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Don’t judge a runner by her sneakers
Diana Hurley ran her first marathon in Kelowna last month, a feat she never thought would be possible in her lifetime.
Story on PAGE B6FORECAST ON A2
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Lana Michelin talks with the Red Deer musician Bruce Jacobson in today’s FRIDAY FORWARD
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Rona takes the reinsFresh out of a caucus meeting that
first heard from former prime minister Stephen Harper, followed by the se-lection of interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose, Red Deer -Mountain View MP Earl Dreeshen said Thursday he wants to work with the new govern-ment to help his constituents.
While Dreeshen did not provide de-tails of the federal Conservative cau-cus meeting, he did say Harper en-couraged the MPs to “just continue to work hard as we have done in the past.”
“We do have the greatest respect for (Stephen Harper). The world knows how significant he has been and the leadership that he has shown. Now it’ll be up to us as Opposition to let people realize the significance of the
mark that Conservatives have made, and prime minister Harper had made for Canada.”
While the Conservatives lost the election to Justin Trudeau’s Liberals on Oct. 19, local Conservatives Dreesh-
en and Blaine Calkins (Red Deer-La-combe) were elected.
Dreeshen said Harper did have a chance to express his feelings and con-cerns “and we as always appreciated his comments and insight.”
Asked if it was an emotional meet-ing, Dreeshen said: “Really what we were looking at, it was a business meeting … and so we went about doing the things that we need to do in order to become a strong and effective oppo-sition.”
“That was what we felt we were go-ing to do when we went in and that’s what we felt we had accomplished.”
“And so we now have a new inter-im leader, Rona Ambrose, and I have the greatest respect for Rona. She’s a bright effective communicator and she’s passionate about our country. So I’m looking forward to working with her in the weeks and months to come until we finally have a leadership con-vention that will give our party some-one for the future.”
No date has been set yet for the leadership convention.
‘I HAVE THE GREATEST RESPECT FOR RONA.
SHE’S A BRIGHT EFFEC-TIVE COMMUNICATOR
AND SHE’S PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR COUNTRY. SO I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER
IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS TO COME . . . .’EARL DREESHEN RONA AMBROSE
BY MARY-ANN BARRADVOCATE STAFF
Please see DREESHEN on Page A2
EDMONTON MP CHOSEN AS INTERIM CONSERVATIVE LEADER
Masyksentencing
delayed
A decision on sentence for a hit-and-run crash that left a teenager dead in a rural ditch has been delayed, but Crown and defence said the sentence should be in the range of six to eight months in custody.
Jessica Lyn Masyk, 26, pleaded guilty to three charges on Aug. 19 in-cluding driving while unauthorized, failing to remain at the scene of a col-lision and public mischief for filing a false police report.
At about 10:30 p.m. on May 20, 2014, driving in her Dodge Durango with her two children inside, Masyk struck and killed Trystan Sorensen, 18, on Hwy 592 west of Penhold.
A month prior Masyk’s driver’s li-cence was suspended for traffic safety act violations.
Trystan was riding on a longboard on one side of the highway at the time and was sent flying into the ditch. He suffered severe injuries and though EMS attempted to perform CPR, Trys-tan died at the scene.
Appearing in Red Deer provincial court on Thursday, Crown Prosecutor Ed Ring and defence counsel Kaitlyn Perrin, of Calgary, gave judge John Holmes their recommendation on a sentence for Masyk.
Both agreed the sentence should be in the range of six to eight months in custody. Further suggested punish-ments included a two-year driving pro-hibition, a fine of $1,000 to $1,500 and Ring also asked for an order for Masyk to provide a sample of her DNA.
Ring said the sentence was war-ranted, citing case law and said Masyk knew that bodily harm had been caused to another person and was reckless as to whether the death of the other person resulted from that bodily harm.
Masyk did exit her vehicle and look around. She phoned a friend in a pan-ic. The friend told her to leave the scene and she followed that advice. A witness said she was outside of her vehicle for no longer than one minute.
A pre-sentence report was devel-oped for the sentencing hearing. Per-rin drew issue with a conclusion it reached that Masyk was unwilling to vebalize her remorse.
BY MURRAY CRAWFORDADVOCATE STAFF
Please see MASYK on Page A2
Photo by ASHLI BARRETT/Advocate staff
The flags are presented before the unveiling of the Cenotaph during the Penhold War Memorial Dedication at the Penhold Regional Multiplex Thursday evening. The function featured the unveiling of the Cenotaph and the Penhold Memorial Hall Stage Curtain.
Penhold — A cenotaph and a re-stored First World War memorial stage curtain were unveiled here Thursday to honour Canadian soldiers’ sacrific-es.
Speaking to our modern generation, for whom world wars are almost un-imaginable, keynote speaker retired Maj.-Gen. Lewis MacKenzie reminded his audience how lucky Canadians are.
Two weeks before returning to Can-ada, after serving as commander of Sector Sarajevo in the former Yugosla-via, he saw a group of teenagers being given food by the Canadians killed or horribly mangled in front of his eyes by a mortar shell explosion.
On returning to Ottawa, the big news of the day was the GST and the Grey Cup weather forecast.
“What a God-given blessing we have to be able to sweat the small stuff,” said MacKenzie, who is one of Cana-da’s best-known soldiers and the first to receive two Meritorious Services Crosses for his leadership in a 36-year military career.
“It’s just unbelievable how much we take for granted.”
MacKenzie was joined by Alberta Lt.-Gov. Lois Mitchell and many other provincial and municipal dignitaries at the memorial event in Penhold Re-gional Multiplex. They were piped into the gymnasium along with a colour party.
Nobody was taking peace for grant-ed in 1920, when the Penhold stage curtain was commissioned and paint-ed with a view of an iconic image of the gilded statue of the Virgin Mary atop a basilica in Albert, France.
Damaged by shellfire and hanging precariously at an angle, the statue
was seen by tens of thousands of Ca-nadians marching to the front. Legend had it that when the statue fell the war would end.
The curtain hung for decades on the stage of the Women’s Institute Penhold Memorial Hall that was built in 1919 to remember all those who served in the Great War.
In modern times, the crowds who line the Highway of Heroes, those who have supported injured soldiers in sporting events, and initiatives to help soldiers cope with post-traumatic stress disorders through canine and equine therapy all show Canadians stepping up to help their soldiers.
“The drop curtain and the cenotaph is another example of local organi-zations coming together and creating something for their community.”
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Ryan Pedersen, left, and Shawn Moore transplant ‘Charlie,’ a spruce tree that had been originally planted at Red Deer College, at Mountview Elementary School in front of the Grade 1 and 2 students on Thursday afternoon. Following construction of the new Centre for Health, Wellness and Sport at RDC, the tree will be transplanted back at the college.
Dreeshen said the party wants to make it as fair and open a process as possible.
“We let the party deal with that side of it. For those of us that are elected, we will be dealing with the other side, which is to make sure that the legisla-tive agenda that is presented is well scrutinized, and we have people be aware of the opportunities and ideas that we can put forward.”
Dreeshen, who will be sworn in on Monday, said any extra duties for the Conservative MPs will be determined by Ambrose.
“I would imagine that when we return on Dec. 3 to elect the speaker, then on Dec. 4 to listen to the speech from the throne, that those decisions will have been made.”
“We do work as a team and we look for the strengths that everybody has and so whether a person has any offi-cial role or not, we still work togther to make sure we help develop policies and we help get positive messaging go-ing forward.”
While he will now sit as a member of the official Opposition, Dreeshen said the reality is that the first job for each of the 338 members of Parliament is still to their constituents and to those people that elected them.
“I’ve always felt that you can gain more by being thoughtful and working your way through decisions than you can by being boisterous. You know I’ve been here for seven years and in that time, maybe it’s the teacher in me, but I’ve never heckled and I have no inten-tion to do so.”
“I feel that there’s a certain amount of respect that has to be here, and in essence we all work that way. So the fact that we are now doing it from the other side of the House I still think that’s really the tone that a person has to work with.”
Dreeshen said he wants to get to know those new cabinet ministers he will need to work with on behalf of his constituents, but he will have to wait until they have got their feet under them.
He said he believes the best ap-proach is to work together to solve problems for constituents and that’s the approach he intends to use.
DREESHEN: ‘We do work as a team’
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MASYK: Veryremorseful
Perrin said Masyk was very re-morseful with her guilty plea and her apologies to the victim’s mother.
After hearing sentencing submis-sions from both Crown and defence counsel, Holmes offered Masyk the opportunity to speak. She wanted to at first, but had a hard time standing to speak and felt nauseous.
This necessitated a brief adjourn-ment so she could compose herself.
Wearing a leopard print top with matching high-heeled shoes, Masyk turned to Trystan’s mother Amy So-rensen, Masyk apologized for the crash that killed Amy’s son saying “I couldn’t imagine what it would be like to lose my child.”
Amy read two victim impact state-ments she wrote outlining how this incident has affected her. She talked about a son born with multiple disabil-ities who was a generous and loving person who forgave anyone.
“A piece of me died that night with my son,” she said.
“I’d give my own (life) to change it.”
As Amy read her victim impact statement, Masyk trembled and cried.
According to the agreed statement of facts, Sorensen stood at the crest of a hill and watched his friend Roman Black ride down. When Black stopped and got off his longboard, Sorensen then rolled down the hill on his board.
Masyk crested the hill in her Dodge Durango and struck Sorensen.
Black told police he saw Masyk stop the vehicle, get out to look around and then get back into the vehicle and speed off.
A day after the collision, Masyk re-ported her vehicle stolen to Innisfail RCMP saying someone had taken it from her back alley around 8 p.m. on May 20.
At 10 p.m. on May 21, Innisfail RC-MP received a report of a burned vehi-cle in a farmer’s field. It was Masyk’s vehicle.
On May 24, Masyk turned herself in to Innisfail RCMP. She told police she contacted Jesse Miller and Logan Graham after the collision. The Crown said in the agreed statement of facts that Miller, Graham and Steven Lagace decided to burn the car. Miller was too scared and did not join Graham and Lagace in burning the vehicle. Miller was not charged.
Graham was convicted of his role and given an 18-month conditional sen-tence and 12 months probation.
Steven Lagace pleaded guilty to ar-son in relation to the burning of the ve-hicle, and a slew of other charges, and was sentenced to 26 months jail.
Holmes said he wanted to take time to read all the victim impact state-ments, review case law and reach a decision. The case was adjourned to Friday in Red Deer provincial court to set a date for his decision.
MEMORIAL: Many local men killed
MacKenzie is among those backing a monument on a national scale at Cape Breton to remember the Canadi-an soldiers buried in 2,500 cemeteries around the world. Permission has not yet been granted for the 25-metre stat-ue based on the famous Mother Cana-da monument that stands over the site of the Vimy battlefield in France.
Local historian Michael Dawe spoke of the impact the First World War had on Penhold and area, then a thriving farming community.
At the Battle of the Somme alone, 47 men from the Penhold area were killed. Three times as many were wounded.
Dozens of others died at Vimy and Passchendaele. In all, nearly 120 Cen-tral Albertans lost their lives in the war.
When they returned home, the Spanish flu epidemic was at its peak and the local economy was in tatters. Unemployment in Penhold was at 25 per cent after the war.
Despite this, the Women’s Institute managed to scrape together enough donations and volunteer help to build the Memorial Hall that still stands.
The curtain hung in the hall until the 1960s when it was taken and forgot-ten for 40 years when it was uncovered during hall renovations. Local man Stewart Ford made sure the curtain was saved.
Gifted to the Canadian War Museum by the town, the curtain underwent a meticulous four-month restoration.
Mark O’Neil, president and CEO of the Canadian War Museum and the Ca-nadian Museum of History, said before the unveiling the curtain is believed to be the only surviving curtain of its kind in North America.
It will hang at the multiplex for six months before being returned to the museum in Ottawa.
Calgary police chief says problems with gangs and
guns getting worseCalgary’s police chief says the city
is still a very safe place to live but says there’s no doubt there are more guns and gang violence than ever before.
He says it’s an effect that all big cit-ies go through and he wants citizens to know the Calgary police are taking the situation seriously.
The force is currently involved in five major operations regarding guns and gangs, with several others in the queue along with more than 85 other violence-related investigations.
From the beginning of the year until Oct. 31, there have been 85 shootings — 12 of them fatal and 73 involving either property damage or non-fatal injuries.
During the same period in 2014 there were only 51 shootings.
Chaffin says resources are being redeployed within the department to
give him a sense of where the weak-nesses are in the force.
He says there as many as 100 key perpetrators they are tracking in the city, but it’s a very fluid group.
Notley’s NDP apologizes for invite offering access to
premier, cabinetEDMONTON — Alberta’s NDP gov-
ernment performed a rapid-fire about-face in the house Thursday over accu-sations it was selling access to Premier Rachel Notley and her cabinet.
Government house leader Brian Mason, facing questions from Wildrose member Jason Nixon, first defended an upcoming NDP party event in Cal-gary that promised access to Premier Rachel Notley and her cabinet for a $250 party donation.
“It’s an opportunity to meet all members of the NDP caucus,” said Mason.
“It’s not an attempt to sell access in any way.”
But just seconds later, Health Minis-ter Sarah Hoffman, apparently having been alerted to the actual wording of the invite, stood and labelled the invi-tation offside.
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Homicide investigation underway after man, woman,
found deadEDMONTON — An autopsy has de-
termined that two people found dead in a parked car in Edmonton last week died from gunshot wounds.
Homicide detectives are investigat-ing after the bodies of Daniel Andrew Edward Fullerton and Dianna Teresa Wilk, both 28, were discovered early Friday evening in a southside neigh-bourhood.
Both were in the vehicle’s front seat when a passerby found them.
There was no immediate word on the pair’s relationship.
Fullerton was originally from Rose-town, Sask.
No one has been arrested and inves-tigators are asking anyone who may have informa-tion about the shooting to come forward. (CTV Ed-monton, CJME)
Mounties look at speed, alcohol, as ‘likely factors’ in
fatal rolloverELK POINT — One per-
son is dead and four oth-ers are injured following a single-vehicle rollover in northeastern Alberta.
RCMP say a car carry-ing five people went out of control on Highway 41 north of Elk Point Wednesday afternoon and ended up on its roof.
A 21-year-old man from Kehewin who was driving died at the scene.
The other four were taken to hospitals in Bonnyville and St. Paul, but their conditions were not immediately known.
Passing motorists stopped and helped the injured.
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Calgary Humane Society over its capacity after
seizures of 35 cats, 27 birds
CALGARY — The Cal-gary Humane Society is over its capacity after sei-zures of more than 60 cats and birds.
The first seizure in-volved 35 cats and the oth-er involved 27 birds.
Brad Nichols says both involved hoarding and charges are pending.
He says usually in hoarding the animals are feral and inbred animals that need a lot of medical attention.
But Nichols says the cats and birds appear well-adjusted.
He says they will be good house pets once
their medical issues are treated.
Notley says entrepreneurism key to Alberta’s revival
EDMONTON — Premier Rachel Notley says entrepreneurism is the key to Alberta’s economic revival, adding that one never knows where another Silicon Valley will spring up.
Notley made the comments today in a state of the province speech to almost 2,000 people at an Edmonton Chamber of Commerce event.
Notley told the audience that par-adigm-altering innovations can come from unexpected places.
She says tech giants like Apple and Google got their start in garages, and that oilsands technology unlocked bil-lions of dollars in wealth for Alberta.
Her government is undertaking nu-merous initiatives to diversify Alber-ta’s oil-based economy.
But opposition critics have said Not-ley is ignoring economic fundamentals to recovery by hiking corporate and personal income taxes and looking at boosting oil royalties.
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Baby talk: Parties back better parental leaveBY THE CANADIAN PRESS
EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposi-tion Wildrose party says it would sup-port changing rules to make life eas-ier for politicians who are parents of young children, including allowing them to bring their babies to the leg-islature.
“I am very, very excited to have ba-by snuggles,” Wildrose member Ange-la Pitt said. “I think that is something that would be very nice on a bad day.”
“In my opinion the baby needs to be welcome in the legislature. We need to be supportive of a plan that works.”
Pitt’s comments come as the govern-ment grapples with how to deal with Stephanie McLean, an NDP member of the legislature who is expecting a baby in February.
Under current legislation, members can’t take paid parental leave because they do not pay into Employment In-surance. Any member who misses more than 10 days of work will have their pay docked by $100 per day, un-less it’s for illness, injury, bereave-ment or official business.
Premier Rachel Notley, whose 53-member caucus includes 25 wom-en, has promised to change that rule, which she has called archaic.
But Notley said the government must also come up with a policy on just how much parental leave a politician should be able take before returning
to work.She said the parental leave policy
must balance the responsibility of pol-iticians to represent their constituents with the fact that other women get a full year of maternity leave.
Earlier this year the federal Liber-als proposed more flexible parental leave proposals for the general public under EI rules, including extending the time period to 18 months and giv-ing parents the legal right to ask their boss for more flexible working con-ditions, including the ability to work from home.
Notley, who has two children, has joked that earlier in her career she wishes she could have shared her po-litical duties with a caucus colleague.
“I think what we are likely going to be looking at is trying to inject flexi-bility into how the job is done to en-courage women and young women of child-bearing years to be politicians and to be active,” she said.
Notley and other NDP officials de-clined to provide details of proposals on how the government will achieve its goal of a more family-friendly parental leave policy for members of the legis-lature.
Wildrose was also not prepared to be specific about what ideas it is pre-pared to put on table.
Pitt, who has two children, noted that being a politician is not like other jobs. She said all Albertans need to be treated equally.
Bill introduced to publicize more public-sector salaries
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
EDMONTON — Alberta is bringing in new rules to publicize the salaries of thousands more workers, including nurses, professors, and members of 157 provincially run boards.
“Our government is serious about increasing transparency, and this bill will show Albertans how their tax dol-lars are being spent,” Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley said after tabling the Public Sector Transparency Act,
The plan is to have the first results made public on June 30, 2016.
Alberta already discloses the sala-ries of 3,556 government and employ-ees who make more than $104,000 a year.
All political staffers have their sala-ries disclosed.
Ganley’s bill expands the disclosure list to members and staff of the agen-cies, boards and commissions directly controlled by the province.
That includes universities and orga-nizations such as Alberta Health Ser-vices, which is in charge of providing front-line medical care.
All board members will have their expenses disclosed.
Anyone who makes more than $125,000 a year in salary, bonus and overtime pay combined would have their salary made public.
Those staffers include nurses, health employees, university mem-bers, and professors and employees of agencies, boards and commissions.
The $125,000 threshold will also ap-ply to those who work in the eight leg-islative offices that serve and oversee government
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COMMENT A4FRIDAY, NOV. 6, 2015
Justin Trudeau ensured there were some old hands to rely on in his cabi-net, but the real story of his complex cabinet crafting was the huge amount of faith the new prime min-ister has invested in three women and two men with no political experience.
Five of the biggest jobs in this country have been handed to five raw parlia-mentary rookies, three from Ontario and two from British Columbia — Bill Morneau, Jody Wilson-Ray-bould, Catherine McKenna, Jane Philpott and Harjit Singh Sajjan.
With seven ministers from the city of Toronto and the GTA, and the Toronto tilt of his campaign team, the power shift in this coun-try from Calgary to the Ontario capital is complete.
Trudeau appointed three ministers not born in this country. He showed no hesitation in passing over parliamen-tary veterans or those thought to have the inside track to a post while still finding room for six who have served in cabinet before.
But the new prime minister had been handed a change mandate and in this case change means calculated risks.
Fully 18 of 31 members of the Trudeau cabinet have never served at the federal level, although some have provincial experience. Some of this
is the obvious result of a party that went from 36 to 184 seats in the Commons, but much of it is clearly Trudeau’s belief that exem-plary careers in business, advocacy, medicine or the military trump a knowledge of the political ropes.
It is true that most Cana-dians could not have named more than a handful of Ste-phen Harper ministers, but this quintet will quickly be-come known, not the least because Trudeau has prom-ised his ministers the re-spect and freedom to make decisions, vowing the era of
government by cabinet has returned.Wilson-Raybould, an aboriginal
lawyer and regional chief of the As-sembly of First Nations, takes over jus-tice, a file that will include the legal-ization of marijuana, the government’s promised amendments to anti-terror legislation and the highly polarizing and emotional issue of assisted sui-cide. She will have to decide on court challenges ranging from the niqab at citizenship ceremonies to mandatory minimum sentencing.
Sajjan is a man born in India with a chest full of medals for his military service for this country, including deployments to Bosnia and multiple postings to Afghanistan. He became the first Sikh to command a Canadi-an regiment. Now, as defence minis-ter, he must be involved in the tricky timing surrounding his government’s pledge to withdraw from the skies of Iraq and Syria as part of a coalition aimed at degrading the Islamic State and he will oversee the choice of the next generation of combat fighters af-ter Trudeau vowed to end Ottawa’s pursuit of the discredited F-35.
Philpott is a renowned physician who owns a disarmingly common touch, but she now inherits a health portfolio that will include possibly bruising negotiations with the provinc-es on funding.
Trudeau has committed to increase federal health spending for home care by $3 billion over four years, but he has also committed to taking a lead-ership role and getting the provinc-es together to renegotiate the Canada Health Transfer. Expectations of an improvement from the Harper funding pledge will be high.
McKenna, the Ottawa Centre MP, gets the crucial and renamed Environ-ment and Climate Change portfolio on the eve of a climate summit in Paris and with Trudeau telling the world
this country is shucking years of inac-tion on climate under Harper.
She will be scrutinized here and around the world.
“Canada is going to be a strong and positive actor on the world stage (on climate change),” Trudeau again pledged Wednesday.
Finance is in the hands of Bay Street veteran and Toronto Centre MP Morneau, Trudeau’s economic adviser, but someone who has never served in a legislature. He will have to manage deficits, tax the wealthiest and deliver tax cuts for the middle class and get some infrastructure projects shovel ready. He has to act quickly, then start to craft a budget.
But on a day when 3,500 flocked to the grounds of Rideau Hall un-der bright, warm sunshine, when Trudeau’s mother, Margaret, wiped away tears and the prime minister’s youngest child jumped into his arms as he approached the governor gen-eral’s residence, when one young fan from Toronto wept because she missed out on a selfie with Trudeau when bagpipes swirled, when young throat singers performed then dissolved into giggles, when newly minted cabinet ministers posed for photographers, beaming and waving … let’s just say it was a tough day for cynics in this town.
Tim Harper is a national affairs writer syndicated by the Toronto Star.
Trudeau puts faith in rookie cabinet
TIMHARPER
OPINION
Wondering if I’m alone in wonderingAm I the only one….… that was totally turned off by the attack ads
during the two elections this year? Were the PC ads a benefit to our new PM? I really felt they were also a personal attack on my own intelligence. Was Rob Ford endorsing Stephen Harper a kiss of death?
… that can’t understand why airport security will take away a nail file on the ground and then the airline give first class passengers an eight-inch metal knife or economy a plastic knife at 38,000 feet?
… the only one that runs into people in the store wearing camouflage clothing because I didn’t see them?
… that wonders why the city put in bike lanes on 55th street in 2013 (only to take them out the same year) if they in fact were closing the street in 2014 and 2015 to put in water lines, new sidewalks and re-paving? Wasn’t this a lack of forethought by the city and a total waste of money?
…that wonders even why the bike lanes exist? Since they went in I have only seen a couple of cyclists using them. If they were expecting more users, why are there only 100 bicycle parking spaces downtown for commuters as per the city hall?
… that wonders why the city doesn’t have more lights on flash in non-peak hours? It is kind of silly to stop by LTCHS at 2 a.m. with no one on the road. Wouldn’t this save more fuel wastage than bike lanes which are available to be used three to four months of the year?
… that remembers why photo radar was brought in to control speeding in high accident areas where it was dangerous for an officer to stop a vehicle? Obviously northbound Gaetz by the river must be bad as there is always a truck there. Funny, I have
never seen an accident there ever. Does this mean the city is using it as a cash grab? I think so.
… the only person that wonders when an ordinary dog sees a police dog, do they think “Oh crap. It’s the cops!”?
… that remembers when Remembrance Day was a time when services were extremely well attended and stores closed? Our veterans paid a tremendous price for our freedom. Wear a poppy! When you see a veteran be sure to say “Thank You.”
… that feels ambushed when I go to a check-out and they ask for a charitable donation? Doing good should never feel bad. They get the charitable receipt and look good, not me.
… thinks that people are beautiful when young and wise when old?
… that wonders if criminals call the police for help if they are a victim of crime? Karma is a wonderful thing and I know the young offenders will experience it later in life.
… that knows that our city is a fabulous place to live? I came for five years and I have been here 16 years now.
R. Dean CowanRed Deer
Albertans want value for higher cost of government
It’s no surprise that 43 per cent of Albertans disapprove of the NDP’s spend, tax and borrow budget and 58 per cent believe that Alberta is heading in the wrong direction. The NDP are hiring more employees and dolling out raises and borrowing to pay for it all.
It’s embarrassing but Alberta already has the most expensive government in Canada with the worst performance in many key service areas. We want and will pay for good government programs; health, education, social services and infrastructure. But we are loath to pay 20 per cent more than other Canadians do in their provinces for worse services.
Albertans are good shoppers. We watch gasoline prices, we shop at a grocery store for this, Costco for that, Walmart for some things; when there is better value.
So, to pay $1,300 more for worse provincial programs is offensive.
The NDP have vowed to make it worse.
Ron BellCalgary
A reminder that there are good people out in the world
I was at one of my son’s houses in Penhold on Halloween night and was witness something that re-stored my faith in our troubled times.
Here was some peace officers driving around and giving the kids treats.
And a little later the county Firetrucks were al-so driving around giving out treats to the kids. This should not be overlooked and I would personally like to thank them for the time and effort they put into the community.
Great job!
Lorie KonsmoRed Deer
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — Anonymous allegations that Canada’s military police mistreated Afghan detainees five years ago will be investigated by the Military Po-lice Complaints Commission, the agency announced Thursday.
The allegations suggest that the commanding of-ficer at Kandahar Air Field ran exercises in empty detention cells next to those holding detainees in order to “terrorize” them and also that police went into cells in the middle of the night with weapons, pressed detainees against the wall and floor and ap-plied arm locks.
The complainant also raised concerns about the military’s own investiga-tions into the incidents, including the fact that no charges were laid and no court martial convened.
“The allegation that the Military Police may have been involved in cov-ering up misconduct … is a very grave one that goes to the heart of the MP-CC’s mandate to ensure accountability for the MP and to foster public confi-dence in the availability of a suitable independent mechanism to investigate alleged misconduct,” Hil-ary McCormack, chairper-son of the commission, said in a statement.
The alleged incidents took place between De-cember 2010 and 2011, but the complaint was not re-ceived by the commission until last February.
The commission said the person who sent in the complaint went to great lengths to conceal their identity, mailing a one-page, typewritten letter from the Sheraton Gate-way Hotel at Pearson In-ternational Airport.
It included the names of five people listed as
references for information about the incident and internal investigations and the commission contact-ed them before deciding to launch a review.
McCormack said the information obtained from them suggests there was a perception on the part of people deployed in Kandahar that some of the de-cisions made about the investigations were due to orders coming from “Ottawa” or because of concerns about the military’s reputation in light of the atten-tion that issues involving detainees can generate.
The fact the complaint was made anonymously is also important, McCormack said.
“Both the nature of the allegations and the man-ner in which the complaint was made tend to imply a lack of confidence on the complainant’s part in the independence of the Military Police when investi-gating alleged misconduct by CAF members and in the ability of the Military Police to investigate them-selves impartially,” she wrote.
“Under the specific circumstances of this case, only an independent investigation could provide suf-ficient reassurance to the complainant and to others, so that in the future individuals are not dissuaded from stepping forward to voice their concerns or complaints due to fear of reprisals or lack of confi-dence in the mechanisms available to investigate such complaints.”
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OTTAWA — The new Liberal government is making good on a prom-ise to resurrect the man-datory, long-form census killed off by the Con-servatives, but is vague on the details of how it plans to persuade Cana-dians to fill it out.
The long-form com-ponent of the 2011 ques-tionnaire was axed by Stephen Harper’s gov-ernment, which called it intrusive to threaten people with fines and jail time for not answer-ing personal questions — a nod to the party’s libertarian base.
The Conservatives replaced the long-form census with the National Household Survey. The response rate declined from 93.5 per cent in 2006 to 68.6 per cent in 2011.
The Liberal gov-ernment, however, is giving priority to ev-i d e n c e - b a s e d d e c i -sion-making instead of ideology, said Navdeep Bains, the minister of innovation, science and economic development.
“Today, Canadians are reclaiming their right to accurate and more reliable informa-tion,” Bains said.
“Communities will once again have access to high-quality data they require to make deci-sions that will truly re-flect the needs of the people, businesses, in-stitutions and organiza-tions.”
But neither Bains nor Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Du-clos would discuss spe-cific consequences or penalties which might be imposed to ensure the mandatory question-naire is filled out.
Some groups have been shown to be less likely to fill out the forms, including indige-nous Canadians.
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CLIMATE WELCOME SIT-IN
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Protesters rally against tar sands expansion during the ‘Climate Welcome Sit-In’ for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outside Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Thursday.
Four teens charged in
bomb scaresBY THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL — Four teens from western Quebec charged over threats against schools in their area now are accused in connection with a spate of bomb threats against schools in Quebec and Ontario earli-er this week.
Quebec provincial police Capt. Guy Lapointe said Thursday that each of the teens now faces charges of uttering threats, conspiracy and conveying false messages.
They were charged at the provincial courthouse in Gatineau, Que., across the river from Ottawa.
Lapointe says no explosive devices were found in the search of nearly 80 primary and secondary schools and junior colleges after threatening emails were sent Tuesday.
Quebec’s acting Public Security Minister, Pierre Moreau, identified the group as “Red Sceptre”, un-known to authorities.
Emails were sent to each institution and some school boards.
They all contained similar messages suggesting that bombs were being set to go off at specific times, implying the complicity of school employees.
“Among all the searches that were conducted in all the different establishments, no device, no suspi-cious elements were found,” Lapointe said.
The teens — three boys and a girl aged 16 and 17 years old — were arrested Wednesday on mischief charges in connection with threats that took place one week ago in schools in the Gatineau and Ottawa area.
Lapointe says provincial police now are linking the four teens to the larger threat this week.
The teens hail from the western Quebec commu-nities of Wakefield, Chelsea and L’Ange-Gardien and Lapointe said they were acquainted with each other.
An investigation continues and police say other arrests could be made.
Lapointe said he couldn’t say more about a mo-tive.
On Tuesday, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard called the threats “disgusting” and “cowardly.”
Schools were subjected to searches in various cit-ies in Quebec as well as Toronto and North Bay, Ont.
Detained activist leaves for France
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — A French anti-radicalization activist detained on arrival in Canada as a national security threat has been allowed to return home voluntarily, his supporters said Thursday.
Mourad Benchellali flew back to France late Wednes-day, two days after Canadi-an immigration authorities refused to allow the former Guantanamo inmate into the country for a speaking tour.
“Thank you to one and all for your many messages of support that have been of great help to me,” Benchellali tweeted in French.
Canada Border Services Agency, which his lawyer said had initially refused to allow him to go home voluntarily and instead put him in a max-imum-security prison, has refused to comment on the case.
Benchellali, 34, of Lyon, is widely known in Eu-rope for his work trying to persuade young Muslims and others to resist the allure of extreme, militant Islam.
He had come to Canada at the request of a docu-mentary filmmaker, and his treatment by Canadian authorities sparked outrage among supporters.
“He had come here to speak on (deradicalization) and they put him in prison for that,” said Eileen Thalenberg, the filmmaker who had organized the planned visit.
“It’s just a terrible, terrible message that they are sending. It’s unconscionable.”
Thalenberg said she had spoken to him on his arrival in Paris, where numerous reporters were on hand.
“It created a huge hullabaloo in France,” Thalen-berg said.
Thalenberg’s company had arranged a series of meetings between Benchellali and young people in Montreal.
He was also apparently scheduled to lecture un-specified police and anti-terror experts on deradi-calization but instead found himself in prison.
“We got him out at least, but he could not do the work he was supposed to do here,” Thalenberg said.
“(His) unique voice brings an important message to the discussion about countering violent extrem-ism.”
MOURADBENCHELLALI
Turcotte killed kids out of ‘homicidal altruism’
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
SAINT-JEROME, Que. — When Guy Turcotte
stabbed his two young children to death in 2009, the
ex-doctor was engaging in an act of “homicidal altru-
ism,” a psychiatrist testifying for the defence during
his first-degree murder trial testified Thursday.
Louis Morissette was cross-examined by the
Crown for a second consecutive day and told the
11-member jury Turcotte killed his kids because he
didn’t want them to suffer.
Morissette said the ex-doctor acted out of “homi-
cidal altruism” because he wanted to prevent them
from witnessing his eventual suicide, but the psychi-
atrist added that logic was faulty and the result of a
sick mind.
Turcotte has pleaded not guilty to two counts of
first-degree murder in the slayings of his son, Olivi-
er, 5, and his daughter Anne-Sophie, 3.
His lawyers are arguing the 43-year-old former
cardiologist should be found not criminally respon-
sible by way of mental disorder.
Quebec doctors’ group to contest end-of-life care legislation in court
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL — A Quebec-based doctors’ group is seeking to contest the provincial law that would allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with medical help.
Paul Saba of the Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice and Lisa D’Amico, a handicapped woman, said Thursday they want to submit new arguments to Quebec Superior Court before the end-of-life care law takes effect on Dec. 10.
They argue the Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling on doctor-assisted suicide was based on a case in British Columbia that occurred before the Quebec law was adopted in June 2014.
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in February that Canadians with unbearable and irremediable suffering could be eligible to end their lives with a doctor’s aid, but the justices stayed their decision until February 2016 to give Parliament time to re-place the existing law if it so chooses.
“The Supreme Court has not ruled on the Quebec law, has not addressed the Quebec law, because that law was not part of the questions to be decided,” the group’s lawyer Dominique Talarico said.
The law on end-of-life care sets out a patient’s right to “receive the end-of-life care their condition requires” as well as raises the issue of medical aid in dying and a long list of requirements to be met be-fore a doctor can administer it.
Talarico said that a patient’s consent cannot be free and informed if they have not been offered all palliative care options, which is not always the case
in the province due to a lack of accessibility to cer-tain treatments, drugs and services.
Delays are often long and accessibility varies from one region of Quebec to another, Talarico add-ed.
“The actual state of the health system, disease screening, the state of health care and palliative care in Quebec are possibly more deficient than any-where else in Canada. The context of care is part of the totality of evidence to be presented to Superior Court,” Talarico said.
The plaintiffs also want the court to answer questions such as whether medical aid in dying is a health service, which Saba argues it isn’t.
“As a doctor, I can’t accept something that is non-medical, non-scientific,” he said. “It even goes against my code of ethics in Quebec. Under the code of ethics, if we have treatments to offer or an opera-tion, we must always use the least dangerous.”
‘AS A DOCTOR, I CAN’T ACCEPT SOMETHING THAT IS NON-MEDICAL, NON-SCIENTIFIC,.
IT EVEN GOES AGAINST MY CODE OF ETHICS IN QUEBEC. UNDER THE CODE OF ETHICS,
IF WE HAVE TREATMENTS TO OFFER OR AN OPERATION, WE MUST ALWAYS USE THE
LEAST DANGEROUS.’
— PAUL SABA COALITION OF PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
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Flames fry up Flyers with OT win
BY GREG MEACHEMADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR
Cougars 3 Lightning 0Notre Dame Cougars senior girls
volleyball head coach Jeremy Batch-elor admitted he didn’t glance at the score clock as his team was being bad-ly outplayed in the third set of the 4A zone sudden-death semifinal Thursday at Lindsay Thurber.
Up 2-0 in the best-of-five match ver-sus the Hunting Hills Lightning, the Cougars trailed 20-4 in the third set before mounting an amazing rally and pulling out a 27-25 victory to complete the sweep and earn a berth in the zone final.
“Was that the actual score, 20 to 4? I knew it was bad, I didn’t know it was that bad,” said Batchelor. “Honestly, we were thinking, OK, let’s just play it out and come back in the fourth set and take the game.”
That a fourth set was not forthcom-ing was incredible, considering the manner in which the Lightning ruled with their season on the line. They were a mere three points away from victory in the third set with a 22-7 lead and were up 24-14 before the Cou-gars, with Kamryn Henderson holding serve, rallied to pull even and then completed the improbable comeback.
“That was all on the girls. It was un-real how they pulled together on and off the court,” said Batchelor, whose squad prevailed 25-21, 25-20 in the first two sets. “They really relied on each other.”
Prior to the semifinal, the Cougars had not dropped a single set to the
Lightning over several matches this fall. That shutout run, it very much ap-peared, was going to end on the Thurb-er court Thursday.
“I was getting prepared for the speech I was going to give to rally them back up and make sure we win the next game,” said Batchelor. “I was so
happy that I didn’t have to give that speech.
“It was amazing what the girls did. It’s huge moving forward and going into the zone championship with that win.”
The Cougars will meet the Lindsay Thurber Raiders for the zone 4A title
and a berth in the provincials. The best-of-five zone final will likely start Nov. 17.
Raiders 3 Lightning 0The host Raiders rolled to a 3-0 vic-
tory over Hunting Hills in the senior boys semifinal, winning the first set 25-12 in convincing fashion, then taking control of the next two sets around the midway point of each while posting 25-21, 25-19 triumphs.
“The key for us was our first contact and just controlling the tempo of the game,” said Raiders head coach Ter-ence McMullen. “We eliminated some of their middle attack which made it easier for us to block the ball.
“We used our strength, which is our middles, but playing consistent is al-ways the biggest thing at this time of the year. You play to your strengths and try and execute better than the team you’re playing.”
While the Raiders were 5-0 in head-to-head meetings with their crosstown rivals prior to Thursday, McMullen wasn’t necessarily expecting a sweep.
“I thought they (Lightning) were scrappy at times,” said the Raiders sideline boss. “They had some good digs but just couldn’t turn them around, and our service pressure kind of wore them down a bit. They were a little short on their bench so we could pick on a guy, kind of get on him, espe-cially with our spin serves.
“It was hard for them to adjust to it.”
The Raiders will face the top-seed-ed Notre Dame Cougars in the best-of-three 4A zone final.
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
Flames 2 Flyers 1 OTCALGARY — Mikael Backlund snapped a sea-
son-long scoring drought in dramatic fashion on Thursday.
Backlund scored 35 seconds into overtime and also had an assist to give the Calgary Flames a badly needed 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.
Breaking in on a 2-on-1, Johnny Gaudreau’s shot was stopped by Michal Neuvirth but the rebound popped straight out, hit Backlund around his hip as he skated to the crease and went in.
“I’ll take it. I haven’t had the best start, either, so it’s obviously nice to get that game-winner,” said the veteran Swede, whose only point entering the night was a goal three weeks ago.
It was the first time Calgary had given up fewer than two goals all season. The Flames have surren-dered a league-high 56 goals.
“We grinded all night. Everyone worked hard. I don’t think we gave them up too many scoring chanc-es,” Backlund said.
“This was one of our best defensive games where we had them on the outside.”
Calgary improved to 3-0-0 in 3-on-3 overtime.“We understand the concept of 3-on-3. Once you’re
there, there’s a free point on the table. Go for it, don’t sit back,” said Calgary coach Bob Hartley.
Josh Jooris also scored for Calgary (4-9-1) as the Flames improved to 2-5-0 at the Scotiabank Saddle-dome.
Michael Raffl scored his first of the season for Philadelphia (4-6-3). The Flyers are 0-3-1 on a five-game road trip that wraps up Saturday in Winnipeg.
It was a match-up between two struggling teams — the Flames with one win in their previous six and the Flyers winless in five.
“If we play like this, we’ll be in a lot of hockey games, we’ll compete for a lot of points and that’s what we need ,” said Flyers forward Sean Couturier.
It looked like Calgary was going to head to the second intermission with a lead for just the second time this season but Raffl fluttered a shot past Karri Ramo with 36 seconds left.
“It’s a tough goal to give in this kind of game, late in the period,” said Ramo. “But we’re growing as a group. We’re getting the confidence back that when those things happen, we just forget it and move on.”
Flyers coach Dave Hakstol liked the way his strug-gling team battled.
“We’re coming to the end of the road trip here
and we need one push,” said Hakstol. “This is a gutty road effort by us. We need to pick up where we left
off there and when things aren’t going well, you have to find a way. We have to push to get over the hump.”
The Flames took a 1-0 lead less than five minutes into the game. After serving a minor penalty, Jooris stepped out of the penalty box just in time to scoop up the puck at centre and charge in on a breakaway.
Neuvirth stopped his initial shot then stopped Backlund on the rebound, but Jooris got the puck again and fired in his second of the season.
“It might not have looked the prettiest out there, but we limited them to seven scoring chances and
one goal against. That’s huge for us,” Jooris said.Ramo, who entered the game ranked second-last
in the NHL in save percentage at .871, finished with 26 stops and improved to 2-4-0.
Neuvirth, in place of an ill Steve Mason who got the night off, had 28 saves in falling to 2-3-0.
Notes: Philadelphia healthy scratches were Sam Gagner and David Drewiske… Mason Raymond and Ladislav Smid did not dress for Calgary… Philadel-phia’s Sean Couturier (concussion) returned after missing six games…. Jakub Voracek was held with-out a shot. Still without a goal on the season, he en-tered the night with 50 shots, which was fourth most in the NHL.
Cougars, Raiders advance to zone finals
Photo by ASHLI BARRETT/Advocate Staff
Abby Meckling and Emily Macpherson of the Notre Dame Cougars block a hit by Hunting Hills High School Lightning Kristen Loney during the senior high school girls volleyball zone semifinal at Lindsay Thurber on Thursday night.
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Philadelphia Flyers’ goalie Michal Neuvirth reacts as Calgary Flames’ Mikael Backlund, centre, celebrates his game-winning goal with teammate Johnny Gaudreau during overtime NHL action, in Calgary, on Thursday.
Bighill, Knox get three nominations for individual awardsBY THE CANADIAN PRESS
Jeff Knox Jr., and Jamaal Westerman have made quite an impact in their CFL debuts.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders linebacker and Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive lineman both re-ceived three nominations in balloting for the CFL’s individual awards Thursday.
Knox was a unanimous pick as Saskatchewan’s outstanding player, defensive player and rookie while Westerman was a unanimous selection as Winnipeg’s top Canadian and also got the nod as top player and defensive player.
Knox has been a bright spot for Saskatchewan (2-15), having recorded a team-record 107 tackles to stand second only to Adam Bighill of the B.C. Lions (117). The six-foot-two, 225-pound Pittsburgh native also added 10 special-teams tackles, two fumble re-coveries and an interception.
“Obviously for someone to get three nominations shows the type of season Jeff had,” Saskatchewan in-terim head coach Bob Dyce told reporters in Regina. “Jeff is one of our most valuable players on special teams and defence.
“When I look at his progress as a defensive player, he didn’t even start the year as a starting linebacker. He just showed and continued to get better as the year went on. He was slowed down a little bit by an injury at times this season but he’s one of the most consistent players we had and played at a high level all year.”
Quarterback Kerry Joseph is the last Rider to be named the CFL’s outstanding player in 2007. Re-ceiver Weston Dressler was the last Saskatchewan player to be named top rookie (2008) while defensive lineman John Chick was the CFL’s top defensive lineman in 2009.
“It’s odd for a rookie to get that (outstanding play-er nomination),” Dyce said. “Again, its a credit to Jeff and the level he played at this year.
“(He was) one of the top tacklers in the league and he was rewarded for that.”
The six-foot-three, 249-pound Westerman has 15 sacks in his first season with Winnipeg. Prior to that, the New York native, who grew up in Brampton, Ont., appeared in 58 career NFL games with New York Jets (2009-11), Arizona Cardinals (2012), Indianapolis Colts (2012), Buffalo Bills (2013), Pittsburgh Steelers (2013) and Cleveland Browns (2014).
“It’s been a fun season except for the losing,” Westerman said in Toronto, where the Bombers will face the Argonauts on Friday night.
“A lot of credit goes to my teammates because there’s no one guy out there doing all the work him-self.
“It will mean more probably when you look back after the season but during the season you don’t think about those things, you think about going out and making plays and trying to help your team win the game. Really, the best accolade is being a cham-
pion. You want to build upon it moving forward in the off-season and the years to come.”
Voting was conducted by members of the Football Reporters of Canada as well as the nine CFL head coaches.
Other multiple nominees in first-round voting included Bighill (B.C.’s top player, unanimous pick as defensive player) and Montreal Alouettes return-er Stefan Logan (outstanding player, special-teams player).
Quarterback Henry Burris was a unanimous se-lection as the Ottawa Redblacks outstanding player nominee while ‘14 Grey Cup MVP Bo Levi Mitchell got the nod for the Calgary Stampeders and injured quarterback Zach Collaros was voted the Hamilton Tiger-Cats outstanding player.
Burris, 40, leads the CFL in passing (5,335 yards) with a 70.7 completion percentage and has been in-strumental in the resurgence of Ottawa, which heads into the final week of the regular season leading the East with an 11-6 record after going 2-16 in its inau-gural 2014 campaign.
Michell is second overall in passing yards (4,551 yards) while Collaros was the league’s passing lead-er (3,376 yards) prior to suffering a season-ending knee injury.
The other top player award nominees were quar-terbacks Trevor Harris of the Toronto Argonauts and Mike Reilly of the Edmonton Eskimos. Harris is tops in TD passes (32) and interceptions (18) and third in passing yards (4,144) but recently was replaced as Toronto’s starter by veteran Ricky Ray.
CFL AWARDS
“My first priority was to make sure the kids came back after Christmas. I was scared to death that 10 of them might not show up.” — Lethbridge Hurricanes GM Peter Anholt, to Gregg Drinnan of Taking Note, regarding his arrival in Lethbridge on Dec. 11 of last year, following the dismissal of GM Brad Robson and coach Drake Berehowsky that, in turn, followed a difficult time that included the exodus of several disgruntled players.
Prince George Cougars LW Jesse Gabrielle has scored a league-high four short-handed goals. The 18-year-old is also the Cougars’ top scorer with 11 goals and 15 points in 14 games.
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ONTHE ICE
This week in Rebels history
Who’s a thief
He said it
Who’s hot
Cam Ward turned aside 32 shots to record his first shutout of the season, 4-0 over the visiting Swift Current Broncos on Nov. 1 of 2002. “That felt really good,” said Ward, the WHL goaltender of the year the previous season. Facing another top stopper in the Broncos’ Todd Ford, Ward knew he had to be at his best. “I credit Todd Ford. When you’re facing a goaltender of that calibre you always want to play better,” he said. “He’s a great goalie but we were fortunate to get the win tonight. We had a hard week of practice. I really picked up my game and was feeling really good out there, full of energy. It’s great for me to get back into a zone and hopefully it will carry on through the season.”
Cam Ward
Kootenay Ice 20-year-old C Luke Philp has recorded at least one point in each of his last six games dating back to Oct. 20. Philip has produced 13 points (7g,6a) during that span and sits seventh in league scoring with 24 points (10-14).
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It’s been quite a week for Red Deer Reb-els winger Ivan Nikolishin.
The Russian forward netted the winning goal in each of Red Deer’s 6-5 and 4-3 wins over the Medicine Hat Tigers and Seattle Thunderbirds Sunday and Tuesday, and was also in-formed that he’ll be wear-ing the silks of his native country during next week’s Western Hockey League chapter of the CHL Canada/Russia Super Series.
“About a week ago I was still on the ice after prac-tice with some of the guys. We were working on differ-ent things and Brent (Reb-els GM/head coach Sutter) just called me over and said I’d been invited to play in the Super Series,” Nikol-ishin said Wednesday.
“It’s an honour and it’s always fun to represent your country. I will definitely take pride in wearing the Rus-sian jersey.”
As is the case with Team WHL, the play-ers with the touring Russian squad are re-garded as prospects for the national team for the upcoming world junior champion-ship set for Dec. 26-Jan. 5 in Helsinki, Fin-land.
Does Nikolishin believe he’s a legiti-mate Russian national team candidate?
“I don’t know. There will be tryouts and I don’t know if I will be invited,” he said. “The tryouts start on the fifth of December and I would have to go back to Russia.
“But I hope I’m invited, that’s the plan. If I just keep playing good with the Rebels maybe I get a chance.”
Nikolishin, who played two seasons with the Everett Silvertips prior to being dealt to the Rebels last May, has suited up for Russia in world under-17 and under-18
championships, but competing in the world juniors would be something else again, he suggested.
“I have done it (played internationally with Russia) before but the world juniors is
the last junior tournament and prob-ably the biggest and the best tourna-ment with the best players,” he said. “Definitely you would want to repre-sent your country there.”
• The struggles of the Vancouver Giants continued this week, and they were removed from the on-ice slide that has produced a 1-7-2-0 record over their last 10 outings.
Not only does the club own the second-worst winning percentage in the league at 3.67, but defence-man Brennan Menell and third-line winger Jesse Roach have pulled the pin and returned to their respective homes in Minnesota and Quesnel, B.C.
Menell and Roach walked away from the team Tuesday, with just the for-mer explaining his decision to first-year head coach Lorne Molleken, who told Steve Ewen of the Vancouver Province that Me-nell said he had “lost his passion for hock-ey.”
While Menell was being used in every situation and perhaps saw more ice time than any of his teammates, Roach had just recently returned from a nine-game ab-sence due to a knee injury and after ap-pearing in three games was skating as the team’s extra forward at practice Monday.
Roach, who informed Giants GM Scott Bonner — instead of Molleken — of his de-cision, and Menell are apparently open to being traded.
• It’s the deal that just keeps on giving.The Brandon Wheat Kings this week gar-
nered the final piece of last year’s trade with the Lethbridge Hurricanes by signing 17-year-old forward Tak Anholt. Forward
Reid Duke and defenceman Macoy Er-kamps joined the Wheat Kings immediately after the six-player transaction and are key members of the team, but Anholt remained at home in B.C.
Anholt, a six-foot, 170-pound North Van-couver native, was a second-round selec-tion of Lethbridge in the 2013 WHL bantam draft but never signed with the ‘Canes. Last season he played at the Yale Hockey Acad-emy in Abbotsford, B.C., where he led the Canadian Sports School Hockey League with 28 goals and 64 points in 24 games, and suited up with Penticton of the BCHL for five games, picking up one assist.
On Monday, he decided to commit to the Wheat Kings.
“Tak is a player that we have always had a lot of interest in, leading up to the bantam draft and then when we acquired him via trade just over a year ago,” Wheat Kings head coach and general manager Kelly McCrimmon told Rob Henderson of the Brandon Sun.
“At the time of the trade when we talk-ed to Tak and his family, he had made the decision to play in the B.C. Junior as a 17-year-old. We just kept in touch over the course of the last year and then things changed here recently.”
Anholt played one game with Chilliwack of the BCHL this fall, his season curtailed due to mononucleosis. He’s fully recovered and will likely make his Wheat Kings debut this weekend.
McCrimmon expects his new player will need time to adjust to the speed and grind of the major junior game.
“This is a move that I think will require patience on our side,” he said.
“He’s a good young player, no different than we consider Ty Lewis a good young player. Those guys all need to learn and de-velop and improve, and we think Tak will do that.”
GREG MEACHEM
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Nikolishin to play for Russia in Super Series
Better things to come from Bleackley
BY GREG MEACHEMADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR
Maybe, just perhaps, the clutch goal that Conner Bleack-ley notched Tuesday night at the Centrium was a harbinger of more consistent production from the High River product.
Bleackley, a first-round selection of the Colorado Av-alanche in the 2014 NHL en-try draft following a 29-goal, 68-point season, dropped off to 27 markers and 49 points in 2014-15 — albeit in just 51 games — but that paled in com-parison to the struggles he has experienced this season.
The goal that Bleackley sniped in Tuesday’s contest ig-nited a come-from-behind win over the Seattle Thunderbirds. It was ultra-timely, as has been the case with many of his WHL career tallies, but it was also just his second of the season to go along with nine helpers in 15 outings.
However, because the goal helped the Rebels to one of their more emotional victo-ries this season, maybe it was a signal that bigger and better things lie ahead for the 19-year-old centre.
“Let’s hope so,” he said Thursday, prior to the team de-parting on a five-game road trip that opens tonight in Prince Al-bert. “The last few games I’ve been getting my chances. It’s been unfamiliar for me to not score, but it was nice to get that one and come back to win.”
What has ailed Bleackley this season is unclear. Perhaps he’s not shooting enough?
“I don’t know. Obviously, be-ing a shooter any chance you get you want to get a shot off, but maybe it is that,” he said.
“But the team’s winning and we’re not having problems scor-ing goals. That makes it a bit easier, but I think I can start contributing offensively a lot more than I have. I think that will only benefit the team and hopefully we can continue win-ning.”
Bleackley lost his captaincy to Wyatt Johnson last month, and while he kept a letter — he’s one of the club’s three alternate captains — the un-signed Avalanche prospect wasn’t necessarily on board
with the decision of GM/head coach Brent Sutter.
“It wasn’t a mutual (deci-sion). I wasn’t very happy when it happened, but Brent figured it was in my best interest to … he thought maybe it would get me going and playing the way I can,” said Bleackley. “It was a pretty tough thing for me, al-though letters are more and more becoming not as import-ant. My demeanour, the way I carry myself around the rink, hasn’t really changed. It is what it is.
“Johny is a very good leader in his own right and the core group and leadership group here hasn’t changed at all. It was a little bit of a (personal) sting, obviously, but I’m just kind of going forward from there.”
As Bleackley noted, the Reb-els are not lacking in experi-enced leadership. Take-charge
abilities are not restricted to the players wearing letters.
“For sure, you look around the National Hockey League and there are teams without captains,” he said. “It’s more a matter of who the person you are rather than the letter you have on your jersey. We do have a strong core group and an old-er team. The leadership in the room isn’t just from one guy, its coming from everybody.
“I think for us to be success-ful every player has to be a leader in his own way.”
The Rebels’ jaunt through the East Division should be in-teresting. Three of their five op-ponents — the 12-3-1-1 Raiders, 11-3-0-2 Brandon Wheat Kings and 8-5-2-1 Moose Jaw Warriors — over the next nine days are off to good starts, although the Warriors have slipped some-what in recent games.
“For sure, it will be a real
good test to play Prince Al-bert (tonight),” said Bleackley. “They’re doing real well, as are most of the other (East Division) teams.
“It will be good for our team to get away on the road. It’s a 10-day trip and we’re looking forward to it. We’ll take it one game at a time and see how it goes.”
The trip will be extra wear-ing for Bleackley and team-mates Haydn Fleury and Ivan Nikolishin. Bleackley and Fleu-ry will suit up with Team WHL in the CHL Super Series that includes games in Kelowna and Kamloops Monday and Tues-day, while Nikolishin will be with Team Russia.
“For myself, Haydn and Ivan, it’s going to be a busy period,” said Bleackley. “For us it will be seven games in nine nights.”
REBELS FORWARD HAS BEEN MIRED IN A COLD STREAK THAT HE HOPES TO CURE SOON
Photo by DAVE BRUNNER PHOTOGRAPHY
Conner Bleackley hasn’t scored at the pace he is accustomed to but the High River product says when he does start getting back on pace it will only add to an already potent attack the Rebels have.
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
U.S. 3 Canada 0KOVLAND, Sweden — A sol-
id outing by goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer was undone by Canada’s inability to finish Thursday at the Four Nations Cup.
The United States blanked the Canadian women’s hockey team 3-0. Canada (1-1) concludes the prelimi-nary round of the annual international women’s tournament Saturday against host Sweden (0-2). The U.S. (2-0) fin-ishes against Finland (1-1). The Finns downed the Swedes 3-1 in Thursday’s other game. The top two teams in the preliminary round advance to Sun-day’s championship game.
Maschmeyer made 27 saves in her first career start against the U.S. with the national women’s team. It was the second game in as many nights for the 21-year-old from Bruderheim, Alta., after posting a 17-save shutout against
Finland to open the tournament.Maschmeyer and Erica Howe of Or-
leans, Ont., had fewer than five career starts for the national team between them when they were named to the Four Nations roster.
“It’s a great feeling putting on this jersey every single time, espe-cially against the U.S., a rival team,” Maschmeyer said. “I felt like I was see-ing the puck really well.
“My defencemen helped clear out the front of the net for me and prevent-ed second and third chances.”
Veteran U.S. goaltender Jessie Vetter held off the Canadians with 31 saves. Monique Lamoureux scored even-strength and Megan Bozek had a power-play goal in the second period. Kendall Coyne sealed the win with an empty-netter.
“I thought we had some quality scoring chances where we just kind of skimmed the net,” Canadian head coach Laura Schuler said. “I thought the game was a pretty even game as far as shots and scoring chances for and against, but they ended up capital-izing on two of those chances and we didn’t.”
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Broncos 2 Queens 1 (SO)There are times when you simply tip your cap to
an opposing player and go from there.Such was the case for the RDC Queens as they
dropped a 2-1 decision to the Olds Broncos in a shootout in Alberta Colleges Women’s Hockey League play at the Arena Thursday.
In this case the Broncos lived off netminder Tra-cie Kikuchi, who finished with 49 saves and gave the Broncos a win when they were completely dominat-ed.
“It’s frustrating for sure, but their goalie was phe-nomenal and I told her that,” said Queens veteran winger and RDC player of the game Jade Petrie. “I thought we came out a little slow in that first period, but the second and third we crushed them and the shots told the story.”
The Queens, who had the majority of their parents on hand for parents night, started a bit slow and didn’t get a shot on goal until the 10 minute mark. By then they trailed 1-0 as Kennedy Becks scored on the power play at 8:22.
But from the middle of the first period on the game belonged to the Queens, who had 10 shots the second half of the first period and outshot the Bron-cos 23-2 in the middle stanza and 16-5 in the third. They held a 1-0 edge in shots in the five-minute four-on-four overtime, which led to the shootout.
Queens head coach Kelly Coulter wasn’t pleased with the shootout, but took it and looked forward.
“There will be nights like this,” he said. “We have to use this as a lesson. Now that we’ve seen Olds we can make some adjustments. We have to do a better job of taking her sightlines away and getting shots through with the screen in front.
“But that’s how it goes. You have to tip your hat to her.”
The Queens did talk about jumping on rebounds quicker and getting shots upstairs.
“We put too many shots into her chest, as I did as well,” said Petrie, who helped set up the Queens lone goal by Emily Swier at 17:22 of the first period.
Petrie is looking more like herself after missing last season. She played two years with the Queens before taking last year off. But she couldn’t stay away.
“I wanted to still live the dream,” she said with a laugh.’
Petrie, who was one of the premier players in midget while with the Red Dee Sutter Fund Chiefs, could play two more years at RDC is she wants.
“Right now I can’t say, we’ll see how it goes.”Lisa Campeau, the third Olds’ shooter, scored the
lone goal in the shootout against Alex Frisk, who faced 14 shots overall.
The Queens still lead the league with a 5-1-1 re-cord while Olds is second at 4-3-0.
The Queens and Olds have a rematch tonight at 7 p.m. in Olds.
The RDC squad has next weekend off and host Grant MacEwan Nov. 19.
Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at [email protected]. His work can be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.
Photo by ASHLI BARRETT/Advocate Staff
Suze Vanderlinde of the RDC Queens fends off Krista Wilson of the Olds College Broncos during the third period ACAC action Thursday night at the Red Deer Arena. The Broncos edged the Queens 2-1 in a shootout.
50 years of dedication earns Clements a spot
in Softball Alberta HoFSince he was
15 fastball has been part of Aaron Clements life.
Growing up in Lethbridge he got into base-ball when he was eight, but switched to fast-ball when he was 15 and nev-er left.
“The Leth-bridge North S t a r s F a s t -ball Associa-tion started in 1965 with juvenile and junior teams and I was asked to play on the juve-nile team,” explained Clements, who played shortstop, second base and eventually first base. “I knew the ma-jority of the guys on the team so that was good and I really enjoyed the sport.”
Over the last 50 years Clements has played, coached and worked in the executive at all levels. For his dedica-tion he was inducted into the Softball Alberta Hall of Fame on Oct. 16 in Camrose.
“That was a surprise and a real honour,” he said.
He got into coaching while still in Lethbridge, helping with the junior men’s team in 1977. In 1979 he moved to Airdrie where his coaching ca-reer took off. He worked with the peewee boys’ team for two years before moving to Red Deer full time in 1981.
“I worked with the boys’ program from 1982 to 1998 then switched to girls in 1999 and I’ve enjoyed it a lot,” said Cle-ments. “One of the main reasons for switching was that there wasn’t that many boys’ programs.”
He originally was involved with the Red Deer Sliders, which started in bantam and moved up and was one of the top girls’ teams in the province. Morris Lansing was the head coach with Clements and Dick Feser assis-tants. Clements first year with the Slid-ers saw them win the provincial ban-tam title and compete in the nationals in Winnipeg. Overall the coaching trio were together for five years — two at bantam and three at midget.
Clements, who received the City of Red Deer’s Sportsman’s Award in 2002,
eventually went out on his own and has been a head coach at all levels up to and including senior women, where he presently coaches with the Topco Oilfield Panthers in the Red Deer La-dies Fastball League.
During his time as coach he has qualified for four Canadian champion-ships at the bantam, midget and junior levels, coached in four Western Cana-dian championships and five Alberta Summer Games - two with the girls.
In 1999 he was the head coach for the boys’ Team Alberta at the Western Canada Summer Games and coached the girls at the 2011 Western Canada Games. He was also head coach for Team Alberta’s U21 female squad at the 2013 Canada Summer Games, which is one of his coaching highlights.
“That was one of my ultimate goals. I can take that off my bucket list,” he said with a laugh.
He also started the Red Deer Col-lege Queens team in 2003 and while the league never did receive full time status with the Alberta Colleges Ath-letic Conference they played until 2010.
On the executive side, he became involved with the Red Deer Minor
Softball Association in 1982 and was on the board until 2012. He was the president from 1989-1991.
He also worked with the Alberta Association as vice-president in charge of minor ball from 1992 to 1997. He was Zone 5 dis-trict organizer in 1998 and 1999, Alberta presi-dent from 2000-2008 and past-president in 2009-2011.
He was also involved nationally as provincial delegate, supervisor for the Slo-Pitch Canadian
championship and member of the fu-ture of the Games committee.
“I’ve certainly enjoyed my time with the sport and plan on being involved for as long as I can,” he said.
Clements enjoys working with the senior Panthers, who competed in the senior B Western Canadian champion-ship.
“There was a time when the Red Deer League wasn’t that good as it was just coming together, but it’s improved a lot over the years and it’s good com-petition,” he said. “It’s changed so that it meets everyone’s needs.”
Danny Rode is a retired Advocate re-porter who can be reached at [email protected]. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.
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WHLEASTERN CONFERENCE
EAST DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtPrince Albert 17 12 3 1 1 64 50 26Brandon 16 11 3 0 2 66 42 24Moose Jaw 16 8 5 2 1 59 48 19Saskatoon 16 7 6 3 0 54 62 17Regina 14 7 6 1 0 39 49 15Swift Current 16 6 8 2 0 41 50 14
CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtRed Deer 17 12 5 0 0 66 50 24Lethbridge 15 10 5 0 0 64 48 20Calgary 18 9 8 0 1 50 63 19Edmonton 17 5 9 3 0 43 58 13Medicine Hat 13 5 6 1 1 48 53 12Kootenay 17 3 12 2 0 38 71 8
WESTERN CONFERENCEB.C. DIVISION
GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtVictoria 18 12 5 0 1 58 36 25Kelowna 16 11 5 0 0 62 49 22Prince George 14 8 6 0 0 39 37 16Kamloops 14 6 8 0 0 46 50 12Vancouver 15 4 8 2 1 43 63 11
U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtSeattle 15 9 5 1 0 54 39 19Spokane 17 7 7 2 1 48 63 17Portland 14 7 7 0 0 41 34 14Everett 11 6 4 0 1 24 25 13Tri-City 16 6 9 1 0 49 56 13
Tuesday’s resultsVictoria 3 Swift Current 1Calgary 6 Saskatoon 3Red Deer 4 Seattle 3Kamloops 5 Spokane 4 (OT)Kelowna 3 Tri-City 1
Wednesday’s resultsVictoria 5 Moose Jaw 2Prince Albert 3 Calgary 2Edmonton 4 Seattle 2
Friday’s gamesRed Deer at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.Regina at Swift Current, 6 p.m.Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.Victoria at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.Seattle at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.Edmonton at Calgary, 7 p.m.Medicine Hat at Kootenay, 7 p.m.Kelowna at Portland, 8 p.m.Kamloops at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.Prince George at Everett, 8:35 p.m.
Saturday’s gamesVictoria at Regina, 6 p.m.Prince Albert at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.Brandon at Swift Current, 6 p.m.Red Deer at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m.Kootenay at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.Seattle at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.Kelowna at Portland, 8 p.m.Prince George at Kamloops, 8 p.m.Vancouver at Everett, 8:05 p.m.Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.
WHL Scoring Leaders G A PtsBrayden Point, MJ 12 20 32Dryden Hunt, MJ 13 16 29
Reid Gardiner, P.A. 12 16 28Tyson Baillie, Kel 10 18 28Brayden Burke, Let 5 22 27Ivan Nikolishin, RD 11 15 26Luke Philp, Koo 10 14 24Jonathon Martin, SC 13 10 23Dillon Dube, Kel 10 13 23Nolan Patrick, Bra 6 17 23Devante Stephens, Spo 5 18 23Mathew Barzal, Sea 4 19 23Tyler Wong, Let 14 8 22Jayce Hawryluk, Bra 10 12 22Keegan Kolesar, Sea 10 12 22Radel Fazleev, CAL 10 12 22Michael Spacek, RD 8 14 22Simon Stransky, P.A. 7 15 22Travis Sanheim, CAL 6 16 22Parker Bowles, TC 8 13 21Giorgio Estephan, Let 6 15 21Alex Forsberg, Vic 5 16 21Jake Debrusk, SC 6 14
National Hockey LeagueEASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAMontreal 15 12 2 1 25 55 27Ottawa 13 7 4 2 16 40 39Tampa Bay 15 7 6 2 16 38 37Boston 12 6 5 1 13 43 40Detroit 12 6 5 1 13 30 31Florida 13 5 5 3 13 36 31Buffalo 13 5 8 0 10 29 39Toronto 12 2 8 2 6 26 40
Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAWashington 12 9 3 0 18 40 29N.Y. Rangers 12 8 2 2 18 36 23N.Y. Islanders 14 7 4 3 17 39 35Pittsburgh 12 8 4 0 16 27 22New Jersey 12 6 5 1 13 29 31Philadelphia 13 4 6 3 11 25 39Carolina 12 5 7 0 10 26 34Columbus 14 4 10 0 8 33 50
WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GADallas 13 10 3 0 20 46 37St. Louis 13 9 3 1 19 36 31Nashville 12 8 2 2 18 35 27Winnipeg 14 8 4 2 18 42 38Minnesota 12 7 3 2 16 37 35Chicago 13 7 5 1 15 33 32Colorado 13 4 8 1 9 35 40
Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GALos Angeles 13 8 5 0 16 31 28Vancouver 13 6 3 4 16 38 29San Jose 13 7 6 0 14 38 35Arizona 12 6 5 1 13 34 34Edmonton 13 5 8 0 10 36 41Calgary 14 4 9 1 9 32 57Anaheim 12 3 7 2 8 17 31NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Wednesday’s GamesAnaheim 3, Florida 2, SOWinnipeg 4, Toronto 2St. Louis 6, Chicago 5, OTPittsburgh 3, Vancouver 2
Thursday’s GamesOttawa 3, Winnipeg 2, SOTampa Bay 4, Buffalo 1
Washington 4, Boston 1Montreal 4, N.Y. Islanders 1Nashville 3, Minnesota 2Calgary 2, Philadelphia 1, OTArizona 4, Colorado 2San Jose 5, Florida 2Columbus 3, Los Angeles 2
Friday’s GamesDetroit at Toronto, 7 p.m.Chicago at New Jersey, 7 p.m.Dallas at Carolina, 7 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Colorado, 9 p.m.Pittsburgh at Edmonton, 9 p.m.Columbus at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
Saturday’s GamesVancouver at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Florida at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.Boston at Montreal, 7 p.m.Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m.Ottawa at Carolina, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.St. Louis at Nashville, 8 p.m.Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Arizona, 9 p.m.Pittsburgh at Calgary, 10 p.m.Anaheim at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Thursday’s summaryFlames 2, Flyers 1 (OT)
First Period1. Calgary, Jooris 2 (Backlund) 4:40.Penalties — Jooris Cgy (stick holding) 2:29, Hudler Cgy (tripping) 14:02, Laughton Pha (high-sticking) 16:50.
Second Period2. Philadelphia, Raffl 1 (Giroux) 19:24.Penalties — Pha Bench (too many men) 13:22.
Third PeriodNo Scoring.Penalties — None.
Overtime3. Calgary, Backlund 2 (Gaudreau, Ramo) :35.Penalties — None.
Shots on goalPhiladelphia 8 9 8 2 — 27Calgary 8 10 10 2 — 30Goal — Philadelphia: Neuvirth (LO, 2-2-1) Calgary: Ramo (W, 2-4-0).Power plays (goal-chances) — Philadelphia: 0-2 Calgary: 0-2.
NHL Scoring Leaders G A PtsJamie Benn, Dal 10 10 20Tyler Seguin, Dal 8 12 20Patrick Kane, Chi 8 10 18Taylor Hall, Edm 6 10 16Blake Wheeler, Wpg 6 10 16David Krejci, Bos 7 8 15Henrik Zetterberg, Det 3 11 14Kyle Turris, Ott 8 5 13Alex Ovechkin, Wash 6 7 13Bryan Little, Wpg 6 7 13Nathan MacKinnon, Col 5 8 13Evgeny Kuznetsov, Wash 5 8 13Ryan O’Reilly, Buf 4 9 13Mark Stone, Ott 3 10 13Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy 2 11 13John Klingberg, Dal 2 11 13Andrei Markov, Mtl 1 12 13Joe Pavelski, SJ 8 4 12Vladimir Tarasenko, StL 7 5 12Jeff Carter, LA 5 7 12Tomas Plekanec, Mtl 5 7 12Connor McDavid, Edm 5 7 12
Today• WHL: Red Deer at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. (The Drive).• College men’s hockey: Grant MacEwan University at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.• High school football: Playoffs, teams and times TBA.• Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Gold at Red Deer Strata Energy, 8 p.m., Arena.• Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Three Hills, 8 p.m.• Midget AA hockey: Okotoks at West Central, 8 p.m., Sylvan Lake.• Chinook senior hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday• High school football: Central Alberta League Rural Division final — Stettler at Sylvan Lake, 1:30 p.m., H.J. Cody field.• Major bantam hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Red Deer, 2 p.m., Arena.• Major bantam girls hockey: Sherwood Park at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.• Bantam AA hockey: Medicine Hat at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; Lethbridge at West Central, 5:30 p.m., Rocky Mountain House.• High school football: Central Alberta League City Division final — Notre Dame at Hunting Hills, 3 p.m., Great Chief Park.• Midget AA hockey: Calgary Rangers at Olds, 3:30 p.m.; Calgary Blazers at Red Deer Elks, 4:45 p.m., Arena; Calgary Blackhawks at Central Alberta, 5:45 p.m.,
Lacombe.• College volleyball: SAIT at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow.• WHL: Red Deer at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. (The Drive).• AJHL: Okotoks at Olds, 7 p.m.• Minor midget AAA hockey: Southeast at Red Deer North Star, 7:30 p.m., Arena.• Peewee AA hockey: Lethbridge White at Red Deer TBS, 12:30 p.m., Kinsmen A; Central Alberta at Red Deer Parkland, 4:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre.
Sunday• Bantam AA hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer Ramada, 1:45 p.m., Kinsmen A; Cranbrook at West Central, 2:45 p.m., Sylvan Lake; Medicine Hat at Central Alberta, 4:30 p.m., Big Valley; Wheatland at Olds, 5:30 p.m.• Midget AA hockey: Wheatland at Central Alberta, 2 p.m., Lacombe.• Major bantam girls hockey: Calgary Outlaws at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.• Minor midget AAA hockey: Southeast at Red Deer Strata Energy, 2:45 p.m., Arena.• Peewee AA hockey: Central Alberta at Red Deer Parkland, 12:45 p.m., Kinsmen A; Red Deer TBS at West Central, 2:30 p.m., Bentley; Lethbridge White at Olds, 2:45 p.m.• Heritage junior B hockey: High River at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m.• Men’s basketball: Silver Spurs vs. Rusty Chuckers, Triple A Batteries vs. B Town Maple Jordans, 4:15 and 5:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.
National Basketball AssociationEASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GBToronto 5 0 1.000 —Atlanta 5 1 .833 1/2Cleveland 4 1 .800 1Detroit 3 1 .750 1 1/2Washington 3 1 .750 1 1/2Chicago 4 2 .667 1 1/2Miami 3 2 .600 2Charlotte 2 3 .400 3Indiana 2 3 .400 3Milwaukee 2 3 .400 3New York 2 3 .400 3Boston 1 3 .250 3 1/2Orlando 1 4 .200 4Philadelphia 0 4 .000 4 1/2Brooklyn 0 5 .000 5
WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GBGolden State 5 0 1.000 —L.A. Clippers 4 1 .800 1Phoenix 3 2 .600 2Portland 3 2 .600 2Memphis 3 2 .600 2Utah 3 2 .600 2San Antonio 3 2 .600 2Oklahoma City 3 3 .500 2 1/2Minnesota 2 2 .500 2 1/2Denver 2 3 .400 3Dallas 2 3 .400 3Houston 2 3 .400 3Sacramento 1 4 .200 4New Orleans 0 4 .000 4 1/2L.A. Lakers 0 4 .000 4 1/2
Wednesday’s GamesIndiana 100, Boston 98
Washington 102, San Antonio 99Milwaukee 91, Philadelphia 87Houston 119, Orlando 114, OTToronto 103, Oklahoma City 98Cleveland 96, New York 86Atlanta 101, Brooklyn 87Portland 108, Utah 92Phoenix 118, Sacramento 97Golden State 112, L.A. Clippers 108
Thursday’s GamesChicago 104, Oklahoma City 98Miami 96, Minnesota 84Charlotte 108, Dallas 94Utah 96, Denver 84Memphis at Portland, late
Friday’s GamesToronto at Orlando, 5 p.m.Philadelphia at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.Washington at Boston, 5:30 p.m.Milwaukee at New York, 5:30 p.m.Atlanta at New Orleans, 6 p.m.Miami at Indiana, 6 p.m.Detroit at Phoenix, 7:30 p.m.Denver at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.Houston at Sacramento, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday’s GamesMinnesota at Chicago, 4 p.m.Orlando at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.Washington at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.Charlotte at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.Brooklyn at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m.New Orleans at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.Memphis at Utah, 7 p.m.Golden State at Sacramento, 8 p.m.Houston at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.
CFLEast Division
GP W L T PF PA Ptx-Ottawa 17 11 6 0 420 426 22x-Hamilton 17 10 7 0 502 347 20x-Toronto 17 9 8 0 417 488 18Montreal 17 6 11 0 364 372 12
West Division GP W L T PF PA Pty-Edmonton 18 14 4 0 466 341 28x-Calgary 17 13 4 0 450 339 26x-B.C. 17 7 10 0 430 458 14Winnipeg 17 5 12 0 342 481 10Saskatchewan 17 2 15 0 400 539 4x — clinched playoff berth y — clinched division.
WEEK 20Bye: EdmontonFriday’s gameWinnipeg at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 7Hamilton at Ottawa, 2 p.m.Calgary at B.C., 5 p.m.Sunday, Nov. 8Saskatchewan at Montreal, 11 a.m.End of Regular Season
PLAYOFFSSunday, Nov. 15Division SemifinalsEast DivisionToronto at Hamilton/Ottawa, TBAWest DivisionB.C. at Calgary, TBA
Canadian Football League Scoring Leaders(x—scored two-point convert): TD C FG S PtJ.Medlock, Ham 0 47 40 6 173R.Paredes, Cgy 0 22 41 7 152B.Bede, Mtl 0 22 35 13 140R.Leone, BC 0 27 30 13 130C.Milo, Ott 0 29 31 1 123P.McCallum, Sask 0 18 29 4 109
G.Shaw, Edm 0 19 21 9 91L.Hajrullahu, Wpg 0 15 22 10 91S.Whyte, Edm 0 14 24 3 89x-E.Rogers, Cgy 10 4 0 0 64T.Gurley, Tor 10 0 0 0 60x-A.Harris, BC 9 2 0 0 56x-Je.Johnson, Ott 9 2 0 0 56E.Arceneaux, BC 9 0 0 0 54K.Stafford, Edm 9 0 0 0 54R.Pfeffer, Ott 0 11 12 5 52x-K.Elliott, Tor 8 2 0 0 50x-C.Marshall, Wpg 7 6 0 0 48x-R.Bagg, Sask 7 4 0 0 46x-A.Bowman, Edm 7 2 0 0 44x-H.Burris, Ott 7 2 0 0 44x-A.Collie, BC 7 2 0 0 44
National Football LeagueAMERICAN CONFERENCE
East W L T Pct PF PANew England 7 0 0 1.000 249 133N.Y. Jets 4 3 0 .571 172 139Buffalo 3 4 0 .429 176 173Miami 3 4 0 .429 154 173
South W L T Pct PF PAIndianapolis 3 5 0 .375 173 203Houston 3 5 0 .375 174 205Jacksonville 2 5 0 .286 147 207Tennessee 1 6 0 .143 125 159
North W L T Pct PF PACincinnati 8 0 0 1.000 229 142Pittsburgh 4 4 0 .500 168 147Cleveland 2 7 0 .200 177 247Baltimore 2 6 0 .250 190 214
West W L T Pct PF PADenver 7 0 0 1.000 168 112Oakland 4 3 0 .571 178 173Kansas City 3 5 0 .375 195 182San Diego 2 6 0 .250 191 227
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Giants 4 4 0 .500 215 208Washington 3 4 0 .429 148 168Philadelphia 3 4 0 .429 160 137Dallas 2 5 0 .286 133 171
South W L T Pct PF PACarolina 7 0 0 1.000 191 136Atlanta 6 2 0 .750 213 173New Orleans 4 4 0 .500 213 234Tampa Bay 3 4 0 .429 163 199
North W L T Pct PF PAGreen Bay 6 1 0 .857 174 130Minnesota 5 2 0 .714 147 122Chicago 2 5 0 .286 140 202Detroit 1 7 0 .125 149 245
West W L T Pct PF PAArizona 6 2 0 .750 263 153St. Louis 4 3 0 .571 135 125Seattle 4 4 0 .500 167 140San Francisco 2 6 0 .250 109 207
Thursday, Nov. 5Cleveland 10, Cincinnati 31
Sunday, Nov. 8Tennessee at New Orleans, 11 a.m.St. Louis at Minnesota, 11 a.m.Green Bay at Carolina, 11 a.m.Washington at New England, 11 a.m.Miami at Buffalo, 11 a.m.Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m.Oakland at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.Atlanta at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 2:05 p.m.Denver at Indianapolis, 2:25 p.m.Philadelphia at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.Open: Arizona, Baltimore, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Seattle
Monday, Nov. 9Chicago at San Diego, 6:30 p.m.
MLS Playoffs
Knockout RoundWednesday, October 28D.C. 2 New England 1Seattle 3 Los Angeles 2Thursday, October 29Montreal 3 Toronto 0Portland 3 Kansas City 2 (so)
Eastern Conference SemifinalsSunday, November 1New York City 1 D.C. 0Montreal 2 Columbus 1Sunday, November 8D.C. at New York City, 1 p.m.Montreal at Columbus, 3 p.m.Western Conference SemifinalsSunday, November 1Portland 0 Vancouver 0Seattle 2 Dallas 1Sunday, November 8Seattle at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.Portland at Vancouver, 8 p.m.
English Premier League GP W D L GF GA PtsManchester City 11 8 1 2 26 9 25Arsenal 11 8 1 2 21 8 25Leicester City 11 6 4 1 23 19 22Man. United 11 6 3 2 15 8 21
Tottenham 11 5 5 1 19 9 20West Ham 11 6 2 3 22 15 20Southampton 11 4 5 2 18 13 17Liverpool 11 4 5 2 12 12 17Everton 11 4 4 3 19 15 16Crystal Palace 11 5 1 5 12 11 16Watford 11 4 4 3 10 10 16West Brom 11 4 2 5 10 14 14Swansea 11 3 4 4 12 15 13Stoke 11 3 4 4 9 12 13Chelsea 11 3 2 6 16 22 11Norwich 11 2 3 6 15 23 9Bournemouth 11 2 2 7 12 24 8Newcastle 11 1 4 6 12 22 7Sunderland 11 1 3 7 13 25 6Aston Villa 11 1 1 9 10 20 4
Saturday, Nov. 7Bournemouth vs. Newcastle, 1245 GMTLeicester City vs. Watford, 1500 GMTManchester United vs. West Brom, 1500 GMTNorwich vs. Swansea, 1500 GMTSunderland vs. Southampton, 1500 GMTWest Ham vs. Everton, 1500 GMTStoke vs. Chelsea, 1730 GMT
Sunday, Nov. 8Aston Villa vs. Manchester City, 1330 GMTArsenal vs. Tottenham, 1600 GMTLiverpool vs. Crystal Palace, 1600 GMT Thursday’s Sports Transactions
BASEBALLCOMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Detroit SS JaCoby Jones (Scottsdale-Arizona Fall League) 50 games for a second positive test for a drug of abuse under the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.American LeagueBOSTON RED SOX — Named Troup Parkinson executive vice-president/partnerships, David Bee-ston senior vice-president/strategic planning and senior counsel, Adam Grossman senior vice-pres-ident and chief marketing officer and Tim Zue se-nior vice-president/finance, strategy and analytics. Promoted Naomi Calder to vice-president/ticket services and operations, Katie Haas to vice-pres-ident/Florida business operations, Pam Kenn to vice-president/community, alumni and player re-lations and Marcita Thompson to vice-president/Fenway Park Tours. Named Dr. Charles Steinberg president, Dan Rea senior vice-president/general manager and Jeff White treasurer of Pawtucket (IL).KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Exercised their options on RHP Wade Davis and SS Alcides Escobar. De-clined their option on OF Jonny Gomes. Reinstated LHPs Tim Collins, Brian Flynn and Jason Vargas from the 60-day DL.MINNESOTA TWINS — OF Torii Hunter announced his retirement.SEATTLE MARINERS — Reinstated LHP Charlie Furbush from the 60-day DL. Traded INF Brad Mill-er, 1B Logan Morrison and rHP Danny Farquhar to the Tampa Bay Rays for RHP Nathan Karns, LHP C.J. Riefenhauser and OF Boog Powell.TAMPA BAY RAYS — Reinstated LHP Jeff Be-liveau from the 60-day DL.TEXAS RANGERS — Announced C Bobby Wilson declined outright assignment and elected to become a free agent. Named Doug Brocail pitching coach and Anthony Iapoce hitting coach. Promoted Brad Holman to bullpen coach and Justin Mashore to assistant hitting coach.National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Reinstated LHPs Paco Ro-driguez and Mike Minor and RHPs Chris Withrow, Shae Simmons and Jason Grilli from the 60-day DL.LOS ANGELES DODGERS — LHP J.P. Howell exercised his option.MIAMI MARLINS — Reinstated RHPs Aaron Crow and Henderson Alvarez from the 60-day DL.NEW YORK METS — Selected the contract of LHP Josh Smoker from Binghamton (EL).PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Declined their option on RHP Radhames Liz and released him.ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Selected the contract of OF Anthony Garcia from Memphis (PCL).SAN DIEGO PADRES — Assigned INF Cody Deck-er outright to El Paso (PCL). Announced LHP Cory Luebke declined outright assignment and elected to become a free agent. Reinstated RHP Cory Maz-zoni and 1B Yonder Alonso from the 60-day DL.WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Named Mike Mad-dux pitching coach and Davey Lopes first base coach.American AssociationAMARILLO THUNDERHEADS — Traded C Charlie Valerio to Fargo-Moorhead for future considerations.FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Exercised their option on INF Michael Wing.LAREDO LEMURS — Exercised their option on INF Jimmy Mojica.Can-Am LeagueNEW JERSEY JACKALS — Exercised their option on INF Willie Carmona.QUEBEC CAPITALES — Released RHP Ismel Jimenez.SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Exercised their option on RHP Josh Wood.Frontier LeagueGATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Sent RHP Pete Perez to Sioux Falls (AA) as part of an earlier trade.BASKETBALLDALLAS MAVERICKS — Signed coach Rick Car-lisle to a five-year contract extension through the 2021-22 season.DENVER NUGGETS — Waived G Erick Green. Signed F Kostas Papanikolaou.
FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueDETROIT LIONS — Fired president Tom Lewand and general manager Martin Mayhew. Named vice-president of pro personnel Sheldon White act-ing general manager and Allison Maki interim chief operating officer.NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed DE Owa Odighizu-wa on injured reserve/designated for return. Signed TE Jerome Cunningham from the practice squad.PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Claimed WR Jacoby Jones off waivers from San Diego.HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned F Michael Bun-ting and D Dakota Mermis from Springfield (AHL) to Rapid City (ECHL).CALGARY FLAMES — Reassigned D Keegan Kan-zig from Stockton (AHL) to Calgary (WHL).CAROLINA HURRICANES — Assigned F Joakim Nordstrom to Charlotte (AHL) for conditioning.CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Reassigned F Ryan Hartman to Rockford (AHL).ST. LOUIS BLUES — Recalled F Zach Pochiro from Quad City (ECHL) to Chicago (AHL). Assigned D Chris Butler to Chicago.American Hockey LeagueLEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS — Assigned F Geoff Walker to Reading (ECHL).PROVIDENCE BRUINS — Recalled F Rob Bord-son from Adirondack (ECHL).ROCKFORD ICEHOGS — Assigned D Nick Mattson to Indy (ECHL).ECHLALLEN AMERICANS — Loaned F Gary Steffes to the San Jose Sharks.BRAMPTON BEAST — Signed D Jordan Henry.COLORADO EAGLES — Traded F Nathan Moon to Evansville for F Joe Zarbo.FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Loaned F Kevin Lynch to Manitoba (AHL).NORFOLK ADMIRALS — Released D Alex Lep-kowski. Added G Nick Vitowski as emergency back-up.
WGC-HSBC ChampionsThursdayAt Sheshan International Golf ClubShanghaiPurse: $8.5 millionYardage: 7,261 Par: 72 (36-36)First RoundBranden Grace 32-31—63Kevin Kisner 32-32—64Steven Bowditch 32-32—64Thorbjorn Olesen 30-34—64Danny Willett 33-32—65Patrick Reed 34-31—65Dustin Johnson 31-34—65Haotong Li 34-32—66Thomas Pieters 34-33—67Xinjun Zhang 33-34—67Harris English 34-33—67Russell Knox 34-33—67Paul Casey 35-32—67Tommy Fleetwood 34-33—67Trevor Fisher Jr. 34-33—67Charl Schwartzel 34-34—68Daniel Summerhays 36-32—68Hunter Mahan 35-33—68Matthew Fitzpatrick 35-33—68Louis Oosthuizen 33-35—68Chris Wood 36-32—68Jordan Spieth 33-35—68Bubba Watson 33-35—68Daniel Berger 34-34—68Soren Kjeldsen 33-35—68Scott Hend 34-34—68Sergio Garcia 33-35—68Richard T. Lee 37-31—68Rickie Fowler 34-34—68Rory McIlroy 34-34—68
Marc Leishman 34-35—69James Morrison 35-34—69Emiliano Grillo 36-33—69Byeong Hun An 36-33—69Ashun Wu 35-34—69Henrik Stenson 33-36—69Kiradech Aphibarnrat 35-34—69Gary Woodland 34-35—69Ross Fisher 34-35—69Martin Kaymer 34-35—69S.S.P Chawrasia 35-34—69
Champions Tour-Charles Schwab CupThursdayAt Desert Mountain Club, Cochise CourseScottsdale, Ariz.Purse: $2.5 millionYardage: 6,929 Par 70 (35-35)First RoundBernhard Langer 30-33—63Michael Allen 33-32—65Billy Andrade 32-33—65Olin Browne 32-34—66Fred Couples 35-31—66Kenny Perry 33-33—66Stephen Ames 35-33—68Bart Bryant 34-34—68Wes Short, Jr. 34-34—68Mark O’Meara 36-32—68Duffy Waldorf 32-36—68Paul Goydos 34-34—68Kevin Sutherland 34-34—68Jeff Sluman 35-34—69Tom Lehman 36-33—69Joe Durant 34-35—69Russ Cochran 34-36—70Ian Woosnam 36-34—70
PHOENIX, Ariz. — The Red Deer Gary Moe Volkswagen Leg-ends downed the previously undefeated Sacramento Reds 13-10 in the 60-plus World Amateur Baseball Championship Thurs-day.
The defending champion Legends, who improved to 4-2, needed the victory to secure a spot in today’s quarter-finals.
The Red Deer squad opened the tournament earlier in the week by thumping the Chicago Mudville 9 by a 15-2 count as Doug Springford earned the win and Ron Unrau and Don Bon-ham each cracked three hits, then fell 11-6 to the Fresno Griz-zlies despite getting strong relief pitching from Doug Zimmer.
From there, the Legends hammered the Australia Aces 28-3 as Bonham, Zimmer and Joe Lomascolo each contributed four hits and Lyle Lorenz tossed a complete game, lost 8-5 to the Tuc-son Toros and coasted past the Ontario Snowbirds.
Red Deer Legends secure spot in quarters with win at 60-plus
World Baseball Championships
Success of women’s tournaments has CSA considering bidding for
World Cup
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER — After successfully hosting two major women’s soccer tournaments over the last couple of years, the Canadian Soccer Association is now giving serious consideration to bidding for the next FIFA World Cup.
“I think our next project as a country, and as a soccer country, would be the men’s World Cup,” Victor Montagliani, the CSA’s president, told a news conference Thursday.
“We have hosted every other World Cup. We have been successful at every other one we have hosted. I think it’s a natural progression for us to seriously look at bidding for the men’s World Cup.”
The CSA released figures Thursday showing
the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup and 2014 U-20 Women’s World Cup created a combined $493.6 million in economic activity. That ex-ceeded the preliminary projections of $337 mil-lion made in February 2014.
The cost for the two tournaments was $216 million. They generated $249 million in net economic activity with $97.6 million in tax reve-nues, the association said.
Montagliani couldn’t immediately say how much economic activity the tournaments gen-erated individually.
“Rest assured the bulk of those numbers are reflected in the 2015 tournament,” he said. “From a budgeting standpoint we always treat-ed it as one project. That’s the way FIFA likes to treat these things.”
This year’s women’s World Cup was held between June 6 and July 5. The 24-team tour-nament played games in venues at Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal and Moncton, N.B. A crowd of 53,341 watched the U.S. defeat Japan 5-2 in the final at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver.
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON, Miss. — Roberto Castro used to believe it was best to be con-servative during the first few holes of a tournament, getting a feel for the course before getting too aggressive.
That’s not the case anymore. Espe-cially not in ideal conditions at the Sanderson Farms Championship.
Castro shot a 10-under 62, his low-est score on the PGA Tour, to take a two-shot lead Thursday at the Country Club of Jackson. It took him just a few shots to realize a low score was there for the taking.
“It’s just so soft out there,” Castro said. “It’s a great golf course, but when the conditions are soft, the scores are going to be low.”
The 30-year-old Castro was consis-tent and avoided trouble all afternoon with a bogey-free round. He made 10 birdies — five on each nine.
Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., was the low Canadian at 7-under 65, tied for fourth. Graham De Laet, from Weyburn, Sask., was tied for sixth at 6 under, while reigning champion Nick Taylor was 3 under, tied for 42nd.
“I played really well,” said De Laet.
“I screwed up the first hole pretty bad. I had 250 front edge and ended up making double on the par-5. But other than that I was super happy with how I played, made some good putts, hit a lot of good iron shots and gave myself lots of chances.”
Conditions were forgiving thanks to a course softened by rain and very little wind, and players were allowed to use preferred lies because of the wet conditions. More rain is expected, starting Friday.
But there were plenty of birdies for the taking during the first round and several players took advantage — 103 of the 122 players who finished the first round shot par or better.
Nine players were still on the course when the round was halted due to darkness.
Aaron Baddeley and Bryce Molder were tied for second at 64. Adam Had-win and Brian Davis shot 65.
Castro began his round on the back nine and, after making five birdies on the first eight holes — including four straight from No. 12 to 15 — realized it “could be a special day.”
Though the 62 was his best on the tour, he’s gone low before, shooting a 9-under 63 at The Players Champion-ship in 2013.
He’s winless on the tour in more than 100 career starts.
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — When the Colorado Avalanche fired Joel Quenneville in 2008, Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock invited him to join his staff as an assistant.
While that didn’t work out, Babcock and Quenneville will now be work-ing together on Canada’s World Cup of Hockey team. Babcock is back as the head coach after winning back-to-back Olympic gold, but not without the man-agement group giving strong consider-ation to hiring Quenneville.
“It was a two-horse race for me,” Canadian general manager Doug Arm-strong said Thursday. “I wasn’t torn on the final decision, but I thought we had to give Joel Quenneville the oppor-tunity for us to discuss him. You just can’t get past three Stanley Cups in six years. What excites me is having both guys on the staff.”
Babcock has never lost with Canada in international competition, winning gold at the 1997 world junior champi-onships, 2004 world championships and then the 2010 and 2014 Olympics. Hockey Canada president and CEO Tom Renney called Babcock’s interna-tional excellence the “tipping point.”
The current Toronto Maple Leafs
coach also won the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings in 2008. Of course it was his coaching in Vancouver and Sochi that earned him another chance at the World Cup.
“I believe in hockey, I believe in the game, I believe in Canada, and I think it’s important that we continue to do everything we can to stay on top and so I like being part of it,” Babcock said. “When they asked me, obviously I was thrilled. The number of guys they could have asked, when they asked me, I was thrilled to have the opportuni-ty and to have the challenge and the challenge is exciting.”
Joining Babcock and Quenneville in undertaking this challenge are as-sistants Claude Julien of the Boston Bruins, Barry Trotz of the Washington Capitals and Bill Peters of the Caro-lina Hurricanes. Julien is back from Babcock’s staff in Sochi, while Quen-neville, Trotz and Peters are new.
Quenneville will run Canada’s defence, Trotz and Julien will focus on special teams and Peters will be in charge of pre-scouting like Ralph Krueger was at the Olympics.
Armstrong and the rest of Canada’s management team felt Babcock gave them the best chance to win the return of the World Cup, which takes place Sept. 17-Oct. 1 in Toronto.
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Browns can’t blemish Bengals’ recordBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bengals 31 Browns 10CINCINNATI — Andy Dalton plopped down in
the chair and didn’t even wait for the first question.“A little different from last year, huh?” he said,
his eyes widening.Different in every way — not only the Bengals
quarterback, but for his still unbeaten team, too.Dalton connected with tight end Tyler Eifert for
three scores and played the role of blocker on Mo-hamed Sanu’s reverse for a touchdown, setting up Cincinnati’s 31-10 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night.
The Bengals improved to 8-0 for the first time in franchise history, their longest winning streak with-in a season.
“It seems like every week it’s a first-time-ever,” receiver Marvin Jones said. “It’s all good. We’ve got to be 9-0 next and keep it moving.”
Coming off an emotional 16-10 victory in Pitts-burgh on Sunday that gave them control of the AFC North, the Bengals dominated the Browns (2-7) and Johnny Manziel in the second half.
Manziel had some of his best moments in the opening half, which ended with Cincinnati up only 14-10. In the second half, the Browns managed only 32 yards and two first downs.
“I’m pretty upset,” said Manziel, who finished 15 of 33 for 168 yards and was sacked three times, all in the fourth quarter. “We had momentum coming into the second half. We just didn’t do enough.”
It was a night for the Bengals to show how far they’ve come in a year. And no one has improved more than Dalton, who had his worst showing — a 2.0 passer rating — during a 24-3 loss to the Browns during a Thursday night game at Paul Brown Stadi-um last November.
“It’s huge to put ourselves in the position we’re in, to stay undefeated,” Dalton said. “Not a lot of teams have been 8-0 before. We understand that. It’s hard to do.”
He threw touchdown passes of 9 and 2 yards to Ei-fert in the first half, the latter after a Browns penalty kept a drive alive. Dalton also played lead blocker on Sanu’s 25-yard TD reverse in the fourth quarter, a play that took the Browns by such surprise that there was nobody there for the quarterback to touch.
“I was looking for somebody to block,” Dalton said. “I didn’t really know that Mo was right behind
me. It was perfect execution.”His 19-yarder to Eifert put Cincinnati in control
and gave the tight end nine touchdown catches, tying the Bengals record for a tight end and giving him the NFL lead.
Dalton finished 21 of 27 for 234 yards with a pass-er rating of 139.8.
Manziel got a rematch against the team that taunt-ed and then tormented him in his NFL debut last De-cember, a 30-0 Bengals win. Coach Marvin Lewis re-ferred to him as “a midget” leading up to the game, and several players mocked his “money-rubbing” gesture while frustrating him.
Instead of mocking him this time, they chased him around before ultimately shutting him down.
Manziel had some of his best NFL moments during a 10-play, 92-yard drive late in the first half that cut it to 14-10. He scrambled and threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Duke Johnson with 19 seconds left, the type of play the Browns had expected to see a lot but have gotten so little from Johnny Football.
He couldn’t do anything as the Bengals increased the pressure in the second half.
The Browns were missing top cornerback Joe Ha-den, safety Donte Whitner and receivers Brian Hart-line and Andrew Hawkins to concussions.
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Babcock officially gets nod to coach Canada at World Cup
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Cincinnati Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert scores a touchdown against Cleveland Browns free safety Tashaun Gipson during the first half of an NFL game, Thursday, in Cincinnati. The Bengals won 31-10 to stay perfect with an 8-0 record.
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As I ran alongside Diana Hurley Hobbs, I could not imagine this fit and energetic runner once tipped the scales at near-ly 400 pounds. It just goes to show you that you can-not judge a runner by her sneakers.
Diana ran her first marathon in Kelowna last month, a feat the 34-year-old never thought would ever be possible in her lifetime.
Eight years ago, she was a stay-at-home mom who described herself as “morbidly obese.”
The mother-of-two says she was in denial about her weight and it took walking by a full-length mirror to snap her into reality.
Shortly after she went to a doctor to map out her transition plan for a healthy-living lifestyle.
The rest, as they say, is history.Diana changed her
whole outlook on life by overhauling her diet, quit-ting smoking and adding walking, weight training and eventually running to her routine.
Today she’s down 211 pounds and running in the lean lane.
Diana admits she is slightly embarrassed to share her story but she is getting more comfortable every day.
“Because if you have never experienced that, it’s really hard to imagine how you could let your-self get to that point,” she said. “Because I never knew anyone at my start-ing point, if I can help oth-er people I would like to.”
She is already on her way as a certified person-al trainer, coach and gym owner (Di’s Healthy Club) in Blackfalds. She opened her gym about three years ago after her old gym closed. She wanted to in-spire others and let them know they can do whatev-er they put their minds to.
“I use the hashtag #no-excuses because the mo-ment I stopped accepting excuses from myself, my life transformed,” said Di-ana.
Running came natu-rally as it fit nicely into her new lifestyle. She ran Woody’s half-marathon in 2012 and plans to run it again next year. The jury is out on whether or not she will run another mar-athon.
“The one thing I strug-gled with running is that I enjoy it so much,” laughs Diana. “It’s hard for me to be competitive. I am like ‘look at the trees, look at the birds.’ I am stopped by the side of the road wait-ing for a friend. Honestly I am in a race. You are not supposed to do that in a race. I have so much fun. I am just so excited to be part of it.”
Diana has some advice for new runners and those who want to make a life-style change — stick with it.
“If you are far from your goal just break it down into little sections,” she said. “With the run-ning, just keep going be-cause it gets better and better.”
Di’s Healthy Club is on Facebook.
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Organizers of Woody’s RV World Marathon/Half/10K launched a new website which features contests and promotions last week. Registration for all distances is now open for the May 22, 2016 race.
One of the cool new adds is the “runner of the month” promotion.
Starting in December, runners have a chance to be picked as the official Woody’s Marathon Run-ner of the Month.
One runner will be picked every month leading up to the race on May 22
(including race month). Each runner will have his/her en-try covered as they act as an ambassador for the race. Run-ners will also receive a covet-ed Run Red Deer shirt to wear during the race.
There’s also a group dis-count and contest.
Check out the full contest details and promotions at www.reddeermarathon.ca
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Long-time Red Deer Liberal Michael Dawe is impressed with the cabinet choices of Canada’s new prime minister, and how they were chosen.
Dawe deflected criticism that Justin Trudeau’s gender parity approach meant individuals were cho-sen not by merit, but rather because they were male or female.
Dawe said that there was great diversity amongst the 30 cabinet members, and the women who were chosen included accomplished in-dividuals who range from a paralympic medal winner to a Nobel Peace Prize co-winner to an Afghan refugee devot-ed to fundraising for women’s education in Afghanistan.
“I looked at a number of them and thought, well isn’t that terrible, he had to make a token appointment of a No-bel prize co-winner,” Dawe said Thursday.
“These people aren’t qualified? Come on.”“You’re seeing a real change. That’s not necessar-
ily a criticism of what was there before,” Dawe said.“I think when you saw such a diverse cabinet of
so many backgrounds, the new prime minister had a great answer to why he wanted a cabinet 50 per cent female: Because it’s 2015.”
Dawe said former prime minister Stephen Harper talked about being more open in the beginning but over time it seemed to go the opposite way.
“I think with the previous government, even when they were doing good things, they were so tight-lipped, so secretive, so much a command organi-zation, that you were suspicious even when they were doing things that were probably fine, but you wouldn’t know because they wouldn’t tell you exact-ly what they were doing.”
“Is that what’s going to happen with Justin Trudeau? He’s talking the openness, but will he in fact be able to deliver it. I don’t know.”
“Be interesting to see if he follows what Ralph Klein, bless his heart, was really good at. When you make a mistake, having the courage to say, ‘Yeah you’re right, I made a mistake. So let’s fix it.’”
Dawe met Trudeau when he came to Red Deer in early 2013. “He’s very charismatic and extremely well spoken.” He was impressed that Trudeau took unfiltered and challenging questions.
Dawe doesn’t believe that Justin Trudeau is the same man as his father, former prime minister Pierre Trudeau.
“It’s a different type of charisma,” Dawe believes.“People were almost intimidated by Pierre
Trudeau’s intellectual ability. With Justin Trudeau it’s more people are taken with his openness and friendliness and … the guy is so good with people. Actually, quite frankly, his dad was really lousy with people.”
Dawe, a local historian in Red Deer, ran as a Lib-eral candidate for Red Deer North in the last provin-cial election.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers opening remarks at the start of caucus on Thursday.
MICHAEL DAWE
Already ‘seeing real change’DAWE LAUDS CABINET SELECTIONS MADE BY NEW PRIME MINISTER, SAYS HE IS DIFFERENT THAN HIS DAD
BY SUSAN ZIELINSKIADVOCATE STAFF
Work is wrapping up at Our Lady of the Rosary Hospital in Castor where a new roof was installed.
Alberta Infrastructure provided more than $950,00o for the project that started in mid-June at the hospital run by Covenant Health for Alberta Health Services.
AHS owns the building.Tracy Sommerfeld, senior director
with Covenant Health, said the project to replace the 10-year-old roof over the acute care and long-term care areas of the hospital was approved about two years ago.
About 80 to 90 per cent of the build-ing’s roof was replaced, along with some structural upgrades, and work will be finished within a few weeks.
Sommerfeld said a project was real-ly needed.
“We had some leaking down into the hospital at times and we had some issues with heavy snow load on the building as well,” Sommerfeld said on Thursday about leaks occurring through the duct work.
She said residents were moved within the hospital for short periods of time to allow work to proceed and now everyone is back into place.
The hospital has five acute care beds and 22 long-term care beds and employs 110 people, including casual workers.
She said the project means a lot to the community and shows there’s op-portunity to maintain the building.
“It enhances our ability to serve our community and that’s what’s import-ant.
“We’re operating at full capacity.”Other maintenance projects at Lady
of the Rosary in recent years included elevator upgrades, heliport resurfac-ing, and repairs to drain and ventila-tion systems.
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Kerry Wood Nature Centre set to open new exhibits
Kerry Wood Nature Centre will unveil its new exhibits on Nov. 13.
From noon to 4 p.m., the public is invited to come out for activities and refreshments to celebrate the official opening.
With an overarching theme — the river connects us all — the exhibits include a mini theatre and six exhibit pods on issues like the wetlands of Central Alberta, the woodlands and Red Deer’s history of environmental engagement.
The newly designed permanent exhibit area and Marjory Wood Gallery will also be more physically accessible with up-to-date technology thanks to the $1.1-million renovation project.
Marjorie Wood Gallery will still contain public art, but has been reconfigured to make it more usable. Floor to ceiling glass doors now allow the gallery to be closed off so it can be used as a classroom.
Work began in August.Exhibits that were replaced
had been on site since the original building opened in 1986, except for an update to the paleontology section.
Admission is free, with donations welcome.
Bull Skit teaming up with top improvisor
One of Canada’s best improvisers will join Bull Skit for a zany evening of anything-goes entertainment on Saturday.
Toronto’s Matt Folliott, a comedian and actor who instructs at Toronto’s Second City and Bad Dog theatre troupes, will perform with the local Bull Skit improvisers for two shows, at 7:30 (The Party Show) and 10 p.m. (Get White Trashed) at the Scott Block Theatre in Red Deer.
Folliott has travelled North A m e r i c a p e r f o r m i n g a t s u c h comedy festivals as Improviganza in Edmonton, the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival in Austin, Tex., Montreal’s MPROV, and the Seattle International Festival of Improv.
He’s guest starred on the TV shows The Next Step, Illusions of Grandeur, and Make it Pop and is nominated by Toronto’s Now Magazine for Best Male Improviser.
Tickets are $10 at the door or from www.bullskitcomedy.com
Bobs & Lolo makingRed Deer stop
Voted Canada’s Favourite Kids’ Entertainers in a CBC Music poll, Bobs & LoLo will be entertaining Sunday in Red Deer.
The musical duo, along with special guest Rockin’ Robin & The Magical Tree, will perform at 1 p.m. at the Welikoklad Centre.
Bobs & LoLo have six award-winning albums, a musical DVD and a new children’s book called Run Salmon Run. They received critical acclaim from Parents’ Choice Foundation, Western Canadian Music Alliance and the Juno Awards.
Touring to support their new album Dirty Feet, Bobs & LoLo’s new song Hoot and Hop was declared as a Great Canadian Kids’ Song by CBC Parents.
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CorrectionAn A2 story and headline in
Wednesday’s Advocate should have said The Bethany Group was resigning its management position with Rimo-ka Housing Foundation. The Bethany Care Society is a separate organization and not involved in the proposed Rim-bey project. The society operates Red Deer’s CollegeSide and a facility in Sylvan Lake among many others.
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Residents, contractors and members of the Lacombe County Council wander across bridge 00627, located at the intersection of R.R. 1-2 and Twp Rd 40-0 just south of Bentley, during its grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon. The bridge replaced the Pink Bridge, a long-standing landmark in the area, which was installed in 1963.
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUSSELS — The European Union is predicting that 3 million migrants could arrive in the 28-nation bloc by the end of next year, with the refugee emergency already proving a stern test of EU border and reception capacities.
More than 700,000 people have come to Europe seeking sanctuary or jobs so far this year.
The arrivals are imposing costs for shelter, rescue operations and border security, but the EU estimates that the refugees are likely to bring economic benefits within a few years, notably in Germany, one of the preferred destina-tions for many people.
EU autumn economic forecasts re-leased on Thursday show that based on current migrant entries and a “technical assumption” about future flows, arrival rates for migrants are unlikely to slow before 2017.
The EU’s executive Commission said that “overall, an additional 3 mil-lion persons is assumed to arrive in the EU over the forecast period.”
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsip-ras was a first-hand witness to the ar-rivals on Thursday, as migrants and refugees reached the island of Lesbos by dinghy while his motorcade trav-elled from Lesbos airport to a new reg-istration facility.
“We realized that is a criminal pro-cess being carried out by the smug-glers who cram refugees onto vessels that are not boats, but makeshift inflat-
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Police in the Idomeni border area said 850 people had crossed into Mace-donia between Wednesday and Thurs-day morning. Numbers usually range from 4,000 to 8,000 people per day. The
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Blast from the pastBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — In a blistering critique, former President George H.W. Bush says onetime Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld “served the president badly” when his son George W. Bush was in the White House and that former Vice-President Dick Cheney “built his own empire” and as-serted too much “hard-line” influence.
The critical assessments of Rums-feld and Cheney — key players in the U.S.-led war in Iraq — are contained in a biography of the nation’s 41st pres-ident to be published next week. A copy was obtained by The New York Times.
In interviews with biographer Jon Meacham, Bush, now 91, said that
Cheney, who also served in the el-der Bush’s Cabinet, acted too inde-pendently and asserted too much “hard-line” influence within George W. Bush’s administration, especially after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Jeb Bush, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, said on Thursday that he had not read the book. “My thought was that Dick Cheney served my dad really well,” Bush said in New Hamshire. “And he served as vice-president, he served my brother really well. Different eras. Dif-ferent times.”
George W. Bush, in a statement is-sued by his office, said he was “proud to have served with Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld. Dick Cheney did a superb job as vice-president, and I was fortunate to have him by my side
throughout my presidency. Don Rums-feld ably led the Pentagon and was an effective secretary of defence.”
The book, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush, also contains the elder Bush’s ruminations about his son, whom he praised but also called re-sponsible for empowering Cheney and Rumsfeld.
Of Cheney, Bush said, “He just be-came very hard-line and very differ-ent from the Dick Cheney I knew and worked with.”
Bush said he thinks the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks against the U.S. changed the vice-president, making him more hawkish about the use of U.S. military force abroad.
“His seeming knuckling under to the real hard-charging guys who want
to fight about everything, use force to get our way in the Middle East,” Bush said.
Talking about Rumsfeld, the elder Bush used stronger, more personal criticism, the Times reported.
“I think he served the president badly. I don’t like what he did, and I think it hurt the president having his iron-ass view of everything,” Bush said.
Rumsfeld, in a statement, respond-ed: “Bush 91 is getting up in years and misjudges Bush 43, who I found made his own decisions. There are hundreds of memos on www.rumsfeld.com that represent advice DoD gave the pres-ident.” Dod is shorthand for the De-fence Department.
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LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron declared Thursday it was “more likely than not” that a bomb brought down a Metrojet flight packed with Russian vacationers — a scenario that Russian and Egyptian officials dismissed as premature speculation.
Cameron said he had grounded all British flights to and from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula because of “intelli-gence and information” indicating that a bomb was the likely culprit in the crash Saturday that killed all 224 peo-ple onboard. The move stranded thou-sands of British tourists at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Cameron said he had “every sym-pathy” with the Egyptians, who rely heavily on tourism, but had to “put the safety of British people first.”
The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for bringing down the plane, a claim dismissed as not credible by Russian and Egyptian officials. Egypt is fighting an Islam-ic insurgency in the area where the plane crashed and Russia is launching airstrikes against IS targets in Syria.
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A man prays next to a ferry boat in the port of Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015. Greek ferries, which were on strike and have trapped thousands of refugees on eastern Aegean islands, will start operating again on Friday.
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OTTAWA — Canada has signed almost two dozen side letters with its trading partners in the Trans-Pa-cific Partnership, including an agreement with the United States to combat illicit trade.
Canada also has a side agreement with Japan that appears to protect the exports of British Columbia logs, a key sticking point between the two countries.
The letters were released as the text of the broad-er TPP agreement, finalized Oct. 5 by a dozen Pacific Rim countries, was released Thursday by the New Zealand government.
Several watchdog groups expressed a wide range of criticism of the deal, saying it would hurt workers in poor countries and deprive poor people of access to cheaper medicine.
Canada plans to release its own copy of the text once it is translated into French, said Trade Minis-ter Chrystia Freeland.
She said the government will solicit public com-ments on its website and is committed to a full par-liamentary debate. But the consultation wouldn’t happen overnight, in part because she just had her first briefing and the text is 6,000 pages.
“A real leitmotif of the Trudeau government is go-ing to be openness and consultation,” she said.
“I’m going to take that seriously. I’m going to re-view it.”
The complex deal covers a vast range of goods and services and encompasses 40 per cent of the global economy. Canada released a series of side letters that cover bilateral issues with specific coun-tries spanning several sectors.
Canada and the U.S. traded a letter on border enforcement and information sharing, to “address illicit trade in counterfeit trademark and pirated copyright goods.”
The letter says Canada and the U.S. are com-mitted to “using appropriate risk management, as determined by each government, to address the chal-lenges that this illicit trade poses at their respective borders.”
They pledge to share information on goods that infringe copyright and trademarks in an attempt to target the “organizations engaged in this illicit ac-tivity” and “target future illicit shipments and to in-vestigate trade in counterfeit trademark and pirated copyright goods.”
Another letter between Canada and Japan ap-pears to confirm that the current Canadian regime on the export of B.C. logs remains in place. The export of logs is heavily controlled by the federal and provincial governments, similar to the protec-tions afforded to Canada’s dairy farmers under the supply management system. Timber had become a sticking point between Canada and Japan. Canadian government documents previously obtained by The Canadian Press said Japan was pushing Canada to eliminate or modify the export controls.
“For greater certainty, Japan and Canada confirm that nothing in this letter shall have any other impli-cations with respect to Canada’s existing practices and procedures relating to its existing measures concerning the export of logs of all species,” the new
side letter states.“In respect of the export of logs, Japan and Can-
ada maintain their rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement and any dispute regarding a matter relating to the export of logs shall be settled under the WTO.”
The letter between Canada and Japan also for-malizes the creation of a bilateral committee on for-est products to help settle disagreements.
“Either Japan or Canada may raise a matter relat-ing to the understandings set out in this letter to the committee and the committee shall seek to resolve that matter,” the letter states.
Several groups renewed their criticism Thurs-day of the secrecy surrounding the negotiation of the deal. The Council of Canadians urged the gov-ernment to ask the parliamentary budget officer to review the deal. The Trade Justice Network called on the government to make changes to a deal it said would compromise the sovereignty of Canadian Crown corporations and exploit low-paid workers in south Asia. Doctors Without Borders said the TPP text confirms that millions will be deprived of affordable medicines because it extends patent pro-tections to pharmaceutical companies, which delays access to lower-priced generic drugs.
NDP trade critic Don Davies said Trudeau should not accept a bad deal negotiated by the previous Conservative government.
“Prime Minister Trudeau can’t promise open con-sultations here and then tell others behind closed doors that he’ll be able to push the deal through,” Davies said in a statement, referring to a conversa-tions Trudeau has had with U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
TPP text releasedINCLUDES SIDE DEAL WITH U.S. ON ILLICIT TRADE
TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
CALGARY — The president of one of Canada’s biggest oil and gas companies says he welcomes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s approach to tack-ling climate change.
Steve Laut of Canadian Natural Resources (TSX-:CNQ) says he particularly likes the Liberal gov-ernment’s plan to work with the provinces to lower emissions.
Alberta is in the midst of reviewing its broader climate change strategy, with the goal of having something ready in time for the UN climate talks in Paris coming up in a few weeks.
Laut says he’s heard good things about new Natu-ral Resources Minister Jim Carr.
He also says the decision to add “climate change” to the environment minister’s title just shows how important the issue is — a notion he supports.
Some have argued if Canada takes a tougher ap-proach to climate change, it may smooth the way for new pipelines that would help producers access new markets and get a better price for their oil.
Laut said that approach may help, but it’s no sil-ver bullet.
In addition to carbon, First Nations and landown-er concerns, as well as worries over marine safety, must be addressed, he said.
“It’s a complex issue,” he said. “It probably will help, but I don’t know if it will solve all ills.”
Also Thursday, Canadian Natural Resources said next year’s capital budget is expected to come in at between $4.5 billion and $5 billion.
This year’s spending, after a handful of downward revisions, is expected to come in at about $5.4 bil-lion.
About half of next year’s capital budget will be allocated to the Horizon oilsands expansion. Hori-zon’s 2016 budget will be about $2.1 billion, falling to around $1.2 billion in 2017 as the expansion to an eventual production rate of 250,000 barrels a day is completed.
The company said its adjusted net earnings for the quarter, which strip out the impacts of some un-usual items, were $113 million, down from $312 mil-lion a year earlier.
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Huge Caterpillar 797 dump trucks working at the CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon oil sands mine near Fort McMurray.
CNRL boss welcomes Prime Minister Trudeau’s approach to
tackling climate change
Home Capital’s probe into alleged fraud by mortgage brokers widens
TORONTO — Home Capital Group Inc. (TSX:H-CG) says mortgage brokers who were suspended for allegedly falsifying income information generated roughly twice as much in mortgages as the company originally estimated.
In its third-quarter earnings report, issued after
markets closed on Wednesday, the mortgage lender said the total value of outstanding loans generated by the 45 brokers that it cut ties with was $1.72 bil-lion as of Sept. 30.
That represents nearly 10 per cent of the compa-ny’s $18.17 billion of outstanding mortgage loans as of that date.
Home Capital said the balance has declined as customers have paid down their loans.
As of June 30, the total amount of loans generated by the suspended brokers was $1.93 billion, the lend-er said in its most recent earnings release.
Home Capital had previously pegged the figure at $960.4 million — or 5.3 per cent of the outstanding loans on its balance sheet.
The lender says it is continuing to actively moni-tor the mortgages and that so far, it has not found any unusual credit issues.
Air Canada’s Q3 adjusted profit beats estimates, rises to $734 million
MONTREAL — Air Canada (TSX:AC) is reporting $437 million of net income and $734 million or $2.50 per share of adjusted net income for the third quar-ter.
The adjusted profit was up from $457 million last year, and 29 cents per share above analyst estimates.
The company says it benefited from the lower price of fuel, which helped reduce costs in the third quarter.
The weaker Canadian dollar has had a negative impact on the company’s expenses but a positive ef-fect on passenger revenue, which was up 6.9 per cent to $3.7 billion.
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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
Quebec will no longer host an oil export terminal for TransCanada’s controversial Energy East Pipe-line, the Calgary-based company announced Thurs-day.
Six months after abandoning a proposal to build a terminal northeast of Quebec City, TransCanada said it would amend its proposal to the National Energy Board to include a new route for the pipeline.
The company made the decision after “conduct-ing thorough studies and consulting with many local communities,” Energy East president John Soini said in an interview.
TransCanada (TSX:TRP) plans to build a 4,600-ki-lometre pipeline to transport 1.1 million barrels of Alberta crude as far east as Saint John, N.B, home to Irving Oil’s massive refinery and the site of the only planned export terminal for the project.
The pipeline is unpopular in Quebec and served as political fodder during the recent federal election campaign for the anti-Energy East Bloc Quebecois, who said the project brings only risks to the province with none of the benefits.
While ditching plans to export crude from Que-bec, TransCanada said it will ensure refineries in Montreal and Quebec City are still able to access do-mestic crude from Energy East.
The $12-billion project is scheduled to be com-pleted by 2020.
Soini said the pipeline will have 500 long-term jobs and add $1.19 billion to the Quebec govern-ment’s coffers during the exploitation phase.
But Premier Philippe Couillard said the company has yet to demonstrate the economic benefits for his province. Couillard reiterated Quebec cannot just serve as a passageway for TransCanada, which is ex-pected to file detailed plans for Energy East by the end of the year.
“We asked them to fulfil seven conditions, one of them is economic impact in Quebec, a positive eco-nomic impact,” Couillard said in Quebec City. “It’s up to the promoter to show us what it will be and then we’ll have a very strict evaluation of what this part of the project will mean for Quebec.”
TransCanada had wanted to connect Alberta crude to two eastern ports, enabling sales to over-seas customers — one in Saint John, N.B., and one in Cacouna, Que. In April, TransCanada ditched the Cacouna port proposal because of concerns over beluga whale habitat, but it had spent months scout-ing other potential locations along the St. Lawrence River.
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to stock market closed sharply lower amid falling commodities prices and another plunge in the shares of Valeant Pharmaceu-ticals.
Toronto’s S&P/TSX compos-ite index closed down 103.04 points at 13,558.78.
The loonie was down 0.07 of a U.S. cent at 75.94 cents.
In New York, the Dow Jones average of 30 stocks edged 4.15 points lower to 17,863.43, while the broader S&P 500 was off 2.38 points at 2,099.93 and the Nasdaq fell 14.74 points to 5,127.74.
On commodity markets, the December gold contract lost $2 to US$1,104.20 an ounce, while copper shed almost seven cents to US$2.255 a pound.
The December contract for benchmark crude oil slumped $1.12 to US$45.20 a barrel while December natural gas shot up 10 cents to US$2.36 per mmBtu.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTSHighlights at the close Thurs-
day at world financial market
trading.Stocks:S&P/TSX Composite In-
dex — 13,558.78, down 103.04 points
Dow — 17,863.43, down 4.15 points
S&P 500 — 2,099.93, down 2.38 points
Nasdaq — 5,127.74, down 14.74 points
Currencies:Cdn — 75.94 cents US,
down 0.07 of a centPound — C$2.0028, down
2.14 centsEuro — C$1.4320, up 0.31
of a centEuro — US$1.0875, up 0.15
of a centOil futures:US$45.20 per barrel, down
$1.12(December contract)Gold futures:US$1,104.20 per oz., down
$2.00(December contract)Canadian Fine Silver Handy
and Harman:$20.585 oz., down 10.3 cents$661.81 kg., down $3.31
ICE FUTURES CANADAWINNIPEG — ICE Futures
Canada closing prices:Canola: Nov ‘15 $6.70 low-
er $467.70 Jan. ‘16 $6.90 lower $474.50 March ‘16 $6.40 low-er $479.80 May ‘16 $6.30 low-er $481.90 July ‘16 $5.80 lower $482.10 Nov. ‘16 $5.60 lower $472.90 Jan. ‘17 $5.60 lower $472.90 March ‘17 $5.60 low-er $472.90 May ‘17 $5.60 low-er $472.90 July ‘17 $5.60 lower $472.90 Nov. ‘17 $5.60 lower $472.90.
Barley (Western): Dec. ‘15 $3.50 higher $188.50 March ‘16 $3.50 higher $190.50 May ‘16 $3.50 higher $191.50 July ‘16 $3.50 higher $191.50 Oct. ‘16 $3.50 higher $191.50 Dec. ‘16 $3.50 higher $191.50 March ‘17$3.50 higher $191.50 May ‘17 $3.50 higher $191.50 July ‘17 $3.50 higher $191.50 Oct. ‘17 $3.50 higher $191.50 Dec. ‘17 $3.50 higher $191.50.
Thursday’s estimated vol-ume of trade: 282,460 tonnes of canola 500 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 282,960.
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
CALGARY — Enbridge Inc. is in-vesting $750 million in a U.K. offshore wind project as it sees green power playing a bigger role in the global en-ergy mix.
The Calgary-based company (TSX-:ENB), best known for its vast North American network of oil pipelines, says it sees opportunity to grow its re-newables business in Europe.
It’s partnering with a company called E.ON in the 400-megawatt Ram-pion Offshore Wind Project.
Enbridge will have just under a quarter interest in the development 13 kilometres off the U.K. Sussex coast.
Construction began in September and Rampion is expected to be fully up and running in 2018.
Enbridge CEO Al Monaco says it’s not just about the wider push for lower carbon emissions — any investment in renewable power must deliver healthy returns.
“We’d all agree that if you look to the future, we’re going to see a low-er carbon intensity in our economy, I think broadly speaking, that’s part of the equation,” Monaco said on a conference call. “The other part of the equation for us is fundamentally, these investments need to generate good risk-adjusted returns.”
Enbridge and its peers have had a tougher time in recent years building new crude pipelines, but Monaco said that hasn’t played a “direct role” in its approach to renewables.
The company has had a permit in hand for over a year to build its con-troversial Northern Gateway pipeline through B.C., but has not made a fi-nal decision to proceed as it tries to get First Nations along the pipeline’s route on board.
Its reversed and expanded Line 9 pipeline from southwestern Ontario to Montreal was finally given the Na-tional Energy Board’s blessing to start up in September after about a year of delay.
Enbridge had initially aimed to be-gin shipping crude on the line in early 2015, but the regulator demanded clar-ity on the company’s approach to pro-tecting waterways and ordered integri-ty testing on some segments of the line.
Enbridge has begun filling up the line and deliveries to refineries are expected to begin in December.
The Line 9 delay has been a drag on Enbridge’s bottom line. It now ex-pects 2015 adjusted earnings to be at the low end of its previous estimates of between $2.05 and $2.35 per share of adjusted earnings.
The project update was included in Enbridge’s third-quarter financial report, which said its adjusted earn-ings were up from last year at $399 million or 45 cents per share. That was four cents below analyst estimates of 49 cents per share. Enbridge al-so reported a $609 million net loss in the quarter, which included several unusual and non-recurring factors as well as the impact of changing foreign exchange rates on its financial deriv-atives.
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
Telus president and CEO Darren Entwistle says a plan to reduce its workforce by 1,500 positions is essential for the telecom company if it plans to continue growing its business.
“I can tell you this is not a discretionary activity, but one out of necessity,” he said in an interview Thursday.
Telus (TSX:T) said the job cuts, which represent about three per cent of its overall staff complement, would come mainly through voluntary departures and early retirements, with roughly half of them occurring before the end of this year.
The remainder will be completed during the first quarter, the company said.
All together, the Vancouver-based company expects to save as much as $125 million each year.
But the layoffs — which will be split evenly between unionized and management positions — raise awkward questions for Telus, which also proudly declared another hike to its dividend payment to shareholders.
The company said it will raise its dividend by five per cent to 44 cents per share, starting in January, after boosting its dividend earlier this year.
The two decisions shouldn’t be linked with each other, Entwistle said.
“Nothing could be further from the truth,” he said.
“If we elected not to raise the dividend we would still be pursuing this (cost savings) initiative.”
Entwistle, who returned to the CEO role over the summer after the sudden departure of Joe Natale in August, said cutting expenses is essential if Telus hopes to fund its growth plans, which include new technological investments.
He said the company is also having to deal with pursuing growth amid a generally soft economy and “economic duress” in the Alberta market as weak oil prices ravage that province’s
economy.As for the dividend increase, it
simply continues part of a dividend growth model that was laid out nearly five years ago, Entwistle said.
“The commitment we made to shareholders at that time was (to) grow our dividend by a minimum of 10 per cent annually over the course of 2014, 2015 and 2016,” he said.
“ I f w e d i d n ’ t h o n o u r t h a t commitment, which we are fully capable of honouring, that’s not going to be positive for the stock price or the value of this organization.”
Union leaders were blindsided by the job reductions, said Lee Riggs, president of the Telecommunication Workers Union.
“We were completely unaware this was happening,” Riggs said. “We ex-pect better from Telus.”
Telus also reported its third-quar-ter financial results, which showed profits and revenue grew in line with analyst expectations.
Net income and adjusted net in-come both were up about 2.8 per cent, rising to $365 million and $398 million respectively.
Adjusted income increased about three per cent to 66 cents per share, which was better than estimates of 64 cents per share from analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.
Revenue grew 4.2 per cent from last year, rising to $3.15 billion from $3.03 billion.
Push to low-carbon economy one factor in $750M U.K. offshore wind
play: Enbridge
Telus to cut 1,500 jobs
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Imported Dungeness crabs are displayed for sale at Fisherman’s Wharf, Thursday, in San Francisco. Wildlife authorities delayed the local Dungeness crab season and closed the rock crab fishery for most of California on Thursday, just days after warning of dangerous levels of a neurotoxin linked to a massive algae bloom off the coast
CRAB SEASON DELAYED
“THE COMMITMENT WE MADE TO SHAREHOLDERS AT THAT TIME WAS (TO) GROW OUR DIVIDEND BY A MINIMUM OF 10 PER CENT
ANNUALLY OVER THE COURSE OF 2014, 2015 AND 2016.”
— TELUS PRESIDENT AND CEO DARREN ENTWISTLE
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Humankind marked an off-the-planet pinnacle Monday: the 15th anniversary of continuous resi-dency at the International Space Station.
NASA and its global partners celebrated the milestone, as did the six astronauts on board. The U.S., Russian and Japanese space-men planned a special dinner 250 miles up.
Commander Scott Kelly, seven months into a yearlong mission, said the biggest benefit of the or-biting lab is furthering long-term exploration goals deeper into space.
“The space station re-ally is a bridge. It’s a test bed for the technologies that we need to develop and understand in order to have a successful trip to Mars,” American astro-naut Kjell Lindgren not-ed.
Since the first perma-nent crew moved in on Nov. 2, 2000, 220 people have come and gone, rep-resenting 17 countries.
The United States is in the lead because of all the space shuttle flights that were needed to de-liver station pieces Rus-sia is in second place, and Canada and Japan tied for third. At least one American and one Rus-sian have been on board at all times. More than 26,500 meals have been dished up, according to NASA, and the complex has grown from three to 13 rooms since 2000. The cur-rent structure has a mass of nearly 1 million pounds and as much pressurized volume as a Boeing 747.
The most important experiment, Kelly said, is about keeping humans alive in space. His one-year mission with Russian Mikhail Kornienko, due to end in March, includes 400 experiments, many of them medical. Ameri-cans have never spent this long in space the Russians have, but was decades ago on the former Mir station.
NASA puts the num-ber of experiments at this space station, over the years, at more than 1,760. At the same time, there
have been 189 spacewalks to build and maintain the outpost since construction began in 1998 No. 190 will occur Friday when Kelly and Lindgren venture out for the sec-ond time in 1 ½ weeks.
As the space station ages, more maintenance will be required. NASA hopes to keep the complex running until 2024.
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden called Monday’s milestone “a remarkable moment 5,478 days in the making.”
“It has taught us about what’s possible when tens of thousands of people across 15 countries collaborate to advance shared goals,” Bolden said.
One sticking point, one to two decades ago, was a name for the place other than Internation-al Space Station — ISS in NASA shorthand. The original inhabi-tants — American Bill Shepherd and Russians Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko — christened their high-flying home Alpha when they arrived, but the name didn’t last. Kelly remembers wishing back then that the space station had a real name, but the various coun-tries couldn’t agree on one.
“Now, it’s the ‘space station’ to me and I think it’s a great name,” Kelly said. “The name ‘Interna-tional Space Station’ really rep-resents what it is.”
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The upcoming climate summit in Paris is just the latest chapter in the surprisingly long history of grappling with global warming, a his-tory that began with the discovery of the greenhouse effect in the 19th century — before the telephone and the radio. And the first government warning that the world was warming came exactly a half century ago.
On Nov. 5, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson’s science advisory committee told him that “Man is un-wittingly conducting a vast geophysical experiment,” and that by the year 2000, carbon dioxide levels would increase enough to “almost certainly cause significant changes in the temperature and other properties of the stratosphere.”
The upshot? Not much. The world warmed about 1.4 degrees (0.8 degrees Celsius) in the next 50 years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Now, says U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres, “the urgency is truly on our doorstep.”
Studies show heat waves, droughts and floods are more frequent and worse. Seas are rising and getting more acidic. And some scientists fear unstoppable melting of ice sheets in Greenland and West Antarc-tica.
“We’ve known just about everything we need to know to do something about this issue for a very long time,” said Texas Tech climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe. “We knew there was one simple but terrible solution: Stop. We knew that 50 years ago.”
The story of global warming started with a mys-tery. In the 1820s, Joseph Fourier figured that Earth should be colder than it actually was. Something was warming it, trapping heat, but he couldn’t quite fig-ure out what.
In 1859, British physicist John Tyndall answered that question. Using lab experiments, he proved that water, carbon dioxide and other gases trap heat in the atmosphere.
“Tyndall was the first person to understand greenhouse effect in a crude way,” said Spencer Weart, director emeritus of the American Institute of Physics history program and a physicist himself. “Ever since Tyndall, no knowledgeable scientist has denied the existence of a greenhouse effect.”
Then Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius dug in-to the issue in the 1890s and figured that man-made emissions from fossil fuels could really change the climate. He calculated that if the level of heat-trap-
ping carbon dioxide doubled, it would raise the world’s temperature about 7 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit (4 to 5 degrees Celsius).
Arrhenius thought it would take centuries, may-be millennia, for that to happen, Weart said. But he didn’t know how the world’s population and people’s energy needs would soar. If emissions continue to rise at the current pace — which is starting to look less likely, with international pledges to slow the growth — it may be only 50 years or so before the amount of carbon dioxide roughly doubles.
For decades, the greenhouse effect seemed dis-tant and of little concern — until the mid-1950s, when Roger Revelle, Hans Suess and Charles Da-vid Keeling started to notice rising carbon dioxide levels. They weren’t quite sure just how to measure them accurately until Keeling established a monitor-ing system on top of a Hawaiian volcano.
The scientists figured it would take a decade or so before they could see a trend, but the increase was
so steady that it was noticeable in just 18 months,
said NASA historian Erik Conway.
Revelle then pushed for carbon dioxide concerns
to be included in the 1965 environmental report from
the president’s science advisers. They were, albeit
near the end.
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Mandatory DeerHead Submission
Location of 24-hourfreezers (2015)
As a deer hunter in Alberta, you play an important role in the province’s chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance program.
The government requires CWD testing on all deer harvested within Wildlife Management Units (WMUs): 102, 116, 118, 119, 124, 144, 148, 150, 151, 152, 160, 162, 163, 164, 200, 202, 203, 204, 230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 254, 256, 258, 500, 728, and 730. It is mandatory to submit deer heads harvested in these areas.
In addition, five new mandatory units were added: 138, 142, 156, 158, and 166.
Antlers and skull cap can be removed before the head is submitted.
Each head must have a green CWD label attached. After you shoot your deer, visit a Fish and Wildlife office or, during rifle seasons, one of our 24-hr freezers in eastern Alberta to pick up and fill out BOTH SIDES of a green CWD label. Heads should be kept frozen and dropped off at any Fish and Wildlife office or at any of the freezers.
CWD-negative results are provided at albertarelm.com. Any hunter who harvests a CWD-positive deer will receive a phone call from Fish and Wildlife staff.
For information on hunting in Alberta and chronic wasting disease, including locations of the 24-hr freezers, visit: www.mywildalberta.com. Follow us on Twitter @AB_EP and Facebook at My Wild Alberta.
Thanks to all hunters and landowners for your continued support and co-operation with this important disease surveillance program.
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Development Offi cer Approvals
On November 3, 2015, the Development Offi cer issued approvals for the following applications:
Permitted Use
Gaetz Avenue North Commercial1. Clem Lau Architect Designers Inc. – revisions
to approved exterior building elevations for a proposed restaurant, to be located at 6880 50 Avenue.
Discretionary Use
None
You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on November 20, 2015. 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 403-342-8190.
City of Red Deer Remembrance Day Holiday
Hours of OperationCity of Red Deer administration offi ces will be
closed on: Wednesday, November 11, 2015
RED DEER TRANSIT
Transit service will run on Holiday hours for November 11. First departure from the City Centre Terminal will be at 8:45 am.Last departure from the City Centre Terminal will be at 6:45 pm.
Transit Administration Offi ces and Transit Customer Service will be closed. Transit information is available on-line at www.reddeer.ca/transit
NO SERVICE on Routes 6, 12/12A, and 100/101 (BOLT). NO County Action Bus service.Red Deer Transit Action Bus phone lines will be closed and limited Action Bus service will be provided
RECREATION FACILITIES
Collicutt Centre Wednesday, November 11, 2015 – OPEN 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm
GH Dawe Community CentreWednesday, November 11, 2015 – OPEN 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Michener Aquatic Centre Wednesday, November 11, 2015 CLOSED
Recreation Centre Wednesday, November 11, 2015 – CLOSED
Riverbend Golf and Recreation AreaWednesday, November 11, 2015 –
Club House CLOSEDPark OPEN 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Queens Business Park NE & SE 35-38-28-W4
Industrial Area Structure Plan Bylaw 3540/2015
Red Deer City Council proposes to pass Queens Business Park NE 35 & SE 35 Industrial Area Structure Plan. The plan area encompasses two quarter section of land, totaling 125.67 hectares and is located on the West side of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway and South of Highway 11A, within NE 35-38-28-W4, on the West end of Red Deer. Guiding statutory plans for this area include the Municipal Development Plan and the West QEII Major Area Structure Plan. Both of these plans identify the area as suitable for industrial development.
The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular offi ce 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 bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, November 23, 2015 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, November 13, 2015. 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.
SCIENCE C5FRIDAY, NOV. 6, 2015
Greenhouse effect not a recent discovery
SCIENTISTS KNEW ABOUT EFFECT LONG AGO, BUT NOW IT’S URGENT
Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
This photo provided by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, taken Oct. 19, 1988, shows Charles David Keeling working with the Scripps manometer, which is used to measure amounts of CO2 by freezing it out of air. He’s pouring liquid nitrogen which chills the glass chamber to do the CO2 freezing. His Keeling Curve showed that carbon dioxide levels are rising steadily, trapping heat in Earth’s atmosphere.
Space station marks 15 years of nonstop human presence
Friday, Nov.6CELEBRITIES BORN
ON THIS DATE: Sally Field, 68; Ethan Hawke, 44; Em-ma Stone, 26 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Tap into your person-al power today in positive ways.
H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y : Don’t waste time worrying about the future.
Your motto for the next 12 months is from birthday great Sally Field: “You have to be here, you have to be now, you have to be present.”
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Seize the opportunity to wield your personal power in positive ways.
You’re not bossy — you’re bold; you’re not impa-tient — you’re inspiring; and you’re not domineering — you’re dynamic!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The stars provide a golden opportunity to clean up a messy relationship problem that’s been both-ering you. So say what’s on
your mind; clear the air; and then you can move on.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It’s a fabulous day to
get through the backlog of rou-tine tasks at work.
If you clear the clutter; pow-er through the paperwork; and make a fresh start; then you’ll feel rejuvenated and renewed.
C A N C E R (June 21-Ju-ly 22): A rela-t ionship with a che r i shed loved one be-comes deeper and much more
intense today, as you avoid superficial subjects and talk about deeply important is-sues that are on your mind.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Transformation is in the air! Today you have the energy and personal magnetism to clear up problems with oth-ers, or resolve a domestic situation that’s been getting you down.
Go Lions!VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22): All types of study and re-
search are favoured, as you dig beneath the surface to discover what’s really going on.
When posting things on-line, make sure you check the facts thoroughly first.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Many Librans are sur-rounded by intrigue, as se-crets that were previously hidden rise to the surface. Make sure you handle any new information as subtly and discreetly as possible.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your Scorpio charisma and communication skills shine brightly today, as the Sun and Pluto give you an extra confidence boost. Use it as an opportunity to trans-form the lives of others.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t underes-timate the positive effect an influential friend can have on your career.
And the more you pro-mote your Sagittarian talents — in person and online — the more successful you’ll be.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Use your personal power in positive ways, as you network up a storm and bring others onside.
I f you connect wi th like-minded souls and pursue strategic joint ventures, then it will be win-win for every-
one.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-
Feb. 18): Utilize your imagi-nation and intuition Aquarius. Creative inspiration is high, but don’t let someone lead you astray.
If you listen to your inner voice, then you’ll know what to do next.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s time to align your personal Piscean intentions with the collective intentions of a group, club or organiza-tion you are involved with.
Then you can combine talents and start kicking goals together!
Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicat-ed astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.
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THE PEANUTS MOVIE (G) CLOSED CAPTIONED, NO PASSES FRI 3:00, 5:30; SAT-SUN 12:30, 3:00, 5:30; WED-THURS 12:45, 3:15, 5:35
THE PEANUTS MOVIE 3D (G) CLOSED CAPTIONED, NO PASSES FRI 5:00, 7:30, 8:00, 10:00, 10:30; SAT-SUN 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 8:00, 10:00, 10:30; MON-TUE 6:50, 7:40, 9:20, 10:10; WED-THURS 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 8:00, 9:45, 10:20
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (G) CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI-SUN 5:10; WED-THURS 5:20
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 3D (G) CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI 7:40; SAT-SUN 12:10, 2:40, 7:40; MON-TUE 7:20; WED-THURS 12:40, 3:00, 7:50
SPECTRE (PG) (VIOLENCE) CLOSED CAPTIONED, NO PASSES FRI 3:00, 4:20, 6:30, 7:50, 10:00; SAT-SUN 11:30, 12:50, 3:00, 4:20, 6:30, 7:50, 10:00; MON-TUE 6:30, 7:00, 9:45, 10:00; WED-THURS 12:00, 1:00, 3:20, 4:20, 6:40, 7:40, 10:00
SPECTRE (PG) (VIOLENCE) ULTRAAVX, NO PASSES FRI 3:30, 7:00, 10:30; SAT-SUN 12:00, 3:30, 7:00, 10:30; MON-TUE 6:45, 10:15; WED-THURS 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE GHOST DIMENSION 3D (14A) (FRIGHTENING SCENES) CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI-SUN 4:10, 9:30; MON-TUE 9:50; WED-THURS 4:00, 9:10
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SCENES) CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI 4:40, 7:20, 10:05; SAT 11:20, 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05; SUN 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05; MON-TUE 7:05, 9:40; WED 4:10, 6:50, 9:25; THURS 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:25
GOOSEBUMPS (PG) (FRIGHTENING SCENES) STAR & STROLLERS SCREENING WED 1:30
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SCOUTS GUIDE TO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE () CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI-SUN, WED-THURS 10:10; MON-TUE 9:40
BRIDGE OF SPIES (PG) (COARSE LANGUAGE) CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI 3:10, 6:30, 9:50; SAT-SUN 12:00, 3:10, 6:30, 9:50; MON-TUE 6:35, 9:55; WED-THURS 12:15, 3:30, 6:50, 10:05
THE LAST WITCH HUNTER (14A) CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI-SUN 4:30, 9:45; MON-TUE 10:15; WED-THURS 4:50, 10:00
BURNT (14A) (COARSE LANGUAGE) CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI,MON-TUE 7:10; SAT-SUN 1:50, 7:10; WED-THURS 2:10, 7:30
OUR BRAND IS CRISIS (14A) (COARSE LANGUAGE) CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI 6:40; SAT-SUN 1:20, 6:40; MON-TUE 6:55; WED-THURS 1:20, 6:30
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LIFESTYLE C6FRIDAY, NOV. 6, 2015
Dear Annie: My 28-year-old son, “Jack,” was mar-ried six weeks ago. He and his bride have known each other since high school, so I thought I knew her pretty well.
Her parents paid for the majority of the wedding, and during the planning, I made myself available for any task that came my way, offering to take care of many odds and ends.
My three best friends gave the bride an elaborate shower at my home.
My brother volunteered to become certified to perform the ceremony and they eager-ly accepted. It was a destina-tion wedding, so we all had to set aside a few days for the event.
My husband and I went there two days early to help set up and to assist in any way possible without butting in too much.
Everything was going well until the day after the wedding, when the bride stopped all communication with me.
Before then, she would call and text, and often ask to get together to do fun things. She even asked for my opinion. Now, nothing.
I have never been a clingy mother to any of my sons, and I am baffled by this.
Am I wrong to think she should have called a few days after the wedding to thank us for everything we did and maybe ask if we had a good time?
I don’t expect a reward for our help, but what hap-pened to common courtesy?
Maybe a little show of appreciation? I’ve seen my son a couple of times since the wed-
ding, though there has been no mention of the es-trangement.
What did I do to turn her against me like that? — Hurt Mother-in-Law
Dear Hurt: First of all, both the bride and groom should have thanked you for your help, but not all couples think this is necessary.
Many assume that helping (and paying) is the par-ents’ responsibility and requires no expression of appreciation. They are wrong, but we hope you will let that go. The more serious problem is the bride’s sudden lack of communication.
Have you been texting her? Calling her? Did you tell her what a beautiful wedding it was and that you are so happy she is your daughter-in-law? You should be doing these things instead of waiting for
her. If she still refuses to communicate, talk to your son and ask what’s going on.
Dear Annie: I am writing in response to “Lonely, Not Lusting,” the widow in her 80s who went on a date with a man who groped her afterward.
Now she doesn’t know how to stop the man from calling her.
Many years ago, I worked in a bank and befriend-ed a widow who was also in her 80s.
“Mrs. G.” confided in me about a similar date she once had. She told me that at the end of the date, the man kissed her and put his hand on her breast. She looked him squarely in the eye and said, “That ship has sailed. Sorry. I am not interested.”
And that was that.It’s short, simple and to the point. — Mrs. G’s
Young FriendDear Friend: Not everyone has the presence of
mind to come up with an appropriate phrase when surprised. We’ll hope our readers will remember this one.
Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers col-umn. Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/AskAnnies.
Bride cuts off contact with mother-in-law
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LEARNING ABOUT SNAKES
Italy is once again the top wine producer after bumper harvest in good year for
EU industryBRUSSELS — Italy is the biggest wine producer
in the world this year, pushing France back into second place, as good weather in most European countries pushes up production — and keeps a lid on prices for consumers.
The European Union’s farm federation said Wednesday that quality and yields of the harvest were good, with production rising 2.7 per cent to 171.2 million hectolitres.
“This year, we can easily call it a benchmark year,” said Thierry Coste, the chairman of Co-pa-Cogeca wine division. “Quality will be very good, and when it comes to price there is no reason for price volatility.”
“We should be able to keep prices equivalent to what they were last year, with perhaps a slight in-crease,” he said.
Italy had a 12 per cent increase in volume to reach 50.3 million hectolitres. Like in many regions across Europe, the weather was hot and dry enough to keep pests at bay and allow for plentiful, quality grapes.
“Conditions were very favourable almost the en-tire year” in Italy, said Palma Esposito, the vice-chair of the federation’s wine division.
Spain, though, saw its production fall to 40.6 mil-lion hectolitres this year from 53.6 million hectoli-tres the year before when a drought ravaged some of the vineyards in southern regions. But even if the output took a pummeling, the quality of the grapes that survived should make for an excellent vintage, said Javier Pozar of the UPA Spanish wine federa-tion.
In comparison, the United States had an estimat-ed level of production of 22.1 million hectolitres, with Argentina, Chili and Australia hovering around the 12-13 million mark.
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Jaron Stacks, Exotic Zoo owner, teaches about Molly, a two-year-old ball python Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, at the Marysville, MI Public Library for exotic animals night.
STOLEEDonald “Grant” Sept. 9, 1932 - Nov. 1, 2015Grant was born in Drumheller, Alberta to Mildred (Smith) and Sigvald Stolee. He spent his early childhood in Drumheller, Camrose and Rimbey before his parents fi nally settled in Red Deer. Grant was an independent soul his entire life, which kept his parents, teachers and all authority fi gures on their toes. He worked as a pin setter at the bowling alley at 8 and an usher at the theatre at 12. When he turned 18 he enlisted in the
Royal Canadian Air Force, where he served for 29 years. Grants time in the military took him around the world. He excelled at his job and his passion of serving his country had him opening isolated bases in Manitoba, being one of the fi rst responders to the 1976 Friuli earthquake in Italy and taking great pride in his body guard duties for high ranking dignitaries from NATO. Upon his retirement from the military he returned to Red Deer with his family and he started a trucking company. He enjoyed this time of travelling around North America and doing what he loved, driving. Grant is survived by his children, Brent and Don (Babe) Stolee; his daughter, Jan Stolee; and his six grandchildren, Matthew and Lucas Stolee (Jan), Tom, Zane, Kai and Milly (Don); daughter-in-law Hai, and Jordyn Stolee (Luke), and by his former wife, Shirley Stolee. Grant had one sibling Douglas Stolee - 10 years his junior who passed before him. Douglas was the apple of Grants eye. It is comforting to know they can now be together unhindered. Because of Grants love of animals, we ask that any donations please be made to your local SPCA. Cheers Dad! As you would say, “We’re not the best, but we’re better than the rest.”
EVANSMarvin WilliamAug. 8, 1936 - Nov.1, 2015 It is with extreme sadness we announce Marvin’s passing at the Red Deer Hospice on Sunday, November 1, 2015 at the age of 79 years. Marvin is survived by his children; Randy, Edward (Shannon), Gordon, Michael, Patricia (Richard) Hirsekorn, and Elizabeth (Robbie) Shaw. He is also survived by sixteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, siblings; Linda (Stan) Nielsen, Gary “John” (Darlene), sister in law Wilma Evans, also Gail’s siblings; Vera (Arnold) Mottus and Gerald (Cheryl) Robinson. He was predeceased by his wife Patricia “Gail” in 2013, his parents; Lillian and Melvin, and his brother Edward. Marvin graduated from the Satinwood School, then took over the farming duties of his father due to his father’s failing health. He remained farming in the Haynes district all of his life, except for a short time north of Tees. He will be fondly remembered for his kindness, honesty and his awesome sense of humor. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Funeral services for Marvin will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel & Crematorium 6120 Highway 2A, Lacombe, AB. In lieu of fl owers memorial donations may be made to the Red Deer Hospice Society 99 Arnot Ave. Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6 or the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation, Medical Specialties 3942 - 50A Ave. Red Deer, AB T4N 4E7. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca
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QUIRICODonna Katherine1954 - 2015Donna Katherine Quirico of Red Deer passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Monday, November 2, 2015 at the age of 61 years. Donna was born on January 24, 1954 to Ed and Clare Quirico at Edmonton, Alberta. She resided in Central Alberta all her life. Our mother was loved by all and will be dearly missed.
Come to me, all you who labour and are heavy laden
And I will give you rest.Rest in Peace, mom; you are now with Jimmy and Grandma. Donna will be lovingly remembered by her son, Scott (Gloria) Henriksen of Red Deer, daughter, Tami-Marie (Kurt) Becker of Bonnyville, Alberta and fi ve grandchildren. She will also be sadly missed by her fi ve brothers; Rick (Alex) Quirico of Red Deer, Mark Quirico of Edmonton, Alberta, Darrel (Susan) Quirico of Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Brent (Kim) Quirico of Red Deer, and Doug (Jane) Quirico of Clive, Alberta; and one sister, Jeannie (Shawn) Freake, also of Sylvan Lake. Donna was predeceased by her mother, Clare J. Quirico, father, Ed Quirico, a son, James R. Christensen and a nephew, Aidan Fitzgerald. A Funeral Service will be held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 37370 Range Road 274A, (McKenzie Road) Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. with Pastor Olaf Clausen Offi ciating. If desired, Memorial Donations in Donna’s honor may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society at www.cancer.ca. Special Thanks to all the doctors and nurses at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre for their kindness and caring to mom. Condolences may be sent or viewed atwww.parklandfuneralhome.com
Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at
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SKAGENStanley E.Feb 20, 1929 - Oct 22, 2015Surrounded by family, Stanley went peacefully to his Lord and Saviour. He is lovingly remembered and missed by his wife of 65 years, Doris (Doe-Doe) and his nine children, their spouses as well as 17 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents Signor and Anne, and his only sibling Alvin as well as grandchildren Megan and Spencer. A service to celebrate his life is on November 16 at 3:00 pm at Temple Baptist Church in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
OWENSMargaret Isabelle1923 - 2015Margaret Isabelle Owens of Red Deer passed away on Monday, September 28, 2015 at the age of 92 years. Margaret devoted herself to her family and to the community. She was a surgical nurse in Calgary, Banff, Drumheller, Fort McMurray, and Grande Prairie. She volunteered for the Victorian Order of Nurses, Meals on Wheels, and the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada. One of her passions was hiking in the Rockies and the Arizona desert. Margaret is survived by her two sons; Brian and Fred (Sharon), grandchildren; Mitchell (Sandi), Brandon (Heather), Victoria (Luc), and great-grandson, Jaxon. A Memorial Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. with Reverend Jeffrey Rock offi ciating. The family is greatful for all the care given by the folks on Unit 22 and a special thank you to Dr. John Julyan-Gidgeon. In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, 202, 5913 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 4C4. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com
Arrangements entrusted toEVENTIDE FUNERAL
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REIDMaeOn November 2, 2015 Mrs. Mae Louise Reid of Ponoka passed away at the age of 93 years. Mae was predeceased by her husband Norman (2001). She will be lovingly remembered by her children Gladys Tasseron (John), Sandra Johnman, and Blaine Reid; grandchildren April, Jeff (Mary), Jill (Thomas), Kirsten, and Rhea; great-grandchildren Gabe, Miranda, Damian, Alexander, Rachael Mae, Eryn, Grace, Teagan, and Kiah; as well as numerous relatives and friends. A Funeral Service will be held at the Ponoka Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, November 9 with the Interment Service following at Forest Home Cemetery. In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations are gratefully accepted to the Northcott Care Centre or the Rimoka Lodge in Ponoka. To express condolences to Mae’s family, please visit ww.womboldfuneralhomes.com
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VIK Walter Olaf Vik passed away in Didsbury on October 22, 2015 at the age of 93 years. He was predeceased by his, wife Marion (2008), father Olaf (1976), mother Frieda (Kober - 1964), and sisters Ida Campbell (1943), Louise Roach (2006), and Blanch Bruce (2015). Walter was born February 06, 1922 on the family homestead east of Huxley a few miles from the banks of the Red Deer river. He attended Donaldson and Huxley schools. He quit school at the age of 15 (1937) to work on the farm his dad bought north of Huxley in 1936. He was called to military service for World War ll but was not accepted because as the only son he was needed on the farm. He worked with his dad farming and enjoyed hockey, baseball and curling through the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s in Huxley and Trochu, playing and competing with all the locals, including his cousins the Wik and Jenson boys. In January, 1947, he and Johnny Jacobson scored 3 goals each for the Huxley hockey team. In 1953, as a member of the Huxley Hornets, they were league champions. He loved to dance and was the driver for many of his sister Blanche’s trips to school dances. Walter met Marion Cora Thompson at a dance in Red Deer, and they married in 1971. He sold the farm in 1973 and moved to an acreage east of Red Deer, working part time at an auction and golf course. They moved to Red Deer, where he and Marion continued their love for camping with friends at Pine Lake, and for collecting, wheeling and dealing in collectibles and antiques from auctions and garage sales. They were married for 37 years, and he was dedicated to her through her long illness. Marion passed away at Valley Park Manor, Red Deer, August 22, 2008. Walter moved to Crossfi eld Lodge in 2012 and then Didsbury Lodge. He attended the Kober Family Reunion in summer, 2015 as the oldest member of the family. He passed away in Didsbury after a short illness. He will be remembered for his hard work on the farm, his love and support for Marion, and antiques and collectibles. His niece and nephews fondly remember him in their childhood; Sunday visits, family dinners and summers on the farm, wrestling with him in his favorite chair, helping with harvest, picking rocks by hand, the horse drawn wagon and sled. He is survived by his niece Leslie Ann McCloskey, Grande Prairie, and nephews Gene Roach, Red Deer and Hank Bruce, Calgary. Friends can contact Gene Roach 403-348-1850.
L’HIRONDELLEFern Annie1924-2015Fern passed away peacefully on November 1st, 2015 at the Vegreville Care Center after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Fern was born on November 17th, 1924 in Fort Saskatchewan to Harry and Jesse Churchill, and grew up on the family farm in the Joffre district. In 1942 she married Patrick L’Hirondelle, and they lived in Lacombe from 1943. Until she entered the care facility in Vegreville, Fern lived in Lacombe. Her husband Patrick predeceased her in 1976 and daughter Bonnie in 2008. Her siblings Dorothy, William, and Harry also predeceased her, and she leaves a sister, Irene Froman of Ponoka. Fern will be lovingly remembered by her two sons, Dale (Cynthia) and Gary (Angela). She is also lovingly remembered by her two grandchildren, Patrice (David) Klooster and Paul L’Hirondelle, and their mother Paula Lefaivre. Fern leaves numerous nieces and nephews, and her especially beloved niece, Fay (Larry) Saunders to mourn her passing. Painting and crafts of all types kept Fern busy when she retired from working at the Lacombe General Hospital and fi nally at Lacombe Medical Clinic. As well, she enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren camping, attending rodeos and horse shows. Along with her family, Fern participated in showing and riding horses on a competitive level in Alberta. Thanks to those at the Lacombe Foundation and Vegreville Care Center for their kind and compassionate care. Fern’s funeral will be held on Monday, November 9th, 2015 at 1:00p.m. at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel, 6120 Hwy 2A, Lacombe with Reverend Dr. Lee Sinclair offi ciating. Interment to follow at the Lacombe Fairview Cemetery. The family asks that in lieu of fl owers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society of Alberta. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca
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MCRAELeslie Alexander Nov. 20, 1951 - Calgary, AlbertaNov. 3, 2015 - Calgary, AlbertaLeslie Alexander McRae, beloved husband, father, brother, son, uncle, cousin, and nephew passed away at the age of 63. Les McRae was a man of deep character and strength. He was also very caring and a great listener. Throughout his battle with prostate cancer, he stayed positive and would consider other people’s needs, often before his own. One of his passions was music and this is one of the greatest gifts he left for his family. He planned things out carefully and would follow through on those plans. Les loved animals. One of his best buddies was Tiger, his half-siamese cat. We are thankful that Les was able to see Tiger a few times while he was in the hospital, which brought him great comfort. Les McRae worked in information management in health care and in the oil business. He started out as a high school math and business teacher. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Lois McRae (née Boomer), his two daughters Mary McRae and Jacquelynn Schnegg, son-in-law Julien Schnegg, his mother Annette Schauermann and step-father Karl Schauermann, his brother Lyle McRae, and many other family members. He is predeceased by his father, Murray McRae. A service will be held for Leslie McRae on Monday, November 9th, 2015 at Bonavista Evangelical Missionary Church, 1509 Lake Ontario Drive SE, Calgary, AB. A viewing will be held at 11:00 am with the service starting at 1:30 pm. In lieu of fl owers, donations in Les’ memory may be made to Calgary Humane Society (www.calgaryhumane.ca) or the MEOW foundation (www.meowfoundation.com).Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.edenbrookcemetery.ca.
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE RED DEER FISH & GAME ASSOCIATION
to be held Mon. Nov. 16, 2015 @ 7 pm. at the Red Deer Legion.
Discussion of membership fees increase and hiring of Administrative Assistant.
SHOP to Support PEO Scholarships.
November 11, 2015, 1:30 to 4:00 PM
The Golden Circle 4620 - 47A Ave. Red Deer
Come & do some Christmas shopping from exciting vendors, have a tea or coffee along with a
homemade treat while helping raise funds for women’s education.
The Farm Studio13th AnnualCHRISTMAS
ART SHOW & SALE
Saturday / SundayNov. 14 & 15
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Raku Ceramics, Watercolours,
other gift ideas.1 Mile West, 1 Mile North
from Aspelund Road & Highway 20 Intersection (approx. 8 kms. north of Sylvan Lake traffi c circle)
Watch for Signs.Call 403-748-2557
For more information.
Lost 54LOST CAT: Elly is a orange female medium hair tabby, with white chest and white feet. She went missing from the parking lot area at London Drugs/Home Depot/Wal-mart area in late June. There have been sightings of her in the Bower area. Please call 403-318-7521 if you see her. Missed greatly, we would like her home safe. Please check Red Deer Advocate online ad for photos.
LOST tabby in Clearview Meadows area, named
Chewbee, marble colored with green eyes. If found,
reward offered. 403-877-5588
Found 56BIKE, Cherokee found at
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FOUND in Upper Fairview Mon. morning, womens bike, must identify color and markings to claim 403-309-4064
SCOOTER, childs left on lawn on McDougall Cres.
Must identify to claim. 403-343-6918
Companions 58SWM SEEKING petite woman late 50’s or early 60’s who enjoys swim-ming, biking, horse back riding. I have 40’ moto-rhome for travel and own home in resort area near lake. Please reply with phone number to Box 1114, c/o RED DEER AD-VOCATE, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9
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Caregivers/Aides 710EXPERIENCED caregiver for senior needed. Position involves light housekeep-
ing. First aid/CPR certifi ed. $11.50/hr,40hr/wk. Call 403-314-0700
LOOKING for an In-Home caregiver for a 1 year old. Temporary full-time posi-tion. Wage is 11.20/hour. Duties include child care and light housekeeping. High School education, CPR/First Aid training,
driver’s license required. Please send resumes to
P/T F. caregiver wantedfor F. quad. Must be reliable
and have own vehicle. 403-505-7846
Dental 740Our Offi ce is seeking fulltime Registered DentalAssistant. We offer A
fantastic workingenvironment, no evenings
or weekends, and acompetitive salary rangingfrom twenty fi ve to thirty
fi ve dollars,+ benefi ts + bo-nuses based on skills and
experience Apply withconfi dence to rocky.
P/T RDA 11required by a busy dental
offi ce downtown. Wed. - Fri. 8 am - 6 pm. Candidate
must be organized, detail-oriented, self-
motivated, and able to work independently.
Professional, fl exible, hardworking, and a
team-player. No week-ends, competitive wages based on exp. and skill level. Sterilization exp.
preferred. Email resume to [email protected]
Farm Work 755FEEDLOT in Central Alberta seeking F/T
employee for feed truck operator and machinery
maintenance. Send resume to fax:
403-638-3908 or e-mail to:[email protected]
Oilfield 800
SERVICE RIGBearspaw Petroleum Ltd
is seeking aFLOORHAND
Locally based, home every night! Qualifi ed applicants must have all necessary
valid tickets for the position being applied for.
Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefi ts package along with a steady
work schedule. Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources
Email: [email protected]
Fax: (403) 252-9719 or Mail to: Suite 5309,
333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3
Professionals 810Registered Massage
Therapist Part or full-time with 2,200 hours of training
Sylvan Steam & SpaSylvan Lake
Please email resume tocontactus@
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Restaurant/Hotel 820
EAST 40TH PUBREQ’S F/T or P/T
GRILL COOKApply in person with resume
3811 40th Ave.
JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s
Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations:
5111 22 St.37444 HWY 2 S37543 HWY 2N700 3020 22 St.
FOOD ATTENDANT Req’d permanent shift
weekend day and evening both full and part time.
16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. +benefi ts. Start ASAP.
Job description www.timhortons.com
Education and experience not req’d.
Apply in person or faxresume to: 403-314-1303
Trades 850UNITED TANK Inspections
Inc. is looking for a PERMANENT FULL TIME Tank Inspector/Tester in
Stettler AB. This position isresponsible for inspecting
commercial tanks and trailers and re-certifying
them. Knowledge on CSA-B620-09 specifi cations and
experience in the use of tank testing equipment an
asset. We offer competitivewages, group health
benefi ts and a group RSP plan. Please apply @
3811-46 Ave, fax: 403-742-4181
or email: [email protected]
Truckers/Drivers 860DRIVER with clean Class 1 or Class 2. Bus driver or semi driver exp. preferred Must be availl eves. and wknds. Looking for both
P/T & F/T Fax resume to 347-4999
or email to:[email protected]
Misc.Help 880
1699960 Alberta Ltd is looking for 2 F/T
permanent shift supervis-ors, varied schedule. At
120 47 Clearview Market Red Deer, AB. Must have
exc. customer service, cash handling, and more supervisory related. Start-ing wage $13.75. College education, 1 + years ex-
perience req’d. email: [email protected]
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CASE IH EQUIPMENT DEALER
in Red Deer is seeking a FT SERVICE WRITER for an exciting position.
We are looking for a motivated candidate with computer + organization skills. The successful
applicant will be customer oriented + show strong
inter-personal skills, Service-writing experience
is an asset.
Forward your resume to:FUTURE AG INC.
Attn. Human ResourcesBox 489
Red Deer, AB T4N 5G1Fax to (403) 342-0396Email [email protected]
GREENHOUSE Laborers are required for our
greenhouse operation located near Blackfalds, Alberta. Responsibilities include transplanting,
watering, handling and caring for plant material
and preparation of customer orders. This
position is labor intensive and entails working in both hot and cold environments.
Laborers are required to work a minimum of 40
hours per week. Laborers must be available to work different shifts, 7 days a
week. Positions are available starting mid
January and last until late June. No previous work experience or qualifi ca-
tions are required. Starting wage is $11.20 an hour. Please email resumes to
[email protected] or fax resume to 403-885-4147
(Attn. Human Resources.) Resumes may also be
mailed to Box 100, Black-falds, Alberta, T0M 0J0.
Misc.Help 880
CHEF-PART TIME
Trail Appliances Ltd. has an immediate opening for a part time Chef to work
out of our Red Deer store. If you are creative,
personable and self-motivated, this may be for you. The schedule for this
position includes Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
The responsibilities for this role include:
• Preparing food live in a display kitchen
• Providing cooking classes
• Providing product knowledge to customers
The ideal candidate will:
• Comfortably prepare food in front of customers
• Enjoy interacting with and speaking with general public
• Hold a cooking diploma or degree
If you are interested in
working for a well-known and respected company,
please submit your resume to: reddeerjobs@
trail-appliances.com or fax to (403) 342-7168. Please indicate ‘Chef’ on the Subject line of your email or fax. A security
check will be conducted on the successful candidate.
F/T DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer
and area is essential.Verbal and written
communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax
to 403-346-0295
Greenhouse workers wanted for Blue Grass
Nursery & Garden Center in Red Deer, Alberta
We are looking for 10 full time seasonal employees.
No experience needed, training will be provided
Starting in February 2016. Duration is for 4 months
Wage is $11.20 per hour at maximum 44 hrs. per week.
Please fax resume to 403-342-7488Or by email:
SHOP HAND /BUS CLEANER
Must be avail. to work eves./wknds. and have own transportation. Fax resume to 403-347-4999
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Antiques& Art 1520
ROTARY PHONE, Circa 1940’s black, bakelite,
Mint condition. Cord has been converted, so it can
be used. Works great. $45. Call (403) 342-7908
Auctions 1530ESTATE ANTIQUE
AUCTIONSunday November 8
10 am * Viewing 9 amLocation: Ridgewood
Community HallPartial List only
Electric Power Scooter with Cab –
Texaco and Coke Collectables – Antique
Sofa Set –New iPhone Accessories –
Antiques –Collectables – Furniture –Tools – Misc. AND MUCH
MOREComplete list and
Directions visit www.cherryhillauction.comCherry Hill Auction &
AppraisalsPhone 403-342-2514
Children'sItems 1580LITTLE TYKES Flintstone car, and child’s push pull car $18/ea. 403-346-5423
Clothing 1590LADIES lambskin leather fall/winter coat, Cold Water Creek, L, $40; ladies long black dress jacket, knee length, Emma James, size 14, $15; ladies black wool knee length coat, DKNY size 10 $25 403-348-0201
Equipment-Heavy 1630TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, offi ce, well site or
storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.
Firewood 1660AFFORDABLE
Homestead FirewoodSpruce, Pine, Aspen - Split. Avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472
B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.
PH. Lyle 403-783-2275
FIREWOOD: Spruce & Pine - Split 403-346-7178
FREE BLACK POPLAR logs. You pick up.
Very close to Red Deer. 403-392-8385.
LOGSSemi loads of pine, spruce,
tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location.
Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346
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ELLINGHAMCheryn Ellingham entered the gates of Heaven on Oct 21, 2015 to fi nally be with the one she worshiped all her life, Jesus. Cheryn was only 61 years old and leaves her four children Paul Ellingham Jr, Zac Ellingham (Allison), both of Edmonton and her twins Zoe Newby (Richard) also of Edmonton and Zara Wattenbarger (Dean) of Red Deer. Cheryn had twelve grandchildren and two brothers that also mourn her loss and also all her in-laws, nieces and nephews that have been back and forth from the UK over the years. Cheryn was born in New Delhi India and at 7 immigrated to England and then to Canada at the age of 22. Cheryn will be forever missed by all that knew her and will always be remembered as someone you could have a chat with for hours. Her love for cats was a life long love, her crime books and crime shows was also a topic for many conversations but the Bible was the one topic that she could talk to anyone about and worked to bring people to Christ by welcoming numerous religions into her home for a conversation. Cheryn was predeceased by her Mum Barbara and friend and the father of her children Paul Ellingham. A beautiful Celebration of life for Cheryn Ellingham was done in Edmonton on October 29, 2015.
“SOMEWHERE BEYOND RIGHT AND WRONG, THERE IS A GARDEN.
I WILL MEET YOU THERE”.LOVE ALWAYS AND
FOREVER Mummy xxxx
WILKINSDoreka 1944 - 2015Doreka Wilkins passed away on November 2, 2015 at the Bentley Care Centre. She was born on November 5, 1944 to Barbara and Johann (John) Bennink in England. The Bennink family moved to Rimbey following the war in 1946. Doreka will be lovingly remembered by her three children: Kevin (Paulette) Wilkins, Glenda Hill and Eldon (Renee) Wilkins; grand children: Denise (John), Colby (Jamie), Lynda (Travis), Melissa (Cody), Kelsee, Shaye, Jenna, Hanna, Adele, Jared and Molly; great grandchildren: Tanaya, Adrianna, Mya, Caylee, Leah, Ryder, Carter, Cade; one sister Stena (Don) and one brother Bob (Melodie). She is predeceased by her son Danny in 1980, son in law Ross Hill and grandson Tyson Hill (both in 2003), brother Garry in 2008 and brother Tim in 1988. A Celebration of Life will take place at the Bentley Community Church on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Donations may be made to the Huntington Society of Canada. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca
WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and
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Card Of ThanksCHEEK
Words cannot express our appreciation to everyone for all the food, donations, phone calls, cards and visits we have received since Dennis’s passing.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Ruth, Randy & Wanda, Leanne & Mel and families.
MUNROThe Munro family would like to thank the residents of Meeres Close, past and present for their caring and compassion and the wonder-ful meal they provided for family and relatives after Bruce’s Service October 17, 2015. Thank you as well to all those who sent cards, fl owers and prayers.
With Love fromThe Munro Family
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VI ELKIN’S
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November 7, 2015OPEN HOUSE
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EDWARD PAUL METZ Jan. 4, 1923 - Nov. 6, 2014
Remembered with love,Bea, family and friends
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Central Alberta Residence SocietySeeking people to join our team who share our Vision that...
“Individuals with disabilities will achieve full meaningful lives as valuable citizens of the community”
Currently have the following positions available:
SUPERVISOR - DIRECT SUPPORTS FULL TIMEDIRECT SUPPORT WORKER - FULL AND PART TIME
As a Supervisor - Direct Supports, you are directly accountable to the Supervisor - Client Services, to work on site, for the purpose of monitoring, and organizing the overall daily operation of a specifi c setting/service. Responsible to ensure that the supervision, training and personal support provided meets the individual(s) needs. The Supervisor - Direct Supports is also responsible for liaising with government departments, family and other related community support agencies. Ensuring effective and consistent supports across all team members.
QUALIFICATIONS:• Disability & Community Studies or related post-secondary diploma with a minimum of two years
experience providing community support services for individuals with developmental disabilities• Prior supervisory experience• Strong communication, organizational, interpersonal, leadership and problem solving skills, contributing
to your effectiveness working as part of a multidisciplinary team• Knowledge of and the ability to implement pro-active support strategies• Driver’s license
HOURS/COMPENSATION:• 40 hours/week, shiftwork may be required occasionally• Salary range: $3,539.46 - $4,312.54As a Direct Support Worker, you are directly accountable to the Supervisor - Direct Supports, Individualized Support Coordinator or Supervisor - Client Services (as identifi ed) to carry out directions related to direct individual client service, providing supervision, training and personal support. The Direct Support Worker is expected to provide support across multiple environments which will promote personal growth, independence and increase social inclusion. To complete such duties ensuring that services provided are of the maximum possible benefi t to the individuals.
QUALIFICATIONS:• Minimum Grade 12 education, prior experience in the human service fi eld a defi nite asset.• First Aid - CPR• Completion of required in-service training• Driver’s license and vehicle required for most positions
HOURS/COMPENSATION:• Hours vary pending position, shiftwork and weekends required• Wage range: $16.15 - $18.81 per hour
If you believe you have the skills, abilities and motivation to be a part of our team of professionals, please forward your resume to:
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CHILDREN & ADULT PROPRIETORS NEEDEDAPPLY NOW TO PROVIDE VALUE IN THE HUMAN SERVICES INDUSTRY
We are continuously seeking specialized Proprietors for children and adults with developmental disabilities. Individuals or couples willing to open up their home have the opportunity to make an incredible difference in the life of an individual. As a Full Time Proprietor you will provide a caring, safe and structured environment with fun activities and dependable routines. Respite (part time) Proprietors offer support and care, working one to two 48 hours weekends per month. This commitment involves the inclusion of the child/adult in your regular family life. PCLASS has a licensed basement suite where Respite can be provided if applicants are not able to provide Respite within their own home.
Proprietors will provide a very individualized service that is based on the needs of the individual. Experience with young children, youth and/or adults with developmental disabilities would be ideal. Knowledge of First Nations culture and some related post-secondary education would be an asset. Individual must have a private room and be in a non-smoking environment. Driver’s license and transportation are required.
Full time Proprietors receive a (tax free) monthly remuneration and Relief Proprietors are paid $125.00 per days worked. Parkland CLASS provides extensive training which all Proprietors are required to take.
Please send a cover letter & resume confirming you are interested in either children or adult Proprietorship to: HR Fax: (403) 342-2677 e-mail: [email protected]
If you would like more information please contact Cori Brennan, Children Proprietor Coordinator or Nicole Shultz,
Adult Proprietor Coordinator at 347-3333.
Parkland C.L.A.S.S.Parkland C.L.A.S.S. has grown over five decades to come one of the largest disability based service providers in Al rta. Parkland C.L.A.S.S. exists to improve the quality of life of children & adults with developmental disabilities through individual choice, dignity and rights. We strive to empower the people we serve, measuring our success against the goals they set for themselves.
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Watchdog believes Syrian insurgents used mustard gas
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A source at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says inspectors have found evidence that mustard gas was used during fighting between insurgent groups in the Syri-an town of Marea in August.
The official, who spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because a report on the findings has not yet been published, says OPCW inspectors dis-covered “evidence that mustard (gas) was indeed used there.”
The OPCW team was investigating allegations that Islamic State used chemical weapons in Marea, but has not attributed blame for the use of mustard gas. The findings will now be sent to the United Nations.
Maldives’ VP accused of plotting to kill president
MALE, Maldives — Maldives’ Par-liament voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to impeach the country’s vice-president, who is accused of plot-ting to kill the president.
Ahmed Adeeb is the second vice-president to be impeached in three months. He has been arrested for allegedly planning to kill President Yameen Abdul Gayoom in an explo-sion on his speedboat on Sept. 28.
The impeachment motion received 61 votes in favour and none opposed in the 85-member Parliament. The main opposition group, the Maldivian Demo-cratic Party, abstained.
The president declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, saying the explosion and subsequent discovery of arms posed a threat to national se-curity.
Adeeb, 33, who was once Gayoom’s trusted protege, became vice-presi-dent in July after the impeachment of his predecessor, Mohamed Jameel, who had fallen out of the president’s favour.
Lawmakers from Gayoom’s party even changed the constitution to re-
duce the minimum age for presidents and vice-presidents from 35 to 30 to enable Adeeb to take office.
However, suspicion immediately fell on Adeeb after the explosion on Gayoom’s boat, and he was arrested at the airport as he returned from an offi-cial visit to China.
Gayoom was unhurt by the blast, which the government called an assas-sination attempt. The U.S. FBI, which investigated the explosion, said it found no evidence that it was caused by a bomb.
Burglary suspect falls through restaurant ceiling DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Police
say a burglary suspect’s plans went awry when he dropped in on stunned dinner patrons through the ceiling of a Florida restaurant and was then held down by the customers until officers arrived.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports diners told the manager of the Hibachi Grill and Supreme Buffet they heard noises coming from the ceiling on Tuesday evening.
Police say 30-year-old Justin Grimes had gone through ceiling tiles in the bathroom and then fell through into the dining room as he attempted to make his way to the area over the office. Police say he was looking for money.
Baby pygmy goat ‘GusGus’ stolen from petting zoo
PHOENIX — Officials at the Ar-izona State Fair said Thursday that a baby pygmy goat was taken from a petting zoo, leaving a mother crying for her kid.
GusGus went missing Wednesday sometime between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. and security was immediately notified, petting zoo manager Emilie Owen said. The miniature goat weighs less than 5 pounds and can easily fit under a jacket or in a purse. He was in a sepa-rate pen away from the other animals, Owen said.
“In over 30 years that we’ve been doing this, I have never had anything like this happen,” Owen said. “It’s very heartbreaking for us and mama. She wants her baby back.”
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TODAY IN HISTORY
BY HAYLEY TSUKAYAMAADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES
Google just gave a little bit of help to anyone tired of typing out the same reply to e-mails over and over again. Now, software will do some of the work for you.
An updated version of Inbox, one of Google’s mail apps, will “read” your e-mails and offer up suggested replies. In a company blog post, Gmail soft-ware engineer Balint Miklos said this week that the feature “uses machine learning to recognize emails that need respons-es and to generate the nat-ural language responses on the fly.”
The goal is to have op-tions good enough that a user will send short mes-sages in just two taps. And the suggestions are de-signed to get better as you use the feature more of-ten, and Inbox learns your personal quirks.
This is similar, in some ways, to the word sugges-tions that texting software such as iMessage (or the BlackBerry typing sys-tem) already use. But be-ing able to read a whole
e-mail and find the right way to re-spond to it is a much more complex undertaking.
Google engineers began working on the idea “some months ago,” the com-pany said in another blog post Tuesday describing the research.
Eventually, the researchers built a special neural network - a huge net-work of machines designed to mimic the human brain - to run the heart of the Inbox feature.
Google attempted to head off po-tential privacy concerns raised by the new feature. There are no people se-
cretly reading your e-mail and com-ing up with replies, the company said. As with its ads in Gmail, software is scanning the content of your messages, not Google employees. “In developing Smart Reply we adhered to the same rigorous user privacy standards we’ve always held -- in other words, no hu-mans reading your email,” the compa-ny said.
One hurdle Google’s engineers faced in developing the software was making the suggested replies less, well, touchy-feely. Google Senior Re-search Scientist Greg Corrado ex-
plained:“Some analysis revealed that the
system was doing exactly what we’d trained it to do, generate likely re-sponses -- and it turns out that respons-es like “Thanks,” “Sounds good,” and “I love you” are super common -- so the system would lean on them as a safe bet if it was unsure.
For the real version of the program, which will roll out to iOS and Android Inbox users over the next week, engi-neers have toned down the affection to make the software a bit more work-ap-propriate.
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TECHNOLOGY D5FRIDAY, NOV. 6, 2015
Cryotherapy spreads worldwide
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS VEGAS — From Japan to Eu-rope and now in the U.S., a growing number of people are seeking cryo-therapy — a treatment that subjects their bodies to temperatures far below those found anywhere on Earth.
Backers claim it can ease pain and inflammation, aid blood flow and weight loss, improve skin and even ward off aging and depression.
The treatments, however, have come under scrutiny after a Las Ve-gas spa employee was found dead last month in the chamber of a cryotherapy machine chilled by liquid nitrogen.
Cryotherapy involves entering the cold chamber and spending two to four minutes in temperatures ranging from minus-166 to minus-319 degrees Fahr-enheit (minus-110 to minus-195 Cel-sius).
It is believed to have started in Ja-pan in the 1970s to treat inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthri-tis. It has been used by professional athletes on the premise that inflamma-tion caused by exercise could also be treated by extreme cold and has made its way across the globe. It is primarily used in Eastern Europe.
Joseph Costello, a researcher with the University of Portsmouth in En-gland who studies cryotherapy, said the entire rugby team of Wales trav-elled to Poland to use the technology in 2011. It hit the U.S. about two years ago and now, the NBA’s Cleveland Cav-aliers said the professional basketball team has its own cryotherapy chamber at its training centre. The treatments are also available at some spas, sports medicine clinics and wellness centres.
Las Vegas police and Nevada state officials have opened investigations into the circumstances involving the death, but it has moved slowly because
the industry is so new in the state that no one agency assumed responsibility for it.
Nevada’s chief medical officer said Tuesday that the Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance will as-sume responsibility for investigating complaints as the state health depart-ment takes over an expanded probe to determine whether or not the treat-ment itself is safe.
The long review process is now only in its fact-finding stage, but Dr. Tracey Green said some form of education, regulation, scope of work agreement and/or licensure could ultimately be proposed.
“Education will be very important because there are many alternative services in many areas of medicine, science, health, nutrition and beauty. We need to be conscious consumers,” Green said.
And any rules or policies put in place in Nevada would mark some of the first regulations in the world gov-erning cryotherapy.
In other states, oversight varies widely. The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies has assigned cryotherapy to a medical category that requires doctor oversight. California officials said its industrial relations and consumer affairs departments and state medical board have no oversight of the practice, calling it an experi-mental and alternative treatment un-supported by evidence.
Given that the lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth was minus-128 degrees Fahrenheit (minus-89 Cel-sius), experts say the health impacts of cryotherapy can’t be predicted with-out more research. Costello urged that more studies should be done and not-ed that it may take a long time to ful-ly understand the risks and possible benefits.
“Technology is moving at such a
rapid pace, but it often takes time for scientific studies to be completed,” he said.
The science and medical commu-nities haven’t embraced cryotherapy, and the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis-tration has not approved any whole-body cryogenic devices for medical use.
The FDA said in a statement it would regulate any device if a manu-facturer makes medical claims such as reducing muscle soreness, shorten-ing injury recovery time or increasing blood circulation, but not if the claims
are non-medical and involve such things as comfort, soothing or relief.
Eric Rauscher, founder of Dal-las-based distributor CryoUSA, said the company supports some form of regulation and specifically trains buy-ers of the machines not to make med-ical claims. Rauscher said he’s even voided warranties after discovering customers advertising otherwise.
“We tell them ‘let’s not use words like treatment and procedures — these are sessions. These aren’t your patients, they are clients,”’ Rauscher said.
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A Stop Work Order is seen on the front door of the Rejuvenice spa in Las Vegas. Nevada is looking into whether cryotherapy is safe for the general public after the death of a Las Vegas spa worker found inside a phone booth-sized chamber chilled with liquid nitrogen at Rejuvenice, regulators said Monday. The state said it was shifting its investigation beyond workplace safety and the equipment used in the treatments to the health concerns surrounding the technology itself.
As we age, we are likely to experi-ence some minor lapses in memory, such as misplacing things or forgetting names of persons and plac-es. But if you have been for-getting your appointments or misplacing things more frequently than before, or having more difficulty than before in remembering re-cent conversations and de-cisions, you could be experi-encing a condition known as Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI).
MCI is characterized by decline in memory, lan-guage, thinking and judg-ment that are greater than normally expected for one’s age. These changes are not significant enough to affect a person’s daily functioning, though they might be apparent to family and friends. MCI can therefore be considered as an in-termediate stage between the expected cognitive decline of normal aging and the more serious decline of dementia. Some of the common symptoms of MCI include the following:
• Forgetting things more often, or forgetting important events such as ap-pointments or social engagements.
• Losing the train of thought or the thread of conversations, books or mov-ies.
• Feeling increasingly overwhelmed by making decisions, planning steps to accomplish a task or interpreting in-structions.
• Having trouble finding your way around familiar environments.
• Becoming more impulsive or show increasingly poor judgment.
Two main varieties of MCI have been described. Those with amnestic MCI have problems with memory while
those with non-amnestic MCI could have challenges with language, thinking or decision making.
But not everyone with MCI will progress to demen-tia. Some can remain stable at that level, a smaller per-centage of individuals could revert back to normal, and about 6%-15% could prog-ress to dementia every year.
What causes MCI? There is no single cause for MCI. Current evidence shows that most frequently MCI arises from the same changes that causes Alzheimer’s Disease
(clusters of protein called plaques & tangles) and other types of dementia (such as strokes or Lewy bodies), but of a lesser degree.
The strongest risk factors for MCI are increasing age, and having a spe-cific form of the gene APOE E4. Other possible risk factors include diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, depression, smoking, physical inactivi-ty, and lack of social and mental stimu-lation. How is MCI diagnosed? There is no single test to diagnose MCI. Diagno-sis is usually made on the basis of clin-ical interview with the person, input from a family member or a friend, and objective testing. The criteria for diag-nosing MCI include change in memory, or other mental function such as lan-guage, planning or judgment skills con-firmed by a family member or friend, lack of overall mental or functional im-pairment, and mild level of cognitive
impairment for one’s age and education on mental state assessment. Diagnostic workup could include blood tests to assess Vitamin B12 level and thyroid function, neurological exam to exclude Parkinson’s disease, tumours or other conditions that can affect memory and function, and imaging to exclude tu-mours, stroke etc.
How is MCI treated and managed? There is no medication to treat MCI at this time. Management includes cognitive/functional assessment every 6-12 months to monitor progression, behavioural interventions, control of cardiovascular risk factors, and cogni-tive intervention. Behavioural inter-ventions intended to promote physical activity, mental stimulation and social engagement are the most promising in terms of decreasing or delaying the progression to dementia. Of these, phys-ical activity has shown to be the most beneficial in preventing dementia or reducing progression of MCI.
Mediterranean diet or the new MIND diet based on whole grains, green leafy vegetables, other vege-
tables, oily fish, berries, beans, nuts, poultry, and olive oil, is very benefi-cial in delaying the progression of MCI to dementia. Reducing cardiovascular risk by maintaining blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, and body weight in the healthy range have also been recommended. Cognitive inter-ventions such as memory training and learning new information and skills to enhance one’s cognitive reserve have been recently added to the repertoire of interventions to slow down mental decline. If you are having any concerns about recent changes in your mental ability, it is a good idea to consult your physician. At the same time start exer-cising regularly, adopt a healthy diet, sign up for a new course/language class/hobby, and maintain socially connect-ed.
Padmaja Genesh, who holds a bachelor degree in medicine and surgery as well as a bachelor degree in Gerontology, has spent several years teaching and work-ing with health care agencies. Please send your comments to [email protected]
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If the saturated-fat revival sweeping the planet has swept you up and you’re slathering more butter on your toast, chomping more bacon and munching more cheese than ever, you and a lot of other folks are in trouble. Credit Suisse Re-search Institute reports but-ter sales are up 20 percent, whole milk’s surged by 11 percent, and red meat and egg consumption are also on the rise in North Amer-ica.
Fueled by books and research claiming that ar-tery-clogging, inflamma-tion-stoking, saturated fat is good for your heart and blood vessels, even journalists (who should know better) and members of the U.S. Congress are questioning the wisdom of scientific advisors who rec-ommend that Americans eat less meat, keep a lid on sat fat and focus on fruit, veggies, whole grains and good fats instead.
But don’t believe B.S. (bad science)! A huge new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is
the first to directly compare the heart disease risks of eating saturated fat
with consuming other types of fats and different types of carbohydrates — and it con-firms that eating sat fat is a felonious assault on your body.
This important study followed 84,628 women and 42,908 men for up to 30 years, rechecking their di-et and health via question-naires every four years. At the outset, all were free of diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
People in the study who swapped 5 percent of the calories they’d been get-
ting from saturated fat with the same number of calories from healthier fats (like olive and canola oil, nuts, avoca-dos and the fat in fish) or from whole grains saw their heart disease risk fall by as much as 25 percent.
In contrast, those who reached for more refined carbs — white starches like white bread, white pasta, crack-ers made with refined grains and des-serts and other sugary treats — had the
same risk for heart disease as those who continued eating the same level of saturated fat.
This study clearly reinforces the findings of the PREDIMED (Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet) study and at least one other large randomized intervention study that indicated sub-stituting healthy fats for saturated fats reduces the risk for breast cancer by more than 50 percent and/or heart dis-ease and stroke by more than 25 per-cent. So let’s make it clear: Saturated fat contributes to the buildup of heart- and brain-threatening plaque in artery walls. It fuels inflammation through-out the body (boosting risk for heart disease; stroke; diabetes; dementia; breast, colon and prostate cancer; and more). And when your saturated fat comes from meat, you also take in car-nitine, which feeds digestive-system bacteria that churn out an artery-clog-ging chemical called TMAO (trimethyl-amine-N-oxide). Lecithin in egg yolks has the same effect. Meat also delivers a kidney toxin called butyl betaine.
A better way to eat? We like (most of) the advice in the Dietary Guide-lines Advisory Committee report that
recommends a diet rich in vegetables, fruit, whole grains, seafood, legumes and nuts; moderate in low-fat and nonfat (for folks 30-plus) dairy prod-ucts and alcohol (among adults); low-er in red and processed meat (we’d say none); and low in sugar-sweet-ened foods and beverages and refined grains (we’d say none here, too).
So aim for a max of 4 ounces of red meat or one egg yolk per week; you can have a lean steak or a scrambled egg once in a while, and you’ll keep lev-els of carnitine and lecithin below the danger point. Instead of butter, bacon and other sat-fat “bombs,” try foods like fish, olive oil, avocados and nuts. Keep sat fat low by choosing nonfat or low-fat dairy products, too.
Bottom line: The big fat, sat-fat sci-ence deniers are bigger deniers than those who say there’s no truth to global warming, the drought in some areas of California, or the Cavs’ chance to make the playoffs!
The YOU Docs, Mehmet Oz, host of The Dr. Oz Show and Mike Roizen of Cleve-land Clinic, are authors of YOU: Los-ing Weight. For more information, go to www.RealAge.com.
The big (saturated) fat truth
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