash, in the fourth quarter, the company said. “These are Bombardier-led decisions and a Bombardier-led strategy to

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Valeant interim CEO vows to regain investor trust by delivering growth MONTREAL — The interim CEO of Valeant Pharmaceuticals says a longterm partnership with U.S. drug store chain Walgreens is among initiatives that will help restore faith in the embattled drugmaker. Howard Schiller told a J.P. Morgan health-care conference in San Francisco that the Quebec-based company is

fundamentally change how we sell and produce business aircraft to make sure that we increase our profitability by 2020,” spokesman Mark Masluch said in an interview. Division president David Coleal added in a news release that Bombardier’s sales team was “well equipped to increase our position in the marketplace.” “Ultimately, we expect our current industry-leading backlog to become even stronger,” he said. Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) vowed in November to make strategic changes to deliver a financial turnaround by 2020. It expects overall revenues will grow five to six per cent annually to exceed US$25 billion by 2020, with earning margins more than doubling to between seven and eight per cent. Bombardier has been making adjustments as its financial position has been strained by the over budget and delayed CSeries commercial jet program. It has also cut about 1,750 jobs due to a slowdown in the production of Global aircraft and cancelled its Learjet 85 program. committed to delivering strong results and steady growth. “We are going to regain your trust and confidence and soon we’ll be talking about the fundamentals of this business instead of some of the other challenges we’ve had recently,” he said during a webcast of the conference. Schiller, the company’s former chief financial officer, was appointed last week as interim CEO while Michael Pearson is on medical leave recovering from acute pneumonia. Schiller said the company will roll out a 20-year partnership with Walgreens on Friday that aims to reduce drug prices and cut health-care system costs.

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Dr. Thomas Spray, left, chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at The Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital of Philadelphia trains and is assisted by Dr. Camille Hancock Friesen, Chief Paediatric cardiac surgeon at IWK Halifax hospital as he performs the Norwood Procedure on 3D model newborn heart with hypoplastic left heart syndrome at the Hospital for Sick Children, in Toronto, on Jan. 8. Doctors from all over the world did a hands-on surgical training for congenital heart disease surgery with 3D print models.

do that in the operating room is going to be very difficult because you have a patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life at stake,â&#x20AC;? says Spray, chief of cardiothoracic surgery at the U.S. hospital. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So being able to work on a true representation of what we see clinically is very valuable for training people in how to put these things together without any problems. Then they can take that to the operating room.â&#x20AC;? While the resin currently used is superior to earlier 3D-printing materials,

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where they will be further mentored in the clinical setting. Some of them will be in developing countries where this is going to be their responsibility, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here to advance their skills and ability to provide for their patients.â&#x20AC;? With such highly intricate surgery, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the consequences are dire if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get it exactly right this is a way to practise it when the consequences are not dire,â&#x20AC;? Arsdell says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not quite right, we can advise the trainees or they can modify without having any problems for a real patient.â&#x20AC;? Dr. Juan Roberto Contreras of Temuco, Chile, says he does cardiac surgery only in adults but wants to expand his practice to children in the coming years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think this is a really good option, because initially when we are students we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the opportunity for making this operation in my country,â&#x20AC;? he says, working on a model with the hallmarks of a particularly complex congenital abnormality. That sentiment is echoed by Dr. Ala Alwan, who has travelled to Toronto from Baghdad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great opportunity to do these procedures on these models because we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have such models in our country, and we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do such procedures because they are very complicated.â&#x20AC;? Alwan refers to Van Arsdell and other teachers at the session â&#x20AC;&#x201D; among them, Dr. Thomas Spray of the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital of Philadelphia â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as giants in the field of pediatric heart surgery. Spray, who demonstrated one of the most technically challenging surgeries, says the beauty of 3D-printed models is that they represent the heart of an actual patient, with anatomy that matches what doctors would confront in the operating room. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously training somebody to

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TORONTO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The pediatric surgeons hover over a tiny heart, gently retracting delicate inner structures and attaching a graft with impossibly intricate stitches to repair a congenital defect that would mean certain death within days of birth. But this heart isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t inside the chest cavity of a newborn itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a 3D-printed model being used at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto to train cardiac surgeons from around the world in some of the most complex operations they will ever perform during their careers. About a dozen trainees â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from Canada and such countries as Norway, Oman, Mexico and the United States â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have come to watch master surgeons demonstrate the highly complicated techniques used to repair a number of congenital heart abnormalities and to safely practise those skills on models of their own. Three-dimensional copies have been created of five hearts from real infants with cardiac anomalies using a high-tech 3D-printer, which almost perfectly reproduces the organâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s structure using a photopolymer resin, based on sophisticated MRI and CT imaging. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each of the models represents a very specific form of disease that is very different,â&#x20AC;? says Dr. Glen Van Arsdell, chief of cardiovascular surgery at Sick Kids. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can look at the model and tell you what the diagnosis is.â&#x20AC;? The 3D-printed hearts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some orange, others whitish in colour â&#x20AC;&#x201D; were produced by Dr. Shi-Joon Yoo, a cardiac radiologist at the hospital. Depending on its size, a duplicate of a childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart can take anywhere from four to 12 hours to produce, as layer upon layer of the resin is built up, he says. While the current cost is somewhat prohibitive - estimated at about $2,000 per model â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Yoo says the technology means hundreds of copies can be printed after imaging a single childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart to demonstrate a particular defect. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anybody can practise on the same structure, so that is the real value of that.â&#x20AC;? Van Arsdell says the trainees have come to Toronto to learn procedures that would typically take years to learn by watching and assisting senior surgeons before they would be allowed to perform the operation on their own. For some, such expertise isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t available in their home countries. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So this is a way of doing that in a much more rapid fashion.â&#x20AC;? Some of the operations would never have been done before by these surgeons, he says, adding that the teaching session provides mentoring in an environment that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t jeopardize patient health. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of them will go into positions

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MCINTOSH Doreen 1945 - 2015 Mrs. Doreen McIntosh of Red Deer, Alberta passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, December 19, 2015 at the age of 70 years. Doreen was born on May 25, 1945 at Penticton, British Columbia and grew up in Keremeos, British Columbia. Doreen loved horses, and also fostered cats and kittens for the Alley Cats Rescue Society of Red Deer. She also enjoyed her handiwork of tatting; and loved taking a drive through the mountains. Doreen will be lovingly remembered by her son, James McIntosh and her daughter, Ranita McIntosh, both of Red Deer and her grandson, Bryton McIntosh; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She will also be sadly missed by her two brothers, Ron (Shirl) Barcelo and Len Barcelo; and three sisters, Bea (Bob) Fraser, Sharon Metke and Irene Barcelo. Doreen was predeceased by her husband, Melvin McIntosh, mother, Bernice Gibbs, father, Philip Barcelo and a brother, Robert Barcelo. A Memorial Service will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Doreen’s honor may be made directly to the Alley Cats Rescue Society of Red Deer by e-transfer to alleycatsrescue@hotmail.com or by dropping off at either Doggy Doo’s and Kitties Too, or the Parkland Veterinary Clinic of Red Deer. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

SANCHE Omer 1941 - 2016 Omer J. Sanche passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at the age of 74 years. He was born on a farm outside of Marcelin, Saskatchewan on May 24, 1941. Omer is survived by his loving wife of fifty-three years, Mary R. Sanche (Houcher); his two loving daughters, Gwen Sanche (Randy O’ Connor) and Sandra Sanche; his grandchildren, Brandie-Lee Bowman (Derek Tkachuck), Daniel Steiger (May West), Michael Leek; his great grandchildren, Evan Steiger, Isabella and Autumn Bowman; his brothers, Robert Sanche (Anna-Lynn) and Ernest Sanche; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Omer and Mary met in Red Deer Alberta, January of 1962. They fell in love the moment they laid eyes on each other and were married just a short six months later on July 7, 1962. He had a love of the outdoors, which he shared with his family while enjoying the trailer out west “The Boundary”. He enjoyed fishing, camping, hiking, boating and sitting by the campfire. Please feel free to join the family in Celebrating Omer’s Life at the Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 - 67A Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, January 15, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Omer’s honor may be made directly to the Alberta Lung Association at www.ab.lung.ca. The family would like to thank the nurses and staff of the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, Unit 22 for the wonderful care he received. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

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HOLBROOK James Richard “J.R.” passed peacefully on December 27, 2015 at the age of 80. He was born on June 10, 1935 in Calgary, but later the family moved to Sylvan Lake, Alberta which is where he called home early in life. His work rode the rails. He started his railway career in 1949 on a section crew with the C.P.R., but later on with Canadian National Railways, and became a Locomotive Engineer. He spent over 35 years “earning his miles” before retiring in 1990. His hobby, Country Music, was reflected in his vast record collection, playing guitar in a band at a local pub or realizing his dream of seeing Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee. He also visited Holbrook, Arizona. J.R. is predeceased by his father Perry Richard Holbrook, mother Emma Alice Holbrook, sister Laverne, sister Sandra and granddaughter Jennifer Marie. He is survived by his former wife Rose, sons Michael (Laurie), Patrick (Jennifer) and Robert, five grandkids and six great-grandkids, brothers Perry and Donald, sister Mavis and many nieces and nephews. No Service will be held. After cremation J.R. will be laid to rest in Sylvan Lake. A family remembrance may be held at a later date. Special Thanks for the exceptional care afforded to him during his last months by the staff of Blueberry Ward at Overlander Residential Care in Kamloops. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to O.R.C. or the Canadian Cancer Society in J.R.’s name. Arrangements entrusted to Schoening Funeral Service, Kamloops.

HOLMEN Eileen Lillian Eileen passed away peacefully on January 7, 2016 at the age of 80 years in the Rimbey long term care. Eileen was born in Red Deer and was raised in the Hespero area. She met the love of her life while they were working together on a farm near Bentley. They were married in 1954 and lived in Bentley, Edmonton and then moving to Eckville for most of their married life. Eileen loved crafting, painting, crocheting, knitting, pictures, and lots of quilting in her later years. She loved family and friends and community groups. With bad health issues slowing her down she moved to the Eckville Manor for 4 years then to Rimbey Care Centre for the last couple of years. She will be lovingly remembered by son Clark (Lorraine) from Eckville, son Glen from Rocky Mountain House, daughter Diane (Marvin) from Eckville. Grandchildren Toni (Mike) Red Deer, Jason (Jenn) Blackfalds, Jesse (Lindsay) Eckville, Kyle (Sarah) Eckville, Nathan (Vanessa) Saskatchewan, Justin of Calgary. Great grandchildren: Jackson, Brooke, Brett, Jaxon, Lucy, Adalynn, Bensen and Airya. Eileen is also survived by two sisters: Lucille of Fairview, and Maralyn of Rocky Mountain House, brothers: Lyle (Barb) and Grant (Linda) both of Red Deer as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Eileen was predeceased by her husband Melvin in 2003 granddaughter Camille Dawn Eliuk, her parents Angus and Lillian McFadden. A Celebration of Eileen’s life will be held on Friday, January 15, 2016 at 2:00 PM at the Eckville Community Center. Cremation entrusted to the Rocky Mountain Crematorium, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations in Eileen’s name may be made to the St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, 5120 - 49 Street Eckville, Alberta T0M 0X0. Condolences may be forwarded to www.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca. SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements. 403-887-2151

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Iran releases U.S. Navy sailors BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — It turned out to be the international crisis that wasn’t. Less than a day after 10 U.S. Navy sailors were detained in Iran when their boats drifted into Iranian waters, they and their vessels were back safely Wednesday with the American fleet. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry tapped the personal relationship he has formed with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif in the three years of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, speaking with him at least five times by telephone. Kerry credited the quick resolution to the “critical role diplomacy plays in keeping our country secure and strong.” U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter thanked Kerry after the sailors’ release and couched the incident in humanitarian terms, noting that “the U.S. Navy routinely provides assistance to foreign sailors in distress.” For Tehran, the Americans’ swift release was a way to neutralize a potential new flashpoint days before it was expected to meet the terms of last summer’s nuclear deal, which will give Iran significant relief from painful economic sanctions. It is likely that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all matters of state, would have had to approve the release, given the immense political sensitivities. But the rapid resolution also was a victory for moderate President Hassan Rouhani, who has promoted greater openness with the outside world despite strident opposition from deeply entrenched hard-liners at home. “Rouhani’s policy of interaction is working,” said Iranian political analyst Saeed Leilaz. “Iran and the U.S. have gone a long way in reducing ten-

sions but still have a long way to go in improving their contacts. It was a big step forward.” The nine men and one woman were detained Tuesday after at least one of their boats suffered mechanical problems off of Farsi Island, an outpost in the middle of the Persian Gulf that has been used as a base for Revolutionary Guard speedboats since the 1980s. The Americans’ small Riverine boats were sailing between Kuwait and Bahrain on a training mission when the U.S. lost contact. The sailors left the island at 3:43 a.m. EST Wednesday aboard their boats, the Navy said. They were picked up by Navy aircraft, and other sailors took control of the vessels for the return voyage to Bahrain, where the U.S. 5th Fleet is based. Cmdr. Kevin Stephens, a 5th Fleet spokesman, said the priority now would be determining “how exactly these sailors found themselves in Iran.” He declined to say where they were going or give details on their identities, but a senior defence official said they were heading to a U.S. military facility in Qatar. The official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, said they are being debriefed and getting medical exams but were not harmed. In Washington, a defence official said the Navy has ruled out engine or propulsion failure as the reason the boats entered Iranian waters. Navigation problems, due either to human or mechanical failure, could not be ruled out, said the official, who was not authorized to discuss details of the incident and so spoke on condition of anonymity. The sailors were part of Riverine Squadron 1, based in San Diego, U.S. officials said. When the U.S. lost contact with the boats, ships attached to the USS Harry S Truman aircraft car-

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This frame grab from a Tuesday video by the Iranian state-run IRIB News Agency, shows detention of American Navy sailors by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the Persian Gulf, Iran. The 10 U.S. Navy sailors detained by Iran after their two small boats allegedly drifted into Iranian territorial waters around one of Iran’s Persian Gulf islands a day earlier have been freed, the United States and Iran said Wednesday. rier strike group began a search, as did aircraft from the Truman. The officials also spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the incident publicly. The Revolutionary Guard released images of the U.S. sailors before their release, showing them sitting on the floor of a room. They looked mostly bored or annoyed, although one ap-

Avalanche in French Alps hit high school group killing at least two THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — A deadly avalanche hit a high school group skiing in the French Alps on Wednesday, killing two students and a Ukrainian skier and seriously injuring three others, officials said. French President Francois Hollande said mountain emergency services with sniffer dogs and a helicopter were engaged in a rescue operation at the Deux Alpes ski resort, 33 kilometres (20 miles) southeast of Grenoble. Officials say the avalanche hit 10 students and a teacher from the Lycee St. Exupery school in Lyon. A telephone crisis centre has been set up for relatives and friends at the school, which serves over 2,000 middle school and high school students. Local officials did not give any information on

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Bomb attack at police station dozens hurt ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish media reports say Kurdish rebels have exploded a car bomb at a police station then attacked it with rocket launchers and firearms, injuring 39 people, including civilians. The state-run Anadolu Agency said the police station in the town of Cinar, in the mostly-Kurdish Diyarbakir province, came under attack on Thursday. The force of the blast destroyed part of the station’s wall. The nearby police lodgings were also attacked. Anadolu said at least 13 people were hurt, but the private Dogan news agency put the injury toll at 39. Another police station was also attacked with rocket launchers in Midyat town, in province of Mardin. No casualties were reported there. Fighting between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK and the security forces reignited in July, shattering a fragile peace process.

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Self-driving cars still need a human touch GOOGLE SAYS SELF-DRIVING CARS NEEDED SOME OLD-FASHIONED HUMAN INTERVENTION TO AVOID 11 CRASHES DURING TESTING BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Google’s futuristic self-driving cars needed some old-fashioned human intervention to avoid 11 crashes during testing on California roads, the company revealed Tuesday, results it says are encouraging but show the technology has yet to reach the goal of not needing someone behind the wheel. With Google’s fleet logging tens of thousands of miles each month, the 11 instances would be the equivalent of a car having one event every three years, based on how much the average vehicle is driven in the U.S. There were another 272 cases in which failures of the cars’ software or onboard sensors forced the person who must be in the front seat — just in case — to grab the wheel during roughly a year of testing. Though Google did not release detailed scenarios, the problems included issues with the self-driving cars seeing traffic lights, yielding to pedestrians or committing traffic violations. There were also cases where intervention was needed because other drivers were reckless, and several dozen instances of an “unwanted manoeuvr” by Google’s car. “There’s none where it was like, ‘Holy cow, we just avoided a big wreck,”’ said Chris Urmson, who heads Google’s self-driving car project. During this phase of testing, Google cars usually stay below 35 mph, although they also drive on highways. “We’re seeing lots of improvement. But it’s not quite ready yet,” Urmson said. “That’s exactly why we test our vehicles with a steering wheel and pedals.” Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina who closely follows self-driving car developments, said the rate of potential collisions was “not terribly high, but certainly not trivial.” He said it remains difficult to gauge how Google’s cars compare to accident rates among human drivers, since even the best data underreport minor collisions that are never reported to authorities. While the problem rate is “impressively low,” a trained safety driver should remain in the front seat, said Raj Rajkumar, an engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon University who specializes in self-driving cars. According to data in Google’s report, a driver typically took control within one second of the car asking for help. John Simpson, a frequent critic of Google who focuses on privacy issues for the non-profit group Con-

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In this May 13, 2015 photo, riders enter the Google’s new self-driving prototype car for a ride during a demonstration at Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. The self-driving cars needed some old-fashioned human intervention to avoid some crashes during testing on California roads, the company revealed Tuesday, results it says are encouraging but show the technology has yet to reach the goal of not needing someone behind the wheel. sumer Watchdog, said the report “underscores the need for a driver behind the steering wheel capable of taking control of the robot car.” Google has argued to California regulators that once the company concludes the cars are ready for the public to use, they should not need a steering wheel or pedals because human intervention would actually make them less safe. “It’s unfathomable that Google is pushing back” on the need for a wheel and pedals, Simpson said. Seven companies with permission to test self-driving prototypes on California roads were required to report to the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles instances in which drivers had to take over due to technology problems or safety concerns. The Associated Press has filed a public records act request for all the reports the DMV has not formally replied and did not reply to a request for comment Tuesday. Google released its report before the agency, or the other companies, in what it described as an effort to be transparent about its safety record. The company had lobbied against having to report “disengagements” from self-driving mode, saying the data could be misinterpreted.

In all, Google reported 341 total safety-related disengagements during 424,000 miles of testing, which took place mostly in neighbourhoods near Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters or on the streets of Austin, Texas. Google ran 49 cars between September 2014, when California began formally allowing prototype testing in public, and the end of November. With the average vehicle travelling about 12,000 miles each year, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, a Google car required human intervention for one reason or another the equivalent of about 10 times per driving year. That rate has improved in recent months, according to Google data. Urmson cautioned that the rate might again rise as Google subjects the cars to more challenging environments and weather conditions. Google said its cars would have been responsible in eight of the 11 avoided accidents, according to computer modeling the company performed later. In two other cases, its cars would have hit a traffic cone. Google cars have been involved in nine collisions since September 2014. In each case, the other car was responsible, according to an analysis by researchers at Virginia Tech University.

CBS unveiling new technology for Super Bowl broadcast BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PASADENA, Calif. — The Super Bowl is turning 50, although the game played next month on America’s informal national holiday will hardly be showing its age because of new gadgetry CBS Sports is debuting. A replay system will give viewers a 360-degree perspective and higher resolution than previously ever seen for the game. Thirty-six cameras strung around the upper deck of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, can freeze the moment and revolve around the play before continuing to show the scene. Viewers on Feb. 7 will be able to check out the quarterback’s view from the pocket to other players’ perspectives on the field, and it can be animated, too. “We tried it on a couple regular-season games and it looks remarkable,” CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus said Tuesday at a gathering of TV critics. For the first time in a Super Bowl, CBS will use eight custom-moulded pylons that house 16 cameras to film the goal lines and sidelines of both teams. The cameras also will have microphones embedded in them to enhance the game’s natural sound. They were used in the College Football Playoff championship Monday. The new technology could even influence the game. The officials are able to use any replays a network shows when they review a play. During the game, the network will use the NFL’s Next Gen stats that track how fast and far players run over the course of the day and matchup-based statistics between players. CBS Sports is changing its logo for the first time in 35 years and updating its on-air graphics to debut during Super Bowl week. Gayle King of “CBS This Morning” will conduct a live interview with President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as part of the coverage. McManus said planning for the event’s landmark anniversary began five days after last year’s game ended. CBS will be airing its 19th Super Bowl, the most of any network. “We’re pumped up about it,” he said. “We can’t wait for Super Bowl Sunday.” During game week at 8 p.m. nightly, CBS will air one-minute updates from either San Francisco or Santa Clara. On game day, the network will air seven hours of programming using four sets: one on Market Street in downtown San Francisco and three from the stadium in Santa Clara (one outside near the tailgating area, one on the field and the main hosts on a concourse overlooking the field). “We know the appetite is insatiable when it comes to football,” pregame host James Brown said. The game has grown dramatically since the first one Jan. 15, 1967, from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Back then, there was a scant 30 minutes of pregame programming, one marching band at halftime, 11 cameras, two production trucks and “Lassie” aired directly afterward. Besides this year’s massive pregame hype, British band Coldplay and Beyonce will perform at halftime, there will be 70 game cameras, 12 production trucks and the coveted post-game slot goes to “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Jack Whitaker was part of the announcing team for the first game, calling it “this first meeting ever between the American Football League and National Football League.” The term Super Bowl had yet to be popularized. “It’s not like it is today, but we thought it would be a very important game,” said Whitaker, who at 91 is the only surviving member of the original four-man broadcast team that included Ray Scott, Frank Gifford and Pat Summerall. CBS and NBC both carried the game, with Scott calling the first half and Whitaker handling the second. Whitaker recalled that NBC got caught in commercial when the second half began, so the teams re-did the kickoff. The atmosphere around the big game has grown accordingly, too. Phil Simms, who will call this year’s game with Jim Nantz, remembered his first Super Bowl as a

quarterback at the Rose Bowl in 1987. “One of my linemen was crying and another was throwing up. That doesn’t happen anymore,” he said. “Today’s players are so used to being on the stage, they can’t wait to get on the stage. That’s why we see such exciting plays and such great moments.”

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OUTDOORS

THURSDAY, JAN. 14, 2016

Season for winter escapes In December the season started for people planning escapes from Alberta when even a soft winter starts to get too long and gloomy. This year more reader – visitors than ever before have been asking for help and destination suggestions. A common theme is just getting away to where there is some good fishing to be had, because their recent Alberta fishing seasons have been busts and are getting worse. My travelling BOB and fishing days SCAMMELL are over, but I keep up with OUTDOORS destinations and issues, mostly in the pages of The Angling Report, (subscriptions: www.anglingreport.com), a newsletter “Serving the angler who travels,” published in Washington, DC. This is arguably the best such newsletter there is, largely subscriber-written about trips they have recently taken to destinations everywhere in the wide word of angling. Editor and publisher, Don Causey, writes on what’s new, trends, controversies, and often issues, travel advisories, warnings, and tips. In the past few years Causey has been reporting on a trend toward unguided, do it yourself saltwater fly fishing particularly for bonefish in the Caribbean. There is even a very helpful and interesting book, “Do It Yourself Bonefishing,” by Rod Hamilton (available from Amazon) that has led to Don Causey’s reports of guide violence and vandalism by native guides in the Bahamas toward DIY bone fisherman. Now AR is reporting on the probable settlement of the Bahamas situation, but guide activism against DIY angling starting to break out in Mexico. Since the softening of US Cuban relations and the minor easing of the US embargo, there are now more Americans jumping through the remaining legal loopholes hoops to travel to Cuba and spend their big bucks on what is arguably the world’s best salt water fly fishing, particularly for bonefish, tarpon, and the very challenging permit. If I were still able, I’d be making reservations now for one more trip to Cuba before the tsunami of Americans anglers arrives, driving everything, including prices, into orbit. But this time I’d try DIY, and go unguided. In fact, I’d lure Herself on one of those bargain, beach – front luxury hotel trips thousands of Canadians take to Cuba every winter, and happily wear the mandatory color – coded hospital paper bracelet. But I’d pack travel (fit in a suitcase) salt water fly and spinning outfits and wander with them down the beach, away from the sunburners, until I spot-

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Angler and guide hunting bonefish on a Cuban flat. ted fish, or a likely flat. Half a dozen friends have done that and did well, once they started spotting bonefish for themselves, instead of by an osprey – eyed guide. What I’d particularly be peering for is permit, never even having hooked one, although I had many shots in Belize and thought I’d clumsily blown them all, until my guide, Nesto, diplomatically pacified my mind by assuring me “they were just busy being permits.” A somewhat similar “new” hot destination in conjunction with the cliché Hawaii beach holiday is to Molokai for giant bonefish, but you’d need a guide for this one, because it is little known and different from the usual flats fishing; the water often being much deeper and the currents tricky. There are new hotspots for fresh water anglers seeking salmonids, standard and different. Iceland is a prime

destination for some of the best Atlantic salmon fishing left in the world, plus sea – run brown trout. Some anglers are taking advantage of Iceland air’s three day stopovers in Iceland en route elsewhere in Europe to get in a couple of days of excellent fishing. In the last two years, Mongolia has started looming large as a top fishing destination for fishing for taimen, the world’s largest trout species. lenok, a large sub species of the brown trout, and the large yellow – tail grayling. My old fishing buddy and Red Deer River fishing guide, Dwayne Schafers, has been twice to Mongolia because the first trip completely hooked him, including the Mongolian guides’ use of ponies for the inflatable drift boat shuttles. “Getting to know Canada” trips are popular, particularly to the Maritimes, where there is still some great fishing to be found. I’d love to return to New-

foundland where, 50 years ago, I took brook trout galore, eels, and my first two Atlantic salmon. En route I’d have to fish again the gorgeous Margaree River in Cape Breton which gave me my life – time largest Atlantic salmon, a 20 lbs. hen after about my 10,000th cast. We’d stay at the absolutely addictive Normaway Inn at Margaree Valley with the superb porch dining room, where they’d come and get restive kids and take them lawn bowling, playing croquet, etc., while the folks finished the wine and a superb meal, until dessert was served and the children were returned. Maybe we’d have to take the grandchildren to see if they still perform that civilized service. Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

How to find the freshest produce in the supermarket remove leaves that have started to spoil making the items more salable. Vegetables with finer leaves such as lettuce have a shorter shelf life that does thicker leaves such as kale. Herbs can be kept fresh through refrigeration and misting. Leaves that rest in water rot. Carrots and radishes can be purchased with or without leaves. The fresher the leaf, the fresher the vegetable. Once the top starts to wilt, it should be removed as it will take energy from the root. Root crops last a long time in proper storage which is usually reflected in the price. Bagged carrots are often Canadian produce. They are dug, washed, packaged and stored under optimum conditions in the fall then shipped to warehouses when sold. Home grown carrots will last up to six months if cleaned, bagged and excess moisture is periodically removed. Potatoes that are sold locally are usually a product of Canada. They are stored by the grower or packer until. Potatoes last longer when stored in a cool dark location. Unfortunately potatoes are a low end item and are usually stored at room temperature. Check the color of potatoes before purchasing. Potatoes that are exposed to light turn green and are taste bitter. At this time of year, apples are either from Canadian or American orchards. The freshness of the produce is determined by how long they have been out of storage. The less time the better the taste and texture of the fruit. Plastic bag closures often contain the bagging or packing date. When choosing loose apples, pick the cooler ones as they have been recently been placed on the shelves. Leave all fruit that have bruises or cuts. Pears are picked before they are ripe and stored resulting in fruit that travels well. Once out of storage they ripen quickly. The skin on ripe pears bruises and tears easily. The variety of produce available

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LIFESTYLE

THURSDAY, JAN. 14, 2016

Unemployed wife leaves house messy Dear Annie: My wife and I have been married for 30 years and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had the same problem all of that time. She doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an outside job, but she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do much around the house, either. She doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t clean and rarely cooks. It is always up to me to tidy up. I am forever picking up stuff, clearing piles of papers KATHY MITCHELL and eating mostAND MARCY SUGAR ly store-bought ANNIEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MAILBOX meals. After a day at work, I would like to relax a bit. But I cannot tolerate this type of messy, dirty atmosphere. It upsets me and I lose my temper. This has been going on for our entire

marriage and nothing changes. When I raise my voice, I am blamed for having a temper and made out to be the bad guy, and around and around we go. What can I do? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Going Mad in Canada Dear Mad: This type of issue should be addressed early in a marriage, before the behavior comes entrenched and resentment builds. After 30 years of enabling, you are delusional if you expect your wife to suddenly turn into a housekeeper. Losing your temper obviously isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t working. Instead, find ways to cope. Can you hire cleaning help so that the house stays mostly tidy? We also recommend that you stop making an issue of it. Instead, say nothing. Cook your own meals, clean your own dishes, wash your own clothes, and if your wife objects, tell her as sweetly as possible that she is welcome to do the same. Dear Annie: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heartbroken in Californiaâ&#x20AC;? needs to run for her life. No

amount of counseling is going to help a guy who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see that his kids are tyrants. I married a man who has a rude teenage daughter. This kid can flip a switch. She is nasty to me and then becomes a little angel the second my husband walks in the door. When I come home from work, she wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even acknowledge me. Of course, I am not allowed to say anything about her rude behavior, or question his constant spoiling of this ungrateful brat. Tell â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heartbrokenâ&#x20AC;? to get out while she can. Moving in wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fix anything. We tried counseling until we finally began addressing her awful behavior and she whined that she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to go. We couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t force her, so we got nowhere and now I just deal with it. I have tried to be nice, but it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work. My husband wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do anything about it, because he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see it. My best response now is to just ignore her, as sad as that sounds. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Frustrated in Oregon

Dear Oregon: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too bad that your stepdaughter has chosen to ruin what could be a solid mother-daughter relationship, and that your husband prefers to keep his blinders on. We hope the daughter grows up enough to be tolerable and that your husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other qualities make up for the frustration. Several readers suggested that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heartbrokenâ&#x20AC;? surreptitiously record her stepdaughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bullying and then play it back for the husband. That might open his eyes, but we arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t convinced that it will change his attitude toward his child. Annieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com, or write to: Annieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/AskAnnies.

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