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Somali community fears backlash over mall videoA leader in the Somali community says his biggest fear is a misplaced backlash over threat made to West Edmonton Mall.

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Case headed to the juryBY PAUL COWLEY AND SUSAN ZIELINSKI

ADVOCATE STAFF

A microscopic fragment of DNA found at the scene and gunpowder and lightbulbs that could be used to create the pipe bomb that killed Victoria Shachtay point to Brian Malley as her murderer, a Crown prosecutor told a jury on Monday.

“Malley’s DNA was on the piece of tape, paper and cardboard,” said Quist, referring to the rem-nants of the note that had been placed on a supposed Christmas package left on Shachtay’s Innisfail door-step on Nov. 25, 2011.

When she opened the package the bomb explod-ed, killing the wheelchair-bound single mother of a seven-year-old girl instantly.

“Mr. Malley’s DNA was on the bomb package be-

cause he put the bomb pack-age together,” said Quist in his closing submission in the more than five-week-old trial in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

Malley, 57, is charged with first-degree murder and a pair of explosives-related charges.

A particular brand of light-bulb that Malley was known to have purchased was the same as the one used in the bomb, said Quist. Malley was known to have purchased two con-tainers of gun powder but po-lice only turned up one in a search of his home.

The other “all went into the bomb, in my submis-

sion.”There was also evidence that Malley had bought a

steel pipe, the same size and type as the pipe bomb.The defence had argued during trial the pipe was

used as a sleeve around a gas line at Malley’s moth-er-in-law’s house.

Quist said that was a “complete sham” and an attempt to provide an innocent explanation for his purchase of the pipe.

When all evidence is taken into account there is no reasonable doubt of Malley’s guilt, he said in clos-ing.

“I urge you to find him guilty as charged.”Defence lawyer Bob Aloneissi said convicting his

client would be like trying to fit “a square peg into a round hole.”

Brian Malley

Fear, irrational decisions the big

threat: HirschBY HARLEY RICHARDS

ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

In his 1933 inauguration speech, then United States president Franklin D. Roosevelt suggested that “the only thing we have to fear is . . . fear itself.”

This phrase might have been better suited for Todd Hirsch’s presentation to the Rotary Club of Red Deer.

ATB Financial’s chief econ-omist downplayed the adverse impact of sub-$50 oil, warning instead that Albertans’ reac-tion to the low price is a great-er danger.

“I’m not saying we should ignore what’s happening,” said Hirsch. “I’m not saying we shouldn’t be prudent and make wise decisions, because it is going to be a challenging year, there’s no way around that. But we should not worry too much, because once we do, irrational deci-sions start to happen.

“The biggest threat is not $50 oil, the biggest threat is fear and irrational decision-making.”

2015 will get off to a difficult start, acknowledged Hirsch, with lots of layoffs and few job opportunities for university and college grads in the energy sector. ATB Financial is forecasting provincial GDP growth of between one and two per cent this year.

But other big industries like forestry, agriculture and tourism are poised to thrive. They’ll benefit from cheap fuel prices, the low Canadian dollar and improved access to labour, said Hirsch.

An 80-cent loonie is painful for import companies and consumers, and might wound our national pride, but the U.S. dollar is out-performing most currencies in the world, pointed out Hirsch. He expects the loo-nie to drop another nickel, and then rebound to 80 cents by year-end.

The high household debts of Canadians is trou-bling to many people, including officials with the Bank of Canada, acknowledged Hirsch.

“Anytime you’ve got the words ‘debt’ and ‘record high’ in the same sentence, there is a concern there, absolutely.”

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CROWN, DEFENCE MAKE CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN MURDER TRIAL

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Red Deer and District SPCA volunteer co-ordinator Kim Barlow holds up a tray of cupcakes at the SPCA on Monday afternoon as staff members Jaleen Shier, left, and Shelli Rasmussen fill a box with cupcakes. Shier made 500 cupcakes while Barlow decorated just as many for the SPCA National Cupcake Day event. The national event has participants who would like some cupcakes making a donation to the SPCA. Several businesses in Red Deer also participated in the event giving out cupcakes when a donation was made. Some of the businesses involved in this years event were the Lomsness Veterinary Clinic, the Dog and Cat Hospital, The City of Red Deer and The Mane Attraction Hair Studio.

Jackpot Casino wants parking lot in ParkvaleBY CRYSTAL RHYNO

ADVOCATE STAFF

A paved parking lot may soon be going up in Parkvale.

Red Deer city council gave first reading to a land use bylaw amendment that would pave the way for a parking lot at 4643 50th Street and 4637 50th Street.

A public hearing has been set for March 30st. Jackpot Casino unsuccessfully submitted an ap-

plication for a permanent parking lot in September 2013.

Its new application proposes a 10-year temporary parking lot with some minor changes to landscaping.

It would boast 41 regular parking spots and two ac-cessible stalls.

Citing concerns that the parking lot does not meet the intent of the low impact commercial district in the land use bylaw and other plans, administration did not recommend approval.

But council reasoned it was important to hear more from the public on both sides of the fence on the issue. The first application did not trigger a pub-lic hearing because it was defeated at first reading.

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MALLEY: Deliberationsexpected to start today

“We have a huge gap, a gap the size of the Grand Canyon. Where is the real, hard evidence?” Aloneis-si asked the jury.

He said they can’t presume Malley bought the parts to build the bomb, or that he built the bomb, or that he delivered it to Shachtay’s doorstep.

“Don’t convict Brian Malley on suspicion,” the de-fence lawyer said.

Evidence showed Malley purchased a pipe six-inch-long with a two-inch-wide galvanized steel nipple (pipe with threading at both ends) and one end cap in July 2011.

Defence argued the pipe Malley bought was the one recovered from the yard of Malley’s mother-in-law’s Edmonton home.

Aloneissi said there is no evidence Malley pur-chased another pipe and end caps.

He said there is also no evidence that his client knew how to make a bomb so dangerous that loose gun powder in the threads of the pipe could ignite from friction by screwing on an end cap.

Aloneissi said materials found at his client’s home were for use in construction or hunting — not bomb making — as Malley was a home builder and hunter.

He said the bottle of gunpowder found in his base-ment was sealed. The light switch used in the bomb was not the same type his client possessed, and there was no evidence he bought the battery cap used in the bomb.

He said experts could not say exactly whose DNA profile was found at the scene on a piece of paper the size of confetti, and if the DNA was a match it could have been inadvertently transferred.

To say that Malley killed Shachtay to cut his finan-cial loses was a red herring, Aloneissi said.

He said his client earned $600,000 a year and had a reputation of giving to others.

“(Malley) was free to pay or not to pay. He was un-der no obligation to pay her money and he could stop any time.”

Malley was Shachtay’s financial advisor. She, who was paralyzed in a 2004 car crash, had given him

$575,000 from a 2007 injury settlement. When her money was gone, Malley paid Shachtay

$44,000 out of his own pocket and credit.Justice Kirk Sisson is due to present his charge

to the jury this morning and then the jury will begin deliberating.

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ECONOMY: Oil will recoverBut with interest rates at their current low levels

and unlikely to increase for some time, debt servic-ing costs are very low and forestall the need for panic, he suggested.

As for the low oil prices, Hirsch expects the num-bers to stabilize by late spring or summer and then start to climb.

He explained that Saudi Arabia and other OPEC countries have been trying to squeeze low-cost pro-ducers by keeping output high. But some OPEC mem-bers, including Venezuela, Nigeria and Libya, have relatively high production costs themselves and will likely push for a relaxation of this strategy.

“So we see it probably climbing back up a year from now closer to that US$65 or $70 a barrel for WTI.”

Anyone with a propensity for worrying would do better to look beyond Alberta and Canada, said Hirsch.

Russia, for example, is in a “very troubling situ-ation,” he said. Pushed into recession by low oil prices and international sanctions, it could impact global financial markets, said Hirsch.

“I do think that Russia will be a source of concern in 2015.”

Europe had stabilized from the crisis situation it was in a few years ago, but the recent election of an anti-austerity government in Greece is cause for worry, he said. There’s a possibility the embattled Mediterranean country could leave the European Union, or at least abandon the Euro, with uncertain consequences.

“We will probably see some economic instability coming from Europe in 2015.”

The moderation of growth in China might also be a worry, said Hirsch, although the Asian country’s leaders still have a variety of fiscal and monetary tools at their disposal.

Ultimately, Hirsch urged his Rotary audience to look beyond the doom and gloom often emphasized

by members of the media.

“When we start to worry as a province, or when in-

dividuals start to worry, bad things tend to happen.”

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PARKING: Council voted 7-2 in support

Council voted 7-2 in support.

Councillors Paul Harris and Tanya Handley were

opposed.

Council heard that the casino held an open house on

Oct. 29, 2014 with the majority of the patrons in sup-

port of the parking lot. The Parkvale Community As-

sociation does not support the application.

Handley said it is obvious that patrons who fre-

quent a casino several times a week would be in fa-

vour of more parking. She said council should honor

the planning documents in place and listen to the

residents who live in Parkvale.

Both Councillors Ken Johnston and Lynne Mulder

said they would like to hear from those who may be

impacted by the parking lot and the applicant in a

public setting.

Coun. Dianne Wyntjes said she has seen the ap-

plicant has worked with the city to address and mea-

sure the parking in the area. She said the community

is changing and this is an opportunity to say the city

supports downtown businesses.

“It’s a temporary opportunity to use some space,”

she said. “(We will hear from) the public. We saw the

letters. There are certainly people such as Parkvale

Association that has a strong voice who treasures

their community. I understand that. I look forward to

hearing their remarks.”

The properties are owned by Jackpot Casino Ltd.

and the parking lot would be for employees, and ca-

sino patrons.

Jackpot Casino had a previous agreement with the

Coronation Inn to share its 72-space parking lot. The

agreement was terminated when the building was

converted to housing for seniors.

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April Redekopp, left, and Faith Behrman pile on the groceries high as Kash Kalenchuk tries his best to hold on. The three grade one students and their classmates at Mattie McCullough Elementary School have been busy collecting food for the Red Deer Food Bank and finished up their 100 Day Challenge this week after collecting thousands of food items. As a reward for their efforts selected students got a chance to play a game of floor hockey with members of the Red Deer Rebels Monday and share a lunch with the players.

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A2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015

Fire Station 3 moving southeast

BY CRYSTAL RHYNOADVOCATE STAFF

Fire Station 3 will soon have a new home in south-east Red Deer.

Council approved the relocation of the Fire Sta-tion 3 to a site just west of Notre Dame High School from its existing location on 32nd Street with the approval of an area structure plan amendment and resolution on Monday.

The move is part of the city’s plans to accommo-date growth and to optimize emergency service de-livery in Red Deer.

But the approval came amid concerns from Bower residents about the impact that moving Station 3 would have on response times to parts of their neigh-bourhood.

Only two residents spoke at the public hearing but some councillors shared the concerns and miscon-ceptions that they have heard from residents about the changing fire service landscape.

Director of Corporate Services Elaine Vincent assured council that residents in Bower are covered under today’s legislation standards.

“Today they are compliant,” said Vincent. “When we build Station 3 and 4 in those alternate locations based upon today’s transportation methods and to-day’s 911 dispatching, they would not be compliant.”

The total time from the 911 call to when fire crews are on scene putting out the fire must not exceed 10 minutes, 90 per cent of the time, according to the pro-vincial high intensity residential fire standards.

As part of the 2015 budget, council gave the green light on a long-term Emergency Services Master Plan. It is expected to be finished by next spring.

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CALGARY — A bill to abolish Mon-tana’s death penalty was scuttled by a tie vote Monday in the lower house of the state legislature.

The proposed law could have affected the fate of Canadian Ronald Smith, 57, one of two in-dividuals on death row in Montana.

Republican Rep. Da-vid Moore introduced the bill which would have abolished execu-tions and replaced them with a sentence of life imprisonment with no chance of parole.

The judiciary commit-tee in the lower house of Montana’s two-tier leg-islature stalled bills to abolish the death penal-ty in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013. But last week it de-cided to allow this bill to be voted on by the House of Representatives.

Moore said that a tie vote means the bill has failed.

“It’s disappointing to get this far and to have it end in a tie and prob-ably not for the right reasons,” he said

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EDMONTON — A leader in Edmon-ton’s Somali community says al-Sha-bab is despised among ex-pats for its barbarity and his biggest fear is a mis-placed backlash over threats the group has made to West Edmonton Mall.

Jibril Ibrahim, president of the Somali Canadian Cultural Society of Edmonton, says he spoke with police about a purported al-Shabab video re-leased on the weekend calling for at-tacks on various malls.

He says community members are on the lookout for anything suspicious.

But Ibrahim said he doesn’t think anyone would carry out threats in the group’s name.

“We don’t anticipate anybody act-ing on any of those threats at all,” he said Monday. “Those kind of groups, to come out and use our name, was kind of insulting to us and that’s how we feel.”

The video from the Somalian Islam-ic extremist group calls for attacks on malls in Canada, the United States and Britain

A brief reference to West Edmon-ton Mall is near the end of a 76-min-ute documentary-style video about the 2013 attack on the upscale Westgate Mall in Nairobi, in which 67 people were killed. Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for that attack.

“If just a handful of mujahedeen fighters could bring Kenya to a com-plete standstill for nearly a week, then imagine what a dedicated mujahedeen in the West could do to the American or Jewish-owned shopping centres across the world,” the masked man

reads.“What if such an attack were to oc-

cur in the Mall of America in Minneso-ta? Or the West Edmonton Mall in Can-ada? Or in London’s Oxford Street?”

West Edmonton Mall and Mall of America were developed by the Gher-mezians, Jewish immigrants to Canada from Iran.

RCMP are investigating the “exact contents and authenticity” of the al-leged al-Shabab video. They say “there is no evidence at this time of any spe-cific or imminent threat to Canadians.”

Ibrahim said al-Shabab had sup-port in Somalia during the middle of the last decade when Ethiopian troops

moved into the country, but that sup-port evaporated when people began to realize how violent the group is.

He said backlash against Somalis in Edmonton has already started. On Monday, a woman reported to the soci-ety that she had her hijab pulled from her head at a gas station.

Ibrahim said he wants people to know it’s not the Somali community that is a threat.

“Our community left Somalia be-cause of issues of war and fighting,” he said.

“Criminals are criminals — we dis-own them.”


FORT MCMURRAY — Investigators say the death of a baby and the hospi-talization of four other children are linked to high levels of an insecticide found in the family’s northern Alberta apartment.

Brad Grainger, deputy chief of op-erations for the Fort McMurray fire de-partment, said the family brought the insecticide, which is similar to alumi-num phosphide pellets used in North America, home from Pakistan, where they were on vacation about 10 days ago.

The pellets, when put into fumiga-

tor, emit a phosphine gas, which can be toxic.

“We’re not sure how long the fam-ily was exposed,” Grainger said. “The younger that you are, the more suscep-tible you can be.”

One of the children, an eight-month-old baby, died in hospital and four oth-ers were in critical condition Monday. Ages and names were not released.

Grainger didn’t say what type of in-sect the family was trying to kill, but the Edmonton Journal quoted a rela-tive who said it was bed bugs.

Grainger said that type of insecti-cide is a controlled substance in Can-ada.

He said an acceptable level of ex-posure is one part per million over 15

minutes or 0.3 parts per million over eight hours. One room in the apart-ment had concentrated levels of the insecticide at four parts per million.

“(That’s) about four times the av-erage short duration exposure (that’s safe),” he said.

The property manager of the apart-ment block said the children’s moth-er grew concerned when they started vomiting.

Sandy Mijajlovic, who runs the four-storey building, said she spoke to the mother Monday morning.

“She doesn’t know yet why it’s hap-pened, what’s happened. It’s a difficult situation,” said Mijajlovic. “I know the kids ... I see them. It’s not easy to see someone pass away. It’s such a small

baby.”RCMP said the baby was taken for

treatment Sunday afternoon after the entire first floor of the building was evacuated following word of a sub-stance spill.

Cpl. George Cameron said a two- and a six-year-old were in Stollery Chil-dren’s Hospital in Edmonton, while a four- and a seven-year-old were in hos-pital in Fort McMurray.

The children’s mother was also in hospital under observation, he said. The father was with the two children in Edmonton.

Tenants who were forced from the building on Sunday returned home lat-er that evening after air-quality tests indicated there was no danger.

Baby’s death linked to insecticide

Somali community fears backlash over West Edmonton Mall video

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

The West Edmonton Mall is seen on Sunday. Police are investigating a reported video from the Al-Shabab group that allegedly threatens malls worldwide — including the West Edmonton Mall.

FIRE STATION: Master plan

Vincent said the long-term plan will be build on new assumptions that in-clude an improved southeast trans-portation network, new dispatching technology and mobile data terminals located at each site.

The city anticipates the new service delivery will meet legislation stan-dards with the new assumptions.

At the end of the master plan, if the city is not meeting standards, Vincent said it will take steps to address it.

Vincent said one option could be an agreement with Red Deer County for sharing a fire hall or storing equip-ment in another location.

“All of those operational options could be explored if the master plan in-dicates we are not in compliance,” she said. “We will explore all of those and determines what the system produces for us and other options available.”The new fire station will be built at the northeast corner of 30th Avenue and Lees Street. That property cur-rently has a dry storm pond and a ball diamond. The ball diamond will be re-built in a still undecided location.

Fire chief Brian Makey told council that the existing station on 32 Street will be used as a dispatch centre, fire prevention and administrative offices.

Most councillors said they have con-fidence in the plan and trust the work put into it.

Mayor Tara Veer said council has the responsibility for the health and safety of all citizens. She said the com-munity has grown rapidly particularly to the east and northeast. She noted the increased in density in existing subdivisions and changing demograph-ics in subdivisions.

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C E N T R A L A L B E R T A ’ SD A I L Y N E W S P A P E R

Is it time for a second look at laws that empower Canada’s school authori-ties the right to break the rules guar-anteed under our Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

The recent strip search of a 15-year-old female student in Quebec City who was sus-pected of sell-ing or carrying pot has raised the question.

C a n a d a ’ s school staff are responsible for protecting stu-dents within the walls of learning insti-tutions. And unlike police, they can skirt what’s legally required under the charter while conducting a criminal investigation. Such power opens the door to abuse, as witnessed by the search of the teen search at Neufchatel High School.

If it were police conducting the in-vestigation, and they behaved in the same manner, the officers would have broken every rule in the charter under various sections that address illegal search and seizure, the right to a law-

yer, and protection against unlawful detention — to name just a few.

According to a Canadian Press re-port, the girl was detained by the fe-male school principal and a female staff member after being suspected of selling marijuana. She was taken to a room and asked to strip naked. No pot was found.

Twice the girl asked to phone her mother, but was refused. That would pretty much rule out her request for a lawyer if she asked. A call to a lawyer is one of the closely guarded rights un-der the charter.

Quebec Education Minister Yves Bolduc initially defended the search, saying school authorities followed proper procedure as outlined in a 2010 government policy document. But after being greeted by a firestorm of criticism in the legislature, Bolduc now says the search policy will be re-viewed.

As well, an online petition with more than 2,000 signatures is calling for his resignation.

The girl’s mother is considering su-ing the school board. “This can’t be le-gal, it simply can’t be right,” the moth-er told CTV news. “She (her daughter) asked them twice to call me. They re-fused. Even criminals get that opportu-nity. My child is not a criminal.”

Lorraine Normand-Charbonneau, president of Quebec’s largest group of

school directors, defends the search, arguing that guidelines were followed according to the 2010 government pol-icy.

That policy was drafted in conjunc-tion with Quebec provincial police, and based on a 1998 Supreme Court of Canada decision that grants school staff more powers than police in con-ducting searches — providing they are “reasonable.”

The search of this girl, who was sub-sequently expelled from the school al-though no pot was found, would seem to go beyond the definition of “reason-able.” However, Canada’s top court in its 1998 ruling offered no guidelines as to what is “reasonable.”

That case addressed the issue of illegal searches and seizures by teach-ers and principals in Canadian schools — not colleges or universities. A vice-principal had been informed by some students that another student planned to sell drugs at an upcoming school dance. Marijuana was found in the stu-dent’s sock during a search by the vice-principal, in the presence of an RCMP officer.

The student’s lawyer argued the de-tention of the student was in contra-vention of the charter and he was not allowed to consult a lawyer until after the search and seizure, which under most circumstances would have consti-tuted an illegal search.

But the top court basically ruled the rights afforded under the charter do not apply to a learning institution. “Students know that their teachers and other school authorities are re-sponsible for providing a safe environ-ment and maintaining order and disci-pline in the school,” the court ruled. It further added: “They must know that this may sometimes require searches of students and their personal effects and the seizure of prohibited items. It would not be reasonable for a stu-dent to expect to be free from such searches.”

This seems questionable. To sug-gest students are surrendering their fundamental rights the moment they step foot into a school flies in the face of the basic philosophy of equal treat-ment under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Civil rights lawyer Pearl Eliadis told CBC radio that while school authori-ties do have powers that don’t follow the rules of the charter, “I think there are real concerns here” in the strip search of the student.

This could end up limping its way through the courts, if the family sues.

Ultimately, however, the better an-swer is that legislators, at the provin-cial and federal levels, clarify this law once and for all.

Rick Zemanek is a former Advocate editor.

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Two weeks after the Supreme Court unanimously lifted the ban on physician-assisted suicide, a cone of silence has fallen on Par-liament.

The Liberals and the New Democrats seem as incurious as to the government’s inten-tions as the Conservatives are cagey about the way forward.

The House came back for the first time since the ruling on Feb. 16, but it was not until Wednesday that the issue was raised by one of the main par-ties in question period, and then only in a cursory way.

To a generic question from Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper gave a 33-word answer that was as cryptic as it was brief.

“This is obviously a sensitive topic for many Ca-nadians, and there are strong opinions on both sides. We will examine this decision and hold broad con-sultations on all aspects of this difficult issue,” Harp-er answered.

Note the absence of any reference to a time frame.And yet there are two clocks ticking on this file.The first is the one-year reprieve the Supreme

Court gave Parliament to rewrite the Criminal Code before the prohibition on physician-assisted suicide simply becomes moot. As of that point, each province would determine how best to apply the ruling.

The other is that of an upcoming election. Once the House rises in June, it won’t reopen until late fall at the earliest.

Note also that the prime minister did not repeat his minister of justice’s assertion that the govern-ment is “unlikely” to use the notwithstanding clause of the Constitution to maintain the prohibition on as-sisted suicide.

In his first comments on the Supreme Court rul-ing, Peter MacKay called the clause “the legal equiv-alent of a nuclear bomb.” He added that the govern-ment was not likely to use it. “I would not count on it,” he answered even more definitively when he was asked again a few days later.

From so few dots, here is a tentative picture of the state of play in the Commons.

Until further notice, the option to punt the debate until after the October election remains a live one for the government.

Then-prime minister Brian Mulroney took that route after the Supreme Court struck down the Crim-inal Code restrictions on abortion shortly before the 1988 election. He needed to paper over deep Tory divisions until the campaign was over.

Harper’s options may be equally limited.Notwithstanding MacKay’s tentative assurance

on the non-use of the notwithstanding clause, that debate is not necessarily closed for a significant con-tingent within the Conservative party.

Beyond the party’s social conservative wing there are also those who feel that the courts have crossed the line on judicial activism and that it is time for the government to push back.

There are only 12 sitting weeks left in this Parlia-ment.

In a free vote on assisted suicide, Harper cannot assume that a majority of his members would sup-port the government.

Indeed if the vote broke down along the same lines as on abortion-related motions, the prime min-ister could expect a majority of his MPs to vote against any proposal that leaves the door open to as-sisted suicide.

So far neither the Liberals nor the NDP has shown much inclination to jump in front of this parade for they too are struggling to arrive at a consensus posi-tion. But on Friday Trudeau put a motion on the or-

der paper calling for a parliamentary committee to be struck to discuss the way forward. It could be put to a vote as early as next week.

For Trudeau, there is an additional issue of con-sistency to be resolved at some point in this process. If he expects Liberal MPs to uphold the Supreme Court position on abortion, would it not follow that the same caucus policy should apply to the right to assisted suicide?

Finally all parties still have to square the circle of how comprehensively Parliament can use its ju-risdiction on the Criminal Code to frame access to medically assisted suicide in Canada.

By virtue of the constitutional division of powers, the provinces have the exclusive responsibility for health-related policies.

Quebec used that prerogative to include assisted suicide in a right-to-die law that will come into force at the end of the year and the national assembly can be expected to fight any federal attempt to limit its scope every inch of the way.

Chantal Hébert is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer.

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OTTAWA — A federal proposal to scrub terrorist propaganda from the Internet risks sweeping in too much speech that has no ties to violent threats, says a new analysis.

The definition of propaganda in the government anti-terrorism bill is dan-gerously broad, law professors Craig Forcese and Kent Roach say in their paper.

The bill, introduced late last month, proposes giving the RCMP power to seek a judge’s order to remove terror-ist propaganda from websites.

Forcese, of the University of Ottawa, and Roach, who teaches at the Univer-sity of Toronto, say while they support the idea in principle, it should be root-ed in actual or threatened violence.

The Conservatives brought in the bill — which would also significantly

expand the powers of Canada’s spy agency — following the daylight mur-ders of two Canadian soldiers last Oc-tober.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service would become an agency that actively tries to derail terror plots, not just one that collects and analyzes in-formation.

The bill would also create a new criminal offence of encouraging some-one to carry out a terror attack.

The New Democrats oppose the leg-islation, calling it a serious infringe-ment of civil liberties that will not be effective in reducing terrorism. The Liberals have agreed to support the bill with the caveat that they will bring in stronger oversight of the intelli-gence agencies should they form the next government.

In their paper, Forcese and Roach support a provision in the bill for de-leting Internet material “that counsels the commission of a terrorist offence,”

saying it deals with well-understood legal concepts.

“A video that tried to solicit peo-ple to bomb is already criminal,” they write. “So too is a video that seeks to recruit persons to a terrorist activity or group.”

However, the law professors ex-press concern that written material and audio or visual recordings may be deleted simply on the basis that they “promote” or “advocate” the com-mission of any “terrorism offences in general.”

Such wording could capture the use of political violence for any number of causes, including ones that many would regard as “mainstream” — for instance, contesting the Assad regime in Syria, they say.

Forcese and Roach also take issue with a little-noticed amendment that would add the category of “terrorist propaganda” to a customs tariff that currently allows the warrantless sei-

zure and detention of obscenity and hate propaganda at the border.

Initiatives that reduce interest in material which promotes or attempts to glorify terrorism are critical, the authors say. But there are no such pro-grams in the legislative package.

They call for “holistic, multi-disci-plinary approaches toward counter-radicalization” — such as Britain’s re-cently enacted Counter-Terrorism and Security Act that requires this sort of program at schools, health authorities and prisons.

Daniel Hiebert, a co-director of the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security, and Society, told a Senate committee on Monday it’s im-portant to emphasize such “soft secu-rity” approaches in dealing with radi-calization, as “hard security” tactics like stiffer criminal penalties are not effective at deterring young people.

BILL’S TERRORIST PROPAGANDA PROVISIONS OVERLY BROAD: LAW PROFESSORS

Lid on cabinet secrets quietly tightened

OTTAWA — The Conservative gov-ernment has quietly tightened the lid on federal cabinet secrets in an effort to prevent compromising leaks.

A revised policy on the security of so-called cabinet confidences requires all possible breaches — “however slight” — to be reported to the Prime Minister’s Office or officials in the Privy Council Office, the government’s bureaucratic nerve centre.

“This includes unauthorized dis-closure, loss, theft, transmission and discussion over non-secure channels, unaccounted documents or other ac-tual or suspected compromises.”

In order to avoid such incidents, documents known to contain cabinet secrets must now be stamped “Confi-dences of the Queen’s Privy Council.”

The Canadian Press obtained a copy of the new policy, along with a memo explaining the changes, under the Ac-cess to Information Act.

In addition, the Privy Council Of-fice approved a complementary plan to digitize its archive of cabinet docu-ments to allow for storage of the paper originals off-site in a secure, climate-controlled facility — a bid to avoid the sort of damage caused by a flood in 2001.

The confidentiality of cabinet pro-ceedings — the political forum in which ministers make government de-cisions — is a long-standing constitu-tional convention and the cornerstone of the Westminster style of govern-ment, notes the new security policy, adopted last July. It replaced one in effect since 2007.

The government’s original aim was to update the policy in 2012 to address events that are blacked out of the heavily censored explanatory memo of April 2014 to Wayne Wouters, then the Privy Council clerk.

Raymond Rivet, a Privy Council Of-fice spokesman, would not elaborate, saying only that “PCO regularly re-views its security policies and strives to update them every five years.”

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New voter ID rules face charter challenge


OTTAWA — Two advocacy groups are asking the courts to set aside new Conservative election rules that they say will make it more difficult for thousands of Canadians to vote in this year’s federal election.

The Council of Canadians and the Canadian Federation of Students have filed evidence to support a constitu-tional challenge of last year’s legisla-tion, dubbed the Fair Elections Act by the Harper government.

“The very legitimacy of the govern-ment is at issue if these rules stand, in our submission,” lawyer Steven Shryb-man told a news conference Monday.

The groups say new voter identifica-tion rules contravene Section 3 of the charter, which states everyone has the right to vote, as well as the equality provisions in the Constitution.

The office of Democratic Reform Minister Pierre Poilievre did not re-spond to a request for comment on the court challenge.

The Fair Elections Act was intro-duced last February to near-universal condemnation from electoral experts from across Canada and abroad, and the Conservatives eventually removed a number of the most contentious aspects of the bill before rushing it

through the House of Commons and the Senate.

However the new rules still forbid voters from using the Elections Can-ada voter identification card mailed to their home as proof of residency — although some 400,000 voters used the cards for this purpose in the 2011 federal election.

The law also now sets up a more restrictive process for attesting to the identity of voters who don’t have prop-er identification — a process known as vouching, which allowed 120,000 addi-tional voters to cast a ballot in 2011.

“The most fundamental right in a democratic society is the right to vote in elections that are free and fair,” said Gary Neal of the left-leading Council of Canadians.

Jessica McCormick of the student federation said thousands of post-sec-ondary students looking to vote for the first time this year will be shut out by the new rules requiring ID with a local address.

With a fixed federal election date set for mid-October, time is quickly running out for the legal challenge. A court date has yet to be set to hear the case, said Shrybman.

The groups will seek a court injunc-tion setting aside the new election rules if the case can’t be heard before Canadians go to the polls.

Mayor urges PM to intervene in Saudi blogger case


Montreal’s mayor has called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to lob-by Saudi officials to free jailed blog-ger Raif Badawi, whose fate remains uncertain.

“Foreign affairs — and even the prime minister himself — should give a call to the government of Saudi Arabia and repatriate Mr. Badawi to Canada so the family can be together,” Mayor Denis Coderre told reporters Monday.

Coderre, flanked by Ensaf Haidar, Badawi’s wife, and other local elected officials, called on other Canadian mu-nicipalities to show their solidarity and express support for Badawi.

The jailed blogger, whose wife and children live in Sherbrooke, Que., was sentenced to 10 years and 1,000 lashes for criticizing Saudi Arabia clerics on his website.

Badawi is not a Canadian citizen and Harper said earlier this month that fact limits Canada’s influence in his case.

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Rebels add another JohnsonBY GREG MEACHEM

ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

Reese Johnson was hoping, in vain, that his team would be competing in the upcoming Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League playoffs.

However, being summoned to the Red Deer Reb-els for the remainder of the season is a nifty consola-tion prize.

“It’s nice to be able to come up and try and con-tribute the best that I can until the end of the sea-son,” the Saskatoon Blazers assistant captain and top scorer in 2014-15 said Monday, following a Rebels practice session at the Kinex.

The Blazers failed to qualify for post-season play, finishing in 10th place in the 12-team league with a 14-29-0-1 record. Johnson, a Saskatoon native and the younger brother of Rebels forward Wyatt John-son, did his part in trying to keep the team competi-tive, notching 23 goals and collecting 38 points in 43 games.

“It was a pretty good season for me. Our team had a tougher year, but there were some good points,” he said.

“We did a lot of good things, unfortunately it end-ed sooner that we wanted it to.”

With Conner Bleackley and Evan Polei still out

with injuries and Brooks Maxwell listed as day-to-day with a lower-body ailment, the Rebels’ declin-ing depth at forward is at the point that Johnson, 16, might be in the lineup as early as Wednesday when the club takes on the Oil Kings in Edmonton.

“You never know, we’ll just see how it goes,” said GM/head coach Brent Sutter. “If certain individuals

aren’t playing to their potential, we have a guy who can go in.

“Reese had a really good year, we’re really happy with his development and how he played. He didn’t look out of place at all during practice today.”

Johnson insisted he felt right at home skating with his new teammates.

“I felt really good. The boys were moving the puck well and it was a high-paced practice,” he said.

Johnson, who was listed by the Rebels last year and at-tended training camp in August

before suiting up for two WHL exhibition games, racked up 68 minutes in penalties this season. In other words, he doesn’t shy away from the tough ar-eas or play a soft game.

“I like to get a little greasy when I can . . . get the tempo going, pick up the pace and get the boys go-ing,” said the five-foot-11, 165-pound winger who will celebrate his 17th birthday on July 10. “I like to lay out a few hits and I try and put the puck in the net when I can.”

His brother plays nearly an identical style.“I like to think that we play a similar hard-work-

ing game,” said the younger Johnson. “He (Wyatt) is having a really good year and hopefully he keeps it up.”

Sutter said the brothers are very much alike in re-lation to their work habits and on-ice disposition.

“Reese plays a heart and soul type of game. With both brothers, their character shows through,” said the Rebels boss.

Johnson admitted that he hasn’t talked to Sutter at length about the possibility of getting into the Rebels lineup sooner than later.

“He hasn’t said much about playing, he just told me to practise how I play and try and get better ev-ery day that I’m here,” said the newest Rebel.

Following Wednesday’s outing in the provincial capital, Red Deer will welcome the Prince Albert Raiders and Lethbridge Hurricanes to the Enmax Centrium for games Friday and Saturday.

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Raptors can’t hold off PelicansBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pelicans 100 Raptors 97NEW ORLEANS — Pelicans coach Monty Wil-

liams now has a better idea of how badly his under-manned squad wants to stay in the Western Confer-ence playoff race.

Alexis Ajinca capped a 16-point performance with a go-ahead layup in the final minute, and New Or-leans erased an 18-point deficit en route to a 100-97 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night.

“A lot of character being displayed on the floor,” said Williams, whose squad pulled out its largest comeback this season without All-Star Anthony Da-vis and two other top players in uniform. “It was a total team effort. You don’t get to say that a lot when you’re coaching sports, but tonight was for sure.”

Luke Babbitt scored a season-high 18 for New Orleans, including a 3-pointer that gave the Pelicans their first lead of the game with 1:55 left.

The clutch outings by the two reserves helped New Orleans overcome the absence of Davis (sprained right shoulder) and fellow forward Ryan Anderson (sprained right knee), who were both in-jured Saturday night in Miami — not to mention point guard Jrue Holiday (lower right leg injury), who hasn’t played since Jan. 12.

“We never gave up. We stick to the plan, stay to-gether and keep fighting,” Ajinca said.

Newly acquired Norris Cole scored 15 for New Or-leans. Omer Asik added 14 points and 11 rebounds, and Tyreke Evans had 13 points and 12 assists.

Kyle Lowry scored 22 for Toronto, but missed a driving layup for the lead with 6 seconds left when he was blocked by Asik, who also snared the rebound. Jimmer Fredette then hit a pair of free throws for New Orleans, and Lowry’s 27-foot attempt for a tie missed.

“We should have had that one,” said Toronto’s De-Mar DeRozan, who had 14 points. “It’s frustrating ... We settled for too many jump shots and didn’t press the issue.”

Jonas Valanciunas had 17 points and 14 rebounds for Toronto, which lost its second straight.

James Johnson scored 15 points, but the Raptors hurt themselves by missing nine of 31 free throws and missing 18 of 23 3-point attempts.

“We got 3-point happy a little bit,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said.

“We were in transition. We have to take it to the basket. ... Some nights, 3s aren’t falling. That’s when you drive it.”

The result gave New Orleans a 2-0 sweep of the season series, with the Pelicans overcoming double-digit, fourth-quarter deficits — and the absence of Davis — in both games.

While Toronto leads the Atlantic Division, the Pelicans desperately need to string a few wins to-gether, now two games behind Oklahoma City for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Down 62-49 in the third quarter, New Orleans be-gan to claw back when Eric Gordon hit a 3, marking the start of a 17-8 run over the next six minutes.

The Raptors briefly regained a 10-point lead on

Terrence Ross’ 3 in the fourth quarter, but the Peli-cans stormed back with a 10-2 run during which Cole scored seven points, including a 3.

New Orleans finally took its first lead of the game, at 94-93, on Babbitt’s fourth 3, then briefly went ahead 96-93 on Evans’ driving layup.

Toronto scored the next four points to retake the lead before Ajinca’s go-ahead basket with 50 seconds left.

TIP-INSRaptors: Guard Lou Williams returned from a

sprained ankle that sidelined him one game. He played nearly 25 minutes and finished with nine points. ... Forward Patrick Patterson sat out with a sprained left knee after trying to play with the injury two nights earlier in Houston.

Pelicans: New Orleans won for the first time in five home games. ... Ajinca has averaged 13.5 points in the nine games in which he’s played 20 or more minutes this season.

FAST STARTToronto scored first 16 seconds into the game and

opened on a 10-2 run, then built its largest lead when James Johnson’s layup made it 51-33.

The Pelicans might have fallen farther behind if not for Ajinca, who scored 10 points in his first 12 minutes on the court. Babbitt added eight of his points in the second quarter, helping New Orleans trim its deficit to 56-44 at halftime.

UP NEXTRaptors: Visit Dallas on Tuesday.Pelicans: Host Brooklyn on Wednesday.

Gaudreau ready for extra attention on Flames’ road tripBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames’ swing through northeastern United States is a homecoming of sorts for Johnny Gaudreau. He left a Hobey Baker winner and returns a Calder Trophy candidate.

The 21-year-old’s hometown of Carney’s Point, N.J., is just 40 minutes southeast of Philadelphia.

Gaudreau concluded his college career at Boston College just over a year ago by winning the Hobey Baker Award that goes to the top player in NCAA Di-vision 1 men’s hockey.

The winger signed with the Flames the same day he was handed that trophy.

Philadelphia and Boston are the fourth and fifth stops on Calgary’s seven-game road trip opening to-night in New York against the Rangers.

Gaudreau ranks second in NHL rookie scoring behind Nashville’s Filip Forsberg with 15 goals and 29 assists in 58 games. He has “a ton” of friends and family along the Eastern Seaboard who want to see the freshman sensation they call their own.

“It’s going to be an expensive trip,” Gaudreau said before departing Calgary. “In Boston, I’ve got about 15, 20 people I think I’ve got to get tickets for.

“Most of the guys who ask for tickets are pretty good buddies. I spent the past three years with them at Boston College. I’m excited to see them and have them come to one of my games.

“Philly, I have a ton of people come to that game. I couldn’t tell you how many people. I grew up there so I have high-school friends and teachers who are

coming to my games. Philly will be pretty special.”With his speed, quick hands and deft touch on the

puck, Gaudreau has quickly become an NHL player who puts bottoms in seats. Just five-foot-nine and 150 pounds, he’s yet to show signs of wearing down while his minutes have increased since December.

Gaudreau has four assists in his last five games. A natural hat trick late in a Dec. 22 game against the Los Angeles Kings both carried the Flames to an OT win and had hockey fans sitting up and taking notice.

After Gaudreau’s first visit to Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, the Flames face the Devils on Wednesday and the Islanders on Friday before mov-ing onto Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit and Ottawa next week.

While the Flames (32-23-4) scramble to stay in playoff contention on this tour, it’s also the first op-portunity this season for the New York, Philadelphia and Boston hockey media to put their cameras and microphones in front of their local hero.

“We’re going to help him, but at the same time, Johnny knows what he’s doing,” Flames head coach Bob Hartley said. “He’s had attention before. Obvi-ously this is a different level, but it’s all part of the process. We’re not going to hide him. We don’t hide anybody.”

Gaudreau is prepared for the extra attention.“Definitely going to be a little bit busier off the

ice,” he acknowledged. “I’ve been to Toronto, which is pretty big media. This is home. I’m just going to try to take it all in.”

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Johnny Gaudreau stretches during warm ups before the NHL All-Star game in Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 25, 2015. Gaudreau will see some extra attention as he heads home during the Calgary Flames’ road trip which starts tonight in New York.


New Orleans Pelicans guard Tyreke Evans (1) goes to the basket against Toronto Raptors forward James Johnson (3) in the first half of an NBA game in New Orleans, Monday.

Jared Cowen says he has no intention of changing his game despite being handed a three-game ban for his hit on Florida’s Jussi Jokinen.

The suspension doled out by the NHL on Monday comes at a most unfortu-nate time for the Ottawa Senators as they head out on a five-game western road trip. They will be without the defenceman as they face Anaheim, Los Angeles and San Jose.

Cowen said he was sur-prised at the length of the suspension.

“I ’m disappointed. Three games is a bit much,” he said. “I’m trying to be a physical player out there and do my job. If I don’t do that I’m not in the lineup. To do that, you’ve got to play on the edge.

“That’s what I was do-ing. I didn’t hurt anyone and I didn’t mean to hurt anyone. It’s a bit over the top but there’s nothing I can do about it.”

The hit in question oc-curred at 4:38 of the sec-ond period of Ottawa’s 4-1 home win over the Pan-thers on Saturday.

Jokinen had skated into the Senators zone and completed a pass to a teammate when he was hit by Cowen.

In a video on the NHL website, the league said the lateness of the hit plus the fact that Cowen’s shoulder makes contact with Jokinen’s head were factors in the suspen-sion that will cost Cowen US$113,414.64 in salary.

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PHOENIX — Commissioner Rob Manfred says new rules in-tended to speed up the pace of games are aimed at luring young-er fans to baseball.

Manfred, speaking publicly on the changes for the first time since they were announced last Friday, said the rules are a “mea-sured” approach worked out with the players’ association.

This season, batters will be re-quired to have one foot in the bat-ter’s box and pitchers and batters will be required to be ready to go at the conclusion of television commercials.

“The issue of attracting a younger audience and a pace of game is related,” he said.

Manfred said he has four chil-dren in their 20s.

“I have a passing familiar-ity with that generation,” he said, “and one thing I can say for sure is their attention span seems to be shorter than the rest of ours.”

Last season, the average length of a major league game was a re-cord 3 hours, 2 minutes.

“I certainly want to reverse the trend of increasing the length of the game,” Manfred said, “and I’m really intent on the idea that we’re going to have an average game time that’s going to start with a ’two’ next year as opposed to a ’three.”’

The commissioner spoke at a news conference on spring train-

ing media day, an event that draws the managers and general manag-ers from the 15 clubs that train in Arizona.

Any rules changes have to be done with the co-operation of the players’ association, Manfred said.

“I talked with (players union executive director) Tony Clark on Thursday, the night before the changes were announced,” Man-fred said. “I had a very positive conversation with Tony. We began these discussions with a concep-tual understanding between Tony and me that we were going to pro-ceed with caution on pace of the game.”

He said they wanted to make sure nothing was done to “change the way the game is played.”

Manfred declined to speculate on what might be done if the rule changes don’t have the desired result.

“I have said repeatedly that I think pace of play is going to be an ongoing, multi-year evolutions,” Manfred said, “a series of changes over a period of time. We were pleased with the experiment with a pitch clock in the Arizona Fall League. We were pleased enough with the experiment that it was expanded it to Double-A and Tri-ple-A.

“I have no set position with re-spect to whether we’re going to go beyond that at this point,” he said.

He said, “The reason we’re do-ing experimentation is to make sure we understand it really well before we make a decision on what we’re going to do at the big league level. And obviously that’s a (collective) bargaining topic as well.”

A sampling of managers showed they are in favour of the new rules.

“I don’t think it’s going to be a major adjustment,” Kansas City manager Ned Yost said. “Except for a few guys.”

“There’s guys you sit there in the dugout and then they take 45 seconds in between pitchers,” he said. “I’m like, ’Get your tail in there and let’s go.’ That (the rules) hopefully will eliminate that.”

With stricter rules in the mi-nors, the next generation will be accustomed to a faster pace, Ari-zona manager Chip Hale said.

“It’s going to take some time,” he said.

“Once you get this genera-tion of minor league kids that are even under harder rules to the big leagues, you’ll see them play the game quicker. And you might not even have to have rules.”

Players are subject to a pos-sible $500 fine for violating the batter’s box rule. Manfred said the names of those fined will not be made public.

As for the drop in offence in the majors, Manfred said he’s wait-ing to see if it really is a problem before considering any changes to help.

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DUNEDIN, Fla. — Toronto Blue Jays catcher Dioner Navarro, facing an uncertain future with the arrival of Russell Martin, confirmed Monday that he wants out.

The 31-year-old from Venezuela said he had asked the American League team for a trade back in November when Martin was signed to an US$82-million, five-year contract.

Navarro says nothing has changed. He wants to go to a team where he can play every day.

He says he holds no grudges and will work hard the whole spring, hop-ing an opportunity comes his way. But he acknowledged he was frustrated and a little disappointed that nothing has happened yet in terms of a new home.

“I don’t know when did it go wrong, if anything did go wrong,” Navarro said of his time with Toronto. “I’m just go-ing to be ready and do my job.”

Navarro, who hit 274 with 12 home runs and 59 runs batted in last season, faces being a designated hitter and backup catcher with the Jays. He is on the final year of a two-year deal that will pay him $5 million this season.

While Navarro was professional and polite in speaking to the media, his public desire to leave the club was hardly the opening spring training message the Jays wanted.

Still manager John Gibbons, who spoke to the media before Navarro, said he understood his catcher’s frus-tration.

“I can’t blame him for not being happy. He’s a competitor, he’s a big-league player, a good one,” Gibbons said, insisting there was a place for Navarro on the team.

Martin said he had a good relation-ship with Navarro, dating back to their time with the Dodgers.

“We’re going to both try and help the team as best we can,” Martin said. “I’m sure that if he could be in a gig where he could catch every day, I’m sure he would prefer that but that something that’s out of his control for now.

“The only thing he can control is his attitude and so far it’s been fantastic. And (it) hasn’t made me feel weird at

all. He’s been a good teammate so far. It’s only Day 1 but the attitude is the right one and hopefully we can keep that going.”

Navarro called Martin a great ball-player who will make the team better. But he also said he has shown what he can do.

“I think I did a pretty good job (in 2014),” he said. “I signed a two-year deal here to catch every day and unfor-tunately they felt that they needed to make a move. I would just like to play every day somewhere.”

Martin is no stranger to moving on, having played for the Yankees, Dodg-ers (twice), Rays, Reds and Cubs.

While Toronto shivered up north, the Jays held their first spring workout on a cloudy but warm 21-degree Cel-sius day in the Sunshine state.

Martin drew a lot of attention during his opening bullpen session with Dan-iel Norris. Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey used personal catcher Josh Thole for his throwing time.

Gibbons said that was just for the first day of camp. Martin will be given plenty of time to learn how to handle Dickey.

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Russell Martin says he’s game to catch Dickey’s

knuckleballDUNEDIN, Fla. — When Jays

knuckleballer R.A. Dickey took to the mound for his bullpen session on the first day of camp Monday, personal catcher Josh Thole was waiting to re-ceive the floater.

Big-ticket free agent Russell Mar-tin was further down the line, han-dling Daniel Norris. But Toronto man-ager John Gibbons was quick to note that Martin will get his time with the knuckleball.

“Day 1, it was my decision,” Gib-bons said of Thole catching Dickey.

“(Martin) will get plenty of it, trust me,” he added.

Who will catch Dickey has been a tasty Toronto subplot since the Cy Young Award-winner arrived — along with Thole — in a December 2012

trade with the New York Mets.Dickey maintains he is Switzerland

in the catcher debate. But his loyal-ty clearly lies with the light-hitting Thole, whom Dickey estimates has been involved in 75 or 80 per cent of his starts since 2010.

The Jays would like Martin, who takes over from Dioner Navarro as the team’s everyday catcher, to handle Dickey so they don’t have to use a ros-ter spot on a specialty catcher. With Navarro having requested a trade so he can play every day, it has made for several question-marks behind the plate.

Martin has limited experience with the knuckleball, catching 13 2/3 in-nings of Charlie Haeger while with the Dodgers in 2009 and 2010. But he says he’s game.

“It’s a challenge. And I’m always up for new challenges,” he told re-porters. “I’m excited to see how I can handle it. I have no idea really how I’m going to do.”

“There’s a lot of guys here who can help me,” he added.

Martin doesn’t have far to look. Dickey’s locker is right next to his.

Gibbons, a former catcher himself, seemed to be trying to convince him-self that Martin could handle the un-predictable pitch.

“From here on out he’s going to be catching him because we want to see if he can do it,” said Gibbons, before adding: “There’s no doubt that he can do it but it’s not going to be easy.”

The team may have to carry Martin, Navarro and Thole if Martin cannot catch Dickey, the manager conceded.

“I can’t say it would be ideal but if that’s the way you’ve got to go, you’ve got to do it,” he said.

The Jays carried Navarro, Thole and veteran Erik Kratz for part of last season before dealing Kratz to Kansas City in July.

The Jays have other questions in camp, with second base, centre field and the bullpen topping the list.


Toronto Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin, (centre left), finishes up a bullpen session with other catchers including Dioner Navarro (centre right) during baseball spring training in Dunedin, Fla., on Monday.

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The team members are Kyla Leibel, 13, Re-becca Smith, 14, Madalyn Smith, 16, and 17-year-old Lainie Wareham.

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Kings won 11 of 15 sets in the tournament and will compete in the next provincal Premier event in Red Deer in mid-March.

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Basketball

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Transactions

Today● Senior high basketball: Lindsay Thurber at Hunting Hills, Stettler at Notre Dame, Sylvan Lake at Lacombe, Camrose at Rocky Mountain House, Wetaskiwin at Ponoka; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow.Peewee AA hockey playoffs: Bow Valley Red at Olds, if necessary, 6:15 p.m.; Bow Valley Black at Red Deer Parkland, if necessary, 6:30 p.m., TBA.● Men’s basketball: Vikings vs. Lacombe All Sports Cresting, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Wells Furniture; 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.● Bantam AA hockey playoffs: Airdrie at Lacombe, if necessary, 7:45 p.m.● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Red Deer, fourth game of best-of-seven Northern Division semifinal, 8:30 p.m., Arena.

Wednesday● WHL: Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m. (The Drive).● Bantam AA hockey playoffs: Olds at Sylvan Lake, 8 p.m., if necessary.

Thursday● College volleyball: ACAC women’s championship tournament at Olds College.● College women’s hockey: SAIT at RDC, first game of best-of-three ACAC semifinal, 7 p.m., Arena.● Men’s basketball: Orangemen vs. Carstar, Grandview vs. Monstars; 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday● College volleyball: ACAC women’s championship tournament at Olds College.● JV basketball: Zone championships at Notre Dame and Hunting Hills.● College basketball: Briercrest at RDC; women at 6 p.m., men to follow.● WHL: Prince Albert at Red Deer, 7

p.m., Centrium.● College men’s hockey: Portage at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Blackfalds, fifth game of best-of-seven Northern Division semifinal, if necessary, 7:30 p.m.● Senior AAA hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Bentley, third game of best-of-seven Chinook/provincial semifinal, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday● College volleyball: ACAC women’s championship tournament at Olds College.● JV basketball: Zone championships at Notre Dame and Hunting Hills.● Minor midget AAA hockey: Airdrie/Cochrane at Red Deer North Star, 11:30 a.m., Arena.● College basketball: Briercrest at RDC; women at 1 p.m., men to follow.● WHL: Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium.● AJHL: Drayton Valley at Olds, 7 p.m.● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Red Deer, sixth game of best-of-seven Northern Division semifinal, if necessary, 8 p.m., Arena.● Senior AAA hockey: Bentley at Fort Saskatchewan, fourth game of best-of-seven Chinook/provincial semifinal, 8 p.m.; Okotoks at Innisfail, third game of best-of-seven Chinook/provincial semifinal, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Blackfalds, seventh game of best-of-seven Northern Division semifinal, if necessary, 3:30 p.m.● College women’s hockey: SAIT at RDC, third game of best-of-three ACAC semifinal, if necessary, 3:15 p.m., Arena, ● Senior AAA hockey: Okotoks at Innisfail, fourth game of best-of-seven Chinook/provincial semifinal, 5 p.m.

WHLEASTERN CONFERENCE

EAST DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Ptx-Brandon 60 44 10 4 2 278 188 94Regina 59 33 19 4 3 218 187 73Swift Current 59 29 25 1 4 182 189 63Moose Jaw 60 24 31 4 1 172 222 53Prince Albert 60 24 33 2 1 172 214 51Saskatoon 60 17 39 2 2 172 258 38

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtCalgary 59 36 18 1 4 250 168 77Medicine Hat 60 37 20 1 2 231 184 77Red Deer 59 30 20 4 5 197 192 69Kootenay 60 31 27 1 1 202 214 64Edmonton 60 27 27 4 2 173 167 60Lethbridge 60 18 35 4 3 175 253 43

WESTERN CONFERENCEB.C. DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pty-Kelowna 60 46 10 3 1 267 152 96Victoria 60 33 23 3 1 210 184 70Vancouver 60 26 31 1 2 171 204 55Prince George 61 24 33 2 2 179 254 52Kamloops 61 22 33 3 3 174 227 50

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Ptx-Everett 60 36 17 3 4 208 165 79Portland 59 35 20 1 3 220 188 74Seattle 59 31 21 3 4 173 161 69Spokane 58 27 27 3 1 162 181 58Tri-City 60 27 30 0 3 159 193 57z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; x-clinched playoff berth.

Sunday’s resultsEdmonton 5 Medicine Hat 1

Everett 5 Lethbridge 4

Monday’s resultsRegina 5 Saskatoon 4 (SO)

Tuesday’s gamesKootenay at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.Portland at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s gamesMedicine Hat at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Kootenay at Regina, 6 p.m.Swift Current at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.Calgary at Portland, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.Everett at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Thursday’s gamesEdmonton at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

National Hockey LeagueEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAMontreal 59 38 16 5 81 157 131

Tampa Bay 62 37 19 6 80 203 167Detroit 58 33 14 11 77 173 153Boston 59 29 21 9 67 157 156Florida 59 26 21 12 64 143 166Ottawa 57 24 23 10 58 163 161Toronto 60 24 31 5 53 167 183Buffalo 60 17 38 5 39 110 202

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAN.Y. Islanders 61 39 20 2 80 195 172N.Y. Rangers 58 36 16 6 78 185 145Pittsburgh 60 34 17 9 77 172 149Washington 61 33 18 10 76 181 152Philadelphia 60 26 23 11 63 161 174New Jersey 60 25 26 9 59 136 158Columbus 58 26 28 4 56 153 180Carolina 58 21 30 7 49 130 158

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GANashville 60 40 13 7 87 181 141St. Louis 59 38 17 4 80 186 146Chicago 60 35 20 5 75 177 144Winnipeg 61 30 20 11 71 169 166Minnesota 59 31 21 7 69 168 156Dallas 60 27 24 9 63 189 198Colorado 60 26 23 11 63 159 170

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAAnaheim 61 38 16 7 83 182 171Vancouver 59 34 22 3 71 169 155Los Angeles 58 28 18 12 68 161 152Calgary 59 32 23 4 68 171 156San Jose 61 30 23 8 68 171 174Arizona 60 20 33 7 47 133 201Edmonton 61 17 34 10 44 140 205NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Sunday’s GamesNashville 2, Buffalo 1, SON.Y. Rangers 4, Columbus 3, SOPhiladelphia 3, Washington 2Boston 6, Chicago 2Vancouver 4, N.Y. Islanders 0Pittsburgh 5, Florida 1Colorado 5, Tampa Bay 4Minnesota 6, Dallas 2

Monday’s GamesAnaheim 4, Detroit 3, SONew Jersey 3, Arizona 0

Tuesday’s GamesVancouver at Boston, 5 p.m.Arizona at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.Calgary at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.Philadelphia at Carolina, 5 p.m.Buffalo at Columbus, 5 p.m.Montreal at St. Louis, 6 p.m.Colorado at Nashville, 6 p.m.Edmonton at Minnesota, 6 p.m.Dallas at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.Florida at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.Detroit at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Calgary at New Jersey, 5:30 p.m.Pittsburgh at Washington, 6 p.m.Ottawa at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Monday’s summaries

Devils 3, Coyotes 0First Period

1. New Jersey, Gomez 5 (unassisted) 12:33.Penalties — Elias NJ (hooking) 6:55, Elias NJ (hooking) 6:55.

Second PeriodNo Scoring.Penalties — Gormley Ari (interference) 2:41, Geli-nas NJ (hooking) 8:05, Doan Ari (hooking) 16:59, Zidlicky NJ (holding) 17:16.

Third Period2. New Jersey, Cammalleri 21 (Tootoo, Merrill) 1:41.3. New Jersey, Cammalleri 22 (Gionta, Larsson) 18:12 (en).Penalties — Ruutu NJ (high-sticking) 5:37.

Shots on goalArizona 14 14 10 — 38New Jersey 12 7 9 — 28Goal — Arizona: Smith (L, 10-27-5); New Jersey: Schneider (W, 22-22-5).Power plays (goal-chances) — Arizona: 0-4; New Jersey: 0-2.

Ducks 4, Red Wings 3 (SO)First Period

No Scoring.Penalties — Lindholm Ana (hooking) 2:58, DeKey-ser Det (tripping) 5:55, Manson Ana (high-sticking) 10:42, Kronwall Det (tripping) 15:52.

Second Period1. Detroit, Datsyuk 20 (unassisted) 3:54.2. Detroit, Datsyuk 21 (Abdelkader, Kronwall) 6:50 (pp).Penalties — Smith Det (hooking) 1:14, Maroon Ana (holding) 6:33, Silfverberg Ana (high-sticking) 8:53.

Third Period3. Anaheim, Cogliano 10 (Lindholm, Silfverberg) 9:17.4. Anaheim, Cogliano 10 (Lindholm, Silfverberg) 9:17.5. Anaheim, Etem 3 (Stoner) 11:27.6. Anaheim, Beauchemin 7 (Getzlaf, Palmieri) 12:57.7. Anaheim, Beauchemin 7 (Getzlaf, Palmieri) 12:57.8. Detroit, Sheahan 10 (Nyquist, Kronwall) 16:09.Penalties — Smith Det (high-sticking) 3:35.

OvertimeNo Scoring.Penalties — Getzlaf Ana (delay of game) 4:51.

Shootout — Anaheim wins 2-1Detroit : Datsyuk miss, Nyquist goal, Nyquist goal, Tatar miss.Anaheim : Perry goal, Silfverberg goal.

Shots on goalDetroit 11 11 11 5 — 38Anaheim 7 3 14 1 — 25Goal —Detroit: Howard (LO, 17-8-9); Anaheim: Gibson (W, 6-4-0).Power plays (goal-chances) — Detroit: 1-5; Ana-heim: 0-4.

National Basketball AssociationEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division W L Pct GBToronto 37 19 .661 —Brooklyn 23 31 .426 13Boston 21 33 .389 15Philadelphia 12 44 .214 25New York 10 45 .182 26 1/2

Southeast Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 44 12 .786 —Washington 33 23 .589 11Miami 24 31 .436 19 1/2Charlotte 22 32 .407 21Orlando 19 39 .328 26

Central Division W L Pct GBChicago 36 21 .632 —Cleveland 35 22 .614 1Milwaukee 31 25 .554 4 1/2Detroit 23 33 .411 12 1/2Indiana 23 33 .411 12 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBMemphis 40 14 .741 —Houston 38 18 .679 3Dallas 38 20 .655 4San Antonio 34 22 .607 7New Orleans 29 27 .518 12

Northwest Division W L Pct GBPortland 36 19 .655 —Oklahoma City 31 25 .554 5 1/2Utah 21 34 .382 15Denver 20 36 .357 16 1/2Minnesota 12 43 .218 24

Pacific Division W L Pct GBGolden State 43 10 .811 —L.A. Clippers 37 19 .661 7 1/2Phoenix 29 28 .509 16

Sacramento 19 35 .352 24 1/2L.A. Lakers 14 41 .255 30

Sunday’s GamesCleveland 101, New York 83Atlanta 97, Milwaukee 86Detroit 106, Washington 89Orlando 103, Philadelphia 98Indiana 104, Golden State 98Oklahoma City 119, Denver 94Dallas 92, Charlotte 81Memphis 98, Portland 92L.A. Lakers 118, Boston 111, OT

Monday’s GamesMiami 119, Philadelphia 108New Orleans 100, Toronto 97Chicago 87, Milwaukee 71Houston 113, Minnesota 102Boston 115, Phoenix 110Brooklyn 110, Denver 82Utah 90, San Antonio 81Memphis at L.A. Clippers, late

Tuesday’s GamesGolden State at Washington, 5 p.m.Cleveland at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.Indiana at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.Toronto at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesMiami at Orlando, 5 p.m.Dallas at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.New York at Boston, 5:30 p.m.Brooklyn at New Orleans, 6 p.m.Charlotte at Chicago, 6 p.m.Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.Washington at Minnesota, 6 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Houston, 6 p.m.Phoenix at Denver, 7 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Utah, 7 p.m.Memphis at Sacramento, 8 p.m.San Antonio at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Monday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALLCOMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Arizona OF Matt Railey 50 games for a violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Announced the resignation of senior vice-president international operations Paul Archey, effective Feb. 27.American LeagueDETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Ian Krol, INF Nick Castellanos and RHPs Buck Farmer, Shane Greene, Bruce Rondon, Chad Smith, Alex Wilson and Josh Zeid on one-year contracts.TEXAS RANGERS — Amended the contract of 3B Adrian Beltre, eliminating the team’s conditional right to void 2016 salary. Agreed to terms with INF-OF Elliot Johnson on a minor league contract.National LeagueLOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Dustin McGowan on a one-year contract.BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationSACRAMENTO KINGS — Named Vance Walberg assistant coach.

Women’s National Basketball AssociationLOS ANGELES SPARKS — Signed C Jennifer Hamson.FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueARIZONA CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with general manager Steve Keim and coach Bruce Arians on contracts extensions through 2018. Re-leased WR Ted Ginn Jr.INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Released DT Ricky Jean Francois.MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed LB Brian Peters.Canadian Football LeagueCFL — Named Jamie Dykstra director, broadcast and video.WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed WR Tyrone Goard and LBs Rodney Lamar and Khalil Bass.HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueNHL — Suspended Ottawa D Jared Cowen three games for interference against Florida F Jussi Joki-nen during a Feb. 21 game.ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled D Dylan Reese from Portland (AHL).

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Recalled F Garrett Wilson.NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled G Scott Clem-mensen from Albany (AHL).VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Released LW Tom Sestito. Recalled G Jacob Markstrom from Utica (AHL).WINNIPEG JETS — Recalled F Eric O’Dell from St. John’s (AHL). Placed D Ben Chiarot on injured reserve.American Hockey LeagueAHL — Suspended Bridgeport D Scott Mayfield six games and Hershey LW Liam O’Brien three games.BINGHAMTON SENATORS — Reassigned F Brandon Wong from Evansville (ECHL) to South Carolina (ECHL).HERSHEY BEARS — Recalled F Braden Pimm from South Carolina (ECHL) and reassigned him to Evansville (ECHL).MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Reassigned D Jaynen Rissling to Cincinnati (ECHL). Released D Jared Nightingale from his professional tryout contract.SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Recalled F Steven Hodges from Cincinnati (ECHL).

LOCALBRIEFS

Nash: it’s a golden era for basketball in Canada


TORONTO — Steve Nash is grappling with his frustrating final days in the NBA, but he says he’s thrilled with the promising careers of his fellow Canadians.

The 41-year-old former NBA MVP has been sidelined for the season — and very likely the rest of his career — with a debilitating back injury, and he said the adjustment hasn’t been easy.

“I’m basically just trying to get a little space and see where my head’s at, while still focusing on some things and also trying to get a new per-spective, because it’s been a pretty tough fight over the last 18 months or so,” Nash said. “So just getting a little space and seeing how my mind and body responds.”

The Los Angeles Lakers guard was in Toron-to for a sponsorship announcement Monday, and while he spoke to reporters at length about Canada’s young stars such as Andrew Wiggins, questions about his own NBA future and his health were off-limits.

Nash wished Wiggins a happy birthday — the Minnesota Timberwolves rookie turned 20 on Monday.

“Andrew’s been phenomenal,” Nash said. “He’s very young, he has a bright future, and his rookie season has been incredible. I don’t think people understand what a jump it is from college to the pros and sometimes how difficult it can be to be in a position he’s in where he’s asked to do a lot and play a lot, and kind of grow on the fly like that.

“It can show a lot of blemishes, and to be honest, I would thought it would have been very fair for him to make a ton of mistakes this year, and for it to be really awkward, and he’s just been incredible. Definitely a testament to his ability.”

Nash is the general manager of Canada’s men’s team, and said with the emergence Wig-gins and others, this is a golden age for the sport in this country.

“This age is beyond a golden age,” Nash said. “Let’s hope though that it’s not just a mo-ment in time, and that we’ve turned a corner as far as how the game as grown.”

TORONTO — Police say a tunnel was found near a Pan Am Games venue at Toronto’s York University but it poses no known security threat “at this point.”

Const. Victor Kwong said Monday that the tunnel was found by a Toronto and Region Conservation Authority employee, who then reported it to police. Toronto police have scheduled a news conference for Tuesday morning. A Toronto police source said a thorough investigation followed the discovery of the tunnel “about a month ago.” The CBC reported the tunnel was about 2.5 metres deep and about seven metres long before it was filled in by authorities. The broadcaster said the tunnel had lights inside and was powered by a generator.

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BY ADVOCATE STAFF

Broncos 108 Kings 80OLDS — Two days after beating the Olds College

Broncos (14-8) by 53 points, the Red Deer College Kings (17-5) found themselves on the other side of the ledger, losing 108-80 in Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference men’s basketball action on Saturday.

Kaleel Faiz had a game-high 34 points for Olds while Philip Jalalpoor had 31 points and 14 assists.

J.P. Leblanc led RDC with 20 points while Brian Prenoslo had 12.

● The RDC Queens women’s basketball team (2-20) managed to hang tight with an experienced Olds College Broncos (17-5) squad before falling 79-66 on Saturday.

Danesia Williams scored a game-high 31 points for Olds and added nine assists while Renetha Burton had 22 points and 11 rebounds.

Morgan Dool had a team high 23 points while De-

dra Janvier had 20 points and Desirae Paterson nine points and 14 rebounds.

“We played a great, inspired game,” said Queens head coach Ken King in an email. “Olds is a very ex-perienced team and our players competed extremely hard and deserve all the credit for continuing to show how bright our program’s future is as we move forward.”

● Volleyball players Luke Brisbane and Bronwyn Hawkes are the Boston Pizza RDC athletes of the week. Brisbane was the Kings’ player of the match in Friday’s win over visiting Briercrest with 32 assists, two kills, one ace and 16 digs. During Saturday’s win, again over Briercrest, he contributed 39 assists, two kills, three aces, one block and 11 digs.

Hawkes, meanwhile, was instrumental in the Queens sweep of Briercrest, running the offence with precision and execution while racking up im-pressive weekend stats that included three kills, 61 assists, five service aces, 19 digs and four blocks. She also picked up a player-of-the-match award.


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BROSSARD, Que. — With Carey Price in net and the team in first place, no one on the Montreal Cana-diens seems overly concerned that they are not scor-ing many goals.

The Canadiens (38-16-5) lead the Eastern Confer-ence despite ranking 23rd in the NHL with 2.56 goals per game. That they are allowing the league’s fewest goals-against per game (2.19) has been enough, for now.

“You always wish to score more goals but what’s the most important thing is the goals-against,” coach Michel Therrien said Monday. “We’re pretty solid with that and we want to make sure we’re able to win games by 2-1.

“To be able to do that, we have to make sure we play a good checking game, that we’re dependable with the puck, not forcing plays. Our players are fo-cusing on that.”

This may be another way of saying “if you have Price in the net, who needs goals?”

The 26-year-old who backstopped Canada to gold at the 2014 Winter Olympics leads the NHL with a 1.91 goals-against average and a .935 save percent-age.

His numbers are a tad better than Pekka Rinne (2.01 and .927) of the Nashville Predators (40-13-7). The Predators are second in goals conceded per game at 2.27 and sit first overall with 87 points.

Price is slated to be in the net when the Cana-diens begin a two-game road trip Tuesday night in St. Louis. They play Thursday in Columbus and re-turn home to face Toronto on Saturday.

Therrien has said repeatedly that it normally takes three goals to win games. His own team is put-ting that theory to the test.

In their last 20 games, the Canadiens have scored two or fewer goals 13 times but are 12-5-3 in that span. They are 5-1-2 on only 19 goals scored in their last eight contests. Six of those came from Max Pa-cioretty, the team leader with 29 goals.

Centre Tomas Plekanec, whose empty-net goal clinched a 3-1 win Saturday night over the Blue Jackets, didn’t seem concerned about the team’s of-fensive output.

“Everyone wants to score lots of goals, but if you look at the playoffs, not many goals are scored there,” he said. “They’re tight checking games and

it’s hard to score.”Secondary scoring in particular seems to be lack-

ing. Pacioretty’s line with David Desharnais and Brendan Gallagher has been the only consistent pro-ducer of late.

It should help that Alex Galchenyuk, with 16 goals this season, will return after missing two games due to illness. Therrien has moved the slick 21-year-old over to right wing with Plekanec and digger Lars Eller.

“Most of the goals he scores come when he’s on the right side,” said Therrien. “We’re confident that a talented offensive player can be a threat on the right side.

“It’s something we’ll try. I’m not saying he’s going to stay there. But this is the time of the year to make experiments.”

They may also have winger P.A. Parenteau back soon, although not likely for Tuesday night. Paren-teau has missed the last 16 games and 19 of the last 21 with a concussion. He skated on his own Monday but is to make the road trip.

Also joining the team will be defenceman Sergei Gonchar, who suffered an upper body injury when checked into the boards by Toronto’s David Clarkson last week. He wore a no-contact jersey at practice.

Rearguard Alexei Emelin, injured last week against Ottawa, will stay behind.

DESPITE LOW OUTPUT, PRICE AND TIGHT DEFENCE LEADING THE WAY FOR CANADIENS


Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price makes a save on Columbus Blue Jackets’ Cam Atkinson during NHL action in Montreal, Saturday. With Price in net and the team in first place, no one on the Canadiens seems overly concerned that they are not scoring many goals.

Slumping Blackhawks

searching for answers in end stretch


CHICAGO — Blackhawks coach Joel Quennev-ille took a long look at his power play, then moved one goal to the corner of the ice and put his play-ers through battle drills for a loose puck along the boards.

No one is pressing the panic button in Chicago, which won the Stanley Cup in 2013 and made it all the way to the conference finals a year ago. But the Blackhawks know they have to step up their play right now.

“The ’get attention’ button is where I’m at. ... I got it pushed,” Quenneville said after Monday’s practice.

Chicago is just 10-10-3 in 2015 after losing three in a row for the first time since last March. It looked ready to pick up some momentum when it posted a couple of impressive wins at Winnipeg and St. Louis heading into an eight-game homestand, but it has been a rough couple of weeks for Quenneville’s team.

Johnny Oduya left Sunday’s ugly 6-2 loss to Boston with an upper-body injury that will keep him out for a couple weeks, hurting an already shaky group of defencemen beyond the top three, and the Jets and Minnesota Wild are turning up the pressure on Chi-cago in the crowded Central Division.

“We can be better in a lot of areas,” veteran wing-er Patrick Sharp said. “Whether you want to say ef-fort, desperation, you name it. I know everybody in this locker room cares. Everyone is carrying it with us. We want to break out of this funk that we’re in.”

Sharp had a team-high 34 goals and 78 points last season. But he has struggled this year, with 10 goals, 21 assists and minus-13 rating in 46 games.

Sharp was sidelined for a month with a right knee injury and has bounced around Chicago’s lines for much of the season. But he skated with Patrick Kane and Brad Richards on the second line in practice on Monday, a combination that could help Sharp get un-tracked if Quenneville decides to stay with it for an extended period.

“I’m not too concerned right now with who I’m playing with when I go out there, what power play I’m on, you name it,” said Sharp, who carries a 12-game scoring drought into Tuesday night’s game against Florida. “I’m just concerned with myself get-ting back to playing as well as I can.”

Chicago (35-20-5) made a couple of minor moves after the loss to Boston, promoting goaltender Scott Darling and forward Joakim Nordstrom from the minors and sending goalie Antti Raanta and forward Ryan Hartman back down to Rockford of the Ameri-can Hockey League.

The Blackhawks also announced a two-year ex-tension for Darling, who gets the start against the Panthers. Darling, who is from the Chicago suburb of Lemont, made his NHL debut on Oct. 26 against Ottawa and is 5-2 with a 1.97 goals-against average in seven games with the Blackhawks.

“I’m just super excited to be here,” said Darling, a sixth-round selection by the Coyotes in the 2007 draft. “It’s a huge honour to get a contract with a team like the Chicago Blackhawks. I couldn’t be hap-pier.”

Corey Crawford allowed four goals on 14 shots be-fore he was pulled in the second period of Sunday’s loss. But Quenneville said he still has confidence in Crawford and made it sound as if he just wanted to give him a day off.

Quenneville also downplayed any role that Oduya’s situation could play in Chicago’s decision-making ahead of next Monday’s trade deadline, say-ing he doesn’t know if the injury is “part of the equa-tion at all.”

“We really don’t have much confidence right now, the way we’re playing,” forward Bryan Bickell said.

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is about to make good on his oft-stated threat to veto legislation to build the Keystone XL pipeline, a spokesman announced Monday.

“I would anticipate that, as we’ve been saying for years, the president would veto that legislation,” Obama spokesman Josh Earnest told a press brief-ing.

“And he will.”The Republican-controlled Congress passed the

legislation earlier this month, and plans to send it to the president Tuesday. The president then has 10 days to send it back to Congress unsigned — which constitutes a veto.

Earnest said that’s exactly what the president will do. And he’ll do it quietly, without a public event.

“I would not anticipate a lot of drama or fanfare.”

The announcement is a blow to the pipeline’s prospects, but not quite a fatal one. The big Keystone XL decision could come soon, in a separate regula-tory process controlled by the president.

Obama has repeatedly said it’s not Congress’s role to approve or reject cross-border infrastructure. The White House says courts have consistently declared that the constitutional responsibility for that belongs to the president, and that the process was most re-cently spelled out in a 2004 executive order signed by George W. Bush.

The years-long, oft-delayed process is expected to wrap up soon, though the White House has not set a deadline date. Members of Congress have also mused that if the president both vetoes the pipeline bill and rejects the project through the regulatory process, they’ll come back with another Keystone XL bill that attaches the pipeline to omnibus legislation that the president will be tempted to sign.

Polls show a plurality of Americans support the

project.The sponsor of the Keystone bill announced it

would be sent to Obama on Tuesday. Republicans could have sent it a week earlier, before lawmak-ers left Washington for a one-week recess. But they decided to hold off until this week, forcing Obama to make his decision with his opponents back in town.

“The administration has delayed this important infrastructure project for over six years, despite a se-ries of environmental reviews, all of which conclude that the project will have no significant environmen-tal impact,” said a statement from North Dakota Re-publican Sen. John Hoeven.

“It has been more than enough time to make a fair decision on the merits of the project... The will of the American people and Congress is clear. I encourage the president to sign this legislation.”

Hoeven issued that statement Monday morning. The White House responded with its veto announce-ment just after noon.

Obama intends to kill Keystone bill

KIPP SCOTT RENOVATIONS


Renovations to Kipp Scott GMC Buick Cadillac at 6841 Gaetz Ave. and the adjacent Scott Subaru continue. Changes will include the addition of drive-up express service, a covered drive-through and improved parking. The two dealerships, and Gord Scott Nissan, are part of the Scottsville Group.

BY ADVOCATE STAFF

Parkland Fuel Corp. (TSX: PKI) is strengthening its presence in British Columbia.

The Red Deer-based company, which is Canada’s largest independent marketer of fuel and petro-leum products, announced on Monday that it has struck a deal with Chevron Canada Ltd. to acquire 11 Chevron-branded service stations in B.C. It said the agreement is an extension of its acquisition last year of 12 Chevron service stations in northern B.C.

“We are pleased to add an additional 11 Chevron-branded service stations to our British Columbia operations,” said Bob Espey, president and CEO of Parkland. “Chevron is a premium fuel brand in Brit-ish Columbia and we are excited to continue to grow together.”

Parkland said it will pay $17.1 million for the sta-tions through “existing financial capacity,” and that the new stations are expected to add approximately $3 million to its annualized EBITDA (earnings be-fore interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization). The sale is expected to close in the second quarter of 2015, and once complete will boost Parkland’s net-work of Chevron-branded stations to 33.

The company said the purchase will strengthen its brand and give it opportunities for growth through the Chevron brand. It added that Parkland’s Western Canadian supply portfolio and the density of its op-erations in B.C. will both increase.

Parkland supplies gasoline, diesel, propane, lu-bricants, heating oil and other petroleum products in Canada and the United States.

Parkland Fuel buys 11 Chevron service stations

Lonestar West completes acquisition of Firehawk assets

Sylvan Lake-based Lonestar West Inc. (TSXV: LSI) continues its rapid growth.

The company reported on Monday that it’s com-pleted the acquisition of assets belonging to Fire-hawk Services Ltd., a Fort McMurray hydrovac op-erator. Firehawk was a lease operator for Lonestar and had five hydrovac units.

A release issued by Lonestar said that it paid $2.73 million for Firehawk’s assets.

Last year, Firehawk had gross sales of nearly $6 million.

“The acquisition of Firehawk’s assets brings the Lonestar lease operator program to an end, reflect-ing Lonestar’s maturation as a corporation,” said company CEO James Horvath. “We believe that Lon-estar is well positioned to deploy these assets into the corporate fleet.

“As of today’s date, Lonestar is operating a fleet of 142 corporately owned units.”

Lonestar operates vacuum, water and ancillary trucks throughout Western Canada and the United States.

CFIA says more countries restrict Canadian beef imports due to BSE

EDMONTON — More countries are restricting Ca-nadian beef over concerns about mad cow disease.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency website says Peru, Belarus and Taiwan have imposed tempo-rary restrictions on beef imports.

Earlier this month, South Korea temporarily suspended imports after a beef breeding cow was discovered near Edmonton with bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Indonesia has imposed temporary import restrictions on some non-edible meat prod-ucts. The food safety agency says it is investigating the BSE cow’s feed source and whether any other cattle have the disease.

Shell Canada pulls regulatory application for Pierre River project

CALGARY — Shell Canada Ltd. says it’s pulling its regulatory application for the proposed Pierre River oilsands project north of Fort McMurray, Alta., in order to focus on existing operations.

The move is the latest blow to the oilsands as com-panies look to cut costs and capital spending plans following the drop in oil prices.

Shell says that given the preliminary nature of the Pierre River project it expected the impact on jobs would be limited.

INBRIEF


OTTAWA — One of the country’s biggest mobile companies is hoping the courts will overturn a decision by the telecom regulator that was aimed at creating greater price fairness for mobile TV services.

Bell Mobility Inc. has asked the Federal Court of Appeal to hear an appeal of a Jan. 29 ruling, which called the service provider’s pricing model for its mobile TV app “unlawful.”

Bell Mobility charges $5 a month for its Bell Mo-bile TV service and allows customers to stream up to 10 hours of programming on their mobile devices without counting the usage against their monthly wireless da-ta caps.

It costs $3 for each additional hour.

But if similar content is streamed from another source, the data used is counted, forcing customers who want the alternate programming to pay for additional bandwidth.

The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecom-munications Commission ruled the pricing model unlawful because it effectively made mobile TV ser-vices from other providers artificially more expen-sive and thereby uncompetitive.

The CRTC gave Bell until April 29 to eliminate the pricing practice.

However, Bell also asked a Federal Court judge on Monday to issue an injunction to prevent the regulator from forcing the change until an appeal can be heard.

CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais said last month that all mobile service providers should treat content flowing through their networks equally, without offering special perks to their customers.

While innovation in its purest form should be applauded, the CRTC will intervene when it takes away from the principle of “fair and open access to content,” Blais said.

Bell Mobility argues that Bell Mobile TV is a broadcasting service and doesn’t fall under the Telecommunications Act.

Bell also argues there is no evidence that the

pricing model harms consumers.Internet access advocacy group OpenMedia

dismissed that argument Monday, saying it’s clear consumers either pay more for competing programming because it costs more to access it, or they lose the ability to choose alternative content because it’s too expensive.

The broadcasting and telecom giant wants to artificially inflate the price of independent services like Netflix instead of providing consumers choice on a level playing field, said OpenMedia campaigns manager Josh Tabish.

“Bell is doing everything in its power to make the Internet more like cable TV,” he said.

“They want the power to pick and choose what we see by forcing competing services into a more expensive toll lane online,” he added.

I n i t s c o u r t filing, Bell said its mobile TV app is a broadcasting service and when its customers access

other Internet-based video services, they are gaining that access through a separate and distinct Internet service.

The big telecommunications companies have recently come under increasing pressure from consumer advocacy groups over their pricing of mobile and Internet-based TV streaming services.

Earlier this month, Bell Media and Telus Corp. asked the CRTC to dismiss what they termed a “frivolous” complaint about Bell’s CraveTV video service.

The Consumers’ Association of Canada and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre have express concerns over how the service delivers content to consumers.

Similar concerns have been expressed over the Shomi video service offered jointly by Rogers Communications and Shaw Inc.

The advocacy groups argue the companies offering those services “unduly prefer” their own customers and run counter to CRTC rules designed to promote consumer choice, partly because they require subscribers to purchase cable TV or Internet services from the telecom providers to access the streaming video content.

Bell calls on courts to overturn CRTC decision on pricing

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‘BELL IS DOING EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO MAKE THE INTERNET MORE LIKE CABLE TV. THEY WANT THE POWER TO PICK AND

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PRICING MODEL WAS CALLED ‘UNLAWFUL’


An investigation into the recent de-railment in Ontario of a freight train carrying crude oil suggests new safety standards introduced after the Lac-Me-gantic, Que., tragedy are inadequate, Canada’s transport investigator said Monday.

The tank cars involved in the Feb. 14 CN train derailment about 80 ki-lometres south of Timmins met the recently upgraded standards for new tank cars carrying crude and other flammable liquids, the Transportation Safety Board said in its preliminary findings.

But the cars — called Class 111 — still “per-formed similarly” to those involved in the devastat-ing derailment and explo-sion in Lac-Megantic two years ago, which predated the changes, the board said.

In both cases, the board said, the tank cars rup-tured and released crude oil, which fed the flames.

The agency said this month’s incident, which affected passenger rail service between Toronto and Winnipeg, “demon-strates the inadequacy” of the new standards.

“We’ve pointed for years at the vulnerability of the Class 111 tank car and the board has called for tougher standards for some time,” said Rob Johnston, TSB manager for the central region.

The new standards, implemented in January 2014, were meant as an “initial step” in improving the safety of the cars in the wake of the Lac-Me-gantic tragedy, he said.

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ally get a handle and understand how they performed under those circum-stances,” he said.

“There’s more that needs to be done,” he said. “Ideally, you want to see a more robust tank car to transport this product.

The agency is urging Transport Canada to quickly introduce enhanced protection standards to reduce the risk of spills when these tanks are involved in accidents. A spokesman for Trans-port Minister Lisa Raitt said Transport Canada, in collaboration with the U.S., is developing a next generation stan-dard of tank car for the transport of flammable liquids that would be more robust than the one currently used.


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The S&P/TSX compos-ite index rose 28.02 points to 15,200.26, held back by falling oil prices and bank stocks that continued to lose ground ahead of the release of earnings news this week from a challenging quarter.

Shares of Valeant Phar-maceuticals International Inc. (TSX:VRX) jumped $32.72 or 15 per cent to $250.13 after it of-fered US$10 billion in cash for Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a U.S.-based developer of gastro-intestinal drugs. Valeant expects to achieve more than $500 mil-lion in annual cost savings for the combined company.

The Canadian dollar declined 0.19 of a U.S. cent to 79.52 cents.

New York markets were mainly lower with Federal Re-serve chairwoman Janet Yellen set to deliver her semi-annual testimony on the economy to Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday. Traders will look for indications on when the Fed might start raising interest rates. Many analysts think the Fed could move as early as June.

The Dow Jones industrials dropped 23.6 points to 18,116.84 and the S&P 500 index was down 0.64 of a point at 2,109.66, while the Nasdaq gained five points to 4,960.97.

On the TSX, the tech sector gained 1.65 per cent, with CGI Group (TSX:GIB.A) ahead $3.22 or 6.15 per cent at $55.46.

The go ld sec to r a lso buoyed the TSX, up 0.9 cent even as April gold lost $4.10 to US$1,200.80 an ounce.

Crude prices fell for a fourth straight session after data last week showed continued sharp increases in U.S. inventory lev-

els. Prices have fallen about 40 per cent since the end of No-vember amid a huge oversupply of crude on world markets.

The energy sector shed 0.63 per cent as the April crude con-tract in New York dropped $1.36 to US$49.45 a barrel.

Financials were down one per cent as five of the six big Canadian banks report quarterly earnings this week with Royal Bank (TSX:RY) down 88 cents to $75.13. The market hears from Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) next week.

The financial sector has been steadily losing ground over the last few sessions as banks face a number of problems “the most recent of which would be compression of net interest rate margins following the Bank of Canada’s rate cut,” said Mark Allen, vice-president, Canadian equities, RBC Wealth Manage-ment.

“But prior to that, there were concerns about Alberta, a slow-ing economy there or possibly a recession, which brings about the risk of higher loan losses in Western Canada, risk of higher credit card and personal loan losses in Western Canada (and) slower capital markets business because so much of it is related to resource stocks. And then all of this slowing mortgage growth trends.”

The base metals sector shed 1.6 per cent with March copper unchanged at US$2.59 a pound.

MARKETS CLOSEHighlights at the close of

Monday at world financial market trading.

Stocks:S&P/TSX Composite Index

— 15,200.26, up 28.02 pointsDow — 18,116.90, down

23.60 pointsS&P 500 — 2,109.66, down

0.64 of a pointNasdaq — 4,960.97, up five

points

Currencies:Cdn — 79.52 cents US, down

0.19 of a centPound — C$1.9441, up 1.36

of a centEuro — C$1.4250, down

0.24 of a centEuro — US$1.1331, down

0.46 of a cent

Oil futures:US$49.45 per barrel, down

one dollar, 36 cents(April contract)

Gold futures:US$1,200.80 per oz., down

four dollars, 10 cents(April contract)

Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman:

$21.447 oz., up 7.1 cents$689.52 kg., up $2.28

ICE FUTURES CANADAWINNIPEG — ICE Futures

Canada closing prices:Canola: March ’15 $0.40 low-

er $469.70; May ’15 $1.40 higher $467.50; July ’15 $2.20 higher $462.10; Nov ’15 $2.30 higher $450.90; Jan. ’16 $2.30 higher $452.50; March ’16 $2.30 higher $455.50; May ’16 $2.30 higher $457.80; July ’16 $2.30 higher $460.50; Nov. ’16 $2.30 higher $454.50; Jan. ’17 $2.30 higher $454.50; March ’17 $2.30 higher $454.50.

Barley (Western): March ’15 unchanged $184.00; May ’15 unchanged $186.00; July ’15 unchanged $188.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $179.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $179.00; March ’16 unchanged $179.00; May ’16 unchanged $179.00; July ’16 unchanged $179.00; Oct. ’16 unchanged $179.00; Dec. ’ 16 unchanged $179.00; March ’17 unchanged $179.00.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 603,720 tonnes of cano-la; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 603,720.

Agrium sees Q4 net profit fall 48% to US$51M

Agrium Inc. (TSX:AGU) has reported a 48 per cent year-over-year decline in fourth-quarter profits as overall sales fell six per cent, mainly as a result of downtime at its Vanscoy potash facil-ity and Redwater nitrogen plant. The Calgary-based fertilizer producer and marketer says fourth-quarter net earn-ings were US$51 million or 33 cents per share, down from US$99 million or 66 cents in the same 2013 period.

PrairieSky posts Q4 net earnings of $50.7M

CALGARY — PrairieSky Royalty

Ltd. (TSX:PSK) has reported net earn-ings of $50.7 million or 38 cents per share in the final quarter of 2014. Rev-enue was $69.6 million in the three months ended Dec. 31.

Funds from operations were $59 million or 44 cents per share.

Production in the quarter averaged 17,280 barrels of oil equivalent per day, with an average realized price of $39.24 per barrel, versus $62.35 in the second quarter and $59.60 in the third.

For the 219 days since it began op-erations in late May, the company re-ported net earnings of $136.3 million or $1.75 per share on revenue of $198.7 million. Average production was 16,249 bbd, with an average realized price of $50.62 per barrel.

PrairieSky was spun off by Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA) as part of a strategy to separate a big chunk of its royalty lands into a new publicly traded com-pany.

Encana retains a majority stake in the company, which makes it money by allowing other energy companies to develop oil and gas on its land, which spans 5.2 million acres in southern and central Alberta.

BUSINESSBRIEFS


Caught between its own defiant campaign pledges and pressure from creditors, Greece’s left-wing govern-ment will deliver a list of reforms Tuesday to debt inspectors for final ap-proval of extended rescue loans, offi-cials said. Prime Minister Alexis Tsip-ras was already facing dissent within his left-wing Syriza party over claims it is backtracking on its recent election-winning promises to ease budget cuts for the recession-battered Greeks. Two officials linked to the government said the list will be sent to Brussels early Tuesday and be reviewed at a tele-conference of the 19 eurozone finance ministers later in the day. They spoke on condition of anonymity either be-cause he wasn’t authorized to make comments or because of the sensitivity of the negotiations. Greece and bailout creditors have been in a standoff since Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ left-wing Syriza party won general elec-tions last month on a pledge to tear up bailout agreements and seek a massive write off of bailout debts, totalling 240 billion euros ($271 billion).

But they reached a tentative agree-ment Friday to extend the country’s rescue loan program by four months,

avoiding the risk of a Greek default and exit from the euro currency.

The government official said re-forms would focus on curbing tax eva-sion, corruption, smuggling and exces-sive bureaucracy while also addressing poverty caused by a six-year recession.

A Syriza official in Brussels said that “immediate priority” would be given to the settling of overdue debts, the protection of people with mortgage arrears as well as the ending of fore-closures of first residencies.

“Creditors will be skeptical. These are notoriously difficult reforms and, in the case of the latter, usually cost money,” said Megan Greene, chief economist at Manulife Asset Manage-ment.

“It will be difficult for the Greek government to provide concrete mea-sures for achieving these goals, and they will almost certainly be unable to achieve much before the next round of negotiations in June.”

Tsipras is also facing pressure with-in his party. Several prominent Syriza members have publicly said the party should honour its campaign promises.

Environment Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, a bailout critic, lashed lead bailout lender Germany for insisting that Athens stick with austerity mea-sures — an effort he said would fail.

Latest train derailment in Ontario shows new safety

standards inadequate: TSB

Greece readies new list of bailout reforms

LOCAL C1TUESDAY, FEB. 24, 2015

Carolyn Martindale, City Editor, 403-314-4326 Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail [email protected] WWW.REDDEERADVOCATE.COM

BY MARY-ANN BARR

ADVOCATE STAFF

A former Red Deer city councillor and one-time mayoral candidate has decided to seek the Progressive Con-servative nomination for the Red Deer North constituency.

Jeffrey Dawson, 47, announced on Monday that he wants to represent the party in the next election.

Dawson said he decided to run after he learned that Red Deer North MLA Mary Anne Jablonski was not going to seek re-election in the next provincial election.

Dawson said that other commit-ments, one which took him out of the country until Monday, caused him to hold off on making the announcement.

He joins three other people seek-ing the PC nomination — restaurant worker Matt Chapin, city Coun. Buck Buchanan and Red Deer County Coun. Christine Moore.

“I’ve go the burning desire. When the timing is right, you know it’s right.”

Dawson was a city councillor from 1995 to 2007. In 2007, he decided to run for mayor against incumbent Mor-

ris Flewwelling. Chapin also ran for mayor in that race. Dawson garnered 5,704 votes to Flewwelling’s 7,019 votes. Chapin got 559.

Dawson has not run again for city council since he lost his bid for mayor. He said that if he doesn’t win the nomi-nation, it’s “not on my radar” to try another run at city council.

While he lives in the Red Deer South constituency, he has worked and volunteered mostly in Red Deer North and this is where he feels most com-fortable running, he said. He has lived in the city for 24 years.

Dawson is a registered casino advi-sor, and works on behalf of charities

involved in casinos. He is also a Mu-nicipal Government Board member ap-pointed by the province to adjudicate non-legal issues with municipalities.

He said he won’t be allowed to do board work if he wins the nomination.

The official nomination period for both Red Deer North and South con-stituencies starts today at 9 a.m. and closes on March 9 at noon. The vot-ing takes place with advance polls on March 19 from 4 to 8 p.m. in the Stew-art Room of the Red Deer Museum, and then on nomination meeting day, March 21, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Fes-tival Hall, at 4214 58th St.

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A Lifeline pendant linked to the death of a Ponoka woman has been recalled by its manufacturer.

Philips Lifeline has recalled the non-breakaway neck cord ver-sion of its Lifeline Personal Health Button pendants. Similar pendants with breakaway cords are not af-fected by the recall.

Cords without the breakaway de-sign could pose a strangulation risk if the cord gets caught on a wheel-chair, walker or other protruding objects, Health Canada states in the recall notice issued Friday.

This recall involves the non-breakaway neck cord versions of the Lifeline AutoAlert Personal Help Button, Classic Personal Help Button, and the Slimline Personal Help Button.

More than 100,000 of the units with non-breakaway cords were distributed in Canada prior to 2011, but some of the units remained in the market after that date.

A fatality inquiry report issued last week by Alberta provincial court Judge B.D. Rosborough impli-cated the pendant in the death of a Ponoka woman in 2013.

“I have considered the evidence of both Dr. Ben Carruthers and Dr. Jeffrey Gofton in this matter and have concluded that the manner of death was asphyxiation brought about when the Lifeline Bell she was wearing became entangled in her walker and strangled her,” Ros-borough stated in his report.

To prevent other deaths, Ros-borough recommended all Lifeline pendants have breakaway cords.

Rosborough urged that Alberta Health and/or Health Canada im-mediately take steps to replace all non-breakaway cords used with Lifeline products.

Rosborough made his recom-mendation after a fatality inquiry into the death of Elizabeth Ann Bell, 73. She died on Feb. 19, 2013.

Bell lived in a mobile home in Ponoka and was in failing health. She had used her Lifeline unit on several occasions when she had fallen or was ill. Lifelines have a button that when pressed sum-mon responders through Lifeline’s Emergency Response Care Centre.

The Health Canada notice said that since 2009, Health Canada and Philips Lifeline have received re-ports of two deaths possibly relat-ed to the affected non-breakaway cord pendants. The release did not say where the reported deaths oc-curred.

Consumers who don’t have a breakaway neck cord should con-tact Philips Lifeline Canada at 1-800-387-1215 (24 hours/seven days per week) or via the Philips Life-line website to order a replace-ment neck cord with a breakaway feature or an alert button worn on the wrist.

Five face chargesin connection with grow-opThree men and two women from Cal-

gary have been charged in connection with a multimillion-dollar grow opera-tion discovered in Olds on Feb. 12.

Police seized $40,000 in cash deemed proceeds of crime; and 2,137 marijuana plans with a street value of $2.5 million.

Xiang Wu, 45, Huy Kham Lanh, 29, Kham Tu Lanh, 58, Juan Yant, 42, and Xiurong Ye, 43, have been released from custody to appear in Didsbury pro-vincial court on March 23. Yant and Ye are the two women.

All stand charged with possession of marijuana in an amount greater than three kg for the purpose of trafficking under the controlled substances act; unlawful production of a controlled substance; and possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000.

RCMP Olds and Alberta Law En-forcement Response Teams (ALERT) say they uncovered the massive grow operation in Olds after suspicious activ-ity was reported to police.

The home was an authorized me-dicinal grow-op site, but police say the terms and conditions of the licence were violated as the number of plants grossly exceeded the number permit-ted.

Alberta Health inspectors have deemed the home uninhabitable.

To report suspicious activity or a suspected marijuana grow operation in your community, police ask that you

contact police or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. For more information about how to spot a marijuana grow op-eration check www.alert-ab.ca/growops.

Men facing multiple chargesafter alleged breakin-in

Two Red Deer men face multiple charges after an attempted break-in at a residence north of Red Deer on Sat-urday.

Police responded to a complaint of a break and enter in progress at a home on C&E Trail at 7:30 a.m.

The suspect vehicle left the scene at high speed and the driver refused to stop for police. Police laid several tire deflation devices. The suspect vehicle struck one of the devices at high speed and then struck a stand of trees in the area of Range Road 391 and C&E Trail. The passenger was arrested in the ve-hicle while the driver attempted to flee on foot. The driver was arrested a short distance away.

The vehicle was reported stolen in Bentley on Feb. 18 as part of a residen-tial break-in. Police discovered stolen items in the vehicle taken that morning from break-ins at Onside Restoration and Shaw Cable, and several other loca-tions.

Police also located a second stolen vehicle that had been taken from Norse-man Oilfield Mechanical Services. Red Deer RCMP worked with Sylvan Lake and Blackfalds RCMP to lay charges in their policing areas.

A 20-year-old man was to appear in court today charged with dangerous driving; failing to stop for police; fail to top at the scene of an accident; two

counts of residential break-ins; two counts of commercial break-ins; mis-chief under $5,000; theft under $5,000; theft over $5,000; and two counts of break of an undertaking.

A 26-year-old man is charged with a residential break in; a commercial break-in; mischief under $5,000; theft under $5,000; and theft over $5,000.

Both men were to appear in Red Deer provincial court on Monday.

Olds hit and run,theft attempt probed

Olds RCMP are seeking public as-sistance with regard to a hit and run in Olds on Sunday.

At about 8:50 p.m. on Sunday, police responded to a report of a hit-and-run collision at the intersection of 50th Street and 57th Avenue.

Three men and two women were seen fleeing from the Dodge Caravan they were travelling in. Police confirmed the vehicle was stolen from Calgary and the licence plate was stolen from Olds.

A short time later, RCMP responded to a report of an attempted vehicle theft in the Walmart parking lot. A woman said she found one male and one female at her vehicle. The female suspect told the owner to turn over her keys because she had a knife.

The woman refused to give her keys. No weapon was produced.

The suspects were believed to be connected to the earlier collision. No charges have been laid and the investi-gation is ongoing.

RCMP ask that anyone who has any information about the investigation to call Olds RCMP at 403-556-3324.

RED DEER NORTH

Dawson seeks Progressive Conservative nod

Windrow solution possible?RED DEER CITY COUNCILLOR SAYS PARKVALE STREET COULD GET NEW STATUS

BY MARY-ANN BARRADVOCATE STAFF

There might be a solution to the windrows that angered a group of Red Deer seniors recently, city Coun. Ken Johnston said on Monday.

The seniors, who live in the Parkvale neighbourhood on 42nd Street Cres-cent, complained that heavy, icy wind-rows left by city snow-clearing crews blocked their driveways and, for some, it was a hardship to remove them.

In previous years, the windrows were removed by the city. But a new policy initiated this year is aimed at clearing less snow off roads, but more often and in less time. One of the re-

sults is lower windrows but clearing them from driveways is now the re-sponsibility of home owners.

Johnston, who went to speak to some of the seniors after being contacted by them the day the plows had gone through (Feb. 13), said the challenge is the particular demographic of that ar-ea of Parkvale. The residents who live on 42nd Street Crescent are seniors.

The city has promoted “snow bud-dies” under the new policy, which en-courages more able neighbours to help those who need it with snow shovel-ling.

“The unique problem with Parkvale is your snow buddy is as old or infirm, or both, as you might be. If you’re 85-years-old and your neighbour is

85-years-old, there’s a challenge there.“My own view is we can create a

green route in Parkvale, which puts it on the same footing as a bus route, which means the snow is removed. But I’m just one councillor.”

Residential areas are grey zones. Bus routes are green zones.

The seniors street sees a lot of hand-ibus, ambulance and meals-on-wheels traffic. Parkvale residents do under-stand costs and safety issues, Johnston said.

“The immediate thing is maybe we can create a green route or some sort of hybrid group to be able to get these old folks properly serviced.

“This policy’s not etched in stone. Nobody’s chained to this policy. It has

to be effective across the city and when we get neighbourhoods like this, we just have to be sensitive and ... do we need to tweak it because of the par-ticular demographics of a particular area?”

Johnston said he does not know how many neighbourhoods are similar to Parkvale and the city does need to act equitably.

He and other councillors will dis-cuss the concerns with city administra-tion.

“I can say with all confidence this kind of feedback is very valued. It’s very seriously considered and our pol-icy is very fluid. There’s no question about it.”

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Medical marijuana plants are shown at a medical marijuana facility in Richmond, B.C., on Friday, March 21, 2014. A lawyer representing four patients has told a Federal Court judge that Canada’s new rules governing medical marijuana are forcing them to choose between their health and their liberty.

B.C. patients ask court to overturn new medical marijuana regime


VANCOUVER — The federal gov-ernment’s decision to prevent Cana-dians from growing their own medical marijuana and instead forcing them to buy it from commercial producers has robbed them of affordable access to medicine, says a lawyer for a group of patients.

John Conroy, who is representing four people challenging last year’s changes to the medical marijuana sys-tem, told Federal Court that some pa-tients have been left with little choice but to run afoul of the law, either by continuing to grow their own pot or purchasing it on the black market.

“The patients continue to be placed in a situation where they have to choose between their liberty and their health,” Conroy said Monday.

He argued that such a choice vio-lates the charter, and he asked a judge to order the government to allow pa-tients to continue growing their own

medical marijuana.Patients whose doctors prescribe

marijuana have had legal access to the drug in Canada since 2001, when the government introduced regulations in response to a court decision. Under that regime, patients could either grow their own marijuana, designate some-one to grow it for them, or buy it di-rectly from Health Canada.

The Conservative government over-hauled the system last year, shifting production from patients’ basements to large-scale commercial operations.

Patients immediately launched a constitutional challenge of the updat-ed regulations, and many have been able to continue growing under the terms of a temporary court injunction.

Conroy said marijuana sold by com-mercial producers is too expensive for some patients, who can’t always find the specific strains that work for them.

Shawn Davey, one of the plaintiffs in the case and the trial’s first witness, told the court he was severely injured in a motorcycle accident almost 15 years ago, leaving him with constant

pain, memory loss and poor balance.He said he’s been using marijuana

to treat his symptoms since about 2002, though he obtained it on the black market until he was approved under the federal rules in 2010.

Under the federal system, Davey went through two designated growers until he and a friend built a grow-op in a barn, which required more than $27,000 worth of equipment. He esti-mates it costs about $330 a month to grow his marijuana, plus about $500 for electricity.

He said his monthly expenses are still lower than they would be if he bought marijuana from a licensed pro-ducer. While prices range from below $5 a gram to $15, Davey suggested he would probably end up paying about $8 to $10 per gram for about 750 grams each month.

“I can’t do it bro, there’s no way,” he said, referring to the cost.

“And I trust what I grow. ... This is my body and I don’t want anyone else dealing with it.”

Ontariorevisessex ed


TORONTO — Ontario kids as young as six will learn about consent while eight-year-olds will be taught about same-sex relationships under a re-vamped sex-education curriculum the province released Monday.

The document — last updated in 1998 before smartphones were invent-ed — brings Ontario in line with other provinces, Education Minister Liz San-dals said in a news conference. Some of the changes, she suggested, may even place Ontario ahead of the pack.

“I think that on having a very ex-plicit conversation about consent — what does consent mean and what do healthy relationships look like — I think in that piece we may become the leader,” she said.

Grade 1 students will learn how to understand non-verbal signals like facial expressions and tone of voice, as well as the proper names for body parts, which was already in the old curriculum.

Sandals said she knows some par-ents think that’s too early for such dis-cussions, but she doesn’t think very many will pull their kids out of class.

“Given that we haven’t had hoards of people withdrawing from the public education system given what’s already in the curriculum, to be perfectly hon-est, I don’t anticipate that affect now,” she said.

Other changes include students in Grade 2 learning about the stag-es of development and related bodily changes along with the concept that “no means no.”

By Grade 3, students will learn about same-sex relationships, which Kathleen Wynne, the first openly gay premier, said would help kids with two moms or two dads feel their families are just like everyone else’s.

“It’s not about explicit information except that it needs to be about kids feeling safe, feeling protected, feeling like they belong,” Wynne said.

Children in Grades 4 and up will learn more about the dangers of on-line bullying and of posting or sharing sexual images, while specific lessons on the dangers of sexting will come in Grade 7.

One change in the new curriculum will be lessons about puberty will move from Grade 5 to Grade 4.

Psychiatrist says man who beheaded bus passenger should go to group homeWINNIPEG — Experts are recom-

mending a man who beheaded a fellow passenger aboard a Greyhound bus should be transferred from a mental facility to a Winnipeg hospital with

an eye to moving him to a community group home.

It’s also being suggested that Vince Li be granted unescorted outings.

Li’s psychiatrist, Dr. Steven Krem-er, told a criminal code board review hearing Monday that Li has shown “profound improvement” and is at low risk to reoffend. Risk assessments done by several other doctors came to the same conclusion, the board heard.

Li, 46, has not had any hallucina-tions in over a year and understands the need to take his medication, Kre-mer said. Should Li be transferred to a group home, staff there would ensure he continued the medication neces-sary to manage his schizophrenia, the doctor said.

“His likelihood to re-engage in vio-lence is low.”

Men who set homeless man on fire guilty of murder

KENTVILLE, N.S. — Two Nova Sco-tia men who doused a homeless man with gas and set him on fire with a cigarette lighter while he was sleeping in a bus shelter pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder.

The Crown read a summation of an agreed statement of facts in Harley Lawrence’s death after Daniel Wayne Surette and Kyle David James Freder-icks entered their pleas.

Lawrence, 62, was found in a burned out bus shelter on Oct. 23, 2013, in Ber-wick, a small town about 120 kilome-tres northwest of Halifax.

Six months later, Surette, 27, and Fredericks, 25, were charged with first-degree murder.

A preliminary hearing for Surette and Fredericks began earlier this month but their defence lawyers agreed Monday to proceed with a tri-al in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Kentville, where they pleaded guilty to the reduced murder charge with the Crown’s consent.

“I hope the family can fine some clo-sure,” Surette said as he was whisked out of the courtroom in handcuffs and remanded into custody.

CANADABRIEFS

First off, if you are looking for the other three in this tale you may be dis-appointed — today it’s more of a “me” piece.

A few days ago, I found myself with a hankering to work on one of my dusty fiction yarns. I decided that printing off a first draft sci-fi piece I’d been toil-ing with for the last few years would be a great start. I could touch up on some revision and editing skills.

My problem, though, was getting my printer hooked up. You see, we haven’t had a working printer in over a year. Why need one in this day and age when you’ve got The Cloud! Well to answer my own rhetorical question, for times exactly like this, I suppose.

So I got to work. I had to find the disk that would install the printer onto our computer — I knew that much. Ac-tually I’m lying already, my 60-year-old mother knew that much and earnestly tried to explain it to me while I had an outwards hissy fit in front of her and my six-year-old son.

“Sweetheart, I’m pretty sure you need to install it to the computer,” she said. Lars added in a, “Yeah I think Granny is right Mom.”

“But it has the Bluetooth — it should already be linked up,” I cried to them both.

Eventually I was convinced by the two of them that installing the printer software (or is it hardware?) with the disk would be our best bet.

It pleased me to discover that after doing so, the printer icon showed up on my computer under the devices sec-tion. The printing machine itself had power coursing through it, to which I was able to successfully print the alignment page after a few tries. Haw-zaa for Lindsay!

Yet when I attempted to print some-thing off of my word processor, noth-ing happened. Quite literally, nothing happened. Not so much as a click of a copier reel or a bing of an error mes-sage. Nothing.

By this time, I was sure that the en-trails of my brains had begun spilling out of my ears due to the infuriating sound of oblivion.

At some point throughout the or-

deal, Mother Dear took Lars and left. She might have left me a note say-ing she was tak-ing him for the night — a PS at the bottom re-minding me to not let current issues fog my good sense so much that I’d overlook pick-ing Sophie up from school.

Or perhaps in my tech-No-logy condition I picked up on the informa-tion through sheer telepathic aware-ness.

The point is I was completely alone now. And I used that solitude as best I knew how. There I was flailing my arms asking the high heavens why hor-rible things always seemed to happen to me. Tears of frustration welled in my bloodshot eyes as I scanned the computer’s desktop for any clue as to why my efforts had been for naught.

At one point, in an act of pure vexa-tion, I swept my arm across the desk knocking all of its contents (books, pa-pers, pens, external hard drives — yes I have a very messy work space) onto the floor and surrounding area. At that point, I admitted myself to the floor and cried.

I cried for my failure as a printer installer. I cried for the pages that seemed would never be. And I cried for my inability to learn anything new at this stubborn age of mine.

As I lay crumpled and dejected on blue carpet, I pondered the meaning of existence.

No, no I didn’t. It would have been sure prophetic if I had, though. In-stead, I glanced behind the desk to find a cord I hadn’t seen previously. It looked as though it was meant to be in the general area of computers and things.

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

As with a lot of people, I’ve taken to watching TED Talks. If you’re not familiar with TED Talks, I encourage you to search for the talks on the Inter-net and watch the ones that intrigue you. In official terms, TED is “a global set of conferences run by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation under the motto, ideas worth spreading.” In general terms, TED Talks are insight-ful, inspiring speeches — typically no longer than 18 minutes — on every imaginable subject.

Recently, I watched a TED Talk en-titled The Happy Secret to Better Work by Shawn Achor — American educa-tor, author and advocate of positive psychology. As it turns out, Achor’s “Happy Secret” is among the 20 most viewed talks of all time. To give you a little background, Achor spent 12 years at Harvard University studying what makes people happy. Later, he wrote the best-seller The Happiness Advantage and founded the Institute of Positive Research.

I was intrigued when Achor spoke about one of the most common myths of our modern culture: “If I work hard-er, I’ll be more successful. And if I’m more successful, then I’ll be happier.” According to Achor, the belief state-ment simply doesn’t work or, as he puts it, it’s “scientifically broken and backwards.” Apparently, there are two main reasons why this is the case.

“First, every time your brain has a success, you change the goalpost of what success looks like. You got good grades, now you have to get better grades. You got into a good school, now you have to get into a better school. You got a good job, now you have to get a better job. You hit your sales target, we’re going to change your sales tar-get.”

Achor claims that “happiness is on the opposite side of success” so our brain never quite finds its way there. “We’ve pushed happiness over the cog-nitive horizon as a society.”

In essence, if we put off being hap-py until we are successful (whatever that might look like) it’s not going to

happen. I t appears (ac-cording to Achor) that our brains j u s t d o n ’ t w o r k t h a t way. Achor claims that if we allow ourselves to experience h a p p i n e s s in the pres-ent, we’re go-ing to enjoy a lot more success. By raising our “level of pos-itivity in the present” we can actually raise our intelligence, creativity and energy levels.

That’s a bold statement but Achor says his exhaustive research conduct-ed over 12 years at Harvard University supports his assertion.

“Your brain at positive is 31 per cent more productive than your brain at negative, neutral or stressed,” de-clares Achor. “You’re 37 per cent bet-ter at sales. Doctors are 19 per cent faster and more accurate at coming up with the correct diagnosis when positive instead of negative, neutral or stressed. If we can find a way of becoming positive in the present, then our brains work even more successful-ly, as we’re able to work harder, faster and more intelligently.”

“And,” says Achor, “every single business outcome improves.”

Achor’s research is by no means the only source for such assertions. Countless studies have demonstrat-ed that positive changes in physiology and psychology can be derived from a more positive outlook. Studies in neuroplasticity show that changes in neural pathways and synapses occur when changes are made in behaviour, environment, thinking, emotions and beliefs.

Often, in my self-esteem work, I talk about happiness being a choice.

Q: Should we have kids if my wife is emotionally unstable and has been physically abusive with me? We’ve been married for 10 years and this has been going on the entire time. I very much want kids and don’t know what to do.

Jim: I’m saddened for you and un-derstand the painful prospect of life without children. Still, under the cir-cumstances, I think it’s fortunate that you haven’t had kids yet. Physical vio-lence and abuse are serious problems in a marriage. It’s impossible to say for sure without more details, but our counselors suggest that the kind of be-havior you’re describing may indicate the presence of a personality or mood disorder. That’s not a good situation for a child.

I’d encourage you to make a de-termined effort to deal with these is-sues decisively before giving another thought to having kids. You can’t pos-sibly move forward until you’ve ad-dressed this pressing need at the heart of your relationship.

Ultimately, your wife must acknowl-edge that she has a problem and do whatever it takes to get in touch with the sources of her anger and frustra-tion. That may mean digging up past hurts, facing fears about the future or exploring the possibility of chemical imbalances. In the mean-time, parenthood will need to wait until these hurdles have been over-come.

If you’ve tried counsel-ing and it hasn’t worked, try again — preferably in-dividual therapy for your wife and intensive marital counseling for the two of you. Our counseling staff can provide you with re-ferrals to qualified ther-apists in your area and would be happy to discuss your situation with you over the phone. They’re available Monday through Friday between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (MST) at 855-771-HELP (4357).

Q: I’m totally in sync with your view that kids should play only positive video games — but that’s not our issue. Ours is time. Both of our children play only games with suitable content, but it’s like pull-ing teeth to get them to quit. Any help here?

Bob Waliszewski, Direc-tor, Plugged In: As you’ve discovered, even games you don’t mind your kids playing can be time ban-dits. Video game makers have definitely figured

out not just what it takes to entice children to play, but to keep them com-ing back for more.

A good rule of thumb for curbing the ten-dency to over-indulge is to require your kids to read 30 minutes of a great book in exchange for the privilege of playing a video game for the same amount of time. Or you could require an hour of reading for 30 minutes of electronic screen time (TV, computer, video gam-ing, etc.). I’d suggest developing and instituting some type of coupon system as currency. However you choose to enforce this, your children will come out winners.

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FUHRER: Keepa journal and note the positive

Some clients are quick to embrace the concept while others struggle with a victim mentality. I have kept a grati-tude journal for many years and can attest to the power of positive expres-sions of gratitude. I recommend that everyone keep a journal and get into the habit of noting the positive. This needn’t be an onerous task. Here’s all you do to get started. Once a day, for 21 days, write down three new things in your life that you’re grateful for. If Achor’s claims are correct then your brain will begin scanning your envi-ronment not for the negative, but for the positive. As someone once told me, “We become (or experience) what we think about most of the time.”

If this seems burdensome, you can add some fun to the equation by mak-ing a pact with a friend. Once a day, email a buddy describing something good that you experienced over the past 24 hours. Ask them to do the same. It’s a fun way to retrain your brain. All it takes is an act of will. Sure, it’ll seem a little odd at first but will soon become fun and inspirational. Involve a few people and take turns. Start your own gratitude group and see where it goes.

A few years ago, I tried an interest-ing experiment. I sent an email to a dif-ferent person each day for a week tell-ing them what I liked best about them, how they inspired me and the valuable life-lessons I had learned from them.

Some people were confused by my emails while others wondered about my motivation. Most people, however, were grateful and gracious.

“Success is not the key to happi-ness,” wrote Albert Schweitzer, theo-logian, philosopher and physician. “Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” Perhaps Schweitzer intui-tively knew what Achor would assert many years later.

Even if Achor’s assertions are over-ly optimistic, there’s still great value in choosing to live a life of passion and purpose: a happy and grateful exis-tence that’s anchored in the present.

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

DALY: Use timerto regulatevideo game play

They’ll expand their world — in-creasing their reading skills and knowledge — while keeping gaming activity under control.

A related challenge you might en-counter is that your child’s mental clock may tend to “run slow” when it comes to his 30 minutes of gaming privileges. The remedy is to employ a reliable timekeeping device. In our home, we used an egg timer to help en-force a family rule that limited video

gaming to 30 minutes per day (an hour on weekends). These days, there are timers on the market that go one bet-ter: They actually shut off a device at a predetermined time so you don’t have to be the bad guy. What better way to limit gaming to what you and your spouse determine is best for your chil-dren!

Jim Daly is a husband and father, an author, and president of Focus on the Family and host of the Focus on the Fam-ily radio program. Catch up with him at www.jimdalyblog.com or at www.face-book.com/DalyFocus.

BROWN: Wireless not alwaysthe answer

Then it struck me — I had a cord connecting from the back of the print-

er into the wall, but did I have one that connected from the printer to the computer?

In my defence, in this age of Blue-tooth and wireless everything, I honest-ly didn’t think there would be a need for such a cord. But lo and behold, as I plugged that baby in I was able to print thereafter until my heart was content.

As I headed off to snuggle in my bed with a first draft manuscript and a very, very, very large glass of wine, I had a newfound confidence that float-ed alongside me. Maybe there were a few pit stops, and sure several manic meltdowns, but it does go to show that you can most definitely teach an old dog new tricks.

That was until the next day when we managed to wipe the computer clean of all of its documents and programs … for the second time in one year.

Maybe it’s not an age thing, perhaps I’m just not cut out for this tech crap after all.

Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake moth-er of two and freelance columnist.


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WASHINGTON — A tax on sugary drinks and snacks is one way a government panel of nutrition experts thinks Americans can be coaxed into eat-ing better. Some members of Congress are already pushing back on the idea, saying the panel has over-stepped its bounds.

The panel’s recommendations will help determine what gets into the new version of dietary guidelines being prepared by the Agriculture and Health and Human Services departments. The advice includes eating more fruits and vegetables and whole grains and limiting added sugars and fat.

However, the panel goes beyond previous versions of the dietary guidelines by suggesting a broad list of possible policy changes — a tax is just one — that could make it easier for people to follow that diet advice.

“Taxation on higher sugar- and sodium-containing foods may encourage consumers to reduce consump-tion and revenues generated could support health promotion efforts,” the committee wrote as part of the recommendations released this week.

Such taxes have mostly failed to gain traction around the country, though voters in Berkeley, Cali-fornia, approved a special, per-ounce tax on sug-ary drinks in November. In New York City, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried to cap the size of sugary drinks sold in restaurants and other venues at 16 ounces, but legal challenges spearheaded by the beverage industry brought down the effort in the courts.

Other ideas put forth by the committee were plac-ing nutrition labels on the front of food packages and requiring public buildings to serve healthier foods. The committee also suggested incentives for eating fruits and vegetables, though it didn’t detail how that could work. Panel members said incentives might be vouchers for farmers markets or subsidies for grow-ers or grocery stores.

The panel endorsed adding a line on the nutri-tion facts label for added sugars, which the Obama administration has already proposed. It also backed the administration’s standards for healthier school lunches.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Rob-

erts, R-Kan., criticized the report shortly after it came out Thursday, saying the committee strayed from its science-based nutrition recommendations.

“This is economic, not nutrition, policy,” he said.Congress weighed in on a draft of the report last

December, noting that the dietary guidelines panel was poised to suggest a more environmentally friend-ly diet of plant-based foods. In a massive spending bill, lawmakers instructed Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack “to only include nutrition and dietary information, not extraneous factors” in the final guidelines.

After the report was issued, Vilsack said the guidelines are supposed to be informed by the “lat-est and best science and medical knowledge.”

He wouldn’t address the content of the report spe-cifically, but said he doesn’t want the final report to have “anything outside of the lines in the guidelines that would potentially undercut the legitimacy, cred-ibility and acceptance of the guidelines. ... The law is fairly clear to me, it’s about nutrition and it’s about diet.”

Committee members say their panel was charged with looking at implications of its findings, and the policy changes were just suggestions.

“The idea is to stimulate thinking on how to get there,” Barbara Millen, the chairwoman of the com-mittee, said Friday.

Alice Lichtenstein, a member of the panel and a professor at Tufts University, said there is some data that similar policy initiatives have worked, like ef-forts to ban trans fat from the food supply. She said the policy suggestions are to raise the issue for the future.

“To bring it up as something for future consider-ation, I think that’s appropriate,” she said.

One former member of a dietary guidelines advi-sory panel disagreed.

Joanne Lupton of Texas A&M University, who served on the 2005 dietary guidelines advisory panel, said her committee was told just to stick to the sci-ence.

“They should show us studies that taxes have a beneficial effect,” she said of this year’s panel.

The beverage industry argued the same point. “The committee does not have the authority to make such recommendations, nor the scientific evidence or expertise to back up its recommendations,” the American Beverage Association said in a statement.

Panel suggests making people pay more for sugary drinks and snacks

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SPOKANE, Wash. — A florist who refused to pro-vide flowers for a gay wedding has rejected an offer from the Washington state attorney general to settle a discrimination case by paying a $2,000 fine and agreeing to sell bouquets for same-sex ceremonies in the future.

“Our state would be a better place if we respected each other’s differences, and our leaders protected the freedom to have those differences,” Barronelle Stutzman wrote in a letter Friday to Attorney Gen-eral Bob Ferguson.

She wrote that gay couples are allowed to act on their views, but “because I follow the Bible’s teach-ing that marriage is the union of one man and one woman, I am no longer free to act on my beliefs.”

Stutzman, 70, owner of Arlene’s Flowers in Rich-land, Washington, had earlier said she plans to ap-peal a judge’s ruling that she broke a state anti-discrimination law. Benton County Superior Court Judge Alex Ekstrom on Wednesday rejected argu-ments that Stutzman’s actions were protected by her freedoms of speech and religion.

The First Amendment protects religious beliefs but not necessarily actions based on those beliefs, Ekstrom ruled. The state has the authority to pro-hibit discrimination, and Stutzman can be held per-sonally liable for damages if she breaks bias laws, the judge said.

Stutzman’s lawyer contended that the attorney general’s offer was aimed at avoiding bad publicity.

“He’s had nearly two years to end the threat to Barronelle’s freedom and livelihood,” Kristen Wag-goner said.

A gay couple and the state sued the florist, who could be required to pay damages and legal fees that far exceed the attorney general’s offer.

Ferguson said Thursday that his goal wasn’t Stutz-man’s financial ruin. He offered to settle the case for $2,000 — the fine for violations of the law — and a $1 payment for legal fees if she would agree not to dis-criminate against same-sex couples.

“My primary goal has always been to bring about an end to the defendants’ unlawful conduct and to make clear that I will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation,” Ferguson said.

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Poland’s politicians, artists hail Oscar for Ida as sign its

cinema has world appealWARSAW, Poland — Poland’s poli-

ticians, filmmakers and fans rejoiced Monday over the nation’s first ever for-eign language movie Oscar for Ida, see-ing it as a sign of the country’s cinema-tography coming of age.

President Bronislaw Komorowski said the award is a “source of satisfac-tion for all Poles” and proof that demo-cratic Poland is becoming an increas-ingly attractive country, with “valuable things to offer to the world.”

The win marks the first foreign lan-guage Oscar for Poland despite nine previous nominations and a rich his-tory of filmmaking, including by re-nowned directors like Andrzej Wajda and Roman Polanski.

Polish-British director Pawel Paw-likowski made Ida in black and white, using imagery of the 1960s. It plunges into the Second World War and the early years of communism, two dark chapters of Poland’s history, via a young Catholic nun who discovers she is Jewish. It was one of the critical hits of 2014 in Europe and the U.S. Being so well known helped the movie in the Academy members’ vote, Polish critics said.

Polish 1993 Oscar-winning produc-tion designer Allan Starski said the country’s filmmakers always aspired to be among the leaders in the world of cinema.


TORONTO — The ignoble exploits of a certain former Toronto mayor of-ten seemed like a made-up Hollywood story.

Now they appear to have inspired an episode of the new CBS/Global se-ries Battle Creek, which features a Rob Ford-like character whose penchant for parties and drugs gets him into a mess of trouble.

Josh Duhamel (Transformers, Las Ve-gas) and Dean Winters (30 Rock, Oz) star as two mismatched law enforce-ment officers who butt heads over just about everything.

Comedian Patton Oswalt makes a guest appearance in episode six as a drug-addled mayor with an overbear-ing brother who micromanages his ca-reer.

Duhamel traces the dig to series co-creator David Shore, who is Canadian.

“Well, he’s from Toronto, I think that it was sort of an homage to Rob Ford,” Duhamel said Monday during a stop in Toronto to promote the series with Winters.

“Which I thought was great and I thought Patton Oswalt was fantastic. It’s one of my favourite guest stars that we had.”

Shore was born in London, Ont., and began his TV writing career on Cana-dian shows including Traders and Due South before becoming a TV sensation with his medical smash House.

For Battle Creek, he teams up with Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan to come up with an off-kilter comic-crime series that Winters said reinvents the stan-dard network cop formu-la.

Kal Penn (House, 24) plays a fellow cop while Janet McTeer (Damages, Albert Nobbs appears as their boss.

Winters said he hopes Ford, now a Toronto city councillor, will take the tribute episode in stride.

“The guy looks like he’s got a sense of humour about life, hopefully he’ll have a sense of humour about this,” said Winters,

whose character is a ragged local cop who prefers “old-fashioned police work” to the modern-day technical giz-mos introduced by his new partner, a buttoned-down FBI agent.

“If he was smart he’d come do a

cameo.... On behalf of David Shore I’m inviting Rob Ford to come be on Battle Creek.”

“Oh that would be a fun eight days,” Duhamel chuckled.

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BY ALYSSA ROSENBERGADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

How quickly the Internet’s enthu-siasm can sour. Just a week after Jon Stewart announced that he would be stepping down from the anchor’s chair at The Daily Show, we’ve already got our first media kerfuffle about a pos-sible replacement, and all before it’s even clear that Comedy Central has even started reaching out to potential candidates for the job.

One suggestion that generated a lot of potential excitement was current Daily Show correspondent Jessica Wil-liams. 14,000 people signed a petition calling on Comedy Central to pick her, and the trailer for Hot Tub Time Ma-chine 2 imagined a future in which she occupied the anchor’s chair. But when Williams demurred, suggesting that she was “under-qualified” for the job, some observers urged her to lean in rather than mark down her own abili-ties, and Williams responded with un-derstandable frustration that someone else would claim to know her better than she knows herself.

It’s an awkward turn all around, and an illustration of an important idea. As fun as it can be to fantasy-cast our favorite actors in the roles we imagine for them, especially when we think we’re advocating for diversity, our wishes aren’t necessarily what’s best for the actor in question.

There are any number of reasons Williams might not want to take the an-chor’s chair at The Daily Show. It is, as the title implies, a punishing gig, and accepting it would mean forfeiting oth-er opportunities, at least for the time being. Stewart was able to leverage a 2013 break from his hosting duties to direct the movie Rosewater, but he had built up quite a bit of leverage with his bosses before his time off.

Williams has appeared in 97 epi-sodes of The Daily Show since her de-but in 2012. That’s certainly a regular commitment, but it’s not close to the anchor’s pace. And it’s left her with time to do a stint on Girls as one of Hannah Horvath’s (Lena Dunham) co-workers at a sponsored content project at GQ and to appear in movies like Tap Shoes & Violins and People, Places, Things. At 25, preserving some flexibil-ity to pursue multiple potential career paths might make more sense for Wil-liams than locking herself into the fake news business.

And while Williams’s advocates have urged her to lean in, citing Sheryl

Sandberg and Nell Scovell’s manifesto encouraging young women to embrace their professional ambitions, they might also have considered the per-ils of the glass cliff. That’s a manage-ment idea that suggests women have better chances of snagging top jobs in organizations at times when those organizations are in trouble, but then get weighted down by problems not of their own making.

Williams wouldn’t exactly be in the position that General Motors chief ex-ecutive Mary Barra found herself in last year when her company had to start recalling cars. Stewart is going out at a high point in his career, and Comedy Central has broken out other shows like Key & Peele and Broad City that are highly influential, if not mass

hits. There might even be a chance for Williams to bolster the show’s female viewership, and thus the franchise as a whole. But whoever follows Stewart to the anchor’s desk has a tremendous legacy to maintain and to innovate be-yond. That’s a heavy burden to take up if you’re still developing your own political and comedic sensibility.

As L.V. Anderson put it, no matter the magnitude of the task, “It’s per-fectly OK for young people to feel like they need more time to learn how to do something.”

Bim Adewunmi, BuzzFeed UK’s cul-ture editor, suggested that the eager-ness of some people to have Williams take the top job at The Daily Show has an element in common with the im-pulse to nominate Idris Elba for every role under the sun, no matter whether or not he wants it. The anxiety that Williams might take herself out of the

running, or that Elba might not want to star in the project of the moment, speaks to a lack of imagination, she suggested. If we were more familiar with black actors both in the United States and abroad, we might not panic when a person of colour we are famil-iar with turns down a job, fearing that there are no other options.

As the search for a new host of The Daily Show gears up, it’s worth re-membering Jessica Williams doesn’t need to leap for the anchor’s job: she already has other options, and she’ll build more. And in a truly healthy, diverse media environment, The Daily Show would have plenty of other wom-en and people of colour in the pipe-line, ready to slide comfortably behind Jon Stewart’s desk.

Alyssa Rosenberg writes The Post’s Act Four blog, at http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/.

JESSICA WILLIAMS DOESN’T NEED TO ANCHOR ‘THE DAILY SHOW’

Yes, it’s OK to say no

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Jessica Williams has appeared in 97 episodes of ‘The Daily Show’ since her debut in 2012. At 25, preserving some flexibility to pursue multiple potential career paths might make more sense for Williams than locking herself into the fake news business.

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Dean Winters, left, and Josh Duhamel star as two mismatched law enforcement officers who butt heads over just about everything in ‘Battle Creek.’

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announcementsObituariesBUCHHOLZIn Loving Memory of Allan Carl Frederick Buchholz, who after a full and wonderful life, passed away peacefully on February 18, 2015 at the Rimbey Hospital and Care Centre, Rimbey, Alberta. Al is survived by Annette, his life partner and true love of 33 years; and lovingly remembered by his children: Michelle, Cindy, and Craig; as well as his fi ve grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Abiding by Al’s wishes, no formal Funeral Service will be held. Cremation took place at the Central Alberta Crematorium, Red Deer. Condolences to the Buchholz Family may also be expressed by e-mail to: special_refl [email protected] Arrangements for the Late Allan Carl Frederick

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FRAYNArthur “Art” Melvin Frayn of Rimbey, Alberta passed away peacefully with his family by his side at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at the age of 83 years. Art will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his beloved wife, Judy; two sons, Tom (Elaine) Frayn of Rimbey; and Murray Frayn of Gull Lake; and two daughters, Sharron (Leroy) Juuti of Bentley; and Lana Curle (Bryan Wiese) of Rimbey; as well as fi fteen grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren. He will also be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his sister, Elvey Brown of Calgary; in addition to numerous nieces and nephews, other relatives, and many cherished friends. Art was predeceased by his parents; his son, Randy in 2008; and two brothers, Len in 2014; and Ken in 2012. A Public Memorial Service in Celebration of Art’s Life will be held at the Peter Lougheed Community Centre, Rimbey on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. with the Reverend Deborah Laing offi ciating. Cremation took place at the Central Alberta Crematorium, Red Deer. Interment will be held at a later date in the West Haven Cemetery, Rimbey. If friends desire, memorial tributes in Art’s Memory may be made directly to the Canadian Diabetes Association, #6, 5015 - 48 Street, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 1S9; or to the Kitchener #95 Masonic Lodge, c/o Box 1999, Rimbey, Alberta T0C 2J0. Condolences to the Frayn Family may also be expressed by e-mail to: special_refl [email protected]

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SHAWJoyce1932 - 2015Mrs. Joyce Shaw, beloved wife of Mr. Morley Shaw of Bowden, Alberta, passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, Red Deer on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at the age of 82 years. Joyce will be lovingly remembered by her husband, Morley; son, Brian (Patti); daughter, Heather (Robin) and granddaughters, Megan (Jesse) and Lynn. She will also be sadly missed by her sister, Millie; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, extended family and dear friends. Honoring Joyce’s wishes, no formal funeral service will be held. If desired, Memorial Donations in Joyce’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation atwww.rdrhfoundation.com/donate-now.Condolences may be sent or

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WASHINGTON — The White House is calling on lawmakers to work out their divisions over an autho-rization to use military force against Islamic State militants and says President Barack Obama is open to changes to his initial proposal to achieve a com-promise.

Obama wants authorization to pursue the violent extremist group across international boundaries, but would be willing to accept amendments to much of the rest of his draft, the White House says. That includes his proposed three-year time limit on U.S. military action and the most contentious language over the use of American troops.

After a weeklong holiday break, Congress re-turned to Washington on Monday and the White House is arguing it’s up to lawmakers to work out their disputes now that the president has made his offer. “It’s their turn to take the lead and to walk it through the legislative process,” said White House press secretary Josh Earnest.

Some Republicans say Obama’s proposal is too restrictive for the mission to succeed. On the other side, some Democrats want more limitations on Obama’s authority so the United States doesn’t sign on for another open-ended war.

Republican Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker plans to hold hearings on the legislation over the next couple of weeks and said he’s keeping options open on the best way to proceed. He said options include amending Obama’s proposal or to “start whole cloth from a clean fresh beginning.”

Obama argues he doesn’t need a new authoriza-tion to pursue Islamic State terrorists legally — and he’s been launching strikes against them for months based on authorizations given to President George W. Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. But critics say Obama’s use of those authorizations is a stretch at best, and the White House has taken a new position that makes it clear it doesn’t see reliance on that authority as ideal, either. White House officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the negotiations on the re-cord.

The White House now says if a new authorization is signed into law, Obama will no longer rely on the authority approved in 2001 to pursue the Islamic State group and instead solely rely on the new pow-ers.


GENEVA — Edging toward a historic compro-mise, the U.S. and Iran reported progress Monday on a deal that would clamp down on Tehran’s nuclear activities for at least 10 years but then slowly ease restrictions on programs that could be used to make atomic arms.

Officials said there were still obstacles to over-come before a March 31 deadline, and any deal will face harsh opposition in both countries. It also would be sure to further strain already-tense U.S. relations with Israel, whose leaders oppose any agreement that doesn’t end Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to strongly criticize the deal in an address before Congress next week.

Still, a comprehensive pact could ease 35 years of U.S-Iranian enmity — and seems within reach for the first time in more than a decade of negotiations.

“We made progress,” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said as he bade farewell to members of the American delegation at the table with Iran. More discussions between Iran and the six nations engag-ing it were set for next Monday, a senior U.S. official said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the sides found “a better understanding” at the negotiating table.

Western officials familiar with the talks cited movement but also described the discussions as a moving target, meaning changes in any one area would have repercussions for other parts of the ne-gotiation.

The core idea would be to reward Iran for good behaviour over the last years of any agreement, grad-ually lifting constraints on its uranium enrichment and slowly easing economic sanctions.

Iran says it does not want nuclear arms and needs enrichment only for energy, medical and scientific purposes, but the U.S. fears Tehran could re-engi-neer the program to produce the fissile core of a nuclear weapon.

The U.S. initially sought restrictions lasting up to 20 years; Iran has pushed for less than a decade. The prospective deal appears to be somewhere in the middle.

One variation being discussed would place at least a 10-year regime of strict controls on Iran’s ura-

nium enrichment. If Iran complied, the restrictions would be gradually lifted over the final five years.

One issue critics are certain to focus on: Once the deal expired, Iran could theoretically ramp up en-richment to whatever level it wanted.

Experts say Iran already could produce the equiv-alent of one weapon’s worth of enriched uranium with its present operating 10,000 centrifuges. Sev-eral officials spoke of 6,500 centrifuges as a potential point of compromise, with the U.S. trying to restrict them to Iran’s mainstay IR-1 model instead of more advanced machines.

However, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said last year that his country needed to increase its output equivalent to at least 190,000 of its present-day centrifuges.

Under a possible agreement, Iran also would be forced to ship out most of the enriched uranium it produced or change it to a form that would be dif-ficult to convert for weapons use. It takes about one ton of low-enriched uranium to process into a nucle-ar weapon, and officials said that Tehran could be restricted to an enriched stockpile of no more than about 700 pounds.

The officials represent different countries among the six world powers negotiating with Iran — the United States, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia.

Formal relations between the U.S. and Iran, sev-ered during the Iranian revolution and hostage crisis in 1979, have progressively improved since moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took office in 2013. Further reconciliation would help the West in a region where Iran holds considerable sway and the U.S. is increasingly involved in the struggle against Islamic extremists. But even if the two sides agree to a preliminary deal in March and a follow-up pact in June, such a two-phase arrangement will face fierce criticism from Congress and Israel, both of which will argue it fails to significantly curb Tehran’s nu-clear weapons potential.

Israel was already weighing in.Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon warned that such

a deal would represent “a great danger” to the West-ern world and said it “will allow Iran to become a nuclear threshold state.”

In Washington, President Barack Obama has been trying to keep Congress from passing new sanctions against Iran that he says could scuttle further diplo-macy and rekindle the threat of a new Mideast war.

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Tuesday, Feb. 24CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS

DATE: Kristin Davis, 50; Billy Zane, 49; Abe Vigoda, 94

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today will herald in stability within your re-lationships. Share wise counsel with others. Allow for greater possibilities to emerge within this world, let others blow your mind by their truly inspir-ing imagination. Find it in your heart to forgive anyone or anything for past mistakes and step forward with a much more positive mind set.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will offer you great-er abundance in terms of holistic rem-edies. You are starting to see what love truly is now. So, do expect solid ad-vancements within those areas as you progress forward. It is the year to heal all past issues that have troubled you. Take the time to look after your health and step up your holistic understand-ing with the public now.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Share your sage wisdom and love with others today. It will not only help you feel like a heavy load has been lifted off your back, but also it will be cathartic to let go of the unnecessary burdens. More fun and socializing is promised now. Allow for greater truth to emerge.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You will see your life flash before your eyes to-day. So, please be careful to not jump when you should be standing still. Take the opportunity to create some much needed space between you and others. It is not the time to endure painstaking service. Relax now.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Marriage proposals for either you or for one of

your friends will be highlighted now. Maybe a wish comes true for you also. Others in your life will offer you solid advice about whom you should be with or not. Take the time to create the life you want to lead.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your fi-nances will increase when you start taking action towards your profession-al life. This can also indicate that you will be a mother as well. Whoever ap-pears in your life now will shower you with solid love and truth. Wisdom is being shared today, listen to others.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Share your knowledge with friends; they are open to hear all about what your truth is. It is really easy for you to pick up on others’ feelings now. Take the time to properly sort through who you should be with or not. Face any fears you have as opening a door to the truth.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take the time to socialize with family now. Get all that you need from them, in terms of wisdom and strength. Accept that you are now able to create a new life within your family heritage and slowly move in that direction. You will easily pick up on others’ feelings today.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Solid com-munications will now receive praise from those close to you. You are now able to create the perspective you want within your life. Allow for others to reach higher than you at this stage and soon the balance will be restored. You are wise, share your knowledge now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you are looking to increase your finances, then now is the time to do so. You will have the stability and perseverance to do so now. Do share your knowledge about

holistic health choices. Accept the truth and push through any barriers that you believe you have.

SAGITTARI-US (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you are waiting for love, then the time is right for you to accept the truth of the matter and receive that love with deep humility and wisdom. We all have a common ancestry that far ex-ceeds anyone’s understanding about the true perspective of the world.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You will be feeling excellent as you clear away past issues that have troubled

you with siblings. Take the time to en-courage others through any issues that they might be having at this stage in the game. Understand that you are now speaking the truth.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Share your love and good tidings with friends today. It is one of those times when sol-id advancements can be made within your life, especially when it comes to your wishes. Take the time to create a healthy rapport with others now. Be grateful for your truth today.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Today will welcome in some stable money or perhaps others will simply value you on a professional level more. Look deep inside the realm of all possibili-ties when dealing with what you ingest spiritually. Step away from those who don’t see life at the same level now.

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Dear Annie: I am concerned about my grandson’s well-being. My daughter has always had “cuddle time” with “Joey.” It was OK when he was little, but now that he is turning seven, it seems worse. Now she is talking about get-ting him a new bedroom set that will be big enough for the both of them.

She says she sleeps better when she sleeps with Joey. I can only assume that means she doesn’t sleep much with her husband. I think this is getting a little bit out of hand. Joey is old enough to sleep by himself.

What do you think of this? And what should we do, if any-thing? — Concerned Grandpar-ents

Dear Grandparents: It wor-ries us when parents put their own needs above those of their child and selfishly con-vince themselves there’s nothing wrong with it. But there is.

Cuddle time with Joey is fine. He’s only seven. But your daughter should not be sleeping with the boy or, worse, giv-ing him the impression that they share a bedroom. This is not only terrible for Joey, but for her marriage. Most young boys adore their mothers, so the mes-sage she is sending Joey is confusing and damaging and sets up a rivalry with his father. Unless she wants Joey to spend his adulthood in therapy, tell her to stop this immediately. We hope she loves Joey enough to do what’s right.

Dear Annie: I live in a southern city, and many northerners have moved here and attend our church. Most are delight-ful, and we love having them. But we are having a problem with one of the women.

“Doris” is an eager volunteer and a competent, efficient worker who is anx-ious to take on more responsibilities. Unfortunately, she also can be rude, ag-gressive, condescending and almost com-bative.

We suspect she doesn’t intend to be so difficult, but her demeanour unfortu-nately follows the old-fashioned stereo-typical “New York pushy” attitude.

We want Doris to feel welcome and included in more activities, but we find

ourselves making excuses to stay out of her way.

How can we let her know that her at-titude is obnoxious? We don’t want to offend her. She has many good quali-

ties, but needs to tone it down a whole lot to make herself more pleasant to be around. — Southern Sally

Dear Sally: Some of Do-ris’s aggressive attitude may diminish over time, simply by being around others who are less so. But it’s certainly OK to say gently, “Doris, your enthusiasm is wonderful, but could you tone it down just a wee bit?” Say it with a genu-ine smile, and perhaps ask for her opinion on a different matter. She cannot modify her behaviour if she is unaware that it needs work. Surely she would want the opportunity to be less annoying rather than

be isolated and rejected.Dear Annie: I would like to reach out

to “Distraught,” who recently found out that his eldest son molested his siblings. He wondered whether the eldest son had been abused by a parish priest.

I am greatly saddened by his loss and the pain endured by his family. I would like him to know that there is great hope for healing and that he and his family don’t have to struggle with this alone.

Every Roman Catholic diocese in the United States has at least one individual who serves as a victim assistance coordi-nator.

These co-ordinators are caring and compassionate people whose calling is to help individuals and families find hope and healing after abuse. Please encour-age “Distraught” to contact a victim as-sistance coordinator through the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/child-and-youth-protection/victim-assistance-coor-dinators.cfm. — Grand Island, Neb.

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FOOD D5TUESDAY, FEB. 24, 2015

Whether it is loaf of bread or dinner buns, I love having a basket wafting with sweet aromas enticing, almost teasing everyone at the din-ner table.

You just can’t beat the feeling or the taste of bit-ing into a warm bun.

This doesn’t occur dur-ing the hectic weekday suppers — in fact, it rare-ly happens.

However, more often than not when slow cook-er stews and soups are being served, I replace the bread with quick but-termilk biscuit.

I will admit, my family isn’t cheering or jumping up and down when they uncover the basket to dis-cover they are biscuits. They prefer the hot dinner rolls be-cause embarrassingly, in the past, most of the biscuits my family has endured have been the dense hock-ey puck variety — until recently.

Always trying to improve my culi-nary techniques, I went in search of developing a foolproof biscuit reci-pe. What I discovered was that mak-ing a good biscuit had little to do with the recipe or ingredients and everything do with technique.

Because there is no rising time, biscuits are classified as a quick bread. But if you look at the steps to making good biscuits, you may see they have more similarities to a pastry pie crusts than to bread. A moist loaf of bread depends on working and kneading the dough to build up the gluten, while biscuits get their appealing sought-out flaki-ness and lightness by preventing the same gluten from developing. Like any good pie crust, talked-about bis-cuits are produced when dough is handled minimally and gently.

There are three critical steps: incorporating cold butter into the flour mixture, handling the dough and baking at high temperature.

Similar to making pie crusts, cold butter is cubed and then tossed into the flour mixture until each piece of fat is fully coated. Using hands, the fat is incorporated by rubbing the butter between the fingers, main-taining large enough butter pieces so that they are clearly visible. Many cooks suggest pulsing it in a food processer, but in my personal com-parison, hand mixed were flakier.

Next, the buttermilk is added by gently mixing with a fork until the flour is just combined so the dough has somewhat of a dry look. To con-trol the gluten formation and to cre-ate a cohesive dough, fingers are used to gather the flour together. Through the pressing and folding process, a flat rectangle is created. Then the dough is folded over and

pressed into a rectangle again.Repeating the pressing and the

folding multiple times flattens the butter into thin sheets between

equally thin layers of flour. When baking, this technique ensures that the butter melts and steam fills the thin spac-es, creating flaky, buttery layers.

Before baking, cool things off again by allow-ing the rolled-out dough to relax in the refrigera-tor for about 10 minutes.

While forming the dough, it is best to keep everything cold. But when it comes to baking, biscuits like it very, very hot. Like pies, breads, and most yeast-risen pas-

tries, biscuits benefit from a high oven temperature. It gives an im-mediate burst of heat, creating the best oven-spring from your leaven-ing agent. For most, this magic tem-perature is 450F.

After improving my biscuit tech-nique, the biscuits are no longer just eaten during dinner; instead the leftovers are sought out for a snack or slightly warmed and slath-ered with jam for breakfast!

Cheat notes forflaky biscuits

● Control gluten formation: Glu-ten makes things chewy, rather than tender. So in the world of biscuits, we want to avoid it. To control glu-ten, stir minimally after the liquids are added. Using a fork rather than a spoon can help minimize mixing. The dough will look slightly shaggy and unfinished but don’t worry—lamination will create a more co-hesive, finished dough. Also, allow time for water absorption by chill-ing the biscuit dough before rolling it out.

● Keep your butter and liquids cold.

● Use your hands to work in the butter; this helps control the size of the butter pieces and reduces the risk of over-mixing. Be gentle! Don’t overwork or manhandle the dough. Stay relaxed. Biscuits are happy food!

● Only re-roll biscuit scraps once. Each subsequent re-rolling and cut-ting of the dough yields tougher and tougher biscuits. Get as many bis-cuits out of the first cutting as you can.

Madhu Badoni is a Red Deer-based freelance food writer. She can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @madhubadoni. Watch for Madhu’s Masala-Mix blog on www.reddeeradvocate.com.

Photos by ATUL BADONI/Freelance

Making good biscuits has nothing do with the recipe or ingredients, but everything do with technique. Once the technique is mastered, they will no longer be only for the dinner table, but instead they will be sought out for a snack or slightly warmed and slathered with jam for breakfast!

Biscuits are happy food!MAKING GOOD ONES HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH TECHNIQUE

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Buttermilk Biscuits2 cups all-purpose flour2 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon baking soda7 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cut into thin slices3/4 cup cold buttermilk2 tablespoons buttermilk for brushing

Preheat oven to 450F (220C). Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda

together in a large bowl. Using fingers, break up the fat into small globules. Pour in buttermilk; stir until just com-bined. Turn dough onto a floured work surface, pat together into a rectangle. Fold flatten back into a rectangle. Re-peat twice more, folding and pressing dough a total of three times. Roll dough on a floured surface to about half an inch thick. Cut out 12 biscuits. Transfer biscuits to the prepared baking sheet. Brush the tops of biscuits with two tablespoons buttermilk. Bake in the pre-heated oven until browned, about 12 to 15 minutes.

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POTISKUM, Nigeria — A girl as young as 10 blew herself up in a busy market in northeastern Nigeria, kill-ing herself and four others, and fueling fears Islamic extremists are using kid-napped girls as suicide bombers.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack Sunday, which also seriously wounded 46 peo-ple, but it bore the hallmarks of Ni-geria’s homegrown extremist group, Boko Haram.

The girl, who appeared to be no more than 10 years old, got out of a tricycle taxi in front of the busy cell-phone market in Potiskum then det-onated her explosives, according to Anazumi Saleh, a survivor of the attack who suffered head injuries.

Authorities were not immediately able to confirm the girl’s identity or her precise age from her remains.

In recent months, Boko Haram has begun using teenage girls and young women for suicide bombings in mar-ketplaces, bus stations and other busy areas, but the girl in Sunday’s attack appeared far younger. It is not clear whether the girls and women have set off the explosions themselves, or whether the detonations were con-trolled remotely.

Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is sinful” in the local Hausa language, attracted inter-national condemnation when its fight-ers kidnapped 276 mostly Christian schoolgirls from a boarding school in the northeastern town of Chibok in April. Dozens escaped but 219 remain missing. Boko Haram has said the girls have con-verted to Islam and been married off to extremist fighters.

Boko Haram’s vio-lent campaign in Nige-ria killed at least 10,000 people last year, accord-ing to the Council on Foreign Affairs. At least 1.6 million people have been driven from their homes in the group’s brutal five-year uprising to create an Islamic state in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation of 160 million people divided between mainly Muslims in the north and Chris-tians in the south.

Potiskum, the capital of Yobe state, has been the target of repeated attacks. In November, a

suicide bomber disguised in a school uniform set off explosives hidden in a backpack during an assembly at a high school, killing at least 48 students and wounding 79 others.

Meanwhile, Boko Haram denied a Ministry of Defence statement that Ni-geria’s military had retaken the border garrison town of Baga.

It has been reported that troops from Nigeria and neighbouring Chad were retaking towns and villages held for months by Boko Haram even as the extremists attack other northeastern communities. Scores of civilians have been killed in such attacks.

“Baga still is under the control of the mujahedeen and any claim by the regime that they took the city is their usual lie,” said a brief message posted on the Twitter account of Al-Urwa Al-Wuthqa, a group that releases propa-ganda for Boko Haram, according to the SITE intelligence monitoring ser-vice.

The Associated Press was trying to verify the situation in Baga, a town on Lake Chad near the border with Cam-eroon where the extremists are ac-cused of killing hundreds of people in a January attack after Nigerian troops fled.

The government hopes the military will be able to reclaim enough terri-tory to allow presidential elections March 28, which Boko Haram is threat-ening to disrupt.

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Weapons pullback delayed


KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine delayed a promised pullback of heavy weapons from the front line Monday, blaming continuing attacks from separatist reb-els in eastern Ukraine.

Under a peace agreement reached Feb. 12, both sides are to withdraw their heavy weapons 25 to 70 kilome-tres (16 to 44 miles) back to create a buffer zone. Ukrainian officials said Sunday they were planning to start.

However, military spokesman Lt. Col. Anatoliy Stelmakh told reporters on Monday the pullback will not begin until rebel attacks stop entirely, in line with a cease-fire that was supposed to begin Feb. 15.

Stelmakh said there were two reb-el artillery attacks overnight and al-though this is significantly fewer than in previous days, “as long as firing on Ukrainian military positions contin-ues, it’s not possible to talk about a pullback.”

Col. Valentyn Fedichev, deputy commander of the military operation against the rebels, said there had been 27 attacks against Ukrainian forces over the past 24 hours, which he said was lower than in recent days. He also indicated that no pullback was immi-nent.

“If the enemies continue to use their own heavy weapons, it is clear that Ukraine will continue to counteract these operations,” he said.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s observer mis-sion in Ukraine is supposed to be mon-itoring the weapons withdrawal. Its spokesman, Michael Bocuirkiw, told the AP on Monday the monitors had seen heavy weapons movements by both sides but could not tell whether weapons were being pulled back or just being redeployed.

Under the peace agreement that was worked out after all-night talks between Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France on Feb. 12, the weapons

pullback is to commence when shoot-ing ends and be completed within two weeks.

An Associated Press reporter on Monday saw Ukrainian forces moving back from around the town of Debalt-seve, which was captured last week by rebel forces after a fierce weekslong siege.

Both Stelmakh and Fedichev said rebels are still trying to overrun a Ukrainian government position in the village of Shyrokyne, on the outskirts of the strategic port city of Mariupol.

Rebels began moving toward Mari-upol last August, raising concerns they were seeking to seize the city in order

to establish a land corridor between mainland Russia and the Russia-an-nexed Crimean peninsula.

In Mariupol, police clashed with three suspected militants after stop-ping their car; one policeman and one suspect were killed in the shootout, re-gional police official Vyacheslav Abro-skin said on his Facebook page. He said a bag containing explosives was found after the Monday evening clash.

Russia has denied arming the reb-els, a denial scoffed at by Western na-tions and NATO, who point to satel-lite pictures of Russian weapons in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s economy has been badly

hit by more than a year of crisis that

began with the protests that eventually

drove out Russia-friendly President

Viktor Yanukovych in February 2014.

On Monday, its hryvnia currency took a

sharp fall of about 9 per cent; it’s now

about 70 per cent lower than a year

ago.

Ukraine’s national bank on Mon-

day announced that payments in for-

eign currencies would be capped at

$500,000 without letters of credit from

foreign banks, a move to stem capital

outflows that would weaken the cur-

rency further.

UKRAINE SAYS REBEL ATTACKS

ARE CONTINUING


A Ukrainian sniper guards a road near Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday. Ukraine delayed a promised pullback of heavy weapons from the front line Monday in eastern Ukraine, blaming continuing attacks from separatist rebels.

Palestinian authorities liable for Israeli terror attacks: jury

NEW YORK — The Palestine Lib-eration Organization and the Palestin-ian Authority were the catalysts for a series of terrorist attacks in the early 2000s in Israel that killed or wounded several Americans, a U.S. jury found Monday at a high-stakes civil trial.

In finding the Palestinian authori-ties liable in the attacks, jurors award-ed the victims $218.5 million in dam-ages for the bloodshed. The U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act could allow for that to be tripled.

The case in Manhattan and another in Brooklyn have been viewed as the most notable attempts by American victims of the Palestinian-Israeli con-flict to use U.S. courts to seek damages

that could reach into the billions of

dollars.

The Palestinian Authority, which

had argued that the attackers acted on

their own, said it would appeal.

“The charges that were made

against us are baseless,” Deputy Minis-

ter of Information Dr. Mahmoud Khali-

fa said in a statement.

None of the victims was in the court-

room Monday for the verdict, but their

lawyers called it a victory in the fight

against terrorism.

“It’s about accountability. It’s about

justice,” attorney Kent Yalowitz said.

He and an attorney with the Israel Law

Center, which helped with the case,

vowed to collect the damages by pur-

suing Palestinian Authority and PLO

bank accounts, securities accounts,

real estate and other property that may

be in the U.S., Israel and elsewhere.

“Now, the PLO and the Palestinian

Authority know there is a price” for

supporting terrorism, Israel Law Cen-

ter attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner

said.

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