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Promises kept,promises broken

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made 214 promises during last fall’s election. He’s delivered on 13 of them.

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Humans of Olds project building relationships

A young Olds man needs a job.But instead of focusing on the nega-

tive, Nish Naidoo, 20, picked up a Can-on Rebel and began snapping photos.

The snapshots are now part of the Humans in Olds project. It was in-spired by the popular Humans in New York photography project.

“It was always something I thought was needed especially now in 2016,” said Naidoo. “I felt that communities could come together and realize there is more to life than just focusing on the negative news … In order for Alberta to get through this year of uncertainty we really need to come together clos-

er as communities … Building rela-tionships is what will ultimately get us through this year.”

Since January, Naidoo has been tak-ing photos of everyday Olds residents and learning a little bit about the per-son behind the photo. He doesn’t ask specific questions. He just starts lis-tening.

The photo and the person’s story is uploaded to the Humans in Olds Face-book page.

The page has about 2,500 likes.By the end of the year, Naidoo

would like to create a mural of sorts to tell all the stories. So far he has about 30 portraits in his collection.

“Being in a small town in Olds ev-erybody knows a little bit about each other,” he said. “But when I see these

people in their day-to-day. They are part of my day-to-day really. Whenever I am doing that day I see them and I take their pic-ture.”

Not everyone is ready to jump on board but he tries to get peo-ple talking. He has had a few “nos.”

Recently one senior citizen caught his eye.

“He was just excited that someone had some in-

terest in him,” said Naidoo. “He was more than happy to share his life with me. The story that I got out of that was he spent a lot of time on a reserve and taught him good foundations of life. The cool part of it is later on in his life, he took six native foster kids in his home. It’s stories like that.”

Naidoo said the big picture is to have more rural communities and cit-ies in Alberta to create a Humans of Alberta project.

“We can focus all our attention on the economy,” he said. “But at the end of the day, we’re all humans … We are Albertans. We are strong and we’re go-ing to be all right.”

Naidoo has his eye on a job working for the Town of Olds.

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Virtual trek encourages community to get active

Photo by CRYSTAL RHYNO/Advocate staff

Jonah Saringo and Lynsey Hermary lead the walkers in the annual Red Deer Primary Care Network’s virtual Trek to the Hawaiian Islands.

BY CRYSTAL RHYNOADVOCATE STAFF

BY CRYSTAL RHYNOADVOCATE STAFF

And they are off.Dozens of walkers stepped out for

the launch of the Red Deer Primary Care Network’s annual virtual trek around the Hawaiian Islands at City Hall Park.

The trekking started with a short walk around the downtown streets.

Dr. Peter Bouch, one of the organiz-ers, said essentially the trek is about getting the community active in an ex-citing and fun way.

It began on Thursday but there is still time to join in on the fun. Par-ticipants are encouraged to do 10,000

steps a day for the 30 days.

While he did not have spe-cific statistics on Red Deer, Bouch said Cen-tral Alberta has been known to be slightly more less active than the rest of Al-berta.

“Red Deer is getting healthi-er,” said Bouch.

“We are try-ing to change Alberta over the years. I think with

these treks and with lots of other pro-grams and exercise equipment in the parks, the amount of exercise has im-proved.”

Bouch said most people need 30 minutes of exercise each day such as brisk walking. No gym is necessary.

“Obesity is becoming an epidemic,” said Bouch.

“We know sedentary lifestyle is a major risk factor for developing diabe-tes, high blood pressure and multiple other medical illnesses. The people who are sitting on their couches the whole time … it is as high risk as smok-ing (for illnesses) if you are inactive.”

DR. PETER BOUCH

Please see TREK on Page A2

Red Deer College drew the ire of Alberta’s auditor general for not im-plementing a recommendation made several years ago.

But, Jim Brinkhurst, chief financial officer and vice-president of college services with RDC, said they have im-plemented about 90 per cent of the recommendations and expect the issue will be resolved by the next report.

The auditor general’s report re-leased Wednesday said the college still hadn’t implemented an informa-tion technology risk assessment, the new executive committee to oversee information technology had not met and the college’s disaster recovery plan was only in draft and incomplete.

The auditor general first raised the issue with the college in 2007.

“This last year we put a signifi-cant number of resources into com-pleting this recommendation,” said Brinkhurst, pointing to the 90 per cent completion of the recommendations so far.

“There wasn’t enough of a time pe-riod for them (auditor general office) to be able to test the things we’ve put in place and to give assurance it has been fully implemented. The work was done, but there wasn’t enough time to give them the evidence.”

BY MURRAY CRAWFORDADVOCATE STAFF

Please see COLLEGE on Page A2

AUDITOR GENERAL’S REPORT

College chastised

for ITfaults

RDC EXPECTS TO RESOLVE SHORTCOMINGS SOON

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Participants log into the Primary Care Network’s website and record the number of steps on a daily or weekly basis. They can also synch the information through a fitness app with to the website.

“We don’t live in Hawaii but the weather has been good,” said Bouch. “Keep moving, get outside and enjoy what you are doing. Find some exercise that you enjoy doing it, and you (keep doing) it. Every-body has these resolutions in January. We all know that most resolutions last about 13 days. February is a good time to rejuvenate and get the people back to thinking about exercise.”

In this sixth edition of the trek, organizers decid-ed to keep the walking to one-month in order to

The auditor general said the college should have a documented risk assessment process and a com-pleted risk assessment, a documented information technology control framework with supporting doc-umented controls and processes to monitor those controls, appropriate security over information and information technology assets, a documented change management processes and evidence those process-es are followed, and a documented disaster recovery plan and evidence those plans were tested.

TREK: Record steps on a daily basis

STORIES FROM PAGE A1

COLLEGE: Evaluated on three criteria

make it more accessible. PCN is also joining forces with a provincial group for another trek next month.

To register as a team or an individual, visit www.reddeerpcn.com. There is no cost and participants can join the trek at any time.

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“We’ve met a number of these requirements over the years, but to get it fully implemented it takes a tremendous effort,” said Brinkhurst.

According to the auditor general, RDC has not documented its IT risk assessment process, docu-mented its IT control framework, fully implemented its new change management process or tested its di-saster recovery plans.

Brinkhurst said the disaster recovery plan has been fully implemented, among other measures.

“In our world its constantly changing,” said Brinkhurst referring to the IT control environment. “A set of standards you put in place today, then a year from now we have a new set of standards that we have to comply with. That environment is con-stantly changing from all kinds of different risks.”

As part of the auditor general’s report, all col-leges were evaluated on three criteria. Red Deer College recieved praise for two of those, but the IT issues fell into the third category. The college re-ceived praise for the accuracy and timeliness of its reporting to the auditor general.

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YUKON QUEST

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Yukon Quest musher Allen Moore enters Dawson City in second place, Wednesday, in Dawson City, Yukon.

CRA scam making the

rounds

People scared or concerned with a taxman calling them should be on high alert for a scam making the rounds throughout Alberta.

Lacombe, Consort and other Central Alberta po-lice agencies and RCMP detachments are reporting a telephone scam where the caller claims to be from Canada Revenue Agency. But the callers are not from the CRA.

Lacombe Police said the people claiming CRA use methods to frighten and intimidate people on the other side of the call.

The tactics they use include: Using forceful and aggressive language in an attempt to scare the tax-payer into paying a fictitious debt to the CRA.

The caller advises the taxpayer they owe out-standing taxes to the CRA and ask for immediate payment by credit card.

The taxpayer is often threatened with court charges, jail time and even deportation if they do not pay.

Consort RCMP have received several reports of a male phoning and identifying himself as a police officer for Revenue Canada. The man then claims there is a warrant out for the arrest of person the male is phoning. The male then tells the victim they owe money for taxes.

Consort RCMP say the Canada Revenue Agency and the RCMP do not operate this way.

The CRA have specific guidelines in place for when they do call to ensure personal information is protected. If a taxpayer receives a call from the CRA and wants to confirm the authenticity there are num-bers that can be called. For business related calls, 1-800-959-5525 and for individual calls, 1-800-959-8281.

A release from RCMP headquarters in Ottawa said detachments throughout Alberta continued to receive reports of Albertans being targeted by this scam. Anyone who believes they have been victim-ized should call their local police agency and their financial institution.

“Scammers are always looking for new ways to get your money or personal information,” said Assistant Commissioner Todd Shean, who leads the RCMP’s Federal Policing Special Services.

Anyone who receives calls like these should hang up and report it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501 or online at www.antifraudcen-tre-centreantifraude.ca

BY MURRAY CRAWFORDADVOCATE STAFF

Former Ukrainian-Canadian camp rezoned for agriculture

The buyer of a former Ukrainian-Canadian camp on Sylvan Lake can go ahead with his home plans.

Camp Kum-in-Yar hasn’t been used for a number of years and a buyer came along who was interested in building himself a home on the 6.3-acre site on the west side of the lake.

However, the recreational zoning in place didn’t allow for the building of a private residence. As a result, the buyer made the unusual request to rezone the property back to agriculture.

That raised concerns among some neighbours, who feared the zoning change left the site open to being developed as a farm with animals and could prove a nuisance.

The new buyer has no intention of using the land as a farm nor plans to raise farm animals, but there were concerns that could happen if the property

changed hands again.County planners said there is nothing in the Land

Use Bylaw to stop farming from happening again, although given the property’s small size and its value as a lakeshore property, that is unlikely.

Council approved the rezoning on Thursday. A de-velopment agreement requires that the new home be tied into a nearby regional sewage system.

RCMP hunting for robbery suspectRed Deer RCMP are looking for a man who

threatened to stab staff with a needle that he claimed was infected with Hepatitis C while robbing a pharmacy on Wednesday afternoon.

Police say the suspect entered the Ross Street IDA Pharmacy and wielded a needle at pharmacy staff, stating he had Hepatitis C and threatened to stab staff with an infected needle unless he was given morphine around 2 p.m. He fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of drugs.

RCMP quickly identified a suspect in this robbery and are actively searching for him.

If you have information regarding this incident, please contact the Red Deer RCMP at 403.343.5575. If you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.

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‘Jesus Loves Nerds’BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — The sobbing sister of identical twin brothers who died in an after-hours joyride down a bobsled track told mourners Thursday that “two of the biggest pieces” of her heart are gone.

Katie Caldwell said her 17-year-old brothers Jordan and Evan were fun-loving, kind and overly fond of pranks.

“Pranks between those two boys was almost their own love language, but their jokes never went too far and would have never been this cruel. Ev-an and Jordan would never have want-ed for us … to suffer like this,” she cried.

“You were taken from us too soon. There are just no words. Two of the biggest pieces of my heart are gone. You guys took those pieces with you. All I can do is stand here in front of you and ask you all to remember them.”

The twins, along with six others, snuck onto the bobsled track at Cana-da Olympic Park in Calgary early Sat-urday. The friends were tobogganing down when they hit a gate separating the bobsled and luge runs used during the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Three of those injured remained in hospital Thursday.

The twins had been “ambassadors” welcoming guests and scanning tickets at the park last season.

The boys’ father, Jason Caldwell, told the more than 2,200 people who attended the 90-minute service, that he is proud of his sons. He said they were smart, accomplished and always will-ing to help a friend.

“(Their mother) Shauna and I nev-er, ever had to have that talk with the boys about excellence. Excellence was in their hearts. There was never an I-have-to attitude. They always had an I-get-to attitude to everything they did.”

A memorial table focused on the boys’ faith and their academic achievement.

“Jesus Loves Nerds” proudly pro-claimed one poster on a table at Cal-gary’s Centre Street Church.

Medals, a ski helmet, flowers, notes from friends and T-shirts with the images of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Abraham Lincoln were carefully laid out.

Pastor Glen Nudd of Rocky Mountain Calva-ry Chapel, the family’s church, has known the boys since birth and said he has fond memories of them.

“They were full of pas-sion, excellence. They loved God and they loved people,” he recalled be-fore the memorial started.

He said the fami-ly’s faith is getting them through the ordeal.

“ I t ’ s e v e r y t h i n g . They’re very sad, but their

sadness is buoyed up by their faith in Jesus and knowing that they’re going to be together again.”

Nudd also remembered the fun side of the two young men, who took great delight when people couldn’t tell them apart.

“In fact they had a lot of fun being twins that looked exactly the same,” he

said with a smile.“How I got to finally figure out who

was who is one of them had a mullet, and that was Evan, and Evan decided to get rid of his mullet, which was hard on me, because I was back trying to fig-ure out who was who again.”

An investigation into the accident continues.


Part of a tribute table set up prior to the funeral for twin brothers Evan and Jordan Caldwell, killed in a bobsled track accident on Saturday at Canada Olympic Park, in Calgary, Alberta on Thursday.

FAITH FOCUS OF MEMORIAL FOR TWINS WHO DIED ON BOBSLED TRACK

CALGARY — A funeral was held Thursday for twin teen-age brothers Jordan and Evan Caldwell, who died during an af-ter-hours run on a bobsled track at Canada Olympic Park in Cal-gary. After the accident early Sat-urday, their parents and sister shared some background about the 17-year-old boys.

JORDAN CALDWELLHe attended Westmount Char-

ter School, where the student newspaper described him in an online profile as a “persuasive debater, passionate Model UN diplomat, strong mock lawyer, spirited student president and an energetic tubaist.” He earned 100 per cent in Math 30 even though “he did NOT like math.” He had his sights set on attending West-ern University’s Ivey School of Business.

He volunteered with an orga-nization that provides car rides and translation for refugees and new Canadians needing to see a doctor or dentist.

He tutored six kids in Spanish.He taught himself to unicycle

and would walk the dog while do-ing so.

EVAN CALDWELLHe also attended Westmount

Charter School, but switched to Ernest Manning High School for his final year to take pre-engi-neering classes. He founded a guitar club at Westmount and was a member of the debate club at Ernest Manning. He had just been offered a full scholarship at Queen’s University. He intended to get an engineering degree fol-lowed by a degree in physics.

He played guitar and taught English songs at the Calgary refu-gee centre every week.

He enjoyed basketball and weightlifting.

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COMMENT A4FRIDAY, FEB. 12, 2016

Prime minister Justin Trudeau re-turned home recently after a brief visit to Alberta, leaving behind a $250-mil-lion tip, courtesy of an ob-scure federal stability pro-gram, and his promises that our current economic pain is not being ignored back east. Call it political tour-ism.

Pain? True enough, but pain can be relative.

A recent report from the right-wing Fraser Institute says Alberta’s revenues currently are still on a par with revenues from 2012-13. That’s down from the reve-nue peak in the years that followed, but I don’t recall anyone claiming Alber-ta was a basket case four years ago.

Likewise, the report says though Al-berta’s unemployment figures are way up, they’re still on a par with levels the rest of the country has dealt with for years. And for those Albertans still employed, average wages remain well above the national average, while tax-es on those wages is well below the national average.

Pain? Get used to it, the message seems to be. This may be the new nor-mal, if ever there was a state of nor-

mality in Alberta.Trudeau’s jet had just landed be-

fore our close and loving neighbours in B.C. were holding us up — as an example of how not to run a province.

Lieut-Gov Judith Guic-hon read the words set be-fore her by premier Christie Clark, warning the people of her province in the speech from the throne, sound-ing like a mother warning her kids: “Don’t you be like those Albertans in the house across the tracks!”

Well, good idea. But it’s hardly likely that British Columbia will ever live like those Albertans across the tracks.

To do that, you’d need a 40-year run of boom-and-

bust resource cycles that contained a lot more boom than bust. You’d need to see many billions worth of foreign money invested in the province, and many billions more removed in the form of profits and dividends.

You’d need the discipline to not save a significant portion of your share of those profits and dividends through all that time. You’d need to buy your way out of labour problems in edu-cation, health care and civil service.

And you’d need to spend your resource money every year on services that a minimal tax regime could never sup-port, to keep everyone else happy.

Rock-bottom income taxes, no sales tax and no saving for the future. That’s what you’d need. For 40 years.

B.C., you don’t have that kind of discipline. If you’re fortunate, and maintain prudent management and stay away from pie-in-the-sky, we’ll-be-an-energy-superpower, you’ll never need it.

B.C.’s warning should have come earlier, and it should have been direct-ed to our loving neighbour to the east, Saskatchewan. Their energy boom was just gathering steam when the global oil price collapsed.

But there was no plan there for pru-dence, either. No plan to save signifi-cantly to smooth the cycles and to pre-pare for the day when energy revenues no longer flowed like a gusher from the ground. They never had a chance to be like our family, across the tracks.

I don’t see a significant reason why the rest of Canada should feel partic-ularly sorry for Alberta. Neither do I buy the argument that the billions we sent to Ottawa in the form of equal-ization money demands some kind of special payback.

When you’re rich, you pay your tax-es. You don’t get to ask for them back

if you piss your fortune away, or fail to prepare for an inevitable future.

I don’t much care for the Fraser In-stitute. Research is one thing, spinning the numbers is something else. But it is still true when they tell us that in the last years of the long death of our Tory dynasty, government spending ramped up nearly double the rate of our population growth, plus inflation.

A series of weak premiers, begin-ning with the last few years of Ralph Klein’s reign, through Ed Stelmach, Alison Redford, Dave Hancock and Jim Prentice, all used the province’s cash flow to minimize the effects of de-cades of poor planning — or no plan-ning at all.

If you don’t see parallels between the Alberta experience and the CBC show Schitt’s Creek, you’re not looking.

You can blame the NDP govern-ment for whatever happens next, but for what got us here, look in the mir-ror.

When even a friendly federal gov-ernment has only a tip to leave on the table for us, and when other provinces hold us up as a bad example of provin-cial stewardship, that means we’re on our own.

As Voltaire once wrote, we need to learn to take care of our own garden.

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OPINION

DOUG FIRBYSPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

One thing this week’s presidential primary in New Hampshire has proven is that Canada’s rela-tionship with its biggest neighbour, ally and trading partner is about to radically change.

It’s about to take a dramatic turn to the right. Or is it to the left?

Quite honestly, it’s hard to say which direction the relationship is going. It’s just not going to stay in the limbo it’s been under the at-times chilly watch of President Barack Obama.

This week’s New Hampshire primary signalled that Americans are toying with the idea of a really big change. One shift would take them right to Don-ald Trump, the Tea Party poster boy who wants to ban Muslims from entering the country and build a fence between the U.S. and Mexico. He trounced all Republican comers, virtually burying Marco Rubio, the moderate “establishment” GOP candidate, as an also-ran. The other shift would take the nation truly left, under self-described socialist Bernie Sanders. He shocked the Democrats by firmly outdistancing Hilary Clinton in New Hampshire.

While the New Hampshire primary settles noth-ing — months of primaries will tell the full story — it does raise the spectre of Canada having to deal with a president unlike any other in recent history. And, unlike any other recent moment, it’s almost impos-sible at this point to predict which side of the spec-

trum the leader of the world’s most powerful nation will come from.

The Trudeau government would do well to pre-pare now for a dramatically altered relationship with the U.S. The chill of dealing with Obama’s isola-tionism gave Canada headaches. One day, we might look on these days with fondness.

What would life be like for Canadians under a Trump presidency? Probably as erratic as his up-and-down debate performances. But recent com-ments give us a few clues.

Trump set off alarms when he pitched the idea of constructing a giant wall to stop illegal migrants trying to get into the U.S. from Mexico. Good news for us — pressed on whether he would build a simi-lar wall with its northern neighbour, Trump said he would not: “I love Canada.”

Yet such declarations should not mislead; Trump is unquestionably an America-first kind of guy. If protectionist measures are necessary to keep jobs in the U.S., it’s easy to imagine Trump throwing us under the bus.

A Trump Presidency will also prove awkward for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who called out Trump in December for his anti-Muslim attitudes. “I don’t think it comes as a surprise to anyone that I stand firmly against the politics of division, the politics of fear, the politics of intolerance or hateful rhetoric,” Trudeau declared in a jab pointed direct-ly Trump.

A Sanders Presidency, unfortunately, may prove just as uncomfortable for the Trudeau government.

While, at least on the face of it, Sanders seems polit-ically closer to the Trudeau government — his “so-cialist” ideas include universal health care, massive tax-funded infrastructure stimulus spending, free post-secondary tuition and guaranteed defined-ben-efit pension plans — they part company on trade.

Sanders has vowed to cancel the NAFTA, an agreement that has given Canada unique and privi-leged access to U.S. markets. And he would pull out of the “disastrous” Trans-Pacific Partnership agree-ment, which would open up 40 per cent of the world’s markets to not only the U.S. but also Canada. It is widely considered that the TPP deal cannot survive if the U.S. doesn’t stay in.

It really is too early to lose sleep on a Trump or Sanders presidency. Political fortunes in the U.S. presidential race rise and fall faster than the price of a barrel of oil.

The only thing we know for certain is that the next president of the U.S. will mean a lot to Canadians’ fortunes. Sleeping with an elephant next door, as the quotable Pierre Trudeau once quipped, means Can-ada is affected by every twitch and grunt.

When the United States is up we often enjoy the benefits; when it is down we scramble not to get caught in the wake. And when it votes to stage a po-litical revolt our lives inevitably change as a result.

That alone is good reason to follow the tragi-com-edy playing out south of the 49th parallel.

Doug Firby is Troy Media’s Editor-in-Chief

U.S. winds of change could blow us over

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — The fate of Jian Ghomeshi now rests with a Toronto judge who is expected to decide next month whether to convict the former broadcaster of sexual assault and send him to jail or declare him innocent.

The Crown said on Thursday that the three women at the heart of the trial were “unshaken” in their allegations against the one-time CBC star, while the defence steadfastly ar-gued that the complainants were unreliable witnesses who lied under oath.

The credibility and the reliability of Ghomeshi’s three accusers are key is-sues for Justice William Horkins as he mulls the case that has triggered a na-tional discussion about the challenges of reporting and prosecuting sexual

assault.Ghomeshi — the former host of CBC

Radio’s popular culture show “Q” — pleaded not guilty to four counts of sexual assault and one count of over-coming resistance by choking. His long

anticipated trial, which began on Feb. 1, became something of a spectacle, drawing large crowds to a downtown Toronto court-house.

While the 48-year-old did not take the stand, the bulk of evidence at the trial came from the three wom-en, whose allegations were linked to incidents that al-legedly happened in 2002 and 2003.

“All three Crown wit-nesses were unshaken in their allegations that they were sexually assaulted by

Mr. Ghomeshi,” Crown prosecutor Mi-chael Callaghan said in his closing ar-guments on Thursday.

Ghomeshi’s defence team offered

a starkly different view, arguing the Crown had failed to prove its case be-yond a reasonable doubt.

“It (the evidence) is so riddled with inconsistencies and improbabilities and proven lies under oath that it can-not be said to prove anything,” said Marie Henein, Ghomeshi’s razor-sharp defence lawyer who shredded the testimony of all three complainants during intense cross-examination.

“It is our respectful submission that Mr. Ghomeshi is not guilty and he is entitled to an acquittal on all counts.”

The first complainant, who cannot be identified, testified that Ghomeshi abruptly yanked on her hair when they were kissing in his car in December 2002 and then, a few days later, sud-denly pulled her hair while they were kissing in his home and then punched her in the head.

The second complainant, “Trailer Park Boys” actress Lucy DeCoutere, told court she and Ghomeshi were kissing in his bedroom in 2003 when

he suddenly pushed her against a wall, choked her and then slapped her face three times.

The third woman, who also cannot be named, testified that while kissing Ghomeshi in a park in 2003, he sudden-ly bit her shoulder and started squeez-ing her neck with his hands.

During cross-examination, however, Henein accused all three women of concealing the whole truth.

“The extraordinary fact of this case is that all three complainants withheld information from the police and from the Crown and, in my submission, most importantly from the court,” she said.

In the case of the first complainant, Henein confronted the woman with friendly emails and a bikini photo she sent to Ghomeshi after the alleged as-saults. The woman said she sent them as “bait,” hoping Ghomeshi would contact her so she could get an expla-nation for the alleged assaults. The woman said she didn’t remember the emails when she spoke with police.

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TORONTO — Closing submissions are set to begin Thursday in the Jian Ghomeshi sexual assault trial. The pro-ceedings have raised a lot of questions from the public. Here are five common queries and their answers:

1. Why was the trial heard by a judge only?

It is up to defendants to decide wheth-er they want to be tried by jury or judge alone. Ghomeshi’s team opted for a judge-only trial.

2. Why didn’t Ghomeshi testify?Those accused of crimes can’t be com-

pelled to testify. Defendants are only re-quired to attend court and to try to raise reasonable doubt about the allegations they’re facing. Only the defence can call an accused to the stand. In this case, Ghomeshi’s lawyers declined to have him testify.

3. Why didn’t the Crown call expert witnesses to explore some of the com-plainants’ behaviour following the al-leged assaults?

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versed in case law and precedents, and whether certain behaviours are or are not typical, so the Crown likely believed it wasn’t necessary.

4. What could be outcome of the trial?

There are several possible outcomes: Ghomeshi could be convicted of one, some or all counts of sexual assault, in which case he faces a maximum of 18 months in prison per count he could be convicted of the choking charge and face a potential life sentence or he could be ac-quitted on some or all of the charges. He could also appeal any conviction.

5. Why was the defence able to con-front some of the complainants in court with correspondence they exchanged with Ghomeshi after the alleged as-saults?

The Crown is obliged to disclose any relevant evidence they have in the case to the defence to allow the accused to mount a full defence. The defence, how-ever, is under no such obligation to pro-vide disclosure to the Crown, which could explain why prosecutors and complainants appeared blindsided by some of that evi-dence.

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Promises kept, promises brokenBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Promises, promises.Justin Trudeau made 214 of them

during last fall’s marathon election campaign, according to TrudeauMetre.ca, a non-partisan, citizen-driven web-site that tracks if and when the prime minister delivers on his commitments.

As his Liberal government prepares to mark its 100th day in power Friday, the website reckons Trudeau has so far delivered on 13 promises, started 29 more and broken at least two.

While some of the website’s con-clusions are debatable, they under-score that despite a running start, the government has made barely a dent in a sweeping platform that promised transformative change on multiple fronts: stimulating the stagnant econo-my, transforming government and even overhauling how governments are cho-sen.

A number of big promises, such as a new child care benefit and massive in-frastructure investments, are expected in the Trudeau government’s maiden budget late next month.

Here’s a look at what’s been accom-plished — or not — so far:

PROMISES KEPT● A more open, accessible style of

governance, working with provincial and municipal leaders and striking a less adversarial tone.

● A cabinet with as many women as men.

● A 20.5 per cent income tax rate for Canadians earning between $45,282 and $90,563, down from 22 per cent.

● A new 33 per cent tax bracket on income of more than $200,000.

● Restore the mandatory long-form census.

● Unmuzzle scientists.● An arm’s-length advisory body to

recommend merit-based nominees for the Senate.

● Withdraw Canadian fighter jets from Syria and Iraq. This week, Trudeau said the jets will be coming home by Feb. 22 while the government beefs up humanitarian aid and mili-tary support to train Iraqi ground forc-es.

● Improve access to and reduce the cost of prescription drugs. The federal government has joined the provinces in a cheaper bulk-buying scheme.

PROMISES BROKEN(or likely to be)

● Bring in 25,000 government-as-sisted Syrian refugees by the end of last year, at a cost of $250 million. Lo-gistical hurdles and security concerns forced the government to extend the schedule and inflate the price tag. It is now aiming to bring in 25,000 by the end of February, only about 15,000 of them government-assisted refugees, the rest privately sponsored. It intends to bring in another 10,000 govern-ment-assisted refugees by the end of the year. Estimated cost: $678 million over six years.

● Immediately implement fire-arm-marking regulations to help po-lice trace guns used in crime, post-poned by the Conservatives last Au-gust. A briefing book prepared for

Trudeau indicated the government had planned to meet the promise in its first 100 days.

● Run deficits of less than $10 bil-lion in each of the first three years of its mandate, still reducing the debt-to-GDP ratio each year and balancing the books in the final year. Trudeau has acknowledged the deficit will exceed $10 billion this year and that it will be difficult to balance in the fourth year.

● The tax break for middle-income earners was to be revenue-neutral, paid for by hiking taxes for the wealth-iest one per cent. In fact, it will cost the federal treasury $1.2 billion a year.

● Trudeau’s verbal promise to “re-store” door-to-door home mail deliv-ery. The Liberals have reverted to the platform’s more cautious wording: stop the Conservative plan to end door-to-door delivery and launch a review of Canada Post.

Trudeau casts doubt on balanced-budget vowOTTAWA — Prime Minister

Justin Trudeau is backing away from a campaign vow to balance the public books before the end of his government’s four-year mandate — a pledge that was central to the Liberal election platform.

As a result of a weakening economy, the government’s up-coming 2016-17 budget plan will show a deficit larger than the Liberals’ promised $10-billion shortfall cap, Trudeau told Mon-treal’s La Presse newspaper.

Just how big that deficit will be remains unclear.

If the economy continues to deteriorate, it will be difficult for the Liberals to live up to their pledge to balance the books in 2019-20, Trudeau said in the in-terview published Thursday.

Less than two months ago, Trudeau insisted that the Liber-al plan to make good on that key balanced-budget promise was “very” cast in stone.

The doubts raised by Trudeau offer a glimpse of the fiscal pres-sure faced by the Finance De-partment as it crafts the govern-ment’s first federal budget, ex-pected late next month.

“If we look at the growth pro-jections for the next three or four years, it will be difficult (to re-turn to balance),” Trudeau was quoted by La Presse as saying.

“But everything we’re doing is aimed at creating econom-ic growth. When predicting the level of growth four years in ad-vance, governments often miss the target.”

Trudeau said the Liberal gov-ernment still intends to fulfil its other, more flexible “fiscal anchor” — lowering the debt-to-GDP ratio in every year of its mandate.

By zeroing in on debt-to-GDP, economists say the Liberals could run annual deficits of up to $25 billion in the coming years and still push the ratio down-wards, as long as the economy grows at a decent pace.

The Liberals have promised to run deficits in the coming years in order to be able to spend bil-lions on projects like infrastruc-ture, which they predict will cre-ate jobs and revive the economy.

PM says Canada will seek Security Council seat

OTTAWA — United Nations Sec-retary General Ban Ki-moon praised Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for last year’s climate-change charm offensive in Paris, but urged him to

spend more of Canada’s wealth on the world’s poorest people.

The usually staid Ban appeared al-most gleeful at times Thursday as he took Trudeau up on his offer to re-en-gage with the UN during a packed, day-long visit to Ottawa, including high-level meetings on Parliament Hill, a feel-good assembly at a bois-terous local high school auditorium,

and a gala dinner at the Canadian Museum of History.

“I am here to declare that the United Nations enthusiastical-ly welcomes this commitment,” Ban declared. He praised not only Trudeau’s climate-change advocacy, but his desire to return Canada to its peacekeeping roots — which, he said, Canada helped create under external

affairs minister Lester Pearson in the

1950s.

Trudeau confirmed that Canada is

looking to win a seat on the Security

Council as part of a move to renew its

relationship with the world body.

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might not come until after 2020.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participates in a student assembly with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at Glebe Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, Thursday.

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OTTAWA — The country’s allies have given their unqualified — even avid — political and military blessing to Canada’s retooled mission against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Defence Minis-ter Harjit Sajjan insisted Thursday.

Sajjan, who is in Brus-sels for NATO meetings, said Lt.-Gen. Sean Mac-Farland — the U.S. Army officer commanding the campaign against ISIL — considers Canada’s new mission to be “for-ward-looking.”

Sajjan said MacFar-land told him that the Trudeau government’s plan to replace aeri-al bombing runs with beefed-up training efforts on the ground will help him better plan the next phases of the war, the centrepiece of which will likely be the step-by-step recapture of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city in the Kurdish north.

Iraq’s defence minis-ter, Khaled al-Obaidi, was also said to be enthusias-tic about the assignment of a strategic team to the country’s defence minis-try in Baghdad, where it will help restructure and mentor the support bu-reaucracy.

Oland gets life for murder: ‘A

family tragedy of Shakespearean

proportions’SAINT JOHN, N.B. —

Dennis Oland has been sentenced to life in prison with the earliest possible chance of parole eligibil-ity — 10 years — for the second-degree murder of his millionaire father.

Justice John Walsh said Thursday the young-er Oland, an investment advisor, “simply lost it, snapped, or exploded.”

“This was a family tragedy of Shakespearean proportions,” Walsh said.

A jury found Oland guilty of Richard Oland’s murder in December fol-lowing a trial that lasted four months and captured widespread public atten-tion.

On Thursday, Oland’s lawyer, Gary Miller, pleaded with Walsh to consider his client’s chil-dren in setting the sen-tence.

Miller provided Walsh with character referenc-es from Oland’s family, saying he was needed and loved. He said the case doesn’t require more than the minimum of 10 years before parole eligibility.

“I beg your lordship, give him the kind of sen-tence that allows him to get home to his family as soon as possible,” Miller told a crowded Saint John courtroom.

Oland declined an offer from the judge to offer his own comments.

Walsh noted a pre-sen-tence report described Oland as a well-educated, 47-year-old man with no previous criminal record. He also said Oland told a parole officer that he can’t feel remorse be-cause he is innocent.

All 12 jurors recom-mended that Oland have no chance of parole for 10 years. But Crown lawyer Patrick Wilbur said the brutal nature of the elder Oland’s death called for a sentence of between 12 and 15 years in jail before parole eligibility.

Richard Oland’s body was found face down in a pool of blood in his Saint John office on July 7, 2011. He had suffered 45 blunt and sharp force blows to his head, neck and hands, although no weapon was ever found.

Group urges Ottawa to allow dementia

patients to request assisted death in

advanceTORONTO — The ad-

vocacy organization Dying With Dignity is urging Ottawa to include a provi-sion for advance consent in right-to-die legislation that would allow people diagnosed with demen-tia to arrange for physi-cian-assisted death while they are still cognitively competent to make the choice.

Shanaaz Gokool, national campaigns director for the Toronto-based group, said the ability to provide advanced consent for assisted death is critical for people who have been told they have a progressive and eventually fatal medical condition such as Alz-heimer’s disease.

“Because here’s what we know,” Gokool said Thursday. “Without advance consent, people with a diagnosis of dementia have an incredibly cruel choice — to die a horrific death where they may be bedridden and traumatized because they’re unable to recognize anybody … or choose to end their lives too early before dementia robs them of their own ability to die with dignity.”

A poll commissioned by Dying With Dignity and

released Thursday suggests 80 per cent of Canadians agree that individuals with a terminal medical con-dition like dementia should be permitted to consent to assisted death in advance.

The Ipsos-Reid poll of more than 2,500 Canadians, conducted online Feb. 2 to 5, comes as the federal government is in the midst of preparing new regula-tions for physician-assisted dying, which will become legal in June following a Supreme Court of Canada ruling last February.

Full results of the poll, which are considered ac-curate within plus or minus 2.2 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, are available online at: http://www.dyingwithdignity.ca/advance—consent—assisted—dying—poll.

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In the spring of 2013 Spen-cer Klassen made a commit-ment to himself and RDC Kings basketball head coach Clayton Pottinger that he would eventually make his way to RDC.

Two years later the Lind-say Thurber grad fulfilled his commitment.

“I talked with Clayton at the end of my Grade 12 year (in 2013) and told him I want-ed to take some time off and I would come back. He told me at the time when most guys step away from the game they don’t return. But I said he’d see me again.”

Pottinger admits he was a bit surprised when he was contacted by the six-foot-two native of Red Deer.

“In most cases when guys take a year or two off that spelled a death sentence to their career,” said Pottinger. “He was out of sight, out of mind until he showed up and said he was interested in trying out. When he walked in he looked fit and ready to go. He’s an exception to the rule in that regard.”

Pottinger invited Klassen to attend an ID camp and he impressed right away.

“He asked me to come back and it’s worked out better than I even expected,” said Klassen, who worked for two years following high school and didn’t even play senior men’s basketball.

“I tried something different and after the two years I decided it wasn’t for me and I wanted to go back to school and try to play some basketball,” he explained. “I figured I’d give it a try as I was going to school no matter what.”

Klassen said he was overwhelmed at first.

“But Clayton said to keep coming back.”He was listed as a red shirt to start training camp,

but quickly earned a spot on the regular roster.“It was a bit of luck and I kept busting my butt,”

he said. “It was a huge difference between high school and college, but I believe the two years off helped me a lot. I worked out, got stronger and quicker and way more mature. If I was still 18 there’s no way I’d be where I am today.”

In high school Klassen was one of the premier of-fensive players in Central Alberta, but admitted his defence needed some work.

“Still does,” he said with a laugh. “But that’s the No. 1 reason I wasn’t playing that much to start the season. My defence wasn’t where it should be.”

But with the help of the coaching staff and his teammates Klassen has worked hard on that side of his game.

“I’m up against some of the best players in the country at practice in Anthony (Ottley) and Rodney (Teal) and match-ing up against them is huge.”

Because of injuries and team rules, Klassen has been asked to play even more than expected. He’s played in 14 games and has 61 points and 25 rebounds.

“He’s been a pleasant sur-prise,” said Pottinger. “We believed he’d come in and take time to develop, but he’s played well and was thrust in-to a situation where he had to play more minutes than expected. We feel kind of bad as we’ve forced him in a bit, but he’s taken it in stride and loves the opportunity.”

Like a majority of Central Alberta kids Klassen

played hockey until he was in peewee. In Grade 5 he found basketball and made the switch.

“I played in the Hoops program and in school and loved it,” he said, giving credit to Stephen Pottage for his early development.

“He coached me from Grade 5 to Grade 8 and helped me learn the game. I attended some camps in Edmonton and Calgary and in high school I had a good coach in Dwayne Lalor. Dwayne helped me a lot, he allowed me to play my game and shoot a lot.”

It was his shooting that gave him an opportunity to make the Kings roster.

“In preseason I was red shirting but still got to play and hit 100 per cent on my threes, so that helped,” he said.

Of the 61 points he has this season, 24 have been from three-point range as he’s hit on eight-of-16.

Klassen knows he still has work to do, but isn’t afraid of what’s ahead of him.

“I try to focus and put in the effort. I know it’s a process but I want to work hard and go from there.”

The nice thing for the Kings, is that he’s in edu-cation and will be with the team for at least three years.

“I could be here all five. I know I grew up watch-ing the Kings and it’s awesome to be playing here, so I’m going to enjoy it.”

Klassen and his teammates will be in action this weekend as they face the St. Mary’s University Light-ning of Calgary in a home-and-home series — today at 6 p.m. at RDC and Saturday in Calgary.

The Kings sport an 11-4 record while St. Mary’s is 5-11. The Queens will have their hands full against the 13-3 SMU squad, which is second in the South. RDC, 7-8, needs the wins as they sit two points out of a playoff spot.

Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at [email protected]. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

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McDavid leads Oilers past LeafsBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Oilers 5 Leafs 2EDMONTON — Connor McDavid

continues to show why he has been labelled as a potential generational talent.

McDavid had two goals and three assists as the Edmonton Oilers came away with a 5-2 victory over the Toron-to Maple Leafs on Thursday in a battle between the NHL’s two lowest-ranked teams.

“We needed this,” McDavid said. “There was a lot of pressure on us coming in, playing against a team that was desperate and missing a lot of guys. They played a great game in terms of structure and not giving up too much. But it was a big night for us to start off the homestand.”

Jordan Eberle scored three goals and added an assist for the Oilers (22-29-5), who snapped a three-game losing streak.

Along with a four-assist perfor-mance from Benoit Pouliot, the line combined for 13 points.

“I think the more we play together the better we will be,” Eberle said. “Tonight was obviously our best, we put up goals and whatnot. But it was the little plays that I really liked. Com-ing out of our end, cycling, I thought we did a better job of that. Chemistry is not something you get right away, you’ve got to grow it a bit.”

Oilers head coach Todd McLellan said sometimes all you can do is sit back and watch McDavid, the 19-year-old phenom.

“His performance did all the speak-ing,” he said. “You turn into a fan as a coach and as players and just admire what he and his linemates did.”

Josh Leivo and Jake Gardiner re-plied for the Maple Leafs (19-25-9), who have lost three in a row.

“I didn’t mind our game to tell you the truth,” said Toronto head coach Mike Babcock. “We threw the puck

away on their fourth goal, which I didn’t like to see, there was no reason to do that. But we got ourselves in a good spot and in the end. We didn’t fin-ish and they did.

Edmonton scored on the first shot of the game 3:29 into the first period as Benoit Pouliot sent in McDavid on a breakaway and he deked around To-ronto goalie Jonathan Bernier to de-posit his eighth goal of the season.

Toronto responded eight minutes into the first as Leivo picked the top corner to beat Oilers starter Cam Tal-

bot. Leivo left the game later in the period with an upper-body injury.

Edmonton restored its lead six-and-a-half minutes into the middle frame as Eberle picked up a bouncing puck in front of the net and sent home his 16th of the year.

The Oilers made it 3-1 late in the second on a power play as McDavid spotted Eberle all alone at the side of the net and he potted his second of the game.

Toronto got one back with 15 sec-onds left in the middle frame as a Gar-

diner shot appeared to carom off a pair of Oilers before ending up behind Talbot.

McDavid salted the game away with six minutes left, scoring his second of the contest on a shot from the slot.

Eberle added an empty-net goal for his first career NHL hat trick after previously recording two-goal games 17 times.

Both teams return to action on Sat-urday as the Oilers play host to the Winnipeg Jets and the Leafs travel to Vancouver to face the Canucks.


Toronto Maple Leafs’ Peter Holland (24) and Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid (97) battle for the loose puck during first period NHL action in Edmonton, on Thursday. The Oilers won the game 5-2.

Toronto rolling out red carpet for NBA starsBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Toronto is about to finally pull back the curtains on the first NBA all-star game ever to be played outside of the United States — an idea that had its beginnings with a pencil and a blank sheet of paper more than 20 years ago.

It was 1994 when Isiah Thomas, the Raptors’ first-ever general manager, and John Bitove, the Toronto businessman who led the club’s ownership group, sat down to draw up a wish list.

“Literally we were writing down our hopes, our dreams, our visions for the Raptors. And one of the dreams was to play the first international all-star game outside of the U.S.,” Thomas said. “That first year, we were just hiring staff, bringing people in, we hadn’t even brought in players, and we were talking about the all-star game.

“It’s remarkable to see the energy now around town, it’s remarkable to see the evolution of the sport, and the explosion of the sport that has taken place here,” he added, during a break at an NBA fan event at the University of Toronto.

Both the Raptors and the Vancouver Grizzlies played their first game in 1995. But while support for the Grizzlies fizzled in Vancouver — the franchise eventually moved to Memphis after the 2000-01 sea-son — the NBA has flourished in Toronto.

The Raptors have sold out 63 consecutive games at the Air Canada Centre. Co-captains Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan will suit up for the East in Sun-day’s 65th annual all-star game, marking the first time two Raptors have been voted into the game. The No. 2 Raptors are chasing the Cleveland Cavaliers for top spot in the Eastern Conference.

And a generation of Canadian kids that grew up

on a steady diet of hihglights from high-flying Rap-tors superstar Vince Carter can be seen in reigning rookie of the year Andrew Wiggins and Kentucky Wildcats star Jamal Murray.

“We’re at that point where kids like Drake, who grew up on the sport, they’re now grown men, but they fell in love with the sport and they’re spreading the word about how good the sport is here,” Thomas said. “To see the evolution and the explosion of bas-ketball across Canada, and to have the kids growing up and becoming lottery picks and becoming MVPs of the league, it’s pretty phenomenal what’s going on here.”

Three Canadians — Wiggins, Dwight Powell and Trey Lyles — will play for the World Team versus the U.S. in Friday’s Rising Stars game.

“To see the Jamal Murrays and the latest wave of Canadian players, and who knows who’s behind that wave, that’s exciting for Canada, and speaks well for the development that’s going on here,” said Glen Grunwald, who spent seven years as the Raptors’ GM.

And the Canadian influence on the game can be felt outside the boundaries of the basketball court, Thomas pointed out.

“Every time you talk about basketball nowadays,

there’s some type of Canadian influence, whether on a team, or a coaching staff (think Jay Triano in Port-land, or reigning NBA D-League coach of the year Scott Morrison), or in management,” said the 12-time NBA all-star. “It’s permeated the NBA.”

While the all-star idea was moved to the back-burner from those early pencil-and-paper days of the Raptors, it re-emerged in the Bryan Colangelo era. Toronto was awarded the all-star game in 2013, and this week the city will roll out the red carpet for the game’s biggest stars, along with countless celebrities and more than 330 international journalists from 40 countries.

Raptors president and GM Masai Ujiri is looking forward to playing host to the league’s biggest party.

“We just want to show who we are,” Ujiri said. “Beautiful people, beautiful city, great restaurants, it’s a great festival.”

While the Grizzlies are long gone from Canada’s west coast, the game has continued to grow, not just in Toronto, but across Canada. Viewership of NBA games in Canada has doubled over the past three seasons according to NBA Canada, and last October played to either sellouts or large crowds in pre-sea-son games in Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver and Win-nipeg.

The Raptors take pride in being known as Cana-da’s team. They wear it in the red of their uniforms.

“(This all-star game) just continues to grow the game in Canada, and it gives Canadian fans the chance to experience the spectacle, the NBA specta-cle, and we’ve witnessed it in the last several years,” said Wayne Embry, a five-time all-star and senior adviser to the Raptors. “The world should recognize that Dr. Naismith is Canadian, and he invented the game of basketball. It’s a global game, and Canada deservedly must have a place there.”

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Boyd Gordon scored with 14 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Red Deer Rebels a 4-3 WHL win over the Calgary Hitmen on Feb. 12 of 2003, completing an impressive rally that saw the visitors battle back from a 3-0 deficit after two periods. “We’ve been really inconsistent lately, but it just goes to show that when we play like we’re supposed to play we can come back from deficits and be a hard team to beat,” said Gordon, who chipped a loose puck over netminder Gerry Festa to stun the Saddledome audience of 6,249. “We just have to get back to playing 60 minutes every night.” Rory Rawlyk, who was at fault on Calgary’s first goal, started the Red Deer rally four minutes into the third when his wrist shot from the blueline beat a screened Festa. Shay Stephenson cut the Hitmen lead to one at 16:45, digging the puck out of Festa’s skates and banging it home after taking a great feed from Ryley Layden. Then, with Ward on the bench in favour of an extra attacker, Phaneuf fired a bullet through a crowd at 19:10, pulling Red Deer even and setting the stage for Gordon’s extra-time winner.

Red Deer Rebels LW Adam Helewka fired three goals in Wednesday’s 4-1 home-ice win over the Medicine Hat Tigers to extend his current point streak to a league-best eight games. Helewka has sniped nine goals and collected two assists during the span dating back to Jan.20.

“I tend to have a wild style out there to start with, so we’ll see. I just (have to) take a deep breath here and there. I’ve got good guys on the bench with me with coaching and teammates who’ll say, ‘Hobbs, take a deep breath, man’.” — Regina Pats defenceman Connor Hobbs, to the Regina Leader-Post, on keeping his emotions on an even keel when he returns to the lineup — after missing seven games with a concussion — Friday at Prince Albert.

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He’s No. 44.That Brent Sutter has been named the

44th best player in WHL history in a league poll voted on by fans should come as no surprise consider-ing he was an elite major junior athlete who went on to forge a lengthy and highly-successful NHL career.

The eye-opener, though, is that the Red Deer Rebels GM/coach and former New York Islanders and Chicago Black-hawks stalwart appeared in only 102 WHL regular-season games with the Lethbridge Broncos be-tween the fall of 1980 and De-cember of the following year, ba-sically a season and a half.

Clearly, the impact he made during his brief time in the WHL made an impact on the league’s many followers.

His numbers were big-time impressive — 100 goals and 188 points in 102 regu-lar-season games and another 10 points — including four goals — in nine playoff contests.

Still, even Sutter said even he was sur-prised that he fared so well in the poll, vot-

ed upon after a panel of league historians selected the top 125 players for the public to consider.

“I’ve been getting texts all day. It’s an honour and I never would have expected it,” Sutter said Thursday.

The 53-year-old preferred to deflect some of the credit to many of his former Lethbridge teammates, several of whom he played with on the 1980 nation-al junior A champion Red Deer Rustlers.

“I had the opportunity to play with some very good players in Lethbridge and a lot of the guys, including myself, came from the Rustlers,” said Sutter. “So we already knew what winning was about and we got groomed at the next level.”

Joining Sutter in making the trek from Red Deer to Lethbridge were his twin brothers Ron and Rich, Randy Moller, Ivan Krook, Doug Rigler and head coach John Chapman, who assumed the bench boss role with the Broncos.

“I was very fortunate that I could play with some good players and things worked

out well in Lethbridge,” said Sutter, who scored 54 goals and collected 108 points in 68 regular-season games with the Broncos in ‘80-81 and garnered another 10 points in the playoffs.

He started off like a building in flames the following season, firing 46 goals and adding 34 assists in 34 games before be-ing summoned to the Islanders — who had drafted Sutter 17th overall in 1980 — just before Christmas.

“That second year … I don’t know what it was but we had a great start to our year,” said Sutter. “Our team was flying and all of a sudden I got called up and never went back again. It’s such a tough thing because it’s your dream to play in the National Hockey League and you’re getting called up, but you’re leaving your team behind, too.

“I was captain of the team for the year and a half I was there, so that part was hard. But it’s the nature of our game, you move on and I was very fortunate to go to a winning organization in Long Island and had the opportunity to win two Stanley Cups in a row. So it was awesome the way it worked out.”

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More than just an offensive forceDEBRUSK STEADILY IMPROVING TWO-WAY GAME AS SEASON PROGRESSESBY GREG MEACHEM

ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

It might be a stretch for Jake DeBrusk to match last season’s 42-goal output, but the 19-year-old winger won’t be losing any sleep over that likelihood.

Since being acquired by the Red Deer Rebels from the Swift Current Broncos in late December, the Edmonton native has steadily improved his two-way game and evolved into more than an offensive force. Quite simply, he’s as comfortable in the defensive zone as he is inside the opposing team’s blueline.

“Last season (with Swift Current) I was scoring lots of goals but I found I was on for a lot of goals for both teams,” he said Thursday.

“I wasn’t necessarily one-dimensional but I found that as the year went on I was getting better defensively.

“I’ve been learning a lot about that part of the game this season and I take a lot of pride in that, especially being here.”

DeBrusk and current linemates Adam Musil and Adam Helewka have displayed that they’re not only capable of filling op-position nets, but are also adept at holding opposing lines in check.

“Our line has been going up against a lot of top lines. We want to shut them down and score a couple on them as well,” said DeBrusk. “That’s something that I take pride in every single game and something that will help me make the jump to the next level. Players who are strong defensively are players who are hard to play against.”

Sutter has been impressed with De-Brusk’s willingness to play hard in all areas of the ice, although he’s not surprised that the Boston Bruins’ first-round selection — 14th overall — in last year’s NHL entry draft has embraced the two-way game.

“He’s a smart player,” said Sutter. “There’s always been the talk of Jake being (mostly) an offensive type player, yet he’s also an intelligent player, a player who un-derstands the game.

“For him to play at the next level he has to be a 200-foot player, someone who can play well in all three zones. He takes pride in that and he’s really worked at that part of his game since he’s been here. I think he’s always had that awareness, but here he doesn’t have to be the guy like he was in Swift Current. He doesn’t have to be the catalyst, he just needs to be one of our top forwards.

“It’s a situation where there’s not all the pressure on him to score and he can learn all the other ins of the game and focus on them.”

DeBrusk attended his first NHL train-ing camp in September and along with the Bruins’ other first-round picks in the 2015 draft — Jakub Zboril and Zachary Senyshyn — failed a fitness test that consisted of six back-and-forth 300-metre sprints to be com-pleted in under one minute per run.

The sprints, however, were run on a wet, slippery surface and Bruins GM Don Swee-ney shrugged off the results. He stated that he expects that all three will fare better next year, calling it an “educational pro-cess.”

“It didn’t necessarily start out the great-est,” said DeBrusk, “but overall (being at the Bruins camp) was unbelievable, pretty much a dream come true. I learned a lot from the guys. They mixed us (incoming juniors) with veterans, so we got to see what they do day in and day out as pros. I just

tried to work hard and learn as much as possible … be a sponge.

“It was pretty cool. I remember being one of the fans watching (Edmonton) Oilers practices and now I was out on the ice and fans were watching me.”

DeBrusk watched Oilers workouts while his father, Louie, was a member of the team over a six-year span. While the younger De-Brusk is willing to play a physical game, he and Louie don’t match up in terms of style.

The elder DeBrusk, a feared fighter and NHL heavyweight, was drafted by the New York Rangers in 1989 and also played with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Phoenix Coyotes and Chicago Blackhawks, but is best known for the time he spent with the Oilers. He racked up nearly 1,161 penalty minutes over the course of his 11-year career.

Despite their differing styles, Jake De-Brusk has found that the advice he’s re-ceived from his father — now an analyst on Sportsnet NHL telecasts — has helped him become a better player.

“He’s passed on some things he learned from his training camps, like how to make sure that you’re prepared,” said the Rebels forward.”He gives me pointers here and there and those go a long way.

“He was a different player than I am right now but he watches lots of hockey. He’s analyzing right now so he watches lots of pro games and knows what it takes to get

there. Whatever advice he gives me helps give me an extra edge.”

DeBrusk, who last season collected 81 points (42g,39a) with the Broncos and has produced a combined 49 points (17-32) in 43 games with Swift Current and Red Deer this season, is delighted to be part of the 2016 Memorial Cup host team.

“I’ve been really happy and excited ev-ery since I got here,” he said. “Red Deer is close to home so my family can see me play a lot more and obviously there’s the Memo-rial Cup factor and playing for Brent.

“I’m really comfortable here and I’m starting to hit my form. It’s just really ex-citing and now I’m just looking forward to the home stretch and us pushing for first place (in the Central Division and Eastern Conference). Once we get some bodies back (from injury) we’re going to have a formida-ble lineup.”

DeBrusk, in all probability, is in the midst of his final WHL season after signing an NHL entry-level contract with the Bru-ins in November. It’s almost a certainty that he’ll skate with Boston’s AHL affiliate in Providence, N.Y, next season.

“It’s a real treat and an honour,” he said, in reference to his NHL deal. “I’m really happy and proud that they offered me a contract. It’s a good step in my career … a good initial step.”

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Red Deer Rebel Jake DeBrusk handles the puck during Wednesdays game against the Medicine Hat Tigers at the Centrium this week. Debrusk has found a new elemnt to his game this season that has made him difficult to play against.


Moments after losing Canadian defensive lineman Brian Bulcke to Toronto, Kent Austin delivered a timely counter-punch to the arch-rival Argonauts.

The Hamilton head coach/GM agreed to terms with former Argos standout Chad Owens on a one-year deal Thursday, less than an hour after Bulcke agreed to go to Toronto following three seasons with the Tiger-Cats.

Owens’ contract details weren’t available, but To-ronto GM Jim Barker had said it would be financial-ly challenging to re-sign the former CFL outstanding player.

“There’s nothing we can do about it,” Barker said Thursday regarding the prospect of losing a veteran in free agency. “It’s going to happen every year.”

Toronto also lost free-agent kicker/punter Swayze Waters to the NFL’s Carolina Panthers but gained Calgary Stampeders defensive back Keon Raymond on the third day of CFL free agency.

With Bulcke gone, Hamilton re-signed Canadian free-agent defensive lineman Michael Atkinson to a two-year agreement.

For years, Owens was the face of the Argos. The five-foot-nine, 180-pound dynamo was named the CFL’s outstanding player in 2012 after registering 94 catches for 1,328 yards and six touchdowns and amassing a record 3,840 all-purpose yards.

And the 33-year-old Hawaiian capped that season off by helping Toronto win the 100th Grey Cup at Rogers Centre. He signed a lucrative contract exten-sion in June 2013 reportedly worth $225,000 annually and last year moved his family from Hawaii to live full-time in southern Ontario.

But after missing just two games his first three years in Toronto, Owens has been sidelined for 17 regular-season games the last three seasons. In 2015, he finished with 55 catches for 570 yards and two touchdowns over 13 contests.

Owens remained Toronto’s leading punt returner — 37 returns, 12.6-yard average, one TD — but CFL rookie A.J. Jefferson (26 returns, 12.5-yard average, one touchdown) also performed admirably.

Shortly after agreeing to join the Ticats, Owens graciously thanked Argos fans for their support.

“There isn’t enough words to express the grat-itude I have for the Toronto Argonauts,” Owens tweeted.

“Teammates, coaches, and fans, it may seem that I’ve given you so much, but actually you’ve given my family and I so much more!

“It would’ve been nice to finish what we started together and paddle my last canoe in double blue, but life has a way of teaching us lessons on a daily and we must acknowledge these lessons, learn from them and ultimately become better people from them.”

Owens began his CFL career with Montreal in

2009 before being traded to Toronto in June 2010. He wasted little time making an impact with the Ar-gos, capturing the league’s top special-teams player award that season.

But Owens was more than just a dynamic return-er. A four-time league all-star over his six seasons in Toronto, Owens also had 445 catches for 5,164 yards and 20 TDs. Owens cracked the 1,000-yard plateau just once but had 979 and 989 yards receiving in 2013 and ‘14, respectively.

Veteran quarterback Ricky Ray, who re-signed with Toronto in December, developed a solid on-field rapport with Owens over their four seasons together.

But Ray missed 16 starts last year recovering from off-season shoulder surgery and Trevor Har-ris seemed to mesh with Toronto’s young receiving corps led by Vidal Hazelton (70 catches, 803 yards, six touchdowns) and Tori Gurley (58 catches, 791 yards, 10 TDs).

Hamilton needed re-ceiving help after losing free-agent Bakari Grant to Calgary and speedy Terrell Sinkfield Jr. to the NFL’s Minnesota Vi-kings. Owens joins a re-ceiving corps led by Luke Tasker (76 catches, 1,066 yards, six TDs) and Andy Fantuz (42 catches, 432 yards, two TDs) and could give Hamilton a solid 1-2 special-teams punch with dangerous returner Bran-don Banks.

Owens will see a famil-iar face at quarterback — former Argo Zach Col-laros, who wasted little time extending the wel-come mat to Owens.

“Welcome to the dark side my friend! .. you’re going to love it here!” Col-laros tweeted.

Bulcke, 28, of Windsor, Ont., fills a need for To-ronto, which lost Ameri-can defensive lineman Euclid Cummings in free agency to Winnipeg. Al-so, Canadian-born tackle Cleyon Laing and interna-tional end Tristan Okpa-laugo are both exploring NFL opportunities. The six-foot-four, 285-pound Bulcke is coming off a season-ending knee inju-ry. Bulcke played in eight games in 2014 before his campaign ended prema-turely with a biceps tear.

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Queens edged by nemesis OoksBY DANNY RODE

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Ooks 5 Queens 4 (SO)Over the last three years the NAIT Ooks have

been the RDC Queens nemesis.The Queens lost to the Ooks in the Alberta Col-

leges Women’s Hockey League playoffs the past three seasons and if things continue as they are they could meet in the first round of this year’s playoffs.

So the Queens were looking to use this weekend’s home-and-home series with the Ooks as a stepping stone towards the playoffs. However the first step didn’t turn out as they hoped as they dropped a 5-4 decision to the Ooks in a shootout at the Arena Thursday.

The teams meet again tonight at NAIT.“They could well be the team we face in the

first round so these games could set the tone,” said Queens star winger Emily Swier, who did everything in her power to win the game, scoring three times and setting up Ashley Graf for a fourth goal.

“Unfortunately we didn’t pull it out tonight, but tomorrow we’ll come out stronger,” she said.

“We made some mistakes and they capitalized,” said Queens head coach Kelly Coulter. “We need to be executing at a better rate than we were tonight.”

Swier was head and shoulders the RDC player of the game as she notched her hat trick with 24.7 sec-onds remaining in the third period while the Queens were shorthanded and with their goalie out.

The third-year winger has a league leading 11 goals and 10 assists in 19 league games, which is tied for second in league scoring, one point out of first.

“I’m glad I came back this year, it’s been good, too bad I couldn’t have done a bit more tonight.”

She also scored a nifty backhand goal in the shootout against NAIT netminder Tehnille Gard. Morgan Fraser also scored in the shootout, but Eri-ka Igkesias and Breanna Frasca connected against RDC’s Alex Frisk. Frasca got an opportunity to shoot again as the fourth shooter and scored the winner.

“It was good to get the one point, but we wanted both,” said Swier.

The Queens were without high-scoring winger Jade Petrie (flu) and then lost Graf in the overtime when it appeared as if she was two-handed across the head in front of the NAIT goal. There was myste-riously no call on the play and she had to be helped from the ice.

“Ashley is with the trainer, so I can’t say right now how she is,” said Coulter.

Graf had a concussion earlier in the season and could be lost for the rest of the season if she suffered a second one.

“Jade was ill so we’re hoping she’s back tomorrow and we just have to play it by ear in Ashley’s case,” said Swier. “Our goal is to be healthy for the play-offs, so that’s all we can hope.”

The Queens, and Frisk, really weren’t as sharp as they have been. Lindsey Roth beat Frisk to open the scoring on a wrap around at 2:57 of the first period. Swier and Graf scored in the first period and Swier made it 3-1 at 2:22 of the second period. However, Kendra Hanson narrowed the gap to 3-2 on a goal

between the pads at 11:39 and then Jordyn Tibbatts tied the game on a breakaway at 12:38 on a poor line change.

Still the Queens controlled play in the second pe-riod, outshooting the Ooks 10-5.

“I thought we were better in the second period, but we seemed to back off in the third,” said Coulter. “Our forecheck is our bread and butter and we have to execute our game play. Our No. 1 strength is our skating and when we’re not skating we’re not effec-tive.”

Tibbatts scored to make it 4-3 for NAIT just 59 sec-onds into the third period on a goal that hit a couple bodies in front and trickled over the line. That set the stage for Swier’s late heroics.

“We pride ourselves of working hard right to the end and that was a good example tonight,” said Swi-er.

The Queens sit first in the league with a 16-2-3 re-cord while Grant MacEwan (12-8-0) and SAIT (10-8-4) are tied for second with 24 points, one up on NAIT (10-8-3). While the Queens have first place wrapped up the standings below them could change drastical-ly. SAIT meets GMU twice this weekend and NAIT clashes with MacEwan twice on the final weekend of the season.

The Queens finished with 33 shots on Gard and Shelby Audet, who came in following the Queens third goal and played 6:57 and faced one shot, before Gard came back. Frisk faced 26 shots.

The Queens were assessed six of 10 minor penal-ties.

Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at [email protected]. His work can be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

RDC HOCKEY

FLAMES STOP SHARKSMcDowell named to Alberta junior

golf teamBY GREG MEACHEM

ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

Chandler McDowell has a vision of himself at-tending a U.S. college on an athletic scholarship and then taking his golf game to the professional level.

“That’s my dream,” the 16-year-old Springbrook resident said this week.

McDowell has already been in contact with five schools south of the border and now, as a member of the 2016 Alberta junior team, he will get further exposure to the college scouts.

“It’s pretty cool,” said McDow-ell, in reference to his selection to the provincial junior squad last week.”Scouting-wise, colleges can get a lot more knowledge of you.

“And my development will get a boost. There’s a bunch of good staff (provincial coaches) with the team who know what they’re doing.”

The Alberta junior squad, consisting of 26 male and female players, will compete in tournaments within the province as well as Newfoundland, Que-bec and British Columbia this year.

McDowell, who captured the 2014 Alberta bantam boys title and won a bronze medal at the Western Canada Summer Games last year in Fort McMurray, is confident he’s a better golfer today than two to three years ago.

“My development has come along over the past few years. My short game has helped me a lot,” said the 16-year-old Hunting Hills High School student.

“Of course, that’s a very important part of the game, but I think it’s also important to be consistent and long off the tee and I’m pretty good at that.”

McDowell routinely smacks his driver 300 yards, and yet he often leaves his biggest stick in the bag.

“A couple of years ago a 430-yard hole was long, but now it’s not too bad,” he said. “I don’t have to use driver as much any more and I can still use a short iron into the green.”

McDowell departed for Florida Thursday and will compete in a Golfweek Junior Tour event in Orlando this weekend.

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Chandler McDowell

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Calgary Flames center Sam Bennett (93) battles for the puck against San Jose Sharks right wing Joonas Donskoi (27) during the first period of an NHL game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday. The Flames blew a three-goal lead but were able to tie the game in third period to force overtime. After a scoreless extra frame the Flames emerged victorious in the shootout. Sam Bennett lead the way for the Flames with a goal and two assists while Jiri Hudler had the shootout winner.

Former Argonauts star Chad Owens joins arch-rival Tiger-Cats

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IOC medical chief seeks to allay Zika fears

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON — Seeking to allay fears over the Zika outbreak, the IOC medical director said “everything that can be done is being done” to combat the virus in Brazil and provide safe conditions for athletes at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Dr. Richard Budgett said there are no health warnings against travelling to Brazil, except for pregnant women, and stressed that no consideration has been given to postponing or cancelling the games.

“Our priority is to protect the health of the ath-letes,’ Budgett said on Thursday. “The IOC absolute-ly is not complacent. We do take this very seriously. … Everything is being done to contain and reduce this problem in the lead-up to the games.”

Brazil is the epicenter of the Zika outbreak, rais-ing concerns about the potential risks of infection during the Aug. 5-21 Olympics. The World Health Or-ganization has declared Zika a global health emer-gency.

Health officials are investigating whether there is a link between Zika infections in pregnant women and cases of microcephaly, a rare condition in which infants are born with abnormally small heads. Preg-nant women have been advised against travelling to infected areas.

As the virus has spread across Latin America, anxiety has grown among athletes and Olympic teams. Budgett said the situation should be kept “in perspective.”

“Everything that can be done is being done,” he said from Lillehammer, Norway, a day ahead of the opening of the Winter Youth Olympics. “We can give the reassurance that authorities in Brazil are taking it extremely seriously. Concern and worry is appro-priate, but there is no restriction on travel,” Budgett added. “People need to take measures to avoid being bitten and be sensible. There is no recommendation from health authorities to change travel plans.”

Budgett said the possibility of calling off the games has never been on the table.

“Absolutely not,” he said. “No one from the public authorities or World Health Organization or govern-ment ministry are actually saying we should even consider cancelling the games.”

SCOREBOARD B4FRIDAY, FEB. 12, 2016

Local Sports HockeyToday

• College basketball: St. Mary’s University at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow.• WHL: Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m., Saddledome (The Drive).• AJHL: Calgary Canucks at Olds, 7 p.m.• Midget AA hockey: Cranbrook at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 8 p.m., Arena.• Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Three Hills, second game of best-of-three Northern Division quarter-final, 8 p.m.• Senior hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, first game of best-of-seven Chinook League and provincial AAA semifinal, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday• Major bantam hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer, 2 p.m., Arena.• Midget AA hockey: Calgary Blackhawks at Red Deer Elks, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Calgary Rangers at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 4:45 p.m., Arena; Calgary Gold at Olds, 7:30 p.m.; Cranbrook at Central Alberta, 8:15 p.m., Lacombe.• Bantam AA hockey: Taber at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; Medicine Hat at West Central, 5:30 p.m., Eckville; Olds at Central Alberta, 5:45 p.m., Lacombe.• College volleyball: Olds College at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow.• WHL: Tri-City at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium.

• College men’s hockey: Grant MacEwan at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.• Heritage junior B hockey: Ponoka at Red Deer, third game of best-of-three Northern Division quarter-final, if necessary, 8 p.m., Arena.

Sunday• Major bantam hockey: Calgary Bisons at Red Deer, noon, Arena.• Major midget girls hockey: Lloydminster at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.• Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Gold at Red Deer North Star, 2:45 p.m., Arena.• Midget AA hockey: Calgary Rangers at West Central, 3:15 p.m., Rocky Mountain House.• Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Blackfalds, third game of best-of-three Northern Division quarter-final, if necessary, 3:30 p.m.• Bantam AA hockey: Medicine Hat at Red Deer Ramada, 1:45p.m.,Kinsmen A; Airdrie at Olds, 2:45 p.m.; Taber at Central Alberta, 4:30 p.m., Lacombe.

Monday• Senior hockey: Innisfail at Bentley, second game of best-of-seven league and provincial quarter-final, 2 p.m., Lacombe.

WHLEASTERN CONFERENCE

EAST DIVISION GP W L OTL SL GF GA PTBrandon 54 34 16 2 2 211 156 72Prince Albert 54 30 18 5 1 174 167 66Moose Jaw 55 26 21 7 1 185 180 60Regina 52 23 22 3 4 167 184 53Swift Current 52 19 27 4 2 131 168 44Saskatoon 54 19 31 4 0 159 224 42

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTL SL GF GA PTLethbridge 54 38 16 0 0 223 151 76Red Deer 54 35 16 1 2 204 151 73Calgary 54 31 20 1 2 178 169 65Edmonton 55 23 25 6 1 151 170 53Medicine Hat 56 20 32 3 1 170 230 44Kootenay 54 9 41 4 0 111 232 22

WESTERN CONFERENCEB.C. DIVISION

GP W L OTL SL GF GA PTKelowna 55 37 15 3 0 195 160 77Victoria 56 36 15 2 3 205 133 77Prince George 55 31 21 2 1 199 172 65Kamloops 54 24 22 5 3 174 177 56Vancouver 55 21 28 4 2 157 194 48

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTL SL GF GA PTEverett 53 32 17 2 2 143 118 68Seattle 54 29 22 3 0 166 153 61Spokane 53 26 21 4 2 180 182 58Portland 54 27 25 2 0 171 168 56Tri-City 53 25 25 2 1 176 191 53

Wednesday’s resultsMoose Jaw 4 Prince Albert 2Red Deer 4 Medicine Hat 1Tri-City 2 Kootenay 0Lethbridge 7 Saskatoon 4Portland 3 Spokane 2 (OT)

Thursday’s gamesNo Games Scheduled.

Friday’s gamesTri-City at Lethbridge, 6 p.m.Swift Current at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.Regina at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.Saskatoon at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m.Spokane at Kootenay, 7 p.m.Everett at Portland, 8 p.m.Kelowna at Prince George, 8 p.m.Kamloops at Vancouver, 8 30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 13Lethbridge at Edmonton, 2 p.m.Saskatoon at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.Brandon at Regina, 6 p.m.Medicine Hat at Swift Current, 6 p.m.Tri-City at Red Deer, 7 p.m.Vancouver at Kamloops, 8 p.m.Kelowna at Prince George, 8 p.m.Victoria at Everett, 8:05 p.m.Portland at seattle, 8:05 p.m.Kootenay at Spokane 8:05 p.m.

WHL Scoring Leaders G A PtDryden Hunt, MJ 38 44 82Adam Brooks, Reg 27 54 81Brayden Burke, Leth 20 60 80Tyson Baillie, Kel 31 44 75Reid Gardiner, PA 34 40 74Parker Bowles, TC 30 41 71Ivan Nikolishin, RD 27 43 70Alex Forsberg, Vic 23 45 68Nolan Patrick, Spo 26 39 65Kailer Yamamoto, Spo 19 45 64Jesse Gabrielle, PG 34 29 63Giorgio Estephan, Leth 27 36 63Mathew Barzal, Sea 18 45 63Matthew Phillips, Vic 31 31 62Tyler Wong, Leth 28 34 62Chase Witala, PG 33 27 60Jon Martin, SC 34 25 59Collin Shirley, Kam 30 29 59Brayden Point, MJ 25 33 58Egor Babenko, Leth 25 33 58

National Hockey LeagueEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAFlorida 54 32 16 6 70 155 123Detroit 54 28 18 8 64 137 135Boston 54 29 19 6 64 163 149Tampa Bay 53 29 20 4 62 142 130Montreal 55 27 24 4 58 151 146Ottawa 56 25 25 6 56 161 177Buffalo 55 21 28 6 48 126 155Toronto 53 19 25 9 47 127 154

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAWashington 53 40 9 4 84 178 121N.Y. Rangers 54 31 18 5 67 156 137N.Y. Islanders 53 29 18 6 64 154 134Pittsburgh 53 27 19 7 61 139 138New Jersey 55 27 21 7 61 124 129Philadelphia 53 24 20 9 57 129 143Carolina 54 24 21 9 57 130 144Columbus 56 22 28 6 50 144 176

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAChicago 58 36 18 4 76 161 134Dallas 55 35 15 5 75 180 149St. Louis 56 30 17 9 69 136 134Colorado 57 28 25 4 60 154 158Nashville 54 25 21 8 58 141 145Minnesota 54 23 21 10 56 133 136Winnipeg 54 24 27 3 51 140 159

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GALos Angeles 53 32 18 3 67 148 126San Jose 52 28 20 4 60 151 139Anaheim 53 26 19 8 60 122 128Vancouver 54 22 20 12 56 129 147Arizona 53 24 23 6 54 140 164Calgary 52 24 25 3 51 139 153Edmonton 56 22 29 5 49 142 169NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime

loss.

Wednesday’s GamesDetroit 3, Ottawa 1N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 0Vancouver 2, Arizona 1

Thursday’s GamesColumbus 4, Anaheim 3, SON.Y. Islanders 5, Los Angeles 2Philadelphia 5, Buffalo 1Colorado 4, Ottawa 3Washington 4, Minnesota 3Boston 6, Winnipeg 2Dallas 4, Chicago 2Edmonton 5, Toronto 2Calgary at San Jose, late

Friday’s GamesMontreal at Buffalo, 5 p.m.Los Angeles at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.Pittsburgh at Carolina, 5 p.m.Colorado at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.Nashville at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.St. Louis at Florida, 5:30 p.m.Calgary at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesNew Jersey at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.Boston at Minnesota, 12 p.m.Nashville at Florida, 5 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 5 p.m.Ottawa at Columbus, 5 p.m.Toronto at Vancouver, 5 p.m.Washington at Dallas, 6 p.m.Anaheim at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.Winnipeg at Edmonton, 8 p.m.Arizona at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s summaryOilers 5, Maple Leafs 2

First Period1, Edmonton, McDavid 8 (Pouliot, Eberle), 3:29. 2, Toronto, Leivo 2 (Marincin), 8:06. Penalties—Gryba, Edm (tripping), 17:13.

Second Period3, Edmonton, Eberle 16 (McDavid, Pouliot), 6:25. 4, Edmonton, Eberle 17 (McDavid, Sekera), 18:36 (pp). 5, Toronto, Gardiner 5 (Komarov, Boyes), 19:45. Penalties—Spaling, Tor (holding), 1:30 Nurse, Edm (goaltender interference), 6:41 Nurse, Edm (hold-ing), 10:05 Gryba, Edm (holding), 14:17 Winnik, Tor (hooking), 17:20.

Third Period6, Edmonton, McDavid 9 (Pouliot, Fayne), 13:55. 7, Edmonton, Eberle 18 (McDavid, Pouliot), 19:06 (en). Penalties—Parenteau, Tor (unsportsmanlike con-duct), 8:01 Grabner, Tor (hooking), 9:06 Hall, Edm (embellishment), 9:06 Korpikoski, Edm (hooking), 10:18 Parenteau, Tor, served by Arcobello, mi-nor-misconduct (high-sticking), 14:54 Marincin, Tor (delay of game), 15:56.Shots on Goal—Toronto 13-13-10—36. Edmonton 4-14-17—35.Goal—Toronto, Bernier 6-14-3 (34 shots-30 saves). Edmonton, Talbot 12-17-3 (36-34).Power-play—Toronto 0 of 5 Edmonton 1 of 5.

BasketballNational Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GBd-Cleveland 38 14 .731 —Toronto 35 17 .673 3Boston 32 23 .582 7 1/2Atlanta 31 24 .564 8 1/2Miami 29 24 .547 9 1/2Indiana 28 25 .528 10 1/2Chicago 27 25 .519 11Charlotte 27 26 .509 11 1/2Detroit 27 27 .500 12Washington 23 28 .451 14 1/2Orlando 23 29 .442 15New York 23 32 .418 16 1/2Milwaukee 22 32 .407 17Brooklyn 14 40 .259 25Philadelphia 8 45 .151 30 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GBd-Golden State 48 4 .923 —San Antonio 45 8 .849 3 1/2Oklahoma City 40 14 .741 9L.A. Clippers 35 18 .660 13 1/2Memphis 31 22 .585 17 1/2Dallas 29 26 .527 20 1/2Portland 27 27 .500 22Utah 26 26 .500 22Houston 27 28 .491 22 1/2Sacramento 22 31 .415 26 1/2Denver 22 32 .407 27New Orleans 20 33 .377 28 1/2Minnesota 17 37 .315 32Phoenix 14 40 .259 35L.A. Lakers 11 44 .200 38 1/2d-division leader

Wednesday’s GamesCharlotte 117, Indiana 95Sacramento 114, Philadelphia 110San Antonio 98, Orlando 96Memphis 109, Brooklyn 90Boston 139, L.A. Clippers 134, OTDenver 103, Detroit 92Atlanta 113, Chicago 90Minnesota 117, Toronto 112New Orleans 100, Utah 96Cleveland 120, L.A. Lakers 111Golden State 112, Phoenix 104Portland 116, Houston 103

Thursday’s GamesMilwaukee 99, Washington 92Oklahoma City 121, New Orleans 95

Friday’s gamesRising Stars Challenge 5 p.m.

Saturday’s gamesNBA All-star skills competition 6:30 p.m.

Sunday’s gameNBA All-star Game 6:30 p.m.

NBA All-Star Weekend Rosters

At Air Canada CentreTorontoFriday, Feb. 12RISING STARS CHALLENGE(i-injured r-replacement)USA TEAMPlayer, Team Pos Ht Wt Colleger-Devin Booker, Suns G 6-6 206 KentuckyJordan Clarkson, Lakers G 6-5 194 MissouriRodney Hood, Jazz G 6-8 206 DukeZach LaVine, Timberwolves G 6-5 189 UCLAi-Nerlens Noel, 76ers F-C 6-11 228 KentuckyJahlil Okafor, 76ers C 6-11 275 DukeJabari Parker, Bucks F 6-8 250 DukeElfrid Payton, Magic G 6-4 185 La.-LafayetteD’Angelo Russell, Lakers G 6-5 195 Ohio StateMarcus Smart, Celtics G 6-4 220 Oklahoma St.Karl-Anthony Towns, Timberwolves C 7-0 244 KentuckyWORLD TEAMPlayer, Team Pos Ht Wt CountryBojan Bogdanovic, Nets G-F 6-8 216 CroatiaClint Capela, Rockets F-C 6-10 240 SwitzerlandMario Hezonja, Magic G-F 6-8 218 CroatiaNikola Jokic, Nuggets C 6-10 250 Serbiar-Trey Lyles, Jazz F 6-10 241 Canadai-Nikola Mirotic, Bulls F 6-10 220 MadridEmmanuel Mudiay, Nuggets G 6-5 200 Rep. of CongoRaul Neto, Jazz G 6-1 179 BrazilKristaps Porzingis, Knicks F-C 7-3 240 LatviaDwight Powell, Mavericks F-C 6-11 240 CanadaAndrew Wiggins, Timberwolves G-F 6-8 199 Canada

SKILLS CHALLENGEFrontcourtParticipant, Team Pos Ht WtDeMarcus Cousins, Sacramento C 6-11 270Anthony Davis, New Orleans F 6-10 253Draymond Green, Golden State F 6-7 230Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota C 7-0 244BackcourtParticipant, Team Pos Ht Wti-Patrick Beverley, Houston G 6-1 185Jordan Clarkson, LA Lakers G 6-5 194CJ McCollum, Portland G 6-4 200r-Emmanuel Mudiay, Nuggets G 6-5 200Isaiah Thomas, Boston G 5-9 185THREE-POINT CONTESTParticipant, Team Pos Ht WtDevin Booker, Phoenix G 6-6 206Chris Bosh, Miami F 6-11 235Stephen Curry, Golden State G 6-3 190James Harden, Houston G 6-5 220Kyle Lowry, Toronto G 6-0 205Khris Middleton, Milwaukee F 6-8 234J.J. Redick, L.A. Clippers G 6-4 190Klay Thompson, Golden State G 6-7 215SLAM DUNKParticipant, Team Pos Ht WtWill Barton, Denver G 6-6 175Andre Drummond, Detroit C 6-11 279Aaron Gordon, Orlando F 6-9 220Zach LaVine, Minnesota G 6-5 189

LacrosseNational Lacrosse League

East Division GP W L Pct. GF GA GBNew England 5 3 2 .600 61 45 —Buffalo 5 3 2 .600 59 55 —Georgia 5 3 3 .500 77 72 .5Rochester 4 2 2 .500 47 41 .5Toronto 5 0 5 .000 42 68 3

West Division GP W L Pct. GF GA GBSaskatchewan 4 3 1 .750 52 43 —Colorado 6 4 2 .667 78 75 .5Calgary 6 3 3 .500 65 71 1Vancouver 5 2 3 .400 53 64 1.5

WEEK SEVENThursday’s resultSaskatchewan at Colorado, lateSaturday’s gamesVancouver at Rochester, 5:30 p.m.Colorado at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s gamesBuffalo at Georgia, 12:05 p.m.Toronto at New England, 1 p.m.

WEEK EIGHTFriday, Feb. 19Buffalo at Toronto, 6 p.m.Rochester at Saskatchewan, 6:30 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 20Georgia at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m.Calgary at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

WEEK NINEFriday, Feb. 26Buffalo at Saskatchewan, 6:30 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 27Vancouver at Colorado, 3 p.m.Rochester at Toronto, 5 p.m.Sunday, Feb. 28Georgia at New England, 1 p.m.Saskatchewan at Calgary, 2 p.m.

SoccerEnglish Premier League

GP W D L GF GA PtsLeicester City 25 15 8 2 47 27 53Tottenham 25 13 9 3 45 19 48Arsenal 25 14 6 5 39 22 48Manchester City 25 14 5 6 47 26 47Man. United 25 11 8 6 32 22 41West Ham 25 10 9 6 38 29 39Southampton 25 10 7 8 33 24 37Everton 25 8 11 6 46 34 35Liverpool 25 9 8 8 32 36 35Watford 25 9 6 10 27 27 33Stoke 25 9 6 10 24 31 33Crystal Palace 25 9 5 11 26 30 32Chelsea 25 7 9 9 33 35 30West Brom 25 7 8 10 23 32 29Bournemouth 25 7 7 11 29 41 28Swansea 25 6 9 10 24 33 27Newcastle 25 6 6 13 26 44 24Norwich 25 6 5 14 28 48 23Sunderland 25 5 5 15 30 49 20Aston Villa 25 3 7 15 20 40 16

Saturday, Feb. 13Sunderland vs. Manchester United, 1245 GMTBournemouth vs. Stoke, 1500 GMTCrystal Palace vs. Watford, 1500 GMTEverton vs. West Brom, 1500 GMTNorwich vs. West Ham, 1500 GMTSwansea vs. Southampton, 1500 GMTChelsea vs. Newcastle, 1730 GMT

Sunday, Feb. 14Arsenal vs. Leicester City, 1200 GMTAston Villa vs. Liverpool, 1405 GMT

Manchester City vs. Tottenham, 1615 GMT

England League CupSEMIFINALSecond LegTuesday, Jan. 26Liverpool 0, Stoke 1 1-1 aggregate Liverpool ad-vanced on 6-5 penalty kicksWednesday, Jan. 27Manchester City 3, Everton 1, Manchester City ad-vanced 4-3 on aggregateFINALSunday, Feb. 28Liverpool vs. Manchester City in London, 1630 GMT

England FA CupFOURTH ROUNDTuesday, Feb. 9West Ham 2, Liverpool 1Wednesday, Feb. 10Peterborough United 1(3), West Bromwich Albion 1(4)FIFTH ROUNDSaturday, Feb. 20Arsenal vs. Hull, 1245 GMTReading vs. West Bromwich Albion, 1500 GMTWatford vs. Leeds, 1500 GMTBournemouth vs. Everton, 1715 GMTSunday, Feb. 21Blackburn vs. West Ham, 1400 GMTTottenham vs. Crystal Palace, 1500 GMTChelsea vs. Manchester City, 1600 GMTMonday, Feb. 22Shrewsbury Town vs. Manchester United, 1945 GMT

TransactionsThursday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALLAmerican LeagueKANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with 3B Mike Moustakas on a two-year contract.NEW YORK YANKEES — Sent OF Lane Adams outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).National LeagueATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with RHP Carlos Torres on a minor league contract.PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with LHPs Cory Luebke and Eric O’Flaherty on minor league contracts.SAN DIEGO PADRES — Named Hideo Nomo ad-viser/baseball operations.American AssociationJOPLIN BLASTERS — Released INF James Boddicker.LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed RHP Zach Westcott.SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Signed RHP Ryan Zimmerman.WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed RHP Mikey O’Brien.Frontier LeagueEVANSVILLE OTTERS — Signed LHP Derrick Penilla.GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed LHP Jordan

Spencer to a contract extension. Signed OF Sam Fischer, C Tyler Nordgren and RHP Jon Pusateri.SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Signed RHP Evan Boyd to a contract extension.SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Signed OF Aaron Gates.TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS — Signed RHP Andrew Brockett to a contract extension.BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationNBA — Suspended Miami C Hassan Whiteside one game for throwing an elbow and making contact with the head of San Antonio C Boban Marjanovic during a Feb. 9 game.PHOENIX SUNS — Assigned G Jordan McRae to Bakersfield (NBADL).Women’s National Basketball AssociationLOS ANGELES SPARKS — Re-signed F-C Can-dace Parker.FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueDETROIT LIONS — Promoted Emily Griffin to vice-president of marketing. Signed LB Jerry Franklin.INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Promoted defensive assistant Tim Berbenich to offensive assistant and assistant quarterbacks coach. Named Jim Hostler tight ends coach.NEW YORK GIANTS — Named Martin Mayhew

director of football operations/special projects.OAKLAND RAIDERS — Re-signed S Nate Allen.HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueNHL — Fined Toronto F Nazem Kadri $5,000 for making a throat-slashing gesture at Calgary D Mark Giordano during a Feb. 9 game.COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Signed D Ryan Murray to a two-year contract extension.DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned F Joakim Andersson to Grand Rapids (AHL). Signed D Joel Chouinard to a professional tryout.American Hockey LeagueGRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Named Joe Mendi-celli accounting assistant.SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Reassigned D Ma-son Geertsen to Fort Wayne (AHL).STOCKTON HEAT — Recalled F Mitchell Heard from Adirondack (ECHL).ECHLREADING ROYALS — Announced G Martin Ouel-lette was been loaned to the team by Lehigh Valley (AHL).SOCCERUnited Soccer LeagueSAN ANTONIO FC — Signed M Danny Garcia.National Women’s Soccer LeagueSKY BLUE FC — Signed F Tasha Kai.

GolfPGA-Pebble BeachThursdayp-Pebble Beach Golf Links, Yardage: 6,816 Par: 72m-Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Shore Course, 6,914 71s-Spyglass Hill Golf Club, 6,953 72Pebble Beach, Calif.Purse: $7 millionFirst RoundChez Reavie 33-30—63 -8mFreddie Jacobson 31-34—65 -7pCameron Smith 29-35—64 -7mBronson Burgoon 34-30—64 -7mJustin Rose 32-34—66 -6sDawie van der Walt 32-34—66 -6pRoberto Castro 33-33—66 -6pRicky Barnes 30-35—65 -6mShane Bertsch 32-34—66 -6pJ.B. Holmes 34-32—66 -6sSpencer Levin 32-34—66 -6pJason Gore 32-34—66 -5mHiroshi Iwata 31-35—66 -5mRyan Ruffels 34-33—67 -5pRhein Gibson 35-32—67 -5sDavid Hearn 32-35—67 -4mTroy Merritt 31-36—67 -4mPhil Mickelson 34-34—68 -4sKevin Na 34-33—67 -4mBrooks Koepka 36-32—68 -4s

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Red Deer curlers get first win of provincial men’s playdowns

CAMROSE — Jeff Erickson and his Red Deer supporting cast posted their first win of the Alberta men’s curling championship Thursday afternoon, but then suffered their second loss in an evening draw.

Erickson’s Sedgewick-based foursome con-sisting also of Red Deer curlers Dustin Eck-strand, who tosses third stones, second Shaun Planaden and lead Scott Cruickshank, scored two in the 10th end and slipped past Tom Sal-lows of Grande Prairie 8-7.

However, the Erickson rink blew a 3-0 lead after three ends, gave up a four-ender in the fourth and lost 9-5 to Glen Hansen of St. Albert later in the day, dropping them to 1-2 in the 12-rink competition.

In the morning contests, provincial favourite Kevin Koe of Calgary was upset 6-4 by Mick Liz-

more of Edmonton, and Charley Thomas of Cal-gary was an 8-7 winner over Brendan Bottcher of Edmonton.

In other afternoon-draw games, Greg Pa-sichnuk of Manning edged Warren Cross of Ed-monton 7-6, Kevin Park’s Lethbridge crew got by Kevin Yablonski of Calgary 8-7 and Hansen downed Brent Bawel of Airdrie 7-5.

Koe rebounded from his morning loss to take out Park 7-1 in an evening B-event draw, while Botcher blasted Pasichnuk 12-2 in anoth-er B game and Thomas licked Lizmore 7-1 in the A-event final.

The provincials resume today at 9 a.m. and conclude with Sunday’s 2 p.m. championship final. The Alberta winner will advance to the Tim Hortons Brier March 5-13 in Ottawa.

Canada tops Guyana in CONCACAF women’s Olympic qualifier

HOUSTON — In a lineup full of veteran tal-ent, it was the youngsters that got Canada off on the right foot on its quest for a berth at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Twenty-year-old Ashley Lawrence had a hat trick and 16-year-old Deanne Rose had two goals as Canada’s women’s soccer team cruised to a 5-0 victory over Guyana in its first game of the CONCACAF women’s Olympic qualifying tournament.

Canada featured a strong lineup that in-cluded superstar Christine Sinclair up front, Erin McLeod in goal and midfielder Desiree Scott earning her 100th cap for Canada. But the younger players proved that Canada’s talent

pool is getting deeper.“We gave some new players some new op-

portunities and that was really exciting and to see (Lawrence) get a hat trick and Desi (Scott) get her 100th cap, it was a good night for us,” said head coach John Herdman. “Three points and Trinidad up next and we’re ready to roll.”

Rose scored Canada’s first and third goals in the first half while Lawrence added one in the first half and two more early in the second as Canada, ranked No. 11 in the world, outclassed No. 89 Guyana.

Canada sits in first place in Group B tied with Trinidad and Tobago, who beat Guatema-la 2-1 earlier in the evening. Canada holds the advantage due to a superior goal difference.

Those two teams will battle for first place on Sunday afternoon.

By comparison to Canada and its steady source of funding, Guyana spends very little time together as a team and is looking to make some first steps towards competing with other teams in the CONCACAF region.

SOCCER

Vipers 10 Stampeders 1PONOKA — Brett Hoppus and Kale Lapointe each sniped

two goals as the Red Deer Vipers pounded the Ponoka Stam-peders 10-1 Thursday to advance to the second round of the Her-itage Junior Hockey League playoffs.

Drew Joslin, Jon Finnigan, Kevin Pinsent, Dustin Spearing, Tye Munro and Avery Weenink also scored for the Vipers, who swept the best-of-three Northern Division quarter-final. Starter Cole Sears and Mack Patchett shared goaltending duties for the winners.

Red Deer will travel to Airdrie Tuesday for the opening game of a divisional semifinal versus the Thunder.

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TORONTO — Canadian tennis play-er Milos Raonic has been unable to re-sume on-court training due to a slight-ly torn adductor muscle that hampered his play in a semifinal loss to Andy Murray at the Australian Open last month.

Raonic had difficulty pushing off his right leg in the later stages of the four-hour match and Murray took the last two sets for the win. He said he has been able to do strength work and off-court training since then but hasn’t hit balls because of the two-centimetre tear in the adductor.

“I’ve been able to push myself somewhat in the fitness aspect of it and now I have to see how it translates to the court,” Raonic said Thursday.

There is no firm timeline in place

for his return to competitive action. The 25-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., plans to meet again with doctors in the coming days and is hoping to get clearance to resume on-court sessions next week.

Raonic said there is a chance he’ll be ready in time to play at the Feb. 22-27 ATP World Tour 500 Series stop in Acapulco, Mexico.

The adductor problem stifled the momentum from Raonic’s strong start to the 2016 season, which saw him rise to No. 11 in the world rankings. Raon-ic opened the campaign by defeating Roger Federer in the Brisbane Inter-national final and knocked off Stan Wawrinka en route to the semifinals at the Australian Open.

“I wish I could have pushed even further in Australia,” Raonic said. “But I believe in upcoming events I’ll have even more opportunity to do even better.”

Raonic said part of the problem was his body had to adjust to the grind of

10 competitive matches in a month af-ter he played a limited schedule last year due to injuries. He added that de-spite his frustration with how his last tournament ended, he left Australia feeling motivated and with a positive outlook.

Despite the injury, Raonic still plans to participate in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game on Friday eve-ning at the Ricoh Coliseum. He’ll play on a Canadian team that will feature former NBA players Tracy McGrady and Rick Fox, Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler, former WNBA star Tammy Sutton-Brown, actors Kris Wu, Stephan James, Tom Cavanagh and television personalities Drew and Jonathan Scott.

Raonic said he has always been a big fan of Toronto’s NBA club and loved watching former Raptors stars Vince Carter and Damon Stoudamire back when they starred with the team.

“I’ve been asking if there is any way I can play in the NBA celebrity game

for three or four years now,” he said. “It just worked out that it came in To-ronto and I was like, ‘I’ve got to be a part of this.”’

Former NBA players Chauncey Bil-lups and Muggsy Bogues will play on the American squad along with WNBA player Elena Delle Donne, Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry and actors Jason Sudeikis, Nick Cannon, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Anthony Anderson and Bryshere Gray.

Toronto rapper Drake will handle head coaching duties for the Canadian team. He’ll be assisted by Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista, Raptors all-star guard DeMar DeRozan and two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash.

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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Justin Rose, a U.S. Open champion and the No. 7 player in the world, shot a 6-un-der 66 his first time playing Spyglass Hill and spent a gorgeous day listening to the fans call out his name. Except they weren’t calling for him, and he knew it.

His partner in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is Justin Timberlake.

“I’ve never seen a demographic like that on a golf course where you’re sort of running the gauntlet from one tee to the other. Everyone was under 21 and 80 per cent female,” Rose said. “I said, ‘OK, that moved the needle a little bit there.”’

Rose did OK himself Thursday.He got off to a strong start is his

debut at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where Chez Reavie had the low score at a tournament that needs three days to sort out because of the variety of courses.

Reavie made an eagle on the 16th hole and shot 8-under 63 at Monterey Peninsula, which played just more than 1 ½ strokes under par and was the easiest of the three courses. Fred-die Jacobson made five birdies in a six-hole stretch and shot 7-under 65 at Pebble Beach, the only course to play over par (72.06) on Thursday.

Cameron Smith of Australia and Bronson Burgoon each had a 7-under 64 at Monterey Peninsula.

Rose is among six players from the top 10 in the world, and the only one of them to break 70. This is his first

time playing the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, partly because he chose not to play in the Middle East swing on the European Tour, and partly because of a partner (Timberlake) that he has come to know over the years.

Both did well at their crafts.Rose strung together seven birdies,

holing out from the bunker on No. 10 and ending his round with a 50-foot birdie putt that banged into the back of the cup. He played Pebble Beach

and Monterey Peninsula for his prac-tice rounds and realized he should have been at Spyglass “because it’s a pretty tough course.”

“There’s some strong holes on it,” Rose said. “And I heard some strange reports about Spyglass, like the first few holes are great, then it disappears into the hills and it’s not that good. That’s not what I saw. That’s a pretty stellar golf course to me and really en-joyed playing it.”

Timberlake played too — the guitar.He didn’t contribute any shots to

their pro-am score, but Rose said the highlight was on the 16th tee when Timberlake grabbed a guitar for an impromptu performance, with Alfonso Ribeiro chipping in.

“That was a cool moment,” Rose said. “Not many people saw it, because there was only like 20 people back there. That’s obviously when you real-ly appreciate how someone can grab a guitar, go a cappella and sound so awe-some. You have a better appreciation. You see him hit not maybe so many great golf shots, but then you realize, ‘Ah, that’s pretty damn special right there.’ So we all have our own skill set.”

Reavie enjoyed the pure weather almost as much as he enjoyed watch-ing putts go in. Golf has been a grind for Reavie since he missed nearly all of 2014 because of surgery on his left wrist and had to return to the Web.com Tour Finals last year just to get his PGA Tour card back.

“Even on days I putt well, I still don’t make as many putts as I made today,” Reavie said.

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Justin Rose follows his shot from the fourth tee of the Spyglass Hill Golf Course during the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament Thursday, in Pebble Beach, Calif.

Raonic yet to resume on-court training due to adductor tearTENNIS


MONTREAL — Canada’s Summit Series champi-ons are going back on the road — 44 years after their iconic victory.

It will be about memories, story-telling and lots of laughs this time instead of the bitter on-ice competi-tion of the first best-on-best hockey series between Canada and the Soviet Union.

The team that pulled off a dramatic victory in 1972 will take part in four stage shows in the Cana-dian cities where games were played. Three of the four will be on the same dates as in 1972 — Sept. 2 in Montreal, Sept. 6 in Winnipeg and Sept. 8 in Vancou-ver.

Game 2 of the series was in Toronto on Sept. 4, 1972, but as that is Labour Day this year, the Toronto stop will be on Sept. 10 at the Sony Centre.

“Who would believe that 44 years later we’re still talking about a series, but it was that impactful to all Canadians,” said Team Canada defenceman Pat Stapleton.

The shows will feature highlights of the series on giant screens, with players on stage to tell stories about what went on both on and off the ice. The sec-ond hour of each show will have players answering questions and otherwise interacting with the public.

Eight members of Team Canada will attend each stop, although not always the same players.

The news conference to announce the tour on Tuesday drew Stapleton, Phil Esposito, Serge Sa-vard, Yvan Cournoyer, Ken Dryden, Peter Mahovlich and Guy Lapointe. Bobby Clarke and coach Harry Sinden are among others who are to be involved.

They wore exact replicas of the 1972 jerseys, ex-cept for a patch honouring the five players and coaches who have died — John Ferguson, Gary Bergman, Bill Goldsworthy, Richard Martin and J.P. Parise.

In 1972, at the height of the Cold War, a heavily favoured team of Canadian NHL stars suf-fered a shock 7-3 defeat in the series opener in Montreal.

They won in Toronto, tied in Winnipeg and lost again in Vancouver before heading to Moscow. They lost Game 5 only to sweep the final three games to win the series. Paul Henderson’s winner late in the final game sent Canada into a frenzy.

“Forty-four years later, there are still people who tell me where they were when we won the series,” said Cournoyer, who assisted on Henderson’s goal. “For me, it was like my Olympics.

“The only sweater I had ever worn was the Mon-treal Canadiens. When I put on the Team Canada sweater, then I understood what the Olympics were, to represent your country.”

The idea for the tour arose two years ago when players took part in an on-stage session before 450 people in St. Catharines, Ont.


DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jeff Gordon will be in the booth and Tony Stewart in a bed when the NASCAR season begins.

Neither NASCAR star will be in a car when Daytona Interna-tional Speedway opens Friday for preparations for the Feb. 21 sea-son-opening Daytona 500. Gordon, arguably NASCAR’s biggest star, retired at the end of last season and the four-time champion will now be a Fox analyst.

He has been highly visible during his newly acquired free time, and was on an all-terrain ve-hicle trip with Stewart a week ago when the three-time champion crashed. Stewart fractured a ver-tebra and lay in the sand alone for 90 minutes waiting for his group to find him and get him to a hos-pital.

The accident has sidelined Stewart for the beginning of his final season as a NASCAR driv-er, denying him a chance to final-ly win the Daytona 500. He has come heartbreakingly close in his 17 previous tries and spoke last month of his desire to add that win to his resume.

Instead, he will watch the race on television as he awaits approv-al to travel.

What Stewart will be missing is the start of what is expected to be a dramatically improved season with plenty of story lines.

Kyle Busch will attempt to de-fend his Sprint Cup title, which he snatched from 2014 champion Kevin Harvick. Defending Dayto-na 500 winner Joey Logano will be chasing a championship berth he was denied last year because a feud with Matt Kenseth.

The drivers will all be using a new rules package that they pushed for during a new era of increased communication be-tween NASCAR and its partici-pants. Denny Hamlin spearhead-ed a driver council last year at a time when the on-track product was practically unwatchable, with rules that made passing very dif-ficult and catching the leader a

daunting task.As NASCAR tried a variety of

different packages, the drivers were vocal in the desire for less downforce. Through months of wide-ranging conversations, the drivers secured the rules package they wanted and finally feel that they have a voice in decision-mak-ing.

The hope is that the racing will be more entertaining this year.

The field has been cut from 43 cars to 40, and there are only four open slots each week to teams that aren’t guaranteed a spot in the field through NASCAR’s new franchise system. NASCAR is also replacing its “green-white-check-ered” system used late in races with an “overtime line” that will vary by track.

Some other things to know heading into the season opener:

CHAMP RETURNSKyle Busch begins the defence

of his Sprint Cup championship at the same track that cost him a chunk of the 2015 season. Busch broke his right leg and left foot when his car slammed into a con-crete wall during the Xfinity Se-ries race at Daytona. He missed the Daytona 500 and 10 more rac-es last year, yet a midsummer hot streak propelled him into the Chase and his first Cup title followed. Daytona has since in-stalled more than 8,500 feet of en-ergy-absorbing “soft walls.”

LOGANO DEFENDS: Joey Lo-gano won the Daytona 500 last year, a milestone victory to kick off the best season of his career. Logano even reeled off three straight wins during the Chase before he was eliminated, end-ing his bid for his first Cup title. Logano is trying to become first driver to win consecutive Daytona 500s since Sterling Marlin (1994-95). He was eliminated after Matt Kenseth intentionally wrecked him at Martinsville.

DAYTONA RISINGThe $400 million Daytona Ris-

ing project is complete and will

be a featured aspect of the season opener. The massive renovation to NASCAR’s most storied track should drastically improve fan experience and maybe help cap-ture the attention of future gen-erations. The three-year project removed backstretch seating and completely changed the front-stretch grandstands, turning them into the world’s first “motorsports stadium.” The overhaul includes elaborate, corporate-sponsored fan entrances and more than 1,400 high-definition televisions.

CHARTER SYSTEM NASCAR dramatically over-

hauled its business model this week, shifting to a franchise-like system that is intended to pro-vide financial stability for team owners after decades of heavy re-liance on sponsors. The change gets away from the independent contractor model that had been used since NASCAR’s inception in 1948. The 36 charters handed out to team owners guarantee rev-enue and a position in what will now be a 40-car Cup field, down from 43.

ROOKIES TO WATCHThis season’s rookie class

could go down as one of the best in recent years. Chase Elliott headlines the field, replacing the retired Jeff Gordon in the No. 24 Chevrolet. Chris Buescher, last year’s Xfinity champ, joins Elliott in a class that also includes Ryan Blaney, Brian Scott and Jeffrey Earnhardt. Blaney will have to attempt to race his way into the field each week because his Wood Brothers Racing team was left out of NASCAR’s new charter system.

SPONSOR SEARCH Sprint is leaving at the end

of the year, pulling out after a 13-year run as the title sponsor of NASCAR’s top series. NASCAR is still searching for a replace-ment, creating uncertainty for NASCAR’s most significant and profitable sponsorship.

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Love and running the trails togetherDating another runner has never

crossed my mind.Take it from me, there are just too

many reasons not to delve into that dating pool.

Runners tend to get slightly obsessive with all things running. If you’re not a runner, it can be an-noying and tiresome.

Watch out if your part-ner is injured. You will never hear the end of it. We tend to get whiny and bitchy when we’re forced to take it to the sidelines.

No amount of “take some rest” or “listen to your body” will calm down the crazy.

There’s also the sweaty hugs, ugly feet and con-stant chatter about paces, races and splits.

Oh the list goes on.Since it is the season for love, I

asked one of Red Deer’s happy run-ning couples – if those who sweat to-gether, stay together?

Runners Liz Hagell, 60, and Neil Kirkwood, 62, met and fell madly in love at grad school at the University of Alberta in the early 1980s.

With only good intentions in mind, Neil signed up for a women’s studies course. He was the only male student in the class and as luck would have it Liz and Neil quickly became friends and eventually life partners.

They have been together for 30 years and have lived in Red Deer since 1989.

Running came late to them as a cou-ple.

It was four years ago when friends encouraged Liz to take a learn-to-run clinic.

Feeling a little sluggish and a lit-tle chubby, Liz jumped at the chance to run with friends. The 60-year-old didn’t like running when she was in

her 20s but she seized the op-portunity.

Watching from the side-lines, Neil noticed the posi-tive changes in his compan-ion. In his younger days, Neil used to hit the trails but life got in the way.

“I just saw Liz getting healthier and healthier in front of my eyes,” he re-membered. “Weight melted off and she was feeling much better.”

At the time, Neil was semi-retired from teaching at Lindsay Thurber and was taking blood pressure pills.

That fall, Neil joined a learn-to-run class. Not long after the twosome began hit-

ting the road together and the rest is history.

They often travel for destination races where they can enjoy the sights and sounds of the city before running a half-marathon, their distance of choice.

“We are very supportive of one an-other,” said Liz. “He will encourage me and I will encourage him. We help motivate each other.”

Neil said there has never been the slightest hint of competition between the two. Some couples say it is an issue but not for them, he said.

“I don’t have to beat her but I do have to keep up to her,” laughed Neil.

Some days Liz is faster while other days Neil has the wind at his back.

“We started running late so we have a good sense of one another,” said Neil. “That carries over into running.”

On their runs, they talk about do-mestic things like do they need to pick up toilet paper but mostly it is about enjoying the time together and the out-doors.

So I had to ask. Has running im-proved their intimate life?

Liz responds with a laugh, “Let’s

just say we are just healthier and fit-ter.”

Enough said.Find Running with Rhyno on Face-

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Neil Kirkwood and Liz Hagell recently ran the Los Cabos Half Marathon together. The couple says runners who sweat together, stay together.

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WANT IT GYM-STYLECrunch Live includes many of the

workouts that earned the brand a de-voted following and have been retired from their brick and mortar gyms. Thankfully fans of gospel house aero-bics and urban attitude dance classes can get their sweat on in these online classes for $9.99 a month. They also offer more than 75 classes including barre, yoga and strength training, in addition to their killer cardio. And yes, their popular belly, but and thigh boot-camp and ab attack are in there too.

LiveStreaming Fitness offers live workouts and even live cooking classes for about $10 a month, including every-thing from yoga to kickboxing to work-outs performed at your desk. If you can’t make a live class, the subscription includes a catalogue of healthy recipes to revamp your takeout night and an ex-tensive collection of classes.

EMG Live Fitness focuses on spe-cialty workouts like piloxing (that’s Pilates and boxing), plyojam, bosu ball, Yollet (yoga and ballet) for just $2 a class or $20 a month for unlimit-ed classes. The handy two-minute clip gives you a preview before you buy. Choose from about 20 different workout styles, with tons of classes under each category plus options to join a live class or stream one on-demand.

IF YOU LOVE BARRE AND YOGA

At roughly $10 a month, Barre3, in-spired by ballet, yoga and Pilates, of-fers the choice of 200 online classes. Each workout tells what body parts you’re targeting and whether you’ll need equipment like a chair, resistance bands or small weights, and offers a short preview.

With 3,000 online classes that in-clude everything from Hatha to Ashtan-ga, YogaGlo has something for first tim-ers and advanced yogis. Choose from sessions based on time and difficulty rating. You can also choose whether you want a class just for the sweat fac-tor or one that is more meditative for $18 a month. There’s even a collection of classes that focus on cultivating your intuition, rebooting your brain and re-leasing stress at work.

FOLLOWING THE POPULAR KIDSSweat with Kayla has amassed le-

gions of loyal .BBG girls (that’s biki-ni body guide) posting photo results and encouraging each other through the grueling 28-minute sessions that include cardio and strength training. The 24-year-old Australian trainer, who recently launched her $20-a-month app based on the 12-week Bikini Body Guide, is known for her inspiring Insta-gram pics and some killer squat, lung, box jump sequences.

Daily Burn — $12.95 a month — in-cludes every workout style imaginable (from kettlebells to yoga to interval training) for every fitness level with series that will challenge even the most hardcore athletes. Celeb trainer Bob Harper’s subscription also includes a meal plan with daily recipes.

The popular 7 minute workout chal-lenge is basic but gets the job done with 12 exercises performed for 30 sec-onds with 10 seconds rest. The $3 app is based on workouts that promote exer-cising for shorter, more intense bursts to achieve better results. The moves

are broken down with video, audio and text explanations and include fun features to unlock rewards when you reach your goals.

WANT IT FOR FREEFitness Blender includes everything

from high intensity and fat loss work-outs to stretching and low-impact days. They even break it down for you with a handy difficulty rating and estimated number of calories you’ll burn. Fitness Blender also has built-in water breaks and a countdown clock so you know exactly how many more seconds of gru-eling tricep dip kicks you’ll have to en-dure.

BeFit lets you work out with some of the biggest celebrity trainers for free. The YouTube channel features work-outs by Jillian Michaels and Denise Austin to yogis like Kino MacGregor and Tara Stiles with tons of different exercises to get you bikini ready. Be-Fit also has a free mobile series with circuit workouts you perfect for when you’re on the go.

TRAINING LIKE A CELEBRITYGwyneth Paltrow liked the results

so much she went into business with her trainer Tracy Anderson. Her $90-a-month subscription allows you to work out with Anderson during a live weekly class along with a breakdown of the moves from a senior trainer plus a dance cardio session and a beginner class, which are all updated weekly.

Kelly Ripa has made no secret of her obsession with Anna Kaiser’s dance cardio workouts. Kaiser’s $50-a-month streaming series offers 10-minute tar-geted workouts that can be pieced to-gether to fit your needs using every-thing from weights, resistance bands and physio balls.

If you want to be part of Taylor Swift’s tribe, Ballet Beautiful is a good place to start. Creator and former New

“That’s where I can get a little worried about some of the apps is that folks might be compromising form just to get some of the moves done … don’t stretch to pain,” said Dr. Jeff Mayer, who specializes in sports medicine and has worked with the Baltimore Ravens. “When you’re compromising form and you’re compromising the integrity of the exercise you open yourself up for an increased chance for injury and we see that all the time.”

Don’t be afraid to do fewer repe-titions at first and work your way up. Five reps with proper form are far more effective than 10 done incor-rectly.

GIVE IT A RESTWhile your Instagram feed may

be full of .fitspo (that’s fitness inspi-ration), it’s important to pick an app that includes rest days to avoid inju-ry and physical and mental burnout.

“You want to find something that gives you three workout days and one recovery day, whether it’s a yoga day, a stretch day, a Pilates day.

Find something that’s not high in-tensity every day while you’re build-ing your foundation,” said Alexan-der.

MIX IT UPYou’ve heard it before, but if it’s

worth repeating. Cross training is key not just to avoid injury but to keep your muscles from plateauing. It’s all about muscle confusion so if you’re a die-hard yogi or barre lover, find an app to help you add in some higher intensity interval training.

“It may be a combo of these apps would be best … it goes back to what’s your main goal? Is it to get better cardiovascular fitness, is it to get more flexible, is it to get stron-ger,” said Mayer.

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Lacombe County will give the City of Lacombe $2.4 million towards pool and arena upgrades.

Council wrestled on Thursday with how best to help out its urban neigh-bour while remaining fair to other communities.

A number of funding options were presented to council by administration ranging from just under $3.4 million to $2.4 million. Council also had the choice of picking its own number or denying support altogether.

After much debate, council unani-mously opted to fund a share based on county usership of $7.7 million worth of pool and arena upgrades. Those ren-ovations were the second phase of a $10.3-million project to bring the city facility up to latest safety codes, and renovate to improve the aging build-ing.

However, councillors stopped short of agreeing to pick up a share of a re-cently approved $3.36-million project to expand dressing rooms, which in-

cludes a $736,000 dressing room to be used by the relocating Bentley Gener-als next season.

Several councillors said they want-ed more information on how local fundraising would be used for the project. A second motion was passed asking Lacombe for that information before council would consider funding a portion of the dressing room expan-

sion.“Then we’ll go from there,” said

Coun. Keith Stephenson.Coun. Brenda Knight told Lacombe

Mayor Steve Christie, who was in at-tendance that “we’re not saying ‘no,’” but how other communities are treated must be considered.

“We’re trying to achieve fairness here.”

Coun. Ken Wigmore said more fund-raising details will give council a bet-ter idea of the community’s support for the dressing room project.

“I believe it’s a great way of going because we need to know what the in-volvement of the community is.”

Following the meeting, Christie said he was “elated” by the county’s sup-port, which also includes sharing ongo-ing operating costs.

“The county and the city have been great partners over the years and we continue that relationship.”

Christie said the city plans to hire a consultant to oversee fundraising for the dressing room expansion.

That approach proved successful a decade ago when the Lacombe Memo-rial Centre was renovated. About $2 million was raised at that time.

“We don’t have a target set as yet, we just have a (request for proposals) out looking for a fundraising consul-tant.”

The city and Bentley Generals also plan to discuss how the senior hockey team can contribute.

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County steps up with multiplex bucksLACOMBE’S REVAMPED LEISURE CENTRE WILL INCLUDE A RENOVATED

ARENA AND A POOL

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An artist’s rendering of the rennovated Lacombe Sports and Leisure Complex.

‘THE COUNTY AND THE CITY HAVE BEEN GREAT PARTNERS OVER THE YEARS AND WE CON-TINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP.’

STEVE CHRISTIE,MAYOR OF LACOMBE

BY PAUL COWLEYADVOCATE STAFF

A two-year project to assess the best potential boat launch sites on Sylvan Lake is complete.

Consultants were hired to under-take a detailed study of the lake, which doesn’t have enough access points, cre-ating traffic jams at the few existing launches on prime sailing days.

The Sylvan Lake Access Strategy and Action Plan was the result and will be formally presented to the committee representing the Town of Sylvan Lake, Lacombe and Red Deer Counties, and five summer villages next month.

On Thursday, Lacombe County council accepted the report for infor-mation.

County commissioner Terry Hager said the report outlines the best spots for a full boat launch suitable for pow-er boats, but also other locations that would work for non-motorized boats.

“There are a lot of different areas where we could try and improve ac-cess,” said Hager.

The report does not cost out or pro-pose when new boat launches should be developed. Those decisions will re-main in the hands of municipalities around the lake.

That doesn’t mean the work will sit on a shelf. The $160,000 study ($90,000 under budget) can be used to suggest suitable launch points as lake-area de-velopments are proposed.

Cajun Paradis, a county planner and development officer who oversaw the study, said it will show developers what kind of lake access is possible from their sites.

One of the study’s most closely watched assessments was for a contro-versial boat launch prospect at Range Road 2-1 near the Summer Village of Half Moon Bay. Some local residents opposed developing the makeshift ac-cess point into an official boat launch. After review, consultants recommend-ed against the site, saying it doesn’t meet minimum criteria.

A pair of other sites near Norglen-wold have various environmental restraints, but those issues could be worked around through good design, the consultants suggest. A third site north of the summer village on a point of land also has potential but would re-quire measures to protect the launch from wind and wave action.

Another site, located within the summer village itself, has been ear-marked in Norglenwold’s own plans as a non-motorized launch only.

Consultants didn’t assess what is likely the top option for a boat launch at the end of Range Road 2-2 in La-combe County. It is an undeveloped road allowance northwest of Half Moon Bay on the west edge of Scouts Canada’s Camp Woods. That was al-ready examined in a 2010 study that determined it was suitable for a boat launch. A final change to the draft plan was to add the study on Range Road 2-2 to the final report.

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When one of their customers ran into tough times and couldn’t afford an operation for their injured dog, a lo-cal kennel felt that loving feeling and helped out.

Darrell White, co-owner of Freedom House Dog Daycare and Boarding Ken-nel, said Thursday that one of his staff members came up with the idea of tak-ing fun Valentine photos of the dogs that they look after.

Dog owners paid to have the photos taken and enough money was raised so that the injured dog could have need-ed surgery for a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

White said the dog’s owners, who are self-employed, have been hit finan-cially by the downturn in the economy. Staff member Chrissy Wilson came up with the idea of taking the doggy Val-entine photos to raise funds to help them cover the veterinarian costs.

Kerrie Meadows, also a co-owner of the kennel said they had a lot of fun with the dogs and their owners.

“We had pictures of dogs all dif-ferent shapes and sizes having fun in Valentine poses such as Lady and the Tramp, a bed with rose pedals, or with a funny mustache. It was a ball and we got to raise some money while we were at it!”

The kennel is located just south of Red Deer in the Clearview Industrial Park.

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The owners of Freedom House and Dog Daycare and Boarding Kennel held a doggy Valentine’s shoot to help raise money for surgery for one of their customer’s pooches.

Lacombe County needs more details for new Clive Hall

Lacombe County wants more financial details before it decides on funding for a new community hall in Clive.

Clive Community Hall Association has embarked on an ambitious project to build a $2.2-million community hall.

The association has $135,000 of its own money and a commitment from the village to provide about $228,000 worth of servicing work. The local Lions Club will also donate $30,000 and Sublime Design has provided $10,000 worth of in-kind work.

Last month, the county was asked to consider a grant of up to $1.7 million for the proposed facility.

However, council wanted a better handle on local fundraising prospects and what other financial help might be available from the village before committing any money.

“I think the village should be at the table,” said Coun. Brenda Knight.

Council unanimously approved a motion to defer a decision until it got more information on the cost breakdown.

Crews to clear trees for new roundabout

Crews will cut down 20 trees in north Red Deer to make way for a new roundabout this weekend.

Trees will be removed in the 67 Street and Orr Drive/Johnstone Drive-area to prepare the intersection improvement prjoect.

There will be intermittent lane closures while the work is underway today. The work is expected to occur on Friday and Saturday.

New trees will be planted as part of the overall landscaping plan for the area.

Construction will begin in the spring.

A modern roundabout at 67 Street and Orr Drive/Johnstone Drive is part of the project to improve traffic flow and accommodate growth.

Tree removal is also happening on private property along the future 20 Avenue, south of 32 Street.

This work is in preparation of the 20 Avenue Trail and Berm Improvement Project which will connect the neighbourhoods of east Red Deer with a trail system from 55 Street to 19 Street.

Chamber of Commerce announces next speaker

The man who created and drove the Heritage Classic in 2003 has been announced as the speaker for the Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce Key Speaker Series.

Patrick LaForge, the former President and Chief Operating Officer of the Oilers Entertainment Group, will talk on Feb. 25 at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel, 3310 Gaetz Ave., in the Santano Ballroom from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

LaForge joined the Edmonton Oilers organization in 2000 after working with various sports and entertainment organizations in hockey,

ski racing, auto racing, professional rodeo and marketing beer.

He was a driving force behind the Heritage Classic, the first regular season outdoor NHL game played on Nov. 22, 2003.

Tickets cost $60 per person or $450 for a table of eight for chamber members. For non-members it costs $75 per person or $550 for a table of eight.

Tickets must be purchased ahead of time and a lunch is included. For more information visit www.reddeerchamber.com.

Boil water order issuedNine residences on Somerset Close

and Springfield Avenue are under boil water advisory after a water main leak at approximately 11 a.m. on Thursday.

Water is currently shut off to the af-fected residences and crews are work-ing to fix the leak.

Residents are advised to bring water to a rolling boil for at least one minute before drinking, cooking, wash-ing food, or brushing teeth until the main is fixed.

The boil water advisory was issued as a precautionary measure as the drinking water supply may be contami-nated with the surrounding soil during the water main repair. Once the water line is repaired, the city will send wa-ter samples to Alberta Health Services to ensure no contamination.

City staff went door-to-door to the affected residences this afternoon. In the case that no one answered, a notice and information package was left on the front door or in the mailbox.

If you have questions about the boil water advisory, please call 403-342-8750.

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Today a congratulation is in order, as we share the exciting, yet sad news that our famous Mr. Ed Edl is retiring.

Ed you have inspired, and taught many salespeople your great ways. You have jumped through any obstacle thrown at you and have always kept a smile on your face. Ed got his rst sales job at Rio Vista Ford in the late 1960’s; the rst car he sold was a 1953 Pontiac. Rio Vista Ford later changed to Festival Ford. He was there in sales until 2005. Ed needed a change, and he found himself at Red Deer Motors.

He was very excited to come work with Rich at RDM. Rich Anderson had been the sales manager at Festival Ford and is currently the sales manager here at Red Deer Motors.

“Working with Ed for the past 25 years has been a privilege. Ed is one of a kind. There are not many people in the world like him. He is polite and genuine. He will be dearly missed at Red Deer Motors.”

Ed is known for his one-liners and the funny facts he often shares. Throughout his life, he has watched the economy change for better and for worse but he has stuck with the car business because he loves cars. He loves “putting the right people in the right vehicle.” He has put his heart and soul into the vehicles he has sold and into the customers he has met along the way.

The car business will not be the same without you Ed. We feel very fortunate to have had you here for 10 years. You have been an asset to our team and we look forward to hearing about how wonderful retirement is. Ed plans to relax and put his feet up. He says “I’m tired” and at 82 that is completely acceptable! Ed you have had an extraordinary career in the sales business and we wish you all the best on the next chapter! You are one of a kind, and the staff here at Red Deer Motors will miss you very much!

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Couple ‘sorry’ for killing teacherBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ST. THOMAS, Ont. — A couple whose depraved sexual appetites led them to brutally murder and rape an Ontario teacher they picked up on the side of the road three years ago apol-ogized to the woman’s grief-stricken family Thursday as they prepared to spend the rest of their lives behind bars.

Tanya Bogdanovich, 34, and Michael MacGregor, 22, chose to face Noelle Paquette’s family and friends in a packed St. Thomas courtroom as they took turns voicing their remorse for the gruesome killing that sent shock-waves through southwestern Ontario.

Though both said they wished they could reverse their actions and bring Paquette back to life, neither shed light on what fuelled their violent plan — a plot that initially focused on a teenage girl but shifted to the Sarnia teacher by a twist of circumstance.

Nor did they ask for forgiveness.

“I want to say sorry, I know I can’t change or take back what I’ve done no matter how much I wish I could,” said MacGregor, who addressed the court first. “What I did was terrible and because of it Noelle is gone, when instead she should still be with you.”

“I’m not asking for your forgiveness — I don’t deserve it and could never hope for it,” he said.

Bogdanovich’s voice broke as she acknowledged the “all-encompassing pain” caused by Paquette’s murder, which she described as a “horrendous tragedy.”

“One night forever changed the course of many lives and it can never be undone,” she said, adding she re-gretted waiting so long to plead guilty.

At least one member of Paquette’s family left the courtroom while Bog-danovich spoke. Others looked down and wiped tears from their eyes.

Bogdanovich and MacGregor plead-ed guilty late last year to first-de-gree murder in the savage slaying of Paquette, a stranger they abducted on

a road as she was walking home from a New Year’s Eve party.

The offence carries an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years. The pair must also be add-ed to the DNA bank and sex offender registry and face a lifetime firearms ban. They must also refrain from con-tacting Paquette’s family and friends.

In handing down the automatic sentence — the most strict available under law — Ontario Superior Court Judge Bruce Thomas said the pair’s “vile and despicable” actions required them to be removed from society for most of their lives.

He noted, however, that no sen-tence could ease the ache of loss and stressed that Paquette’s family should in no way wonder if they could have saved her from her tragic fate.

“There was no blame for any of you here,” he said. “The responsibility, all of it, lies with the two people in the prisoners’ boxes.”

Paquette’s father, Roger Paquette, said outside court that the sentence

was “neither an ending nor a begin-

ning.”

“It is a message to everyone to be

cautious but not afraid, to live life to

the fullest and to love and be kind,” he

said. “Our memories of our daughter

Noelle have given us the courage to

live on.”

Paquette was “merely in the wrong

place at the wrong time,” and though

she tried to fight off her attackers, she

was overwhelmed by their “violent

sexually motivated desires,” according

to an agreed statement of fact read in

court Wednesday.

Court heard Bogdanovich, a nurse

and mother of three who was already

in a relationship, met MacGregor on a

social networking site for people inter-

ested in BDSM, fetishism and kink in

June 2012.

Over their seven-month relation-

ship, the couple developed increasing-

ly savage sexual tastes, court heard.

Quebec government says it doesn’t want to be involved in

selling marijuanaQuebec wants nothing to do with

selling marijuana, Finance Minister Carlos Leitao said Thursday, adding Ottawa can’t force the province to help set up a distribution network if and when pot is legalized.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said his government will legalize and strictly regulate marijuana and will work with local authorities to come up with distribution methods, which could vary from province to province.

Trudeau’s comments sparked sug-gestions that pot could be sold out of government-run liquor stores.

Even the union representing em-ployees of Quebec’s liquor authority had said it was favourable to the idea.

Leitao, however, said he has “no plan, no idea, no intention of commer-cializing (marijuana).

“It’s up to the federal government to determine how to do it,” he said. “I will never have the obligation to com-mercialize (marijuana) even if it be-comes legal. It’s not up to the province of Quebec to do that.”

When asked what distribution net-work the federal government could use in Quebec to sell pot, Leitao respond-ed, “they’ll have to figure it out.”

NDP riding associations back Leap Manifesto ahead of

party conventionOTTAWA — As the NDP mulls over

its disastrous election outcome, more than a dozen ridings are urging the party to embrace a plan for dramat-ic change at the party convention in April.

The Leap Manifesto offers a num-ber of recommendations, including a

proposal to wean the country off fossil fuels to address climate change.

The document — which has a wide range of supporters, including actors, labour unions and environmentalists — was unveiled in September during the election campaign.

At the time of its release, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair did not endorse it, but he said he welcomed new ideas and understood it reflected a desire for change.

“Canadians want change in Ottawa and I love the debates of ideas,” he said at the time.

“We’re going to bring in overarch-ing sustainable development legisla-tion. We’ll see clear targets. We’ll start working with the world and stop work-ing against the planet.”

Avi Lewis, one of the key drivers behind the manifesto, said he finds it interesting that an NDP post-election working group has noted the party pro-jected an image of “cautious change” during the campaign.

Lewis says there is nothing cautious about kinds of changes proposed in the Leap Manifesto and its vision of a post-carbon economy.

“I think it is really interesting in the context of these NDP activists that are moving resolutions about the Leap Manifesto forward, in that it seems to be in sync with what the leader is say-ing.”

Two men killed in shooting, woman recovering in hospital

ALMONTE, Ont. — A woman is re-covering in hospital after being shot in an incident that left her 65-year-old father, a councillor in a small eastern Ontario town, and a 33-year-old man dead.

Sarah Cameron was taken to hos-pital with what police described as life-threatening injuries on Thursday morning after a shooting at her father’s home in Almonte, Ont., about 50 kilo-metres west of Ottawa.

Ontario Provincial Police were releasing few details of the incident but say officers responding to a 911 call at 7:30 Thursday morning found a 65-year-old man’s body and two people in life-threatening condition following a “serious incident.”

Police say a 28-year-old woman was taken to hospital with serious life-threatening injuries, where she remains in sta-ble condition.

And they say a 33-year-old man — also taken to hospital with life-threat-ening injuries — later died of his injuries.

Police say the investi-gation is ongoing.

“It is with profound sorrow and shock that I confirm that my colleague and friend, Coun. Ber-nard Cameron, died today in a violent incident, an incident that also grave-ly injured his daugh-ter,” Shaun McLaughlin, the mayor of Mississippi Mills, Ont., said Thursday in a statement.

Carolyn Della Foresta is the administrator of the longterm-care facili-ty where Sarah Cameron works in Almonte.

“We have heard that she is alert and that she’s not in critical condition,” Della Foresta said Thurs-day.

She said Cameron, the mother of two young chil-dren, worked as a person-al support worker at the Almonte Country Haven facility.

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NEW YORK — A new study says a person’s risk of becoming depressed or hooked on smoking may be influenced by DNA inherited from Neanderthals.

Researchers found evidence that one bit of Nean-derthal DNA can boost the risk of tobacco addiction, while others can slightly raise or lower the risk of being diagnosed with depression.

It’s the latest in a series of studies of the Neander-thal genetic heritage in modern people. Past studies have suggested it raises risk of allergies, for exam-ple.

Neanderthals and modern people split off from each other on the evolutionary tree hundreds of thousands of years ago. But ancestors of modern peo-ple interbred with Neanderthals about 50,000 years ago after leaving Africa.

So in people of Asian or European ancestry, around 2 per cent of DNA can be traced to Neander-thals.

Studying that DNA might help give insights in-to the biological roots of some diseases, said Tony Capra, an evolutionary geneticist at Vanderbilt Uni-versity. He is senior author of the study, which was released Thursday by the journal Science.

The DNA linked to depression or tobacco addic-tion affects risk, and doesn’t by itself produce those

conditions.The researchers focused on bits of Neanderthal

DNA that had been identified in prior research. They looked for effects from about 1,500 of them in medical records of some 28,000 Americans of Euro-pean ancestry, for whom they had genetic informa-tion.

One analysis supported a previously suggested influence on the risk of depression, with some DNA bits raising the risk and others lowering it. Overall, the analysis found, this DNA affected the risk by about 1 per cent. For an individual, the effect would depend on just which bits that person carried, Capra said.

A second analysis found evidence that a partic-ular bit of Neanderthal DNA, one quite rare in the population studied, roughly doubled the risk of get-ting hooked on smoking.

Tobacco was not available to Neanderthals, so “they were not walking around puffing on ciga-rettes,” Capra told a press conference Thursday. It’s hard to say what effect, if any, that bit of DNA had on them, he said in a telephone interview.

Kenneth Kendler, a genetics expert at Virginia Commonwealth University who didn’t participate in the study, said he was skeptical that the effect on smoking addiction could be so strong, given previous studies of genetic influence on tobacco behaviour.

Overall, Kendler said he found the evidence sug-gestive but not convincing for the proposed influenc-es on depression and tobacco use.

The study also linked Neanderthal DNA to risk

for some other modern-day conditions, such as scaly skin patches called actinic keratoses, urinary system symptoms and an unusually strong tendency toward blood clotting.

Sriram Sankararaman of the University of Califor-nia, Los Angeles, who led a 2014 study of Neander-thal DNA in modern people, said he found the new work “really exciting.”

Capra said the Neanderthal DNA picked up by early humans may have helped them adapt and survive in their ancient environment. But in today’s world, he said, most of that genetic legacy is either neutral or mildly harmful.

So for people of Eurasian ancestry, he said, “at least today, Neanderthal interbreeding was not so good to us.”

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Time to protect the Great Bear grizzliesThe agreement between

government, industry, First Nations and environmental groups to protect much of the Great Bear Rainforest should be celebrated.

The deal makes almost 85 per cent of the forested land base in this massive region on B.C.’s coast off limits to logging. Forestry in the re-maining 15 per cent will fol-low “lighter-touch” practices, called “ecosystem-based man-agement”. Most importantly, First Nations will have great-er decision-making authority over industrial development on their lands.

However, while the agreement helps protect griz-zly bear and other wildlife habitat, it doesn’t protect the bears themselves, contrary to B.C. Premier Chris-ty Clark’s claims at a news conference. Hunting griz-zly and black bears in the Great Bear remains legal.

The agreement actually contains no reference to grizzly hunting. To slow the hunt, First Nations and others must pony up millions of dollars to buy out existing guide outfitting territories open to foreign big-game hunters. Trophy hunting by B.C. residents — governed under a different process — will pro-ceed regardless of whether First Nations and their allies purchase and retire foreign hunting quotas.

Had the government been serious about ending the barbaric hunt, it could have banned it outright under the province’s Wildlife Act, or simply ended

the open season on grizzlies in the Great Bear, as was done by earlier governments to protect the ar-ea’s Kermode “spirit bears”. (Only bears with white fur are protected, even though bears with black coats can carry the spirit bear gene.) Despite the spin, the B.C. government has never recognized the Coastal First Nations ban on trophy hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest.

Seeing grizzlies feeding on salmon as the fish make their way up the coastal streams and riv-ers of B.C. and Alaska is magnificent. These large brown bears with their characteristic hump and silver-tipped fur scoop salmon from the river in an age-old interplay between ocean, river, fish, bear, bird and forest. The salmon bring nutrients from the ocean. The bears eat salmon and drag the carcasses into the forest, providing food for other animals, like eagles, and fertilizer for the massive rainforest trees.

First Nations-owned and operated bear-viewing operations are booming in the Great Bear Rain-forest, creating jobs and revenue. The trophy hunt threatens these sustainable businesses.

The grizzly bear trophy hunt is a sport like dog-fighting, cockfighting and bullfighting are sports — maybe worse. Bears that people come to see and photograph can be legally shot by trophy hunters, armed with high-powered rifles and scopes. That the B.C. government allows it to continue in the face of opposition from First Nations and a huge majority of British Columbians for the sake of profit is disgust-ing.

I’m not against hunting — and many who oppose the trophy hunt agree that sustainable hunting can be a good way to put food on the table. But shooting an animal — often on its way to feed and thus an

easy target — just to hang its head on the wall or put its skin on the floor is not hunting. It’s killing for pleasure.

Government justifies allowing this practice by ar-guing the hunt is well-managed and that grizzlies are plentiful, with only a small number killed each year by hunters. Even if that were true — which it’s not — it’s a poor excuse for an inhumane practice.

Studies confirm earlier research by the David Su-zuki Foundation showing the hunt is not sustainable. A peer-reviewed report by Simon Fraser University, University of Victoria and Raincoast Conservation Foundation scientists in the journal PLOS ONE analyzed the provincial government’s own data and concluded too many grizzlies are being killed in B.C. They found overkilling of grizzly bears by humans is common and that annual hunting mortality limits set by government are too risky.

Grizzlies reproduce slowly, generally having one or two cubs every three or more years. They also face threats from habitat loss, damage and fragmentation; cascading effects of salmon collapse and climate change; and death from poaching, vehicle and train collisions and the inevitable adverse impacts of careless human behaviour.

Grizzlies have already been eliminated or are currently threatened in 18 per cent of the province, including the Lower Mainland and most of the Inte-rior.

It’s time to stop killing bears for trophies.David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and

co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Ontario and Northern Canada Director Faisal Moola. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

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Tesla Model X is shown at the 2016 Canadian International Autoshow in Toronto on Thursday. The CEO of Ford’s Canadian operations says risks posed by the Trans-Pacific Partnership to the automotive manufacturing sector are among topics she plans to raise in a meeting with federal government officials later this month. Dianne Craig says the need to boost government subsidies to help attract more global investment in Canada’s auto sector will also be discussed. Ontario, which relies heavily on the auto manufacturing sector, has been losing new investment to Mexico and the southern U.S., where labour costs are lower. Craig also slammed the TPP, saying that the way the deal is structured will hurt Canadian auto manufacturing operations. ‘We support free trade, but it has to be fair trade,’ Craig said. ‘We’ve got to get these trade agreements right, and right now as the TPP stands, there will be no positive outcome for Canadian manufacturing.’


University of Montreal professor Erick Lachapelle is seen in his office Thursday in Montreal.

Quebec identity politics an obstacle to Energy East pipelineBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL — On a recent visit to Montreal, the head of Energy East was all smiles as he spoke about how his company is listening to Quebec-ers’ concerns about the deeply divisive pipeline project.

If John Soini listens carefully, how-ever, what he hears might make him frown.

The company behind Energy East, TransCanada (TSX:TRP), says it is con-fident it can address worries about spills, explosions and the perceived lack of economic benefits for commu-nities along the proposed pipeline route from Alberta to New Brunswick.

What TransCanada might have a more difficult time dealing with are two Quebec-specific obstacles that stand in the way of the project getting approval in the province.

First, Quebec has positioned itself as a global leader on climate change, which has given its federalist premier the opportunity to show Quebecers

the province can shine internationally while remaining in Canada.

Second, Energy East has become an issue of national identity, with sover-eigntists and nationalists arguing the province shouldn’t let English Canada force a “dirty” pipeline into Quebec territory.

“We are seeing the emergence of a nationalist dimension to this and I have the data to support it,” said Erick Lachapelle, a professor at Universite de Montreal who researches public opinion on energy projects.

Additionally, Lachapelle says en-vironmental groups have successfully used the emotional slogan “Coule pas chez nous” (Don’t Spill in our Yard), echoing the “chez nous” (our home) mantra of the Quiet Revolution.

“This ‘chez nous’ discourse is a highly effective, powerful slogan that appeals to Quebec values of solidarity and identity, regardless of where one stands on the sovereignty question,” Lachapelle said.

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Keystone blamed

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TRANSCANADA


CALGARY — TransCanada Corp. said Thursday it lost $2.5 billion in the fourth quarter — mostly because of its stalled Keystone XL pipeline proposal.

The Calgary-based company (TSX-:TRP) took a $2.9-billion non-cash charge related to Keystone XL which was blocked by U.S. President Barack Obama late last year.

The loss amounted to $3.47 per share for the quarter compared with a profit of $458 million or 65 cents per share a year earlier. Revenue grew to $2.85 billion from $2.62 billion.

The loss didn’t prevent TransCan-ada from announcing a dividend in-crease for the 16th year in a row. The quarterly payment to shareholders will increase to 56.5 cents per common share, from 52 cents.

“Although 2015 was a very challeng-ing year for the energy industry, our $64 billion portfolio of high-quality en-ergy infrastructure assets performed well,” said Russ Girling, TransCana-da’s president and chief executive.

TransCanada’s “comparable earn-ings” without the writedowns fell to $453 million or 64 cents per share com-pared with $511 million or 72 cents per share a year ago — mainly because of lower contributions from its Canadian power and pipeline businesses.

TransCanada has launched a chal-lenge to the U.S. government’s rejec-tion of Keystone XL.

The company has said it intends to file a claim under Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agree-ment in response to the decision, which it called arbitrary and unjusti-fied.

It has also filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Federal Court in Texas asserting that the president’s decision to deny con-struction of Keystone XL exceeded his power under the U.S. Constitution.

In addition to operating one of North America’s largest networks of oil and gas pipelines, TransCanada is part owner of the Bruce Power nuclear electricity business in Ontario as well as other power generating operations.

Girling said many of TransCanada’s assets are underpinned by regulated businesses or long-term contracts that provide predictable cash flows and minimal risk.

“In addition, we are proceeding with $13 billion of near-term growth opportunities that are expected to be in-service by 2018.”

Cenovus signals more cuts


CALGARY — Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX:CVE) is planning more layoffs this year as part of an effort to cut $400 million to $500 million in costs while it rides out a rough period of low oil and gas prices.

“We had a stiff headwind in 2015 which, in 2016, has gone to hurricane force,” chief executive Brian Fergu-son said during an investor conference call Thursday.

Oil prices have nosedived this year, pushing to lows not seen since 2003 as oil hovers below US$27 a barrel.

“My key message today is that we will not sacrifice our financial resil-ience. This is not a time for half-mea-sures,” said Ferguson.

Cenovus is aiming to cut operat-ing and administrative costs by $200 million, in part through unspecified

workforce cuts and lower cash com-pensation for its five highest-paid ex-ecutives.

Ferguson said Cenovus has not yet determined the scale of the job cuts, but he doesn’t expect them to be near-ly as big as last year’s cutbacks that re-sulted in layoffs for 1,500 staff or about 24 per cent of its workforce.

The company’s revised capital bud-get has also been lowered to between $1.2 billion and $1.3 billion, which is down $200 million to $300 million from the budget it outlined in December. It’s also 27 per cent less than 2015 and 59 per cent lower than in 2014.

Ferguson said that the company will continue to defer some oilsands proj-ects until it gets a clearer picture from the federal government on environ-mental and energy regulations.

“While we now have more regulato-ry and fiscal certainty in Alberta, we need that same certainty from Ottawa

before we will resume construction of deferred oilsands projects,” he said.

The Calgary-based oilsands pro-ducer and refiner is also reducing its first-quarter dividend by 69 per cent to five cents per share, a move Ferguson said was necessary due to the volatile times.

“This is clearly a big decision and, in this volatile commodity price envi-ronment, we feel it is a critical step to help maintain financial resilience.”

Cenovus had a net loss of $641 mil-lion or 77 cents per share in the fourth quarter — dragging down the full-year profit to $618 million or 75 cents per share.

In the comparable period of 2014, the company’s fourth-quarter loss was $472 million or 62 cents per share and its full-year profit was $744 million or 98 cents per share.

‘HURRICANE FORCE’ HEADWINDS HIT INDUSTRY

Economist delivers potential solutions in studyBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — A new study is deliv-ering some potential solutions to Cana-da Post’s woes, including a recommen-dation that postage rates should be higher in rural areas than urban ones.

The paper by the School of Pub-lic Policy at the University of Calgary paints a grim picture for the Crown corporation under the status quo: the number of letters delivered dropped by nearly a quarter between 2006 and 2013 and is expected to keep falling. The rise in parcels sent to online shop-pers hasn’t been enough to offset the

decline.Meanwhile, the number of address-

es in Canada is rising by nearly a quar-ter million a year.

Canada Post charges the same pric-es to all customers, even though deliv-ery in urban areas is cheapest.

Philippe De Donder, the study’s au-thor, said that results in urban house-holds essentially shouldering the cost delivering to rural areas.

“We think that for a market to work well, you need to have prices which

are in line with the cost of produc-tion,” said De Donder, who is with the Toulouse School of Economics in France and has researched postal sys-tems elsewhere in the world.

“And so if you sell different prod-ucts and one product costs twice as much, there is no reason why the price of this product should be the same. The price should be twice as much as the other product.”

Although De Donder said Canada Post should have more power over pricing, he’s not advocating for unfet-tered freedom either. He said there should be an independent regulator to impose caps on prices, so that the cost

to consumers doesn’t get so out of hand that they stop using the mail service.

As for how well that proposal would go over in rural Canada, De Donder said sees two scenarios unfolding.

One is that people who choose to live in less populated parts of the country accept that they should bear some of the additional costs for mail delivery. Or, the government can make those customers whole through tax re-bates or some other mechanism.

“This way, it’s very, very transpar-ent. What economists don’t like about playing with prices to redistribute is it’s totally not transparent at all,” said De Donder.

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BY ADVOCATE STAFF

Fewer Albertans are making Registered Retirement Saving Plans and Tax Free Savings Accounts a priority in today’s battered economy.

Chris Turchansky, president of ATB investor services, said there has been a drop in both RRSP and TFSA contributions.

“A study we did shows that 41 per cent of people have been impacted either by having their salary frozen, decreased or bonus reduced. As a result they don’t have as much money to put away to future goals because they’re trying to deal with today’s reality,” Turchansky said.

He said 23 per cent of those affected by the downturn have stopped some of their regular savings and investment contributions and 14 percent withdrew some of their long-term savings and investments.

Some people are attracted to the flexibility of TFSAs because if an emergency does come up, which can happen often in this economy, they can withdraw money without being taxed, he said.

People can also replace the money they take out of a TFSA, while RRSPs generally don’t allow it, he said.

Only money taken from RRSPs for the Home Buyer Plan to buy a home or the Life Long Learning Plan for post-secondary education can be put back into RRSPs. In fact, that money must be replaced.

He said another reason why some people go with a TFSA is that they doubt there will be much advantage to delaying taxes on RRSP withdrawals.

“More people today are realizing their tax rate

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Diversified and IndustrialsAgrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 114.16ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.26BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.29BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.22Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . 0.780Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.07Cdn. National Railway . . 76.15Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 168.84Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 33.74Capital Power Corp . . . . 16.93Cervus Equipment Corp 11.82Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 44.80Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 42.98Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 16.79Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.13General Motors Co. . . . . 26.90Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 20.02Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.68SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 39.80Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 31.32Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 39.69Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 4.80Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 48.24

ConsumerCanadian Tire . . . . . . . . 109.83Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.14Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.85Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 63.33

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 22.78Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.40Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.32WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 15.27

MiningBarrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 16.70Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 14.99First Quantum Minerals . . 2.94Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 20.92Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 2.46Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.07Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.44Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 21.82Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.62Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 5.15

EnergyArc Resources . . . . . . . . 17.72Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 23.34Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 39.78Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.69Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 15.09Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 26.58Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 8.28Canyon Services Group. . 3.54Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 13.95CWC Well Services . . . . 0.105Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 4.80Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 0.55

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 79.60Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 28.80High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.06Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 11.67Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 40.52Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 0.94Penn West Energy . . . . . . 1.03Precision Drilling Corp . . . 3.71Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 29.43Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.36Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 1.51Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 32.59Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.09

FinancialsBank of Montreal . . . . . . 69.56Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 52.06CIBC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.33Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 20.76Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.36IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 31.78Intact Financial Corp. . . . 84.36Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.84National Bank . . . . . . . . . 35.95Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.18Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 65.00Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 37.24TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.02

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Brian D. Porter, district vice-president, Central Alberta District with Scotiabank in Edmonton, agreed that the economy will definitely have an impact on people’s ability to continue to maximize all the benefits of RRSPs and TFSAs, especially in Alberta right now.

He said economic challenges people read or hear about can increase their apprehension, but regardless of the economic cycle, the base tenants of saving never goes away.

“It’s just so important that we continue to make sure Canadians and Albertans in a time of disruption understand that the benefits of investing early, investing regularly, and staying invested, are the way to ensure that they’ll have financial freedom as they march towards their retirement,” Porter said.

He said saving — regardless of income level — is critical and most people do have questions about how RRSPs and TFSAs work.

“Every individual has their own area of subject matter expertise. Whether or not you were making $100,000 in the oil patch over the last number of years, that doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re extremely well educated as it relates to the benefits of an RRSP for your retirement, or how the TFSA, when it came out in 2009, was a really complimentary type account that needs to form part of your overall financial plan,” Porter said.

Larry Moser, divisional manager with BMO InvestorLine, in Ottawa, said TFSAs are a great way to save additional money for retirement, but it isn’t limited to just saving cash.

“Because it’s called a savings account, at the beginning people thought it was for savings. But the fact is, it’s an investment account and you can hold all different types of investments. If you choose to buy

stocks or bonds or dividend paying stocks, all those types of investments are eligible in tax free savings accounts,” Moser said.

Another nice thing about TFSA is there is no minimum so people can put away as little as $25 a paycheque. But it’s important to not exceed the contribution limit in any given year. A severe financial penalty will be charged to those who over contribute, he said.

“A lot of people don’t understand that rule. They think they can pull the money out and then put it right back in a different institution to get a better rate. When you pull money out in a given calendar year, you are not allowed to recontribute that until the next calendar year,” Moser said.

MARKETS CLOSETORONTO — Stock markets in Toronto and

New York fell Thursday as the price of oil dropped below US$27 a barrel and uncertainty over the global economy continued to fester.

The S&P/TSX composite index was down 98.35 points at 12,087.37 at the close.

It’s the fifth straight day of losses for the re-source-heavy market, which felt downward pres-sure from nearly all sectors, especially banks and base metal stocks.

The Canadian dollar gained 0.06 of a U.S. cent to 71.83 cents US, even as the March contract for benchmark North American crude oil lost $1.24 to settle at US$26.21.

Ian Nakamoto, director of research at 3MACS, said investor confidence in oil has waned because no one is certain how much lower prices will go.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTSHighlights at the close Thursday at world finan-

cial market trading.Stocks:S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,087.37, down

98.35 pointsDow — 15,660.18, down

254.56 pointsS&P 500 — 1,829.08, down

22.78 pointsNasdaq — 4,266.84, down

16.75 pointsCurrencies:Cdn — 71.83 cents US, up

0.06 of a centPound — C$2.0151, down

0.97 of a centEuro — C$1.5767, up 0.32 of

a centEuro — US$1.1326, up 0.33

of a centOil futures:US$26.21 per barrel, down

$1.24(March contract)Gold futures: US$1,247.80 per

oz., up $53.20

(April contract)

ICE FUTURES CANADAWINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing

prices:Canola: March ‘16 $6.00 higher $468.80 May

‘16 $5.70 higher $477.30 July ‘16 $5.40 high-er $482.60 Nov. ‘16 $4.40 higher $485.50 Jan. ‘17 $4.20 higher $488.00 March ‘17 $4.20 high-er $488.20 May ‘17 $4.20 higher $486.90 July ‘17 $3.70 higher $486.40 Nov. ‘17 $3.70 higher $486.40 Jan. ‘18 $3.70 higher $486.40 March ‘18 $3.70 higher $486.40.

Barley (Western): March ‘16 $2.00 lower $188.00 May ‘16 $2.00 lower $192.00 July ‘16 $2.00 lower $194.00 Oct. ‘16 $2.00 lower $194.00 Dec. ‘16 $2.00 lower $194.00 March ‘17 $2.00 low-er $194.00 May ‘17 $2.00 lower $194.00 July ‘17 $2.00 lower $194.00 Oct. ‘17 $2.00 lower $194.00 Dec. ‘17 $2.00 lower $194.00 March ‘18 $2.00 lower $194.00.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 679,300 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Bar-ley). Total: 679,300.

Industry wants to halt proposed bag ban


BROSSARD, Que. — Big Plastic is laying down the legal gauntlet against a Montreal suburb that is looking at banning plastic bags this year.

The Canadian Plastic Bag Associ-ation has served the City of Brossard with a legal letter demanding it put a stop to its shopping-bag bylaw.

The suburban enclave just south of Montreal is hoping to pass a bylaw next week that would see a ban on thin, disposable plastic bags come into effect in September.

Municipal lawmakers cite environ-

mental and economic reasons for the proposed law, which is expected to pass at a meeting on Feb. 16.

But the association says the bylaw is “abusive and unreasonable”

And the province’s retail council says the city should discuss the matter with stakeholders before unilaterally passing such a law.

Many locals going about their shop-ping expeditions on Thursday said they don’t expect much of a change from such a ban.

Most of those encountered had re-usable bags under their arms as they went inside to fill their grocery carts.

pre-retirement could be the same as their tax rate in retirement. So there’s no benefit.”

But people still recognize RRSPs have a role to play, he said.

“You’re seeing more people leveraging Tax Free Savings Accounts today then they have been in the past, but RRSPs still remain the most popular vehicle for saving for retirement,” Turchansky said.

While both RRSPs and TFSAs allow money to grow tax free, people receive a tax credit when they contribute to an RRSP and can contribute 18 per cent of their income to a specified maximum.

RRSPs are intended to be liquidated during retirement when people earn less money so they are more likely to be in a lower tax bracket.

Crystal Wong, senior regional manager for TD Wealth Financial Planning in British Columbia, said RRSPs and TFSAs have different advantages depending on people’s stage of life.

“When you’re a student, or when you’re just starting your career out, and you’re not in that

higher income tax bracket, it’s almost to your advantage to start off with a tax free savings account contribution where it allows your savings to grow tax free. And then when you need to have that income tax break, you can switch the savings program over into an RRSP,” Wong said.

She said instead of discontinuing any savings program, people should just contribute less because it will definitely benefit them in the long run.

“If you need to take a break for a period of time because the source of income has come to a point where you’re not able to save, just remember once you get back into a working environment that you need to start the savings programs,” Wong said.

TWO ESSENTIALS FOR FINANCIAL FREEDOM:Registered Retirement Saving Plans and Tax Free Savings Accounts

Precision Drilling suspends dividend

CALGARY — Precision Drilling Corp. (TSX:PD) says uses of its rigs was cut by more than half in Canada and the United States in the fourth quarter compared with a year earlier, result-ing in less cash from operations and a bigger loss.

As a result, the Calgary-based com-pany says it’s suspending its dividend immediately. It had been paying seven cents per share each quarter through-out 2015.

Precision Drilling also revealed that its spending on capital projects last year totalled $459 million — $72 million less than a revised plan an-nounced in October as the fourth quar-ter began.

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ComputerPersonnel 730

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THE Forshee community would like to thank these many dedicated volunteers for supporting us during 2015:

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BARB GIESBRECHTFeb. 24, 1944 - Feb. 12, 2006

The depths of sorrow we cannot tell,

Of the loss of one we loved so well,

And while she sleeps a peaceful sleep

Her memory we shall always keep.

~Love always, Jim and family

SCHRITTJohn1927 - 2016John Schritt of Red Deer, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at the age of 88 years. John, along with his parents, immigrated to Canada from Germany when John was 3 years old where they settled and farmed in the Coronation area. He later moved to Red Deer in the early fi fties. For 30 plus years, John worked for Turple Brothers Ltd. where he enjoyed repairing, and riding motorbikes and building sidecars. John was known in the area by motor bike enthusiasts for his red bike and sidecar. He was an avid and proud member of the Canadian Vintage Motor Bike Group. John was loved and will be deeply missed by his son Derald (Lorna) Lundberg; grandchildren Nadine, Lacinda and Dusty; seven great grandchildren; one brother; six sisters as well as numerous other family members and the many friends he made over the years. He was predeceased by his wife Grace in 2014; one brother and three sisters. A service to celebrate John’s life will be held at the Red Deer Elks, 6315 - Horn Street, Red Deer, AB on Friday, February 19, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta, 202, 5913 - 50 Ave, Red Deer AB T4N 4C4. Condolences to John’s family may be emailed to [email protected] MEMORIALS

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GORDON HAMILLFeb. 12, 2011

They say there is a reasonThey say that time will healBut neither time nor reasonWill change the way we feel.

For no one knows the heartacheThat lies behind our smiles

We want to tell you somethingSo there won’t be any doubt.You’re so wonderful to think of

But so hard to be without.

~Sadly missed and forever in our hearts~

Heather,Rob, Rhonda, Drew,Justine and Victoria

Dean, Dory, Heather,Samantha and Owen

In Loving Memory ofBOB McMILLAN

June 9, 1935 - Feb. 12, 2014

Remember him with a smile today

He was not one for tears.Refl ect instead on memories

Of all the happy years.Recall to mind the way

he spoke,And all the things he said.His strength, his stance,

the way he walked,Remember these instead.

The good advice he gave us,His eyes that shone

with laughter,So much of him will never die,

But live on forever after.

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BAINDonald Alexander Bain of Innisfail Alberta died peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at the Innisfail hospital at the age of 88 years. Donald was born in Delburne, Alberta on October 5, 1927 to Isabella and Donald Bain. Donald started working as a farm hand at the age of 15 and a half, and later became a farm machinery mechanic spending most of his years working for Massey Ferguson. He married the love of his life Marion (Thorlakson) Bain on April 6, 1951. They settled in Innisfail where they raised their three daughters. Though Don didn’t speak often, his actions spoke volumes. In his own quiet way, Don was the rock who helped to keep all of us grounded. With the same skills that he used to maintain and drive those Massey Ferguson tractors, Don helped us all steer our way through the grain fi elds that are our lives and for that we will always be grateful. We will remember Don forever and he will always be in our hearts. Donald was predeceased by the love of his life Marion Bain in 2005, his grandchildren Jason and Melissa Metzger, his sister Helen Keiser, sister-in-laws Thora Shanks, Joan Vandale, Alice Heinsen, Dorothy Zimmerman and Hazel Bain as well as brother-in-laws Gudbjorn, Mundi, Steini and Allen Thorlakson, Del Shanks, Leonard Heinsen, Otto Zimmerman and Bill Eliuk. Donald is survived by his daughters Marilyn (Ken) Alkenbrack, Cheryl Bain, Beverly (Joe) Bodeux and special nephew John (Kathy) Zimmerman; grandchildren James Barclay, Kenneth Alkenbrack, Brett Bodeux, Jared (Andrea) Bodeux, and Michelle Bodeux (Andrew Mackay); step grandchildren Harold Alkenbrack and Vicki (Dale) Bentley; great- grand-children Kimberly Barclay, Cory Barclay, Alexandra Bentley, Amanda Bentley, Avery Bodeux and Hudson Bodeux; great-great grandchild Elizah Elgert; sister Betty Hollands and brother Charlie Bain; sister-in-laws Iris Eliuk and Bertha Thorlakson and numerous nieces and nephews who were very dear to him. A memorial service was held on Monday, February 8, 2016 at the Innisfail United Church. Memorial donations may be made to Cystic Fibrosis Canada.

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ObituariesDOJAHNLorraineIt is with sadness that we announce the passing of Lorraine Dojahn on January 30, 2016 into the loving arms of her Heavenly Father. Lorraine will be remembered by her loving devoted husband, Don and her treasured sons, Stephen (Jody-Lynn) and Curtis (Dawn). As well as her dear and loving grandchildren; Cole, Hannah, Mackenzie and Trinity as well as numerous relatives and friends. A celebration of life will take place at the Alliance Community Church in Sylvan Lake, AB on Saturday February 13, 2016 at 2:00 pm. In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations may be made to STARS or the Stollery Children’s hospital.

STEWARTLucy1931 - 2016Lucy LaVerne Winnifred Stewart passed away at Extendicare Michener Hill in Red Deer on Friday, February 5, 2016 at the age of 84 years. Lucy is survived by her daughter Louella (Gary) Ramsey; grandsons James (Roxanne) and Matt; grandchildren Liam, Alexis and Lauren, all of Red Deer, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends. A memorial and graveside service will take place in early April. In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation, 10240 - Kingsway Ave NW, Edmonton AB T5H 3V9 or to Parkinson’s Alberta, 5406 D - 43 St, Red Deer AB T4P 1C9. Condolences to Lucy’s family may be emailed to [email protected] MEMORIALS

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In Memoriam

In MemoriamDONNA ING

Aug. 19, 1930 - Feb. 12, 2015

God took her home, it was His will

But in our hearts, she liveth still.

Ken Ing and family

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MUNICH — Diplomats trying to se-cure a ceasefire for the civil war in Syria fell short early Friday in organiz-ing an immediate truce but agreed to try to work out details and implement a temporary “cessation of hostilities” in the coming week.

Although foreign ministers from the International Syria Support Group managed to seal an agreement to “ac-celerate and expand” deliveries of humanitarian aid to besieged Syri-an communities beginning this week, their failure to agree on a ceasefire leaves the most critical step to resum-ing peace talks unresolved. It was not clear from their comments afterward if deep differences regarding the truce and which groups would be eligible for it could be overcome.

Speaking for the group, U.S. Secre-tary of State John Kerry hailed the re-sults as a significant accomplishment but noted that a cessation-of-hostili-ties agreement, if it can be achieved, would only be a “pause” in fighting and that more work would need to be done to turn it into a fully-fledged ceasefire.

He also allowed that the agree-ments made were “commitments on paper” only.

“The real test is whether or not all the parties honour those commitments and implement them,” he told report-ers after the nearly six-hour meeting at a Munich hotel, which ran the early hours of Friday.

While humanitarian access is crit-ical to relieving the suffering of mil-lions of Syrians in the short term, a du-rable and lasting ceasefire will be re-quired if stalled negotiations between Syrian President Bashar Assad’s gov-ernment and the opposition are to re-sume on or before the U.N.-set target date of Feb. 25. The talks broke down last month before they really started, due largely to gains by Assad’s military with the heavy backing of Russian air-strikes.

Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who had been pressing

for a ceasefire to begin March 1, said the U.S. and Russia would co-chair both the working group on humanitar-ian aid as well as a task force that will try to deal with the “modalities” of the temporary truce and include members of the military along with representa-tives from countries that are support-ing various armed groups in Syria.

Russia had proposed the March 1 ceasefire, but the U.S. and others saw that as a ploy to give Moscow and the Syrian army three more weeks to try to crush Western- and Arab-backed rebels.

The U.S. countered with demands for an immediate stop to the fighting. Both countries appeared to have made concessions on that front.

Despite the concession on poten-tial timing of the truce and the agree-ment to set up the task force, the U.S., Russia and others remain far apart on which groups should be eligible for it. The new task force will take up a job that was supposed to have been settled months ago. At the moment, only two groups — the Islamic State group and the al-Qaida-affiliated al-Nusra Front — are ineligible for the truce because they are identified as terrorist organi-zations by the United Nations.

Russia, Syria and Iran argue that other groups, notably some supported by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and some oth-er Arab states, should not be eligible for the ceasefire, and there was no sign Friday that those differences had been resolved.

Lavrov said the Russian air cam-paign in support of Assad’s military would continue against terrorist groups and denied persistent reports that the Russian strikes have hit civil-ian areas, notably around rebel-held Aleppo, where heavy fighting has been raging for the past week.

Among the issues the task force is charged with sorting out are delin-eating territories held by the Islam-ic State, al-Nusra and other militant groups, ensuring the compliance of el-igible parties and referring violations of the truce for appropriate action, including exclusion from the arrange-ment.

Asked Friday to comment on the Munich talks, Salem Meslet, the spokesman for the Syrian opposition coalition known as the High Negoti-ations Commitee, said, “We must see action on the ground in Syria.”

Five years of conflict have killed more than a quarter-million people, created Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II and allowed the

Islamic State to carve out its own ter-ritory across parts of Syria and neigh-bouring Iraq.

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Focus turns to minority votersBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clin-ton and Bernie Sanders debated again Thursday night as the focus turned to minority voters influential in contests later this month in South Carolina and Nevada.

Clinton’s loss to Sanders in the New Hampshire primary by 22 percentage points was especially painful because she lost with women, her presumed base of support as she tries to become the country’s first female president.

With Nevada next, Sanders now faces a test of how he does with non-white voters after the largely white states of Iowa and New Hampshire. Nevada is 28 per cent Latino, 9 per cent African-American and 8 per cent Asian-American.

The Vermont senator’s message of economic and social inequality, sys-temic racism and unlimited money in politics is aimed at Americans who

feel the system is stacked against them.

Clinton has acknowledged she has “work to do” to introduce herself to young women and new voters. She is expected to attack Sanders more ag-gressively on issues that matter to mi-nority voters, defending policies like the health care law achieved by Pres-ident Barack Obama, the nation’s first black president.

On Thursday, the political action committee of the Congressional Black Caucus endorsed Clinton. The commit-tee is separate from the Congressional Black Caucus, not all of whom have endorsed Clinton.

Sanders was expected to talk at length about the civil rights activism of his youth, his recent outreach to prom-inent black figures and parts of his agenda that might most resonate with black and Hispanic communities. He had breakfast with civil rights leader

the Rev. Al Sharpton on Wednesday.Civil rights leader John Lewis on

Thursday dismissed Sanders’ claims of his 1960s work on racial equality, saying, “I never saw him. I never met him.” On his campaign website, Sand-ers says he has a “long history of fight-ing for social equality and the rights of black Americans — a record that goes back to the early 1960s.”

If Clinton solidifies her support among black voters over the next month, she could amass a significant number of delegates in the push to-ward the 2,382 needed to win the party nomination.

There are more than 1,400 delegates at stake in states such as South Caroli-na, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana.

In the more crowded Republican field, South Carolina is next. Billion-aire Donald Trump, fresh from a com-manding win in New Hampshire, will

be tested by the state’s more conserva-tive voters.

A group of Latino celebrities con-demned Trump and his Republican presidential rivals, saying Trump speaks for the party’s anti-immigrant, anti-Latino agenda.

The group including actress Amer-ica Ferrera, comedian George Lopez and legendary musician Carlos San-tana is urging the nation’s 55 million Latinos to “vote for candidates who support our community.” It did not en-dorse either Clinton or Sanders.

Almost all the Republicans have spent months building complex cam-paigns in South Carolina. After that primary on Feb. 20, seven Southern states including Georgia and Virginia will anchor the Super Tuesday prima-ries on March 1.

Trump was leading in South Caro-lina among all demographic groups, an NBC/Marist/Wall Street Journal poll showed, with Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio a distant second and third.

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Riot at Mexico prison leaves over 50 deadBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MONTERREY, Mexico — A brawl between rival drug gangs at an over-crowded penitentiary in northern Mex-ico turned into a riot Thursday, leaving 49 inmates dead and 12 injured in the country’s deadliest prison melee in years.

No escapes were reported in the clash at the Topo Chico prison in Mon-terrey, said Nuevo Leon state Gov. Jaime Rodriguez. The riot took place on the eve of Pope Francis’ arrival in Mexico, a visit that is scheduled to in-clude a trip next week to another pris-on in the border city of Ciudad Juarez.

Rodriguez said in the morning that 52 people had died, but he lowered that by three in the late afternoon. The reason for the changed death toll was not clear.

At a news conference the governor read a list of 40 names of confirmed victims, saying five of the remaining bodies had been charred by fire and four were yet to be positively identi-fied. One of the injured was in grave condition.

Terrified relatives gathered at the prison gates, where officials posted the names of the dead as they became known.

“Ayyy, my son is on the list!” 63-year-old Maria Guadalupe Ramirez screamed when she saw the name of her son, Jose Guadalupe Ramirez Quintero, 26, before collapsing into the arms of a daughter and human rights workers.

Ramirez’s grief echoed the con-cerns of others whose loved ones were tossed into Topo Chico along with some of Mexico’s most hardened crim-inals, despite being sentenced for mi-nor offences or even while they were

still on trial.“He had already gotten out. They

picked him up again just for drinking. … There is injustice in this prison,” she said, shaking her fists and sobbing.

The fighting began around midnight with prisoners setting fire to a storage area, sending flames and smoke bil-lowing into the sky. Rescue workers

were seen carrying injured inmates — some with burns — from the facility.

Rodriguez said the clash was be-tween two factions led by a member of the infamous Zetas drug cartel, Juan Pedro Zaldivar Farias, also known as “Z-27,” and Jorge Ivan Hernandez Can-tu, who has been identified by Mexi-can media as a Gulf cartel figure.

A turf war between the gangs blood-ied Nuevo Leon state and neighbour-ing Tamaulipas between 2010 and 2012. The Zetas once nearly controlled the area around Monterrey.

Zaldivar Farias was a suspect in the 2010 killing of American David Hart-ley on Falcon Lake, which makes up part of the border between Mexico and Texas. Hartley was reportedly gunned down while touring the reservoir with his wife on jet skis.

In the morning, a crowd of people bundled against the cold gathered at the prison gates, demanding to be let in to learn the fate of their relatives. Some threw rocks, kicked and shook the gates as riot police with plastic shields kept the crowd out. Prison of-ficials later began letting people enter in small numbers.

Mario Martinez was still awaiting word on his father-in-law, who was be-ing held at the prison pending trial. He said the danger of violence inside was well-known long before the riot.

“This (place) was a time bomb,” Martinez said. “The authorities should not ignore what the people inside are saying.”

Authorities were reinforcing securi-ty at other prisons and had transferred some inmates out of Topo Chico, Ro-driguez told Milenio. After initially saying the fighting didn’t involve gun-fire, but he later reported that at least one of the victims was shot to death.

The deadliest prison riot in recent memory also occurred in Nuevo Leon, in February 2012, when Zetas gang-sters killed 44 Gulf cartel members at the overcrowded Apodaca federal lockup.

A month earlier, 31 died in a Tam-aulipas prison where inmates set up-on each other with makeshift knives, clubs and stones.


Relatives of inmates react outside the Topo Chico prison, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Thursday. A prison riot has left 52 people dead and a dozen injured, officials said. The riot broke out as the result of fighting between rival groups of inmates at the prison. It was not the result of a mutiny and attempted prison break as initial reports had incorrectly indicated. Media said alarmed relatives of the prisoners gathered outside the jail and threw stones and blocks of wood in a bid to break in.

Diplomats aim for temporary Syria truce in a week

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Car-locking systems have stopped more than 1.77 million people from driv-ing drunk since states first passed laws requiring offenders to install them in 1999, Mothers Against Drunk Driving said in a first-of-its-kind report on the devices nationwide.

The data come from the 11 major manufactures of the ignition interlock systems, and the report was released Wednesday. The devices, the size of a cell-phone, are wired into vehicles. A convicted drunken driver must blow into the device to get a blood alco-hol content reading before the vehicle will start. The system sends a signal back to its manufacturer with the reading.

Twenty-five states have laws that require ignition interlocks for all offenders following any drunk-en-driving offence. Every state has enacted some kind of ignition-interlock law, but some require the devices only for certain levels of offences and blood alcohol levels, or give judges discretion. MADD is calling on those other states to tighten their laws.

“MADD knows ignition interlocks save lives, and they could save even more lives if every offender is required to use the device after the first arrest,” said Colleen Sheehey-Church, MADD’s national presi-dent.

The National Transportation Safety Board recom-mends states require mandatory ignition interlock devices for first-time offenders. NTSB vice chairman Bella Dinh-Zarr said the technology enables people to continue driving to make a living and get around, but it separates the person from his or her drinking and driving.

“Ignition interlock, although many people may think it’s an extreme measure for people who are first offenders, it prevents them from becoming a second offender or a third offender,” Dinh-Zarr said.

Sarah Longwell, man-aging director of the American Beverage Insti-tute, said expanding state ignition interlock man-dates is extremely expen-

sive and burdens state parole and monitoring bud-gets.

“Instead of expanding interlock requirements to include low-BAC, first-time drunk drivers, states should focus their resources on the most dangerous drunk drivers,” Longwell said.

In Maryland, where the MADD released the re-port, lawmakers are pushing to require all drunken drivers with blood alcohol contents of 0.08 or greater to have the devices. State law now requires them for those with a BAC of 0.15, nearly twice the legal limit for driving.

The systems stop drivers with a BAC of .025 or higher. The report says more than 1.77 million peo-ple have been stopped from driving with a BAC of 0.08 or higher, but the figures are higher for those who blow at least 0.025: More than 12.72 million stopped.

Lawmakers sponsoring the Maryland bill noted they have been trying to tighten the law since 2009, but they have faced opposition from lobbyists for the alcohol industry.

“There is no grey area. Either you’re on the side of the angels or you’re with the liquor lobby,” said Del. Ben Kramer, a Democrat who is sponsoring the bill.

Sheehey-Church said residents and visitors in states such as Maryland, Florida, California, New Jersey and Pennsylvania “deserve the same protec-tion offered in states with strong ignition interlock laws — such as Texas, Arizona, West Virginia and New Mexico.”

The group also is focusing on Maryland because of the December death of Officer Noah Leotta. He was killed while working on a driving-under-the-in-fluence assignment. The Maryland measure is dubbed “Noah’s Law.” At a news conference, Noah’s father, Rich, tearfully described the pain of losing his son, who police say was hit by a drunk driver with two previous convictions.

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THOUGHT OF THE DAY: To-day’s stars encourage feeling emo-tionally stable and settled.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Others ad-mire your talents but resist the urge to be an aloof Aquarian. 2016 is the year to become more involved, as you catch up with friends and network with colleagues.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Cool down and conserve your emotional energy Rams. It’s a good day to put concentrated time and energy into connecting with foreign friends via email, Skype and social networking.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Moon’s in your solitude zone, so you’s in the mood for some quiet reflection. Life’s busy, but put aside time for rest and relaxation, otherwise your stress levels will go through the roof.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When it comes to close rela-tionships, the more you put in, the more you’ll receive in re-turn. Spending quality time with loved ones will leave you with a warm inner glow today Twins.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t smother your spouse. They need a lover, not a mother or a father. Single Crabs — look for a partner who is passionate and persistent; someone you can connect with on a deep level.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Overseas friendships are fa-voured today Lions, as you expand your peer group to include an international new crowd. But resist the temptation to butt heads with an authority figure.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Get your skates on today and go, go, go.

The stars favour being creative, proactive and practical — an interesting juggle. If anyone can manage, it’s a versatile, multi-tasking Virgo!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When it comes to money mat-ters, there’s no room for procrastination— the more proactive you are, the better. Cash-strapped Libran find innovative ways to increase your cash flow.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Jump out of your cozy com-fort zone and shake up your daily routine Scorpio! The stars encourage you to do things differently, as you banish bore-dom and initiate positive changes.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Is honesty always the best policy? You’re in the mood to rock the boat and be even more open and honest than usual.

But is everyone ready for your special brand of Sagittarian truth serum?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Phone a family member and have a long chat, as you’re keen for up-to-date information. Attached Capri-corns — surprise your patient partner with a special romantic gesture.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Communication is the buzz word today Aquar-ius, as the stars urge you to find fresh ways to connect with those around you, especially at home and within your local community.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Positive Moon/Saturn as-pects increase your intuition and creativity plus your ability to put creative ideas into prac-tise. If you’re hoping to trav-el in 2016, then start planning now.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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LIFESTYLE D5FRIDAY, FEB. 12, 2016

Looking to get brother back to talking termsDear Annie: My only sibling has stopped speaking

to me. My brother had a son 26 years ago. He claims he

knew nothing about the child until I told him six months ago that he should take responsi-bility for his oldest son. We had words, and he texted me not to contact him, ever, and to have a great life.

I did call and left a message wishing him and his wife a Merry Christmas, but I never heard back. He’s holding me responsible for “keeping a se-cret,” while I am quite sure he knew all along that he had a son out there. He said some nasty things directly to me and has told outright lies to other people about me.

But Annie, he is my brother. Do I just go away? Or do I send him birthday wishes next month? — Grieving Sister

Dear Sister: You can send any kind of wishes you like, but we can’t promise he’ll respond.

Are you sure he knew about this child? If no one had ever spoken of it before, it’s possible he was truly unaware and angry that you kept the secret. Or, if you mentioned the son in front of his wife, it’s pos-sible that he didn’t want her to know, and reacted by claiming ignorance. And of course, he could simply be ashamed that he has not financially or emotion-ally supported his son and, like many guilt-ridden people, became defensive.

You can try apologizing, sincerely, for bringing up a subject that he wasn’t prepared to deal with, and then ask him how you can make things better. You also can try going through his wife to see if she will act as an intermediary on your behalf. The rest, sorry to say, is up to him.

Dear Annie: Every day I do word scrambles and “spot the six differences” puzzles with two great people. But now I’m annoyed and upset. One time — just once — I started the puzzles before they arrived and now they keep calling me “cheaty pants” and refuse to give me the newspaper until they have al-ready started.

I don’t know whether I should confront them about it or leave it be. I think they should be fair, not rude. I know I shouldn’t start the puzzles until they can be there, but sometimes I get so impatient with them.

I think they should be nice about it, too. — Very Frustrated

Dear Frustrated: All of you should be nice, which means name-calling is off-limits and no one starts the puzzles before everyone shows up.

We recommend that you make the first move to put things back on track: Apologize for your original faux pas and ask them to please stop rubbing it in your face so you can start fresh. But if they keep act-ing like the mean girls in high school, bring your own newspaper and then you can do your own puzzles in peace.

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

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NEW YORK — Got hundreds of Facebook friends you hardly know?

Now is a good time to do some dig-ital cleanup, while the year is still fresh. Review your security and pri-vacy settings, and make sure those ca-sual acquaintances you met at a bar eons ago aren’t still getting the most intimate details of your life. Get rid of games and apps that might have latched onto your account years ago, but that you no longer use.

SECURE YOUR ACCOUNTYou’ve doubtless heard you should

have a strong password. It’s especial-ly important for email and social-net-working accounts because so much of your digital life revolves around them. Plus, many other services let you log on using your Facebook account, so if that gets compromised, so will your other accounts.

Because passwords are tough to manage, it’s best not to rely solely on them. Turn on what Facebook calls Login Approvals. It’s in the account settings under “Security.” After you do so, you’re asked for confirmation — entering a special number sent to your phone — when signing on from a new device.

REVIEW YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS

Facebook offers a series of quick privacy “shortcuts.” On desktops and laptops, look for the small padlock on the upper right corner of the browser. On Apple and Android devices, ac-cess shortcuts through the menu — the three horizontal bars.

The key shortcut is “Who can see my stuff ?” See whether you’ve been inadvertently broadcasting your mus-ings to the entire Facebook commu-nity. You’ll probably want to at least limit sharing to “Friends” rather than “Public,” though you can customize that further to exclude certain individ-

uals or groups — such as co-workers, acquaintances or grandparents. When sharing, remember that less is more.

While you’re at it, check “Timeline and Tagging” in your account settings from a PC or mobile. You can insist on approving posts that people tag you in. Note that this is limited to what appears on your personal timeline if Mary tags you in a post, Mary’s friends will still see it regardless of your set-tings. If you’re on a desktop or laptop, Facebook has a Privacy Checkup tool to review your settings. Look for that padlock. This tool is coming soon to mobile.

MAKE ENEMIES … OR AT LEAST UNFRIEND SOME

Purge friends you’re no longer in touch with. If you think “unfriend-ing” is too mean, add them to an “Ac-quaintances” or “Restricted” list in-stead. “Acquaintances” means they won’t show up in your news feed as often, though they’ll still have full ac-cess to any posts you distribute to your friends. “Restricted” means they’ll on-ly see posts you mark as public. Either is effectively a way to unfriend some-one without dropping any clues you’ve done so.

You can also create custom lists, such as “college friends” or “fami-ly.” This is great for oversharing with those who’ll appreciate it, while not annoying everyone else you know and putting yourself in danger of becom-ing an “acquaintance” yourself. You can create lists on a traditional PC by hitting “More” next to “Friends” to the left of your news feed.

Individuals can be in multiple groups. Capabilities are limited on mobile devices, although changes you make on the PC will appear on your phone or tablet.

WATCH THOSE APPSPerhaps someone invited you to

play a game a few years ago. You tried it a few weeks and moved on, yet the app is still getting access to your data.

Or perhaps you’ve used Facebook to log onto a service you no longer use, such as one to track the 2014 Winter Olympics. It’s time to sign out. If you’re not sure you still use it, drop it anyway. You can always sign on again.

The Privacy Checkup tool on PCs will review apps for you automatically. On mobile devices, look for “Apps” in the account settings (not “Apps” in the main menu).

A related option is the Security Checkup tool. It’s an easy way to log out of Facebook on devices you rarely use. You can also enable alerts when someone tries to sign on from a new device or browser. To run this, go to http://Facebook.com/securitycheckup on a PC.

On the Android app, you can search for “security checkup” in the Help

Center. On iPhones and iPads, you’ll have to find the options individually in the account settings under “Security.”

CONTROL YOUR DATAYou can exert some influence over

whose posts you see more or less often by going to “News Feeds Preferenc-es.” The setting is on the top right on browsers and Android apps and on the lower right on iPhones. Here, you can select friends who’ll always show up on top, or hide someone’s posts com-pletely.

Finally, if you’re worried about da-ta usage, you can stop videos in your news feeds from playing automatically. On Android, go to “Autoplay” in the “App Settings.” On iPhones, it’s in the account settings under “Videos and Photos.”

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Roach robot ready to help in disastersBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — When buildings collapse in future disasters, the hero helping rescue trapped people may be a robotic cockroach.

Repulsive as they may be, roaches have the remarkable ability to squish their bodies down to one quarter their normal size, yet still scamper at light-ning speed. Also, they can withstand 900 times their body weight without being hurt.

The amazing cockroach inspired scientists to create a mini-robot that can mimic those feats of strength and agility.

The researchers hope swarms of fu-ture roach-like robots could be fitted with cameras, microphones and other sensors and then used in earthquakes and other disasters to help search for victims. The skittering robots could al-so let rescuers know if the rubble pile is stable.

Cockroaches “seem to be able to go anywhere,” said University of Cal-ifornia at Berkeley biology professor Robert Full, co-author of a study about the prototype cockroach robot. “I think they’re really disgusting and really re-volting, but they always tell us some-thing new.”

The study was published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the Nation-al Academy of Sciences.

The palm-size prototype, called the

Compressible Robot with Articulated Mechanisms, or CRAM, looks more like an armadillo and walks sort of like Charlie Chaplin when it’s compressed. It’s about 20 times the size of the roach that inspired it. And it’s simple and cheap.

Co-author Kaushik Jayaram, a Har-vard robotics researcher, said the most difficult part was the design, but after that he used off-the-shelf electronics and motors, cardboard, polyester and some knowledge of origami.

All told, the prototype probably cost less than $100, Jayaram said. He fig-ures if mass-produced, with sensors and other equipment added on, the robots could eventually cost less than $10 apiece.

In the past, when engineers looked at trying to create robots that could get into tight places, they thought about shape-changing soft animals like worms, slugs or octopuses, Full said. But the cockroach, which already is studied by roboticists for other abili-ties, has certain advantages, including crush-resistance and speed.

With nothing in its way, the Amer-ican cockroach can travel 50 body lengths in a second, which would be the equivalent of a human running more than 140 mph (225 kph), Full said. When compressed, the cockroach slows to 20 body lengths per second.

Full and colleagues found roach-es used a newly identified type of lo-comotion to ooze through cracks and

crevices based on the ideal amount of belly friction.

Still, the robot designers have no love for the bug that inspired them.

“I’m still creeped out by them,” Ja-yaram said. “I don’t want them in my house.”

Online: http://www.pnas.org


This photo provided by PolyPEDAL Lab UC Berkeley, shows the compressible robot, CRAM with a real cockroach. When buildings collapse in future disasters, the hero helping rescue trapped people may be a cheap robotic roach. Repulsive as they seem, cockroaches have the unusual ability to squish their bodies down to one quarter their normal size, yet still scamper at lightning speed. Add to that, the common roach can withstand 900 times its own body weight without being hurt. That’s the equivalent to a 200-pound man who wouldn’t be crushed 90 tons on his head.

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