Red Deer Advocate, November 11, 2015

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Alexis wins Giller Prize for Fifteen Dogs

Toronto writer Andre Alexis said he was feeling ‘pure, unadulterated joy’ after winning the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

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COURAGEREMEMBEREDThe Red Deer Advocate honours Central Alberta’s veterans

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Hailey Poole proudly recites her lines as she takes part in a Remembrance Day ceremony at Grandview Elementary School on Tuesday morning. Hailey, along with her classmates from Jan Hart’s Grade 2 class, took turns reading the poem ‘Remember’ by Evelyn Merritt. Many other schools in the Red Deer area held Remembrance Day ceremonies Tuesday. A community Remembrance Day ceremony will take place at the Red Deer Arena beginning at 10:30 a.m. today.

Child benefit, tax credit available to low-income families

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — Alberta is bringing in two benefits to give more money to low-income families.

The new Alberta Child Benefit and enhanced Alberta Family Employment Tax Credit will impact families earn-ing less than $41,220 per year, includ-ing those receiving Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped and so-cial assistance.

The maximum annual benefit is $1,100 for families with one child, and up to $2,750 for families with four or more children.

The maximum annual tax credit is $754 for families with one child, and up to $1,987 for families with four chil-dren or more.

“No child should grow up in pover-ty. Every child in Alberta deserves the chance to take part in their commu-nities and reach their full potential,” said Human Services Minister Irfan Sabir.

“It is simply unacceptable that in a province as prosperous as ours that many hardworking Albertans struggle to make ends meet.”

Both benefits will be sent out to par-ents starting in July 2016 and the child benefit will be sent out in four pay-

ments, while the tax credit will be sent

out twice a year.

To be eligible, families must be res-

idents of Alberta, file a tax return and

have one or more children under 18.

Finance Minister Joe Ceci said it

made sense to implement the benefit

next summer instead of right away.

“There was the view that we could

do it best if we took some time,” Ceci

said.

“We wanted to ensure that it came

out when it was needed. It’s needed

right across this province but we could

get it organized and deliver it best.”

Urgent- care plan tailored to NDP

The government may have changed but the resolve in Sylvan Lake for an urgent care centre remains as strong as ever.

Sylvan Lake Mayor Sean McIntyre, who sits on the committee that has been tirelessly working towards better health care for the area, said the mis-sion remains the same.

“Our attitude on the committee is we will get urgent care because we won’t give up until it happens,” he said on Tuesday, a day after council was given an update on progress.

The NDP’s unexpected win means filling in a new minister and her staff on the efforts of the community — which has raised $100,000 towards the project — as well as tweaking the ur-gent care centre business plan.

“The plan we had developed ref-erenced the family care clinic model, which was the former government’s version of urgent care,” he said. “The new government doesn’t use that ter-minology, that approach.

“So, we’ve got to now tailor the busi-ness plan to essentially suit what the new government is looking for.”

To that end, the committee is anx-ious to meet with Health Minister Sar-ah Hoffman to determine the best way to move forward. The minister’s staff have promised a face-to-face meeting next month.

McIntyre said community support remains strong. Local property devel-opers are on board and have made room for a centre in their plans. Like-wise, Central Alberta Medical Imaging Services, which is expanding to Sylvan Lake, has offered space for future ur-gent care needs.

“There’s plenty of people who are willing to help. What we’re looking for now is instruction from the health min-ister.”

Urgent Care Committee chairper-son Susan Samson said they know that the government is facing a deficit and the financial landscape has changed.

“We’re quite conscious of that,” she said. “We’re going to offer (Hoffman) a solution to deliver advanced health care to the area that’s affordable and effective.”

Growth boosts Sylvan Lake’s bottom line

Sylvan Lake residents could get some unexpected tax relief next year.

Town council gave local residents their first peak at the next three-year budget, and it proposes a 2.47 per cent municipal residential tax rate in-crease for 2016. That is down from the 3.7 per cent increase anticipated in last year’s plan.

However, a two per cent increase proposed for 2017 will increase to 2.96 per cent followed by 3.89 per cent in 2018.

Mayor Sean McIntyre said solid de-velopment growth in the community this year helped boost the municipal-ity’s bottom line. As well, council was committed to keeping a tight rein on spending.

“Staff and council both recognized that given the economic circumstances in Alberta we need to do everything we can to deliver the highest level of services for the greatest value,” said McIntyre.

Council plans to maintain a freeze introduced for 2015 on non-residen-tial tax rates for another year, a move meant to encourage more economic development and investment in the community.

The town began budgeting on three-year cycles last year to improve effi-ciency and give residents more clarity on long-term plans. Capital plans are based on 10-year cycles.

Under the system, first-year tax rates are set and estimated increas-es are prepared for the following two years. Given changing grant levels, growth or unforeseen developments those rates are subject to change — as happened this year.

However, McIntyre said, staff and council try to nail down future-year tax numbers as closely as they can, “but there is still room to change plans as circumstances change.

“As far as we’re concerned the num-bers for 2017 and 2018 are as accurate as we can project at this time.”

An open house will be held on Dec. 3 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Municipal Gov-ernment Building to gather public feedback on the town’s spending plans.

Council expects to pass its final budget before the end of the year.

BY PAUL COWLEYADVOCATE STAFF

SYLVAN LAKE


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Man accused of killing pedestrian appears in court

A short adjournment could lead to a quick resolution for a man accused of running over and killing a woman.

Jason John Powell, 40, is charged with several offences in the death of Chasity Holman, 41, of Red Deer. Hol-man was killed on Nov. 5 near the Pen-hold Multiplex last week.

Powell made his first appearance on Tuesday in Red Deer provincial court. Appearing from the Red Deer Remand Centre by closed circuit tele-vision, the charges were read to him and his counsel Kevin Sproule.

Crown Prosecutor Ann MacDon-ald elected to proceed by indictment, which means a more significant penal-ty if the accused is convicted.

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COURT: Case adjourned to Friday

Family and friends came to watch the proceed-ings, but declined to comment afterwards.

Sproule told Powell and the court that a resolu-tion proposal had been made at Powell’s request the Crown Prosecutor assigned to the file, but had not received a response.

Sproule requested a short adjournment to Friday in Red Deer provincial court for the Crown to re-spond. Judge James Glass granted the adjournment.

Innisfail RCMP were called to the Penhold multi-plex at 5:45 p.m. on Nov. 5 to a report of a pedestrian being hit by a car. Witnesses reported seeing a car with one occupant strike an adult pedestrian and then try to leave the scene, but the vehicle got stuck on a berm and the driver fled the scene on foot.

Police arrived on scene and arrested the male suspect nearby without incident.

Holman was transported to hospital, but died of the injuries she sustained.

Powell is charged with dangerous driving causing death, impaired driving causing death, failing to pro-vide a breath sample while operating a vehicle that was involved in the death of a person and driving while disqualified.

Powell was convicted of driving while having a blood alcohol content level over 0.08 on June 19, 2014 and as a result was disqualified from driving.

Police said Holman and Powell were known to each other.

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THIN ICE


A dangerously thin layer of ice has formed up on the water at Bower Ponds over the last few days, and City of Red Deer Recreation and Parks have posted signs warning people from taking to the ice. Other area wetlands in Red Deer are also beginning to freeze over with a thin layer of ice.

“We’ve got the stats that show our after-hours on-call doctors save the local emergency room over 2,000 visits annually. That means those people are being treated here in their community for those non-life-threatening injuries.”

Putting an urgent-care centre in Sylvan Lake will offer a more efficient alternative to sending patients to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre’s al-ready-overcrowded emergency room.

Sylvan Lake and area, which includes Bentley, Benalto, Eckville, five summer villages and parts of Lacombe and Red Deer Counties, is home to more than 22,000 people. They are looking for a seven-day-a-week facility able to handle non-life-threatening

injuries and ailments with extended hours and lab, diagnostic imaging and observation beds.

Needs have also been identified for expanded mental health services, preventive medicine and programs focused on seniors.

Ahead of the meeting with the minister, a lunch-hour event will be held at Sylvan Lake’s Municipal Government Building on Dec. 1 in connection with Giving Tuesday to provide a public update on the project and demonstrate local support.

Reporter shocked RCMP planned to

shadow himBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — A Canadian journalist expressed dismay Tuesday after learning that the RCMP were planning to shadow him in hopes he would lead them to the person who leaked secret information on a suspected terrorist.

The proposed surveillance was part of an inves-tigation into the leak of a sensitive spy agency doc-ument about Adil Charkaoui to Montreal’s La Presse newspaper.

“I’m in a bit of shock still,” La Presse reporter Jo-el-Denis Bellavance said from Ottawa. “We live in a democratic country. Freedom of the press is a guar-anteed freedom.”

Information about the surveillance is in highly classified RCMP documents a Federal Court ordered disclosed as part of a lawsuit filed by Abfousian Ab-delrazik, another man the government once branded a terrorist and who was also subject of a damaging leak.

The records show Canadian Security and Intelli-gence Service had concluded the Charkaoui docu-ment, passed to La Presse in 2007, came from Citizen-ship and Immigration Canada. But the agency could not identify the source despite using fingerprints and DNA analysis. At the time, Charkaoui was under a national security certificate as a suspected al-Qa-ida sleeper agent.

CSIS then called in the Mounties, who proposed questioning Immigration employees while tailing Bellavance in what was dubbed “Project Standard.”

“It is expected that the view questionnaire pro-cess will generate communication between the source and the journalist, which should provide a unique opportunity to capture the meet through sur-veillance, and to identify the source,” states an RC-MP report in December 2008 marked “Top Secret.”

Surveillance of the reporter was to be limited to a “specific period of time.” The document also sug-gests that there was a “purpose and a motivation” to the leak that warranted investigation.

In their final report, dated April 7, 2011, RCMP said they had not been able to find the culprit “due to poor record management and lack of recall or co-operation from (Immigration) staff.”

It made no mention of Bellavance surveillance.“The fact that they wanted to do it is still trouble-

some,” Bellavance said. “It still is mind-boggling.”Federal Court ordered disclosure of the records

because of the similarities to the Abdelrazik leak in August 2011, which the Mounties say they are still investigating. Abdelrazik’s lawyers will ask the court this month to force the RCMP to turn over their file, saying it’s crucial to his civil lawsuit over the leak.

“The RCMP’s investigation file is the only source of information directly relevant to issues at the heart of the present action, including who was responsible for the leak, what responsibilities and duties their position(s) entailed, and what safeguards were in place to prevent such a leak,” Abdelrazik’s motion states.

Federal Court is slated to hear Abdelrazik’s dis-closure motion Nov. 19.

Wounded Afghan soldier Capt. Trevor Greene receives honorary UVic degreeVICTORIA — A Canadian soldier who almost died

after he was axed in the head in Afghanistan will receive an honorary doctoral degree from the Uni-versity of Victoria.

Capt. Trevor Greene was attacked in 2006 while he was sipping tea with village elders near Kandahar during a peacekeeping gathering.

Greene said before the fall convocation ceremo-nies Tuesday that the degree holds great significant for him, especially because he will receive it just before Remembrance Day.

He said Nov. 11 is an emotional day for him, just as it is for all Canadian veterans.

“It’s our history,” he said. “I will probably cry.”Greene said his recovery has been a life-changing

struggle, but worth all the effort.He is now able to walk with the use of a walker

and is an advocate and inspiration for brain injury survivors.

He and his wife, Debbie Greene, published his memoir, March Forth, in 2012.

Suicide in military a concern, those at risk should seek help, says Vance

OTTAWA — The country’s top military officer is weighing in with his concerns about the problem of suicide in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Gen. Jonathan Vance, the chief of the defence staff, says in a statement that the Forces need to work harder on the ever-present issue of suicide pre-vention.

A June report from the military surgeon general suggested that those with a history of deployment may have an increased risk of suicide compared with those who have never been deployed.

It found that the suicide risk is higher for those in the army, whose members tend to be the ones ex-posed to ground combat.

Vance, who is likely reacting to recent media re-ports about suicide and the Canadian Forces, says he is looking at what needs to be done to get help for troubled servicemen and women.

He says the health and well-being of the troops and their families is his highest priority.

“We already have an extensive suicide prevention program in place, supported by highly capable and compassionate personnel, but clearly we must con-tinually strive to improve,” the statement said.

Vance is urging his troops to seek help if they need it.

“To all members of the Canadian Armed Forces, if you think that you, or someone you know needs help, get it now,” he said.

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ALBERTA A3WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11, 2015


EDMONTON — Alberta power gen-erators have no right to billions of dol-lars in compensation if the province shuts down coal-fired plants as part of its climate change strategy, says a study from a clean energy think-tank.

The Pembina Institute says deals the companies agreed to long ago give them plenty of time to recoup their investments without big payouts from taxpayers.

Nor should Albertans cover costs for coal-fired plants built after it was clear that climate change would affect government policy, says the institute’s report.

“Now that we’d like to move away from your type of electricity, we don’t need to pay you off — you’ve been paid off for that capital,” summarized co-au-thor Ben Thibault.

Don Wharton, TransAlta’s vice-pres-ident of policy and sustainability, said recouping capital doesn’t account for the money generators are forced to spend to keep their coal plants operat-ing safely.

Shutting those plants too soon would weaken the very companies Al-berta will depend on to finance the transition to cleaner power, he said.

Retirement of coal-fired power is expected to be a major part of the Al-berta government’s climate change policy, which is expected before the end of the month.

Companies, using terms such as “expropriation,” have argued that tax-payers should compensate them for that. Some have warned that requiring them to close coal-fired plants before the companies want could put the gov-ernment on the hook for as much as $4.6 billion.

Not so, said Thibault.Sixteen of Alberta’s 18 coal-fired

plants have power purchase agree-ments with the government that run out in 2020.

Nine of those agreements expire at about the same time the plants are deemed in their agreements to have earned back their original investment. The rest would take a decade or so longer.

Taxpayers have no obligation to compensate companies for facilities that have already earned back their capital, said Thibault.

“The public doesn’t owe you any-thing given that we’ve accomplished our terms of the contract.”

Plants that still have some value left in 2020 can earn back the rest of their capital on the open market, he suggested.

The two plants without such agree-ments were built after it was clear that climate change was going to affect the regulatory environment. Their owners should have accounted for that risk, the report says.

Equating the worth of those plants to their book value is too simple, said Wharton.

“TransAlta spends tremendous amounts of capital every year to main-tain those plants. They’re ignoring tens if not hundreds of millions in invest-ment.

“We’re required to do exactly that — we can’t let them die and be zero value at some book date.”

Wharton emphasized TransAlta is not looking for a cheque.

The company, together with Atco and Maxim, proposes it be exempted from future carbon taxes if it reduces its coal-fired generation to conform with the government’s current reduc-tion targets for major emitters.

“That, in our estimation, is ade-quate compensation for the lost pro-duction that we would incur by dial-ling back.”

Wharton said retiring coal plants too quickly could slow the growth of renewable energy in Alberta. Forced to rapidly add generating capacity, companies would probably build nat-ural gas facilities — substituting one fossil fuel for another.

“We need to be cognizant of how we treat coal in order to get renewables.”

Independent energy economist Da-vid Gray said Pembina is right to sug-gest taxpayers have no obligation to compensate power generators.

“There’s no legislative requirement or anything else for the government to pay compensation,” said Gray.

“They have those power plants fully paid off at the end of a power purchase agreement and they were looking for-ward to years of gravy.”

Province waiting to see details of refugee plan


CALGARY — Two Alberta minis-ters say they don’t know what the prov-ince’s plans are to handle Syrian refu-gees.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said the federal government will bring in 25,000 refugees by the end of the year despite observations from ma-ny resettlement organizations that the short timeline will put massive pres-sures on local resources.

Premier Rachel Notley said two weeks ago Alberta will join with other provinces — including Ontario, Que-bec and Nova Scotia — who have com-mitted to opening their doors.

But Alberta’s Human Services min-ister suggests there is nothing in the works at this time.

“I think our government hasn’t reached any decision with the number to which we are committing,” Irfan Sabir told reporters at a Calgary news conference Tuesday.

Sabir said it’s a federal matter and Alberta is waiting to see details of the federal plan.

“Certainly some of those will end up in Alberta and we will brace for the impact and we will make sure they have needed supports available to

start their life again,” he said.

“When they are taken into Canada

they will have mobility — they can go

wherever they feel like and Alberta is

one of the best provinces to start over.”

Notley has said discussions are

underway in her government, but it

would be premature to give a figure on

how many refugees Alberta could take.

She says she still needs to talk to

the appropriate provincial cabinet

ministers whose budgets would be af-

fected.

Alberta has already pledged up to

$250,000 to support Syrian refugee re-

lief efforts.

Finance Minister Joe Ceci was also

unable to shed any light on the govern-

ment’s plans.

“Different immigrant serving agen-

cies are already starting to meet with

organizations throughout Calgary to

get them prepared so I think there’s

action on the ground,” he said.

“Those discussions are probably

happening but we’re not directly in-

volved in them.”

The federal cabinet is expected to

discuss the Syrian refugee issue at its

meeting this week.

No cash for coal- power shutdown: think-tank study

‘NOW THAT WE’D LIKE TO MOVE AWAY FROM YOUR TYPE OF

ELECTRICITY, WE DON’T NEED TO PAY YOU OFF — YOU’VE BEEN

PAID OFF FOR THAT CAPITAL.’

— BEN THIBAULTCO-AUTHOR

RCMP issue warning after report of cougar being spotted in St. Albert

ST. ALBERT — RCMP are checking on a reported cougar sighting in St. Albert, Alta.

They say a resident of the commu-nity north of Edmonton called on Mon-day night to say they’d seen the large cat in a wooded trail area near Belle-rose High School.

Alberta Fish and Game officers

have been called and are also en route to check for the animal.

Residents of the community are be-ing asked to stay indoors and bring their pets inside.

Police are also asking residents to accompany their children to bus stops on Tuesday morning, espeically if the walking routes are near wooded areas, and to “walk and run in groups for added safety.”

RCMP say cougars hunt at anytime of the day or night but they are most active at dawn and dusk.

They say if a cougar is seen, people should stay calm, not approach the an-imal, pick up their children to prevent rapid movements that might startle the animal, and back away.

They recommend trying to make yourself as large as possible, and pick up sticks or branches and wave them about.

INBRIEF

Police officer won’t have record for assaulting man at hotel


MEDICINE HAT — A police officer in southeastern Alberta has been giv-en a conditional discharge for assault-ing a man at a hotel in 2012.

It means Constable Robert Angstadt of the Medicine Hat police will not have a criminal record if he meets the conditions.

The 42-year-old will be on probation for a year, he has to take anger man-agement counselling and do a report on the role and responsibilities of po-lice officers.

Angstadt was convicted for as-saulting James Halcro, who is now 37, during an arrest at the Cecil Hotel in August 2012.

Victim statements from both Halcro and his sister outlined his struggles since the assault, including depres-sion, anxiety, job loss, and medical issues.

Angstadt’s lawyer, Willie de Wit, says his client’s comments seemed to affect the judge’s decision.

The constable expressed remorse and sympathy for Halcro and also spoke about how it affected his life and career.

“He believed he was following the training he was given and I think he followed that to the best of his abilities at the time,” de Wit said outside court.

“Certainly he indicated he would do things differently in the future and that he’s learned from the situation.”

No price tag on Syrian refugee plan A5

Drunk driver gets 18 months and driving ban for crashing into house


EDMONTON — The man who was behind the wheel of an SUV that crashed through a home in northeast Edmonton in May has been sentenced to 18 months in jail and a five-year driving ban.

Craig Daniel Head, 29, was charged with impaired driving, dangerous driv-ing and flight from a peace officer.

Seven people had been sleeping when the collision happened and some debris landed close to a little boy in

his bed.Police had tried to stop Head’s SUV

on May 11 as it sped down Edmonton streets at more than 100 kilometres an hour, sometimes going against traffic.

At one point, Head backed his vehi-cle into a police cruiser.

He finally drove through a wooden fence and then through a home, his vehicle coming to a rest in the garage.

The judge in the case said he be-lieved Head was remorseful, and that he was a “good man” who made a mis-take, but said jail time was needed.

Jaywalking cited as factor in latest Edmonton pedestrian fatalityBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON — Twelve people have lost their lives so far this year in pedestrian accidents on Edmonton’s streets.

Police say the latest victim is a 55-year-old woman, who was struck by a vehicle on the city’s north side last

Saturday afternoon.She died in hospital the following

day, after being taken off life support.Investigators believe she was jay-

walking when she was hit.They do not expect to lay charges

against the driver.Since the start of 2015, 32 people

have been killed in traffic accidents in Edmonton.

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COMMENT A4WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11, 2015

Conservatives have only themselves to blame for recent election failures

Recently, an editorial compared the inexperi-enced yet media friendly Justin Trudeau to Presi-dent Obama. And yet the jest of the editorial seemed to be a bleak outlook for Canada. It is pointless trying to list the advantages the U.S. population have since the ousting of the Bush administration. It is pointless in referring to the reduced deficits, affordable health care for millions, the withdrawal of a war that was costing billions weekly and was never going to be won. All those things mean nothing to Conservative leaning people who think America has a bad leader because he rejected the Key stone pipeline.

President Obama is not our leader. He doesn’t see the advantage to his nation by bringing in our oil at a time the Americans are again ready to export. He says the couple of thousand long term jobs the pipeline brings in may threaten tens of thousands of jobs already paying Americans. I fail to see how a stronger American economy makes him a poor lead-er. The rich remain rich while the middle class has a tad more security and the poor have it marginally better.

And that brings me to my point. We are what we are and we simply rationalize why. Local conser-vatives who write for your paper are so very anti anything our new government proposes. I am not conservative but my theory applies to me equally. I know it does, because I cannot for the life of me get my head around conservative thinking. Especially

when we come to mixing christian and conservative values. Our Provincial economy is ailing right now, largely because of oil. Because Arabs and Ameri-cans are in a price war. Because we are not showing the world how hard we are working to maintain some sort of responsibility in keeping our product as clean as possible. Because in 40 years of previ-ous governments we did nothing to try and diversify our economy. We are incredibly scared of deficit budgeting by any government other than Conserva-tives, who provincially and federally had somewhere around seven deficit budgets each. Every single time I bring that up, it is simply denied, or ignored. It doesn’t matter that our previous government col-lected pension monies from unions like the teachers, and put those funds into general revenues. Such an action in most circles could be called theft but words in law are more important than actions so the books appeared balanced to an adoring public. In fact the Klein years may actually have had a plan for the future. His total neglect of all things publicly owned are now part of the strategy to jump start the econo-my today.

Had the Conservatives in Alberta not managed to lure the Wild Rose party into their fold, we may actually have a very right wing government today. We may have had a government plan to fire the civil service and bad mouth the rest of Canada for our problems. But that didn’t happen. Instead we got a government who have so far been very careful with their moves. Granted, they have added a little tax to the higher income and corporate people, like they said they would. They haven’t added a sales tax like they said they wouldn’t. They are trying to jump start

our economy like the past seven or so deficit budgets didn’t.

We could have had a federal conservative govern-ment as well. We didn’t elect one because the Prime Minister, while being an attractive economist who produced conservative friendly deficit budgets, had little or no respect for any other Canadian value. He enjoyed photo ops with our troops, and then cut their benefits and medical pensions. He made large omni bills to pass contentious items into law with-out debate. He employed a campaign strategist who used racism and fear to try and control the voting public. He made reference to other party leaders in the most disrespectful tones, and in spite of being a clerk and a party office boy before becoming the leader of our country, suggested inexperience was a one way street. Conservatives would have likely had a majority government had they simply ousted the man who made many of his countrymen feel ashamed.

There are many good people in the Conservative party. Many humanitarians, economically respon-sible, respectful Canadians who would have served the nation well. But the Conservative party elected to go with a man who was not mindful of our national identity. They have a chance to find a good fit now. They have some time to take stock in where they went off the rails. As do the Conservatives in Alber-ta. And for your local columnists who so badly want our nation and province to fail, I would say it is too high a price to pay just to say “I told you so.”

Ian McLeanSylvan Lake

The Alberta NDP did the right thing in not pulling the plug on the money the government and the Shell corpora-tion had already spent on its Quest car-bon capture and storage facility near Fort Saskatchewan. It wasn’t the best thing, but it was the right thing, a start.

For about $1.3 billion, Quest will strip carbon di-oxide out of “process gas streams” at the Scottford Upgrader and shove it deep underground. That’s not the same as stripping car-bon from its waste gases, or from the exhaust of all the vehicles that will burn the gasoline and diesel Scottford’s customers will refine down the pipeline.

But it’s an easy meme to say the process is the yearly equivalent of taking 250,000 cars off the road. I figure that’s less than all the cars, trucks and buses in Edmonton.

The Alberta government, under the previous Conservative regime, dedicat-ed $745 million to the project over its first 10 years. The federal government gave $120 million, and the rest is com-ing from Shell and its Athabasca Oil Sands partners Chevron Canada and Marathon Oil.

The government needs something for show and tell at the Paris confer-ence on climate change. This, along with Saskatchewan’s similar project are at least something large to put on the table.

But even Shell CEO Ben van Beurden allowed this wasn’t the best possible arrangement. For carbon cap-ture to grow — a very real necessity if Shell is to continue extracting oil in the future — van Beurden says there

needs to be an economic imperative.

He means a price on car-bon of between $60 and $80 a tonne. This cost, tacked onto the price of our fu-el and electricity is what he’s talking about. And no doubt, the Alberta govern-ment has been listening. Prepare for a carbon tax to pay for more projects like this in the future.

A better path forward would be a cap-and-trade system, but that seems about as politically possible in Alberta as a provincial sales tax. We’ll have to wait

and see on that.Here’s a reason cap-and-trade

would work better than the straight taxing of the carbon as it comes out of the tailpipes of consumers’ cars.

One of the rock stars of the climate change movement is John Schellnhu-ber, born Hans Joachim Shellnhuber. He’s been named a science and cli-mate change advisor to the pope, and is a Commander in the Order of the British Empire, among many other honours and accomplishments.

Last June the Executive Intelligence Review named him a “Satanist in the service of the British Royal Family”

who has “in effect declared himself Pope.” So what’s not to like about that?

Schellnhuber will be a key player in the Paris climate change talks. His message is that you can do all the car-bon capture you like, and do all the conservation efforts you can imagine, but none of it holds a smoky candle to switching to renewables.

Solar, wind, tide, whatever — noth-ing Shell or its partners can do will bring us closer to the greenhouse gas cuts we need, the way renewable ener-gy can.

Renewable power has already prov-en scalable in many of its forms, and the so-called problem of intermitancy (when the sun don’t shine and the wind don’t blow) is merely an engineering problem that engineers get closer to solving every day.

Remember how people once said you can’t get crude oil out of the tar sands without putting more energy (and money) into the process than you can get out? Well, that was an engi-neering problem too.

A carbon tax on its own does not promote the growth of renewables, ex-cept insofar as it raises the price of all energy, making renewables more profitable.

Cap-and-trade, on the other hand, works at both ends of the production process. Producers get paid for their energy, and they get paid just because they produce energy without burning fuel.

That’s why cap-and-trade proba-bly won’t fly in Alberta. If you cap our total carbon emissions at something

even a bit below current levels, every tonne of growth will be taxed and the money paid to industries whose very existence is to put the fossil fuel indus-try out of business.

That’s also why the big energy play-ers are working so hard to look less like bad guys these days.

But just as big oil and gas needed tax subsidies over the years, so will renewables. The source of that cash needs to be cap-and-trade because it taxes all major producers directly, not the buyers of gasoline and diesel.

A carbon tax needs to be more or less revenue-neutral, offset by tax cuts in other areas (like income taxes), or it won’t get off the ground. Cap-and-trade is a cash transfer which need not be revenue-neutral. Nor would it be profit-neutral for the big emitters (oil sands developers and coal-fired power generators — the kingpins of the Al-berta fossil fuel economy).

But rock stars like Prof. Schellnhu-ber are adamant that the only way to reach our emission goals is to get off the carbon economy.

In his words, we need “an induced implosion of the carbon economy over the next 20-30 years. Otherwise we have no chance of avoiding dangerous, perhaps disastrous climate change.”

So, taking some of the process car-bon out of making more gasoline is not really making progress.

I wonder what our government will come back with, along with its souve-nirs of Paris.

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No price tag on refugee planBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Health concerns, secu-rity checks, housing and transport re-quirements are all elements of a plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by year’s end set to be discussed by the Liberal cabinet on Thursday for a de-cision on the way forward.

But how much it is all going to cost is one detail that will take longer to reveal, Immigration Minister John Mc-Callum said Tuesday.

In their platform, the Liberals budgeted $100 million for the ambi-tious resettlement program for this fiscal year, including money for set-tlement services, and $100 million for next year. A further $100 million was pledged to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

The Liberals have not said when and how they’d allocate the promised funding. McCallum said there are a huge number of variables at play in terms of how the plan will be imple-mented, but Canadians will get the full cost accounting, eventually.

“It’s an ongoing process, but what I can guarantee to you, absolutely, is

that we will not keep Canadians in the dark on what the costs are and that I can say with 100 per cent certainty,” he told reporters after the first meeting of the cabinet subcommittee tasked with drafting the resettlement plan.

“What I cannot say today precisely the moment at which we will be able to release those costs, but certainly, it won’t be forever, because our commit-

ment is only two months away.”The Liberals still insist that the end

of the year remains the target date for bringing the 25,000 to Canada, despite observations from many resettlement organizations that the short timeline will put massive pressures on local resources.

For its part, the UNHCR said Tues-day it is working with the Canadian

government to identify refugees for resettlement in Lebanon and Jordan and efforts are also underway to find others in Turkey. The three countries have absorbed over three-quarters of the four million people registered as refugees by the United Nations since the civil war broke out in Syria in 2011.

Earlier Tuesday, the agency said one element of the program would give

Syrians refugees temporary residency permits until their cases have been fully processed in Canada, after which they’d receive permanent residency and then be eligible for Canadian citi-zenship in four years time.

But the UN body later said those comments were premature and no fi-nal decisions had been made, which McCallum confirmed.

Still, the High Commissioner for Refugees called Canada’s commitment a model for the world.

“Too many vulnerable refugees are languishing in countries neighbouring Syria, caught in a downward spiral of poverty and risk as they struggle to meet their basic needs,” Antonio Gu-terres said in a statement.

“We need many more ambitious programs like this to offer Syrians a chance to start their lives anew.”

McCallum said the government cur-rently has about 10,000 applications already in the pipeline, following com-mitments made by the previous Con-servative government to Syrian refu-gee resettlement. They had pledged that many spaces, initially over three years, to be filled by a mix of private sponsors and government. To date, just over 3,000 Syrian refugees have ar-rived in Canada since the government first began reaching out in 2013.

McCallum said it remains to be seen whether that group would form part of the 25,000.

“Obviously we need way more than that to meet our goal,” he said.

‘IT’S AN ONGOING PROCESS, BUT WHAT I CAN GUARANTEE TO YOU, ABSOLUTELY, IS THAT WE WILL NOT KEEP CANADIANS IN THE

DARK ON WHAT THE COSTS ARE AND THAT I CAN SAY WITH 100 PER CENT CERTAINTY.’

— JOHN MCCALLUMIMMIGRATION MINISTER

Liberals facing bigger baseline deficits: PBO


OTTAWA — The federal govern-ment will open its books to public scrutiny before the end of the year, Fi-nance Minister Bill Morneau promised Tuesday after a report warned that de-teriorating economic conditions could drive Canada into deeper deficits.

The report by the parliamenta-ry budget officer suggested the new Trudeau government was on track to face larger-than-expected baseline shortfalls in the coming years.

The Liberals won last month’s fed-eral election after vowing to roll out large spending plans for projects like infrastructure, which the party argued will kick-start economic growth and create jobs.

But the revised figures suggest it will be tougher — by billions of dol-lars — for the Liberals to fulfil their campaign promise to cap deficits at no more than $10 billion over the next two years and still balance the books before the next election.

The updated numbers came after the budget office downgraded its eco-nomic projections for Canada, blam-ing the gloomier forecast on weaker growth, low commodity prices and shrinking revenues.

For now, at least, the Liberals say they’re sticking with their plan.

Morneau said it was “way prema-

ture” for any decision on whether the government would tweak campaign commitments because of the lower projections.

“As you heard during the course of the campaign, we were and contin-ue to be concerned with the state of the economy — and that really was the foundation for our platform,” said Morneau, who promised a fiscal and economic update by Christmas.

“We’re working towards having an update for Canadians in the near term so they can understand what it is that we’ve taking on as a new government.”

Morneau, who will travel to Turkey later this week for G20 meetings, said it’s still too early for him to provide a more specific timeline for the up-date. He also said it was too soon to say when the government would table its first budget in the new year.

To help fund their infrastructure pledges, the Liberals said they would run deficits of less than $10 billion in each of the next two years. Those platform figures were based on calcu-lations made in July by the parliamen-tary budget office.

The July PBO numbers were pro-duced by recalculating the previous government’s projections from the April budget using downgraded Bank of Canada growth forecasts.

Crown moves to rebut defence evidence at Turcotte trialBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

SAINT-JEROME, Que. — A person suffering from an adjustment disorder doesn’t lose contact with reality, the ability to reflect or a sense of respon-sibility for his actions, a Crown witness told the trial of a Quebec man accused of murdering his children.

Pierre Bleau did not examine Guy Turcotte but was called to the stand by the Crown on Tuesday as the first of three expert rebuttal witnesses to dis-cuss certain notions involving mental health.

Bleau said a person with adjust-ment disorder doesn’t necessarily have a sick mind — far from it. People with sick minds are those who suffer from an illness that biologically al-

ters the brain, such as dementia, Bleau said.

“To say that someone’s brain is sick is a cliche,” Bleau said. “It’s a cliche often used to sell medication.”

Turcotte’s defence team had pre-sented two psychiatrists to the 11-member jury who testified that on the night the ex-doctor stabbed his two children to death in February 2009, he was suffering from an adjustment disorder and was in an anxious and depressed state.

Defence witness Dominique Bour-get testified that Turcotte’s brain was “profoundly sick” and wasn’t working properly.

Turcotte has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of his son, Olivier, 5, and his daughter Anne-Sophie, 3.


OTTAWA — The RCMP believes it has “come to a dead end” in its probe of where Parliament Hill shooter Mi-chael Zehaf Bibeau got his gun — one of the most vexing questions about the events of Oct. 22, 2014.

The Mounties continue to investi-gate several threads of what happened that day, including whether Zehaf Bibeau had accomplices, but have not gathered evidence sufficient for crim-inal charges.

A source with direct knowledge of the police investigation provided the update to The Canadian Press on condition of anonymity due to the ongoing sensi-tivity of the file.

On Wednesday, crowds will gather for Remem-brance Day ceremonies at the National War Memo-rial, where Zehaf Bibeau killed honour guard Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, shooting him in the back three times with a .30-30 Win-chester rifle.

The attacker quick-ly made his way up Par-liament Hill and into the Centre Block before being gunned down in the Hall of Honour, not far from then-prime minister Ste-phen Harper and count-less MPs.

The RCMP will honour 20 Mounties and former House of Commons securi-ty officers later this month in recognition of their bravery during the violent episode.

Shortly before his at-tack, the gunman made a video in which he cites re-taliation for Canada’s mil-itary involvement in Af-ghanistan and Iraq as his motivation. Zehaf Bibeau, 32, plainly speaks of as-saulting soldiers to show Canadians “that you’re not even safe in your own land, and you gotta be careful.”

RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson told a Com-mons committee in March that the Mounties consid-

ered Zehaf Bibeau a terrorist, and that he would have been charged with ter-rorism offences under the Criminal Code had he lived.

Zehaf Bibeau became “increasingly aligned with terrorist ideology” in the last years of his life while living in the lower mainland of British Columbia and, for a short time, in Alberta, Paul-son told the MPs.

“Anyone who aided him, abetted him, counselled him, facilitated his crimes or conspired with him is also, in our view, a terrorist and where the evidence exists we will charge them with terrorist offences.”


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Alexis wins Giller PrizeBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Toronto writer Andre Alexis said he was feeling “pure, unadulterated joy” after winning the $100,000 Scotia-bank Giller Prize for his novel Fifteen Dogs — just one week after nabbing the $25,000 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for the same book.

“It was really fun doing that, the money part,” he said at Tuesday’s black-tie Giller gala at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto.

“The other stuff is a little bit tricky, because you’re sort of not sure how it’s supposed to change how you feel about yourself, or if it’ll change how people feel about you, and you hope not. The big thing that you want is to just go on doing your work.”

And that’s exactly what Alexis, 58, plans to do.

Fifteen Dogs, about 15 pooches gifted by gods with the skills of human con-sciousness and language, is the second in a series of five planned books Alex-is conceived of all at once.

They’re inspired by Pier Paolo Pa-solini’s film Teorema, about a powerful being that comes down to Earth and influences a bourgeois family in Italy.

The first in the series was Pastoral. Alexis said he’s already written the next book, The Hidden Keys, which is set in Toronto and was influenced by Treasure Island.

And he’s about halfway through a draft of the fourth book.

With a vision already in place, he didn’t foresee being changed by his latest windfall, which he said will help him pay off his mortgage and take a trip to Florida.

“Not at all, not at all. It won’t have a chance,” said Alexis, whose debut nov-el, Childhood, won the Books in Can-ada First Novel Award, the Trillium Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Giller and the Writers’ Trust.

“Although maybe five years from now when I look back and I think, ‘Oh my God, I won $100,000!’ — then maybe it’ll change me. But now, no.”

The Trinidad native, who was

raised in Ottawa, beat out titles by Montreal’s Heather O’Neill, Vancou-ver-based Anakana Schofield, Mon-treal’s Samuel Archibald, and Lon-don-based Rachel Cusk.

Fifteen Dogs was praised by jury members as an “insightful and philo-sophical meditation on the nature of consciousness.”

The Giller Prize was established in 1994 by businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife, literary jour-

nalist Doris Giller.This year’s jury, which was expand-

ed to five members from the usual three, read 168 books submitted by 63 publishers.

The jury included Irish author John Boyne, Canadian writers Cecil Foster, Alexander MacLeod and Alison Pick, and British author Helen Oyeyemi.

“I think they brought a different, more international perspective,” said Rabinovitch of the jury. “I would like

to continue it. I think it’s worked out

real well.”

Boyne said the jury made their de-

cision Tuesday morning after chatting

for about 2.5 hours.

“We look for the book that really,

as a jury, we feel we can stand behind

the most, that moved us the most, that

excited us, filled us with envy as writ-

ers.”

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Andre Alexis is congratulated by family members on stage after winning the Giller Prize for his novel ‘Fifteen Dogs’ during a gala ceremony in Toronto on Tuesday The book — about 15 dogs gifted by gods with human traits — was praised by jury members as an ‘insightful and philosophical meditation on the nature of consciousness.’

RCMP stymied in probe of Parliament Hill shooter’s rifle

File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau is shown in a Twitter photo.

Montreal will begin dumping untreated sewage Wednesday

MONTREAL — The City of Montreal says it will begin dumping eight billion litres of untreated sewage into the St. Lawrence River on Wednesday after it agreed to conform its discharge plan to several federal government conditions.

Mayor Denis Coderre told reporters on Tuesday as of midnight Wednesday morning sewers in certain parts of the city — during a one-week period — will begin diverting untreated waste water away from an interceptor and directly into the river.

On Monday, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said she would permit the city’s plan as long as it implemented a series of risk-mitigating measures to limit the effect of the sewage on the river.

Coderre says Montreal will meet all the requirements, such as keeping a closer eye on the discharge plume, creating an emergency protocol for unintended problems as well as clean-up plan for areas affected by the sewage.

The city has said the controlled release of waste water is necessary in order to complete repairs on an aging interceptor sewer that feeds sewage to a treatment facility as well as relocate a snow chute.

“The decision we are taking, as unpopular as it is, is a responsible one and its primary purpose is to ensure

better protection for the river and for our water,” Coderre said.

Afghan War hero’s father has obstruction trial adjournedOTTAWA — The father of one of

Canada’s most highly decorated sol-diers had his trial adjourned Tuesday after the Crown tried to introduce new evidence and a witness in a move that was characterized as an ambush.

Bryan Fitzgerald, of Morrisburg, Ont., is accused of trying to obstruct a heavily armed police officer who ar-rived at the family home to arrest his son Collin, a former Canadian Forces corporal, on a charge of breaching bail conditions in August 2014.

Prosecutors in Cornwall, Ont. gave his lawyer less than 24 hours notice that they were going to call a witness and one of the police officers who testified read from notes that had not been disclosed to the defence.

The trial before an Ontario provin-cial court judge was paused briefly while the notes were photocopied and later adjourned without a new date being set.

“The Crown is not to suppose to operate in a trial by ambush,” Neha Chugh, Fitzgerald’s lawyer, said after the postponement. “The Crown has an obligation to make timely and com-plete disclosure.”

The charge was just the latest in a long-running legal drama — one that the family claims was aimed at driv-ing the ex-soldier out of Morrisburg, a small community south of Ottawa.

“The whole thing, as far as I’m con-cerned was a setup,” Fitzgerald said Tuesday.

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A crash that left three people trapped and hurt will mean three months in custody for the woman con-victed of driving impaired and danger-ously in the incident.

Judge James Glass sentenced Kes-ley Jean Manchuik, 26, on Tuesday in Red Deer provincial court.

She pleaded guilty on Aug. 6 to im-paired driving causing bodily harm and dangerous driving causing bodily harm.

Aug. 6 was the start of her prelimi-nary inquiry on the charges, but before witnesses were called to testify she entered the guilty plea.

In his decision, Glass said a custo-

dial sentence was warranted given the circumstances. He also ordered two years of probation to start immediately upon the completion of the custodial sentence, a three year driving prohibi-tion, a five-year firearms prohibition and an order to provide a sample of her DNA.

A three month sentence can be served intermittently, with offenders in jail on weekends but out of custo-dy during the week. Glass opened the floor for submissions from defence counsel Kevin Sproule. Sproule said his client did not want to seek an inter-mittent sentence and was prepared to serve the three months starting Tues-day.

The collision occurred on July 21, 2014. Three people were in a car trav-elling north on 30th Avenue near 55th

Avenue when Manchuik in a pickup truck made a left hand turn in front of them. The car attempted to stop while the truck did not, causing the head-on collision. In the collision, part of the truck drove up on the smaller car.

At the time Manchuik had a blood alcohol content level of 0.09, slightly above the legal limit of 0.08.

Two were taken to the Red Deer Regional Hospital by Red Deer Emer-gency Services with serious, but non life-threatening injuries. The third had minor injuries and was treated at the scene.

In court, the injuries were de-scribed by the victims. One suffered ruptured bowels and had to have a piece of her small intestine removed, while another suffered four broken ribs. A woman victim said she was suf-fering from severe anxiety while driv-ing, something she just started doing again.

Crown Prosecutor Katie Clarey and Sproule gave their sentencing argu-

ments on Tuesday.Clarey sought a custodial sentence

of nine to 12 months for Manchuik fol-lowed by probation and a three-year driving prohibition. Sproule said a custodial sentence was not the only punishment method available. Sproule instead suggested a suspended sen-tence, three years probation, hundreds of hours of community service and a driving prohibition.

Sproule backed this suggestion up by pointing to Manchuik’s circum-stances as a young, first time offender who has made significant strides to ad-dress substance abuse problems ever since the incident.

Clarey said the pre-sentence report suggested that time in custody would give Manchuik the ability to access programming to help with her ad-dictions issue, but Sproule said that wasn’t the only way she could access that type of programming.

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Driver gets 3 months for putting 2 in hospitalMANCHUIK HAD BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.09,

TRUCK DROVE UP ON CAR IN COLLISION

BRING ON THE SNOW


Getting his first taste of an Alberta winter, Jake Tunney of North Queensland, Australia got down and made his first snow angel Tuesday at the Canyon Ski Resort. Its 40 C at home now said Tunney who will be working at the ski area through this winter. Cold temperatures meant snow makers at the ski area were able to keep the snow guns running all night long. Canyon is planning to open for the season Saturday Nov. 21 with the blue T-Bar and magic carpet lifts running on the beginner slopes.


Snowmobilers may be allowed to zip off Sylvan Lake for a quick bite or to fuel up this winter.

Sylvan Lake town council gave first reading to a bylaw on Monday creat-ing a short designated route on 32nd Street for snowmobilers to reach gas stations at the east end of Lakeshore Drive.

The season would run Dec. 1 to March 31 and allows travel only on designated routes and in permitted areas. Two gas stations on either side of 33rd Street (the eastern end of Lakeshore Drive) are designated for snowmobile use. A hotel, restaurant and convenience store are also within reach. Those who travel outside per-mitted areas face a $443 fine, or $310 if paid within 10 days.

The bylaw will come back to coun-cil for second and third reading after the public has had an opportunity to comment, said Mayor Sean McIntyre.

“We’ll have to notify the residents and the businesses around 32nd Street to make sure they are aware of the potential changes in their neighbour-hood. We will have to consider their feedback.

“By no means, is (the snowmobile route) a done deal just yet.”

For years, snowmobiles were al-lowed to use Sylvan Lake streets to get to and from the lake. But in January 2010, council overturned a bylaw that had allowed limited travel for snow-mobiles and ATVs.

A request this fall from an area snowmobile club led to the town tak-ing a look at other options.

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The victim in an attempted abduc-tion from the G.H. Dawe Centre last winter will be allowed to testify be-hind a screen.

In Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday, Crown Prosecutor Ann MacDonald requested the screen be provided for the preliminary inquiry scheduled for Nov. 17. The screen pre-vents the victim from having to look at the accused.

Alexander Beaulieu, 30, is charged with attempted kidnapping, choking with intent, aggravated assault, rob-bery, uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, possession of stolen property under $5,000 and theft under $5,000.

The victim, 13, can’t be named be-cause of a court ordered publication ban. Judge James Glass granted the order. A change of counsel was also put on the record. Beaulieu’s coun-sel at the preliminary hearing will be Andrew Phypers. Preliminary hear-ing’s are held to test the strength of the Crown’s case before heading to trial.

Beaulieu is accused of an assault and attempted abduction that oc-curred on Dec. 22, 2014 behind the G.H. Dawe Centre.

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A prominent gas station site that sat vacant for 14 years is expected to be sold.

Imperial Oil closed the gas station and car wash at the corner of 40th Av-enue and Ross Street in 2001. It has since sat empty, the weed-filled lot becoming what is known in municipal circles as a brown field.

However, over the summer contrac-tors were busy on site for weeks, re-moving and replacing soil and doing

other reclamation work.Imperial Oil says once all the clean-

up work is completed and the site is verified as cleaned up the property will be put up for sale.

“We don’t have a specific timeline at this point, but it is our intent to see the property returned to productive use as soon as possible,” says spokes-person Killeen Kelly in an email.

The cost of the remediation work was not disclosed.

In addressing the lengthy gap be-tween closing the station and prepar-ing it for sale, Kelly says a number of factors come into play.

Community, environmental and technical considerations play a role, as well as regulatory requirements, the property’s market value, and po-tential future uses among others.

Last year, Imperial Oil spent $200 million across Canada on assessment, risk management, land remediation and reclamation. Sixty-two proper-ties were returned to productive use through sales or lease returns.

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CorrectionA brief in Tuesday’s Advocate con-

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Israeli forces kill 2 alleged Palestinian stabbers as violence returns

JERUSALEM — Two Palestinian boys, aged 11 and 14, stabbed and wounded an Israeli guard on a train who responded by firing and wounding one of them Tuesday. Meanwhile, Israeli security forces killed two other Palestinians who carried out knife attacks, police said, as violence returned to Jerusalem after a two-week lull.

The train attack was reminiscent of a similar case from October when two young Palestinian cousins stabbed two Israelis in east Jerusalem. That case became fodder for the ongoing war of words between the Palestinian and Israeli governments and the trial of one of the attackers began on Tuesday.

In the first attack Tuesday, police said two young Palestinian relatives stabbed a security guard on a train. The guard was moderately wounded and shot the younger assailant. Passengers subdued the other, police said. The wounded boy was being treated at a hospital.

An amateur video that surfaced on a Palestinian website showed plainclothes Israeli security forces wrestling a young boy, presumably one of the attackers, to the ground and taking off his clothes and shoes. The boy was stripped to his underwear as the security men shouted at him.

Jerusalem had been relatively calm over the last two weeks as the focus of a two-month wave of Palestinian attacks, mainly stabbings, shifted to the West Bank, where Israeli troops have regularly clashed with Palestinian protesters.

Most of the Palestinian attackers have been in their late teens or early 20s. On Tuesday, 13-year-old Ahmed Manasra went on trial before a Jerusalem court over a stabbing last month that fueled a high-profile media war.

Since mid-September, 12 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, mostly stabbings. mention of the preceding attack.

Israelis were shocked by a separate security camera video that appeared to show the two young cousins wielding knives and chasing a man, and later stabbing an Israeli boy as he got on his bicycle outside a shop after buying candy.

Mexico senator introduces measure that would allow importation of cannabis-

based medicineMEXICO CITY — A senator from Mexico’s ruling

party is introducing a bill that would allow patients easier access to cannabis-based medicines.

The measure is not a wholesale legalization of medical marijuana, but rather seeks to permit the importation of cannabis and its derivatives for me-dicinal purposes. It would retain a prohibition on national production of the plant.

Sen. Cristina Diaz Salazar’s bill would codify in law a recent court ruling that granted an 8-year-old girl’s parents permission to import marijuana oil to treat her severe epilepsy.

Diaz Salazar announced the measure Tuesday at a news conference in the Senate building.

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WORLD A8WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11, 2015

Racism talk long overdue

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Students whose activism led to the resignation of the president of the University of Missouri system said they were emboldened by the protests in nearby Ferguson, where the police killing of a black man helped spark the nationwide “Black Lives Matter” movement.

Tim Wolfe, who is also the head of the universi-ty system’s flagship campus in Columbia, resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over what they saw as indifference to racial tensions at the school. Wolfe, a former business executive with no previous experience in academic leadership, took “full responsibility for the frustration” students expressed and said their complaints were “clear” and “real.”

Students recounted racist incidents the school dating back years.

When cotton balls were scattered outside the black culture centre at the Columbia campus in 2010 in a clear reference to slavery, two white students were arrested and expelled.

But there was no broader conversation about race anywhere at the school, where blacks were not al-lowed to enrol until 1950.

“To say we were livid is an understatement,” said black alumna Erika Brown, who graduated in 2007 and 2012 and now lives in St. Louis. “It was just another example of them finding the offender and never going past that. There was never a larger dis-cussion.”

The race complaints came to a head last weekend, when at least 30 black football players announced they would not play until the president left. A gradu-ate student went on a weeklong hunger strike.

Reuben Faloughi, a third-year doctoral student in psychology who participated in the recent protests, said more needs to be done. But he said he felt “lib-erated” by Wolfe’s departure.

The activism, he said, is a nod to Ferguson, the St. Louis suburb about two hours from Columbia where Michael Brown, a black, unarmed 18-year-old, was killed by a police officer. After the shooting, Faloughi took part in a “die-in” protest in Columbia, joining others in feigning death in Brown’s memory.

“That was the first time I got involved in activ-ism,” he said. “I never felt that unity before, that kind of energy. It was very empowering, and it plant-ed the seeds that students can challenge things.”

Mike Sickels, a 32-year-old doctoral student, also credited Ferguson for inspiring the push for Colum-bia campus reforms. But he added: “This is some-thing I wish had been happening here my entire ten-ure. I think universities should be bastions for this.”

A St. Louis County grand jury and the Depart-ment of Justice ultimately exonerated officer Darren Wilson in Brown’s death, concluding that evidence backed Wilson’s claim that he shot Brown in self-de-fence after Brown tried to grab the officer’s gun.

But months of Ferguson protests scored what activists considered victories, including the resigna-tions of the predominantly black city’s police chief, city manager and municipal judge. A new state law also limits cities’ ability to profit from traffic tickets and court fines — a measure that followed the Jus-tice Department’s findings that Ferguson’s policing and municipal court system unfairly profited from

minorities.At the University of Missouri, black student

groups had complained for months that Wolfe was unresponsive to racial slurs and other slights.

Wolfe, hired in 2011 as the top administrator of the system, and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin, the top administrator for the Columbia campus, stepped down hours apart Monday.

Students who pressed for Wolfe’s ouster celebrat-ed Monday. Critics considered him out of touch and insensitive. He said the university would draw up a plan to promote diversity and tolerance by April, a wait protesters considered laughably unacceptable. They were also frustrated by his response to black protesters who blocked his car during a homecoming parade. Wolfe did not get out and talk to them, and they were removed by police.

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Concerned Student 1950, led by University of Missouri graduate student Jonathan Butler, second from right, speaks following the announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign Monday in Columbia, Mo. Wolfe resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over his handling of racial tensions at the school.

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HEALTH A9WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11, 2015

While setting goals in your health may lead you down a path towards a more favorable desired out-come, the “destination” in fact should be one more in the present.

What tends to happen with a desti-nation mindset is that you are never really ever “there”. An ideal body, weight or optimal energy level is merely a moment in passing or an un-achievable expectation. Where then, the majority of the time you are left feeling less than ideal, which in fact, isn’t all that ideal.

All too often this comes with the cost of losing one of the more import-ant elements of our health, which is really to understand how to navigate your own body and needs of nourish-ment and of what sort.

The “healthiest” of people will cer-tainly still feel elements of fatigue or stress or “not their best”. The purpose is never to achieve perfection. What really is perfection anyways? There is no perfect.

The perfection is in the awareness: the understand-ing of yourself and the continuous never-ending re-lationship building with yourself. When to push and

when to relax. When to prep your food and when to get take out. When to discipline what you eat and when to let go. When to workout and when to relax. When to care and when to not care so much. And ultimately to do this as gracefully and intuitively as possible without having to put too much thought into it -mini-mizing the analysis process.

The biggest obstacle is in discovering which foods to eat and which to avoid and simply how to prepare and enjoy. Cutting out as much processed and adding as much whole. Food that is.

All in all it’s finding the enjoyment of the journey, which is essentially the process of learning and relearning. And for most, re-learning some more. Learning about your body and what is capable of. What it is ad-dicted to. What makes it feel the best? What it enjoys.

I believe in affirmations over goals. “I am a

healthy, vibrant individual” vs. “I will be happy when I am a healthy, vibrant individual.” It takes the happiness part of the equation into the present, which is all that matters in the end. Enjoying the process of this never-ending journey.

There’s a Ghandi story that provides an insightful perspective. A woman brings her son to see Ghandi asking him to tell her son not to eat sugar. Ghandi tells the woman to bring her son back in a week, and so she does. When she brings him back in a week, he says to the boy. “Please give up eating sugar” The woman was thankful for his words to her son, but asks why he didn’t share these words a week ago when they first had arrived to which Ghandi responded, “Because a week ago, I had not given up eating sugar.”

You see? Nobody is perfect. A reminder to stay present in your days, and enjoy the process of dis-covery, because health is in fact a journey - not a destination.

Kristin Fraser, BSc, is a holistic nutritionist and lo-cal freelance writer. Her column appears every second Thursday. She can be reached at [email protected].

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New generation shows promise


ORLANDO, Fla. — Researchers are reporting encouraging results for a new generation of pacemakers — miniature, wireless ones that can be implanted through a leg vein without surgery.

In a study of 725 patients, one of these devices, made by Medtronic, was successfully implanted 99 per cent of the time, with a low rate of complica-tions compared to traditional pace-makers.

Leaders of the company-sponsored study discussed the research Monday at an American Heart Association con-ference in Orlando. Results also were published online by the New England Journal of Medicine.

Two months ago, the journal pub-lished a study of a similar device made by St. Jude Medical. Both of these mini pacemakers are already sold in Eu-rope and the companies are seeking Food and Drug Administration ap-proval to sell them in the U.S.

Roughly 200,000 people in the U.S. each year get a pacemaker, a device to regulate their heartbeats. Pacemakers are implanted just under the skin in the chest, with wires called leads that go into the heart. The wires can break, wear out or become infected and are the main weakness of these pacing sys-tems.

The mini pacemaker is the size of a large pill and can be placed without surgery, through a tube into a blood

vessel in the groin, and attached to the right side of the heart.

“I think it is a breakthrough,” said Dr. Douglas Zipes, an Indiana Univer-sity School of Medicine heart rhythm expert and past president of the Amer-ican College of Cardiology. “Leads have been the Achilles’ heel of our im-planted devices. To get rid of them will clearly benefit patients.”

That said, this is the first version of these devices, and they don’t do every-thing conventional pacemakers do. On-ly about one quarter of people who get pacemakers now would be candidates for the new mini ones. Future versions are expected to help more patients, and companies also are designing de-fibrillators that can be implanted with-out surgery as well.

Dr. Dwight Reynolds of the Uni-versity of Oklahoma Health Scienc-es Center led the study on the new Medtronic mini pacemaker. Four per cent of patients had major complica-tions, including the device poking into the heart. Although the study did not test the device against a traditional pacemaker, previous studies involving nearly 2,700 patients suggest this is roughly half the rate of complications usually seen.

In the previous study on the St. Jude device, the implant success rate was 96 per cent and the complication rate was 6.5 per cent.

The two studies show leadless pac-ing “is feasible and relatively safe, at least in the short term,” Dr. Mark Link of Tufts Medical Center in Boston

wrote in a commentary in the medical journal.

Many questions remain, though, in-cluding how to remove an infected or failed device, and whether the batter-ies really will last more than a decade as the companies project.

Dr. Jagmeet Singh, a Harvard Med-ical School professor and spokesman for the American College of Cardiolo-

gy, called the results “really good” but echoed the concerns about long-term safety.

In Europe, “they’re markedly more expensive than a simple, convention-al pacemaker,” said Singh, who has consulted for many device makers. A pacemaker without wires into the heart is an advance, but “there are downsides.”


This image provided by Medtronic displays the Medtronic Micra pacemaker, right, next to a conventional pacemaker.

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Fewer getting inappropriate angioplasties in U.S.


CHICAGO — Fewer heart patients are getting inappropriate angioplas-ties, a new study suggests.

The analysis showed overuse of the common procedure to open clogged heart arteries has declined dramat-ically since 2009 guidelines, which were aimed at curbing inappropriate use.

The study examined nearly 3 mil-lion angioplasties done nationwide. In these procedures, doctors guide a nar-row tube into an artery, inflate a tiny balloon to flatten blockages, and often insert a stent to keep arteries propped open.

Major medical groups looked into overuse concerns after studies suggest-ed that many nonemergency angioplas-ties were unnecessary. The groups’ guidelines say angioplasties may not be needed for patients without severe chest pain or lacking other high-risk symptoms. The advice says risks of the procedure may outweigh benefits in these patients, who often can be man-aged with medication alone.

According to the new analysis, the portion of nonemergency angioplasties deemed unnecessary dropped by 50 per cent, from more 26 per cent early in the study to 13 per cent.

The results suggest doctors may be doing a better job of limiting nonemer-gency angioplasties to those patients most likely to benefit, said the study authors, led by Dr. Nihar Desai, a re-searcher at the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

“This is the first study to assess the national impact of a societal ef-fort to quantify the appropriateness of a procedure,” Desai said in present-ing the study Monday at an American Heart Association meeting in Orlan-do. The research was simultaneously published online in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

But the researchers also said it’s possible doctors have changed the way

they document procedures. They not-ed that there were increases in the portion of nonemergency angioplasty patients reported to have severe symp-toms but with little change in diseased heart arteries.

That suggests the possibility of “in-tentional up-coding,” meaning that doctors might have overstated some patients’ conditions to justify the pro-cedures.

“We cannot determine whether the observed changes truly reflect im-proved patient selection or overesti-mation of patient symptoms,” the re-searchers said.

They used criteria developed by the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and oth-er medical groups to evaluate angio-plasties done at more than 700 hospi-tals in a national registry. The registry includes detailed information on pa-tients’ symptoms, heart tests and hos-pital treatments.

Angioplasties can cost $30,000 or more and hundreds of thousands are done nationwide each year.

The decline occurred amid a push to reduce costly, unnecessary medical procedures, and a rise in pay-for-per-formance initiatives. Some health in-surers have declined to pay for angio-plasties deemed inappropriate.

Three-fourths of the angioplasties studied were emergency cases, and the number of those cases performed year-ly remained stable. By contrast, none-mergency cases dropped from almost 90,000 in 2010 to about 60,000 in 2014, and these patients were increasingly sicker.

The researchers found declines in angioplasties performed in nonemer-gency patients with few or no symp-toms among those taking little or no heart medication and among those not at high risk for a heart attack, based on test results.

While some signs suggest up-coding could be happening, others “suggest true quality improvement,” said Dr. Raymond Gibbons, a former American Heart Association president from the Mayo Clinic.

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Pot belly risky even if you’re not considered

overweightTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — A pot belly can be a bad thing — even if you’re not considered overweight.

New research suggests nor-mal-weight people who carry their fat at their waistlines may be at higher risk of death over the years than over-weight or obese people whose fat is more concentrated on the hips and thighs.

Monday’s study signals the distribu-tion of fat matters whatever the scale says.

“If the waist is larger than your hips, you’re at increased risk for dis-ease,” said Dr. Samuel Klein, an obesi-ty specialist at Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, who wasn’t involved in the new research.

It also has implications for advising patients whose body mass index or BMI, the standard measure for weight and height, puts them in the normal range despite a belly bulge.

“We see this with patients every day: ‘My weight is fine, I can eat what-ever I want,”’ said study senior author Dr. Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, pre-ventive cardiology chief at the Mayo Clinic. “These results really challenge that.”

Abdominal fat — an apple-shaped figure — has long been considered more worrisome than fat that settles on the hips and below, the so-called pear shape.

Risk increases for men if their waist circumference is larger than 40 inches, and 35 inches for women. Still, doc-tors typically focus more on BMI than waistlines after all, girth tends to in-crease as weight does.

But a BMI in the normal range may not give the full story for people who are thin but not fit, with more body fat than muscle, or who change shape as they get older and lose muscle, Lo-pez-Jimenez said.

His study analyzed what’s called

waist-to-hip ratio, dividing the waist circumference by the hip measure-ment. There are different cutoffs, but a ratio greater than 1 means a bigger middle.

Researchers checked a government survey that tracked about 15,000 men and women with different BMIs — normal weight, overweight and obese. More than 3,200 died over 14 years.

At every BMI level, people with thicker middles had a higher risk of death than those with trimmer waists, the researchers reported in Annals of Internal Medicine.

In the study, 11 per cent of men and 3 per cent of women were normal weight but had an elevated waist-to-hip ratio. Surprisingly, they were at greater risk — for men, roughly twice the risk — than more pear-shaped overweight or obese people.

Fat that builds around the abdom-inal organs is particularly linked to diabetes, heart disease and other met-abolic abnormalities than fat that lies under the skin, said obesity expert Dr. Lisa Neff of Northwestern University, who wasn’t involved the study.

Blood tests typically show higher blood sugar and triglyceride levels in people with a belly bulge, so doctors might spot their risk without a tape measure, Klein noted.

Genetics plays a role in apple shapes and waistlines tend to increase with age, so Neff and Klein advised even normal-weight people to pay at-tention if belts are getting tighter.

Sorry, sit-ups aren’t the solution, they said: Like all weight loss, it re-quires a healthier diet and general physical activity to burn calories.

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Chisholm to perform at Fratters on Saturday

Four-time Canadian Country Music Award-winner Shane Chisholm will perform with some highly unusual instruments Saturday at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer.

The Ontario native will be playing on some hand-crafted, recycled instruments, including an upright bass made from a Chevy Astro gas tank and a guitar made from an old-school curling broom.

The unique country artist who mixes rockabilly, bluegrass and Celtic elements into his music, recently relocated in Red Deer from his previous residence in Claresholm. This city’s central location was one factor, “and it usually has something to do with a girl,” he added.

Chisholm is described as “a simple man with a lot to say” as he travels the country sharing his story songs with fans.

The title track from the upcoming album, Blow Away, was inspired by the frustration his brother-in-law felt after his High River home was flooded in 2013.

Chisholm received Alberta’s first Male Artist of the Year Award in 2011 from the Alberta Country Music Association for his debut album Hitchhiking Buddha. He’s also received four instrumentation awards from the CCMA, as well as numerous nominations.

There’s a $15 cover for his 9 pm show.

Lady Gaga, Celina Dion added to Sinatra tribute concertNEW YORK — Lady Gaga and Ce-

line Dion have been added to the list

of performers singing in honour of Frank Sinatra next month.

Zac Brown and Harry Connick Jr. will also perform at “Sinatra 100 — An All-Star GRAMMY Concert” on Dec. 2 in Las Vegas, the Recording Academy announced Tuesday.

Sinatra, who died in 1998 at 82, would have turned 100 on Dec. 12.

Previously announced performers include Garth Brooks, Tony Bennett, Carrie Underwood, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Adam Levine and Usher. More performers will be announced at a lat-er date.

The taped event at the Wynn Las Vegas Encore Theatre will air as a two-hour CBS special on Dec. 6. The Recording Academy will announce nominees for the 2016 Grammy Awards on Dec. 7.

Terminally ill Texas man who lobbied for early screening of

new Star Wars film diesSPRING, Texas — A terminally

ill Star Wars fan who requested an advance screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens has died less than a week after watching the movie.

Daniel Fleetwood, who had cancer, had a private screening at his home in Spring, Texas, Nov. 5.

His wife, Ashley, posted on Facebook that he died in his sleep early Tuesday and “is now one with God and with the force.”

Diagnosed with spindle cell carcinoma and told he had just months to live, the 31-year-old Fleetwood lobbied online to be allowed to see an early version of the movie, due out Dec. 18. He saw an unfinished version, thanks to the film’s producers and director, J.J. Abrams.

Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors say a celebration of Fleetwood’s life is scheduled Nov. 21.

Disney: Star Wars Weekends end at Hollywood StudiesLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Say

goodbye to Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

The theme park says in a blog post that the annual event held on consecutive weekends in May and June will no longer be offered because of construction of a Star Wars-themed land at Hollywood Studios. Once it’s completed, 14 acres will be devoted to Star Wars every day.

Disney officials are slowly unveiling details about upcoming Star Wars attractions, including changes coming to the Star Tours ride that incorporates scenes from the upcoming movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

A Jedi Training attraction is opening at the park in early December.

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Big Sugar back with heavier vibeBig Sugar likes Red Deer. And it

goes both ways, with Red Deer fans happy to keep welcoming Big Sugar back to town.

For the third time this year, the blues-rock-reggae band fronted by Gordie Johnson is set to play a local gig — this time on Monday, Nov. 16, at Bo’s Bar and Grill.

Johnson, who married a Central Al-bertan and has a ranch near Red Deer, is eager to take a few days off for some-thing completely different than tour-ing. “We have animals on the farm,” he said, “so usually, from sun up to sun down, I’m up to my boots, working.”

Even without this local connection, the Texas resident said he’d probably be stopping in the area because Big Sugar is an equal opportunity perform-er, playing in centres large and small. “I don’t differentiate,” said Johnson, whether an audience is in Gladwell Sask., or Vancouver.

What’s important is that crowds are digging the tunes.

And Big Sugar has a bunch of new songs to share from the recently re-leased seventh studio album, Calling all the Youth. It’s more rock-driven that the group’s last reggae-flavoured al-bum, Revolutions Per Minute, said John-son, with a heavier vibe. “It’s more of a return to where the guitars are louder.”

Lyrics-wise, “we’re trying to send a positive message. We don’t adhere to the age gap between generations,” said Johnson, but like to mentor rising young musicians. The group has a his-tory of this, having encouraged many up-and-coming groups over the years, including Wide Mouth Mason (with which Johnson is now a bass player), Nickelback, The Trews and Bedouin Soundclash.

“You don’t see it happening enough,” added Johnson who’s seen some disheartening examples of suc-cessful musicians protectively “hang-ing on to what they have” instead of spreading it around. “We have a more open-door policy, where if we’re doing great, we let others in to roam in the sunshine.”

This brings us to Triggerfinger, a successful European rock group from Antwerp, Belgium that’s being intro-duced to a Canadian audiences this fall by touring with Big Sugar.

Johnson said he learned not long

ago that the band’s members had been influenced to form their group after catching an early Big Sugar concert in Europe.

“We didn’t know anything about it at the time. We only found out about it after we met their manager,” said Johnson, who “very generously” invit-ed Big Sugar musicians to go a tour of Europe with Triggerfinger.

The Belgian band that’s hugely pop-ular across the Atlantic, helped Big Sugar widen its European fan base.

“Now we’re passing it back,” by tak-ing Triggerfinger on its first Canadi-an tour, said Johnson. This will allow

North American audiences to discover a great European band.

Its musicians are hard rockers. They’ll “be taking their own course” — which doesn’t involve playing reg-gae. “They’ll completely annihilate the crowd, then we’ll come on,” said John-son, who joked “fans will really be in the mood for our show then!”

The singer and guitarist has had a busy year working on multiple music projects, including producing for other artists, playing bass for Rich Robin-son’s (of the Black Crowes) band, as well as for Wide Mouth Mason. Big Sugar also opened earlier this year for

AC/DC.For all the closet musicians who

secretly dream of playing with this world-famous metal band, Johnson suggests it might not be as fun as they imagine. The festival sites were so vast people were being flown in by helicop-ter. “It’s on a scale that’s so industrial, it’s almost too big for you to have a good time,” he said.

”It’s probably more fun just to go to an AC/DC show.”

Tickets for the Red Deer concert are $29.50 from the venue or www.son-gkick.com. Doors open at 8 p.m.

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For the third time this year, Big Sugar, the blues-rock-reggae band fronted by Gordie Johnson, is set to play a local gig — this time on Monday at Bo’s Bar and Grill.

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LEGENDARY MUSICIAN DIES

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Allen Toussaint performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Legendary New Orleans musician Toussaint died after suffering a heart attack following a concert he performed in Madrid after emergency services were called Monday to his hotel.

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FORT SASKATCHEWAN — The CEO of Royal Dutch Shell Plc says a decision to back away from its Carmon Creek oilsands project last month does not mean it’s backing away from the oilsands in general.

Ben van Beurden told reporters last week that his company ranks investment opportunities in its glob-al portfolio project-by-project, not region-by-region — so the whole industry cannot be painted with the same brush as the halted 80,000-barrel-a-day Carmon Creek project in northwestern Alberta.

More important than its upfront cost was the proj-ect’s “resilience” under a variety of different scenar-ios, said van Beurden.

“The most sensible thing was to shelve it and to focus our cash elsewhere,” he said.

For Carmon Creek, Shell looked at a host of vari-ables — from having the means to export the crude to sourcing the diluent needed to help the bitumen flow through pipelines.

“There were just too many uncertainties causing a range of outcomes from the absolutely fantastic to the absolutely disastrous, and that is the sort of lack of resilience that we cannot live with, certainly not in today’s environment.”

Van Beurden noted Shell’s existing oilsands op-erations around Fort McMurray, Alta., make money even in today’s weak market, with operating costs of $25 a barrel during the third quarter.

“We also, by the way, think that in the longer run, oil prices are going to stabilize at slightly higher lev-els than where they are today.”

The U.S. benchmark, West Texas Intermediate, settled below US$44 a barrel on Monday.

Van Beurden made his remarks during a visit to Shell’s Scotford refining and upgrading complex

northeast of Edmonton last Friday, where its Quest carbon capture and storage project had its grand opening.

The Quest project aims to capture more than a million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year from the Scotford oilsands upgrader and store it two kilo-metres underground rather than release it into the atmosphere.

The event came on the same day as U.S. President Barack Obama’s rejection of the contentious Key-stone XL pipeline, which would have offered a more direct route for 830,000 barrels a day of oilsands crude to make its way to the lucrative U.S. Gulf Coast market.

Much of the opposition that contributed to Key-stone XL’s downfall was focused on the pipeline’s role in enabling more oilsands development — and more carbon emissions as a result.

Van Beurden said there’s been a “general frustra-tion” about a lack of progress on climate change and that’s spilled over into the pipeline debate. Shell is among the companies pushing for a broad carbon price ahead of the UN climate talks in Paris in a few weeks.

“There is a growing sort of reservoir of anxiety and maybe even sort of resentment, and with it, the will to do almost everything and that’s why you see quite understandably very, very strong positions tak-en, like ‘let’s stop this pipeline,’ or ‘let’s divest from fossil fuel companies,’ or ‘let’s advocate for leaving fossil fuels in the ground,’ or ‘let’s demonize every-thing that has to do with fossil fuels,”’ he said.

“If indeed there would be a very sensible and ac-tionable policy framework that would indeed have demonstrable results, maybe some of these more extreme positions that get taken go back into the box again.”

BY CRYSTAL RHYNOADVOCATE STAFF

Bikram Yoga Red Deer is under new ownership.Owners Josh Biro and Jenna Rosene brought the

hot yoga studio to #3-4940 54 Avenue about five years ago.

“We have accomplished what we wanted to and we personally are ready to move on to something else,” said Biro. “I feel like it is a good time to transi-tion to someone who really has got some fire in their belly to take it to the next level.”

Jackie Kurylo and Breanna McCubbin took over the reins last week.

“They are actually teachers of ours who we have mentored,” said Biro. “They have been at the studio for years now and have been in the yoga world for a long time. We wanted to make sure that those taking the reins would be a great leader for this communi-ty because it’s just such a positive place and has a strong following.”

Kurylo, who has been practicing yoga for about five years, said there will be no huge changes in the immediate future. She said Biro and Rosene have set them up for success. There will be no changes to the yoga and the schedule.

“I am sure there will be some changes in the fu-ture because we do have some ideas and some things we want to get going,” said Kurylo.

Regular workshops will continue to be part of the 4,000 square-feet studio with a 1,500 square foot hot room and boutique. Classes run at the studio seven days a week.

Bikram yoga is deemed the original hot yoga, a 90-minute hot yoga series with 26 postures and two breathing exercises practised in a hot room.

“Josh and Jenna have been such fantastic men-tors and they have built such a wonderful communi-ty here,” said Kurylo. At the heart of it all is what we give to the students. It’s that therapeutic aspect. It’s helping people out in their day-to-day lives. That’s what motivates and drives us.”

Kurylo encourages those who have never tried

Bikram Yoga to give it a try.“We are super excited to take the community on

this next path,” she said.

For more information, visit www.bikramyogared-deer.com

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Bikram Yoga Red Deer new owners Breanna McCubbin, centre and Jackie Kurylo have taken over the business from Josh Biro, left, and Jenna Rosene.

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CARMON CREEK RETREAT DOES NOT MARK A RETREAT FROM THE OILSANDS: CEO

File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

A haul truck carrying a full load drives away from a mining shovel at the Shell Albian Sands oilsands mine near Fort McMurray.


VANCOUVER — Seven protesters hurt outside a Guatemalan mine owned by a company registered in British Columbia must file their lawsuit in the Cen-tral American country, a judge has ruled.

The men launched a civil claim in B.C. Supreme Court against Tahoe Resources Inc. (TSX: THO) after security guards sprayed protesters with rubber bul-lets outside the Escobal Mine in 2013.

The Guatemalan citizens had argued the case should be heard in B.C. because they had no faith that their country’s legal system would hold the com-pany accountable.

But Tahoe asked the court to decline jurisdic-tion and stay the lawsuit, and Justice Laura Gerow agreed with the company.

“It is apparent that trying this action in British Columbia will result in considerably greater incon-venience and expenses for the parties and dozens of witnesses,” she said in a written decision.

She noted that translators would be required for all the Spanish-speaking plaintiffs, and evidence and witnesses would have to be transported from Guatemala and Tahoe’s U.S. offices.

Tahoe is incorporated in B.C. but its headquarters and majority of its staff are in Reno, Nev. It is the parent company to Guatemalan-based Minera San Rafael, which owns the mine.

The judge ruled that Guatemala is clearly the more appropriate forum for the suit.

She said the country’s legal system is “imperfect” but functional.

“In my view, the public interest requires that Canadian courts proceed extremely cautiously in finding that a foreign court is incapable of providing justice to its own citizens,” the decision said.

“To hold otherwise is to ignore the principle of comity and risk that other jurisdictions will treat the Canadian judicial system with similar disregard.”

A criminal case is already underway in Guate-mala against the security manager who allegedly ordered the shooting.

The plaintiffs are seeking compensation for their injuries as part of that case.

The incident unfolded on April 27, 2013, when guards attempted to disperse protesters gathered outside the silver, gold, lead and zinc mine under construction.

Adolfo Garcia claimed a projectile lodged in his spine when he was shot in the back, while Luis Mon-roy said his sense of smell was destroyed when he was shot in the face.

The other plaintiffs, ranging in age from 17 to 40, are farmers and students who claimed projectiles hit them in the legs, knee and foot.

They alleged shotguns, pepper spray and buck shot were also used.

The suit claimed Tahoe was liable for either au-thorizing the use of excessive force or negligence for not preventing the violence.

Lawsuit should be heard in Guatemala, says judge

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I spoke on this topic at the Success-4Business Expo in October and started by asking the following questions.

What hap-pens when that demand slows or stops? What happens when your competitor comes up with a “new and im-proved” version of your prod-uct? How do you keep your offering fresh while growing and maintain-ing your client base?

The answer: innovate your business and offer extraordinary val-ue by creating a “market dominating position”.

A “market dominating position” is any customer perceived value-added benefit, or a combination of benefits, that differentiates you from your com-petitors and does so in a strong enough manner that it makes your business the logical choice in the minds of your prospects and customers.

Every choice made when buying a product or a service represents a point of differentiation between one compa-ny and their competitors.

What, if anything, makes your busi-ness different from your competitors as perceived by your targeted pros-pects and customers?

For the vast majority of businesses that answer is price.

Do you really want to compete on

price and narrow margins?Nike offers a wide range of shoe,

apparel and equipment products, all of which are currently best sellers globally yet Walmart sells an excellent imitation for around $50. Yet Nike out-sells them tent to one. Nike’s position revolves around being the best athlete, being hip and in style.

Starbucks typical clients spend be-tween $3.50 and $5.50 on every visit. That’s around two to three times high-er than most of their competition. Ob-viously low price isn’t the driving force here. Starbucks creates the perception that their products are the secret to a better lifestyle.

These top selling companies have staked out a specific and targeted mar-ket dominating position.

The key is to create added value in everything you do. Prospects and cus-tomers don’t buy based on price, they buy based on the value they receive for the price they pay. Creating added value is a strategy that can take the form of a product or service that’s add-ed to your original offering for free or as part of a discounted package

Everyone can add value to their business.

The key to adding value is deter-mining what your customers and target market perceive as valuable. Under-stand their needs, wants, troubles and inconveniences.

Revisit the value you offer, or your customers will be drawn to your com-petitor who consistently innovate their business so they offer exceptional val-ue that you don’t.

Adding value will also add to your profits.

This works for product and ser-

vice-based businesses. If you’re ser-vice-based like hairstyling, try treat-ing your customers by offering them a latte while they wait, or compli-mentary shampoo samples or a free conditioning treatment with every sixth visit.

If you sell a product, consider of-fering convenience services like free shipping or delivery and set up to make the customer’s experience a seamless one.

Here is a 5 Step Differentiation Pro-cess. I will use Dominos as an example for these steps. It may be a little dated but well known and fits the model per-fectly. Pick your own example and see how it fits.

Step #1… Determine your strategic position in the market

What specific niche market or seg-ment of the marketplace should your business focus on? Determining this involves combining the skills your business has with the unmet needs of your targeted prospects and then designing your product or service to fulfill those needs.

Step #2… Determine your primary market dominating position

This is the most dominating advan-tage that separates you from your com-petitors. Domino’s claimed it could deliver its pizza, hot and in 30 minutes or less, or they would give it to you for FREE! This was the primary advan-tage that met the needs of their newly defined market position – hungry col-lege kids that wanted food fast.

Step #3… Determine your support-ing business model

How will you specifically deliv-er what your strategic position and primary market dominating position

promises? What changes, if any do you need to consider making to your busi-ness to ensure you deliver consistently on your position and your promise? Domino’s built low cost, plain vanilla stores strategically located near col-lege campuses and hired additional delivery staff and drivers on a stand-by basis.

Step #4… Determine your secondary market dominating position

What additional competitive ad-vantages does your business offer that your customers will perceive as being different from your competition? Dom-ino’s secondary benefits might include special pricing (10% Off on Tuesdays), assorted sizes, a much broader selec-tion of toppings or additional menu items.

Step #5… Create your market domi-nating position statement or elevator pitch

This is a statement you create by combining steps 1 – 4. This helps you to state unequivocally what differenti-ates you from your competitors to your target market.

An expanded version of this might say: “Domino’s provides busy custom-ers with fresh hot pizza and other food items within 30 minutes or less. Our assorted pizza offerings combined with our value pricing makes Domino’s af-fordable to everyone”.

Don’t just survive, thrive. What makes you different?

John MacKenzie is a certified business coach and authorized partner/facilitator for Everything DiSC and Five Behaviours of a Cohesive Team, Wiley Brands. He can be reached at [email protected].

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A barista pours steamed milk into a red paper cup while making an espresso drink at a Starbucks coffee shop in the Pike Place Market, Tuesday, in Seattle. It’s as red as Santa’s suit, a poinsettia blossom or a loud Christmas sweater. Yet Starbucks’ minimalist new holiday coffee cup has set off complaints that the chain is making war on Christmas.

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TORONTO — Canada’s new finan-cial services ombudsman says she would welcome regulatory changes giving the organization more power to enforce its decisions — but notes that such changes would come at a cost.

The Ombudsman for Banking Ser-vices and Investments, or OBSI, is an impartial organization that serves as an alternative to costly legal battles by resolving disputes between banks or investment firms and their customers.

But although OBSI can recommend that firms compensate clients up to $350,000, companies are under no ob-ligation to abide by the organization’s decisions.

OBSI’s only enforcement tool is its “name and shame” mandate, which allows it to go public with its findings if a company refuses the arbitrator’s recommendations.

However, Sarah Bradley — the woman chosen to head up the orga-nization after long-serving ombuds-man Douglas Melville stepped down last spring — says that system contains weaknesses.

“Nobody is really happy with nam-ing and shaming,” said Bradley, the former chairwoman and CEO of the Nova Scotia Securities Commission, in one of her first interviews since taking the helm of OBSI in September.

For consumers, the lack of teeth means no compensation may be paid. For the financial services industry, publishing investigation details leaves all firms “tarred with the same brush,” Bradley said.

“Binding authority, or the ability to make enforceable recommendations against firms, would, I think, be bene-ficial to the vast majority of our stake-holders, but we do have to also keep in mind that it will come at a cost,” said Bradley.

“It will result in a little bit more formality to our process. It may in-crease cost somewhat.”

Bradley says OBSI and its industry members are currently considering whether such changes should be made.

“We are looking at it,” she said. “I think for there to be an amendment or an adjustment to that system is go-ing to require co-operation and buy-in from all stakeholders.”

Until late 2012, a firm had only re-fused OBSI’s recommendations once

in its 17-year history. Since then, the ombudsman has faced more than a dozen refusals, a fact that Bradley at-tributes to a backlog of difficult to re-solve complaints stemming from the global financial crisis.

“When, as an organization, we de-cided to confront and overcome and clear that backlog, it meant closing those cases, despite the fact that there was not an acceptance of our recom-mendations,” said Bradley.

OBSI has been working to strength-en its relationships with the financial services industry following a period of tension that saw two of its large member firms — TD Bank (TSX:TD) and Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY) — ditch the organization in favour of another arbitrator. Bradley says slug-gish case-processing times stemming from the backlog was among the chief concerns cited by the two banks and a number of other members who have considered leaving the organization — an issue that the arbitrator has since resolved.

“We took the concerns that were voiced by our stakeholders very se-riously,” said Bradley. “TD and RBC shared their reasons for departure with us and it led to a period of reflec-tion and very significant process im-provements. What’s emerged from that is that we have, now, a much more ro-bust and efficient system for handling complaints. We do not have a backlog.”

That could change given recent market turmoil stemming from the Chinese stock market crash and lag-ging commodity prices. Dispute reso-lution services often see an uptick in complaints when markets turn south, said Bradley. So far, the arbitrator hasn’t seen the volume of complaints rise in any identifiable way — but Bradley says OBSI is bracing itself for the possibility.

New financial services ombudsman wants greater

enforcement powers“WHEN, AS AN ORGANIZATION,

WE DECIDED TO CONFRONT AND OVERCOME AND CLEAR THAT BACKLOG, IT MEANT

CLOSING THOSE CASES, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NOT AN ACCEPTANCE OF OUR

RECOMMENDATIONS.”

— SARAH BRADLEY


SNC-Lavalin’s CEO wants the new federal government to allow companies to settle corporate corruption cases — as what happens in the United States and United Kingdom — so that Canadi-an firms can remain competitive.

In his first speech since taking con-trol of Canada’s largest engineering company last month, Neil Bruce said federal corruption charges laid against a few of SNC-Lavalin’s legal entities unfairly point the finger at 40,000 em-ployees who did nothing wrong.

Instead, Canada should allow cor-porate settlements outside the court system so that SNC-Lavalin and other Canadian businesses are not at a disad-vantage when competing against rival firms in other G7 countries, Bruce said.

“With the great strides we have made in our goal to be both a Quebec and Canadian player on the global stage, nevertheless we still have to deal with the reality of the current business environment in Canada which pres-ents real challenges to a company like ours,” he told the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations on Tuesday.

Bruce said the company is willing to reach a “reasonable and fair solution on issues of the past,” but changes are needed to allow companies to deal with their actions, pay fines and move on.

He said countries that have so-called

deferred prosecution agreements have found that companies and people who perpetrate illegal actions are held to account more swiftly.

The system encourages companies to be transparent with authorities about ethics issues and allows for settlements, including improved internal monitoring and compliance, he said.

“This is not a way of the company getting away from its responsibilities,” he later told reporters after his speech.

While he said this is likely not a priority for federal politicians, Bruce hopes they will look at this option closely and work with civil servants and the judiciary to put something similar in place.

“Ultimately, it’s the wider (business) community that’s looking at this saying, ‘Maybe this is a way forward in order to accelerate holding companies and peo-ple to account quicker’ than getting in-volved in long, drawn-out court cases.”

Bruce said the Montreal-based com-pany has improved its ethics and com-pliance programs since it and two sub-sidiaries were first implicated and lat-er charged with fraud and corruption over its dealings in Libya.

The company has said it will plead not guilty to the charges but is willing to pay a fine for the alleged transgres-sions of former employees.

The case will be back in court on Feb. 26.

SNC-Lavalin CEO wants Ottawa to adopt corruption settlement deals

TD Bank shakes up senior management ranks

TORONTO — TD Bank (TSX:TD) is shaking up its senior management, re-assigning its chief financial officer and replacing her with another senior bank executive.

Colleen Johnston, TD’s current CFO, will become the group head of direct channels, technology, marketing and real estate.

She will be replaced by Riaz Ahmed, currently TD’s group head of insurance, credit cards and enterprise strategy.

Teri Currie will take over as group head of Canadian personal banking from Tim Hockey, who is being re-assigned to TD Ameritrade.

Currie is currently TD’s group head of direct channels, technology, marketing and people strategies.

The changes will come into effect on Jan. 2, 2016.

As the bank previously announced, Hockey will vacate his role as group head of Canadian banking and wealth management to become the president of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. effective Jan. 2.

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Diversified and IndustrialsAgrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 126.91ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 38.05BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.11BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.18Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.45Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.28Cdn. National Railway . . 77.98Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 185.78Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 34.69Capital Power Corp . . . . 19.22Cervus Equipment Corp 13.90Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.71Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 50.09Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 20.74Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.30General Motors Co. . . . . 35.62Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 22.38Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.13SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 41.45Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 33.45Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.02Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 5.99Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 42.73

ConsumerCanadian Tire . . . . . . . . 108.93Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.80Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.12Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 67.10

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 20.63Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.63Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.68WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.90

MiningBarrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . . 9.56Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 16.63First Quantum Minerals . . 6.21Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 15.49Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 6.10Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.36Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.84Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 26.84Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.850Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 6.77

EnergyArc Resources . . . . . . . . 18.62Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 18.69Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 49.83Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.80Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 22.50Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 32.47Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 9.81Canyon Services Group. . 4.32Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 20.54CWC Well Services . . . 0.1600Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 10.30Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.590

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 82.35Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 38.91High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.03Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 18.56Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 43.06Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.28Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.780Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.41Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 39.11Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.900Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.22Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 43.37Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2000

FinancialsBank of Montreal . . . . . . 76.69Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 60.74CIBC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.72Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.36Great West Life. . . . . . . . 35.77IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 38.16Intact Financial Corp. . . . 88.85Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.11National Bank . . . . . . . . . 43.59Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.47Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 76.05Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 44.85TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.91

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MARKETS CLOSETORONTO — The Toronto

stock market closed lower Tues-day as lingering concerns about lagging global growth and a fresh spate of data out of China weighed on metals and mining and gold stocks.

The Toronto Stock Ex-change’s S&P/TSX index end-ed the day down 70.99 points at 13,411.63. The loss came on the heels of a 70.68 point decline on Monday, when the index closed at 13,482.62.

The metals and mining sec-tor of the TSX slipped 3.6 per cent, while gold stocks declined by 2.2 per cent. Utilities stocks — a sector perceived as defen-sive — rose 0.6 per cent.

Todd Mattina, chief econo-mist and strategist at Mackenzie Investments, said investors may be reacting to data out of China overnight that indicates deflation-ary pressures are persisting in the world’s second-largest econ-omy. Slowing demand from Chi-na bodes poorly for Canadian commodity producers.

In New York, markets were mixed as investors continued to mull how stronger-than-antici-pated U.S. employment data out last week will impact the pace of an interest rate hike from the U.S. Federal Reserve.

The Dow Jones average of 30 stocks climbed 27.73 points to 17,758.21, the broader S&P 500 index gained 3.14 points to 2,081.72 and the Nasdaq index lost 12.06 points to 5,083.24.

The latest U.S. employment report, which came out on Fri-day, showed the U.S. economy added 271,000 jobs in October. That left many investors expect-ing the Fed to begin raising its benchmark interest rate, which has been at historical lows since the global financial crisis, in De-cember, with odds growing that another rate hike will follow in

March.Mattina said that although a

rate hike could indicate that the underlying economy is strong enough to stomach the increase, investors are concerned that the higher borrowing costs associat-ed with it would come at a time when corporate profits in the U.S. are already under pressure.

“The key in my mind is really not when the Fed starts hiking rates,” Mattina said. “The big question is where does the Fed stop hiking rates, and at what pace will it be hiking rates? I think that’s really going to be the key driver for stocks and bond prices for the rest of this year and into 2016.”

On the commodity markets, the December gold contract rose 40 cents to US$1,088.50 an ounce, the December crude contract climbed 34 cents to US$44.21 a barrel and the De-cember contract for natural gas was up two cents at US$2.32 per mmBtu.

December copper declined by a penny to US$2.22 a pound.

Meanwhile, the loonie gained 0.06 of a cent to 75.39 cents U.S.

Shares of Amaya (TSX-:AYA) plunged 32.4 per cent, or $10.13, to $21.10 after the Mon-treal-based gaming company lowered its financial expectations for the year, partly due to the fact that the stronger U.S. dollar has eaten into revenues.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTSHighlights at the close Tues-

day at world financial market trading.

Stocks:S&P/TSX Composite Index

— 13,411.63, down 70.99 pointsDow — 17,758.21, up 27.73

pointsS&P 500 — 2,081.72, up

3.14 pointsNasdaq — 5,083.24, down

12.06 pointsCurrencies:Cdn — 75.39 cents US, up

0.06 of a centPound — C$2.0053, down

0.11 of a centEuro — C$1.4214, down

0.65 of a centEuro — US$1.0715, down

0.41 of a centOil futures:US$44.21 per barrel, up 34

cents(December contract)Gold futures:US$1,088.50 per oz., up 40

cents(December contract)Canadian Fine Silver Handy

and Harman:$19.973 oz., down 8.8 cents$642.13 kg., down $2.83

ICE FUTURES CANADAWINNIPEG — ICE Futures

Canada closing prices:Canola: Nov ‘15 $9.80 low-

er $460.60 Jan. ‘16 $9.80 lower $468.00 March ‘16 $8.70 low-er $474.20 May ‘16 $7.80 low-er $477.20 July ‘16 $6.50 lower $479.80 Nov. ‘16 $5.90 lower $470.40 Jan. ‘17 $5.90 lower $470.40 March ‘17 $5.90 low-er $470.40 May ‘17 $5.90 low-er $470.40 July ‘17 $5.90 lower $470.40 Nov. ‘17 $7.10 lower $470.40.

Barley (Western): Dec. ‘15 unchanged $188.50 March ‘16 unchanged $190.50 May ‘16 unchanged $191.50 July ‘16 unchanged $191.50 Oct. ‘16 unchanged $191.50 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $191.50 March ‘17 unchanged $191.50 May ‘17 un-changed $191.50 July ‘17 un-changed $191.50 Oct. ‘17 un-changed $191.50 Dec. ‘17 un-changed $191.50.

Tuesday’s estimated vol-ume of trade: 558,260 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (West-ern Barley). Total: 558,260.


TORONTO — If it isn’t a superhe-ro or a dinosaur, there’s a growing chance moviegoers aren’t buying tick-ets.

More than ever before, blockbust-ers — like the latest entry in the “Min-ions” franchise and megahit “Juras-sic World” — are devouring box-office ticket sales at the expense of other films.

And the shift is expected to only intensify heading into the holiday sea-son, as audiences prepare for “Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awak-ens,” billed to be one of the top-gross-ing films in Hollywood history.

Advance ticket sales for “Star Wars” have already shattered previous records, which has the head of theatre chain Cineplex Inc. predicting that at-tendance will soar to near historical levels for the company.

“It’s the highest we’ve ever had — by far,” Cineplex’s chief executive El-lis Jacob said of presales, though he declined to provide actual numbers.

The pending release of “Star Wars” comes at a time when Cineplex is al-ready riding high on a handful of huge hits.

Earlier this year, the company re-ported that advance ticket sales for “Avengers: Age of Ultron” raked in more than $4 million, smashing the re-cord previously held by “Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Pt. 2.”

To respond to “Star Wars” demand, Cineplex is adding extra blocks of ad-vance tickets for the film, due on Dec. 18.

But as the company rushes to pack theatres full of dedicated fans, that means other movies are losing a spot-light in the run-up to awards season.

It’s a trend that has been playing out for most of this year.

In the first nine months of 2015, the Top Five grossing films represented 26.1 per cent of ticket sales — versus 19.5 per cent in the same window of 2014 — as movies like “Jurassic World” and “The Avengers” overshadowed mid-sized titles like “Magic Mike XXL,” “Vacation” and “Black Mass,” which generated plenty of attention but only lukewarm attendance.

Over the next seven weeks, a bar-rage of major Hollywood movies will charge into theatres, including the fi-

nal instalment in the “Hunger Games” series and Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight.”

“I think our problem is there’s going to be too many movies,” said Jacob.

Like most North American mov-ie chains, Cineplex has been dealing with outsized hits and deep misses all year long, a sign that moviegoers are shifting the way they view movies, as the popularity of Netflix and other video streaming services alter the in-dustry. In the second quarter, which marked the start of summer movie sea-

son, a trio of Hollywood smashes dom-inated the exhibitor’s box office, with “The Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Juras-sic World” and “Furious 7,” represent-ing 43.5 per cent of box-office revenue.

The impact on the final half of summer movie season was less pro-nounced, with nearly 30 per cent of the box office coming from “Minions,” the latest “Mission: Impossible” instal-ment and “Ant-Man.”

Cineplex Inc. (TSX:CGX) said atten-dance during the third quarter was up 7.6 per cent to 19.4 million patrons

from a year ago.Revenue jumped 9.8 per cent to a

record $328.2 million as more people bought premium-priced tickets for its VIP cinemas and the Imax screen.

The Toronto-based company’s net income was up 34.7 per cent, rising to $21.4 million or 34 cents per share from $15.9 million or 25 cents per share. Concession revenue per per-son was up 5.9 per cent to $5.38 from $5.08, while box office revenue per pa-tron declined 0.8 per cent to $9.09 from $9.16.

Cineplex expected to reap benefits of Star Wars


This photo provided by Disney shows Daisey Ridley as Rey, left, and John Boyega as Finn, in a scene from the new film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens.


TORONTO — A growing taste for sweeter drinks has pushed Labatt Breweries into its latest acquisition for the Canadian rights to Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Okanagan Cider and a cou-ple of other alcoholic beverages.

The Canadian brewer, which is owned by Belgian company Anheus-er-Busch InBev, said late Tuesday it has struck a US$350-million deal with the Mark Anthony Group of Companies that will also give it ownership of Palm Bay pre-mixed drinks and the Turning Point Brewery in British Columbia, which brews Stanley Park beers.

The move would diversify Labatt’s growing stable of drinks and put the company into a market where its hard-ly tread before.

For years, Labatt rarely made any-thing but beer, but spokesman Char-lie Angelakos said changing consumer preferences have meant the company needs to be more nimble.

“Increasingly consumers are looking for sweeter options,” he told The Canadian Press.

“We plan to make the most of these opportunities by making strong consumer connections with the acquired brands and growing their presence across the country.”

Once the deal is finalized, which is expected to happen in the coming months, Labatt will have a bigger stake in both the growing pre-mixed drinks and ciders markets, which have been

growing in popularity.According to data from Labatt, sales

of pre-mixed drinks have grown by seven per cent annually over the past three years.

Popularity in ciders has also soared, rising 20 per cent annually over the same period after years of limited availability in Canadian bars and liquor stores.

Labatt has been tapping into niche markets over the past few years.

Last month, Labatt grabbed a larger stake in the craft beer market when it bought up Mill Street Brewery in Toronto for an undisclosed amount, its sixth acquisition of a North American craft brewer since 2011.

Under the agreement with the Mark Anthony Group, Labatt’s parent company also gains the international trademark rights — which exclude the United States.

T h e M a r k A n t h o n y G r o u p would retain full ownership of its U.S. operations and its Canadian wine, spirits and beer import and distribution business, which the company said is where it will focus its growth plans.

“This is a very bold step into the future for our business,” said founder and CEO Anthony von Mandl in a news release.

“Once this transaction is complete it will provide even greater financial capacity as we embark on a new era of significant investments and growth in our businesses in Canada, the United States and beyond.”

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Military still grips the reinsBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s military-backed ruling party appeared set Tuesday for an overwhelming elec-toral defeat, but a victory by Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition National League for Democracy party would not mean the end of military involvement in the nation’s politics. Far from it.

The military, which took power in a 1962 coup and brutally suppressed sev-eral pro-democracy uprisings during its rule, gave way to a nominally civil-ian elected government in 2011 — with strings attached.

Aside from installing retired senior officers in its proxy political party to fill Cabinet posts, the army granted itself constitutional powers that en-shrine its influence over the govern-ment no matter who is elected. In a state of emergency, a special mili-tary-led body can even assume state powers. Another provision bars Suu Kyi from the presidency because her sons hold foreign citizenship.

Right now, though, the focus is on the stunning, if not yet official, vic-tory of Suu Kyi’s party over the rul-ing Union Solidarity and Development Party in Sunday’s elections.

In an interview Tuesday with the BBC, Suu Kyi said her party expects to win 75 per cent of the contested seats in the 664-member two-chamber Par-liament.

It staked its claim even though the government’s Union Election Commis-sion had announced results for only 88 lower house seats by Tuesday af-ternoon, with 78 going to the NLD and five to the ruling party. The commis-sion has given no explanation for the slow results.

“The NLD’s big victory is best seen as the first step of a negotiation that is going to play out in the coming weeks and months between the elected pow-

er of the NLD, and entrenched, consti-tutionally guaranteed military power,” said Phil Robertson, deputy director of the Asia division of New York-based Human Rights Watch.

When the former military junta oversaw the drafting of the 2008 consti-tution, he said, “they built a political structure that keeps Aung San Suu Kyi out of the presidency and locks in their influence and prerogatives — with things like 25 per cent of the seats re-served for the military, the 75 per cent approval bar to amend the constitu-tion, no legislative scrutiny of military budgets, and ensuring only military

men can lead the most powerful min-istries, like defence, home affairs and border affairs.”

“So, even with the people behind her, Aung San Suu Kyi will face prob-lems — because if she tries to force her way with the military, it will be like banging her head against the wall,” Robertson said.

Because the military still controls important political decisions, the NLD and other political parties have to co-operate with the military, said Toe Kyaw Hlaing, an independent political analyst in Myanmar.

“But I think the NLD will happi-

ly co-operate with them since one of their mandates is national reconcil-iation,” he said. The military “is an important group in Parliament that shouldn’t be ignored. There must be co-operation and the NLD will have to convince the military to co-operate with them.”

In 1990 elections, the army annulled the results after a landslide victory by the NLD. But that kind of response is not widely expected this time. The mil-itary is invested in the freed-up econ-omy that semi-democracy has brought, as Western nations eased trade and investment sanctions in response to political liberalization. And the mili-tary always has its constitutional safe-guards to fall back on.

Estimates by the NLD put it on pace with the 1990 landslide. Tin Oo, a se-nior colleague of Suu Kyi, told The As-sociated Press the party is likely to re-ceive “nearly” 81 per cent of the vote.

Official results for 33 upper house seats, released Tuesday evening, sup-port the NLD’s optimism — 29 went to the opposition party.

But the delay in announcing official returns has raised concern, with NLD spokesman Win Htein telling reporters that the election commission has been “delaying intentionally because maybe they want to play a trick or something.”

“It doesn’t make sense that they are releasing the results piece by piece. It shouldn’t be like that,” he told report-ers after a party meeting at Suu Kyi’s house. “They are trying to be crooked.”

In Washington, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said it is still early days in the more than two-week period mandated for announcing elec-tion results, but the U.S. “wants to see the process move forward as quickly as possible.”


People gather to buy merchandise with pictures of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a shop run by her National League of Democracy party in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday. Her party, which appears headed for a massive election victory, accused the government election panel Tuesday of intentionally delaying results, saying it may be trying ‘to play a trick.’

MYANMAR

Schmidt guided West Germany through turbulent ’70s


BERLIN — Helmut Schmidt, the chancellor who guided West Germa-ny through economic turbulence and Cold War tensions, stood firm against a wave of homegrown terrorism and became a respected elder statesman, died Tuesday. He was 96.

Schmidt died at his house in Hamburg, ac-cording to Ger-man weekly Die Zeit, of which Schmidt was a co-publisher.

“ W e h a v e lost a sharp-wit-ted adviser, a trusted compan-ion and a good f r i e n d , ” D i e Zeit said in a statement. “Un-til recently he contributed to the edi-torial team with his analyses, his com-mentaries and his interviews about current affairs.”

Schmidt’s friend and doctor Heiner Greten told Bild newspaper the for-mer chancellor died with partner Ruth Loah and daughter Susanne at home with him.

“He died the way he wanted: in his bed at home and fully without pain,” Greten said.

Schmidt, a centre-left Social Dem-ocrat, led West Germany from 1974 to 1982. He was elected chancellor by lawmakers in May 1974 after the resig-nation of fellow Social Democrat Willy Brandt, triggered when a top aide to Brandt was unmasked as an East Ger-man agent.

Sigmar Gabriel, chairman of the So-cial Democrats and Germany’s vice chancellor, recalled Schmidt deliver-ing his last big speech at an SPD party

convention in 2011.Gabriel said he reminded party

members that Germany has “a respon-sibility to hold Europe together.”

“I think that in these days and weeks, where some are disappointed by the developments in Europe, these words will stay in our memory,” he told reporters outside the SPD’s Par-liamentary offices.

“He was someone who, I believe, will remain for generations of Ger-mans one of the most significant states-men of our country.”

As a new leader, Schmidt brought a sometimes abrasive self-confidence and his experience as West Germany’s defence, finance and economy minis-ters to the job, which he took during the economic downturn that followed the 1973 oil crisis.

Schmidt’s chancellorship coincided with a tense period in the Cold War, including the Soviet Union’s 1979 inva-sion of Afghanistan.

He went along the following year with the U.S.-led boycott of the Mos-cow Olympics, although he later said that it “brought nothing.” Schmidt lat-er said he had disputes with the Unit-ed States under President Jimmy Car-ter over financial and defence issues at the time and concluded “that we Germans could not afford an extra con-flict with America,” West Germany’s protector against the Soviets.

Amid efforts to ward off a global re-cession, Schmidt was among the mov-ers behind the first economic summit of leading industrial powers at Ram-bouillet, France, in 1975, which later turned into the annual Group of Seven meeting.

He and then-French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing also played leading roles organizing the European Monetary System, aimed at protecting European currencies from wild fluctu-ations, which ultimately paved the way for the common European currency, the euro.

HELMUT SCHMIDT

Russian ban on flights to Egypt expected to last months


Moscow’s ban on all flights to Egypt in the wake of a Russian plane crash will last for at least several months, the Kremlin chief of staff said Tues-day, dealing a severe blow to Egypt’s struggling tourism industry.

President Vladimir Putin’s chief of staff, Sergei Ivanov, said on a visit to Finland that it would be impossible to radically revise Egypt’s security sys-tem in a short time, according to Rus-sian news reports.

Putin suspended all flights to Egypt on Friday amid security concerns after the Oct. 31 crash of a Russian airliner that killed all 224 people onboard.

Other airliners from Britain and Western Europe are also bringing their nationals home, after several countries and airlines last week sus-pended new flights to Egypt amid sus-picions that a terror attack could be the cause of the crash of the Airbus A321-200 operated by Metrojet.

U.S. and British officials have cited intelligence reports indicating that the plane, en route from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, was brought down by a bomb on board.

While Russia and Egypt said the

statements were premature pending the official crash probe, Moscow’s ban on flights signalled that it was taking the bomb theory seriously.

Ivanov said Egypt needs to revise its security regime not only in Sharm el-Sheikh, but also in airports in Cairo and the Red Sea resort Hurghada.

Asked how long the Russian flight ban could last, Ivanov said that “I think for several months, as a mini-mum.”

“It’s impossible to radically change the systems of security, protection and control in a week or even a month,” he added.

Security officials at Sharm el-Sheikh airport have told The Associ-ated Press that it has long seen gaps in security, including a key baggage scan-ning device that often is not function-ing and lax searches at an entry gate for food and fuel for the planes.

The head of Cairo’s international airport, Maj. Gen. Ahmed Genina said officials from Russia, Holland, Italy, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar were examining the scanning of pas-sengers, cargo and baggage at the air-port Tuesday. Security guards and ca-terers were also being inspected.

Lufthansa cancels 930 flights due to strike by

flight attendantsBERLIN — Lufthansa has cancelled

930 flights scheduled for Wednesday at three hubs in Germany after efforts failed to halt an ongoing strike by flight attendants.

The cancellations affect 100,000 travellers going to or from Frankfurt, Munich and Duesseldorf.

They were announced even as the airline and the union said late Tues-day they were open to mediation.

Officials for the UFO flight atten-dants union did not call a halt to the ongoing stoppages at Frankfurt, Mu-

nich and Duesseldorf, but indicated they would be open to mediation un-der certain conditions, the dpa news agency reported. A mediation proposal had been sent by the company.

As things stood, the union was to strike long-haul and local flights Wednesday through Friday at the three airports. The strike action start-ed Friday and took a break Sunday.

Lufthansa has been able to carry out most flights despite extensive can-cellations.

A court decision in the German city of Duesseldorf added to uncertain-ty. The labour court there ordered a temporary halt to the strike in that town, saying the strike’s goals were not clearly formulated.

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BY DANNY RODESPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

Lauren Good is at the Canadian Col-leges Athletic Association women’s soccer championships, the only prob-lem is she wishes she wasn’t alone.

Good, who was in her fifth and fi-nal season of eligibility with the RDC Queens, was named to the CCAA All-Canadian team and received her award at the national banquet hosted by Ahuntsic College in Montreal, Tues-day

“It’s nice to end my career on a high note and it’s good as goalies always don’t get recognized,” the Red Deer native said. “We don’t get recognized as much because we don’t score the big goals or make the big tackle.

“It’s nice but I wish the team was here … I think we deserved to be here but that’s the nature of the game.”

Good was named to the Alberta Col-leges Athletic Conference South Di-vision All-Conference team but didn’t even think about being an All-Canadi-an.

“I was more focused on the team’s success,” she said. “That was most im-portant, although it’s nice to get the recognition with this being my last year. But really I felt this was one of my easier years because of the team in front of me. They were so good and did a great job of preventing a lot of good chances.”

But when there was a chance Good was there. She put together a spectacu-lar season for the undefeated Queens, who won their first South Division title with an 8-0-2 record. She finished with a 7-0-2 mark, five shutouts and a 0.56

goals-against average. She played four seasons with the Queens posting a 21-3-7 record, 16 shutouts and a 0.76 GAA.

While she was outstanding during the season she turned in an inspired performance in the ACAC playoffs as she played with a separated left shoul-der and a broken right thumb.

She allowed just one goal in a 1-0 loss to Concordia in the semifinals and played the second half of a 2-1 shootout loss to Grande Prairie in the bronze medal match.

“I had to adapt my style of play,” she explained. “I couldn’t lift my left

arm and I couldn’t move my thumb. I had to get my body in front of ev-erything and couldn’t control the ball like I was used to, but my team really backed me up.”

Good grew up in Red Deer, playing minor soccer and eventually joined the Major League Renegades and the Queens. She played two years with RDC before joining the University of Calgary Dinos for two seasons.

In her first season with the Dinos she received a concussion in her sec-ond game and was out for the remain-der of the season. She applied to get

that eligibility back and it was granted giving her two years at RDC.

“My second year there I played and started all the games but there and played in the playoffs,” she explained.

She received her degree in kinesi-ology and decided to return to RDC for the 2014-15 season to take education.

“I also wanted to finish my eligi-bility off back at my old stomping grounds,” she said with a laugh. “I had so much fun with this program and a lot of the girls I knew were still here. I also knew Dave (head coach Colley) and Moria (Duley) is one of my best friends and we’ve played together our whole lives.”

Duley was an assistant coach with the Queens this season and al-so coached the Renegades U14 Tier I team with Good.

“I want to continue on with soccer as long as I can and I hope to be part of the RDC program if Dave will allow me to be,” she said, adding there’s some-thing special about the RDC program.

“The university team has more depth and there’s always players be-hind you pushing you. The college is smaller but the group at RDC is much closer. There are no cliques …l we were a close knit group. This group was so much fun to be with.

“Krysten (Strand) and I played to-gether for two years in Calgary and she came here this year and loved it. She said it made her fall in love with soccer all over again. The team made her feel so welcome. That’s a good way to recruit.”

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

Photo by ASHLI BARRETT/Advocate Staff

Goalkeeper Lauren Good of the Red Deer College Queens makes a save during ACAC soccer action. Good was named to the CCAA All-Canadian team and received her award at the national banquet hosted by Ahuntsic College in Montreal, Tuesday.

Good named to All-Canadian team for goalkeeping greatness

Panthers claw past FlamesJAGR SCORES DECISIVE GOAL IN THIRD TO SNAP 5-GAME SKID WITH WIN


Panthers 4 Flames 3SUNRISE, Fla. — Jaromir Jagr and the Florida

Panthers were glad to snap their five-game losing streak. They weren’t all that satisfied with how they did it, though.

Jagr scored the tiebreaking goal in the third peri-od and the Panthers beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 on Tuesday night.

The 43-year-old Jagr gave Florida a 4-3 lead when his shot from in front slipped past Karri Ramo’s glove and into the corner of the net at 8:11 of the third. The goal was Jagr’s first in five games, and he leads the Panthers with seven goals. Jagr also had an assist, but the team held a players-only meeting after the game.

“We won, that’s a good thing. We feel like we didn’t play our best,” Jagr said. “Everybody felt like we should play a little better.”

Aaron Ekblad, Reilly Smith and Vincent Tro-check also scored for the Panthers. Roberto Luongo made 25 saves.

Luongo fell to the ice at 15:06 of the third when a slap shot from Dennis Wideman hit him in the shoul-der or neck. Luongo stayed in the game after a visit by the trainer.

“It was a bit of a sloppy game in general, but we found a way to win,” Luongo said.

The Panthers played their first in a stretch that includes seven of eight games at home. They want to make the most of it, especially after losing all three games on a West Coast swing.

“It’s a huge homestand,” Luongo said. “We’ve got some tough tests ahead of us and we’re going to need to be playing some better hockey if we want to win.”

Panthers coach Gerard Gallant didn’t share his players’ disappointment with their performance.

“I don’t know why they wouldn’t be happy,” Gal-lant said. “I thought they played pretty well, for the most part. They made a couple of bad mistakes that cost them a 3-1 lead, but overall we played pretty well.”

David Jones scored twice for Calgary, which lost for the first time in three games. Sean Monahan had a goal, and Ramo stopped 25 shots.

Ramo was disappointed he couldn’t prevent Jagr’s go-ahead goal.

“He kind of surprised me that he got the puck,” Ramo. “He fanned on the first shot and I lost the

edge of my skate. I got a push and started to reach. It was a slow goal. There was a lot of bad luck today.”

Calgary tied it at 3 on a power-play goal by Mona-han. He grabbed a rebound in front and put the puck past Luongo with 28 seconds left in the second.

Monahan has nine points in 11 games.“We had chances in the third that we just couldn’t

finish off,” Flames coach Bob Hartley said. “We had some great looks. They had a chance and got the win-ning goal out of it.”

Ekblad stretched the Panthers’ lead to 3-1 when he one-timed a pass from Jagr to the left circle past Ramo at 3:53 of the second.

Calgary closed the gap to 3-2 on Jones’ second goal. Jones’ shot from in front hit Luongo’s glove,

then trickled past him into the net at 6:35.Smith’s goal gave the Panthers a 2-1 lead. Alex

Petrovic’s shot from near the blue line was blocked, but Smith got the rebound and poked it into the net at 15:43 of the first.

The Panthers took a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal by Trocheck. Jussi Jokinen took a shot from the left circle and Trocheck grabbed the rebound and put it past Ramo at 5:16.

The Flames tied the score less than 2 minutes lat-er on their first shot on goal. Two Panthers players collided at mid-ice, opening up a lane for Joe Col-borne. His drop pass went off the skate of a Florida player, and Jones grabbed the loose puck and beat Luongo on the stick side at 7:13.


Calgary Flames center Sean Monahan skates past Florida Panthers center Rocco Grimaldi in the first period of an NHL game Tuesday, in Sunrise, Fla.

GMs talk about how to increase scoring


TORONTO — Scoring hasn’t neces-sarily taken a nose dive in the NHL, but it’s enough of a concern that gener-al managers are debating how to gen-erate more offence.

An average of 5.32 goals are being scored this season, down slightly from 5.5 through Nov. 10, 2014, but down significantly from the 6.16 goals a game in the 2005-06 season. It’s not the num-bers but the causes of the decline that made it a hot topic at Tuesday’s fall GMs meeting.

“When you talk about scoring, where do you want to start?” David Poile of the Nashville Predators said. “Do you want to start with the goalten-ding equipment, do you want to start with all the congestion in front of the

net, all the shot-blocking? How about taking out the trapezoid? We can go on and on and on.”

Ray Shero of the New Jersey Devils called scoring a “never-ending” sub-ject at these meetings, whether it’s in light of reducing the size of goalten-ding equipment, making the nets big-ger or changing some other part of the game.

Maybe it’s not the goals but the op-portunities for them.

“Basically for me it’s scoring chanc-es,” Dale Tallon of the Florida Pan-thers said. “Is the game better off with more scoring or is it fine the way it is? Those are the things we have to discuss and figure out. I think that’s what we’re going to discuss in-depth in March.”

Very rarely are decisions made at this time, during the GMs’ post-Hall of Fame induction weekend meeting. It’s a time to set the table for the board of governors in Pebble Beach, Calif., next month and then the March GMs meet-

ing in Boca Raton, Fla.This was a chance for GMs to re-

view a couple of major rule changes: three-on-three overtime and coach’s challenges. Three-on-three overtime has been overwhelmingly effective, as 70 per cent of games that go past reg-ulation have been decided before the shootout.

“The players enjoy it, and three-on-three to me is less gimmicky than one-on-one,” Chuck Fletcher of the Minnesota Wild said.

Coach’s challenges are new to the league this season for goals scored on goaltender interference and offside plays. The first impression of the new system is good, even though GMs would like to fine-tune the system.

“I think just taking less time, that’s probably it, and making sure that there aren’t any egregious errors,” Tal-lon said. “It’s just a matter of everyone getting communication down better and quicker.”

One complaint so far is that too lit-

tle contact on goaltenders is getting goals taken off the board. GMs looked at several examples of goaltender in-terference and were asked to decide whether the goal should have counted.

Setting the standard for what goal-tender interference is will be part of the ongoing process.

“We don’t want to go back to foot in the crease,” NHL senior vice-presi-dent and director of hockey operations Colin Campbell said. “We’ve had some issues where we might want to see the other decision, but the referees are adapting pretty well.”

Campbell said beaming video re-plays to officials on the ice is some-thing new, and he expects that to con-tinue to improve. The more practice the league has, the less time it should take to make a decision.

One theory is giving the responsi-bility on coach’s challenges to the sit-uation room in Toronto. That won’t be decided until the March GMs meeting, at the earliest.

NHL

Team WHL rallies past Russia 4-2 in Game 2 of annual junior exhibition series


KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Deven Sideroff, Jayce Hawryluk and Brett Pollock — into an empty net — all scored as Team WHL rallied past Russia 4-2 on Tuesday in Game 2 of the Canadian Hockey League’s annual exhibition series with

the European hockey power.Jansen Harkins opened scoring for Team WHL, which

won both of its games against the team of Russian all-stars. Adin Hill made 17 saves for the win.

Sergey Zborovskiy and Egor Yakovlev both scored in the second period to give Russia a 2-1 lead. Maxim Tretiak stopped 35-of-38 shots in net for the visitors.

Sideroff tied the game 2-2 for the WHL all-stars at the 11:19 mark of the second period. Hawryluk had the winner at the 16:47 mark of the third before Pollock added some in-surance with 17 second left to play.

Neither team scored on their one power play.Russia will play the Ontario Hockey League’s all-stars on

Thursday in Owen Sound, Ont.

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More than $200,000 was raised in support of two worthwhile Red Deer organizations at the annual Glencross Invitational Charity Roughstock Rodeo and Poker event held in August.

Curtis Glencross, and representa-tives from the event, were in atten-dance Monday to present cheques to the two beneficiaries of the event — Ronald McDonald House Charities Central Alberta and the Hockey Alber-ta Foundation’s Every Kid Every Com-munity program.

“The Fourth Annual Glencross Invi-tational was a great success again this year” said Glencross. “We indeed have loyal support. The rodeo and evening concert was great entertainment and a perfect way to spend your Friday night. I would like to thank all of our loyal sponsors.”

The charity poker and rodeo was held Aug. 20-21, with all proceeds – a total of $226,000 — donated to the two organizations. A total of $90,400 directed to the Hockey Alberta Foun-dation and $135,600 to Ronald McDon-ald House Central Alberta. With this year’s contribution, the event has now surpassed the $1,000,000 mark in its four-year history.

“It costs $1.2 million to operate the House every year,” said Larry Mathie-son, CEO, Ronald McDonald House Charities Southern & Central Alberta.

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Mistake costs Raptors win against KnicksBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Knicks 111 Raptors 109TORONTO — For a large chunk of

48 minutes Tuesday night, the Toronto Raptors didn’t deserve to win.

But in a controversial final 23 sec-onds, the Raptors, coach Dwane Casey, and a legion of fans that took to Twit-ter to voice their outrage, argued they did.

The Raptors dropped a 111-109 de-cision to the New York Knicks, and much of the post-game buzz was about a botched call.

With the Raptors trailing just 106-105 with 22.8 seconds left, Carmelo Anthony stepped out of bounds while holding the ball, directly in front of the Raptors bench. The officials didn’t see it at the time.

“I saw it with my own eyes right in front of me, but again, it’s a tough game to officiate,” said Casey, who hol-lered at the officials, arms raised in fury, when the incident happened. “I wouldn’t say anything if he wasn’t right there in front of me.”

The NBA’s lead official for the game Ed Malloy told a pool reporter that they’d made a mistake.

“We came in, we reviewed the play. We did see Anthony step out of bounds, and should’ve awarded the ball to Toronto,” Malloy said.

While Casey argued the Raptors were trapping Anthony, not looking for a foul, Lowry was called for a foul on the play. And so, instead of the Rap-tors taking possession, New York’s Lance Thomas went to the line and drained two free throws.

DeMar DeRozan, who scored a game-high 29 points, was hesitant to say much about the play.

Asked what he saw, DeRozan said “Same thing everybody else seen.”

Anthony, led the Knicks (4-4) with 25 points, told reporters he didn’t want to see a replay.

“I’m getting out of here,” he said.

“Ain’t no need for me to look back and watch it, it’s over with. I don’t even know if I did it. Probably, but we’re getting out of here with the win.”

Kyle Lowry had 23 points, nine as-sists and seven rebounds for Toronto (5-3). Jonas Valanciunas had 16 points and nine boards, and Cory Joseph chipped in with 12 points, including a three with 1.5 seconds left.

Luis Scola added 11 points for a Raptors team missing both DeMarre Carroll (plantar fasciitis) and Terrence Ross (injured thumb).

After Toronto raced out to a fran-chise-record five straight wins to start the season, the Raptors promptly dropped two games in Florida, includ-ing Sunday’s 96-76 rout by the Heat on Sunday in Miami.

They had hoped to turn things around in the friendly confines of the Air Canada Centre. But it was the Knicks who led for most of the night, and were up by 13 points early in the third quarter.

The game went into the fourth tied at 85-85 in front of a sellout crowd of 19,800 fans, but the Knicks held the lead for most of the final frame and were up by five with a minute to play.

DeRozan missed on a layup with six seconds left that would have tied the game, and Thomas had a pair of free throws for the Knicks that sealed To-ronto’s fate.

“All night there were a lot of things we were definitely frustrated about,” DeRozan said. “We still had a chance to pull it out… Just combination of things.”

The Raptors say there’s no timeta-ble for Ross’s return after he sustained ligament damage in his thumb during a workout Monday. Ross, wearing a purple brace on his left thumb, said he could be back as quickly as two weeks.

The Raptors opened with one of their worst quarters of the season, shooting just 6 for 18 to trail 24-17 heading into the second.

After scoring just a point in the


Toronto Raptors forward James Johnson (3) and New York Knicks guard Sasha Vujacic (18) battle for a loose ball during NBA action in Toronto, Tuesday.

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Canada’s roster is starting to take shape for World Cup of Hockey


TORONTO — When Canada’s World Cup management team met this week, each member of the staff again came with a 23-man roster. Again there were 11 players on every list.

It’s not hard to assume goaltender Carey Price, defencemen Drew Dough-ty, Shea Weber and Duncan Keith and forwards Jonathan Toews, Sid-ney Crosby, John Tavares, Jamie Benn, Patrice Bergeron, Steven Stamkos and Tyler Seguin are gimmes to make the team. Now comes the tough job of fill-ing out the other 12 spots.

“I think the (top) 16 is not going to be overly debated,” Canadian gen-eral manager Doug Armstrong said. “I think the really hard decision for Hockey Canada comes because of the depth of our player pool is that 17 through 23.”

Canada is further along in its ros-ter-construction process than the Unit-ed States or the 23-and-under Team North America. It helps to have a deep foundation from the undefeat-ed, gold-medal-winning Sochi Olympic team, though Stamkos and Seguin war-rant inclusion.

Armstrong, who’s being assisted by Ken Holland, Bob Murray, Marc Ber-gevin and Rob Blake, also pointed to a handful of off-the-radar players who have forced their way into the discus-sion.

“(Tyler) Toffoli in Los Angeles is playing very well, (Jake) Muzzin in Los

Angeles is playing very well, (Mark) Stone in Ottawa’s a very good play-er, (Brendan) Gallagher in Montreal,” Armstrong said. “Now what we’re go-ing to do as a group is really hone in on probably that list of 14 or 15 guys that are going to make our final part of our roster and really get a chance to watch these guys.”

Mike Babcock and his coaching staff haven’t had input yet, but they will.

“If the coaching staff doesn’t see a fit for the player, then we’re basically picking a 22-man roster instead of a 23-man roster,” Armstrong said. “So we want to make sure that Mike and his staff share the same vision of why these guys are on the team.”

U.S. general manager Dean Lom-bardi, who was set to meet with his lieutenants Tuesday night, is taking a more patient approach to putting the pieces together. He said the U.S. was still in the “formative stages” after a summer of planning.

One thing seems clear: the U.S. won’t bring back the same team that finished fourth in Sochi. There’s a new sheriff in town in coach John Tortorel-la, and the team will look much differ-ent.

“I think there’s a definite trend to-wards having a bit of a turnover,” Lom-bardi said. “Not only with the players but with the players that will be back in assuming a more hands-on leader-ship role.”

Lombardi wants Zach Parise, Ryan Suter and Ryan McDonagh to assume those bigger leadership roles.

Leadership may be an issue for the younger Team North America.

“I have a sense of who the guys will be to form this kind of leadership group,” co-GM Peter Chiarelli said. “We’ve got some of the older candi-dates, but I don’t know how they will lead. Maybe you just let it evolve just because they’re young, they’re enthu-siastic and they can get things going in a hurry.”

Team North America will soon name the rest of its coaching staff to work under Todd McLellan, Chiarelli said. As far as players go, there are some no-doubters like Connor McDa-vid and Jack Eichel, but many others like Max Domi and Anthony Duclair have stood out.

Because of the variance of young players, Chiarelli estimated that 60 per cent of his roster is pretty much decided and the rest will go down to the wire.

Teams must name 16 players, in-cluding two goaltenders, by March 1 and the final seven by June 1.

McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon are among the young players not avail-able to Canada, something Armstrong implied was something of a relief.

“I don’t have to worry about Connor McDavid, and I’m sure he would’ve been a player we would really hone in on, and we don’t have to worry about that now,” Armstrong said.

Eichel, Brandon Saad, Alex Gal-chenyuk, Seth Jones and Jacob Trouba won’t be available for the U.S., which could hurt that team.

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WHLEASTERN CONFERENCE

EAST DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtPrince Albert 19 12 5 1 1 68 60 26Brandon 18 11 5 0 2 68 50 24Moose Jaw 18 10 5 2 1 72 56 23Saskatoon 18 8 7 3 0 62 71 19Swift Current 18 8 8 2 0 48 52 18Regina 16 7 8 1 0 41 58 15

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtRed Deer 19 13 6 0 0 72 54 26Lethbridge 17 12 5 0 0 72 52 24Calgary 20 9 10 0 1 53 70 19Edmonton 19 7 9 3 0 50 61 17Medicine Hat 15 5 7 2 1 53 62 13Kootenay 19 4 13 2 0 44 77 10

WESTERN CONFERENCEB.C. DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtVictoria 20 14 5 0 1 68 38 29Kelowna 18 13 5 0 0 75 58 26Prince George 16 8 7 1 0 42 44 17Kamloops 16 8 8 0 0 53 53 16Vancouver 17 4 10 2 1 46 68 11

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtSeattle 17 10 6 1 0 61 46 21Spokane 18 8 7 2 1 56 64 19Everett 13 8 4 0 1 29 28 17Portland 16 7 9 0 0 50 47 14Tri-City 17 6 10 1 0 50 64 13

Wednesday’s gamesRed Deer at Brandon, 3 p.m.Vancouver at Kelowna, 3:05 p.m.Everett at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.Portland at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Friday’s gamesLethbridge at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.Red Deer at Regina, 6 p.m.Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.Tri-City at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.Swift Current at Portland, 8 p.m.Edmonton at Prince George, 8 p.m.Seattle at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.Kamloops at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.Spokane at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

Saturday, November 14Red Deer at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.Lethbridge at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.Tri-City at Calgary, 7 p.m.Kootenay at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.Edmonton at Prince George, 8 p.m.Portland at Vancouver, 8 p.m.Swift Current at Everett, 8:05 p.m.Kelowna at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.Seattle at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday, November 15Lethbridge at Regina, 3 p.m.Prince Albert at Brandon, 3 p.m.

Prince George at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Tuesday’s summaryWHL 4, Russia 2

First PeriodNo scoringPenalties - WHL- Ryan Gropp, cross-checking, 6:47

Second Period1. WHL- Jansen Harkins (2) (Brayden Point, Reid Gardiner), 3:242. RUS- Sergey Zborovskiy (1) (Nikita Yazkov), 9:553. RUS- Egor Yakovlev (1) (Arkhip Nekolenko), 10:384. WHL- Deven Sideroff (1) (Mathew Barzal, Collin Shirley), 11:19Penalties - RUS- Yakovlev, interference, 12:12

Third Period5. WHL- Jayce Hawryluk (1) unassisted, 16:47.6. WHL- Brett Pollock (1) (Hawryluk), 19:43 (en).Penalties - WHL- Sideroff, roughing, 4:32.RUS- Andrey Svetlakov, roughing, 4:32.

Shots on goalRussia 6 9 4 — 19WHL 9 18 12 — 39Goal - WHL Adin Hill (17 saves-19 shots), RUS Maxim Tretiak (35-39)Power plays (goals-chances) — WHL 0/1, RUS 0/1Attendance — 5,278 at Kamloops. B.C.

National Hockey LeagueEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAMontreal 16 13 2 1 27 59 29Detroit 15 8 6 1 17 34 36Ottawa 15 7 5 3 17 47 49Tampa Bay 17 7 8 2 16 39 42Boston 14 7 6 1 15 47 45Florida 15 6 6 3 15 41 38Buffalo 15 7 8 0 14 36 42Toronto 15 3 8 4 10 32 47

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAN.Y. Rangers 15 11 2 2 24 45 25Washington 14 10 4 0 20 43 32Pittsburgh 14 9 5 0 18 31 28N.Y. Islanders 15 7 5 3 17 40 37New Jersey 15 8 6 1 17 37 38Philadelphia 15 5 7 3 13 28 43Carolina 15 6 9 0 12 30 43Columbus 16 4 12 0 8 38 59

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GADallas 16 12 4 0 24 56 42St. Louis 15 11 3 1 23 42 31Minnesota 14 9 3 2 20 43 38Nashville 14 9 3 2 20 42 36Winnipeg 16 8 6 2 18 45 46Chicago 15 8 6 1 17 39 38Colorado 15 5 9 1 11 40 42

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAVancouver 16 7 4 5 19 48 39Los Angeles 14 9 5 0 18 35 29

Arizona 14 7 6 1 15 39 41San Jose 14 7 7 0 14 38 36Anaheim 15 5 7 3 13 25 37Calgary 16 5 10 1 11 40 63Edmonton 15 5 10 0 10 39 47NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s GamesArizona 4, Anaheim 3, OT

Tuesday’s GamesSt. Louis 2, New Jersey 0N.Y. Rangers 3, Carolina 0Colorado 4, Philadelphia 0Vancouver 5, Columbus 3Detroit 1, Washington 0Buffalo 4, Tampa Bay 1Florida 4, Calgary 3Nashville 7, Ottawa 5Minnesota 5, Winnipeg 3Toronto 3, Dallas 2Arizona at Los Angeles, lateN.Y. Islanders at San Jose, late

Wednesday’s GamesMontreal at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m.Edmonton at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesColorado at Boston, 5 p.m.St. Louis at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.Washington at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.Minnesota at Carolina, 5 p.m.Vancouver at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.Calgary at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.Buffalo at Florida, 5:30 p.m.Toronto at Nashville, 6 p.m.New Jersey at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.Winnipeg at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.Edmonton at Arizona, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s summaryPanthers 4, Flames 3

First Period1. Florida, Trocheck 6 (Jokinen, Campbell) 5:16 (pp).2. Calgary, Jones 4 (Colborne) 7:13.3. Florida, Smith 5 (Jokinen, Petrovic) 15:43.Penalties — Jooris Cgy (boarding) 2:06, Mackenzie Fla (fighting) 4:31, Jooris Cgy (fighting) 4:31, Rus-sell Cgy (interference) 4:54.

Second Period4. Florida, Ekblad 2 (Jagr, Huberdeau) 3:53.5. Calgary, Jones 5 (Stajan, Engelland) 6:35.6. Calgary, Monahan 4 (Hudler, Brodie) 18:32 (pp).Penalties — Huberdeau Fla (tripping) 17:36.

Third Period7. Florida, Jagr 7 (unassisted) 8:11.Penalties — None.

Shots on goalCalgary 9 12 7 — 28Florida 11 11 9 — 31Goal — Calgary: Ramo (L, 3-5-0) Florida: Luongo (W, 4-5-2).Power plays (goal-chances) — Calgary: 1-1 Flor-ida: 1-2.

National Basketball AssociationEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division W L Pct GBToronto 5 3 .625 —New York 4 4 .500 1Boston 3 3 .500 1Brooklyn 0 7 .000 4 1/2Philadelphia 0 7 .000 4 1/2

Southeast Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 7 2 .778 —Miami 5 3 .625 1 1/2Washington 3 4 .429 3Charlotte 3 4 .429 3Orlando 3 5 .375 3 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland 7 1 .875 —Detroit 5 2 .714 1 1/2Chicago 5 3 .625 2Indiana 4 4 .500 3Milwaukee 4 4 .500 3

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 5 2 .714 —Houston 4 3 .571 1Dallas 3 4 .429 2Memphis 3 5 .375 2 1/2New Orleans 1 6 .143 4

Northwest Division W L Pct GBOklahoma City 5 3 .625 —Minnesota 4 3 .571 1/2Utah 4 3 .571 1/2Portland 4 4 .500 1Denver 3 4 .429 1 1/2

Pacific Division W L Pct GBGolden State 8 0 1.000 —L.A. Clippers 5 2 .714 2 1/2Phoenix 3 4 .429 4 1/2L.A. Lakers 1 6 .143 6 1/2Sacramento 1 7 .125 7

Monday’s GamesIndiana 97, Orlando 84Chicago 111, Philadelphia 88Minnesota 117, Atlanta 107Denver 108, Portland 104San Antonio 106, Sacramento 88Golden State 109, Detroit 95L.A. Clippers 94, Memphis 92

Tuesday’s GamesCleveland 118, Utah 114Oklahoma City 125, Washington 101New York 111, Toronto 109Miami 101, L.A. Lakers 88Charlotte 104, Minnesota 95New Orleans 120, Dallas 105Boston 99, Milwaukee 83

Wednesday’s GamesToronto at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 5 p.m.New York at Charlotte, 5 p.m.Indiana at Boston, 5:30 p.m.Golden State at Memphis, 6 p.m.Brooklyn at Houston, 6 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 6 p.m.New Orleans at Atlanta, 6 p.m.Milwaukee at Denver, 7 p.m.Detroit at Sacramento, 8 p.m.San Antonio at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesUtah at Miami, 5:30 p.m.Golden State at Minnesota, 6 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m.

CFLEast Division

GP W L T PF PA Pty-Ottawa 18 12 6 0 464 454 24x-Hamilton 18 10 8 0 530 391 20x-Toronto 18 10 8 0 438 499 20Montreal 18 6 12 0 388 402 12

West Division GP W L T PF PA Pty-Edmonton 18 14 4 0 466 341 28x-Calgary 18 14 4 0 478 346 28x-B.C. 18 7 11 0 437 486 14Winnipeg 18 5 13 0 353 502 10Saskatchewan 18 3 15 0 430 563 6x — clinched playoff berth y — clinched division.

CFL PLAYOFFSSunday, Nov. 15Division SemifinalsEast DivisionToronto at Hamilton, 11 a.m.West DivisionB.C. at Calgary, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 22Division FinalsEast DivisionHamilton-Toronto winner at Ottawa, 11 a.m.West DivisionCalgary-B.C. winner at Edmonton, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 29103rd Grey CupAt WinnipegEast vs. West Champions, 4 p.m.

Final 2015 CFL statisticsRUSHING C Yds Avg LSutton, Mtl 180 1059 5.9 54Harris, BC 222 1039 4.7 33Messam, Cgy 135 826 6.1 53Whitaker, Tor 121 636 5.3 59Bell, Edm 113 633 5.6 6.9Cornish, Cgy 115 622 5.4 26Marshall, Wpg 141 614 4.4 26Allen, Sask 92 574 6.2 47Rutley, Mtl 83 454 5.5 50Je.Johnson, Ott 97 448 4.6 35

RECEIVING No Yds Avg LRogers, Cgy 87 1448 16.6 49Bowman, Edm 93 1304 14.0 69Williams, Ott 88 1214 13.8 84Arceneaux, BC 76 1151 15.1 82Walker, Edm 89 1110 12.5 62Ellingson, Ott 69 1071 15.5 53Tasker, Ham 76 1066 14.0 64McDaniel, Cgy 86 1038 12.1 63Green, Mtl 71 1036 14.6 51

Jackson, Ott 84 1036 12.3 55Sinopoli, Ott 86 1035 12.0 41Sinkfield, Ham 69 1030 14.9 87R.Smith, Sask 59 991 16.8 68Dressler, Sask 70 941 13.4 79Moore, Wpg 76 899 11.8 64

PASSING C A Pct Yds TD Int EffBurris, Ott 678 481 70.9 5703 26 13 101.0Mitchell, Cgy 555 656 65.6 4551 26 13 96.8Harris, Tor 538 382 71.0 4354 33 19 100.7Collaros, Ham 359 252 70.2 3376 25 8 113.7Reilly, Edm 329 214 65.0 2449 15 10 89.8Glenn, Mtl 257 171 66.5 2174 9 10 88.2Cato, Mtl 251 174 69.3 2167 9 9 92.8Jennings, BC 215 142 66.0 2004 15 10 99.8Lulay, BC 266 167 62.8 1953 12 10 84.4B.Smith, Sask 224 142 63.4 1822 15 9 94.4

FIELD GOALS A M LMedlock, Ham 47 42 57Paredes, Cgy 47 41 51Bede, Mtl 40 36 52Leone, BC 39 30 56McCallum, Sas 36 29 50Whyte, Edm 26 24 53Hajrullahu, Wpg 32 22 53Shaw, Edm 24 21 44Pfeffer, Ott 16 12 52

TEAM OFFENCE(Yardage includes losses) Yards Pass RushOttawa 7352 5816 1536Saskatchewan 6946 4796 2150Edmonton 6822 4924 1898Calgary 6640 4902 1738Hamilton 6621 5148 1473Toronto 6235 4850 1385Montreal 6135 4059 2076B.C. 5968 4504 1464Winnipeg 5691 4165 1526

National Football LeagueAMERICAN CONFERENCE

East W L T Pct PF PANew England 8 0 0 1.000 276 143N.Y. Jets 5 3 0 .625 200 162Buffalo 4 4 0 .500 209 190Miami 3 5 0 .375 171 206

South W L T Pct PF PAIndianapolis 4 5 0 .444 200 227Houston 3 5 0 .375 174 205Jacksonville 2 6 0 .250 170 235Tennessee 2 6 0 .250 159 187

North W L T Pct PF PACincinnati 8 0 0 1.000 229 142

Pittsburgh 5 4 0 .556 206 182Baltimore 2 6 0 .250 190 214Cleveland 2 7 0 .222 177 247

West W L T Pct PF PADenver 7 1 0 .875 192 139Oakland 4 4 0 .500 213 211Kansas City 3 5 0 .375 195 182San Diego 2 7 0 .222 210 249

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Giants 5 4 0 .556 247 226Philadelphia 4 4 0 .500 193 164Washington 3 5 0 .375 158 195Dallas 2 6 0 .250 160 204

South W L T Pct PF PACarolina 8 0 0 1.000 228 165Atlanta 6 3 0 .667 229 190New Orleans 4 5 0 .444 241 268Tampa Bay 3 5 0 .375 181 231

North W L T Pct PF PAMinnesota 6 2 0 .750 168 140Green Bay 6 2 0 .750 203 167Chicago 3 5 0 .375 162 221Detroit 1 7 0 .125 149 245

West W L T Pct PF PAArizona 6 2 0 .750 263 153St. Louis 4 4 0 .500 153 146Seattle 4 4 0 .500 167 140San Francisco 3 6 0 .333 126 223

Monday’s GameChicago 22, San Diego 19

Thursday, Nov. 12Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 15Detroit at Green Bay, 11 a.m.Carolina at Tennessee, 11 a.m.Chicago at St. Louis, 11 a.m.Dallas at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.New Orleans at Washington, 11 a.m.Miami at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.Jacksonville at Baltimore, 11 a.m.Minnesota at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.Kansas City at Denver, 2:25 p.m.New England at N.Y. Giants, 2:25 p.m.Arizona at Seattle, 6:30 p.m.Open: Atlanta, Indianapolis, San Diego, San Fran-cisco

Monday, Nov. 16Houston at Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Sports Transactions

HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueANAHEIM DUCKS — Assigned F Kenton Helgeson from San Diego (AHL) to Utah (ECHL).DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived QB Kellen Moore.NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Placed G Carter Hut-ton on injured reserve. Recalled F Colton Sissons from Milwaukee (AHL).American Hockey LeagueAHL — Suspended San Antonio LW Patrick Bor-deleau three games, Syracuse C Tanner Richard two games and Albany C Blake Coleman and Provi-dence D Tommy Cross one game.CHARLOTTE CHECKERS — Assigned D Justin Agosta to Florida (ECHL).HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Assigned G Jeff Mal-colm to Greenville (ECHL).FORT WAYNE KOMETS — Signed F Nikita

Kashirsky.HERSHEY BEARS — Assigned F Austin Fyten to South Carolina (ECHL).ONTARIO REIGN — Returned F Kenton Miller to Wichita (ECHL).PROVIDENCE BRUINS — Signed F Garry Nunn to a professional tryout agreement. Recalled F Eric Neiley from Atlanta (ECHL).SYRACUSE CRUNCH — Recalled D Charlie Dode-ro from Greenville (ECHL).UTICA COMETS — Assigned G Clay Witt to Kalam-azoo (ECHL).ECHLINDY FUEL — Released D Dave Pszenyczny.KALAMAZOO WINGS — Released G Ryan De-Melo.ORLANDO SOLAR BEARS — Released G Matt Grogan. Added G Bobby Fowler as emergency backup.UTAH GRIZZLIES — Released F Alexander Mac-

Millan.BASEBALLAmerican LeagueBOSTON RED SOX — Named Gordon Edes stra-tegic communications advisor for Fenway Sports Group and Red Sox team historian.CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Named Rick Renteria bench coach and Greg Sparks assistant hitting coach.LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Assigned 2B Ryan Jackson outright to Salt Lake (PCL).MINNESOTA TWINS — Traded C Chris Herrmann to Arizona for OF Daniel Palka.SEATTLE MARINERS — Named Manny Acta third base coach.BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationMIAMI HEAT — Traded G Mario Chalmers and F James Ennis to Memphis for G Beno Udrih and F Jarnell Stokes.

Today• WHL: Red Deer at Brandon, 3 p.m. (The Drive).

Thursday• Men’s basketball: Vikings vs. Wells Furniture, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Henry’s Eavestroughing, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday• College basketball: Lethbridge at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow.• Peewee AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Parkland, 6 p.m., Collicutt Centre.• WHL: Red Deer at Regina, 6 p.m. (The Drive).• College men’s hockey: Portage at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.• AJHL: Brooks at Olds, 7 p.m.• Heritage junior B hockey: Airdrie at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.; Banff at Three Hills, 8 p.m.• Midget AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Elks, 8 p.m., Arena.• Chinook senior AAA hockey: Stony Plain at Bentley, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday• Peewee AA hockey: Okotoks Green at Red Deer TBS, 12:30 p.m., Kinsmen A; Taber at West Central, 5:30 p.m., Sylvan Lake.• College volleyball: Olds at RDC, women at 1 p.m., men to follow.• Bantam football: Calgary Mavericks at Hunting Hills, provincial tier 2 semifinal, 1 p.m., Great Chief Park.• Midget AA hockey: Okotoks Green at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 2 p.m., Arena; Airdrie at West Central, 8 p.m., Sylvan

Lake.• Bantam AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Ramada, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; West Central at Red Deer Steel Kings, 3 p.m., Kinsmen A.• Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton K of C at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena.• College basketball: Ambrose at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow.• WHL: Red Deer at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. (The Drive).• Heritage junior B hockey: Ponoka at Red Deer, 6:45 p.m., Arena.• Major bantam girls hockey: Peace Country at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Collicutt Centre.• Heritage junior B hockey: Cochrane at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.; Okotoks at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; High River at Ponoka, 8 p.m.; Medicine Hat at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

Sunday• Major bantam girls hockey: Peace Country at Red Deer, 10 a.m., Collicutt Centre.• Peewee AA hockey: Okotoks Black at Red Deer TBS, 11:30 a.m., Kinsmen A; Okotoks Green at Stettler, 2 p.m.• Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton Maple Leafs at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Arena.• Midget AA hockey: Medicine Hat at Red Deer Elks, noon, Arena.• Bantam AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Steel Kings, 1:45 p.m., Kinsmen A; Bow Valley at West Central, 3:30 p.m., Caroline.• Men’s basketball: Grandview vs. Monstars, Carstar vs. NWS, Johns Manville vs. Silver Spurs, 4:15 p.m.; Chillabongs vs. Washed Up Warriors, Sheraton Red Deer vs. Lacombe All Sports Cresting, BTown Maple Jordans vs. Rusty Chuckers, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber.

Curling2016 Canadian Mixed Curling ChampionshipAt TorontoPreliminary RoundPool AProvince (Skip) W LAlberta (Lizmore) 4 0Nova Scotia (MacKenzie) 3 1Northern Ont. (Koivula) 2 2Saskatchewan (Korte) 2 2P.E.I. (MacKenzie) 1 3British Columbia (Joanisse) 1 3Nfld & Labrador (Ford) 1 3

Pool BProvince W LNew Brunswick (Sullivan) 3 1Northwest Terr. (Moss) 3 1Manitoba (Sigurdson) 2 2Quebec (Elmaleh) 2 2Ontario (McLean) 2 2Yukon (Smallwood) 2 2Nunavut (Macdonald) 0 4

Tuesday’s resultsFourth DrawManitoba 10 Ontario 6Quebec 8 Nunavut 4Alberta 6 Saskatchewan 4P.E.I. 6 British Columbia 5Fifth DrawNew Brunswick 4 Quebec 3Northern Ontario 5 Newfoundland & Labrador 4 (ee)Northwest Territories 6 Manitoba 4 (ee)Yukon 13 Nunavut 2Saskatchewan 7 Nova Scotia 2Sixth DrawAlberta 6 Newfoundland & Labrador 1New Brunswick 7 Northwest Territories 3Nova Scotia 6 British Columbia 5 (ee)Northern Ontario 5 P.E.I. 4Yukon 7 Ontario 6

Monday’s resultsSecond DrawAlberta 6 British Columbia 4Northwest Territories 5 Yukon 3Nova Scotia 9 P.E.I. 2Ontario 7 New Brunswick 5Third DrawNew Brunswick 6 Manitoba 3Newfoundland & Labrador 5 Saskatchewan 3Northwest Territories 11 Nunavut 2Nova Scotia 6 Northern Ontario 4Quebec 7 Yukon 2

Wednesday’s gamesSeventh Draw, 8 a.m.Nunavut vs. ManitobaSaskatchewan vs. Northern OntarioNewfoundland & Labrador vs. Nova ScotiaNorthwest Territories vs. QuebecEighth Draw, 12:30 p.m.British Columbia vs. Northern OntarioNova Scotia vs. AlbertaNorthwest Territories vs. OntarioNewfoundland & Labrador vs. P.E.I.Ninth Draw, 5 p.m.Manitoba vs. YukonOntario vs. QuebecP.E.I. vs. AlbertaBritish Columbia vs. SaskatchewanNunavut vs. New Brunswick

The NationalOSHAWA, Ont. — Schedule for the National, part of the 2015-16 Grand Slam of Curling:ROUND ROBINMENTuesday’s resultsFirst DrawKoe 6 Laycock 4Jacobs 9 Michel 1

Wednesday’s gamesSecond Draw, 6:30 a.m.Howard vs. ShusterThird Draw, 10 a.m.Koe vs. UlsrudCarruthers vs. EppingEdin vs. SimmonsFourth Draw, 1:30 p.m.McEwen vs. ShusterBottcher vs. MichelLaycock vs. GushueFifth Draw, 5:30 p.m.Howard vs. CarruthersJacobs vs. EdinMenard vs. Ulsrud

Thursday’s gamesSixth Draw, 6:30 a.m.Bottcher vs. SimmonsSeventh Draw, 10 a.m.Edin vs. MichelEpping vs. McEwenGushue vs. KoeCarruthers vs. ShusterEighth Draw, 1:30 p.m.Jacobs vs. BottcherLaycock vs. UlsrudNinth Draw, 5:30 p.m.Simmons vs. MichelEpping vs. HowardGushue vs. Menard

WOMENTuesday’s resultsFirst DrawHoman 6 Hasselborg 1

Wednesday’s gamesSecond Draw, 6:30 a.m.Carey vs. EinarsonSweeting vs. McDonaldTirinzoni vs. LawtonRocque vs. HasselborgThird Draw, 10 a.m.Fleury vs. KimJones vs. HastingsFourth Draw, 5:30 p.m.Fleury vs. MiddaughLawton vs. McDonald

Thursday’s gamesFifth Draw, 6:30 a.m.Middaugh vs. Hastings (rescheduled from Tuesday)Jones vs. KimMcDonald vs. SinclairCarey vs. RocqueSixth Draw, 10 a.m.Einarson vs. HomanSeventh Draw, 1:30 p.m.Fleury vs. HastingsSweeting vs. Tirinzoni

Red Deer’s Carter Graf was crowned Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour bantam boys national champion Monday after carding a second-round 70 in the final event of the year at Kissimmee, Fla.

Graf, 14, opened the 36-hole event with a 78 and finished with a 148 total, six strokes better than first-round leader Dylan Hen-derson of Waterloo, Ont. (71-83—154). He accepted his award from PGA Tour veteran Retief Goosen.

“I drove the ball in the fairway often which set me up for good approach shots for birdie,” said Graf, in reference to his second-round charge. “This is a tournament full of good players and (my win) proves I can compete and that all the dedication paid off.”

Graf also won one of five Golf Town comeback awards for best second-day improvement.

JUNIOR GOLF

Red Deer Catalina swimmers snared 74 medals in three separate meets during the weekend, including nine gold in the Rocky Mountain Cup at Calgary.

Rebecca Smith was dominant in her divi-sion, striking gold in the 50-metre, 100m and 200m freestyle, as well as the 50m butterfly and 100m individual medley events. She also set new provincial records in the 15-year-old girls 50m and 100m free and meet records in both events as well as the 200m free.

Elizabeth Moore won gold in the 100m breaststroke and established a new Canadian Summer Championships qualifying time in the event, and Josh Young was golden in the 50m, 100m and 200m breast.

Other Rocky Mountain Cup Catalina medal winners:

Silver — Kyla Leibel, 400m free; Ryan Mah, 50m breast; Moore, 50m and 200m breast; Justin Valentine, 50m backstroke; Young, 200m I.M.

Bronze — Leibel, 50m ‘fly; Mah, 50m ‘fly, 100m breast; Moore, 200m I.M.; Smith, 100m ‘fly; Young, 400m free; mixed 4x50m free relay (Daniel Stayer, Young, Leibel, Smith); mixed 4x50 medley relay (Stayer, Young, Leibel, Smith); men’s 4x50m medley relay (Young, Mah, Stayer, Valentine).

• Cascade Speed meet at Calgary:Gold — Kyla Leibel, 200m back; Elizabeth

Moore, 100m breast; Rebecca Smith, 200m free, 800m free; Josh Young, 100m breast; 4x50m

mixed medley relay, 15 and over (Young, Re-becca Smith, Ryan Mah, Madalyn Smith).

Silver — Lauren Bettenson, 50m back, 50m free; 4x50m free relay (Leibel, Moore, Claire Halford, Tanille Collicutt).

Bronze — 4x50m mixed medley relay, 14 and under (Justin Valentine, Moore, Leibel, Dylan MacDermaid).

New Age Group National and Western quali-fier – Leibel, 200m back.

New Provincial “A” qualifier – Lauren Bet-tenson, 50m back.

• Silver Tide Poppy Invitational at Edmon-ton:

Gold — Dalton Powell, 100m free, 400m free, 25m ‘fly; 100m I.M.; Laina Powell, 50m back, 50m ‘fly; Ocean Roos, 200m free, 50m ‘fly; River Roos, 50m breast, 400m free; Kaillen Sumang, 25m free.

Silver — Brooklyn Weins, 50m ‘fly; Dalton Powell, 50m ‘fly; Ocean Roos, 400m free; River Roos, 200m free, 200m I.M., 50m free, 100m free; Sumang, 100m free, 25m ‘fly, 25m breast; Coo-per Waddle, 50m breast; Madisson Young, 200m free, 400m free.

Bronze — Emalee Broen, 50m ‘fly; Camila Chacon, 50m breast; Hidde Guerts, 100m ‘fly; Delaney Lehman, 50m free; Chayce Moon, 200m free; Dalton Powell, 25m breast; Laina Pow-ell, 400m free, 100m ‘fly; Reef Roos, 25m back; Ocean Roos, 100m ‘fly; River Roos, 50m ‘fly; Waddle, 50m back, 400m free, 100m breast.

New provincial meet qualifiers (MQT) — Brooklyn Young, 200m I.M.; Weins, 200m I.M.; Dalton Powell, 100m I.M., 400m free.

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LLOYDLarissa 1973 - 2015 It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of our beloved “Risi”. She passed away on November 4th, 2015 leaving behind her loving husband Glenn Lloyd, daughters Robyn Lloyd and Arynn Lloyd, her sister Olga Selikhanova and her niece Leera Selikhanova. She lived her life and touched the world in such a special way that she brought light and happiness to all that were around her. The wonderful things she brought to this world will live on through the love and caring she spread to all of those who knew her.Our memories and love for her we will cherish forever, we love you Risi.

In MemoriamDOBSON/WILLIAMSIn loving memory of:

Greg Dobson Nov. 11, 2010Heather Williams Jan. 13, 2012

Gone are the days we used to shareBut in our hearts

you’re always thereNever more than a thought away

Loved and rememberedevery day.

Forever loved and sadly missed by Ross, Corrie, Carey, Jim, Judy, Barb

and families

In Memoriam

THEVENAZNov. 11, 2005.

In memory of Michel (Mitch)We have lost,

Heaven has gained, The most wonderful Dad this

world contained.There’s just one thing makes

us glad,God chose you to be our Dad.

Love, David, Brenda and family

Maurice, Valerie and family.

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surprise trip for Mom.

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Split on youth appreciation of vets


TORONTO — Canadians overwhelmingly find Remem-brance Day as relevant today as when it began nearly a century ago, but are split on whether younger generations properly appreciate and hon-our the country’s veterans, according to a new survey re-leased days before the cere-mony.

The poll commissioned by Historica Canada found that 82 per cent of Canadians be-lieve the annual tribute is as important now as it was short-ly after the First World War.

Only slightly more than half (54 per cent), however, feel to-day’s youth “do a good job” of honouring veterans, and slightly fewer than half (46 per cent) think young people understand the sacrifices of those who have died in con-flict.

Even those under 35 are torn, with only 54 per cent say-ing young people recognize veterans’ sacrifices — in itself a sign of engagement, Histori-ca Canada’s president said.

“When the answer among

youth themselves is split as to whether they sufficiently care or not, if you’re saying ‘Yeah, I don’t actually know if I care as much as I should,’ in effect you’re really saying, ‘I do care because I’ve taken the trouble to think about that,”’ Anthony Wilson-Smith said.

Overall, the importance Ca-nadians attribute to the Nov. 11 commemoration has risen slightly in the decade that His-

torica Canada has been poll-ing on the topic, Wilson-Smith said.

“The further that we get from (the Second World War)…the more reason there would seem to be for interest to lessen, but actually I think there’s a tremendous aware-ness among all Canadians that our veterans from that war in particular are now generally in their 90s, it’s an open ques-

tion as to how much longer we will have them and their memories and the ability to celebrate them while they’re here.”

Wearing a poppy remains the most popular way for Ca-nadians to mark the event, with 79 per cent of respon-dents saying they will don one of the traditional pins.

More than 77 per cent say they will observe two minutes

of silence at 11 a.m. on Re-membrance Day, and 32 per cent say they will attend a ser-vice.

But many say they would support other ways to pay trib-ute to those who have fought for their country. Eighty per cent say Canada should build a memorial similar to the Vietnam War monument in Washington, D.C., which would bear the names of all Cana-dian military personnel who died in combat during modern times.

And the vast majority (91 per cent) believe Canada should do more to honour its veterans.

Support for making Re-membrance Day a national holiday has remained steady since 2012 at 85 per cent. While it is currently a feder-al statutory holiday, only six provinces deem it a day off.

But some believe the switch would turn Remembrance Day into another holiday spent shopping or socializing and detract from the date’s signif-icance.

One thousand Canadians were interviewed online by Ipsos Reid between Oct. 22 and 26.

The sample’s composition was weighted to reflect the country’s adult population ac-cording to Census data.

The poll is accurate to with-in plus or minus 3.5 percent-age points 19 times out of 20 had all Canadian adults been surveyed.


Retired lieutenant-general Richard Evraire walks among tombstones in the National Military Cemetery of the Canadian Forces in Ottawa, a day before Remembrance Day, on Tuesday.

POLL FINDS CANADIANS SPLIT

ON WHETHER YOUTH APPRECIATE VETERANS ENOUGH

Reflecting on what Remembrance Day meansBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Veterans across the country reflect what Remembrance Day means to them:

When David Seager left the British army all he wanted to do was forget the Second World War.

Seager, now 91, moved to Canada and he says it took several decades before he was able to openly talk about his experiences during the cam-paign against the Japanese in Burma.

For Seager, opening up about his military experience was a gradual process that began in 1987 in Merrick-ville, Ont., when a neighbour who had served as a nurse during the Allied campaign in Africa asked him to join her in the town’s Remembrance Day parade.

“She wore her medals and said, ‘Why don’t you wear yours?’ “

As a consequence of his friend’s encouragement, Seager says he grad-ually developed an interest in tell-ing his own story to the point where he regularly gives presentations to school-aged children in Halifax, where he now lives.

He’s had 26 speaking engagements in elementary, junior and senior high schools since 2002.

“The feedback from the kids has encouraged me to keep on doing it,” he says. “As a result, things come back to you which you have forgotten.”

Seager says Remembrance Day it-self has also been key in keeping his memories alive.

“That’s always been a critical day for me, an emotional day,” he says. “I lost a lot of friends, relatives and bud-dies in the army during the war.”

On Nov. 11, Seager says he wears a regimental blazer and his medals, and observes quietly at home with his wife Helene because they are “both getting older.”

Although people can now watch war almost in real time, Seager says there are things modern technology can’t convey and that he can’t forget.

“The thing about watching televi-sion or about listening to stories on wars is that there’s no smell. One of the things which still lives with me is the smell.”

John Melbourne says Remem-brance Day isn’t just about those who died in Canada’s wars.

The retired Royal Canadian Air Force search-and-rescue pilot, who finished his military career as a flight lieutenant, joined the military in the 1950s after growing up during the Sec-ond World War.

The Calgary-based Melbourne, who turns 80 later this month, says Remembrance Day is about comrades lost.

“I’m referred to as a Cold War War-rior and of course we did lose a lot of Air Force people especially in those days and people we lost in peacekeep-ing missions,” Melbourne said.

“It hits home because I have lost personal friends over the years — not necessarily in combat but flying and they were part of the military. They lost their lives and knew what they were facing — we all did.”

Melbourne is heartened by the re-newed interest from younger Canadi-ans. He said Canada’s participation in Afghanistan has brought the meaning of loss home to many new Canadians.

But Melbourne, who was the honor-ary colonel of the 410 Tactical Fight-er Operational Training Squadron in Cold Lake, Alta., is saddened by the diminished numbers of Second World War veterans.

“They’ve lived through very horrif-ic times and as a human being you try to block that out from your memory. At this time of year some of the stories start coming out,” he said.

“They don’t get up and brag about what they did. They were there. They had to do it. It was a job and that’s all there was to it.”

For Sgt. Al Stapleton, Remem-brance Day brings back memories of the Second World War, but at age 95 he feels lucky to be able to remember.

“I first went to England in 1939 and we were stationed just south of London,” recalls Stapleton. “Finally due to politics we went to Italy for the campaign there, I went personally from Malta to Sicily and the campaign there was pretty rigorous, to say the least.”

Stapleton served throughout Italy and Holland, then found himself back in England when Germany surren-dered.

“It’s sort of a blank in your total life,” said the Toronto resident. “It does nothing to provide you with liv-ing after you come back from a war.”

Remembrance Day is important for the continuation of the military, so the next generation wants to serve and sees what it takes, he said.

“The military depends upon volun-teers in our country,” Stapleton said.

“There’s no draft here like other countries and to keep that going it requires a recognition of veterans. It came to me when I visited Hol-land, where the people turned out en masse to shake your hand. They remembered and the mothers were holding up their children so that the

child could touch the hand of a veter-an. They remembered.”

An image of a dark-trimmed tele-gram comes to Jack Purdie’s mind when he thinks back to the Second World War.

The 90-year-old veteran remembers working as a telegraph messenger in Edmonton as a teenager during part of the war. He would occasionally be tasked with delivering a telegram with a black border.

“In that case we were told, ‘Just give it and leave,”’ he said. “‘This tele-gram is telling somebody that a mem-ber of their family has died.”’

It wasn’t long before Purdie joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was 17 years old.

Though he never saw active com-bat, Purdie trained as a tail gunner and travelled to and from Europe by sea during the war.

He remembers being in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, en route back to Canada, when the Allies declared victory.

“We had a great celebration,” he said.

“They gave me an orange and a bot-tle of beer and I was able to trade my bottle of beer for a second orange because oranges were very scarce in Britain.”

These days, the retired Baptist minister spends Remembrance Day reciting Flanders Fields at a ceremo-ny organized in his retirement home in Vancouver.

But leading up to Nov. 11 Purdie visits elementary schools in the area to talk about his experience in the military.

“I like to talk to the kids about

what a hero is,” he said. “I like to … help them to realize that heroes come in all sizes.”

As for the most powerful element of the Remembrance Day celebration: the Last Post, he said.

“It’s a sad, sad bugle call,” said Purdie. “I’m still silenced as I hear that.”

He said when he joined the mili-tary he wanted to give his life for Can-ada but that ultimately it wasn’t need-ed.

“I’m so grateful that I’ve been al-lowed to go on and live.”

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‘In Flanders Fields’ still Canada’s pre-eminent war poemBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — A century after it was written, “In Flanders Fields” — the solemn lament of war, sac-rifice and obligation by John McCrae that’s carved into the marble masonry of Parliament Hill’s Peace Tower — will find new life Wednesday among schoolchildren who will recite its haunting refrain.

Few other works of battlefield art are as poignant or as famous — indeed, as Wednesday’s now-familiar Remembrance Day proceedings will make clear, none of the bloody conflicts of the past decade have produced anything that comes close.

McCrae — a colonel, a surgeon and artillery field officer — wrote the poem in the midst of mourning the death of a close friend following the Second Bat-tle of Ypres in late April 1915.

It was published later that year to wide acclaim many credit it with inspiring Britain, Canada and other Commonwealth countries to adopt the poppy as symbol of sacrifice.

Its personal sentiment and haunting symbolism are why the poem has its own special place in the

pantheon of great art and literature that was born out of the suffering of the First World War.

McCrae’s poem was a response to newly emerging questions about the meaning of war and the need to keep fighting, said Adam Muller, a professor at the University of Manitoba who researches how war is represented in art.

The same questions weren’t being asked of Can-ada’s fight in Afghanistan, which is why the artistic answers are different as well.

“These are peripheral representations they don’t strike at the core of our day-to-day life in the way that something like ‘Flanders Fields’ did,” he said.

“And I think also there’s prevailing ambivalence about Canadian involvement in that war … we find evidence of this ambivalence in the art that has been produced to date as well. It’s not clear cut. Say what you like about McCrae, he’s clear cut. “

It’s one of the reasons it still resonates 100 years later and why the Vimy Foundation, which is com-mitted to preserving the legacy of Canada’s greatest First World War battle, has challenged classrooms from coast to coast to recite it.

Kathleen Pick, a Grade 12 student at Ottawa’s

John McCrae Secondary School — named after the poet-soldier — says since 9/11 she is hard-pressed to point to any enduring artistic expression of this gen-eration’s wars.

Part of it may be that society looks at war dif-ferently than it did a century ago and people today — bombarded by images of conflict in the news and movies — may have become numb, or indifferent.

“Our perception of war has definitely changed as a society,” said Pick.

“We don’t see it as the same series of tragedies that it was in the First World War and I don’t think people recognize exactly how devastating the wars of today can still be to people.”

In the U.S., there is a growing body of art reflect-ing on the American side of the wars in Iraq and Af-ghanistan, some of which that has won major awards, said retired U.S. Army officer Peter Molin, who teaches at Rutgers University and runs the website Time Now, about how those two wars are represent-ed in art, film and literature.

A major difference from past wars is that most of the poems and novels aren’t about life on the battle-field, but what happens after.

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LONDON, Ont. — Cabbage is not re-ally one of the “cool” vegetables.

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And if you don’t cook it properly, it can smell up the joint.

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Faulkner is also an enthusiastic home cook and always looking for new ways to serve cabbage to his family.

There’s also a renewed interest in canning and an increase in those who want to ferment their own foods.

“People are going back to cole crops (members of the mustard family in-cluding broccoli, brussels sprouts, cab-bage, cauliflower and kale) because of their high nutritional value and be-cause they are relatively inexpensive for the amount of nutritional value you get out of them, and people are going back to the roots, not so much of their parents, but their grandparents.”

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1 medium head red cabbage

6 thick slices bacon, cut into short pieces about 5 mm (¼ inch) wide

1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced

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30 ml (2 tbsp) packed dark brown sugar

30 ml (2 tbsp) Dijon mustard

75 ml (1/3 cup) cider vinegar

250 ml (1 cup) low-sodium chicken broth (approx)

Slice cabbage lengthwise into quarters. Cut out white core and discard. Slice each quarter across the grain into strips 5 mm (¼ inch) thick.

Place bacon in a large Dutch oven (with a tight-fitting lid) over medium heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and most of the fat has rendered.

Add onion and stir to coat in bacon fat. Season with salt and pepper and cook until onion softens and edges start to brown, 4 to 5 minutes.

Add sliced cabbage and stir to coat in bacon fat. Cook until cabbage begins to soften, about 4 minutes.

Stir in brown sugar and mustard.Deglaze pan with cider vinegar, scraping up any browned bits from bottom of pan

with a wooden spoon. Add chicken broth and season with a few pinches of salt and more freshly ground pepper.

Bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to medium-low and cover pan tightly. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until cabbage is soft and soupy and bacon is tender, about 45 min-utes. If cabbage begins to look dry, add more broth or water. Makes 8 servings.

Wednesday, Nov. 11CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE:

Demi Moore, 52; Leonardo DiCaprio, 40; Calista Flockhart, 50

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The New Moon is the perfect time to wipe the slate clean and start again.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Don’t let your pos-sessive, secretive side get out of control in 2016.

Pace yourself, learn to relax, and keep your mind firmly focused on the future.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The New Moon indicates a turnaround to do with mon-ey matters or an intimate relationship. It’s time to consider initiating positive changes — and inspire others to do the same.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you stuck in a relationship slump? Have your partnerships be-come boring?

The New Moon and Mer-cury urge you to communicate with your nearest and dearest in creative new ways.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take a close look at your health and fitness, as the New Moon activates your well-being zone.

It’s time to make healthy eating and regular exercise an essential part of your daily routine.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The New Moon promises a period of nurturing old friend-ships and establishing new ones.

Attached Crabs — plan something ro-mantic with your partner. Singles — love is in the air!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s your time to shine! Family life also looks fabulous, as the New Moon and Mercury visit your domestic zone and signal fun, learning and fresh new beginnings in your Lion’s den.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Hey Virgo — is your mind suffering from information over-load? Aim for a mental spring-clean soon, as you adapt to new ways of thinking and find fresh solutions to stubborn old problems.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keep an open mind, as you absorb new financial informa-tion. Venus promises an increase in cash flow — but you may cancel that out by indulging in a Libran shopping spree!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’re at your compassion-ate and charis-matic best today Scorpio, as the New Moon and Mercury light up your sign. If you communicate cre-atively with oth-ers, you’ll make real progress.

SAGITTARI-US (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarians are gregarious souls who love to party. But the New Moon falls in your privacy zone, so aim for some

splendid solitude today, as you relax and re-generate from within.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): With the New Moon visiting your hopes and wishes zone, strive to be innovative and creative with your Capricorn dreams and aspirations. Fun group activities are also favoured.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s time to create work opportunities and maximize your professional potential, as the New Moon stim-ulates your career zone. But you may have to ditch a project and start from scratch.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Many Pis-ceans are keen to travel, and the best time to take a heavenly holiday is between now and Jan. 4. So start planning, booking and pack-ing as soon as possible!

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internation-ally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Dear Annie: My mother has never been a big eater, but in the past year, she seems to h a v e d e v e l -oped a serious eating disor-der. At age 62, she skips meals regularly and h a s s h r u n k to a bony 90 pounds. Her skin is sagging, her hair is thin-ning, and she is very irritable.

M o m a c t s superior about her size and often criticizes other peoples’ weight or eating habits. Oddly, she watches cooking shows all day, swaps recipes with me and cooks for every-one else. But she only eats her own “special” food. When I call it to her attention, she denies it and says she’s

simply watching what she eats.I think it’s ridiculous that a woman

in her 60s is behaving like a teenage girl. I am her only daughter and appar-ently the only one in the family who realizes what a big deal this is. My dad and brothers think she’s just a health freak.

I have cut back on my visits because I don’t want my young daughters to be exposed to such a terrible female role model when they already struggle with their own body image issues. I’m also worried that there will be serious health consequences if Mom doesn’t start eating normally. What should I do? — Worried and Annoyed

Dear Worried: Please try to be less annoyed. Your mother sounds anorex-ic. While you are right that anorexia is more common in teenage girls, it can affect both men and women of any age.

This is a mental health problem. Mom’s self-worth is tied to how thin she is, and she doesn’t recognize that she’s in serious trouble.

Anorexia can cause heart problems

and bone loss, kidney failure and even death.

You cannot force Mom to seek help, but you can get information and sug-gestions on how to approach her by contacting the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (anad.org) and the National Eating Disorders Association (natio-naleatingdisorders.org).

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Frantic Mom,” who desperately want-ed help for her middle-aged son who is addicted to drugs and in need of psy-chiatric help.

She said her late husband was a veteran and asked whether she was eligible for benefits.

You recommend several organiza-tions, including the VA. Please tell her to also check with her local VA hospital and the Disabled American Veterans.

Both of these organizations have highly trained service officers to help veterans and their families obtain the benefits to which they are entitled. If

she has trouble, an officer from any

local Veterans of Foreign Wars post

should be able to connect her to the

right people.

I hope this helps. — Kathleen Blake, Past Erie County President, Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW

Dear Kathleen Blake: We appreciate

the additional suggestion and hope

that “Frantic Mom” will look into all

avenues of assistance. We would also

like to take this opportunity to send

our veterans our best wishes on this

Veterans Day. Thank you so much for

your service.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy

Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime ed-

itors of the Ann Landers column. Please

email your questions to anniesmailbox@

creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mail-

box, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd

Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You

can also find Annie on Facebook at Face-

book.com/AskAnnies.

Elderly mother has eating disorder

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SUN SIGNS


Jessica Wang, left, visiting from Los Angeles, has her photo taken by Michael Teylan, right, at Seattle’s “gum wall” at Pike Place Market, Monday. On Tuesday, a steam-cleaning process to remove all of the gum from the walls was scheduled to begin, the first full cleaning the quirky tourist attraction has received in 20 years.

GUM WALL GONE

Police: Man tries to torch Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ giant

flag after team’s defeatAfter the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

suffered a defeat marked by fumbles, penalties and just one touchdown, authorities say a south Florida man tried to set the team’s oversized flag on fire. Tampa police say it happened just after the New York Giants beat the Buccaneers 32-18 Sunday evening. A caller said someone was attempting to torch the $26,000 flag outside the Bucs’ corporate offices, near Raymond James stadium. The red banner featur-ing a skull and two crossed cutlasses measures about 80 feet by 50 feet and hangs from a 15-story pole. Police say the fire-retardant flag did not go up in flames, but a small part was damaged.

Man breaks new ground playing iconic lead role in

Hello DollyBOCA RATON, Fla. — A Boca pro-

duction of Hello Dolly is breaking ground with a male taking on the icon-ic lead role made famous by Carol Channing and Barbra Streisand.

Boca Raton’s Wick Theatre had to get special permission from composer Jerry Herman. It will be the first pro-duction in the U.S. where the role of Dolly Levi has been played by a man. Lee Roy Reams is stepping into the part.

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Remembrance Day 2015

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Are you in the military? Do you love someone who is?If the answer is yes, the Calgary Military Family

Resource Centre is here for you.The MFRC works to empower and support our military families.

We off er a variety of programs and services including social activities, workshops and training, family separation and reunifi cation support, child and youth programs, and

referral services to help you live a life unlike any other.

You are the strength behind the uniform, and we’re here for you. Email: [email protected]

Phone: 403-410-2320 ext. 3590Website: www.calgarymfrc.ca

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Since 1991, military families have relied on Military Family Resource Centres when confronted with issues that only families with soldiers will face.

Retired Col. Charles Hamel said before the centres, families were on their own to manage and cope.

“I certainly know that because my father was in the military,” said Hamel who is board chair of Calgary Military Family Resource Centre that serves families of Canadian Armed Forces members and reservists in Southern Alberta and as far north as the Red Deer area.

He said centres came about aft er military spouses campaigned to have more say in issues that aff ect their families.

“We’ve come to realize the military institution takes good care of its soldiers in terms of making sure they are ready to do their job the best they can do and prepare them for war or peacekeeping duties. But the soldier is only really one part of the family system. If they don’t have a support base back on the home front, then they’re not going to be as operationally eff ective as they could be.”

Hamel said when he served it helped to know the local Military Family Resource Centre (MFRC) was there to help his family.

“Th e fi rst call (my family) would make would be to the MFRC and ask for assistance. I knew, and I was comfortable with the fact, that the MFRC was taking care of their basic needs. Th at allowed me to be focused on the job I was doing out there.”

He said military families are unique. Th e military member faces danger during both deployment and training and they can be gone for long periods of time. Frequent relocation means a spouse must leave their jobs and children must leave their schools and friends.

“It’s not uncommon for families, throughout a military career, to move 10, 12 times across the

country or overseas.” MFRC programs to help families deal with the

challenges of military life include: • Family separation and reunion support to help

them during absences due to military service. • Personal development and community

integration services and activities to make the transition to new communities easier.

• Access to prevention, support and intervention services and referrals.

• Child and youth development and parenting support.

• Access to Military Family Services programs and the website Family Navigator for information on communities where families are moving.

“First and foremost, we’re the fi rst point of contact. You got a problem, we’ll fi nd a solution to it, whether it’s emergency child care or it’s fi nancial woes, and keeping in touch with them to make sure they’re getting the appropriate response and they’re not lost in the system. Th ey’re not on their own,” Hamel said.

Th e Calgary centre is one of 32 MFRCs in Canada created by the Department of National Defence.

Centres receive 45 per cent of their funding from Military Family Services which is under the umbrella of the defence department.

Centres are non-profi t charities that also raise money through fundraising events, activities, casinos, donations and merchandise sales.

He said centres have also been mandated to help families aff ected by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

“When you have a member of the family with PTSD it aff ects everybody. We’ve got to deal with the whole mental health issue as a family system,” Hamel said.

Th e military’s Road to Mental Readiness (R2MR) program for its soldiers has also been expanded to families as

a preventative measure to promote resiliency.

Tessa Clayton, communications co-ordinator at Calgary MFRC, said the centre has been in contact with about 1,200 families, including 115 in the Red Deer area.

Most families involved with the Calgary MFRC have a family member in the military reserves.

She said military members can access MFRC services for up to two years aft er their release date, but the centre doesn’t turn people away.

“We tend to focus on social events, bringing families together in the communities so they can meet other people. It’s up to them if they choose to participate, but opportunities are there,” Clayton said.

Recently about 30 children and adults went to the Lacombe Corn Maze for a pre-Halloween barbecue. Th e next event in Red Deer is a Christmas party for military families on Dec. 16 at Cormack Armoury.

Services are either free of charge or low cost.

She said more of an eff ort is being made to let families know about the centre’s programs and services by visiting military units. Eff orts will also be made in the future to expand programs to single and younger military members.

“Th ere have been talks to expand programs and services to veterans. Th ere is a pilot project taking place with select MFRC in the country. We are not one of them.”

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“It’s our freedom that makes this

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We honor those who served yesterday . . . today . . .

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“Remember . . .Always!”

Dan Waters Construction 403-341-4747

“We refl ect on your sacrifi ce on this,

your special day!”

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“The Heroes we honor today gave us the freedom

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“Our Veterans gave us Freedom, Peace and Hope

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“Veterans are recognized for the freedom we take

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JAMES HENRY CHALMERSServed in the 14th Calgary Tanks from Feb 21, 1941 Ð Aug 4, 1945. Saw action in Britain, Central Mediterra-nean and North Western Eu-rope. Decorated with 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, France & Germany Star, Defence medal, Canadian Volunteer medal with clasp, 1939-45 War medal and Dieppe Bar.

DONA JOSEPH DURANDServed with the Calgary Highlanders. Was killed in battle at Vimy Ridge.

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SILAS M. LAWRENCESilas M. Lawrence was a gunner with the Royal Canadian Artillery from 1940-1946. He was awarded the France-Germany Star, the Defence Medal, Great Britain Medal, and the Canadian Voluntary Service Medal with Clasp.

CPL. R. FRANK KREPPSFrank joined up in Saskatoon in October 1941-1946 at 17-years-old. He started with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and later joined the Royal Canadian En-gineers 2nd Battalion B company as a dispatch rider. He spent many months in England getting ready for the invasion. He landed on Normandy Beach via land craft. “It wasn’t very pretty but I got through it OK,” he said. “I’ve had better days!” He was discharged in Regina in 1946. He received the 1939-1945 France and Ger-many Star, Defence Medal, King George Medal, Service Medal and a medal for the liberation of Holland. He was wound-ed in Germany. Two of his brothers and his sister also served. Frank is a life mem-ber of the Royal Canadian Legion.

MAJOR HARVEY WILLIAM FISHHarvey served in the 10th Field Ambulance Royal Canadian Medical Corps. He was with the army reserve but posted overseas in 1943-45. Served in England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, 1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, The War Medal and was Mentioned in Despatches. He received two citations: one for Outstanding Good Service and Great Devotion to Duty, signed by Field Marshall Montgomery, and another one for Distinguished Service, signed by L. Lawson, Secretary of War for the King. In fighting around Caen, France, the Official History of the Canadian Medical Service notes that on the 25th of July, Captain Fish’s unit handled over 400 causalities in one 24 hour period. Dr. Fish was promoted to Major on the 10th of February, 1945.

PTE. MARTIN LAWFORD ELLISEnlisted in Calgary on Nov. 23, 1915 with the 89th Battalion and then transferred to the 31st Battalion of the Canadian Infantry. He was killed in action on Sept. 27, 1916 at Vimy Ridge, France.

LESTER WILLARD BATTLEBranch of Service: Royal Canadian Air ForceYears Served: 1943-1945Theatres of Service: CanadaMedals: 1939-1945 Service MedalLester served as a Sergeant Navigator. He lives in Red Deer.

ARTHUR L. LAWRENCEA gunner with the Royal Canadian Artillery, Mr. Arthur won several medals during WWII including the France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Great Britain Medal, and Voluntary Service Medal with clasp.

RAYMONDL’HEUREUXMy uncle Raymond L’Heureux was a born ma-chine gunner on a anti tank crew in the Patrica Rifles Regiment. He landed on Juno Beach on D day and was wounded on day two when his crew tried to take out a German tank. Only Raymond and his sergeant survived the attack.

EDWARD JOSEPH DONOVANEdward was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp and the War Medal 1939 - 1945. He served in the 2nd Armored Regiment Lord Strathcona’s Horse.

L/CPL. WAYLAT ELLISEnlisted in Victoria, B.C. on May 11, 1916, he served with the CMR in Germany. He was discharged on May 1, 1919.

JOSEPH C. TURPLEBranch of Service: Canadian Army Ð First Division, 13th Bttn., InfantryYears Served: Feb. 23, 1915 to March 30, 1919Theatres of Service: Trenches of France, etc.Medals: 1914 Ð 15 Star, British War Medal, Victory MedalOriginally form Nova Scotia, Joseph had a homestead in Alberta in 1909. After enlisting, he arrived in the trenches in August of 1915. He was wounded on March 13, 1916 and again on September 16, 1916.

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JOE LOWISJoe joined 6th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment of the Royal Canadian Army in De-cember 1941. He served as a bombardier in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. He was discharged in December 1945. Joe was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the France-Germany Star, the Defence Medal, the Canadian Vol-unteer Service Medal and clasp, and the 1939-1945 War Medal.

WILLIAM HERBERT BAUGH Born and raised on the family homestead near Clive, AB. , Bill enlisted with the Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineers in Calgary on July 21, 1943. After training in Hamilton, Ontario Bill served in the U.K. and Continental Europe as a radio operator thereby earning the WWII European Campaign Ribbon. Bill was discharged from the forces in Calgary on April 5, 1946 with the rank of Craftsman and awarded the Defence Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (with Clasp) and the War Medal (1939-1945).

CLAYTON ERNEST MCGRATHUnit: Regina Rifles RegimentYears Enlisted: 1939 - 1945 WWIIMedals: War Medal 1939-45, Defence MedalWas on active duty during D-DayBorn: Jan. 21, 1921 - Swalwell, ABDied: Feb. 24, 1967 – Valley View, AB

WILLIAM CHARLES MCDONELLEnlisting as a Private in September 1914 with the Winnipeg Rifles, he received the Officer’s Commission in March 1916. He was awarded the military cross in July 1917 for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He was later promoted to Captain.

DUNCAN MCDONELLDuncan was a member of the PPCLI from 1935-1958. He was one of the first Canadians overseas, landing in Scotland on Dec. 30, 1939. He was tor-pedoed in the invasion of Sic-ily in 1943. Rescued and re-equipped, he then landed in Italy and was involved in the battles at Monte Cassino and Ortona. He was promoted to Regimental Sergeant Major.

PHILLIP EDWARD CONNOLLYPhillip Edward Connolly was member of the Air Force from 1941 to 1946. While fly-ing along the west coast on submarine patrol, his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean. He was rescued six hours later lying on the wing of his plane with a broken back. He was demobilized with rank of warrant officer, First Class.

HAROLD CLINTON MCDONELLBranch of Service: ArmyUnit: Canadian Expedition-ary ForceYears Enlisted: 1915 - 1917Served: EuropeFought at Vimy Ridge, Killed in Action, Hill 70, France, August 15, 1917, Age 19

GLADYS LYLEServed in the Canadian Women’s Army Corp in 1942 and returned home in 1945. Spent most of her time at Skinner and Currie Barracks in Calgary.

CPL. ALPHONSE ST. GERMAINServed with the Seaforth Islanders in Scotland, England, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany. Taken prisoner in Italy and spent 24 months in a POW camp in Germany. Awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, the Italy Star, 1939-45 Star, Defence of Britain Medal, and Victory Medal.

SERGEANTWALTER MACKENZIEWalter belonged to the 1st Canadian Divi-sion out of Red Deer. He enlisted in 1914 and served until 1919. He participated in the battles of the Somme, Ypres, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele and Hill 70. He was in the first gas attack from the Germans. As a sergeant he advised the men to wet their kerchiefs from around their necks and put over their faces. He had no idea if it would help. Everyone listened to Walter but one soldier who later died. After the war, Walter received 160 acres in Knee Hill Valley and farmed there till he retired to Innisfail.

LEONARD GORDON LYLELeonard Lyle served as an airframe mechanic with the RCAF from 1941-46. He was stationed in Calgary, Trenton, Winnipeg and Suffield, AB. during his military career.

“From generation to generation may we remember those who

served and continue to serve.”

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“They made tomorrow better for us because of what they did yesterday!

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“Our rights and freedoms were won for us”

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“We recognize and salute all these men and women

past . . . present”

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With honor & respectto our veterans

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“For your courage and your sacrifi ce...We Remember.”

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“Our Freedom is remembered today because

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“Every generation remembers those who served and continue

to serve.”

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“Respecting our Veterans shows our Freedom

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“From generation to generation may we remember those who served and continue

to serve.”

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“Their Names Will Live On in the Hearts

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“FreedomIs Never Free!”

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“To the men and women who served in our armed forces, we

pay tribute.”

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ROBERT SINCLAIR CORRIGANRobert enlisted in the Ed-monton Regiment, Cana-dian Army Active Service on November 27, 1939. He received the 1939-45 Star, the Italy Star, France-Ger-many Star, Defence of Brit-ain Medal and the Canada volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

SGT. WILFRED GIBNEYServed in the 1st Division of the Army in 1940. He received several medals while in Europe.

“From generation to generation may we remember those who served and continue

to serve.”

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MRS. WINIFRED LEDIEUServed in the Women’s Division RAF in the Bomber Command unit. She served in England as an Instrument Mechanic. She was awarded the Defense Medal and the 1939-1945 Medal.



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you are remembered”

CunninghamElectric Ltd. 403-342-4111

“Proudly honouring our veterans.”

Red Deer & District

Chamber of Commerce403-347-4491

www.reddeerchamber.com

Remembering You, Our Veterans, On This Day!

Johnston Ming Manning LLP403-346-5591

“Proud to Honour Our Country’s Veterans on

November 11th”

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Services Ltd.403-343-6623

Remember . . .wearing a poppy

symbolizes our freedom!

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403-358-5558

“With Honour andRespect to Our Veterans”

Royal LePageNetwork Realty

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November 11“We Remember”

Remco Memorials403-347-2206

MWO JIM SHEAMaster Warrant Officer Jim Shea participated in several peacekeeping missions including the Golan Heights from February 1977 to February 1978, Cyprus from April 1986 to October 1986, Bosnia from December 1997 to May 1998, May 1999 to December 1999, April 2000 to May 2000 and March 2004 to September 2004. In his tours of duty, he served from Alert to the Middle East. He served in a support role and provided freedom of movement.

SIDNEY S. N. TOWNSENDBranch of Service: Service CorpsUnit: 34 Composite CompanyYears Enlisted: 4Theatre of Service: EuropeanMedals: CSM and Clasp, 1939 – 1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939 – 1945

F/L BRUCE THORNEBranch of Service: Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Unit: Aerospace Engineer-ing. Years Enlisted: 1955-1975. Served: 3(F) Wing Zweibrucken, Germany. Medals Awarded: CD, SSM (NATO). Aviation technician with RCAF F86 Sabre Team which in 1960, won the third straight Guynemer Trophy, emblematic of all Nato an-nual air-to-air gunnery su-premacy, during competi-tion in France, Germany and Italy.

RUFUS FRANKLIN JONESServed with the Ca-nadian Infantry 31st Battalion as a Private during WWI. Jones was killed in action on the 3rd of May 1917 and has no known grave, but his name is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial, France. Rufus was only 20 years of age.

L/CPL. PAUL AJASA member of the Canadian Provost Corps, Division I, he served in the UK, Medi-terranean and Europe. He received the 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, France Germany Star, Defence Star and the Canadian Volunteer Ser-vice Medal. He became the personal bodyguard for General Charles Foul-kes in Holland. He served with three brothers and his father.

PTE. LAWRENCE VIRGEL PIMMSeaforth Highlanders of Canada Feb 3,1942-December 6, 1943. Fought in the Italian Campaign, from Sicily to Ortona. Killed in action December 6, 1943 approaching Ortona.Medals: The War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Voluntary Service Medal, The Defense Medal, 1939-1945 Star, The Ital Star

WENDLIN JACOB GRAMLICHCanadian ArmyJune 9,1942-February 1946Canada, Britain and Northwest EuropeMedalsFrance and Germany Star and War Medal 1939 -1945.

ALFONSO ANGELO MORELLIServed in the army with Calgary Highlanders R.C.I.C. From 1940-1944 in World War 2.Private Alfonso Morelli was deployed during the later stages in the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen southward to close the Falaise Gap and seal off the German divisions. He was killed in action August 1, 1944 at the age of 22. He is buried at the Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France just south of Caen. Almost every unit of the Canadian 2nd Corps is represented there.

LANCE CORPORAL ALBERT WILLIAMSONA member of the 28 Company Forestry Corps for nearly four years, Mr. Williamson served in Scotland, then on to Continental Europe. He was discharged in December 1945

THOMAS ROBERT BRAITHWAITEAs a member of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment, Canadian Field Section, he spent six months with the occupation forces and was Discharge Sergeant in 1946. He served in Canada, United Kingdom and Europe.

GEORGE CLIFFORD QUARTLYStationed with the PPCLI, Company C, Mr. Quartly was one who was selected to carry a Bangalore Torpedo up to the front line wire entanglement where he was to throw it at the Germans. At that place, near Mt. Cassino, Italy, the Germans opened fire and he lost his life.

PETER SKALOZUB (CPL.)1922 – 1996Branch of Service: Army/Air ForceYears Enlisted: 1939 – 45 (Army), 1947 – 73 (Air Force)Theatres of Service: WWIIMedals: 1939-45 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with ClaspDuring WWII, he met his future bride while he was involved in a bridge construction project in Zutphen, Holland. They were mar-ried on Nov. 28, 1946. He was posted throughout Canada and Germany.

LANCE CORPORAL GUS A. NELSON MMServed in the 14th Canadian Tank Battalion (King’s own Calgary Tank Regiment). Was taken prisoner on the beach of Dieppe and escaped 23 months later.He received the military medal for bravery from King George VI at Buckingham Palace.

P/O GEORGE WILLIAM BRAITHWAITECompleted 31 missions. During one of these missions, an anti-aircraft missile went through the body of the plane approximately two feet in front of the mid upper gunner without exploding. Surprisingly, no serious mechanical damage nor injuries were received.

AUBREY EARL BICKFORDMr. Bickford was enlisted for two years with the Tecumseh Unit of the Coast Guard, based out of Halifax. Medals received include the Atlantic Star and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal.

L.C. CECIL A. SWANSONBranch/Unit: Canadian Army, Loy-al Edmonton Regiment, Queens Own Rifles. Year enlisted: 1944. Served in United Kingdom, Hol-land, Germany. Medals awarded: Frane/Germany Star, Canadian Voluntary Service Medal and Clasp. L.C. Cecil attended the Vic-tory Parade in Berlin in 1945 with “D” Company, Loyal “Eddies.” He transferred to Queens Own Rifles for occupational duty in Germany. He served in Amsterdam and Den Hague and was discharged in 1946.

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MARKERVILLE’S ALLAN-RAMAGE FAMILY- A FIGHTING FAMILYIt is rare to see as many as six members of one family in the Armed Forces, but the Allan-Ramage family of Markerville can claim this unique honour. They are Archie Allan, Allan Ramage, Jock Allan, William Allan, William Ramage and George Ramage. Each one returned safely home from overseas in 1945 & 1946. These men are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ramage, who have each been married twice. Mrs. Ramage was Mrs. Allan prior to her marriage to Mr. Ramage; and the three Allan men came to Canada from Scotland in 1927. A newspaper clipping stated, “These men are fine physique and are men that any district would be proud of. The family is one that is always a real pleasure to visit as guests are always welcome and sure of a pleasant time.”

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JOHN JERDANGunner WW111941 - 1945John joined The Canadian Army in 1941. He served in Britain, and Northwest Europe.He received the 1939 - 1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal and Volunteer Service Medal with CLASP as well as War Medal 1039-1945.Served as Gunner with the 78th attachment.John passed away in 1999 in Red Deer.

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DREW ADKINSBranch of Service: Canadian Army ReserveUnit: 41 Signal Regiment, 2 Squadron, Red DeerYears Enlisted: 2001 – presentTheatres of Service: Golan Heights 2005, Afghanistan 2011Medals: CPSM, UNDOF, GCS (Afghanistan)Served in Israel and Syria and was with the last mission task force in Khandahar, Afghanistan. Promoted to Sergeant.

KEN L. LONG D.F.M PILOTKen served with the 78 Sqd. of the RCAF. On his third trip, he was shot down while returning from Burg-Leopold. Four crew members were severely injured, the starboard engines were dead and the fuselage on fire. They managed to crossw the North Sea and land at Woodbridge Airdrome. He finished a tour of 35 bombing trips.

SERGEANT G. HAROLD DAWE1910-1999 Served with the Royal Canadian Air Force 1942-1945

R.W.E. (REX) TETLEYRex was in the RNWMP when WWI broke out. He completed his 5 year term at the end of 1916, and enlisted in January, 1917, being sent overseas in April. He was wounded in the ill fated Battle of Moreuil Wood in November, 1917. His two brothers also served, one being killed on the Somme in 1916. In WWII Rex served in the 2nd/78th Artillery Battery (Reserve) here in Red /Deer, finishing the war as Acting C.O. His son Stan enlisted in the RCASC in November, 1944, at the age of 17. Rex was awarded the C.V.S.M. and 1914-18 War Medal.

PTE. THOMAS WHITTEMOREBranch of Service: Canadian Infantry (Sask. Regiment)Unit: 46th Battalion, World War 1Killed in Action August 1918He has no know grave. His medals went back to his mother in England.

SMILEY DOUGLAS, M.M.Branch of Service: P.P.C.L.I.Unit: 2nd BattalionYears of Service: 1950 – 1951Theatre of Service: KoreaMedals: Military MedalSmiley lost his right forearm at the Battle of Kapyong.

SGT. WELLINGTON B. DAWEWellington was with the Royal Canadian Air Force and served as a bombing instructor in Canada and overseas from 1942-45.

HARRY PEARCEHarry was a Navigator with the Royal Canadian Air Force during WW2. He was with the No.434 Squadron On December 18, 1944 his squadron went down over Belgium with all members killed except the wireless operator who was able to parachute out. Harry is buried in Leopoldsburg. Belgium.

THOMAS (TOM) HOSKINThomas joined the Army in May, 1940. After serving 2 years as an instructor in Winnipeg he joined the 13th Field Regiment, 78th Battery, and hit the beaches at Courelles-Sur-Mer on “D” Day.

SGT. FREDERICK JOSEPH BARLOWRoyal Canadian Army - C.I.C. 1939 - 1944Britain and France (Dieppe)Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and CLASP, War Medal- Enlisted Sept. 9, 1939 - in R.C.E.- Was at Dieppe & survived- Killed in an explosion during a Training exercise - July 7, 1944 at Camp Ipperwash, Left a young Wife and Son behind.

ROBERT ELLSWORTH CORNELLRobert was best known as a man who enjoyed life and meeting people. He served his country in the WWII as a Sergeant with the Calgary 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment. Canadian Army (Active) 1941 – 1945. Served in Canada, Britain, & North West Europe. Medals Awarded: 1939 – 1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defense Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, and War Medal 1939 – 1945.

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TROOPER THOMAS E. WHITTEMOREBranch of Service: Calgary Tanks. Unit: 14th Army Regi-mentyYears Enlisted: Joined Septem-ber 2, 1942, World War IIMedals Awarded: 1939 Star, The France German Star, The Battle of Briton Medal, The Ca-nadian Volunteer Medal & Bar, The Allied Victory Medal. Dis-charged: January 17, 1946.

HENRY HANNACorporal Army 0600 Unit 1941 - 1945Henry Hanna of Trochu AB attended Canadian Army Trades School in Hamilton, Ontario. Becoming a qualified electrician, he enrolled under the National Resources Mobilization Act in the Canadian Army Overseas at St. John’s Nfld. on Sept. 27, 1941. Here he worked on Army Vehicles, returning to civilian life on demobilization in 1945.

HAROLD JOSEPH FOXHarold served as a Store-man. He enlisted in 1942. He received the Defense Medal 1939-1945, France and Germany Star, Service Volunteer Medal and The Al-lied Victory Medal.


SGT. PHILLIP J. NEISPhillip served in the 29th Battery with the Royal Canadian Army. He enlisted in 1941-46 and later in the Reserves from 1950-53 and regular force from 1954-1968. He arrived in Britain in 1942 and was on the first barges on D-Day. He was awarded the 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, 1939-45 War Medal, Special Services Medal – NATO Bar, Queen’s Jubilee Medal and Canadian Forces Decoration with Bar.

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PVT. CARL V. NEISCarl served in the army, 260 BTN CEF, Veterans Guard of Canada. He enlisted in 1918-1919 and 1941-45. He served in Siberia in the First World War as a sniper with CEF Siberia, based out of Vladivostok. He served in Canada during the Second World War. Medals received include the British War Medal, Victory Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and War Medal.

CPL. LARRY NEISLarry enlisted as a soldier apprentice in 1954-56 and served with the first draft to Egypt in 1956-57. His units included RC Sigs, 3 RCHA Sigs Trp, 56 Canadian Sigs and LDSH Sigs Trp. He served with the United Nations Emergency Force in Egypt and was awarded the United Nations Emergency Force Medal and Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal. He was enlisted with the army until 1961.

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CHARLES SCOTTWWI - April 17, 1891 - November 11, 1971Enlisting in the 25th Battery of the Canadian Field Artillery in Ottawa, Ontario on July 22nd, 1915, Charles served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force - 22nd Howitzer Battery in Britain, France and Belgium from 1915 - 1919. Bis Brigade was involved in the famous Battle at Vimy Ridge in April 1917 and as Passchendale in the fall of 1917.

JAMES RONALD SCOTT WWII - March 9, 1923 - June 14, 1998Ron Scott joined the 78th Field Battery R.C.A. in Red Deer, Alberta on June 3rd, 1940 and was in active service with the 13th Canadian Field Regiment in Britain, France and Belgium. His Regiment took part in “Operation Overlord” and fought in the historic June 6th, 1944 D-Day invasion on the beaches of Normandy. Ron was wounded in action in Belgium on April 24th, 1945.

JOHN J. BILLJohn J. Bill was a Chief Petty Officer with the Royal Canadian Navy in Nova Scotia from 1943-45 and received two medals. He is one of four brothers and one sister who served overseas and returned home to Canada.

PTE. JOSEPH G. BILLA member of the Calgary Highlanders, Pte Joseph Bill served in Europe from 1942 to 1945 and received six service medals. He was wounded in France on August 13, 1944.

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Ted Bill was a member of the R.C.A, Ordinance Corp and the Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineers from 1939 to 1946. He served in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany and received the France and Germany Star, 1939-45 Star and the Canadian Volunteer Medal.

PTE. CHARLES W. BILLCharles Bill served with the Royal Canadian Ordinance Corps from 1942-1946 in Europe. He received five medals.

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JAMES FIELDING COOPJames was an RCAF flight navigator who received his training at Canadian Forces Base Penhold. He never talked about his war service as he was dis-tressed knowing that people were being killed when his plane dropped its bombs. He had to parachute out of his military aircraft, the Lancaster, many times and some 40 years later asked a novice skydiver, “Why would anyone pay to jump out of an airplane?” He returned from war duty and while stationed at a Canadian Forces Base in New Brunswick, he met his future bride, Ruth Spaulding, from Shediac, N.B. Together they moved and raised a family in Calgary where he served a distinguished career as a teach-er and administrator with the Calgary Public School Board. Coop was born in 1911 and passed away in 1996. He is survived by his son Stephen Coop

in Red Deer and granddaughter Caitlin Ranger. Two daughters also reside in Vancouver: Jane and Elsbeth Coop, granddaughter Beth Gulevich and a great grand-daughter. Jane Coop was recently honoured as a member of the Order of Canada, as a distinguished Canadian pianist.

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PTE. RICHARD H. BILLRichard Bill was a member of the Canadian Scottish Regiment from 1942-46 in Europe. He was wounded in France on June 8, 1944. He married Winnifred Carr in London, England on January 12, 1945. He received five medals.

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GEORGE MABENBranch of Service: CLIUnit: 89thYears Enlisted: 1915 - 1918Sgt. George Maben returned home after WW I and died in a work related accident in 1919.

WILLIAM MABENBranch of Service: Canadian Infantry, Alberta RegimentUnit: 49thYears Enlisted: 1915 - 1918Medals Awarded: M.M.Le.Sgt. William Maben was one of 3 brothers enlisted in WW I. He was killed by a sniper’s bullet on October 1, 1918 and is buried in France.

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FRED POHLFred was enlisted from 1942-46 as a rifleman. He served in the UK and France and was wounded in 1944 & 1945. His medals include the 1939-45 star, France & Germany star, Defence Medal, War Medal, and the Volunteer Service Medal & clasp. He trained at Dundrun, SK.

HARRY POHLHarry saw duty in the army during WWII from 1945-46. He served as a prison guard in a POW camp in Lethbridge. He received his training in Maple Creek, SK and Calgary.

WALTER POHLWalter Pohl served in Canada, United Kingdom and Continental Europe during WWII from 1943-46.

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CPL. BETTY NORTHEY (NEE. TROUP)Cpl. Betty Northey served in the women’s division of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

F/O HOWARD NORTHEYF/O Howard Northey served overseas with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

WILLIAM ARTHUR EDWARDSEnlisted in 1939 - 1945. He was a Signal Corp. who served in Sicily, Italy, France, Holland and Germany. While in service, William was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal. 1939 - 1945 Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star and The War Medal.

IVAN C. EDWARDSEnlisted August 1943 - September 1945. Served in the Canadian Army U.C., Infantry Corp. in Canada and Britain. Ivan received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and The War Medal.

HUBERT JOHN (JACK) EDWARDSEnlisted Sept. 1943 - Oct. 1946. Stationed in Trenton On. as a Mechanic. Received Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and The War Medal.

FLYING OFFICER DALPHAS E. COULLIARDBranch of Service: Air Gunner, RCAFYears Enlisted: 1943Theatre Served: Bomber Command, EnglandMedals: 1939-45 Star, France/Germany Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer and Clasp, Defense Medal, Bomber Command 1939 – 45.Three-quarters through his tour, Dalphas’ aircraft received heavy damage but still made it home. The plane crashed on landing and Dalphas was out of action for one month. He still has problems with his knees because of the crash.

CPL. WILFRED D. COULLIARDBranch of Service: Field Engineer, Canadian ArmyYears Enlisted: 1915Theatre Served: Europe, FranceMedals: two ribbons awardedWilfred and his buddy were in the trenches when the gas rolled in. In the confusion, the friend took Wilfred for dead. Wilfred was later picked up and returned to hospital in England, then on to Moose Jaw. He would go meet the troop trains returning the soldiers from Europe and, to his surprise, one day saw his old buddy. Wilfred greeted him, but his friend was afraid to touch him; the friend believed himself to be dying and thought he was simply seeing the ghosts of his old friends.

CORPORAL MARK FALTBranch of Service: ArmyUnit: 1st Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light InfantryYears Enlisted: 4Served: AfghanistanMedals Awarded: Campaign StarAfghanistan TF 1-08Nijmegen 2010Afghanistan TF 1-11

L.A.W. MARGARET HORNEMargaret served her country in the Royal Canadian Air Force from November 1942 to November 1945.

SGT. HAROLD J. HORNEServed with the Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment. Enlisted in 1941 and discharged in April 1946. Served in England, the Invasion of Sicily, Italy, Belgium and Holland.

TROOPER WILLIAM B. HORNEWill iam was assigned to the 3rd Armoured Regiment and the 5th Canadian Armoured Division while serving in Italy, France, Holland and Belgium.

GNR. ROY HERBERT HORNERoy fought in the D-Day battle in Normandy. In addition, he served in France, Holland and Belgium with the 29th Field Battery and 11th Army Field Regiment of the Canadian Army.

MASTER WARRANT OFFICER BOB PROSPEROW.O. Prospero served as a Peacekeeper with the Canadian Contingent Multinational force and observes (MFO) in Sanai, Egypt. His position from November 1, 1996 to May 21, 1997 was supply quartermaster.

PTE. ALEXANDER MCDONALDAs a 16 year-old, Alexander McDonald fought in the Boer War in South Africa with the Seaforth Highlanders from 1899 to 1901 and was awarded the Queen Victoria Medal. He also served in WWI with the Scottish Army, but was wounded. He came to Canada in 1926, raised his family, and then enlisted with the Veterans Guard in 1941. He had three sons who served in WWII. Medals received included the Canadian Volunteer Service Medals the 1939-45 Star.

CLIFF FULLERCliff was a Petty Officer, 1st Class with the Royal Canadian Navy. He served his country for 32 years on the HMCS’ Bonaventure, Preserver, and Ottawa, as well as on the CFB’s Ottawa, Comox (2), Holberg, Edmonton. Lahr Germany, Golan Heights & Alert.R

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where we once again give thanks.To all of those who died for us,in ships and planes and tanks.

We stand here with our heads bowed low,in the steady falling rain.

And think of how they suffered,through so many years of pain.

How they stood there in the trenches,midst the mud and dirt and grime.

Waiting for the dreaded sound,of the enemy attacking one more time.

How a young man on the front line,felt an awesome painful thud.

Then slowly slid down in the trench,and laid there dying in the mud.

How the airmen watched the tracers,floating up towards their planes,Then slowly tumbled earthward,

where they crashed and died in flames.

How the sailors on the briny deep,were filled with massive dread.

When torpedoes tore their ships apart,and the sea consumed the dead.

They gave their all that we could live,in a world that was free from strife.They never really had the chance,

to lead a normal life.

Now as we hear the “Last Post”,echoing through the crowd.

Once again we think of them,and how they were so proud.

To march away to foreign shores,where they’d bravely fight and die.To ensure a country that was safe,

for folks like you and I.

Now we must never forget them,so on each remembrance day,

we must gather at the cenotaph,and for our dear departed, pray.

George Del Fabro CWO, MMM, CD, Ret.

November, 1998



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NORMAN GELLERTNorm joined the RCNVR from 1943-45. He served in the Communications dept. as a Signalman aboard the HMCS Orangeville, patrolling between Newfoundland and Londonderry, Ireland on convoy escort duty. He attended the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic in Liverpool, UK in May 1993.

SAMUELKIFFIAKCanadian Army. Support Company of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Sixth Canadian Infantry Brigade, Second Canadian Division. November 1942 – February 1946. Sam served as a driver/mechanic on a tracked vehicle called a carrier which towed an anti tank gun. He saw action from July 1945 in Normandy through to the end of the war in Germany. Served in Europe, WWII.

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EMILE J. ST. CYRServed: France, Belgium, Holland & Germany. Medals Awarded: Can.. Volunteer Service Medal, French & German Star. Unique Experiences: Landed on Juno Beach June 6th 1944 and shortly after encountered a French farm-er who was pleading for his life in French because the Canadians were firing on him thinking he was the enemy. Emile being French heard his pleas & saved his life. Returned to Ponteix Sk. after the war.

STANLEY H. MANYLUKStanley was a Flying Officer with the RCAF during WWII, Regular Force. He trained as a Bomber Navigator stationed at Edmonton, Clareshome and Rivers, Manitoba. Receiving his Navigator wings in 1945, he was assigned to go fight in Japan when the war ended. In the 50s, he served as Commanding Officer of the 97th Squadron Air Cadets and later com-manded all Alberta Air Cadets at Summer Camp at Sea Island Air Station B.C. He also served as president of Field Marshal Alexander Branch of the Canadian Legion in Vermilion, Alberta. He passed away on Nov. 22, 2000.

LANCE CORPORAL JEAN M. HILMAN (MATSON)Jean was known for her irrepressible sense of humor a valuable asset during the war years. Stationed in Woodstock, Ontario 1944-1946, Jean was an excellent mechanic and driving instructor both skills which were well used when she returned to civilian life.

JOHN STANLEY HUDSONRoyal Command of 36th Company of 11th Bn, Imperial Yeomanry 1900-1901 Boer War (South Africa) Lieutenant Lt Hudson was killed in action at Groenkop Hill on the farm Tweefontein on Christmas morn-ing 1901. He was born in October 1874. In Britain he volunteered as a trooper, was accepted and sailed for South Africa in February 1900. On the Christmas morning that he was killed, Lt Hudson was in com-mand of 36th Company of 11th Bn, Imperial Yeomanry.

THOMAS S. DYKESThomas was an artillery gunner in the 37th battery, 11th field regiment with the 5th Canadian Armoured Division. He served from 1942 until 1946 in the Italian campaign and European theatre. He was wounded and the sole survivor when his gun took a direct hit during the fierce Italian campaign. He was then sent to the Netherlands. Here he located by sight the Germans’ artillery gun placements and reported it back.

ALBERT CAMIEL REDEKOPPBranch: Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Army. Served as a Peacekeeper dur-ing the Cuban Missile Crisis. Albert was an Able Seaman with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1961-64 and a Private in the Royal Canadian Army from 1969-70. After retiring, he spent his free time restor-ing military badges and has donated a number of them to Canadian museums.

VERN GLOVERHe served in the Atlantic with the navy in 1944. He was awarded the Atlantic Star, the 1939-45 war medal and the Canadian Volunteer Service medal.

HORACE WARDENRoyal Canadian Signal Corp, WW 2Served in Korea, Germany (2 tours), CongoMedals Awarded: Korea Volunteer Service Medal, Special Service Medal (NATO), Canadian Service Medal, UN Service Medal (Korea), UN Service Medal Medal (Congo), Alta. Centennial Medal, Veteran Affairs Commendation

JOSEPH JARVIS GRAHAMJoseph Graham was a mechanic with the R.C.A.F. and served from Jan. 29, 1941 to Jan. 22, 1946 in Canada and England. He was in charge of a hanger of Lancaster bombers and made sure they were in good working condition. Many times he went up with the pilots to listen to the engine, and mane times he wasn’t sure they would make it back to the runway. He was discharged as Flight Lieutenant.

WILLIAM MANYLUKWilliam, from Vermilion, Alberta, served with the Royal Canadian Air Force during WWII. He was a Fight Lieutenant pilot to the #354 (RAF) Squadron. This squadron was formed on May 10, 1943 at Drigh Road, Karachi, India, as a general recon-naissance unit. In December 1943, anti-submarine patrols were augmented by attacks on enemy shipping off Burma and both types of operation were continued until the squadron was disbanded on May 18, 1945. Manyluk was killed in action on Dec. 30, 1944 when his Liberator Aircraft 3EV 942 failed to return from operations. Manyluk has no known grave but his name is inscribed on the Singapore War Memorial in Singapore. He was 22.

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LEONARD GEORGE MASHAn anti-aircraft gunner with the Canadian and Royal Navy, he served from 1942 to 1946 in the North Atlantic and Pacific. Highlights included trips to Murmansk, Russia, sailing through the Suez Canal and landing in Hong Kong. Medals include the 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Burma Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Bar; 1939-45 War Medal and the 1941-45 Russian War Medal as well as The Artic emblem for medals awarded.

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PERCY JAMES STRINGERPercy served his country in both WWI and WWII. He enlisted with the Winnipeg Grenadiers in Jan. 1916 and volunteered to serve with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, the 100th Battalion. He saw service until Apr. 1917, then served in France until March 1919 when he was demobilized. In 1940, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Engineers and arrived in England in July. During the Battle of Britain, he volunteered to join the demolition squad in aiding the British experts to render harmless the buried missiles, loaded with death-dealing explosives. These steel-nerved engineers were known as the ‘Suicide Squad’. He served in England until his return to Canada in 1945.

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Red Deer Advocate, November 11, 2015