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ter.� The ice doesn’t drop as the water is depleted.

His advice is to stay off the lake. “I have a pretty high tolerance for risk. I’ve been through the ice before and pulled myself up.� But if someone were to fall through the ice, they may not be able to reach up high enough from the water to pull themselves out.

It would be hard to argue the Red Deer Public School District didn’t do their homework.

For more than a year, they have consulted, developed scenarios, consulted, engaged online and consulted some more in the redistricting of a number of schools starting in September 2017.

That’s ‘WE WANTED TO the year the new In- LOOK AT THE WHOLE glewood PICTURE. YOU S c h o o l DON’T GET MANY opens and the need for CHANCES TO GET IT new boundRIGHT AND THERE aries there opened up WAS A SENSE the door for the district THAT SOME OF THE to make a NEIGHBOURHOODS larger effort WEREN’T GOING to get its school areas TO THE CLOSEST right, said SCHOOLS AND WE superintendent Stu HAD A CHANCE TO Henry.

FIX THINGS.’ “ W e wanted to — STU HENRY, SUPERINTENDENT look at the whole picture,� said Henry. “You don’t get many chances to get it right and there was a sense that some of the neighbourhoods weren’t going to the closest schools and we had a chance to fix things.�

For example Vanier Woods and Vanier Woods East students were previously attending Barrie Wilson, which is located in Timberlands. Their potential new school in Inglewood will be much closer to home.

The public school board will vote on Wednesday on the redistricting proposed by the board’s administration.

Henry said the best feedback came from online with the meetings and open houses being poorly attended.

The online process had 1,000 participants with 3,000 comments. That feedback led to the proposed solution.

One of the larger adjustments is the relocation of the Spanish Bilingual program.

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Kylie Stockford and Donovin Langille got the chance to enjoy a little winter playtime at school Monday afternoon. The Grade 2 students in Nicole Gruntman’s class at Joseph Welsh Elementary, along with their classmates, donned their skates and took advantage of the rink on the school yard.

Abraham Lake’s frozen bubbles beautiful but deadly MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF A winter phenomenon that is attracting sightseers and photographers to Abraham Lake comes with a caution from an experienced outdoorsman.

The artificial lake, which is a reservoir for the Bighorn Dam on the North Saskatchewan River, is located 211 km west of Red Deer on Hwy 11. It has been a popular destination in winter because of large frozen bubbles in the ice.

The bubbles are caused by methane gas released by decaying organic matter in the water. The gas freezes in the ice during winter, making for some interesting photos.

However, because water is drawn down from the reservoir, it can create conditions where there is air, not water, right below the ice surface.

Bary Shellian, from Rocky Mountain House, recently went out to the lake, in the vicinity known as Windy Point, about 40 km west of Nordegg. He had gone out to the area to ride his fat-tire bike, made for riding in winter conditions, because he had heard about the bubbles.

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The ice at Abraham Lake showing frozen bubbles of methane, caused by plants releasing the gas, which then gets frozen and trapped under the ice.

It’s not a lake, it’s a reservoir, which means it’s constantly being drained, said Shellian. “It’s not safe at all actually because if it was a normal lake and you fell through the ice, the water would be right there. You might have a hope of getting back up. “But boy, the reservoir, if the ice broke, you could drop several feet through space before you hit the wa-

Anonymous donation to hospital fits to a TEE

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre is getting new life-saving equipment to diagnose cardiac conditions thanks to a $750,000 anonymous donation to Red Deer Regional Health Foundation.

The hospital is getting its first transesophageal echocardiography system, known as TEE. The state-of-the-art equipment, worth $500,000, allows doctors to picture the heart’s movement, check for blood health, see clots, and any harmful bodies or diseases in the circulatory system.

“Essentially it’s an ultrasound that goes down to your esophagus and gives a better look at your heart than the conventional ultrasound,� said Iaian Park, foundation executive director on Monday.

The TEE will shorten diagnosis time, show the presence of arterial clots and further infections, assess valves for ruptures or leaks, and help prevent cryptogenic strokes, which are sudden and of unknown origin.

It will aid echo and stress testing for patients with cardiac conditions that require more detailed analysis and tailored treatment.

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Red Deer Regional Hospital Foundation executive director Iaian Park, left, speaks with cardiologist Dr. Stephen Tilley in the cardiology department at Red Deer Regional Hospital on Monday. Tilley and Park are excited about new cardiac testing equipment that will be brought online in Red Deer.

Father of shooting victim prepares his son’s grave The father of one of the victims of a mass shooting burned logs at the community cemetery where his son will be buried.

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Suspect in West Country crime spree to stand trial in May An accused in a summer crime spree will head to trial in late May for a litany of charges.

Zane Curtis Bronson, 28, of no fixed address was arrested by the RCMP near Breton, but the alleged offences occurred in Rocky Mountain House and Rimbey in August, 2015.

He is charged with two counts each of break and enter, possession of break-in instruments, having his face masked and mischief under $5,000 and one count each of theft of a motor vehicle, mischief over $5,000, arson to a vehicle, possession of a firearm while committing an indictable offence and possession of a firearm dangerous to the public peace.

The trial will be held form May 30 to June 2 in Rimbey provincial court.

Police said the spree started early on Aug. 6 in Rimbey when two men attempted to break into an ATM outside of the Servus Credit Union at 4:20 a.m.

Rimbey RCMP were alerted of a break and enter to an Esso Gas station about 20 minutes after the Servus incident.

Outside of Rimbey, police were told of a pickup truck on fire at 5 a.m. That truck was reported stolen earlier that evening and was believed to have been involved in the downtown Rimbey incidents.

At 11:30 a.m. Rocky Mountain House RCMP attempted to pull a vehicle over. The vehicle pulled over, but went into reverse and rammed the police car before leaving the scene.

The suspects were arrested near Breton after a chase that started 35 km north of Rocky Mountain House.

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Gesturing to the audience, Shawnee Harle makes a point during her presentation at Red Deer College on Monday. The Canadian National Women’s basketball assistant coach brought a message of empowerment to the gathering of athletes and coaches from around Central Alberta in the Margaret Parsons Theatre. The session focused on teaching/coaching athletes to take risks, getting them to face their fears and accept their mistakes as a necessary part of sport and life.

The evening was hosted by the Alberta Sport Development Centre.

Penhold resident wins $1 million What are the chances that there would be two separate back-to-back big lottery wins in the same small community?

Well, whatever they are, the odds were in Axel Griesshaber’s favour when he won $1 million in a Maxmillions draw.

The Penhold resident followed a different big win by two other Penhold residents; Jeannot Desjardins and his daughter-in-law Vanessa Desjardins recently won the $1 million on a Western Millions game.

Griesshaber likes to play Lotta Max when the jackpot gets high. He won on the Dec. 11 draw but only discovered his win a few weeks after.

“I had just washed my truck and went to check some tickets I found while cleaning,” he said. “I had to get the clerk to check it for me. I couldn’t really believe what I was seeing.”

Griesshaber hasn’t made any concrete plans for his winnings, but said he will most likely start by paying some bills.

“I’m still in a little bit of shock,” he said. “I’ll

Perspectives Series welcomes chairman of Truth and Reconciliation Commission Red Deer College’s Perspectives Series returns with the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada talking about the harrowing experiences of Aboriginal people and Residential Schools.

Justice Murray Sinclair, of the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench, will talk on March 30 on the subject The new school in south Red Deer will serve kindergarten to Grade 5 students in Inglewood, Vanier Woods and Vanier Woods East. It can hold up to 500 students. The school cost about $12.3 million to build. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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SCHOOLS: English, French, Spanish The Pines School will be closed and the program will be moved to the Grandview School. The district is closing the Pines School, but retaining it to accommodate future growth in Northeast Red Deer.

The Pines School has about 120 students and is exclusively a Spanish Bilingual program school from kindergarten to Grade 3.

The long-term plan is to make the Spanish Bilingual program go up until Grade 8. When the program switches to Grandview, it will be a kindergarten to Grade 5 program.

Making Grandview School Spanish bilingual means the English Language students will be moved to other schools. Most will go to Mountview School while those from Rosedale will move into the Barrie Wilson School, which was just opened in the fall of 2014.

Mountview will also take on French Immersion students from downtown neighbourhoods who currently go to school in Oriole Park and those in Vanier and Lancaster who go to Barrie Wilson.

Laredo area students will go to Mattie McCullough School.

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BUBBLES: People don’t realize the danger Shellian was riding along on his bike on the ice when he suddenly realized there was air, rather than water, under it. “It wasn’t normal ice.” He immediately headed to shore.

People can still see the bubbles in ice that has been pushed upwards along the shore.

But there’s a bit of a slope down to the lake and because it’s icy, some people who had gone to look at the bubbles when he was there were unable to get back up the grade. Shellian said they faced a several kilometre walk.

“The bubbles are cool for sure. It’s beautiful. It’s like a lava lamp. … but be cautious because it is not a normal lake.”

“It’s a cool thing to see, but I’ve never wanted to caution people so much. … People don’t realize they could be in danger.”

of reconciliation going forward.

Sinclair gathered personal stories and statements of more than 6,750 survivors and witnesses of the Indian Residential School experience and the commission recently issued its final report along with 94 calls to action.

The commission sought to help Canadians understand the legacy for Aboriginal people and their relationship with Canada, and to move to reconciliation and healing of the friendship.

Tickets cost $20, plus applicable surcharges, and can be purchased through the Black Knight Ticket Centre, www.blackknightinn.ca.

The event is scheduled for March 30 starting at 7:30 p.m. at the RDC College Arts Centre Mainstage, 100 College Blvd.

DONATION: A pleasant surprise Other benefits include the elimination of X-rays for pregnant women and patients already in weak health.

Currently Red Deer patients in need of TEE screening must be moved to Calgary or Edmonton and the wait time is two to four weeks.

Dr. Jitendra Singh, internist at the hospital’s cardiology unit, said the TEE will be a very important asset to the unit.

For patients with moderate to severe conditions, the TEE will analyze the heart’s state in the most detailed manner, the doctor said.

“It will improve diagnostic quality, allow for an effective management of the patient, and be a life-saving device,” Singh said in a press release.

The $750,000 donation to Red Deer Regional Health Foundation was made at the end of December and the donor chose to donate money to purchase the TEE and five new specialized treadmills, worth a total of $200,000, to replace aging equipment for stress tests.

The new equipment has been ordered.

Park said it’s not often that a donation of this amount comes from one donor and it’s especially welcome during a sluggish economy.

“It was definitely a pleasant surprise.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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CALGARY — A near miss involving a transit driver set off a tense confrontation between a shooter in a wheelchair and police officers that led to the gunman’s death.

Police warned residents in the northwest Calgary neighbourhood of Huntington Hills to stay indoors and in their basements on Sunday afternoon following news of a shooter. Officers in a police helicopter flying over the area used a bullhorn to reinforce the message.

“The service received a 911 call that a Calgary transit bus driver reported a shot fired into the bus that narrowly missed the driver,” police Chief Roger Chaffin said at a Monday news conference.

“It’s believed that there were five passengers inside that bus, but fortunately no one was injured.”

Bullets being shot from a home also hit a number of surrounding residences.

More than a dozen officers, including members of the tactical team, surrounded the home before the gunman was shot and killed.

“Numerous shots were fired indiscriminately from the resident. Area residents were advised to

stay inside and seek shelter,” said Chaffin.

“Officers set up containment while shots continued to be fired from the home,” he said.”Several attempts were made to resolve the situation peacefully however, the suspect exited the residence and the situation escalated resulting in the discharge of a service firearm … and killing the suspect.”

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, which reviews police shootings, is investigating.

A news release said the man, who was 53, was in a wheelchair and left the home through the back door.

He was armed with a handgun and engaged in a direct confrontation with police, ASIRT said.

It said immediate medical assistance was provided but he was declared dead at the scene. The handgun was recovered. No one else was in the home during the standoff.

An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday.

Chaffin said details about the man, the number of shots fired and the shooting itself won’t be released until the investigation is complete.

The chief said there had been a number of visits

to the home in the past, but they were non-criminal in nature and didn’t involve “this level of violence.”

The attack was not related to any gang activity and appears to be “unique to this particular person,” he said.

The officers involved in the shooting are receiving support from their peers and psychological services, he added.

Alberta Liberal Leader David Swann said the man shot was David McQueen and that he was suffering from a serious mental illness.

Swann said McQueen contacted his constituency office many, many times.

“He was always polite, though he was certainly agitated and paranoid of all government. David was also angry. Angry with the injury which all but paralyzed him, angry with a system he felt failed him, and angry with those who represented that system,” Swann said in a statement.

“My thoughts and condolences go out to David McQueen’s family and friends, and to those police officers involved in the tragedy. My thoughts are also with those, like my staff, who interacted with Mr. McQueen and are left, today, feeling they could have done more.”

Climate plan will Spill probe taking longer than expected mean utilities emissions cut, higher rates: study

clined to comment on an investigation that is still underway or elaborate on what legal and enforcement action the report was referring to.

The documents set out a long list of questions that aim to answer why the pipeline failure occurred and why it wasn’t detected earlier.

Nexen, a wholly subsidiary of Chinese stateowned firm CNOOC Ltd., has said the pipeline could have been leaking for up to two weeks before it was discovered by a contractor on July 15.

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CALGARY — A new study has found that Alberta’s climate change initiatives would result in big emission reductions but power producers would need significantly higher renewable rates to justify building wind and solar power.

The report, prepared by utilities consultant EDC Associates Ltd., looked at the impact of the NDP government’s plan to phase out coal power by 2030 and source 30 per cent of energy from renewable sources.

It found that the boost in renewables and the end of coal would mean a 45 per cent reduction in emissions, or 18.5 million fewer tonnes of carbon released into the atmosphere a year.

However, under the province’s privatized utility system, prices for renewable power would have to be between $60 to $85 per megawatt hour to justify wind power construction.

And if solar power were to make up 50 per cent of the renewables mix, power producers would need prices of between $200 and $300 per megawatt hour for solar, the study found.

Those high-rate renewable prices would fall under a separate pricing system that would encourage renewable energy installation.

The report also found that the early closure of coal power plants would mean power producers lose out on anywhere between $3 billion and $16 billion in gross operating margin, depending on how much future earnings are valued and how many years of lost production are compensated.

The NDP government has not made a clear commitment to compensate producers for the early closure of coal-fired power plants, but it has said it would treat producers “fairly” and not “unnecessarily strand capital.”

Allen Crowley, co-author of the study at EDC, said he wasn’t making any policy recommendations and was simply trying to figure out the impact of the new plan. His one recommendation was for the government to take things slow.

“The policy choices are so complicated that they really shouldn’t be going quite so fast,” said Crowley.

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Energy East pipeline needs leadership Political stripes of any kind do not The fact is, the multi-billion dollar really bother me. People have their pipeline project would create thoureasons for their leanings, and if sands of jobs across the country while they’re willing to stand up for them, all being built — something that looks the better. pretty good during a recession — and What does bother is blamake the country more self tant hypocrisy. efficient in bringing its reWhen a mayor of a major sources to the world marcity in a province that reket. ceived $9.5 billion in equalCoderre cemented his ization payments last year opposition in an op-ed on refuses to let a pipeline the weekend, stating: pass through his region, “In a context where the asking “What’s in it for us?”

Earth’s nations are talking well Denis Coderre, you are about even more restrictive a giant hypocrite. measures to limit (greenYou effectively are biting house gas) emissions, we the hand that feeds you. cannot justify the construc“TransCanada’s project tion of a pipeline, which alJOSH includes important risks for so delivers more risks than ALDRICH our environment and too real profits.”

OPINION few benefits for our econThe reality is, the pipeomy,” the Montreal mayor line is the most environsaid as he and the leaders mentally sound and safest of 82 other communities rejected the option to move oil across the country.

Energy East pipeline project.

The pipeline would move more than It’s also rich considering he did one million barrels of heavy oil a day not see the environmental harm that to Atlantic Canada, where it can be comes from dumping one third of Mon- shipped out. The other option is the treal’s raw sewage into the St. Law- slow process of trucking it to the coast rence River this past October. or loading it on a train. It would also

lessen our reliance on the U.S. to get our own product to the world.

But why should we expect Quebec to come to any other result while they import most of their oil from staunch environmental and humane countries like Saudi Arabia and Algeria? The Globe and Mail reported in 2013 the province could save up to $3 billion a year by buying Alberta’s oil as opposed to importing it from Europe or Africa.

This is akin to an anti-hunting advocate trying to tear down hunters who hunt for meat when they can just get it from the store like everyone else.

I don’t think they really process how that equalization money is made that they so eagerly expect from Alberta and Saskatchewan.

But I believe this goes to a larger problem, and that’s leadership on the issue.

We have heard for months that the Alberta NDP government and the federal Liberal government are on the cusp of getting pipelines built that the governing Conservatives never could.

I really must question this now.

U.S. president Barak Obama ended hopes of the Keystone XL pipeline. It

was just days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made it a point of his first phone call to Obama to announce he was pulling our fighter jets out of the fight against ISIS. In Davos, Switzerland last week at the World Economic Forum, not only was natural resource minister Jim Carr not invited to join the Canadian representatives, Trudeau made this now famous statement: “My predecessor wanted you to know Canada for its resources, I want you to know Canadians for our resourcefulness.”

A diversification of the economy is absolutely needed, especially if we can become greener along the way. It is one of the many reasons the Conservatives in Alberta finally were voted out, because of their seeming refusal to do this. But diversification does not mean turning your back on oil completely.

Unfortunately this whole situation has the possibility of turning into an us-versus-them scenario and further increasing the divide between Eastern and Western Canada, when in times of economic uncertainty we really need to be coming together. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

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Re: Cherry picking climate change statistics I thank Mr. Gough for his response to my critique of his initial letter on climate change. To examine his arguments in depth would require a thesis, not a letter to the editor, so I’ll have to ‘cherry pick’ a couple of points.

The cherry picking of disconnected and isolated facts is precisely the point my initial letter addressed. For example, the IPCC exists explicitly “… to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation ….” (a quote taken directly from the IPCC’s) So, by the IPCC’s own admission, they exist to study ‘human-induced’ climate change, a study that can only carry scientific validity if one assumes that ‘human-induced’ climate change is already an established theory. The scientists contributing to the IPCC’s studies ran computer climate models from 1997 to 2013 and of the 117 computer models examined, 114 were completely wrong, and in the opposite sense to the recorded data for the same pe-

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Therefore, judged by the data the contributors to the IPCC themselves published, adherents of ‘human-induced global warming’ do not yet have a theory, only a hypothesis and in any other field of scientific investigation, that would result in the hypothesis being either revised, or discarded. If you only consider evidence that supports the hypothesis being studied and disregard all evidence that contradicts the hypothesis, you have a textbook case of pseudoscience and claiming such studies constitute good ‘science’ denigrates, by association, scientific efforts in a multitude of other fields where the scientific method is robustly applied, hence the growing opposition by proper scientists, including Nobel Laureate Physicists.

The IPCC’s political direction is not a conspiracy, but an established fact that can easily be ascertained by reading the organization’s own material.

That we’ve funded an organization specifically to collate pseudo-scientific research is utterly asinine.

That policy decisions will be made on the assumption that their conclusions will match the empirical data collected, despite having been proven wrong thus far, is utterly insane but the media and political gears grind onward with little regard to real data

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Between 60 degrees south latitude and the South Pole, we have less than a dozen ground based stations measuring atmospheric temperature and I’ll leave the reader to explore how many were there in 1898. In fact, we’ve got no accurate historical temperature data for 75 per cent of the world’s surface yet we get blanket statements about ‘global average’ temperatures? The reality is that we have absolutely no accurate data on the Earth’s average temperature 100 years ago, only local and regional data. Our understanding of long term temperature trends comes out of the analysis of ice cores, geological evidence and paleontological evidence (geographical location of fossils of species known to have a narrow band of temperature sensitivity). There is absolutely no way of calculating temperature to a resolution that makes 0.8 degrees statistically significant, opening up a huge grey area in which politicians and the scientists competing for funding, can play their multi-billion dollar games.

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TUESDAY, JAN. 26, 2016

Father of shooting victim prepares his son’s grave

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LA LOCHE, Sask. — The father of one of the victims in a northern Saskatchewan shooting burned logs at the community cemetery Monday to thaw the ground where his son will be buried.

“He was a good kid,” Gerald Moise said as he poured gasoline to ignite a fire that will burn for three days over the grave site.

He remembered his son, Dayne Fontaine, as a 17-year-old who liked to be outdoors in the remote community of La Loche that sits on the edge of a lake and in the heart of the boreal forest.

“He always (went) up north with grandparents hunting and he liked quadding.”

Dayne and his 13-year-old brother, Drayden Fontaine, were found dead in a home on Friday. A teacher and an aide were shot and killed shortly after at the high school. Seven other people were wounded.

Moise, who is not Drayden’s father, said losing his boy is especially hard as it comes on top of other losses.

“I lost my mother and before I lost my mother, my sister (to) suicide. Now this.”

He said he’s trying to stay strong for the sake of his two other children.

A teen charged in the shooting stared at the floor for much of his first court appearance Monday.

The tall, thin 17-year-old, wearing an orange jumpsuit, his legs and hands shackled, was brought into a packed courtroom in Meadow Lake — a community about 350 kilometres south of La Loche.

He spoke in a soft voice as he was asked whether he understood he is not to contact anyone involved.

“There’s to be no phone calls, no letters, no getting messages to any of these people or their families,” said Judge Janet McIvor.

“There’s to be no contact at all.”

The teen, who can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is to be held in custody until his next court appearance Feb. 22.

He faces four counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder.

McIvor placed a publication ban on the names of the injured.

In La Loche, the school’s fate was already being debated after calls from the acting mayor and others that it be torn down and rebuilt. Schools with a similarly tragic history in the United States have been razed at the request of the community.

Donna Johnson with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education said no decision had been made and the wishes of residents will be considered.

“We’ll work with them together to determine what plan will go forward to ensure there is a school facility that meets the community’s needs,” she said in a teleconference from Regina.

The school was built in 1974 and underwent extensive renovations in 2006.

Both the high school and the nearby elementary building are closed indefinitely. The grade school is being used

MASS SHOOTING IN LA LOCHE

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A fire burns as it thaws the frozen ground in order to dig a grave for one of the shooting victims at the cemetery in La Loche, Saskatchewan, Monday. A 17-yearold was charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder in a mass shooting at a school and home in the remote aboriginal community in western Canada on Friday, officials said. as a crisis response centre.

Leonard Montgrand, executive director of the La Loche Friendship Centre, said he doesn’t think the school needs to be torn down.

“It’s not where it happened that’s the underlying root of all this,” said Montgrand, who runs youth intervention and family programs. “It’s why it happened — and it could have happened anywhere.”

Montgrand’s son was in the school during the shooting.

“For him to go back there, it’s going to be hard on him. And … to relive his memories is probably going to be hard on him also. But do we have the funds? Do we have the capability?

Where would the students go … in the interim?” he asked.

Montgrand suggested that perhaps the answer should be left to students.

“Some of the young people have said to me that by tearing it down, are we getting rid of everything that happened? Are we not going to learn anything from this?”

Tashina Montgrand went to the school last year. She said she doesn’t

think destroying the building would help.

“It’s not going to go away for the students here and they’ll still remember about it.”

Suspect was teased, called himself ‘black sheep:’ Friends LA LOCHE, Sask. — A 17-yearold boy accused of shooting to death four people in a remote Saskatchewan First Nations community described himself as an “outcast” at home and victim of bullying at school, say his friends.

The teen, who made his first court appearance after the Friday killings, was known to hold his emotions inside and rarely spoke, even when hanging out with his high school buddies in La Loche.

“He was the black sheep of the family,” said Noel Desjarlais-Thomas, who described the accused as one of several friends who always hung out together.

The 16-year-old said the teen suspect would message the others in his circle of friends about not being treated equally or fairly by his family.

“He just said he was going to do something. He never really said much after that,” he said on Monday.

“We’d ask ‘Why?’ He never really told much. After that, it would just go blank. The conversation would just stop and something else would happen, the subject would (change.) No one ever thought this was going to happen.”

The suspect, who can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder.

The teen’s family members were in court, but left without speaking to reporters.

Desjarlais-Thomas and another friend, George Janvier, were both inside La Loche Community School on Friday when gunfire broke out.

Janvier, 16, said he and his friends have since been discussing what could have motivated the attack that also wounded seven people.

Both friends said they were aware of at least one other teen who regularly picked on the accused. Neither boy could describe what form the teasing took, other than recalling jokes.

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Better busing for late riders CHERISE PIERCY CAMPAIGNED FOR TWOAND-A-HALF YEARS FOR THE REINSTATEMENT OF HALF-HOUR SERVICE AT NIGHT

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Late-night bus buses will back on the road in September.

Transit manager George Penny said the route will be reinstated at the same time as the other bus runs are re-organized in the city.

The city decided to put the bus back on the road for half-hour service after it was reduced to hourly service after 10:45 p.m. in 2012.

It was through the advocacy of bus rider Cherise Piercy who refused to let the buses remained parked.

Piercy collected 482 signatures in 2012 and another 47 signatures recently over one week to bring back the service.

Although she does not take the bus late at night that often, the single-mother wanted to keep the buses on the road for the entire community.

She said there is a need for the late-night buses because not everyone can afford to take cabs. Some riders also do not feel safe waiting longer than half an hour at the bus stops, said Piercy.

Piercy said she is thrilled her efforts have paid off over the last twoand-a-half years.

Now she wants to get the message out to transit users about the restored service.

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It took more than two years but Cherise Piercy successfully lobbied for increased night time busing in Red Deer.

The city cut the service to save money in the 2012 operating budget. The service reduction saved the city an estimated $160,000 at the time.

The city currently does not have adequate counts of the number of people who take the bus at this time. Later

TRANSIT this year the city expects to have data that will give a clearer picture on ridership including frequency, locations

and time of day on all routes.

This data is expected to come some time in the third quarter this year.

The restored late night bus service will cost $78,327 in 2016 and $156,673 in 2017. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

RDC hosting positive self-image talk

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Eating Disorder Support Network of Alberta will be spreading the word next week during Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Feb. 1 to 7, by setting up information booths around Red Deer and hosting a talk featuring a local psychologist.

Red Deer College psychology instructor Dr. Anomi Beardon will give the presentation, Being Kind to Myself: Benefits of Mindfulness & Self-Compassion, with a focus on cultivating self-compassion as a way to counteract negative self-talk, perfectionistic self-standards, body dissatisfaction, and self-esteem damaging social comparisons.

The talk will be held from 2:30 to 4 p.m. on Feb. 5 at RDC. The room has yet to be determined. People can e-mail sara@edsna.com closer to the date for the location.

Booths stocked with information will also be set up at the college, along with Red Deer Regional Hospital Cen-

EATING DISORDERS

“IT’S JUST A MATTER OF BREAKING DOWN THE STIGMA OF GOING TO THESE GROUPS, AND REACHING OUT FOR HELP, AND ALSO KNOWING THAT THE HELP IS THERE BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN OFFERED IN THE PAST.” SUE HUFF, EDSNA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR tre and Red Deer Public Library’s downtown branch.

People are encouraged to enter a draw at the booths to win a prize from Clowes Jewellers at Bower Place. The draw will be made at Friday’s talk.

EDSNA held two six-week support groups in Red Deer last October. One group was for those battling a disorder and attracted 10 participants. Another group was for parents, partners and

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loved-ones had five participants.

Sue Huff, EDSNA executive director, said four people are already signed up for new sessions of each group that start in February.

“The feedback from Red Deer was very positive so it’s certainly needed.

It’s just a matter of breaking down the stigma of going to these groups, and reaching out for help, and also knowing that the help is there because it has not been offered in the past,” Huff said on Monday.

She said people often feel eating disorders are something they have to deal with on their own, or behind closed doors.

“You’re not alone. You don’t need to do this alone.”

EDSNA is a nonprofit that was founded in 2014 by a Edmonton mother whose daughter was battling an eating disorder. Support groups run in Edmonton and Red Deer and the plan is to develop support groups in Calgary this fall. Creating online support groups so that people living in other areas can access support is another EDSNA goal.

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Colette Pedde and Grade 5 students Dawson Theriault, centre, and Viggo Ask make their way along the ski trails at Great Chief Park on Monday. The three Oriole Park School students joined got in a little ski practice on the newly groomed trails in preparation for the School Ski Loppet coming up in early February. This weekend Red Deer will play host to a provincial cross country ski race at River Bend Golf and Recreation Area.

Evidence in Christmas Day murder to be presented A man and his defence counsel will soon learn the Crown’s case against him for the Christmas Day murder of Thomas Braconnier.

Braconnier was found dead in the vestibule of a downtown apartment on Dec. 25, 2015 near 50th Avenue and Ross Street.

Chad Alexander Kulba, 33, of Red Deer faces second degree murder, committing an indignity to a human

body and resisting a police officer charges.

He was arrested on Christmas Day, but was not charged with the murder until Jan. 6.

Andrew Phypers, counsel, appeared on his behalf in Red Deer provincial court on Monday. Phypers informed the court disclosure, the Crown’s evidence that led to the charge, was ready and he was on his way to pick it up.

Judge William Andreassen adjourned the matter to Feb. 1, giving Phypers and Kulba the chance to review the case.

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Huff said support groups are capped at about 10 participants so they can share and build trust. Groups are also run by experts.

“Part of our philosophy is that we need professionals with extensive backgrounds in eating disorders to run these groups because people are so very vulnerable. It shouldn’t be run by a well-intentioned volunteer who doesn’t have the depth of knowledge.”

Last year the province contributed over $300,000 to assist in EDSNA’s expansion to Red Deer.

The total cost to attend the six-week support group, that meets two hours once a week, is $60. The fee can be waived if necessary.

The support group for individuals with an eating disorder meets at Red Deer College on Tuesdays and the group for parents and loved ones meets at Collicutt Centre on Wednesdays.

For more information or to register visit www.eatingdisordersupportnetworkofalberta.com and follow the links for Red Deer. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Red Deer property owners can expect to receive their 2016 property assessment notice in the mail.

The City of Red Deer sent out assessments last week.

Property owners are reminded to review their assessment notice for accuracy.

“It is important for owners to review the information on their property assessment notice because we use this value to calculate their 2016 property taxes,” said Brian Lutz, city assessor.

“Each property tax notice is based on the assessed property value multiplied by the property tax rate, which is determined by city council in May.” Contact Revenue and Assessment Services, if you do not receive an assessment notice by Jan. 30.

Property tax notices that arrive in May cannot be disputed. Owners

must try to resolve any concerns they have with their assessments before the deadline on March 21.

If property owners are not able to resolve their concerns through a conversation with an assessor, a formal appeal may be sent to the Clerk of the Regional Assessment Review Board.

Property assessment notice appeals must be received by the Clerk of the Regional Assessment Review Board no later than March 21. Property owners are encouraged to submit appeals early to ensure there is sufficient time for processing and review.

Details on submitting an appeal can be obtained through the Clerk of the Regional Assessment Review Board, on the second floor of City Hall at 4914 48 Avenue. Mail should be addressed to Box 5008, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 3T4.

For more information about property assessments and taxes, visit www. reddeer.ca/assessment.

Delay in use of MyRide cards

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Transit riders using Red Deer’s prepaid reloadable cards will have to wait a little longer to fill the cards.

A problem with the hardware has stalled the implementation of the MyRide reloading stations across the city.

Vendors that sold Transit passes will not be equipped with the reload stations until the issue is resolved. The cards can be reloaded at Sorensen Station and at City Hall.

The customer service office at Sorensen Station will have extended hours on Jan. 28 and 29 from 8 a.m. and

6:30 p.m.; Jan. 30 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Feb. 1 to 5 inclusive between 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

MyRide cards can be used to pay fare and can be loaded and reloaded with the many fare types Transit offers on both Red Deer Transit and BOLT buses. The $5 card fee will be waived for MyRide cards purchased before Feb.12.

Cash fares are still accepted.

The MyRide program launched in December.

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Forcillo guilty of attempted murder

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A Toronto police officer was found guilty of attempted murder Monday in the shooting death of a troubled teen on an empty streetcar, a verdict the teen’s mother called a first step in changing the way police deal with people in crisis.

After six days of deliberations, an 11-member jury cleared Const. James Forcillo of the more serious charge of second-degree murder in the 2013 death of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim, an incident that sparked public protests in the city.

“Sammy was a young man who had his whole future ahead of him,” Yatim’s mother, Sahar Bahadi, said moments after the verdict was read out. “Because of what the police did we lost him forever.”

Forcillo’s lawyer indicated the defence would try to have the proceedings stayed — which would prevent a conviction from being registered — claiming abuse of process.

“We say the abuse of process is Const. Forcillo substantially followed the police training he was given and so if the state gave him that training, they should not be entitled to a conviction in the matter,” Peter Brauti said outside the courthouse. “This is Phase 1 of a long road for us.”

Forcillo, who remains out on bail, showed little emotion as his verdict was delivered, maintaining the same stoic expression he’s held throughout the trial.

Yatim’s mother, who was seated in the front row of the courtroom, later called the verdict an opportunity to change policing.

“For me, it’s the first step. I would now like to be part of the discussion to change the police training policies when dealing with people in crisis so this painful incident does not repeat again,” Bahadi said.

Forcillo’s case will be back in court in mid-May, when Brauti will argue for the stay of proceedings.

He will also bring a constitutional challenge to the mandatory minimum sentence Forcillo faces after being found guilty of attempted murder, which is four years in prison. An appeal in the case is also being considered.

“It’s early days still for officer Forcillo, he’s still got a lot of fight ahead of him,” Brauti said.

Brauti added that he believed the outcome of the verdict could have been changed if he had been allowed to present the jury with a “suicide-by-cop” theory, which the judge did not allow at trial.

That theory suggested Yatim was depressed and didn’t comply with police orders because he didn’t care about his own life and was prepared to act in a way that would lead to police actions resulting in his death.

“We thought the suicide by cop was a huge part of our defence,” said Brauti. “We were shocked and disappointed we weren’t allowed to put that to the jury and I believe it would have had an effect.”

Forcillo, 32, had pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and attempted murder in Yatim’s death, which was captured on cellphone videos that went viral online.

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Stand-alone law needed on doctorassisted death, warns legal scholar OTTAWA — Parliament needs to craft a standalone law on doctor-assisted death, a prominent Canadian constitutional scholar warned a CommonsSenate committee on Monday.

In a testimony to senators and MPs, Peter Hogg stressed the need to develop safeguards at the federal level that can be applied even where provinces have not pursued a legislative path.

“There is no guarantee that all provinces will enact statutes, so you have to design a law that can be effective throughout the country, even on the assumption that there is no provincial law or no territorial law in part of the country,” Hogg said.

“So you have to produce a self-sufficient act that could be operated even if the province in question did nothing. In a way, agonizing over the exact boundaries between provincial and federal power, I think … is not really necessary.”

There may be consequences if a federal law cannot be widely applied, Hogg said.

“If Parliament does not enact a law that could be operated in a province where there is no law, the people of that province will be denied the right to physician-assisted dying which the Supreme Court has said they have.”

Conservatives demand clarity on Liberal pipeline policy as Parliament resumes OTTAWA — The politics of oil pipelines dominated a raucous return for parliamentarians Monday as the House of Commons resumed sitting under the new Liberal majority.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government sat for a week in December following the October election — long enough for a throne speech outlining government priorities and a bill to set in motion middle-class tax cuts — but the rubber truly hits the road over the next five months as opposition MPs

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Const. James Forcillo leaves court in Toronto on Monday. Forcillo has been found guilty of attempted murder in the 2013 shooting death of troubled teen Sammy Yatim on an empty streetcar.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING “Sammy was a young man who had his whole future ahead of him. Because of what the police did we lost him forever.”

— Sahar Bahadi, Yatim’s mother “The notion that there would be a guilty finding in respect of an attempt murder charge is a message loud and clear that the old days where a police officer went to trial in the shooting death of a mentally ill or an emotionally disturbed person and literally enjoyed an immunity at the end of a trial — those days are gone.”

— Julian Falconer, lawyer for the Yatim family “My sense from this jury was, from the body language and what we were seeing, I felt we really had some people against us from the get-go, I really feel we had some people for us and I think we had some people in the middle.

I’m concerned about a compromise verdict in this case but

work to impose themselves on the Liberals’ postelection honeymoon.

With plunging world oil prices devastating western Canada’s resource economy, the opposition Conservatives have a ready-made issue to bludgeon the new government’s blank economic record.

And when Montreal mayor Denis Coderre, a former Liberal cabinet minister and longtime organizer, fronted a group of Montreal municipal leaders last week who publicly oppose the proposed Energy East pipeline that would carry Alberta and Saskatchewan bitumen to New Brunswick, the sparks were cast for a good old national unity tire fire.

Rona Ambrose, the interim Conservative leader, held a news conference Monday morning in Ottawa where she lamented the acrid regional rhetoric that’s billowing.

“I don’t want to do anything to foment this debate, because I’m hearing very disturbing things from a mayor of Montreal and then disturbing things from people reacting to that in western Canada,” said Ambrose. “That’s not what our country is about. And this is not a (pipeline) project that should divide the country.”

Cabinet set to decide ISIL mission OTTAWA — The Trudeau cabinet is expected to “very soon” debate the size and scope of the country’s reorganized mission against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, but precisely how much latitude those military trainers will get is going to be one of the most divisive elements of the discussion.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan will, at the same time, present cabinet with a timetable for ending the bombing campaign and bringing the country’s contingent of CF-18 jetfighters home from Iraq, according to several defence sources.

In its place, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed last fall to a “more robust” training mission that would include additional special forces, over and above the 69 soldiers already on the ground.

Cabinet is set to consider a series of options and scenarios with troop numbers that could range between 150 and 300, which defence experts say is an indication that conventional army trainers would be needed.

But more important than numbers, experts say, is what the trainers will be allowed to do. Will their mandate continue to include the dirty, dangerous

I also don’t want to take anything away from this jury because I wasn’t in the jury room.”

— Peter Brauti, Forcillo’s lawyer “We are all going forward in time to see what we can do to reduce any harm to anybody we deal with who’s a person in crisis. We’re looking for anything that can help — zero harm, zero death.”

— Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders “Clearly this sends a chilling message to our members and our goal is to keep our members engaged, keep them out there doing their job, but when you have an officer who is vindicated for the first three shots … who said, listen, my training, I made a mistake, and then he’s put in this position, it sends a chilling message.”

— Mike McCormack, president of the Toronto Police Association

work of going to the front and guiding airstrikes?

Steve Day, a former special forces commander, says he trusts Sajjan understands there is going to be the risk of firefights, but he’s less confident others around the cabinet table get that.

“He’s been there. He knows what needs to get done,” said Day. “I’m just not at all convinced that the other folks around the cabinet table will have even a remote understanding of what needs to happen.”

Ailing Liberal MP to try again to change lyrics to Canada’s national anthem OTTAWA — Liberal MP Mauril Belanger is losing his own singing voice but that’s not stopping him from trying — for a second time — to change the English lyrics to O Canada to make the national anthem more gender neutral.

The veteran Ottawa MP, whose vocal cords have been weakened by Lou Gehrig’s disease, is determined to end the song’s inference that patriotism is something felt exclusively by men.

Hence, soon after Parliament resumes work today, he intends to table a private member’s bill that would alter two words, changing the second line of the anthem from true patriot love “in all thy sons command” to “in all of us command.”

Belanger introduced an identical bill in the last session of Parliament it was defeated at second reading last April by a close vote of 144-127.

At the time, MPs from all the opposition parties supported the change but almost all Conservative MPs voted against it.

With the Liberals now in the majority, Belanger should have little trouble finally ensuring that women feel equally included in the national anthem.

Passage of the bill would be a fitting legacy for Belanger, who was diagnosed just a month after the Oct. 19 federal election with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

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She really just need that forever friend to give her the chance to show them how much of a best friend she can be. Is that you? She will be going home spayed, up to date on her vaccinations, as well as micro-chipped.

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WestJet cutting back on Alberta flights

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Fewer WestJet planes will be flying in and out Alberta’s two biggest cities as weakness in the energy sector puts a damper on demand.

As of March, the airline said it will be reducing service between Calgary and Edmonton.

Several more routes to and from those two cities are either being cancelled or scaled back.

“We look at our service based on supply and demand,” WestJet vice-president Richard Bartrem said Monday.

“With the downturn in the economy, we’re seeing less demand for travel to and from the energy markets and into areas across Canada. We’ve decided that we would move some of that capacity into markets where we’re seeing less of that impact so that we’re actually using the fleet as effectively as possible while minimizing the effect on the guest.”

Bartrem said the decline in traffic has been “noticeable enough” to warrant changes, but did not specify how big of a drop the airline saw in the affected markets.

WestJet will be removing flights between Calgary and two B.C. destinations — Terrace and Prince George.

Direct flights between Edmonton and Nanaimo and Kamloops, B.C. are also being cancelled.

Bartrem said customers can still get between those destinations by changing planes elsewhere.

As well, WestJet is reducing the number of flights between Calgary and Brandon, Man. and Fort McMurray, Alta. And there be fewer flights between the provincial capital and Abbotsford, B.C. and Grande Prairie, Alta.

WestJet (TSX:WJA) says it’s transferring more of its capacity to Eastern Canada, meaning more trips between Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal as well as to Atlantic destinations like Halifax and Fredericton.

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A WestJet Airlines Boeing 767 jetliner lands in Calgary.

Canada will sign controversial TPP trade deal

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BRIEF Clark battles B.C.’s ‘forces of No,’ on LNG, trade deal says she’s no quitter

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada plans to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact next week, but that procedural step doesn’t necessarily mean ratifying the controversial agreement is a done deal, the federal government said Monday.

International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland stressed that the government’s signature on the 12-country treaty essentially means Canada can keep its spot at the bargaining table.

Freeland said she intends to join trade ministers from the TPP’s partner countries at a signing event Feb. 4 in Auckland, New Zealand.

“Just as it is too soon to endorse the TPP, it is also too soon to close the door,” Freeland wrote Monday in an open letter posted on her department’s website.

“Signing does not equal ratifying….

Signing is simply a technical step in the process, allowing the TPP text to be tabled in Parliament for consideration and debate before any final decision is made.”

Only a majority vote in the House of Commons would bind Canada to the deal, said Freeland. She has also requested a thorough, transparent study of the agreement by parliamentary committee.

In recent weeks, Freeland conducted public consultations on the wide-ranging accord, which — if ratified — would also set new international rules for sectors beyond trade.

Those other areas include intellectual property, which worries some experts.

“We’ve been hearing a variety of views,” Freeland said after question period Monday. “Some people strongly critical, some voices strongly supportive.”

The minister has already indicated the massive accord, which includes major economies such as the United States and Japan, cannot be renegotiated.

It remains unclear whether the government would attempt to carve out side accords to help address concerns.

Some legal experts have urged the government to do so.

Asked whether the government could push for side deals, Freeland re-

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Ministers from 12 nations attend a press conference at the Trans-Pacific Partnership meeting in Sydney, Australia, on October 27, 2014. Canada plans to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact next week. sponded by saying it wouldn’t be very wise for her to answer such “hypotheticals.”

“As you know, there are a number of side letters already (in the TPP) and one of the things that we will be listening to people about is, you know, what (are) their concerns.”

Each country has up to two years to consider ratification before making a final decision.

She has said that while Liberals are strong supporters of trade, she’s also noted that they didn’t negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

The former Conservative government announced an agreement-in-principle on the pact in October during the federal election campaign.

At the time, then-prime minister Stephen Harper warned that Canada couldn’t afford to let the opportunities afforded by the agreement pass by.

The treaty, which came under heavy criticism in part because the talks took place in secrecy, can take effect if it’s ratified by half the participating countries representing 85 per cent of the proposed trade zone’s economy.

It remains unclear, however, whether U.S. lawmakers will ratify the accord.

On Monday, interim Conservative

leader Rona Ambrose urged the government to support the TPP to help Canada’s limping economy.

“Right now when Western Canada is hurting… the Trans-Pacific Partnership offers huge opportunities, particularly in the business services sector and the agricultural sector,” Ambrose said in Ottawa.

New Democrat Leader Tom Mulcair warned Monday the TPP would kill thousands of Canadian jobs, weaken its supply managed dairy and poultry sector, hurt the auto industry and put innovators at a competitive disadvantage.

The Canadian auto-workers’ union, Unifor, has called the deal disastrous, warning it threatens some 20,000 manufacturing jobs in Canada.

Freeland recently said she heard from groups representing farmers in Alberta and the Port of Vancouver that were very strongly in favour of TPP, a deal that would open up new foreign markets for many Canadian firms.

On the other hand, Freeland also heard concerns from Canadian and U.S. academics at a recent event at the University of Toronto. Several trade experts who addressed the conference criticized the TPP’s provisions on intellectual property and warned they would be harmful for Canada.

VANCOUVER — Premier Christy Clark has sharp words for what she calls “the forces of No” in British Columbia who mount resistance efforts to government initiatives purely out of a fear of change.

Clark made the comments during a news conference where she fielded questions about opposition to the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership, environmental concerns over liquefied natural gas development and tax breaks for the mining industry.

She says negotiating trade pacts and resource developments involves tough, but potentially rewarding benefits and she would rather be known as an achiever than a quitter.

Clark’s comments drew the ire of First Nations leaders and the Opposition New Democrats who signed a declaration demanding that a proposed LNG plant on Lelu Island on B.C.’s northern coast be scrapped.

Lax Kw’alaams hereditary Chief Yahaan says his people view the proposed Pacific Northwest LNG project as a threat to their salmon-fishing culture, and Clark’s comments do not consider the deep connection his people have with the Skeena River.

Rio Tinto extending suspension of Quebec titanium mine MONTREAL — Rio Tinto is extending the suspension of its titanium mining operations in Quebec because of weak market demand and pricing.

The mine in Have-Saint-Pierre, closed since mid-October, will remain shut for an extra two weeks, until April 10. Next summer’s planned shutdown will also be extended by two weeks to eight weeks, said spokeswoman Claudine Gagnon. The changes affect about 300 workers. Thirty employees will also be affected by the decision to cut scheduled maintenance in half to four weeks. Rio Tinto recently announced a global wage freeze for its non-unionized employees to address its anticipation for demand weakness in 2016.

Low loonie not connected to telecom hikes: critics WIRELESS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — People hunting for new cellphone plans can expect to pay a little more each month if they sign up with one of Canada’s biggest three wireless providers — Telus, Rogers and Bell recently announced price hikes while pointing an accusatory finger at the low Canadian dollar.

But some industry watchers are skeptical, noting the big telecoms tend to have methods to protect themselves from foreign currency fluctuations.

“If the exchange rate is such a big deal, how come we didn’t see lower prices when the dollar went up?” said David Christopher, a spokesman with the OpenMedia advocacy group.

New customers signing monthly contracts with Bell, Rogers or Telus now pay $5 more. Each company also lowered savings by between $10 and $15 for customers who already own a device. Telus raised prices partly because it has to pay more for network components thanks to the weaker loonie, said Emily Harner, a company spokeswoman.

She also pointed to the need to

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spend millions of dollars annually to keep up with customer demand for wireless data.

The other two companies have echoed concerns over the economy.

For months, the loonie has been trading below 80 cents US, and has been hovering around 70 cents in the past few weeks.

The companies could have raised prices to make up for the extra cost of doing business. They pay for nearly all of their infrastructure costs in either U.S. dollars or the euro, said Iain Grant, the managing director of SeaBoard Research, a technology research and strategy consulting company. But some believe consumers are being hoodwinked into believing the loonie is responsible for higher cellphone plans and suggest, in fact, it’s a desire for higher profits.

“It’s a little suspicious that these big, sophisticated, publicly traded companies that are in the business of, you know, managing their risk and maximizing profit are blaming something that they likely foresaw on a price increase, across the board, in a relatively short amount of time,” said Geoff White, external counsel to the Public Interest Advocacy Centre.

All three companies engage in foreign exchange hedging programs, he said, based on an analysis of their

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“It’s like paying premiums to lock in a certain foreign exchange rate in the future so that you’re guaranteed you’ll be paying a certain amount,” said White.

It’s impossible to know exactly how successful those initiatives have been based on the information in those reports, he said, but “it looks like they’ve been able to do it quite effectively.”

But Grant says that when the loonie is forecast to remain low compared to the U.S. dollar for a longer time frame, “the currency swap options are more limited” and expensive.

“The cost of these hedges has also increased dramatically with the decline in the dollar,” said Jason Laszlo, a Bell spokesman.

Telus and Rogers did not respond to questions about foreign currency protection.

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lay off workers or accept lower profits until the loonie recovers, Grant added.

Instead, they chose to pass the cost on to consumers in a move that likely benefits the company’s bottom line.

“Higher prices make for happier financial analysts, which usually translate to higher share prices,” said Grant.

These simultaneous price hikes fit a pattern that Canadians have grown accustomed to, said Christopher, regardless of where the dollar stands.

The trio of telecoms similarly increased prices for monthly plans for new customers over a two-month span in 2014.

The three big wireless providers can get away with such increases because there’s a lack of competition in most provinces and territories, he said. In Quebec, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, where a fourth carrier operates, the companies are not implementing the price increases.

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 107.67 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.12 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.98 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 65.25 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market posted a triple-digit loss Monday, unable to sustain last week’s late rally as oil prices again faltered in the face of a global supply glut.

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX index ended the day down 246.42 points at 12,143.16, after Canada’s main market added almost 550 points on the final two days of trading last week.

The energy subsector of the TSX had the biggest decline on the day, falling nearly 5.1 per cent as the price of oil turned lower after jumping above $32 a barrel on Friday.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 208.29 points to close at 15,885.22, while the broader S&P 500 fell 29.82 points to 1,877.08 and the Nasdaq lost 72.69 points to 4,518.49.

“I think what we’re getting is really volatility in its purest form,” said Craig Fehr, Canadian market strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis.

Fehr said the up and down market is a new normal after years of overinflated returns buoyed by monetary policy stimulus from central banks around the world.

As the U.S. Federal Reserve has stepped back from stimulus and begun to raise interest rates, he said, the direction of the market is much less clear.

“In this current environment, we don’t have a tremendous amount of conviction one way or another in the marketplace,” he said.

The March contract for benchmark North American crude fell $1.85 to settle at US$30.34 a barrel after Iraq’s oil ministry said the country produced a record amount of oil in

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Fehr said the more than 18-month slide in the price of oil has made investors focus intently on any and all relevant data.

“It goes to show just how granular the market is getting at this point when every incremental piece of news on production for oil or demand for oil is driving these pretty wide swings,” he said.

That, in turn, drives a “herd mentality” in the marketplace, Fehr said.

In other commodities, March natural gas rose 1.4 cents to settle at US$2.155 per mmBtu and February gold added $9 to end at US$1,105.30 a troy ounce.

The commodity-sensitive Canadian dollar broke a three-day string of gains as it lost 0.59 of a U.S. cent to settle at 70.08 cents US. Fehr said the outlook for the loonie is a little brighter after the Bank of Canada announced Jan. 19 that it would leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged.

“The chances of us finding a floor, some stabilization in oil prices and the loonie, is more likely now than perhaps … (it has been) over the last year or so,” he said.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,143.16, down 246.42 points Dow — 15,885.22, down 208.29 points S&P 500 — 1,877.08, down 29.82 points Nasdaq — 4,518.49, down 72.69 points Currencies:

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Barley (Western): March ‘16 unchanged $190.00 May ‘16 unchanged $194.00 July ‘16 unchanged $196.00 Oct. ‘16 unchanged $196.00 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $196.00 March ‘17 unchanged $196.00 May ‘17 unchanged $196.00 July ‘17 unchanged $196.00 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $196.00 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $196.00 March ‘18 unchanged $196.00.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 336,800 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 336,800.

Rogers Media to cut workforce 4%

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — It was another bleak day for Canadian news outlets on Monday as Rogers Media moved to trim its workforce by four per cent — or 200 jobs — while the Guelph Mercury said it would stop publishing its daily print editions this week on the heels of a B.C. newspaper closing its doors.

Rogers Media says the cuts, which will impact jobs in television, radio, publishing and administration, are part of efficiency efforts at Rogers Communications (TSX:RCI.B), one of Canada’s largest telecom companies.

A memo to Rogers Media staff says the job cuts will begin in February and will conclude as soon as possible.

“Today’s announcement impacts all areas within Rogers Media, except the Toronto Blue Jays,” said Andrea Goldstein, the company’s senior director of communications, in an email.

Rogers Media operates 24 TV stations, 52 radio stations, 57 publications and 93 websites.

Goldstein said “it is too early” to identify specifics about which programs or publications will be affected.

She said changes will happen at all levels in the company across the country.

The latest layoffs come after the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission was told that half of the country’s local TV stations could be off the air by 2020 without a boost in revenues to pay for local programming.

The warning comes in a study submitted to the federal broadcast watchdog as it kicked off hearings into local and community television programming in Gatineau on Monday.

Howard Law, director of the media sector for Unifor — a union representing some Rogers Media employees — said the news of yet more layoffs in the media business is foreboding.

“We’re going down the path where journalism and the coverage of news that’s important for a functioning democracy is at existential risk in this country,” he said from Ottawa.

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Police takes away one of two demonstrators that had locked themselves to a valve along Enbridge pipeline 9B Monday, December 7, 2015 in Ste-Justine-deNewton, Que. near the Ontario border. Enbridge’s control centre detected a valve closure on Line 9 just north of Hamilton at 1:15 a.m. ET Monday.

Another case of valve tampering on Enbridge oil pipeline

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

LINE 9

CALGARY — There’s been another case of tampering involving an Enbridge oil pipeline in Ontario.

Company spokesman Graham White confirms the line was shut down briefly overnight while maintenance workers inspected the pipeline.

He says Enbridge’s control centre detected a valve closure on Line 9 just north of Hamilton at 1:15 a.m. ET Monday.

The company contacted authorities and restarted the line about four hours later.

White says there was no impact on deliveries to clients.

The latest case of pipeline sabotage follows two similar incidents in Ontario and one in Quebec over the past month or so — none of which caused injury or significant disruption.

A post on Earth First Newswire, an environmental activist website, described the latest action.

“Our hearts were bursting with

love and cheer after hearing of the many times our friends have courageously shut down pipelines in recent months,” it said.

“So, in the early hours of January 25, 2016 we found our own courage and took action against Enbridge and their Line 9. Slipping in to a valve station located on traditional Haudenosaunee Territory (in Hamilton, Ontario) we successfully operated an electronic valve to shut off the flow of tarsands crude. A Line 7 valve, also an Enbridge tarsands pipeline, was also tampered with and closed part way.

We then disappeared back into the night.”

White has said previously that Enbridge has boosted its security measures.

“These valve tampering incidents had the potential to cause real harm to the public and the environment as well as to the protesters themselves.”

NEWS IN BRIEF

B.C. mulls letting mining companies defer power costs until prices rebound VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s premier has good news for the province’s mining industry, as the sector flounders amid ailing global commodity prices.Christy Clark announced her government will extend two tax-credit programs while delivering the keynote address at the annual conference into B.C. mineral exploration.

The mining-exploration tax credit is a 20 per cent refundable credit, which increases to 30 per cent for exploration happening in regions affected by

the destructive mountain pine beetle.

Also being extended is the mining flow-through tax credit, which is a non-refundable credit of 20 per cent.

Sunrise Propane fined $5.3M in 2008 deadly propane explosion TORONTO — A court has imposed $5.3 million in fines on Sunrise Propane, the Ontario company convicted in a deadly explosion at a Toronto propane plant, and its directors.

Sunrise Propane and its directors Shay Ben-Moshe and Valery Belahov were found guilty in June 2013 of nine provincial offences related to the deadly 2008 blast that forced thousands of people from their homes.

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Bleackley benched for six weeks REBELS FORWARD HAS BROKEN KNEECAP, WHICH ADDS TO LONG LIST OF INJURED

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Calgary Flames center Sam Bennett moves the puck up ice as Dallas Stars’ Antoine Roussel gives chase in the third period of an NHL game, Monday, in Dallas.

Pair of second period goals lifts Stars over Flames

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Stars 2 Flames 1 DALLAS — Jamie Benn and the Dallas Stars were ready for some time off after a tough start to the new year.

They go into the All-Star break coming off a needed victory.

Benn and Jason Spezza scored 80 seconds apart early in the second period, and the Stars held on for a 2-1 victory Monday night over the Calgary Flames, who came up empty on three consecutive power-play chances in the second period and two more after that stretch.

“It was a grind, but we got the job done. Things were going pretty good there until probably about halfway through the second, and a couple turnovers and three straight penalties and gave them momentum,” Benn said.

“Antti (Niemi) made some big saves.”

The Stars won for only the third time in 11 games this month, closing out a 3-6-2 stretch after leading the Western Conference for much of the season.

“To go into the break with a win is a good thing, you can go in with a positive mindset. Then when we come out, we know that we’ve got work to do,” coach Lindy Ruff said. “If I had to

pick a time to struggle, I would struggle now versus having us struggle near the end” of the season.

Dallas had allowed goals on five of its 11 previous penalty kills going into the game. But Calgary was 0 for 5 on the power play, including the final 9.4 seconds of the game when Flames goalie Karri Ramo was on the bench, giving them six skaters on the ice.

Niemi stopped two point-blank shots, among his 23 saves for the game, and the Stars survived a flurry of activity in front of the net on the first power play.

“We kind of woke up too late to play,” said Ramo, who had 28 saves.

“Against a team like that, you have to start pushing right away.”

Benn’s 28th goal of the season came 2:43 into the second, with a little backhanded flip just off the right post. The goal was set up by Valeri Nichushkin’s pass, after he had skated behind the net to retrieve his own pass off the boards.

Then Spezza was off the left post behind Ramo after the goalie had skated up for another shot that was wide. The puck ended up on Spezza’s stick on the left side of the net with a wide open gap for his 17th goal and a 2-0 lead.

“I don’t think we’re satisfied with how things went after we had a two-

goal lead, but we’ve had enough losses this month where we probably deserved a better fate and didn’t get it,” Spezza said. ]“Sometimes you’ve just got to hunker down and get saves from your goalie, and that’s what we did.”

Calgary, 2-5-1 its last eight games, got its only goal early in the third period when Jiri Hudler passed from behind the net to Joe Colborne. It was the seventh goal of the season for Colborne, who has goals in two straight after getting two in his previous 28 games.

“We can feel good about the effort,” coach Bob Hartley. “But it’s always the final result that matters and especially in our situation we need to get back up winning and climbing in the standings.”

NOTES: Calgary wrapped up a fivegame road trip (1-3-1) and still has one more game before the break. The Flames host Nashville on Wednesday night. … It was the third and final meeting of the regular season between the Stars and Flames. Calgary won the first two, including a shootout at home Dec. 1. … After a 5-1 win over Nashville on New Year’s Eve, the Stars had won 28 of their first 39 games. The January rut began two days later with a 3-2 overtime loss at New Jersey.

The Red Deer Rebels’ injury woes continue.

Veteran forward Conner Bleackley was helped off the ice during Saturday’s 4-1 WHL win over the visiting Everett Silvertips with an apparent leg injury and on Monday it was confirmed that he’ll be out of commission for six weeks with a fractured kneecap.

Bleackley experienced a slow start to the season but was impressive in recent weeks to the point where he had risen to third in team scoring with 13 goals and 41 points in 47 games.

“In the last two to three weeks his game was certainly starting to come around and was closer to where we expect it to be,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter.

The injury is just one of many of the long-term variety that have afflicted the Rebels this season. Josh Mahura appeared in two games before undergoing knee surgery, Kayle Doetzel was out for a lengthy period with a lower body injury and Braden Purtill, Taden Rattie, Adam Musil and Evan Poeli have all been out for extensive spans with upper body ailments.

Luke Philp is also inactive, although the overage centre — acquired from the Kootenay Ice Jan. 3 — is expected to return from ankle surgery in the next two weeks.

“It’s tough, we’re counting the days until we get Luke back and all of a sudden Bleacks goes down,” said Sutter.

“It’s been one of those years where we’ve had lots of injuries, and lots of tough injuries with guys out for a month to six weeks.

“We haven’t got a break on that side of it, but that’s the way it goes. We have to keep fighting through it … weathering through it.”

Bleackley will almost certainly be back prior to the playoffs in late March and Mahura could return before the beginning of the post season.

Still, …

“You just wish you could have some games with your full lineup,” said Sutter. “We haven’t had one game like that yet this year. That’s what’s been troublesome — that we can’t get a real strong feel for our team.

“We haven’t been healthy, but what’s getting us by is our depth. When you consider the injuries we’ve had, we certainly can’t argue with where we are in the standings.”

Sutter expects Philp to be available for duty within 10 days to two weeks, while Rattie should be back — from a fractured fighter — either by this weekend or the following week.

The Rebels conclude a five-game homestand with Friday and Saturday meetings with the Ice and Brandon Wheat Kings. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Raonic outlasts Wawrinka to reach Australian Open quarters

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MELBOURNE, Australia — Milos Raonic has always turned heads with his big serve. Now that he’s improved his play at the net, the Canadian tennis star is even more dangerous.

Raonic advanced to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the second straight year, defeating 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3 Monday in a marathon match lasting three hours 44 minutes.

The 13th seed from Thornhill, Ont., improved to 8-0 this season and downed a former Australian Open champion for a second time. He tuned up for the year’s first Grand Slam by defeating 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer in the final of the Brisbane Open.

Raonic attributed his success this season to his improved volleying.

“I think it’s what helped me win in Brisbane,” he said. “It’s what helped me win my first three matches here, is that comfort and confidence of going forward. But not even just that. In the off-season I spent a lot of time up at the net. So it’s not just about a confidence, it’s about an understanding of what I need to do, where you go in certain situations, how not only to finish the points, how to defend a little bit better at the net and how to cover and move better to make the opponent think.”

Raonic said he had a lot of time to analyze and tweak his game while dealing with a series of frustrating injuries last season. He worked in the

off-season with coach Riccardo Piatti on getting more comfortable at the net, and said he continues to devote more time to volleying in practice.

“I had time injured and I wasn’t so caught up in playing a lot of matches, travelling from tournament to tournament, when I was sort of sitting there maybe a little bit annoyed with the physical situation I was in, asking myself ‘What can I do to get better?’

“It was something definitely I felt was necessary for me. So I think (coach Carlos Moya) has been sort of taking the tools that me and Riccardo worked on in the winter, and he is sort of telling me, ‘You’re doing well up there.

Keep getting yourself up there.”’

Raonic, who lost to the fourth-seeded Wawrinka in their four previous meetings, improved to 18-5 in Melbourne and 47-19 at Grand Slams.

“I’m very happy with the way I played, the way I competed, the way I turned things around after having the momentum against me going into the fifth” he said. “At the same time, as happy as I am, my mind’s already on what’s the process for my next challenge. I’m always looking for ways to get better.”

Raonic was cruising with a lead of two sets to love when his game suddenly derailed. Wawrinka stormed back to win the third and fourth sets but Raonic was able to close it out in the fifth, finishing the match with 24 aces, 82 winners and five breaks of serve at the showcase Rod Laver Arena.

“I felt very clear in what I needed to do and I believed that I could do it,” Raonic said. “I was trying to play in

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Milos Raonic returns a shot during a match against Stan Wawrinka during fourth round Australian Open action at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, Monday.

Raonic won the match to reach the quarterfinals for the second straight year. rhythm, dictate and control the centre of the court. I was able to carry that through.”

Raonic next faces Gael Monfils, the Frenchman who beat Russian Andrey Kuznetsov 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Monfils withdrew from the first matchup be-

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tween the players at the SAP Open in 2011, but has beaten Raonic twice since.

The two players are a contrast in style. Monfils plays a flashy, entertaining game while Raonic rarely betrays his emotions and strives for efficiency.

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Williams downs Sharapova to reach semis AUSTRALIAN OPEN

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MELBOURNE, Australia — Serena Williams attacked Maria Sharapova’s strength and it helped extend her complete domination of their rivalry, earning the six-time Australian Open champion a place in the semifinals.

Top-ranked Williams beat Sharapova 6-4, 6-1 in the quarterfinals on Tuesday, her 18th consecutive victory and 19th in their 21 career meetings back to 2004. “It was super intense,� Williams said of the replay of last year’s final. “She’s an incredibly intense, focused player who was No. 1 and has won so many Grand Slams for a reason. You have to come out with a lot of fire and intensity.�

Each of the six previous times Williams has won a quarterfinal at Melbourne Park, she has won the title at the season-opening Grand Slam tournament.

Up next for her is fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat No. 10 Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1, 6-3 to reach a Grand Slam semifinal for the fifth time.

Sharapova has won five majors, including the 2008 Australian title, and has been in three other finals at Melbourne Park.

In her fourth-round win against No. 12 Belinda Bencic she had a career-high 21 aces. Against Williams, she had three, and seven double-faults. Williams had 13 aces, three double-faults, hit 31 winners to 11, and broke Sharapova’s serve four times. “She played quite explosive,�

Sharapova said. “She was really explosive off the return. Yeah.�

Sharapova broke to open the match and held for a 2-0 lead. But Williams held in the third game and broke to quickly level at 2-2.

Early in the set, points were short.

As it progressed, the rallies got longer, the shrieks and grunts got louder and the emotions were fully on display.

Both players struggled with their ball toss at one end, repeatedly practicing their toss to work out the best position to serve into the sun.

Williams also had to concentrate hard to hold in the ninth game, when a baby screamed loudly in the stands as she faced breakpoints.

She was able to protect her own serve, and go on the attack against Sharapova’s. It cost her in the eighth game when she had three break-point chances, taking the high-risk rather than the high-percentage option with her return.

But that approach is what has helped win her 21 major titles, and Williams’ aggressive returns finally helped her convert on her fourth set point, following a heavy ground stroke to the net and putting away a volley.

She went on a five-game roll until Sharapova held in the second set, and then finished it off in the seventh game after saving break points.

Williams had medical treatment between sets, and again in the second during a changeover, but it wasn’t clear what the problem was. She didn’t comment on it in her on-court interview.

Sharapova noted Williams started

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Serena Williams of the United States plays a forehand return to Maria Sharapova of Russia during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday. the opening set with four big serves, so she didn’t think it hampered the 34-year-old American’s game.

She hasn’t beaten Williams since back-to-back victories in 2004, when she led their rivalry 2-1. Despite more than 11 years in between, Sharapova isn’t giving up hope of breaking that drought. “It’s motivating because she’s at a

different level,� Sharapova said. “She makes you go back to the drawing board, not just for me, but for many other players. She makes you work.

That’s inspiring.�

In men’s doubles action, Canadian Vasek Pospisil and American partner Jack Sock fell in three sets to Spain’s Marcel Granollers and Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas in quarter-final action.

Red Deer’s Sarcevic headed to Bosnia for soccer

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer Renegades Soccer Club player Ajdin Sarcevic has been invited to attend the Bosnian national team under-17/19 identification camp beginning Feb. 8 in Zenica, Bosnia.

Sarcevic, currently a member of the Edmonton Academy Football Club, participated in an ‘open door’ Bosnian soccer camp in Denver in May of last

year and also attended a camp in Medjugorje, Bosnia in June.

In July of last year, he participated in the showcase camp held by the Alberta Soccer Association in Calgary and his performance at all three events led to the Bosnian national team ID camp invitation. “I love playing soccer and I’m very excited that my hard work and determination have led to this opportunity,�

Sarcevic said. “My goal is to follow my

father’s (Ado’s) footsteps to be a professional soccer player.�

The younger Sarcevic started playing as a three-year-old in Red Deer City Soccer Association programs. He continued participating in RDCSA programs until the U10 level, then moved to the competitive stream — Renegades SC. He remained in the club for the rest of his youth career until his recent move to FC Edmonton where he was accepted into their Academy

program.

Ajdin finished his Renegades career by winning two indoor provincial championships at the U18 level, along with winning gold in the 2015 outdoor provincials. “Sarcevic’s accomplishments are the result of RDCSA’s commitment to provide quality technical programs,� said RDCSA president Paul Morigeau. “We extend our best wishes to Ajdin in his upcoming soccer endeavours.�

Manning will have work cut out for him in Super Bowl Bad quarterbacks don’t win the Su- tion percentage. per Bowl anymore. It’s hard to even He can’t feel his fingertips, and his find mediocre ones, really. Tom Brady arm has become more and more noowins Super Bowls, and Russell Wilson, dle-like as time passes because time and in the last 10 years, Aaron Rodg- cooks you, slow or fast. The last few ers and Drew Brees and Ben Roeth- quarterbacks who fit this general stalisberger and Peyton Manning, age 30. tistical profile included Geno Smith, Even Joe Flacco had 11 Brandon Weeden, Matt Castouchdowns and no picks sell and John Skelton. This is the year he won it. This is like being in a police lineup the passing age, and the with a bunch of guys who look quickest way to get great like they slept in a hedge, or is to have a quarterback, in their Wall Street CEO ofand protect him. Trent fices.

Dilfer is still the go-to But Denver has defence reference for a champilawyers that can get you out onship game manager of almost anything. They quarterback, 16 years had the eighth-best defence later, the way Ray Lewis of the modern era by DVOA, is the go-to reference for the advanced calculation escaping a murder trial, from Football Outsiders. It’s BRUCE along with O.J. There’s a right there with the 2013 SeaARTHUR reason. hawks defence that didn’t let a And now Peyton Man55-touchdown Peyton Manning OTHER SIDE ning, age 39, is in the Suscore in the Super Bowl until per Bowl. It’s his fourth the end of the third quarter, trip — only two quarterbacks have by which time it was too late. made more, Brady and John Elway — So yeah: Peyton Manning gets to go and it’s the one nobody expected. Man- to the Super Bowl, and he will face a ning was awful this year, got benched, team that should scare people. They got accused of using Human Growth were up 31-0 at halftime against a very Hormone this year, and was terrible good Seattle team, and were up 24-7 at this year. It sounds like a duplication, halftime against a very good Arizona but it’s not. Peyton Manning was at team, and while those two very good least two kinds of bad this year. Three teams played as if they were drunk, if you include media leaks. Pres- maybe Carolina makes teams act like ent-day Manning might be the worst they’re drunk. Cam Newton is the new quarterback to ever try to win the Su- thing, the new quarterback, the new per Bowl. great thing that has not been seen beThere were 34 quarterbacks who fore, who laughs when he runs. He’s qualified for the league leaderboard become a strange cultural target for in passer ratings this season. Peyton daring to be black and exuberant and Manning was 34th. Only Blake Bortles great. It’s going to be a long week in of Jacksonville threw more intercep- some quarters, in San Francisco. tions — 18 to 17 — and Bortles needed And yes, Carolina will be favoured. an extra 275 passes to do it. Manning Still, yes, Arizona’s Carson Palmer was 28th in yards per game, 28th in got the yips in the NFC Conference yards per attempt — ahead of Aaron title game, but that wasn’t exactly a Rodgers, weird — and 27th in comple- long journey. Denver’s defence was

so good it made Tom Brady seem like he was seeing ghosts at times, like he was spooked. On one play he hesitated, tried to pull the ball back, jiggled on one foot like someone had a Brady voodoo doll, and then threw flat-footed, wide of Rob Gronkowski. Pressure can make anybody wobble.

So, Peyton Manning got to the Super Bowl. He was carried on the shoulder of a defence that got to Brady with four rushers, the way the Giants used to do.

He got there because Von Miller ate Brady’s organic lunch. Manning got there because he didn’t make a mistake, and Brady made a couple.

And he got there because Stephen Gostkowski missed his first extra point in 524 attempts, and it forced the Patriots to go for two after Rob Gronkowski got them to the end zone in the last 30 seconds, and then Brady’s last pass got batted and intercepted. The Patriots played a sloppy game, and Denver’s defence stopped them on fourth down inside the Broncos’ 16-yard line, twice.

But it was the extra point that did it, as much as anything.

It will be hard to imagine Manning succeeding against the ravenous Pan-

thers, who reduced Palmer to a guy throwing his keys into a parking lot on the off chance it might start his car. The Broncos were 16th in total offence and first in defence, and that’s not crazy. The 2008 Steelers were 22nd and first, but at least they had a quarterback who could really throw. The 2013 Seahawks were 17th and first, but, same thing. Actually, along with Dilfer, Eli Manning in 2007 might be the closest thing to this — awful year, great defence. But he had an arm, too.

Peyton Manning doesn’t have an arm, not really, but he’s still got one last chance to match Eli, finally. When the TV guys told Newton he was playing Denver he seemed surprised, and he said, ‘We’re playing the sheriff.’ One last gunfight, and the old man is outgunned by a mile.

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Sutter set to return for Canucks

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Brandon Sutter is going from the press box to centre stage for the Vancouver Canucks.

The 26-year-old will return to the lineup on Tuesday against the Nashville Predators after a 33-game absence due to a sports hernia.

With captain Henrik Sedin out until after the all-star break because of an upper-body injury, Sutter will slot in between Daniel Sedin and Jannik Hansen while also getting time on the first power-play unit.

“Jumping right into the fire,” Sutter said with a smile after Monday’s practice at Rogers Arena.

Sutter suffered the abdominal injury in mid-November, which he thought was initially just a tight groin, and waited about three weeks before going the surgical route.

“I was skating for 20 days trying to get it better, trying to avoid surgery, and it just felt like I was spinning my tires,” he said. “Once we got the surgery going it felt like you’re starting to see the light. Even though that was seven weeks ago, at least you’re working towards something.”

Sutter practised with the Canucks on their recent road trip and will help a club that’s currently thin on expe-

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Vancouver Canucks’ Brandon Sutter, left, and Luca Sbisa celebrate Sutter’s goal against the St. Louis Blues during an NHL game in Vancouver, B.C., on Oct. 16, 2015. Sutter is set to return after missing 33 games with a sports hernia. rience at centre with Henrik Sedin sidelined.

“We missed him,” said Vancouver

head coach Willie Desjardins. “A lot of guys stepped in and played well while he was gone, especially the young guys,

but for me it will be great to have him back.”

Sutter should also be a boost for the Canucks in the faceoff circle, where they’re ranked last in the NHL, and on the penalty kill, where they sit 20th.

“He’s a big part of this team,” said Hansen. “We need a right-handed centre, no question about that. His speed, his tenacity, he’ll bring a lot.”

Vancouver acquired Sutter in a trade with Pittsburgh in June before signing him to a five-year deal worth US$21.875 million in August.

He had four goals and four assists in 16 games before the injury, and is eager to help the club after a long layoff that included four- or five-hour rehab sessions with trainers and a lot of time on the couch.

“I’ve got a lot of movies down, a few TV series,” Sutter said of how he spent his days. “A lot of football.”

The Canucks were in a rut when Sutter first got hurt, but have been playing better in recent months and are within shouting distance of a playoff spot at 20-18-11 with one more game before the all-star break.

“Fortunately the guys have done an awesome job,” said Sutter. “I’m not going to say it’s been fun watching them, but it’s been much better than it was …

It just makes you antsy to get back out there and try and help.”

Stone at a loss to find reasons for slump

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Mark Stone can’t help but shake his head these days.

The Ottawa Senators winger is mired in the longest pointless streak of his career and is at a loss to understand what’s going wrong. Stone has failed to get a point in his last seven games, and has just one goal and one assist in his last 13.

Senators coach Dave Cameron said the 23-year-old is creating chances and doing everything possible to score, but just can’t seem to catch a break.

“I thought the last two games he was as good a player as there was on the ice for either team,” Cameron said. “In this business we talk about resilience and balance and that there’s no guarantees.

“You can do everything right and not score whether it’s a good goalie or a post or whatever so don’t concentrate on the result, concentrate on the process and I’ve really liked his process the last two games.”

Stone feels he’s playing well enough, but knows he’s counted on to provide offence and can’t help but feel some pressure. He understands players go through slumps, but living through one personally is frustrating.

“Everybody goes through stretches where you can’t miss and then you go through stretches where you can’t score,” Stone said.

“Unfortunately right now is one of those times where I just can’t get one in. It’s frustrating when you’re struggling, but you just have to work your way out of it.”

Not overly superstitious, Stone says he’s not trying to do anything all that different other than using white tape on his stick these days. Stone broke two sticks in practice Monday and

his hopeful the new ones might prove lucky.

While Stone’s production seems low he’s not that far off last year’s numbers. After 47 games Stone has 11 goals and 33 points. Last year at the same time Stone had 12 goals and 28 points, but he excelled down the stretch scoring 14 goals and picking up 22 assists and was one of the Senators best players.

“I feel like I’m playing pretty well right now, last couple games especially, I thought I created some pretty good chances not only for myself, but for my teammates,” Stone said. “If the team can continue to play like we did last game the chances will continue to come.”

The Senators host the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday in their last game before the all-star break, and will likely face former teammate Robin Lehner in goal.

Stone said it would feel pretty good to end his pointless streak with a goal against a good friend.

Coming off a 3-0 win over the New York Rangers Sunday afternoon in what can easily be described as the Senators most complete game of late, the team knows it would be ideal to head into the break riding back-toback wins. “(Sunday) we had no passengers, none, that’s what I liked,” Cameron said. “The big difference, for me, was we were moving our feet which gives you energy, which makes it tough on the other team and that’s a big difference for us between good and not so good.”

Craig Anderson will get the start for Ottawa, and says he would enjoy the opportunity to face Lehner.

This will be Lehner’s first appearance at Canadian Tire Centre since being traded to the Sabres in June 2015.

Oilers use rainbow tape to show support for young LGBTQ players

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New York Islanders right wing Cal Clutterbuck (15) knocks Ottawa Senators right wing Mark Stone (61) to the ice during NHL action January 22, in Ottawa. Stone can’t help but shake his head these days. The Ottawa Senators winger is mired in the longest pointless streak of his career and is at a loss to understand what’s going wrong.

New Brunswick slides to fourth straight win at Canadian junior curling championships

right away.

“It’s not something that you have to go into the dressing room and EDMONTON — The Edmonton twist guys’ arms. Basically everyone Oilers have shown their support for was on board immediately,” said young LGBTQ players in a colourful Ference. way.

He said it’s imPlayers hit the ‘WE BELIEVE THAT HOCKEY portant kids aren’t ice at Rexall Place afraid to be themon Sunday for a SHOULD INCLUDE EVERYONE selves in front of skills competition REGARDLESS OF A PERSON’S their teammates. with their sticks things SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR like“Small wrapped in special this where we rainbow-coloured can show our supGENDER IDENTITY.’ hockey tape. port and be allies Pride Tape is … hopefully kids an initiative spear- —KRISTOPHER WELLS, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA FACULTY won’t have to quit DIRECTOR s p o r t a n d q u i t headed by the University of Alberta hockey.”

Institute for Sexual Minority Stud“We believe that hockey should ies and Services. Oilers defenceman include everyone regardless of a Andrew Ference helped launch the person’s sexual orientation or gencampaign in December. der identity,” said faculty direcFerence admits he never would tor Kristopher Wells. “Pride Tape have imagined openly discussing brings together two great things — LGBTQ issues when he first started hockey and human rights.”

A campaign was launched to his career, but believes most people now realize “it’s the right thing to raise money to pay for the first 10,000 rolls of tape. More than do.”

He says the entire National Hock- $45,000 of the $54,000 goal has been ey League team got behind the idea achieved.

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leads the way at 5-0, while B.C.’s Sarah Daniels (4-0) also is unbeaten. B.C. cruised to a 13-3 win over Newfoundland/ Labrador’s Brooke Godsland and Ontario’s Courtney Auld (3-1) was a 14-4 winner over the Yukon’s Alyssa Meger (0-4). Nova Scotia had the bye Monday night In men’s play, both pool leaders — Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone (5-0) in Pool A and B.C.’s Tyler Tardi (5-0) were idle Monday night.

In Pool A play, Quebec’s Felix Asselin (3-1) earned an 11-0 win over Nunavut’s Arthur Siksik (0-5), Ontario’s Doug Kee (32) put together a 7-3 win over Newfoundland/Labrador’s Greg Smith (1-3), and Alberta’s Karsten Sturmay (3-2) needed an extra end for a 9-8 win over Nova Scotia’s Matthew Manuel (1-3).

In Pool B, New Brunswick’s Alex Robichaud (3-1) downed Matt Miller of the Northwest Territories (0-5) 12-1, and Saskatchewan’s Jake Hersikorn (3-1) turned back Brayden Klassen of the Yukon (0-4), 8-3.

The six teams of each gender that don’t qualify for the championship round meet in a seeding round to determine ranking for the 2017 Canadian juniors in Victoria.

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STRATFORD, Ont. — New Brunswick skip Justine Comeau topped Northern Ontario’s Megan Smith 8-5 on Monday for her fourth straight victory at the Canadian junior curling championships.

Comeau is back at her second straight Canadian juniors after being the only skip to beat two-time world junior champ Kelsey Rocque at last year’s event in Corner Brook, N.L. Comeau, along with Manitoba’s Abby Ackland — who beat Nunavut’s winless Sadie Pinksen — and Alberta’s Selena Sturmay are on top of Pool A with 4-1 records going into the final day of preliminary round play.

The top three teams in each pool, plus two teams with the next best won-lost records, advance to the championship round for a further four-game partial round robin from Wednesday through Friday, with their earlier records carried forward.

Quebec (3-2) is close behind after a 154 win over Zoey Walsh of the Northwest Territories (0-4) on Monday night.

In Pool B, Nova Scotia’s Mary Fay

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SCOREBOARD Hockey Pt 64 57 55 47 38 35

GA 135 141 153 153 187 205

Pt 72 65 58 45 40 20

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF Kelowna 47 33 11 3 0 174 Victoria 49 29 15 2 3 172 Prince George 48 29 17 1 1 172 Kamloops 47 22 18 4 3 157 Vancouver 50 18 27 3 2 144

GA 132 119 144 153 180

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Sunday’s results Brandon 4 Regina 0 Victoria 5 Vancouver 1 Lethbridge 3 Edmonton 0 Portland 4 Tri-City 3 Monday’s games Medicine Hat at Prince George, late Friday, January 29 Prince George at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Saskatoon at Regina, 6 p.m.

Prince Albert at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Lethbridge at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

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

A 39 19 28 26 27 25 18 16 10 13 17 9 12 14 8 8 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 GA 94 41

Pts 66 45 41 40 40 34 31 29 27 26 26 21 18 17 9 8 7 6 3 2 1 0 0 0

PIM 14 39 37 28 12 25 65 30 12 31 31 52 21 47 41 35 7 24 6 12 0 17 0 0

+/18 27 12 0 9 16 12 -7 11 7 12 10 5 16 5 21 3 -2 4 9 1 -2 — —

SO GAA Sv% 5 2.68 .911 0 2.93 .900

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

G 18 27 30 28 27 29 27 27 19 18 25 27 31 27 18 13 21 26 12 29 28 18

A 56 44 39 41 39 36 36 36 41 42 32 29 23 27 36 41 32 26 39 21 22 32

Pts 74 71 69 69 66 65 63 63 60 60 57 56 54 54 54 54 53 52 51 50 50 50

2016 CHL Top Prospects Game roster TORONTO — The roster for the 2016 Canadian Hockey League Top Prospects game, Jan. 28 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver (c — captain i — injured, will not play x — injury replacement): TEAM CHERRY

Goaltenders Evan Fitzpatrick, Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL) Zach Sawchenko, Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL).

Defencemen Jakob Chychrun, Sarnia Sting (OHL) Kale Clague, Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) Sean Day, Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) Samuel Girard, Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) Lucas Johansen, Kelowna Rockets (WHL) Markus Niemelainen, Saginaw Spirit (OHL).

Forwards Vitalii Abramov, Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL) ci-Tyler Benson, Vancouver Giants (WHL) Logan Brown, Windsor Spitfires (OHL) Alex DeBrincat, Erie Otters (OHL) Dillon Dube, Kelowna Rockets (WHL) Julien Gauthier, Val-d’Or Foreurs (QMJHL) Tim Gettinger, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) Noah Gregor, Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) Max Jones, London Knights (OHL) Jordan Kyrou, Sarnia Sting (OHL).

Michael McLeod, Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) x-Ty Ronning, Vancuover Giants (WHL) Sam Steel, Regina Pats (WHL).

Coaching Staff Head Coach — Don Cherry.

Assistant Coaches — Brian Kilrea, Bert O’Brien, Brian Sutter, Colby Armstrong.

TEAM ORR Goaltenders Carter Hart, Everett Silvertips (WHL) Dylan Wells, Peterborough Petes (OHL).

Defencemen Jake Bean, Calgary Hitmen (WHL) Luke Green, Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL) Libor Hajek, Saskatoon Blades (WHL) Olli Juolevi, London Knights (OHL) Mikhail Sergachev, Windsor Spitfires (OHL) Logan Stanley, Windsor Spitfires (OHL).

Forwards Nathan Bastian, Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) Will Bitten, Flint Firebirds (OHL) Pierre-Luc Dubois, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL) Brett Howden, Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) Boris Katchouk, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) Jack Kopacka, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) Pascal Laberge, Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) Alexander Nylander, Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) Taylor Raddysh, Erie Otters (OHL) Otto Somppi, Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL).

Simon Stransky, Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) c-Matthew Tkachuk, London Knights (OHL).

Coaching Staff Head Coach — Bobby Orr. Assistant Coaches — Glen Hanlon, Todd Warriner.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Florida 48 28 15 5 61 Detroit 49 25 16 8 58 Boston 48 26 17 5 57 Tampa Bay 48 26 18 4 56 Montreal 49 24 21 4 52 Ottawa 49 23 20 6 52 Toronto 46 17 20 9 43 Buffalo 49 19 26 4 42

GF 130 122 145 129 134 137 113 111

GA 107 124 125 117 129 152 128 134

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Washington 46 35 8 3 73 N.Y. Rangers 49 27 17 5 59 N.Y. Islanders 47 25 16 6 56 New Jersey 49 25 19 5 55 Pittsburgh 47 23 17 7 53 Carolina 50 22 20 8 52 Philadelphia 46 20 18 8 48 Columbus 50 18 27 5 41

GF 155 142 130 114 119 118 105 128

GA 100 129 118 116 120 135 124 161

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Chicago 52 33 15 4 70 Dallas 50 31 14 5 67 St. Louis 52 28 16 8 64 Minnesota 49 23 17 9 55 Colorado 50 26 21 3 55 Nashville 48 22 18 8 52 Winnipeg 48 21 24 3 45

GF 147 162 129 121 138 125 121

GA 117 133 128 115 133 129 138

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 48 30 15 3 63 126 109 San Jose 47 25 18 4 54 136 128 Arizona 48 24 19 5 53 129 141 Vancouver 49 20 18 11 51 121 137 Anaheim 46 21 18 7 49 95 109 Calgary 47 21 23 3 45 125 144 Edmonton 50 19 26 5 43 122 149 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Sunday’s Games Ottawa 3, N.Y. Rangers 0 Carolina 5, Calgary 2 Chicago 2, St. Louis 0 Los Angeles 3, San Jose 2, OT Pittsburgh at Washington, ppd., inclement weather Monday’s Games Arizona 2, Minnesota 1, SO Detroit 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Boston 3, Philadelphia 2 Columbus 5, Montreal 2 N.Y. Rangers 6, Buffalo 3 Dallas 2, Calgary 1 Tuesday’s Games Anaheim at Boston, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Carolina, 5:30 p.m.

Columbus at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Arizona at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Nashville at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Colorado at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Today • AJHL: Camrose at Olds, 7 p.m.

Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Blackfalds, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Toronto at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 6 p.m.

Nashville at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.

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

Thursday • College women’s hockey: Grant MacEwan at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena.

Monday’s summary Stars 2, Flames 1 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Frolik Cgy (tripping) 0:42.

Second Period 1. Dallas, Ja. Benn 28 (Nichushkin, Goligoski) 2:43.

2. Dallas, Spezza 17 (Klingberg, Sharp) 4:03.

Penalties — Roussel Dal (roughing) 4:38, Engelland Cgy (roughing) 4:38, Nichushkin Dal (high-sticking) 7:22, Jokipakka Dal (holding) 10:58, Spezza Dal (hooking) 15:57.

Third Period 3. Calgary, Colborne 7 (Hudler, Engelland) 1:49.

Penalties — Bennett Cgy (tripping) 11:50, Klingberg Dal (interference) 12:36, Eakin Dal (hooking) 19:50.

Shots on goal Calgary 3 12 9 — 24 Dallas 10 13 7 — 30 Goal — Calgary: Ramo (L, 16-16-1) Dallas: Niemi (W, 18-9-5).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Calgary: 0-5 Dallas: 0-2.

NHL Scoring Leaders Patrick Kane, Chi Jamie Benn, Dal Tyler Seguin, Dal Erik Karlsson, Ott Joe Pavelski, SJ Taylor Hall, Edm Evgeny Kuznetsov, Wash Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy Artemi Panarin, Chi Blake Wheeler, Wpg Nicklas Backstrom, Wash Daniel Sedin, Vcr Patrice Bergeron, Bos Alex Ovechkin, Wash Bobby Ryan, Ott Alex Steen, StL Nikita Kucherov, TB Brent Burns, SJ Anze Kopitar, LA Matt Duchene, Col Ryan O’Reilly, Buf Sidney Crosby, Pgh

G 30 27 25 10 24 18 15 23 25 20 17 13 15 21 18 28 17 15 20 18 13 22 17 16

A 43 30 28 41 24 30 33 24 21 26 29 32 29 22 25 14 25 27 21 23 28 18 23 24

Pts 73 57 53 51 48 48 48 47 46 46 46 45 44 43 43 42 42 42 41 41 41 40 40 40

2016 NHL All-Star Game Rosters NEW YORK — The 44 players currently named to the National Hockey League all-star weekend rosters for the league’s new 3-on-3 tournament, Jan. 29-31 in Nashville, Tenn. (x—John Scott was traded to Montreal but for the All-Star Game will remain as captain of the Pacific team c—captain): ATLANTIC DIVISION Goaltenders Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay Roberto Luongo, Florida.

Defencemen Aaron Ekblad, Florida Erik Karlsson, Ottawa P.K. Subban, Montreal.

Forwards Patrice Bergeron, Boston c-Jaromir Jagr, Florida Leo Komarov, Toronto Dylan Larkin, Detroit Ryan O’Reilly, Buffalo Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay. Coach Gerard Gallant, Florida.

METROPOLITAN DIVISION Goaltenders Braden Holtby, Washington Cory Schneider, New Jersey.

Defencemen Justin Faulk, Carolina Kris Letang, Pittsburgh Ryan McDonagh, N.Y. Rangers.

Forwards Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh c-Alex Ovechkin, Washington Brandon Saad, Columbus John Tavares, N.Y. Islanders.

Coach Barry Trotz, Washington.

CENTRAL DIVISION Goaltenders Devan Dubnyk, Minnesota Pekka Rinne, Nashville.

Defencemen Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg Roman Josi, Nashville Shea Weber, Nashville.

Forwards Jamie Benn, Dallas Matt Duchene, Colorado c-Patrick Kane, Chicago Tyler Seguin, Dallas Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Jonathan Toews, Chicago.

Coach Lindy Ruff, Dallas.

PACIFIC DIVISION Goaltenders John Gibson, Anaheim Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles.

Defencemen Brent Burns, San Jose Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Mark Giordano, Calgary.

Forwards Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary Taylor Hall, Edmonton Joe Pavelski, San Jose Corey Perry, Anaheim xcJohn Scott, Montreal Daniel Sedin, Vancouver.

Coach Darryl Sutter, Los Angeles.

Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Recalled F Mark McNeill from Rockford (AHL).

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Utica LW Darren Archibald one game for a boarding incident during a Jan. 24 game at Toronto.

HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Reassigned F Josh Nicholls to Greenville (ECHL).

ECHL ECHL — Suspended Wheeling’s Anton Zlobin one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions in a Jan. 23 game against Kalamazoo. Suspended Allen’s David Makowski one game and fined

him an undisclosed amount for his actions in a Jan. 24 game against Wichita.

BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Named Koby Perez director of Latin American scouting.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Claimed INF Ronald Torreyes off waivers from the N.Y. Yankees. Agreed to terms with RHP Garrett Richards on a one-year contract.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms with 3B Trevor Plouffe on a one-year contract.

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Shawn Tolleson on a one-year contract.

National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to terms with OF

OILMEN’S BONSPIEL The Bunch Projects foursome of Wayne Heikkinen, Stan Huble, Chris Heikkinen and Matt Heikkinen took top honours in the 2106 Red Deer Oilmen’s Bonspiel at the Pidherney Centre.

The second event was won by the Hydrotest-

Charlie Blackmon on a one-year contract.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with INFs Charlie Culberson and Elian Herrera and OFs Corey Brown, Alex Hassan and Rico Noel on minor league contracts.

NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with 1B Lucas Duda and RHP Jenrry Mejia on one-year contracts.

FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Announced assistant head coach Raheem Morris will become the wide receivers coach. Named Jerome Henderson defensive passing game co-ordinator.

DETROIT LIONS — Named David Walker running backs coach.

ers crew of Rick, Cliff and Shawn Fobes, and Dave Glascrow, while the Electrogas Monitors rink of Brent Leptich, Greg Engman, Grant Lyons and Blaine Ringham won the third event.

The fourth-event winners were Bill Visscher, Barry Williscroft, Tyler Visscher and Brodie Leveille of the Blue Star Energy Inc. foursome.

Friday • Senior men’s curling: Southern Alberta playdowns, Red Deer Pidherney Centre.

• JV basketball: Lindsay Thurber boys/ girls tournament.

• College basketball: Ambrose University College at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow.

• Bantam AA hockey: West Central at Central Alberta, 6 p.m., Big Valley.

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

• Midget AA hockey: Calgary Stampeders at Olds, 7:30 p.m.; Okotoks Black at Red Deer Elks, 8 p.m., Arena.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Three Hills 8 p.m.; Medicine Hat at Stettler, 8 p.m., Castor.

• Chinook senior AAA hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.; Stony Plain at Bentley, 8:30 p.m., Lacombe.

Saturday • Senior men’s curling: Southern Alberta playdowns, Red Deer Pidherney Centre.

• JV basketball: Lindsay Thurber boys/ girls tournament.

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

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

Sunday • Senior men’s curling: Southern Alberta playdowns, Red Deer Pidherney Centre.

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Airdire/ Cochrane at Red Deer North Star, noon, Arena.

• Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Steel Kings at Red Deer Ramada, 1:45 p.m., Kinsmen A; Lethbridge at Central Alberta, 2 p.m., Lacombe; Bow Valley at Olds, 2:45 p.m.

• Major midget girls hockey: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Midget AAA hockey: Calgary Flames at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Arena.

• Peewee AA hockey: Bow Valley at West Central, 3:15 p.m., Rocky Mountain House.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m.

• Midget AA hockey: Okotoks Black at Olds, 5:30 p.m.

Football NFL Playoffs Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC Denver 20, New England 18 NFC Carolina 49, Arizona 15

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

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.

Denver vs. Carolina, 4:30 p.m.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 29 15 .659 — Boston 25 21 .543 5 New York 22 24 .478 8 Brooklyn 12 33 .267 17 Philadelphia 6 39 .133 23 Southeast Division W L Pct GB 27 19 .587 — 24 21 .533 2 21 23 .477 5 20 22 .476 5 20 23 .465 5

Atlanta Miami Charlotte Washington Orlando

Central Division W L Pct 31 12 .721 25 19 .568 24 21 .533 23 21 .523 19 27 .413

Cleveland Chicago Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

GB — 6 8 8 13

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 38 6 .864 — Memphis 26 20 .565 13 Dallas 25 21 .543 14 Houston 25 22 .532 14 New Orleans 16 28 .364 22

Oklahoma City Portland Utah Denver Minnesota

Golden State L.A. Clippers Sacramento Phoenix L.A. Lakers

Northwest Division W L Pct GB 33 13 .717 — 20 26 .435 13 19 25 .432 13 17 28 .378 15 14 32 .304 19 Pacific Division W L Pct 40 4 .909 28 16 .636 20 23 .465 14 31 .311 9 37 .196

GB — 12 19 26 32

Miami 89, Chicago 84 Houston 112, New Orleans 111 Memphis 108, Orlando 102, OT Detroit 95, Utah 92 Atlanta 119, Denver 105 Charlotte at Sacramento, late San Antonio at Golden State, late 1/2 1/2

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Tuesday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Washington at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Miami at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Orlando at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Portland, 8 p.m.

Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Phoenix at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Denver at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Houston at San Antonio, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Utah, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

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Sunday’s Games Houston 115, Dallas 104 Toronto 112, L.A. Clippers 94 Boston 112, Philadelphia 92 Brooklyn 116, Oklahoma City 106 Monday’s Games Cleveland 114, Minnesota 107 Boston 116, Washington 91

Curry, GOL Harden, HOU Cousins, SAC Durant, OKC James, CLE Lillard, POR Westbrook, OKC George, IND Davis, NOR DeRozan, TOR Butler, CHI Thomas, BOS Anthony, NYK Wiggins, MIN McCollum, POR Lowry, TOR K. Thompson, GOL Walker, CHA Leonard, SAN Wall, WAS

G 42 46 35 39 41 39 46 44 38 44 43 45 42 44 44 44 42 44 42 41

FG 418 372 317 358 390 329 388 329 334 346 317 315 320 326 357 290 311 314 306 307

FT 224 398 259 233 199 180 271 259 199 302 286 255 197 239 92 212 108 194 154 143

PTS 1264 1267 936 1038 1026 958 1101 1043 886 1020 967 977 894 917 917 912 863 903 842 817

AVG 30.1 27.5 26.7 26.6 25.0 24.6 23.9 23.7 23.3 23.2 22.5 21.7 21.3 20.8 20.8 20.7 20.5 20.5 20.0 19.9

G OFF DEF 44 237 439 42 152 408 37 134 313 35 88 311 41 128 331 42 99 357

TOT 676 560 447 399 459 456

AVG 15.4 13.3 12.1 11.4 11.2 10.9

Rebounds Drummond, DET Jordan, LAC Howard, HOU Cousins, SAC Whiteside, MIA Love, CLE

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RDC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

• Major bantam girls hockey: Spruce Grove at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Bantam AA hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; Cranbrook at Olds, 3:45 p.m.

• Peewee AA hockey: Lethbridge White at Central Alberta, 2:45 p.m., Clive.

• Midget AAA hockey: Calgary Northstars at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena.

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

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

• Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Airdrie at Three Hills, 8 p.m.; Strathmore at Ponoka, 8 p.m.; Medicine Hat at Blackfalds, 8 p.m.

Monday club 55+ 1 p.m.: Robert Schroder, 274 high single; Claude Gagne, 668 high triple.

Monday 7 p.m. mixed: Andy Silbernagel, 280; Silbernagel, 689.

Tuesday 7 p.m. mixed: Tony Zirk, 368; Zirk, 837.

Wednesday club 55+ 1 p.m.: Curtiss Lund, 277; Lund, 739.

Wednesday 7 p.m. mixed: Chris Bristow, 287; Bristow, 722.

Thursday morning ladies: Bev Mundle, 287,

Volleyball athletes Miranda Dawe and Riley women tipping off at 6 p.m.

Friesen are the Boston Pizza RDC female and The volleyball Queens and Kings will take male athletes of the week. on visiting Ambrose Saturday. The women’s Dawe, a third-year power hitter, came off match goes at 6 p.m., with the men to follow. the bench and played a major role in a 3-1 win over the Briercrest Clippers Friday, contributing six kills, two aces and nine digs. In a 3-1 loss to the Clippers Saturday, she recorded 10 kills, three aces, 22 digs and a block.

Friesen, a six-foot-seven Calgary native who joined the Kings during the Christmas break, made his first start Friday and recorded 11 kills, one ace, four digs and three blocks in a win over Briercrest. He followed up Saturday — in another RDC victory — with 19 kills, two aces, seven digs and three blocks and was named RDC player of the match.

• The hockey Queens will host Grant MacEwan Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Arena and the RDC basketball squads will enterGREAT THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU GO NORTH tain Ambrose University College Friday, with the

Mundle, 662.

Thursday afternoon Special Olympics mixed: Anthony Kubasek, 238; Kubasek, 404.

Thursday 7 p.m. mixed: Connor Odenbach, 306; Odenbach, 710.

Youth Bowling of Canada Bumpers: Brodie Ehret, 19.

Bowlasaurus: Karsten Hennig, 106.

Peewees: Jonathan Holford, 164; Holford, 276 (two games).

Bantams: Blake Stanley, 223; Stanley, 492 (three games).

Juniors: Dakota Clubine, 268; P.J. Clubine, 624.

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Red Deer Rebels Scoring GP G Nikolishin 49 27 Helewka 30 26 Bleackley 47 13 DeBrusk 38 14 Spacek 38 13 Hagel 49 9 Bobyk 49 13 Philp 22 13 Pawlenchuk 48 17 Musil 43 13 Fleury 34 9 Polei 40 12 de Wit 48 6 Nogier 47 3 Strand 49 1 Doetzel 35 0 Pratt 35 5 Johnson 34 3 Purtill 28 1 Shmoorhoff 45 0 Mahura 2 0 Rattie 7 0 Martin 21 0 Toth 39 0 Goaltenders GP MP Toth 39 2107 Martin 20 838

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF Brandon 47 30 13 2 2 180 Prince Albert 47 26 16 4 1 153 Moose Jaw 48 24 17 6 1 163 Regina 48 20 21 3 4 150 Saskatoon 48 17 27 4 0 140 Swift Current 47 15 27 4 1 117

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Impact relieved Drogba will be back

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact are confident that star striker Didier Drogba will return full of enthusiasm, ready to pick up the same torrid scoring pace he set at the end of last season.

But the 37-year-old Drogba was not on hand to give his thoughts on that topic when the Major League Soccer club opened camp Monday at Olympic Stadium. He is to report to camp in Florida in mid-February after a conditioning stint with his personal trainer in Qatar.

Whether he comes back to the Impact willingly, or if he is merely honouring the final year of his contract, only the former Chelsea star can say for sure.

He has made no comment on it so far.

“He’s a professional, with the right intentions, but we’ll see when he comes back,” said Impact president and owner Joey Saputo, who seemed no more attuned to the player’s state of mind than the horde of reporters surrounding him at the Olympic Stadium pitch. “The expectation is that he will come back as the professional he is.”

After arriving with great fanfare, Drogba lifted a stagnant team to a 7-2-2 record in the final two months of the 2015 campaign to finish third in the Eastern Conference. He had 11 goals in as many regular season games and added another in the playoffs.

He expressed optimism for 2016 heading into the off-season, but his loyalties were tested in December when Chelsea inquired about getting him back, perhaps as an assistant coach, to help turn around a disastrous season.

Drogba pondered retirement from playing, but then opted to fulfil the final year of his contract with Montreal. Saputo had few details of what was said between them.

“He wanted some time to reflect,” said Saputo. “I wasn’t going to be the one who stood in the way of his desire to stop playing or change teams or whatever.

“I was put in a situation that was difficult because we didn’t do anything wrong. But at the end, everything was resolved and he’ll be back.”

Even when asked if he was sure Drogba would spend the entire season in Montreal, Saputo said: “We expect him to be the professional that he is, but I can’t answer that question. I don’t know.

“The expectation is that he’s going to continue to be a pro. I don’t have a feeling on whether he’s not going to play, or whether he’s coming back because he has to come back.”

Saputo has a lot riding on Drogba’s return. Season tickets and merchandise were sold on the understanding that Drogba will be there. And if he left, the Impact would be scrambling for help on attack.

“Didier spoke to me, that he wanted to think

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Montreal Impact’s Didier Drogba celebrates after scoring against Toronto FC during first half MLS playoff soccer action in Montreal, October 29, 2015. Drogba is returning to the Montreal Impact. After weeks of speculation on whether the 37-year-old striker would go back to his former club Chelsea, the Impact announced Sunday that Drogba will return sometime during training camp, after a spell of working out in Qatar. about his post-soccer career and going into coaching and whatnot, but he was aware he was committed to a contract and he just needed some time,” Saputo added.

That he was not at camp on opening day was no surprise. Drogba has his own conditioning program to get ready for a season and will rejoin the team in Tampa, Fla., for the second phase of camp. And exceptions are often made for a player of his age and stature in the sport.

Coach Mauro Biello said Drogba’s playing time will be managed this season to keep him fresh for big games and for the playoffs.

He expects the six-foot-two striker to be welcomed back with open arms by his teammates.

“I remember I was in a situation where I was thinking of retiring and coaching and it wasn’t easy — and I was nowhere near his level,” said Biello. “So I understand that part of it and that it may take a bit of time, but we’re excited and confident that once Didier is back, he’ll be the pro that he is.

“It was a delicate situation. I’m sure that once he comes back, we’ll put his mind at ease and get him back to where he was last year.”

The Impact work outs in Montreal again on Tuesday before moving to Florida to train outdoors.

MLB study lifting of the strike zone’s bottom NEW YORK — Baseball’s strike zone could be getting a slight lift.

Major League Baseball is studying whether to raise the bottom of the strike zone from the hollow beneath the kneecap back to the top of the kneecap.

“I’m not in a position to predict whether it’s going to happen or not,” Rob Manfred said during an interview with The Associated Press on Monday on his anniversary as baseball commissioner. “I think that the interest in the topic is really driven by the fact that if you look over time there has been a movement down of the strike zone, largely as a result of the way we evaluate the strike zone with umpires.”

Strike zone data was included in a presentation given to owners last week at their meeting in Coral Gables, Florida. An agreement with the players’ association would be necessary to make a change for this year, and baseball officials said the matter is likely to be discussed during collective bargaining, which would delay any change until 2017.

The strike zone extended to the top of the kneecap through the 1995 season, then was dropped to its current level.

“The umpires have done a great job calling the strike zone as we want it called,” Manfred said. “The question is whether we ought to make an adjustment.”

Consideration of an alteration comes following a decade-and-a-half decline in offence. There was an uptick during the second half last season.

“The bottom to the top of the knees is only a matter of a couple inches, so it wouldn’t be a big adjustment for anybody,” San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford said in an email.

“But, it may help hitters mentally knowing that the zone is a little smaller (even if only by a couple inches). It could help us check off pitches that look like they might be at the bottom of the zone but are sinking even lower.”

On other topics:

FIRST REGULAR SEASON GAMES IN LONDON IN 2017 “We are very interested in playing there, and we’re working hard on that one,” Manfred said. “I don’t think it will be an opener because of the weather issues. It would be later in the

Canadian slopestyle skier Yuki Tsubota get first World Cup win MAMMOTH LAKE, Calif. — The 2016 U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain was hit by poor weather conditions, but that didn’t stop Canadian slopestyle skier Yuki Tsubota from winning her first World Cup. The 21-year-old Tsubota reached the top of the podium on Sunday with a score of 84.40. Giulia Tanno of Switzerland was next at 77.40 while Sweden’s Emma Dahlstrom came third

season.”

Baseball has been looking at the new Olympic Stadium as a possible venue. He wouldn’t discuss the possibility of shifting a high-profile matchup to England, such as Yankees-Red Sox. “We haven’t really settled on teams, and I don’t want to speculate about that,” he said. “Obviously, we want to make as good a first impression in Europe as we possibly can.”

the issue gets aired at the table,” Manfred said.

While he is concerned about the demands on players, “by the same token, there are certain economics built on a 162-game season. Something less than that has massive economic ramifications, not to even mention statistics and undermining the comparability of performances of players over time.

It’s not something you can undertake lightly.”

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Manfred said that when he spoke last week of a possible expansion of the designated hitter to the National League, he should have included an emphasis that change is not likely.

“I think the status quo on the DH has served the industry the well,” he said. “I think it serves an important purpose in terms of defining the difference between the American League and the National League, and that league definition is important to us from a competitive perspective.”

MLB recommended last month that teams have protective netting in front of seats between the dugouts and within 70 feet of home plate.

“I do think this will be an issue that evolves,” Manfred said. “We’ll see what that reaction is and we will continue to adjust in a way that emphasizes safety and gives our fans the experi-

INTERNATIONAL DRAFT “I have been of the view for a number of years that a single mode of entry into the bargaining unit is probably the most sustainable and effective for the industry over time,” Manfred said. “I think we were closer to getting there in certain rounds of bargaining than people may have understood, and probably it was a mistake not to push it across the finish line.”

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MLB is investigating Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman, Colorado shortstop Jose Reyes and Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig under the new domestic violence policy agreed to with the players’ association last summer.

“These cases present a challenge in terms of witnesses, facts, criminal proceedings,” Manfred said. “We’re going to try to navigate those choppy waters in a way that sends the right message from the institution.”

SHORTENED SEASON Whether to shorten the season from 162 games, its length since the early 1960s, is a topic for collective bargaining.

“The broadcast agreements are a really serious issue, and we’re going to sort out what flexibility we have once with 76.20.

“It was a very long day but I couldn’t have hoped for a better ending,” said the Whistler, B.C., native. “There were wind issues out here today so I went for a run that I knew I could nail” Nikki Blackall, from Barrie, Ont., came sixth with a score of 67.40 while Kim Lamarre of Lac-Beauport, Que., placed seventh at 67.20.

On the men’s side, the Canadian slopestyle team was represented by Evan McEachran.

Although he finished ninth in the overall rankings, the skier from Oakville, Ont., landed his first ever triple jump in competition.

ence they want in the ballpark.”

TOP THREE ACCOMPLISHMENTS Initiatives for youth baseball, such as Play Ball with the U.S. Conference of Mayors integration of baseball’s divisions into a unified structure international developments, such as an agreement to stream games in China.

ENJOYMENT HIGHLIGHT “The most fun absolutely has to be when you’re out there interacting with fans, particularly young fans,” Manfred said. “I love going to the ballpark.

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ROBERTSON Norman 1934 - 2016 Norman Robertson of Red Deer passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at the age of 81 years. A Memorial Tea will be held at the Relax Crew Building, Bay #2, 6332 Orr Drive, Red Deer, on Thursday, January 28, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Interment will be held at Alto Reste Cemetery at a later date.

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MOORE Danny 1925 - 2016 Danny Moore passed away with his loving wife, Isabelle, and the rest of his family at his bedside Saturday January 23, 2016 at the age of 90 years. Danny was healthy witty and vibrant until the day he passed. Danny lived almost his entire life in Red Deer, pouring his heart and soul into the Moore family car dealership, Northwest Motors, starting work at the age of 15 and retiring at 80. The car business took a backseat to World War II when at age 17 Danny joined the Canadian Air Force for 3 years, the last 2 of which were spent overseas. 5 years after returning from the war he met the love of his life, Isabelle Rowan. They were married in 1953 and celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary this past August. Danny and Isabelle had 3 children; Danielle (Bill), Darrell (Sharon) and Brent, and have 8 grandchildren;, Rowan and Molly, Carter, Grace and Eric, and Mike, Kristy and Danny.

Danny traveled extensively around the world with Isabelle. He was an accomplished fisherman and had an interest in classic Chrysler vehicles which started with a 1924 Chrysler (the first year Chrylsers were manufactured) which found its way into the Moore family dealership where it still remains today. Danny rarely missed his weekly smear card games at Northwest Motors or his Saturday Northwest staff lunches, but what trumped everything else in his life was his devotion to Isabelle, his children and for the last 30 years, his grandchildren. Danny was so quietly and equally proud of all of his grandchildren’s varied activities, sports, and interests and had a special ability to focus on what was important to each and every one of them, just as he had done with his children. Danny was predeceased by his mother and father, Fred and Margaret Moore, and his brothers and partners at Northwest Motors, Bill and Richard Moore. He was also predeceased by Richard’s wife, Joanne Moore along with his sister Ruth Sakofsky and her husband Charlie Safofsky and his daughter in law, Tracy Moore. Danny is survived by his wife Isabelle, his 3 children, his grandchildren, his sister-inlaw, Ruth Moore and numerous loyal and caring nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held for Danny at 2 PM on Friday January 29, 2016 at Eventide Funeral Chapel 4820-45 St Red Deer. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to any charity that has touched the lives of the donors or their loved ones.

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Egypt marks anniversary of uprising with heavy security

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO — Amid heavy security Monday, Egypt marked the fifth anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak, with activists taking to social media — but not the streets — to express frustration that their demands for freedom and democracy had not been realized.

Many activists instead posted photos from 2011 of Cairo’s Tahrir Square — the epicenter of the demonstrations — showing it filled with tens of thousands of protesters during the 18-day uprising.

Next to them, they posted photos of the square on Monday, showing it empty except for several dozen supporters of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.

Since 2011, when Mubarak fell after nearly three decades in power, Egypt has seen much upheaval: the rise of President Mohammed Morsi and his once-banned Muslim Brotherhood the ouster of Morsi by el-Sissi, a former general and el-Sissi’s launch of one of the harshest crackdowns in years, with the jailing of thousands of Islamists and scores of liberal, pro-democracy activists.

Despite the heavy police presence Monday, supporters of the Brotherhood held at least two small demonstrations, with participants numbering in the low hundreds — both in Cairo’s twin city of Giza.

Brotherhood demonstrations of this size have taken place since 2013, but are restricted to back streets of poor or middle class neighbourhoods, away from the eyes of the police in landmark squares and major thoroughfares.

In the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, police dismantled two bombs and arrested 15 people when they dispersed small protests by Brotherhood loyalists, according to the official MENA news agency.

In the October 6 suburb of Cairo, police killed two suspected militants in a raid. Explosives and firearms were found in the raided apartment, MENA reported. Later, in Bani Suef province south of Cairo, police shot and killed a suspected militant when he tried to storm a checkpoint.

The crackdown under el-Sissi has forced many who took part in the 2011 uprising, along with hundreds of Morsi supporters, to flee Egypt or abandon political activism altogether.

In a lone act of defiance, prominent activist Sanaa Seif retraced the steps of one of

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Egyptian Central Security Forces gather around an armored vehicle in the Cairo neighborhood of Al-Haram, on Monday, the 5 year anniversary of the 2011 uprising. The heavy security was used to deter violence which has marred the anniversary in prior years. the largest demonstrations on the uprising’s first day, walking alone on a wet and cold day from Mohandiseen in Giza and across a Nile bridge to Tahrir. The back of her sweater bore the words: “It’s still the January Revolution.” Seif, in her early 20s, was pardoned in September by el-Sissi after spending more than a year in prison for violating a law that effectively bans demonstrations.

The activists, demonized by the pro-elSissi media as foreign agents, had said they would not take to the streets to commemorate the occasion, arguing it would only increase the number of “martyrs” and detainees.

The Muslim Brotherhood had called for protests, but it is so decimated by the crackdown that it has been unable to rally large numbers.

“Why did we not take to the streets today?

It’s simple, the regime is such a failure, it’s falling on its own,” prominent blogger and activist Wael Abbas wrote on Facebook.

Still, the government took no chances. There was stepped up security in Cairo

ahead of the anniversary, with a new wave of arrests and security checks downtown, where cafes and art galleries are popular with pro-democracy activists.

Security forces were deployed at police stations, security offices and other vital installations. Riot police backed by armoured vehicles stood ready around Tahrir Square and outside the nearby Nile-side headquarters of state television. Streets leading to key government buildings were sealed off.

El-Sissi’s government has curbed freedoms and allowed the nation’s police force to return to some of their Mubarak-era practices, including torture, random arrests and, more recently, forced disappearances.

A recently elected parliament, packed with el-Sissi supporters, is unlikely to challenge his policies. For his part, el-Sissi has been struggling to revive the economy and contain a burgeoning insurgency by Islamic militants whose attacks have become much more frequent and deadly since Morsi was ousted.

U.S. East Coast digs out after snowstorm

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — U.S. East Coast residents clobbered by the weekend blizzard trudged into the workweek Monday amid slippery roads, spotty transit service and mounds of snow that buried cars and blocked sidewalks after some cities got an entire winter’s snow in two days.

For others, the weekend extended into Monday because of closed schools and government offices. The storm dropped snow from the Gulf Coast to New England, with near-record snowfalls tallied from Washington, D.C. to New York City. At least 37 people have died as a result of the storm the deaths occurred in car accidents, from carbon monoxide poisoning, and from heart attacks while shovelling snow.

In Brooklyn, only one teacher at the Bedford-Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School called out, despite more than two feet (60 centimetres) of snow in New York City.

“A lot of teachers are taking the train instead of driving,” said Wanda Morales, director of operations at the school, as she stood outside while maintenance workers spread salt and parents dropped off their children.

Amtrak operated a reduced number of trains on all its routes, serving many people who couldn’t get around otherwise, spokesman Marc Magliari said.

Bus and rail service was expect-

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A plow truck and a pickup truck try to squeeze through a snowy side street in Towson, Md., Monday. East coast residents continued to dig themselves out after a massive weekend snowstorm. ed to be limited around the region into Monday.

Flying remained particularly messy after airlines cancelled nearly 12,000 weekend flights and hundreds more Monday. Airports resumed limited service in New York City, Baltimore, Philadelphia and in the Washington area. But delays reverberated around the country, with more than 2,500 flights delayed or cancelled Monday.

Airports resumed limited service in New York City, Baltimore,

and Philadelphia, which said it got an entire winter’s snow in two days. In the Washington area, Reagan National Airport tweeted that it saw its first flights Monday, and Dulles International Airport expected to resume flights late in the day The snow began Friday, and the last flakes fell just before midnight Saturday. In its aftermath, crews raced all day Sunday to clear streets and sidewalks devoid of their usual bustle.

But one day wasn’t enough to

clear many roads.

Cars parked in neighbourhoods were encased in snow, some of it pushed from the streets by plows. Sidewalk entrances were blocked by mounds of snow.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio encouraged people to leave their plowed-in cars all week.

Some didn’t have a choice plows clearing streets buried cars under a mound of ice and snow.

Broadway reopened after going dark at the last minute during the snowstorm, but museums remained closed in Washington, and the U.S. House of Representatives postponed votes until February, citing the storm’s impact on travel.

Overall snowfall of 26.8 inches (68 centimetres) in Central Park made it New York’s second biggest winter storm since records began in 1869, and Saturday’s 26.6 inches (67.6 centimetres) made for a single-day record in the city.

Washington’s records were less clear. The official threeday total of 17.8 inches (45 centimetres) measured at Reagan National Airport was impossibly short of accumulations recorded elsewhere in the city. An official total of 22.4 inches (56.9 centimetres) landed at the National Zoo, for example.

The zoo remained closed through Monday but a video of its giant panda Tian Tian making snow angels got more than 54 million views.

EU police warn that more attacks by IS militants likely

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — Europe’s top police agency issued a stark warning Monday: Islamic State extremists will keep attempting lethal attacks on soft targets in Europe as the militant group increasingly goes global.

Some 2 ½ months after suicide bombers and gunmen killed 130 people in Paris, the Europol agency said, “there is every reason to expect that IS, IS-inspired terrorists or another religiously inspired terrorist group will undertake a terrorist attack somewhere in Europe again, but particularly in France, intended to cause mass casualties among the civilian population.”

The sobering conclusions reached by experts from the European Union’s chief agency for law enforcement co-operation and EU member states make clear that many, perhaps virtually all in Europe, may be at risk.

“Without reliable intelligence on the intentions, activities and contacts and travels of known terrorists it is nearly impossible to exactly predict when and where the next terrorist attack will take place, and what form it will take,” the Europol report said.

Hours before the report was issued, a new video was released by the Islamic State group celebrating the killers who carried out the Nov. 13 attacks in the French capital — while also threatening fresh bloodshed.

The grisly recording ends with one mili-

tant holding a severed head, footage of British Prime Minister David Cameron giving a speech, and an IS warning that whoever stands with the unbelievers “will be a target for our swords.”

The 17-minute video, released Sunday, shows the extent of the planning that went into the multiple attacks in Paris, which French authorities have said from the beginning were planned in Syria. All nine men seen in the video died in the Paris attacks or their aftermath.

All but two of the attackers were from Belgium and France and spoke fluent French.

The two others — identified by their noms de guerre as Iraqis — spoke in Arabic.

Seven of the militants, including a 20-yearold who was the youngest of the group, were shown standing behind bound captives, described as “apostates,” who were either beheaded or shot.

The Nov. 13 attacks targeted a packed concert hall, a restaurant and cafe, and a soccer match at the French national stadium. The video glorifying the Kalashnikov-wielding gunmen and suicide bombers responsible for that carnage was probably also meant as a recruitment tool.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Monday’s Europol report did not go markedly beyond previous warnings and was not intended to sow fear but “to look lucidly at reality.”

Gilles Kepel, a political scientist who

wrote “Terrorism in France,” said even if Islamic State extremists carry out new attacks in Europe, the video shows the group is increasingly desperate and likely on the wane — in part because of the indiscriminate killings Nov. 13.

“They emphasize their ability to be cruel, to kill all their opponents and to terrorize everyone. But what is very striking is that I do not believe that they will have a significant amount of new sympathizers after those videos,” he said. “I believe that it’s not really a display of strength. It’s rather a display of weakness. Terrorism has its political economy of sorts. You have to terrorize people.

On the one hand, you have to spread terror, but at the same time you have to gather sympathizers. If you’re not able to have the two going together, then the model fails.”

But releasing the video draws attention anew to attacks that terrorized central Paris and shows the group’s ability to turn Europeans against their homelands in a relatively short time, said Magnus Ranstorp, a counterterrorism expert at the Swedish National Defence College.

Expert reviews conducted by Europol on Nov. 29 and Dec. 1 concluded that the Islamic State “is preparing more terrorist attacks,” including copycats of the so-called Mumbai method of co-ordinated bombings and shootings by multiple teams of assailants that claimed 164 lives in India’s financial capital in November 2008.

LIFESTYLE

B8 Is refusing to work spousal abuse?

Dear Annie: I’d like to know if this is considered spousal abuse.

A young couple become bornagain Christians. The husband decides he wants to go back to school to become a minister.

He quits his corporate job and moves his family out of state.

KATHY MITCHELL His wife supAND MARCY SUGAR ports him and ANNIE’S MAILBOX the children for four years as best she can. He graduates and “just can’t find the right job.” He volunteers two days a week counseling people.

In the meantime, they are barely getting by. They don’t have enough money to send the kids to college, and they can’t afford their daughter’s wed-

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ding. The husband has decided not to get a paying job because he’s doing “God’s work.” He sleeps late every day and spends hours on the computer writing religious blog posts. His wife works full time and does the cleaning, shopping and all household chores.

I think this is emotional abuse.

What do you think? — Concerned Relative Dear Relative: We think this is not your business.

When couples make decisions about who brings in the money, it’s between the two of them.

Even if his wife doesn’t like it and is unhappy, that doesn’t necessarily mean it is abusive. Only unequal and frustrating.

Every marriage is different. What is intolerable to you may be manageable for her.

We agree it would be worrisome if she feels trapped and unable to change her situation, but you do not indicate that this is the case. There are scholarships, grants and loans avail-

able for state and community colleges, and a wedding can be punch and cake in the backyard. Please don’t project your feelings onto her. She may think her marriage is perfectly fine. If you are a close family member, talk to her.

Ask how she’s doing.

See what the situation is.

If you believe counseling is needed, she may be amenable to discussing things with her clergyperson.

And if she gives you the impression that her husband is controlling all the money or her access to family members and friends, please urge her to call the National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org) at 1-800-799-SAFE. Dear Annie: What do I say to people who tell me to smile? The reason I don’t like to smile is because my smile is ugly and I look horrible — like I’m making a face. How do I get them to stop? — A Daily Reader Dear Reader: Well, you could grimace and then maybe they’d stop asking, but here’s a different suggestion:

If you are embarrassed by your smile, see if something can be fixed.

Often, it is as simple as seeing a dentist, or practicing in front of a mirror until you can manage something natural. It’s also possible that you think you have a terrible smile when, in fact, no one else is bothered by it.

Folks who are ashamed of or concerned about their smiles are often self-conscious to the point where it interferes with their social life.

This puts you at a tremendous disadvantage.

There is no shame in making your life better. Please see what can be done.

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.

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The pileated woodpecker is one of the biggest, most striking forest birds on the continent. It’s nearly the size of a crow. This one was pounding on a dead tree along McKenzie Trails.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Then you’ll have some small Dec. 21): Get ready to take understanding of what they’re care of business, as your ruler Jupiter going through.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re travels through your career zone. From frustrated by some people’s lack of com- now until Sept. 9 is the time to power mitment and motivation, but today’s not the time to push buttons. Make connections with friends who focus on solutions — and stay positive.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Mercury — your ruling planet — is now direct. So all forms of communication should start to improve.

Time to express yourself and verbalize your feelings in direct and honest ways.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Nurture loved ones but don’t smother them Crabs — allow other people plenty of room to express themselves. A family member looks to you for fresh ideas and creative inspiration.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your domestic situation is in a state of flux and so the more adaptable you are, the better the end result will be. Visualize ideas in your mind before you launch them in the outside world.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

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House hunters Jake and Brianna and real estate agent Amanda Tahayori tour a home in Portland, Ore., on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;House Hunters.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;House Huntersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; remains one of the most unlikely and unstoppable juggernauts on TV.

Homes away from home HOW â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;HOUSE HUNTERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; BECAME THE MOST UNSTOPPABLE JUGGERNAUT ON TV

BY DREW HARWELL ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES In this age of â&#x20AC;&#x153;peak TV,â&#x20AC;? when hundreds of intricate and high-quality shows must fight for survival, the success of a milquetoast show like House Hunters barely makes sense: The proudly formulaic HGTV series follows random homebuyers as they pat down laminate countertops and calmly discuss closet space.

But to the astonishment of rival networks, House Hunters remains one of the most unlikely and unstoppable juggernauts on TV. The show last year aired a staggering 447 new episodes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; far more than the typical 12-to-22-episode cable season â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and helped HGTV become one of the most-watched cable networks in America.

House Hunters serves as a fascinating counter-example to some of the TV businessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; biggest anxieties, including the growing costs and competition of scripted dramas and the rise of â&#x20AC;&#x153;cord-cuttersâ&#x20AC;? moving their viewing online. House Hunters producers spend next to nothing on stars or storylines, do little to groom an Internet audience â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and still consistently attract 25 million viewers every month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happy television. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so safe.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like an old sweater,â&#x20AC;? said Terri Murray, the executive producer of House Hunters and its vast array of specials and spin-offs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can walk away from it because the storyline is so simple, the structure is so repetitive, that you can come back and already knows whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s missing.â&#x20AC;?

At 17 years old â&#x20AC;&#x201D; more than a lifetime in cable years â&#x20AC;&#x201D; House Hunters has defied TV gravity, and network executives liken its cost, simplicity and timelessness to their version of Wheel of Fortune or the nightly news.

The franchise, which aired 26 episodes in 1999, has since exploded, airing an average of 406 episodes a year since the start of 2012.

The showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simple structure â&#x20AC;&#x201D; shoppers tour three potential homes, then decide on their favorite â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is brazenly paint-by-number: Murray called it â&#x20AC;&#x153;so formatted itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of a no-brainerâ&#x20AC;? to make. The blog PopSugar in November compiled a list of 24 things that happen every episode,â&#x20AC;? from â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Buyer Says â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wow!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; in an Entrywayâ&#x20AC;? to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Retro Details Are Identified and Scorned.â&#x20AC;?

But the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s special blend of â&#x20AC;&#x153;property voyeurism,â&#x20AC;? as network executives call it, has allowed for the creation of about 20 specials and spinoffs, including Tiny House Hunters, House Hunters Off the Grid and Houseboat Hunters. Tweaks to the formula have been minimal and rare: House Hunters Popâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d, which first aired in 2014, is the same show but with trivia, popping onscreen.

So what keeps viewers so thoroughly addicted? It has game elements; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family-friendly; and it features random strangers virtually guaranteed to charm, surprise or annoy. Allison Page, the general manager of HGTV at Scripps Networks Interactive, the media giant that also owns the Food Network, calls it TV â&#x20AC;&#x153;comfort foodâ&#x20AC;?: An easy way to enjoy the otherwise baffling and convoluted business of buying a home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It boils down what is a stressful and dramatic experience in real life,â&#x20AC;?

Page said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;to a satisfying, entertaining half-hour of television with a guaranteed resolution, every night.â&#x20AC;?

House Huntersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tidy storytelling may help explain why it thrived as Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s broader housing economy collapsed. Viewership was strong during the housing bubble of the mid-2000s,

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But the show really took off as mass foreclosures and the rise of renting dropped American homeownership to a 50-year low. The annual count of new House Hunters episodes tripled between the peak of the bubble, in 2005, and the Great Recessionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official end, in 2009.

That booming growth has forced producers to build an unprecedented show-making machine. There are never fewer than 15 camera crews out shooting a new episode at any given time across the United States. Another 25 teams of directors, camera chiefs, sound technicians and local fixers span the world for the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s globe-trotting spin-off, House Hunters International.

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The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences says the frontman for the Guess Who will be the first artist to have his name added to the Hall of Fameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new home at the National Music Centre in Calgary on April 1.

Cummings will also be honoured with a tribute during the Juno Awards on April 3.

Cummings and the other members of the Guess Who were previously inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1987.

Cummings left the band in 1976 to launch a solo career, which spawned a series of hits including Stand Tall, You Saved My Soul and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Scared.

The singer is also a five-time Juno winner and

holds the record for hosting the ceremony four times. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wish my mother had lived long enough to see this. She would have been over the moon about it. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve received many acknowledgments through the decades, but truthfully, I cannot say that any of them outweighs this one,â&#x20AC;? Cummings said in a statement.

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When WWE wrestlers stop beating each other with kendo sticks, plowing each other through tables or delivering chair shots to the back, they take a moment to deliver a simple, if paradoxical, message.

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a bully.

Fresh off the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Royal Rumble event, the WWE announced Monday a multiyear national partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. The new partnership focuses on bullying prevention efforts around Be a STAR, WWEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anti-bullying initiative, and its mission to encourage young people to treat each other with respect through education and grassroots initiatives. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not entertainment, this is real life,â&#x20AC;? WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dealing with a real situation that needs to be addressed and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to take all of us to change it and put an end to bullying.â&#x20AC;?

WWE and BGCA hosted Be a STAR anti-bullying with McMahon, Boys and Girls Clubs of America Vice-President of Marketing Frank Sanchez and WWE stars Monday at the Hank Kline Boys and Girls Club in Miami. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at these rallies where the superstars show their humanity,â&#x20AC;? Sanchez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They share with these kids how at one point they were just one of them, and many of them had been bullied as young people.â&#x20AC;?

Since 2011, WWE has held more than 100 anti-bullying rallies and Be a STARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resources and programs have reached more than 300,000 children globally. WWE also will donate money to support BGCA and the 4,500 clubs across the United States.

WWEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anti-bullying program provides information resources for kids, parents and educators, all of whom may be primed to intervene when a bully strikes, but may not always know the best way to take action.

WWE stars try to make the point to young kids that the fighting and trashtalking in the ring is entertainment â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thus, World Wrestling Entertainment â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and should not be emulated in classrooms and playgrounds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The question comes up all the time, well, we saw such-and-such beat up guys, do they not really like each other,â&#x20AC;? wrestler Titus Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tell them that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re playing characters on television much like movie stars play characters in movies. But in real life, we really get along like brothers and sisters and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re family.â&#x20AC;?

WWE supports a variety of social causes, including Susan G. Komen and Make-A-Wish. WWE great John Cena was the first celebrity to grant 500 wishes in Make-A-Wish Foundation history.

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A surprise birthday party The siblings sit quietly, saying nothing much at all.

“It’s your birthday, Sunday,” my sister said to her much older brother, as she adjusted the blanket around his frail shoulders.

He said nothing, only looked at her for a long time, his pale blue eyes locked on hers.

“Players Plain,” he finally said with a chuckle, meanTREENA ing, of course, MIELKE “buy me a packFAMILY age of smokes and it will all be good.”

I laugh when she tells me that story.

Years ago, my brother who is our oldest sibling, served in the Canadian Armed Forces. He was a handsome young man with a disarming grin and a soft gen-

tleness about him, a kind of innocence like a kid might have before harsh reality steals it away.

When I was a kid, myself, I loved my brother, but not really the man, just the concept of him. To me, he was the guy who sent presents. I had no idea where they came from, nor did I care much. I specifically remember a beautiful embroidered silk bedspread from Korea, (unfortunately, the cat bore a litre of kittens on it and it never really was the same) and a beautiful jewelry box inlaid with Mother of Pearl from China.

So in my little mind, my brother and Santa kind of got all mixed up.

Anyway, it was my brother’s 83rd birthday, Sunday.

His birthday party was a small, but tastefully elegant affair, held at his new home in Michener Extended Care.

The guests were few, but each distinguished in their own right.

First of all was my brother’s wife, his first lady. He is crazy in love with his wife, and her presence makes him all happy and when he sees her his face is wreathed in smiles.

Clarifying expectations

He loves her like a love story.

And then there was the rest of us, all crowding around the little dining room in the main floor of the nursing home. His wife’s daughter who has adopted him as her own father, his sisters, brothers-in-law, great nieces, nephews, and bless her heart, one special nineyear-old little great niece.

Prompted by her mom, she shyly presented him a homemade birthday card which she had, no doubt, laboured over intensely.

Me, being her grandma, was bursting with pride at her actions and wanted to immediately smother her slightly blushing ponytailed self with kisses, but I refrained, being I would probably embarrass her even more than she was already.

“Happy birthday, she wrote. The misspelling of his name reminding me of the letters I used to write to him when I was about her age. Who knew the name ‘Horace’ was not spelled the same as the animal ‘Horse”.

So there was cake and cupcakes and coffee and lots of cards. There was

chatter and hugs and reminiscing and smiles. It was a quiet and gentle January afternoon and I would like to believe all of us in that room were visited by an unseen presence that hovered over us all.

Love. It would have to be love.

Finally, my brother was wheeled back to his room, but not before he went out for a smoke with the guys, all of them braced against the cold chill of the January wind. Finally, we all went home and ate the leftover cupcakes.

Later my sister phoned and we talked over the party.

“I think he was surprised,” she said.

“I don’t think he had a clue.”

Of course, I couldn’t see her pleased smile being we were on the phone and all. But, I’m sure she was! Smiling, that is!

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.

An emotional rollercoaster

“We will always tend to fulfill our own maintaining high self-esteem – is born So I just realized I haven’t told you assuring their grubby hands were not expectation of ourselves.” out of a desire to bring clarity and a about our house selling experience. By in arms reach of soiling anything im– Brian Tracy, best-selling American sense of purpose to all of our interac- now we will have already went through portant while I frantically spit shined author and motivator tions. Clarity takes courage and a will- the process of moving into our new everything in sight.

“You’re in a room,” I begin. “A small ingness to break the assumption cycle home, but you will have to wait a little I was actually spitting on stuff to room and the only furniture is a table and to speak up. When we learn to be longer to hear about that I’m afraid. shine it up. with two wooden chairs. In the cen- open and honest with ourselves, it’s If you’ve evI had reached a new low. tre of the table is a large easier to be open and honest er sold your Once, I forgot to tell Jamie we had piece of plate glass separatwith everyone else. house while a showing which left my poor husband ing the two halves – almost You may be holding in living in it I thrown for a complete loop when he like a window you must look mind an idealized image of applaud you. walked in the door after work and I bethrough to see the person your partner – who he or she If you’ve ever gan madly screaming a cleaning list in seated in the other chair.” should or could be if only he sold your house his general direction.

I will sometimes use hypor she would act in accor- w h i l e l i v i n g Meanwhile the kids once again were nosis in my self-esteem sesdance with your wants and in it with two plopped on the floor and not moving a sions to help clients break needs. Have you ever con- small children muscle—perhaps in fear I may actually through emotional barriers. trasted your partner’s words I’d like to give eat them during my seemingly psychotIn this particular session, or behaviour against this you a standing ic breakdown. Then came the emotionI asked a male client to viimage and found him or her ovation. al rollercoaster (as if I hadn’t already sualize his wife, whom he’d lacking?

When we debeen riding it). been having difficulty comToo many of us believe MURRAY LINDSAY cided to put our Ultimately I found myself in a near municating with, seated in that in order to feel happy home on the FUHRER BROWN depression because it had been five the empty chair across from or satisfied, we need the market I defiwhole days and no one had shown any EXTREME ESTEEM ME PLUS THREE him. people in our lives to act a nitely underinterest in the house. Then BAM just “I see her,” he exclaims. certain way, and we become estimated the like that our real estate agent called “She’s seated across from frustrated by their seeming process of sellwith an offer. me now wearing a blue dress.” unwillingness to comply. ing. It didn’t occur to me that the stagI was elated! Ecstatic! Overjoyed “Now look down,” I direct, “and Think about your relationships for ing and appearance of the place would at our unbelievably good fortune! In you’ll see a wax pencil on the table – a moment: the ones you have at work, be such a big deal. I didn’t realize how the next breath however she told us it the type the deli uses when they wrap the ones enjoyed with friends and, in emotional it would be for our family. was under the asking price. Here we go up cold cuts. Your wife is there now particular, the relationship with your And I certainly did not foresee myself again with the unrealistic expectations. and she’s looking straight at you. As you life partner. Can you remember a time becoming a raving lunatic over it all.

I felt as though I plummeted into a pick up the pencil, you feel compelled when you felt especially disappointed I’ve decided to compile a record of crater of self pity and repugnance for to write or draw something important or frustrated – when your partner failed exactly how we got through this ten- the real estate game. on the glass.” to deliver in a manner you expected tative real estate adventure; for your However then she mentioned that “I’m drawing a smile on my wife’s or required? Was there clarity around reading enjoyment of course. we would begin negotiating the price face – she doesn’t smile much any- the issue? Did you express in clear and First of all I had to learn to keep my and for a mere moment I felt uplifted… more.” certain terms your expectations and re- expectations in check. Ones imaginaBut then came the negotiating.

“Are there things you’d like to say to ceive a confirmation of understanding tion can most certainly get the better of Let me just tell you negotiating is a her? If so, write them on the glass.” in return? them in this situation.

“B with an itch”. I’m not going to lie; I “Yes, there are both words and Clarifying expectations is an ongoing At times I found myself daydreaming wanted to take the first offer that got phrases like be happy, less critical, af- process. of completely unrealistic situations. thrown our way. It felt like every infectionate, less demanding and more If you’re constantly experiencing This later resulted in massive mel- stinctual bone in my body was telling understanding. I write, ‘Say that you frustration or resentment in your re- ancholy when realizing that all of my me to. love and appreciate me more often.’” lationships then ask yourself whether hopes and dreams were completely inBut in the corner of my logical intel“Is she doing anything while you’re you, your partner, or the other individ- flated. lect I knew this was the wrong thing to writing these words on the glass?” uals involved in the relationship have No the house will not sell the first do. So instead Jamie and I countered.

“She’s writing something, too. Wait. ever clarified the expectations. day on the market.

Then we waited.

She’s finished. She’s walking away In reality, it is not the individuals And no there will probably not be a It was the longest drawn out misery now.” but often our own unfulfilled expecta- real estate war over my humble abode of my life and I broke down into a heap “In your mind, get up and walk tions of them that create stress and re- allowing us to receive thousands of of emotion more than once. around to her side of the table. What do sentment. Elliott Larsen, the civil rights dollars more than what was expected.

Nevertheless just as fast as it began, you see?” activist, echoed this thought when he These sentences eventually became my it was over.

“Words,” he replies and then his lip wrote, “Anger always comes from frus- daily mantra to assure I didn’t get carMuch like childbirth I feel that I begins to tremble. “Be happy, less crit- trated expectations.” ried away when thinking about the sale must chose to mentally block the odiical, affectionate, less demanding and Are you feeling frustrated or stymied of the house. ous experience of selling our home. more understanding. Say that you love in your relationships? Ask yourself Once all of the unrealistic expecta- One day (hopefully in the far far future) and appreciate me more often.” whether you’ve clarified your expecta- tions were out of the way I prepared the we will once again need to undergo I chose to share this dialogue (with tions. If you haven’t, ask yourself why troops for what was next. this venture and to do so I ought to put permission) because I think it speaks not.

The pressure was on and for what these last few months as far from mind volumes about the unvoiced expectaWith a little open and honest dia- was to be an undetermined amount of as possible. tions that we place upon the people in logue, you may find your partner ex- time our entire world revolved around And that my friend’s is how we made our lives, especially life partners. Too pects the same things that you expect. these three words, “staging the house”. it out alive when selling our home. I many of us believe that in order feel You may also find that behind the glass, There were many times (in reality it think about where we are today and happy or satisfied, we need the people free of your wants and needs, is the per- was twice) when the real estate agent how much we have already accomin our lives to be a certain way and we son you’re hoping to find. called asking if we could swing a show- plished in this new place and it makes become frustrated by their seeming unme swell with pride that we did it. It ing in an hour. willingness to comply.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert And of course we said, “Let’s do it!” was difficult and at times almost agIn relationships, frustration can and facilitator. His most recent book is Complete with fake smiles and desper- onizing, but in the end so definitely arise from what I term “unavowed ex- entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Fac- ate hopefulness in the pit of our stom- worth it. pectations.” These are expectations tors. For more information on self-esteem, achs. that have been set forth yet never check the Extreme Esteem website at Lindsay Brown is an Alberta mother of So there I was forcing the children expressed or, if expressed, never af- www.extremeesteem.ca to sit in the middle of the kitchen floor two and freelance columnist. firmed.

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