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Arsenal seized in drug bust

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF An attempted armed robbery at a Calgary pawn shop on Jan. 5 led to a major seizure of guns, ammunition and drugs from two residences and a vehicle in Calgary, a Red Deer apartment, and two hotel rooms in Gasoline Alley.

Nine guns along with 12,159 rounds of ammunition, $14,400 cash, and almost 400grams of drugs with a street value of about $39,000 were seized as a result of the joint investigation by Calgary MARTIN SCHIAVETTA Police Service and Red Deer and area RCMP with Central Alberta’s Priority Crimes Task Force.

So far a Red Deer man and a Calgary man face 21 charges in connection with the drug trafficking ring. “We believe the individuals who were charged are associated with an organized crime group that was in the process of transitioning from a street level group to a mid-level organized crime group that had an influence not only in the Calgary area but Central Alberta,� said Calgary Police Service Staff Sgt. Martin Schiavetta, during a press conference at Red Deer RCMP’s downtown detachment on Monday. “We know through our investigation, which remains ongoing, that this group had ties to organized criminals in British Columbia.�

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From the left, Cpl. Bob Schultz, and RCMP Superintendent Scott Tod, centre, and Calgary Police Service Staff Sgt. Martin Schiavetta present evidence from a recent bust during a press conference in Red Deer on Monday.

Council approves vision for land north of Hwy 11A

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Plans are taking shape to map the future of Red Deer.

Council stamped its approval on the long-term vision for land use north of

Hwy 11A, the 1,300 hectare-area annexed from the county in 2009.

Mayor Tara Veer said the high level conceptual plan that allows the city to take a step forward to develop but leaves some options open for the future. She said it fulfills a long-standing community vision while balancing

north and south development.

The planning document guides future development with proposed sequencing, population density, general location of public utilities and major transportation routes in the plan area.

Please see COUNCIL on Page A2

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Mary Stephan joins Benson Aimes in a milk jug igloo located in the library at G.W. Smith Elementary School in Red Deer on Monday. Students at the school are learning about the Inuit and Arctic and Antarctic animals. The igloo is made of about 472 milk jugs to give students a quite place to do their research.

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Dispute over root beer led to assault: victim

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Three RCMP officers are on trial for allegedly assaulting a man in Sylvan Lake for carrying an open bottle of root beer.

Levi Desjarlais said he was beaten, pepper sprayed and kneed in the crotch while walking to his friend’s hotel room on Aug. 20, 2011.

Testifying in Red Deer provincial court on Monday, he said it started when one officer pulled his van onto the sidewalk where he and his girlfriend, at the time, Melissa Collard were walking. Desjarlais was carrying a bottle of Stewart’s Root Beer with him.

The officer, Desjarlais identified as Const. Drew Burchett, 50, asked to see the bottle Desjarlais was carrying. Desjarlais assured him it was root beer, but Burchett took possession of the bottle and inspected it.

Burchett, Cpl. Kevin Halwa, 42, and Cpl. Dean Purka, 41, are all charged with assault for their part in the incident.

Collard said Burchett inspected it thoroughly, even sniffed it. Burchett then told Desjarlais it was an alcoholic beverage.

Desjarlais told the court on Monday that he wasn’t drinking that night and doesn’t drink at all. Though, he did see how someone could mistake the bottle for a beer bottle.

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City weighs changes to industrial zoning in Riverside

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Change may be on the way for Red Deer’s first planned industrial park.

A zoning review is currently underway for the Riverside Light Industrial Area to determine if the existing I1 Industrial (Business Service) District is the right fit for the area.

The city’s third largest industrial district is bound

by Gaetz Avenue on the west, Riverside Drive on the south and east and 67th Street in the north.

Senior planner Christi Fidek presented the report to council on Monday.

Fidek said the city has received several inquiries over the years for land uses that were not permitted under the current land use district.

Fidek said administration will now review and consider limited C4 Commercial (Major Arterial) uses as discretionary uses along 48th Avenue and Riverside Drive, south of 61 Street. Minor changes to various existing land-use definitions will also be considered.

Following the review and consultations, a proposed land use bylaw amendment regarding the C4 Commercial (Major arterial) uses in Riverside Light Industrial will be brought to council in four to six months pending no hiccups.

Permitted uses under C4 include commercial recreation facility, commercial service facility, restaurant while discretionary issues may include drinking establishments, funeral homes and hotels, motels and hostels.

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BUST: Speaks to level of violence He said the number of weapons and ammunition found speaks to the level of violence these groups were willing to go.

In 2015, Calgary police and local RCMP partnered to investigate suspects involved in drug activity in both jurisdictions.

Calgary police started their investigation in March after a tip from the public about ongoing drug activity with connections to the Red Deer area.

Coincidentally, the Central Alberta task force, made up of officers from Red Deer RCMP General Investigative Section, Sylvan Lake, Innisfail and Blackfalds RCMP detachments, started its own investigation into drug activity regarding the same suspects as Calgary police in October.

In November, the two police forces combined their information and efforts with the assistance of Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT).

Task force members focused on two of the suspects who lived in Red Deer and Calgary and were extremely active in drug trafficking and violent crimes in the Red Deer area from October to the end of December.

The investigation progressed when Calgary police responded to an attempted armed robbery at the Calgary pawn shop. Suspects fled in a stolen vehicle that police believed was connected to the trafficking investigation.

Suspects were observed abandoning the vehicle and fleeing in another which was stopped during a high-risk vehicle stop in Calgary. Two suspects from the vehicle were taken into custody.

Over the next few days following the arrests, police searched a vehicle in Calgary, three residences including an apartment at 475 Lancaster Dr. in Red Deer, and two Gasoline Alley hotel rooms.

Items seized from the Red Deer area included a military-grade vest with a ceramic plate to protect against high power guns.

Red Deer RCMP Cpl. Bob Schultz said it made him wonder what caliber guns the drug trafficking ring possessed. It was also alarming that more types of ammunition were seized than guns that used them.

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A Zamboni floods the ice as preparations proceed for the start of a shortened NHL season at the Saddledome in Calgary. Alberta’s municipal affairs minister says she’s not inclined to use taxpayer money for a new professional sports complex in Calgary, but she’s not closing the door either.

Danielle Larivee says she wants to see how the numbers and projections play out on the project.

‘I’m watching it with interest and waiting to see if they decide it’s a more viable project going ahead, and we”ll see what they ask for,’ Larivee said Monday. ‘As the specifics come to light, then we can talk about it. I don’t know that I’m leaning really strongly in that direction (to contribute public money), but I have not shut the door on that.’

But tips from the public can help police seize significant amounts of ammunition and weapons like this, he said.

“The good thing is when we make a dent like this, they’re set back and they have to start over again. To collect this kind of arsenal, this amount of ammo, it takes a long time,” Schultz said.

Drugs seized from Calgary and Red Deer area included 203.2 grams of methamphetamine, with an estimated street value of $20,320; 181.1 grams of powder cocaine valued at $18,100; 4.7 grams of crack cocaine worth $470; and 75 millilitres of GHB. Larger amounts of drugs were found in Calgary, with smaller packages ready for distribution seized in Red Deer.

Other seized items included a .22 caliber Archangel assault rifle and two sawed-off shot guns, a loaded 410 caliber revolver, several knives and a collapsible baton.

Three portable concrete saws stolen from the Calgary area were also seized in Red Deer.

Red Deer RCMP Sup. Scott Tod said the variety of items seized — drugs to weapons to property — and the reach of organized crime showed the importance of police collaboration.

“Organized crime groups don’t stick to a particular jurisdiction. They move. Not only do they move and work in different jurisdictions, you can see they work in different commodities,” Tod said.

Shawn Barry Steier, 30, of Red Deer, was charged with two counts of robbery, two counts of pointing a firearm, one count of possession of stolen property over $5,000, two counts of knowing possession of an unlicensed weapon, one count of unlawfully at large, and one count of having a face masked or disguised during an offence.

Wayant Donald Chapin, 37, of Calgary, was charged with two counts of robbery, one count of possession of stolen property over $5,000, two counts of possession of an unlicensed weapon, one count of possession of property obtained by crime, one count of possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, one count of possession of crystal meth for the purpose of trafficking, one count of possession of body armor without a valid permit, one count of driving an uninsured motor vehicle on a highway, and two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

Steier and Chapin will appear in provincial court on Jan. 29. It was not yet known if it will be at court in Red Deer or Calgary.

Charges are pending against a 55-year-old Red Deer woman. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

COUNCIL: Address community challenges “When you look at the opportunities and challenges in the area, there are few areas in Red Deer’s boundaries that present as much potential and as much as challenge within close proximity,” said Veer.

“We have a responsibility as a community to be ready when the city returns to a growth cycle. Red Deer has been caught historically and ran out of prime industrial land and we are still suffering the consequences of it … We must be ready for our future.”

Veer said the plan has substantial potential with Hazlett Lake as a community amenity but significant restraints around flood fringes, landfills, existing development and inherited development approvals from the county.

She said it will also resolve unaddressed community challenges such as transportation, servicing challenges and noise issues. It also allows the city to protect the watershed and provide recreational activity in the Northeast and extend the park system.

Coun. Ken Johnston said it is a good plan but there will be challenges ahead around water infrastructure, water supply, three landfills, flooding risk around development, railway, wetlands, noise, access roads, industrial and residential compatibility.

Coun. Tanya Handley said it is important to keep the conversations open with the residents and landowners in the area as the city moves ahead with the high-level plan. She said most questions will be answered in the detailed planning phases.

Roughly 30 turned out for a public hearing to mostly listen before the vote.

The majority of the questions were related to the next planning steps – developing the multi-neighbourhood plan – such as compensation for land owners for roadways, phasing and setbacks near Hazlett Lake.

The next step in the planning process is to develop a multi-neighbourhood plan which would involve all the landowners around Hazlett Lake.

The public will have many opportunities to provide feedback as the area develops.

Visit www.reddeer.ca for more information on the North of Hwy 11A Major Area Structure Plan. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s Finance Minister Joe Ceci says Alberta’s core spending plan remains in place despite another blow Monday to the province’s credit outlook. “The important programs and services that Albertans rely on and that we ran on, we believe it’s important to keep those in place,� Ceci told reporters at Government House. “When it comes to infrastructure spending and stimulus, we believe we’re on the right track.�

Ceci was responding to the bond rating agency Moody’s announcing Monday it is shifting its outlook for Alberta to negative from stable while retaining the province’s triple-A rating.

In December, the rating agency Standard and Poors downgraded Alberta’s rating to double-A-plus from triple-A. The outlooks impact the credit-worthiness of a borrower and can make it more expensive to take on loans.

Moody’s, in a news release, said the change reflects that oil prices, the engine of Alberta’s economy, continue to tumble. “The negative outlook for the province of Alberta reflects the rising risk that the province’s fiscal position will deteriorate further than previously expected in an environment of protracted low oil prices and deterioration of economic activity,� said Moody’s. “Moody’s forecasts that revenue shortfalls stemming not only from direct natural resource royalties but also from the broad economic impact of the slump in the oil sector will lead to larger deficits in the short- and medium-term than those budgeted by the province.� “This will translate into higher debt burdens and a faster draw on reserves than previously anticipated.�

Oil prices that now are hovering under US$30 a barrel for the benchmark West Texas Intermediate have hit the province hard. This year’s budget calls for a deficit of $6.1 billion and thousands of oilpatch workers have been laid off.

Ceci said there are positives in the report. “They have affirmed our triple-A credit rating, so that is great,� he said. “They have put us on a watch, which really just is a result of oil and where that’s at and its impact on our economy.�

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ZONING: City will consider all uses The city will consider all uses but some would not be appropriate in the area, said Fidek.

The district currently provides a variety of light industrial including warehouse/distribution, repair/ servicing and contracting.

Properties to be considered for commercial uses will be contacted further.

The industrial park is unique to other industrial parks as it has smaller lots and lots usually contain more than one business.

On the same lines, council gave first reading to a bylaw change that expands the industrial support service definition to include information technology support, financial services, and other uses determined by the Development Authority.

A public hearing on the proposed definition change is scheduled for Feb.16. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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BuildForce Canada is forecasting the construction sector in Alberta will not bounce back until 2020.

The “skills gap� will be exacerbated by the retirement of thousands of baby boomers by the end of the decade, Sparks said.

Province tells Catholic school trustees to ‘sort themselves out’ on LGBTQ issue

Court documents suggest RCMP’s physical evidence against Travis Vader

EDMONTON — Alberta’s Education Minister David Eggen says Edmonton Catholic School Board trustees need to “sort themselves out� when it comes to their conflicting actions on drafting a plan to help gay and transgender students. “We’re trying to have policy across the province line up with the letter of the law, and so that’s the responsibility of the trustees and the boards,� Eggen said Monday outside Government House. “The vast majority of Albertans want equality and justice for all students, including those with different gender identities. “(The trustees) need to sort themselves out and make sure they are doing the job that they are elected and paid to do.�

The Edmonton Catholic board is one of 61 boards across Alberta charged by the province with drafting a policy to make schools safe and welcoming to LGBTQ students, as mandated under Alberta’s School Act. The boards must submit draft policies to the province for review by March 31.

To assist the boards, Eggen’s department dispatched last week 12 guidelines for the policies.

EDMONTON — A beer can, a ruby ring and a cellphone make up the major physical evidence that RCMP believe they have against Travis Vader, accused of killing an elderly couple in July 2010, according to newly released court documents.

Media reports on CBC, CTV and Global say the information came from notes taken during meetings between the Crown and the RCMP. The documents became public Monday when a judge granted a request from several news organizations to lift a publication ban.

The documents have not been presented or proven in court, nor have the allegations been proven in court.

But they show RCMP believed they found Vader’s fingerprint and DNA on a beer can inside the burned-out remains of Lyle and Marie McCann’s SUV. Police also believed Vader had used a cellphone belonging to Lyle and Marie McCann on the day they disappeared in July 2010, suggest the documents.

They also reveal that a man told police Vader had given him a ruby ring that belonged to the McCanns.

Province could face skilled labour shortage EDMONTON — Alberta could face a shortage of skilled labour despite layoffs in the oilpatch unless companies and governments keep training new workers, an industry group warns.

BuildForce Canada is projecting a loss of 31,000 construction jobs due to the downturn in the oilsands over the next four years, with many of those people heading to other provinces. “A skills vacuum is a real risk with the exodus of interprovincial workers within and outside the resource industry,�

Rosemary Sparks, the group’s executive director, said Monday.

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ASSAULT: Peppersprayed in face Desjarlais told Collard to go to their friend’s room. She left, but it didn’t dawn on her until she got into the hotel’s hallway. A crying and hysterical Collard told them that Desjarlais was in trouble. His friends and family in the room rushed down to the street and told the officers to stop what they were doing.

Back up was called and Desjarlais continued to have a disagreement with officers on scene on whether it was beer or root beer.

Desjarlais said an officer poured out some of his root beer and that’s when the officers agreed that it was root beer.

Desjarlais was kicked in the back of the knees in an attempt to ‘slew foot’ him. He was told to get on the ground.

Desjarlais was also pepper-sprayed in the face.

He said he couldn’t breath and was laying on the ground when he was hand cuffed.

He struggled to get back to his feet because he couldn’t breathe, so the officers helped him up and tried to guide him into a van.

The whole time Desjarlais asked repeatedly why he was being arrested and what he was being charged with. The response was obstruction.

Nearby, Ron Kraemer was tending to a barbecue for a work function in Sylvan Lake that day. He and members of his group saw what had happened and went over to see the commotion. Kraemer’s colleagues echoed Desjarlais’ friends saying what the police did wasn’t right. “It started out handled badly and it went south from there,� said Kraemer.

Two officers, each grabbing an arm, walked him over to a recently arrived police car and told him to get in the car. In the process, Desjarlais said one officer grabbed his groin and said in his ear “get into the car.�

Desjarlais was then kneed in the groin and placed in the back of the car.

He was taken to the Sylvan Lake RCMP detachment, where he was held for 10 to 15 minutes, before he was released. He signed a piece of paper saying he was charged with obstruction and resisting arrest.

The charges weren’t pursued.

Trial continues today with testimony from the police officer who investigated the incident. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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From tragedy rose Amber Alert On Jan. 13, 1996, nine-year-old Am- witness to step forward. “When she ber Rene Hagerman and her five-year- screamed, I figured the police ought to old brother Ricky hopped on their know, so I called them.” bikes and pedalled to an abandoned Kevil described the truck as being grocery store parking lot a block away dark, possibly black. The abductor was from their home in Arlington, TX. white or Hispanic.

Yes, a perfect afternoon U.S. crime reporter for a bike ride. Perfect unRobert A. Waters wrote: til something went horri“Shortly after Amber went bly wrong. Ricky returned missing, a caller to a Dalhome early while Amber las radio station asked a continued enjoying her simple question: ‘why can’t bike ride. Four days later law enforcement (authoriher naked body was found ties) team with the media in a drainage ditch eight to quickly provide informakilometres away. She had tion to the public when a been abducted and raped. child is abducted?’”

A coroner’s report said she The idea caught on, had been kept alive by her wrote Waters, “and Amber captor for two days and Alert was born.”

RICK died when her throat was In its formative stagZEMANEK slashed. es, the alert was initially OPINION This “parent’s worst called The Dallas Amnightmare” 20 years ago last ber Alert. From there Wednesday spawned what it went state-wide, then we now know as the Amber Alert Sys- North-America wide, then around the tem, a crime-fighting tool to protect world. Besides Canada and the U.S., one of our most vulnerable members there are currently Amber Alert sysof society — our precious children. Its tems in 16 EU countries. Television, goal is to dispatch information to the print media and radio stations are public quickly by engaging all forms of quick to respond in posting an Amber the media in the search when a child Alert. Social media has also joined goes missing. the search teams through Facebook, “I saw (Amber) riding up and Twitter and those text messaging over down,” said the then 78-year-old retir- cellphones. Every corner of this planee Jim Kevil, who watched events un- et is now covered when a child goes fold that fateful afternoon in 1996 from missing. his nearby backyard.

Canada’s involvement began in De“She was by herself. I saw this pick- cember 2002, when Alberta launched up. He pulled up, jumped out and the first province-wide system. By 2005, grabbed her,” said Kevil, the only key the program was in use in all 10 prov-

inces. As of this past December, the three territories had not yet joined.

It’s impossible to comprehend how helpless parents must feel when one of their children go missing. Understandably they heap guilt upon themselves, and repeatedly ask themselves “what if, what if?”

It’s been said: “Sometimes things happen for a reason.” But Amber’s mom Donna finds little relief in that old saying. “It’s a shame my daughter had to be butchered and had to go through what she went through for us to have the Amber Alert, but I know she would be proud of it,” Donna said in a recent interview with Yahoo News national reporter Jason Sickles. “It’s bittersweet,” she said of the warning system. “There’s another part of me that wonders what would have happened if we would have had the alert when Amber went missing. Could it have helped bring her back to me?”

Sickles, who covered the case from Day 1, said he was drawn to tears during the interview when Amber’s mom asked him: “How can (the killer) get away with this. I can’t comprehend how you can’t catch someone like that.”

After 7,000 leads in the case, all ending on a cold trail, police pouring over the 54 cardboard storage boxes containing files from the investigation, authorities are equally frustrated.

They’re adamant somebody besides Kevil saw something, but nobody’s talking.

Interestingly, at the time of the 4 p.m. abduction, a self-service laundry

in the same parking lot was reportedly full of customers. But police believe many were in the country illegally and left when patrol cars started arriving.

A $75,000 reward was subsequently posted with the promise nobody would be deported. Nothing materialized.

“There’s a possibility that someone knows something and just hasn’t come forward for some reason,” said Arlington detective Ben Lopez. “I certainly hope that’s the case.”

Experts say abductions by strangers are rare. They are also among the most difficult cases to solve. Most are domestic-related or “somebody knows somebody who knows somebody who did something.”

Take the most recent case of an Amber Alert in Alberta, for example. On Dec. 23 in Fort Saskatchewan a man called RCMP to report his wife went missing from their home with their three children. The next day, police posted an Amber Alert, saying there was concern about the health of the mother, and the medical needs of a least one child. The mother, for undisclosed reasons, took the children to Calgary where she learned of the alert, and called police. No charges were laid.

Amber’s mom says counselling has “helped a little,” but she still struggles. “There’s a part of me that wants to be happy. But then there’s a part of me that says I can’t, that I shouldn’t be happy,” she said.

“I miss her a lot.”

Rick Zemanek is a former Red Deer Advocate editor

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Examining the Arab Spring five years later Five years ago this month, the “Arab Spring” got only lasting success was in Tunisia. Egypt and Bahunderway with the non-violent overthrow of Tuni- rain are back under autocratic rule, and Yemen and sia’s long-ruling dictator, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Syria are both being devastated by civil wars and He dared not order the army to open fire on the large-scale foreign military intervention. Libya is demonstrators (because it might not obey), he was also being torn by civil war (although the revolution running out of money, and eventually he flew off to there was never non-violent).

Saudi Arabia to seek asylum.

You can hardly blame people for trying to get rid In an Arab world where satellite teleof the old regimes – they were pretty awvision broadcasts and social media had ful – but beyond Tunisia the endings were effectively destroyed the power of the uniformly bloody and tragic. Was there censors, practically everybody else spent some systemic reason for this, or was it the four weeks of civil protest in Tunisa just a lot of bad luck? There is great retensely watching what the Tunisians were luctance to pursue this question, because doing. When the Tunisian revolutionaries people are afraid that the answer has won, similar non-violent demonstrations something to do with the nature of Arab demanding democracy immediately broke society or Islamic culture. They shouldn’t out in half a dozen other Arab countries. worry.

It felt like huge change was on the way, Islam is not incompatible with democbecause the world had got used to the racy. Indonesia, the most populous Musidea that non-violent revolutions spread lim country, had a non-violent democratic irresistibly, and usually win in the end. revolution in 1998 and continues to be GYNNE The ground-breaking “People Power” a thriving democracy today. Turkey has DYER revolution in the Philippines in 1986, for been democratic for decades, although example, was followed in the next three Recep Tayyib Erdogan, the current presOPINION years in Asia by non-violent democratiident, is doing great damage to the counzation in South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand try’s democratic institutions. Pakistan and Bangladesh, and failed attempts at non-violent and Bangladesh are both democracies, although revolution in Burma and China. turbulent ones.

Similarly in eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin These four countries alone account for almost Wall and the collapse of the Communist regime in half the world’s Muslims. In the Arab world democEast Germany in 1989 was followed by non-violent racy is a much scarcer commodity, but it does exist, democratization in all the Soviet-dominated “sat- most notably in Tunisia itself. Several other Arab ellite” countries by the end of the year. The Soviet countries, like Jordan and Morocco, have a signifiUnion itself broke up in 1991, and some of its com- cant democratic element in their politics, although ponent parts also became democratic. Non-violence the king retains much power. was a magic potion, and people assumed that it was So what went wrong with the “Arab Spring?” In bound to work in the Arab world too. the case of Bahrain, the problem was that the majorThey were wrong. The non-violent movements ity of the population is Shia, but the ruling family is demanding democracy spread just as fast, but their Sunni and saw the democratic movement as an Irani-

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an plot. Neighbouring Saudi Arabia saw it the same way, and sent the Saudi army in to crush the “plot.”

Yemen was a lost cause from the start, since there was already an incipient civil war in the country.

Now it’s a full-scale war, with foreign military intervention by a Saudi-led coalition that includes half the countries in the Arab world, and the non-violent protestors are busy hiding from the bombs.

Syria was a hard case since the Ba’athist regime, in power for more than 40 years, had accumulated a great many enemies. The Alawite (Shia) minority who dominated the regime were terrified that they would suffer from revenge-taking if they lost power, and were willing to fight to the last ditch to keep power.

But it is also true that Turkey and Saudi Arabia, and later the United States as well, encouraged an armed uprising in Syria that undercut the entire non-violent movement. It probably wouldn’t have succeeded anyway, but it really didn’t get tried. And in Egypt, the non-violent revolution actually won.

The victory didn’t last long. The Muslim Brotherhood won the election in 2012, and the urban, secular minority who had made the revolution panicked.

They asked the army to intervene, and the army was happy to oblige — so now the army runs the country again, after a massacre of non-violent Muslim Brotherhood protesters in 2013 that was probably worse than the slaughter on Tienanmen Square in 1989.

Egypt is by far the biggest country in the Arab world. If it had not thrown its democracy away, about a third of the world’s Arabs would be living in a democracy today. It was very bad luck, but non-violent revolution is still a viable technique — and democracy is still just as suitable for Arabs as it is for Poles, Peruvians or Pakistanis. It’s just going to take a little longer than we thought in 2011.

Gwynne Dyer is a freelance Canadian journalist living in London.

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Deaths strengthen resolve to fight terror PROVINCE MOURNS SEVEN QUEBECERS KILLED IN TERROR ATTACKS LATE LAST WEEK

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS QUEBEC — Nothing can explain barbaric attacks on people who were simply working to build a better world, Premier Philippe Couillard said Monday, referring to the seven Quebecers killed in recent terror attacks.

A Montreal-area man died Thursday in Jakarta while six people from the Quebec City area were slain during a siege in Ouagadougou late Friday.

The premier said the fight against terrorists must continue, all without compromising core values of freedom, democracy and tolerance.

“These actions also strengthen our resolve to fight these barbarians with all our strength, alongside our allies,” Couillard said, adding the attacks were a stark reminder that violence that seemed so distant in the past can touch people at home.

“We live in a troubled world,” he said. “Smaller too. Everything is now so close to us.”

Flags were lowered to half-mast at the provincial legislature in honour of the seven.

Tahar Amer-Ouali, 70, a father of five and a hearing-aid specialist, was killed in Jakarta in an attack by militants tied to the Islamic State group, while six Quebecers on a humanitarian mission were killed in Burkina Faso’s capital during a terrorist attack carried out by al-Qaida.

Four of the dead were from the same family: Yves Carrier, his wife Gladys Chamberland, their adult son Charlelie Carrier and Yves’ adult daughter, Maude Carrier.

The others who died were their friends, Louis Chabot and Suzanne Bernier.

They were among at least 28 people killed when terrorists stormed a hotel and cafe in the African country’s capital of Ouagadougou.

Couillard said there’s a feeling of helplessness in the face of such heinous, gratuitous acts.

“Nothing can explain that one attacks the people who contribute by dedicating themselves to building

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A woman puts a note on a makeshift memorial in honour of Yves Carrier, his son Charlelie Carrier, daughter Maude Carrier and wife Gladys Chamberland who died in a terrorist attack in Burkina Faso, Monday at the Carrier home in Lac-Beauport, Que. a better world,” Couillard said.

“This attack against them is also an attack on us all.”

Four of the six killed in Burkina Faso were previous or current employees of a Quebec City school board, where friends and colleagues of the victims were struggling to deal with their deaths.

Classes were cancelled Monday for students at Jean-de-Brebeuf and Cardinal Roy high schools, both part of the Commission scolaire de la Capitale school board in Quebec City.

Erick Parent, the board’s secretary-general, told a news conference that support was being offered to friends and colleagues of the victims.

While there were no classes, doors remained open to students. A dozen psychologists were also on hand to help staff deal with their grief and prepare to respond to students in the coming days.

“It’s a tragedy,” he said. “What we must do is support our employees, and also our students, who are affected by the hundreds through the teachers they’ve frequented in recent years.”

He said the board’s 5,000 employees and 28,000 students will hold a minute of silence on Tuesday before classes begin.

“I think things will have to be handled delicately,” Parent said of the discussions to follow.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Tom Mulcair found himself fending off questions about his political future Monday ahead of his party’s two-day caucus retreat in Montebello, Que. Mulcair insisted he remains fully motivated as leader, even though the memory of last October’s devastating election result — which reduced the NDP to third-party status in the House of Commons — is still fresh.

“I’m energized after the break and excited to get to work with our caucus as we prepare for the next session — the real first session of this new Parliament,” Mulcair told a news conference in Ottawa.

“I got into politics to fight the inequality and the injustices that I’ve witnessed my entire life. That’s what still drives me and inspires me today.”

The NDP is taking an aggressive approach to issues such as the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal as it searches for a way to challenge the new government while restoring the faith of its left-leaning political base.

Although he’s been NDP leader since March 2012, Mulcair rose to prominence in the Commons at the height of the Mike Duffy scandal, using his prosecutorial style to press then-prime minister Stephen Harper during question period.

Now that Harper is no longer prime minister, Mul-

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NDP Leader Tom Mulcair holds a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Monday. cair and the NDP need to once again find their feet.

“It has been three months (since the election), almost to the day,” said Mulcair. “I am going to continue that hard work, taking nothing for granted.”

Report critical of Veterans Affairs buried

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Veterans Affairs was told almost a year ago it has all the tools needed to make significant improvements in lives of soldiers as they return to civilian life, but the department has yet to act on recommendations of that independent report.

Hitachi Consulting Government Solutions delivered a draft report last March, but a spokeswoman for the department says the document has yet to be finalized, even though its findings are germane to a joint investigation being conducted by the veteran and military watchdogs.

Veterans ombudsman Guy Parent says he’s not seen the draft, let alone a final version of the report, but wants one.

Many advocates believe the issue of transition is critical to addressing both an increasing number of suicides and rising homelessness among former soldiers and RCMP members.

But spokeswoman Janice Summerby says the preliminary report’s recommendations don’t differ significantly from what the auditor general and the House of Commons veterans committee have said and that the department is already taking steps, including hiring more frontline staff.

However, Hitachi Consulting notes in the report itself that it was hired in September 2014 to evaluate whether Veterans Affairs was making the transition to civilian life as seamless as possible in light of what was said by the committee and other reports.

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ASSISTED DYING

Work on response begins

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s patchwork of federal, provincial and territorial governments will be a challenge for the senators and MPs tasked with forging a response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on doctor-assisted death.

That’s just one of the warnings delivered Monday to the committee of lawmakers that has been assembled by the federal Liberal government to wrestle with the divisive question of how — or even if — to legislate the right to die.

The Canadian landscape differs from other jurisdictions that have already explored the issue of doctor-assisted death, Justice Department lawyer Joanne Klineberg testified.

Here, the practice and delivery of health care is regulated and policed by the provinces and territories, while criminal law is under federal jurisdiction, Klineberg said.

“In all the other places, it is one level of government that makes all the decisions and really administers the regime,” Klineberg told the committee during Monday’s inaugural hearing.

“I think a very big challenge will be deciding which are the aspects of a physician-assisted dying regime that are best dealt with at the federal criminal level and which are the elements that are best dealt with at the provincial level.”

Vancouver, Ottawa ask for break on refugees

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Two cities, Vancouver and Ottawa, are taking a break from accepting any more government-assisted Syrian refugees as agencies in both cities try to work through housing bottlenecks.

A surge of arrivals in the last month filled temporary housing to capacity and the settlement groups responsible say they need time to move people into permanent homes before they can accept any new cases.

The director of settlement for the Immigrant Services Society of B.C. says the pause in Vancouver will last five days, beginning Tuesday. Even though the group added 700 beds to its housing stock, it is still taking time to find permanent homes, Chris Friesen said.

“Nobody is stuck in an airport for a week or something like that,” he said.

“Overseas, what it means is either they will put them on later flights or they may (send) them to new centres that have current capacity just to keep the flow going,” he said.

Friesen said it also took more time than expected for the federal Immigration Department to process the cheques newcomers use to pay for their first homes and other needs.

In Ottawa, officials had been gearing up for large numbers of privately sponsored refugees but what came first was the influx of government-assisted ones, filling the available beds.

A delay in accepting new government-assisted refugees could last as long as a week.

“The timing just needs to be spread out a bit, it’s just been this huge influx over a two-week period,” said Leslie Emory, the executive director of the Ottawa Immigrant Community Services Organization.

The pause only applies to government-assisted refugees, those whose costs are covered entirely by the federal government.

Upon arrival in Canada, they are sent to one of 36 cities that have resettlement agreements with the government.

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A car burns behind a police officer after a riot broke out after the Vancouver Canucks were defeated by the Boston Bruins in the NHL Stanley Cup Final in Vancouver, B.C. It cost almost $5 million to process hundreds of people through the justice system after the Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver five years ago.

Costly justice: Stanley Cup riot cost $5M to prosecute

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA — Prosecutors spent almost $5 million bringing hundreds of people to justice for participating in Vancouver’s 2011 Stanley Cup riot, says a new report by the B.C. government.

The report released Monday by Joyce DeWitt-Van Oosten, assistant deputy attorney general, gives the public a “behind-the-scenes look” at how the cases proceeded through the court system.

It is also intended to answer public questions about why it took the Criminal Justice Branch as long as it did to proceed with charges and prosecutions.

In fact, as of January, the prosecutions were “very close to completion,” said DeWitt-Van Oosten.

“The scope of the 2011 Vancouver riot was unprecedented in Canada,” she said. “The breadth of the riot investigation and prosecution based on photographic evidence was also without precedent.”

The five-hour riot erupted June 15, 2011, moments before the Vancouver Canucks lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final to the Boston Bruins.

Rioters damaged or destroyed 112 businesses and 122 vehicles, said DeWitt-Van Oosten, adding there were 52 assaults reported against police, emergency personnel and civilians.

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Canadian man detained in UAE pleads not guilty to three terror-related charges A Canadian man detained for more than a year in the United Arab Emirates has pleaded not guilty to three terror-related charges on the first day of his long-awaited trial.

Salim Alaradi’s lawyer says his client learned Monday he was charged with funding terrorist organizations, supporting terrorist organizations, and co-operating with terrorist organizations.

Paul Champ says two specific groups — the February 17 Brigades and the Libyan Dawn — were named.

Alaradi’s family and lawyers had previously received no explanation

STANLEY CUP RIOT BY THE NUMBERS VICTORIA — Here are some numbers from a report released Monday by the British Columbia government’s criminal justice branch about the Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver in 2011: 55,000 — People who gathered in the public viewing areas on the streets of Vancouver’s downtown core to watch Vancouver lose Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final to the Boston Bruins.

928 — Police officers who brought the melee under control after rioters smashed windows, set fires and looted.

107 — Members of the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Service, and B.C. Ambulance Service who helped put out the fires or attend to 92 calls for ambulance service. $3.7 million — Total estimated financial loss including $2.7 million to businesses,

$540,000 to civilians and $525,000 for cost to the city, ambulance service and St. Paul’s Hospital. $4.97 million — Additional funding given to the branch for extraordinary costs of the prosecution.

2,200 — Statements taken from victims, witnesses, property owners and employees.

912 — Charges laid against 300 alleged rioters.

284 — Accused who pleaded guilty.

10 — People who chose to face charges at trial.

9 — Accused who were convicted after deciding to fight riot charges at trial.

17 per cent — Rioters charged who had criminal records.

Businesses and civilians suffered losses estimated at $2.7 million and $540,000, respectively, while the City of Vancouver, B.C. Ambulance Service and St. Paul’s Hospital lost $525,000.

DeWitt-Van Oosten said police created an integrated investigation team that collected evidence totalling 5,500 hours of video and more than 29,700 photos.

She said 51 analysts and investigators at a lab in Indianapolis, Ind., spent more than 4,000 hours process-

ing the video, but police also set up a website so members of the public could identify suspects.

The Criminal Justice Branch had to create a riot-prosecution team that was originally composed of a leader, three lawyers and an administrative assistance but soon grew by three more lawyers and two administrative assistants.

She said the team’s total expenditures were $4,976,765.

from U.A.E. authorities for his continued detention and there have been allegations he has been tortured behind bars.

Champ says neither he nor Alaradi’s nephew were allowed to attend Monday’s hearing at the State Security Chamber of the U.A.E. Federal Supreme Court.

But the Champ says Canada’s ambassador was able to observe, as were two U.S. diplomats, since Alaradi is being tried with two Americans.

The case has been adjourned to Feb. 15, Champ said in an email.

Emails read in court show Sgt. Bill Kalkat asked undercover officers how they planned to avoid potential legal issues months before John Nuttall and Amanda Korody were arrested for plotting to blow up the B.C. legislature in 2013.

Nuttall and Korody were found guilty of terrorism charges last June, but the convictions have not been entered while defence lawyers argue that police entrapped their clients in a sting.

Crown lawyer Peter Eccles asked Kalkat when he began thinking about entrapment and abuse of process as possible issues.

“Late February, early March (of 2013),” Kalkat replied, adding that such issues are always a concern for investigators when a crime has not yet been committed.

The senior officer also told court that he faced some challenges with the undercover team investigating Nuttall and trying to determine whether he posed a threat to public safety.

Top cop in terror case concerned about having experienced officers: court VANCOUVER — The head of an RCMP team tasked with investigating a possible terror suspect has told a B.C. Supreme Court trial that he had concerns about entrapment and abuse of process near the start of a police sting.

Murder trial in death of Tim Bosma begins with jury selection

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Dellen Millard (left) and Mark Smich appear in court in front of Justice Andrew J. Goodman in Hamilton, Ont. on Monday. Jury selection has begun in Hamilton at the trial of the two men accused in the death of Tim Bosma.

HAMILTON — Jury selection began Monday at the trial of the accused killers of a Hamilton man whose body was found “burned beyond recognition.”

Tim Bosma left his home on May 6, 2013 to take two men for a test drive in his truck that he advertised for sale online.

Dellen Millard, of Toronto, and Mark Smich, from Oakville, Ont., are both charged with first-degree murder in Bosma’s death. Their lawyers have said both men will plead not guilty.

Hundreds of potential jurors went before a judge Monday in the first phase of jury selection, which is expected to last two weeks.

Justice Andrew Goodman said the trial is set to begin Feb. 1 and is expected to last at least four months.

Both Millard and Smich were in the courtroom Monday, each eyeing jury candidates as they walked up to speak to the judge.

“It’s a privilege to sit on a jury,” Goodman told potential jurors.

“Despite the potential length of this trial, I have no doubt you’ll find it an interesting, challenging and worthwhile endeavour.”

The case of the missing 32-year-old Hamilton man — who had a wife and a two-year-old daughter — and later the discovery of his remains, rocked his tight-knit Dutch community in rural Hamilton and made headlines across the country.

Some potential jurors asked to be excused because of health or financial reasons. The judge excused one man who said his sons went to school with Bosma’s daughter, and another who said she had contact with Bosma’s family. Both were deferred to other jury panels.

Bosma’s parents and wife were not in court Monday.

“The family is grateful for the love and support shown by their community,” said Peter Lowe, the Bosma family spokesman.

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TUESDAY, JAN. 19, 2016

GERMANY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A 26-year-old Algerian man has become the first person arrested in connection with a string of sexual assault during New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s celebrations in Cologne that sparked a debate about Germanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to integrate migrants.

Prosecutors said Monday that the unidentified asylum-seeker was arrested at a refugee home in the nearby town of Kerpen over the weekend. He is accused of groping a woman and robbing her cellphone, said prosecutorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office spokesman Ulrich Bremer Two other Algerian asylum-seekers, aged 22 and 24, were also arrested in Kerpen and the western city of Aachen, respectively, over the weekend, both for robbery, Bremer said. The number of people accused of committing crimes in Cologne now stands at 21, of whom eight are in detention, he said.

Almost three weeks after the incident, 838 people have filed criminal complaints, including 497 women alleging sexual assault. Some of the victims have jointly filed a single complaint, so that the number of alleged crimes stands at 766, of which 381 are sexual offences, including three rapes.

The scale and nature of the crimes in Cologne, coupled with police descriptions of the perpetrators as being part of a large crowd of drunken men of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arab or North Africanâ&#x20AC;? origin, has fanned the debate about Germanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approach to migration. Almost 1.1 million asylum-seekers arrived in the country last year, many of them from countries where women face greater discrimination than in Germany.

While the incidents were seized on by those in Germany who had already argued for stricter immigration rules, left-wing parties have also voiced concern.

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Mohamad of Lebanon, left, and Nabil of Morocco are holding a banner in front of the Cologne cathedral to apologize for other migrantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; crime in Cologne, Germany. The sign reads â&#x20AC;&#x153;we stand in solidarity in our hearts with you, we refuse violence and hope you accept our apologizeâ&#x20AC;?. The New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve sexual assaults and robberies in Cologne were blamed largely on foreigners.

Belgian man linked to Paris attackers arrested

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RABAT, Morocco â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Moroccan police have arrested a Belgian man of Moroccan descent, saying he is linked to the Islamic State group and had a â&#x20AC;&#x153;direct relationshipâ&#x20AC;? to the attackers who killed 130 people in Paris two months ago, the Interior Ministry said Monday.

The man had travelled to Syria with one of the Paris suicide bombers, where he received military training and built relationships with IS field commanders, â&#x20AC;&#x153;including the mastermindâ&#x20AC;? of the Paris attacks, and others who threatened attacks in France and Belgium, the ministry said in a statement.

The statement identified the suspect only by the initials J.A., and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t explain his suspected relationship to the Paris attackers.

But Belgian federal prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt

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BRIEF Palestinian attacker stabs Israeli woman in West Bank JERUSALEM â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Palestinian attacker stabbed and wounded a pregnant Israeli woman in the West Bank on Monday before being shot, Israeli officials said.

The attacker entered the Tekoa settlement and stabbed the 30-year-old woman, the Israeli military said, before being shot by the settlementâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head of security.

As a result, the military said â&#x20AC;&#x153;security measuresâ&#x20AC;? have been imposed in the West Bank and that effective immediately, Palestinian workers will not be allowed to enter Israeli settlements, though they will still be able to enter industrial zones. The decision will be reviewed on a daily basis, it said.

Shoham Ruvio, a spokeswoman for Jerusalemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shaarei Tzedek hospital, said the woman stabbed Monday was five-months pregnant. The woman was moderately wounded after being stabbed in the upper body and there was no damage caused to the fetus, the spokeswoman added.

Ruvio identified the woman as Michal Froman, the daughter-in-law of a late settler rabbi known to promote coexistence between Arabs and Jews.

Eli Bin, the head of Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rescue service MDA, had earlier told Israeli Channel 10 TV that the woman was seriously wounded.

The attackerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s condition was not immediately known.

U.K. lawmakers slam Trump, but most oppose banning him LONDON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Donald Trump doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have many fans in Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parliament.

But a debate among lawmakers on calls to ban Trump from the country revealed little appetite to close Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doors to the provocative Republican U.S. presidential contender.

During a three-hour debate Monday, legislators from Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main parties stood to call Trump an attention-seeker, a demagogue and a fool. Many, though, argued that he should not be stifled or banned. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While I think this man is crazy, while I think this man has no valid points to make, I will not be the one to silence his voice,â&#x20AC;? said Conservative lawmaker Tom Tugendhat.

Parliament took up the topic after half a million people signed a petition calling for Trump to be excluded over his call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States in the wake of extremist violence. Trump has also claimed that some areas of Britain are so radicalized that police fear for their lives.

Under British law, any petition supported by 100,000 people â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who must each provide and confirm an email address â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is considered for parliamentary debate. Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debate was intended to air the subject rather than take a vote.

Labour Party legislator Paul Flynn, who opened the session, said Trump had already received â&#x20AC;&#x153;far too much attention.â&#x20AC;?

told The Associated Press the suspectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name is Gelel Attar, a dual Belgian-Moroccan national previously convicted in Belgium of involvement with a terrorist group. The letters G and J are represented by the same letter in Arabic script.

Several of the Islamic extremists who targeted a Paris rock concert, stadium and cafes on Nov. 13 had Moroccan origins and links to Belgium.

The Moroccan ministry said in a statement that the man was arrested Friday in the town of Mohammedia, near Casablanca, after travelling through Turkey, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.

It said the suspect is under investigation.

At least one of the Par-

is attackers remains at large.

Morocco has emerged as a key ally for European investigators trying to piece together the geography of the Nov. 13 attacks. The head of Moroccoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations, dubbed the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moroccan FBI,â&#x20AC;? told the AP in a recent interview that his country put French and Belgian police on the trail of the network behind the Paris attacks.

Utah officer was paying off cancer bills when he was killed SALT LAKE CITY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The veteran Utah police officer who was shot to death over the weekend was working overtime to pay for his cancer treatments when he encountered a fugitive who went missing from a drug rehab centre for parolees, officials said.

Unified police officer Douglas Scott Barney, 44, had been on the force 18 years when he encountered Cory Lee Henderson, 31, Sunday morning in a residential area near a church in the suburb of Holladay, about 8 miles southeast of downtown Salt Lake City.

Authorities say the incident began with a car crash involving Henderson and a woman in a BMW, when the two walked away from the wreck. Barney found Henderson nearby and the officer was shot in the head.

Barney died hours later at a hospital.

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COS accepts Suncor takeover

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Canadian Oil Sands has accepted a sweetened takeover offer from Suncor Energy as the market outlook for oilsands producers deteriorates.

The deal draws to a close a bitter takeover battle that pitted two partners in the massive Syncrude oilsands mine against each other, with each side aiming to woo shareholders with intense lobbying, slick videos and fullpage newspaper ads.

Suncor, Canada’s dominant oilsands player, raised the all-stock bid by 12 per cent, bringing the total price tag to $4.24 billion, plus $2.4 billion in COS debt.

Suncor (TSX:SU) is now offering to exchange 0.28 of one of its shares for each COS (TSX:COS) share — up from 0.25 of a Suncor share per COS share.

Based on Suncor’s closing stock price Friday, the new offer was worth $8.74 per COS share, up from $7.81 under the original formula.

That’s still far below the $11.84 Suncor put on the table when it approached COS about a friendly deal last spring — when the price of both oil and the acquirer’s shares were much higher.

Oil prices were hovering around the US$50 a barrel mark when Suncor made its initial overture, but they have since slumped below US$30 a barrel, with few seeing much hope for a quick rebound.

Robert Cooper, with the institutional sales and trading team at Acumen Capital Partners in Calgary, said the deal is the best COS shareholders can hope for in this market. But Cooper slammed COS for resisting the takeover for so long.

“Relative to where it was in the spring, it’s still an epic fail,” said Cooper, declining to disclose his firm’s investment in either firm.

“This is what they should have been doing instead of wasting money producing movies and lobbying shareholders. They should have been negotiating a better bid in the first place.”

COS’s leadership had been arguing shareholders were better off with the company staying independent.

But, in light of worsening market conditions, it likely decided negotiating a higher bid was a better option, said Samir Kayande, an analyst at RS Energy Group.

COS takeover: a tale of the tape CALGARY — Suncor Energy and Canadian Oil Sands have tentatively agreed to a merger valued at $6.6-billion based on Friday’s stock price in one of the biggest deals the oilpatch has seen in recent years. Here’s a quick look at the two companies: Suncor Energy: Founded in 1967, Suncor Energy has grown to become one of the largest energy companies in North America. At the end of 2014, it employed 13,980 people, though it has laid off about 1,200 workers since then.

Canadian Oil Sands: The company began as the Canadian Oil Sands Trust in 1995. It has about 30 staff.

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Suncor President & CEO Steve Williams talks to shareholders before his speech during Suncor Energy’s annual general meeting in Edmonton. Shareholders in Canadian Oil Sands must decide today if they’ll accept a takeover offer from Suncor. The bid from Canada’s major oilsands producer expires this evening.

Another factor was the absence of a white-knight bidder to top Suncor’s offer — despite 25 other parties showing varying degrees of interest.

“In any negotiation, your leverage depends on the quality of other offers,” said Kayande.

Both firms’ boards of directors and major COS investor Seymour Schulich are supporting the revised offer, which will expire at 4 p.m. MT (6 p.m. ET) on Feb. 5.

Schulich had lobbied against the previous Suncor bid.

“Since Suncor made its initial offer, our board has remained steadfast in our commitment to maximize value for all shareholders. This agreement fulfills that commitment, providing our shareholders with a higher exchange ratio for their shares despite a 37 per cent decline in spot oil prices,” said

COS chairman Don Lowry.

Suncor wants at least 51 per cent of the COS shares — a relaxed condition since the original had sought at least two thirds. The COS board has agreed to pay a $130 million break fee to Suncor if certain conditions aren’t met.

If accepted, Suncor will become by far the largest shareholder in the Syncrude oilsands complex north of Fort McMurray, Alta., which is operated by Imperial Oil (TSX:IMO). Right now it has a 12 per cent stake and COS is the largest partner with 37 per cent.

Suncor CEO Steve Williams said the deal is good for both sets of shareholders.

“Together, we’re bringing this full, fair and final offer to COS shareholders and we encourage everyone to tender their shares.”

Suncor Energy assets: Suncor is Canada’s dominant oilsands player, producing 430,300 barrels a day in the third quarter ended Sept. 30. That doesn’t include its current 12 per cent Syncrude stake, which produced 28,100 barrels a day for Suncor in that quarter. The company also has four refineries and a network of about 1,500 Petro-Canada retail and wholesale outlets. It also operates the Terra Nova offshore platform in the North Atlantic. In recent years, it has diversified into clean energy projects, with seven wind power developments and a biofuels plant in Ontario.

Canadian Oil Sands assets: The company has a 37 per cent share in Syncrude, its sole asset.

Suncor Energy stock price: Suncor’s stock closed at $29.77 on the TSX, down $1.45.

Canadian Oil Sands stock price: Shares in COS settled at $8.27 on the TSX, up $0.79.

Slumping oil prices won’t deter pipeline plans: Carr

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SAINT ANDREWS, N.B. — Canada’s natural resources minister says the low price of oil hasn’t deterred the government’s goal of moving resources to tidewater.

The price of oil on the international market has declined along with the value of the Canadian dollar and delivered a financial hit to resource-rich provinces like Alberta.

And now the market is preparing for a flood of Iranian oil after the United States and the European Union lifted economic sanctions against Iran.

Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr says the low price for oil is a reality the government has to deal with as it crafts a new process to approve pipelines that would carry oil to Canada’s coasts.

He says Canadians need to have confidence in whatever review process is ultimately approved.

He says the price of oil is having an impact on families, investors and businesses. Liberal cabinet ministers are meeting Monday as part of a three-day retreat.

The retreat in New Brunswick will help determine the overarching goals for 2016 and set out the strategy the Liberals will use to deal with a sluggish economy and other issues.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is expected to give his cabinet colleagues an update on what he’s been hearing in budget consultations, what Finance officials have forecasted for 2016 and what it could all mean for the federal budget.

The Liberals are expected to deliver their first budget in mid- to lateMarch.

House leader Dominic Leblanc, the

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Pipelines sit in the grass in Sarnia, Ont. senior Liberal from New Brunswick, said Sunday the budget will honour

the party’s campaign commitments — notwithstanding the economic news,

which has been “a longstanding concern of the government.”

5 ways low oil prices and the falling loonie can affect the federal books

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nominal GDP as “the single broadest indicator of the tax base.”

OTTAWA — Five ways tumbling oil prices and the sliding loonie can affect the federal government’s bottom line:

2. The fallout of lower crude prices could also have negative effects on the Employment Insurance balance, said Pedro Antunes, deputy chief economist for the Conference Board of Canada . As oil producers cut costs and lay off workers, the EI fund may be forced to pay out more cash and receive less than before.

1. The biggest impact from falling oil prices is the fact they chew into Canada’s nominal gross domestic product (the country’s economic output before adjustments for inflation).

That, in turn, erodes federal revenues.

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rect consequences, such as a stock market decline, Antunes says. From there, he says consumer confidence can take a hit, particularly if people feel like they have less wealth or a shrinking nest egg.

This scenario can dampen economic activity, which translates into lower tax revenues for the government.

4. Thanks to declining bond yields linked to the grimmer economic outlook, the federal government could find savings down the road, says CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld. It

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would be able to borrow at cheaper rates and lower its interest costs in future years, he adds.

5. The weaker exchange rate could have a minor negative effect on Ottawa’s budgetary balance if, for example, any resulting inflation pushes up the costs of buying equipment, Shenfeld says.

However, he points out it wouldn’t have a big impact on the government’s fiscal situation since it spends most of its cash on things like salaries and transfer payments.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 120.92 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 34.28 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.09 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.02 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.17 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.40 Cdn. National Railway . . 73.20 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 152.60 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 30.72 Capital Power Corp . . . . 16.50 Cervus Equipment Corp 12.10 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 42.96 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 43.54 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 17.88 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.30 General Motors Co. . . . . 29.57 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 21.12 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.85 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 38.02 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 31.96 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 36.35 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 3.80 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 42.36 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 104.60 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.90 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.40 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 63.30 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto Stock Exchange failed to break out of its post-Christmas slump Monday, posting a triple-digit loss that brought the index down to levels last seen two and a half years ago.

The S&P/TSX composite index ended the day down 131.29 points at 11,942.17, continuing a three-week slide that has stripped it of almost 1,400 points or more than 10 per cent of its value.

Craig Fehr, Canadian market strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis, said the slide on the Canadian market has continued because of an absence of any good news on the markets.

“It looks like the path of least resistance is down for the market in the very near term,” he said.

The last time the TSX closed below 12,000 points was in June 2013. The index is now down almost 23 per cent from its all-time high close of 15,657.63 set on Sept. 3, 2014.

American markets were closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday after having started the new year with their worst ever opening two-week period.

Both the Dow Jones industrial average and the broader S&P 500 index have fallen by more than 8.5 per cent since the Christmas break, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq has fallen by nearly 11 per cent.

“It’s clear that a wave of pessimism has really started to set in for the equity markets,” Fehr said.

Because of the holiday, commodity contracts did not settle.

In late-day trading, February crude oil was down 48 cents at US$28.94 a barrel, a new

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 22.25 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.90 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.93 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 17.79 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 11.62 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 16.01 First Quantum Minerals . . 3.10 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 15.11 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 2.97 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.21 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.20 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 23.03 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.660 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 4.61 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 15.35 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 22.46 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 39.89 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.08 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 12.63 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 23.92 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 8.27 Canyon Services Group. . 3.23 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 16.88 CWC Well Services . . . 0.0950 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 5.33 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.475 12-year low.

On Saturday, the United States and other world powers formally lifted international sanctions against Iran after that country suspended its nuclear program.

Iran, which has been prevented from fully participating in world oil markets, has said it plans to increase production by 500,000 barrels per day now that sanctions have been lifted.

The commodity-sensitive Canadian dollar fell 0.12 of a U.S. cent to settle at 68.70 cents US. Fehr said the loonie has probably found an equilibrium between 65 and 70 cents US, as the price of oil nears a bottom.

He said markets have been ignoring the positive signs from the American economy as the focus has shifted to oil and the underperformance of China, where stock-market volatility and a faltering economy have dampened the outlook.

“If the U.S. is going to regain some momentum, gain some footing, a low loonie really is going to benefit the (Canadian) economy in terms of exports and we’ve seen flashes of that in the last several months,” he said.

In other commodities, February natural gas added 2.4 cents to US$2.124 per mmBtu, while February gold lost US$1.80 to US$1,088.90 a troy ounce.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 11,942.17, down 131.29 points American markets were closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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B.C. wrestles with real estate taxes to cool rising housing prices VICTORIA — Documents from the British Columbia Finance Ministry say the province would lose $1 billion in residential real estate sales and almost 4,000 construction jobs if government moved to reduce foreign investment in the housing market.

The six-page analysis comes as economists, academics and real estate experts propose a tax on foreign owners of vacant properties to generate a potential dividend of up to $90 million to be shared among local owners.

The government hasn’t responded the Housing Affordability Fund proposal from University of B.C.’s Sauder School of Economics and the Vancouver School of Economics, but Premier Christy Clark has said housing affordability is a top issue of concern in next month’s budget.

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 77.58 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 30.85 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.19 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 12.79 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 39.69 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . 0.730 Penn West Energy . . . . . 0.800 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 4.15 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 29.77 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.475 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 1.54 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 32.78 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1000 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 70.82 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 52.38 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.45 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 20.17 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.32 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 32.38 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 83.38 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.86 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 36.34 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.15 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 66.87 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 38.10 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.38 Currencies: Cdn — 68.70 cents US, down 0.12 of a cent Pound — C$2.0734, up 0.24 of a cent Euro — C$1.5866, up 0.02 of a cent Euro — US$1.0899, down 0.19 of a cent Oil futures: The commodity markets were closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: The commodity markets were closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ‘16 $2.00 higher $486.70 May ‘16 $2.40 higher $494.30 July ‘16 $3.50 higher $498.00 Nov. ‘16 $3.50 higher $495.80 Jan. ‘17 $3.40 higher $498.30 March ‘17 $3.40 higher $498.50 May ‘17 $3.40 higher $497.50 July ‘17 $3.40 higher $497.50 Nov. ‘17 $3.40 higher $497.50 Jan. ‘18 $3.40 higher $497.50 March ‘18 $3.40 higher $497.50.

Barley (Western): March ‘16 $1.00 higher $183.00 May ‘16 unchanged $188.00 July ‘16 unchanged $190.00 Oct. ‘16 unchanged $190.00 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $190.00 March ‘17 unchanged $190.00 May ‘17 unchanged $190.00 July ‘17 unchanged $190.00 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $190.00 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $190.00 March ‘18 unchanged $190.00.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 203,220 tonnes of canola 1,000 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 204,220.

Lowe’s will drop joint-venture business in Australia MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- Lowe’s says it’s getting out of a joint venture that runs more than 60 home-improvement stores in Australia.

The chain says it has invested about $930 million in the venture and expects to take a non-cash charge against earnings in its fourth quarter, which ends Jan. 29.

Lowe’s Cos. Inc. said Monday that it notified Woolworths Ltd. of its plan to end its one-third stake in a joint venture that operates Masters Home Improvement stores and Home Timber and Hardware Group’s retail stores and wholesale distribution business.

Richard D. Maltsbarger, president of Lowe’s international division, said the company would focus on areas where it sees more potential for return on investment.

Lowe’s said there is a process in the 2009 agreement for determining the price of Lowe’s stake based on fair market value on Jan. 15, when notice was given.

In the 12 months that ended last June 28, the venture’s revenue was $1.6 billion, Lowe’s said.

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Cauliflowers, surrounded by broccoli and peppers, are seen in Montreal.

Sobey’s warns poor weather in California and Mexico will keep prices high

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Canadians can expect high prices for produce to last at least several more weeks as a result of the weak loonie and weather issues in crop-growing areas, one of the country’s largest grocery chains said Monday.

In addition to the adverse impact of the lower Canadian dollar, flooding caused by El-Nino have contributed to supply shortages and price increases on produce from California and Mexico, said Claude Tessier, president of Sobeys Quebec.

“From what we hear the situation is going to be for the next three weeks and then we’ll see how things evolve (along) the west coast,” Tessier told reporters after Sobey’s CEO Marc Poulin spoke to the Canadian Club.

The company, which also operates banners such as IGA, Safeway and FreshCo, is struggling to deal with the worst situation in 30 years by trying to import fresh food from other growing areas such as Florida, Morocco and Spain, Tessier said.

Cauliflower and grapes have been harder to access, with just 20 per cent of the normal delivery of some goods being shipped to stores, he said.

Restaurants that feature cauliflower have had to adjust by raising prices or using alternatives like squash since the cost for a case of the cruciferous vegetable has more

than doubled to as much as $60.

Sobey’s (TSX:EMP.A) is also turning more to local suppliers for items like potatoes, carrots and onions.

Since the challenges only accelerated after the holiday season, it’s not yet clear if consumers are substituting by buying cheaper alternatives.

“We’re not seeing a blowback in terms of purchasing,” Tessier said.

“For sure the consumer in general is more cautious about the prices and it’s been like that for a couple of years.”

Meanwhile, the price of other food is also rising, according to the University of Guelph’s Food Institute.

It has said meat rose five per cent last year and is expected to increase up to 4.5 per cent in 2016 fish and seafood could rise by up to three per cent, and dairy, eggs and grains could see a two per cent increase.

Fruit and vegetable prices could increase up to 4.5 per cent for some items this year, after having risen between 9.1 and 10.1 per cent last year.

The institute estimates the average Canadian household spent an additional $325 on food in 2015 and is expected see an additional increase of about $345 this year because of the low dollar.

However, prices are even higher in northern and remote communities, making it even harder for poorer Canadians to healthy diets.

NewLeaf suspends ticket sales while licensing rules reviewed

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Airline startup NewLeaf Travel is temporarily postponing ticket sales pending a Canadian Transportation Agency review of licensing regulations.

The Winnipeg-based company says it will refund all credit card transactions for reservations on flights that were scheduled to begin Feb. 12.

NewLeaf, which earlier this month announced with much fanfare its plans to launch discount flights, says it plans to resume taking reservations in the spring. The CTA is reviewing whether indirect air service providers, or those who do not operate any aircraft but market and sell air services to the public, should be required to hold agency licences. NewLeaf says the review applies to all companies operating in this manner and is not limited to NewLeaf’s partnership with Kelowna, B.C.based Flair Airlines Ltd., under which

it plans to offer cheap flights out of seven airports in five provinces.

CEO Jim Young has said NewLeaf does not need a licence because Flair, its operating partner, has one.

Young said the reason why the company launched on Jan. 6 was because it was confirmed that NewLeaf was in full compliance with CTA licensing regulations.

“The CTA gave us an exemption from holding a licence directly while it reviews its legislation,” he said in a statement Monday.

“Now, there is ambiguity in the air as to whether we need to amend the relationship with our air service provider, or whether we need to have a licence ourselves,” he continued.

“As with any success that threatens to change the status quo, there are those that will resist that change and take any measures necessary to maintain the existing playing field, even if it is to the detriment of the vast majority and the benefit of the very few.”

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Hall leads Oilers past Panthers

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oilers 4 Panthers 2 SUNRISE, Fla. — Florida won a fight that everyone knew was coming.

What the Panthers needed more, however, was a win on the scoreboard — which they didn’t get. So a team that was unbeatable for about a month now suddenly can’t beat anyone.

Taylor Hall scored twice and added an assist, Cam Talbot stopped 30 shots and the Edmonton Oilers added to Florida’s slide by beating the Panthers 4-2 on Monday night.

Teddy Purcell assisted on both of Hall’s goals and added the clincher with 1:28 left for the Oilers, who built a 3-0 lead and withstood a Florida rally in the final 20 minutes.

“Pretty good hockey game,” Edmonton coach Todd McLellan said. “It went back and forth. We owned parts of the game. They owned chunks of the game. It was good for us to experience that on the road.”

Jordan Eberle also scored for the Oilers.

Reilly Smith and Quinton Howden scored early in the third period for Florida, which has dropped four straight since winning 12 in a row. Al Montoya gave up three goals on the first seven shots he faced, and the Panthers had their club-record home winning streak snapped at seven games.

Since their winning streak, the Panthers have been outscored 16-5 — yet remain in the No. 2 spot in the Eastern Conference playoff chase.

“Half a game again,” coach Gerard Gallant said.

“It’s not good enough. We give them a couple of goals, we give them, I don’t know, four or five breakaways tonight. We gave them odd-man rushes. It wasn’t a fun game to coach.”

Purcell’s goal came when Montoya was heading toward the bench for an extra attacker, then turned back but not in time to make what would have been a spectacular save. Montoya stopped 19 shots.

“We’ve got to settle it down and kind of re-evaluate how we’ve been playing and what’s going wrong,” Florida’s Nick Bjugstad said. “We can’t overthink it, but we do have to address some things.”

Florida was again without All-Star defenceman Aaron Ekblad, who hasn’t played since taking a huge hit from Edmonton’s Matt Hendricks on Jan. 11. Hendricks was penalized for boarding and subsequently suspended three games for the play, coincidentally returning to the Oilers’ lineup Monday.

And Florida was waiting for him.

Fans booed him when he got on the ice, and raised their volume when Hendricks was shown on the scoreboard video screens early in the game.

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Florida Panthers goalie Al Montoya (35) saves a shot by Edmonton Oilers right wing Nail Yakupov (10) during the third period of an NHL game, Monday, in Sunrise, Fla. The Oilers won 4-2.

Moments after that, Panthers defenceman Erik Gudbranson squared off with Hendricks — getting at least 11 right-handed punches in, while the Oilers’ forward did all he could just to stay on his feet.

“That’s what fighting does,” Hall said. “People that want fighting out of the game, sometimes you just need some fisticuffs to settle things down and square off as a team and then we go play hockey. I thought it was a great response by Hendo. He’s the type of guy that thrives on that stuff.”

Hall opened the scoring not even 2 minutes after

the fight ended, taking a pass from Purcell near centre ice after a Florida turnover and coming in on a breakaway. He beat Montoya to the stick side, and Eberle’s goal with 2:08 left in the first gave Edmonton a 2-0 lead.

Hall struck again early in the second, again getting set up by Purcell.

Talbot gave up the two quick ones to Smith and Howden early in the third, but settled back into a groove from there and denied two big Florida flurries in the final minutes.

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Milos Raonic reaches for a forehand return to Lucas Pouille of France during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday.

Raonic and Bouchard advance, Pospisil falls at Aussie Open

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MELBOURNE, Australia — Canadian Milos Raonic is all about quick starts.

Raonic earned a clinical, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 first-round win over Lucas Pouille on Monday at the Australian Open. The 25-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., has learned that his greatest strength is when he breaks out in an early lead.

“Playing ahead is always a little bit easier,” said Raonic. “The main thing you have to be on top of yourself for at that point is not have any letups. I think I stayed ahead pretty much on my service games. Other than maybe a Love-15 once, I think I was ahead the whole time.

“I don’t think it got to deuce ever. I was putting myself in good spots.”

The win over Pouille followed up Raonic’s victory at the Brisbane International.

Raonic, who at No. 13 has his lowest seeding at a Grand Slam tournament since Wimbledon 2013, is aiming to improve on his run to the quarter-finals here last year, when he lost to eventual champion Novak Djokovic.

“In Brisbane I also had quite a few opportunities.

Maybe today, just having a bit more comfort and understanding of where I was playing, maybe I let down on a few games when it came to returning,” said Raonic.

“But I did a good job taking care of my serve and I was proficient on the return games when I needed to be.

Raonic, who recently started working with former No. 1-ranked Carlos Moya as a coach, didn’t face a breakpoint on his serve and had little difficulty in winning 89 per cent of points on successful first serves.

He also won points on 22 of his 30 trips to the net.

Pouille, a 21-year-old Frenchman, entered the match

with a 1-7 record in Grand Slam matches and with a No. 90 ranking.

A resurgent Eugenie Bouchard continued her injury comeback with a straight-sets win Monday in first-round action at the Australian Open.

The 21-year-old from Westmount, Que. dispatched Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic 6-3, 6-4 in just over an hour. She hit 14 winners in the match and had 14 unforced errors.

The 37th-ranked Bouchard is playing in only her fourth tournament since sustaining a concussion when she fell in the dressing room at last year’s U.S. Open. She will next face Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in second-round play.

Radwanska advanced with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Christina McHale of the United States.

Earlier this month, Bouchard made it to the quarter-finals at the Shenzen Open and then followed that up by reaching the final at the Hobart International.

In men’s singles action, Canadian Vasek Pospisil was eliminated at Melbourne Park after falling in four sets to France’s Gilles Simon.

The 25-year-old from Vancouver dropped a 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 decision to his 14th-ranked opponent in a match that lasted two hours 47 minutes. Unforced errors cost Pospisil heavily — he had 55 of them to just 18 for Simon.

Pospisil used his powerful serve to win the first set in 45 minutes. He held an 8-0 edge in aces but committed 16 unforced errors.

Trailing 3-1 in the second set, Pospisil called a medical timeout and went through stretching exercises on his lower body with a trainer, but returned to play shortly after. Simon went on to win the set in 52 minutes as Pospisil made 17 more unforced errors compared to the Frenchman’s three.

Simon needed only 31 minutes to win the third set and 39 minutes to take the fourth, which ended when Pospisil returned a serve long on match point.

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

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Raptors 112 Nets 100 TORONTO — On a night announcers nudged fans to vote Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan into the NBA all-star game in Toronto, the Raptors’ dynamic duo played like they belonged there.

Lowry had 31 points, while DeRozan added 30 — the first time they’ve scored 30 points in the same game — to lift the Raptors to their fifth straight win Monday, a 112-100 victory over the beleaguered Brooklyn Nets.

“They played like all-stars tonight, and without their performance we don’t win the game,” said coach Dwane Casey.

Trailing 84-81 with one quarter to go, Lowry found another gear, pouring in 13 points, including three of his game-high seven three-pointers.

“Just knowing that’s the situation that is the most important part of the game,” Lowry said of his ability to come up big down the stretch.

DeRozan’s big game came hours after he was named one of 30 finalists for the U.S. Olympic team.

The two have formed a strong bond in their threeand-a-half seasons together that’s evident in their fluidity on the floor.

“The continuity, the offensive sets, the spacing, and they understand where each other is going to be,” Casey said.

Lowry, who shot an efficient 10-for-13 on the night and doled out eight assists, said DeRozan makes it easy for him.

“Because that’s our guy, that’s our scorer,” Lowry said. “At the end of the day I get him the ball and he makes plays. For me it’s not about doing this or doing that. It’s about getting him in a position to be successful. It makes my job a lot easier when you have a guy who can get you 10 assists or 30 points.”

Lowry was a starter on last year’s all-star team, while DeRozan played in the league’s annual showcase in 2014. With Monday’s 11:59 p.m. deadline for voting looming, social media exploded.

One Lowry fan — Lewis Hilsenteger, the creator of the online show “Unbox Therapy” — was offering an iPhone to someone who retweeted his vote for the Raptors point guard. That tweet had more than 33,000 retweets before Hilsenteger realized they might not count because it was his second tweet in support of Lowry in one day.

He upped the ante, offering three iPhones. As of 11 p.m. Monday, it had 36,000 retweets.

“Honestly, I appreciate the hell out of it,” Lowry said on the fan support. “It has been an unbelievable time in my life and my career and the fans have been unbelievable. They are one of the reasons I stayed here and committed to Toronto long-term.

“Just being here and knowing I have the support of the country and they have the support of me. It has been amazing and hopefully something can be pulled off.”

Terrence Ross added 12 points for Toronto (26-15), while Patrick Patterson finished with 12.

Brook Lopez topped the Nets (11-31) with 29 points, while Joe Johnson added 22.

The Raptors were playing their first of seven games at home, finally back after an 11-day road trip that culminated with a 106-103 overtime win versus Orlando at London last Thursday. Toronto’s win streak started with a 91-74 win at Brooklyn on June 6. Since then, the struggling Nets fired coach Lionel Hollins and reassigned general manager Billy King.

Assistant Tony Brown is serving as the interim head coach, and the team remains without a GM.

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Match-fixing allegations overshadow Day 1 AUSTRALIAN OPEN

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic recalled his own brush with match-fixing, as the start of the year’s first Grand Slam tournament was overshadowed by corruption allegations.

Djokovic started his bid for a sixth Australian Open title with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win over Chung Hyeon of South Korea on Monday, hours after the BBC and Buzzfeed News published reports alleging match-fixing had gone unchecked in tennis.

No players were identified in the reports, which alleged 16 players had been flagged repeatedly with tennis authorities but not sanctioned on suspicion of match fixing. Half of those are entered in the Australian Open, the reports said.

The governing bodies for the sport, and the Tennis Integrity Unit, issued a joint statement, read by ATP chairman Chris Kermode at a hastily-convened news conference at Melbourne Park.

Kermode said tennis authorities “absolutely reject any suggestion that evidence of match-fixing has been suppressed for any reason, or isn’t being investigated.”

Djokovic later responded to a question about an approach ahead of a tournament in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2007.

“I was approached through people that were working with me at that time, that were with my team,” he said.

“Of course, we threw it (the approach) away right away. It didn’t even get to me. The guy that was trying to talk to me, he didn’t even get to me directly.

There was nothing out of it.

“Unfortunately there were some, in those times, those days, rumours, some talks, some people were going around.

They were dealt with. In the last six, seven years, I haven’t heard anything similar.”

Djokovic was an up-and-coming player at the time, not winning the first his 10 major titles until the 2008 Australian Open.

“It made me feel terrible because I don’t want to be anyhow linked to this kind of — you know, somebody may call it an opportunity,” he said. “For me, that’s an act of unsportsmanship, a crime in sport honestly. I think there is no room for it in any sport, especially

in tennis.”

Djokovic said he thought the allegations related to matches from almost 10 years ago and didn’t involve active players.

Roger Federer, a 17-time major winner and former leader of the player council, agreed the allegations likely weren’t new but remained “super serious.”

“I would love to hear names,” Federer said. “Then at least it’s concrete stuff and you can actually debate about it. Was it the player? Was it the support team? Who was it? Was it before? Was it a doubles player, a singles player? Which slam?

“It’s super serious and it’s super important to maintain the integrity of our sport. So how high up does it go?

The higher it goes, the more surprised I would be, no doubt about it.”

Serena Williams was on court preparing for her opening 6-4, 7-5 win over No. 34-ranked Camila Giorgi when Kermode was holding a news conference to respond to the fixing allegations.

Like Djokovic, Williams won three of the four major titles last season, but hadn’t finished a competitive match for months. She withdrew from the Hopman Cup because of inflammation in her knee, playing just one set in Perth.

“I haven’t played in a long time, but I have been playing for 30 years, so it’s kind of — I try to focus on that,” Williams said. “I was able to stay in it and stay calm today and I think that’s what matters most.”

The 21-time major winner said there was no hint of match-fixing on the women’s tour.

“I play very hard, and every player I play seems to play hard,” she said. “As an athlete, I do everything I can to be not only great, but, you know, historic.”

Maria Sharapova, who lost to Williams in the final here last year and could meet her again in the quarterfinals, showed no signs of a left forearm injury that curtailed her preparations when she beat Nao Hibino 6-1, 6-3 in a night match.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova beat Thai qualifier Luksika Kumkhum, avenging her upset loss in the first round here in 2014, and No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska beat Christina McHale 6-2, 6-3.

CATALINA SWIM CLUB Kyla Leibel of the Red Deer Catalina Swim Club garnered seven gold medals in the Blue Bears Invitational meet at Edmonton during the weekend.

Leibel took top honours in each of the 50-metre, 100m, 200m and 800m freestyle events, as well as the 100m breaststroke, 100m butterfly and 200m backstroke.

Meanwhile, Dalton Powell finished

first in each of the 50m free, 50m ‘fly, 50m back, 100m ‘fly and 100m free events, and second in the 50m and 100m breast.

Josh Young was the top swimmer in the 200m individual medley, 100m breast, 200m ‘fly, 400m I.M. and 200m breast.

Other top-three Catalina placings: First: River Roos, 100m free; Kaillen Sumang, 200m I.M., 100m breast; Priya Thomas, 50m free, 50m breast, 50m ‘fly; Justin Valentine, 1,500m free;

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Laura Siegemund of Germany returns the ball to Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands during the first round match of the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday.

Venus Williams loses, Murray advances in early Tuesday action Venus Williams tried to rally, winning two games and getting another break-point chance after falling a set and 5-0 behind, before her 16th trip to the Australian Open finished in a first-round loss to Johanna Konta.

The 35-year-old, seven-time major winner trudged off Rod Laver Arena, waving to the crowd at 1:55 p.m. on the second day of the tournament following a surprising 6-4, 6-2 loss to the No. 47-ranked Konta, a Sydney-born British player who was making her debut in the main draw at the Australian Open after losing twice previously in qualifying.

Andy Murray opened with a 6-1, Elizabeth Moore, 200m breast; Kyra McMurray, 100m back.

Second: Roos, 400m free, 100m back, 50m breast, 100m ‘fly, 100m breast, 200m free; Danica MacPherson, 100m back; Laina Powell, 50m free, 50m breast, 100, free; Sumang, 50m free, 200m free; Priya Thomas, 100m free, 100m breast, 200m free; Valentine, 200m free; McMurray, 200m back; Jayden Vale, 200m ‘fly; Tanille Collicutt, 200m free, 100m ‘fly; Mikaela Duncan, 200m breast; Moore, 400m I.M. Third — MacPherson, 50m back; Laina Powell, 50m back, 50m ‘fly; Sumang, 50m breast; Noah Thomas, 50m back; Valentine, 100m free, 200m back; McMurray, 200m breast; Tate Loyek, 200m breast; 13/14 200m medley relay (Lauren Bettenson, Claire Halford, McMurray, Leibel); 14-15 200m

6-2, 6-3 win over Alexander Zverev, sand remains very much a roundby-round proposition at Melbourne Park, where he has lost the final four times.

No. 3 Garbine Muguruza needed exactly an hour to beat Estonian qualifier Anett Kontaveit 6-0, 6-4, No. 11 Timea Bacsinszky advanced over Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 7-5 and No. 15 Madison Keys, a semifinalist here last year, had to save set points in the first before beating Zarina Diyas 7-6 (5), 6-1.

No. 18 Elina Svitolina, No. 19 Jelena Jankovic and No. 21 Ekaterina Makarova, who beat Venus Williams in the first round here in 2014, also advanced.

On the men’s side, No. 18 Feliciano Lopez beat Daniel Evans 6-1, 6-0, 6-4 and No. 32 Joao Sousa beat Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.

medley relay (Valentine, Young, Logan Lopaschuk, Jack Barschel).

New Qualifing Times — Hayden Bettenson, 10 and under 400m free MQT; Anna Kreiger, 10 and under 400m free MQT; Laina Powell, 10 and under A 100m back; Roos, 11 and under A 50m breast, 100m ‘fly, 100m free, 200m free; Sumang, 11 and undeer 200m I.M. MQT; Leibel, 14 years AGN 800m free, 15 and under 100m breast Western; Moore, CSC 200m breast, 15 years AGN 400m I.M.; Vale, 12 years A 200m I.M., 200m ‘fly; Murray Duncan, 12 years A 200m I.M., 400m free; McMurray, 13 years A 100m free, 400m free, 13 years AGN 200m back, 14 years AGN and 15 and under Western 100m back; Young, 16 years AGB, 17 and over Western 200m ‘fly; Elle Couture, 11 years A 50m free.

For all the chaos, NFL’s final four are its best four petent calls, unbelievable mistakes, plays that had every reason not to happen, but did. The best games are an accumulation of genius and catastrophe.

But some players, and some organizations, can cut through that chaos better than others, year after year.

There’s not a lot of Peyton Manning left, and we might see his NFL career end next week, by Belichick’s hand. It would be fitting, really. They have a long history, those two.

But hey, Denver’s defence is still

capable of chaos, and New England has lost to them already. Hell, maybe Osweiler starts. It’s the NFL, so the possibilities are endless.

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Some things you see coming, and 33 points; their 19 losses over the past some things you don’t. New England four seasons, regular season and playbeating Kansas City because Andy Re- offs, had come by an average of 5.4 id’s heroic lifelong struggle against the points per game. They had never lost a clock is a Sisyphean quest, as doomed game by more than 10 points in Russell to failure as any human who tries to Wilson’s four-year career. fight time? That’s not a surprise, realSo, they were down 31-0 at the half, ly. That’s like watching reruns. and clawed back to within a touchBut not every rerun is created down, and finally ran out of miracles. equal. This weekend in The team Carolina will play, the NFL had its share of the Arizona Cardinals, still chaos, of the weird. Green have miracles to burn. They Bay-Arizona felt like won Saturday despite their a series of rolling heart own quarterback, Carson attacks and adrenaline Palmer, getting so jumpy he needles. Seattle’s loss to bounced the go-ahead touchCarolina was, for a time, down pass off a Packers dedeeply strange. Peyton fender. The Cardinals won Manning hadn’t thrown a despite Green Bay’s Aaron ball on a Broncos touchRodgers throwing a 61-yard down drive since Week pass on fourth-and-20, and a 9, so of course he led one 60-yards-through-the-air Hail that won the game, sure.

Mary to tie the game.

BRUCE And after all the bad And they won because the ARTHUR calls, the no-calls, the coin didn’t flip to start overgreat plays, the injuries, time. I mean, the coin hovOTHER SIDE the vagaries and the Hail ered up there like a Frisbee Marys, it seemed simple. or a B-movie UFO or wellThe two best teams in each confer- thrown pizza dough, and they had to ence won. Either Tom Brady or Peyton flip it again. Arizona won that toss, Manning is going to the Super Bowl. and Larry Fitzgerald caught a pass There’s an order to it, if you squint. and ran and ran, and Rodgers lost for Nobody pretends it’s classic the second straight year in the playoffs Brady-Manning, though. Brady’s still without touching the ball in overtime. in his prime, just a year younger than Green Bay lost its fifth playoff game on Peyton, still humming with his vegeta- the final play under head coach Mike ble-and-lean-meat diet and his shady McCarthy. Coin flips, man. body coach. Manning can barely throw We’re not even getting into the the ball anymore, after his four neck missed pass interference calls, or surgeries and his all-over breakdown, the ball that Brady popped off a heland when he tries to push a pass more met to a receiver, or any of the other than 15 yards, he probably doesn’t bursts of chaos that punctuated the know where it’s going. His biggest four games. In the end, maybe it was throw on Sunday came after he had predictable, for some. Carolina and slid in the pocket, as if he was giving Arizona were the two best teams in the up the play, and then got up and threw heavyweight NFC this season, Seatwithout being touched. He planned it, tle’s lurking presence notwithstanding. because that’s what he has to do now.

New England closed with a limp, but He’s got a defence to die for, at is now in the AFC championship game least. That helps. Denver did beat New for the 10th time in 15 seasons in the England in OT in Week 12, but Brock Brady-Belichick era.

Osweiler was the QB. And New EnAnd since the 2001 season, here is gland’s weapons are back. the list of quarterbacks who have rep“It’s going to be the Broncos versus resented the AFC in the Super Bowl: the Patriots,” Manning told CBS after Tom Brady, six times; Peyton Manning, the game, when asked about another three times; Ben Roethlisberger, three Brady-Manning meeting. times. That’s 12 of 14 — Rich Gannon Pittsburgh, of course, was beatable with Oakland in 2002 and Joe Flacco largely because Cincinnati smashed with Baltimore in 2012 were the other Ben Roethlisberger’s throwing shoul- two — plus one more this year. Not evder and concussed his best receiver erything is near-random chance. the week before. Similarly, the SeaIf there’s one thing the NFL is good hawks were only available to fall be- at delivering, aside from a creeping hind 31-0 to Carolina because Minne- sense of moral ambivalence, it’s desota’s Blair Walsh missed a short field livering something you don’t expect. goal to get them there. Seattle’s six In the best games, the improbabililosses this year came by a combined ties pile up, one after another: incom-

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TUESDAY, JAN. 19, 2016

Hockey

Today • Major bantam hockey: Calgary Royals at Red Deer, 7:15 p.m., Arena.

Wednesday • WHL: Moose Jaw at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium.

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

Friday • Curling: Red Deer Oilmen’s Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre.

• College volleyball: Briercrest at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow.

• Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Ramada at Central Alberta, 6 p.m., Lacombe.

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

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

• Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.

• Midget AA hockey: Olds at Red Deer Elks, 8 p.m., Arena; Calgary Canucks at West Central, 8 p.m., Sylvan Lake; Red Deer Indy Graphics at Central Alberta, 8:30 p.m., Lacombe.

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

Saturday • Curling: Red Deer Oilmen’s Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre.

• College volleyball: Briercrest at RDC, women at 1 p.m., men to follow.

• College men’s hockey: Keyano at RDC, 1:30 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Rockyview at Red Deer North Star, 2 p.m., Arena.

• Bantam AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; Wheatland at Central Alberta, 8:15 p.m., Lacombe.

• Major bantam hockey: Grande Prairie at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena.

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

• AJHL: Calgary Canucks at Olds Grizzlys, 7 p.m.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Cochrane at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Stettler at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

NFL Playoffs Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC New England at Denver, 1:05 p.m.

NFC Arizona at Carolina, 4:40 p.m.

Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 31 At Honolulu Team Rice vs. Team Irvin, 5 p.m.

Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16 New England 27, Kansas City 20 Arizona 26, Green Bay 20, OT Sunday, Jan. 17 Carolina 31, Seattle 24 Denver 23, Pittsburgh 16

Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 At Santa Clara, Calif.

TBD, 4:30 p.m.

Bowling Heritage Lanes High scores Jan. 11-17 Monday Club 55+ 1 p.m.: Vale Hunter, 325 high single; Bill Dunlop, 782 high triple.

Monday 7 p.m. mixed: Lesley Nicolas, 265; Andy Silbernagel, 673.

Tuesday 7 p.m. mixed: Tony Zirk, 308; Ashley Ehret, 750.

Wednesday Club 55+ 1 p.m.: Kathy Jackson, 310; Jackson, 736.

Wednesday 7 p.m. mixed: Don Lattery, 282; Andrew Gallaher, 748.

Thursday morning ladies: Joan MacIntyre, 230; Teresa Kutynec, 573.

Thursday afternoon Special Olympics mixed: Mike Ward, 260; Ward, 430.

Thursday 7 p.m. mixed: Bonnie Clermont, 279; Clermont, 776.

Monday scratch: Eric Kjos, 326; Gary Baird, 1098 (four games).

Youth Bowling of Canada Bumpers: Brodie Ehret, 101.

Bowlasaurus: Rogan Clark, 112.

Peewees: Jenna Wudkevich, 112; Jonathan Holford, 206 (two games).

Bantams: Xander Croswell, 170; Croswell, 404 (two games).

Juniors: Alyssa Durette, 258; Kennedy Chrest, 684.

Seniors: Cody Pratt, 278; Pratt, 709.

Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with OF Lorenzo Cain on a two-year contract.

TEXAS RANGERS — Re-signed RHP Colby Lewis to a one-year contract.

National League MIAMI MARLINS — Signed 2B Dee Gordon to a five-year contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Named Jacob Burney defensive line coach, Bill Lazor quarterbacks coach and Kevin Coyle defensive backs coach.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed LB Carl Bradford, DT William Campbell, TE Mitchell Henry, WR Jamel Johnson, DT Christian Ringo, G Matt Rotheram, OT Jeremy Vujnovich and WR Ed Williams.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Named Brian Schottenheimer quarterbacks coach and Shawn Terlecky defensive quality control coach.

GA 130 141 137 167 188 149

Pt 58 57 52 45 38 33

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF 45 33 12 0 0 196 46 29 15 1 1 168 46 27 17 1 1 153 46 17 22 6 1 125 44 18 22 3 1 146 46 8 35 3 0 93

GA 132 134 146 149 171 195

Pt 66 60 56 41 40 19

Lethbridge Red Deer Calgary Edmonton Medicine Hat Kootenay

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 44 30 11 3 0 159 Victoria 46 26 15 2 3 151 Prince George 45 27 16 1 1 153 Kamloops 44 22 15 4 3 151 Vancouver 46 17 24 3 2 138

GA 126 116 132 136 161

Pt 63 57 56 51 39

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF 43 27 12 2 2 121 43 24 16 3 0 135 45 23 20 2 0 149 43 20 18 3 2 143 44 19 23 2 0 142

GA 93 127 142 147 169

Pt 58 51 48 45 40

Sunday • Curling: Red Deer Oilmen’s Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre.

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Stampeders at Red Deer North Star, 11:30 a.m., Arena.

• Peewee AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer TBS, 1:30 p.m., Kinex.

• Bantam AA hockey: Wheatland at Red Deer Ramada, 1:45 p.m., Kinsmen A. • Midget AA hockey: Calgary Canucks at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Calgary Blue at Central Alberta, 5:45 p.m., Lacombe.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Airdrie at Ponoka, 2:30 p.m.; Coaldale at Stettler, 4:30 p.m.

Football Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 9 Kansas City 30, Houston 0 Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16 Sunday, Jan. 10 Seattle 10, Minnesota 9 Green Bay 35, Washington 18

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Brandon 44 27 13 2 2 167 Prince Albert 45 26 14 4 1 151 Moose Jaw 44 23 15 5 1 153 Regina 46 19 20 3 4 146 Saskatoon 46 17 25 4 0 138 Swift Current 45 14 26 4 1 110

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Named Doug Pederson coach.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned F Steve Downie to Springfield (AHL).

CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled F Phil Di Giuseppe from Charlotte (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Recalled D Esa Lindell from (AHL). Placed D Jordie Benn on injured reserve, retroactive to Jan. 16.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Re-assigned D Aaron Ness and F Zach Sill to Hershey (AHL).

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Bakersfield C Jujhar Khaira for two games for a kneeing incident in a Jan. 15 game against Texas.

MANCHESTER MONARCHS — Traded D Joe Houk to Greenville (ECHL) and F Eric Neilson to Missouri (ECHL) for future considerations.

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Signed F Brock Higgs to a professional tryout contract.

RDC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Volleyball players Kelsey Tymkow and Nic Dubinsky are the Boston Pizza RDC female and male athletes of the week.

Tymkow picked up a player-of-the-game award for the Queens during a weekend series at Medicine Hat and recorded 17 kills, two aces, 27 digs and three blocks over seven sets.

Dubinsky led the Kings to a pair of wins at Medicine Hat, finishing with 20 kills, 11 digs, Kelsey Tymkow three aces and a block. Despite injuring his shoulder towards the end of the third set in Saturday’s 3-1 win, he had 12 kills, nine digs and two blocks.

• The RDC volleyball teams will host Briercrest Friday and Saturday, with the women’s matches kicking off the action at 6 p.m. and 1 p.m. respectively.

Meanwhile, the hockey Kings will entertain Fort McMurray Keyano this weekend, with the games set for 7 p.m. Friday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Penhold Regional Multiplex.

The RDC basketball squads are in Lethbridge for matches Friday and Saturday.

Everett Seattle Portland Spokane Tri-City

Sunday’s results Kamloops 2 Edmonton 1 Monday’s results Everett 2 Saskatoon 1 (OT) Portland 3 Vancouver 2 Tuesday’s games Moose Jaw at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

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

Prince George at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Spokane at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Everett at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

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

G 26 23 14 12 13 8 13 10 16 8 12

A 36 19 23 24 22 23 16 18 9 17 12

Pts 62 42 37 36 35 31 29 28 25 25 24

Toth Martin

PIM 12 31 24 35 12 23 30 51 12 29 29

+/16 26 0 9 6 13 -7 10 6 8 6

37 45 44 32 34 46 32 25 2 42 7 19 37

12 6 3 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

7 9 12 8 2 7 3 2 1 1 0 0 0

19 15 15 8 7 7 5 3 1 1 0 0 0

52 21 45 31 7 41 24 4 0 10 17 0 0

9 3 13 17 3 2 -3 4 1 7 -2 — —

GP MP GA SO GAA Sv% 37 2007 89 5 2.66 .912 18 753 40 0 3.19 .893

WHL Scoring Leaders Adam Brooks, Reg Tyson Baillie, Kel Brayden Burke, Let Reid Gardiner, P.A. Dryden Hunt, MJ Ivan Nikolishin, RD Parker Bowles, TC Alex Forsberg, Vic Devante Stephens, Spo Giorgio Estephan, Let Jonathon Martin, SC Egor Babenko, Let Tyler Wong, Let Collin Shirley, Kam Nolan Patrick, Bra Mathew Barzal, Sea Andrew Nielsen, Let

G 27 26 14 29 28 26 25 19 17 24 31 23 26 27 17 12 12

A 44 40 52 35 36 36 34 38 40 31 23 31 26 24 34 38 38

Pts 71 66 66 64 64 62 59 57 57 55 54 54 52 51 51 50 50

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Swift Current at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

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Seattle at Portland, 8 p.m.

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

Medicine Hat at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

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Sunday’s Games Vancouver 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, SO Philadelphia 2, Detroit 1, SO Pittsburgh 5, Carolina 0 Tampa Bay 3, Florida 1 Washington 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Chicago 5, Montreal 2 Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 2 Monday’s Games Edmonton 4, Florida 2 St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 2 Colorado 2, Winnipeg 1 Buffalo 2, Arizona 1 Ottawa at San Jose, late Tuesday’s Games Calgary at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Washington at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Boston at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games St. Louis at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Anaheim, 8:30 p.m.

Monday’s summary Oilers 4, Panthers 2 First Period 1. Edmonton, Hall 17 (Purcell) 5:50.

2. Edmonton, Eberle 11 (Nugent-Hopkins, Pouliot) 17:52.

Penalties — Gudbranson Fla (fighting) 4:16, Hendricks Edm (fighting) 4:16, Pouliot Edm (holding) 11:15, Nurse Edm (holding) 19:10.

Second Period 3. Edmonton, Hall 18 (Purcell, Draisaitl) 4:19.

Penalties — Sekera Edm (interference) 1:44, Jagr Fla (tripping) 12:21, Edm Bench (too many men) 13:22.

Third Period 4. Florida, Smith 13 (unassisted) 2:45.

5. Florida, Howden 4 (Thornton, Campbell) 5:35.

6. Edmonton, Purcell 10 (Hall) 18:32.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Edmonton 6 9 9 — 24 Florida 9 14 10 — 33 Goal — Edmonton: Talbot (W, 9-13-3) Florida: Montoya (L, 7-2-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Edmonton: 0-1 Florida: 0-4.

NHL Scoring Leaders Patrick Kane, Chi Jamie Benn, Dal Tyler Seguin, Dal Erik Karlsson, Ott Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Evgeny Kuznetsov, Wash Blake Wheeler, Wpg Joe Pavelski, SJ Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Artemi Panarin, Chi Taylor Hall, Edm Nicklas Backstrom, Wash Daniel Sedin, Vcr Alex Ovechkin, Wash Brent Burns, SJ Patrice Bergeron, Bos

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Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 26 15 .634 — Boston 22 20 .524 4 1/2 New York 21 22 .488 6 Brooklyn 11 31 .262 15 1/2 Philadelphia 5 38 .116 22 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 25 17 .595 — Miami 23 18 .561 1 1/2 Orlando 20 20 .500 4 Washington 19 21 .475 5 Charlotte 19 22 .463 5 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 28 11 .718 — Chicago 24 16 .600 4 1/2 Indiana 22 19 .537 7 Detroit 22 19 .537 7 Milwaukee 18 25 .419 12 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 36 6 .857 —

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24 19 .558 24 19 .558 22 20 .524 13 27 .325 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 30 12 .714 Utah 18 23 .439 Portland 19 25 .432 Denver 16 25 .390 Minnesota 13 29 .310 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 38 4 .905 L.A. Clippers 26 14 .650 Sacramento 17 23 .425 Phoenix 13 29 .310 L.A. Lakers 9 34 .209

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Oklahoma City at Denver, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 5 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

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

Golden State at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Houston, 6 p.m.

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Cruz regains UFC bantamweight title

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — Dominick Cruz regained the UFC bantamweight title Sunday night, outpointing T.J. Dillashaw by split decision at the TD Garden.

Cruz (21-1) received winning scores of 48-47 and 49-46, and the other judge scored the five-round bout 49-46 for Dillashaw (13-3).

Forced to relinquish the title because of a series of knee injuries, Cruz fought for the first time since 2014 and the second time since 2011. Dillashaw was making his third title defence.

“There’s no such thing as rust,” said Cruz, from San Diego. “Rust is only something you get when you don’t train hard. I’ve seen fighters do what T.J. does, but he’s faster.”

Cruz took down Dillashaw,

from Denver, in each of the first four rounds and used his footwork to control the distance for most of the fight.

“I’m very disappointed,” Dillashaw said. “I felt like I was the aggressor and landed the bigger shots. I’m not a fan of his antics, but congratulations to him.”

Cruz took down Dillashaw once in the first round, grabbing a leg while Dillashaw was throwing a kick. Toward the end of the round, Cruz fought off a takedown attempt from Dillashaw.

Cruz used his foot speed in the second round, moving in and out of range to land punches. In the final minute of the round, he downed Dillashaw twice with double leg shots.

Dillashaw landed two kicks to the head in the third, opening cuts on Cruz’s lips and next to his left eye. Cruz still stayed out of range for most of

the round and scored another double-leg takedown.

Dillashaw sustained a cut along the left eye in the fourth, but scored his first takedown of the fight, slipping behind Cruz and forcing him to the mat.

In the fifth, Cruz kept circling. Late in the round, Dillashaw landed a knee to the midsection.

In the co-main event, Eddie Alvarez outpointed former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis in a three-round fight. All three judges scored it 29-28, two for Alvarez (27-4) and one for Pettis (18-4).

Both fighters spent the entire second round on their feet with Pettis defending two takedown attempts. In the first, Alvarez took down Pettis twice, once with a double leg and once with an inside triple.

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North America edges World in close finish CONTINENTAL CUP

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TEAM NORTH AMERICA WINS FOURTH STRAIGHT TITLE AFTER MORRIS SCORES WINNING SHOT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Speed Skating Canada named its first six skaters to earn spots for the upcoming world short track championships and the two winter World Cups of the 2015-2016 season.

Marianne St-Gelais, Valerie Maltais and Kasandra Bradette will represent the women’s side for Canada while Charles Hamelin, Samuel Girard and Charles Cournoyer were named for the men’s competition following their performances at the Canadian senior championships that ended on Sunday.

St-Gelais, Maltais, and Bradette finished first, second and third, respectively, in combined standings that included results from the Canadian senior championships as well as those from either the fall World Cup selections or the Canadian open national qualifier.

St-Gelais, from Saint-Felicien, Que., won the women’s 1,000-metre final on Sunday, coming up with her third gold medal of the weekend after previously collecting the national titles in the 500 and 1,500 races.

St-Gelais finished in one minute 31.885 seconds, ahead of Maltais (1:31.986) and Bradette (1:32.047).

“What was at stake for me this week was to qualify for the world championships and race in a way that would help me be ready for the upcoming competitions,” said St-Gelais, who was 11th in overall standings at last year’s world championships.

Maltais, from La Baie-Que., also ended on a positive note at the competition, which started with a seventh-place finish in Friday’s 1,500 and was followed by a bronze medal in Saturday’s 500 before she came up with silver in Sunday’s 1,000. She then skated to a fourth-place finish in the 3,000.

Bradette, from Saint-Felicien, Que., ended up 13th in Friday’s 1,500, collected silver in Saturday’s 500 and followed it up with bronze in Sunday’s 1,000 before concluding the competition with a fifth-place result in the 3,000.

Jamie MacDonald (6:11.415) of Fort St. James, B.C., won the women’s 3,000, followed by Marie-Eve Drolet of Laterriere, Que., and Audrey Phaneuf of Saint-Hy-

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LAS VEGAS — It took three attempts and a daggar from Canadian skip John Morris in the final round of skins play to finally win it for Team North America at the 2016 Continental Cup. Team North America was leading 29.5-26 in the race to 30.5 points on Sunday evening and needed Eve Muirhead to miss on her final shot against Canada’s Jennifer Jones for the title.

Instead, the Scottish veteran made her final shot to put one more point on the board for Team World.

Then, on Sheet B, Canada’s Kevin Koe had a difficult raise takeout that would have won the game, and the title, against Team World’s Niklas Edin.

He missed, forcing a carry-over and leaving the 2.5 available points up for grabs, to be decided in a post-game draw to the button.

Finally, on Sheet C, in the mixed skins game, Morris would deliver the blow his team needed, making a boardweight inturn takeout to beat Torger Nergard’s team 3-2 and set off a Team North America celebration.

“I’ve never been a part of something like that, a championship that was so close,” said Morris, whose mixed team was rounded out by third Allison Pottinger, second Nolan Thiessen and lead Natalie Nicholson.

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Team North America poses with trophy after defeating Team World at the Continental Cup in Las Vegas, Nev., on Sunday.

“It was pretty electric in there, pretty cool to be a part of.”

The Morris shot gave Team North America 30.5 points, the exact total needed to win the event.

At one point, Team North America trailed 14-10 in the overall standings before fighting back to tie the championship at 22.5 apiece going into the final draw Sunday night.

The anti-climactic shot-to-the-button between Koe and Edin was held after the Team North America celebration, and Edin covered the pin to bring Team World’s final total to 29.5 points,

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“It’s a little like kissing your sister, but congratulations to Team North America,” said Team World captain Andy Kapp. “They just made a few more shots at the end. We were close this year, we’re looking forward to next year.”

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Casey Patsula of the Red Deer Exelta Gymnastics Club took top honours in her category in the Edmonton Capital City competition during the weekend.

Patsula finished first overall in the level 8 category with a first-place finish on the bars and was third, fifth and eighth, respectively, in the beam, vault and floor exercises.

Kayla Holliday was third all around in level 7, finishing fifth on the bars, ninth in each of the vault and beam disciplines and 10th on the floor, while Presley Zinger was fourth all around in level 4 after placing first on the bars, fifth on the beam, eighth on the floor and 11th in the vault.

Other Exelta top-10 all around placings: Karis Wygiera, level 6 — Sixth all around, fifth on bars, sixth on beam, seventh in vault, 13th on floor; Megan McGonigal, level 7 — Sixth all around, fifth on bars, ninth in vault, ninth on beam, 10th on floor; Jared Hoffman, P5 — Seventh all around, tied for fourth in vault, fifth on rings, tied for sixth on pommel horse, sixth on parallel bars, seventh on floor, seventh on high bar; Sydney Galenza, level 6, 2005 years — Eighth all around, fifth on beam, sixth on floor, 10th on bars, 12th in vault; Mitch Kalan, national open — Eighth all around, fifth on parallel bars, eighth on floor, eighth on pommel horse, eighth on high bar, ninth in vault, 11th on rings; Ayla Ronspies, level 6 — 10th all around, second on beam, ninth on floor, ninth in vault, 12th on bars.

MEN’S BASKETBALL Carstar, with Murray Cunningham and Justin Klein each draining 16 points, got past the NWS Axemen 80-71 in a Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association game Sunday.

Dario Viveros led the Axemen with 21 points, while teammate Zaki Boule scored 13.

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ond Jill Officer and lead Dawn McEwen, it was their record sixth Continental Cup title.

“I’m so proud of Team North America,” said Jones.

“We got behind a couple days ago, and we just pulled up our socks and here we are.”

Team North America won $52,000 while the World team earned $26,000 for the Continental Cup championship.

Team North America also claimed a $13,000 bonus for taking the most points out of the six skins games.

acinthe, Que. Cournoyer won the men’s 1,000 final on Sunday with a time of 1:24.269 to finish ahead of Girard (1:24.310) and Toronto’s William Preudhomme (1:24.452).

Cournoyer, of Boucherville, Que., stepped on the podium for the first time this weekend. He was fourth in the 1,500 and 3,000 events and 14th in the 500.

“After the unfortunate turn of events for me in yesterday’s 500m, I had a good day today,” said Cournoyer, who won bronze in the 500 at the 2014 Olympic Games.

“I showed that I can skate at a world championship level. I’m very happy about my weekend, even if I had highs and lows.”

Girard, of Ferland-et-Boilleau, Que., ended up on the podium in all events on the weekend except for the 3,000, where he was seventh.

He won silver in the 1,000 and the 1,500, as well as bronze in the 500.

Hamelin, who won the 500 and the 1,500, settled for fifth place in Sunday’s 1,000 (1:25.083) behind Calgary’s Sasha Fathoullin (1:24.705). He was sixth in the men’s 3,000.

Olivier Jean (4:50.812) of Lachenaie, Que., skated to victory in the 3,000, finishing ahead of Cedrik Blais (4:59.065) of Chateauguay, Que., and Preudhomme (5:00.690).

Canada will send a team of five women and five men to the world short track championships in Seoul, South Korea in March as well as a group of six women and six men at World Cup stages No. 5 and No. 6, to take place in Dresden, Germany and Dordrecht, Netherlands in February.

By finishing 1-2 in the women’s competition, St-Gelais and Maltais also clinched spots for the individual distances at the world championships, as did Hamelin on the men’s side by finishing first. In Seoul, Canada will have three representatives on the women’s team and two on the men’s squad for the individual races.

The skaters set to earn the other vacant spots on the Canadian team, for the three international competitions to come as well as for the individual events at the world championships, will be announced at a later date.

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NELSON Edward “Les” Mr. Edward (Les) Nelson of Red Deer, Alberta passed away peacefully at Revera Inglewood on Jan 16, 2016 at the age of 94. Les was born Nov 28, 1921 in Calgary, Alberta. He grew up in Edmonton then joined the RCAF right out of high school, serving in the European Campaign. When WWII ended and Les was able to come home in 1946, he began his career with Northwestern Utilities in Wetaskiwin Alberta. Enjoying his new home he became a charter member of the Wetaskiwin Kinsmen and enjoyed the fellowship for many years to come. He met and married the love of his life Dorothy (Dot) Arner in 1950 and was blessed with 4 children. In 1965 Les was transferred to Red Deer and completed 35 years as District Clerk before retiring.

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MOOS Shirley May Moos passed away peacefully with her husband by her side on January 14, 2016 at the age of 75 after a lengthy battle with lung disease. Shirley was born on February 11, 1940 in Eckville, A.B. to Waldo and Myrtle Raabis. She grew up in Eckville and went to school at the Estonian and Eckville schools. On January 10, 1958 Shirley married Edward Moos and they started their life on the road following Eddy’s career on the rig. This took them everywhere from Lethbridge, A.B., to Mount Le Moray, B.C. After ten years they settled on the family farm to raise their children, and they never fully retired from this lifestyle. Shirley was a talented seamstress and painter and loved to create works of art for her family and friends. She also loved to perform and could often be found at community functions singing her heart out. Shirley’s children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren were the pride and joy of her life and she enjoyed nothing more than spending the day catching up with family and friends over a pot of coffee. She lived for attending family reunions and was usually the first to get there and the last to leave.

Camping, sightseeing and long family drives were a part of her life that she enjoyed immensely. Shirley was a kind hearted person who was always ready for an adventure and would quickly make new friends wherever she went. She accepted people as they were and never judged a soul.

Shirley touched the hearts of many and wanted each of them to know how much she appreciated everyone and all their love and support. Shirley was predeceased by her parents, Waldo and Myrtle Raabis; sister, Wendy Scheifele; nephew, Landon Scheifele; and son-in-law, Nelson Parliament. She leaves behind her loving husband of 58 years, Edward; her children, Lane, Derek (Sherron), Sandra (Dennis) Baxter, Brenda, and Wes (Kim); 13 grandchildren and their spouses; 12 great-grandchildren; brother, Garry (Judy) Raabis; sister, Debbie Brown; brother-in-laws, Sid Scheifele and Clarence (Maira) Moos; sister-in-law, Dianna Misner; as well as many nieces, nephews, friends and family too numerous to list but not forgotten. At Shirley’s request, a formal service will not be held; however, a celebration of her life will take place at the Eckville Community Centre on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 2:00pm. Interment will be at the Eckville Cemetery at a later date. Cremation entrusted to Rocky Mountain Crematorium, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations can be made in Shirley’s name to the Lung Association. Condolences may be forwarded to SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements. 403-845-2626

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LARSEN Carl 1954 - 2016 Carl Richard Larsen of Red Deer passed away at the Rosefield Centre in Innisfail on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at the age of 61 years.

A Celebration of Carl’s life will be held at the Red Deer Legion, 2810 - Bremner Ave, Red Deer, AB on Friday, January 22, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Ronald McDonald House Central Alberta, 5002 - 39 St. Red Deer AB T4N 2P2.

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Search off Hawaii finds life rafts but no sign of missing Marines

Swedish doctor charged for locking woman in bunker

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU — Authorities searching the area where two Marine helicopters crashed off Hawaii have found some life rafts that were carried aboard the aircraft, but still no sign of the 12 crew members who were on board.

The Coast Guard said Monday that three of the four life rafts confirmed to have been aboard the helicopters have been recovered and efforts were being made to recover the fourth. Some of the rafts were inflated, but it was unclear how they came to be inflated, Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Sara Mooers said.

There is no indication that anyone was aboard the rafts, based on their condition and the lack of any personal effects, she said.

The search for the Marines entered its fourth day Monday, with plans to search into the night. Conditions have improved since the start of the search, with much smaller swells Monday.

Various agencies have been searching above water, below water and along the shoreline since the Coast Guard was notified late Thursday by a civilian who saw the aircraft flying and then saw a fireball.

The Marines were alerted when the CH-53E helicopters carrying six crew members each failed to return to their base at Kaneohe Bay following a nighttime training mission. Hours later, a Coast Guard helicopter and C-130 airplane spotted debris 2 ½ miles off of Oahu.

The crash was near the north shore, but the search area spans from the western coast of Oahu to the northeast corner of the island. At this point, it’s still a search for survivors, Mooers said. The Coast Guard assumes the best-case scenario when considering how long someone in the right equipment and right conditions could survive, she said.

“We err on the side of caution because the last thing that anybody wants is to suspend the search when there’s still a possibility of finding

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A search vessel cruises the waters off the beach at Haleiwa, Hawaii, Jan. 15. Two Marine helicopters carrying 12 crew members collided off the island of Oahu during a nighttime training mission, and rescuers are searching a debris field in choppy waters, military officials said. somebody,” she said.

Marine Capt. Timothy Irish said Monday that aircrews wear personal flotation devices with their flight suits and get additional training on top of survival swimming training. There are various ways that life rafts could be inflated, including a cord being pulled by debris, he said.

Mooers said people have been founds days or even weeks after they’ve been at sea.

Survival would entail overcoming many factors, including surviving the crash, being conscious for impact, being overwhelmed by water, and then facing dehydration, exposure and fatigue, said Mario Vittone, a retired Coast Guardsman who is an expert on sea survival. Vittone said survival seems unlikely, but he noted that he doesn’t know all the circumstances and there’s nothing unusual in the length of the search so far.

The transport helicopters were part of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Known as Super Stallions, they are the U.S.

military’s largest helicopter, capable of carrying a light armoured vehicle, 16 tons of cargo or a team of combat-equipped Marines, according to a Marine Corps website.

The wing’s commanding general, Brig. Gen. Russell Sanborn, told reporters Sunday he has personal experience with the “emotional roller coaster” families of the 12 Marines are experiencing.

His wife went through similar emotions when he was shot down 25 years ago during Operation Desert Storm and was listed as missing in action, he said.

Some family members were holding out hope that survivors could be found, while asking for privacy as they waited for updates.

“My husband and I want everyone to know that this is not about us,” Donna McGrew, mother of Maj. Shawn Campbell of College Station, Texas, said. “This is about the families that are suffering, and about all the sacrifices that our military members and their families make on a daily basis.”

STOCKHOLM — A Swedish doctor has been charged with rape and kidnapping after he confessed to drugging a woman with sedative-laced strawberries and locking her up in a soundproof bunker where he had intended to keep her for years, prosecutors said Monday.

The 38-year-old man’s defence lawyer described the case as an elaborate plot to find a girlfriend, which unraveled as he walked into a police station with the woman on Sept. 18 last year, allegedly to show police that she was fine.

“I haven’t seen any case like this. I think it’s unusual,” Prosecutor Peter Claeson told The Associated Press.

Defence lawyer Mari Schaub said her client has confessed to all allegations except rape, but wants the kidnapping charge reduced to a lower charge of deprivation of liberty.

According to the indictment, the defendant built what was meant to look like a machine shed next to his countryside home in southern Sweden. Inside it was a concrete “bunker” with double metal doors.

“The purpose of the building was to keep people incarcerated during an extended period of time without detection,” the indictment said.

The doctor, whose name wasn’t published in Sweden in line with privacy rules, allegedly made contact with the victim by phone and met her once before he abducted her in Stockholm on Sept. 12 after careful preparations.

The woman, whose age wasn’t provided in the indictment, passed out after he gave her chocolate-coated strawberries laced with Rohypnol, also known as a “date-rape drug.” Prosecutors say he had sex with her while she was unconscious, which his defence lawyer said he denies.

He then wheeled her to his car in a wheelchair and drove 530 kilometres to his home outside Knislinge, giving her drugs intravenously during the journey to keep her sedated.

Netflix chief says 2016 will bring emphasis on family shows

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PASADENA, Calif. — Netflix says it will make a special effort to produce programming for children and families, with the streaming service offering 20 new programs in the category this year led by the Feb. 26 premiere of the Fuller House remake.

Ted Sarandos, Netflix chief content officer, said Sunday that there’s not enough of this programming on traditional TV right now. The emphasis also coincides with Netflix’s broadening subscriber base — it’s more than 19-year-old boys clicking onto the service now.

The streaming service is in only its fourth season of making original content with deep pockets that have made traditional TV networks envious. Sarandos, who said Netflix will spend

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The remake of the popular “Full House” is highly anticipated. The network on Friday also made available new episodes of the teen-focused series Degrassi. Jim Henson’s company is making Word Party, a show for preschoolers, and Lost & Found Music Studios, premiering in April, is about striving teenage musicians. Also in April, the animated Kong: King of the Apes will update the King Kong series.

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He did not, however, release any specific data to dispute what NBC said.

One thing not in Netflix’s immediate future: live programming, including news or sports. While Netflix has the technical ability to deliver live programming, it would muddle the company’s chief marketing message that viewers can watch whatever they want whenever they want.

Sarandos also needled John Landgraf, CEO of the FX Networks, who complained Saturday of Netflix’s big programming budget and has suggested that there are too many television shows being made for consumers to get a grip on.

“Is there too much TV?” Sarandos asked.

“We don’t think there’s too much TV, and if there is too much TV, somebody else has to slow down.”

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NBC researchers said they used audio measurements from Symphony Advanced Media to estimate viewership for some Netflix programs.

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NBC argued this meant Netflix wasn’t a serious threat to its business.

Sarandos said NBC released “remarkably inaccurate data that does not reflect any reality that we track,” and said Netflix doesn’t measure viewership in the 18-to-49-year-old demographic. He said NBC probably took the time to talk about Netflix “because it’s more fun than talking about NBC’s

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Misunderstandings lead to Christmas conundrum Dear Annie: My half-brother and his wife are old enough to be my parents. He is quite well-to-do and so are his children. I am only six years older than his oldest child and have always felt more like one of his kids than his sister, especially after my parents died.

However, I am never invited to spend holidays with them. I was widowed 25 years ago, and one of my children has since passed away. My brother and sister-in-law have gifted me $300 each year on my birthday, and although it would give me great pleasure to reciprocate, they rarely allow me to do so. Last month, they discouraged me from giving them gifts for Christmas, which I understand. They are trying to pare down their belongings.

Last year, I saved up and gave them a $100 gift card. I thought I’d hit on the perfect present. But this year, my sister-in-law said bluntly, “Don’t be coming in here with presents like last year.

Save your gift cards for your daughter.

The money we give you is for you — not to be returned to us.”

After that call, I spiraled into a depression that lasted for days, and the holiday was ruined. All this one-sided gift-giving KATHY MITCHELL makes me feel like a charity AND MARCY SUGAR case. I always ANNIE’S MAILBOX accept the money and send an immediate thank-you note, and I will continue to do so. But other than my daughter, they are the only family I have. Their kids and I do not communicate. Is there any way to fix this? — Bah Humbug Dear Humbug: You are interpreting

your brother’s attitude in the worst possible light. So, let’s put it in a more positive one: Your brother and his wife know that you are struggling and they are not. They feel terrible when you spend your money on them. They are trying to be kind and thoughtful.

They don’t realize that you find this demeaning.

The age difference makes a relationship difficult and awkward, but you both seem to want to stay in contact, so here’s our advice for gift-giving: Do not give cash or gift cards. Instead, bake cookies or create a homemade holiday ornament. Write them a letter expressing how important they are to you, how much you hope to remain close, and that being able to reciprocate for their kindness brings you joy. That will mean more to them than any present.

Dear Annie: You’ve printed a few letters in response to the one from “W,” who said her neighbor is overly sensitive to noise. This neighbor may

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My ex-husband, who suffers from a fairly severe mental illness, often complained of excessive noise from our neighbor’s adjoining townhouse, even though the sound would be perfectly fine to anyone else. He would call the police about it whenever he wasn’t taking his anti-psychotic medication. It caused all sorts of problems.

“W.” might consider speaking to the neighbor’s son about her mental health. — T. Dear T.: There are all kinds of reasons for noise sensitivity, and certainly mental health can play a role. Thank you for mentioning this possibility.

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

Boston police team’s mascot returns home BOSTON — SWAT Cat is back!

The Boston Police Department’s SWAT team has been reunited with its beloved, unofficial mascot.

The department posted on its website that SWAT Cat returned to the unit’s home base in the city’s Roxbury neighbourhood Thursday morning.

The female stray with white, black and light orange fur first started prowling around in 2013, looking for belly rubs and free meals. But she disappeared in late November. Police feared the worst and even put out an all-points bulletin for the missing feline, posting a shot on Facebook of SWAT Cat lounging on the hood of an armoured vehicle.

The department said Thursday that officers are “just happy that she was safe all this time.”

UK police seek burglar who stole 15,000 pounds in 1-pound coins

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more energy you put into helping others — and viewing situations from their perspective — the better the day will be. Networking and group projects are also favoured.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): PerJOANNE MADELINE sonal projects, MOORE group activities and social SUN SIGNS networking are all highlighted today as you mix things up and multi-task to the max. With Sun and Moon on your side, you’re ready to shine.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Jupiter helps you take on challenges in a calm and confident way. Motto for the moment is from birthday great Dolly Parton: “If you want to see the rainbow you gotta put up with the rain.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Today’s stars encourage self-indulgence, so it’s the perfect time to have a facial or go

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): What you want and what you need are two very different things today Aquarius.

An old hope, dream or wish may need to be updated so it’s a better reflection of the new you in 2016.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When it comes to an important friendship, there’s a lot going on beneath the surface that you may be unaware of. So don’t be too quick to judge a friend who is acting out of character.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): When it comes to a current problem with a loved one or colleague, a knee-jerk reaction will only inflame the situation.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re in the mood to indulge in good food and fine wine but don’t overdo things Taurus. It’s important to get off the comfy couch — or out of your office chair — and get moving.

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LONDON — British police are seeking a burglar who may have a heavy conscience — or pockets — after stealing 15,000 pounds ($21,500) in 1-pound ($1.43) coins.

Greater Manchester Police said Friday that three houses in a street in Ashton-Under-Lyne, northwest England were robbed on Jan. 1. The culprits stole designer handbags, jewelry, a Range Rover and the trove of coins. It wasn’t clear why the coins were kept in the house. Constable Dinesh Mistry said the haul weighed “the same as two average-sized women, or almost 10 cases of wine.”

He said police have asked local businesses to keep an eye out for a large number of pound coins.

He said “it is hard to miss 15,000 pounds in pound coins so we believe someone must know something about this crime.”

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PASADENA, Calif. — The filmmakers behind Netflix’s Making a Murderer documentary say they expected a backlash that would lead people in the media to demonize Steven Avery, the Wisconsin man whose prosecution in the 2005 death of a woman formed the centerpiece of the 10-part series issued last month.

Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos, at a news conference on Sunday, sought to deflect discussion on the question of Avery’s guilt or innocence and instead pointed to questions raised about the criminal justice system in their film.

Making a Murderer has followed the NPR podcast Serial and HBO’s The Jinx as a compellingly told true crime epic, leading many people who have seen it to take up the cause of Avery, who served 18 years in prison following a wrongful conviction of rape and two years after his release was charged in the death of photographer Teresa Halbach. The documentary questions whether Avery was treated fairly.

Yet prosecutors — who the filmmakers say declined their request to participate in Making a Murderer — have claimed the film omits physical evidence against Avery. A former fiancee of Avery’s, Jodi Stachowski, told HLN this week that Avery was “a monster” who had threatened to kill her.

“The media are demonizing this man in order to prove his guilt,” Ricciardi said.

They said, however, that they expected a strong reaction. Although they said they were filmmakers, not prosecutors, they said they tried their best to reflect all of the facts in the case.

They ducked questions Sunday on their belief about Avery’s guilt or innocence, even though they told Stephen Colbert on CBS’ Late Show earlier this month that they believed he was not guilty. Ricciardi said she would not want to be treated by the criminal justice system the way Avery was.

“We did not consider this advocacy journalism in the least,” Demos said. “We are not taking sides. We don’t have a stake in his character, in his innocence or guilt. That was not the question that we were raising.”

She said that “if you watch the series, I think it’s clear that the American criminal justice system has some serious problems and that it is urgent that we address them.”

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The filmmakers behind Netflix’s ‘Making a Murderer’ documentary say they expected a strong reaction.

Although they said they were filmmakers, not prosecutors, they said they tried their best to reflect all of the facts in the case against Steven Avery (centre).

Avery has recently filed an appeal of his conviction, claiming authorities used an improper warrant and that a juror was out to get him.

The filmmakers said they understood that Avery’s request to watch Making a Murderer had been declined. They said they have had conversations with

Avery since the documentary’s release that they have taped, but have not returned to Wisconsin for more filming.

“We are ready to follow if there are significant developments and we are looking at other stories, as well,” Demos said.

Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey dies

Calls for boycott of Oscars grow over diversity

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NEW YORK — Glenn Frey, a rock ‘n’ roll rebel from Detroit who journeyed West, co-founded the Eagles and with Don Henley became one of history’s most successful songwriting teams with such hits as Hotel California and Life in the Fast Lane, has died.

Frey, 67, died of complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia, the band said on its website. He died Monday in New York. He had fought the ailments for the past several weeks, the band said.

“The Frey family would like to thank everyone who joined Glenn to fight this fight and hoped and prayed for his recovery,” a statement on the band’s website said. “Words can neither describe our sorrow, nor our love and respect for all that he has given to us, his family, the music community & millions of fans worldwide.”

Frey’s health problems, including diverticulitis, Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS dated to the 1980s. He would blame in part his years Glenn Frey of The Eagles performs on the “History of of “burgers and beer and blow and broads” and later the Eagles” tour at the Forum, on Wednesday, Jan. became a fitness advocate.

Guitarist Frey and drummer Henley formed the 15, 2014 in Los Angeles. Frey, the legendary guitarist Eagles in Los Angeles in the early 1970s, along with for The Eagles, has died. guitarist Bernie Leadon and bassist Randy Meisner.

Their popularity grew steadily, and they embodied long to the City, and careers in movies and television. for many listeners the melodic Los Angeles sound He appeared on episodes of Miami Vice and Nash despite having no native Californians in the group. Bridges, both featuring his friend Don Johnson, and Critics often dismissed them as slick and unadven- appeared in the film Jerry McGuire, directed by Camturous, but their blend of mellow ballads and macho eron Crowe, who had befriended him after he interrockers, and of pop and folk and country, gave them viewed the Eagles for Rolling Stone magazine in the unusually broad appeal.

1970s. Frey’s The Heat Is On was a hit from the BevAn Eagles greatest-hits collection and Hotel Cal- erly Hills Cop soundtrack, and his Smuggler’s Blues ifornia, both released in the 1970s, have sold more inspired a Miami Vice episode of the same name. than 20 million copies each and are among the bestA Showtime documentary, The History of the Easelling albums of modern times. The band’s total gles, aired in 2013. Last summer, the group completalbum sales top 100 million copies. ed a two-year History of the Eagles tour.

The Eagles’ many hit singles include The Best of Frey, known for his oversized jaw, big grin and My Love, Desperado, One of These Nights and The Long wavy dark hair, loved music, girls and the rock ‘n’ Run. The impulsive Frey and the more cerebral roll life. He was playing in bands as a teenager, with Henley shared songwriting and singing duties, with fellow Detroit musician Bob Seger among his early Frey’s drawling tenor featured on Heartache Tonight, friends, and would meet up with Henley, Meisner Already Gone and the group’s breakthrough hit, Take and Leadon while all were trying to catch on in the it Easy.

Los Angeles music scene.

Henley said crossing paths with Frey in 1970 For a time the four backed Linda Ronstadt, and “changed my life forever, and it eventually had an other musicians they came to know were Jackson impact on the lives of millions of other people all Browne, who wrote most of Take it Easy, and J.D. over the planet.”

Souther, who collaborated on New Kid in Town and Their popularity well outlasted their breakup other songs. in 1980 and the 14-year hiatus that followed. Their Anyone around them at the time knew they were records remained consistent sellers, and they were determined to make it and make it big. a top touring act over the last 20 years even though Frey and Henley were the only remaining original members. They were joined on stage by guitarist Joe Walsh, who replaced Leadon in the mid-1970s, and bassist Timothy B. Schmit, who stepped in after Meisner quit in 1977. Guitarist Don From the cobblestone streets of the French Riviera and the Felder was added in 1974 rolling hills of Italy’s Piedmont region to Portugal’s lively but was fired in 2001 amid Lisbon and Spain’s Catalonia to the spicy streets of India disputes over money. all the way down under to the wine soaked regions of The band was inducted Australia, Chef Emmenuel David take your taste buds on a into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and was culinary adventure around the world. supposed to have been Bring your appetite. Leave your passport. honoured at the Kennedy Center last month, but INDIA – NOSH ON NAWABI – JAN. 24, 2016 the appearance was postponed because of Frey’s ITALY – PIEDMONT PERFECTION – FEB. 28, 2016 health. Its six Grammys include Record of the AUSTRALIA – DISCOVER DOWNUNDER – MAR. 27, 2016 Year for Hotel California FRANCE – A TASTE OF PROVENCE – APR. 24, 2016 and best country performance by a vocal duo or PORTUGAL – LIVE IT UP IN LISBON – MAY 22, 2016 group for How Long, from SPAIN – CATALAN CUISINE – JUN. 26,2016 the 2007 album Long Road Out of Eden, another No. 1 seller.

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NEW YORK — Calls for a boycott of the Academy Awards are growing over the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ second straight year of mostly white nominees, as Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith each said Monday that they will not attend this year’s ceremony.

In a lengthy Instagram post, Lee said he “cannot support” the “lily white” Oscars. Noting that he was writing on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Lee — who in November said he was fed up: “Forty white actors in two years and no flava at all,” he wrote. “We can’t act?!”

In a video message on Facebook, Pinkett Smith also said she wouldn’t attend or watch the Oscars in February. Pinkett Smith, whose husband Will Smith wasn’t nominated for his performance in the NFL head trauma drama “Concussion,” said it was time for people of colour to disregard the Academy Awards.

“Begging for acknowledgement, or even asking, diminishes dignity and diminishes power,” she said.

“And we are a dignified people and we are powerful.”

She added: “Let’s let the academy do them, with all grace and love. And let’s do us differently.”

Last year’s all-white acting nominees also drew calls for a boycott, though not from such prominent individuals as Lee and Pinkett Smith. Whether it had any impact or not, the audience for the broadcast, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, was down 16 per cent from the year prior, a six-year low.

This year, academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs has made a point of presenting a more inclusive show. The Feb. 28 broadcast will be hosted by Chris Rock and produced by Django Unchained producer Reginald Hudlin and David Hill. On Saturday, Rock, unveiling a new promotion for the broadcast, called the ceremony “The White BET Awards.”

The academy didn’t immediately respond to messages left Monday.

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TUESDAY, JAN. 19, 2016

January offers new beginnings January offers new beginnings The swinging door from our favourite fast food place brings in a rush of cold air as my girlfriends and I sit companionably sipping coffee and doing the ‘girl talk’ thing.

We do this most Saturdays, leaving the warmth of our own kitchens to sit in this somewhat drafty favorite coffee haunt, wrapping our chilled fingers around mugs of steaming hot coffee.

We share stuff. That’s what girls do!

We talk. We huddle. We laugh. We cry.

And, we do it together.

Then we go home and do laundry and get groceries and wish we hadn’t watched every previous season of Downton Abby because now we have to wait until Sunday to feed our addiction.

This week we talk about January and how it can be kind of a ‘blah’ month.

January blues, I believe they called it. They suggested getting out more.

Dancing. One girlfriend talked about a tea party she had recently hosted

complete with twin sweater sets and pearls.

It was a ‘high tea’ party like they have in England.

Forming a dinner club was suggested.

I have to admit that I added nothing of value to the conversaTREENA tion.

MIELKE The thing is I LIFE kind of like January.

For one thing, to me, January marks new beginnings. It is a time when you can take secret resolutions you have dared write on a blank sheet of paper with a sharp, new pencil filled with hope and optimism and work on making them a reality.

It is true that statistics indicate that

probably by January of 2017, you will not be a better person, nor will you have lost much, if any of the weight you gained over Christmas, nor will you have quit smoking.

But, I beg to differ. To me, hope springs eternal and, anyway, it’s the journey, not the destination that counts.

Another thing I love about January is the fact that there is no need to hustle and bustle around and get ready for some big event like Christmas.

Been there. Done that. Moved on!

While the holiday is truly a blessed time to celebrate the age old story of the birth of the babe in a manger and provides a wonderful splash of colour in the stark black and white landscape of winter, it is also stressful, expensive and a lot of work.

There is nothing much like that going on in January, thank goodness.

And January nights are hot chocolate, sit in front of the fire nights, where one can stare at the dancing, flickering flames and think about not

very much at all. You gotta love that.

I drive home from coffee, my mud spattered and very messy car appearing to be the only imperfect thing in a postcard perfect world. Thick white hoar frost covering the trees sparkles like a million white diamonds against the hard brilliance of a clear blue sky.

It’s so achingly beautiful, it hurts my eyes. It’s not always so, I think to myself as I recall driving home on a completely fog drenched highway the night before.

I’ve driven in worse, but I can’t really remember when. And finally when I pulled into my own yard, I kissed the driveway in gratitude.

Uncertain. Unpredictable. Temporary. That would be January.

And life! Full of ups and downs, but mostly just awesome!

Treena Mielke lives in Sylvan Lake and is editor of the Rimbey Review. She has been a journalist and columnist for more than 25 years. Treena is married to Peter and they have three children and six grandchildren.

Marriage always a team, regardless of the stress A moving checklist hangs on my fridge while I feel as though I am sinking into a bottomless pit of worries and stress. Damn stress is a nasty thing isn’t it? It can make a person crazy. It can make you sick and take away all of your good and common sense. It can make you do things you never would in normal day life.

I just drove Jamie to work this morning because right now to add to my delightful mood we are down one car. We are in the midst of registering the new-to-us truck but let’s just say there have been a few pit stops along the way. Anyways, as I was driving him to work a silent list of must-do’s usurped every corner of my thought process. I hear Jamie mumble something and I bark the word, “what?” at him.

“You’re in the wrong lane…This is a turning lane.” He again mutters because he knows how much I hate it when he backseat drives me.

“No I’m not,” I begin saying as I look at the road sign that hangs on the traffic light ahead of me. Sure enough I am most definitely in the wrong lane.

Like seriously, how did this even happen? How thick can I be? Who forgets

how to drive?

There isn’t anyone behind me so when I get the green light I dart into the lane I need to be in all the while feeling like the greatest fool on the planet.

When the kids and I arLINDSAY rive back home BROWN I still have a ME PLUS THREE looming checklist to get done and now I seem to be carrying around a newfound weight of self loathing. It sometimes seems like with every step of progress we make another twenty things come down on us. Life can be a major pain in the butt sometimes. I sit down at my computer because even though I know I have little time to spare today, writing is the one thing that is going to get me through with a bit of sanity. There is a familiar sound coming from my phone. Jamie is texting me.

“I love you hun. Sorry I’ve been such a grump lately — we are doing okay and we are going to get through this stronger than ever.”

And he is right. We are going to get through this. There will be more stresses along the way. At some point or another I will probably lose faith again and the endgame will be difficult to believe in. I think about what we have accomplished thus far and I am so grateful to have my husband to walk beside me in this huge journey we are taking on.

“I’m sorry I almost killed us with my crap driving skills. Love you too sweetie.” I text him back. I can just imagine his smile as he opens this message up at work.

It is funny how a marriage works.

When things get tough and one of us is finding it hard to cope it is almost a natural instinct for the other to stand up and find the strength to be a leaning post. Whether it is a simple joke that needs to be cracked to lighten the mood or the words “I’m sorry” when emotions are running high. To me, this is one of the greatest strengths of mine and Jamie’s relationship — we know when the other really needs us.

There will always be disagreements. There will always be difference of opinions in the many ways of life.

The pressures of stress will sometimes top us up with feelings of inadequacy and short fallings. These are things we can be sure of. But the goodness will always outweigh these times.

Later that night Jamie and I cuddled up on the couch and put on our favorite show, The Twilight Zone. After a few episodes he hugged me and said, “You know, in fifteen years from now, when we are sitting on our private yacht in some remote tropical place, we’re going to laugh and wonder what we were so stressed out about all those years ago.”

“Yeah I think you’re right.” I replied.

“We’re a team Lindsay and when everything is said and done, it’s going to be you and me. There is no one else I’d rather grow old with.”

I wanted to say something but for once in my life I couldn’t find any words, he had literally said it all.

So instead I leaned into my husband and I kissed him.

Lindsay Brown is an Alberta mother of two and freelance columnist.

Putting the ‘self’ in responsibility “Don’t try to be happy, just be happy because happiness doesn’t depend on others.”

Vishwas Chavan, Indian author, facilitator and life coach “How many of you own a vehicle?” he asked and we all raised our hands.

“How many of you own a home?” he asked and most of us raised our hands.

“How many of you own your life?” he asked and we all looked at each other.

I was attending a self-esteem workshop and the topic was self-responsibility. The facilitator explained that we could be “owned” by our work, by our passions, by our need for validation and acceptance and even by our need to be liked. He told us if we wanted a life that was different, purposeful and rewarding, we would have to own it. At the time, I wasn’t quite sure what the term meant. I had always felt that I was a responsible person, but self-re-

sponsible?

I always associate responsibility with obligation or duty. Even the word sounded burdensome to me. I had responsibilities at work. I had reMURRAY sponsibilities FUHRER at home. I felt I was being reEXTREME ESTEEM sponsible when I did all those things others expected of me. But what responsibility did I have to myself? I had always been told that if I focused too much on myself, I was being selfish.

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Since becoming self-responsible requires work, awareness and persistence, many people find it easier to close their eyes and stumble blindly through life. This form of avoidance can take the form of blaming others for our problems, ignoring or downplaying serious issues or waiting for someone to rescue us or something to happen that will make everything OK. Over the years, I’ve discovered a number of techniques that have helped to keep me on track. Though I can’t take credit for them, I do encourage their use. The first is a simple question: am I being fully self-responsible right now? Keep in mind, being self-responsible does not mean accountable for the welfare of everyone else around you. It means, “Are my thoughts, feelings and behaviour consistent with what I’m wanting to achieve in this moment?”

It’s easy to get comfortable with well-worn beliefs, values and percep-

tions. And even if they no longer serve us, we keep them around like an old pair of shoes. When I start to get off course, there’s a saying I will often repeat: if it’s to be, it’s up to me. And it’s up to you, wholly. If you need a partial list of what it means to be self-responsible, then repeat after me: “I am responsible for my emotions so I don’t unload my anger, neediness or pain on others.”

“I am responsible for caring for my physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.”

“I am responsible for managing my time, my resources and my personal finances.”

Self-responsibility is the key to personal freedom.

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