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Resort loses bid for marina APPEALS BOARD WON’T LIFT PROHIBITION ON MARINA, BEACH

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF The Alberta Environmental Appeals Board has denied a developer’s bid to have a stay lifted that limited construction at a proposed RV resort on Gull Lake.

Issued in December, the stay prohibits developer Delta Land Co. Inc. from doing any work that affects the bed, bank, shore or waters of the lake.

That prohibits work on a boat launch, the channel to a proposed 175-slip inland marina and a beach.

Co-developer Lance Dzaman said the stay does not affect work already underway on the inland part of the marina and other RV park work.

Dzaman admitted to some frustration with the board’s ruling.

For the past five years, developers have been working with all governing agencies and met or exceeded all of the stringent requirements to obtain the licence approvals, he said.

The stay was connected to appeals launched last year by the Gull Lake Water Quality Management Society and a pair of local property owners of Alberta Environment approvals for the 1,125-lot RV resort.

Alberta Environment has approved two water licences allowing the resort to draw 62,000 cubic metres of water per year from three wells for the development, which will include a golf course, on the west side of the lake near Bentley.

Approvals have also been granted for a storm water drainage system and the inland marina.

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Steven Corraini, 8, enjoys the new pool toys at the Recreation Centre pool, with his father Peter Corraini, during the free Red Deer Centennial celebration events on Sunday. All recreational facilities across the city held free events, including public swimming, skating, and face painting throughout the day. Red Deer officially turns 100 today.

VJ has much hope for TV gig RED DEER MAN VIES FOR JOB AS MUCHMUSIC HOST

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF Kyle Whitehead hopes his “ridiculous” last name will land him a sweet gig on MuchMusic.

“It doesn’t get much worse than being named after a pimple,” says Whitehead in his audition video to become the next VJ star of Canada’s music television channel.

The doors to audition for MuchMusic’s new VJ

opened Feb. 18 and ran until March 10.

Whitehead submitted a video on Feb. 24 and included shoots in various locations around Red Deer, including an outdoor rink in Inglewood, at the top of Michener Hill, in his truck and at his apartment.

The 24-year-old from Red Deer declares he’s a huge Much fan who already has history with the channel’s hosts. In 2006 when he was “a very chubby kid” he met Tim Deegan and Leah Miller.

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City wants new lease on Michener facilities ALBERTA INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATES AND MANAGES POOL AND GYMNASIUM

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF The City of Red Deer is negotiating a new three-year lease with Alberta Infrastructure to carry on operating and managing the pool and gymnasium at Michener Aquatic Centre.

Earlier this month, the province announced it was closing Michener Centre by next January and moving the remaining 125 residents with developmental disabilities to group homes or seniors facilities.

Alberta Infrastructure has said what happens to Michener’s 300 acres and its buildings won’t be decided anytime soon.

The city’s current three-year lease at Michener Aquatic Centre expires on April 1.

“At this point in time, we anticipate continued delivery of the programs and services in the aquatic and dry space area of that facility that we have been providing for several years,” said Shelley Gagnon, the city’s manager of Recreation, Parks and Culture.

“We have nothing that would make

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Hunting Hills High School student Josiah Deck makes a shot at the Michener Hill Curling Club during a grade 9 physical education class Thursday. Since 1985 the Michener Hill Curling Club has been leasing space from the Alberta Government at the Michener Centre facility in Red Deer. us anticipate that there’s going to be any changes.”

She said the city started leasing the

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the G.H. Dawe Community Centre pool was renovated.

The city runs some swim programs at Michener, but most of the time the pool is used by swim clubs, which also use the gym. The city doesn’t use the gym for programming.

Gagnon said all city pools are busy, including Michener.

“I would venture to say user groups feel (the Michener pool) is an integral part of recreation in Red Deer for sure.”

Elsewhere on Michener property, Michener Hill Curling Club expects to continue to operate despite upcoming changes for Michener residents.

The facility was originally constructed in 1964 by trainees and vocational instructors of Alberta School Hospital.

Curling leagues later took over and leased the four-sheet rink.

Bert Lowe, curling manager and ice maker, said the Michener Hill Curling Association still has about 20 years on its lease.

“As far as I know, our lease is still good with (Alberta Infrastructure),” Lowe said.

pool when the Recreation Centre pool was closed for renovations and Michener pool later came in handy when

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DIVERSITY CELEBRATED LABOUR BRACING Red Deer’s cultural diversity was celebrat- TO TAKE ON TORIES ed with food, dancing and the making of new friends on Saturday. C1

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RINK: Busy with curlers The rink is busy with league play with about 300 association members, high school classes, and Special Olympics users.

Over the years, Michener Centre grew to about 55 buildings and housed more than 2,200 residents.

Services to Michener residents currently include food, personal care, laundry, recreation, nursing supports for those with extensive medical needs, dental and pharmacy services, and physical therapy.

A small store and a chapel are also on site.

Eighteen of the buildings are not in use, but others are leased by the Protection of Children Abusing Drugs (PChAD) program operated by McMan Youth Family and Community Services and Lotsa Tots Childcare. Bee Cleaning Building Maintenance leases a portion of a building to store cleaning equipment and supplies.

Red Deer Safety City Society leases land for Safety City. RCMP uses a building for tactical training.

Alberta Health Services administration is located in the South Administration Building of Michener Centre.

In 2008, David Thompson Health Region moved in after the building was renovated following a lightning strike.

DTHR also acquired 13 acres on the north and sides of the building for future expansion.

In 2010, Extendicare Michener Hill opened a publicly-funded, privatelyowned and operated seniors facility on Michener property with 220 longterm care beds and 60 assisted living beds.

Sierras Michener Hill, an adult condominium project, was built beside Extendicare, in addition to an adult duplex development. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

MUCH: Over 600 apply for the job And now he’s among the top 40 out of more than 600 Canadian applicants who applied for the job.

The graphic designer and marketing specialist is the lone Alberta boy in the competition. He says he will represent Red Deer proudly and adds, “I promise.”

Philip Schumacher of Calgary is best friends with Whitehead. Ever

since they were teens, he thought Whitehead was born for the job.

He always told Whitehead how much he spoke and resembled George Stroumbolopolous, the former VJ who now hosts a CBC Television show.

“It’s exactly who he is — because of everything I have been through with that guy,” said Schumacher. “There are some people out there who definitely know their stuff . . but this is Kyle’s kind of vocation. This is what he’d fit into.”

Both graduated from Ecole Secondaire Notre Dame High School in 2006.

Whitehead moved with his family to Red Deer in 1992 and after going to school here, moved to Calgary for five years.

He graduated from Lethbridge College in 2008 with a communications diploma and went on to earn a degree in communications from the University of Calgary in 2010.

Besides working in the real world right now and being his “gregarious, interesting, funny and engaging” self, Whitehead has at least one unique experience with a music star.

He got to hang out with Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters on a stop through Calgary.

“Dave was such a down-to-earth guy and incredibly gracious and talkative the whole night.

“I’ll never forget it!,” says Whitehead in his notes posted on the Much VJ search website.

If given the chance, he’d challenge himself with artists who have proven to be difficult interviews in the past, like Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan or Noel and Liam Gallagher, formerly of Oasis.

Central Albertans can help Whitehead achieve his dreams by voting for him so he makes the Top 20.

The Top 20 finalists for the MUCH VJ Search will be featured in the reality TV show starting April 1 at 6E/3P and air every Monday to Friday on MUCH. Voters are being asked to evaluate each contestant in seven categories: passion (for music), fresh(ness), energetic(ness), edgy(ness), funny(ness), style and knowledgable.

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SOCIETY: Pleased All but the storm drainage approval have been appealed and will go to a board hearing on May 14-15 in Edmonton.

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Kyle Whitehead hopes his “ridiculous” last name will land him a sweet gig on MuchMusic.

Gull Lake Society president Craig MacLeod said they were pleased by the board’s decision on the stay.

“It’s encouraging because basically they thought between us (the society and the others appealing) enough points were made that were strong enough that the stay needed to remain in place,” said MacLeod.

Appeals board general counsel Gilbert Van Nes said the board was concerned allowing work to go ahead would risk “irreparable harm” being done to the shoreline ahead of a final ruling on the Alberta Environment approvals.

The stay will remain in place until the Environment Minister has ruled on

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Seasoned backcountry snowmobiler killed in powerful Kimberley avalanche

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Search and rescue crews have located the body of a snowmobiler caught in an avalanche west of Kimberley, B.C., on Saturday.

The man — who will not be identified until his family is notified — was found mid-afternoon on Sunday, according to Kimberley’s search and rescue team president Peter Reid.

He said the snowmobiler was discovered under 1.5 metres of snow at the leading edge of the avalanche’s path, by crews who had been searching since dawn.

Reid received a call around 3 p.m. on Saturday, notifying him that a powerful avalanche had swept through the Hellroaring

Creek area of the Purcell Mountains.

He immediately launched an emergency response, but was unable to initiate a ground search because avalanche technicians flown in by helicopter deemed the area too dangerous.

Reid said the emergency responders used explosives to blast the area and mitigate risks of another avalanche, but by then it was too late in the evening to send out crews on foot.

By first light on Sunday morning, more than 70 emergency responders, volunteers and two avalanche dogs had gathered from neighbouring communities of Golden, Cranbrook, Fernie, Sparwood, Elkford, Invermere and

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The snowmobiler was one of seven seasoned backcountry snowmobilers with appropriate survival gear, according to a spokesman for the Cranbrook Mounties.

The area is quickly becoming infamous for its avalanches, Reid said, including one that occurred last year, and another in 2009 that killed a local snowmobiler.

Last week, the Canadian Avalanche Centre issued a special warning to skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers, as sunny spring weather hit the province. It said warmer temperatures could weaken snow surface crusts and overhanging cornices, resulting in easy-to-trigger slides.

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It warns the developer that any construction undertaken now is at its risk.

If the approvals are denied on appeal, the developer would be responsible for reclaiming the land to its previous state.

Approvals could also be altered, leaving the developer to make any changes necessary.

In its appeal, the society argues the science hasn’t been done to prove the quality of the lake won’t be affected by the resort’s water needs.

There also concerns about the impact of the marina on fish and waterfowl habitats. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

THE CANADIAN PRESS A pair of giant pandas born and raised in China are about to receive a Canadian welcome worthy of their name.

The Toronto Zoo will begin playing host to a male and female bear today, just over a year after the cuddly creatures were officially loaned to Canada by the Chinese government.

Five-year-old Er Shun and her prospective mating partner, four-yearold Da Mao, will call Toronto home for five years before being relocated

to the Calgary Zoo for the same length of time.

Canadian and Chinese officials have voiced hopes the pair will add to the species’ sparse population during their sojourn.

The animals are arriving in Canada in the sort of style not often experienced by even twolegged diplomats.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who personally announced the loan deal during a trip to China last year, will be on hand to greet the new arrivals as they disembark from a highly customized plane trip.

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MOOSE ON THE LOOSE Wildlife wandering the streets of Red Deer are a common occurence throughout the year. This moose family decided to go for a stroll through Woodlea around 44th Avenue and 53rd Street early Saturday afternoon.

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Online pipeline bombing game angers leaders

BY MARIA BABBAGE THE CANADIAN PRESS

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The game “Pipe Trouble” is shown in this undated handout screen image. An online game funded by Ontario taxpayers that shows the bombing of a gas pipeline and drew criticism from the premiers of Alberta and British Columbia is being reviewed. TV Ontario, the province’s public broadcaster, spent money to create the game “Pipe Trouble” to accompany a documentary about the pipeline debate in British Columbia.

‘IT’S EXACTLY OPPOSITE OF CANADA’S INTERESTS GIVEN ALL OF CANADA BENEFITS FROM A STRONG AND DIVERSE ENERGY SECTOR.’ — ALBERTA PREMIER ALISON REDFORD

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Redford has been lashing out at critics of the pipeline and attacked federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair earlier this week.

During Mulcair’s recent visit to the U.S. capital, the Opposition leader spoke out against Canada’s environmental record, while also warning that Keystone XL would cost 40,000 Canadian jobs.

Redford called his statements “ridiculous” and “a fundamental betrayal” of Canada’s economic interests.

But neither the game nor the documentary mentions Keystone XL, TVO said.

The game simply looks at the construction of a pipeline from the perspective of the pipe layer and the protester, it said.

To get a perfect score, the player has to lay down as few pipes as possible while not disrupting the environment.

Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives had a different take on the game, saying it depicts a pipeline being built by “ruthless executives on one side, which is then bombed by eco-terrorists on the other.”

They say the game is a “national embarrassment” for Ontario and a “flagrant misuse” of taxpayers’ money.

“It is urgent that Kathleen Wynne confirm this offensive project has been shut down, and that she apologize to Alberta today on behalf of all Ontarians,” Conservative Monte McNaughton said in a statement.

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Ontario is anti-pipeline and anti-Western Canada, he added.

Wynne said she’s not taking a side in the national pipeline debate.

“I’m going to be taking part in those conversations with my colleagues across the country,” she said Thursday.

“We’re not drawing a line in the sand at this point on any of that.”

TVO said it’s not afraid to take on projects that enable people to better understand the world they live in, even though that may involve talking about controversial subjects.

TVO had provided a link to a website where players could try out the game for free. It could also be bought for $1.99, with a portion of the proceeds going to the David Suzuki Foundation — something the Tories say isn’t appropriate either.

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An online game funded by Ontario taxpayers that shows the bombing of a gas pipeline and drew criticism from the premiers of Alberta and British Columbia is being reviewed.

TV Ontario, the province’s public broadcaster, spent money to create the game “Pipe Trouble” to accompany a documentary about the pipeline debate in British Columbia.

A TVO blog described “Pipe Trouble” as a “companion ethical game” to a documentary that deals with local opposition to pipelines and the bombing of pipelines in Peace River, B.C. But critics slammed the game’s introductory video, which appears to show activists protesting before a pipeline blows up.

TVO said Friday night that it recognizes the public concern over “Pipe Trouble” and the game has been removed from its website.

The broadcaster says two independent individuals will be appointed to review the game “in the context of TVO’s programming standards.”

TVO says it hopes to release the names of the two people next week and says a report will be delivered to TVO’s board of directors by the end of April and made public.

“Until this process is complete TVO has made the decision to remove Pipe Trouble from its website,” the broadcaster said in a statement posted on its site.

Earlier Friday, Alberta Premier Alison Redford said in a statement that she found it “disappointing to see a taxpayer-funded game and organization depict the blowing up of pipelines.”

“It’s exactly opposite of Canada’s interests given all of Canada benefits from a strong and diverse energy sector.”

However, it’s “encouraging” that Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s government is looking into the matter, Redford added.

And B.C. Premier Christy Clark said Friday her province has “a long history of strong, vigorous debate on issues and it is always done in a respectful way.”

“There is no place in debate for positions that advocate violence and it is disappointing this video would even suggest that approach is appropriate,” Clark said in a statement.

TVO said the game — described as a “companion ethical game” to the documentary — was meant to engage people on both sides of the pipeline debate and it’s not taking sides.

Ontario Education Minister Liz Sandals said she hadn’t seen the game, but she wants to know how it fits in with TVO’s educational standards.

Sandals said she also wants to know how it fits in with the rules for spending taxpayer dollars.

“TVO is appropriately free of government interference in editorial content,” she said Friday.

“I think, in fact, if the government were to try to interfere in editorial content, there would quite rightly be an outcry from the Opposition.”

TVO spent about $100,000 on both the game — which is promoted on its website — and the documentary set in Peace River, B.C., called “Trouble in the Peace.”

The broadcaster has denied suggestions that the game draws a link to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would ship oilsands crude from Alberta across the U.S. Midwest to refineries on in Texas.

The project has come under fire, with thousands of U.S. protesters showing up in Washington, D.C., last month to urge the 1,800-kilometre line be

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‘Stay the course’ has risks REDUCTION IN PROGRAM SPENDING TO BRING IT IN LINE WITH FEDERAL REVENUES WOULD HAVE ACHIEVE A BALANCED BUDGET SOONER AND WITH LESS RISK

BY JASON CLEMENS, NIELS VELDHUIS AND MILAGROS PALACIOS SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE The key litmus test for the Harper government’s 2013 budget was always going to be how realistic it was with respect to achieving a balanced budget by 2015-16.

The governing Conservatives have staked both their economic and political credibility on being able to balance the budget.

The current plan, which mirrors previous budgets, relies on controlling the growth in spending and hoping revenues increase sufficiently to balance the budget.

The Tories plan to increase program spending by a restrained 0.8 per cent, and remain tight-fisted for the next

two years, increasing program spending by only 1.2 per cent and 2.6 per cent respectively in the coming years.

Last year, program spending increased by 2.9 per cent but, to their credit, the Conservatives have been able to restrain the growth in program spending over the last three years, increasing, on average, by only 0.9 per cent.

As in previous years, the risk lies mainly on the revenue side. The Conservatives are expecting revenues to grow by 3.8 per cent this year compared to 2.2 per cent last year. They expect even stronger growth in subsequent years: 5.9 per cent in 2014-15 and 5.5 per cent in 2015-16.

The Conservatives’ record on forecasting revenues raises concerns. The actual revenues collected have been less than the amount budgeted in every budget since 2008 except one. The average difference between budget and actual revenues has been almost $5 billion. Relying on strong revenue growth to balance the budget is risky since events outside of Canada, particularly the U.S., can knock the budget off course.

The less risky approach to balancing the budget relies on spending reductions. Actual program spending spiked in 2009-10, increasing by $37 billion in one year. The key to understanding

the deficit today, however, lies in the spending post-2009-10.

One of many problems with stimulus spending is that the spending never stops. It simply becomes the base from which future spending grows, and that’s essentially what happened in Canada.

This shouldn’t be surprising. Almost all governments that enacted stimulus subsequently spent from the new, higher levels because it is very difficult for governments to reduce spending politically.

Had the federal government returned to its prior spending levels, the 2013-14 deficit would come in at about $3.1 billion rather than its expected $18.7 billion. And deficits don’t come in isolation: higher deficits become higher debt levels, and higher debts become a greater burden for the population to pay off in future years.

Another consideration, and one that is included in the budget albeit in a limited way, is the opportunity for improved economic growth through tax reform. The economy can be improved by strengthening economic incentives.

Reducing or eliminating special privileges, loopholes, and other goodies in the tax code allow the government to reduce marginal personal income tax rates, which remain internationally

uncompetitive and a key impediment to additional investment, work effort, and entrepreneurship.

Since 2006, for example, a number of new tax credit programs have been introduced, ranging from credits for children’s fitness to employment to public transit. These tax credits alone cost an estimated $7.9 billion in 2012. Reducing or eliminating these programs provides resources to reduce marginal tax rates without affecting the overall deficit. The government indicated a willingness to close some loopholes but the resulting revenue gains, an expected $4.4 billion over five years, will simply augment existing revenues. In other words, the government is closing these loopholes to gain revenues.

The status quo budget delivered on Thursday was largely as expected. The basic plan calls for spending restraint coupled with the hope of rising revenues. A less risky approach and one that would certainly entail less debt would actually reduce program spending to bring it in line with revenues, achieving a balanced budget sooner and with less risk.

Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis, and Milagros Palacios are economists with the Fraser Institute (www.fraserinstitute. org). This column was supplied by Troy Media (www.troymedia.com).

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Bylaws victimize city’s homeless An open letter to Mayor Morris Flewwelling and city council: We urge the council and yourself to re-examine the bylaws that affect the vulnerable and poor unequally in Red Deer. Red Deer’s focus on ending homelessness through its aggressive 10-year plan must be cognizant that nonpayment of fines and then eventual incarceration place people finding and maintaining housing at further risk of failure. The bylaws listed below are glaring offenders of the criminalization of the vulnerable: ● No. 3255/2000: Clause 5 (concerned with camps in park areas). ● No. 3383/2007: Clause 18 (littering, especially related to the above camping ordinance); Clause 23 (of more then three people congregating, discretion of peace officer); Clause 24 (loitering); Clause 26 (panhandling).

Though all these clauses within the document seem innocuous, they force folks to re-enter systems or impoverish them further for the mere fact of being without a home. Camping, loitering, panhandling, busking are not criminal actions (they lack criminal intent to harm) but nuisances.

The fines start at $75 and depending on the infringement can escalate to $2000. When incomes are focused on survival, non-payment will be the result. That that could lead incarceration for non-criminal behaviour.

The fees associated in repayment put vulnerable people in further distress and less able to find appropriate housing and cause conflict between peace, bylaw and RCMP officers and homeless people, putting both parties at risk.

We urge the council and mayor to reopen these documents and develop compassionate and progressive penalties and enforcement to not further oppress our most vulnerable citizens.

Ian Vaughan Red Deer

Big-picture thinking needed to protect nature Few places on Earth have been untouched by humans, according to a study in the journal Science.

Satellite images taken from hundreds of kilometres above the planet reveal a world that we have irrevocably changed within a remarkably short time.

Although industrial projects like the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline or the recently defeated mega-quarry in Ontario typically grab the headlines and bring out public opposition, it’s often the combined impacts of a range of human activities on the same land base that threaten to drive nature beyond critical tipping points. Once those are passed, rapid ecological changes such DAVID as species extinction can ocSUZUKI cur.

For example, in British Columbia’s booming Peace Region, forestry, energy and mineral leases and licences are widespread and often multilayered in the same area. As various industries have exploited these “tenures”, a sprawling patchwork of large clearcuts, oil wells, dams and reservoirs, fracking operations and thousands of kilometres of seismic lines, roads and pipelines have come to dominate the landscape.

Today, more than 65 per cent of the region has felt the impact of industrial development, leaving little intact habitat for sensitive, endangered species such as caribou to feed, breed or roam. Degradation or destruction of habitat has convinced scientists that

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remaining herds in the region are no longer selfsustaining and are spiralling toward local extinction.

First Nations, who have relied upon caribou as their primary source of food for thousands of years, can no longer hunt them. This is a clear violation of treaty rights.

This dire situation didn’t happen by accident or because of a laissez-faire approach to resource and land management.

Numerous industries in the area have been operating legally and according to rules and regulations set by government.

But legal experts, such as those at the nongovernmental organization West Coast Environmental Law, believe a root cause of the problem lies in laws about land, resource and water management that are “hardwired” to fail communities and the environment. The narrow focus of those laws enables industries to operate in isolation from one another.

B.C., for example, has developed numerous individual laws, like the Forest and Range Practices Act, Oil and Gas Activities Act and Mines Act, alongside the regulated industries they enable. But the province lacks a legal framework to proactively and comprehensively manage the cumulative impacts of multiple resource industries operating within the same area.

Because of this, WCEL and its First Nations partners are engaged in a multi-year law reform project that aims to overhaul the way we currently oversee and regulate cumulative impacts, ranging from declining water quality that may arise as a result of multiple industries using a common resource to emerging threats such as climate change.

A cumulative-impacts approach to governing resource development would upend the current man-

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Managing our massive, growing human footprint on this planet more sustainably will require leadership, much of which is emerging from First Nations peoples who are on the frontlines of the day-to-day realities of cumulative environmental change. We need to look at the big picture rather than individual elements in isolation.

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NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR DRIFTS IN RED INK

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Austerity is not a word that has been linked lately to oil-rich Newfoundland and Labrador but that’s expected to change Tuesday.

Finance Minister Jerome Kennedy will deliver the provincial budget amid forecast deficits totalling almost $4 billion over the next three years.

Global economic woes, lower prices for commodities and a drop in world demand for offshore oil and Labrador minerals has slammed the provincial treasury.

A return to surplus is not predicted before 2015-16.

Public service layoffs and program cuts have already started as anxious workers wait for more bad news.

“I’m expecting a pretty harsh budget,” said provincial NDP Leader Lorraine Michael. “I don’t think they should be cutting back.

Cutting back will hurt the economy.”

It’s a view that was echoed last week in a report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a left-leaning think tank based in Ottawa.

The report, titled “Prosperity for All: An Alternative Economic Path for Newfoundland and Labrador,” says the Progressive Conservative government should shun austerity.

Cutting public sector jobs also puts at risk private sector jobs as the ripple effect of diminished buying power spreads, said Diana Gibson, a political economist and co-author of the report.

The focus should instead be on raising more revenues through more equitable taxation, she said in an interview.

She believes Kennedy should create a fourth tax bracket to draw more money from higher income earners as other provinces have done.

Australia and Norway are among countries that get more cash from oil and mining companies through taxes on extraordinary profits, she added.

Newfoundland and Labrador’s natural resources sector is heavily in foreign hands, Gibson said.

“Those profits are leaving not just the jurisdiction but leaving the country. Capturing a better share of that, a fair share for the citizens, would also make sure that money stays in Newfoundland and Labrador to help create jobs, economic growth and diversify the economy.”

Avoiding deep spending cuts also makes sense because provincial economic fundamentals

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Newfoundland and Labrador Finance Minister Jerome Kennedy looks over his first budget for Danny Williams’ Conservative government in St. John’s Thursday, March 26, 2009. Kennedy will deliver the provincial budget on Tuesday amid forecast deficits totalling almost $4 billion over the next three years.

— private sector growth, growing capital investments, high personal income taxes and strong housing starts — all support a steady-asshe-goes approach, says the report.

“All of the indicators of economic strength are solid and cutting spending at this point — the implications of that, as we’ve seen with austerity all around the world, is a dangerous path,” Gibson said.

Asked about the report, Kennedy was pleased that it praised provincial efforts to pay down net debt from a high of almost $12 billion in 2004 to about $8.9 billion this year.

But the idea of new taxes for higher earners fell flat.

Kennedy said he did some quick calculations and concluded that about 70 per cent of the population earns less than $40,000 while about seven per cent make more than $100,000 a year.

“There are so few people making more than $150,000 in our province that you wouldn’t really get the bump that you would need. So essentially what they’re suggesting is that we tax the middle class and that’s something that we certainly don’t want to look at.”

Premier Kathy Dunderdale has touted a total of $500 million in tax

cuts and $500 million a year for big public sector wage increases in recent years. Now on the bust end of a non-renewable, resourcereliant economy, she has made it clear that tax hikes are a last resort.

Dunderdale has warned for months that spending cuts will be laid out in what her officials are calling a “sustainability budget.”

Still, the St. John’s economy in particular is the envy of other parts of Canada, and major mining expansions for Labrador are planned.

Dunderdale has fended off Liberal Opposition accusations of reckless overspending as government staff and services increased with six surplus budgets in the last seven years.

She says low university tuition rates, record employment and a move off oil to renewable energy through the Muskrat Falls hydro development are highlights of Tory rule.

“Mr. Speaker, we are responsible for one of the most booming economies in this country,” she said earlier this month in the legislature, which returns Monday with a throne speech.

On Tuesday, her government will reveal the extent to which it will trim jobs and programs to match its new fiscal reality.

TORONTO — The head of a major labour group says changes brought in by the Harper government dealing with working Canadians is galvanizing union opposition to the Conservatives.

Government decisions such as raising the onset of old age security and lowering the cost of temporary foreign workers are not only making things harder for workers but also spurring the labour movement into action, says Canadian Labour Congress President Ken Georgetti.

“This is a turning point,” he said in an interview Saturday.

Georgetti said a weekend “political action” conference in Toronto that the CLC put together brought together union leaders to talk about the problems facing labour.

He hopes it will lead to new campaigns to protect the rights of not just organized labour but all of the country’s workforce.

“What we’re doing here is saying (that) going forward we’re going to be a lot stronger and a lot more aggressive in asserting and maintaining our rights and trying to achieve the same rights for all working people in Canada,” Georgetti added.

Georgetti said that since Stephen Harper’s Conservatives won a majority nearly two years ago there has been a big shift in how the federal government treats workers.

“I think there’s something now. Since this government’s had a majority they’ve been systematically taking rights away from working people.”

“This government has said very clearly that the rights of workers are secondary to the interests of business,” he said.

The labour group

‘WE’RE GOING TO BE A LOT STRONGER AND A LOT MORE AGGRESSIVE IN ASSERTING AND MAINTAINING OUR RIGHTS AND TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE SAME RIGHTS FOR ALL WORKING PEOPLE IN CANADA.’ — CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS PRESIDENT KEN GEORGETTI.

hopes the gathering will lead to fresh pressure on hot-button workforce issues such as the tightening of employment insurance rules.

Attendees were offered hands-on workshops on a variety of topics.

They included outreach strategies to aboriginals and recent immigrants, how to frame campaigns on labour issues to ensure maximum impact and making the case for publicly provided services.

“The focus is on change right now,” Georgetti said.

NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair spoke at the conference Saturday and said his party is the only one organized labour can count on to defend workers’ rights.

“We will fight. We will work with you,” he said, in a speech tuned toward an expected 2015 federal election.

Group wants Parliament to ease mentally-ill law revisions VANCOUVER — The Conservative government’s tough stand on mentally ill offenders likely won’t reduce crime and could have just the opposite result, say leaders of the country’s forensic mental health organizations who are drafting a letter to express their concerns.

The Canadian Forensic Mental Health Network hopes to submit the letter in the coming weeks to the Parliamentary committee now weighing the changes to the Not Criminally Responsible provisions of the Criminal Code, in an effort to have the legislation revised before it becomes law.

Dr. Johann Brink, cochairman of the network and head of the forensic psychiatric program at the University of British Columbia, said members are unanimous in their concerns.

“In terms of public safety, we are not convinced that this legislation will necessarily achieve its intended result,” Brink said. “It may indeed, perversely, result in an outcome that may increase the risk to the public.”

The centrepiece of the reforms is a “high-risk offender” designation.

Those offenders could not be discharged until a court lifts the designation; they would not be eligible for unescorted passes into the community and could have their review period extended from one year up to three

years.

Brink and his colleagues believe the changes would prompt defence lawyers to start avoiding the not criminally responsible defence and opt for a definitive jail term in the mainstream justice system.

“This will likely result in increased numbers of mentally ill persons in jails and prisons, with the result that they may be released ultimately, ... untreated and still dangerous or perhaps even more dangerous,” said Brink.

It may also overburden hospitals forced to house offenders as punishment, rather than treatment, he said.

It was the 2008 killings of 10-year-old Kaitlynne, eight-year-old Max and five-year-old Cordon Schoenborn by their father, along with the 2008 murder of Tim McLean

by Vincent Li and the 2009 deaths of five-yearold Olivier and threeyear-old Anne-Sophie Turcotte at the hands of their father that sparked a public outcry.

Julie Di Mambro, spokeswoman for Justice Minister Rob Nicholson, said the legislation addresses concerns raised by victims and provincial governments.

“Victims are concerned that their safety is not being specifically taken into consideration by review boards when they make a disposition,” Di Mambro said in an email response to questions.

Few offenders are found not criminally

responsible, and even fewer would be deemed “high-risk,” she said.

“Although it could apply to a small number of accused persons, the government still needs to ensure that these individuals are treated appropriately and that appropriate measures are taken to ensure the protection of victims and the public,” Di Mambro said.

Dr. Sandy Simpson, chief of forensic psychiatry at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and co-chairman of the Forensic Mental Health Network, said the amendments are based on public misperception, not science.

“We would hope that the government and opposition parties might listen to these concerns and there might be some amendments to the proposals,” Simpson said.

An unpublished report submitted to Justice Canada this month found that the recidivism rate for offenders found not criminally responsible was about 10 per cent during an eight-year study.

It’s difficult to compare, but the relapse rate for federal offenders is in the range of 41 to 44 per cent, according to Public Safety Canada.

Only eight per cent of offences committed by people found not criminally responsible are serious violent offences such as murder, attempted murder or sexual assault, says the unpublished report obtained by The Canadian Press.

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Provinces draw different lines between bullying, hurt feelings Group launches EXXON VALDEZ

TAKING DIFFERENT APPROACHES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Provinces introducing laws to crack down on school bullies are taking different approaches as they decide where to draw the line between chronic abuse and a one-time insult or slight.

There are also questions, as in Manitoba, as to whether legislation will have any effect.

That province’s proposed law does not require principals to hand down specific penalties or even report bullying to parents or authorities.

The rush to rein in bullies across the country is partly in response to the suicide last year of Amanda Todd, a British Columbia girl who was tormented online after being sexually exploited.

But what is the most effective definition?

Ontario’s law, passed last year, defines bullying as causing — or intending to cause — physical or emotional harm, causing damage to another student’s property, placing that pupil in reasonable fear of harm or creating a hostile environment at school.

In Quebec, bullying must be repeated direct or indirect behaviour involving a power imbalance which causes distress and “injures, hurts, oppresses, intimidates or ostracizes.”

In Manitoba, the definition under a bill now before the legislature is broad enough to include a single intent to cause hurt feelings. The province’s education

minister says the wording is deliberate.

“We really wanted to make sure that we captured, in the definition ... negative intent. We’re very comfortable with this definition,” Nancy Allan said.

But the definition is so general, it could make bullies out of any student, argue the Opposition Progressive Conservatives.

“It’s so vague ... that it will either be unenforceable or enforced arbitrarily,” said education critic Kelvin Goertzen.

“It’s going to make bullies out of a whole lot of people ... including teachers and volunteers.”

For example, Goertzen fears teachers could end up getting questioned for disciplining a student or a coach could be criticized for suggesting a player was not doing well.

The public debate over Manitoba’s proposed law has focused on a separate clause that requires schools to allow students to set up gay-straight alliances if the students want to. Some religious leaders say it’s an infringement on the freedom of religion, because their private schools would be required to accommodate student groups that run contrary to their beliefs.

Goertzen said the issues that have not garnered as much attention, such as the definition of bullying, are also problematic.

The bill defines bullying as behaviour that “is intended to cause, or should be known to cause, fear, intimidation, humiliation, distress

or other forms of harm to another person’s body, feelings, self-esteem, reputation or property.”

Creating a negative school environment for someone else would also qualify as bullying and the act could be either repeated or occur once.

The same language has recently been adopted by Nova Scotia’s NDP government.

The wording is broad partly so that school principals and others could use their own experience and knowledge to address bullying, Allan said.

The proposed law would also give school officials the authority to determine what, if any, punishment should be handed down.

There are no consequences specified in the bill.

“We are going to rely on the professionals in our public education system to make a determination in regards to what that specific incident and what those consequences look like,” Allan said.

“They’re the ones that know their schools ... they know the family circumstances of those young people.”

Manitoba schools are already required to have codes of conduct that outline an array of consequences for bullying and other problems, but what those consequences should be is left up to the school.

Goertzen says the anti-bullying proposal’s vague definition and lack of a mandatory penalty make it “one of the weakest in North America.”

Money haul suggests fight for second between Murray and Hall Findlay

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — If money talks, then it’s saying Justin Trudeau has a lock on the federal Liberal leadership while Joyce Murray and Martha Hall Findlay are fighting over who’ll finish second.

The first of four weekly financial reports filed with Elections Canada offer a glimpse of the way the race is shaping up as it heads down the home stretch.

Trudeau is the only one of the six contenders left in the race whose report is not yet posted on the election watchdog’s website.

But his team has told The Canadian Press it will show Trudeau has pulled in just over $1 million since launching his campaign last October, with an additional $300,000 still being processed by the party, through which donations must flow to be eligible for a tax receipt.

That’s more than double what the other five contenders combined have raised. The reports show former Toronto MP Hall Findlay has raised almost $179,000 while Vancouver MP Murray is close behind with $169,000.

However, Murray has shown

LIBERAL LEADERSHIP the most momentum of the two since the end of last year, when a financial report filed by the party showed Hall Findlay had raised about $115,000 and Murray only $57,000.

Moreover, Murray has tapped into more donors — 1,382 of them, to Hall Findlay’s 1,023.

Murray’s improved fundraising numbers reflect the burst of late momentum she’s received from grassroots and online advocacy groups who support her strong stand on the environment and her proposal for one-time electoral co-operation among so-called progressive parties in 2015 to defeat the Harper Conservatives.

Murray’s status as the candidate with the most momentum seemed to be cemented Saturday during the final leadership debate in Montreal. She was attacked by both Trudeau and Hall Findlay over her co-operation plan.

Her idea got a boost just prior to the debate when Green party Leader Elizabeth May announced her party will not field a candidate in the upcoming byelection

in Labrador in a bid to help the Liberals regain the riding from Conservative Peter Penashue, who resigned from cabinet over numerous instances of illegal donations and over-spending were revealed from his winning 2011 campaign.

Penashue won by just 79 votes over the Grits in 2011.

The financial reports show former cabinet minister Martin Cauchon has raised $103,000 from just 151 donors — including a maximum donation of $1,200 from France Desmarais, daughter of former prime minister Jean Chretien under whom Cauchon served.

Retired military officer Karen McCrimmon has raised just $26,000 and Toronto lawyer Deborah Coyne just $25,000.

The reports show Ottawa lawyer David Bertschi, who pulled out of the race last week, had raised $50,000.

A report for Montreal MP Marc Garneau, who withdrew a week earlier and endorsed Trudeau, is not yet posted on Elections Canada’s web site.

anti-pipeline ads on spill anniversary THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The date March 24, 1989 remains a black mark in the minds of environmentalists and coastal communities as they witnessed a massive oil slick unfurl in the waters of Alaska’s Prince William Sound.

The Exxon Valdez disaster was one of history’s worst oil spills, and twenty-four years later, a B.C. First Nations group is pointing to the tragedy as proof the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project should not go forward.

The province’s waters are no place for massive tankers exporting oil to Asian markets, according to the executive director of Coastal First Nations, Art Sterritt.

“All of the social, environmental and economic impacts ... are not something that Coast First Nations are about to allow happen to us. We just couldn’t survive that,” Sterritt said.

Sterritt launched a new social media and television advertising campaign on Sunday, to commemorate the Exxon Valdez spill and provide “an alternative” to pro-pipeline ads by Enbridge, the company behind the hotly-contested project.

“We thought showing people a little bit of reality would be appropriate,” Sterritt said. “We think that there might be some people ... becoming a bit numbed by Northern Gateway’s $300-million campaign.”

Enbridge launched its own multi-million dollar media and online advertising campaign last May, to sell the public on the economic benefits of the pipeline and the company’s safety and oil-spill prevention procedures. According to Northern Gateway manager Paul Stanway, the company spent less than $5 million to promote the pipeline, which would ship petroleum from Alberta to Kitimat, B.C. Sterritt refused to disclose how much his group spent on the new ad, but said it will likely be confined to inexpensive northern TV networks and free social media websites unless his group receives additional funding from outside sources.

The two-minute commercial begins with live audio that chronicles the conversation between the oil tanker’s crew and the Valdez Vessel Traffic Centre during the harrowing first minutes when the ship ran aground on Bligh Reef.

Photos and video of oil-covered wildlife, rainbow grease islands, and tarred-up beaches follow, soundtracked by Paul Simon’s The Sound of Silence.

“Don’t be silent,” the commercial’s subtitles read.

“Vote for an oil-free coast.”

The ad contends a similar spill could cost B.C. taxpayers about $21.4 billion to clean up in today’s numbers, and wipe out more than 4,300 tourism and fishing jobs.

Sterritt said the statistics are based analysis and predictions by Dr. Tom Gunton, a former environment minister under Glen Clark who now teaches at Simon Fraser University.

He added that events of recent years have yielded more than enough evidence to warrant a long, hard look at the pitfalls of pipelines and tanker traffic.

“We researched what had happened in Alaska and various other places, and then as we went along, we had all these other lessons delivered up to us — like the Gulf of Mexico ... the Kalamazoo (River),” Sterritt said.

Cleanup efforts and equipment haven’t progressed much in the past two decades, based on what he witnessed during the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill, Sterrit said.

“It was the same technology — throw some booms out there, try to scrape some up, try to burn a little if you can, throw some diluent on it and try to get it to blend in — so that it’ll be out of sight, out of mind.”

Non-invasive long-term restoration efforts are nearly impossible, according to a 20-year status report by the group of government trustees and scientists tasked with recovery on Alaska’s injured coast.

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VANCOUVER — Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the disappearance of four-year-old Michael Dunahee, but police say they haven’t stopped looking.

Dunahee went missing from the school playground at Blanshard Elementary School in Victoria, B.C., sparking one of the biggest investigations in Canadian history.

Media widely reported his disappearance in Canada and the United States, resulting in at least 11,000 tips.

Constable Michael Russell with the Victoria Police department says the case is still an active investigation.

Over the years, police have released a number of composite sketches to show what the blondhaired, blue-eyed boy might look like as a teen and young adult.

He’s asking anyone with information about Dunahee’s disappearance to call the Victoria police detachment or Crime Stoppers.

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Rebels hit road up 2-0 GUY BOUCHER

BOUCHER SENT PACKING The Tampa Bay Lightning fired coach Guy Boucher on Sunday, with the team in next to last place in the Eastern Conference. Assistants Martin Raymond and Dan Lacroix are to share the coaching duties. The Lightning have a 13-17-1 record and will likely miss the post-season again after reaching the conference finals during Boucher’s first year. He was hired as the Lightning’s seventh coach in June 2010.

Boucher’s hiring was Steve Yzerman’s first major move as GM. Boucher had only one year of professional coaching experience, none on hockey’s highest level.

Monday

● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Okotoks, third game of best-of-five league final, 8 p.m.

Tuesday

● WHL: Red Deer at Prince Albert, third game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final, 7 p.m.

(The Drive). ● Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton Southside at Red Deer, third game of best-of-five AMHL final, 7:30 p.m., Arena.

Wednesday

● Curling: Albert mixed championship at Olds Curling Club. ● WHL: Red Deer at Prince Albert, fourth game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final, 7 p.m.

(The Drive). ● Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer, fourth game of best-of-five league final, if necessary, 8 p.m., Arena.

Thursday

● Curling: Alberta mixed championship at Olds Curling Club. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Okotoks, fifth game of best-of-five league final, if necessary, 8 p.m.

Friday

● Curling: Alberta mixed championship at Olds Curling Club. ● Midget AAA hockey: Red Deer at Edmonton Southside, fourth game of best-of-five AMHL final, if necesssary, 7:45 p.m., Bill Hunter Arena. ● WHL: Prince Albert at Red Deer, fifth game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal, if necessary, 8 p.m., Centrium.

Saturday

● Curling: Albert mixed championship at Olds Curling Club.

Sunday

● Curling: Albert mixed championship at Olds Curling Club. ● Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton Southside at Red Deer, fifth game of best-of-five AMHL final, if necessary, 2:45 p.m., Arena.

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Red Deer Rebel Joel Hamilton crashes to the net going after a loose puck during game 2 of the WHL playoff series between the Rebels and Prince Albert Raiders, Saturday, at the Centrium.

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Rebels 3 Raiders 2 The Red Deer Rebels are halfway home, yet they realize that the rest of the journey will be nothing less than arduous.

The Rebels hung on for a 3-2 win over the Prince Albert Raiders before 5,852 fans Saturday at the Centrium to assume a 2-0 lead in a best-of-seven WHL Eastern Conference quarter-final. The series continues Tuesday and Wednesday at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert.

“For starters, it takes four games to win a series. We’ve done what we had to do at home with two wins, now we have to go to their building and play well there,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter.

Saturday’s game, unlike Friday’s 3-0 Red Deer win, was in doubt to the end despite the fact the Rebels raced out to a three-goal lead. Jonas Knutsen cut Red Deer’s cushion to 3-1 with a late second-period goal and Shane Danyluk batted a bouncing puck past Rebels netminder Patrik Bartosak midway through the third period to pull the visitors

to within one.

“They’re a very good team that will continue to push and they found a way to get a couple of goals and get themselves back into the game,” said Sutter. “At the same time, we certainly had some quality scoring chances that we didn’t capitalize on.

“It was a hard-fought game between two teams that are evenly matched. It’s one day and one game at a time at this time of the year.”

The Rebels led 1-0 just 2:35 into the contest when fourth-liner Cody Thiel netted his second goal of the series, jamming the puck past P.A. netminder Luke Siemens from a scramble.

Defenceman Mathew Dumba blew a power-play point shot past Siemens a mere 47 seconds into the middle frame and Rhyse Dieno, with his second in two nights, buried his own rebound just under six minutes later.

“You have home ice advantage for a reason,” said Dumba. “We had to get both games here and it was great to pull out another one in front of the home fans tonight.”

The Rebels, despite giving up a pair of goals, were actually better defensively that

was the case in Friday’s shutout win.

“Even when we were up 3-0 tonight we knew that we had to keep playing hard, that our defensive play was going to be huge,” said Dumba. “We knew that they (Raiders) were going to come out hard and really bear down hard and we did a great job of bearing down on our part. We took a lot of lanes away with good sticks and finishing bodies and just being hard on pucks in general.”

For the second night in succession, the Rebels’ penalty killing was stellar. Prince Albert’s power play is now zero-for-10 in the series.

“That was a huge part of our game, just like last night,” said Dumba, who was part of a three-for-three Red Deer penalty kill in the first period. “Coming into the second period we knew that we couldn’t afford to take penalties, that it was going to catch up to us. We were determined to be more disciplined and we didn’t take any more penalties after that.”

Siemens was excellent while making 38 saves for the Raiders, while Bartosak turned in his second consecutive clutch performance, turning aside 36 shots.

“Last night a lot of our players were hesitant, especially when Red Deer scored early,” said Raiders head coach Steve Young, in reference to Brooks Maxwell’s marker 25 seconds into Game 1. “Tonight we got better as the game went on and now we have to carry that into Prince Albert, for sure.

“I thought we did better things tonight than the night before and those are things we have to build on. We have to stay positive, we anticipated a long series. We’re going home now to a smaller building with a good atmosphere. The fans are appreciative there.

“It’s been an evenly-matched series to this point. We have to give Red Deer credit because they’ve won two games, but now we just have to get back at it.”

The Rebels, who lost in overtime and in a shootout during their two regular-season trips to Prince Albert this winter, know they’ll be in tough to sneak two or even one win out of enemy territory.

“We need to play a certain way to have success, whether it’s at home or on the road. We have to play the right way and do things the right way,” said Sutter.

Added Dumba: “For sure, we feel good, but at the same time we know they’re going to come out and play hard at home. They’re down 2-0 and they’re going to have their home fans behind them. We know that they can score and have skill and we just have to come out and keep working hard . . . keep battling.”

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Flames snap skid with win over Blues

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Flames 3 Blues 2 CALGARY — A great second effort

by Jarome Iginla earned some praise from an opponent and helped the Calgary Flames snap a three-game slide.

Iginla scored the game-winning goal in the third period of Calgary’s 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. Thanks to a nice pass from Alex Tanguay, the Flames captain found himself on a partial breakaway.

St. Louis defenceman Wade Redden made a nice play to knock the puck away from Iginla, who stuck with the puck to score a wrap-around goal.

“It was a good pass by Tangs right up the middle,” Iginla said. “He did poke it. I just jammed at it. It was nice to see it go by him.”

Veteran St. Louis forward Andy McDonald credited Iginla for not giving up on the play.

“I think everybody thought the play was dead, but it just shows you he’s a great player in this league,” McDonald said. “That’s why. He doesn’t give up on the play and he’s able to find the puck and make a great play. We didn’t have answer for him.”

After the game, Iginla also addressed rumours of possibly being dealt to another team before the NHL’s trade deadline on April 3.

“Honestly, we’ve made it this far in the year,” said Iginla, who would have to waive his no-movement clause for a deal to happen. “There is a lot of

speculation about our team and me individually. Now with an important win for our team, it will work itself out in whatever it is — a week away. I don’t want to contribute to it.”

Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 36-of-38 shots as the Flames (12-14-4) extended their winning streak on home ice at the Scotiabank Saddledome to seven straight games.

“It would be easy maybe to spot the three stars — I’ll give them to Kipper,” said Calgary coach Bob Hartley.

“We talked about this many times how valuable he is to this hockey club. Tonight, he was the best player on the ice for the two teams.”

Hartley also commended Roman Cervenka, who scored Calgary’s other two goals, with playing well.

“He generated space for himself,” Hartley said. “There’s no doubt in our mind that Roman is capable of big goals. He’s a gifted hockey player has great skills (and) has a great shot.”

T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist for the Blues (17-12-2), who had won four of their past five games including a 3-0 win in Edmonton over the Oilers one night earlier. Vladimir Sobotka also scored for St. Louis.

“We had a lot of shots and we couldn’t execute and put the puck in,” Sobotka said. “This can’t happen.”

St. Louis goalie Jaroslav Halak, who stopped all 19 shots he faced Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS in the win over Edmonton, made 14 St. Louis Blues’ T.J. Oshie battles Calgary Flames’ Roman saves against Calgary.

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Cervenka for control of the puck during NHL action in Calgary, Sunday.

Heat’s streak improves to 26 after win over Bobcats

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Heat 109 Bobcats 77 MIAMI — The world’s best came out to see if Miami could do it again. Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked men’s tennis player.

Wladimir Klitschko, the world heavyweight boxing king. Rory McIlroy, who sits atop the golf rankings for at least one more night.

And they got quite a show.

The Heat won their 26th straight game on Sunday, with LeBron James going for 32 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds in a 109-77 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats.

“I think it’s very humbling that you can have some of the greats from other sports come to see your team play, come to see you play,” said James, who was 11 for 14 from the field in another surgical performance.

“You try to leave an impression on them, as a team and as an individual, absolutely.

So it was great to have them in the building, for sure.”

Chris Bosh and Norris Cole had 15 points apiece for the Heat, who played without Dwyane Wade, held from the lineup because of right knee soreness that the team believes is minor. And after yet another slow start, Miami is now seven victories shy of matching the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers for the league record of 33 in a row.

The show now goes on the road for a four-game trip that begins in Orlando on Monday, a swing that also will take the Heat to Chicago, New Orleans and San Antonio.

And the Heat will start that trip 2 ½ games ahead of San Antonio in the race for the NBA’s best record.

Charlotte led by 11 in the early going and was within five in the third quarter, but two huge spurts by the Heat were more than enough to put the game away. Miami used a 31-6 run in the first half to erase the deficit,

and a 26-5 blitz in the second half finished the job.

“It was a good professional win and obviously we had a lot of guys step up, guys that hadn’t been getting regular minutes,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “That’s good to see, because we will need it.”

Kemba Walker led Charlotte with 20 points, and Gerald Henderson had 18. Charlotte finished the night 5 for 25 from 3-point range, while the Heat was 13 for 30 beyond the arc.

“We ran into some dry spells and we settled for way too many 3s,” Bobcats coach Mike Dunlap said. “At the end of the game we had 25 and that’s not who we are.”

James departed with about 8 minutes left, after perhaps the highlight of the night. Chris Andersen blocked a layup try

by Walker, that the ball caromed right back into play and started a Miami fast break on its own.

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Basketball Kamloops 3 Victoria 2 Tuesday’s game Kamloops at Victoria, 8:05 p.m. (Bear Mountain Arena) Thursday, Mar. 28 Kamloops at Victoria, 8:05 p.m. (Bear Mountain Arena) Saturday, Mar. 30 x-Victoria at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

WHL Playoffs FIRST ROUND Conference Quarter-finals (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Edmonton (1) vs. Kootenay (8) (Series tied 1-1) Sunday’s result Kootenay 2 Edmonton 1 (OT) Friday’s result Edmonton 9 Kootenay 0 Tuesday’s game Edmonton at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s game Edmonton at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Friday, Mar. 29 Kootenay at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Mar. 31 x-Edmonton at Kootenay, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 2 x-Kootenay at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Spokane (4) vs. Tri-City (5) (Spokane leads series 2-0) Saturday’s result Spokane 6 Tri-City 4 Friday’s result Spokane 4 Tri-City 1 Tuesday’s game Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Thursday, Mar. 28 Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 30 x-Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. x — If necessary.

Saskatoon (2) vs. Medicine Hat (7) (Medicine Hat leads series 2-0) Friday’s result Medicine Hat 3 Saskatoon 0 Thursday result Medicine Hat 4 Saskatoon 1 Tuesday’s game Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s game Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Friday, Mar. 29 x-Medicine Hat at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday, Mar. 31 x-Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 2 x-Medicine Hat at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Calgary (3) vs. Swift Current (6) (Calgary leads series 2-0) Friday’s result Calgary 3 Swift Current 1 Thursday’s result Calgary 6 Swift Current 5 (OT) Monday’s game Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Tuesday’s game Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Mar. 28 x-Swift Current at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 30 x-Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Monday, Apr. 1 x-Swift Current at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Ottawa 5, Tampa Bay 3 Minnesota 2, San Jose 0 Vancouver 1, Los Angeles 0 Toronto 3, Boston 2 Buffalo 2, Montreal 1 New Jersey 2, Florida 1 Nashville 5, Columbus 2 Dallas 5, Colorado 2 St. Louis 3, Edmonton 0

Saturday’s summary Rebels 3, Raiders 2 First Period 1. Red Deer, Thiel 2 (Millette, Johnson) 2:35 Penalties — Dumba RD (slashing) 3:43, Johnson RD (hooking) 10:13, Millette RD (interference) 13:30, Winther PA (high-sticking) 19:50.

Second Period 2. Red Deer, Dumba 1 (Volek, Elson) 0:47 (pp) 3. Red Deer, Dieno 2 (Elson, Dumba) 6:25 4. Prince Albert, Knutsen 1 (Gardiner, Guenther) 14:15 Penalty — McNeill PA (tripping) 17:44.

Third Period 5. Prince Albert, Danyluk 1 (McNeill, Draisaitl) 10:05 Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Prince Albert 8 20 10 — 38 Red Deer 11 19 11 — 41 Goal — Prince Albert: Siemens (L,0-2); Red Deer: Bartosak (W,2-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Prince Albert: 0-3; Red Deer: 1-2.

Attendance — 5,852 at Red Deer Sunday’s summary Ice 2, Oil Kings 1 (OT) First Period

Red Deer (4) vs. Prince Albert (5) (Red Deer leads series 2-0) Saturday’s result Red Deer 3 Prince Albert 2 Friday’s result Red Deer 3 Prince Albert 0 Tuesday’s game Red Deer at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s game Red Deer at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Friday, Mar. 29 x-Prince Albert at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Mar. 31 x-Red Deer at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 2 x-Prince Albert at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Portland (1) vs. Everett (8) (Series tied 1-1) Saturday’s result Portland 4 Everett 1 Friday’s result Everett 4 Portland 3 Wednesday’s game Portland at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Friday, Mar. 29 Portland at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 30 Everett at Portland, 8 p.m. (Memorial Coliseum) Kelowna (2) vs. Seattle (7) (Seattle leads series 2-0) Saturday’s result Seattle 2 Kelowna 1 (OT) Friday’s result Seattle 5 Kelowna 4 (OT) Tuesday’s game Kelowna at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s game Kelowna at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 30 x-Seattle at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games Toronto at Boston, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Florida at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Carolina, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Edmonton at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Columbus at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Blues 3, Oilers 0 First Period 1. St. Louis, Stewart 15 (Steen, Halak) 3:20 Penalties — Perron StL (holding) 9:14.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Perron StL (interference) 8:21, Edmonton bench (too many men; served by Hemsky) 8:32, Perron StL (diving), Whitney Edm (hooking) 12:26, Horcoff Edm (hooking) 15:08.

Third Period 2. St. Louis, Steen 6 (Polak) 2:55 3. St. Louis, Oshie 6 (MacDonald, Berglund) 11:09 Penalties — None.

Shots on goal St. Louis 6 13 6 — 25 Edmonton 4 8 7 — 19 Goal — St. Louis: Halak (W,6-3-1); Edmonton: Khabibulin (L,2-3-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — St. Louis: 0-2; Edmonton: 0-2.

Attendance — 16,839 (16,839) at Edmonton.

Sundays summary

GF 116 98 84 86 83 97 80 73 85 92 93 86 82 103 78

GA 84 77 98 64 70 92 86 76 86 90 105 100 94 98 116

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF 30 24 3 3 51 102 31 22 5 4 48 101 32 17 9 6 40 87 30 18 10 2 38 79 32 16 11 5 37 87 31 17 12 2 36 88 31 17 12 2 36 92

GA 66 78 85 71 81 76 86

d-Chicago d-Anaheim d-Vancouver Minnesota Detroit Los Angeles St. Louis

Kamloops (3) vs. Victoria (6) (Kamloops leads series 2-0) Saturday’s result Kamloops 6 Victoria 4 Friday’s result

Sunday’s Games Washington 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, SO N.Y. Islanders 3, Florida 0 Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 1, OT Winnipeg 3, Tampa Bay 2 Vancouver 3, Colorado 2 Calgary 3, St. Louis 2 Detroit 2, Anaheim 1

Saturday’s summary

No Scoring.

Penalty — Ewanyk Edm (tripping) 12:14.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Moroz Edm (boarding, slashing) 6:45, Reinhart Ktn, Musil Edm (roughing) 9:09, Martin Ktn (charging) 11:16, Kulda Edm (inter. on goaltender) 14:01.

Third Period 1. Kootenay, Montgomery 1 (Philp, Boyd) 10:34 2. Edmonton, St. Croix 2 (Legault) 12:01 Penalties — None.

Overtime 3. Kootenay, Philp 1 (Prochazka) 14:56 Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Kootenay 10 10 4 2 — 26 Edmonton 5 16 17 10 — 48 Goal — Kootenay: Skapski (W,1-1); Edmonton: Brossoit (L,1-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Kootenay: 0-4; Edmonton: 0-1.

Attendance — 7,370 at Edmonton.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts d-Pittsburgh 33 25 8 0 50 d-Montreal 31 20 6 5 45 d-Winnipeg 33 17 14 2 36 Boston 30 20 7 3 43 Ottawa 32 17 9 6 40 Toronto 32 17 12 3 37 New Jersey 32 15 11 6 36 N.Y. Rangers 31 15 13 3 33 Carolina 30 15 13 2 32 Washington 32 15 16 1 31 N.Y. Islanders 32 14 15 3 31 Buffalo 32 13 15 4 30 Philadelphia 31 13 16 2 28 Tampa Bay 32 13 18 1 27 Florida 33 9 18 6 24

Dallas 31 15 13 3 33 83 90 San Jose 30 13 11 6 32 71 79 Nashville 32 13 13 6 32 80 86 Columbus 32 13 13 6 32 75 85 Phoenix 31 13 14 4 30 80 87 Edmonton 30 11 12 7 29 72 88 Calgary 30 12 14 4 28 85 103 Colorado 31 11 16 4 26 79 100 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. d-division leader

Flames 3, Blues 2 First Period 1. Calgary, Cervenka 4 (Wideman, Brodie) 11:13 (pp) Penalties — Glencross Cal (slashing) 6:44, Polak StL (roughing) 9:53, Cervenka Cal (holding the stick) 14:27, Backes Stl (holding) 14:36.

Second Period 2. Calgary, Cervenka 5 (Hudler, Backlund) 9:40 3. St. Louis, Oshie 7, 16:40 Penalties — Hudler Cal (interference) 12:17, Oshie StL (embellishment), Glencross Cal (crosschecking) 14:33.

Third Period 4. St. Louis, Sobotka 8 (McDonald, Oshie) 4:48 5. Calgary, Iginla 9 (Tanguay) 12:58 Penalties — Brodie Cal (holding) 10:26, Polak StL (delay of game) 15:52.

Shots on goal St. Louis 7 19 12 — 38 Calgary 5 4 8 — 17 Goal — St. Louis: Halak (L,6-4-1); Calgary: Kiprusoff (W,6-7-2).

Power plays (goals-chances) — St. Louis: 0-4; Calgary: 1-3.

Attendance — 19,289 (19,289) at Calgary.

Baseball Kansas City Baltimore Seattle Detroit Cleveland Texas Minnesota Boston Oakland Tampa Bay Chicago Houston New York Toronto Los Angeles

Spring Training AMERICAN LEAGUE W L 21 6 17 7 18 10 17 11 16 11 15 13 14 13 15 14 12 12 14 14 11 12 12 14 12 17 11 16 7 17

NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Atlanta 18 13 Colorado 14 12 Chicago 16 15 Arizona 14 14 New York 12 12 Philadelphia 13 14 San Francisco 12 13 San Diego 14 16 St. Louis 12 14 Washington 12 14 Pittsburgh 12 15 Miami 11 14 Los Angeles 11 16 Milwaukee 10 16 Cincinnati 9 17

Pct .778 .708 .643 .607 .593 .536 .519 .517 .500 .500 .478 .462 .414 .407 .292 Pct .581 .538 .516 .500 .500 .481 .480 .467 .462 .462 .444 .440 .407 .385 .346

NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

San Francisco 5, L.A. Angels 4 Arizona 8, Seattle 4

Saturday’s Games Miami 6, St. Louis 5 Atlanta (ss) 10, Toronto 5 Philadelphia 13, Baltimore 4 Minnesota 6, Tampa Bay 4 Detroit 10, N.Y. Yankees 6 Atlanta (ss) 3, Houston 2 N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 1 Pittsburgh 5, Boston 3 Cleveland 10, Seattle 5 Kansas City 11, Arizona 10 Oakland 12, San Francisco 5 Texas 6, Cincinnati 2 Chicago Cubs 7, L.A. Angels (ss) 6 L.A. Angels (ss) 5, Milwaukee 1 L.A. Dodgers 10, Chicago White Sox 4 Colorado 10, San Diego 4

Monday’s Games St. Louis vs. Minnesota, 11:05 a.m.

Boston vs. Baltimore, 11:05 a.m.

Detroit vs. Miami, 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Atlanta, 11:05 a.m.

Philadelphia vs. Toronto, 11:05 a.m.

Milwaukee vs. Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.

Texas vs. San Diego, 2:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Cincinnati, 2:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Chicago Cubs, 2:05 p.m.

Washington vs. Houston, 4:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Tampa Bay, 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Colorado, 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 7, Tampa Bay 6, 10 innings N.Y. Mets (ss) 10, St. Louis 7 Minnesota 14, Toronto 5 Washington 9, Atlanta 3, 8 innings Baltimore 12, Pittsburgh 10 Boston 7, Philadelphia 6 Houston 4, Miami 1, 5 innings Detroit 9, N.Y. Mets (ss) 4 Kansas City 8, Chicago White Sox 2 Milwaukee (ss) 7, Colorado 5 Oakland 7, L.A. Dodgers 4 Texas 7, Cincinnati 2 Chicago Cubs 4, Cleveland 3 San Diego 6, Milwaukee (ss) 4

Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh vs. Toronto, 11:05 a.m.

Washington vs. Miami, 11:05 a.m.

Atlanta vs. Detroit, 11:05 a.m.

Baltimore vs. Minnesota, 11:05 a.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia, 11:05 a.m.

St. Louis vs. N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. Cleveland, 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Seattle, 2:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

Houston vs. N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. L.A. Dodgers, 8:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Arizona, 8:10 p.m.

Transactions Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned LHP Zach Britton, INF Jonathan Schoop and INF Yamaico navarro to Norfolk (IL). Reassigned RHP Daniel McCutchen to their minor league camp.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned 2B Johnny Giavotella to Omaha (PCL).

NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with RHP Chien-Ming Wang on a minor league contract.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Claimed 1B Nate Freiman off waivers from Houston. Placed RHP Fernando Rodriguez on the 60-day DL. SEATTLE MARINERS — Released RHP Jon Garland and INF Mike Jacobs.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Released OF Jack Cust.

Assigned OF Rich Thompson, 1B-OF Leslie Anderson, INF Cole Figueroa, RHP Dane De La Rosa and RHP Kirby Yates to their minor league camp.

TEXAS RANGERS — Assigned RHP Lisalverto Bonilla, RHP Ben Rowen, RHP Randy Wells, and INF Yangervis Solarte to their minor league camp.

Released C Konrad Schmidt. Re-signed and sent RHP Yoshinori Tateyama to Round Rock (PCL).

National League MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with INF Wilson Valdez on a minor league contract.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned RHP Michael Olmsted to Nashville (PCL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Released OF Brad Hawpe.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Reassigned RHP Seth Maness, C Audry Perez, C J.R. Towles, INF Kolten Wong and OF Justin Christian to their minor league camp.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with S Tom Zbikowski on a one-year contract.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed QB Josh Johnson. Re-signed TE Richard Quinn.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed P Shane Lechler.

HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Recalled F Sean Collins from Springfield (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Recalled G Richard Bachman from Texas (AHL). Assigned G Jack Campbell to Texas.

NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled F Kris Newbury from Connecticut (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES — Recalled G Chad Johnson from Portland (AHL). Reassigned G Mike Lee to Portland.

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Activated F T.J. Oshie from injured reserve.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Agreed to terms with F Nate Thomson on a four-year contract.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Assigned RW Joey Crabb to Hershey (AHL).

American Hockey League SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Signed D George Hughes to an amateur tryout contract.

ECHL READING ROYALS — Released F Robbie Bourdon from his amateur tryout agreement.

COLLEGE PITTSBURGH — Agreed to terms with men’s basketball coach Jamie Dixon on a contract extension through 2023.

Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Released RHP Diasuke Matsuzaka from his minor league contract.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with INF Ronny Cedeno on a one-year contract. Optioned OF J.D. Martinez to Oklahoma City (PCL).

Reassigned C Jason Jaramillo to their minor league camp.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned OF Scott Cousins and INF Tommy Field to Salt Lake (PCL) and LHP Nick Maronde to Arkansas (TL). Reassigned RHP Fernando Cabrera, C Luke Carlin, RHP Chad Cordero, LHP Kevin Johnson and OF Matt Young to their minor league camp.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Reassigned INF Walter Ibarra, INF Addison Maruszak and INF Jose Pirela to their minor league camp.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned INF Jemile Weeks and OF Shane Peterson to Sacramento (PCL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Claimed LHP Brad Mills off waivers from the L.A. Angels. Placed RHP Neftali Feliz on the 60-day DL. Assigned RHP Johan Yan to their minor league camp.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Reassigned RHP Eddie Bonine and INF Mark Teahen to their minor league camp.

CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned RHP Rafael Dolis to Iowa (PCL).

COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to terms with RHP Jon Garland on a one-year contract. Optioned RHP Tyler Chatwood, RHP Rob Scahill, LHP Christian Friedrich, LHP Josh Outman, INF Charlie Culberson and OF Charlie Blackmon to their minor league camp. Reassigned C Gustavo Molina, INF Ben Paulsen and OF Corey Dickerson to their minor league camp. Returned LHP Danny Rosenbaum to the Washington Nationals.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Released RHP Mark Lowe.

NEW YORK METS — Optioned C Travis

d’Arnaud to their minor league camp. Reassigned OF Andrew Brown, OF Jamie Hoffmann, LHP Aaron Laffey and INF Brian Bixler to their minor league camp. Sent INF Brandon Hicks outright to their minor league camp.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Released INF Yuniesky Betancourt. Traded RHP Julio Rodriguez to Baltimore for OF Ronnie Welty.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned RHP Nick Vincent to Tucson (PCL). Released RHP Freddy Garcia.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Optioned LHP Dan Runzler to Fresno (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Placed RHP Christian Garcia on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 22. Sent INF Carlos Rivero outright to Syracuse (IL).

FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Agreed to terms with DE Elvis Dumervil on a five-year contract.

CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with LB James Anderson on a one-year contract.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Fined Los Angeles F Jordan Nolan $1,436.94 for cross-checking Vancouver F Henrik Sedin in a March 23 game.

BOSTON BRUINS — Assigned F Ryan Spooner to Providence (AHL).

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Recalled C Greg Rallo from San Antonio (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Placed LW Alexei Ponikarovsky on injured reserve, retroactive to March 19. Recalled LW Harri Pesonen from Albany (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned D Stu Bickel to Connecticut (AHL).

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Acquired F Brenden Morrow and a 2013 third-round draft pick from Dallas for D Joe Morrow and a 2013 fifth-round draft pick.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Fired coach Guy Boucher.

American Hockey League PEORIA RIVERMEN — Signed D Daniel Tetrault to a professional tryout contract.

ECHL ECHL — Suspended Toledo D Cody Lampl one game and fined him an undisclosed amount.

COLLEGE KENNESAW STATE — Named Brian Bohannon football coach.

UCLA — Fired men’s basketball coach Ben Howland.

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB y-Miami 55 14 .797 — x-New York 42 26 .618 12 x-Indiana 43 27 .614 12 x-Brooklyn 41 29 .580 14 Atlanta 39 31 .5 57 16 Chicago 38 31 .551 17 Boston 36 33 .522 19 Milwaukee 34 35 .493 21 Philadelphia 27 42 .391 28 Toronto 26 44 .371 29 Washington 25 44 .362 30 Detroit 24 47 .338 32 Cleveland 22 47 .319 33 Orlando 18 52 .257 37 Charlotte 16 54 .229 39 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct x-San Antonio 53 17 .757 x-Oklahoma City 52 19 .732 x-Denver 49 22 .690 x-L.A. Clippers 48 22 .686 x-Memphis 47 22 .681 Golden State 40 31 .563 Houston 39 31 .557 L.A. Lakers 36 34 .514 Utah 34 36 .486 Dallas 34 36 .486 Portland 33 37 .471 Minnesota 24 44 .353 Sacramento 25 46 .352 New Orleans 24 46 .343 Phoenix 23 48 .329 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

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Saturday’s Games Detroit 92, Charlotte 91 New York 110, Toronto 84 Chicago 87, Indiana 84 Memphis 110, Boston 106 Denver 101, Sacramento 95 Golden State 101, Washington 92 L.A. Clippers 101, Brooklyn 95 Sunday’s Games Atlanta 104, Milwaukee 99 Miami 109, Charlotte 77 Houston 96, San Antonio 95 Chicago 104, Minnesota 97 Oklahoma City 103, Portland 83 Dallas 113, Utah 108 Philadelphia 117, Sacramento 103 Brooklyn 102 at Phoenix 100

Marquette 74 Butler 72 At San Jose, Calif.

Syracuse 66 California 60 Regional Semifinals Thursday, Mar. 28 At Washington Indiana (29-6) vs. Syracuse (28-9) Miami (29-6) vs. Marquette (25-8) Regional Championship Saturday, Mar. 30 Semifinal winners SOUTH REGIONAL Third Round Sunday’s results At Philadelphia Florida Gulf Coast 81 San Diego State 71 At Kansas City, Mo. Kansas 70 North Carolina 58 At Austin, Texas Florida 78 Minnesota 64 Saturday’s result At Auburn Hills, Mich.

Michigan 78 VCU 53 Regional Semifinals Friday, Mar. 29 At Arlington, Texas Kansas (31-5) vs. Michigan (28-7) Florida Gulf Coast (26-10) vs. Florida (28-7) Regional Championship Sunday, March 31 Semifinal winners MIDWEST REGIONAL Third Round Sunday’s result At Philadelphia Duke vs. Creighton Saturday’s results At Lexington, Ky. Louisville 82 Colorado State 56 At Auburn Hills, Mich.

Michigan State 70 Memphis 48 At San Jose, Calif.

Oregon 74 Saint Louis 57 Regional Semifinals Friday, Mar. 29 At Indianapolis Louisville (31-5) vs. Oregon (28-8) Duke-Creighton winner vs. Michigan State (27-8) Regional Championship Sunday, Mar. 31 Semifinal winners WEST REGIONAL Third Round Sunday’s results At Dayton, Ohio Ohio State 78 Iowa State 75 At Kansas City, Mo. La Salle 76 Mississippi 74 Saturday’s results At Salt Lake City Arizona 74 Harvard 51 Wichita State 76 Gonzaga 70 Regional Semifinals Thursday, Mar. 28 At Los Angeles Wichita State (28-8) vs. La Salle (24-9) Arizona (27-7) vs. Ohio State (28-7) Regional Championship Saturday, Mar. 30 Semifinal winners

Monday’s Games Atlanta at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Miami at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Memphis at Washington, 5 p.m.

Denver at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Utah, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games New York at Boston, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament EAST REGIONAL Third Round Sunday’s results At Dayton, Ohio Indiana 58 Temple 52 At Austin, Texas Miami 63 Illinois 59 Saturday’s results At Lexington, Ky.

FINAL FOUR At Atlanta Semifinals Saturday, Apr. 6 Midwest champion vs. West champion South champion vs. East champion, 6 or 8:30 p.m.

Golf Ha-Neul Kim, $26,467 73-72-68-70 — Na Yeon Choi, $26,467 72-71-68-72 — Suzann Pettersen, $26,467 71-71-69-72 — Jodi Ewart Shadoff, $23,494 69-74-72-69 — Jacqui Concolino, $20,922 70-72-71-72 — Chella Choi, $20,922 71-70-71-73 — Inbee Park, $20,922 69-69-72-75 — Paula Creamer, $20,922 69-68-71-77 — Carlota Ciganda, $18,350 70-72-74-70 — Caroline Hedwall, $18,350 67-72-75-72 — Sandra Gal, $18,350 70-72-71-73 — Catriona Matthew, $14,634 75-72-71-69 — Gerina Piller, $14,634 74-70-74-69 — Vicky Hurst, $14,634 74-71-72-70 — Moriya Jutanugarn, $14,634 71-73-72-71 — Ai Miyazato, $14,634 72-72-72-71 — Jee Young Lee, $14,634 72-69-74-72 — Stacy Prammanasudh, $14,63471-70-74-72 — Amy Yang, $14,634 73-73-68-73 — Jeong Jang, $14,634 72-68-72-75 — Amanda Blumenherst, $10,354 69-72-79-68 — Se Ri Pak, $10,354 69-78-71-70 — Belen Mozo, $10,354 70-76-71-71 — So Yeon Ryu, $10,354 70-70-77-71 — Jennifer Johnson, $10,354 71-74-71-72 — Ayako Uehara, $10,354 73-73-70-72 — Hee Kyung Seo, $10,354 71-72-72-73 — Jiyai Shin, $10,354 71-73-70-74 —

Arnold Palmer Invitational Sunday At Bay Hill Club and Lodge Orlando, Fla. Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,419; Par: 72 Partial Final Round Bubba Watson 74-71-72-67—284 Gary Woodland 70-73-73-71—287 Josh Teater 75-71-70-71—287 Johnson Wagner 76-71-69-71—287 Chris Stroud 72-71-74-71—288 Francesco Molinari 75-71-70-72—288 Sang-Moon Bae 71-69-76-73—289 Bob Estes 71-69-75-74—289 Graeme McDowell 72-74-75-69—290 Nick Watney 69-76-72-73—290 David Hearn 75-71-71-73—290 Chad Campbell 77-67-75-72—291 Graham DeLaet 76-69-73-73—291 Greg Owen 74-73-71-73—291 Tag Ridings 70-74-73-74—291 David Lingmerth 71-74-71-75—291 Pat Perez 71-75-70-75—291 Tommy Gainey 72-73-77-70—292 Harris English 75-72-73-72—292 George Coetzee 73-74-69-76—292 David Toms 74-72-70-76—292 Stewart Cink 70-73-76-74—293 Lee Westwood 71-75-72-75—293 Justin Hicks 74-71-77-72—294 Jim Furyk 71-74-75-74—294 Ryo Ishikawa 69-77-72-76—294 Charlie Beljan 76-71-73-75—295 Boo Weekley 72-70-76-77—295 Lee Janzen 73-73-71-78—295 Nicholas Thompson 74-72-75-75—296 Robert Allenby 73-74-74-75—296 Doug LaBelle II 73-73-77-74—297 Rod Perry 76-71-78-82—307 Leaderboard Tiger Woods Keegan Bradley Ken Duke John Huh Rickie Fowler Brian Stuard Mark Wilson Thorbjorn Olesen Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano Justin Rose

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LPGA-Kia Classic Sunday At Aviara Golf Club Carlsbad, Calif.

Purse: $1.7 million Yardage: 6,593; Par: 72 Final (x-won second hole of playoff) x-Beatriz Recari, $255,000 69-67-69-74 I.K. Kim, $156,616 71-67-70-71 Pornanong Phatlum, $90,748 75-68-69-68 Mo Martin, $90,748 69-71-71-69 Cristie Kerr, $90,748 70-68-71-71 Jane Park, $49,590 66-72-72-71 Lizette Salas, $49,590 69-70-70-72 Karrie Webb, $49,590 67-70-70-74 Haeji Kang, $33,762 69-69-76-68 Giulia Sergas, $33,762 68-74-72-68 Azahara Munoz, $33,762 72-70-69-71 Stacy Lewis, $33,762 70-70-69-73

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Champions-Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Sunday At Saucier, Miss.

Fallen Oak Purse—US$1.6 million Yardage—7,119; Par—72 Final Round Michael Allen, $240,000 70-68-67 — 205 Bernhard Langer, $140,800 71-65-70 — 206 Russ Cochran, $95,467 74-67-67 — 208 Gene Sauers, $95,467 71-66-71 — 208 Tom Pernice, Jr., $95,467 72-65-71 — 208 David Frost, $54,400 70-71-69 — 210 Rocco Mediate, $54,400 73-70-67 — 210 Mark O’Meara, $54,400 70-70-70 — 210 Peter Senior, $54,400 71-67-72 — 210 Roger Chapman, $40,000 69-67-75 — 211 Steve Elkington, $40,000 69-71-71 — 211 Jay Don Blake, $29,867 74-66-72 — 212 Olin Browne, $29,867 70-69-73 — 212 John Cook, $29,867 73-72-67 — 212 Scott Hoch, $29,867 72-70-70 — 212 Fred Couples, $29,867 72-66-74 — 212 Duffy Waldorf, $29,867 71-67-74 — 212 Jay Haas, $19,022 72-73-68 — 213 Gene Jones, $19,022 72-70-71 — 213 Joe Daley, $19,022 70-66-77 — 213 David Eger, $19,022 71-69-73 — 213 Neal Lancaster, $19,022 71-70-72 — 213 Chien Soon Lu, $19,022 71-68-74 — 213 Andrew Magee, $19,022 71-68-74 — 213 Hal Sutton, $19,022 69-72-72 — 213 Esteban Toledo, $19,022 72-65-76 — 213 Dan Forsman, $13,280 72-68-74 — 214 John Huston, $13,280 74-72-68 — 214 Corey Pavin, $13,280 69-67-78 — 214 Jim Rutledge, $13,280 73-71-70 — 214 Jeff Sluman, $13,280 71-70-73 — 214 Gary Hallberg, $10,103 76-66-73 — 215 Larry Mize, $10,103 73-70-72 — 215 Rod Spittle, $10,103 71-73-71 — 215 Kirk Triplett, $10,103 73-71-71 — 215 Willie Wood, $10,103 74-68-73 — 215 Marc Farry, $10,103 72-69-74 — 215 Mark Wiebe, $10,103 73-68-74 — 215

Lacrosse GP x-Toronto 12 Philadelphia 10 Buffalo 12 Rochester 10

NLL East Division W L Pct. 8 4 .667 5 5 .500 5 7 .417 4 6 .400

West Division GP W L Pct. x-Edmonton 13 8 5 .615 x-Calgary 12 7 5 .583 Washington 12 7 5 .583 Minnesota 11 4 7 .364 Colorado 12 4 8 .333 x — Clinched playoff berth.

GF 149 105 129 109

GA 134 124 152 103

GB — 2 3 3

GF 171 172 143 134 138

GA GB 139 — 162 1/2 140 1/2 141 3 155 3 1/2

Week 12 Sunday’s result Edmonton 17 Toronto 12 Saturday’s results Calgary 12 Colorado 11 (OT) Edmonton 14 Buffalo 7 Week 13 Friday, Mar. 29 Buffalo at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 30 Toronto at Rochester, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Washington, 8 p.m.

Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA Montreal 4 4 0 0 6 2 Columbus 4 2 1 1 7 4 Houston 3 2 1 0 6 4 Philadelphia 3 2 1 0 4 4 Kansas City 4 1 1 2 4 3 New England 3 1 1 1 1 1 D.C. United 4 1 2 1 2 4 Toronto 3 1 2 0 3 4 New York 4 0 2 2 4 6 Chicago 4 0 3 1 1 9

Pt 12 7 6 6 5 4 4 3 2 1

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA Dallas 4 3 1 0 7 5 Los Angeles 3 2 0 1 6 1 Chivas USA 4 2 1 1 8 6 San Jose 4 2 1 1 4 4 Vancouver 3 2 1 0 4 2 Real Salt Lake 4 1 2 1 3 4 Portland 3 0 1 2 5 6 Seattle 3 0 2 1 1 3

Pt 9 7 7 7 6 4 2 1

Colorado 4 0 3 1 2 Note: Three points for a win, one for a tie.

Sunday’s result Chivas USA 4 Chicago 1 Saturday’s results Montreal 1 New York 0 Houston 2 Vancouver 1 Columbus 2 D.C. United 1 Dallas 2 Real Salt Lake 0 Kansas City 0 New England 0 Los Angeles 1 Colorado 0 San Jose 1 Seattle 0 Saturday, Mar. 30 Los Angeles at Toronto, noon Philadelphia at New York, 1:30 p.m.

Dallas at New England, 2 p.m.

Portland at Colorado, 4 p.m.

Montreal at Kansas City, 6:30 p.m.

San Jose at Houston, 6:30 p.m.

Seattle at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Chivas USA, 8:30 p.m.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, March 25, 2013 B3

Vipers need another comeback JUNIOR B SQUAD NEEDS TO WIN THREE IN A ROW IN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Bisons 4 Vipers 3 The Red Deer Vipers have the Okotoks Bisons right where they want them.

The Vipers trail the Bisons 2-0 in the best-of-five Heritage Junior B Hockey League final after dropping a 4-3 decision at the Arena Saturday.

It means the Vipers can’t afford another loss, which is exactly what happened in their North Division final against the Blackfalds Wranglers. The Vipers trailed the Wranglers 3-0 in the best-of-seven affair before storming back to reach the league final and earn a berth in the provincials.

“I like our chances, we came back from three down against Blackfalds and here we only have to win three straight,” said Vipers head coach Stephen Pattison. “We’ll see what happens, but the guys have confidence.

“It’s a matter of playing our game and focusing on Game 3 (tonight in Okotoks) . . . get a win there and then focus on the next game.”

The Vipers, who lost 7-4 in the first game Friday,

opened the scoring Saturday when Kolton Gillett beat Bisons netminder Tyler Hughes at 2:21 on the power play.

However, Dillon Loomer and Jordan Eddy scored at 15:33 and 19:47 to give the Bisons a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes.

Jonathan Finnigan and Travis Mayan put Red Deer ahead in the middle stanza, both scoring with the man advantage.

Once again the Bisons pulled even with a goal from Spencer Samuel and Phil Dillon notched the winner at 15:03 of the third period when he deked a Red Deer defenceman and beat goaltender Brenden Mandrusiak with a perfect shot high to the glove side.

“We let off for 10 minutes in the first period and four in the second and while I thought we played an excellent third period, unfortunately one mistake by one of our guys ends up in the net,” said Pattison.

The Vipers had a glorious opportunity to go ahead earlier in the period, but with the wide open side, the puck slipped past the post.

“That’s hockey at this time of the year,” added Pattison. “We missed a goal by an inch and they get one that’s the difference between a win and a loss.”

The Bisons come into the series as the top team in the league, having lost only twice in regulation all season.

“They have a great team and every mistake we make they score,” said the Red Deer coach. “But our team is one of the only teams to push them every game and I don’t think they like it.”

Even if the Vipers don’t come back they’ll have a shot at winning the provincial title and advancing to the Western Canadians.

“That’s big,” said Pattison. “It’s not that we don’t want to win this, we want to win everything little thing. But we may have another shot at them down the road.

“But for now we told the guys to keep their heads up and see what happens.” ● Mandrusiak finished with 29 saves and Hughes made 31 . . Dustin Spearing, Nick Glackin, Jeffrey Kohut and Colten Brule scored on Friday for Red Deer. Jayden Adrian made 25 saves while the Vipers had 39 shots on goal . . . If a fourth game is needed in the series it goes Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Arena.

If a fifth game is necessary it’s Thursday in Okotoks. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

Canada captures bronze at women’s worlds RIGA, Latvia — Canada’s Rachel Homan entered her first world women’s curling championship full of confidence after a stellar performance at the national playdowns.

The young skip leaves the tournament with a bronze medal and the invaluable experience of dealing with adversity on one of the sport’s biggest stages.

Homan defeated Erika Brown of the United States 8-6 in the third-place game on Sunday morning, just hours after a crushing 8-7 loss to Scotland’s Eve Muirhead in the semifinal a night earlier. The young Canadian side was able to quickly put the defeat in the past and concentrate on reaching the podium.

“We’ve had to battle back, we’ve had to regroup,” Homan said. “I think we showed ourselves that we can come back, battle hard and fight to the end.

“I’m really proud of my team, how we played this week and into the playoffs as well.”

Scotland defeated Sweden’s Margaretha Sigfridsson 6-5 for the gold medal later Sunday.

There were some challenges for the Canadians on this trip. They arrived later than expected after spending an uncomfortable night sleeping on chairs in the Frankfurt airport when bad weather grounded their connecting flight.

Early nerves were a factor and ice conditions were a problem at times.

The Canadians were handed some early losses — a rarity this season — and every game seemed like a battle to the final stone.

The low point came when Homan blew a glorious chance to reach the gold-medal game when she missed a double takeout attempt that gave Muirhead the victory in the semifinal.

The Canadians couldn’t hide their dejection after the loss. They had long, expressionless faces in the arena hallway and Homan needed 20 minutes to cool down in the locker-room before eventually providing a few pithy answers to questions from reporters.

Breakfast was optional Sunday and coach Earle Morris saw it as a good

sign when everyone showed up at the meal looking to get energized. With the loss still gnawing at them, Homan and teammates Emma Miskew, Lisa Weagle and Alison Kreviazuk put on their best faces at the Volvo Sports Center.

“It’s always the toughest game for Canada because you come in here with high expectations and you’re interested in being in the gold-medal game and when you don’t get there you have to regroup,” Morris said.

“We all got together in the room last night, had a glass of wine, talked about it and said, ’You know what? We have a responsibility to come in with a good performance.’ Today the girls did really well.”

The Canadians appeared loose and confident against Brown and gave the small crowd an impressive performance. Miskew said they weren’t as happy as they looked early on in the matchup.

“It was a hard game to play,” she said. “It’s not easy to come out after a heartbreaker like last night and play up to the level that you were playing last night in a game that isn’t for gold.

“But we did want to win that bronze medal so we faked it at the start. The faking it turned into more comfort and then we were able to start playing.”

Homan scored three points in the third end and never trailed after that.

She nailed a hit for two in the seventh for a comfortable lead down the home stretch.

“She had just a dynamite game and made everything right from the last shot of the first end,” Morris said.

Both teams finished with a shooting percentage of 88 per cent. Homan led all players at 94 per cent.

“I think everyone was replaying everything in their heads and you have to just park it,” Kreviazuk said. “You have to let it go and move on to the next challenge and try to win the next one.

“If finding a way to win is putting a smile on your face, kind of trick yourself into being happy then that’s the way you’ve got to do it I guess.”

The victory celebration was rather muted. The intense Homan threw her final stone and didn’t even crack a smile as she slid down the sheet before embracing her teammates.

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Canada’s Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk and Lisa Weagle, left to right, pose after receiving their bronze medals at the world women’s curling championship in Riga, Latvia on Sunday.

“We stuck together, grinded it out, made playoffs and missed the goldmedal game by one shot,” Homan said.

“So I’m really proud of that. Just learn from our mistakes along the way and take the good experiences from it as well.”

The Canadians will likely take a few days off before preparing for next month’s Players’ Championship in Toronto. The next big circle on the 2013 calendar is the Olympic qualification event in early December in Winnipeg.

The team’s mental performance consultant, Dr. Natalie Durand-Bush, feels Saturday’s experience will help them in the long run.

“I mentioned last night, I said all champions have to learn how to lose,” she said. “As tough as it is, you’re not going to win every game and you’re going to lose some of these huge semifinal or final championship games and

you’ve got to just learn from them.”

Morris liked how Homan responded after the loss.

“It shows some maturity to be able to suck it up the next day and say, ’Hey, we’re going to play well and let the chips fall where they may,”’ he said.

“And they played well and they got rewarded and that’s great.”

About 100 spectators were on hand for the bronze-medal game. A vocal group of Canadian fans were in the front row of the 1,000-seat venue.

Homan’s rink received support from back home, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper congratulating the team on his Twitter account.

Canada hasn’t won a world women’s title since Jennifer Jones was victorious in 2008. Alberta’s Heather Nedohin skipped Canada to a bronze medal at the 2012 world championship in Lethbridge.

Tiger weathering the storm

MIDGET AAA HOCKEY

FINAL ROUND AT BAY HILL DELAYED UNTIL TODAY DUE TO BAD WEATHER, TIGER HAS THREE-SHOT LEAD

Midget Rebels drop game two in Edmonton

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods is going to have to wait one more day to try to reclaim No. 1 in the world.

Moments after Woods made a 10-foot birdie putt on the second hole, a vicious thunderstorm packing gusts that topped out at 62 mph interrupted the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational and wiped out play until Monday.

The storm dumped nearly 1 ½ inches on Bay Hill and formed small ponds in the fairways — there was even a fish in the middle of the 18th fairway. The wind toppled the TV tower behind the 10th green, which was a pile of metal poles, wood, mesh netting and had a stationary camera in the middle of it all.

About an hour after a tornado warning expired, officials said they would need time to clean up the course and let it drain. The final round was to resume at 10 a.m.

Monday.

Woods is going after his eighth win at Bay Hill, which would return him to No. 1 in the world ranking for the first time since the last week of October in 2010.

He hit all of six shots

on Sunday, enough to build a three-shot lead over Rickie Fowler, Keegan Bradley, John Huh and Ken Duke.

“At least we got a little activity in today, so we’re not completely stagnant,” Woods said before leaving. “We’ve dealt with this before.”

There was plenty of action on a short day, none more bizarre than Sergio Garcia.

The Spaniard’s tee shot on the 10th hole somehow came to rest about 15 feet up in an oak tree, sitting between two large branches. Garcia used a cart to jump into the tree, and after a few minutes, hit a onehanded, back-handed shot back to the fairway, before jumping some 8 feet back to the ground.

William McGirt was playing his shot from the fairway bunker on the other side and had no idea what Garcia was doing.

“I knew they were looking around the tree,” he said. “I didn’t know they were looking in the tree. I looked over and Sergio is up in the air, and I’m trying to figure out what in the hell he’s going to go. He called for a club. He’s hugging the tree. And the ball comes flying out.

“Are you kidding me?”

Two holes later, the horn sounded. McGirt said Garcia handed him the scorecard and said, “I’m out of here.” Garcia earlier had taken a 9 on the par-5 sixth hole.

Billy Horschel hit three tee shots in to the water on the sixth hole and made an 11.

Attribute that to the wind, which was gusting hard when the leaders teed off.

Mark Russell, the tour’s vice-president of competition, said officials discussed whether to play early Sunday from two tees to try to beat the storms. He said NBC Sports was involved in the discussions — Woods going for the win, with Fowler at his side is sure to boost ratings — and they rolled the dice.

“If we played early, it was going to be a tapedelay situation. People were going to know who won before it came on television, so it defeats our television partners,” he said. “They wanted to take a chance. They’ve been involved in several situations where we played early and it didn’t rain. It was just unfortunate.”

This marks the third time this year on the PGA Tour that a tournament finished one day later because of weather.

EDMONTON — It was anything but a good day for the Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs Sunday.

The Rebels were whipped 8-2 by the Edmonton Southside Athletics, who evened the best-of-five Alberta Midget Hockey League final up at 1-1.

Rory Davidson and Jacob Schofield scored for the Rebels in the third period.

Matt Zentner started in goal for the Rebels, allowing five goals on 16 shots over two periods.

Jayden Sittler came in in the third and allowed three goals on 11 shots. The Rebels had 33 shots on goal. Jake Debrusk had two goals and Riley Simpson, Bryce Kneller, Giorgio Estephan, Brock Rezansoff, Chad McCann and Matthew Bruyer one each for the Athletics.

The third game of the series goes Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Arena with Game 4 Thursday in Edmonton. If a fifth game is necessary it’s Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Arena.

GIRL’S HOCKEY Wainwright shut out Fort Saskatchewan 2-0 Sunday at Kin City to capture the Alberta atom girls hockey championship.

Host Red Deer All State opened the provincial tournament with a pair of victories — 2-1 over Lloydminster and 18-0 over Hobbema — but then lost twice and failed to qualify for the playoffs. All State fell 8-4 to Fort Saskatchewan and 7-2 to Wainwright.

Stephanie Keeper was the top scorer for the host squad, sniping seven goals and adding two assists in the tournament. Paige Dodd (5-3) and Megan Kelley (1-7) each recorded eight points and Callie Cocke (2-2) and Haylee Coutts (2-2) each had four.

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B4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, March 25, 2013

Duke keeps rolling Generals win provincials at NCAA tournament THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA — Let upsets take down the other heavy favourites.

Duke is back to business as usual.

Rasheed Sulaimon scored 21 points, Seth Curry had 17 and No. 2 seed Duke held off seventh-seeded Creighton 66-50 on Sunday night to advance to the round of 16 for the fourth time in five years.

A year after they lost their NCAA tournament opener, the Blue Devils (29-5) are back in the regional semifinals for the 23rd time. They’ll play No. 3 seed Michigan State (27-8) on Friday in Indianapolis.

Mason Plumlee, Josh Hairston and Ryan Kelly battled foul trouble all game long that could have doomed the Blue Devils. Creighton (288) went cold and never

made a serious run in the second half. Doug McDermott scored 21 points but made only four baskets.

With McDermott slumping, the Bluejays were knocked out in the third round by an ACC team for the second straight season.

Florida Gulf Coast beat San Diego State 81-71 in the opener in Philadelphia that had the crowd of more than 20,000 buzzing after the upset win.

Duke’s victory could not match it in excitement or intensity.

But that’s OK for the Blue Devils. They’re not in it for style points.

They’re here to win coach Mike Krzyzewski’s fifth national championship.

Still, the Blue Devils haven’t advanced past the round of 16 since Krzyzewksi won his fourth national champi-

onship in 2010. They lost last year to Lehigh and spent their first three days in Philadelphia still having to answer for that one. Yes, even after they beat Albany in the second round.

Foul trouble hounded the Blue Devils from the opening tip. Plumlee hit the bench after he was whistled for his fourth foul early in the second half.

Hairston picked up his fourth foul at the 15:21 mark, allowing Ethan Wragge to convert a three-point play that inched the Bluejays closer.

Curry came right back with a 3-pointer and followed with a layup to make it 39-30.

Plumlee and Kelly, each with four fouls, returned to the game as Krzyzewski clearly wanted his best players in there to try and put away Creighton.

Thunder Country wins gold at National Cup, Sohn brothers have solid meet AIRDRIE — Four members of the Red Deer Thunder Country Trampoline and Gymnastics Club won gold in the National Cup at the Alberta Cup national and provincial level invitational meet during the weekend.

Kyle Soehn won the international senior men’s trampoline and was third in the double-mini trampoline (DMT) while Kalena Soehn was first in the international women’s Espoir DMT and third in trampoline.

Madeline Potter won the national U18 women’s trampoline title and was second in DMT while Logan Chaput took first in the national U18 men’s trampoline while finishing third in the DMT. Keegan Soehn was second in both divisions in the international senior men’s category while Zachary Blakely was second in international men’s Espoir trampoline and national U18 DMT. Alexandra Potter placed second in the national U18 women’s trampoline and was fourth in the DMT. Kyle and Keegan Soehn won the senior men’s synchronized trampoline while Kalena Soehn and Madeline Potter were first in the national women’s synchronized trampoline.

Chaput and Blakely also won the national men’s synchronized title.

Meanwhile in the provincial division, Ashton Henfrey was a triple medalist, capturing gold in the provincial 2 men’s trampoline and DMT and bronze in the provincial 1 tumbling.

Sam Peters won the provincial 3 men’s trampoline to go with a second in the DMT and fourth in provincial 2 tumbling.

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BRIEFS Pickup a triple medallist for Alberta CANMORE — Michael Pickup of the Red Deer Central Lions Speed Skating Club was a triple medalist for Team Alberta at the Canada West Speed Skating Championships during the weekend.

Pickup won the 15-year-old boys’ 3,000-metre and was sec-

Calvin Burton placed third in the provincial 3 men’s trampoline, fourth in DMT and third in provincial 2 tumbling.

Evan Burton was third in the provincial 3 DMT and seventh in trampoline.

Henfrey and Calvin Burton won the provincial 2 synchronized trampoline title while Laura Arnusch and Lauren Howse won the provincial 3 title.

Evan Burton and Sam Peters captured the provincial men’s synchronized title while Brooke Hutchinson and Amarissa Unreiner took second in the provincial 1 women’s division.

The club also won two bronze medals in the synchronized trampoline — Maria Crichton and Isabelle MacPherson in the provincial 2 women’s competition and Kaeleigh Boston and Sarah Lindbergh in the provincial 1 women’s category.

Other individual top 10 finishers in the provincial competition were: Women Provincial 1: Isabelle MacPherson, seventh tumbling. Brooke Hutchinson, ninth trampoline. Samantha Dancey, sixth, DMT; eighth trampoline. Kaeleigh Boston, sixth trampoline.

Provincial 2: Lauren Howse, 10th tumbling. Isabelle MacPherson, sixth trampoline; ninth DMT. Maria Crichton, fifth trampoline.

Provincial 3: Laura Arnusch, fourth DMT. Lauren Howse, ninth trampoline.

Men Provincial 1: Jesse Starchuk, sixth trampoline.

Provincial 2: Everett Dool, eighth, trampoline and DMT.

ond in the 400m He also helped the relay team win the 14-15 year-old boys’ title.

Bryn MacDougall won bronze in the 13-year-old girls 200m and was fourth overall while Tess Pearman won bronze in the 13-year-old girls’ 1,500m, but had a bad fall in the 400m and didn’t compete Sunday.

Stefanie Spicer placed eighth overall in the 11-year-old girls’ division and was on the gold medal winning 11-12 year-old relay team.

Amy Charles took12 overall in the 14-year-old girls’ division and was on the relay team that was fourth in the 13-14 yearold category.

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REBELS: Game 5 Game 5, if required, will be played Friday at the Centrium. Rogers Sportsnet is scheduled to televise the game which will push the start time to 8 p.m.

Six and seventh games, if needed, will be played Sunday at Prince Albert and two nights later in Red Deer. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

FLAMES: First shot It took until almost the 10-minute mark before Jiri Hudler finally recorded Calgary’s first shot of the game.

Cervenka then scored on the second shot of the contest for the Flames when he took a pass from Dennis Wideman and wired a shot to the top corner past Halak during a Calgary power play.

Cervenka put the Flames up 2-0 at 9:40 of the second when he made a nice forehand-to-backhand move before lifting the puck up and over Halak.

“He recognized that he had time,” Hartley said. “He just put Halak down with a fake on the blocker side and pulled it back to his backhand and it was another great goal.”

Mikael Backlund also made a nice

Fatboys down Monstars Tiffany’s Fatboys got 24 points from Cameron Kusiek and 20 from James Grobe in downing Monstar 84-53 in Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association play Sunday.

Eric Dortman had 16 points and Shayne Stumpf 13 for Monstar.

In other action, Clint Unsworth netted 17 points and Adam Hallet nailed 12 as the Rusty Chuckers defeated the Bulldogs 73-57.

Steve Swainson led the Bulldogs with 14 points, while Byron Morin added nine.

play by keeping the puck in at the blueline and tapping it ahead to Hudler, who set up Cervenka.

The Blues were then finally rewarded for their persistence when Oshie scored an unassisted goal at 16:40 of the second. Oshie stepped out of the penalty box and stripped Wideman of the puck before snapping a shot past Kiprusoff.

Although they outshot the Flames 19-4 in the second, the Blues still trailed 2-1 heading into the third.

St. Louis nearly tied up the game early in the third period but Redden’s heavy shot from the point hit the left post behind Kiprusoff and deflected wide.

Sobotka pulled the Blues even with a goal at 4:48 of the third when he tapped a goal-mouth scramble through Kiprusoff’s legs.

Notes: Oshie scored in his second straight game after sitting out the previous three with an injury to his ribs. a In Calgary’s past eight games, Cervenka was a healthy scratch three times and failed to record a point in the other five contests. a After starting the season with two goals and 17 points in 24 games, St. Louis defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk has gone seven games without recording a point. a Although they’ve been hot at home, the Flames have been miserable away from the Saddledome as they’ve lost nine straight decisions on the road, going 0-8-1 in that span.

STONY PLAIN — The Bentley Generals will head into the Allan Cup as the provincial senior AAA hockey champions.

The Generals downed the Stony Plain Eagles 5-1 Saturday to win the best-of-seven provincial title 4-0.

After a scoreless opening period, Jeremy Colliton scored a pair of power play goals for the Generals in the middle stanza and that’s all they would need.

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Travis Dunstall made it 3-0 at 2:29 of the third period before the Eagles got on the board when Doug Auchenberg connected on the power play at 12:23.

Chris Neiszner, at 14:39, and Keenan Desmet, at 15:34, rounded out the scoring for the Generals. Travis Yonkman finished with 15

MINOR HOCKEY PROVINCIALS Major midget AA The Red Deer Elks reached the semifinals of the provincial championship at Whitecourt Sunday, then fell 7-3 to the Calgary Blackhawks.

Scoring for the Elks, who were outshot 45-37 and trailed 2-1 and 5-1 by periods, were Matthew Krusky, Jaye Sutherland and James Gaume. Nicholas Galenzoski and Brady Jewan combined to make 38 saves for Red Deer.

The Elks opened the provincials with a 6-3 loss to Fort Saskatchewan, getting two goals from Sutherland, one from Derrick Morrell and a 39-save performance from Jewan while being outshot 45-30.

In their other pool games, the Elks doubled Edmonton Southside 4-2, battled Strathmore to a 4-4 tie and defeated the host Wolverines 6-4.

Morrell, Eric Moltzahn, Tyler Chavez Leech and Andrew Nielsen notched the Red Deer goals against Southside. Galenzoski made 42 saves for the Elks, outhsot 44-39.

Gaume fired three goals in the tie with Strathmore. Chavez Leech also scored for the Elks, who got a 23-save outing from Jewan while outshooting their opponents 29-27.

Krusky tallied twice against Whitecourt, with Chavez Leech, Sutherland, Justin Van Tetering and A.J. Curry rounding out the Red Deer attack. Galenzoski made 16 saves for the winners, who outshot the hosts 35-20.

The Blackhawks defeated the Sherwood Park Oilers 8-2 in the final.

Midget A The Olds Grizzlys are provincial champions after downing Beaumont 5-1 at Vermilion.

Karsten Dagg, with two goals, Kade Burton, Tyson Schmidt and Chad Jamieson scored for the Grizzlys, who outshot their opponents 36-24. Kyle Kardos made 23 saves for the champions.

The Grizzlys downed Okotoks 4-3 in a semifinal, getting goals from Schmidt, Dagg, Ryan Klinck and Ryan Vammen and a 25-save effort from Thomas Della Siega.

In round-robin play, Olds dumped Lloydminster 10-1, thumped High Prairie 10-3, defeated Bow River 5-1 and fell 5-1 to Beaumont.

Klinck led all Olds scorers with eight goals and 12 points. Next in line were Schmidt (4-7-11), Burton (4-3-7) and Dagg (3-4-7).

Midget B The Stettler Storm, with Riley Anderson, Levi Fisher, Kieran Rost and Logan Davidson scoring, edged the Edson Sabres 4-3 to win the provincial title at Provost.

The Storm advanced to the championship game with a 4-3 semifinal victory over the Devon Drillers, with Micah Croker recording a hat trick and Davidson also scoring. Stettler outshot Devon 24-21.

The Storm were 3-0 in round-robin play, blowing past Bow Island, Sexsmith and the Olds Grizzlys by respective scores of 6-1, 9-2 and 10-2.

Meanwhile, Olds also lost 7-4 to Sexsmith and tied Bow Island 4-4. Ryland Couture (3-2-5) and Everest Hughes (12-3) were the Grizzlys’ top scorers.

Anderson led the Storm with six goals and 15 points, while Anderson had three goals and 10 points and Croker had four goals and nine points.

Parker Cassidy (2-6) and Jacques Du toit (0-8) each had eight points.

Midget C The Rimbey Renegades fell 5-1 to La crete in the final of the provincial championship at Coaldale, getting their lone goal from Kale Lapointe.

The Renegades ran all over Irma 9-5 in a semifinal as Lapointe fired three goals, Tye Munro and Douglas Wing each tallied twice and Riley Carruthers and Avery Weenink also connected.

Rimbey was 3-0 in pool play, defeating the CNN Spurs of Bon Accord/Gibbons 10-2 and winning 7-3 and 5-1 over Drumheller and Coaldale.

Lapointe paced the Renegades with 11 goals and 22 points, while Wing contributed eight goals and 17 points and Munro (5-5) and Milton Elliot (2-8) each had 10 points.

Midget B Female The Innisfail Flyers were undefeated in the provincial tournament at Viking. Unfortunately, they didn’t make the playoffs after winning once and earning three ties in pool play.

The Flyers opened with a 2-2 draw with the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, then tied the Barrhead Blackhawks 3-3. From there, Innisfail edged the Edmonton Warriors 2-1 and tied the Camrose Vikings 2-2.

Jordyn Burgar was the Flyers’ top scorer with six points (5-1) in four games. Faith Gette had four points (13).

Meanwhile, the Olds Grizzlys finished 2-1-1 in pool play, but also didn’t qualify for the playoffs. Olds opened with a 6-4 loss to the Irma Aces, then blanked the Vauxhall Rebels 5-0 and the Calgary Spartans 4-0, and tied the

saves in goal for Bentley, which had 48 shots on the Eagles’ Wade Waters.

Stony Plain took eight of 13 minor penalties.

The Generals’ Dustin Sproat was named the MVP of the finals.

Both the Generals and the Eagles will compete in the Allan Cup, which runs April 15-20 at the Red Deer Arena.

High Prairie Timberwolves 2-2.

Cassidy Belsher led the Grizzlys with eight goals and 11 points. Amelia Nowek contributed a goal and seven points.

Camrose defeated High Prairie 2-0 in the championship game.

Peewee A Talon Conner’s overtime goal lifted the Stettler Storm to a 3-2 win over the Peace River Colts in the provincial championship final at Hinton.

Conner tallied twice in the final, with Alex De Young adding the other Stettler goal.

The Storm reached the championship game with a 3-1 semifinal win over the Rocky Mountain House Vipers.

Conner, De Young and James Switenky scored for the Storm, with Deegan Mofford replying for the Vipers.

Rocky was 3-1 in pool play, posting respective 4-2, 4-2 and 4-1 victories over the Marwayne Sled Dogs, Carstairs Renegades and Hinton Thunder, and losing 6-4 to the Lloydminster Blazers. Leading the Vipers in scoring were Brett McNutt (3-2-5), Connor Schweder (0-5-5) and Derian Gaumond, who sniped four goals.

Stettler, meanwhile, finished 3-10 in pool play, recording respective wins of 6-2, 3-0 and 4-1 over the Lethbridge Bobcats, Spruce Grove Saints and Beaumont Braves, and tying the Peace River Colts 4-4.

Daylan Kuefler (5-1), Conner (3-3) and Rhett Shingoose (1-5) lead the Storm in pool play with six points apiece. Adam Shirley (4-1) and Dawson Beck (1-4) each had five points.

Peewee B The host Kneehill Chiefs dropped a 3-2 overtime decision to the Westlock Warriors in a semifinal of the provincial championship at Three Hills and Trochu.

Zackery Paint and Kale Ward scored for the Chiefs, who held a 44-33 advantage in shots. Griffin Andrews made 30 saves in a losing cause.

The Chiefs were 3-0 in pool play, opening with an 8-2 thumping of the Okotoks Oilers Gold, then downing the Wetaskiwin Lions 3-1 and the St. Paul Canadians 2-1. Sam Kolke led Kneehill offensively with three goals and seven points and was followed by Ward (4-26), Marcus Brown (2-3-5), Bryce Gray (14-5) and Painter, who had three goals and a single helper.

The Grimshaw Northern Air Flyers captured the provincial title with a 7-5 win over Westlock.

Peewee C Neither the Bentley Canucks nor Sundre were able to qualify for the playoffs in the provincial tournament at Redwater.

The Canucks managed a tie and two losses in pool play, falling 5-2 and 9-5 to the Elk Point Avalanche and Valleyview Ice Bears and pulling out a 5-5 draw with Sundre. Kyle Gerrits paced Bentley with four goals and one assist, while Kien Bowen (2-1), Dylan Costello (2-1) and Reuben Vanderlinde (1-2) each had three points.

Sundre, meanwhile, also lost 13-1 to Valleyview and 4-1 to Elk Point. Carter Layden (3-3-6) and Andrew Cottrell (12-3) were Sundre’s top scorers.

Valleyview downed the Provost Blades 6-0 in the Alberta final.

Peewee D The Rimbey Renegades had to settle for silver in the provincial championship at Eckville, losing 8-7 to the Smoky Lake Stars in the final.

Scoring for the Renegades were Zachary Froehlick, who erupted for four goals, Carter Eadie, Matthew Kohle and netminder Wyatt Argent, who was credited with a goal. Argent made 30 saves for the silver medalists.

The Renegades bombed the Consort Comets 9-2 in semifinal action as Froehlick fired four goals, Ethan Motowylo and Odin Obray each had two and Hudson Scott added a single. Argent made 31 saves for the winners, who held a 36-33 edge in shots.

Rimbey was 3-0 in pool play, defeating the Crowsnest Pass Thunder 6-1, doubling the Spirit River Rangers 8-4 and posting a 7-2 win over the Oyen Bees.

The host Eagles, meanwhile, were 1-2 in the tournament with their lone win coming over the Mayerthorpe Mustangs by a 4-3 count. The Eagles lost 5-0 and 6-4 to Consort and Smoky Lake.

Austin Kaley (2-2) and Dawson Brown (0-4) paced the hosts with four points apiece.

Rimbey’s top scorers were Froehlick, who sniped 16 goals and added three assists, Kohle (3-7-10), Jackson Braithwaite (0-10-10) and Eadie (1-8-9).

Peewee B Female The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs had a 2-2 record in the provincial championship tournament at Camrose.

The Chiefs lost their opener 11-0 to the Lloydminster Diesel, then fell 8-3 to the Camrose Cats before defeating St. Albert 4-2 and shutting out the Edmonton Rockets 3-0.

Olivia Kelley was Sutter Fund’s top scorer with three goals and seven points, while Kristina Holman had four points — all assists — and McKenna Bold chipped in with two goals and a single helper.

Irma was a 2-1 winner over Lloydminster in the gold-medal contest.

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Gaydosh shines on final day of CFL combine

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Linden Gaydosh showed Sunday why he’s a top prospect for this year’s CFL draft.

The six-foot-four, 290-pound Calgary Dinos defensive lineman was virtually unstoppable in 1-on-1 drills at Varsity Stadium on the final day of the CFL combine. His dominant on-field performance came a day after finishing second overall in the bench press (personal-best 36 reps) and posting a solid 33.5-inch vertical jump.

Much was expected this weekend from the native of Peace River, Alta., who finished the season ranked No. 3 on the CFL scouting bureau’s list of top15 prospects for the league’s May 6 draft. Gaydosh more than delivered as his performance Sunday had people buzzing.

“I was ecstatic . . . everything went the way I planned,” said Canadian university football’s top rookie in 2009. “I showed the best stuff I had and hopefully that’s what they (CFL officials in attendance) wanted.”

Jim Barker, the general manager of the Grey Cupchampion Toronto Argonauts, said Gaydosh solidified his status as one of the top draft-eligible players.

“He’s what was advertised, a very physical guy,” Barker said. “He showed why he’s one of the top players in this draft.

“That’s what this does a lot of times, it kind of separates the top guys from the not so top guys.”

Gaydosh certainly moved into the conversation of potential favourites to be taken first overall in this year’s draft. Other candidates include McMaster offensive lineman Matt Sewell and Regina Rams defensive tackle Stefan Charles but there’s no doubt in Gaydosh’s mind he improved his draft stock this weekend.

“I feel I did quite a bit,” he said.

“Any doubt someone had I felt it should be washed away now.”

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats hold the No. 1 pick and fortunately have the luxury of time. With Sewell and Charles both garnering interest sound of the border exactly who the Ticats take first overall should become clearer following next month’s NFL draft.

Gaydosh has sent game film to NFL clubs and earlier this month participated in an NFL regional combine in Tampa. However, he said he has yet to speak to any American-based clubs.

Kent Austin, Hamilton’s head coach and GM, said he’d be open to discussing potential offers for the top pick so long as they’d benefit the Ticats. But when asked about Gaydosh, Austin had nothing but praise for him.

“Big, strong, he’s powerful,” Austin said. “He has really good feet and movement skills for his size.

“A good football player.”

The six-foot-five, 324-pound Charles, a native of Oshawa, Ont., was also a standout Sunday, impressing with his power and strength on the pass rush. It came after an opening day with mixed test results for the fourth-ranked draft prospect who had just 15 reps in the bench press but rallied to post a solid 37-inch vertical.

There’s definite NFL interest in Charles, who participated in the Tampa Bay combine and has been invited along with McMaster defensive end Ben D’Aguilar to the league’s super regional combine in Dallas next month. Charles is looking to become the second Rams player to go to the NFL after the New Orleans drafted defensive lineman Akiem Hicks in the third round last year.

“It’s a blessing but it’s a lot,” Charles said. “Hope-

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Concordia Stingers defensive back Kristopher Robertson runs the 40-yard dash during the CFL Combine evaluation camp in Toronto on Sunday. Robertson had the day’s best 40-yard dash time clocking in at 4.423. fully I can get into actual football training soon, enough of this combine stuff.”

Added Barker: “He’s so big. I thought in his 1-on1s he was so dominating. I’m not sure he’s in the kind of shape he wants to be in but he’s one of the top guys at this thing and he showed it.”

The six-foot-eight, 335-pound Sewell came in as the player to watch. He ended the season as the No. 2 draft prospect behind Oregon linebacker Bo Lokombo, who didn’t attend the combine.

After posting rather ordinary test results Saturday — 17 reps in bench, 28-inch vertical jump — Sewell showed the athleticism and quick feet in individual drills Sunday that scouts have marvelled about.

However the native of Milton, Ont., did have trouble 1-on-1 with Gaydosh and Charles.

“I wasn’t too happy with it but I wasn’t too upset about it,” Sewell said of his performance in the passprotection drills. “Just average.

“They (combine results) were all right. I wasn’t expecting to jump off the board with my test results. I just wanted to get a couple of personal bests and was

about there and happy with them.”

Barker wasn’t fazed by Sewell’s results at the combine.

“He’s one of the top players in this draft,” he said.

“He moves very well, he has a lot of skill.”

Concordia defensive back/kick returner Kristopher Robertson proved to be the surprise player of the combine. The five-foot-eight, 185-pound native of Pickering, Ont., posted the top 40-yard dash time of 4.42 seconds after recording the best vertical (43 inches) and broad jump (10 feet 5.5 inches) among the 55 participants Saturday.

Heady stuff, considering Robertson wasn’t originally invited to the combine. He had to qualify for it with a strong performance at a regional event last week in Quebec City and arrived eager to prove he belonged.

“I have a chip on my shoulder,” he said. “Obviously I wasn’t voted in so I had to prove myself.

“I think I showed I have pretty decent numbers, I did well on the 1-on-1s and drills . . . the rest is in (CFL officials’) hands.”

Blue Jays get pounded by Twins THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT MYERS, Fla. — Aaron Hicks left the Minnesota Twins with little to debate: He’s their starting centre fielder and leadoff hitter.

“I think it’s a pretty simple decision,” manager Ron Gardenhire said after Sunday’s 14-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. “Hicks is going to be our centre fielder. I don’t think it’s a shocking announcement by any means.”

Hicks, who played at Double-A New Britain last year, went 4 for 4 and scored three runs while raising his batting average to .350.

Gardenhire told reporters in his office before breaking the news to Hicks.

When did the manager plan to tell the 23-year-old Hicks?

“Maybe on the airplane,” Gardenhire joked, referring to the flight home for opening day.

In reality, Gardenhire pulled Hicks aside a few minutes later and gave him the news.

“It feels great to be named centre fielder,” said Hicks, a first-round draft choice in 2008.

Hicks outplayed Joe Benson and Darin Mastroianni for the job. Hicks said he received advice from players such as former Twins outfielder Denard Span.

“Denard told me to relax and be yourself,” he said.

Hicks, who hit .271 in five minor

league seasons, so impressed Gardenhire that the manager envisions him as a No. 3 hitter in the future.

“I’m just thankful to be the leadoff hitter,” said Hicks, who was in his first big league camp.

Gardenhire praised Hicks for his patience at the plate.

“He showed that he has the approach to be a leadoff hitter,” teammate Justin Morneau said.

Joe Mauer had a three-run homer and six RBIs, and Morneau hit a tworun drive that caromed off a palm tree behind the right-field wall.

Mauer homered to centre in a fourrun first off Dave Bush and hit a threerun double in the fourth that chased Guillermo Moscoso, who also allowed Morneau’s homer during the seven-run inning.

“We know what they mean to our lineup,” Gardenhire said.

Luis Jimenez homered twice and drove in four runs for the Blue Jays.

Twins starter P.J. Walters gave up three runs and four hits in three innings.

NOTES: Bush entered 3-0 with a 2.45 ERA and allowed four runs, four hits and a walk in the first inning, then gave up a two-run homer in the second to Brian Dozier. ... Twins RHP Tim Wood has a right shoulder strain, according to GM Terry Ryan. ... Wilkin Ramirez, Brandon Boggs and Jeff Clement remain in contention for Minnesota’s final roster spot.

Penguins bolster second line in trade for Stars’ Morrow THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH — The streaking Pittsburgh Penguins acquired forward Brenden Morrow from the Dallas Stars on Sunday to bolster the team’s second line.

Pittsburgh sent defenceman Joe Morrow, the team’s first-round pick in the 2011 draft, and a fifth-round choice this year to Dallas in exchange for Morrow and the Stars’ third-round pick in the draft.

The players are not related.

The 34-year-old Morrow has 243 goals and 285 assists in 835 games, all with Dallas. Morrow will become a free agent at the end of the season. He waived his no-

trade clause to move to the Penguins following a 20-minute conversation with Pittsburgh general manager Ray Shero on Sunday.

“The way he plays the game is something we’ve wanted to try and add,” Shero said.

The Penguins are hoping to pair Morrow with former Dallas teammate James Neal and reigning NHL MVP Evgeni Malkin on the team’s second line.

Malkin remains out with an upper body injury but could return later this week.

Morrow is scheduled to arrive in Pittsburgh on Monday afternoon and could play as early as Tuesday night when the Penguins host Montreal.

Shero said Morrow’s veteran savvy and physical presence around the net will be a welcome addition.

“He’s a guy that goes to those dirty areas and as you know when you get in the playoffs we know that’s an important aspect of what we’re trying to do,” Shero said.

Morrow also has experience playing with Sidney Crosby and Pittsburgh goaltender MarcAndre Fleury as part of Team Canada’s run to gold in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

The trade came at a significant price. Joe Morrow was considered one of Pittsburgh’s top prospects and Shero called him a player who will be “in the NHL a long time.”

Tickets are now on sale for the

2013 Red Deer Community Sport Awards Join our guest speaker, Olympic cross-country ski champion Beckie Scott, at this year’s event April 21.

The Community Sport Awards honour those individuals and groups who excel in their sport and/or volunteer their time and effort to better our community.

Awards will be presented on Sunday, April 21, 2013 at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel.

Tickets - $35 each Doors open - 5:00 p.m.

Opening Remarks - 5:30 p.m.

Dinner to follow Tickets are now available for purchase at the Recreation Centre For more information, please contact: Rob Meckling Recreation, Parks & Culture The City of Red Deer 403-309-8541 rob.meckling@reddeer.ca

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Hinchcliffe takes Indy opener CANADIAN GETS FIRST VICTORY IN INDYCAR SEASON OPENING RACE IN FLORIDA

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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James Hinchcliffe celebrates after winning the IndyCar Series Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg auto race, Sunday, in St. Petersburg, Fla. neves on the final restart to take the lead and held on to win by 1.09 seconds over the race’s defending champion. He became the first Canadian to win since Paul Tracy’s 2007 victory at Cleveland in the CART Series, and Hinchcliffe waved the Canadian flag as he climbed from his car.

The win showed Andretti didn’t lose a step over the off-season, when the organization turned it up a notch even after Ryan Hunter-Reay’s championship.

It paid off Sunday when Hinchcliffe got the first IndyCar win for sponsor GoDaddy, who was with Patrick in the series before her 2012 move to NASCAR, and it was the 44th win for the organization.

Busch wins Fontana thriller after rivals wreck on last lap NASCAR

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FONTANA, Calif. — Kyle Busch earned his first victory of the season at Fontana on Sunday after rivals Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano wrecked on the final lap in a thrilling NASCAR finish.

Hamlin and Logano made contact while they raced side-by-side in the final lap of their first race since the drivers confronted each other last week at Bristol. Logano hit the outside wall and Hamlin hit the inside wall, with Hamlin getting attention in an ambulance and eventually getting aiflifted to a hospital due to traffic around the track.

Defending Fontana champion Tony Stewart then confronted Logano after the race and shoved the younger driver before teammates pulled them apart.

Logano blocked Stewart out of a late restart, infuriating the veteran three-time Sprint Cup series champion, who finished 22nd.

Busch led the most laps in his Toyota and took advantage of his remarkable stroke of luck to pick up Joe Gibbs Racing’s first victory at Fontana, the only track where the team had never won. Toyota also got its first Fontana win.

“They forgot about me. I knew they were going to,” Busch said. “We had a good run on the top side, and they were messing with each other so bad that they took each other down. I was just hoping I could get by before they took me with him.”

Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished second and took over the lead in the points standings despite falling from third to 22nd late in the race with a dismal pit stop.

Kurt Busch came in third, with Carl Edwards fourth and Greg Biffle fifth in front of Logano. Defending series champion Brad Keselowski finished 23rd, missing the top five for the first time all season.

Kyle Busch’s victory was his 25th in NASCAR, completing his ninth career weekend sweep after his Nationwide Series victory Saturday. He ended a 31-race Cup winless streak since last April at Richmond.

Last week at Bristol, Hamlin spun Logano while Logano was racing Jeff Gordon for the late lead.

Hamlin claimed Logano had cut him off three times earlier in the race, but Logano ran over to Hamlin’s car afterward and leaned in his window for an angry exchange before the teams pulled them apart.

Their final-lap theatrics at Fontana mostly appeared to be motivated by fierce racing for a win in a back-and-forth race on a wide two-mile track. Hamlin’s crash was more dramatic than Logano’s contact with the wall, with Hamlin’s car going head-on into the inside wall.

“He probably shouldn’t have done what he did last week, so that’s what he gets,” Logano said. “We were super fast, led a lot of laps. Nothing to hang our head down about, that’s for sure.”

Hamlin got himself out of the car, but then slumped to the ground beside it before medical help arrived. NASCAR didn’t immediately have an update on his condition, although JGR President J.D. Gibbs was hopeful Hamlin was fine.

Logano then got into a shoving match with Stewart, who also had a late lead. Logano went extremely low to block Stewart out of a late restart. Stewart was furious, responding to interview questions with a long series of expletives. Hamlin and Logano were near each other from the opening laps, with Logano practically grazing Hamlin’s bumper early on. On Friday, Hamlin said he hoped the beef with Logano was finished, but Logano said he hadn’t received any apology and wasn’t feeling particularly forgiving.

Hamlin and Logano ended up together in the final laps after Logano prevented Stewart from getting back in the hunt.

“I had to throw the block there,” Logano said.

“That was a race for the lead. I felt if the 14 got underneath me, that was going to be the end of my opportunity to win the race, so I was just trying to protect the spot I had.”

The team also celebrated Marco Andretti’s third-place finish, and was satisfied with new addition E.J. Viso’s seventh-place finish considering he came back from a hard crash in Saturday’s practice after his suspension failed. Hunter-Reay might have also been in the mix if not for a mechanical problem.

“We worked so hard over the winter because we knew it was going to be that much harder to be competitive this year,” team owner Michael Andretti said. “To come out the way we did, I think all weekend all of our cars were showing they had strength.

“For Hinch, especially, he just was on it from the first practice on. He did

SENIORS CURLING

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Wayne Tallon took a longawaited step to the top level of the podium at a Canadian curling championship on Sunday.

A three-time national runner-up (2000 Brier, 2008 and 2009 seniors, all with Russ Howard), the 56-yearold Tallon and his New Brunswick teammates rolled to an 11-3 win over Ontario’s Howard Rajala in the men’s gold-medal game at the Canadian senior curling championships “I don’t think it’s sunk in yet, but it certainly feels good,” said Tallon after the final. “To finally break the ice here is great. I’m no longer a national bridesmaid.”

In the women’s final, Nova Scotia’s Colleen Pinkney claimed her second Canadian championship, scoring a four in the ninth end to beat Alberta’s

Deb Santos 7-6.

Tallon sailed through the round robin with a 10-1 record to clinch a berth in the final, and they didn’t slow down in the gold-medal game.

New Brunswick opened the scoring with a deuce in the second, a steal of one in the third and a crushing steal of three in the fourth against the Ontario champs from the Rideau Curling Club in Ottawa.

“We really felt comfortable,” Tallon said. “We had a good practice (on Saturday) and this morning, we came out and had a good pre-game practice, and I asked the boys, ’How are you feeling?’ They all said they were feeling great, let’s go. And my boys never missed a shot. They played great.”

Tallon will represent Canada at the 2014 world senior curling championships.

Alberta’s Wade White took the bronze medal.

Pinkney’s victory wasn’t assured until her team made a series of come-arounds behind a centre guard, eventually leaving the skip with a draw to score four in the ninth to turn around a game that she’d been trailing 5-3 after an Alberta deuce in the eighth end.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — James Hinchcliffe watched the 2011 seasonopening race at St. Petersburg from the sidelines because he didn’t have a deal yet to drive in the IndyCar Series.

Out of work again at the end of the year when his race team closed its doors, the Canadian was pondering his future in the Indianapolis house he shared with a bunch of roommates when his big break finally came.

Michael Andretti was on the phone in need of a driver to fill Danica Patrick’s seat. The ride had gone to Dan Wheldon, who signed to drive the GoDaddy car for Andretti Autosport but was killed shortly after in the 2011 season finale at Las Vegas.

Hinchcliffe was both honoured and humbled — feelings that came flooding back Sunday when it all came full circle for him as he picked up his first career victory on the street course in Wheldon’s adopted hometown of St. Pete.

“This is his hometown; this is his car,” said Hinchcliffe, who will be added now to the Wheldon monument unveiled Thursday at Turn 10 on the course. “Knowing my face will be on that memorial, that’s really special.”

The Oakville, Ont., native drove the bright green No. 27 to the win in front of Wheldon’s wife, two sons, and sister, who have become like family to him and gave him the blessing to accept the job when Andretti called.

“It was a tremendous amount of responsibility I felt to honour Dan and do a good enough job to honour what he would have done in this car,” Hinchcliffe said.

“So to get the first win here in his hometown with his family here, who I’ve grown quite close to, it means so much more, to be honest. There’s nowhere that I would have rather had my first win I don’t think in this car than right here in St. Pete.”

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not put a wheel wrong all weekend. He drove his butt off.”

So did Andretti’s son, Marco, who picked up his career-best finish on the downtown street course after using the off-season to study what he’s been doing wrong in the race car and to rebuild his confidence. He used a late surge to pass Simona de Silvestro with two laps to go to get the podium finish.

“I’ve been working so hard in the off-season, not just physically, but on places where I’ve been lacking and these places have been a weak point for me,” said Andretti, who praised de Silvestro but said in the closing laps, “I had to muscle her a little bit. I needed a podium.”

De Silvestro lost two more spots — to Tony Kanaan and Scott Dixon — before the checkered flag. She settled for sixth but was thrilled about her debut race for KV Racing Technology, which went fourth and sixth with Kanaan and de Silvestro.

Mario Andretti was among the many people who stopped after the race to congratulate the Swiss driver.

“We were running up front the whole day and it was really cool to be keeping up with them,” she said. “I think we can really learn from this and try to be better next week. We all know we can be fast and qualify fast and run up front. Now we just have to minimize mistakes so we can win races.”

It was a huge opening weekend for Chevrolet, which swept the top four spots in its first race since capturing the driver and manufacturer championship in last year’s return season to IndyCar. Dixon was the highest-finishing Honda for team owner Chip Ganassi, who minced no words Saturday when he openly questioned Honda’s desire to win in IndyCar. The Honda teams had been slow all weekend, and Ganassi’s comments sent a clear message he’s not satisfied with engine performance.

Honda had only three drivers in the top 10.

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Diversity makes new friends CULTURAL MOSAIC CELEBRATION CREATED TO BRING CULTURES TOGETHER LOCALLY, BUT ALSO TO DRAW ATTENTION TO RACISM

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

EASTER EGG HUNT TUESDAY Enjoy fun and games with an added Easter egg hunt at the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum on Tuesday.

The event runs from 6 to 8 p.m. with the hunt at 6:30 and one egg containing a special family prize. A Family Night rate of $10 covers admission for up to six people, with each additional person costing $2. More information is available online at www.ashfm. ca or by calling 403341-8614.

DO PLANTS BEHAVE? Do plants behave?

Find out from a University of Alberta researcher at the next Red Deer River Naturalists meeting on Thursday. Ecology professor James Cahill discusses the similarities between plants and animals and how plant behaviour is altering scientific understanding of the world. The free event is open to the public and begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre in Red Deer.

YEAR-END RDC CONCERT A Touch of Class comes to Red Deer College on April 4. The yearend concert features performances by the Chamber Choir accompanied by the Symphonic Winds. It starts at 7:30 p.m. on the college’s Mainstage.

Tickets are $14.20 for adults and $11.20 for RDC students and staff, children and seniors.

They’re available online at www.bkticketcentre. ca of by calling 403755-6626. Middle and high school students considering registering in the college’s music program can get information and a free ticket by calling Jacy Morissette at 403342-3512 or emailing performing.arts@rdc. ab.ca.

Red Deer’s cultural diversity was celebrated with food, dancing and the making of new friends on Saturday.

Jan Underwood, public awareness co-ordinator for the Central Alberta Refugee Effort (CARE), said the Cultural Mosaic Celebration was created to bring cultures together locally, but also to draw attention to racism.

March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

The date was chosen to remember the Sharpeville Massacre on March 21, 1960 when South African police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against apartheid laws.

Underwood said they wanted to organize an event to bring people together.

“The idea is to get everybody mixing, meeting new people, new friends. ‘ºAnd hopefully, the ultimate end is to try and eliminate, or at least lessen racism.”

Mayor Morris Flewwelling drew a big round of applause when he announced in opening comments that city council had recently voted to join the Canadian Coalition of Municipalities Against Racism and Discrimination.

It is a UNESCO-led initiative calling on Canadian municipalities to be part of a larger international coalition of cities to combat racism.

Zara Mazhar said events like this allow cultures to mingle and learn each other’s customs and traditions.

“I think that’s really important, living in a multicultural community or society, so I think

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A group of Notre Dame students demonstrated traditional El Salvadoran dancing at the Cultural Mosaic Celebration at Festival Hall on Saturday. it’s a really neat idea to have some shows or festivals like that.”

Mazhar said she has found Red Deerians very receptive to learning about her culture.

Mazhar, who is studying social work at Red Deer College, came to Canada four years ago from Pakistan with her parents and a brother and sister.

Gloricel Cayago, who came from the Philippines with her family five years ago, said these

kinds of events show people who diverse the culture has become in the last few years.

“It’s really amazing that we can show all our different cultures,” she said. “It’s more cultural awareness for the community,” said Cayago, who works for CARE. Martha Cortes, multicultural outreach co-ordinator for Golden Circle Seniors Resource Centre, said her main focus is to make contact with seniors who

have immigrated to Canada.

Often, they spend their days doing household chores in their children’s homes and don’t get as many opportunities to get out and meet others.

Golden Circle has a number of programs to provide exercise and entertainment. There is even a program to cover household chores for seniors so they can get out. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

CHASING FOR A CURE FOR CANCER

Murdochs jump in, swim for a cure

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF When the Murdoch family hit the pool to raise money for cancer research three years it was expected to be a once-only splash.

Three years later, the Sylvan Lake family is still going strong and were backed up by about 60 other swimmers at the town’s Aquaplex on Saturday for the 12-hour charity swim called Chasing for a Cure.

“To be honest, I thought it was going to be a one-time thing,” said Chase Murdoch.

“Then everybody was like, ‘So, when are you going to do it next year?’

“It’s the third year and hopefully it keeps going.”

Chase said that he and the rest of the family, including sister Samantha and parents Kevin and Teresa, are gratified to be able to give back to cancer research.

“It helped me out in my life so we might as well give back when we can.”

Chase, 16, was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 22 months old and underwent lengthy treatment. His cancer has been in remission for 10 years now.

On Saturday, four lanes of the pool were set aside for the fundraising swimmers, who came from Sylvan Lake, Red Deer, Lacombe, and as far as Calgary and Edmonton.

A relative even took to their own pool in B.C. to offer longdistance support.

The goal this year was to raise $10,000, and about $8,000 was counted by Sunday, with more donations expected. People can donate until the end of April through www.chasingforacure.yolasite.com Teresa was pleased with the amount of support for the 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. event.

“Each year it gets better and better, said Teresa. “More people hear about it and find out about it.

“It’s slowly gotten bigger and that’s great.”

The family is grateful for the

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Chase and Samantha Murdoch cheer on one of the swimmers participating in the Chasing for a Cure fundraiser for cancer research at Sylvan Lake’s Aquaplex on Saturday. The day-long event raised about $8,000. all the local business sponsors who came forward to cover pool costs and food and beverages for the swimmers.

Chase’s sister, Samantha, 19, who spearheaded the event, said she expects they will be back in the pool next year.

“I guess we’ll see where we end up this year. But people are already talking about next year. “(The challenge) is really getting the word out. The commu-

nity knows about it, but it’s getting the word out to other swimmers to try to get more teams participating — that’s the big thing.”

The fundraising swim has the potential to become a longrunning event, she believes.

“I think we’ll got to year five and see where it’s at. If it gets bigger and bigger other people might help take it on.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Wildlife rescuers deserve support: foundation ALBERTA BIRDS OF PREY FOUNDATION HERALDS WORK OF WILDLIFE CENTRES

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Wildlife rescuers should be considered almost an essential service, says Colin Weir, the co-founder of the Alberta Birds of Prey foundation.

They are on call for 24 hours a day and are often the first place people turn to when they come across injured wildlife, said Weir, who was speaking at the Alberta Wildlife Rehabilitators’ Conference in Red Deer on Saturday.

“There’s a very high lev- Colin Weir el of expectation if they go to the trouble of rescuing something that there’s at least going to be an effort made to see if that bird can be helped back to the wild.”

Case in point: In 2007, a woman from a ranching family found a injured golden eagle and drove the large bird 90 minutes

in the back of her minivan to the foundation’s facility in Coaldale, Alta. Blinded by a pellet from a gun, eagle named Spirit now lives at the facility, which receives 100 to 150 injured birds of prey a year.

Yet, most of Alberta’s rehabilitation centres are run on shoestring budgets, relying heavily on volunteers and are funded almost entirely by donations.

Weir isn’t knocking the government, which he says has been supportive of many non-profit groups. Nobody goes into the wildlife rehabilitation expecting government subsidies, he Kim Blomme said.

But there is a case to be made that wildlife rehabilitation centres, such as Central Alberta’s Medicine River Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, near Raven, west of Innisfail, offer valuable help to fish and wildlife officers, undertake much educational work with schools and student veteri-

narians and provide excellent service for the dollars invested.

Lottery funding might be one avenue that could be pursued, said Weir who has been working with rehabilitating injured birds of prey and releasing them back into the wild for 30 years at the 140-acre Coaldale facility.

“The services we provide is an almost essential service so a little bit of support to wildlife rescue groups across the province is a good destination for lottery funding that provides a lot of incremental benefits back to the province.”

Kim Blomme, president of the Alberta Wildlife Rehabilitators’ Association, agrees wildlife rescuers need to do more to trumpet the work they are doing and approach the government for funding help.

“Anything we can do to kind of help direct some funding to our organizations would be really helpful,” he said.

Blomme said the association plans to do more to promote what a valuable service they provide. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Academy of Pediatrics backs gay marriage SAYS KIDS RAISED IN SUCH FAMILIES DO JUST AS WELL

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Protesters display mock cadaver bags to dramatize the ill-effects of smoking to coincide with the three-day tobacco trade show dubbed ProTobEx ASIA at the World Trade Center at suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines Friday March 22, 2013. The protesters assailed the tobacco manufacturers and other industry players allegedly for the smoking-related deaths of 10 Filipinos every hour. The World Health Organization also expressed concern that the Philippines is encouraging smoking by hosting one of the world’s largest tobacco trade shows for the second time.

Many UK doctors give patients useless drugs, treatments

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — More than three-quarters of British doctors prescribe a treatment they know probably won’t work at least once a week, like low-dose drugs, vitamins, nutritional supplements or an unnecessary exam, according to a new survey.

This use of placebo treatments directly contradicts advice from the British Medical Association, which deems them unethical.

The researchers say the findings reveal a common practice among doctors and should be used to change official guidance about using placebos. The surveyed doctors said they prescribed them to induce a “placebo effect,” to reassure patients or because patients pushed for a treatment.

“For authorities to put their heads in the sand and pretend (placebo treatments) are not being given out is not helpful,” said Jeremy Howick of Oxford University, one of the authors of the study, which was published online Wednesday in the journal PLoS One. “We need to think of ways to maximize the benefits of using placebos,” he said.

Howick and colleagues used a Web-based survey and got 783 responses. The sample was drawn from a list that included 71 per cent of all doctors registered with the

General Medical Council, the governing body for doctors in the U.K. The survey asked doctors if they had ever used a true placebo, like a sugar pill or another kind of dummy treatment such as a drug not meant for the patient’s condition or a non-essential examination including blood tests and X-rays. Nearly all of the doctors — 97 per cent — reported having used some kind of placebo treatment at least once, while 12 per cent reported having used a fake pill.

About 77 per cent of doctors said they used some kind of placebo treatment every week; more than 80 per cent of them said their use in some circumstances was ethical.

The “placebo effect” treatments included unnecessary physical exams, joint injections, physical therapy, peppermint pills for a sore throat and antibiotics for infections where they would not be effective.

Dr. Tony Calland, chairman of the British Medical Association’s Ethics Committee, said he was disappointed by the findings. “Prescribing something that you know is of no value is not ethical,” he said.

A previous study found about half of U.S. doctors regularly give their patients treatments that probably won’t work without telling them, and the practice has been reported elsewhere, including Canada, Denmark and Switzerland. The American Medical Association says physicians may only use placebos if the patient is aware.

CHICAGO — The nation’s most influential pediatrician’s group says gays should be allowed to marry to help ensure the health and well-being of their children.

The American Academy of Pediatrics’ new policy, published online Thursday, cites research showing that the parents’ sexual orientation has no effect on a child’s development. Kids fare just as well in gay or straight families when they are nurturing and financially and emotionally stable, the academy says.

The academy believes that a two-parent marriage is best equipped to provide that kind of environment. Their policy says that if a child has two gay parents who choose to marry, “it is in the best interests of their children that legal and social institutions allow and support them to do so.”

The policy cites reports indicating that almost 2 million U.S. children are being raised by gay parents, many of them in states that don’t allow gays to marry.

The academy announced its position Thursday. Officials with the group said they wanted to make the academy’s views known before two gay marriage cases are considered by the U.S. Supreme Court next week.

“We wanted that policy statement available for the justices to review,” said Dr. Thomas McInerney, the academy’s president and a pediatrician in Rochester, N.Y. The pediatricians’ gay marriage stance is not surprising. They previously joined other national groups including the American Medical Association in supporting one of the Supreme Court cases, which contends the Defence of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. The academy also previously supported adoption by gay parents.

The academy’s statement notes that several other national health groups have supported gay marriage. Those are the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association and the American College of Nursing.

Dr. Ben Siegel, a Boston pediatrician and chairman of the committee that developed the new policy, said its focus is on “nurturing children. We want what’s best for children.”

The academy has a history of taking a stand on politically touchy issues. It has discouraged families with children from having guns in their homes and urged pediatricians to give teens advance prescriptions for emergency birth control.

Policy positions typically start in the academy’s committees and are based on a review of scientific literature. These recommendations then go to the academy’s board of directors, and if approved, sent on to a three-member executive committee for a final vote. The group’s 60,000 members do not vote on policy.

The gay marriage policy came from the academy’s committee on psychosocial aspects of child and family health, and an academy spokeswoman said it was adopted with no objections.

105 U.S. children died this flu season: health officials MOST DIDN’T GET VACCINE 6 months and older be vaccinated against flu each season, though only about half get a flu shot or nasal spray.

All but four of the children who died were old enough to be vaccinated, but 90 per cent of them did not get vaccinated, CDC officials said.

This year’s vaccine was considered effective in children, though it didn’t work very well in older people. And the dominant flu strain early in the season was one that tends to cause more severe illness.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — The flu season is winding down, and it has killed 105 children so far — about the average toll.

The season started about a month earlier than usual, sparking concerns it might turn into the worst in a decade. It ended up being very hard on the elderly, but was moderately severe overall, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Six of the pediatric deaths were reported in the last week, and it’s possible there will be more, said the CDC’s Dr. Michael Jhung said Friday.

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Bus passengers stranded after shutdown A spokeswoman for a Montana-based bus company says workers are scrambling to get customers to their destinations after federal authorities shut Rimrock Stages down.

Kjersten Forseth says alternate transportation was being sought Saturday for an unknown number of stranded passengers. She says the company serves Montana and North Dakota and typically has about 100 passengers on any given day on its 13 buses. U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered the company to stop hauling passengers late Friday following an inspection at the company’s headquarters in Billings. The federal agency’s website didn’t list the company Saturday.

Dell likely to receive takeover bids Michael Dell may face some competition in his effort to take over the computer maker he founded. The Wall Street Journal reported on its website Saturday that buyout specialist Blackstone Group and activist investor Carl Icahn have both notified a special committee of Dell Inc.’s board that they are working on bids for the company. Michael Dell and a group of investors announced their bid, valued at $24.4 billion, in early February. The Round Rock, Texas, company’s board then set a 45-day period to allow for offers that might top that bid. That period expired Friday.

The Journal, citing unnamed sources, reported that the notification will allow Blackstone and Icahn four more days to develop their offers.

A Dell representative declined comment.

Daimler Trucks to cut 600 jobs Daimler Trucks North America says it won’t have to lay off 1,300 factory workers in North Carolina and Oregon as it warned in January and instead will cut about 600 jobs.

Portland, Ore.-based Daimler Trucks says its Portland factory that builds Western Star trucks has cut its workforce by about 230 employees.

About 340 jobs will be lost at a Cleveland, N.C., factory that builds Freightliner long-distance trucks.

Losses of 715 jobs were expected there originally. Daimler Trucks says a Mount Holly plant that builds smaller Freightliner delivery trucks and a Gastonia parts plant won’t lose any jobs. The company in January had projected 500 cuts there.

The company says the layoffs are due to a cutback in truck demand but that incoming orders allowed for jobs to be spared.

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Investors watching Cyprus BAILOUT OF ITS BANKING SYSTEM LEAVES PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY

BY DAVID FRIEND THE CANADIAN PRESS North American markets will have eyes turned to the eurozone this week as an effort to organize a Cyprus bailout of its banking system left plenty of uncertainty.

It’s a shortened trading week, which could lead to more erratic shifts in the direction of stock markets ahead of the Good Friday holiday.

European officials were still trying to help organize a plan on Sunday that would raise 5.8 billion euros (US$7.5 billion) and save Cyprus from bankruptcy, just hours before a Monday deadline.

Without a deal, Cyprus and its banks would face a financial collapse which could have repercussions across the 17 nations in the eurozone.

The small Mediterranean island’s president and finance minister were headed to Brussels Sunday for a meeting of high-

level European officials that would decide whether a final-hours bailout could go ahead.

The troubles in Cyprus have left investors feeling the economic instability that faces other European economies, like Greece, and how it could spread to demand for key commodities like oil and copper.

“I think we’ll see a bit of volatility back in the markets, probably not just for the next couple of days, but the next couple of months,” said Sadiq Adatia, chief investment officer of Sun Life Global Investment.

“We’re going to have to deal with the debt ceiling issue, and the fact that the (economic) picture may not be as rosy as people initially thought, in Canada and the eurozone.”

Adatia said that troubles in Cyprus will raise questions about whether other parts of the eurozone might also need bailouts in the coming months.

“People forgot about it until Cyprus popped up again,” he said.

In Canada, earnings are due on Thursday morning from BlackBerry, the Waterloo, Ont.-based smartphone maker, which released its latest models to several international markets last month.

The company’s fourth-quarter earnings will be a glimpse into how well the smartphones are selling in Canada, the U.K. and India, though details on its U.S. launch and other markets won’t be part of the financial report until next earnings period.

“It will be a good chance for a window into what the initial feedback is on how well, or not, it’s selling in a few key markets,” said Paul Taylor, chief investment officer, BMO Harris Private Banking.

BlackBerry hopes the new version of its smartphones will help prevent further erosion of its customer base in many countries where Apple’s iPhone and Android devices have captured a stronghold on the market.

A sparse schedule of economic data includes Canadian consumer price index numbers for February, due on Wednesday.

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while puffing and exhaling something that looks like smoke. More than 45 million Americans smoke cigarettes, and about half of smokers try to quit each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“When he comes on board, it’s very hard for anti-tobacco people who see themselves as health campaigners to simply oppose ecigarettes.

“They have to deal with the fact that one of the leaders of their community not only is supporting e-cigarettes but is willing to be on the board of directors of the biggest e-cigarette company,” said David Sweanor, a Canadian law professor and tobacco expert who consults with companies and others on industry issues.

Cypriot politicians turned to the European Union on Sunday in a last-ditch effort to help their island nation forge a viable plan to secure an international bailout after failing for a week to find a solution to a crisis that could force their country into bankruptcy.

Politicians were under pressure to come up with a solution quickly.

The European Central Bank has threatened to stop providing emergency funding to Cyprus’ banks after Monday if there is no agreement on a way to raise 5.8 billion euros ($7.5 billion) needed to get a 10 billion euro rescue loan package from the International Monetary Fund and the other European countries that use the euro currency.

If Cyprus fails to secure a bailout, some of its banks could collapse within days, rapidly dragging down the government and possibly forcing the country of around 1 million out of the eurozone. Analysts say that could threaten the stability of the currency used by more than 300 million people in 17 EU nations.

Europe’s biggest economy maintained a hard line on the negotiations.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said “if possible we want to avoid seeing Cyprus sliding into insolvency.”

But he cautioned that he is “known for not giving in to blackmail, by nobody and nothing.”

Heading into a decisive meeting of eurozone finance ministers on the issue in Brussels, Schaeuble said an agreement can be reached if Cyprus meets creditors’ demands.

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NJOY KING PRODUCT IS THE TOP-SELLING E-CIGARETTE

BY MICHAEL FELBERBAUM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RICHMOND, Va. — Former U.S. surgeon general Dr. Richard Carmona, who highlighted the dangers of secondhand smoke and supported a ban on all tobacco products, is joining the board of directors for NJOY Inc., the nation’s leading electronic cigarette company — a move that could bring increased legitimacy to e-cigarettes as a viable alternative to traditional cigarettes.

The country’s senior public health official under President George W. Bush from 2002 to 2006 will advise the Arizona-based company on public health and regulatory issues.

He’ll also spearhead its research of the battery-powered devices that heat a liquid nicotine solution and create vapour that users inhale.

The private company’s flagship NJOY KING product is the top-selling e-cigarette.

The 63-year-old Carmona serves as president of the health and wellness non-profit Canyon Ranch Institute in Tucson and is a public health professor at the University of Arizona.

In 2006, he published a comprehensive report that concluded that breathing any amount of someone else’s tobacco smoke harms nonsmokers and was instrumental in smoking bans around the country.

And in testimony to a Congressional committee in 2003, Carmona was critical about the possibility of safer tobacco alternatives to smoking.

“Definitely there’s an argument that can be made for harm reduction, but clearly more research needs to be done,” Carmona said in an interview with The Associated Press.

“I’m probably going to be (the company’s) biggest critic. ... I still look at my job as being a doctor of the people and I’m going to

File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Several different versions of the NJOY electronic cigarettes are shown in Richmond, Va. Former U.S. surgeon general Richard Carmona, who highlighted the dangers of secondhand smoke and supported a ban on all tobacco products, is joining the board of directors for NJOY Inc., the nation’s leading electronic cigarette company — a move that could bring increased legitimacy to e-cigarettes as a viable alternative to traditional cigarettes. look at the science. ... If we can find a viable alternative that gave us harm reduction as people are withdrawing from nicotine, I’m happy to engage in that science and see if we can do that.”

There are two approaches to regulating tobacco use: one that says there’s no safe way to use tobacco and pushes for people to quit above all else. The other supports lower-risk alternatives like smokeless tobacco and other nicotine delivery systems like gum or even electronic cigarettes as methods to improve overall health.

Devotees insist e-cigarettes address both the addictive and behavioural aspects of smoking.

Smokers get their nicotine without the more than 4,000 chemicals found in regular cigarettes.

And they get to hold a cigarette,

Tax issues of owning U.S. property Many Canadians dream of owning a U.S. estate tax often is greater than Capiece of the sunny south. nadian tax.

That dream can have some real tax imIt is based on the fair market value of plications, however, that need the property at the time of your careful consideration before death. It starts at 18 per cent you actually take the plunge and and goes up to 40 per cent for buy a bit of paradise in the sun. properties worth more than $1 Before you actually go ahead million. and buy you have to consider You can reduce your estate ownership, because that can detax liability by claiming a tax termine whether or not you will credit, referred to as the unipay U.S. estate tax. fied credit, equal to the greatUnder new rules contained er of $13,000 or $2,045,800 (the in the recent fiscal cliff agreeestate tax on $5.25 million for ment, Canadians do not have 2013) multiplied by the value of to pay U.S. estate taxes on U.S. your U.S. assets divided by your property if their world-wide asworldwide assets.

TALBOT sets are less than $5.25 million.

If your U.S. home accounts for BOGGS This limit was increased from 15 per cent of the value of your the previous limit of $3.5 milworldwide estate you would be lion, which was set in 2009. entitled to a unified credit of

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$306,870 ($2,045,800 x 15 per cent).

An additional credit also is available if the U.S. property passes to a Canadian spouse. In many cases, these credits will actually eliminate the U.S. estate tax liability, although the estate still may be required to file a U.S. estate tax return to reclaim the credits provided for in the Canada-U.S. tax treaty.

The most common ways used by Canadians to purchase U.S. property are personally, jointly with their spouse or partner, or through a trust.

Personal ownership may be appropriate if the estate tax can be eliminated through the credits. In the case of a married couple, the best approach may be to put the ownership in the name of the spouse with the lowest net worth.

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PROPERTY: Many rules If you own the property personally, nothing happens until you sell the property, when a 10 per cent withholding tax is taken off the sale price, unless the property is sold for less than $300,000 and is sold to a U.S. taxpayer.

If you have owned the property for less than 12 months, you will pay capital gains at the U.S. marginal rate (of 35 per cent), but if you’ve owned it for more than 12 months you will pay a federal capital gains tax of 15 per cent. You will have to pay tax on its disposition in Canada, but you do get a foreign tax credit in Canada for any tax paid on the disposition of property in a foreign country.

If the estate tax can’t be eliminated by credits, it may make sense to set up a Canadian family trust to own the property, in which case estate tax may be avoided on the death of both the individual and the spouse, and if the property is sold, any increase in the value will be subject to the same capital gains rates as if the property were owned personally.

“In most cases people are under the threshold, but it’s important to consider ownership at the beginning because it is very difficult to change ownership once the property is purchased,” said Tannis Dawson, a senior tax specialist with Investors Group If you spend more than 180 days in the U.S. over a three-year period, the three-year rule might come into effect. The U.S. will consider you a U.S. taxpayer and you will have to file a special form to prove you have a close connection to Canada and are exempt from paying U.S. personal income tax. The 180 days is determined by the number of days you spent in the U.S. in 2012, plus one third of the days in 2011 and one sixth of the days in 2010.

“A lot of people don’t know about the rule,” Dawson said. “With new passports it’s a lot easier to police the amount of time people spend in the U.S. It’s easier just to file the form and be done with it than to find out you are in violation of the rule and have to file, because once that happens the U.S. does not have to adhere to the treaty. It’s a lot more difficult then.”

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

E-SIG: ‘A powerful step’ In an interview with the AP, NJOY’s CEO Craig Weiss said the addition to Carmona to its board is a “very powerful step forward” in its mission to “obsolete cigarettes.”

The company did not disclose how much Carmona was being compensated for his new role.

The market for e-cigarettes has grown from the thousands of users in 2006 to several million worldwide. Analysts estimate sales could double this year to $1 billion, and consumption of e-cigs could surpass consumption of traditional cigarettes in the next decade. Some companies, including NJOY, have even started running TV commercials.

Some of the nation’s largest tobacco companies have moved to grab some of the growing revenue in the e-cigarette market. Reynolds American Inc., the second-biggest U.S. cigarette maker, has begun limited distribution of its first electronic cigarette under the Vuse brand. Lorillard Inc., the nation’s third-biggest tobacco company, acquired e-cigarette maker Blu Ecigs last April. Some e-cigarettes are made to look like a cigarette with a tiny light on the tip that glows like the real thing.

E-cigarettes could be more heavily regulated in the near future. A recent CDC study found that one in five current smokers reported having used an e-cigarette, evidence the agency says that more oversight is needed. And the Food and Drug Administration is expected to assert regulatory authority over e-cigarettes later this year to treat them the same as traditional cigarettes and other tobacco products.

“We still have one out of five people in America smoking ... there’s a lot more work to do,” Carmona said. “To dismiss (e-cigarettes) and not even consider it ... would be a disservice to the public who are looking for alternatives.”

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CYPRUS: Talks with creditors “I hope we can get to a result today. But that of course requires that the situation is viewed realistically in Cyprus,” he said. “This is not about us — the decision lies with Cyprus.”

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and his finance minister were meeting with representatives of the troika of international creditors— the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank, and the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, to work out final details, officials said.

The meeting dragged on, and the start of the meeting of eurozone finance ministers was postponed by two hours, until 8 p.m. local time.

“I’m expecting quite a long night,” Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan said.

“I think a deal will be done tonight but I think it will be late, because a lot of detail has to be worked out.”

A plan agreed to in marathon negotiations earlier this month called for a one-time levy on all bank depositors in Cypriot banks.

But the proposal ignited fierce anger among Cypriots and failed to garner a single vote in the Cypriot Parliament.

The idea of some sort of deposit grab has returned to the fore after Cyprus’ attempt to gain Russian financial aid failed this past week, with deposits above 100,000 euros at the country’s troubled largest lender, Bank of Cyprus, possibly facing a levy of up to 25 per cent.

To avoid bankruptcy or the collapse of its banking system, Cyprus needs significantly more than the 10 billion euros international creditors are willing to lend it.

There’s fear that more loans would raise the country’s debt to an unsustainable level. For that reason, the country has been told it must raise the additional money.

Cyprus has “to fulfil a difficult mission to save the Cypriot economy and avert a disorderly default threatening the economy if there is no final deal for the loan agreement,” government spokesman Christos Sylianides said in a statement Sunday.

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Trains carrying crude from U.S. heartland raise spill worries ‘THE MORE THEY SHIP, THE MORE THAT TRAINS GO BACK AND FORTH, THE BETTER THE CHANCE THERE’LL BE A PROBLEM.’

VOLUME GROWING

BY CLARKE CANFIELD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

— GLEN BRAND OF THE SIERRA CLUB

PORTLAND, Maine — Millions of gallons of crude oil from the nation’s heartland are crossing Maine in railroad tank cars bound for a Canadian oil refinery, raising concern among environmentalists and state officials about the threat of an accident and spill.

The oil is primarily coming from the Bakken shale-oil field in North Dakota, with lesser amounts from neighbouring Canada, where oil production has boomed in recent years.

Trains carried nearly 5.3 million barrels of the light crude — more than 220 million gallons — across the state and into New Brunswick last year, and the volume is growing.

Railroads that operate in Maine say the increased business has resulted in more jobs and investment in the state. Moving oil by train is perfectly safe, railroad officials say, with upgraded tracks and modern tank cars.

“The statistics tell you how much has been transported (in Maine), but to the best of my knowledge, there hasn’t been any spilled or released,” said Robert Grindrod, president and chief executive of Hermon-based Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway Ltd., which carried nearly 3 million barrels of oil across Maine last year.

The more oil that’s shipped, the greater the likelihood of a spill, said Glen Brand of the Sierra Club.

It was fortunate that oil didn’t spill into the Penobscot River when a Pan Am Railways oil train derailed March 7 in Mattawamkeag about 100 yards from the river, he said.

Only a tiny amount of oil spilled — a state official said it was measured in drips — and Pan Am officials said it likely was residue that had spilled onto the seals of a couple of tank car covers when the cars were filled.

“We got very lucky there that the accident didn’t lead to contamination of the river,” Brand said.

“The more they ship, the more that trains go back and forth, the

better the chance there’ll be a problem.”

What’s happening in Maine is happening across the country as U.S. oil production has increased, much of it in areas with limited pipeline capacity.

North Dakota oil production doubled between 2010 and 2012.

Because of limited pipeline capacity in the Bakken region, oil producers are using railroads to transport much of the oil to refineries on the East, Gulf and West coasts, as well as inland, according to the Association of American Railroads.

The same is true at other shale oil fields that use hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” to extract oil, the association said.

Five years ago, U.S. trains transported just 9,500 carloads of oil, the association said.

The number grew to 65,751 carloads in 2011 before jumping 256 per cent last year, to 233,811 carloads.

The mile-long trains bound for the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick, travel two routes through Maine, typically pulling 80 to 85 tank cars.

Pan Am Railways’ trains come through Massachusetts and travel up the same tracks used by the Amtrak Downeaster passenger trains through southern New Hampshire and Maine. They continue into central and eastern Maine before crossing into Canada at Vanceboro and finishing in Saint John.

Montreal, Maine and Atlantic’s trains enter the state from Quebec near Jackman in western Maine and travel straight across the state to Canada, also crossing at Vanceboro.

Railroad and state officials said they’re aware of only shale oil being transported across Maine and don’t know of any so-called tar sands oil coming through.

Environmentalists in the U.S. and Canada have been raising the alarm about the possibility of sands oil from western Canada — which critics call the dirtiest

oil on earth — being transported through an oil pipeline that runs through northern New England.

The pipeline now carries oil from Portland to refineries in Montreal, but environmental groups say plans are in the works to reverse the flow of the pipeline so thick sands oil can be pumped from Montreal to Portland, where it could be loaded onto ships and taken elsewhere.

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has concerns about the increasing amount of oil being transported across the state and has begun developing protection plans for the areas where the trains travel, said spokeswoman Samantha Warren.

The department is mapping sensitive natural resources, water bodies, drinking water sources and access points in remote areas, Warren said, as well as developing strategies on how best to respond to spills.

Because each tank car holds some 30,000 gallons of oil, a derailment and spill could be devastating to the environment, she said.

But the reality is that the 400,000 home heating oil tanks in Maine pose a bigger threat than the oil trains, she said.

Over the past 15 years, such tanks have spilled oil about 500 times a year adding up to more than 17,000 gallons annually, she said.

Pan Am Railways has spent several million dollars upgrading its tracks in Maine, in large part because of increased traffic generated by oil, said Cynthia Scarano, executive vice-president of the Massachusetts-based railroad.

Railroads are simply filling a need, she said.

“The capacity isn’t there among pipelines for what we need,” she said.

“Rather than building new pipelines, we’re using something we already have.”

PepsiCo CEO’s 2012 pay package falls to $12.6 million amid change THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — PepsiCo gave CEO Indra Nooyi a pay package worth $12.6 million last year, which is down 11 per cent from the previous year, as the soda-andsnack food giant changed the way it awards longterm incentive compensation.

The Purchase, N.Y.based company did away with outright option awards last year and instead gave Nooyi a longterm incentive award tied to the performance of the company’s future stock price and other metrics.

That figure is not included in the pay summary filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

For the year, Nooyi’s base salary was roughly even with from the previous year at $1.6 million.

Her annual incentive pay rose 32 per cent to $3.3 million, as PepsiCo said it met its financial goals during a year of restructuring.

Nooyi’s stock awards rose 20 per cent to $7.5 million.

All other pay came to more than $149,000 and covered costs for use of a company plane and contributions to retirement plans.

In the filing with the SEC, PepsiCo noted that Nooyi’s total direct compensation rose 5 per cent for the year as a result of

her annual performance pay.

Nooyi, 57, has been CEO since 2006.

Last year, she announced a reset for the company after losing market share to CocaCola Co. and coming under pressure from investors to improve performance.

The reset included job cuts, as well as stepped up investment in the company’s flagship brands.

That push so far has included a multiyear sponsorship of the Super Bowl halftime show and with pop star Beyonce.

For 2012, the company’s net income fell to $6.18 billion, or $3.92 per share.

That’s down from $6.44 billion, or $4.03 per share, in the previous year. Not including onetime charges, PepsiCo said it earned $4.10 per share.

Meanwhile, bigger changes could be in store for the company.

PepsiCo is reviewing a restructuring of its North

American beverage unit and recently said it will provide more thoughts on the matter early next year.

On Friday, a news report said that activist investor Nelson Peltz had taken a stake in PepsiCo and Mondelez International Inc., which makes Oreo cookies and other global snack brands, with the possibility that he could push for the two companies to merge.

PepsiCo Inc. issued a short statement saying it didn’t comment on market rumours or speculation and that it didn’t see a need for any large deals.

Mondelez said it was happy with its current portfolio of products.

The Associated Press formula calculates an executive’s total compensation during the last fiscal year by adding salary, bonuses, perks, above-market interest that the company pays on deferred compensation and the estimated value of stock and stock

options awarded during the year.

The AP formula does not count changes in the present value of pension benefits.

That makes the AP total slightly different in most cases from the total reported by companies to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The value that a company assigned to an executive’s stock and option awards for 2012 was the present value of what the company expected the awards to be worth to the executive over time.

Companies use one of several formulas to calculate that value.

However, the number is just an estimate, and what an executive ultimately receives will depend on the performance of the company’s stock in the years after the awards are granted.

Most stock compensation programs require an executive to wait a specified amount of time to receive shares or exercise options.

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Leno serves up roast of NBC BITES THE HAND THAT FEEDS HIM: KEEPS BARBS AT NBC COMING AFTER DINNER WITH EXECUTIVES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Jay Leno is keeping up a comedy assault on his NBC bosses even after being treated to a make-nice dinner.

During his monologue Friday, the Tonight Show host asked his Burbank studio audience if they’d heard about his “alleged feud” with NBC. Leno started taking on-air potshots at the network this month amid reports that the network plans to replace him at “Tonight” with Jimmy Fallon.

According to a NBC transcript from Friday’s taping, Leno said that he had dinner Thursday with a “bunch of NBC executives” who offered to make things up to him: He and his wife are going on an all-expenses paid Carnival Cruise, he joked.

In February, passengers endured five nightmarish days on a crippled Carnival Cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico.

In another wisecrack, Leno cited news reports of a Canadian man who had a knife pulled from his back after three years.

Sniped Leno: “He must have worked at NBC, too.”

NBC confirmed this week it’s creating a new studio for Fallon in New York, where he hosts Late Night.

But the network did not comment on a report that the digs at its Rockefeller Plaza headquarters may become home to a transplanted, Fallon-hosted Tonight.

This isn’t the first time the Tonight stage has been used for a workplace dispute.

In 2010, when Conan O’Brien briefly took over as Tonight host and Leno was moved to prime-time at NBC, the two traded on-air barbs.

Although late-night hosts are known for needling their network bosses, the timing of Leno’s latest jabs seemed to make NBC’s executives particularly uncomfortable and they asked him to stop. They don’t want a repeat of the publicly messy turnover of just three years ago.

The 62-year-old Leno’s current contract expires next year.

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Jay Leno, host of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” on the set in Burbank, Calif.: Can’t stop skewering NBC management.

For NBC, the 38-year-old Fallon represents a bid to launch a next-generation host for Tonight — although Leno has kept the show No. 1 in the ratings despite a challenge from Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC show, which was moved back an hour to compete with it.

“You know the whole legend of St. Patrick, right?

St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland — and then they came to the United States and be-

came NBC executives,” Leno joked on Monday’s show.

On Tuesday, he played off a news report about a Serbian woman with a rare brain condition that causes her to see the world upside down: “Isn’t that crazy?

“It’s unbelievable. She sees everything upside down. In fact, she thinks NBC is at the top of the ratings.”

Depeche Mode about to release 13th album ANDY FLETCHER TALKS ABOUT NEW SONGS

BY MICHAEL OLIVEIRA THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Depeche Mode’s new album “Delta Machine” will be released on Tuesday.

Swollen Members will perform “sinister and spellbinding” hip-hop music from their new Beautiful Death Machine album in Red Deer next week.

The Vancouver-based rap duo featuring Juno Award-nominated Madchild (for his solo album debut, Dope Sick) and Prevail will perform on Monday, April 1, at the Lotus Nightclub.

To create their latest opus, which was released on March 19, Swollen Members regrouped with revitalized energy and vision to record an album that aims to be aggressive, expressive, emotional and poetic.

Rob the Viking joined in on some tracks to provide a “dark backdrop of sick macabre beats.”

Also performing at the Red Deer show is Vancouver-based rapper/producer Cityreal, who has collaborated with Swollen Members and Moka Only, and shared stages with K’Naan, Warren G and Ghostface Killah.

Since releasing his

self-produced debut album The Beginning, Cityreal has received three Western Canadian Music Award nominations.

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CP: Have you considered giving a modern make-over to older tracks like Just Can’t Get Enough that fans want to hear live but no longer reflect your current musical style?

DM: You can’t modernize Just Can’t Get Enough, it’s a classic pop song, it has a classic sound, you just have to play it. It’s one of the most famous tracks of the ’80s, if you tried to modernize it it’d be horrible. I think it stands up as a classic track and obviously you have to position it in the set list where it’ll sound the most comfortable but I think we’d be doing the song — such a part of our history — a disservice to try to modernize it.

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ing thing is the mixing between blues and electronics and I think it really goes well. Obviously some songs such as Slow are more heavily blues influenced but even the tracks that are mainly electronics you can still hear the blues influence.

CP: What’s on the set list for the new tour?

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CP: How did the blues inspire the new album?

AF: We have dabbled in this before, one of our most famous tracks, Personal Jesus, is very linked to blues music. All three of the band members, we have varied tastes in music going back to blues to early rock ’n’ roll. I think the interest-

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Depeche Mode has released a new album every four years since the early 1990s, so fans weren’t surprised by the English band’s announcement in late January that its 13th record was coming soon.

The blues-tinged “Delta Machine” is out March 26 and the electronic band has September gigs scheduled at the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre in Toronto and Bell Centre in Montreal.

Band member Andy Fletcher talked to The Canadian Press about what influenced the new songs, playing 30-yearold hits, and the lead

CP: Which of the new songs are likely to be played?

AF: Our last album, Sounds of the Universe, I don’t think many of the songs really translated live that well but this album seems to be completely the opposite, it’s quite a minimal but powerful album and a lot of the tracks are sounding very good like Soft Touch/Raw Nerve. Angel is sounding really, really powerful, and Should Be Higher. We can’t play, unfortunately, too many songs from the new album because we have fans that go back such a long way, it’d be a bit selfish, I think, just playing a lot of songs off the new album and disregarding tracks from our

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Pig ban forces owners to care for pets in secret

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — In a city of high-rises and tiny apartments, pigs are found mainly on menus. Most New Yorkers would never consider making pets out of a barnyard animal that’s synonymous with sloppiness.

The city’s health code specifically forbids it, forcing pig owners in the nation’s largest metropolis to keep their swine secret — or take the risk an unhappy neighbour might squeal.

“People think it’s weird and a novelty, but they’re really sweet and really smart animals,” says Timm Chiusano, who keeps two potbellied pigs on the ground floor of his three-story brownstone in Brooklyn. “They can be fantastic pets.”

Chiusano moved to his current home after raising his pets from piglets in a condo high-rise, where a neighbour once raised a stink about them piddling in the lobby.

Now his difficulties are largely logistical. Though billed as “mini pigs” when he got them five years ago, Cholula and Runtly now weigh in at 200 and 70 pounds, respectively.

He renovated his home with the pigs in mind, putting their beds and food on the first floor (their legs are too stubby to climb stairs) and installing special flooring that holds up to hooves. He’s also constantly resodding his tiny backyard because the grass is essentially a salad bar for swine.

Danielle Forgione is scrambling to sell her second-floor Queens apartment after a neighbour complained about 1-year-old Petey the pig to the co-op board. In November and December she was issued city animal violations, and in January was told by both the city and her management office that she needed to get rid of the pig.

“He’s part of our family,” says Forgione, whose pet weighs in at nearly 40 pounds, stands 15 inches tall and measures 21 inches long, snout to tail.

“This is our pet. He’s not harming anybody. He goes to the vet every six months. He gets his hooves clipped. He gets de-wormed, he gets his shots,” she says.

Forgione purchased Petey as a therapeutic animal after losing her brother in a motorcycle accident last year. Also, one of her six children is allergic to dog hair, so Petey’s coarse, human-like hair is ideal.

“He sleeps in the same bed as my youngest,” she says, adding that Petey wears sweaters she buys from online dog-clothing stores. “And he’s not aggressive either.”

But the city put its foot down and earlier this month denied her petition to amend the city’s health code to create an exception for “domesticated mini pigs.” She’s exhausted her appeals and has until later this summer to remove Petey or authorities will do it for her.

City officials say pigs, even smaller breeds that are kept as pets, are a public health risk because they cannot be vaccinated for rabies and can become aggressive, especially during their first few years.

Since 2008, there have been 89 illegal animal violations — but the violations database doesn’t differentiate animals by type so there’s no way to know how many of those violations were for pigs.

“Pigs are hard to police,” says Salvatore Pernice, a Staten Island veterinarian who recently flouted the health code to purchase his 9-month-old minipig, Albert, from a breeder in Texas for $950. He picked the animal up at the Newark Airport and brought him home, where he’s able to enjoy a backyard. He gets along fine with Pernice’s other pets, a cat and two dogs.

“I do think it’s probably better to live in a place where they are able to root, graze and be a pig,” says Pernice, who lives in a detached house with a large yard.

Exactly how many New Yorkers own

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Danielle Forgione and her daughter, Olivia, three, play with Petey, the family’s pet pig in the Queens borough of New York. Forgione is scrambling to sell her second-floor apartment after a neighbour complained about one-year-old Petey the pig to the co-op board. In November and December, she was issued city animal violations and in January was told by both the city and her management office that she needed to get rid of the pig. pigs is unclear. But many connect online, creating Facebook pages for their pets and swapping photos. One Brooklyn pig named Franklin is dressed up in Mets baseball gear on his Facebook page and has more than 1,000 likes.

Pig lovers also hope to overturn the city’s ban.

They point to the case of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s daughter, Georgina, who adopted a pig from an animal shelter in New Jersey after Superstorm Sandy and brought it to Gracie Mansion on Thanksgiving Day. A spokesman for the mayor says she learned

it was illegal and took it back to her home in Florida the next day.

Pig activists’ strongest hope may be with New York state Sen. Tony Avella, who last month held a news conference for Petey and has called the city health commissioner to plead the pig’s case — so far to no avail.

For Petey’s owners, whether they live in New York City or have to move away won’t change what has become a life-altering devotion to pigs.

“I’ve had a slab of bacon in the freezer for I don’t know how long,” Forgione says.

Close lesbian friend barking up the wrong tree Dear Annie: One of my best friends is a lesbian and has feelings for me. I found this out a few years ago and communicated to her several times in a nice way that I am not gay, but she says she cannot change the way she feels.

It was an awkward conversation because she doesn’t like speaking openly about her feelings. I was devastated by her response and even tried not speaking to her for close to a year -- a painful time for me -- hoping she would find a suitable partner and get over her crush.

A few months ago, due to a work project, we started communicating again.

On the surface, it’s great. I have my old friend back, and we go out for drinks and discuss our work issues.

However, deep down, I dread that it’s all coming back. I try chatting about my dating stories as a casual way to hint that nothing has changed for me.

I fear that if I confront her again on this sensitive issue, I will lose our dear friendship a second time, and yet I don’t want to mislead her. What should I say or do? -- Tormented Dear Tormented: We understand

your discomfort, but you are too fo- know doesn’t work? When I realized cused on the crush and not enough that I will never hear again, I cried all on the friendship. There is no reason night. -- Scammed to bring up her feelings when she obDear Scammed: Please don’t give up viously doesn’t want to discuss them so quickly. Hearing aid providers vary and hasn’t made any overtures to indi- in degree of expertise, and hearcate that she is still intering aids work differently ested. People have crushes for each person. It is always on friends all the time, but best to be evaluated, fitted they don’t necessarily act and tested by an audioloon them or let them intergist, who will discuss availfere with the relationship. able styles and features and If your friend does anyalso ask about your lifestyle thing untoward, feel free (e.g., how much of your day to say again that you aren’t you spend on the telephone, interested, that it makes in restaurants, watching TV, you feel uncomfortable etc.) and explain that it can and pressured, and that if take time for your brain to she cannot control her feelprocess the new audio inings, you will have to limit formation. If you are a vetMITCHELL contact. eran, you can get assistance Dear Annie: I will soon through the VA. Others & SUGAR celebrate my 82nd birthshould look for an otolarday. I have a hearing probyngologist (ear, nose and lem and bought hearing throat specialist) who has aids, but they don’t work. an audiologist on staff.

I feel like I flushed Please see whether your $5,000 down the toilet. The people who current contract allows you to return sold them to me are intelligent. How the hearing aids for a total or partial can they legally sell something they refund. Also contact the Hearing Loss

HOROSCOPE Monday, March 25 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Katharine McPhee, 29; Lee Pace, 34; Sarah Jessica Parker, 48 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Moon in Virgo urges us to not omit the details and to perfect our imbalances. An instinctual inclination towards the details may make us forget temporarily of the bigger picture. It’s a wonderful day for re-organizing and cleaning. It would be wise to practice some self-improvement activities and by taking a closer look at our health situation.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, you will work hard towards improving some of your lifestyle habits and by improving some of your daily routine. Don’t get trapped into the small, deceiving situations this year as they may only hold you back from ASTRO progressing. Learn to keep DOYNA your rational antennas well attuned and don’t let uncertainty get you carried away.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You may fall into a harsh reality where you may feel victimized by life’s tough lessons. Your returns or profits do not reflect the right spectrum you had worked so hard for. You need to restructure this inner balance.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You may find a sudden solid opportunity with one of your business alliances. You prefer to keep a low profile for now and will desire to keep this contact close to you. Be realistic with your desires as you rely heavily on trustworthiness.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You may become bored with predictability and you may gravitate towards things that stimulate you and give you quick, fast results. You like to live life in the fast-paced lane.

Eccentric new ideas may make you seek more unpredictable circumstances.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Self-expression and understandings may become your main challenge today. You encounter opposing views and you seem to take it to heart. Don’t let deception or unrealistic expectations fool you. You are just remarkably fine where your personal relationships concern you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You have proved of much endurance and have possibly sacrificed your per-

ANNIE ANNIE

sonal happiness in order to gain a certain degree of independence. You seem to be working more efficiently in redefining your own personal limits.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your mind tends to jump from one subject to another. You’ll feel mentally scattered and lose your focus if you try to do too many things at once. Impulsive urges and sudden curiosities may make you hungry for more hidden details.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Stop looking for the perfect qualities in your mate. Sometimes one’s flaws can be representative of a less rational way of living and more intuitive one. Let your souls merge into one another without being too picky.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your relationship with your co-workers may be a bit too sour at this time.

Despite it all, you’re feeling quite sociable today wanting to get in touch with your circle of friends.

Networking with others may evoke in you some interesting ideas about your future ideals.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You dislike being picked on and today you may feel that you are being

Association of America (www.hearingloss.org) for additional information and help.

Dear Annie: I was amused to read the letter from “Concerned,” whose visitors leave framed photographs of their family in their guest house.

We have a house on Cape Cod and have had this happen. We actually loved seeing our friends and family enjoying themselves at “our spot.” As long as they’re not taking the liberty of hanging them, I consider the photos a gift or a thank-you. If “Concerned” doesn’t want them displayed, she can put them in a guest album. I would think it would be insulting to give them back. -- S.D. from the Cape Dear S.D.: We think it’s sweet that you consider these photographs gifts from your guests, rather than a presumptuous household takeover. Please enjoy them.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

analyzed and scrutinized under a magnifying glass.

Your positive surge of energy can be extracted from any gratifying experience you chose from.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There is an awesome potential lying on a red carpet for you and waiting to further your dreams and desires. Domestic and inner bliss can be achieved now if you recognize how to let go some of your control. Don’t be so hard on yourself.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Some discordance can be felt when it comes to your partner’s financial situation. At the same time, you make come up with a multitude of ingenious ideas when it comes to increasing the cash flow into your family life.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do not despair if you find that your loved one doesn’t measure up to your dream image of a perfect partnership. Stop looking at love through rose-colored glasses as to avoid falling into the wrong type of relationships. There is no perfect mate.

Astro Doyna is internationally syndicated astrologer/ columnist.

SUN SIGNS

Answers to questions about Supportive Living.

Learn more about our welcoming senior’s community.

CollegeSide Gardens by Bethany Care Society. Reasonable rents, modern attractive suites, housekeeping and meals included.

Phone: 403.357.3701 for more information

www.collegesidegardens.com

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announcements

Obituaries

In Memoriam

Oilfield

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1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC., a growing Production Testing company, based out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

* Experienced Production Testing * Day Supervisors * Night Operators * Experienced Production Testing Assistants

ANDERSON Arnold Roy 1946 - 2013 Arnie Anderson of Acme, AB was surrounded by his family when he peacefully passed through the door into paradise on March 18, 2013 at the age of 66 years. Arnie was born August 17, 1946 at Drumheller, Alberta. He grew up in Camrose, AB then moved to Airdrie, AB where he met wife, Muriel in 1966. They were married on August 23, 1969 and lived in Acme for the last 43 years.† He worked at Brown’s Turkey Farm for 9 years and at Sunterra Farms (PIC) for 30 years minus the times of sickness with Cancer the last couple years. He was predeceased by his father, Bill Anderson, and brother, Ken Anderson. He’s survived by his loving wife of 44 years and best friend, Muriel, daughter Crystal and Ted McComb of Red Deer, and 2 grandchildren Adelaide and Tristan McComb and son Lucas Anderson of Edmonton.

He will be greatly missed, yet lovingly remembered by all the memories he left behind.

Reginald Joseph Barrett Sept. 26, 1955 - Mar. 25, 2004 On Angel’s wings you were taken But in our hearts you’ll stay And in God’s light you will rest Until we meet again someday Lovingly remembered and sadly missed, Mom and Sherry

Sherri you are thought of this day and every day with much love.

You are remembered

Over 2,000,000 hours St. John Ambulance volunteers provide Canadians with more than 2 million hours of community service each year.

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COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-304-1207 (Pager)

CLASSIFICATIONS 50-70

Class Registrations

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KARATE KIDS

Cheney Karate Studios, Red Deer’s most trusted name in Martial Arts is now accepting registration for all adult & children’s programs starting April, 2013.

Enrollment is limited.

(403)347-9020 www.cheneykarate.com

Coming Events

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EAST 40TH PUB SPECIALS

Tuesday & Saturday’s Rib Night Wednesday Wing Night Thursdays Shrimp Night

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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The Red Deer Advocate’s Office & Phones Closed Good Friday March 29, 2013 Deadline for: Sat. March 30 Sun. March 31 Mon. April 1 is Thurs. March 28 at 5 p.m Classifieds 309-3300 Have a safe & Happy Holiday

Lost

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LOST grad ring, at Huntington School or Bower Mall, (large blue stone) silver setting, date on ring, has initials on band, sentimental value, any info call 403-314-9337

Found

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CAT, adult, good mouser, black with white mouth and underbelly. Found near Springbrook. To claim please call 403-886-2358

Personals

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650

Dental

740

Top Wages, Bonuses & Benefits

IMMEDIATE OPENING for F/T DENTAL ASSISTANT. Must be a member of the College of Alberta Dental Assistants. Please drop off resume ATT’N: Marina at Bower Dental Centre OR EMAIL RESUME: marina@bowerdental.com

jobs Janitorial

CLASSIFICATIONS

770

700-920

Caregivers/ Aides

710

LIVE IN CAREGIVER FOR 49 yr. old F, exc. living cond., 403-346-3179 P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle. 403-348-5456 or 403-505-7846

Clerical

Easter Holiday Hours & Deadlines

Please specify position when replying to this ad.

We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted.

POWER TONG OPERATOR

Personals

WHAT’S HAPPENING

If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume, current driver’s abstract and current safety certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 lkeshen@1strateenergy.ca

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HEAD SECRETARY at West Park Elementary School. 37.5 hour weekly position following the school calendar.

Duties will include: Bank reconciliations, cheque requests, cash receipts, purchase orders, working with general ledger.

Dealing with daily, weekly, and monthly financial aspects of the school.

General office duties.

Desirable qualifications: Relevant training and a minimum of 2 years experience, ability to simultaneously deal with a variety of tasks in a busy school office, aptitude for finance and accounting, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong problem solving and organizations skills.

Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite. A current criminal record check and child intervention check will be required. Applications received by noon on April 4, 2013 will be assured of careful consideration.

Forward resume to Red Deer Public School Division No. 104, 4747 53 Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 2E6.

Fax: 403-347-8190 or email: humanresources@ rdpsd.ab.ca

RECEPTIONIST / ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Tar-ific Construction offers a fast pace working environment. We are looking for a friendly, energetic individual to join our team in a full time position.

Qualifications: Knowledgeable in Payroll, A/P and benefits.

Experience in Abacus accounting, spreadsheeting and Microsoft office would be an asset.

Please email resumes to info@tarific.ca

Phone Shirley for job specifics at 403-843-6004 Fax resume to 403-843-2899 Only qualified applicants need to apply.

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Legal

PRODUCTION TESTING PERSONNEL REQ’D RETIREMENT & SAVINGS PLAN BENEFITS COMPETITIVE WAGES

Immediate Positions Available

Legal Assistants Duhamel Manning Feehan Warrender Glass LLP t/a Altalaw

Requires the services of an experienced Corp/Comm Legal Assistant as well as a Real Estate Conveyancer.

Part-timers for summer and vacation relief welcome to apply. Please email resume to ssimmons@altalaw.ca or fax to the attention of Office Manager on 403.343.0891.

LICENSED Personal and Commercial Insurance professionals wanted. All levels of experience are welcome. Join a great team at Mooney Insurance.

Please email your resume to hr@rogersinsurance.ca

Oilfield

800

EXPERIENCED PIPELINE LABORERS & HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS,.

Must have all safety tickets.

Competitive wages.

Fax or email: 403-749-3367 cccenca@telus.net

850

CANUCK FRAMING is hiring all framers with 1 year+ exp. in commercial or residential framing.

Top Wages to Top Guys.

Transportation a Must.

Call James at 403-872-0159 WE are looking for Rig Managers, Drillers, Derrick and Floor hands for the Red Deer area.

Please contact Steve Tiffin at stiffin@galleonrigs.com or (403) 358-3350 fax (403) 358-3326

Professionals

810

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION requires

F/T Safety Officer

to help implement & maintain safety programs.

Fax resume to: 403-343-1248 or email admin@shunda.ca Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

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Restaurant/ Hotel

DAD’S PIZZA

PART/FULL TIME COOK Apply at East 40th Pub. 3811 40th Ave.

CONNELLY INDUSTRIAL INSULATION is seeking ticketed Alberta Asbestos workers and Mechanical Commercial Insulators. Email resume to: info@ connellyinsulation.com Eagle Builders is expanding its facility to double production. We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

* Concrete Finishers * General Labourers Top Wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included. Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at www. eaglebuilders.ca. Applicants are able to apply online or fax resumes to Human Resources 403 885 5516 or e-mail: HR@eaglebuilders.ca.

LICENSED mechanic for truck maintenance on 20 truck fleet. Reply to Box 1036, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 or fax resume to 403-346-0295

S M A L L R U R A L M E AT SHOP in central AB looking for F/T meat cutter.

Knowledge of cutting hanging carcasses needed. Rental house avail. within walking disRed Deer Cultural Heritage t a n c e o f m e a t s h o p .

Society requires a Please call 403-843-4383

EAST 40TH PUB

Looking for Part/Full Time BARTENDER/SERVER. Apply with resume to 3811 40 Ave, Red Deer

to provide catering services at the CRONQUIST HOUSE. Food service experience, the Food Sanitation & Hygiene Certificate, & excellent communication skills essential.

Please send resume to email: rdchs@telus.net or fax 403-347-8759 info, call 403-346-0055 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

SUNSHINE Family Restaurant - F/T Kitchen Helper. $11.41/hr, 40 hrs/wk. Email: janegosselin@telus.net

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Sales & Distributors

Experienced Day Supervisors

CUSTOM Energized Air is a leader in compressed air technology and requires an

Night Supervisors

Outside Sales Rep

Must be able to provide truck Please send resume to 403-340-0886 or email: pnieman@ cathedralenergyservices.com

Your application will be kept strictly confidential.

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

780

HOWARD & COMPANY Real Estate Appraisers requires a F/T Office Assistant. Experience in MS Office and office skills are an asset.

Please send resumes to: davidhorn@ howardandcompany.com or drop off at Unit 906, Second floor, Parkland Mall, Red Deer.

403-343-7000.

Trades

PART TIME COOK

website: www. cathedralenergyservices. com CCCSI is hiring sanitation workers for the afternoon and evening shifts. Get paid weekly, $14.22/hr.

Call 403-348-8440 or fax 403-348-8463

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Oilfield

SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking an exp’d FLOORHAND

for our solutions driven sales team. Experience in air compressors and pneumatics a definite asset, but will train the right candidate. Base + commission + mileage + benefits. For Red Deer & area. Apply: del.trynchuk@cea-air.com NOT HAPPY IN YOUR current store? Busy Red Deer import dealership is seeking a Finance Manager. Above avg wage earn 10-20K/month, full benefit pkg, demo plan.

Relocation incentive available. Its time you get paid for your hard work!!!!

Email resume to kingofcars@hotmail.com

STAIR MANUFACTURER Req’s F/T workers to build stairs in Red Deer shop.

MUST HAVE basic carpentry skills. Salary based on skill level. Benefits avail. Apply in person at 100, 7491 Edgar Industrial Bend. email: earl707@telus.net. and/or fax 403-347-7913

Truckers/ Drivers

BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841 MEGA CRANES is looking for a ticketed crane and boom truck operator. Must have Class 1. Good wages, benefits, 10% holiday pay, RRSP’s, and most evenings and weekends off. Fax resume to 885-4269 or email cathy@megacranes.com

Misc.

Help

880

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in Clearview Area Castle Crsc.

Clark Crsc. & Crawford St. $155/mo.

Clearview Ridge Carrington Drive & Crossley St. area $202.00/mo.

Deerpark Area 3 blks of Duston St. Denmark Crsc & West half of Donnelly Crsc. $94/mo.

Lancaster Area East half of Lampard Crsc. $61/mo.

ALSO Landry Bend Lacey Close & Lenon Close area $76/mo.

Good for adult with small car.

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in

880

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in GRANDVIEW MORRISROE MOUNTVIEW WEST PARK Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Are you our next store manager? We are searching high and low for an honest, friendly, service-minded individual to fill the role of General Manager for West Park Market.

This position oversees operations for a wellestablished, fast-paced, neighbourhood food store/ bakery. To apply, email your resume to westparkmarket@gmail. com or drop it off in person at #110 - 3722 57 Avenue, Red Deer, AB. No phone calls please.

Arnett & Burgess Pipeliners is seeking a

General Maintenance Worker for our Blackfalds office.

General office/shop/yard upkeep. P/T Flexible hours. Phone: 403.290.7800. Email: HR@ ABPIPELINERS.COM.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

NO EXP. NECESSARY!!

F.T. position available IMMEDIATELY in hog assembly yard in Red Deer. Starting wage $12/hr. Call Rich or Paul 403-346-6934

Carriers Needed

Timberlands Area Talson Place, Thomas Place Trimble Place, Traptow Place Timberstone Way $152/mo.

4 days/wk Flyers & Sun. Life IN PINES Patterson Cres. & Pamley Ave.

Michener Area West of 40th Ave. North Ross St. to 52 Street. $236/monthly

Piper Dr. & Pennington Cres.

Good for adult with small car.

Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

Pallo, Payne & Parsons Cl.

GAMES MUSIC - F/T Sales Clerk. Submit resume to 5209 50 Ave Red Deer

1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com Accounting

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1100

TANKMASTER RENTALS Contractors requires CLASS 1 BED TRUCK Operators for BRIAN’S DRYWALL Central Alberta. CompetiFraming, drywall, taping, tive wages and benefits. textured & t-bar ceilings, m.morton@tankmaster.ca 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980 or fax 403-340-8818

URS FLINT TUBULAR MANAGEMENT SERVICES requires Tubing Inspection operator, manual lathe operator, loader operator and Shop & Yard Laborers. Exp. an asset but will train to suit.

Competitive wages and benefits. Apply w/resume to: 4115 Henry St. (Blindman Industrial Park)

P/T CLASS 1 Truck Driver req’d to haul feed with B-Train Tanker to our farm in Ponoka. 2--3 days per wk, approx. 8-10 hrs. per day flexible hrs. Must have clean driving record Fax resume (403)783-5239 or email: vandepolfarms@yahoo.ca Phone 403-704-0257

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CLASSIFICATIONS

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

860

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Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

860

Truckers/ Drivers

COUNTERTOPS

Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia preferring non- combustible fibre cement, canexel & smart board, Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Escorts

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EDEN 587-877-7399 10am-midnight EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages 598-3049 www.eroticasplaymates.net LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Escorts

1165

IF you demand the best call Applebottoms 403-550-0558

Handyman Services

1200

GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089 TIRED of waiting? Call Renovation Rick, Jack of all trades. Handier than 9 men. 587-876-4396 or 587-272-1999

Massage Therapy

1280

ASIAN Executive Touch Exclusive for men. Open 10 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 5003-50 St. 403-348-5650

FANTASY SPA

GRAND OPENING APRIL 1 Gentle Touch Massage

4919 50 St. New staff. Daily Specials. New rear entry, lots of parking. 403-341-4445 HOT STONE, Body Balancing. 403-352-8269 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

Massage Therapy

1280

LINDA’S CHINESE MASSAGE

Moving & Storage

1300

BOXES? MOVING?

COUPLES SPECIAL SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

2nd person is 1/2 price.

Open daily 9 am-9 pm.

403-986-1550 #3 4820-47 Ave

VII MASSAGE

Feeling overwhelmed?

Hard work day? Come in and let us pamper you.

Pampering at its best. #7 7464 Gaetz Ave.(rear entrance if necessary) www.viimassage.biz In/Out Calls to Hotels.

403-986-6686 Open all holidays. 7 days/wk

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca

Personal Services

1315

SPECIALIZING in reuniting loved ones back to stay.

Stops divorce 100% guaranteed. Call toll free 1-888-382-4111 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Seniors’ Services

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ATT’N: SENIORS Are you looking for help on small jobs, around the house such as roof snow removal, bathroom fixtures, painting or flooring Call James 403- 341-0617 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346

HELPING HANDS For Seniors. Cleaning, cooking, companionship in home or in facility.

Call 403-346-7777 Better For Cheaper with a Low Price Guarantee. helpinghandshomesupport.com

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, March 25, 2013

880

CARRIERS REQUIRED to deliver the Central AB Life, one day a wk. in Rimbey & Sylvan Lake ALSO Adult Carriers needed in Sylvan Lake & Bentley Please call Debbie for details 314-4307

Currently seeking Newspaper carrier for morning delivery 6 DAYS PER WK. ( Monday - Saturday) in the town of Olds Earn $500+ for hour and a half per day.

Must have own vehicle.

18+ Needed ASAP Call Quitcy 403-314-4316 qmacaulay@ reddeer advocate.com

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

Baile Close Boyce St./ Byer Close Barrett Dr/ Beatty Crsc..

Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St

SUNNYBROOK AREA

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for

WANTED a good used behind the ear hearing aid.

403-346-4581

SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

Manufactured Homes

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

1680

1710

1720

DBLE boxspring and mattress, bought 2 yrs ago used 6 mos., $200, 403-347-3101

3040

Newly Reno’d Mobile FREE Shaw Cable + more $899/month Mauricia 403-340-0225

LOGS

3060

Suites AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2140

Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3010

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

2 BDRM. well cared for condo, North of river. Upgraded w/ hardwood floors, DRESSER w/mirror, $80; 4 appl. Avail. April 1 $975 matching chest of drawes, rent & s.d. (403) 356-1170 $50, call 403-347-3101

1760

1 BDRM. apt. in Penhold, $740/mo. Avail. immed.

Incl. most utils, no pets.

Call 403-886-5288

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail Please contact QUITCY

********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

Musical Instruments

1770

ROCKER amplifier RX-100 $50 403-227-2976

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com SYNIK CLOTHING, Gasoline Alley. F/T - P/T Great pay for right person.

Apply within w/resume.

920

Career Planning

WORK bench 7’ long x 16”D x 37”H 2 shelves, closed back with 8 doors 10 1/2” W $60; four 4 L jugs of antifreeze coolant and some gas line antifreeze bottles all for $7; 2 10’ tow ropes $10/ea; 1 tire foot pump with pressure gauge, multi purpose $10; 1 lg. blue enamel roaster $10 403-314-2026

walkout, fully furnished, 403-392-6665

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

THE NORDIC

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No sign of third party involvement in Russian tycoon’s death: police

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Putin’s spokesman acknowledged Sunday that the Russian president considered Berezovsky an enemy with clearly stated intentions to fight.

“We know for certain that he spared no expense in support of processes, within Russia and beyond, that could be said to have been directed against Russia and Putin,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the independent cable television channel Rain. “He definitely was Putin’s opponent, and unfortunately not only his political opponent, but most likely in other dimensions as well.”

In recent years, Berezovsky fended off legal attacks that often bore political undertones — and others that bit into his fortune.

Russia repeatedly sought to extradite on Berezovksy on a wide variety of criminal charges, and the tycoon vehemently rejected allegations over the years that he was linked to several deaths, including that of slain journalist Anna Politkovskaya and exKGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.

Berezovsky won a libel case in 2010 against a Kremlin-owned broadcaster that aired a show in which it was suggested he was behind the poisoning of Litvinenko, who had fled Russia with Berezovsky’s help after accusing officials there of plotting to assassinate political opponents.

He took a hit with his divorce from Galina Besharova in 2010, paying what was at the time Britain’s largest divorce settlement.

The figure beat a previous record of 48 million pounds ($73.1 million) and was estimated as high as 100 million pounds, though the exact figure was never confirmed.

Last year, Berezovsky lost a multibillion-pound High Court case against fellow Russian Roman Abramovich and was ordered to pay 35 million pounds ($53.3 million) in legal costs.

Syrian opposition plunges into disarray LEADER QUITS, MILITARY CHIEF REJECTS NEW PM

BEIRUT — Syria’s opposition plunged into disarray Sunday as its president quit and its military chief refused to recognize the newly elected prime minister of an interim government for rebel-held areas.

The moves reflected deep splits in the body the U.S. and its allies hope will emerge as the united face of the opposition and advance the fight to topple President Bashar Assad’s regime.

The missteps of the opposition’s mostly exile political leadership drew little notice inside Syria, where rebel fighters dismissed it as ineffective and pushed ahead with their offensive to gain ground near the country’s southern border with Jordan.

Nearby, the Israeli military in the Golan Heights responded to fire by shooting back at targets inside Syria.

The first blow to the opposition Syrian National Coalition was the surprise resignation of its president, who said he was quitting in frustration over what he called lack of international support and constraints imposed by the body itself.

Mouaz al-Khatib, who rose to prominence as a preacher in Damascus’ most famous mosque, said in a statement posted on his Facebook page that he was making good on an earlier vow to quit if undefined “red lines” were crossed.

“I am keeping my promise today and announcing my resignation from the National Coalition so that I can work with freedom that is not

available inside the official institutions,” he said.

He also blamed world powers for not offering Syria’s rebels the support they demand and complained that “international and regional parties” tried to push the Coalition toward negotiations with the Assad regime — something most members refuse.

“All that has happened to the Syrian people — from destruction of

infrastructure, to the arrest of tens of thousands, to the displacement of hundreds of thousands, to other tragedies — is not enough for an international decision to allow the Syrian people to defend themselves,” the statement said.

Despite electing a new, U.S.-educated prime minister last week to head a planned interim government, the Coalition has failed to make much of a mark

inside Syria, where hundreds of independent rebel brigades are fighting a civil war against Assad’s forces.

Reflecting the growing dissension over that move, the head of the Coalition’s military branch, Gen. Salim Idris, said his group refused to recognize the new prime minister, a little-known IT professional from Texas, because he lacked broad support among the opposition.

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A British police officer stands guard at a cordoned off road leading to the residence of Boris Berezovsky in Ascot, 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of London, Sunday. Boris Berezovsky, 67, a self-exiled and outspoken former Russian oligarch who had a bitter falling out with Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found dead Saturday in southeast England. Thames Valley police said his death was being treated as unexplained.

PARIS — Paris police used tear gas and batons to fight crowds who pushed their way onto the landmark Champs-Elysees avenue and toward the presidential palace as part of a huge protest against a draft law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children.

Hundreds of thousands of people — conservative activists, schoolchildren with their parents, retirees, priests — converged on the capital Sunday in a lastditch bid to stop the bill, many bused in from the French provinces.

The violence took protesters and police by surprise, and suggested that the anti-gay marriage protests have become outlets for anger and disappointment in the presidency of Francois Hollande’s presidency.

The lower house of France’s parliament approved the “marriage for everyone” bill last month with a large majority, and it’s facing a vote in the Senate next month. Both houses are dominated by Hollande’s Socialist Party and its allies.

Sustained protests led by opposition conservatives in this traditionally Catholic country have eroded support for the draft law in recent months, and organizers hope Sunday’s march will swing the Senate debate against it.

The first few hours of the protest were peaceful.

But as it was meant to be winding down, about 100 youths tried to push past police barricades onto the Champs-Elysees, a tree-lined avenue that cuts through central Paris and draws throngs of tourists daily. In an indication of the sensitivity of the issue, protesters had been barred from marching on the Champs.

Police officers wrangled with the youths, some with shaven heads and others wearing hoods or masks, and fired tear gas to force them back.

Gaining momentum, more and more protesters took side streets to reach the avenue, blocking a key intersection — and some made it within 100 metres (yards) from the grounds of the president’s Elysee Palace.

Police fired more tear gas, primarily at aggressive youths at the front of the crowd. Protesters of all ages were among those coughing and clutching their stinging eyes.

“Hollande, Resignation!” they chanted, before breaking into the French anthem, “La Marseillaise.”

When Hollande took office in May, most voters supported the idea of gay marriage and few expected it to face much of a challenge. But disillusionment with the president’s failure to stem rising unemployment or revive the economy — a much bigger concern for the French — have fueled resentment at the “marriage for everyone” bill.

An official with the Paris police headquarters said two people were arrested and no injuries were reported in Sunday’s clashes. The police official was not authorized to be publicly named in accordance with police policy.

The official estimated that 300,000 people took part in Sunday’s march, slightly less than a similar march in January. Organizers estimated some 1.4 million people took part in Sunday’s march, more than in the January protest.

Polls indicate a shrinking majority of French voters back gay marriage, which is legal in about a dozen mostly European nations and some U.S. states.

But polls show French voters are less enthusiastic about adoption by same-sex couples.

Frigide Barjot, the stage name of an activist who has led protests against the bill, insisted the anti-gay marriage movement wasn’t a lost cause, declaring: “It’s the second round, sir. It’s not the last battle.”

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LONDON — British police said Sunday they have no evidence to suggest third-party involvement in the death of Boris Berezovsky, the self-exiled Russian tycoon who went from Kremlin kingmaker to fiery critic.

With an investigation underway, police are treating the death of Berezovsky — who fled to Britain in the early 2000s after a bitter falling out with Russian President Vladimir Putin — as unexplained. But the former oligarch survived assassination attempts and recently faced financial difficulties, prompting speculation as to whether his death was part of a conspiracy — or suicide.

Police said Sunday it would be wrong to speculate on how Berezovsky died pending the results of an autopsy but that they had no reason to suspect “We are at the early stages of the investigation and we are retaining an open mind as we progress,” said Detective Chief Inspector Kevin Brown. “The investigation team is building a picture of the last days of Mr. Berezovsky’s life, speaking to close friends and family to gain a better understanding of his state of mind.”

Police released some details on the circumstances that triggered their investigation into his demise and a subsequent check for hazardous materials at the property in Ascot, a town 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of London where Berezovsky’s body was found on Saturday.

A call came into police from the local ambulance service at 3:23 p.m. GMT (11:23 a.m. EDT) Saturday saying a man had been found dead, Thames Valley Police said in a statement on Sunday.

The police said an employee of Berezovsky told how he had called an ambulance after becoming concerned for Berezovsky’s welfare and forced open a bathroom door locked from the inside to find the tycoon’s body on the floor.

The employee was the only person in the house when Berezovsky’s body was discovered, police said.

Members of the ex-oligarch’s family arrived at the home while the paramedic was on scene.

Police explained that after a paramedic declared Berezovsky dead and left the scene, a device measuring his exposure to radiation was triggered, which is why chemical and radiations experts were called to examine the property.

“Officers found nothing of concern in the property and we are now progressing the investigation as normal,” a statement from police said earlier, adding that the majority of the cordon put in place around the property has now been lifted.

Berezovsky — who had survived a number of assassination attempts — amassed a fortune through oil and automobiles during Russia’s chaotic privatization of state assets following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.

Once a member of Russian President Boris Yeltsin’s inner circle, Berezovsky fell out with Yeltsin’s successor, Putin, and fled Britain in the early 2000s to escape fraud charges that he said were politically motivated.

He became a strident and frequent critic of Putin, accusing the leader of ushering in a dictatorship, and accused the security services of organizing the 1999 apartment house bombings in Moscow and two other Russian cities that became a pretext for Russian troops to sweep into Chechnya for the second war there in half a decade.

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Achebe inspired generations of Nigerian writers

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This undated photo provided by Brown University shows Chinua Achebe at his home in Warwick, R.I. Achebe, an internationally celebrated Nigerian author, statesman and dissident, has died at age 82. Achebe’s 1958 novel, “Things Fall Apart,” is widely regarded as the first major work of modern African fiction and inspired others to tell the continent’s story through the eyes of those who lived there. He joined Brown University in 2009 as a professor of languages and literature.

Among those influenced by Achebe was Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who won the Orange Prize for Fiction for “Half of a Yellow Sun.” On Friday, she released an elegy she had written for Achebe in the Igbo language.

“Something has happened. Something big has happened. Chinua Achebe is gone. A great writer, a man of great wisdom, a man of good heart,” she wrote.

“Who are we going to boast about? Who are we going to take out to the world? Who is going to guide

Bloomberg, NRA chief spar on gun control

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Leading advocates for both sides in the national debate over guns urged voters on Sunday to make their opinion known to lawmakers ahead of critical votes next month in Congress that will determine whether gun rights groups can again thwart efforts to tighten firearms regulations even after the Connecticut school massacre.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Wayne LaPierre, the CEO and executive vice-president of the National Rifle Association, an influential gun rights lobbying group, claimed their opposing views on guns have the support of the overwhelming majority of Americans.

Both sides see the next two weeks as critical to the debate, when lawmakers head home to hear from constituents ahead of next month’s anticipated Senate vote on gun control legislation drafted in response to the December elementary school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, that left 20 children and six educators dead.

Bloomberg, a former Republicanturned-independent, has just sunk $12 million for Mayors Against Illegal Guns to run television ads and phone banks in 13 states urging voters to tell their senators to pass legislation requiring universal background checks for gun buyers.

“We demanded a plan and then we demanded a vote. We’ve got the plan, we’re going to get the vote. And now it’s incumbent on us to make our voices heard,” Bloomberg said in an interview on NBC television’s “Meet the Press.”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that legislation would likely be debated in his chamber next month that will include expanded federal background checks, tougher laws and stiffer sentences for gun trafficking and increased school safety grants.

Reid dropped aban on assault-style weapons from the bill, fearing it would sink the broader bill. But Reid has said that he would allow the ban to be voted on separately as an amendment to the bill. President Barack Obama called for a vote on the assault weapons ban in his radio and Internet address Saturday.

Still, the amendment banning assault weapons Is unlikely to be passed by the Democratic-controlled Senate where it takes 60 votes to advance measures to a final vote. About a dozen centrist Democratic senators from rural, Republican-leaning states are wary about supporting such restrictions. The legislation expanding background checks has better prospects in the Senate, but faces stiff opposition in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

Recalling the horrific shooting three months ago at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Bloomberg said it would be a great tragedy if Congress, through inaction, lost the moment to make the country safer from gun violence. Bloomberg said that 90 per cent of Americans and 80 per cent of National Rifle Association members support universal background checks for gun purchases.

“I don’t think there’s ever been an issue where the public has spoken so clearly, where Congress hasn’t eventually understood and done the right

thing,” Bloomberg said.

But the NRA’s LaPierre counters that universal background checks are “a dishonest premise” because mental health records are exempt from databases and criminals won’t submit to the checks. Background checks, he said, are a “speed bump” in the system that “slows down the law-abiding and does nothing for anybody else.”

“The shooters in Tucson, in Aurora, in Newtown, they’re not going to be checked. They’re unrecognizable,” LaPierre said. He was referring to the 2011 shooting in a Tucson shopping centre that killed six and wounded 13, including former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who is now an outspoken gun control advocate, and the July assault in a suburban Denver movie theatre that killed 12 and injured 70. In both instances, as well as in the Newtown killings, the alleged shooters used military-style assault rifles with highcapacity ammunition magazines.

LaPierre, who also appeared on “Meet the Press,” slammed the billionaire Bloomberg for the ad buy.

“He’s going to find out this is a country of the people, by the people, and for the people. And he can’t spend enough of his $27 billion to try to impose his will on the American public,” LaPierre said, adding, “He can’t buy America.”

“Millions of people” from across the country are sending the NRA “$5, $10, $15, $20 checks, saying stand up to this guy,” LaPierre said, referring to Bloomberg.

LaPierre said the NRA supports a bill to get the records of those adjudicated mentally incompetent and dangerous into the background check system for gun dealers, better enforcement of federal gun laws and beefed up penalties for illegal third-party purchases and gun trafficking. Shortly after the Newtown shooting, LaPierre called for armed security guards in schools as well.

LaPierre would like to see Congress pass a law that “updates the system and targets those mentally incompetent adjudicated into the system” and forces the administration to enforce the federal gun laws.

“It won’t happen until the national media gets on the administration and calls them out for their incredible lack of enforcement of these laws,” LaPierre said.

The NRA opposes universal background checks for gun purchasers, fearing it would lead to a national registry of gun owners that could be used by the government to some day confiscate guns.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns and other gun-control advocates cite studies that suggest about 40 per cent of U.S. gun transfers were conducted by private sellers not subject to federal laws requiring background checks.

In Colorado, a state with a pioneer tradition of gun ownership and selfreliance but also the scene of last summer’s massacre at an Aurora movie theatre, Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper just signed bills requiring background checks for private and online gun sales. The legislation also would ban ammunition magazines that hold more than 15 rounds.

“After the shootings last summer in the movie theatre, we really focused on mental health first then universal background checks,” Hickenlooper said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

us? A storm has passed! Tears fill my eyes.

“Chinua Achebe, go in peace. It is well with you.

Go in peace.”

Nigerian novelist Lola Shoneyin, whose works include “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives,” says Achebe’s fiction gives her something new each time she reads his work.

“In the last five decades, just about every post-colonial African author, one way or another, has been engaged in a creative call-and-response with Chinua Achebe,” she said.

Midwestern states watch as spring weather turns to winter storm

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Few signs of spring are being found in parts of the Midwest as a snowstorm tracks mostly along Interstate 70, bringing heavy snow and high winds.

The National Weather Service said parts of Colorado and northwest Kansas saw 10 to 15 inches of snow Saturday, and southwestern Nebraska had up to 7 inches. Winds gusting at speeds of up to 45 mph created snow drifts of 2 to 3 feet in the three states, said Ryan Husted, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Goodland, Kan. “We have pretty much cleared out.

Sunny skies. It’s starting to melt a little bit,” Husted said Sunday.

Points eastward weren’t as lucky as the system moved on. Winter storm warnings and advisories have been issued for Sunday and Monday as far east as Pennsylvania.

The storm dumped 7 to 9 inches of snow from eastern Kansas into central Missouri before tapering off Sunday morning, Dan Hawblitzel, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in suburban Kansas City, said. In the mid-Missouri town of Columbia, TV station KOMU was briefly evacuated Sunday morning because of high winds and a heavy buildup of snow on the broadcast tower next to the building.

But there was no cause for college basketball fans in Kansas City to be concerned, as the snow didn’t affect the NCAA men’s tournament schedule.

“The snow is not an issue,” said Wynn Butler, 62, of Manhattan, Kan., who was in town with his daughter, a University of Kansas graduate, to watch her alma mater take on North Carolina. He said his car is in a parking garage, and he can walk from his hotel to the Sprint Center. Butler also figures the roads will be clear before they leave after the game, which was scheduled to start late Sunday.

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LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerian author Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani was just 10 years old when she first read Chinua Achebe’s groundbreaking novel “Things Fall Apart.”

She devoured the rich use of Igbo proverbs in his book, which forever changed Africa’s portrayal in literature.

That inspiration carried over into the creation of a pivotal character in her debut work, “I Do Not Come to You by Chance,” which pulls readers into the dark and greedy world of Nigerian Internet scam artists.

“Like many contemporary Nigerian writers, I grew up on a literary diet that comprised a huge dose of Achebe’s works,” she said. “My parents were so proud of his accomplishments, and quoted the Igbo proverbs in his books almost as frequently as they quoted Shakespeare.”

Achebe’s death at the age of 82 was announced Friday by his publisher. His works inspired countless writers around the world, though the literary style of “Things Fall Apart,” first published in 1958, particularly transformed the way novelists wrote about Africa.

Adewale Maja-Pearce, a literary critic who succeeded Achebe as the editor of Heinemann’s African Writers Series, called him a pioneer whose “contribution is immeasurable.”

In breaking with the Eurocentric lens of viewing the continent through the eyes of outsiders, Achebe took readers to a place full of complex characters who told their stories in their own words and style.

Achebe once wrote that a major goal “was to challenge stereotypes, myths, and the image of ourselves and our continent.”

He resisted the idea that he was the father of modern African literature, recalling a rich and ancient tradition of storytelling on the continent. Still, his influence on younger writers of the late 20th and early 21st century, particularly those from his homeland, was undeniable.

“Achebe’s influence has been completely seminal and inspirational, and there are writers that have been called the School of Achebe who have imitated his style,” said Chukwuma Azuonye, professor of African and African Diaspora Literatures at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.

A newer crop of successful novelists with ties to Nigeria has broken away from Achebe’s mode, Azuonye said, developing their own modernist style of writing that focuses on clashes of cultures and other issues facing Nigerians abroad.

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