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BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF First Edmonton, next Red Deer? The ride-hailing company Uber hosted an information session to gauge interest at the Baymont Inn and Suites on Thursday evening. The event was closed to the media but between 30 and 40 people attended with four Uber representatives. It is part of the company’s ongoing work to assess driver interest while it expands to cities across Canada, said Jean-Christophe De Le Rue, Senior Communications Associate, Canada. “While we don’t have specific launch plans for Red Deer, I can tell you that Uber aims to expand to communities across Canada and we’re always looking at ensuring that safe, affordable and reliable rides are available everywhere in the country,” said De Le Rue in a news release. Edmonton became the first Canadian city this week to legalize the drivers on the road, starting on March 1. Associate Cab owner Daryl Frenette said Edmonton will regret that decision. He said the company will extract as much as 30 per cent out of the local economy and send it to California. “Why would any council want that to happen,” said Frenette. “Why would you do that? Where is the gain? You just put a bunch of people who are paying mortgages, raising their children, taxpayers out of business? I don’t fathom that concept.” Mayor Tara Veer was not available for comment on Thursday. To date there has been no discussion at council about the possibility of Uber moving into Red Deer.

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Saer Alkerdi and his wife, Khaldya, and their daughters from the left, Alisar, 6, Walaa, 15, Sehar, 10, and their sons, Saher,11, and Saer, 14, in their new rented home in West Park on Wednesday. The family left their home in Syria in the spring of 2011 and have been living in Lebanon up until recently. BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF No translator was needed to understand how the Alkerdi family was feeling. The shy smiles and sighs of relief said it all. Syrians Saer and Khaldya Alkerdi and their five children moved into a three-bedroom house in West Park on Wednesday. It’s been a long and exhausting five

years for the refugee family, which began in the spring of 2011. Speaking through an Arabic translator, Saer said when the civil war broke out and the bombs started landing on the village, he locked the doors to the house and drove his wife Khaldya and his children west to neighbouring Lebanon. They fled with only the clothes on their backs and the keys to the house. “I thought it wouldn’t be safe for me and my family,” Saer said. “I had

young kids then and I just wanted to flee the problems of war. I thought it would not be more than a month or two.” Life was not easy in Lebanon and it became increasingly difficult as the days, weeks and months went by. They initially stayed with Saer’s brother in a cramped two-bedroom house with about 40 other people.

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‘Animals can be crazy too, right?’ CROSS-COUNTRY SKIER RECOUNTS ATTACK BY OWL It was like an attack scene out of Alfred Hitchcock’s horror film The Birds. Only it was just one bird — but a very BIG one, with large sharp talons. And instead of the victim being terrified, he was “just ticked right off.” After it was finally over, Red Deer ophMARY-ANN thalmologist BARR Miloslav Bozdech was left BARRSIDE with a number of punctures in his head, maybe a little whiplash, and a story to tell that he’s beginning to see some humour in.

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Bozdech’s encounter began at about 8:30 p.m. on Monday evening when he was cross-country skiing on city trails between Great Chief Park and Heritage Ranch. He has skied there regularly in the evening since he moved to Red Deer three years ago. On this night he was dressed as usual in black, wearing a head-band to cover his ears, and a very bright headlamp strapped on his head. The only thing different than his usual attire was a white scarf around his neck. Bozdech was tucked in, going downhill at about 18 km/h. “Suddenly I felt a whack over my head from behind, and sharp pain. It was really odd. Those two seconds when you register something is wrong.”

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Not taking anything to chance, Miloslav Bozdech has taken to wearing a helmet while cross-country skiing at Heritage Ranch in Red Deer. Earlier this week, the avid skier was attacked by an owl while out for a ski after dark. Until the puncture wounds on his scalp heal, he says he will wear the helmet.

Mind over matter for ultra runner Sitting across the table from Kristina Meyer, I’m immediately struck by her passion and humility. Story on PAGE B7

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Toddler attacked by dog in Calgary hospital with bites to the face, body CALGARY — An 18-month-old child has non-life threatening injuries after being bitten by a dog at a home southeast of Calgary. Rocky View County fire crews responded to a dog attack on a child near the town of Langdon on Thursday morning. EMS brought the child to Alberta Children’s Hospital with bites to the face and upper torso. Rocky View officials say the child is not related to the dog’s owner and that the dog is now in quarantine. The dog’s owners say they will have the animal euthanized when the quarantine period is over. Bylaw services is investigating and will determine in the next few days if charges will be laid.

Health officials say person with measles visited multiple places in Calgary CALGARY — Health officials are warning that a person from British Columbia visited Calgary while infectious with measles. The person went to a restaurant, a condo building and the airport between Jan. 15 and Jan. 18. Alberta Health Services says anyone who was in the same places at the same times as the infected person may have been exposed to measles. The person was at Calgary International Airport between 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 18 and took WestJet flight WS287 to Vancouver, which departed at 11:35 a.m. Health officials say people who were in these locations, born after 1970 and who have not had measles or haven’t received two doses of vaccine may be at risk of getting measles. Symptoms include a fever of 38.3 C or higher, cough, runny nose and/or red eyes and a blotchy red rash that appears three to seven days after fever.

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REFUGEES: Afraid police would arrest them Saer, 46, who worked in construction before the war, tried to find work and a place for his family to live. The United Nations helped with food and an allowance. “We were struggling to live and we lived with whatever the UN gave us,” he said. “We had no choice.” But as the war continued and more refugees arrived in Lebanon, it became nearly impossible to live and be granted legal residency. The children could not go to school because they were harassed and bullied. Instead Saer and Khaldya taught the children — who range in age from six to 15 — at home. Saer said police took men from their homes and put into prison for two or three days before releasing them on the street. “The last year I was there I didn’t go out because I was afraid the police would get me,” he said. “We didn’t lose hope all at once. We lost it gradually. We had hope in a month or two that we would go back. Then a year turned to two and we lost hope.” But the hope was renewed in November when the family got the call that they would be resettled in Canada. “We started dancing with joy,” said Saer. They arrived in Red Deer in mid-January and stayed in a hotel while Catholic Social Services found a place for the government-sponsored refugees to live. They haven’t seen too much of Red Deer yet but the family said it is beautiful and the people are respectful. They have spent time with some other Syrian families but would really like to make some Canadian friends. They said they are grateful to be given a new start in Canada. “We noticed people respect people a lot,” said Khaldya, 43. “We felt we have a value here.” Their first order of business is to learn the language. “We want to learn English and our kids to go to

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Mark Burchell, of Team Canada, pushes excess snow past his team’s carving “Age Old Rivalries” which will feature a Wolverine and Spartan lining up against each other in a football stance during the World Class Snow Sculpting Competition on the second day of Zehnder’s 25th Anniversary Snowfest in Frankenmuth, Mich., Thursday. Snowfest runs through Monday in the Bavarian-themed community about 75 miles northwest of Detroit. school,” said Saer. “I want them to be something when they grow up. I have hope in God that they will be something.” Language assessment and training starts on Monday, another milestone in the family’s new life. The children will be registered in the school system while the parents will be learning English through Central Alberta Refugee Effort. Walaa, 15, who will be in Grade 9, said she loves all subjects in school and is excited to be back in the classroom. She loves makeup and wants to be a hairdresser. Fourteen-year-old Saer loves soccer and is just as happy as his sister to attend Grade 8. Saher, 11, will be in Grade 6 and Sehar, 10, will be in Grade 4 while Khaldya jokes she will be in kindergarten with daughter Alisar, 6. The couple want their children to live in peace and to help others. “I want them to do good in Canada that brought us here,” he said. It is only when the conversation turns to the family and friends remaining in the Middle East that the conversation takes a sombre tone. The couple’s eldest daughters Tharaa, 18, with her new husband, and Tharwa, 20, are still living under duress in Lebanon. “They are in the same condition that we were in,” said Saer. “They can’t go out. We used to live together. My son-in-law’s family was not there so he was living with us. I tried to tell people to help me to bring them here but I had nobody to help me.” Khaldya wipes the tears away as she thinks about her two eldest daughters. “There is nothing more I could wish for then to have my daughters to be with me,” she said. “We wish. We wish.” They also want the other Syrians who are suffering to find peace and the war will end. The seven new residents bring the tally to 78 government-sponsored refugees settled in Red Deer since late December. A family of eight is currently waiting for housing. Red Deer is expected to be the home for about 126 Syrians by the end of February, part of the government’s commitment to re-settle 25,000 Syrians. Remza Mujezinovic, program supervisor for Catholic Social Services Immigration and Settlement in Red Deer, said the number fluctates every day. She said it could be more or it could be less but they believe they are halfway through with settling the new

residents. The refugees stayed in hotels on average 10 to 12 days before they were found a place to live. “We moved them really fast,” she said. “However they are not as affordable as they are available. They are paying lots of money for rent. We are very fortunate in Red Deer compared to other centres that are struggling. Landlords have been very collaborative and some will wait for damage deposits. However rents are still very high and it affects their monthly allowance.” After the refugees are settled into their homes, they will receive support from in-house workers that will determine their needs. It could be anything from getting around Red Deer, helping with medical appointments to using an appliance. Asam Houssein, Catholic Social Services settlement worker, is one of five counsellors that speak Arabic helpeing the new arrivals. She was with the Alkerdi family on Wednesday. “All of them are thrilled to be here,” she said. “Tired, yes. Shocked about the cold, yes. But very much happy.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

UBER: Strong working relationship with city Frenette said his company has a strong working relationship with the city. “There are lots of changes happening in Alberta right now,” said Frenette. “This may be one of them. We certainly are not opening up our doors and saying come on in because there is only a small amount of business as there is.” Frenette said his 66 drivers are trained and take pride in their work and follow all the regulations, something he says is not true of the Uber drivers. He said the company does not have proper insurance, inspections and registrations. He gave a laundry list of issues related to the service including surge pricing. “Our rates are not out of this world. They are sustainable living wage for our drivers. That’s what our rates are aimed at.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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CALGARY — Alberta’s oil and gas industry is on tenterhooks as it awaits the findings of the province’s royalty review. A four-member panel has spent the past five months examining how the province charges energy firms to extract resources. Premier Rachel Notley will announce a new royalty framework in Calgary on Friday based on the panel’s recommendations. Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd has said if there are any changes to the royalty system, they wouldn’t take effect until the beginning of next year so that companies have time to adjust. The review also took into account Alberta’s new climate change policy and the effect of new carbon charges on industry players. Mark Scholz, head of the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors, says royalty rates should be reduced to offset the higher carbon

costs. His group represents companies hired by oil and gas producers to drill wells — business that’s dried up because of the collapse in crude prices. “We’re not talking about growth anymore. We’re talking about survival for a lot of service companies,” said Scholz. “Competitiveness in today’s market is absolutely paramount.” The panel is headed by Dave Mowat, head of Crown-owned bank ATB Financial. Other members include energy economist Peter Tertzakian, Beaverlodge, Alta., Mayor Leona Hanson and Annette Trimbee, a former Alberta deputy finance minister. Mark Salkeld, head of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada, said the industry is on “pins and needles” ahead of the announcement. “Industry’s anxious to get this one past us and move on. Industry didn’t really want the royalty review to happen, but kind of understood that with the new government, they had to fol-

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coincidence. “It was deliberate.” That was enough for Bozdech. He packed up his skis and went home. Reflecting now on the incident, “It wasn’t trying to grab me. … It was almost like it just wanted to warn me, or repel me from its territory.” He did not need medical attention but was initially concerned about infection in his scalp punctures because owls eat rodents. He has a sore neck and sore scalp but he is healing well. His patients might have to forgive him if his hair is a little longer than usual — he did cancel a haircut this week. “I never thought I’d be attacked by a beautiful owl. It’s crazy you know. Everybody loves owls.” In fact, Bozdech has been worried more about being attacked by moose, which he encounters often, or crashing into them or deer if they step out onto the trail while he’s zipping along. Fortunately that’s never happened. Yet. Carol Kelly, Medicine River Wildlife Centre executive director, said that it’s quite possible it was a great horned owl. When they open their wings they can be very white underneath. “The owls are setting up territory now for breeding and the owl might have mistaken him for something in his territory. It could be great horned owl natural behaviour.” “It’s perfect territorial defence,” Kelly said, adding that it is extremely rare for owls to attack people. Bozdech continues to ski, but he is now wearing a helmet until he’s sure the owl is done picking on him. “Why would it quit? It got away with it.” He wonders if anyone else has been attacked but so far there have been no other reports. Meanwhile, there are also those pesky squirrels, who are continually trying to trip up skiers, Bozdech said. “They are kind of wrecking our ski trails. They throw cones on the trails

OWL: Was it psychotic? Was it a twig, or something else that hit him on the head, maybe a deer or moose had attacked him. “It didn’t throw me off balance. It just bumped me forward a little bit.” “It” turned out to be a large owl, which he first thought may have been a snowy owl, but now concedes it could have more likely been a great horned owl. Snowy owls don’t hunt at night. “I saw this huge owl hovering over me. Then it glided over and sat in a tree and looked at me. I came to a stop. I touched my scalp, it was bleeding. It hurt.” Maybe the owl thought he was a “big bunny rabbit” because of the white scarf, or he was upset that Bozdech was in his territory. “Was it psychotic? … Animals can be crazy too, right?” He chuckles. “I was just ticked right off. I was trying to throw little twigs at it. … I kicked the tree and it flew off.” So Bozdech decided to put his skis back on, and continued skiing. “It’s not bleeding that bad, my hair was a little matted. So I go further down and about two kilometres later, near the pond … You don’t hear a thing because they’re silent. “Whack! The same thing. Back of my head. Sharp pain and I could see it just glided over my head, going in the same direction I was going in, and it disappeared into oblivion, into the darkness. I just couldn’t believe it!” Great horned owls have a wingspan of up to 1.5 metres (three to five feet). At this point, he knew it was not

low up on their promises.” Both Scholz and Salkeld said they felt they had a fair hearing from the panel and said the process was better run than the 2007 review. The 2007 report, Our Fair Share, recommended the province increase its take. The government of former premier Ed Stelmach accepted the report’s recommendations in part. At the time, a barrel of oil was just above US$89. Nonetheless, industry players were furious and vowed to take their investment elsewhere. After the 2009 oil bust, the government launched a “competitiveness review” and many of the royalty changes were essentially undone. Our Fair Share panel member Evan Chrapko was on the receiving end of a lot of the hostility in 2007. He said too many people still think of royalties as a “greedy penalty charged by the owners of the resource” rather than a reasonable cost of doing business, like groceries for a restaurant. He said royalties shouldn’t be made so low that they effectively act as a subsidy.

“We’re Albertans,” he said. “We shouldn’t be guaranteeing profits by doling out corporate welfare to the tune of billions of dollars.” Ted Morton, a former Progressive Conservative provincial minister of finance and energy, said he’s not expecting to see much in the upcoming report that will anger the industry. “I would guess that the royalty review report has been rewritten about every two weeks for the last 10 weeks as the price of oil dropped. And we’re at the point now where there’s frankly nothing left to take,” said Morton, now a professor at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy. “I think the premier and her ministers realize that, so I expect very minimal impact in the short term.” Morton said political capital has also been exhausted. For instance, he said the NDP’s climate plan has not seemed to quell pipeline opposition. “Premier Notley’s charm offensive on the pipelines doesn’t seem to be working and politically she can’t afford to fail the industry a second time.”

and you’re going fast and it brings you to stop because that cone embeds itself in the wax … and you can go flying.” The skiers are slowly getting savvy about knowing where the squirrels are doing this.

Perhaps Bozdech should acquaint daring owl with dastardly squirrels. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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No one really wins in Syria despite peace talks A new round of UN-sponsored ers, but the army didn’t machine-gun peace talks to end the ghastly civil war the lot. Maybe he was just afraid the in Syria is scheduled to open in Par- army wouldn’t obey his orders, but he is today, but even now it is not clear may also have hoped that level of inwho will be attending. Islamic State timidation would be enough to end the will certainly not be invited, and the demonstrations. UN special envoy for SyrHowever, Assad called ia, Staffan de Mistura, has all the protesters “terrornot yet revealed whether he ists” from the start — and has invited the other main he released hundreds of exIslamist groups, the Nusra treme Islamists from prisFront and its ideological on. This has been widely twin and ally, Ahrar al-Shinterpreted as an attempt am. to create a real armed IsTogether these extreme lamist rebellion. Then he Islamist groups account for could claim to be fighting up to 90 per cent of the rebforeign-backed “terrorism,” el forces fighting Bashar thus winning support from al-Assad’s brutal regime, abroad and from Syria’s and even if invited they own frightened minorities. GWYNNE probably wouldn’t come. Whether he intended DYER The remainder, a ragbag from the start to push the of small groups sometimes country into full-scale civil OPINION called the Free Syrian Arwar is impossible to know. my, might show up (under At the very least, he quickly American pressure), or maybe not. realized that the non-violent, non-secAssad’s representatives, by con- tarian protest movement was a greater trast, would certainly go to Paris, be- threat to his survival than an armed cause he knows that there is no risk uprising that would only be backed by that he would be forced into a deal Sunni Muslim Arabs (only 60 per cent that removes him from power. His of the population). strategy for survival has worked well Assad got some inadvertent help enough that he can now afford to nego- from Turkey and the Arab Gulf states, tiate with some of the rebels. whose leaders wanted to see a Sunni When peaceful mass protests de- sectarian victory in Syria, not an inclumanding democracy spread to Syria in sive and non-sectarian democracy. So early 2011 as part of the “Arab Spring”, they lavished money and weapons on Assad’s forces responded at first with Sunni Arabs who were willing to fight cautious violence. Snipers killed peo- the regime, thus undermining and disple in the unarmed crowds of protest- crediting the non-violent movement.

The slide from non-violent protest to armed uprising gave Assad an excuse to use far more violence. By October of 2011 his forces were bombing and shelling rebel-held areas of Syrian cities — and jihadi extremists, including many released from his jails, were taking over the rebel forces with the help of Saudi Arabian and Turkish money and guns. So the rebellion fell largely into the hands of Sunni Arabs of the extremist Salafi persuasion. The country’s large non-Arab, non-Muslim and Shia Muslim minorities, together with much of its Sunni Arab population, reluctantly decided that Assad’s regime was the least bad option — and the result is the Syria we see today. The exodus of refugees has reduced the population to 16 million, of whom 10 million, including almost all the minorities, live under government control. There are about two million Arabs in the Syrian part of Islamic State, another two million under the control of other rebel forces (also dominated by Sunni Arab Islamists), and two million Kurds who now have their own proto-state. It’s a calamity for Syria, but it means that the regime will survive. There was a brief wobble last summer, when Islamist rebels enjoying increased support from Turkey and Saudi Arabia started driving the very tired Syrian army back on several fronts, but the Russian military intervention on Assad’s side in September stabilized the situation.

It’s now clear that nobody can win the war — but nobody can lose it either. Broadly speaking, Syria has been partitioned into four more or less sovereign territories. The government rules only one-fifth of Syria, but it includes most of the cities, industry and agriculture, and almost two-thirds of the population. The Kurds control a band across the north of the country along the Turkish border. Islamic State runs a large swathe of sparsely populated territory in the east of the country. And the Islamist extremists of the Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate, dominate the northwest behind the non-Islamist facade of the Jaysh al-Islam. The “peace talks” that Russia has been promoting since it intervened are not really about creating a reunified post-Assad Syria. All Moscow is looking for (and increasingly Washington too) is a ceasefire between all the other players that leaves them in control of their own territory and isolates Islamic State. Even that is probably too much to hope for. At Turkey’s insistence, the Kurds have not been invited to the talks. The Nusra Front will not show up either, and even the smaller non-Islamist rebel groups are threatening to boycott the talks — which would leave Assad’s regime looking like the only party interested in “peace.” The war will continue for some time yet. Gwynne Dyer is an independent Canadian journalist.

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City, volunteers providing great trails for skiing, snowshoing, winter activity As an avid cross country skiier I wanted to recognize and thank the staff at Riverbend Recreation Area for their exceptional service this winter. Their daily trail grooming has been excellent this winter providing an outstanding ski experience to the multitude of cross country skiers and snow shoers who use this area. As well we have a dedicated group of volunteer groomers, supported by the city that does an exceptional job maintaining the ski trails at Heritage Ranch and Great Chief Park. We are so fortunate to live in a city that supports outdoor recreation opportunities like our ski trails and Bower Ponds, along with all the community skating rinks and walking paths that are maintained through the winter. These winter trails and outdoor rinks are free of charge. This is your tax dollars being wisely used, along with volunteer time for the benefit of many, encouraging daily fitness for all ages and an enjoyment of the outdoors in our long winter season. In the end we will save money on health care costs and reduce depression with a higher activity level in our community. Thank you to all involved in creating these

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Simple solution to Quebec’s pipeline refusal, turn off the money flow I have listened to the premiers of B.C., Ontario and Quebec whine about how they will not get any benefits by allowing a pipeline through their provinces, so I did a little research and came up with some ballpark numbers. In 2014, net revenue from oil exports for Canada was $71.3 Billion and the GDP for Canada was $1.628 trillion, so oil exports are about 4.3 per cent of the Canada economy. The federal government revenue was $271. 7 billion so it is reasonable to assume that if oil exports were 4.3 per cent of the Canada economy, they contributed 4.3 per cent of this tax revenue ($11.7 billion). There are 36 million Canadians so $11.7 billion divided by 36 million works out to $325 for every man, woman and child in Canada. Here are the numbers: Quebec: 8.2 million people multiplied by $325 is $2.67 billion. Ontario: 13.7 million people multiplied by $325 is $4.45 billion. B.C: 4.7 million multiplied by $325 is $1.53 billion.

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The three provinces do not want anything to do with oil, so why are we letting them benefit from it? Instead they should have to pay this money back to the federal government and the federal government can give the rest of us 9.4 million Canadians a tax refund of $1,240 per year. Another issue is the hypocrisy behind B.C.’s Premier Christy Clark’s criticism of Alberta for its C02 emissions when she wants to build LNG terminals up and down the coast of B.C. If all these LNG projects go ahead, they will produce 70 per cent of the oil sands’ C02. How exactly is this going to reduce B.C.’s C02 emissions? Lastly, we have Quebec going hat in hand once again to the federal government for yet another Bombardier bailout-this time to the tune of a billion dollars to help this money pit manufacturer keep jobs alive in Quebec. Apparently it is OK for the West to help bailout a Quebec money loser like Bombardier, but not for Quebec to help keep their money pipeline (Alberta and Sask.) healthy enough to channel more equalization money east to them. It makes no sense to me, but Quebec’s one-sided view of Canada can be corrected in a hurry: no Trans Canada pipeline approval from Quebec means no money from the West. Over to you Prime Minister Trudeau 2.0. Dale Reid Red Deer

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Businesses plan to cut back 27%: survey BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A new survey shows small and medium-sized businesses in Alberta will slash spending more than expected this year as the oil downturn hits every level of the province’s economy. The government-owned Business Development Bank of Canada says smaller businesses in the province plan to invest about $11 billion this year, 27 per cent less than last year. That compares with a 14 per cent increase in planned spending in British Columbia, and either flat or modest growth in spending across the rest of Canada. BDC chief economist Pierre Cleroux says he expected spending to go down in Alberta, but was “surprised by the magnitude of the drop.” The BDC survey heard from roughly 4,000 executives of companies across Canada with between one and 499 employees. Cleroux said this year will be worse than last year as the reality of low oil prices fully sinks in, with 66 per cent of survey respondents in Alberta saying a lack of confidence in the economy was their main barrier to investing. “Last year was the first year (of the downturn in oil prices) and a lot of people thought that the oil price would come back quickly,” Cleroux said. “I think people are getting used to this new reality.” RefineCo Inc., a business-focused tech firm in Calgary, is one of the many companies being more careful about spending, says company CEO Eric Veenendaal.

“On the capital side, I would say we are certainly being cautious,” Veenendaal said. “As a professional IT services company, we are largely at the will of what clients are doing in terms of their own capital spending.” That spending in the oil and gas sector has dropped considerably, forcing RefineCo to look elsewhere for contracts in sectors such as agriculture and the government. Two years ago, RefineCo relied on oil and gas for 60 to 70 per cent of its work but now it’s less than 10 per cent, and Veenendaal isn’t betting on any short-term bounce in oil. “Our plans extending out three years down the road basically don’t account for any kind of a spike,” Veenendaal said. The Village Brewery in Calgary is growing well, but co-founder Jim Button says it’s still feeling the headwinds of the downturn. “You used to be able to say beer is recession-proof, but I think “recession-resistant” is the word they’ve come up with in the last bunch of years,” Button said. The restaurants he supplies have seen overall sales drop by 20 to 30 per cent, cutting into Button’s own sales growth. That’s been partially offset by people drinking more at home, boosting retail sales, he said. The company is still going ahead with about $750,000 in capital investments this year to boost efficiencies and quality, but that’s down from earlier plans. The company also won’t be able to do as much with that money because the equipment it needs is priced in U.S. dollars, and there are no plans to hire more staff, said Button.

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spending on herself, her family and friends. Spending on the suite was cut off by her Tory successors as public outrage grew over the taxpayer-funded project that had already racked up at least $240,000 in 3D design drawings, colour boards, room dividers, blueprints and construction. The penthouse was originally intended to be a meeting room, part of a $400-million makeover of the historic Tyndall stone building, which now houses some government officials, opposition legislature members and government backbenchers. But sometime in 2012, officials in Redford’s office took over and began to remodel the top floor. It was to be done in the style of the luxury Hay Adams hotel in Washington, D.C., with its European linens, marble bathrooms, brass fixtures and views of the White House. The “premier’s den” was to be for Redford and her daughter. There were bedrooms, bathrooms, a dining room, lounge, fireplace, powder room, butler’s pantry, walk-in closet and roomby-room temperature controls.

EDMONTON — A penthouse suite that was dubbed the sky palace as it came to symbolize what was seen as the former Alberta government’s sense of entitlement is open for business. But the space has become a frankensuite with bedrooms turned boardrooms, hand-me-down furniture, bugeyed plastic guard owls and one-time premier Alison Redford’s old couch. Construction on the penthouse atop the Federal Building in Edmonton just recently finished and the suite has been available for meetings since Jan. 1. “I think it’s been used six times,” said Cheryl Oates, spokeswoman for Premier Rachel Notley. The 11th-floor suite is a design mishmash: half home, half office, equal parts opulent and shabby. A washer and dryer still wrapped in plastic sit just off the main conference room. It reflects a political trajectory from lavish home-to-be for Redford to toxic symbol of government excess to its latest incarnation as a politically radioactive fallout zone. Redford’s Tory successors never stepped foot in the sky palace. Oates said EGGS BENEDICT Notley and the NDP cauTwo eggs on a grilled English Muffin with cus don’t plan to either. your choice of one of the following: ham, “It has continued as a bacon, sausage or tomato; topped with physical representation of hollandaise sauce plus your choices how the PCs squandered of hashbrowns, pancakes our revenue when times or fruit cup. were good,” said Oates. Available All Day “Our government doesn’t want to continue that story.” Documents about the suite were released in March 2014 — just days after Redford quit the top job ahead of a caucus revolt over excessive travel

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CALGARY — Mourners gathered at a riding arena described as his “cathedral” to say goodbye Thursday to a prominent Alberta businessman who founded one of the world’s top equestrian venues. Ron Southern, who died last week at age 85, established Spruce Meadows in Calgary with his wife Margaret in 1975. Spruce Meadows has become a fixture for the best riders and horses. The equestrian world’s governing body has named the facility the world’s top show-jumping venue multiple times. Southern’s daughter, Linda Southern-Heathcott, remembered her father as a man who saw the good in others and taught his family to always do their best. “Dad, my promise to you is that Nancy and I — along with your team — will keep the traditions alive. We will keep the highest of standards, have the courage to make the right choices no matter how difficult and we will soldier on.” Southern’s coffin, sitting at the front of the riding hall, was covered in red roses. Some of his awards, including the Order of Canada, could be seen in one of the building’s walkways. More than 2,000 people attended the two-hour service. Dignitaries who came to pay their respects included former prime minister Stephen Harper, interim Conservative leader Rona

“The day concluded with the presentation to Big Ben of a blanket to wear in his retirement. The words on the blanket said, ‘Thanks for the memories, Big Ben,” Millar said. “I say right back at you, R.D., ‘Thanks for the memories.’ You were a one-off. There will never be another R.D.” The choice of the riding hall seemed appropriate, Spruce Meadows vice-president Ian Allison had said before the service. “It’s Mr. Southern’s cathedral. It’s where he spent countless hours welcoming people from around the world, teaching them about his world of the horse.” Southern and his father also started the Atco Group (TSX:ACO.X) in 1947. It was first known as the Alberta Trailer Company and grew from a 15-trailer operation to an international conglomerate with interests ranging from construction trailers to pipelines to natural gas distribution. Southern was also the founder and controlling shareholder of Akita Drilling (TSX:ATK.A). Forbes business magazine pegged Southern’s net worth at $1.5 billion last year. Daughter Nancy Southern said her father loved his family and everyone he had dealings with over the years. “If you listen carefully, you will hear him saying to each of us: always do your best, always strive for excellence and thank you everyone for helping us to make our dreams come true.”

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Waiting game tough on sponsors HOW MANY PRIVATELY SPONSORED SYRIANS CANADA WILL ACCEPT REMAINS OPEN QUESTION BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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OTTAWA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Through pub nights, crowd funding websites, church suppers and craft bazaars, thousands of Canadians are currently trying to raise money to sponsor a Syrian refugee. But it remains an open question just how many privately sponsored Syrian refugees Canada will end up accepting. The ongoing Liberal refugee resettlement program aims to bring 25,000 Syrians to Canada by the end of next month, with original plans for about 10,000 of them to be privately sponsored. But newly released government information shows that by the middle of last December, the government didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even have that many private applications in hand. Data tabled in the House of Commons in response to a question from the NDP shows that between January 1, 2015, and Dec. 15, 2015, applications were

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vately sponsored applications averaged about 10 months last year. While the Liberals say they remain committed to bringing in 25,000 government assisted refugees by the end of this year, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve not actually set a firm number for how many privately sponsored ones they will accept. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The final number of privately sponsored Syrian refugees that will be resettled to Canada will depend in part on the number of private sponsors that express an interest in sponsoring, and on the 2016 Immigration Levels Plan that is expected to be tabled in the coming weeks,â&#x20AC;? the Citizenship and Immigration department said. For groups like the one organized by Klaas, the waiting game is hard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has been discouraging for us because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been ready to go for a few months. We want to help,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we still meet, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still constantly talking to each other.â&#x20AC;?

Electronic spy agency broke privacy law by sharing info: watchdog OTTAWA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s electronic spy agency broke privacy laws by sharing information about Canadians with foreign partners, says a federal watchdog. The Communications Security Establishment passed along the information â&#x20AC;&#x201D; known as metadata â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to counterparts in the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand, said Jean-Pierre Plouffe, who keeps an eye on the highly secretive agency. Metadata is information associated with a communication â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as a telephone number or email address â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but not the message itself. The Ottawa-based CSE uses highly advanced technology to intercept, sort and analyze foreign communications for information of intelligence interest to the federal government. Documents leaked in 2013 by former American spy contractor Edward Snowden revealed the U.S. National Security Agency â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a close CSE ally â&#x20AC;&#x201D; had quietly obtained access to a huge volume of emails, chat logs and other information from major Internet companies, as well as massive amounts of data about telephone calls. As a result, civil libertarians, privacy advocates and opposition politicians demanded assurances the

CSE was not using its extraordinary powers to snoop on Canadians. The spy agency is legally authorized to collect and analyze metadata churning through cyberspace, and it inevitably comes across data trails about Canadian messages and calls. Privacy advocates have stressed that metadata is far from innocuous, as it can reveal much about a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s online behaviour. In his annual report for 2014-15, completed last year but made public only Thursday, Plouffe said certain CSE metadata activities raised legal questions that he continued to examine and assess. In a statement, Plouffe said he has since completed that legal assessment. In collecting metadata, the CSE is required to take measures to protect the privacy of Canadians. Plouffe said the spy service discovered on its own that certain types of metadata containing Canadian identity information were not being properly â&#x20AC;&#x153;minimizedâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; removing potentially revealing details â&#x20AC;&#x201D; before being shared with the CSEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four key foreign partners. The former head of the CSE informed the watchdog, as well as the defence minister, about the matter. CSE then suspended the sharing of this metadata with its partners.

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Raptors run win streak to ten games SET FRANCHISE RECORD BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Raptors 103 Knicks 93 TORONTO — There was almost no hoopla to celebrate the historic moment when the final buzzer sounded, just a loud announcement over the public address system to the fans at the Air Canada Centre. The Toronto Raptors had just broken a franchise record that had stood for 14 years, winning their 10th straight game with a 103-93 victory over the New York Knicks. But coach Dwane Casey and his players say there’s little time to pause and celebrate. This a team hungry for more. They have bigger goals in mind. “Happy? I don’t know what ‘happy’ is, you’ll have to describe that,” Casey said afterward. “Satisfied? No. We haven’t done anything. We’ve won 10 in a row, we’ve got to keep going, keep grinding. Happy? I’m happy for the guys, they’ve stuck with the plan, and working defensively. But not satisfied is a better way to put it.” Toronto’s all-stars Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan scored 26 points apiece to lead the Raptors (31-15), who are two games back of Cleveland for first in the East. Lowry, whose sore wrist had him questionable to play right up until the players took the court for warmup, added 10 assists and six rebounds on the night. DeRozan’s solid performance came just hours after he was named an NBA all-star reserve. “We are a good team, man. It’s our team. It’s 15 deep. It’s not just me and DeMar,” said Lowry, who then proceeded to list off almost the entire roster. “We’re a good team and we all really want to win games and be a successful group.” Jonas Valanciunas had a double-double with 11 points and 18 rebounds for Toronto (31-15), while Cory Joseph had 11 points and Patrick Patterson chipped in with 10. The Raptors’ previous win streak was back in the spring of 2002, March 22-April 3. This historic hot stretch — the longest active win streak in the NBA — began Jan. 6 in Brooklyn. And then, one by one, they racked up the

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Toronto Raptors’ Kyle Lowry (7) drives pass New York Knicks’ Langston Galloway (2) during NBA action in Toronto on Thursday. The Raptors downed the Knicks 103-93 to win a franchise best tenth game in a row. wins: Washington twice, Philadelphia, Orlando, Brooklyn again, Boston, Miami, and the L.A. Clippers. “It’s really tough (to win 10 straight) but the good teams do it,” Lowry said. “They find ways to win games and I believe the way we are doing it is the way other teams do it — we are just taking it one game at a time. You can’t focus on anything but that.” Thursday night, the Raptors led by as much as 14 points against a pesky Knicks team that was missing starting point guard and former Raptor Jose Calderon (groin), Carmelo Anthony (knee), and rookie Kristaps Porzingis

(upper respiratory illness). They led by double digits for most of the fourth quarter in front of a capacity crowd of 19,800 fans at the Air Canada Centre, before the Knicks made a final push. A fadeaway jumper from Derrick Williams pulled the Knicks to within eight points with 3:10 to play, but Lowry lit it up with eight straight points to put the Raptors safely ahead for good with 1:45 to play. Arron Afflalo scored 20 points to top the Knicks (22-26). DeRozan credited Casey for never wavering from his defence-first ap-

proach. “Casey’s one of those guys, he never changed since Day 1, same standards, principles, everything about him is exactly the same,” DeRozan said. “It’s big, look at us now, we just beat some record today,” he added, laughing. “The last couple of years has been great, but he’s still on us about the post-season and using this season to really understand how to win, how to hold wins, how to win games, how to come back, how to sustain leads, everything that we’re going to need once we get into the post-season.”

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Team Cherry goalie Evan Fitzpatrick, centre, stops Team Orr’s Pierre-Luc Dubois, right, as Lucas Johansen, left, defends during second period CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game hockey action in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday.

Laberge stars as Team Orr beats Team Cherry at top prospects game BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Pascal Laberge turned some heads on Thursday night. The 17-year-old from Chateauguay, Que., scored twice before setting up the winner as Team Orr beat Team Cherry 3-2 in the BMO CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. A centre for the QMJHL’s Victoriaville Tigres, Laberge has 14 goals and 25 assists in 36 games this season despite twice breaking his hand. “I’m sure it’s going to help me because I’ve been injured a lot,” he said. “I hope I opened some eyes.” Laberge was ranked as the No. 31 North American skater by NHL Central Scouting for June’s draft at the season’s midway point, but showed a quick release and good vision at Pacific Coliseum. “I’m feeling pretty great,” he said. “That was an amazing moment for me.” With Hall of Fame defenceman Bobby Orr and famed hockey broadcaster Don Cherry looking on as coaches, the event showcased 40 of the top draft-eligible players from the Canadian Hockey League, drawing a number of NHL scouts and general managers. “I thought it was a good game and everybody played hard,” said Cherry. “I think the crowd was happy.” Pierre-Luc Dubois added a goal and two assists for Team Orr. Dylan Wells got the win after coming on in relief for Carter Hart midway through the second period. Wells finished with 19 saves, while Hart stopped 15 shots.

Ty Ronning and Logan Brown replied for Team Cherry, while Jordan Kyrou chipped in with two assists. Zach Sawchenko allowed three goals on 10 shots in the loss after coming on for Evan Fitzpatrick, who started and stopped all 17 shots he faced. Just 11 seconds after Brown scored with 8:35 left in the third period to tie the score 2-2, Dubois — ranked as the No. 7 skater by NHL Central Scouting — stole the puck and worked a nice give-and-go with Laberge to restore Team Orr’s lead in front of a crowd of 10,113. “There’s a lot of scouts here, a lot of people watching,” said Dubois, a winger with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. “My main goal was to play a good game.” Laberge had earlier given his team a 2-1 lead at 9:40 of the final period on the power play with a quick shot between Sawchenko’s pads. Down 1-0 in a game that lacked the usual physical intensity for the first two periods, Laberge tied things up for Team Orr with 2:51 left in the second when he grabbed the puck in the high slot and made a nice move before ripping a shot past Sawchenko. Ronning, the son of former NHLer Cliff Ronning, was only added to the roster this week when Vancouver Giants teammate Tyler Benson was ruled out because of injury. Ranked as the No. 82 North American skater, the native of nearby Burnaby, B.C., was in the right place at the right time to pop a rebound past Hart just 3:09 into the first to give Team Cherry a 1-0 lead.

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Abbie Eisenhawer is following in 30. They tried to qualify for the Southfamiliar footsteps. ern Alberta junior championship, but Eisenhawer is one of the top young lost in the B final. two-sport athletes in the province, They look to qualify for the provincompeting in curling and cial juvenile championships, softball, following a simMarch 4-6 in Lacombe. ilar route taken by JoceThe fact the team has lyn Peterman, who is secbeen together for a few years ond with provincial ladies is a definite advantage, says curling champion Chelsea Eisenhawer. Carey and a former Alber“We know each other and ta and Canadian junior each others strengths and champion. Peterman is alweaknesses. We know what so an outstanding softball to say.” player. Abbie, and her teamEisenhawer, who mates, work with the Alberta turned 16 on Monday, Sports Development Centre knows all there is to know — Central has allowed her to DANNY about Peterman but is work on the mental and physRODE making her own mark on ical side of the sport. the sports scene. She is “We learned to be menLOCAL SPORT one of the top pitchers at tally tough and how to fight her age class in the city back,” she said. “As well while also playing second base and oc- we’re a lot stronger and can drag and casionally the outfield. In curling she rock almost as far the guys. We also is third on the Holly Vincent juvenile have the stamina. As for myself I like team. the heavy weight shots and the strategy Abbie became involved in softball of the game. when she was six and curling when she Abbie believes spending the sumwas seven. She started curling in the mer on the softball mound helps her Little Rocks program and consistently on the ice. moved up. “I believe it helps the mental side “In my second or third year I start- for sure,” she said. ed playing third and loved it,” she Abbie has helped Red Deer Rage said. “I like sweeping and helping Hol- win the mite A and squirt A softball ly as much as I can … talking about the provincial titles in 2010 and 2012 restrategy of the game.” spectively. She was with the peewee B Eisenhawer and second Erica Watts team that finished second in 2013 and have been together since the start with the peewee A squad that won the proVincent first joining the team then vincials and the Western Canadians in lead Caitlyn Craig, who attends Del- 2014. burne High School. She played with the 16 and under B The team, including Eisenhawer team last season and will compete for and Watts, has qualified for the South- the 16U A team this year. ern Alberta bantam championships “Every second year we have pracin 2013 and 14 and finished fourth at tically the same team and should be juvenile Southern championships in strong again,” she said. 2014. Eisenhawer likes pitching, although “At the beginning we were under- she is willing to play where she’s needage at the bantam level … we lost a ed. lot,” said the “I’m OK of a hitter,” she said. Grade 10 HuntEisenhawer sees herself continuing ing Hills stuto play both sports for as long as posdent with a sible, but doesn’t have a plan yet what laugh. she will do after high school. But they “I don’t really know yet, but I do have consisknow I will continue to play both tently imsports.” proved and deThis year she will concentrate on spite playing the juvenile curling playdowns but against much next year wants to qualify for the juolder teams nior provincials. She will worry about won the Ray softball once summer arrives. Kingsmith MeDanny Rode is a retired Advocate remorial Bonporter who can be reached at drode@redspiel in Caldeeradvocate.com. His work can also be Abbie Eisenhawer gary on Dec. seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

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Fabulous freshman Lethbridge Broncos LW Egor Babenko leads all WHL rookies Egor in scoring Babenko with 57 points, including 25 goals, in 48 games. The five-footnine, 157-pound Babenko is averaging 1.19 points per game and is plus-25 in the plus/minus category. Selected fifth overall by the ‘Canes in last year’s CHL import draft, he was also a first-round pick in the Kontinental League draft in his native Russia but was passed over in the NHL entry draft last June.

He said it “I don’t know. I know it hasn’t been like this for the past couple Brayden of years. Point I know we’ve been spanked a couple of times in this rink. I’m not sure what’s going on but it seems like we’re playing well against the Hitmen every time. ” — Moose Jaw Warriors star forward and captain Brayden Point, to the Calgary Sun, after scoring once and adding three assists in the Warriors’ 5-1 win over the host Calgary Hitmen last Friday, giving him eight points in his last two appearances at the Saddledome.

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AUSTIN STRAND HAS BEEN A RELIABLE THIRD-PAIRING DEFENCEMAN FOR THE REBELS BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR After showing his offensive prowess with a 13-point rookie season from the Red Deer Rebels’ back end, Austin Strand had to envision himself improving on those numbers this winter. But as a member of the Rebels’ third blueline pairing, Strand hasn’t seen a lot of power play time and after finding the back of the opposition net on four occasions last season, he didn’t score his first goal of the current campaign until Jan. 20, in a 6-1 win over the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors. “The points haven’t been coming but I got my first goal recently and that was nice,” the 18-year-old defenceman said Thursday. Not that having an occasional presence on the official scoresheet is of much importance to the Calgary native, whose primary duties revolve around keeping opposition forwards away from his goaltender and getting the puck up ice to the teammates who are expected to supply most of the offence. The two Austins — Strand and Shmoorkoff — have quietly bonded into a reliable five-six defensive pairing, with both players having shown more consistency over the past two months. “With me and Shmoo … our chemistry is coming along, we’re getting that together,” said the six-foot-four, 194-pound Strand. “We’ve been working on certain things with Truey (associate coach Jeff Truitt) and Lodgey (assistant coach Erik Lodge) after practice.” Finding consistency is the secret to success for any defenceman and Strand has discovered a pre-game procedure that has helped him in that department. “With me I think it’s mostly about focus,” he said. “I’ve found a new pre-game routine that I like in terms of focusing. Before the game I’ll just visualize a lot more and I’ve found that it has helped with avoiding those little hiccups. “Being more consistent out there is definitely something I worked on last season and I think I’ve been better that way this year.” Truitt has taken notice of the improved uniformity and overall development in Strand’s game. “He’s not a player who you’re going to see huge improvements from at one time, but it’s a lot of little things along the way that he’s doing better than last year,” said Truitt. “For him, in his role, he just needs to win shifts, but he’s got some sneaky offence which he proved last year. He has those types of capabilities, but he’s more a guy who just kind of quietly does his job. Sometimes mistakes are made but he does a lot of little things well, and you need those kinds of guys. They’re a big part of your program.” Truitt, noting the growth in his confidence and passing ability and the fact he also performs with a physical edge, feels that Shmoorkoff has improved more than any Red Deer player from the start of the season. Thus, he and Strand have provided the

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Austin Strand has credited hard work and focus for a strong second year with the rebels. The Calgary native has not been producing as well offensively but has improved so much the coaching staff have confidence to put him out there in any situation. coaching staff with the confidence that the duo can play bigger minutes, if necessary. “The nice thing about those two guys is that if any one of our top four (defencemen) goes down or is in the penalty box, we can throw those guys up against the other team’s second and third lines. We’re not afraid of doing that,” said Truitt. “They are great complementary players who have improved little by little as the season has gone along.” Strand was ranked by Central Scouting last season but wasn’t selected in the NHL entry draft. “It kind of shows that the rankings don’t really mean anything,” he said. So far, his name hasn’t appeared on the 2015-16 Central Scouting list. Ironically, he might be appealing to an NHL team when this year’s draft rolls round. “If I have a good second half of the season, a good playoff run and strong Memori-

al Cup showing, (getting drafted) might be a possibility,” said Strand. Selected by the Rebels in the third round — 48th overall — of the 2012 WHL bantam draft, Strand is confident the team can put together a lengthy post-season stretch leading into the Memorial Cup tournament which Red Deer will host in May. “It’s exciting to think about the potential here,” he said. “We haven’t had the full team together because of guys getting hurt, and now Bleacks (forward Conner Bleackley) is out of the lineup (for six weeks with a knee injury). “We should have all the guys back at the right time. We should have a great team then and I’m looking forward to that.” • The Rebels close out a five-game homestand this weekend, taking on the Kootenay Ice tonight and facing the Brandon Wheat Kings Saturday. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Rockets choose former Rebels prospect as captain Hustle, grit and determination, not to mention respect from your teammates, are intangibles that make for a good captain. The Kelowna Rockets declared that Rod Southam, a former Red Deer Rebels prospect, is in possession of all the right ingredients GREG when they appointMEACHEM ed him as the official INSIDER on-ice leader earlier this week. “(Southam) possesses all the qualities of a captain,” Rockets head coach Brad Ralph said in a news release. “He has a positive attitude and a team-first mindset. He’s a hard worker and he’s courageous.” “Rodney is the heart and soul of our team,” added team president and general manager Bruce Hamilton. “I’m happy that, as an organization, we’ve made a decision on the captaincy, and I think Rodney will do a wonderful job. “I believe this team needs someone in charge from a player’s perspective, and Rodney is well-respected by his teammates.” The Rockets had delayed finalizing their leadership group due to a number of rea-

sons. When the time came, Southam’s name was at the top of a list that included Tyson Baillie, Joe Gatenby, Rourke Chartier and Cole Linaker, who will serve as assistant captains in various home and away games. “It’s taken a long time to figure this group out with players away (at the World Junior Hockey Championship and NHL training camps) and with injuries,” Hamilton said. “We’re confident Rodney will be back as an overage player as well, and that made it even more appealing to us.” Southam, now 19, was selected by the Rebels in the sixth round of the 2011 WHL bantam draft and was dropped from the club’s 50-player list a year later. He was snapped up by Tri-City at that point and was with the Americans for the 2013-14 campaign and part of last season before being dealt to the Rockets. He contributed seven goals and 18 points with Kelowna in 2014-15 and this season has produced six goals and 13 points in 35 outings. The Saskatoon native just recently returned from a 12-game absence due to a lower-body injury. “It’s a tremendous honour, especially with the past captains over the years and just the Kelowna Rockets’ name,” he told the Kelowna Daily Courier. “When I found out, I was kind of lost for words. Definitely shocked … there was no indication of anything changing. But it was something I dreamed of, and hoped that my teammates would see me as a leader and a captain.

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“I haven’t been that happy in a while.” Just notes: Lethbridge Hurricanes forward Giorgio Estephan received his just reward when he was named WHL player of the week for the period ending Jan. 24. The 18-year-old Edmonton native recorded eight points (3g,5a) in three games and was a plus-8 player while leading the ‘Canes to a trio of victories and helping the club extend its season-high win streak to 10… Regina Pats captain Adam Brooks was less than impressed with the respect his club showed the Brandon Wheat Kings in a 4-0 loss to the visitors last Sunday. “It’s definitely disappointing,” Brooks told the Regina Leader-Post. “You never want a team thinking they can come in here and take it to you in your own rink, especially a team we could face in the playoffs. (The effort) has to be 60 minutes. I know there’s not going to be perfect games all the time but we have to limit the mistakes and try to do the right things.” Pats head coach John Paddock, despite noting the absence of injured players Connor Hobbs, Colby Williams and Adam Berg, sounded more like a realist when discussing the contest. “I think some of the guys in our lineup played the best they could,” he said. “It could very well be the same result because (the Wheat Kings) are a pretty good team but when you add Hobbs and Williams and Berg to our lineup we’re a different team. There are some things to be disappointed about but there are some things we have to give (Brandon) credit.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Queens keep Griffins off the scoreboard BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Queens 2 Griffins 0 Megan Jones had decided last season it would be her last with the RDC Queens hockey team. That was until she started thinking about it during the summer. “I had an unfinished feeling after losing to NAIT in the championship final last year,” she said. “Plus we had a lot of veteran players coming back and I decided I wasn’t ready to start my nursing career.” Jones’ decision to return helped solidify the top defence in the Alberta College Women’s Hockey League. Her value to the team wasn’t any more evident than during a 2-0 victory over the Grant MacEwan University Griffins at the Arena Thursday. Jones came up with a brilliant defensive player, tying up the stick of a Grant MacEwan forward, who had an open net as the Queens were shorthanded two players. RDC held a 1-0 lead at the time. “Our penalty kill has been huge for us, that changed the momentum,” said Jones, who was the ACAC defenceman of the year last season. Queens head coach Kelly Coulter has nothing but positive things to say about the fifth-year native of Conquest, Sask. “She decided to come back despite having her nursing degree and provides a lot of leadership,” said Coulter. “She is smart with the puck is plays under control.” In fact the whole team plays that way no matter how tight the game is. Thursday it was a scoreless until Ashley Graf shovelled home a loose puck during a scramble at 7:28 of the third period. “Not panicking comes from having veteran players,” said Jones. “In this league it’s always tough and if you can stay in it long enough the games will flip … you have to stay calm and relax.” The Queens, who had last week off, looks a bit rusty for the first 10 minutes of the first period and were being outshot 6-5. “Alex (goaltender Frisk) kept us in it,” said Coulter. “We were a bit flat, but she wasn’t.” Frisk finished with 25 saves to record her fourth shutout of the season while her teammates had 44 shots on the Griffins’ Sandy Heim. “We have a lot of experience on the blueline, but our goaltenders have been outstanding,” said Jones. “Alex has four shutouts and Jen (West) three. That’s huge for us.” Team scoring leader, Emily Swier gave the

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Red Deer College Queen Jayna Kitchen, 10, and Grant MacEwan University Griffin Dominique Scheurer look to take control of a bouncing puck during first period action at the Arena in Red Deer Thursday. Queens some breathing room at 16:40 of the final frame. It was a picture perfect play with defenceman Rikki Leonard finding Graf at the side of the GMU net and her relay pass was on Swier’s stick in the slot. “That was awesome,”said Jones, who gave the Grant MacEwan netminder credit. “She was good. We’ve played some tough goalies this year, but we stay with it, but it took us a bit to get our legs and scoring going. I find it even as a veteran the week off hurts. Our practices were not as intense and we’re not as motivated. But Kelly give us a kick and got us going.” The win gave the first-place Queens a 14-2-1 record and moved them seven points up on the Griffins. The teams meet again Saturday in Edmonton

and RDC can clinch top spot with a victory. Only SAIT, who is eight points back with five games remaining, could tie them, but RDC has a 4-0 record against the Trojans, who play the Queens at the Arena next Thursday. “We don’t worry about where we’re at, we’re having a lot of fun and we take every game goal-by-goal and shift-by-shift and not worry about the end result just the process,” said Jones. Coulter agreed. “We don’t worry about where we’re at, just continue to play well,” he said. Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

Djokovic rolls Quebec skip fights through injury for past Federer into clutch Canadian junior curling win Aussie Open final BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic called it the best he has ever played against old foe Roger Federer. Serena Williams was just being her dominant self. The defending champions both made their way back to the Australian Open final, with Djokovic beating Federer 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 and Williams defeating Agnieszka Radwanska 6-0, 6-4 on Thursday. “I’ve had matches where I’ve played similar tennis,” said Djokovic, the top-ranked player in the world. “But I think against Roger, these first two sets have been probably the best two sets I’ve played against him overall throughout my career.” Hours earlier at Rod Laver Arena, Williams advanced to within one win of another Grand Slam milestone. If the six-time Australian Open champion wins Saturday’s final against seventh-seeded Angelique Kerber, she will equal Steffi Graf’s 22 major singles titles, a record in the Open era and the second-most in history behind Margaret Court’s 24. “I was able to do everything that I needed to do,” Williams said of Thursday’s match. “I was really hitting just all the right shots, making little to no errors, which is kind of hard to play like that.” Djokovic, a five-time champion at the Australian Open, advanced to his sixth final at Melbourne Park. He’ll find out who his final opponent will be after Andy Murray takes on Milos Raonic on Friday. For Federer, the signs were ominous from the beginning. Djokovic held his first service game at love and broke the 17-time Grand Slam champion in the second. After seven minutes, Federer was trailing 3-0. The first set was over in 22 minutes. Most spectators — including a woman with a sign reading: “Just Married But Willing to Exchange for Federer” — were behind him, applauding Djokovic’s service faults and giving Federer a standing ovation when he broke to go ahead 4-2 in the third set. The end came quickly in the fourth. Djokovic broke Federer in the eighth game to go up 5-3 — not even a stunning down-the-line shot after he earlier chased down a lob on the same point could save the Swiss great. Djokovic held three match points in the next game and he clinched it when Federer netted a backhand. Djokovic, who won three Grand Slam titles last year, took a 23-22 edge in his 45 meetings with Federer. “Definitely I’ve played unbelievable the first two sets but that’s what is necessary against Roger,” Djokovic said. Asked about the crowd support for Federer, Djokovic displayed Swiss-like diplomacy. “When I play Roger it’s something that is expected, in a way, considering his career and his greatness on and off the court,” Djokovic said. “He’s loved. He’s appreciated. He’s respected around the world. For me it’s normal in a way.” Federer said he wasn’t surprised by Djokovic’s early blitz. “I’ve seen Novak play this well before,” he said. “It’s tough when it’s from the start because obviously you got to try to stop the bleeding at some point. He can get one or two sets all of a sudden … and it’s tough to get back into it.” In the first semifinal match, Kerber ended Sydney-born British player Johanna Konta’s surprising run with a 7-5, 6-2 win to reach her first Grand Slam final. Konta was the first British woman since 1983 to reach the semifinals at a major tournament. Williams is the overwhelming favourite in the final, and not just based on recent form. She continued her perfect streak in seven Australian Open semifinals. “I definitely block it out,” Williams said in reply to a question about equaling Graf’s mark. “I was one off last year, too. If I don’t win on Saturday, I’ll still be one off.” Despite all her success, it is a loss that is inspiring Williams in this tournament. She was two matches away from a calendar-year Grand Slam in 2015 when she lost to Roberta Vinci in the U.S. Open semifinals.

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STRATFORD, Ont. — Quebec skip Felix Asselin fought through a dislocated right shoulder and led his team to a stunning 10-9 comeback win over New Brunswick, followed by a 5-3 victory over B.C. on Thursday at the Canadian junior curling championships. The 21-year-old dislocated his throwing shoulder playing table tennis Wednesday night at the players’ hotel and spent three hours in hospital overnight getting it treated. A few hours before a crucial championship-round game against New Brunswick’s Alex Robichaud, Asselin showed up for a physio treatment and threw a few rocks to see if he could play. He decided to push on, though it didn’t seem like a good decision at first. Asselin missed his last shot in the first and second ends, and New Brunswick put five on the board in the third end to go up 6-1. But Asselin capped a huge comeback by drawing for three in the 10th end to stay alive in the hunt for playoff berth. “Sure, we had some excuses. But that would be easy,” said Quebec coach and Asselin’s father, Benoit Forget. “But there’s an old saying that losers find reasons. Winners find ways. That’s what we did.” Quebec improved to 6-3 with the win over B.C.’s Tyler Tardi (7-2) in the night draw, and can force a third-place tiebreaker against B.C. with a win over Northern Ontario and a B.C. loss to Manitoba. “We’re still here. We’re still fighting for our lives,” said Asselin after his first win of the day. “We need to win games, obviously four losses won’t make it.” In the other evening games, Tanner Horgan’s Northern Ontario team took an extra end to top previously unbeaten 2013 Canadian champ Matt Dunstone of Manitoba 7-5. The win left Horgan’s team tied with Manitoba at 8-1. Both teams are assured of semifinal berths, but Northern Ontario can clinch first, and a bye to Sunday’s gold-medal game with a win Friday morning against Quebec.

Manitoba would get the bye to the final with a win over B.C. and a Northern Ontario loss. “That was a lot of fun to play,” said Horgan. “It was at such a high level. Both teams played really well.” Alberta’s Karsten Sturmay (5-4) downed New Brunswick’s Alex Robichaud (4-5) 6-4, and Saskatchewan’s Jake Hersikorn (5-4) beat Ontario’s Doug Kee (4-5) 5-1. New Brunswick dropped to 4-4 with their loss to Quebec. The top three teams will make the playoffs, with the first-place team going directly to Sunday’s gold-medal game. The semifinals are Saturday. In the women’s championship round, B.C.’s Sarah Daniels and Nova Scotia’s Mary Fay clinched semifinal berths with wins on Thursday night to improve to 8-1. B.C. needed an extra end to beat Manitoba’s Abby Ackland (7-2) 8-5. “Today was a very stressful game. Manitoba played very well, but I think we were able to keep up,” said Daniels, who won bronze at the 2014 Canadian Juniors in Liverpool, N.S. “Now, we’ll just keep moving forward and doing what we’re doing. We’re sticking together — miss, make, we’re always about team.” Nova Scotia, meanwhile, took four in the seventh end en route to an 11-4 win over New Brunswick’s Justine Comeau (6-3). B.C. would clinch first and a berth in Sunday’s gold-medal game with a win Friday morning against New Brunswick, while Nova Scotia needs a win over Manitoba and a B.C. loss to advance to the women’s final. Manitoba can advance to Saturday’s semifinal with a win, but a Manitoba loss and wins by New Brunswick or Quebec’s Laurie St-Georges (6-3) would force tiebreakers. Quebec kept its hopes alive with an 8-5 win over Saskatchewan’s Kourtney Fesser (4-5). In the other women’s championship round game, Alberta’s Selena Sturmay (5-4) beat Ontario’s Courtney Auld (4-5) 9-2.

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Hockey

Today • Senior men’s curling: Southern Alberta Association playdowns, draws at 2 and 7 p.m., Red Deer Pidherney Centre. • JV basketball: Lindsay Thurber boys/ girls tournament. • Midget A hockey: Red Deer Outdoor Winter Classic, Bower community rinks. • 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 Association playdowns, first draw at 10 a.m., A-event qualifier to provincials at 3 p.m.; Red Deer Pidherney Centre. • Midget A hockey: Red Deer Outdoor Winter Classic, Bower community rinks. • 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. • 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.

Sunday • Senior men’s curling: Southern Alberta Association playdowns, first draw at 9:30 a.m., B-event qualifier to provincials at 2:30 p.m.; Red Deer Pidherney Centre. • Midget A hockey: Red Deer Outdoor Winter Classic, Bower community rinks. • 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

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF 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

GA 132 148 151 173 198 159

Pt 64 57 55 47 38 35

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF 48 36 12 0 0 207 49 31 15 1 2 182 48 28 18 1 1 160 49 19 23 6 1 129 48 19 25 3 1 155 48 8 36 4 0 100

GA 135 141 153 153 191 205

Pt 72 65 58 45 42 20

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 47 33 11 3 0 174 Victoria 49 29 15 2 3 172 Prince George 49 29 18 1 1 176 Kamloops 47 22 18 4 3 157 Vancouver 50 18 27 3 2 144

GA 132 119 150 153 180

Pt 69 63 60 51 41

Lethbridge Red Deer Calgary Edmonton Medicine Hat Kootenay

Everett Seattle Portland Spokane Tri-City

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF 46 28 14 2 2 124 46 26 17 3 0 144 48 25 21 2 0 158 46 22 19 3 2 153 47 20 25 2 0 152

GA 99 132 150 158 178

Pt 60 55 52 49 42

Friday’s games 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. Saturday, January 30 Prince George at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Regina at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. Brandon at Red Deer, 7 p.m. Prince Albert at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m. Lethbridge at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Portland at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Seattle at Everett, 8:05 p.m. Tri-City at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Victoria at Kelowna, 8:30 p.m. Sunday’s games Medicine Hat at Moose Jaw, 3 p.m. Prince Albert at Swift Current, 3 p.m. Brandon at Calgary, 4 p.m. Kootenay at Edmonton, 4 p.m. Spokane at Everett, 5:05 p.m. Kelowna at Seattle, 6:05 p.m

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 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 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC Denver 20, New England 18 NFC Carolina 49, Arizona 15 Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 31 At Honolulu Team Rice vs. Team Irvin, 5 p.m. Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 At Santa Clara, Calif. Denver vs. Carolina, 4:30 p.m. 2016 Pro Bowl Rosters Sunday, Jan. 31 At Aloha Stadium Honolulu TEAM IRVIN Coach: Winston Moss, Green Bay Offence Quarterbacks: Russell Wilson, Seattle Jameis Winston, Tampa Bay Teddy Bridgewater, Minnesota. Running backs: Devonta Freeman, Atlanta Todd Gurley, St. Louis Latavius Murray, Oakland. Wide receivers: Julio Jones, Atlanta A.J. Green, Cincinnati DeAndre Hopkins, Houston Allen Robinson, Jacksonville. Tight ends: Tyler Eifert, Cincinnati Delanie Walker, Tennessee. Fullback: Patrick DiMarco, Atlanta. Tackles: Andrew Whitworth, Cincinnati Tyron Smith, Dallas Branden Albert, Miami. Guards: Marshal Yanda, Baltimore Zack Martin, Dallas David DeCastro, Pittsburgh. Centers: Alex Mack, Cleveland Travis Frederick, Dallas. Defence Co-captain: Darren Woodson.

TEAM RICE Coach: Andy Reid, Kansas City Offence Quarterbacks: Eli Manning, New York Giants Derek Carr, Oakland Tyrod Talor, Buffalo. Running backs: Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Doug Martin, Tampa Bay, Chris Ivory, N.Y. Jets. Wide receivers: Odell Beckham, Jr., New York Giants Jarvis Landry, Miami Amari Cooper, Oakland T.Y. Hilton, Indianapolis. Tight ends: Travis Kelce, Kansas City Gary Barnidge, Cleveland. Fullback: John Kuhn, Green Bay. Tackles: Joe Thomas, Cleveland Joe Staley, San Francisco Kyle Long, Chicago. Guards: Josh Sitton, Green Bay Logan Mankins, Tampa Bay Richie Incognito, Buffalo. Centers: Eric Wood, Buffalo Nick Mangold, New York Jets. Defence Co-captain: Eric Davis. Defensive ends: Khalil Mack, Oakland Everson Griffen, Minnesota Cameron Jordan, New Orleans. Defensive tackles: Gerald McCoy, Tampa Bay Aaron Donald, St. Louis Fletcher Cox, Philadelphia. Outside linebackers: Tamba Hali, Kansas City Julius Peppers, Green Bay Elvis Dumervil, Baltimore. Inside linebackers: Bobby Wagner, Seattle Clay Matthews, Green Bay. Cornerbacks: Marcus Peters, Kansas City Vontae Davis, Indianapolis, Brent Grimes, Miami Jason Verrett, San Diego. Safeties: Eric Berry, Kansas City Mike Adams, Indianapolis Charles Woodson, Oakland. Special teams Punter: Johnny Hekker, St. Louis. Placekicker: Josh Brown, New York Giants. Return specialist: Tyler Lockett, Seattle. Special-teamer: Cedric Peerman, Cincinnati. Long-snapper: Morgan Cox, Baltimore.

Lacrosse Saskatchewan Calgary Vancouver

National Lacrosse League

New England Rochester Buffalo Georgia Toronto

GP 3 3 3 3 4

East Division W L Pct. 2 1 .667 2 1 .667 2 1 .667 1 2 .333 0 4 .000

GF GA 36 22 38 28 36 30 33 34 25 48

GB — — — 1 2.5

Colorado

West Division GP W L Pct. 4 4 0 1.000

GF GA 61 48

GB —

2 3 3

1 1 1

1 2 2

.500 .333 .333

21 26 25

21 28 42

2 2.5 2.5

WEEK FIVE Friday’s games Georgia at Toronto, 6 p.m. Colorado at Saskatchewan, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30 Buffalo at New England, 5 p.m. Georgia at Rochester, 5:30 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Soccer English Premier League GP W D L GF GA Pts 23 13 8 2 42 26 47 23 13 5 5 45 23 44 23 13 5 5 37 22 44 23 11 9 3 41 19 42 23 10 7 6 28 21 37 23 9 9 5 36 28 36 23 9 7 7 30 32 34 23 9 6 8 32 24 33 23 9 6 8 24 25 33 23 9 5 9 27 26 32 23 9 4 10 24 27 31 23 6 11 6 40 34 29 23 7 7 9 32 34 28 23 7 7 9 22 30 28 23 6 7 10 22 31 25 23 6 7 10 27 38 25 23 6 5 12 28 43 23 23 5 6 12 25 41 21 23 5 4 14 28 46 19 23 2 7 14 18 38 13

Leicester City Manchester City Arsenal Tottenham Man United West Ham Liverpool Southampton Stoke Watford Crystal Palace Everton Chelsea West Brom Swansea Bournemouth Norwich Newcastle Sunderland Aston Villa

Tuesday, Feb. 2 Arsenal vs. Southampton, 1945 GMT Leicester City vs. Liverpool, 1945 GMT Norwich vs. Tottenham, 1945 GMT Sunderland vs. Manchester City, 1945 GMT West Ham vs. Aston Villa, 1945 GMT Crystal Palace vs. Bournemouth, 2000 GMT Manchester United vs. Stoke, 2000 GMT West Brom vs. Swansea, 2000 GMT Wednesday, Feb. 3 Everton vs. Newcastle, 1945 GMT Watford vs. Chelsea, 1945 GMT

England League Cup SEMIFINAL Second Leg Tuesday, Jan. 26 Liverpool 0, Stoke 1 1-1 aggregate Liverpool advanced on 6-5 penalty kicks Wednesday, Jan. 27 Manchester City 3, Everton 1, Manchester City advanced 4-3 on aggregate FINAL Sunday, Feb. 28 Liverpool vs. Manchester City in London, 1630 GMT England FA Cup FOURTH ROUND Friday, Jan. 29 Derby vs. Manchester United, 1955 GMT Saturday, Jan. 30 Colchester United vs. Tottenham, 1245 GMT Arsenal vs. Burnley, 1500 GMT Aston Villa vs. Manchester City, 1500 GMT Bolton vs. Leeds, 1500 GMT Bury vs. Hull, 1500 GMT Crystal Palace vs. Stoke City, 1500 GMT Nottingham Forest vs. Watford, 1500 GMT Oxford United vs. Blackburn, 1500 GMT Portsmouth vs. Bournemouth, 1500 GMT Reading vs. Walsall, 1500 GMT Shrewsbury Town vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 1500 GMT West Bromwich Albion vs. Peterborough United, 1500 GMT Liverpool vs. West Ham, 1730 GMT Sunday, Jan. 31 Carlisle United vs. Everton, 1330 GMT MK Dons vs. Chelsea, 1600 GMT

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Calgary D Dennis Wideman indefinitely, pending a hearing, for an incident involving linesman Don Henderson during Wednesday’s game. COLORADO AVALANCHE — Reassigned G Roman Will to San Antonio (AHL) and D Mason Geertsen from San Antonio to Fort Wayne (ECHL). NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned F Kevin Fiala to Milwaukee (AHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned D Ryan Stanton to Hershey (AHL). American Hockey League LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS — Loaned G Martin Ouellette to Reading (ECHL). BASEBALL

COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended San Francisco RHP Dylan Brooks (AZL Giants) and free agent INF Luis Mateo 50 games and free agent INF Joshua Palmer 100 games for violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with RHP Doug Fister on a one-year contract. NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with RHP Ivan Nova on a one-year contract. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms with 1B-OF Steve Pearce on a one-year contract. National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Acquired LHP Jake McGee and RHP German Marquez from Tampa Bay for OF Corey Dickerson and 3B Kevin Padlo. Designated LHP Christian Friedrich for assignment.

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 Tyler Wong, Let

G 18 27 30 28 27 29 27 27 19 18 27

25 31 27 18 13 21 31 26 28 12 18

32 23 27 36 41 32 21 26 23 39 32

57 54 54 54 54 53 52 52 51 51 50

Florida Tampa Bay Detroit

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OL GF 49 29 15 5 135 49 27 18 4 130 49 25 16 8 122

GA 108 117 124

Pt 63 58 58

Washington NY Rangers NY Islanders

Metropolitan Division GP W L OL GF 47 35 8 4 158 49 27 17 5 142 47 25 16 6 130

GA 104 129 118

Pt 74 59 56

WILD CARD W L OL 26 18 5 24 17 7 25 20 5 23 20 8 24 22 4 23 21 6 21 18 8 20 26 4 17 22 9 19 27 5

Boston Pittsburgh New Jersey Carolina Montreal Ottawa Philadelphia Buffalo Toronto Columbus

GP 49 48 50 51 50 50 47 50 48 51

GF 147 121 114 123 136 139 109 114 114 133

GA 131 120 118 135 134 155 127 136 134 163

Pt 57 55 55 54 52 52 50 44 43 43

Chicago Dallas St. Louis

Western Conference Central Division GP W L OL GF 53 33 16 4 147 50 31 14 5 162 52 28 16 8 129

GA 122 133 128

Pt 70 67 64

Los Angeles San Jose Arizona

Pacific Division GP W L OL GF 49 30 16 3 129 48 26 18 4 142 49 24 20 5 131

GA 113 129 146

Pt 63 56 53

Colorado Nashville Minnesota Anaheim Vancouver Winnipeg Calgary Edmonton

GP 52 50 49 47 50 49 48 50

GA 142 131 115 111 139 140 146 149

Pt 57 56 55 51 51 47 45 43

WILD CARD W L OL 27 22 3 24 18 8 23 17 9 22 18 7 20 19 11 22 24 3 21 24 3 19 26 5

GF 143 129 121 101 122 126 126 122

Wednesday’s results Tampa Bay 1 Toronto 0 Philadelphia 4 Washington 3 (OT) Nashville 2 Calgary 1 Colorado 4 Los Angeles 3

WHL Scoring Leaders Defensive ends: Ezekiel Ansah, Detroit Michael Bennett, Seattle Carlos Dunlap, Cincinnati. Defensive tackles: Jurrell Casey, Tennessee Calais Campbell, Arizona Geno Atkins, Cincinnati. Outside linebackers: Anthony Barr, Minnesota Lavonte David, Tampa Bay Sean Lee, Dallas. Inside linebackers: Derrick Johnson, Kansas City NaVorro Bowman, San Francisco. Cornerbacks: Richard Sherman, Seattle Desmond Trufant, Atlanta Adam Jones, Cincinnati Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie, New York Giants. Safeties: Reshad Jones, Miami Malcolm Jenkins, Philadelphia Harrison Smith, Minnesota. Special teams Punter: Sam Koch, Baltimore. Placekicker: Dan Bailey, Dallas. Return specialist: Darren Sproles, Philadelphia. Special-teamer: Justin Bethel, Arizona. Long-snapper: Jon Weeks, Houston.

NFL Playoffs

Egor Babenko, Let Jonathon Martin, SC Collin Shirley, Kam Nolan Patrick, Bra Mathew Barzal, Sea Brayden Point, MJ Jesse Gabrielle, PG Matthew Phillips, Vic Chase Witala, PG Andrew Nielsen, Let Brett Pollock, Edm

A 56 44 39 41 39 36 36 36 41 42 30

Pts 74 71 69 69 66 65 63 63 60 60 57

Rebels vs. Kootenay Ice Tonight, 7 p.m., Centrium The Ice, in rebuild mode, are sixth in the Central Division and 12th in the Eastern Conference with an 8-36-4 record. Kootenay has lost six games in succession and is 2-6-2-0 in the last 10 … RW Zak Zborosky leads all Ice scorers with 18 goals and 35 points in 35 games. Next in line is RW Jesse Zaharichuk (9-21-30) while C Matt Alfaro (13-14-27), D Cale Fleury (510-15) and C Noah Philp (312-15) round out the top five.

Tuesday, February 2 Minnesota at NY Islanders, 7 p.m. Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m. NY Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Florida at Washington, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Nashville, 8 p.m. Columbus at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Chicago at Colorado, 9 p.m. Los Angeles at Arizona, 9 p.m. San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

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

G 30 28 25 11 25 15 18 13 23 20 25 17 16 21 19 18 18 28 23 15 13 20 18 17 9 17 16

A 43 30 28 41 24 34 30 35 24 27 21 29 29 23 25 25 25 14 19 27 29 21 23 24 32 23 24

Pts 73 58 53 52 49 49 48 48 47 47 46 46 45 44 44 43 43 42 42 42 42 41 41 41 41 40 40

NHL All-Star Game Rosters Sunday, Jan. 31 At Nationwide Arena Nashville, Tenn. Atlantic Division Forwards Patrice Bergeron, Boston; Jaromir Jagr, Florida; Leo Komarov, Toronto; Dylan Larkin, Detroit; Ryan O’Reilly, Buffalo; Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Defencemen Aaron Ekblad, Florida; Erik Karlsson, Ottawa; P.K. Subban, Montreal Goalies Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay; Roberto Luongo, Florida Central Division Forwards Jamie Benn, Dallas; Matt Duchene, Colorado; Patrick Kane, Chicago; Tyler Seguin, Dallas; Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis; James Neal, Nashville Predators Defencemen Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg; Roman Josi, Nashville; Shea Weber, Nashville Goalies Devan Dubnyk, Minnesota; Pekka Rinne, Nashville Metropolitan Division Forwards Nicklas Backstrom, Washington; Claude Giroux, Philadelphia; Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh; Evgeny Kuznetsov, Washington; Brandon Saad, Columbus; John Tavares, NY Islanders Defencemen Justin Faulk, Carolina; Kris Letang, Pittsburgh; Ryan McDonagh, NY Rangers Goalies Braden Holtby, Washington; Cory Schneider, New Jersey Pacific Division Forwards Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary; Taylor Hall, Edmonton; Joe Pavelski, San Jose; Corey Perry, Anaheim; John Scott, Arizona; Daniel Sedin, Vanvcouver Defencemen Brent Burns, San Jose; Drew Doughty, Los Angeles; Mark Giordano, Calgary Goalies John Gibson, Anaheim; Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles

Scouting report

Injuries: Kootenay — RW Jaedon Descheneau (upper body, indefinite), RW Austin Gray (upper body, week-toweek). Red Deer — C Conner Bleackley (lower body, indefinite), D Josh Mahura (lower body, indefinite), C Luke Philp (lower body, week-toweek). Special teams: Kootenay — Power play 12.6 per cent, 22nd overall; penalty kill 72.8 per cent, 22nd. Red Deer — Power play 23.4 per cent, third overall; penalty kill 76 per cent, 20th.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Cleveland 32 12 .727 — Toronto 31 15 .674 2 Chicago 26 19 .578 6 1/2 Atlanta 27 21 .563 7 Boston 26 21 .553 7 1/2 Detroit 25 21 .543 8 Miami 25 21 .543 8 Indiana 24 22 .522 9 Charlotte 22 24 .478 11 New York 22 26 .458 12 Washington 20 24 .455 12 Orlando 20 24 .455 12 Milwaukee 20 28 .417 14 Brooklyn 12 34 .261 21 Philadelphia 7 40 .149 26 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Golden State 42 4 .913 — San Antonio 39 7 .848 3 Oklahoma City 35 13 .729 8 L.A. Clippers 30 16 .652 12

Memphis Dallas Houston Portland Utah Sacramento Denver New Orleans Phoenix Minnesota L.A. Lakers

27 26 25 21 20 20 18 17 14 14 9

20 22 23 26 25 26 29 28 33 33 39

.574 .542 .521 .447 .444 .435 .383 .378 .298 .298 .188

15 1/2 17 18 21 1/2 21 1/2 22 24 1/2 24 1/2 28 1/2 28 1/2 34

Wednesday’s Games Cleveland 115, Phoenix 93 Boston 111, Denver 103 Detroit 110, Philadelphia 97 Oklahoma City 126, Minnesota 123 San Antonio 130, Houston 99 L.A. Clippers 85, Atlanta 83 Utah 102, Charlotte 73 Golden State 127, Dallas 107

New Orleans 114, Sacramento 105 Memphis 103, Milwaukee 83 Toronto 103, New York 93 Chicago 114, L.A. Lakers 91 Friday’s Games Orlando at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Phoenix at New York, 5:30 p.m. Miami at Milwaukee, 6 p.m. Houston at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Brooklyn at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Minnesota at Utah, 7 p.m. Charlotte at Portland, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Golden State at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Detroit at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Brooklyn at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Denver at Indiana, 5 p.m. Sacramento at Memphis, 6 p.m. Washington at Houston, 6 p.m. San Antonio at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Indiana 111, Atlanta 92 Denver 117, Washington 113

Curling 2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships STRATFORD, Ont. — Standings and results Thursday following draw 14 at the 2016 Canadian junior curling championships, to be held through Sunday at the Stratford Rotary Complex: MEN Championship Pool Team (Skip) W L Northern Ont. (T.Horgan) 8 1 Manitoba (Dunstone) 8 1 B.C. (T.Tardi) 7 2 Quebec (Asselin) 6 3 Alberta (K.Sturmay) 5 4 Saskatchewan (Hersikorn) 5 4 Ontario (Kee) 4 5 New Brunswick (A.Robichaud) 4 5 Thursday’s results Draw 13 Championship Pool Manitoba 6 Saskatchewan 3 Quebec 10 New Brunswick 9 Seeding Pool Nfld. & Labrador 9 P.E.I. 8 Nova Scotia 10 Northwest Territories 3 Yukon 11 Nunavut 1 Draw 14 Championship Pool Alberta 6 New Brunswick 4 Saskatchewan 5 Ontario 1 Quebec 9 British Columbia 5 Northern Ontario 7 Manitoba 5 Seeding Pool Nfld. & Labrador 17 Northwest Territories 4

Friday’s games Draw 15, 7 a.m. Championship Pool British Columbia vs. Manitoba, Quebec vs. Northern Ontario, New Brunswick vs. Ontario, Alberta vs. Saskatchewan. Seeding Pool Nova Scotia vs. P.E.I. End of pool play PLAYOFFS Friday’s games Tiebreaker(s), noon (if necessary) Saturday’s games Semifinals, 5 p.m. Sunday’s game Final, 1 p.m. WOMEN Championship Pool Team (Skip) B.C. (S.Daniels) Nova Scotia (Fay) Manitoba (Ackland) Quebec (L.St-Georges) New Brunswick (J.Comeau) Alberta (S.Sturmay) Saskatchewan (Ko.Kesser) Ontario (Auld)

W 8 8 7 6 6 5 4 4

Thursday’s results Draw 13 Championship Pool

L 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 5

Manitoba 6 Saskatchewan 5 Ontario 10 New Brunswick 4 Seeding Pool P.E.I. 6 Nunavut 5 Northern Ontario 13 Yukon 6 Nfld. & Labrador 13 Northwest Territories 2 Draw 14 Championship Pool Quebec 8 Saskatchewan 5 Alberta 9 Ontario 2 British Columbia 8 Manitoba 5 Nova Scotia 11 New Brunswick 4 Seeding Pool Nunavut 11 Yukon 3 Friday’s games Draw 15, 7 a.m. Championship Pool Quebec vs. Ontario, Saskatchewan vs. Alberta, Manitoba vs. Nova Scotia, British Columbia vs. New Brunswick. Seeding Pool Northern Ontario vs. P.E.I. End of pool play PLAYOFFS Friday’s games Tiebreaker(s), noon (if necessary) Saturday’s games Semifinals, noon Sunday’s game Final, 8 a.m.

Golf PGA-Farmers Insurance Thursday San Diego Purse: $5 million First Round Scott Brown Andrew Loupe Billy Horschel Patton Kizzire Tom Hoge Rob Oppenheim Harold Varner III Gary Woodland Brendan Steele K.J. Choi Scott Stallings Hideki Matsuyama Matt Every Chesson Hadley Martin Laird Carlos Ortiz Brian Harman Patrick Reed Kyle Stanley John Huh Kyle Reifers Paul Dunne Ollie Schniederjans

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Freddie Jacobson Cameron Tringale Jim Herman Kevin Streelman Jimmy Walker Phil Mickelson Smylie Kaufman Steve Marino Hiroshi Iwata Tyrone Van Aswegen Robert Garrigus Boo Weekley Charles Howell III Hudson Swafford J.B. Holmes Harris English JasonGore Henrik Norlander Ryan Ruffels Kelly Kraft Michael Kim Michael Thompson Dustin Johnson Angel Cabrera Keegan Bradley J.J. Henry Colt Knost Brett Stegmaier

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Martin Piller Si Woo Kim

35-35—70 34-36—70

Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Thursday At Ocean Club Golf Course Paradise Island, Bahamas Purse: $1.4 million Yardage: 6,625 Par: 73 (36-37) First Round Paula Creamer 31-37—68 Charley Hull 34-34—68 Alison Lee 32-36—68 Ashlan Ramsey 33-35—68 Catriona Matthew 34-34—68 Mika Miyazato 37-31—68 Haru Nomura 34-34—68 Jennifer Johnson 35-34—69 Min Seo Kwak 34-35—69 Brittany Lincicome 34-36—70 Cyna Marie Rodriguez 31-39—70 P.K. Kongkraphan 36-34—70 Anna Nordqvist 33-37—70 Hyo Joo Kim 34-36—70 Laetitia Beck 33-37—70 Megan Khang 34-36—70 Danielle Kang 34-36—70 Sei Young Kim 35-36—71

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 B5

A balancing act with NHL All-Stars TEAMS WEIGH RISK OR REWARDS WHEN IT COMES TO INJURED PLAYERS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — A one-game, slapon-the-wrist suspension isn’t enough to stop NHL teams from keeping their banged-up players out of All-Star weekend. The league said Thursday that Chicago captain Jonathan Toews won’t participate in All-Star festivities in Nashville after he left a game this week with an illness. That came one day after the Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin pulled out of All-Star weekend with a lower-body injury that the team said had been bothering him since November. Ovechkin and Toews by rule are suspended for the first game after the All-Star break, the same punishment the Pittsburgh Penguins accepted last year with Sidney Crosby. The NHL’s rule was first used in 2009 against Detroit Red Wings stars Nicklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk, and now it has been levied against five of the league’s

top players. More teams are opting to play it safe. “We had to make a conscious decision on that,” Washington coach Barry Trotz said. “That’s the rules. You’ve seen other teams make that decision. I was out West, and Detroit’s made that decision a few times. The ultimate goal for us is to go deeper than we did last year, so sometimes you have to make those decisions. We made it. And we’ll just deal with it.” Ovechkin and Toews have each appeared at a handful of All-Star Games, and the price of missing a Feb. 2 game is insignificant compared with potential long-term ramifications. Blackhawks physician Michael Terry said Toews left Chicago’s game Tuesday with an illness and was symptomatic again Thursday, so he believes “rest over the break is most important for him to properly recover and be fully healthy heading into the rest of the regular season.”

The Capitals are atop the NHL standings as the best team in the Eastern Conference, and the defending Stanley Cup-champion Blackhawks are the best in the West at the break. Washington will still have three All-Stars, as fellow Russian Evgeny Kuznetsov will replace Ovechkin and join centre Nicklas Backstrom and goaltender Braden Holtby in Nashville. The host Predators now have four representatives, since Toews’ replacement is winger James Neal. He joins Nashville defencemen Shea Weber and Roman Josi and goalie Pekka Rinne. New York Islanders centre John Tavares replaces Ovechkin as captain of the Metropolitan Division for the league’s new 3-on-3 tournament format. Playing 3-on-3 for 20-minute periods is something Trotz expressed concern over earlier in the week. “I think for some players, if you have a lower-back (injury) or groin issues or things like that and you get

caught out on some of those long shifts … you can get caught out there for quite a while,” Trotz said. “There’s some of those foot races — you take a shot, miss the net or you get a great offensive chance, now there’s a race all the way back. When you’re fatigued you can probably blow a groin or something. If you have any kind of lowback or groin issues, those are things that could lead to re-injury.” Ovechkin said he hasn’t been healthy for a couple of months. As much as he enjoys All-Star weekend, he said he was OK with the organization’s decision to hold him out. “This was a hard decision, but we talk about it, coaching staff, trainers and we tried to battle through it, maybe it’s getting better — but it’s stayed the same,” Ovechkin said. “I have to get ready for the rest of the year, get healthy and I think we have a good chance to have success and I want to be a part of it. I don’t want to miss important things.”

Brown takes early lead at Torrey Pines BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO — Scott Brown and Phil Mickelson both had reason to believe it could be a long day on the South Course at Torrey Pines. It turned out just fine Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open, especially for Brown. Brown hit into a hazard and made bogey on the first par 5 he faced and was 2 over through six holes. He finished with eight birdies over his last 11 holes for a 6-under 66, giving him a share of the lead with Andrew Loupe. Only it felt much better for Brown because it was on the South, which played 2 ½ shots harder than the North Course where Loupe shot his 66. “Extremely hard,” Brown said of the South, which already hosted one U.S. Open and has another coming in five years. “But it’s fair. It’s just tough. If you’re out of position, you just have to play for par or bogey and you can’t make any big numbers out there because as soon as you get behind the 8-ball, you can’t press and try to make birdies.” He did, anyway, including a 30 on the front nine. Brown and Loupe had a one-shot lead over five players, including Billy Horschel, who all played the North Course. Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., shot a 1 under while Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., shot an even-par 72. Defending champion Jason Day, who missed the pro-am because of the flu, made his tee time but not a lot of birdies. He shot 72 on the North Course. That was one shot better than Rickie Fowler, who won Sunday in Abu Dhabi and couldn’t buy a putt on the North Course in his round of 73.

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Phil Mickelson tees off on the 2nd hole of Torrey Pines south during the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament, Thursday in San Diego. “Couldn’t get anything going,” Fowler said. “Couldn’t make a putt. So looking forward to getting on the South greens, that’s for sure.” Mickelson, whose last win at Torrey Pines was 15 years ago, didn’t have the ideal start, either. On the second-easiest par 4 on the South Course, he hit into a fairway bunker, caught the lip trying to get out, hit his third shot just over the green and failed to get upand-down, making double bogey. “I thought anything in the 60s would

have been a good score,” Mickelson said. “It’s a very difficult golf course. But after doubling the second, I was able to kind of just keep things calm until I made a few birdies, and it was a good back nine.” As significant as his birdies was a par on No. 11, where his tee shot found a bunker and he escaped with a 20-foot par putt. Mickelson hit enough good drives to set up three straight birdies. He reached the 614-yard 13th hole in two, hit wedge to 5 feet for birdie on

the 14th and an 8-iron to 4 feet on the next hole. He ended with a 30-foot birdie putt on the 18th. Of the 33 players who shots in the 60s, only 12 of the scores came on the South Course. K.J. Choi and Chesson Hadley each had a 68. Paul Dunne of Ireland made his PGA Tour debut with a 69 on the South, while 17-year-old Ryan Ruffels of Australia opened with a 70 on the North Course in his first professional event in America. Ruffels, the son of tennis parents Ray Ruffels and Anna-Maria Fernandez, won a Junior World Championship at Torrey Pines, and he beat Mickelson in a practice round last December. Mickelson figured the South Course would be a good test for his driver, and he had mixed results. “It was not what I expected, but better than I’m used to,” he said. Jimmy Walker was expecting much better. He was excited about the way he was driving the ball until a piece of epoxy on his driver came loose during the pro-am. He missed it left of the gallery on No. 7, and so far right on the par-5 ninth on the South that it landed beyond a blue mesh fence of a concession area. At that point, he still was 4 under. Walker kept it together for a 69 and then headed for the range. “It’s tough when you’ve got a twoway miss going,” he said. “But I hit some good irons, good wedges and some good putts.” This tournament typically isn’t sorted out until the weekend because of the disparity of the courses, though the North is no longer a pushover. It has tighter fairways with thick rough. The scoring difference comes largely from the par 5s, which all are reachable with good tee shots.

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stands out,” Henderson said of the tournaments this season. “Being able to play in the Olympics and represent your country is an unbelievable experience that I’m really excited for. Along with that, there are five other majors on the LPGA Tour, which definitely stand out and are weeks when I want a peak performance.” Some of Henderson’s best results have come at major events. She fin-

ished tied for fifth at both the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and the U.S. Women’s Open last year. “After the season I had last year, I know anything is possible,” she said. “Like I said there’s a lot of hard work that still needs to be done and little improvements. But it’s exciting to be in the position that I am … I’ve been given a gift and I want to make the most of it.”

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Canadian golfer Brooke Henderson is coming off a breakthrough rookie season. She’s hoping to build off it as she aims for bigger things in 2016 and beyond. “I’m looking to get a few more wins on the LPGA Tour and hopefully a major championship within the next couple of years,” Henderson said. “I know that requires a lot of hard work and improvement on my behalf and a solid week (at each event). But I know it’s possible and I’m just looking forward to getting the chance to do it.” Henderson will began her season at the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic, Thursday. She opened the US$1.4-million tournament at the Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island with a 2-under 71, good enough for a tie of 18th place. As a 17-year-old without full-time status, Henderson had an unpredictable first half of the season last year. She often had to rely on sponsor exemptions and qualification rounds to enter tournaments. Things changed last August when she blew away the field at the Cambia Portland Classic to win her first LPGA Tour event by eight strokes. Henderson was immediately given full Tour membership and can now play a full schedule without the hassle of chaotic travel plans and the grind of qualifiers. “I want to go out and make a good name for myself and see if I can make a long career out of it,” Henderson

said in a recent interview. After spending the holiday season in her hometown of Smiths Falls, Ont., Henderson has spent the last few weeks preparing for the season at the Indigo Lakes Golf Club in Daytona Beach, Fla. Henderson rocketed over 200 spots in the world rankings last year before settling at the No. 18 position. She’s hoping improvements to her short game will help get her into the top 10. “I want to make sure that around the green I’m very consistent,” she said. “Especially against the top (players) in the world. They’re so good. Over the last couple of years, I’ve noticed that if I could improve a little bit, it’s definitely around the green. So I’ve been working hard on that and just getting my mental game up to where it should be.” Canadian women’s national team coach Tristan Mullally has worked with Henderson over the last four years. He thinks one of her strongest assets is that she’s not limited to one particular style — she can remain consistent regardless of the course. “More variety of shots. She is powerful. She’s not one of the longest hitters in the game but she’s consistently in the right place in the fairways,” he said. “Her overall length compared to the others is probably very close to the top 25 or 30 in terms of length. But she’s higher (with her) accuracy.” Henderson is also a virtual lock to represent Canada when golf makes its return to the Olympic program at the Summer Games in August. “Rio is definitely one that really

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Kingsbury wants to stay king of the hill CANADIAN MOGULS STAR LOOKS TO CONTINUE DOMINANT FORM IN CALGARY BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — He’s gone where no man has gone before in moguls skiing with time to push the envelope even further. The winningest man in World Cup moguls before his 24th birthday, Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury is contemplating what other history he can make in his sport. “I want to be known maybe one day as one of the greatest in my sport,” Kingsbury said Wednesday upon arrival in Calgary. “Getting all the records, maybe one day they won’t be beatable because I am still young and I’ve had a pretty good career so far. I know I haven’t reached my peak potential in my sport.” The skier from Deux-Montagnes, Que., has won the overall World Cup men’s moguls title four straight years. Kingsbury heads into Saturday’s competition at Canada Olympic Park wearing the leader’s yellow bib after two victories to open his 2015-16 campaign. He set a record for consecutive wins last season with seven. Kingsbury established a new benchmark for all-time moguls wins with his 29th in December and added another last week in Val Saint-Come, Que. The previous high of 28 had been held by Frenchman Edgar Grospiron since 1995. Five of Kingsbury’s 30 World Cup victories were earned in Calgary. He’s won every year at COP since 2011. “For sure, it’s the place where I have won the most in the career. I want to continue winning here,” Kingsbury said. He leads a host moguls squad looking to duplicate in Calgary their domi-

nant performance in Quebec. Canadians won five of six available medals in Val Saint-Come with Kingsbury posting his best score ever to claim men’s gold. Laurent Dumais of Quebec City earned bronze for his first World Cup medal. The Dufour-Lapointe sisters from Montreal — Justine, Chloe and Maxime — swept the women’s podium in that order. “We proved we’re still the strongest country with the performance of the sisters and the performance of Laurent Dumais, who did his first ever World Cup podium,” Kingsbury said. “ “For me, having my highest score ever, it was just unbelievable. Hopefully we’ll be able to do that again here. We like to compete on home soil. We are from Quebec, but being back here in Calgary, it’s still our country and we’re here to compete at our best again.” Justine and Chloe provided a touching tableau for photographers at the 2014 Sochi Olympics when they held hands prior to stepping on the podium — Justine for gold and Chloe for silver. They’ve shared the podium in Calgary three straight years. Justine won gold in 2013 and 2014 and bronze last year. Chloe is on a three-year run of silver at COP. The possibility of Dufour-Lapointes blanketing a podium materialized when Maxime, the eldest at 26, joined them in a super final for the first time in Val Saint-Come. The trio made it the first Canadian sweep of women’s World Cup moguls. “The only thing that’s new is we know it’s possible,” Maxime said. “We’ve done it and we know it can happen. It was actually a really big experience. If this situation happens again, the thought may cross our minds, but it

London Olympics veterans lead Canada into Rio qualifier SOCCER BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — While not dismissing the first three teams Canada will face at next month’s Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship in Texas, coach John Herdman acknowledges it all boils down to Game 4. A win in the semifinal and Canada is headed to Rio, looking to add to the bronze it won in heroic fashion four years ago in London. Herdman has retooled his squad for the Olympic qualifier, shedding 10 members of his 23-woman World Cup roster last summer for a trimmeddown 20-player roster. Captain Christine Sinclair and six other veterans of 2012 Olympic team remain for the Feb. 10-21 qualifier. But Herdman has infused youth into the squad with seven players 20 years old and under. Players range in age from 16-year-old midfielder Deanne Rose to 34-year-old forward Melissa Tancredi. Playing in Group B, 11th-ranked Canada opens against No. 89 Guyana on Feb. 11 before facing No. 48 Trinidad and Tobago on Feb. 14 and No. 76 Guatemala on Feb. 16. Group A play, featuring the topranked Americans, No. 26 Mexico, No. 34 Costa Rica, and No. 108 Puerto Rico, takes place in Frisco outside Dallas. The top two teams in each group play in the crossover semifinals Feb. 19 with the winners booking their ticket to Rio de Janeiro as representatives of North and Central America and the Caribbean. The championship game goes Feb. 21. “The game we have to be freshest for is Game 4,” Herdman told a media conference call Tuesday. “Whether that’s the U.S., Costa Rica or Mexico. We have to get through the other games and put ourselves in a good position to be at our best for that fourth

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Captain Christine Sinclair and six other veterans of the Canadian women’s soccer team that won bronze at the 2012 London Olympics will lead the charge in Texas next month to qualify for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. game.” Herdman has divided his team into three groups: the veterans, inbetweeners and new faces. He’ll dig into each talent pool for the opening games, then roll out his best lineup for the key semifinal. Despite the youthful additions, there is plenty of experience. The 32-year-old Sinclair and Tancredi are joined by fellow Olympic veterans Diana Matheson, Erin McLeod, Desiree Scott, Sophie Schmidt and Rhian Wilkinson. Together they have 1,035 caps for Canada. Defender Kadeisha Buchanan (44 caps) and midfielder Ashley Lawrence (26), both 20 years old, have already integrated themselves into the lineup. Teenage midfielder Jessie Fleming (17 caps) has also earned her dues. But the rest of the 20-and-under corps — defender Rebecca Quinn, midfielder Rose and forwards Nichelle Prince and Gabrielle Carle — have 24 caps between them.

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Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury celebrates after winning the men’s World Cup freestyle moguls event in Calgary, Jan. 3, 2015. After a pair of victories to start this season’s campaign, he is hoping to continue his hot start with another win in Calgary this weekend. will be much less distracting.” Kingsbury won Olympic silver in 2014 behind Canadian teammate Alexandre Bilodeau, who defended his gold from 2010. The pursuit of that gold two years from now in Pyeongchang, South Korea, keeps Kingsbury hungry and driven amid his success. “The training and the big picture of my plan the next two years is to win Olympic gold,” Kingsbury said. “I’m already talking about it and planning towards it, trying to put pressure on myself at events to perform even better, so I get used to the pressure of the

Olympics.” Quebec City’s Philippe Marquis, Gabriel Dufresne of Repentigny, Que., Zac Hoffman of Thornhill, Ont., Brendan Kelly of Pemberton, B.C. and Jordan Kober of Penticton, B.C., join Kingsbury and Dumais in the Canadian men’s contingent racing Saturday. Alex-Anne Gagnon of Terrebonne, Que., Andi Naude of Penticton, Audrey Robichaud of Quebec City, Julie Bergeron of Trois-Rivieres, Que., Valerie Gilbert of Sainte-Adele, Que., and Calgary’s Clare Lambert round out the host women’s squad.

Canadian welterweight Dwyer aims to put on a show against new UFC recruit BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Just three fights into his UFC career, Kelowna welterweight Matt Dwyer has experienced a little of everything. On Saturday he’ll get to see one of UFC president Dana White’s handpicked recruits when he steps into the cage against Randy (Rudeboy) Brown on a UFC televised card in Newark, N.J. Brown (6-0-0) was spotted by White at a regional promotion as part of the UFC boss’s “Lookin’ for a Fight” web series. Dwyer (8-3-0) is unfazed by the 25-year-old Brown’s credentials or his resume. “A lot of these guys that he was fighting definitely didn’t have the experience,” he said. “My last five opponents have been killers, to say the least. I’ve definitely been battle-tested. “But I’m definitely not taking anything away from Rudeboy. He got his shot to fight in the UFC. The kid’s got nothing to lose “ The bout matches two of the UFC’s taller 170-pounders. Dwyer is six foot four while Brown is 6-2. Dwyer, 23, says he enters the cage with the same mindset every time out “I like to put on entertaining fights,” he said. “No matter what happens, win or lose, the crowd will be entertained.” That approach has earned Dwyer one win and two performance of the night bonuses. After being stopped in his UFC debut by hard-nosed Russian Albert Tumenov in Halifax in October 2004, Dwyer rallied to knock out William (Patolino) Macario last February in Brazil via Superman punch — something only Travis Browne and James Irvin had done in the UFC before. That earned Dwyer a performance

of the night bonus. The Canadian lost via decision to Alain Jouban in July in San Diego but picked up a fight of the night bonus for his efforts. Dwyer was exhausted by the end of the fight, thanks in part to Jouban but also to an iron deficiency diagnosed during his fight camp. “I didn’t realize how serious it was back then. I was really groggy, just not wanting to train — a bit miserable. I just kind of got through it.” Once the fatigue set in, he had to sacrifice offence for defence. “I know I could have done more. I’m not taking anything from Jouban, he won the fight. But I could definitely could have done a lot better.” Dwyer was kicked in the head twice in the loss to Tumenov and probably deserved a bonus for getting back to his feet after the first one. “I was still a little dazed and then got kicked in the face again, which fractured my orbital (bone) and my jaw.” The good news was while he could feel a bump in his face where the orbital bone was protruding, it healed nicely without surgery. Four months later, he was a winner via the onepunch knockout. “It was an amazing experience before,” he said of fighting in Brazil. “I’ve never even gone on a vacation before. It would be nice to go on one soon. The first time I’ve really left Canada was when I went to Brazil.” Saturday’s main event at the Prudential Centre features Anthony (Rumble) Johnson, ranked second among light-heavyweight contenders, against No. 4 Ryan (Darth) Bader. Also on the card, Montreal lightweight Olivier (The Quebec Kid) Aubin-Mercier faces American-based Brazilian Diego Ferreira.

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Standing up for Albertans GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT RALLYING AGAINST GAS TAX, BILL 6, NDP IDEOLOGY BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Albertans First founder George Clark has turned his attention to protecting the environment with an anti-windmill campaign. Opposing green energy is the movement’s latest effort to criticize the NDP government and encourage people to sign petitions opposing the province’s carbon tax plan and farm safety bill. Clark said scientific studies show that for every windmill the NDP government allows, a minimum of 10 birds — possibly some on the endangered species list — would be killed annually from the spinning blades. “Birds are a very important part of our environment and they’re at risk if the province puts 15,000 windmills up,” said Clark, 59, before he spoke to an audience of about 70 people at Red Deer Quality Inn on Thursday afternoon. A YouTube video he posted on the AlbertansFirst Twitter feed Wednesday morning of a bird being killed by a wind turbine had almost 52,000 views as of Thursday. “If (the provincial government) is not going to listen to logic and reason and science, they have to understand this. This is not acceptable in this province,” said Clark, of Calgary, holding up his smartphone to show the video clip of an injured bird crashing to the ground. “I’m not prepared to be part of the Alberta that builds 15,000 (wind turbines) and literally condemns 150,000 of our birds. They’re such an important part of the ecosystem.” He said more and more people are going to see the video clip and they will not allow the NDP to come in and build windmills. “If they do, then everyone that supports it is responsible for the blood and death of the ecosystem and we cannot allow that.” He said over the years the oil and gas industry has bent over backwards to accommodate wildlife habitats. “What’s happening with this green energy push is endangering the wonderful work of all of these Albertans over the last 40 years.” Clark said more than 80,000 signatures have been collected on Albertans First petitions addressed to the lieutenant governor to stop Bill 6 and carbon tax plan. “We have a government that’s attempting to bring in legislation that they know the majority of Albertans

Olds College has edged closer to its $30-million fundraising goal. Lacombe County council voted unanimously on Thursday to give the college a one-time donation of $400,000 towards an ambitious upgrading project at the agricultural college. The project is aimed at positioning the college for the future and addressing a demand that has left hundreds of students on waiting lists, council was told in a recent pitch by college representatives. Modernizations are planned for three parts of the college to keep the facility on the educational leading edge.

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George Clark of the Albertans First speaks at a rally at the Quality Inn in Red Deer on Thursday. don’t want. That’s not how our democracy works.” Albertans First want plebiscites on carbon tax and the farm safety bill. The grass-roots movement calls the carbon tax a provincial sales tax in disguise and argues that the farm safety bill will take away the rights of injured workers to sue farmers rather than protect workers. He said the consultation process announced this month by the province to develop regulations for Bill 6 is too late. “If they have to go into consultation now to try and figure out how to

do what they already passed, perhaps they should just stop, rescind the bill, go into consultation.” Clark said in the last three weeks he has visited 30 towns and cities to promote the petitions. “Thousands of Albertans are coming in and signing, getting behind us. It’s big and it boils down to one thing. People want to be governed by the will of the majority of Albertans. They do not want to be governed by the ideology of a party. “And that’s what’s happening right now.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

A complete overhaul of the Animal Sciences building is the biggest part of the project and is expected to cost about $20 million. Renovations to the bays, labs and classrooms in the Agricultural Mechanics and Industry Training Centre are priced at $6-8 million, while upgrades to the Hub-Integrated Student Health Services and Learning Commons is a projected $2-4-million project. The county’s contribution can be leveraged into even more money for the college. Former Lacombe County resident and philanthropist Jack Anderson has offered to match up to $500,000 worth of donations to the college. Speaking in support of the funding request, Coun. Brenda Knight said county students have benefited from

the training they get in the animal sciences and agricultural mechanics programs. A five-year capital fundraising program will be officially kicked off this spring. Renovations must be done in stages because students will continue to take their classes even as their departments are renovated. Tanya McDonald, the college’s vice-president of advancement, told council in its presentation two weeks ago that modernizing is necessary to meet the needs of the students and to expand its world-class animal program. About 95 per cent of Olds College students are employed within six months of graduation. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Three people face numerous charges after an RCMP investigation unexpectedly encountered fleeing suspects allegedly with stolen property. While Blackfalds and Red Deer RCMP were investigating two stolen snowmobiles north of Red Deer on Wednesday, a truck and trailer came to the area. As the driver of the truck and trailer tried to avoid police, a tree was backed into, alerting an RCMP officer nearby. The officer followed the truck

and trailer to a dead end road where an altercation took place between that officer and driver. No serious injuries were sustained by anybody. Two individuals were arrested with the truck and trailer, and two additional persons were arrested after assistance was utilized from Police Dog Services. A 24-year-old man from Rumsey, and two Red Deer people, a woman, age 25, and a man, age 23, are all facing numerous Criminal Code charges. All the accused were

detained in custody to appear in Red Deer provincial court. Blackfalds RCMP remind the public that if they see suspicious persons and/ or vehicles to contact police force and to not engage with anyone suspected of being involved in criminal activity. If you want to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), or by internet at www.tipsubmit.com. You do not have to reveal your identity to Crime Stoppers, and if you provide information to Crime Stoppers that leads to an arrest, you may be eligible for a cash reward.

Man jailed for ramming cop car in stolen SUV BY ADVOCATE STAFF Driving a stolen truck and ramming a police vehicle has landed a 20-yearold Red Deer man in hot water. After a Ford Expedition truck was stolen from a Lancaster residence on Sunday, Red Deer RCMP responded at about 9 a.m. to a report of a hit-and-run on the 67th Street bridge involving the

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truck. With the assistance of the victim, RCMP located the suspect vehicle in a gas station parking lot on 76th Street and Gaetz Avenue. The driver of the truck accelerated into the driver’s side of a police cruiser that was blocking his exit, disabling the vehicle. More RCMP members tracked the truck as it drove through the Normandeau and Kentwood neighbourhoods

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at slow speeds. The truck hit a parked vehicle on Kerr Close and a fence on Kingston Drive before driving into a green space behind Aspen Heights School and getting stuck in the snow. RCMP arrested the driver without further incident. No one was injured in the series of collisions. The man is facing a number of Criminal Code charges and is to appear in Red Deer provincial court on Monday.

Innocently trying to help a stranger by offering up her cellphone, a Red Deer teen suddenly became the victim in a vicious assault just before Christmas 2014. Then a 13-year-old the girl, who can’t be identified because of a court-ordered publication ban, was choked unconscious and punched and kicked for four minutes. She came to, fought off her much larger attacker and ran away. As she ran, her attacker yelled that she better run because he intended to kill her. Alexander Arthur Beaulieu, 30, of Red Deer pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and robbery on Thursday in Red Deer provincial court. Judge Bart Rosborough sentenced him to six years in prison. Crown Prosecutor Ann MacDonald played some of the surveillance footage from the incident, which clearly showed the assault Rosborough described as brutal, gratuitous and cowardly. At first the victim is seen standing with Beaulieu, but very abruptly the assault starts and continues. On watching the video the victim and family members cried in court while Beaulieu sighed heavily and shook his head. Beaulieu had asked the victim, a total stranger to him, to use her cellphone. Then he choked her unconscious and punched and kicked her head and body. After the victim came to and fled, Beaulieu took her cellphone and fled the scene in a stolen vehicle. The assault took place on Dec. 22, 2014 behind the G.H. Dawe Centre. MacDonald told the court while the victim had recovered physically from the beating she suffered, she is still being treated for the psychological damage the incident caused her. Beaulieu read a letter he had written in court apologizing to the victim. “I’m sorry for the horrific nightmare I put you through,” he read. “I hope you can one day forgive me, not that I deserve it, but so you can heal.” As he read on, Beaulieu also wept, but wiped away the tears saying “I don’t deserve to cry.” His defence counsel Andrew Phypers told the court Beaulieu suffered from a non-progressive brain injury on the fetal alcohol spectrum as well as other mental health issues including post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar disorder. In his letter, Beaulieu said he did not want to blame his disorders or circumstances. Instead he said he made the choice to do what he did. Rosborough also issued additional orders including a lifetime weapons ban and an order Beaulieu provide a sample of his DNA. Rosborough also recommended Beaulieu serve his sentence at Bowden Institution so he could be close to his family. Beaulieu was given credit of 407 days of pre-sentence custody as he has been held in custody for a lengthy period of time. Phypers said a large part of that has been served segregated from general population including 117 days straight. Beaulieu has four years and 260 days left to serve. After the guilty plea was accepted by the court, MacDonald withdrew other charges including choking, attempted kidnapping, uttering death threats, possession of stolen property under $5,000 and theft under $5,000. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Sear given time served for stolen trailer, skid steer BY ADVOCATE STAFF A sentence of time served was handed down for a man accused of having a stolen trailer and skid steer in his possession. Curtis Troy Sear, 42, of Red Deer was sentenced on Wednesday in Red Deer provincial court by judge Jim Mitchell. He pleaded guilty to the charges on Dec. 10, 2015. Mitchell handed down a threemonth sentence to Sear, but the convicted man was held in custody before the plea. The incident occurred on July 26, 2013 when Innisfail RCMP became suspicious about two pickup trucks stopped at the side of the road near Penhold. Police said the two men were in the midst of hooking a trailer carrying a skid steer up to the truck. The two items were reported stolen from a work site near Bowden. Sean Davis Olsen, 40, of Red Deer pleaded guilty in April 2015 and was sentenced to three months of jail.

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County of Lacombe rejects Sandy Point Resort request to pave road REEVE SAYS UNFAIR PRECEDENT WOULD BE SET IF AGREEMENT WAS RE-OPENED BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Using Lacombe County cash to upfront road paving costs for an RV resort and its public beach would set a dangerous precedent, warned several councillors. Developers behind Sandy Point Resort on Gull Lake wanted council to agree to pay for paving a gravel road that leads to the resort and a developer-built public beach and boat launch. The cost would be somewhere in the range of $2.3 million and the county would be reimbursed later. After lengthy debate, council narrowly turned down the request in a 4-3 vote on Thursday. As part of its development agreement with the county, Delta Land Co. committed to paving the road, Range Road 1.1, when traffic counts warrant or when the first three phases of the RV resort have been completed. But the number of people using the road has been higher than anticipated, in large part because of the quality and size of the public beach the developers built. Word has gotten out and more people than expected, and who aren’t resort residents, are travelling to the site, said developer Lance Dzaman. Those numbers are expected to grow this year, when a washroom facility is built. To improve the route in and keep dust down, the developers proposed the county pay for paving to the beach

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and to the resort entrance now and Delta would reimburse the cost, plus interest, later. However, that option would mean re-writing a development agreement signed with the county. County Reeve Paula Law was strongly opposed to changing the terms of an agreement because it would set precedent. She warned council that if it agreed to change the deal it sent the message that every development agreement the county signed could be up for negotiation. “There is the potential there for us to be asked to up-front a lot of money in a lot of developments in the future,” said Law. Coun. Brenda Knight also pointed to the precedent-setting implications of cutting a new deal with one set of developers. “Treating everyone fairly is a big part of our job,” said Knight. “If you say yes to one, you say yes to everyone,” she added later. Coun. Ken Wigmore was concerned about safety on the gravel road if boaters and beach-goers come in big numbers this summer. “I think once word gets out on this … there’s going to be a tremendous amount of traffic,” he said. “I think I have to support (the request) for the public safety and the access part of it.” Improving safety on the road was al-

so a concern of Coun. Dana Kreil. A good reason would be needed to re-write the development deal, she suggested, adding “public safety is a real good reason.” The developers said if the county doesn’t agree to pave the road that upgrades won’t likely be done until the agreed-on triggers on traffic counts or development progress are reached. The 64-lot first phase is complete and a 41-lot second phase is near completion at Sandy Point. When fully built out, it will include an 18-hole golf course, swimming pool, camping and picnic areas, trails and room for up to 1,125-condominium RV lots. The first phase of an inland marina and a public beach are already built. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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City of Lacombe will have to wait to see what recreation funding help is coming from its neighbour. Lacombe County has been asked for $3.4 million as its share of $11.4 million in improvements to the arena, aquaplex, parks and Lacombe Memorial Centre. The bulk of funding — $3.3 million — would be the county’s share of $11.1 million in renovations and an expansion at the city’s Barnett Arena. Coun. Ken Wigmore proposed a motion, which passed, to defer a decision until council has had a chance to review how much funding it has in reserves for these kinds of projects. Lacombe County agreed a year ago to provide nearly $980,000 towards the $3.2-million cost of the first phase of the recreation complex renovations. That work came in about $1 million under budget, meaning the county’s contribution will also drop by about one-third. Since the county made its first contribution the scope of the recreation complex project changed. In December, Lacombe city council approved a 7,000-square-foot addition for five new dressing rooms — including a $736,000 space for the Bentley Generals. The total cost of the additional work is $3.4 million, bringing the total recreation complex project budget to $13.7 million. The recommendation from county staff was to approve $3.1 million in funding for the city, a total which does not include a share of the Generals’ proposed dressing room. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Council on aging meeting set for Golden Circle People who want to hear about seniors benefits available from the federal and provincial governments are invited to attend a meeting at Golden Circle Resource Centre on Tuesday at 9 a.m. Information will be shared at a Central Alberta Council on Aging meeting. Guest speakers include representatives from Service Canada and Alberta Supports. Everyone is welcome to attend. Admission is $4 per person. Central Alberta Council on Aging is dedicated to improving the quality of life for seniors and encouraging their participation in society. Golden Circle is located at 4620 47A Ave.

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France on edge MAN WITH 2 HANDGUNS, PARTNER ARRESTED AT DISNEYLAND PARIS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — A man with two handguns was detained Thursday along with his female partner at Disneyland Paris, Europe’s most-visited tourist attraction, police said. No one was hurt in the incident and the park remained open after the arrests. They come as France remains on edge and under a state of emergency after Islamic extremist attacks around Paris in November that killed 130 people. The man, 28, was detained at the New York Hotel, part of the Disneyland complex, according to a police official who wasn’t authorized to be publicly named. He was also found to have a Qur’an. The man’s motives for trying to enter the hotel with weapons were unclear. His partner was detained later at the park, the official said. The woman didn’t appear to be armed, and no other suspects are currently being pursued, the official said. About a dozen police surrounded the hotel Thursday evening, and a car was towed away from the parking lot, though it’s unclear whether the car was linked to the arrests. Employees at the New York Hotel and several others around Disneyland Paris said they continued functioning as usual after the arrest. Officials with Disneyland Paris and the French Interior Ministry had no immediate comment about the arrest.

BRIEF Mass expulsions ahead as migrant crisis grows STOCKHOLM — Dazzled by an unprecedented wave of migration, Sweden on Thursday put into words an uncomfortable reality for Europe: If the continent isn’t going to welcome more than 1 million people a year, it will have to deport large numbers of them to countries plagued by social unrest and abject poverty. Interior Minister Anders Ygeman said Sweden could send back 60,00080,000 asylum seekers in the coming years. Even in a country with a long history of immigration, that would be a scale of expulsions unseen before. “The first step is to ensure voluntary returns,” Ygeman told Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri.

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Visitors walking toward the Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, background, at Disneyland Paris in Marne la Vallee, east of Paris, France. A French police official says a man found to be carrying two handguns has been arrested at a hotel at Disneyland Paris. France remains under a state of emergency since Nov. 13 Islamic extremist attacks around Paris that killed 130 people. “But if we don’t succeed, we need to have returns by coercion.” The coercive part is where it gets uncomfortable. Packing unwilling migrants, even entire families, onto chartered airplanes bound for the Balkans, the Middle East or Africa evokes images that clash with Europe’s humanitarian ideals. But the sharp rise of people seeking asylum in Europe last year almost certainly will also lead to much higher numbers of rejections and deportations. European Union officials have urged member countries to quickly send back those who don’t qualify for asylum so that Europe’s welcome can be focused on those who do, such as people fleeing the war in Syria. “People who do not have a right to stay in the European Union need to be returned home,” said Natasha Bertaud, a spokeswoman for the EU’s executive Commission. “This is a matter of credibility that we do return these people, because you don’t want to give the impression of course that Europe is an open door,”

Even with Trump’s shadow hanging over the debate, his closest competitors are eager for an opportunity to break through in his absence. They also hope his boycott will be viewed negatively by voters in Iowa, which kicks off voting in the 2016 presidential race next Monday. “I think it’ll hurt him that he’s not showing up in the Iowa debate four days before the Iowa caucuses,” former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told CNN. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Republicans “don’t have time for these kinds of distractions.” Trump has led the Republican race nationally for months, to the surprise of many. In Iowa, however, polls suggest he’s locked in a tight race with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a favourite of the conservatives and evangelical Christians who hold significant sway in the state’s Republican caucuses.

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Privacy concerns raised over webcams BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A young child asleep on a couch in Israel. Mourners huddled together at a small funeral in Brazil. An elderly woman stretching in a fitness centre in Poland. All available for anyone to watch via the unsecured webcams overhead. This isn’t “1984,” it’s the world in 2016. Shodan, a search engine that indexes computers and devices rather than information, now allows users to pull screenshots from nanny cams, security cameras and other connected devices around the world that don’t ask for a username or password. Those screenshots are connected to an IP address, a unique identifier for each Internet connection or device that can be traced back to a general geographic area. Anne Cavoukian, former Ontario privacy commissioner and now the executive director of the Privacy and Big Data Institute at Ryerson University, said she was appalled when she saw the Shodan webcam search in action. Yet, she said, it’s only a symptom of the wider problem with the so-called Internet of Things, where many webcams and other connected devices such as wearables, TVs and thermostats ship with a low level of security — and some with none at all. “It allows people to steal glimpses of personal spaces in people’s homes, places of work, or inside a hospital — our most private spaces,” she said. Emails sent to Shodan’s general inbox requesting comment were not answered. Cavoukian is among those spurring the development of the privacy-by-design approach, urging software companies and manufacturers to build privacy

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Ontario Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian is shown at a news conference in Toronto in 2008. A webcam search engine is raising privacy concerns for connected devices.

measures, because many customers don’t have the time or the know-how to dig through the options of every device they own. And the responsibility of companies to secure their products has never been more urgent, she said, as computers and networks are increasingly invading the home in cars, refrigerators, wearable devices and even baby monitors. “The minute someone outside has eyes through these webcams into these networks, they’re going to see and know everything,” she said. Abhay Raman, a cyber security expert at EY, said some companies cut corners on security in order to make things cheaper for the customer and make it easier for different devices to communicate. “Designing specifically for various security levels gets more complicated, more involved, with more testing,” he said. “Programmers take the easy route in enabling as many features as you can.” Companies, especially those bringing new technology to the market, should offer their customers a privacy nutrition label, Raman said, listing what their device or app does, what it’s accessing and why it needs to do so. “We’re going to learn these things as we evolve, but I think it’s incumbent on the vendors to provide enough information to help the user make a decision,” he said. Larger companies such as Microsoft, Apple and Facebook have worked to build privacy features such as two-factor authentication into their offerings, he said, yet the bottom line is still a driver for some companies to skimp on security.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Apple could soon face one of its biggest challenges to date: Peak iPhone. Most analysts believe Apple surpassed its own record by selling more than 74.5 million units of its flagship product in the final three months of 2015. But there are signs that iPhone sales in the first three months of 2016 will — for the first time ever — show an abrupt decline from the same period a year earlier. That could mark a pivotal moment for the Silicon Valley giant. Apple is the world’s biggest company, in terms of stock value, thanks to the iPhone’s surging popularity around the world. In business terms, Apple makes most of its money from iPhone sales. But concerns about slowing growth have sent the stock into a months-long slump, fueling debate about what kind of company Apple will be in the future. The iPhone contributed nearly two-thirds of Apple’s $234 billion in revenue last year. None of the other new products Apple has launched in recent years have emerged as blockbusters. That’s led some critics to suggest Apple has lost its innovative touch, while others say it’s evolving to depend on a broader base of related tech products and services. One thing is clear, said analyst Angelo Zino at S&P Capital IQ: “Last year was an unprecedented year for Apple and the iPhone…. You’ll never see that type of growth from the iPhone again.” When CEO Tim Cook reports Tuesday on Apple’s sales for the last three months of 2015, investors will be watching closely for any hints about how Apple’s signature smartphone is faring in the current quarter. Sales usually fall somewhat after the holiday shopping season. But analysts say it appears Apple has cut production orders from key suppliers in recent weeks, suggesting it’s low-

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In this 2015 photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook discusses the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus during the Apple event at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. Most analysts believe Apple surpassed its own record by selling more than 74.5 million iPhones in the final three months of 2015. But there are signs that iPhone sales in the first three months of 2016 will show an abrupt decline from the same period a year earlier. ered its own forecasts. Apple hasn’t commented on iPhone sales since last fall, when Cook struck an upbeat tone. In part, Zino and other experts say, the company is suffering from its own success. Apple sold 61 million iPhones in the March quarter of 2015, or 40 per cent more than it did a year earlier. To match that growth rate, Apple would need to sell more than 85 million in the current period. Instead, analysts are expecting around 55 million. An estimated 500 million people own iPhones now, which means Apple can rely on a significant number to upgrade each year. But some have put off buying a new model because they didn’t see a strong reason to upgrade. Despite some new features, “people are feeling like there

Smart cars that share info about drivers catch privacy watchdog’s eye OTTAWA — The family car is learning more about who’s behind the wheel — everything from where a driver likes to shop to how hard they brake — as automakers roll out new tech-savvy features. With cars collecting and even sharing more personal data, Canada’s privacy watchdog is quietly trying to ensure manufacturers, retailers and insurance companies avoid bumps on the virtual highway. On-board navigation systems can tell where a vehicle is and where it has been. Electronic components stream data to computers that gauge driver behaviour and the car’s roadworthiness. Vehicles recognize drivers and adjust settings for them. Infotainment systems allow voice and data communications. “With connectivity, cars are becoming highly efficient data harvesting machines,” says a 2015 study by the British Columbia Freedom of Information and Privacy Association. Customer data generated by the connected car is now seen as a major new source of revenue for marketers and advertisers, the study found. Some insurance companies are offering coverage that sets premiums based on driving patterns. When tracked, combined or linked with other available data, the information can reveal intensely private details of a person’s life, making it vulnerable to abuse by thieves, stalkers and others with malicious intent, the study says. It argues automakers have failed to comply with their obligations under Canadian privacy law when it comes to giving customers adequate information and choice about how their data is collected and used. The study recommends creation of data-protec-

hasn’t been anything that’s really new” in the latest iPhone models, known as the 6S and 6S Plus, which came out last fall, said market researcher John Feland of Argus Insights. Apple will likely make significant changes in the next major iPhone release, expected in September, which could fuel another surge in sales. Some tech blogs have reported a new model might even be coming this spring. The company went through a similar cycle a few years ago, when iPhone sales growth slowed to 7 per cent in the final months of 2013. The next year, Apple introduced new models with significantly bigger screens. That sent sales skyrocketing, especially in Asia, where consumers had previously flocked to buy big-screen phones from rival Samsung.

tion regulations for the connected car and insurance industries, as well as involvement of privacy experts in the design stage of wired-vehicle research projects. The federal privacy commissioner’s office, which financially supported the B.C. study, is “actively following” the issues and has held discussions with industry players and provincial regulators, said Valerie Lawton, a spokeswoman for the commissioner.

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SHOWTIMES FOR FRIDAY JANUARY 29, 2016 TO THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2016 KUNG FU PANDA 3 () CLOSED CAPTIONED, NO PASSES FRI-SUN 5:30 KUNG FU PANDA 3 3D () CLOSED CAPTIONED, NO PASSES FRI 3:00, 8:00, 10:25; SAT-SUN 12:30, 3:00, 8:00, 10:25; MON-THURS 7:30, 10:10 NORM OF THE NORTH (G) CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI 4:10; SAT 11:50, 4:10; SUN 1:50, 4:10 STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (PG) (VIOLENCE) CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI-SUN 3:20 STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS 3D (PG) (VIOLENCE) CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI 6:30, 9:50; SAT-SUN 12:10, 6:30, 9:50; MON-THURS 6:30, 9:45 RIDE ALONG 2 (PG) (COARSE LANGUAGE) CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI 4:20, 7:20, 10:00; SAT 11:10, 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 10:00; SUN 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 10:00; MONTHURS 7:10, 9:50 SISTERS (14A) (COARSE LANGUAGE,SUBSTANCE ABUSE) CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI-SUN 6:30, 9:20; MON-WED 6:40, 9:30 THE REVENANT (14A) (NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN,BRUTAL VIOLENCE) ULTRAAVX FRI 3:30, 7:00, 10:30; SAT-SUN 12:00, 3:30, 7:00, 10:30; MONTHURS 6:45, 10:15 THE 5TH WAVE (PG) (FRIGHTENING SCENES,NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN,VIOLENCE) CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI 4:00, 6:50, 9:30; SAT-SUN 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30; MON-THURS 6:50, 9:35 THE 5TH WAVE (PG) (FRIGHTENING SCENES,NOT REC. FOR YOUNG

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Municipal Planning Commission Decisions On January 20, 2016, the Municipal Planning Commission issued the following decisions for development permit applications. Discretionary Use Approval: Red Deer College Scott Builders Inc. – site development of an 18,210 m2 Centre for Health, Wellness and Sport (Institutional Service Facility), to be located at 100 College Boulevard. You may appeal discretionary approvals and denials to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on February 12, 2016. You may not appeal a permitted use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8132.

Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/C-2016 Red Deer City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw to amend the Industrial Support Service definition to include Information Technology Support, Financial Services, and other uses whose principle use is to provide services to industrial clients, as determined by the Development Authority. The proposed bylaws may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours or for more details, contact City of Red Deer Planning Services at 403-406-8700. City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaws at the Public Hearing on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of City Hall. If you want your letter included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services by Friday, February 5, 2016. You may also submit your letter at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

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Pessimism reigns CIBC DOWNGRADES 2016 OUTLOOK FOR CANADIAN ECONOMY, CITES GLOBAL INVESTOR UNEASE BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — One of Canada’s big banks is cutting its economic forecast for the country for a second time in a matter of weeks. CIBC World Markets is now estimating the country’s gross domestic product will grow by only 1.3 per cent this year, after adjusting for inflation. That’s down from its previous forecast last month of 1.7 per cent growth in GDP. CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld says a major concern is global investor sentiment, which has resulted in lower stock prices, changes on the bond

market and a buildup of cash in Canadian households. But Shenfeld warns against an “overdose on pessimism.” A report by other economists in the same CIBC report said they expect a modest increase on commodity prices next year, following a “bit better” economic growth in 2016 and 2017 and reduced supplies of some commodities. The decline in global prices for oil and other commodities produced by Canada was a major reason for CIBC’s previous economic downgrade for the economy, released in December. “It’s unusual for us to want to reconsider a full-

year outlook that we published only a month ago, but then again, these are unusual times,” Shenfeld said in the forecast released Thursday. “While the country’s GDP is less heavily weighted to resource sector spending than it was a year ago, we’re only in the early stages of the negative spillover effects on other sectors.” A separate report from Scotiabank said Thursday that its monthly commodities index dropped last month to a level that’s 21.3 per cent below the low point during the 2008-09 recession. As of December, Scotiabank’s main commodity index was at 83.5 points, down 4.9 per cent from the previous month.

Liberals to axe Tory union bills BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Liberal government is repealing two contentious union-related bills, a move it bills as heralding a new relationship with organized labour after 10 acrimonious years under the Conservatives. Labour unions have wanted the government to overturn a law that changed how unions can certify and decertify, known as Bill C-525, and another that required unions to publicly disclose their spending to the Canada Revenue Agency. The Liberals neutralized the latter bill, C-377, in late December when the government waived requirements for unions to track all transac- MARYANN MIHYCHUK tions over $5,000. The Liberals said there were already federal labour rules in place requiring unions to open their books to their members to show how they are using dues. Similar rules exist at the provincial level. Groups trying to unionize or any unions trying to decertify are still subject to the rules enacted by Bill C-525 until the new legislation passes. Unions say C-525 makes it harder to hold a certification vote, and allows a minority of union members to start a vote on decertification. The Liberal bill is assured passage in the House of Commons with a Liberal majority, but will face a stiff test from a Conservative-dominated Senate that passed the original measures. In announcing legislation to kill the Conservative-backed labour bills, the Liberals signalled their intent to do more with Canada’s labour laws. Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk said all bills and procedures for which her department is responsible are under review. Her parliamentary secretary, Rodger Cuzner, said the government plans to “move forward with labour policy reform” that would include hearing from unions, employers, other levels of government and Canadians. The head of the Canadian Labour Congress said the government is already looking to bring back a law that required federally contracted companies to pay their workers a specified minimum wage, or fair wage, for work. The Conservatives repealed the law in their 2012 budget. CLC president Hassan Yussuff said he expects the federal government to start moving this year on modernizing the Canada Labour Code. He said the part of the code that deals with workplace harassment, hours of work, overtime pay and vacation entitlements is about 60 years out of date. A full review of the labour code last happened in 2006, with the final report making several recommendations to help an increasing number of parttime and contractual employees. The federal government didn’t enact any of the recommendations from the report, Yussuff said. Mihychuk will speak with her provincial and territorial counterparts during next week’s video conference of labour ministers.

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Marijuana is weighed at a medical marijuana dispensary, in Vancouver. A new report from CIBC World Markets says Canada’s federal and provincial governments could reap as much as $5 billion annually in tax revenues from the sale of legal marijuana.

Marijuana revenue estimate in the billions: economist BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Call it Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s secret stash. A new report from CIBC World Markets says Canada’s federal and provincial governments could reap as much as $5 billion annually in tax revenues from the sale of legal marijuana. CIBC economist Avery Shenfeld crunched the numbers using current estimates of Canadian recreational pot consumption, the revenue experience in U.S. states that have legalized, and other factors — such as prevailing “sin tax” rates on alcohol and tobacco. “The bottom line is that federal (and) provincial governments might reap as much as $5 billion from legalization, but only if all the underground sales are effectively curtailed,” writes Shenfeld. “That’s on the order of 0.25 per cent of GDP, no barnburner.” The Liberal government has promised to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana and has made MP Bill Blair, the former Toronto police chief, the lead on investigating a new regulatory model. Trudeau maintains that legalized pot will not be

a cash cow, and that all revenues will be used to address mental health and addictions issues. “It was never about a money-maker, it was always about public health, public safety,” the prime minister said in December during a year-end interview. The experience of Colorado and Washington states, where pot sales were legalized and taxed, suggests no dramatic increase in marijuana usage but a potential for pot tourism. “The desirability of increased marijuana tourism inflows will be questioned, no doubt, but they would generate additional fiscal revenues for government on their other tourist spending,” Shenfeld writes. The report uses Colorado sales figures to estimate a Canadian pot market worth about $10 billion annually, then looks at net profit margins from Ontario’s government booze monopoly and other associated income and payroll taxes to come up with the revenue total. Shenfeld also suggests that the oft-touted law enforcement savings from pot legalization may not materialize due to ongoing international obligations to stop marijuana exports and the enforcement needed to curb the untaxed black market. “Deficits won’t simply go up in smoke as a result,” he concludes.

Talking to kids about money builds good habits for life BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Talking about money might not be considered the polite thing to do, but experts say when it comes to talking about money with children, the earlier the better. Gary Rabbior, president and chief executive of the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education, suggests children as young as three or four can start learning some of the basics about money. One of the earliest and most important lessons children can learn is that every decision you make with money involves a trade-off. “Part of the parenting dilemma which starts at a very young age is, ‘How do you tell a kid they can’t have everything they want?”’ Rabbior says. “When you buy something or make a decision about one thing, you’re giving up the opportunity for something else and we really advocate that as one of the most early learning experiences because that concept of trade-offs helps kids understand they can’t have everything they want.”

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Agency of Canada says once children start counting, it may be time to begin introducing some of the concepts about money, including the different coins and bills and what it means to spend them. “If you’re making your grocery list, you can involve them in that,” says Nystrom, a spokeswoman for the agency. “If you’re looking at flyers to save money on some of the items on your grocery list, you can involve them so that they can help you cut out some of the coupons that might help you save some money.” Nystrom says an allowance can help kids learn how to save for a toy they want. Rabbior urges parents to involve their children by making it hands on and interactive instead of trying to tell them something. “Kids learn and retain information much more effectively by being active and a participant,” he says. “Actually go out into a store, go and do some comparison shopping. Let them see how prices differ from one place to another.”

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 122.07 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.58 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.72 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.67 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.89 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.70 Cdn. National Railway . . 74.17 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 169.14 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 35.46 Capital Power Corp . . . . 18.34 Cervus Equipment Corp 12.55 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 41.55 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 46.45 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 17.50 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.87 General Motors Co. . . . . 29.02 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 21.83 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.97 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 39.50 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 33.49 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 38.61 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 4.73 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 48.57 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 111.40 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.30 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.63 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 64.99 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market advanced for a third consecutive session Thursday amid higher oil prices, while in New York indexes staged a partial recovery from big losses the previous session. “It’s good to see the markets are a little bit more stable … in the last few days,” said Sadiq Adatia, chief investment officer at Sun Life Global Investments. “(But) even though the volatility may have slowed down in the last couple days, it’s probably not going away and probably going to remain there for most of the year,” Adatia added. In Toronto, the S&P/TSX composite index soared 214.16 points to 12,591.93 for a cumulative gain of almost 450 points since a 246-point decline Monday. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 125.18 points to 16,069.64 after having shed more than 200 points on Wednesday, while the S&P 500 index advanced 10.41 points to 1,893.36 and the Nasdaq 100 added 38.51 points to 4,506.68. “The sentiment is a little bit better than what we saw earlier in the year,” he said, noting that the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to leave its policy rate unchanged has signalled markets that the U.S. central bank may not move as fast on raising rates as previously anticipated. U.S. indexes should continue to move in a positive direction, Adatia said, so long as upcoming economic data reports continue to be decent. The Fed’s decision, as well as the Bank of Canada’s decision to stand pat at least until the federal government releases its budget, has contributed to the Canadian dollar’s recent rise,

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 22.45 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.73 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.22 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 19.35 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 13.56 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 16.76 First Quantum Minerals . . 2.61 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 15.56 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 2.38 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.25 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.60 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 21.72 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.690 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 4.99 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 18.53 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 23.45 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 43.12 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.79 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 16.44 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 29.18 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 9.17 Canyon Services Group. . 4.00 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 17.22 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1250 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 6.15 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.580 Adatia said. On Thursday, the loonie advanced 0.27 of a U.S. cent to 71.18 cents US. “For the Canadian dollar to drop and stay significantly lower than 70 cents, oil has to be in the 20s,” said Adatia, who projects the loonie will hover between 70 and 75 cents for most of this year. For the loonie to rise above that threshold, oil prices would have to move past $40 for the majority of the year, according to Adatia, who believes oil prices will pass that mark later in the year. Like the TSX, the Canadian dollar has been riding a wave of rising oil prices, which have increased over the last three days amid ongoing talks between Russia and Saudi Arabia aimed at curbing production. On Thursday, the March contract for benchmark North American crude rose 92 cents or 2.8 per cent to US$33.22 a barrel. That was on top of a 6.5 per cent climb over the previous two days. In other commodities, the March natural gas contract was up 2.5 cents at US$2.182 per mmBtu, while April gold gave back 20 cents to US$1,116.10 an ounce and March copper lost a penny to US$2.05 a pound. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Thursday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,591.93, up 214.16 points Dow — 16,069.64, up 125.18 points S&P 500 — 1,893.36, up 10.41 points Nasdaq — 4,506.68, up 38.51 points

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Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 76.99 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 30.45 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.16 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 14.17 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 42.96 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . 1.060 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.030 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 4.80 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 32.83 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.810 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 1.90 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 37.72 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1000 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 74.57 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 56.40 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.22 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 22.46 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 34.49 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 34.50 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 83.46 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.13 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 38.86 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.080 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 71.05 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 39.53 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.75 Currencies: Cdn — 71.18 cents US, up 0.27 of a cent Pound — C$2.0166, up 0.76 of a cent Euro — C$1.5369, up 0.07 of a cent Euro — US$1.0940, up 0.47 of a cent Oil futures: US$33.22 per barrel, up 92 cents (March contract) Gold futures: US$1,116.10 per oz., down 20 cents (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.736 oz., down 53 cents $666.66 kg., down $17.04 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ‘16 $3.30 lower $477.90 May ‘16 $3.00 lower $487.30 July ‘16 $2.90 lower $492.90 Nov. ‘16 $3.20 lower $491.50 Jan. ‘17 $2.60 lower $493.60 March ‘17 $2.60 lower $493.80 May ‘17 $2.60 lower $492.50 July ‘17 $2.60 lower $492.50 Nov. ‘17 $2.60 lower $492.50 Jan. ‘18 $2.60 lower $492.50 March ‘18 $2.60 lower $492.50. 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. Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 472,900 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 472,900.

US$1.42 billion, according to analyst data compiled by Thomson Reuters. Going forward the company will be paying a quarterly dividend of 25 cents US per share (down from 38 cents), which it says represents almost all expected profits for 2016. “We believe this level — which represents a payout ratio of close to 100 per cent of 2016 earnings — remains highly competitive while also protecting the long-term financial health and financial flexibility of the company,” said PotashCorp chief executive Jochen Tilk on an investor call Thursday. PotashCorp has been hit by declining prices in potash as well as its nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer products. Potash prices were US$46 a tonne lower in the fourth quarter compared with US$238 a tonne in the same quarter last year. In late 2011, potash was selling for over US$450 a tonne. In response to the tough market, the company recently announced the closure of its new Picadilly potash mine in New Brunswick, resulting in the loss of up to 430 jobs.

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MONTREAL — The boost Canadian lumber exports are getting from the falling loonie is certain to bring out protectionist forces in the U.S. lumber lobby, says the CEO of Quebec-based forestry company Tembec. “I think that they’re watching the Canadian dollar drop, particularly in lumber, and they’re saying, ‘This isn’t fair,”’ CEO James Lopez said Thursday before a company meeting with shareholders. While groups like the U.S. Lumber Coalition didn’t complain about the Canadian dollar when it was above parity, Lopez suspects they will use the loonie’s slump to argue that American producers are now at a competitive disadvantage, particularly since the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber

agreement expired in October. “I’m sure that will be part of the discussion when the governments engage.” In 2006, Canada and the U.S. signed a nine-year agreement that set aside lawsuits and punitive tariffs against imported wood from Canada. It brought temporary peace in a dispute over whether Canadian lumber businesses receive an unfair subsidy through cheap access to public land. The federal Conservatives have accused the Liberal government of procrastination in reaching a new deal. But a spokesman for International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland said softwood lumber is one of the government’s top priorities.

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ARBOUR Bernard 1945 - 2016 Bernard Joseph Edmond ‘Bernie’ Arbour of Red Deer, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at the age of 70 years. Bernie was a beloved resident of the Michener Centre since he was eight years old. He will be lovingly remembered by his brother and sisters; Evelyn Fortier of Edmonton, Alberta, Laurent (Cathy) Arbour of Osoyoos, British Columbia, Delores Wood of Airdrie, Alberta, and Jeannine Mitran of Oliver, British Columbia; as well as numerous nieces and nephews, and his many friends and caregivers at Michener Services. Bernie was predeceased by a brother, Dennis Arbour and his parents, Oscar and Marie Arbour. A Celebration of Bernie’s Life will be held at the Michener Centre at a later date. Interment will take place at the Didsbury Cemetery at a later date. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer 403.340.4040.

METZ Elizabeth (Betty) Katherine Nov. 19, 1924 - Jan. 26, 2016 Elizabeth (Betty) passed away peacefully at 91 years of age at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on January 26, 2016. She leaves to mourn her son Allan (Rose Marie) Metz of Calgary; daughter Marcie (Ted) Sherback of Sylvan Lake; grandchildren Mindy Metz, Lee and Mark Sherback; great-grandchildren Jordyn, Kaitlyn and Austin Sherback; and sisters Rose Stein and Sheila Rollack. Elizabeth was predeceased by her beloved husband of 68 years, Peter, and granddaughter Crystal Metz. The family would like to thank the staff at Revera Retirement Living, and RDRH for their care and support.

SCHAERER Elfrieda 1926 - 2016 It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of Mrs. Elfrieda Emma ‘Frieda’ Schaerer at Villa Marie Covenant Care, Red Deer, Alberta on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at the age of 89 years. We take comfort in knowing that she now rests with her Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Frieda was born on August 23, 1926 at Scheuba, Germany. She immigrated to Canada at the age of three and spent her childhood growing up on a farm west of Ponoka, Alberta. On December 22, 1951, she married John Schaerer at Bismark Lutheran Church and they made Red Deer their lifelong home. While raising her family, Frieda held many jobs - grading eggs at Alpha Dairies; working at the old Met Store; and selling Fuller Brush. Frieda was always active and had many pastimes including crocheting, knitting, playing piano and organ, tending her flower garden, walking and playing board games with her grandkids. She was an accomplished cake decorator, as well as a talented pianist and shared her love of music playing organ at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church for several decades, and entertaining seniors in extended care facilities. She was an avid volunteer and spent many hours assisting at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre and several retirement homes. Frieda will be lovingly remembered by her two sons, Harvey (Terrie) and three children, Taylor, Logan (Sheena) and their twin daughters Ariana and Everly, and Fontaine; and Gerry (Queen) and two children, Bryan and Stephanie. She will also be sadly missed by sister-in-law, Myrtle; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Frieda was predeceased by her husband, John; parents, Rudolph and Wanda Brachmann; brother, Teophil; sisters, Hulda and Erna; and brother, Otto. A Funeral Service will be held at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 18 Selkirk Blvd., Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, February 1, 2016 at 11:00 a.m., with visitation one hour prior. Interment will be held at the Bismark Cemetery, west of Ponoka, Alberta. Memorial Donations in Frieda’s honor may be made directly to the Mount Calvary Lutheran Church Building Fund or to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta and N.W.T. at www.heartandstroke. ab.ca. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

MCINTOSH LINTON Sharon Rose Sharon Rose McIntosh Linton of Red Deer, Alberta passed away peacefully at the Rosefield Centre in Innisfail at the age of 63 on January 20, 2016. Sharon was born on April 20, 1952 in Calgary, Alberta. Most of her life was spent in Red Deer close to her family and many friends. She was an active member of the Royal Purple of Canada in Red Deer for many years where she enjoyed volunteering her time and giving back to the community. Sharon was predeceased by her parents William (Bill) and Tabatha (Baya) Kaiser. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband Gary Linton, daughter Jennifer (Cale) Place, son Allen (Christina) Monk, stepdaughter Leah Black, stepson Michael (Pam) Linton, her beloved grandchildren Connor and Kennedy Beagrie, Peyton Place, Taron Haggith, William, Elizabeth and Jasen Monk, Korissa Linton, Justin Crate and Dakota and Wyatt Black, her brothers Arnold (Jean) Kaiser, Milton (Lorraine) Kaiser and Leonard (Maricel) Kaiser, as well as many nieces and nephews. At Sharon’s request a formal service will not be held; however a gathering to celebrate her life will take place at the Waskasoo Estates Community Hall, 217 England Way, Red Deer County on January 30, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada, 20 Eglinton Avenue West, 16th Floor Toronto, ON M4R 1K8 or online at alzheimers.ca.

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McCorry, Fred Apr. 2, 1954 - Jan. 29, 2015 As we loved you, so we miss you; In our memory you are near. Loved, remembered, longed for always, Bringing many a silent tear. Sometimes it feels like yesterday, sometimes forever Miss you more than you will ever know. Your loving wife Kerry, Daughters Tanya, Shyla, Brittany & Families

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WILLISCROFT Jack 1970 - 2016 Mr. Jack Williscroft of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away unexpectedly near Slave Lake, Alberta, in the morning hours of Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at the age of 45 years. Jack was born at High Prairie, Alberta and raised at Nampa, Alberta. He started working in the grain elevators and moved on to transport/truck driving; which lead to a career in the Oilfield, fraccing. Jack was a hardworking, dedicated man, who devoted himself to all he did. He had a great love of hunting and the outdoors, and a passion for all things firearms related. Jack will be lovingly remembered by his partner, Sarah Williams, his two sons; Konnor Williscroft of Withrow, Alberta and Rory Williscroft of Red Deer, as well as his two stepdaughters; Brenna Booth and Montana Booth, both of Red Deer. Jack will also be sadly missed by his four brothers; Raymond Wolfe, David Wolfe, Richard Wolfe and George Wolfe, and a sister, Jeannette Wolfe. Jack was predeceased by his father, Owen Williscroft, and his mother, Rose Wolfe Williscroft. A Celebration of Jack’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, February 1, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Pastor Brian Allan will be officiating. Cremation has been entrusted to Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, Red Deer, Alberta. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

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AGGARWAL Jagan Nath April 1, 1938 - Arusha, Tanzania Jan. 27, 2016 - Calgary, Alberta On January 27, 2016, Dr. Jagan Nath Aggarwal of Calgary, AB passed away peacefully at the age of 77 years after a short but courageous battle with cancer. Born in Arusha, Tanzania on April 1, 1938 to the late Hari and Savitri Aggarwal, he was the eldest of fourteen children, growing up with eight brothers and five sisters. Jagan studied abroad, earning his Doctorate in Medicine in the UK and later immigrated to Canada in 1970, living most of his life amongst his many friends and family in Lloydminster, Castor and Calgary. Jagan is survived by his wife of 28 years, Manju and their son Rajan Aggarwal; he will also be fondly remembered by the six children from his previous marriage: Susan (Robin) Hill, Sonia Aggarwal, Samantha Reiberger, Charmain Aggarwal, Shannon (Carston) Moore, and Suneil (Simone) Aggarwal, and their mother, Olive Aggarwal; along with eight grandsons, five granddaughters, and five great-grandchildren. Jagan was predeceased by his parents, a brother and two sisters. Funeral Services will be held at Calgary Crematorium Chapel, 3219 4th Street N.W., (within the valley of Queen’s Park Cemetery) on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Please forward condolences through www.calgarycrematorium.com

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Ontario skip Mike Harris calls to teammates during competition against Northern Ontario at the Canadian mens curling championship in Saskatoon in 2004. Veteran skip Mike Harris isn’t concerned about ranking points, playing in the Grand Slam events or even curling on a fulltime basis. The 1998 Olympic silver medallist is back on the curling scene though and will be in the field at the Feb. 1-7 Ontario Tankard in Brantford.

Former Olympic curler Mike Harris makes return BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Veteran skip Mike Harris isn’t concerned about ranking points, playing in the Grand Slam events or even curling on a full-time basis. The 1998 Olympic silver medallist is back on the curling scene though and will be in the field at the Feb. 1-7 Ontario Tankard in Brantford. His crew of part-time players impressed at the regional qualifier — topping former world champion Glenn Howard along the way — to earn a berth in the 11-team competition at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre. The Tankard is the southern Ontario provincial championship and the winner will represent Team Ontario at the Mar. 5-13 Tim Hortons Brier in Ottawa. The winner of the Canadian championship will qualify for the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings and the winner of that competition will represent Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics. It has been almost two decades since Harris won silver at the Nagano Games. Despite his recent comeback, he has no plans to get back to that level. “We have zero chance of going to the Olympic Trials. If we happen to win provincials and we happen to accidentally win the Brier, it will set curling back at least 15 years, maybe 20,” Harris said with a laugh. Harris plays regular league matches at the Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club in his hometown and has played a couple dozen games with his lineup of third Mike Anderson, second Scott Hodgson and lead Scott Foster. “We’re all like-minded,” he said. “We don’t want to play a lot but we’re ready to go. It’s good.” The 48-year-old native of Georgetown, Ont., has stayed connected to the sport by working as a coach and broadcaster. Harris also keeps busy by working as a consultant for a golf company. Harris, whose lone career Brier appearance came in 2004 at Saskatoon, has only played a handful of semi-competitive games in recent years but notes his team enters the Ontario playdowns on a 13-game winning streak. “It’ll be interesting at provincials for me to play two games a day for a full week to see how my body will hold up,” Harris said in a recent interview. “That’s the challenge really. I think mentally, especially for me as a skip, mentally I’ve learned as much over the last 10 years commentating. I haven’t really lost a beat there. “But (the challenge is) just really figuring out ways to (highlight) what my strengths are and what kind of shots I’m able to play.”

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NASHVILLE — John Scott, the career journeyman enforcer who was surprisingly voted into the NHL All-Star game by fans, said he got a call from someone at the league who tried to talk him out of playing in the showcase event this Sunday. According to Scott, someone with the NHL asked him: “Do you think this is something your kids would be proud of?” Scott described the incident in a first-person account posted Thursday by The Players Tribune. The 6-foot-8, 260-pound Scott said that moment strengthened his resolve to play in the 3-on-3 format with some of the best hockey players in the world. “Because, while I may not deserve to be an NHL AllStar, I know I deserve to be the judge of what my kids will — and won’t — be proud of me for,” wrote the 33-year-old Scott, who has two daughters. The essay from Scott is the latest twist in an odd story that has put the league in an awkward situation. Like other professional leagues, the NHL uses its All-Star game to showcase its top players and Scott, by his own admission, is not among that group. The sparingly used player has scored just five goals since his NHL debut in 2009. He played for the Arizona Coyotes when he was named an All-Star, but was later stunned by a trade to Montreal, which sent him for its AHL affiliate in Newfoundland. Scott has played for Minnesota, Chicago, the New York Rangers, Buffalo, San Jose and Arizona. He played in a career-high 56 games with the Sabres two years ago, and scored a career-high three goals last season with the Sharks.

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‘Doomsday Clock’ reflects grave threat BUT WILL HOLD AT THREE MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT DESPITE GROWING ISSUES BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STANFORD, Calif. — Rising tension between Russia and the U.S., North Korea’s recent nuclear test and a lack of aggressive steps to address climate change are putting the world under grave threat, scientists behind a “Doomsday Clock” that measures the likelihood of a global cataclysm said Tuesday. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that the minute hand on the metaphorical clock remained at three minutes-to-midnight. The clock reflects how vulnerable the world is to catastrophe from nuclear weapons, climate change and new technologies, with midnight symbolizing apocalypse. “Unless we change the way we think, humanity remains in serious danger,” said Lawrence Krauss, chair of the bulletin’s Board of Sponsors. Krauss said the Iran nuclear agreement and Paris climate accord were good news. But the good news was offset by nuclear threats, including tension between nuclear-armed states India and Pakistan, and uncertainty that the Paris accord will lead to concrete action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The scientists behind the bulletin adjusted the clock from five minutes-to-midnight to three minutes-to-midnight last year. They cited climate change, modernization of nuclear weapons and outsized nuclear weapons arsenals as “extraordinary and undeniable threats to the continued existence of humanity.” The clock was previously at three minutes-to-midnight in 1984, when the bulletin said talks between the U.S. and Russia virtually stopped. From a climate change perspective, if midnight on the clock represents the disappearance of humanity, three minutes-to-midnight is overly dire, said Michael Oppenheimer, a professor of geosciences and international affairs at Princeton University who is not affiliated with the bulletin. On the other hand, Oppenheimer said if midnight means humans have emitted so much greenhouse gas that dangerous climate change is inevitable, then three minutes is a “fair analysis.” “I think the jury is out as to whether the Paris agreement will make a significant difference,” he said. “The key is whether countries over the next couple of years are able to agree on some important details that were left out.” Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine

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Lawrence Krauss, director of the Arizona State University New Origins Initiative, helps unveil the ‘Doomsday Clock’ after the announcement that the historic clock would remain at three minutes to midnight, in Washington, DC, Tuesday. The minute hand of the Doomsday Clock will remain at three minutes to midnight, despite the Iran nuclear agreement and Paris climate accord. The Doomsday Clock is an internationally recognized symbol warning the public about how close humans are to destroying the planet for mankind. examining social and scientific controversies, said in an email that the Doomsday clock is “an exercise in pessimism and PR with little connection to the reality of moral progress made in the past half century.” Shermer cited reductions in the number of nuclear weapons since the 1980s and the absence of war between Europe’s great powers since World War II. California Gov. Jerry Brown joined former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and former U.S. Secretary of Defence William Perry for a discussion at Stanford University after the unveiling of the clock. Perry raised concerns about rhetoric from Russia about the use of nuclear weapons and said the threat of nuclear disaster was greater today than during the Cold War. Shultz said the U.S. needs to engage Russia and China. Brown warned about “tipping points”

in the fight against climate change. “And around a tipping point, we may not be able to come back to a stable planet or one we’ll find very comfortable to live in,” he said. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was founded in 1945 by University of Chicago scientists who helped develop the first atomic weapons. The clock was created two years later. The decision to move or leave the clock alone is made by the bulletin’s science and security board, which includes physicists and environmental scientists from around the world, in consultation with the bulletin’s Board of Sponsors, which includes more than a dozen Nobel laureates. The closest the clock has come to midnight was two minutes away in 1953, when the Soviet Union tested a hydrogen bomb that followed a U.S. hydrogen bomb test.

UN health chief: Zika virus is ‘spreading explosively’ BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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California Institute of Technology astronomer Michael Brown points to a yellow dot simulating Planet 9 on a computer video simulation view of Planet 9 in the solar system at the CalTech USGS Media center in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 20. Scientists reported they finally have “good evidence” for Planet 9, a true ninth planet on the fringes of our solar system. The gas giant is thought to be almost as big as Neptune and orbiting billions of miles beyond Neptune’s path, distant enough to take 10,000 to 20,000 years to circle the sun.

New evidence points to giant 9th planet on solar system edge BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The solar system may have a ninth planet after all. This one is 5,000 times bigger than outcast Pluto and billions of miles farther away, say scientists who presented “good evidence” for a long-hypothesized Planet X on Wednesday. The gas giant is thought to be almost as big as its nearest planetary neighbour Neptune, quite possibly with rings and moons. It’s so distant that it would take a mind-blowing 10,000 to 20,000 years to circle the sun. Planet 9, as the pair of California Institute of Technology researchers calls it, hasn’t been spotted yet. They base their prediction on mathematical and computer modeling, and anticipate its discovery via telescope within five years or less. The two reported their research Wednesday in the Astronomical Journal because they want people to help them look for it. “We could have stayed quiet and quietly spent the next five years searching the skies ourselves and hoping to find it. But I would rather somebody find it sooner, than me find it later,” astronomer Mike Brown said. “I want to see it. I want to see what it looks like. I want to understand where it is, and I think this will help.” Brown and planetary scientist Konstantin Batygin feel certain about their prediction, which at first seemed unbelievable to even them. “For the first time in more than 150 years, there’s good evidence that the planetary census of the solar system is incomplete,” Batygin said, referring to Neptune’s discovery as Planet 8. Once it’s detected, Brown insists there will be no Pluto-style planetary debate. Brown ought to know he’s the so-called Pluto killer who helped lead the charge against Pluto’s planetary status in 2006. (Once Planet 9, Pluto is now officially considered a dwarf planet.)

“THIS is what we mean when we say the word ‘planet,’ ” Brown said. Brown and Batygin believe it’s big — 10 times more massive than Earth — and unlike Pluto, dominates its cosmic neighbourhood. Pluto is a gravitational slave to Neptune, they pointed out. Another scientist, Alan Stern, said he’s withholding judgment on the planet prediction. He is the principal scientist for NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, which buzzed Pluto last summer in the first-ever visit from Planet Earth. He still sees Pluto as a real planet — not a second-class dwarf. “This kind of thing comes around every few years. To date, none of those predicts have been borne out by discoveries,” Stern said in an email Wednesday. “I’d be very happy if the Brown-Batygin were the exception to the rule, but we’ll have to wait and see. Prediction is not discovery.” Brown and Batygin shaped their calculation on the fact that six objects in the icy Kuiper Belt, or Twilight Zone on the far reaches of the solar system, appear to have orbits influenced by only one thing: a real planet. The vast, mysterious Kuiper Belt is home to Pluto as well. Brown actually discovered one of these six objects more than a decade ago, Sedna, a large minor planet. “What we have found is a gravitational signature of Planet 9 lurking in the outskirts of the solar system,’ Batygin said. The actual discovery, he noted, will be “era-defining.” Added Brown: “We have felt a great disturbance in the force.” Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington said Brown and Batygin’s effort takes his own findings to “the next level.” Two years ago, he and a colleague suggested a possible giant planet. “I find this new work very exciting,” Sheppard said in an email. “It makes the distant Super-Earth planet in our solar system much more real. I would say the odds just went from 50 per cent to 75 per cent that this distant massive planet is real.”

GENEVA — The Zika virus is “spreading explosively” in the Americas, which could see up to 4 million cases over the next year, international health officials said Thursday, announcing a special meeting next week to decide if they should declare an international health emergency. The warning from the World Health Organization came amid a call to arms by officials on both sides of the Atlantic over the mosquito-borne virus, which has been linked to a spike in a rare birth defect in Brazil. Brazil’s president — noting there is no medical defence against the infection — called for a crusade against the mosquitoes spreading it. “As long as we don’t have a vaccine against Zika virus, the war must be focused on exterminating the mosquito’s breeding areas,” said President Dilma Rousseff. The U.N. health agency called the special session in part to convey its concern about an illness that has sown fear among many would-be mothers. It may also have acted quickly because the agency was criticized for its slow response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Meanwhile, U.S. health officials said Thursday while they have not yet seen spread of the disease in the 50 states, the number of U.S. travellers infected over the last year in the Caribbean or Latin America has climbed to 31. The Zika virus was first discovered in Africa in 1947. But until last year, when it was found in Brazil, it had never been a threat in the Western Hemisphere. The virus causes no more than a mild illness in most people. But there is mounting evidence from Brazil suggesting infection in pregnant women is linked to abnormally small heads in their babies — a birth defect called microcephaly. Earlier this month, U.S. health officials advised pregnant women to postpone visits to Brazil and other countries in the region with outbreaks. “For the average American who’s not travelling, this is not something they need to worry about,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat, of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But “for people who are pregnant and considering travel to the affected areas, please take this seriously,” she added. “It’s very important for you to understand that we don’t know as much as we want to know about this.” In Geneva, WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan noted it had been less than a year since the virus arrived in the Americas, “where it is now spreading explosively.” Although there is no definitive proof that the Zika virus is behind the spike in brain defects in Brazil, “the level of alarm is extremely high,” she added. “The possible links, only recently suspected, have rapidly changed the risk profile of Zika from a mild threat to one of alarming proportions,” Chan said. Researchers are also looking into a potential tie between Zika infections and cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome,

Air Canada to give refunds or allow passengers to change flights over Zika virus MONTREAL — Air Canada says it is allowing passengers and companions in their immediate family to change bookings or receive a refund if they cancel flights because of concerns about the Zika virus outbreak. The company says customers will need to provide a doctor’s note that says they are at risk of contracting the mosquito-borne virus in order for them to change bookings or get a refund on flights to countries where Zika has been detected. Transat says pregnant women with a medical note can reschedule or change destinations if they were booked to fly to countries that have been listed by the Pan American Health Organization as having the virus. The tour operator is not offering refunds and changes are only permitted for those staying in the same hotel room. This comes after United Airlines and American Airlines in the U.S. announced they were offering refunds to passengers concerned about the virus. The Public Health Agency of Canada has warned pregnant women to take precautions against mosquito bites when travelling to areas in Central and South America where there have been Zika outbreaks. Public health officials in the U.S. says the virus could be linked to birth defects of the brain. which can cause temporary paralysis. According to the CDC, the Zika virus is now in more than 20 countries, transmitted by the same mosquito that spreads other tropical illnesses such as dengue and yellow fever. Sylvain Aldighieri, head of WHO’s epidemic response team in the Americas, estimated there could be 3 million to 4 million Zika infections in the region over the next year. He said the agency expects “huge numbers” of infections because of the widespread presence of the Aedes mosquitoes that spread Zika and because people in the region have no natural immunity. The same mosquito species spreading Zika in Latin America is also found in the southern United States. However, U.S. health officials reiterated Thursday they don’t think the United States is vulnerable to a widespread outbreak of the Zika virus. WHO warned China and all other countries that have dengue fever to be on the lookout for Zika infections. The agency said it could be many years before a vaccine is available and it might take six to nine months before there’s any data showing a causal relationship between Zika and the babies born with malformed heads. Monday’s special session does not guarantee that a global emergency will be declared — WHO has held 10 such meetings to assess the Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome coronavirus and no emergency has been announced.

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With the December Paris climate global average temperature already agreement, leaders and experts from one degree higher than pre-industrial around the world showed they over- levels, a half a degree more leaves no whelmingly accept that human-caused room for business as usual. climate change is real and, because The former governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drive to the world has continued to increase make Canada a petro superpower disfossil fuel use, the need to torted the Canadian economy curb and reduce emissions into greater fossil fuel deis urgent. pendence, with catastrophIn light of this, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ic consequences when the get the current brouhaprice of oil collapsed. The ha over Kinder Morgan, lesson should have been Keystone XL, Northern learned long ago: Heavy deGateway or the Energy pendence on a single reveEast pipelines. Why are nue stream like fish, trees, politicians contemplatwheat, minerals or even one ing spending billions on factory or industry is hazardpipelines when the Paris ous if that source suffers a commitment means 75 to reversal in fortune like re80 per cent of known fossil source depletion, unanticiDAVID fuel deposits must be left pated cost fluctuations or SUZUKI in the ground? stiff competition. Didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t our prime minCoal stocks have already SCIE3NCE MATTERS ister, with provincial and sunk to the floor, so why is territorial premiers, maythere talk of building or exors and representatives from non-prof- panding coal terminals? Low oil prices it organizations, parade before the have pushed oilsands bitumen toward media to announce Canada now takes unprofitability, so why the discussion climate change seriously? of expanding this carbon-intensive inI joined millions of Canadians who dustry? Fracking is unbelievably unfelt an oppressive weight had lifted sustainable because of the immense and cheered mightily to hear that our amounts of water used in the process, country committed to keeping emis- seismic destabilization and escape of sions at levels that would ensure the hyper-warming methane from wells. world doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heat by more than 1.5C Exploration for new oil deposits â&#x20AC;&#x201D; esby the end of this century. With the pecially in hazardous areas like the

A more diversified future using carbon conversion Photosynthesis is the chemical mechanisms by which plants turn water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide, into the chemical energy needed to grow and reproduce. It is this simple process, and its intricate chemistry which provides life to organic matter, that scientists are interested in replicating. Copper has been long investigated for its properties of being able to reduce CO2 to useful hydrocarbons. However as simple as that sounds it is not a LORNE straightforward proOJA gression. Carbon dioxide is an extremely ENERGY stable molecule; just placing copper in contact with CO2 gas does not produce a reaction. Electrochemical reduction using copper as an electro catalyst does power the process, but there are issues which stop the outcome, or diminish output of the target chemicals, either methanol, methane, ethylene, or formic acid. The centre for Capture and Conversion of CO2 at Browns University is investigating copper â&#x20AC;&#x153;foamâ&#x20AC;? as a means of addressing issues with the reduction conundrum. The researchers manufacture their â&#x20AC;&#x153;foamâ&#x20AC;? using electricity and hydrogen to give the copper deposited on the electrode â&#x20AC;&#x153;sponge like pores and channelsâ&#x20AC;?. The resulting copper foam coated electrode is then used to convert CO2 into formic acid at a greater efficiency than copper alone. At Berkley Labâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Material Science division, academics are testing nanoparticle alloys of gold and copper to increase carbon dioxide reduction reaction efficiencies. These minute particles can be structured to provide the selectivity needed to obtain the desired hydrocarbons. At the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, investigators have developed a method for distributing copper nanoparticles on thin films of

polymer to coat their electrodes. Their investigation reveals that a copper palladium electrode, made with this process, catalyzes methane and carbon monoxide, at an unanticipated efficiency. The production of the methane seems to keep the electrode free of carbon build up which occurs when carbon monoxide is produced. These three research facilities are making inroads into converting atmospheric carbon dioxide into usable fuels and feedstocks, such as propylene, for making materials we commonly use in our daily lives like plastics and their derivatives. If researchers can keep tweaking the efficiencies, perhaps a new manufacturing sector is not so far off. Oil is vital, and despite the current economic situation, we have to face the fact that the days of cheap oil are measured. Albertaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oil entrepreneurs have a track record of innovation and inventiveness; in part this â&#x20AC;&#x153;inventivenessâ&#x20AC;? has helped cause the current commodity glut. If we can use this tactical spirit and her â&#x20AC;&#x153;good oldâ&#x20AC;? oil patch ingenuity, perhaps with government support and endorsement, these new technologies and corresponding industries can be developed here, in province. Conceivably, we could make the transition less painful by producing the products people need, from sources that have infinite sustainability. As Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest contributor to our GDP, the oil sector has the capability, especially when things get back on track, to invest in more than natural hydrocarbon. With the proper incentive, assistance, and some good old fashioned hard work, maybe we can build a more diversified future. Lorne Oja is an energy consultant, power engineer and a partner in a company that installs solar panels, wind turbines and energy control products in Central Alberta. He built his first off-grid home in 2003. His column appears every second Friday in the Advocate. Contact him at: lorne@solartechnical.ca.

deep ocean, the Arctic and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other critical wildlife habitat â&#x20AC;&#x201D; should stop immediately. Pipeline arguments are especially discouraging, with people claiming Quebec is working against the interests of Alberta and Canada because the leadership of the Montreal Metropolitan Community â&#x20AC;&#x201D; representing 82 municipalities and nearly half the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population â&#x20AC;&#x201D; voted overwhelmingly to reject the proposed Energy East pipeline project, which would carry 1.1 million barrels of oilsands bitumen and other oil products from Alberta to refineries and ports in the east. Some have thrown out the anti-democratic and, frankly, anti-Canadian notion that because Quebec has received equalization payments it should shut up about pipeline projects. National unity is about steering Canada onto a sustainable track and looking out for the interests of all Canadians. Continuing to build fossil fuel infrastructure and locking ourselves into a future of increasing global warming isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the way to go about it. Shifting to a 21st century clean-energy economy would create more jobs, unity and prosperity â&#x20AC;&#x201D; across Canada and not just in one region â&#x20AC;&#x201D; than continuing to rely on a polluting, climate-alter-

ing sunset industry. Leaders in Quebec should be commended for taking a strong stand for the environment and climate â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and for all of Canada. The Paris target means we have to rethink everything. Energy is at the heart of modern society, but we have to get off fossil fuels. Should we expand airports when aircraft are the most energy-intensive ways to travel? Why build massive bridges and tunnels when we must transport goods and people differently? The global system in which food travels thousands of kilometres from where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grown to where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consumed makes no sense in a carbon-constrained world. Agriculture must become more local, so the Peace Valley must serve as the breadbasket of the North rather than a flooded area behind a dam. The urgency of the need for change demands that we rethink our entire energy potential and the way we live. It makes no sense to continue acting as if weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got all the time in the world to get off the path that created the crisis in the first place. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the challenge, and for our politicians, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a huge task as well as a great opportunity. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Learn more at www. davidsuzuki.org.

Grisly fossils from Kenya reveal a 10,000-year-old massacre BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Scientists have found grisly evidence of a massacre in Kenya about 10,000 years ago, providing rare evidence of violence between groups in ancient hunter-gatherer societies. Researchers said the discovery casts light on the poorly understood roots of warfare. Evidence of violence appeared in 10 of 12 relatively complete fossil skeletons the scientists found by what used to be the edge of a lagoon. That included five or six cases of apparent arrow wounds to the head or neck, and five cases where the head was smashed with something like a club. One skull had a sharpened stone still embedded. The researchers said the wounds would have been fatal immediately or soon thereafter. Two skeletons didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t show evidence of violence but the position of the hands suggested they might have been tied up at the time of death. One was a woman who was pregnant or had recently given birth. The 12 bodies were adults, and at least four were female. The site also revealed partial remains of at least 15 other people. The 2012 discovery, made west of Lake Turkana, was reported by scientists at Cambridge University and elsewhere. Writing in a paper released Wednesday by the journal Nature, they said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the clearest cases of violence between groups among prehistoric hunter-gatherers. The reason for the violence is not clear. The victims may have been raided for resources, like territory or food stored in pots, the researchers said. Or

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In this 2012 photo, researcher Frances Rivera, right, Michael Emsugut, left, and Tot Ekulukum excavate a human skeleton at the site of Nataruk, West Turkana, Kenya. This skeleton was that of a woman, found lying on her back, with lesions on her neck vertebrae consistent with a projectile wound. She also had multiple fractures on one of her hands. Writing in a paper released Jan. 20, by the journal Nature, scientists said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the clearest cases of violence between groups among prehistoric hunter-gatherers. the violence may have resulted from antagonism between two groups, they said.

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Dear Annie: My fiancé and I became help me. I love this man, but I must be engaged a year ago. insane to put up with this mess. — VicHe has many good qualities: He ki in Vegas is really sweet most of the time, and Dear Vicki: You are engaged to a he is a good provider. He man who is unlikely to takes me on nice trips and change just because you buys me lovely presents. want it and pray for it. He even rubs my feet and Please don’t lopsidedly cooks for me. balance minor good points However, there are (he rubs your feet) with mathree bad qualities that jor difficulties. Gambling is give me grief. Like all an addiction. couples, we argue now Is he in debt? Does he and then. But about once have enough money to keep a week, we stay up all losing it at the casino? Drinknight arguing and can’t ing is a different addiction get to work the next day. and can affect his health, as He hangs out at the casiwell as your safety. Staying MITCHELL no into the wee hours of out all night is a trust issue, & SUGAR the morning. Last week, and arguing all night is totalhe came home at 5:30 a.m. ly unproductive. ANNIE He says he does it just It is always a mistake to to make me angry. Two marry someone and expect weeks ago, he left on Sunhim to change. That rarely day afternoon and didn’t return until happens. Monday morning. Then he wonders Please look into Gam-Anon (gamwhy I don’t trust him. anon.org) and Al-Anon (al-anon.org) The other problems are that he for a better understanding of his bedrinks heavily and he likes to gamble havior. a lot. Before marrying him, be sure you I’ve prayed that God will allow him have a full report on your joint financto be the man I need and deserve. es. And we strongly urge you to get When we first started dating, I didn’t premarital counseling. Your fiance see any of these signs. I knew he fre- sounds like an oncoming train wreck. quented the casino, but it didn’t seem Dear Annie: When my father passed so bad. away, I moved in with my mother to Now he says he will work on not help with her bills. Five years later, coming home so late if I stop fussing. I I’ve paid off her mortgage and contintold him if it happens again, the rela- ue to live with her and pay her utilitionship is over. But he refuses to stop ties. gambling. I now have the opportunity to purCan he possibly change? Please chase my own home. At age 33, I feel

I need my own space. The predicament is, Mom cares for my ailing sister and her son every day. It means Mom doesn’t have time to get a job to support herself. I’ve told her that I can afford to continue paying her utilities, but she refuses. She said if I move out, it’s like I am “throwing her away like trash.” My siblings weren’t treated this way when they moved out and started their families, but they are making me feel selfish for wanting to be independent. Am I? Is it because I’m still single and don’t have any kids? How can I help my mother and siblings see my point of view? — Emotionally Blackmailed Dear Blackmailed: You need to stand your ground. Your siblings find it easier for you to live with Mom, because it lets them off the hook. They should help out more. Mom wants you to stay because she doesn’t want to be alone. All of them pressure you to keep things as they are because it is in their best interests. But it’s not in yours. Since your mother no longer needs your financial support beyond what you have already offered, please ignore their entreaties to stay. Don’t argue with your family. Simply promise Mom that you will see her often, and assure your siblings that Mom will not be neglected. Calmly repeat those words as often as you need to. In time, they will get used to your new circumstances and things will normalize. Dear Annie: What do you do when

and the north node in your sign, be more adFriday, Jan. 29 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: venturous. As birthday great Oprah Winfrey Tom Selleck, 70; Heather Graham, 45; Oprah says, “The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.” Winfrey, 61 LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): With Jupiter THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Grab your desand the north node pairing up tiny with both hands, as Jupiter in your spirituality zone, there is joins up with the north node. much inner peace to be found via HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You meditation, contemplation, yoga or are sociable and great fun to tai chi as you listen to your inner be around. July and August are voice. the best months to fall in love, SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): move in together, propose, get Jupiter and the north node link up married or renew your wedding in your networking zone, so opvows. portunities and success will come ARIES (March 21-April via connecting with local and in19): Jupiter and the north node ternational colleagues in person link up in your well being zone. and online. So — in 2016 — strive to be SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. the healthiest and fittest Ram JOANNE MADELINE 21): With Jupiter and the north you can be. No excuses — it’s MOORE node connecting in your career time to get your body moving zone, fabulous opportunities will ASAP! HOROSCOPE manifest in 2016, as long as you TAURUS (April 20-May have the confidence to follow your 20): Jupiter and the north node connect in your creativity zone. So 2016 is true destiny. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): With Juthe year to connect with your inner muse, as you express yourself in increasingly colourful piter and the north node activating your travel zone, adventure beckons in 2016. So make and creative ways. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Jupiter and sure you stop working long enough to embark the north node hook up in your home zone. on an exciting escapade. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Jupiter So — in 2016 — there is much love and happiness to be gained from improved relation- and the north node stimulate your shared resources zone. So the more generously you ships with your extended family. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Jupiter and share financial ideas and collaborate with oththe north node join forces in your neighbour- ers, the more successful you’ll be. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Jupiter and hood zone. So — if you contribute your numerous talents within your local community the north node pair up in your partnership zone. Attached Pisceans — your relation— satisfying connections will follow. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Jupiter and the ship is set to improve in leaps and bounds. north node form a conjunction in your cash Singles — are you ready to meet your soul zone. So it’s up to you to find enjoyable ways mate? to make more money. If you love what you Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationdo, outer and inner riches will follow. ally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): With Jupiter column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Decades later, Michigan library gets book back BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOLLAND, Mich. — A book has been returned to a library in western Michigan — 49 years later. The borrower told the library that he was a college student in 1967 when he checked out a book about World War II from the Herrick library in Holland. He wrote in a letter that the book was stored in a trunk that hadn’t been

opened until recently. He also provided a donation with his letter. Library director Diane Kooiker declined to identify the book, the man’s name or the amount of money given to the library. In his letter to the library, the man described it as a “modest donation” to cover what could be a “tremendous fine.” Kooiker tells The Grand Rapids Press that honest people sometimes can misplace a book.

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you what it is to be comfortable talking about these topics, and that doesn’t mean that you don’t have a chance, an opportunity, to find comfort.” Dr. Megan Harrison of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario says nothing can replace having a frank conversation with your kids, but such tools can still be beneficial. “Having something for your doll certainly normalizes (the subject), and doesn’t make it such a secret, which I think is a really good thing,” says Harrison, a pediatrician specializing in adolescent medicine. She says it’s usually recommended that conversations with girls about puberty should start at around age eight. Rather than one long discussion, she suggested having several brief chats about how a girl’s body will change. Goldenberg says her two sons also learned about menstruation early on. They saw her “managing the fact” that she had a monthly period, which included seeing her menstrual cup, pads and blood. “Talking to young people about menstruation for me is as elementary as talking to them about eating food and getting dressed and going to the toilet every day,” says Goldenberg, whose boys are now aged eight and 11. “The way I explained it when my kids were really young was that my uterus would build like a water bed every month in case it needed to take care of a fetus, a growing baby. When I didn’t get pregnant, then the water bed — which is made up of mostly blood — comes out of my vagina and it starts all over again, every month.” Harrison says it’s also important for girls to feel comfortable approaching their fathers with questions that may arise.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Broaching the subject of puberty can be nerve-racking for parents and embarrassing for kids, but Nickolay Lamm is hoping to help smooth the process with an unexpected resource: miniature menstrual pads for dolls. In 2013, Lamm made headlines when he began posting images online of what a Barbie doll should really look like, based on realistic body proportions. Crowdfunding raised more than US$500,000 to bring the Lammily doll to life and he eventually decided to take the idea one step further. The “Period Party” accessory kit for a Lammily doll includes coloured pads and liner stickers, a pair of panties, a calendar and dot stickers, and an educational pamphlet. “I know that menstruation is a very taboo topic in society, and so I felt like by having this ‘Period Party’ accessory pack for the doll it would be kind of like saying: ‘This is just a normal thing. It happens and it’s nothing to be ashamed of,” Lamm says in a telephone interview from Pittsburgh. Vancouver-based sex educator Marnie Goldenberg says the product could be “one more tool in the toolkit” for parents who dread discussing the subject with their kids. “One of the things I say to parents is: ‘If you’re uncomfortable talking to your kids — think back. Were your parents comfortable?’ And of course, most everybody in the room (says), ‘Good god, no,”’ says Goldenberg, whose Sexplainer blog is aimed at helping parents raise sexually intelligent kids. “Give yourself a break. You didn’t have role modelling. Nobody showed

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