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‘THE SYSTEM LET ME DOWN’ A Red Deer woman says the closure of Michener Centre has forced her to give up her brother’s guardianship STORY ON PAGE A2

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The province will close Michener Centre next year, saying institutional settings contradict today’s best practices for mentally challenged care. The 125 residents will be moved into group homes or seniors care facilities.

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Michener closure leaves siblings in a tough spot ‘IT’S ALL I CAN DO. I’M TIRED OF FIGHTING THE SYSTEM.’

BY RANDY FIEDLER ADVOCATE STAFF Michener Centre’s closure next year has forced a Red Deer woman to give up her brother’s guardianship.

Iris Meehan said the care facility was the last best chance to get help for Terry Kalynka’s mental challenges and illness.

“I’m turning over my guardianship to the Alberta Public Guardian,” she said.

“It’s all I can do. I’m tired of fighting the system.”

The province will close Michener Centre next year, saying institutional settings contradict today’s best practices for mentally challenged care. The 125 residents will be moved into group homes or seniors care facilities.

Meehan said Kalynka, 62, is happy at Ponoka’s Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury, where he’s been more than a year.

“They’ve become his family. He’s treated like gold but you can’t live in a hospital.”

Institutionalized at 20 after his father’s death, Kalynka spent years in Saskatchewan disabled care as well as at Prince Albert’s Regional Mental Health Centre. Since moving to Alberta, his family’s tried group homes and personal care.

“I worked in group homes for seven years and I didn’t find them particularly good for other people and certainly not for my brother,” explained Meehan. “After that, he was with the most wonderful proprietors, but he burned them out.”

Describing Kalynka as a “simple minded” schizophrenic and hypochondriac, his sister said he has a recurring pattern of violence.

“He has a gentle nature but he’s kind of cowardly.

“When he’s violent, he’s sneaky,” she said, describing his past attacks on health providers and other group home residents.

“He’s on anti-psychotics. He’s dangerous to himself and others.”

Meehan toured Michener Centre and thought “it was a great facility and would be an excellent place for my brother.

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Iris Meehan is giving up guardianship to her mentally challenged and ill brother Terry Kalynka, saying Michener Centre’s closure takes away her last option for his care. be themselves. If they shut down Michener, they’re doing a great disservice.”

She contacted Red Deer North MLA Mary Anne Jablonski who, despite being “a very warm and caring person,” couldn’t help her.

Bill Lough, president of the Society of Parents and Friends of Michener Services, said Meehan’s problems are common among his group’s members fighting the centre’s closure.

“She’s not alone. At every public meeting, we’ve always had someone there terrified that they’re simply being put back into a system that’s already failed them.

“Michener has such excellent staff in dealing with complex needs, aggressive behaviour residents,” he said, adding other care situations can’t always “guarantee quality of life and security of individual.”

Dennis Nault, the special services director for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Central Region, said aggressive clients

in both group homes and the centre undergo applied behavioural analyses by behavioural consultants to determine the aggression’s triggers and develop a plan to avoid or eliminate them.

“Everyone is treated individually. Some need to have such things as a quiet room and there are people who may have to be physically restricted.

Every plan is reviewed by a psychologist so we provide a high degree of ethics.”

Kalynka’s care troubles are worsened by Meehan’s approaching retirement move to B.C. “I’m 63 and I’m kind of tired of the Alberta Advantage. I want peace and harmony and I won’t get that here as exemplified by the treatment of the disabled.

“I fought hard for him, but the system’s let me down.” rfiedler@reddeeradvocate.com

P3 project could reduce courthouse crowding

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Attracting private investment could break down the funding obstacles facing construction of a new courthouse in Red Deer.

Retired Queen’s Bench justice Jim Foster said on Friday that the lack of court space in Red Deer is creating backlogs in what has become the busiest judicial district outside of Calgary and Edmonton.

Backlogs are especially severe in family court.

Foster is one of three community leaders who are pushing for a bigger courthouse to serve Central Alberta. Foster was a Red Deer MLA and Alberta attorney general before his appointment to the Court of Queen’s Bench.

Rounding out the team are Red Deer Mayor Morris Flewwelling and lawyer Brent Handel, president of the Central Alberta Bar Association.

Foster met privately on Thursday with Justice Minister Jonathan Denis, just hours after the minister met in Edmonton with Flewwelling and Red Deer MLAs Mary Anne Jablonski and Cal Dallas.

The focus of those meetings has turned to the potential for a P3 (public-private partnership) project, which Jablonski first raised with Denis during question period in the legislature on April 9.

Denis replied that a P3 contract could be an op-

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tion, alongside other measures being taken to improve courtroom efficiencies.

Foster said he is “delighted” that the minister is considering a P3 contract as a means of funding a new courthouse in Red Deer.

He said a P3 proposal was planned for the Calgary courthouse while Ralph Klein was premier, but that proposal broke down and the building was funded through more conventional means.

The Red Deer plan is to have the city swap its former RCMP site for the existing courthouse, which would then be converted to office space for city departments. The province would hold ownership of the RCMP site, but would seek a private contractor to erect the building, which the contractor would then lease back to the province in a long-term contract.

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Red Deer’s crisis in courtroom space is not comparable with other jurisdictions, such as Sherwood Park, where court is held in a shopping centre, said Foster. Although Sherwood Park has also been identified as a district in need of a new courthouse, it serves a selection of smaller communities and needs only four courtrooms, he said.

Red Deer’s judicial district, by comparison, has expanded significantly and the area population has doubled in the 30 years since the existing courthouse was opened, he said.

A recent study on courtroom needs in Red Deer calls for a 28,000-square-metre building (300,000 square feet) with 15 courtrooms. Construction cost is estimated at $250 million, said Foster.

The existing courthouse is 9,000 square metres and seven courtrooms.

Foster said the justice minister asked him to canvass opinions from the community of judges who sit in Red Deer. He anticipates that they will support the proposal.

The question of judiciary independence has been raised in the past, but doesn’t hold much weight given that there are other sites in the province where court space is leased from private businesses, such as shopping malls, he said.

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A line forms to shake the hand of officer Raymond Coldero, right, as a crowd reacts to news of the arrest of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects during a celebration at Boston Common, Friday, April 19, 2013, in Boston.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured in Watertown, Mass. The 19-year-old college student wanted in the bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother and accomplice dead.

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BRIEFS RCMP officer ordered to stand trial on assault charge A RCMP officer stationed in Hobbema has been ordered to stand trial.

Following a preliminary hearing on Monday and Tuesday, the court determined that Const. Ronald Craig Lavallee would stand trial. A date has not been set.

In late August 2012, RCMP laid a charge of assault stemming from a complaint from a member of the public. The person alleged that excessive force was used during an arrest that took place in Hobbema.

RCMP did not give further details.

Lavallee is on medical leave. He has worked with the RCMP for more than six years. He has also worked at the Ponoka RCMP detachment.

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briefing to lift a “stay indoors” order when news broke that they had Tsarnaev cornered in a boat in winter storage in a residential backyard.

They were reportedly tipped off by the owner of the house, who noticed the tarp covering his pleasure boat had been slashed when he went outside for a cigarette. When he peeked inside, he saw a pool of blood and a body and called 9-11.

After a brief standoff and the arrival of police negotiators, authorities announced that Tsarnaev had given himself up and was being transported to hospital. He was in serious condition.

“We got him,” one officer said as neighbours erupted into cheers and applause and high-fived the hundreds of law enforcement officials on the scene.

Details about the two brothers, who immigrated to the U.S. about a decade ago, emerged at a fast and furious pace all day as family members and associates spoke openly to news media while social media disclosed a treasure trove of personal details.

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This still frame from video shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev visible through an ambulance after he was captured in Watertown, Mass., Friday.

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“We wanted this to be a Central Alberta united issue. We need the courthouse, bottom line. We need more court facilities.” bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

Denis also downplayed the issue of judiciary independence in his response to Jablonski, saying that the question of who owns the courthouse has not stopped people from suing the province.

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WASHINGTON — Americans cheered Friday as a dragnet seemingly lifted from the script of a Hollywood action movie ended with the capture of one of two Russian-born Chechen brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings after the beloved, bustling city was brought to a standstill for the day.

The suspect, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was taken into police custody after hiding in a boat in a residential backyard in suburban Watertown, the epicentre of a massive manhunt all day.

His capture came after a stunning chain of events that transfixed a nation at the end of a dreadful week. On Monday, a pair of bloody bombings at the famed marathon killed three people, including an eight-year-old boy, and wounded more than 170 others, some of them grievously.

U.S. President Barack Obama praised Americans in remarks at the White House after Tsarnaev’s capture.

“All in all, this has been a tough week, but we’ve seen the character of our country once more,” Obama said.

“And as president, I’m confident that we have the courage and the resilience and the spirit to overcome these challenges and to go forward.”

He added “there are still many unanswered questions” about the bombings, and he’s directed the FBI and other agencies to get those answers.

“We will determine what happened,” he said while also cautioning Americans not to “rush to judgment.”

Tips about the identities of Tsarnaev and his

26-year-old brother, Tamerlan, began pouring into the FBI soon after the agency released their images publicly on Thursday afternoon, setting off a rapidfire sequence of developments.

The FBI got a huge helping hand from Jeff Bauman, the subject of the horrifying photo taken immediately after the bombing that showed him with both legs blown off below the knee.

Bauman, 27, provided a highly detailed description of Tamerlan Tsarnaev — even sketching him for police from his hospital bed on Wednesday night — that allowed investigators to zero in on a culprit as they pored over a department store surveillance tape of the crowds gathered at the race’s finish line.

Bauman saw the man drop a knapsack at his feet shortly before the blasts.

“He woke up under so much drugs, asked for a paper and pen and wrote, ’bag, saw the guy, looked right at me,”’ Bauman’s brother, Chris, told the Bloomberg news organization earlier this week.

Within hours of the release of their images, authorities say the Tsarnaev brothers had gunned down Sean Collier, 26, a police officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as he sat in his cruiser at 10:20 p.m. Collier had not drawn his weapon.

Police say the brothers then hijacked a Mercedes SUV, holding the driver captive for a half-hour while they used his cash card to withdraw $800 at an ATM. The man, who told police the brothers had confessed their crimes to him, was released unharmed at a gas station in Cambridge, across the Charles River from Boston.

The suspects then sped west in the SUV car toward Watertown, with police in hot pursuit as explosive devices were tossed at them out the window. The brothers soon engaged in a gun battle with police that left Tamerlan dead and Dzhokhar at large after he drove the vehicle over his wounded brother.

Authorities reportedly attempted to track him by a trail of blood after he abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot.

Among the explosives hurled during the firefight was another pressure-cooker bomb of the type used in the marathon blasts, CBS News reported. The pressure cooker’s lid apparently came loose as it was thrown, preventing its full detonation.

There was a major explosion during the gun battle, however, evident on audio and video tape of the mayhem. The New York Times also reported that Tamerlan Tsarnaev may have had a homemade bomb strapped to his body when he went down in a hail of police gunfire.

As dawn broke, heavily armed police swarmed Boston and its suburbs, placing the metropolitan area on lockdown as they searched for Tsarnaev. By late afternoon, they conceded their search had thus far been fruitless.

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Redford’s fortunes are falling PREMIER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR BAD DECISIONS BY PREDECESSORS, BUT MAY BE FORCED TO PAY Why should we care about a dubious $7,000 out-of-country expense approved by a senior Alberta Health administrator for a work colleague six years ago?

A l b e r t a Health, after all, will spend $7,000 every 13 seconds, every minute of every day this year.

We should care because the same Alberta Progressive Conservative Party that managed all that JOE spending has MCLAUGHLIN been in power since 1971.

It’s under new leadership but has an enduring sense of entitlement borne of 12 consecutive majority governments in the past 41 years.

This government takes pains to care for its friends.

We should care because initial government response to the news — uncovered by the Wildrose Party through freedom-of-information requests — was demeaning and dismissive.

We should care because the bottomline message is that one the one hand the Alberta health system of the day was deemed wholly sufficient for sick Albertans.

On the other hand, the system was judged suspect, if not second-rate, for Albertans with power, influence and deep inside knowledge of its strengths and flaws.

The incident arose in 2007 after Michele Lahey, then chief executive officer and vice-president of Capital Health, had a cancer scare.

She was tested locally and nothing was found.

Lahey then travelled to Minnesota for a second cancer test.

She did so on the advice of her boss, Sheila Weatherill, who said the Alberta government would pick up the tab.

The second Mayo Clinic test, which cost Albertans $7,725, confirmed the first one in Alberta.

Any private Albertans with the money, abundance of caution and fear of cancer could have made the same expensive trek to allay their worst fears.

But it’s not the same for a private citizen to act on worries about the quality of care offered in Alberta than for a one of its most senior managers to imply a second, out-of-province test was needed.

Nor is it the same for a worried civilian to pay the steep cost of an ex-

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pensive American diagnosis than for the head of a provincial health region to put the tab for her subordinate on the taxpayers’ bill.

This news is bound to damage the Progressive Conservative government brand and the sinking fortunes of Premier Alison Redford.

A public opinion poll released by the respected Angus Reid agency last week shows Redford’s personal popularity among Albertans is crashing.

Eight months ago, she was soaring in the polls, garnering a 55 per cent approval rating.

The new poll shows a stunning nosedive: only 29 per cent of respondents rated her favourably.

Even worse, Redford’s personal numbers are barely half those of Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith (53 per cent).

They also lag behind ratings for NDP Leader Brian Mason and Liberal Leader Raj Sherman (both at 34 per cent), whose parties each captured only one in 10 votes cast in the 2012 provincial election.

Redford’s precipitous tumble in the poll comes hard on the heels of her

budget last month.

It featured deep cuts in every provincial spending envelope and longstanding promises broken for certain Albertans (i.e. Michener Centre closure.)

News about the double standard for health care that was in play under Redford’s predecessor will fold into the growing narrative about abandoned Tory commitments.

With at least three more years in power, the Alberta government has time before the next election to improve its performance and image.

The premier does not have that same luxury of time.

She faces a leadership review by Progressive Conservative party members in November.

History shows they have little patience.

It’s instructive to contrast the outpouring of heartfelt comments for the beloved late Premier Ralph Klein last month and the brutal way he was ditched by rank and file Alberta Conservatives.

Previous to the 2006 convention, Klein consistently got votes from

more than 90 per cent of delegates and that was the benchmark he set for himself.

That year, his long political career ended abysmally when he captured only 55 per cent of votes from party members.

That’s the same mark Redford scored in the latest Angus Reid poll.

Tuesday marks the first anniversary of her stunning 2012 election victory.

Now she faces a remarkable battle to survive a second year.

Fifty-five per cent didn’t cut it for Klein seven years ago.

Anything close to that number in future public opinion polls leading to the November party convention will doom Redford to a similar fate.

It may not be fair, but Alberta politics are bruising where it really counts, inside the Progressive Conservative Party.

They can be quick and merciless with the scalpel.

Joe McLaughlin is a retired former managing editor of the Red Deer Advocate.

The battle for Burma involves violence, silence Last month, as the anti-Muslim vio- tion about their Burmese citizenship. lence in Burma spread from Rakhine There is a large military base in Meikstate in western Burma to the cen- tila, and yet for two days the army did tral Burmese city of Meiktila, Aung not intervene to protect the Muslims.

San Suu Kyi sat among the And once again, Aung San generals on the reviewing Suu Kyi did not condemn stand as the Burmese army what was happening. marched past on Armed What is going on here?

Forces Day. There is a long game beShe is seen as a saint ing played in Burma, and by many people — but she we will not know its outdidn’t say anything about come until the national Meiktila, where just days elections scheduled for before at least 40 people 2015. were killed and 12,000 made The officer who launched homeless. a democratic transition afShe hasn’t condemned ter he became president the far greater violence in 2011, Gen. Thein Sein, GWYNNE against the Muslim Rohingseems willing to return the DYER yas of Rakhine state durcountry to civilian control ing the past year either, after fifty years of military but there she had at least rule — but he certainly inthe flimsy excuse that this tends to retain a major role group are portrayed by the military for the army in Burma’s politics. regime as illegal immigrants from BanThein Sein’s main motive for withgladesh. drawing the military from power is The military regime even revoked probably to end the country’s pariah their Burmese citizenship in 1982, and status. they have never got it back.

As a result of the brutal and corrupt The claim that the Rohingyas are rule of the generals, Burma has long foreigners is a despicable lie – the first been the poorest country in the region. written mention of Rohingyas in Rakh- But there are several reasons why he ine dates back to 1799 — but Aung San would want to keep the army’s influSuu Kyi didn’t say that. ence high.

She just murmured that “We have One reason is that his fellow generto be very clear about what the laws of als would overthrow him if he did not citizenship are and who are entitled to protect them from future prosecution them.” for their past crimes. Another is that Meiktila, however, was different. the army is obsessed with maintaining The Muslims of Meiktila, who make Burma’s unity. up a third of the city’s population, are Only two-thirds of the country’s 60 not Rohingya, and there is no ques- million people are actually ethnic Bur-

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mese, living mostly in the Irrawaddy river basin.

All around the frontiers are large ethnic minorities — Shan, Karen, Mon, Kachin — most of which have fought against the centralizing policies of the military dictatorship in the past.

The military don’t believe that a strictly civilian government would be tough enough to hold the country together, so they have no intention of giving up power completely.

As things stand now, however, that is precisely what will happen: in last year’s by-elections, Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy won 43 out of 44 parliamentary seats at stake.

The military’s candidates would be simply wiped out in the 2015 elections.

The army has to find some way to make itself more popular politically, and the obvious way is to position itself as the defender of Burmese unity against treacherous minorities.

Then it might win support from the majority population — or so it clearly believes.

The real separatists are way up on the frontiers of the country, far from the view of the majority population — but the Muslim (five per cent), Chinese (2.5 per cent) and Indian (1.5 per cent) minorities live right amongst the ethnic Burmese majority.

So far only the Muslims have been targeted, but there is reason to suspect that the military were implicated even in the first outbreak of anti-Rohingya violence in Rakhine.

There is no doubt that the army is now complicit in anti-Muslim violence elsewhere in Burma.

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The military are clearly hoping that Aung San Suu Kyi will speak out in defence of the Muslim Burmese, and thereby lose her popular support among the highly nationalistic majority. Knowing this, she has chosen to remain silent, presumably thinking that all this can be fixed after she wins the 2015 election. This is almost certainly a mistake.

The transition from a long-lasting tyranny to a democracy is particularly tricky in ethnically complicated countries, and there are two recent examples that might offer her some guidance.

One was the end of communist rule in Yugoslavia in 1991, when the Serbian communist elite, led by Slobodan Milosevic, tried to keep its hold on power by playing on Serbian resentment of the other nationalities.

The result was a decade of war and the fragmentation of the former Yugoslav federation into seven successor states.

The other was South Africa, an even more complex ethnic stew.

There the ruling white minority surrendered power voluntarily, and Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress did not pursue the politics of vengeance. As a result, the country is democratic, and it is still united and at peace.

At some point in the next two years, Aung San Suu Kyi is going to have to decide which way she wants to go.

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Natural gas is the future fuel Is oil demand near its peak because buses and garbage trucks, the transithe world doesn’t need as much as tion to natural gas from gasoline or much as was, until recentdiesel fuel is already well ly, expected? It is a critical underway in the United question for Canada since States and China in particuour governments are betting lar. But this switch is startso heavily on oilsands deing to spread to ships and velopment as a key source railways as well. of future wealth and jobs.

Natural gas offers three If global oil demand will attractions: peak soon, then oil prices ● with fracking there apwill decline and tax and pears to be a huge potential royalty revenues for public supply around the world; treasuries will be poorer ● it is much cheaper than than expected, creating oil; budget challenges. ● it is cleaner than oil DAVID Seth Kleinman, global and important in addressing head of energy strategy at climate change, although it CRANE New York-based Citigroup, still generates greenhouse is one of those who believes gas emissions. we are in a major energy Natural gas can also be transition point where the substituted for oil in the combination of a fast-developing sub- petrochemicals industry. stitution of natural gas for oil in transEconomics and the environment are portation and industry, along with ma- now in sync; according to the U.S. Enjor improvements in the fuel efficiency ergy Information Administration, dieof vehicles, means that earlier fore- sel fuel emits 161.3 pounds of greencasts of steadily rising demand and house gases per million British Therprices for oil are wrong. mal Units while gasoline emits 157.2 “The prospect of oil demand hitting pounds, propane 139 pounds and natua plateau this decade is much more ral gas 117 pounds. feasible than the market seems to Moreover, on a well-to-wheels basis, think,” he wrote in a recent commen- oilsands oil is estimated to generate 22 tary for Financial Times. per cent more greenhouse gases than In fact, starting with the trucking conventional oil. industry and fleets, such as municipal In the United States, President Ba-

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rack Obama has made the transition to natural gas in trucking and other forms of transportation a priority in his energy strategy. China is doing much the same.

In Canada, the federal government is failing to lead.

But British Columbia, in addition to a carbon tax, is providing incentives for municipalities to switch buses to natural gas and in Alberta, a number of natural gas fuelling stations for the trucking industry are under construction.

At the same time, the stage is being set for a transition to natural gas in Ontario and Quebec if their provincial governments act. Pipelines are bringing natural gas from the Marcellus shale deposit in Pennsylvania or are being built to bring gas from Pennsylvania and Ohio.

At the same time, Royal Dutch Shell is to build a gas liquefaction plant near Sarnia for heavy trucks and Great Lakes shipping. And Canadian National Railway is experimenting with the use of natural gas rather than diesel for rail locomotives.

In Canada, it is estimated that liquefied natural gas, on a per-litre equivalent basis, may be as much as 40 per cent cheaper than diesel.

As Kleinman says, “the prospect for oil demand hitting a plateau this decade is much more feasible than the

market seems to think.”

He argues that improvements in fuel efficiency in vehicles will in themselves make for a significant cut in oil demand. But “when you add in the shift from oil to natural gas, it should be enough to stop the forecasters of another boom in oil prices in their tracks.”

And this, of course, could mean much lower oil prices.

Interestingly, economics may be leading the way in what environmentalists have urged from some time — reducing our dependence on coal and oil.

In the U.S., more electricity is now generated from natural gas than coal.

At the same time, the campaigning by environmentalists for energy efficiency is also changing the energy map — efficiency standards for lighting and household appliances are curbing the growth of electricity demand and will do so even more in the future as new equipment replaces older equipment.

Our challenge in Canada is to be a player in the transition to a cleaner and more efficient energy system, which is more compatible with the need for environmental sustainability.

If Canada is to have an energy strategy, this has to be its focus.

Economist David Crane is a syndicated Toronto Star columnist. He can be reached at crane@interlog.com.

Remember your first bicycle?

Do you remember your first bicycle? It wasn’t one of those with a giant front wheel the size of a house and a tiny back wheel the size of a little wee house, was it?

Of course it wasn’t, although my sister Hedy had one almost like that on account of she’s a lot older than me. But hers was a tricycle that did in fact have a big front wheel and a fuzzy sheepskin cover on the seat that made it quite fun to ride for a little brother who wasn’t supposed to ride it.

She and Mom used to put coloured flowers made out of HARLEY tissue paper on all the spokes HAY and streamers on the handlebars when it was parade time at the Parkvale playground, and it always was the best bicycle there. And of course I had to steal a ride and I’d rattle off down the sidewalk at full tilt, streamers streaming and flowers flying. Bugs in my teeth.

Which reminds me that I was thinking about the present day the other day, which of course in this town means I was thinking — not necessarily voluntarily — about the bike lanes again.

My Rotten Kid, the son one, just came back from Australia to work here for the summer, and we went somewhere and he was driving, and one of the first things he said was: “What lane am I supposed to be in?” I shrugged audibly because although I haven’t been to Australia I’m still just as confused about the markings on the road.

When you can actually see the road surface about 40 or so days of the year, those unfortunate designated bike lane streets look like a demented life-sized game of Snakes and Ladders.

You can still see the old markings, along with the new markings — none of which make any sense whatsoever.

So here we all are, driving away in our motorized vehicles, intensely concentrating on the pavement instead of where we are going. Weaving away in and out of white lines, yellow lines, previously existing lines, diagonal lines and other markings as cryptic as crop circles and alien drawings they find in Peru.

Drivers and riders alike have to be either clairvoyant or have an advanced degree in cryptology to be able to interpret the street hieroglyphics.

But guess what? The only thing missing on these roadway bike lanes, of course, are bicycles. Cyclists are often smart people. They wouldn’t think of taking their life in their hands out on the new bicycle lanes.

If they could see them underneath the latest snowfall, that is.

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Which got me to thinking about the past again.

I clearly remember my first new bicycle. I was sufficiently spoiled so badly that I “bought” the fanciest bike you ever saw with my “allowance” of 50 cents a week to be paid back to my Mom and Dad. (Cue hysterical laughter). The golden racer stood gleaming in the window of Horsley’s Hardware downtown until my drool marks on the outside of the window got so bad they had to take the bike out of the window display.

It was, miraculously, a three speed, with brake clutches on the handle bars, which meant you could actually pedal backwards if you wanted to! It had the curved racing handle bars, and super thin tires. And get this — it had a “generator” thingie that rubbed on the tire and made a little headlight work, which made it harder to pedal for a wimpy beam of light about as powerful as a candle at noon. But did I mention the bike was painted gold?

I was the proudest kid with a new bicycle in the long history of kids with new bicycles.

And it only took me about three days before I crashed.

See, the bike was a little on the tall side for a short kid like me, in that I couldn’t really touch the ground all that well with both feet whilst sitting on the golden racer.

Also, although the curved handle bars and skinny tires were great for professional bicycle racers before they invented performance-enhancing drugs, a racing bike didn’t necessarily translate all that well to the slippery streets of Parkvale.

And besides, I kept pulling the front brake instead of the back wheel brake, and you know what happens when you lock up the front wheel of a rapidly moving bicycle.

In fact, I don’t normally like to tell on my Better Half (cue cynical laughter) but she surely knows of what I speak, so to speak. She tells the story of growing up at Sylvan Lake and heading off on her 10

speed. She’s pedalling away down the sloped road towards the lake and she’s picking up some good speed. And she’s made the mistake of hanging her little purse on the handlebars.

You can see where this is going. Or more to the point: where this is stopping.

Yep, the purse gets caught in her front wheel, sending her head over teakettle, flying over the handlebars like Evel Knievel, only more graceful on account of her dance lessons. She wasn’t wearing a helmet — you didn’t have to in those days before bike lanes — and I often wonder if a hard knock to the head had anything to do with the fact that she consented to go out with me when we met many years later.

Still, both of us experienced what all bicyclists experience sooner or later — a bad case of road rash, a bent bicycle and a smarter approach to safety on a bike.

Well at least she did. I went on to crash on a fairly regular basis.

And that’s why when one of our city councillors told me the other day that although they make hundreds of important, profound and complex decisions every year, all anybody wants to talk about are the bike lanes.

And all I could say was, ‘I’m not surprised.” And then it got me thinking again.

Remember when bikes didn’t have chain guards and you forgot to wear one of those metal clips that held your pant leg tight or you didn’t tuck your pant leg into your sock and you kept getting your pant leg wedged into the chain sprocket, and you had to do the hippity-hop backwards trying to free your leg until you fell over still attached to your bike?

At least we didn’t have to worry about bike lanes.

Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

Somewhere, sometime, someone must care “All emergency personnel are busy dence? with other callers, but please stay on After giving my name, date of birth, the line and we will answer your call my cell number and my home number as soon as possible.” and address, I was asked These words greeted me what the problem was. I as I tried to reach the RCMP explained briefly what we to report an erratic driver had observed, and after an bouncing off both curbs, assurance that an officer first on 32nd Street and then would be sent to check it stopping traffic at the interout, I went to my appointsection at 40th Avenue. ment.

Without a doubt this drivSurprisingly I was not er was on some kind of subasked if I was driving while stance. phoning, which I wasn’t by Having received no anthe way. swer by the time we reached What with the 911 opera39th Street, I hung up the tor and telephone switchCHRIS phone in disgust. ing, and then a busy RCMP SALOMONS As I had an appointment, switchboard, a call that we were not able to follow should have taken three this driver, so after dropminutes was eventually ping off my wife at home, I stretched out to 15. proceeded to my appointment.

By that time, the erratic driver was Seven minutes later, as I was park- either long gone or involved in an acing at my appointment, I got a call from cident that could have been fatal conthe RCMP stating that a call had been sidering the speed at which he was made from my phone and was there an driving. emergency?

I do not blame the officers on the I wonder what would have been the street in any way, because they too are response if I had been a woman alone victims of budget cuts and restraints, with someone breaking into my resi- and protocols forced on them by bu-

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reaucrats, who force them to follow sometimes ridiculous rules. There is no group more controlled or governed than the police.

But the effect on people like myself is that we feel that we are under the microscope and not the perpetrators, which eventually makes us ask, “Why should I care?”

There must be a new crystal meth lab in town because on Monday of this week, two young women under the age of 20 came into the kitchen totally strung out.

The pock marks on their faces automatically told us what they were on.

By Tuesday, they were slowing down a bit, so as one of them came to the counter, I tried to engage her long enough to try to tell her to get off that crap. She asked me why, so I told her that we all cared deeply for her.

Her response was quick and to the point: “I doubt that anyone really loves me and besides, why do you care?”

Indeed, why do I care?

I had nothing to do with her current condition, nor with her baby who was born and subsequently taken away, nor with the boyfriend she had passing away, so why would I care?

The answer to either situation varies with the number of people you ask, and science will tell you that there is a hairy follicle growing on the inside right portion of your brain that when tickled produces empathy to the rest of your brain. Sorry, that one got away on me!

The one thing that answers it for me is that I am loved and cared for, so I am able in turn to care for others and also the conditions around me. It produces the desire in me to see to the well-being of others, and also to construct and maintain my environment for my own well-being and those associated with me.

So I care when a DUI driver erratically and carelessly kills a child crossing the street or loving parents in another vehicle.

I care when a young girl is raped or molested and then spends the rest of her life trying to bury the pain.

And I care that the environment in which I live is a constructive and a safe place in which to raise a child or grandchild.

That’s worth caring about isn’t it?

Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

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Landry said he decided to ask for changes to the Criminal Code after meeting with Leah Parsons, Rehtaeh’s mother.

“It’s one of the commitments that I made last week to Ms. Parsons in the discussion,” said Landry.

“As I heard her and others speak, it’s about images getting out there that don’t have the permission of the parties involved.”

Landry said he would like to see the law also result in the prosecution of people who redistribute the images in question. But he added that part of his discussion with Nicholson would focus on whether such a law would be enforceable.

Dan MacRury, a Crown prosecutor who is Nova Scotia’s representative on a national cybercrime

TORONTO — A Canadian woman held for 18 months in Mexico for allegedly plotting to smuggle the son of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi into the country has been released from prison, her father said Friday.

However, an emotional John MacDonald said he won’t fully believe that his daughter, Cynthia (Cyndy) Vanier, is free until she’s back in Canada.

“We don’t want to say or do anything until we see the whites of her eyes and she’s home,” MacDonald said from Brampton, Ont. “I just want to have a hold of her, that’s all.”

Vanier was in an immigration processing centre, MacDonald said, adding he was hoping to see her home “in the next day or two.”

MacDonald said Vanier, 52, managed a brief early-morning call from outside the gates of the prison in Chetumal in southern Mexico to say she had been released and was being taken to an immigration centre.

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working group, said he believes an enforceable law could be put in place, despite the challenges presented by technology.

“The child pornography provisions that are before the code are enforceable and they involve technology at the present time,” said MacRury.

“From a technology point of view, it’s like any investigation. (Police) would have to prove who sent the item.”

He said what constitutes an intimate image would have to be worked out as the law is drafted, but the intent would be to crack down on the distribution of harmful images depicting genitalia.

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The newly minted Liberal leader intends to introduce a motion that would strip party whips of their power to decide which MPs are allowed to make members’ statements in the House of Commons.

Trudeau’s motion will put Harper’s legendary iron control over his caucus to the test, providing an outlet for restless Tory backbenchers to defy their leader.

Indeed, Harper may be trying to buy himself some time to strike a truce with his backbench rebels before letting Trudeau’s motion come to a vote.

The motion was to have been debated and put to a vote on Monday, a Liberal opposition day. But an hour after Trudeau gave notice Friday of his motion, Government House leader Peter Van Loan announced a sudden change in next week’s Commons agenda, bumping the Liberal day to Wednesday.

The Tory caucus meets Wednesday morning and Van Loan’s move gives Harper another chance to try to quell the uprising before the debate.

The Commons will now consider an anti-terrorism bill on Monday, which Van Loan indicated has taken on urgency in the wake of the Boston bombing.

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Ross Landry said Friday that he plans to raise the matter with federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson next week in Ottawa.

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Mukul was built by the Pellas family, which owns the company that produces Flor de Caña, the famous rum of Nicaragua. Hence, guests can get a free rum tasting experience.

Above: This is what the villa bathrooms look like. With all this natural light and the windows surrounding it, it’s no wonder someone might feel the urge to skinny dip. (just saying).

Right: Every accommodation has its own private pool. The bohios or cabins have a plunge pool on the deck, but the villas have a larger private pool. Villas rent for about $900 per night. The presidential suite will cost about $11,000 per night and is equipped with a staff of five.

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t is 6:30 a.m. and I am thinking about skinny dipping in the private plunge pool located on the deck of my ocean view cabin at Mukul Luxury Resort and Spa in Nicaragua.

I was in junior high school the last time I even remotely considered taking a skinny dip and it didn’t go well — my two cousins ratted me out to my grandmother.

Since the incident, I have done Grandma proud — restricting myself to a one-piece bathing suit on even the least restrictive beaches.

To be honest, after DEBBIE four pregnancies, I am OLSEN quite comfortable following my grandmother’s advice about appropriate swim attire.

But this is different. Today I have my own private pool right on the outdoor deck of my private cabin-style accommodations. I slip off my clothes, slip on my robe and pop out the back door of my cabin to scope out the situation. There are three cabins with sightlines to the plunge pool and the curtains are shut on all three. Woo-hoo!

Looking out the back I see several tropical birds and some spider monkeys playing in the trees, but no sign of human life.

As I sit on the edge of the pool and begin to loosen my robe, I mentally congratulate myself for my early rising. In nature, the early bird gets the worm and in life, this early bird was about to get her first skinny dip in three decades.

I am almost finished de-robing when I spot something that causes me to promptly reverse.

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Located near the clubhouse, the beach resort, right, has plenty of shade cover for those who need it and lots of room to spread out.

I never realized that having a private pool could be so challenging.

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sition with a possible sightline to my pool is the man in cabin 22.

Common sense tells me that if I can see him, he can see me. Fortunately, he is so busy watching the spider monkeys climbing in the trees just off his deck that he has completely missed the big picture — the big bare picture that is.

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RESORT: Staff-to-guest ratio is almost three to one Situated on 1,670 acres of oceanfront land about a 90-minute drive south of the Managua airport, the resort conforms to the highest standards of service and provides amenities such as private pools for each unit, an included kids club, activities programs, butler service in most units and excellent gourmet cuisine.

The resort takes service so seriously, the staff to guest ratio is nearly three to one.

After the close call, I pop back inside to put on some clothes and then sit out on my deck sipping herbal tea while watching the birds and monkeys.

Mukul must be used to having hobbits for guests, because they serve a first and a second breakfast.

The first breakfast is called “rooster breakfast� and it is particularly nice for early risers like me.

Served on your deck, it consists of three small cookies with coffee or tea.

Perhaps it is the after effects of the adrenaline rush from the plunge pool incident, but a little more than an hour later I make like Bilbo Baggins and head for my second breakfast.

Mukul recently hired a new executive chef named Cupertino Ortiz and the breakfast, lunch and dinner menus have just been revised.

Ortiz has worked with a number of famous French and American chefs and was the executive chef at an ultra-luxury resort property in St. Lucia prior to coming to Mukul.

Ortiz has experience serving the kind of clientele that the new Nicaraguan resort is attracting and has cooked for fussy Hollywood stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and her family, creating a special menu just for them when they visited a resort he worked at in St. Lucia.

He is in the process of developing an entirely new menu concept for Mukul. “This resort was built to showcase what Nicaragua has to offer as a destination and the new menus will do the same,� explains Ortiz. “I am using local, organic ingredients and creating a menu that features classic Nicaraguan dishes with a European flare. The ingredients are fresh and delicious with simple seasonings to allow the flavours to come through.�

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JETER SUFFERS SETBACK NEW YORK — Don Mattingly knows about trying to come back from an injury that just won’t heal. A star first baseman for the New York Yankees from 198295, Mattingly retired as a player following several years of severe back pain.

It remains to be seen how successful injured Yankees captain Derek Jeter will be in returning to shortstop this summer at age 39 — after a career-high, nine-month layoff. “The older you get makes it tougher,” Mattingly, now the Los Angeles Dodgers manager, said Friday.

“But I think if there was one guy I wouldn’t doubt, it would be Jeter because he seems to defy the odds.” Jeter broke the ankle in the AL championship series opener against Detroit in Oct. 13 and found out Thursday there was a small crack near the original injury. The new break will need four-toeight weeks to heal.

He hit .316 last season and led the AL with 216 hits, his best season since winning his fifth World Series title in 2009. Age has already crimped his range and some wonder whether he will be able to be an everyday shortstop when he returns. “That’s a pretty significant injury when it’s going to impact your legs like it is, especially the position he plays,” Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. “I don’t know if they have to start making other plans to play different spots based on mobility. I don’t know how significant or bad it is. But it’s going to be difficult to come back to what we remember of him in the past, I would think.”

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● Midget football: Airdrie Northern Raiders at Prairie Fire, 11 a.m., Lacombe M.E. Global Athletic Park. ● Senior AAA hockey: Allan Cup tournament at Red Deer Arena — Championship game, time TBA.

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Kenora Thistle Dan MacIntyre blocks a shot by Bentley General Scott Doucet during second period semifinal Allan Cup action at the Arena on Friday night.

Generals march into final

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Generals 3 Thistles 2 The Generals are marching on.

The Bentley Generals punched their ticket to today’s 5:30 p.m. Allan Cup championship game with a tight 3-2 victory over the Kenora Thistles Friday night before an overflow crowd at the Red Deer Arena.

As the score would indicate, it was anything

but easy for the favoured host club, who will take on the Clarenville Caribous of Newfoundland in the final to be televised

by TSN. “If it’s easy it’s not worth it. Give them (Thistles) all kinds of credit,” said Generals captain Sean Robertson, who scored the game’s opening goal at 18:11 of the first period, onetiming a shot past Thistles goalie Ryan Person.

“That was their fourth (game) in four nights and it came right down to the end. We had to dig

in a little bit and adapt to what they were doing.

We need a little credit there, too, we held on and persevered against a pretty good hockey team in a pretty tough hockey game.”

The Generals were up 1-0 after 20 minutes and doubled their lead midway through the second period when defenceman Scott Kalinchuk carried the puck up ice and dropped a pass just inside the Kenora blueline to Matt Stefanishion, who wired a high shot past Person.

The Thistles, however, cut into the deficit with a power play goal from Jeff Bowen six minutes later, his shot from the faceoff circle beating Generals goaltender Dan Bakala.

After being outshot 14-5 in the opening frame — a period in which they were assessed four of five minor penalties and were at a two-man disadvantage for 1:26 — the Ontario champions were Bentley’s equal in the middle stanza.

“After they scored their first goal, we panicked a bit, which is un-

characteristic for us,” said Generals head coach Brandin Cote.

“Maybe it was just the pressure of the situation, but at the end of the day we stuck with it anyone who has won a championship has to win those types of games. I’m proud of the guys.”

The Generals got a little breathing room when Dustin Sproat scored on a penalty shot at 11:13 of the third period after being hooked on a breakaway.

See GENERALS on Page B4

Clarenville books spot in Cup final

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Caribous 6 Redwings 2 The Clarenville Caribous left home in Newfoundland last Saturday with one thing in mind.

“We wanted to be on TSN tomorrow and we’re going there,” said Caribous head coach Ivan Hapgood following a 6-2 victory over the Rosetown Redwings in the Allan Cup semifinal before a full house at the Arena Friday.

In a game that was excepted to come down to the wire, the Caribous took control in the second period with three straight goals and then followed their game plan to perfection.

“We watched them all week . . . didn’t miss a game and we knew what we needed the guys to do and they followed the

game plan to a tee,” said Hapgood. “And of course it never hurts to get an early one.”

The Caribous jumped on the Redwings 3:05 into the first period when goaltender Kelly Guard misplayed the puck behind his own net. Dustin Russell jumped on the loose puck, centred it to Matt Quinn, whose onetimer early beat Guard, who wasn’t set.

“That’s not the way we wanted to start,” said Redwings head coach Keegan McAvoy. “It was a (deleted) misread by our D man and the goalie and it led to the first goal of the game. We did come back and tie it, but . . .”

Denny Johnson tied the game at 18:19 with a seeing eye shot from the right wing beating Caribous netminder Jason Churchill.

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Rosetown Redwing Luke Hunter cuts in front of Clarenville Caribou goaltender Jason Churchill hoping to get a shot on net during first period, semi final action at the Allan Cup on Friday afternoon.

The Caribous took control of the game early in the second period on goals by Brett Morrison at 3:36, Ryan Desrosiers at 4:29 and Chris Hulit at 8:21.

Hulit’s marker spelled the end of the night for Guard, who was replaced

by David Spooner.

“That Hulit goal was a

deflection of a point shot and was a seeing eye goal, nothing we could do about that, but we needed to change things up and get some bounces going our way,” said McAvoy, who did give the Caribous credit.

“They’re a quick, fast team and played a strong game. Their lines were

flying through the neutral zone, which may have caught us off guard a bit, but I also thought our guys played hard.

Some games anything can happen. A couple of things didn’t go our way and we left falling short.”

See CARIBOUS on Page B4

Armitage rink to face Swiss in semis

BY AL CAMERON SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE FREDERICTON, N.B. — The two Canadian teams will enter Saturday’s playoffs at the 2013 World Senior Curling Championships in Fredericton, N.B., carrying unbeaten records.

A few hours after Cathy King’s women’s team completed a 6-0 run through its round-robin schedule, fellow Albertan Rob Armitage finished off his round-rob-

in slate with an 7-5 win over Gert Messing of the United States on Friday afternoon at the GrantHarvey Centre.

With the victory, Armitage and his Red Deer squad — third Keith Glover, second Randy Ponich, lead Wilf Edgar, alternate Lyle Treiber (who saw action in the win over the U.S.) and coach Bill Tschirhart — finished first in their round-robin pool with a 9-0 record.

That sets up a semifinal assignment Saturday at 8 a.m. (all times At-

lantic) against Switzerland’s Werner Attinger, the 1984 world men’s championship silvermedallist. The Swiss finished second in the other round-robin pool with a 7-2 record.

“That’s where we wanted to be,” said Armitage, who earlier on Friday defeated Wim Neeleman of the Netherlands 8-2. “A 9-and-0 record doesn’t give us the hammer (teams will draw to the button for hammer before each playoff game), but fair enough. We’re playing

well enough to overcome that.”

Canada broke open a tight game with back-toback deuces in the fifth and sixth ends. The U.S. finished with a 4-5 record.

Canada will be trying to win an eighth men’s gold medal in the 12-year history of the World Senior Championships.

New Zealand’s Hans Frauenlob (8-1) will play Sweden’s Karl Nordlund in the other semifinal.

“You wish you had the Page (playoff system, guaranteeing the first-

place team two cracks at reaching the final),” said Armitage. “Semifinals can be scary because you’re in a onegame shot. You just have to realize that. If we win, we win. If we lose, we have to go to the bronzemedal game and win that. But anybody can be beat. It’s a one-game deal. It’s curling; one bad break and you get down a few, and the other team makes the right shots and they’re tough to come back against.”

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Oilers snap six game losing skid with win over Avalanche

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Edmonton Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk (40) watches the puck after Colorado Avalanche right wing P.A. Parenteau (15) scored a goal in the first period of an NHL game on Friday, April 19, 2013, in Denver.

DENVER — Jordan Eberle scored and had two assists, Devan Dubnyk stopped 33 shots and the Edmonton Oilers snapped a six-game skid with a 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night.

Taylor Hall, Justin Schultz and Ryan NugentHopkins also had goals for the Oilers, who kept their faint post-season hopes afloat. They trail current No. 8 seed Columbus by eight points with five games to play.

This also was Edmonton’s first win since firing general manager Steve Tambellini on Monday and replacing him with former Oilers coach Craig MacTavish.

P.A. Parenteau had the lone goal for a struggling Avs squad that’s 2-5-3 over their last 10 games.

Eberle set up two goals with backhanded assists and later added his 13th goal of the season on a backhander that he lifted over goaltender Semyon Varlamov.

Varlamov was rusty in his return to goal after sitting out since early April with a hip ailment.

He stopped 20 shots, which was well down from the career-high 50 saves he made at Edmonton on Feb. 16.

The Oilers broke open a tight game in the second period with goals from Nugent-Hopkins and Eberle. Colorado couldn’t manage much of an offensive charge in the final period. The Avs went on the power play with 3:07 remaining and pulled

Varlamov for an extra skater, but couldn’t get anything past Dubnyk. Edmonton finished the season series against Colorado with a 4-1 record.

It didn’t take long for the Oilers to jump out to an early lead as Hall tapped in the puck 2:33 into the game. He scored just after a penalty on Gabriel Landeskog had expired. Landeskog found himself in the penalty box 30 seconds into the game for boarding.

Parenteau tied the score later in the period, but Schultz’s tip-in gave the Oilers a 2-1 lead after the opening 20 minutes.

The signing of Parenteau has been a boon for the Avalanche. He has 41 points this season, which is second-most among players who changed teams before the season. Mike Robeiro of Washington leads the way with 44.

Milan Hejduk was back on the ice for the first time since March 30.

He missed five games with a shoulder injury and another four as he worked his way back into form.

This has been an injury-filled 14th NHL season for Hejduk, leading to speculation that he might decide to hang up the skates after the season. Hejduk, the last holdover from the 2001 Stanley Cup title team, ranks second in franchise history in games played (1,019) and fourth in goals (375).

But he’s not ready to commit one way or the other just yet.

“I don’t want to rush it right now,” Hejduk said.

“It’s been a rough year overall for everybody here.

After the season, I want to sit back, discuss it with the family, decide what’s going to happen.”

In possible last game in Calgary Kipper goes out with a bang

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Flames 3 Ducks 1 CALGARY — Miiikka Kiprusoff may have gone out in style Friday with 32 saves to backstop the Calgary Flames to a 3-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks.

Roman Horak, Brian McGrattan and Roman Cervenka into an empty net scored for Calgary (18-22-4). The Flames will play their final four games on the road beginning Sunday in Minnesota.

Corey Perry scored for Anaheim (2711-6), ending Kiprusoff’s bid for his 45th shutout with 3:41 remaining when he buried a shot inside the far goal post from 20 feet out on a set-up from Kyle Palmieri.

Although Kiprusoff has one year remaining on his contract. It drops to US$1.5 million next year and there has been rampant speculation that Kiprusoff, 36, will instead retire at the end of this season. However, he has refused to comment on the topic.

At the trade deadline, the Toronto Maple Leafs were pursuing a trade with the Flames for Kiprusoff. However, after getting permission to talk with him, Kiprusoff, decided that for

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CARIBOUS: Power play puts Redwings away It was also the Redwings third game in three days. They also played the late game Thursday and the early game Friday.

“I don’t know if that made a difference,” said McAvoy. “Three games in three days is tough in this format, but we needed a couple of bounces.”

Hapgood expected the Redwings to be a bit tired and wanted his team to take advantage of that.

“We wanted to get the puck deep and make their defence work,” he said.

“They have a big D but we wanted to get on them, make them turn and go back and work extra hard. They played last night and we felt if we made them work harder it would pay off and it did.”

On the other side the Caribous defence gave little away, although Churchill did need to come up with several solid saves.

“I thought our defence did a good job of taking away the lanes and blocking the lanes to take away their cycle game, which is a main part of their game,” said Hapgood. “They like to get two men in the corner and get the puck back to the point and drive the net.

We wanted to take that away and some days it works and some it doesn’t.”

Jason Wagar scored the Redwings second goal at 16:54 of the second period, knocking in a waist high rebound from the side. The officials huddled to talk about where the stick made contact before ruling it a good goal.

The Caribous power play put the game away for good in the third period with Andrew Sweetland and Dale Sullivan connecting with the man advantage.

“Our special teams have been good all week,” said Hapgood. “In a tournament like this if you don’t have good special teams you don’t win.” ● Churchill finished with 33 saves while Guard made 11 and Spooner 10 . . . The final is set for 5:30 p.m. today.

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CURLING: Canada undefeated in round robin King’s team from the Saville Centre in Edmonton was a 6-4 winner over Margie Smith of the United States

family reasons, he would not waive his no-trade clause.

If Kiprusoff does call it a career, he left the sell-out crowd of 19,289 at the Scotiabank Saddledome with a great final performance. Following up on a spectacular 36-save performance Wednesday night in Calgary’s 3-2 win over Detroit, he was in the classic form once again against the Ducks.

Calgary will miss the playoffs for a fourth season in a row. The Flames, since moving to Calgary, are the only NHL team that has never had a top five draft pick. With four wins in their last five, it may not happen this year either, currently sitting 25th overall.

In the second period, Kiprusoff kept the game 1-0 when he jabbed out a glove and stabbed a dangerous shot off the stick of Perry. In the third, in one of his 14 saves, Ryan Getzlaf moved into the slot and from a similar distance, was again thwarted as Kiprusoff whipped up his blocker to deflect the puck away.

With just over two minutes to go, and after Kiprusoff sprawled to get the paddle of his stick on Perry’s dangerous chance at the side of the net , the crowd broke into chants of “Kipper, Kipper”. When they showed him on the Jumbotron seconds later, the earlier on Friday to extend Canada’s World Senior Women’s win streak to 49, dating back to the 2008 World Seniors in Vierumäki, Finland.

Canada takes on two-time world senior women’s champion Ingrid Meldahl of Sweden (5-1) in one semifinal at 8 a.m., while the other semi will feature Scotland’s Christine Cannon (6-0) against the winner of a late Friday tiebreaker between Austria’s Veronika Huber and Japan’s Mikiko Tsuchiya, who both finished with 4-2 records.

Canada has won the past five world senior women’s titles, and eight of the 11 that have been contested.

The men’s and women’s gold- and bronze-medal games are scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday. One of the goldmedal games will be shown live online at www.youtube.com/WorldCurlingTV. (Al Cameron is the Canadian Curling Association director of communicationand media relations)

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Calgary Flames’ Max Reinhart, right, tries to bat the puck out of the air towards Anaheim Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller, during second period NHL action in Calgary, Friday, April 19, 2013. entire crowd rose to their feet and remained standing for the remainder of the game, chanting his name, right through the end of the game and the naming of Kiprusoff as the game’s first

star.

With the game puck in his glove, Kiprusoff saluted the crowd after the final buzzer with a waving of his stick at centre.

are pretty potent offensively,” said the Bentley bench boss. “And their power play has been ridiculous this tournament.

“We’re going to have to come up with a game plan to just play solid all around, manage the puck well and play smart, simple hockey. If we take advantage of our strengths, which is working down low and battling down low with

our four lines . . . if we do that I like our chances. We do have in the back of our minds that they beat us the last time we were at the Allan Cup. That’s motivation in itself.”

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GENERALS: Rematch of 2011 final But the Thistles refused to go away and with Person on the bench, got a power-play marker from Bowen with 22 seconds remaining.

Bentley easily killed the final seconds to earn a date with the Caribous, who beat the Generals 5-3 in the 2011 Allan Cup final at Kenora.

“That team is impressive. They played four games in four nights,” said Cote, in reference to the Thistles.

“They’re like cardiac kids, they just didn’t quit. Give them a lot of credit.

“I thought we made it a little harder than we had to, especially in the second period. Bur our message was just stick to the course, stick to the game plan. Now we have to regroup and get ready for tomorrow and lay it all out there.”

Cote didn’t expect anything less than a stellar effort from the Thistles.

“For sure, we knew they weren’t going to quit, but we were fresh (after having two days off)” he said. “That penalty shot was obviously a big goal.

It was a bit of a bad break on their second goal but we battled right to the end and were able to finish it off.”

The Caribous were too fast and skilled for the Rosetown Redwings in Friday’s earlier semifinal, winning 6-2.

“From what we’ve seen of them (Caribous), it looks like they have some guys who can wheel,” said Robertson.

“There’s probably a lot of those guys who were there in 2011, so they’re not too far out of our minds. They’re a skilled hockey club that’s obviously well-coached. They have a system and they play it well and their power play is fairly lethal.”

Cote is anticipating a battle royale in today’s final.

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Friday’s results Calgary 3 Anaheim 1 Edmonton 4 Colorado 1 N.Y. Rangers 8 Buffalo 4 St. Louis 2 Dallas 1 Chicago 5 Nashville 4 (OT) Pittsburgh at Boston (ppd., safety concerns) Today’s Games Pittsburgh at Boston, 10:30 a.m. (rescheduled from Saturday) Florida at New Jersey, 11 a.m.

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Washington at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Buffalo at Pittsburgh (ppd., rescheduling conflict) Sunday’s games Florida at Boston, 10:30 a.m.

New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.

Calgary at Minnesota, 4 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Columbus at San Jose, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m.

Dallas at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Ducks 1 at Flames 3 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Etem Ana (high-sticking) 3:07, Stajan Cal (holding) 10:26, Lovejoy Ana (interference, fighting), Backlund Cal (instigator, fighting, misconduct) 12:51, Jackman Cal (high-sticking) 13:24.

Second Period 1. Calgary, Horak 2 (Stempniak, Cammalleri) 2:45 Penalty — Allen Ana (high-sticking) 4:32.

Third Period 2. Calgary, McGrattan 3 (Cammalleri) 3:14 3. Anaheim, Perry 14 (Palmeiri, Fowler) 16:19 4. Calgary, Cervenka 7 (Baertschi) 19:09 Penalty — Lombardi Ana (high-sticking) 12:55.

Shots on goal by 8 10 15 — 8 13 10 —

Anaheim Calgary

33 31

Goal — Anaheim: Hiller (L,13-6-4); Calgary: Kiprusoff (W,8-13-2).

Oilers 4 at Avalanche 1 First Period 1. Edmonton, Hall 14 (Petry, J.Schultz) 2:33 2. Colorado, Parenteau 17 (O’Brien, Mitchell) 7:29 3. Edmonton, J.Schultz 7 (Eberle, Paajarvi) 14:14 Penalties — Landeskog Col (boarding) 0:30, Potter Edm (tripping) 8:27.

Second Period 4. Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 4 (Eberle, N.Schultz) 5:12 5. Edmonton, Eberle 13 (Fistric, Paajarvi) 14:13 Penalties — Fistric Edm (tripping) 2:53, N.Schultz Edm (tripping) 11:18, Parenteau Col (hooking) 14:58.

Third Period No Scoring Penalties — Zanon Col (boarding) 2:25, McLeod Col (interference) 6:36, Smyth Edm (hooking) 16:54.

Shots on goal by Edmonton 10 11 3 — 24 Colorado 19 6 9 — 34 Goal — Edmonton: Dubnyk (W,13-14-6); Colorado: Varlamov (L,10-19-3).

Predators 4 at Blackhawks 5 (OT) First Period 1. Chicago, Keith 3 (Stalberg, Toews) 4:48 (pp) 2. Nashville, Halischuk 3 (Klein, Bartley) 6:31 3. Nashville, Henderson 1 (Mueller, Butler) 10:42 4. Chicago, Saad 10 (Toews, Keith) 13:36 Penalties — Weber Nash (hooking) 3:33, Seabrook Chi (interference) 17:43.

Second Period 5. Chicago, Kane 21 (Bickell) 9:20 6. Nashville, Halischuk 4 (Bartley) 12:31 Penalty — Kane Chi (delay of game) 1:33.

Third Period 7. Chicago, Handzus 2, 10:07 8. Nashville, Butler 4 (Halischuk, Weber) 16:26 Penalties — Stalberg Chi (interference) 13:04, Clune Nash (high-sticking, double minor) 19:15.

Overtime 9. Chicago, Hossa 17 (Kane, Keith) 0:52 (pp) Penalties — None Shots on goal by Nashville 8 9 10 0 — 27 Chicago 15 12 2 1 — 30 Goal — Nashville: Rinne (L,14-16-8); Chicago: Crawford (W,18-4-4).

Stars 1 at Blues 2 First Period 1. St. Louis, Stewart 17 (Pietrangelo, Steen) 10:10 (pp) Penalties — Nystrom Dal (boarding) 9:39, Cracknell StL (interference) 13:17.

Second Period 2. St. Louis, Reaves 2 (Porter) 7:52 Penalties — Eakin Dal (holding) 1:13, Reaves StL (holding stick) 15:18, Ja.Benn Dal (goaltender interference) 18:19.

Third Period 3. Dallas, Roussel 6 (Robidas, Rome) 4:37 Penalties — None Shots on goal by Dallas 6 6 10 — 22 St. Louis 9 6 5 — 20 Goal — Dallas: Lehtonen (L,15-12-2); St. Louis: Elliott (W,11-7-1).

Rangers 8 at Sabres 4 First Period 1. N.Y. Rangers, Hagelin 10 (Stepan, Lundqvist) 18:42 2. N.Y. Rangers, Richards 8 (Zuccarello) 19:39 3. N.Y. Rangers, Clowe 3, 19:56 Penalties — None Second Period 4. N.Y. Rangers, Stralman 4 (Clowe, Nash) 1:13 5. N.Y. Rangers, Richards 9 (Pyatt, Moore) 1:40 6. N.Y. Rangers, Nash 19 (Stepan, Eminger) 7:05

7. Buffalo, Hodgson 15 (Ehrhoff, Ennis) 13:50 (pp) 8. Buffalo, Gerbe 5, 13:56 9. N.Y. Rangers, Callahan 12, 14:28 10. Buffalo, Stafford 6 (Foligno) 16:19 Penalty — McDonagh NYR (high-sticking) 12:19.

Third Period 11. N.Y. Rangers, Richards 10 (McDonagh) 12:32 12. Buffalo, Pysyk 1 (Ehrhoff, Ennis) 19:20 (pp) Penalties — Asham NYR (hooking) 3:26, Powe NYR (face-off violation) 5:15, Ehrhoff Buf (tripping) 16:50, Asham NYR (interference) 18:39.

Shots on goal by N.Y. Rangers 13 12 4 — 29 Buffalo 9 11 8 — 28 Goal (shots-saves) — N.Y. Rangers: Lundqvist (W,21-15-3); Buffalo: R.Miller (L,15-18-5)(14-10), Enroth (1:13 second)(15-11).

AHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF Providence 74 48 21 0 5 101 215 x-Portland 74 40 29 3 2 85 224 Manchester 74 36 31 3 4 79 214 Worcester 75 31 34 4 6 72 188 St. John’s 74 31 36 3 4 69 188 East Division GP W L OL SL x-Syracuse 74 42 21 6 5 x-Binghamton 74 42 24 1 7 x-Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 75 42 29 184 175 Norfolk 74 37 32 4 1 Hershey 74 35 30 3 6 Northeast Division GP W L OL SL y-Springfield 75 44 22 5 4 Connecticut 75 35 31 6 3 Bridgeport 74 31 31 7 5 Albany 74 30 31 1 12 Adirondack 74 30 37 3 4

Pts GF 95 242 92 218 2 2

GA 180 228 204 224 230 GA 193 185 88

79 185 201 79 198 190 Pts GF 97 232 79 212 74 214 73 189 67 181

GA 184 217 238 221 218

WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF y-Grand Rapids74 41 25 4 4 90 231 Milwaukee 74 39 28 4 3 85 192 Rockford 75 41 31 2 1 85 241 Chicago 74 37 28 5 4 83 203 Peoria 74 33 33 5 3 74 183

GA 203 200 222 202 210

GP 74 74 75 75 74

North Division W L OL SL 42 23 3 6 41 29 3 1 34 31 4 6 34 31 3 7 29 39 1 5

Pts GF 93 230 86 225 78 168 78 210 64 157

GA 192 207 191 220 219

GP y-Texas 75 x-Charlotte 75 Houston 74 Oklahoma City 74 San Antonio 75

South Division W L OL SL 43 21 5 6 41 26 4 4 39 25 5 5 38 25 2 9 29 37 2 7

Pts GF 97 232 90 221 88 207 87 230 67 193

GA 196 202 194 225 236

y-Toronto Rochester Abbotsford Lake Erie Hamilton

x-Clinched Playoff Berth y-Clinched Divisional Title NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Friday’s Games Albany 3, Connecticut 2 Portland 3, Bridgeport 1 Hershey 2, Adirondack 1 Grand Rapids 3, Peoria 1 Worcester 4, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 2 Toronto 4, Rochester 1 Providence 5, Springfield 3 Manchester 2, Binghamton 1 Hamilton 4, St. John’s 1 Chicago 5, Lake Erie 2 Syracuse 6, Norfolk 1 Oklahoma City 1, Abbotsford 0 Milwaukee 6, Charlotte 4 Houston 4, Texas 3 Rockford 9, San Antonio 4

Baseball Boston New York Baltimore Toronto Tampa Bay

American League East Division W L Pct 11 4 .733 9 6 .600 8 7 .533 7 10 .412 6 10 .375

Arencibia (6).

GB — 2 3 5 5.5

Central Division Detroit Kansas City Minnesota Chicago Cleveland

W 9 8 6 7 5

L 6 6 7 9 10

Pct .600 .571 .462 .438 .333

GB — 1/2 2 2.5 4

W 12 10 7 5 4

L 5 6 11 11 10

Pct .706 .625 .389 .313 .286

GB — 1.5 5.5 6.5 6.5

Oakland 200 Tampa Bay 401

000 300

100 00x

— —

3 11 8 10

1 0

Anderson, Scribner (2), Blevins (5), Neshek (7), Resop (8) and Jaso; Cobb, J.Wright (8), Farnsworth (8), Rodney (9) and Lobaton. W—Cobb 2-1. L— Anderson 1-3. HRs—Oakland, Crisp (5). Tampa Bay, Longoria (4).

Seattle Texas

000 010

000 060

000 00x

— —

0 5 7 10

1 1

J.Saunders, Noesi (5) and Shoppach; Darvish, R.Ross (8), Kirkman (9) and Pierzynski. W—Darvish 3-1. L—J.Saunders 1-2. HRs—Texas, Je.Baker (1).

West Division Oakland Texas Seattle Houston Los Angeles

Friday’s Games L.A. Dodgers at Baltimore, ppd., rain N.Y. Yankees 9, Toronto 4 Tampa Bay 8, Oakland 3 Kansas City at Boston, ppd., local manhunt Texas 7, Seattle 0 Houston 3, Cleveland 2 Minnesota at Chicago, ppd., cold, windy conditions Detroit at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Saturday’s Games L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 2-1) at Baltimore (W.Chen 0-2), 11:05 a.m., 1st game N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 2-1) at Toronto (Buehrle 1-0), 11:07 a.m.

Kansas City (Shields 1-2) at Boston (Buchholz 3-0), 11:10 a.m.

Detroit (Porcello 0-1) at L.A. Angels (Richards 0-0), 1:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Worley 0-2) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 2-1), 1:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 0-2) at Baltimore (W.Chen 0-2), 5:05 p.m., 2nd game Cleveland (Kazmir 0-0) at Houston (Humber 0-3), 5:10 p.m.

Oakland (Parker 0-2) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 0-1), 5:10 p.m.

Seattle (Maurer 1-2) at Texas (Tepesch 1-1), 6:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 11:07 a.m.

Kansas City at Boston, 11:35 a.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Baltimore, 11:35 a.m.

Oakland at Tampa Bay, 11:40 a.m.

Cleveland at Houston, 12:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 12:10 p.m.

Seattle at Texas, 1:05 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LINESCORES New York 203 003 100 — 9 13 Toronto 100 002 001 — 4 7

0 1

Pettitte, Kelley (8) and Cervelli; Morrow, Cecil (6), Delabar (8), Oliver (9) and Arencibia. W—Pettitte 3-0. L—Morrow 0-2. HRs—New York, Hafner (5), Overbay (2), V.Wells (4). Toronto, Bautista (4),

Cleveland 000 Houston 030

200 000

000 00x

— —

2 3

8 6

0 0

Myers, Allen (6), R.Hill (7), J.Smith (8) and C.Santana; Harrell, W.Wright (6), Ambriz (8), Veras (9) and J.Castro. W—Harrell 1-2. L—Myers 0-3.

Sv—Veras (1). HRs—Cleveland, Chisenhall (2).

Houston, J.Martinez (2), Ankiel (4).

Atlanta Washington New York Philadelphia Miami

National League East Division W L Pct 13 3 .813 9 7 .563 8 7 .533 7 10 .412 4 13 .235

GB — 4 4.5 6.5 9.5

Central Division St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Milwaukee Chicago

W 9 9 8 7 5

L 7 8 8 8 10

Pct .563 .529 .500 .467 .333

GB — 1/2 1 1.5 3.5

W 11 9 9 7 5

L 4 6 7 8 10

Pct .733 .600 .563 .467 .333

GB — 2 2.5 4 6

West Division Colorado Arizona San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego

Friday’s Games Pittsburgh 6, Atlanta 0 Philadelphia 8, St. Louis 2, 7 innings L.A. Dodgers at Baltimore, ppd., rain Miami 2, Cincinnati 1 N.Y. Mets 7, Washington 1 Milwaukee 5, Chicago Cubs 4 Arizona at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 2-1) at Baltimore (W.Chen 0-2), 11:05 a.m., 1st game Miami (LeBlanc 0-3) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 2-1), 11:10 a.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (Hefner 0-2), 2:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Maholm 3-0) at Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 1-2), 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 0-2) at Baltimore (W.Chen 0-2), 5:05 p.m., 2nd game St. Louis (Lynn 2-0) at Philadelphia (Lee 2-0), 5:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 0-2) at Milwaukee (Burgos 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Arizona (Cahill 0-2) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 1-1), 6:10 p.m.

San Diego (Richard 0-1) at San Francisco (Lincecum 1-0), 7:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Miami at Cincinnati, 11:10 a.m.

Washington at N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m.

Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 11:35 a.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Baltimore, 11:35 a.m.

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

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

Arizona at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LINESCORES Atlanta 000 000 000 — 0 2 Pittsburgh 030 030 00x — 6 9

0 0

T.Hudson, Varvaro (5), Ayala (6), Gearrin (7), Walden (8) and G.Laird; W.Rodriguez, Melancon (8), Mazzaro (9) and R.Martin. W—W.Rodriguez 2-0. L—T.Hudson 2-1. HRs—Pittsburgh, P.Alvarez (2).

St. Louis Phili.

010 512

000 000

1 x

— —

2 2 8 10

1 0

(7 innings) J.Garcia, Salas (4), Rzepczynski (6) and T.Cruz; Halladay and Quintero. W—Halladay 2-2. L—J.Garcia 1-1. HRs—St. Louis, Beltran (3), Holliday (2).

Wash.

000 New York 200

000 002

100 03x

— —

1 7

4 8

1 1

Strasburg, Duke (7), Storen (8) and K.Suzuki; Harvey, Rice (8), Parnell (9) and Buck. W—Harvey 4-0.

L—Strasburg 1-3. HRs—New York, I.Davis 2 (3), Duda 2 (5).

Miami 001 Cincinnati 100

000 000

001 000

— —

2 1

7 5

0 0

Slowey, Qualls (7), M.Dunn (8), Cishek (9) and Brantly; Latos, Broxton (8), Chapman (9) and Hanigan. W—M.Dunn 1-0. L—Chapman 2-1. Sv— Cishek (1). HRs—Miami, Ruggiano (3).

Chicago 003 Milwaukee 400

000 000

010 10x

— —

4 10 5 7

1 0

Samardzija, Gregg (8), Camp (8) and Castillo; Estrada, Axford (7), Gorzelanny (8), Badenhop (8), Henderson (9) and Lucroy. W—Estrada 2-0. L—Samardzija 1-3. Sv—Henderson (3). HRs—Chicago, Valbuena (2), DeJesus (2), Rizzo (5). Milwaukee, Braun (4), C.Gomez (2).

Arizona Colorado

000 000

000 210

001 00x

— —

1 3

5 3

0 1

Kennedy, Ziegler (7), Collmenter (8) and M.Montero; Chacin, W.Lopez (7), Brothers (8), R.Betancourt (9) and Rosario. W—Chacin 3-0. L—Kennedy 1-2. Sv— R.Betancourt (6). HRs—Colorado, Tulowitzki (5).

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-Miami 66 16 .805 — y-New York 54 28 .659 12 y-Indiana 49 32 .605 16 1/2 x-Brooklyn 49 33 .598 17 x-Chicago 45 37 .549 21 x-Atlanta 44 38 .537 22 x-Boston 41 40 .506 24 1/2 x-Milwaukee 38 44 .463 28 Philadelphia 34 48 .415 32 Toronto 34 48 .415 32 Detroit 29 53 .354 37 Washington 29 53 .354 37 Cleveland 24 58 .293 42 Charlotte 21 61 .256 45 Orlando 20 62 .244 46 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct z-Oklahoma City 60 22 .732 y-San Antonio 58 24 .707 x-Denver 57 25 .695 y-L.A. Clippers 56 26 .683 x-Memphis 56 26 .683 x-Golden State 47 35 .573 x-L.A. Lakers 45 37 .549 x-Houston 45 37 .549 Utah 43 39 .524 Dallas 41 41 .500 Portland 33 49 .402 Minnesota 31 51 .378 Sacramento 28 54 .341 New Orleans 27 55 .329 Phoenix 25 57 .305 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference

79 80 80 74 75 79

218 260 266 195 222 175

668 628 562 562 524 596

886 888 828 757 746 771

11.2 11.1 10.4 10.2 9.9 9.8

Assists G 38 70 78 78 78 66 82 77 56 57

Rondo, BOS Paul, LAC Vasquez, NOR Jr. Holiday, PHL Williams, Bro Parker, SAN Westbrook, OKC Dragic, PHX Nelson, ORL Rubio, MIN

AST 420 678 704 625 604 499 607 569 413 418

AVG 11.1 9.7 9.0 8.0 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.3

NBA Playoffs FIRST ROUND (x-if necessary) (Best-of-7)

GB — 2 3 4 4 13 15 15 17 19 27 29 32 33 35

EASTERN CONFERENCE Milwaukee vs. Miami Sunday, April 21: Milwaukee at Miami, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, April 23: Milwaukee at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 25: Miami at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.

Sunday, April 28: Miami at Milwaukee, 1:30 p.m.

Boston vs. New York Saturday, April 20: Boston at New York, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, April 23: Boston at New York, 6 p.m.

Friday, April 26: New York at Boston, 6 p.m.

Sunday, April 28: New York at Boston, 11 a.m.

Atlanta vs. Indiana Sunday, April 21: Atlanta at Indiana, 11 a.m.

Wednesday, April 24: Atlanta at Indiana, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 27: Indiana at Atlanta, 5 p.m.

Monday, April 29: Indiana at Atlanta, TBA

Wednesday’s Games Denver 118, Phoenix 98 Dallas 99, New Orleans 87 Chicago 95, Washington 92 Memphis 86, Utah 70 Minnesota 108, San Antonio 95 Milwaukee 95, Oklahoma City 89 New York 98, Atlanta 92 Brooklyn 103, Detroit 99 Charlotte 105, Cleveland 98 Toronto 114, Boston 90 Miami 105, Orlando 93 Philadelphia 105, Indiana 95 L.A. Lakers 99, Houston 95, OT Golden State 99, Portland 88 L.A. Clippers 112, Sacramento 108

Chicago vs. Brooklyn Saturday, April 20: Chicago at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.

Monday, April 22: Chicago at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.

Thursday, April 25: Brooklyn at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 27: Brooklyn at Chicago, noon

NBA Leaders Scoring G FG FT Anthony, NYK 67 669 425 Durant, OKC 81 731 679 Bryant, LAL 78 738 525 James, MIA 76 765 403 Harden, HOU 78 585 674 Westbrook, OKC 82 673 460 Curry, GOL 78 626 262 Wade, MIA 69 569 308 Aldridge, POR 74 638 282 Lopez, Bro 74 570 297 Ellis, MIL 82 597 289 Lillard, POR 82 553 271 Williams, Bro 78 495 317 Pierce, BOS 77 476 333 Lee, GOL 79 602 255 Gay, TOR 75 521 240 DeRozan, TOR 82 548 355 Smith, NYK 80 527 237 Griffin, LAC 80 577 281 Jefferson, UTA 78 611 167

PTS 1920 2280 2133 2036 2023 1903 1786 1463 1560 1437 1577 1562 1476 1430 1459 1366 1485 1446 1440 1391

AVG 28.7 28.1 27.3 26.8 25.9 23.2 22.9 21.2 21.1 19.4 19.2 19.0 18.9 18.6 18.5 18.2 18.1 18.1 18.0 17.8

Rebounds G OFF DEF 76 251 694 77 273 644 82 275 681 76 310 544

TOT 945 917 956 854

AVG 12.4 11.9 11.7 11.2

Howard, LAL Vucevic, ORL Asik, HOU Randolph, MEM

Lee, GOL Evans, Bro Hickson, POR Horford, ATL Cousins, SAC Boozer, CHI

WESTERN CONFERENCE Oklahoma City vs. Houston Sunday, April 21: Houston at Oklahoma City, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 24: Houston at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Saturday, April 27: Oklahoma City at Houston, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, April 29: Oklahoma City at Houston, TBA San Antonio vs. L.A. Lakers Sunday, April 21: L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 24: L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 26: San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 28: San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 5 p.m.

Denver vs. Golden State Saturday, April 20: Goldsen State at Denver, 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 23: Golden State at Denver, 8:30 p.m.

Friday, April 26: Denver at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 28: Denver at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers vs. Memphis Saturday, April 20: Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, April 22: Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 25: L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 27: L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 2:30 p.m.

Golf RBC HERITAGE At Harbour Town Golf Links Hilton Head, S.C. Purse: $5.8 million Yardage: 7,101; Par: 71 Second Round 17 players failed to finish the round because of rain Kevin Streelman 66-70 — 136 Charley Hoffman 66-70 — 136 Steve LeBrun 68-68 — 136 Luke Donald 69-68 — 137 Bill Haas 68-69 — 137 Johnson Wagner 67-71 — 138 Rory Sabbatini 69-69 — 138 Graeme McDowell 71-67 — 138 D.H. Lee 70-68 — 138 Pat Perez 68-70 — 138 Stuart Appleby 70-68 — 138 Marc Leishman 67-71 — 138 Martin Kaymer 69-70 — 139 Tim Clark 68-71 — 139 Billy Horschel 71-68 — 139 Richard H. Lee 68-71 — 139 Jordan Spieth 70-69 — 139 Brendon de Jonge 70-69 — 139 Justin Hicks 69-70 — 139 Darron Stiles 70-69 — 139 Webb Simpson 68-71 — 139 Stewart Cink 70-69 — 139 Ted Potter, Jr. 68-71 — 139 William McGirt 70-70 — 140 Ken Duke 70-70 — 140 Scott Brown 72-68 — 140 Jason Dufner 71-69 — 140 Ryo Ishikawa 68-72 — 140 Brad Fritsch 71-69 — 140 Justin Bolli 68-72 — 140 Scott Langley 71-69 — 140 Jason Day 67-73 — 140 Chris Stroud 70-70 — 140 Brian Davis 65-75 — 140 Will Claxton 68-73 — 141 Robert Garrigus 70-71 — 141 Gary Woodland 68-73 — 141 Jonathan Byrd 71-70 — 141 Tim Herron 71-70 — 141 Nicholas Thompson 70-71 — 141

Chez Reavie Jin Park Bo Van Pelt K.J. Choi Jerry Kelly Sang-Moon Bae Aaron Baddeley Chris Kirk Justin Leonard Matt Jones Josh Teater Jim Furyk Brian Gay Troy Matteson Patrick Reed Russell Henley Matt Kuchar Jonas Blixt Jeff Klauk Jeff Maggert Bob Estes Kevin Stadler Carl Pettersson Tommy Gainey Glen Day Jason Kokrak Ricky Barnes David Hearn Brandt Jobe James Hahn James Driscoll Hunter Mahan Mark Wilson Michael Bradley Matt Every Boo Weekley Brian Harman Trevor Immelman Ben Crane Brandt Snedeker Zach Johnson Jason Bohn Greg Owen Brian Stuard Steve Marino Harris English Steven Bowditch

70-71 73-68 68-73 70-71 69-72 70-71 70-72 73-69 74-68 75-67 71-71 70-72 71-71 71-71 71-72 73-70 70-73 73-70 72-71 71-72 70-73 72-71 68-75 70-73 68-75 76-68 70-74 74-70 69-75 71-73 74-70 68-76 69-75 73-71 73-71 71-73 71-73 72-72 70-74 73-71 72-72 72-72 75-69 75-70 73-72 70-75 74-71

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141 141 141 141 141 141 142 142 142 142 142 142 142 142 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 145 145 145 145

Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF Kansas City 7 4 1 2 8 Montreal 6 4 1 1 7 Houston 6 4 2 0 10 Columbus 6 2 1 3 9 Philadelphia 6 2 2 2 7 New York 8 2 4 2 9 Toronto 6 1 2 3 8 New England 5 1 2 3 1 Chicago 6 1 4 1 5 D.C. 6 1 4 1 2

GA 3 5 7 6 8 11 9 2 12 7

Pt 14 13 12 9 8 8 6 5 4 4

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF 7 5 1 1 11 6 3 2 1 10 6 2 1 3 10 5 2 1 2 8

GA 7 8 8 4

Pt 16 10 9 8

Dallas Chivas USA Portland Los Angeles

Vancouver 6 2 2 2 7 Colorado 7 2 3 2 6 Salt Lake 7 2 3 2 6 San Jose 7 2 3 2 5 Seattle 5 0 3 2 2 Note: Three points for a win, one for a tie.

7 7 7 8 5

Today’s Games Houston at Toronto, 2 p.m.

Seattle at Colorado, 4 p.m.

New England at New York, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Chivas USA at Salt Lake, 7 p.m.

Kansas City at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Apr. 21 Philadelphia at D.C., 3 p.m.

Portland at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Reinstated DH David Ortiz from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Jackie Bradley Jr. to Pawtucket (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Transferred RHP Matt Albers from the family medical emergency list to the restricted list.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed 3B Alberto Callaspo on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 12.

Recalled RHP Michael Kohn from Salt Lake (PCL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned OF Shane Peterson to Sacramento (PCL). Reinstated 1B Brandon Moss from the paternity list.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Assigned 2B Brent Lillibridge outright to Iowa (PCL). Claimed OF Julio Borbon off waivers from Texas. Designated INF Alberto Gonzalez for assignment.

COLORADO ROCKIES—Recalled LHP Josh Outman from Colorado Springs (PCL). Optioned RHP Chris Volstad to Colorado Springs.

MIAMI MARLINS — Designated RHP John Maine for assignment. Recalled RHP Tom Koehler from New Orleans (PCL).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Sent SS Jeff Bianchi to Nashville (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Recalled LHP Joe Savery from Lehigh Valley (IL).

American Association EL PASO DIABLOS — Released RHP Ramon Garcia.

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed INF Daniel Pulfer.

KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Released LHP Steve Kent. Signed INF Felix Molina and INF Jeff Squier.

ST. PAUL SAINTS — Acquired INF Brad Boyer from Bridgeport to complete an earlier trade.

Can-Am League NEWARK BEARS — Signed RHP Andy Wells.

NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed LHP Jeremy Gigliotti. Released LHP Craig Clark.

Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM — Acquired C Collin Janssen from San Angelo (United) for a player to be named.

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Traded RHP Jhonny Montoya to Kansas City (AA) for a player to be named. Signed RHP Will Scott.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Assigned F Perry Jones and Gs Jeremy Lamb and DeAndre Liggins to Tulsa (NBADL).

CYCLING USADA — Announced American rider Pol Rodriguez tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a two-year sanction for his doping offence.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Signed PK Austin Signor to a three-year contract.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed S Danny McCray.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Re-signed RB Chris Ivory to a one-year contract.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Re-signed PK Steven Hauschka.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled G Igor Bobkov from Norfolk (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned Fs Willie Coetzee, Andrej Nestrasil and Trevor Parkes, D Max Nicastro and G Jordan Pearce fromi Toledo (ECHL) to Grand Rapids (AHL).

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Assigned RW Tyler Toffoli to Manchester (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled Fs Daniel Bang and Kevin Henderson from Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Agreed to terms with F Joey Diamond on a one-year, entry-level contract.

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BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Agreed to terms with D Mike Dalhuisen and Fs Riley Wetmore and Greg Miller.

PEORIA RIVERMEN — Signed Fs Aaron Bogosian and Marshall Everson.

HORSE RACING NEW YORK RACING ASSOCIATION — Named Eric Wing director of communications and media relations.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MONTREAL IMPACT — Acquired F Daniele Paponi on loan from Bologna FC (Italy-Serie A).

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC—Signed F Will Bates.

COLLEGE METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE — Announced it will add field hockey as an associate sport beginning with the 2013-14 academic year.

CAMPBELL — Named Peter Thomas men’s assistant basketball coach.

DUKE — Signed women’s basketball coach Joanne McCallie to a contract extension through the 2018-19 season.

GONZAGA — Announced C Kelly Olynyk will enter the NBA draft.

LENOIR-RHYNE — Fired men’s baseball coach Paul Knight. Announced the resignation of director of men’s and women’s tennis Bobby McKee. LOYOLA OF CHICAGO — Announced it is moving to the Missouri Valley Conference beginning with the fall 2013 semester.

MIAMI—Suspended LB Gabe Terry indefinitely after being arrested and charged with possessing marijuana.

MINNESOTA STATE MANKATO — Named Brian Bahl women’s soccer coach.

NEW MEXICO — Named Lamont Smith men’s associate head basketball coach.

RUTGERS — Suspended men’s lacrosse coach Brian Brecht pending an investigation into allegations of verbal abuse.

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New York Yankees’ Travis Hafner (right) rounds the bases after hitting a homer off Toronto Blue Jays’ Brandon Morrow (left) during third inning AL baseball action in Toronto on Friday April 19, 2013.

Frustrated Jays still waiting to fire on all cylinders; thumped by Yankees

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — It’s one step forward, two steps back for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Manager John Gibbons got a fence-finding Jose Bautista back in his lineup Friday night, only to see starter Brandon Morrow (0-2) wobble early on and his defence cough up needless runs in a 9-4 loss to the New York Yankees.

Former Jays Vernon Wells and Lyle Overbay homered to back up a strong pitching performance by veteran Yankee left-hander Andy Pettitte.

“They took it to us with the bats and then Pettitte was really good,” Gibbons said in a sublimely pithy assessment of the night.

The Yankees (9-7) pounded out three homers, a triple and six doubles in their 13-hit attack.

“We’re just kind of sputtering,” Gibbons said of his 7-10 team. “We really haven’t been able to get anything going. We’ve had some well-pitched outings and haven’t got a whole lot of offence with them. And then tonight, you fall behind big and the (opposing pitcher)

shuts you down pretty good.

“Nothing’s come together yet. I think it will, it’s just a matter of time. But you know what? It’s time to start playing some better baseball, there’s no question about it. Because we’ve got a good team.”

The Jays are now in a crucial part of their schedule.

Friday marked the start of a stretch that sees the team play 30 of its next 35 games — starting with 10 straight — against AL East opposition.

There is much to fix.

The Jays came into the game hitting .229, good for 25th in the majors, although the team ranked ninth in homers with 18.

On the mound, Toronto’s much-vaunted pitching staff was 27th with a 4.77 earned-run average.

The Jays, who had seven hits on the night, have now scored just 19 runs in the seven games — going 3-4 — since shortstop Jose Reyes went down with an ankle injury in Kansas City.

But Gibbons said the hitting woes can’t be attributed to the loss of the all-star shortstop.

“We feel like we can do some damage top to bottom, so we can’t lay it all on that,” he said.

Canadian Kelly Olynyk skipping senior year at Gonzaga to enter NBA draft

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga forward Kelly Olynyk said Friday he will skip his senior season to enter the NBA draft.

The decision caps a whirlwind season in which the Kamloops, B.C., native went from afterthought to AllAmerica selection and led Gonzaga to the top spot on The Associated Press poll for the first time in school history.

The 7-foot forward said he made the final decision Thursday night and informed coaches and teammates.

He said the big factor was his desire to play in the NBA. “In the end, it’s something you’ve dreamed about since you were a little kid,” Olynyk said Friday, which was his 22nd birthday Olynyk averaged 17.8 points and 7.3 rebounds while shooting 63 per cent from the field. He led Gonzaga to a 32-3 season than ended when the top-seeded Bulldogs were upset by Wichita State in the third round of the NCAA tournament.

“We are very proud of what Kelly was able to accomplish at Gonzaga both on the court and in the class-

room,” coach Mark Few said in a news release. “We wish him all the best in his next challenge.”

Olynyk was a reserve player his first two seasons, then red-shirted after his sophomore year to work on his body and his game. Not many people expected him to put together an All-America season for what has been called the best Gonzaga team in program history.

“Nine months ago this wasn’t what I envisioned for today,” Olynyk said. “It came quicker than I expected and I’ve got to capitalize.”

Olynyk spent most of his childhood in Toronto and said he would love to play for the Raptors. He has been told he might be drafted as high as the middle of the first round.

“It’s all speculation,” he said.

Olynyk became the first Gonzaga player since Austin Daye to leave early for the NBA. Daye came out following his sophomore year and was a first-round pick

by Detroit.

Olynyk started just four games his first two seasons, and averaged 5.8 points per game as a sophomore. He red-shirted after it became apparent he would get little playing time behind future NBA player Robert Sacre during the 2011-12 season.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — UFC lightweight division champion Benson Henderson cares less about where a fight is held and more about the outcome. Let it take place in the parking lot of a convenience store and he’ll still just want the win.

Gilbert Melendez’s mixed martial arts career was in full bloom while Henderson was still in school. He’s getting his first UFC opportunity in a title match against a former admirer.

Melendez, the No. 1 challenger, meets Henderson with the title on the line Saturday at HP Pavilion.

Former heavyweight champion Frank Mir and challenger Daniel Cormier, who fights out of San Jose, meet in another compelling match on the main card.

The 29-year-old Henderson, a two-time NAIA All-American wrestler at Dana College in Nebraska, remembered watching the 31-year-old Melendez, who wrestled at San Francisco State.

“I thought it was cool seeing another ex-college wrestler,” Henderson said.

Henderson (18-2 overall) is undefeated in the UFC ranks, owning a six-fight winning streak since moving to the UFC from the WEC two years ago. It’s the longest current streak among lightweights and matches the third-longest winning streak overall.

He said he doesn’t bother looking for added motivation. Winning is motivation enough.

“I don’t like losing, period,” he said. “A fight is a fight and a title is a title. If it’s behind a 7-11 I don’t care, I’m going to beat him up.”

This is Henderson’s third title defence since taking the belt away from Frankie Edgar in February 2012. His last defence, a unanimous decision over Nate Diaz in December, was his most dominant, with 124 significant strikes and eight takedowns.

Melendez has won his last seven fights, all with Strikeforce. His last loss was to Josh Thomson — who meets Diaz in the main card fight — in June 2008.

Melendez, who works out of San Francisco, is comfortable in San Jose, where he is making his ninth professional appearance.

“I know it’s go time,” said Melendez, the Strikeforce lightweight champion. “I’m prepared.

It has been a roller coaster ride and now I’m here for a title shot, so it’s been a good journey.”

Melendez said he considers Henderson a new breed of fighter who can put it all together.

“He’s agile, athletic and tactical,” Melendez said. “But it isn’t about Benson; it’s about beating the champion. I still feel that I am on top of my game. I still feel youthful.”

Cormier and Mir were scheduled to fight last November but an injury forced Mir to postpone.

Mir, ranked sixth, has the most wins (14) in the heavyweight division, although his last three losses were all title shots.

He changed his training habits, spending nine weeks in New Mexico instead of staying in his hometown of Las Vegas to build stamina.

“The isolation led to focus and drive,” Mir said. “In the past my conditioning has been suspect. I’ve never trained like I should have and won a lot of fights I should not have won.”

Cormier, ranked third, has never lost in 11 career fights, the last eight with Strikeforce. He hopes a win over a former UFC champion leads to a UFC title shot.

“Frank is condescending,” Cormier said. “He talks down to you and that’s the worst kind of trash talk. He’s not going to be smiling in the cage, it’s going to be knocked off his face.”

Streelman in three-way tie, Snedeker on verge of missing cut at RBC heritage HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Kevin Streelman looks ready to make contending at PGA Tour events a habit, while Brandt Snedeker was poised for an early exit at the RBC Heritage in the rain-delayed second round Friday.

Streelman, who won his first tour title last month at the Tampa Bay Championships, shot a 1-under 70 before the wind picked up at Harbour Town Golf Links. He was tied at 6 under with Charley Hoffman and 34-year-old rookie Steve LeBrun.

Hoffman, like Streelman, followed an opening 66 with a 70. LeBrun shot his second straight 68.

Luke Donald and Bill Haas were a stroke back.

Donald had a 68, and Haas shot 69.

Ottawa’s Brad Fritsch shot a 69, and is four shots back.

The biggest surprise was Snedeker, at No. 5 the highest-ranked player in the field. Days after leading the Masters on Sunday before faltering, the 2011 Harbour Town winner opened with a 73 and had a 71 Friday to finish at 2-over 144— one over the projected cut line. David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., had a 70, also leaving him at 144.

Graham LeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., and Calgary’s Stephen Ames each shot a 73, to finish at 147.

Seventeen players were unable to finish.

The rain was forecast to continue overnight before the front moves out to sea and brings cooler temperatures — but no

rain.

Streelman had three birdies in his first four holes. He added a final birdie on the par-5 15th and parred out to move on top and put himself in contention on the tricky, narrow fairways and small greens of Harbour Town.

Streelman’s life hasn’t changed much since the victory in Tampa Bay, just his approach to the game.

“I do feel a bit freer to be in the position I am, say, in a week like this,” he said. “Because I’m not worried about a top 10 or a top 5 or keep your card. And

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I can just go out and try and win a golf tournament.”

The attitude worked for Streelman at the RBC Heritage, where his best showing in four previous appearances was a tie for 17th last year. Streelman’s turnaround began before the Tampa Bay victory when he decided it was better to think long term instead of over-emphasizing the past week’s tournament successes or failures.

“If I play well on the weekend, great. If I don’t play well, great,” he continued. “I know I’m doing the right

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things from my practice and workout and for a lifestyle situation for the long term with my career.”

Hoffman, seeking his third PGA Tour career victory and first since 2010, closed with birdies on his final two holes, the eighth and the ninth, to catch Streelman.

“It feels good to get the blood flowing a little bit and have a chance on Sunday,” he said. “Obviously, would like to make a bunch of birdies and pull away, but it usually doesn’t happen out here.”

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Photos contributed Central Alberta Refugee Effort (CARE) held its Cultural Mosaic Celebration on March 23.

Guests at the Festival Hall in Red Deer were treated to performances by local El Salvadoran dancers, acclaimed aboriginal hoop dancer Teddy Anderson and a Taoist tai chi demonstration.

There were also many multicultural activities provided for children in attendance.

For a small cost, ethnic food was provided by the Central Alberta Immigrant Women’s Association.

March 21 marked 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.

Jan Underwood, public awareness coordinator for CARE, said they wanted to organize an event to bring people together.

“The idea is to get everybody mixing, meeting new people, new friends.

“And hopefully, the ultimate end is to try and eliminate, or at least lessen racism.”

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ANTI-BULLY RALLY WILDROSE HARMONIZERS Observe the city’s centennial and the Barbershop Harmony Society’s 75th anniversary on April 26. The Wildrose Harmonizers present Celebrate Harmony, a show featuring performances by the group’s male chorus, the Executives and Cornerstone, two barbershop quartets, the Sweet Adeline chorus Hearts of Harmony and the Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School Chamber Choir.

The event begins at 7 p.m. at Living Stones Church in Red Deer.

Tickets are $20 each and available by calling David at 403-342-1318, Rob at 403-782-3744 or Ron at 403-789-6489.

More information is available online at www.harmonizers.ca.

FAMILIES ON THE FAST TRACK The Alberta Human Ecology and Home Economics Conference: Families on the Fast Track has sessions open to the general public. On April 26, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Lloydminster Mayor Jeff Mulligan will present a social media networking workshop. On April 27, from 1 to 3:30 p.m., dietitian Lee Finnell presents Make Peace with Food. At the same time, author Leslie Scorgie presents Rich Focus. The cost is $25 for each presentation.

Sessions take place at Holiday Inn and Suites at 37471 Hwy 2 South. Pre-register at rdhea@gmail.com. For information, call 403886-2840.

FREEHOLDERS MEETING Freeholders will gather for their annual general meeting and a seminar at Crossroads Church on April 27.

The Freehold Owners Association (FHOA) is an organization representing descendants of pioneers who bought mineral rights along with surface rights to their lands in the early 1900s. The association supports freeholders with information, expertise and help with lease negotiations.

The cost to attend the gathering is $20 per person or couple for members, or $30 per person or couple for non-members. For more information, call Else at 403-7833433 or contact FHOA at 403-245-4438 or morganallen@fhoa. ca. Information is also available at www.fhoa. ca.

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Eastview Middle School students chant while holding signs and banging drums during an antibullying rally on 40th Avenue in Red Deer on Friday morning. Hundreds of students took part in the noisy affair before hearing motivational speaker Josh Shipp, who was brought to the city by an Eastview teacher and her student son in the wake of numerous local teen suicides.

City revs up for road work MAJOR PROJECTS, REPAIRS STARTING IN EARLY MAY

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A tentative schedule has been set for Red Deer’s construction season.

City of Red Deer acting transportation engineer Shanti Acharjee said the work will get started in early May, depending on the weather, meeting time lines and when the frost dissipates.

Specific dates and road closures will be announced when the crews begin work.

The new major project for 2013 is the construction of the $5.4-million four-way lane cross section along 19th Street from 30th Avenue to Vermont Avenue. The road will move from a two-lane rural cross section to a four-lane urban cross section.

The city will conduct a functional study and a detailed study before construction gets underway. If all goes according to plan, the eastbound lanes will be built in late August and the westbound lanes will be constructed in early September.

Crews will also wrap up the $9.4-million heavy duty 32nd Street improvements.

Last year, the city replaced the road surface and added a westbound right turning lane 32nd Street and Spruce Drive, and eastbound and westbound turning lanes at 40th Avenue and 32nd Street.

As well, crews began installing a threemetre asphalt trail on the north side of 32nd Street from Spruce Drive to 30th Avenue, replacing sidewalk.

In early May, a top lift of asphalt along 32nd Street and 40th Avenue and some remaining asphalt on the trail will be put down. The work should take 10 days.

Installation of the Ross Street Patio will affect partial lanes on Ross Street for

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A 32nd Street lane will close shortly for nearly a month for pedestrian access construction.

The project marks the start of the City of Red Deer’s road construction season. two to five days at the end of May or early June. The same road will be affected when the patios are removed in early October.

City crews will also be busy on Gaetz Avenue from 53rd Street to 46th Street as they continue to the work started last year as part of the Greater Downtown Action Plan.

There will be no major road closures except at the 52nd Street intersection and some occasional sidewalk closure. The

final touches on the project should take about two weeks.

Crews will repair frost boil to the tune of $4.2 million from June to September throughout the city.

Also in June, three phases of crown paving is expected to get underway and wrap up in September. The city has budgeted $7.56 million for paving this year. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Ex-pageant contestant moves to MC duties

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF A former Red Deer woman hoping to make it big in Hollywood has landed a top beauty pageant gig.

Gina Omilon, 19, has been asked to be master of ceremonies at the Miss Teen Canada-World 2013 Pageant in Toronto on July 20. She’ll be co-hosting the show with Luke Bilyk, best known for playing Drew Torres on the Canadian television show Degrassi.

Omilon said she’s excited to be hosting the pageant after competing last year as Miss Teen Red Deer-World 2012. Pageant executive director Michelle Weswaldi asked her, particularly when she knew Omilon was in California in acting school and that she had been acting professionally for some time.

The pageant will be broadcast via the web.

Last year, there were 62 contestants and around 1,000 people in the audience. She met Bilyk then, too.

Omilon is already thinking about what it will take to make a good MC. She doesn’t want to see her audience fall asleep.

She’ll be finding ways she can personally connect with them.

“I’m going to make sure to keep the crowd happy and add some jokes, be supportive,” said Omilon. “I’ve been watching Miss Universe since I was a kid and maybe take some notes from them.”

Omilon will finish her first year this June at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She is taking a four-year bachelor’s degree in fine arts. She has her eyes set on film and television. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

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Egypt’s monks join new Christian assertiveness ST. ANTHONY’S MONASTERY, Egypt — In a cave here high in the desert mountains of eastern Egypt, the man said to be the father of monasticism took refuge from the temptations of the world some 17 centuries ago.

At the foot of the mountain, the monks at the St. Anthony’s Monastery bearing his name continue the ascetic tradition.

But even this remote spot is touched by the turbulent times facing Egypt’s Christians, who fear for their future under the rising power of Islamists.

Monks normally immersed in spirituality are joining the increasingly assertive tone of many in the minority community, vowing Christian voices won’t be silenced.

Their tone reflects the growing activist political role of the Coptic Orthodox Church, which for decades had adopted a quietist policy, avoided rocking the boat and relied on backroom dealings with the country’s leadership to try to preserve the community’s rights.

In doing so, the church is essentially following the lead of many young Christians who — caught up in the fervour of Egypt’s revolution — insist they must stand up for themselves rather than trusting politicians to protect them.

“Anyone who thinks of hurting our church will face divine retribution,” Father Yacoub, the monastery’s deputy head, told The Associated Press this week.

“Our church grows stronger with martyrdom. My faith and confidence tell me that so long as our church is in the hands of God, no one can hurt it.”

Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, of the Muslim Brotherhood, has vowed to promote equality between Egypt’s Muslim majority and Christian minority.

But Christians have been worried by the growing influence in society and government of Muslim conservatives and hard-liners, many of whom espouse rhetoric consigning Christians to second-class status.

A mob attack this month on the Cairo cathedral

that serves as the seat of the Coptic pope raised alarm bells among Christians, who make up about 10 per cent of the country’s 90 million people.

There has been a surge in attacks on Christians and churches in the two years since the ouster of autocrat Hosni Mubarak. But for Christians, the cathedral violence laid bare their vulnerability.

Morsi quickly condemned the violence, saying attacking the cathedral was like attacking him personally. But the Coptic Pope Tawadros II accused him of failing to protect the cathedral in an unprecedented direct criticism.

One of the world’s oldest monasteries, St. Anthony’s would seem a world away from such concerns, with its atmosphere of isolation.

Nestled at the foot of an imposing rock mountain in the desert near the Red Sea 100 miles (160 kilometres) southeast of Cairo, its fortress-like walls enclose churches, chapels and chambers for its around 100 monks.

The oldest section — a small chapel — is believed to date to the 4th Century. Until several years ago, a spring was the sole source of water for the monks and their date palms and olive trees.

Little disturbs the routine of spiritual contemplation. Before dawn earlier this week, the monastery was still engulfed in darkness, only a sliver of moon in the sky, when the black-clad monks emerged from their cells.

They walked up a cobblestone alley to the 15th Century Church of the Apostles to start their day with two hours of hymns and prayers.

With Orthodox Christians deep into Lent — their Easter Sunday is May 5 — that pre-dawn prayer is followed by three more liturgies, two hours each, the last ending at 5 p.m.

But the monks are definitely in touch. Yacoub sports both a Blackberry and an IPhone. He frequently drops mentions of what he reads on social networking sites.

He is also willing to cast off some of the caution and diplomacy that the church has been renowned for in dealing with politics.

“If there is someone out there who thinks that per-

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secuting the church or attacking the cathedral will drive us out of Egypt, then they are making a big mistake,” said Yacoub, a 51-year-old trained engineer.

“They are pestering us so as to drown the Coptic voice that rose during the revolution.”

“No one can cover up facts or silence Egyptians any more. That party is over.”

For monks to talk like this is a dramatic sign of the sentiment among Christians here.

Egypt’s estimated 1,200 monks constitute the heart and soul of the Coptic Orthodox Church, one of the world’s oldest denominations.

Monasticism is believed to have started in Egypt.

St. Anthony, born in the mid-3rd Century, is believed to be one of the first, shedding his possessions to live in the desert.

His followers gathered to first build the monastery here below his hermit’s cave.

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Saturday, April 20 5:00 p.m. “The Gathering” Contemporary Eucharist Sunday, April 21 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 9:00 a.m. Celebration Service 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist Sunday School/Nursery 2:00 p.m. Holy Communion at St. Paul’s Hillsdown

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BAHÁ'í Faith April 21st each year is the Festival of Ridván, the celebration of the day, 150 years ago when Baha’u’llah, the founder of the Baha’i Faith, first publicly announced His mission in a garden in Baghdad, thus beginning the Baha’i community that today comprises virtually all the races of humankind in more than 200 countries and territories. It is also the annual election of local Spiritual Assemblies, who preform many of the functions associated with clergy and more. Nine people are elected by the whole community, after a period of prayer and meditation, from all adult believers in the community. They consider “the names of only those who can best combine the necessary qualities of unquestioned loyalty, of selfless devotion, of a well-trained mind, of recognized ability and mature experience.” With no electioneering and no prepared ballots, the community votes according to their conscience with an absolute freedom of choice, and the nine individuals who receive the highest number of votes are selected. Contact 403-343-0091 or www.ca.bahai.org

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RDSO offers up contrasts MUSIC BY BRAHMS, BEETHOVEN TO BE PERFORMED AT APRIL 27 CONCERT

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Works by two great German composers who might be considered the Elton John and David Bowie of their day will be performed at the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra’s Eroica concert.

Johannes Brahms, the romanticist, was highly influenced by the classicist Ludwig van Beethoven.

But his music was less experimental and more restrained than that of his predecessor.

Like John, Brahms was highly accomplished and greatly popular, but not overly ground-breaking. In fact, Brahms’ works fell out of favour for a time and were thought to be too staid in countries such as France.

RDSO music director Claude Lapalme said the French public scoffed in the first half of the last century when American pianist Arthur Rubenstein declared Brahms was one of his favourite composers.

In contrast, moody Beethoven was never content with the status quo, constantly reinventing. His turbulent melodies pushed the standards of the day, as did Bowie’s 1970s tunes, taking listeners in unexpected directions.

“He was always trying to be new — which is a very dangerous thing to do,” said Lapalme.

When Beethoven’s third Eroica symphony premiered in 1805, it was considered too brash and aberrant to be a hit — although it didn’t take long for the public to come around.

The musical contrast between the composers can be heard when the orchestra performs Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 and Beethoven’s Eroica symphony on Saturday, April 27, at the Red Deer College Arts Centre.

Both pieces are long and intense. But of the two, the Brahms work will likely be more challenging for modern listeners, predicted Lapalme, because of its emotional restraint and subtlety.

If Beethoven’s music brings to mind craggy mountains and crashing ocean waves, Brahms is more reminiscent of gentle breezes and rolling hills.

The thing to remember is that the emotions that Brahms is trying so hard to suppress can never wholly be contained, said Lapalme.

“They always come leaking, or gushing out ... because of this restraint, you have to be aware of the inner turmoil.”

Canadian pianist Mayron Tsong will perform the 46-minute concerto along with the orchestra.

Lapalme predicted the virtuosic Brahms piece will deceive listeners, who won’t realize it’s much harder to play than it sounds.

“You do have to invest a bit more in this music to really appreciate it. ... It goes very, very deep,” said Lapalme.

Tsong is an associate music professor at the University of Maryland.

She has been praised for her dazzling technique and sensitivity. She has performed all around North America, including at Carnegie Hall, as well as Europe and Asia.

In the second half of the concert, the orchestra will devote itself to Beethoven’s third symphony,

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Canadian pianist Mayron Tsong will perform the 46-minute Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, April 27, at the Red Deer College Arts Centre. which is “extremely original,” said Lapalme.

Eroica (Heroic, in Italian) was written for Napoleon — until the one-time republican crowned himself emperor for life.

A disgusted Beethoven then struck Napoleon’s name from the cover sheet and renamed his work, “A heroic symphony to celebrate the memory of a great man.”

Lapalme believes Beethoven shattered “in a spectacular way” his remaining link to Austrian classicism with this 50-minute work. It’s longer and bigger (requiring three horns) than anything previously written.

It’s also full of bold harmonies and surprising key changes.

Lapalme said the middle movement is a tragic

funeral march, while the final movement features some humour in the form of a tune that just won’t start.

“The whole thing begins with two chords: Bang, bang.

“And then it starts. It’s as if Beethoven is saying to us, ‘Wake up, I’m talking to you now,’ ” added Lapalme, with a chuckle.

This symphony, which “opened the doors to the new century in decisive fashion,” continues to be a musical marvel.

Tickets for the 8 p.m. concert at the Red Deer College Arts Centre are $54.75 ($52.75 seniors/ $39.25 for youth or seats in the first few rows) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Freedom to create in retirement RDC CREATIVE WRITING MENTOR IS READY TO FOCUS ON HER CRAFT

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Instead of teaching poetry and fiction, Red Deer author Joan Crate looks forward to having the freedom and “empty mental space” to do more writing herself.

Crate is retiring from Red Deer College this spring after 22 years as an English instructor. While she’s enjoyed mentoring creative writing students — “that’s been the perk,” said Crate — she feels it’s time to do something different.

“You’ve got to retire while you’re still young enough to enjoy it. And I do feel ready for a new part in my life,” she added in a recent interview at a Red Deer coffee shop.

When her teaching wraps up at the college, Crate will be moving to Calgary, where her husband now works — although she expects to make a lot of return visits to this city to meet with her writing group and book club.

Retiring at age 60 will be “a lot about adventure and travelling more,” Crate predicted.

But it will also be about completing two new writing projects — a book of poetry and a new novel she has started that’s partially set at a residential boarding school for aboriginal youths.

Rather than delving into abuse issues, her yet-untitled novel is more about friction between a female aboriginal student and the “Mother General” who runs the school.

“It’s about a clash of cultures, but also about finding yourself,” said Crate, who looks forward to gaining more time to write and think after she retires.

“You need some empty mental space in the leadup to writing. That’s when I get my ideas.”

She admitted it’s been difficult plugging away at long fiction while also spending full days in the classroom.

“You can write for a while, then you get busy with marking and by the time you get back to it, it’s almost like starting over.”

Yet, despite teaching children’s literature, poetry and fiction and raising four children with her Nova Chemicals engineer husband (their youngest son is now at RDC), Crate managed to complete a previous novel, Breathing Water.

The haunting tale of a young mother who uses stories told by her native father to try find meaning in life, was short-listed for a Commonwealth Book Award and the Books in Canada First Novel Award

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Joan Crate RDC instructor and author. While she’s enjoyed mentoring creative writing students — “that’s been the perk,” said Crate — she feels it’s time to do something different after 22 years. in 1989. As well, Crate has written several well-received poetry collections.

Her debut poetry book, also from 1989, Pale as Real Ladies: Poems for Pauline Johnson is now in its sixth printing and has been used for university poetry courses.

Her 2002 poetry collection, Foreign Homes, about domesticity and dislocation, was short-listed for the Pat Lowther Award.

And, in 2008, her poem I am a Prophet was nominated for the Most Memorable Canadian Poem by the Literary Review of Canada.

The native of Yellowknife believes that cultural identity and mythology have been recurrent themes in her writing, in part because Crate’s father was part Cree. Her dad, an adult education teacher, accepted a series of on-reserve teaching positions so “we were brought up with quite a bit of exposure to native culture.”

Crate’s latest poetry collection, SubUrban Legends, published in 2009, considers how mythologies and folk tales have permeated the modern consciousness.

“Unfortunately, many people do believe that fairy tales can be applied to real life,” said Crate, who noticed in the proliferation of reality TV shows, references to fairy-tale weddings, searches for Prince Charming, “feeling like a princess,” and wanting the “happily ever after.”

“Young girls are so romantic and unrealistic,” said Crate, who believes a more down-to-earth ap-

proach to life and marriage is generally more helpful. To that end, her newest, yet-unpublished poems touch on how human perspectives on existence change with age.

Personally, Crate is finding more contentment in her sixth decade — but she is also blunter about voicing her opinions.

This could be construed as being “not as nice,” if nice means compliant, she added, with a laugh.

“When you’re young, there’s a certain rawness to your experiences. Everything is new, it’s raw, your emotions are taking over. ... As you get older, you gain a better perspective.” Emotions become less turbulent, she added.

Crate will leave Red Deer regretfully, saying she has many good friends here and this city was a perfect place to raise a family. She also leaves her job with concerns about how provincial government budget cuts will affect RDC’s English department.

She was told her full-time position will likely be replaced with only a part-time or sessional instructor.

If the college can’t find anyone to fill the position, Crate has agreed to return as a part-time instructor for one course next winter to ensure there’s a solid core of creative writing instruction at RDC. Literary art is important, she said, because “it gives us things to think about. ... It’s through our engagement with each other, and sharing our thoughts with each other, that we get quality of life.” lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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At once expansive and intimate, The Place Beyond the Pines flirts with exhaustion and threatens credulity with its extreme generational conflicts and use of coincidence.

Cianfrance and his sterling cast keep it all together, vanquishing doubt and soap suds.

There’s a palpable sense of teamwork that brings out the best in all of these players.

The Place Beyond the Pines is actually three interlocking stories in one, the first concerning Luke’s headlong ride into destiny.

Just as he removes the helmet from his bottleblonde locks, he’s met by Romina (Eva Mendes), the girlfriend he wooed and abandoned the last time the circus was in town.

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He demands an unwarranted promotion from a police superior (Bruce Greenwood) who warns him, “You’re too smart for your own good.”

These words will echo as the film jumps 15 years, and two other major figures join the ever-expanding cast: troubled youths played with bravura skill by Dane DeHaan (Chronicle) and Emory Cohen (New York, I Love You).

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LOS ANGELES — Rush was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Thursday, in front of a Los Angeles crowd packed with the same ardent supporters who campaigned for so long to see the prog-rock virtuosos recognized.

Then, the Toronto group took the stage for a blistering blitzkrieg performance of Tom Sawyer and The Spirit of Radio that reminded everyone why their long-lasting exclusion had seemed so unthinkable in the first place.

After an uproarious speech from longtime fan Dave Grohl, Rush took the stage: frontman and nimble bassist Geddy Lee, dexterous guitarist Alex Lifeson and powerhouse drummer Neil Peart.

Splashy guests joined most performances on this night, but as Tom Sawyer cracked down like thunder from the sky followed by their anthemic The Spirit of Radio, the core power trio was all anyone really needed.

It was a sharp contrast from their low-key acceptance speech, in which Rush’s three members seemed a little awed by the spectacle of the starstudded evening.

“We’ve been saying for a long time — years — that this wasn’t a big deal,” Peart said. “Turns out, it kind of is.”

Added Lee, moments later: “I have to say this is a little overwhelming for a nice Jewish boy from Toronto.”

The fans waited and waited for this honour, pushing and petitioning for the perennially disrespected band to finally take its place among rock royalty, and they had to wait some more on this night: Rush’s induction was the climax to a marathon show that ran more than four and a half hours.

And it was certainly clear who the evening’s headliners were.

Rush had long been considered the Clevelandbased rock shrine’s most egregious snub, having been eligible for induction since 1998 but passed over year after year in favour of acts including Madonna, Donovan, the Hollies, Blondie and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

So they were both a sentimental pick and the overwhelming audience favourite. All the gala’s honourees were introduced to an enthusiastic reception, but the audience reached a bona fide tizzy with only three simple words spoken off the top by the show’s host: “And from Toronto...” An eruption of applause followed, and when the cameras caught the trio smiling at their table, the applause grew louder still.

Indeed, Rush fans were everywhere around the Nokia Theatre prior to the ceremony — fans in Rushbranded baseball jerseys, bandannas, leather jackets and tour T-shirts as tattered as a pair of Peart’s drumsticks after a marathon gig.

The crowd was so heavily tilted in Rush’s favour, Public Enemy’s Chuck D said backstage that he and director Spike Lee joked that it felt like the hip-hop outfit was playing a road game.

“He said: ‘We’re in Boston Garden right now!’ ” the rapper said to laughter.

And in a light-hearted but reverential speech, Grohl reminisced upon first receiving his vinyl copy of 2112 and marvelling at the “infamous” photo in the liner notes: “three grown men, arms crossed, standing proudly in white satin kimonos and skintight pants.” Later, he and Hawkins performed 2112 dressed in similar get-ups complemented by ridiculous wigs.

“Rock and roll has forever been ensconced in mystery ... but there’s one mystery that surely eclipses them all: when ... did Rush become cool?” said Grohl, who later shouted the name of every single Rush LP in chronological order.

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WHOLESALE SALES UNCHANGED IN FEBRUARY: STATSCAN OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales were unchanged in February at $48.8 billion, after rising 0.5 per cent in January. The agency says there were decreases in five of the seven subsectors in February, including machinery, equipment and supplies.

It says these declines were mostly offset by higher sales in the motor vehicle and parts subsector.

The largest decrease in dollar terms was in the machinery, equipment and supplies subsector, where overall sales fell 2.1 per cent and the secondlargest drop was in the personal and household goods subsector, where sales were off 1.5 per cent. The largest advance in dollar terms was in the motor vehicle and parts subsector, where sales rose 3.0 per cent.

Wholesalers in seven provinces reported increased sales in February, but these were largely offset by a 1.1 per cent decline in sales in Ontario.

CYPRUS PRESIDENT SAYS CASINOS, TAX BREAKS AMONG STEPS TO RESTART ECONOMY NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus’ president says the bailed-out country will open casinos and bolster its tourism sector to get the economy going again.

Nicos Anastasiades unveiled on Friday a first batch of measures he said are designed to boost growth in an economy that is projected to shrink by 13 per cent until 2015.

He said Cyprus would also give businesses tax breaks for hiring new workers and set up solar energy parks. Young people will be granted state and church-owned land for cultivation. And those having homes or businesses seized because they’re unable to pay off loans would be able to stay on as renters, he said.

Cyprus agreed last month on a 23 billion euro ($30 billion) rescue package with its euro area partners and the International Monetary Fund.

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Chamber backs pooled pensions

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR The Red Deer Chamber of Commerce supports provincial legislation that would create a new employment pension option.

On Thursday, the Alberta government introduced Bill 18 — the Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act. If passed, it would allow employers, employees and those who are self-employed to pool their pension contributions into registered plans.

“Currently, only one in six Albertans working in the private sector participates in an employee pension plan,” said Kyle Fawcett, associate minister of finance, in a government release on Friday. “We’ve introduced this legislation so that all working

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Albertans — including those who work for small companies or are self employed — have more choices when it comes to retirement savings.”

Red Deer Chamber president Gayle Langford said the issue of pooled registered pension plans was debated at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s annual general meeting in Hamilton last September. It was resolved that the national chamber should work to expedite provincial legislation enabling such plans.

“We supported it then, and we still support it,” she said.

The benefits of pooled registered pension plans from a public policy perspective are evident, said Langford, explaining that they can help workers save for retirement.

The case from a business perspective is

less obvious.

It’s difficult for small and medium-sized businesses to set up company pension plans, she said. Their only real option is to match employees’ contributions to registered retirement savings plans.

The problem with this, said Langford, is that such payments are deemed by Canada Revenue Agency to be income, with the associated employment insurance and Canada pension plan obligations. This would not be the case with pooled registered pension plan contributions.

“I like the idea that more of the employer’s contribution would actually go where you intend it to go.”

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BY JULIAN BELTRAME THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canadian consumers can expect to see only moderate if any price increases across the broad spectrum of goods and services in the foreseeable future, analysts said Friday after release of new data showing inflation fell to one per cent last month.

Friday’s fresh data from Statistics Canada trimmed the annual inflation rate twotenths of a point to one per cent, and pegged the month-to-month rise in prices at a tame 0.2 per cent.

That follows a wild February which saw the annual rate climb 0.7 points and prices jump 1.2 per cent in one month.

But that was an aberration caused by a sharp rise in gasoline prices. Gas prices reversed course in March and have fallen further still so far into April, pointing to an even lower rate when the numbers come out next month.

“Canadian inflation is showing its true colours again — bland,” said Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter.

“Prices in almost all regions and almost all categories are currently running at well below a two per cent annual pace, and the near-term outlook is lower. We remain in a world where both growth and inflation are scrambling to stay above one per cent.”

Porter noted that there is nothing on the horizon that appears ready to upset the apple cart. Political tensions have not as yet led to a spike in energy prices and even last month’s severe drought in the United States has had little impact on food prices, despite predictions they could rise to about five per cent this spring.

TD Bank economist Francis Fong called the lack of inflationary pressure par for the course given the anemic Canadian economy, which grew at less than one per cent in the last six months of 2012 and appears to have picked up only modestly so far into 2013.

Fong said he expects inflation to remain in the slow lane for some time, but not to veer into deflationary territory, which would concern the Bank of Canada.

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Those opposing the Keystone XL pipeline hold up banners during the U.S. State Department’s sole public hearing in Grand Island, Neb., Thursday, to allow citizens to make their views known on the $7.6 billion Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline.

Sylvan Star Cheese awarded pair of prizes

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Judges at the Canadian Cheese Grand Prix continue to demonstrate an affinity for Central Alberta gouda.

On Thursday, they awarded a pair of prizes to Sylvan Star Cheese Ltd., naming its Grizzly Gouda the top entry in both the Gouda and Farmhouse Cheese categories.

The company, which operates near Sylvan Lake, had six of its cheeses named finalist at this year’s Canadian Cheese Grand

Prix. In addition to its winning entries, Sylvan Star’s Aged Gouda was in the running for the Gouda title; its Natural Smoked Gouda was among the top picks for Flavoured Cheese with Added Non-particulate Flavourings; and its Italian Herbs Spiced Gouda, and Cayenne and Green Peppercorn Spiced Gouda were finalists for the Flavoured Cheese with Added Particulate Solids and Flavourings.

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Steel Pony Farm wins business plan contest

BY ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer-based business earned $7,500 this week at a TEC Edmonton business plan contest.

Steel Pony Farm was one of three final-

ists in the student category of the competition, which is organized annually by the business incubator to support start-up tech companies.

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Tips for landing your first job Dear Working Wise: I am about to graduate with a diploma in business administration and I’m eager to find a job. Do you have any tips to help me land my first job?

— Eager Graduate Dear Eager: Congratulations on completing your program. Alberta is full of opportunity right now with the second-lowest unemployment rate in the country. Here are some tips to help you tap into the opportunities and put your education to CHARLES good use.

STRACHEY ● Use your school Ask the chair of WORKING WISE your program for advice and suggestions about where to look for jobs.

Put your school’s career services office to work for you. They can usually help you with your resumé and job search, and employers interested in hiring new graduates often post jobs on their job boards. ● Polish your resumé Recruiters spend as little as 30 seconds glancing at your resumé. Does yours scream, “I’m perfect for this job”?

Check out the resumé tips on the Alberta

Learning Information Service (ALIS) web site at http://bit.ly/ISpj0B. Always include a cover letter with your resumé and use it to quickly explain why you are the perfect candidate for the job.

Want an expert opinion on your resumé?

Use the free ALIS e-Resumé review service at http://alis.alberta.ca. ● Attend job fairs Did you know that there are job fairs happening all year long around the province? Find out about upcoming job fairs near you at http://employment.alberta.ca/ jobfairs. ● Like your local Facebook jobs page Get job opportunities and news of upcoming job fairs sent straight to your Facebook news feed. You can find and like your local Alberta Works Facebook jobs page by clicking on http://bit.ly/IGmZK4. ● Network Fewer than half of all jobs are advertised. Let your network of friends, family, teachers and former employers know that you are looking for a job.

Networking is a great way to tap into the hidden job market. Send everyone you know an email, letting them know what kind of job you’re looking for, along with a quick summary of your skills, training and experience, or a link to your LinkedIn profile. And don’t forget to update, clean up and use your social networking sites. ● Expand your job search

Some grads make the mistake of limiting their job search to a specific occupation, industry or organization type. Take inventory of your transferable skills — like organizational, computer and time-management skills — and consider opportunities in related occupations and industries.

Don’t forget to check out small businesses and not-for-profit organizations. ● Register with recruitment agencies Agencies will not look for a job for you, but they will call you if you are a good match for a position that they are recruiting for. Registering with recruitment agencies is free, takes very little time, and is another great way to tap into the hidden job market.

You can start by checking out http://alis. alberta.ca/js/ws/jp/jobpostings/ea.html. ● Visit an Alberta Works Centre Visit your nearest Alberta Works Centre (http://humanservices.alberta.ca/offices) and ask a career and employment consultant for advice on your job search. ● Use ALIS Finding Work Click on the Job Seekers tab on the ALIS website (http://alis.alberta.ca) for more tips on finding a job.

Good luck!

Working Wise is compiled by Charles Strachey, a manager with Alberta Human Services, for general information. Strachey can be contacted at charles.strachey@gov.ab.ca.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 94.53 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 92.24 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.16 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.89 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.79 Cdn. National Railway . . 98.48 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 124.21 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 80.00 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.17 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.95 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 30.55 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 46.17 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 22.31 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.61 General Motors Co. . . . . 29.15 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 16.49 Research in Motion. . . . . 14.19 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.50 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 42.49 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 43.27 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 36.25 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 14.08 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 48.76

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.48 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.38 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 54.36 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.29 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 25.37 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 18.65 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.20 First Quantum Minerals . 16.66 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 28.59 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 7.94 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.45 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 39.36 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.39 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 25.21

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 73.05 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.10 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 12.99 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.28 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 13.41

Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 26.64 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 41.75 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 43.58 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.96 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 46.69 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 29.54 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 18.93 Canyon Services Group. . 9.99 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 28.70 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.670 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 9.17 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.00 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 87.45

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed higher Friday at the end of a volatile week that saw the TSX sink further into negative territory for the year amid a new round of concern about the pace of the global economic recovery.

The S&P/TSX composite index climbed 69.21 points to 12,065.55 with a good chunk of those gains coming from mining companies which have led losses this week.

The Canadian dollar was down 0.03 of a cent at 97.44 cents U.S. amid data showing

inflation pressures remain weak.

Statistics Canada said the consumer price index rose one per cent in March compared with a year earlier, down from a 1.2 per cent rise in February. That was lower than the 1.1 per cent reading that economists had expected.

U.S. markets were also positive at the end of a week where a rally that has gone on practically non-stop since the start of the year looked shaky.

The Dow Jones industrials edged up 10.37 points to 14,547.51, the Nasdaq composite index was up 39.69 points to

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 37.21 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.34 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 28.13 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 38.84 IROC Services . . . . . . . . . 2.89 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.69 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 8.91 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.980 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 7.72 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 28.13 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.37 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.66 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 6.71 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 47.41 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 63.00 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 56.95 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.01 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 27.70 Carefusion . . . . . . . . . . . 34.55 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 26.26 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 43.75 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 61.48 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 14.24 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 73.48 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.09 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 61.45 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 27.11 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.53 3,206.06 and the S&P 500 index advanced 13.64 points to 1,555.25.

Earnings news continued to come in mixed as General Electric Corp. reported a profit of $3.5 billion, or 34 cents per share, on revenue of $35 billion. During last year’s first quarter, GE earned $3 billion on $35.2 billion in revenue.

GE shares fell 4.06 per cent to US$21.75 as GE said that deteriorating economic conditions in Europe dragged down results, especially in sales of power and water equipment.

IBM shares shares dropped

8.28 per cent to $190 after it said its first-quarter profit fell one per cent due to delays in closing several large software and mainframe computer deals.

IBM said it earned $3.03 billion, or $2.70 per share in the quarter. Ex-items, earnings came in at $3, five cents below expectations. Revenue of $23.41 billion missed forecasts of $24.7 billion and its .

McDonald’s earned $1.27 billion, or $1.26 per share in the latest quarter. That compared with $1.266 billion, or $1.23 per share, a year ago. Revenue edged up one per cent to $6.6 billion. Analysts expected a profit of $1.26 per share on revenue of $6.59 billion and its shares drifted down 1.95 per cent to $99.92.

Markets got off to a weak start Monday amid data showing growth in China coming in lower than expected. Losses picked up mid-week after the International Monetary Fund downgraded its estimates for global growth.

Worries about slowing demand sent commodity prices sharply lower and sparked a selloff on the TSX, leaving the main index down about three per cent year to date. The TSX lost 2.2 per cent this past week.

Additionally, worries that the worst-hit countries of the eurozone debt crisis might use their gold reserves to deal with their problems helped send gold prices to their lowest levels in more than two years.

“I don’t want to say some commodity supercycle is over, but there is no question that the bloom is off the rose with respect to commodity and resource investing,” said Garey Aitken, chief investment officer at Bissett Investment Management in Calgary.

New York indexes were still up substantially for the year, with the Dow industrials remaining up

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PENSION: Tipping point So, for employers that currently provide matching RRSP contributions, a switch to a pooled registered pension plan should be desirable.

“For those employers who would like to be able to offer a pension plan, and before were hesitating because of the extra costs with the RRSP contributions, it might be the tipping point for a few of them,” added Langford.

She cautioned, however, that a switch from RRSP contributions to pooled registered pension plan payments might not be in the best interests of all employees. With an RRSP, they can withdraw funds under the federal Home Buyers’ Plan or Lifelong Learning Plan, or by paying the associated taxes; with a pooled registered pension plan, they won’t be able to.

Langford doesn’t know if having a pension plan will give Alberta employers an advantage when seeking workers in a tight labour market. It could vary from business to business, depending on the industry and type of employees sought.

“At least it’s an option for employers,” she pointed out.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is applauding the province for its pooled registered pension plan legislation. Contributions won’t be subject to payroll taxes and the plans should have lower administration fees than RRSPs, it said in a release.

“Small firms tell us that the main reasons they do not have any form of company retirement plans for their employees or themselves are the costs and administrative burdens of offering a plan,” said Richard Truscott, the CFIB’s Alberta director.

A pooled registered pension plan should address both concerns, he said.

According to data collected from CFIB members, 78 per cent of small businesses in Alberta don’t have a company retirement savings plan. However, 36 per cent said they would consider a pooled registered pension plan if the option existed, and 30 per cent were unsure but would ponder the idea once more information is available. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

CONTEST: $35K up for grabs A total of $35,000 was up for grabs, with an Edmonton company that’s developed a portable device for screening for heart attacks declared the winner.

Steel Pony Farm, which is owned by Mike Kozlowski and Kristen Carlson, uses natural and organic methods to grow dozens of products for sale at a Red Deer farmers market and for delivery to contract customers.

For the TEC Edmonton competition, Kozlowski and Carlson had to describe their business to judges from Edmonton’s business community.

“As farmers, we’re thrilled to be recognized in a high-level business competition,” said Kozlowski.

“We feel proud to be representing agriculture in the business community, demonstrating that this is a viable career and that we have developed a solid business that can go head-to-head with some of the province’s best tech start-ups.”

Earlier this year, Steel Pony Farm captured the 2012 RED Challenge, earning Kozlowski and Carlson $20,000, as well as mentoring and office space.

Designed to help young entrepreneurs develop their creative ideas, the RED Challenge is organized

by Red Deer College, Red Deer Regional Economic Development, the City of Red Deer, Alberta Innovations and Community Futures Central Alberta.

Additional information about Steel Pony Farm can be found online at www.steelpony.ca.

INFLATION: Low rate to stay As it stands, the current environment suggests the central bank could remain on a holding pattern in terms of interest rates for the next year or two.

“We do not expect the first hike in the overnight rate to occur until the end of next year,” he said.

In Tuesday’s update on the economy, the Bank of Canada said the weak price pressures are consistent

about 11 per cent year to date.

But U.S. markets were still down sharply for the week and many analysts say they wouldn’t be at all surprised to see them step back a bit after running up so far, so fast.

Gains on the TSX were largely due to a 2.3 per cent rise in the base metals group while the May copper contract down six cents to US$3.15 a pound, adding up to a 5.6 per cent drop this week that was the biggest since midDecember, 2011. With today’s close, copper prices have entered a bear market, having fallen 20 per cent from the February 2012 peak.

First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) rose 55 cents to $16.66 and Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX:TRQ) gained 49 cents to C$5.82.

The gold sector gained about 1.5 per cent as June bullion gained $3.10 to US$1,395.60 an ounce, losing seven per cent this past week and falling below US$1,400 for the first time in two years. The sector is down about 37 per cent year to date as gold producers sustained sharp losses amid sharply rising costs just to get the precious metal out of the ground.

The TSX gold sector is now at levels last seen in 2005, when gold prices hovered around $500 an ounce.

“So obviously, what we’ve seen here in the last few weeks is the price of gold stocks have been off a lot more and that’s understandable just given the inherent operating leverage in a mining company,” added Aitken.

“But it also speaks to cost increases in the industry and I think probably challenges in terms of execution, just bringing mines onstream on time on budget.”

Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX) climbed 21 cents to C$18.65

while Iamgold (TSX:IMG) rose five cents to C$5.

The tech sector rose one per cent as BlackBerry (TSX:BB) improved by 39 cents to $14.19.

Consumer discretionary stocks were ahead with auto parts giant Magna International (TSX:MG) ahead $1.47 to $57.60.

Industrials were also supportive as Canadian National Railways (TSX:CNR) gained $1.48 to $98.48.

The energy sector led decliners, down 0.4 per cent while the May crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange was up 28 cents to US$88.01 a barrel. Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) slipped 20 cents to C$28.13.

The TSX Venture Exchange added 6.13 points to 939.07.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: May ’13 $5.10 higher $640.00; July ’13 $3.80 higher $624.40; Nov. ’13 $2.30 higher $562.50; Jan. ’14 $2.70 higher $562.80; March ’14 $1.90 higher $557.00; May ’14 $1.90 higher $554.90; July ’14 $1.90 higher $553.00; Nov. ’14 $1.90 higher $528.60; Jan ’15 $1.90 higher $528.60; March ’15 $1.90 higher $528.60; May ’15 $1.90 higher $528.60.

Barley (Western): May ’13 unchanged $243.50; July ’13 unchanged $244.00; Oct. ’13 $10.00 lower $194.00; Dec ’13 $9.00 lower $199.00; March ’14 $9.00 lower $199.00; May ’14 $9.00 lower $199.00; July ’14 $9.00 lower $199.00; Oct. ’14 $9.00 lower $199.00; Dec. ’14 $9.00 lower $199.00; March ’15 $9.00 lower $199.00; May ’15 $9.00 lower $199.00.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 533,260 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 533,260.

with excess production capacity in the economy, meaning producers have little leverage to push for higher returns.

It also cited the increased presence of big box stores in Canada, including the recent arrival of U.S. giant Target, as well as growth in online and crossborder shopping.

It predicted inflation would remain near one per cent through much of 2013 and only return to the bank’s preferred two per cent target in mid-2015.

The key contributor to March’s lower rate was a 0.3 per cent decline in the price of gasoline from a year ago, following February’s 3.9 per cent increase.

Statistics Canada said gasoline prices declined in seven of the 10 provinces.

Overall, six of the eight major components that go into the inflation rate rose, but all by less than two per cent. As a result, core inflation, which excludes volatile items such as gasoline and fresh fruit, also remained in check, staying unchanged at 1.4 per cent.

On individual items, there were some more pronounced movements, both up and down, including fresh fruit and vegetables. In addition, tuition fees were up 3.7 per cent on an annual basis, and property taxes rose 2.8 per cent.

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Disaster Decks stylist Heidi Richter puts the finishing touches on a renovated deck.

DISASTER DECKS PROFILES AND FIXES OUTDOOR DIY PROJECTS GONE AWRY

Dreams of an outdoor oasis can quickly dissolve for homeowners who tackle backyard builds without the skills and knowledge to do the job properly.

Home renovation show Disaster Decks profiles cases of DIY gone awry.

But homeowners don’t just get to show up for the big reveal — they’re put to work.

Designer and carpenter Paul Lafrance takes on hosting duties on the new series, bringing along familiar faces from his HGTV Canada series Decked Out, including landscaper Jeff Sarty and stylist Heidi Richter.

“It’s still fun,” Richter said in an interview.

“We’ve still got the whole gang with their jokes and all of the rest of it, but it’s a little more tutorial.”

“The homeowner is involved and what they are doing is teaching them how to rebuild the deck. It’s generally people that built their own deck or they’ve inherited

‘WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS TO FIND DECKS THAT ALREADY HAD GOOD STRONG FOOTINGS OR SUPPORTS SO THERE WASN’T A WHOLE LOT OF STRUCTURAL WORK TO BE DONE.’ — STYLIST HEIDI RICHTER an old crappy deck from an old purchase. So we go in and help them.”

Disaster Decks premiered Tuesday on HGTV Canada.

The first of two back-toback episodes features Leo and Anne, whose lovely home is attached to an outdoor eyesore.

Anne yearns for a lounge area to be able to host guests, but the dilapidated deck constructed by do-it-yourselfer Leo 25 years ago is hardly fit for entertaining with its rotting wood and exposed nails.

Lafrance and his team enlist Leo as they reconstruct the deck, while Richter steps in toward the end of the reno to bring in furniture and other decorative touches.

She said a common thread among the decks gone wrong was really noticeable in the finishing.

“They would get things ... to a functional stage, but they

were all looking a little rough around the edges. So they just need a little bit more help with that finishing just to tweak them and make it a more professional deck.”

Rather than going over-thetop extravagant with the outdoor projects, Richter said the aim of Disaster Decks is to focus on more attainable ideas for the average homeowner.

“What we were trying to do is to find decks that already had good strong footings or supports so there wasn’t a whole lot of structural work to be done,” she said.

“We could use the framework and basically re-decking, adding new details — railings, privacy screens and that sort of thing.”

For viewers inspired to have a new or revamped deck of their own to enjoy during warmer weather, don’t reach for the tools — or your wallet — just yet.

Richter said it’s important for homeowners to determine how they’re going to use their outdoor space and to have help to determine how their build will take shape.

“Do they want the beautiful built-in kitchen?

“Do they want just a small deck area? Do they want to do a deck or do they want to do a stone patio?” she asked.

“If they have children, then they want to ensure that they have some space for them to run as well. So the first step is just deciding how you want to use your backyard.”

Richter said it’s important that the newly installed or renovated deck will co-ordinate well with the existing home and surrounding environment.

She said some of the decks they’ve constructed have encompassed virtually the entire backyard as many people are steering away from lawns,

which are high-maintenance and use a lot of water.

When it comes to incorporating decorative details, Richter suggested additions that are both personal and functional.

“There’s now lots of wonderful wall hangings that you can put in. You can put inserts into a privacy screen. There are multitudes of design ideas that you can use for that,” she said.

“There’s Plexiglas that has bamboo embedded in it which allows the light to travel through, but also adds some textural detail.

“You can soften the deck as well by adding some privacy curtains.”

Richter also recommended steering away from a uniform look for outdoors by stitching together different pieces and textiles.

“Don’t go in there and buy one full complete matching set. Mix and match the fabrics a little bit, mix and match the furniture. It just makes it feel more custom and a little more personal.

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D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, April 20, 2013

Photo by DEBBIE TRAVIS

This decorative concrete countertop imitates the look of a priceless stone slab with a chiseled rock edge. Concrete counters can be moulded and personalized.

Concrete ideas for the kitchen It’s easy to dream, to imagine what it would be like to have a cook’s kitchen or a spa bath.

From dreams come fresh ideas and now your imagination is in overdrive.

Wow what you could do!

But to turn those dreams into reality is the tough bit.

There is a budget to contend with, and if you want to do some of the work yourself, you have to set aside the time, always in short supply.

Sometimes it will be a picture in a magazine or a new product that sparks your imagination.

In my initial ‘dream’ state, I have come across some spectacular designs and uses for Decorative Concrete.

It has caught the attention of designers and homeowners in recent years.

At first seen as a basic substrate for commercial interiors and modern lofts, DEBBIE the versatility of the mateTRAVIS rial has opened up its application to decorative styles across the board, from cool urban to traditional farmhouse and transitional plans.

All methods of applying colour and design work well with concrete; it can be stained, stamped, stenciled, etched and polished; it will take inlays and can be moulded to any shape.

For limitless design possibilities and to learn all you need to know about living with concrete, visit www.concretenetwork.com. Their site also provides sources for concrete contractors across North America.

This is where I met Kristina and Steve Silberman, owners of Absolute ConcreteWorks, www.absoluteconreteworks.com, They worked on a stunning project that shows off their company’s vision — fusing art with function.

“The concrete starts in liquid form,” says Steve,

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“so there is boundless opportunity for personalization.”

In this kitchen, themed A River Runs Through It, the flowing design on the concrete surfaces literally runs around the kitchen, beginning at the island, along the kitchen counter and sink (all one) and on the counters on either side of the range.

The colouration has been etched into the concrete, pulling from the homeowners palette they chose for the slate floor and kitchen cabinetry.

Geodes have been embedded in the concrete. (You could embed stones or shells from your property.)

The concrete is polished, sealed and finished with a coat of wax. Hardwearing, practical and beautiful, this is concrete recreated.

Whatever your home projects and dreams are, it’s time to make at least one of two of them a reality.

Here are a few tips.

Set your goal.

What do you want to have at the end of the project?

More room, an updated look, a different use of existing space are all attainable on any budget.

Consider your budget.

Depending on the project, you will need to account for building materials, labour, new or re-

purposed furniture and decoration. Time off work counts too, and delays are inevitable.

Plan your project.

Do this twice.

Once for an overall plan of what is required to complete the project, and then a more detailed, step-by-step plan that covers each section, including shopping, ordering, hiring the trades and professionals, and the time lines.

Prepare for the impact on everyday living that the project is going to have.

Make allowances for the space that is temporarily out of action and create a backup strategy while the work is being completed.

Weather considerations.

While there is no way to predict the weather, if you are planning an outdoor project, you will need a period of dry weather, so try to plan when your area would have the best chance to realize this generally unpredictable situation.

Debbie Travis’ House to Home column is produced by Debbie Travis and Barbara Dingle. Please email your questions to house2home@debbietravis.com. You can follow Debbie on Twitter at www.twitter.com/debbie_travis, and visit Debbie’s new website, www.debbietravis.com.

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Mitre saw the ideal home reno tool ently (check your manual) — once you fine-tune the 90-dgree angle properly, all other angles will be correct.

Is your saw a compound model?

If it is, repeat the cutting and flipping process to determine if vertical cuts are accurate, too.

One more thing.

If your saw is adjusted accurately, and you find that window or door trim still doesn’t come together tightly at the corners,

the error is probably in your building.

Few corners are perfectly square, so expect to do a little adjustments as you work. If only buildings could be adjusted as easily as mitre saws.

Steve Maxwell, syndicated home improvement and woodworking columnist, has shared his DIY tips, how-to videos and product reviews since 1988.

Send questions to steve@ stevemaxwell.ca

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Left: Site-built supports let you cut long wood accurately.

Below: This sliding compound mitre saw is adjusted to cut a 60-degree angle.

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Olds College has a challenging opportunity for an individual to fill the position of Dean, School of Business and Calgary Campus. The Dean will be responsible for the leadership, management and resourcing of programs and staff to meet the full-time and part-time educational programming needs of learners and industry partners in the business and fashion programming sectors. The Dean will also focus on the research, integration, awareness and quality of Olds College programming in the Calgary marketplace and the development of a strategic operating plan for the Calgary Campus.

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If you could have only crosscut material at one power tool to help least 12 inches wide, and with home renovations, that’s as wide as lumber a mitre saw is the one to gets. choose.

This makes the sliding It’s the quickest way compound mitre saw the to become an most versatile expert at cutof all models. ting everyRegardless thing from of the type construction of mitre saw lumber to you choose, trim. don’t assume Also called that it’s ada chopsaw, justed accuthese power rately right tools make out of the box. precise anJust because gled crossthe marks on cuts easy, the saw say and there you’re cutting are three at 45 degrees, STEVE main types to 90 degrees MAXWELL choose from. or any other Simple miangle, doesn’t tre saws are mean it’s acbuilt around a circular tually so. Test your saw saw blade and motor that before trusting it. pivots up and down to Start by positionmake cuts. Lumber sits ing the support table to on a table that pivots one make a simple 90-degree way or the other to allow cut across a 1x4 or 1x6. angled cuts.

Flip one of the halves Like all mitre saws, of wood over, then bring simple models are de- the cut ends together scribed by blade diam- with the edges of both eter, typically 10-inch or pieces tight to the fence.

12-inch.

Is there any gap? If Blade size matters any opening is there, it since it relates directly represents twice the erto how wide a piece of ror of the saw. wood you can cut.

Although different A 10” diameter blade saws are adjusted differcan cut a 2x6 at 90∞, and a 12î blade can handle a 2x8.

Crosscutting capacity gets smaller as the angle of a cut increases.

A simple mitre saw make sense if you’re tooling up on a budget, or if you need a light saw that’s easy to carry.

Simple mitre saws can only cut angles in one plane.

More on this later.

Compound mitre saws are like simple mitre saws in that they let you pivot them downwards to complete a cut.

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This dual angle business is what the word ‘compound’ means.

You won’t use it all the time, but it’s nice to have for everything from big outdoor projects to interior trim jobs.

Crosscutting capacity of a compound mitre saw is the same as a simple saw with the same blade diameter.

Choose a compound model if you’re okay with slightly more weight and a higher price tag, and want the ability to cut more complex angles.

Sliding compound mitre saws combine the features of the simple and compound saws with something different.

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Most sliding compound mitre saws can

The Town of Blackfalds has an employment opportunity for a Public Works Environmental Coordinator - Closing Date April 26, 2013.

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Single man wants to be a boyfriend, not just a friend love you shared is long gone. Enjoy the memories and ignore her.

If she approaches you face to face or calls you, be kind and honest. Tell her she hurt your feelings and it’s uncomfortable to talk to her.

Ask why she called.

When she tells you that she made a mistake and misses you, tell her that

you miss her too, but spending time with her would be a mistake.

Explain that you need time to see that she’s changed. Give her a few years to grow up.

Explain that integrity is very attractive; dating your best friend and not discussing it with you is not.

When she turned her

back on you, she lost the chance to get you back.

Give her a good three years to change her ways. Then see if she’s grown up.

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CIVIL PROJECT MANAGER / ESTIMATOR We are a growing construction company that requires a Civil Project Estimator/Manager for our office in Red Deer.

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The successful candidate will have experience in earthworks, municipal infrastructure, highway or underground utilities construction. Must be able to work in a fast paced environment, be proficient in Microsoft programs, written correspondence and plan reading. CET accreditation is an asset.

MAKING IT HAPPEN! The City of Red Deer is a municipal government, eager to meet tomorrow’s challenges. Our employees are the cornerstone of our organization. We are always seeking creative and skilled individuals with the ability and desire to lead in our dynamic workplace.

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Marketing, Communications and Special Projects Coordinator There is an immediate opportunity available at the Red Deer & District Community Foundation for a Marketing, Communications and Special Projects Coordinator.

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HELP Question: As a fullfledged member of the Getting Naked Experiment, I’m all about putting on my thongs and getting into more rooms.

On my dates that are good, I’ve found that I’m just being myself, and the girls seem to genuinely like me; however, it seems that they’re only interested in maintaining a friendship instead of a romantic relationship.

Then, it finally hit me: I’m great at being friends with women, but something about my approach just screams “I’m not boyfriend material, I’m friend material.”

What can I do to turn myself into the kind of person who gives off the vibe that I’m a nice guy who’s interested in a relationship instead of someone who is just looking to be friends?

Answer: Women like you. They just aren’t kissing you — yet.

A few questions: Do you believe you are wildly attractive? Do you think you’re very kissable?

Do you make it clear that you’re on a date before taking these women out on dates? If the answer is NO — put on your thongs and do some training.

You have to believe you’re attractive, plan on kissing these women and make it clear it’s a date.

As for friendly women, tell them, “We can be friends, but I’ll probably ask to kiss you at some point.”

As for meeting women who want to date you and not befriend you, meet in a way that makes it VERY clear that you are going on a date.

Meet via an online dating site. Get fixed up on a date by friends.

When you ask women to go out, make it clear that it’s a date — a drink date, a walking date or a movie date. Don’t call it “hanging out.” Go on a date.

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Question: I told my best guy friend that I had feelings for him one night when we were drinking. Then he kissed me. We talked about it “soberly” the next day, and he said this is the wrong time for a relationship. That was about a month ago. We still hang out every weekend.

When he gets drunk, he puts his arms around me.

He recently has invited me to go to his work party with him. I am so confused! His best friends think he likes me but is just scared to take that next step because he has never been in a relationship, or really anything, before.

The other night he awkwardly asked me to dinner. I did not go. I need help! Should I grow a spine and step up the game, or what?

Answer: I’m super annoyed. I’m sorry to be annoyed, but I am. Tell him how you feel.

If you can’t talk while sober, you’re in no place to hook up while drunk.

If he doesn’t want to date you, stop hanging out with him. Tell him that you can hang out with him only if he’s interested in dating you.

Make sure you have other friends in case he doesn’t want to date you.

The way it is now, you’ll never meet another guy if you’re hanging out with him every weekend.

Question: I dated a girl for two years in high school, and on and off through college. This past fall, things were going great — or so I thought. Over fall break, she stopped talking to me, and two weeks later I find out that she is dating my close friend and fraternity brother.

I was extremely

curious if you have any advice.

Answer: Your ex wants you. She realized that she made a HUGE mistake, and she wants you back. But listen, Eddie, she shouldn’t get you. Dating your friend and fraternity brother without talking to you first is selfish and disgusting. She doesn’t care about you. She cares about herself. You don’t owe her anything. I know first love is intense, and feelings linger, but the

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crushed by this, but they don’t seem to care all that much. I have not talked to either since, only when I have to. Oddly enough, my ex texted me out of the blue this past week, wanting to hear how I am doing, but I didn’t respond.

Then she messaged me again to tell me that she had heard my name and wanted to say hello.

I once again ignored her, although she claims that she wants to meet up this week to catch up. I was

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ANNIE ANNIE Sam as he is and enjoying the fun times you have together.

Otherwise, please stop trying to turn him into Mr. Right, and look for a man who better meets your requirements.

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The only people who truly understand what it is to lose a child are other parents who have.

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The 2009-2011 report on environmental chemicals shows the plastics ingredient bisphenol A, or BPA, was detected in the urine of 95 per cent of Canadians aged three to 79. Children aged three to five and six to 11 had the highest average concentration of BPA, while adults 60 to 79 had the lowest average level.

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think Carl cares, but he’s so addicted to tobacco that he’s unable to contemplate quitting.

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He also can try electronic cigarettes, which still pose a health risk, but his clothes won’t reek as much. But if Carl refuses to protect you from his addiction, one of you may need to leave in order for you to maintain your health. Sorry.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Heartbroken,” whose daughter committed suicide and

he cannot get it through his head that when he comes in after smoking, he still has a strong cigarette odor, and I frequently have severe coughing attacks, shortness of breath and chest pain. He apologizes, but won’t quit.

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I know my future includes being on oxygen.

I am 65, and these constant attacks are wearing me down.

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Dear Annie: I was hospitalized with pneumonia and then diagnosed with COPD and atrial fibrillation, for which I was put on daily meds.

I am also diabetic. I am now home and taking breathing treatments and allergy shots, plus my normal heart and COPD meds.

I find that I cannot tolerate strong smells: perfume, paint, fireplaces, scented candles, etc.

The problem is my husband, “Carl.” He is a smoker. He had a heart attack several years ago, and we both quit at that time.

I haven’t had a cigarette since, but he started up again. He doesn’t smoke in the house, but

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Dear Annie: I’m a 70-year-old woman, still attractive and athletic.

I have been dating “Sam,” age 74, for nearly three years. When we met online, I clearly stated that I wanted to get married in the near future and that I had three cats and wanted a man who loves animals.

Sam is a nice, educated man. He treats me well, and we do a lot of different things.

However, he still talks with his ex-wife and exgirlfriend regularly.

He says his ex-girlfriend is lonely and has a sad life. I could deal with that, but his ex-wife was the “love of his life.”

He says they have a lot in common and she is fun to talk to. Occasionally, they see each other.

I don’t like it, and neither does her boyfriend.

Sam is a great guy in many ways, but I am having a hard time adjusting to this.

He insists that his ex is in his past, but isn’t talking to someone on the phone every other week considered a current relationship?

The other problem is that Sam is not nice to my cats.

He treats them coldly, and this hurts me.

Should I just ignore this?

We do go to a lot of places and have fun, and we both love playing golf.

— Sad in California Dear Sad: You have unrealistic expectations about Sam. He enjoys your company, but he’s not ready to settle down.

He wants the freedom to stay in touch with his exes, he doesn’t much care for cats, and he’s not interested in marriage.

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MARSHALL (FISCHER)

Elisabeth Marie Viala passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on Monday, April 15, 2013. Our beloved “little mommy” was a loving, generous and supportive mother who made enormous sacrifices to ensure the success of her family.

Elisabeth was born on May 14, 1917 in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan to Camille and Philomene Perthuis, and spent a most happy childhood on the family farm. She married Joseph Viala in 1941; together they raised their three children on a farm near Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan and in Newton, British Columbia. Throughout her long life, Elisabeth was a homemaker, farm wife and co-owner of a motel/trailer park, but she often said the “best job in the world” was as a daycare operator. She just loved children.

Our visits to local parks and events were enhanced by people who came forward to fondly reminisce about the role she played in their children’s lives. Elisabeth’s final years were greatly enriched by the friends she made while residing at Waskasoo Towers and the Parkvale and Pine Lodges.

Her deep Catholic faith was a source of strength and comfort throughout her life.

Elisabeth is survived by her daughters, Rita Innes (Rick) and Michelle Crothers (Dan); daughter-in-law, Marg Viala; grandchildren, Todd Innes (Heather), Sean Viala, Erin Viala and Rhiannon Crothers; great grandchildren, Sarah and James Innes; and by her brother, Marcel Perthuis.

She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph; son, Paul Viala; grandson, Guy Innes; and brothers, Gaston, Bernard and Richard.

A Private family Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Reverend Father Martin Carroll presiding. Interment will follow at Alto Reste Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Elisabeth’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6 or to the Piper Creek Foundation, #301, 4719 - 48 Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 3T1. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-3319.

KLEIN WIESE Dorothea Jean Verne Stewart I n l o v i n g m e m o r y w e 1947 - 2013 announce the passing of It is with heavy hearts that Verne Stewart Wiese born the family of Dorothea Jean February 12, 1935 at Bentley Klein announces her passing Alberta. Verne passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at Red Deer Regional Hospital a t t h e a g e o f 6 5 y e a r s . on April 18, 2013. Verne Dorothea will be lovingly completed his schooling in remembered by her husband Bentley and at Lethbridge Pat, two sons Keith (Michelle) C o l l e g i a t e I n s t i t u t e a n d of Bellingham, Washington thereafter commenced work and David (Chantelle) of in the natural gas industry Edmonton, four grandchildren with Chevron in 1955. He met K y l e , D e v o n , Av e r y a n d the love of his life Kathleen Keiton, her mother Mary Suggett who he also married Kosloski of Stettler as well as in 1955. After 18 years with t w o s i s t e r s J o y c e ( D a n ) Chevron he became a full Silbernagel and Faye (Clair) time cattle rancher in the Alix Pisko. A funeral mass will be area with Kathleen and celebrated at St. Mary’s daughter Kim, and sons Kip Catholic Church, 6 McMillan and Jody. Cattle ranching Avenue, Red Deer, on Monday, was a major part of family life April 22, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. in the early years and Verne with The Reverend Father became President of the Les Drewicki celebrant. An Alberta Charolais Assoc and interment will take place in Vice Pres of the Canadian the family plot at Alto Reste Charolais Association. After Cemetery, Red Deer. In lieu sale of the first family farm in of flowers, memorial donations 1997 Verne recommenced in honor of Dorothea may be work in the gas consulting made to the charity of one’s choice.

Condolences may be business through Onstream sent or viewed at Consulting and fully retired in www.parklandfuneralhome.com 1998. Through out the years Arrangements in care of Verne and Kathleen enjoyed Gordon R. Mathers, travelling, camping, trail riding Funeral Director at in the Alberta Rockies with PARKLAND FUNERAL friends and family. He loved HOME AND CREMATORIUM the outdoors and wildlife, as 6287 - 67 A Street well as his children and (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. grandchildren and instilled in 403.340.4040 them a sense of adventure, and desire for success through work ethic, and dedication.

He is survived by his wife Kathleen, daughter Kim (Harvey) Raspier; son Kip (Debbie), and son Jody (Brenda) as well as five grandchildren Jill (Mark), Justin (Laura), Danielle, Kira Morgan and one great grandchild, Bria, aged two.

He was predeceased by his grandson Brett Wiese who died on Jan 12, 2013. He leaves two surviving siblings Marge James of Edmonton and Wilf Wiese of Bentley. Funeral Directors In lieu of flowers donations & Services may be made to the Alix NatureTrail Society by contact through Arlene Nelson 403-754-6551. At Verne’s request a private Celebration of Life service will be held at the Gull Lake Hall.

Funeral Home Expressions of sympathy & Crematorium may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL 6150–67 Street CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM Red Deer, AB of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements.

403-347-3319 403-782-3366 403-843-3388 “A Caring Family, reddeerfuneralhome.com Caring For Families”

COOK Robert J. 1939 - 2013 Robert J. Cook passed away suddenly in Red Deer on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the age of 73 years. Bob will be lovingly remembered by Pat Cook and their children Bobby and Ronald of Red Deer, brother Grant (Sharon) and their children Jennifer and Rachel of Edmonton and brother-in-law Richard Bennett and his son Jaime. Bob was predeceased by his parents Jack and Eleanor and sister Linda. In honor of Bob, a memorial service will be held at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 - 67A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer on Monday, April 22, 2013 at 1:00 p.m.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Joelle Valliere, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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McLEOD 1961 - 2013 Mr. Larry McLeod of Red Deer, passed away at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at the age of 51 years. Larry is survived by one son Dallas McLeod; two daughters Kayla (Randy) Sawyer and their son Arnott, Krysta McLeod; his father Forbes McLeod and numerous other family members and friends. The memory of our loving father and son will remain in our hearts forever.

A Funeral Service to honor Larry’s life will be held at the Balmoral Bible Chapel, located at the intersection of Highway 11 (55 Street) and Rutherford Drive, Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, April 22, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. Interment to follow in the Clive Cemetery, Clive, Alberta.

Condolences to Larry’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca Bruce MacArthur MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS FUNERAL SERVICE Red Deer and Central Alberta 587-876-4944

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Lucille will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by her husband of ten years, Lorne Marshall and his family; her two sons, Robin (Heather) Fischer of Lacombe; and Dale Fischer of Red Deer; and her daughter, Shauna (Brad) Glover also of Red Deer; as well as her greatest joy, her four cherished grandchildren: Ashton, Tanner, Danielle, and Jake. She will also be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by her brother, Leonard Pomeroy of Carrot River, Saskatchewan; and her two sisters, Pearl Ehrich of Winnipeg, Manitoba; and Myrt Pritchard of Red Deer; in addition to several nieces, nephews, other relatives, and many friends. Lucille was predeceased by her parents, Leslie and Edith Pomeroy; her first husband, Elmer in 1981; her sister, Mildred Harrower; and her brother, Donald Pomeroy. A Public Memorial Service in Celebration of Lucille’s Life will be held at St. Andrew’s United Church, Lacombe on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. with the Reverend Ross Smillie officiating. A Family Interment Service will take place at 11:30 a.m. in the Lacombe Fairview Cemetery. If friends desire, memorial tributes in Lucille’s Memory may be made directly to the Canadian Fabry Association, PO Box 40036, 4250 1 re Avenue, Québec (Québec) G1H 7J6.

Condolences to the Family may also be expressed by e-mail to: special_reflections@telusplanet.net Funeral and Cremation Arrangements for the Late E. Lucille Marshall (Fischer) entrusted to the care of OBERHAMMER FUNERAL CHAPELS LTD. Rimbey, AB. 403-843-4445

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E. Lucille Marshall (Fischer) of Lacombe, Alberta passed away peacefully, with her family by her side, at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, Red Deer on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at the age of 80 years. Lucille was born on June 2, 1932 near Carrot River, Saskatchewan, where she was also raised. As a young woman, she obtained her teaching certificate training in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and a dedicated teaching career began. In 1956, Lucille was united in marriage to Elmer Fischer, and together they raised three children and resided in Schuler, Medicine Hat and Red Deer, before finally settling in Lacombe. Lucille and Elmer celebrated 25 years of marriage in October, 1981, and Elmer passed away in November. Lucille continued to teach, spending the last few years of her career as a substitute for a number of school districts in the area. She also faithfully tended to her beautiful vegetable gardens, and to nurturing every flower, bush and shrub in her outdoor flower beds. Lucille very much enjoyed her time spent cooking and volunteering with Loaves and Fishes in Red Deer, the Lacombe Kozy Korner, and the Gull Lake Baptist Church Camp. She also took great pleasure in devoting countless hours to bread and bun-making for her family, friends, and the many groups she volunteered with. Thankfully, her granddaughter, Danielle mastered her craft so her gift will live on! Lucille’s greatest love, first and foremost, was always her family... and she treasured every moment that she shared with her children and grandchildren.

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Southpointe Dental to work with our new dentist Dr. Baker.

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ADAM & EVE UNISEX REQ’S F/T HAIR CUTTING PERSONNEL. Above average earnings.

Submit resume in person at Parkland Mall.

MC College Group (Marvel) We are currently looking for a Hairstyling Instructor and Esthetics Instructor for our Red Deer training location. If you are enthusiastic, friendly, enjoy dealing with people, have three years certified experience and want to share your knowledge and love for a rewarding industry please send your resume to lynn@ mccollege.ca or fax to 1-780-428-7733 Att: Lynn Van Lersberghe Human Resources.

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CCCSI is hiring sanitation workers for the afternoon and evening shifts. Get paid weekly, $14.22/hr.

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P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle. 403-348-5456 or 403-505-7846

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As Project Administrator you will be given the opportunity to work in a supportive capacity with our experienced project team monitoring project progress, integrated master schedule development, review and risk assessment, critical path analysis, labor planning, earned-value performance generation, data analysis, and reporting complemented by initial work experience as an assistant or in administration. We are seeking a candidate with a successful background in maintaining schedule integrity, while updating and reporting on specified areas of cost and schedule performance.

You will be responsible for identifying deviations, determining and comparing the incurred costs and work hours to the schedule. The ideal candidate will have effective communication skills and can maintain a high work output while working independently on several projects simultaneously in an overall team environment. A good understanding of standard MS Office applications (particularly Excel) as well as Lotus Notes and SAP is considered equally important. Your personal profile should include a sense of initiative and the ability to work independently, together with demonstrable organizational skills and team spirit. Personalized development programs with targeted training measures will help you to enhance your skills continuously.

This position will be based out of Red Deer.

Please apply online at www.abb.ca

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CHEERFUL P/T Receptionist for intermittent shifts incl., most wknds.

Must be a multi tasker w/good mobility. Fax resume to 403-314-5307 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

* F/T Safety Officer with oilfield experience * F/T Structural and Apprentice welders with tank manufacturing experience Please email: Darryl@furixenergy.com or fax to 403-348-8109.

Core Laboratories Canada Ltd. Field Sampler Core Laboratories Petroleum Services Division is the world’s most recognized and highly respected rock and fluid analysis laboratory serving the oil and gas industry. We require an individual for field sampling in the Red Deer area. The individual will be based Red Deer. The successful candidate will be responsible for sampling gas/oil wells and gas plants and be part of a team responsible for developing and maintaining markets in the Reservoir Fluids Division.

The individual will possess excellent interpersonal skills, be self starter and team player and have strong mechanical and problem solving skills. A BSc/College graduate or related industry experience and valid driver’s license is required.

Please respond referencing #52133.

Interested applicants should forward their resumes to: Core Laboratories Canada Ltd. 2810 12th Street N.E. Calgary, Alberta T2E 7P7 Fax: 403-250-5120 Email: ps.calgary.recruiting @corelab.com LOCAL SERVICE CO. REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

Q-TEST INSPECTION LTD.

Is now accepting applications for CEDOS Better than average wages. Benefits after 3 mos..Phone 403-887-5630 Fax : 403-887-3297 or email: qtestltd@telus.net

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VAC/steamer Truck driver.

Lacombe area, HOME EVERY NIGHT. Fax resume to 403-704-1442

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PRESSURE CONTROL SPECIALIST

Nexus Engineering is currently seeking a mechanical individual for their shop to perform testing of all BOP’s and Pressure Control Equipment. Duties include heavy lifting, manual labour, operating forklift and overtime as necessary.

We offer a competitive wage, benefits and RRSP plan.

Experience is not mandatory, but a definite asset.

Email resume to: resume @nexusengineering.ca RATTRAY Reclamation Ltd is seeking a versatile individual with a background in farming duties.

The position will involve minimal disturbance lease construction and reclamation in the central Alberta area. Duties will include operating tractors and various attachments, fencing and other manual labour, Competitive wages and benefits are available, current oilfield safety tickets are an asset.

Please email resume to drattray@rattrayrec.com or fax to (403)-934-5235

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Wise Intervention Services Inc. is now hiring for the following positions:

Competitive wages and benefits. Priority given to applicants with relevant experience, Class 1 Drivers license and valid oilfield tickets.

Wise is a leading oilfield services provider that is committed to quality and safety excellence. By empowering positive attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values, our employees care for the success of one another.

Please forward all resumes to: jobs@wiseisi.com or by fax to 403-340-1046 Buying or Selling your home?

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Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking an exp’d FLOORHAND 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 Water management company looking to hire a qualified

Foreman/Supervisor

Experience preferred but willing to train the right candidate. Must be able to organize crews and get things done in a timely matter. The right candidate will start out at $100,000.00+/year, with company truck, benefits and bonuses. Work is in the Edson, Fox Creek, Whitecourt area. Hiring immediately. Please forward resumes for review to hrmng@hotmail.ca

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Prefer some dental assisting experience.

The successful candidate must have good work ethic, interpersonal and computer skills.

Must have some secondary education Be a team player We will train suitable candidate Hours of work are Monday to Thursday 8am – 4:30pm We offer fair compensation and bonus Please mail resume to Dr. Hugh Porter Box 4128 Ponoka, AB T4J 1R5 Or email to dr.hporterdental@gmail.com We appreciate the interest of all applicants, but advise that only candidates selected for an interview for this competition will be contacted.

Oilfield

Billing Administrator DUTIES: - Collect current billing days from customers.

- Prepare and review rental invoices for customers.

- Obtain necessary approvals and follow up on outstanding invoices.

- Track company equipment.

- Enter invoices into customer’s databases.

(For select customers) - Perform clerical duties such as maintain filing and record system.

- Relief Reception.

QUALIFICATIONS: - Oilfield administration experience.

- Accounts receivables experience.

- Computer experience.

- Able to work independently & with minimal supervision.

- Detail oriented, team player & have a positive attitude.

Please send resume to: humanresources@ phoenixrentals.ca.

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RESPONSIBILITIES: * Processing of AP and AR; * General ledger entries & account reconciliations; * Maintenance of the accounting software; * Recording sales transactions; * Calculation of sales commissions; * Preparation of sales analysis reports; * Assisting other departments in tracking & analyzing of work orders, purchase orders & inventory; *Audit employee expenses; * Preparation of monthly financial statements; * Month / year-end close.

PART/FULL TIME COOK Apply at East 40th Pub. 3811 40th Ave.

Restaurant/ Hotel

Opening soon.

Looking for registered massage therapists.

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DAD’S PIZZA

Johnston Ming Manning LLP has a full time Legal Assistant position available in our Real Estate Department.

This position requires someone who displays a team player outlook, effective communication skills, the ability to multi-task, and the ability to work in a fast paced environment. The ideal candidate will have prior experience working in a law firm, and a minimum of 3 years experience working as a Legal Assistant in residential real estate.

We offer an excellent working environment, a great benefit package, and the opportunity for personal and professional growth.

Please respond in confidence with a cover letter and resume to:

JOHNSTON MING MANNING LLP 3rd Floor, 4943 50th St., Red Deer, AB.,T4N 1Y1 Fax: (403) 342-9173 Email: hr@jmmlawrd.ca We would like to thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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F/T & P/T KITCHEN HELPERS Wages $12./hr.

Apply in Person w/resume to: BLACKJACK LOUNGE #1, 6350 - 67 St. Phone/Fax: 403-347-2118

COOK Contracting Ltd. is now hiring the following: • • •

Steel Stud Framers Drywall Boarders & Tapers Apprentices & Labourers

For commercial construction projects in Red Deer & Fort McMurray. Must have a valid drivers license and be reliable. Please fax resumes and include references to 403-341-3717. You can also call the office at 403-347-9909, Bruce cell 403-598-6670 or Barry cell 403-598-6671 Eagle Builders is expanding its facility to double production. We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Experienced F/T Servers.

Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please SUNSHINE Family Restaurant - F/T Server. $9.75/hr, 40 hrs/wk. Email: janegosselin@telus.net

Restaurant/ Hotel

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.

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Daytime and Evening Shifts Available

Apply by: Fax: (403) 341-3820 or in person at Downtown KFC 4834-53 St., Red Deer Trades

Class 1 Driver / Operators: Frac—Pump Operators and Bulk Drivers; Apprentice Heavy Equipment Technician Applicant Requirements: f Self-motivated f Willing to work flexible hours f Safety—focused

f Team orientated f Clean Class 1 drivers abstract f Oil and Gas experience an asset

Why Canyon? f Dynamic and rapidly growing company f Premium compensation package f New equipment

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Paid technical and leadership training Career advancement opportunities RRSP Matching Program

We thank all applicants; however only those selected for an initial interview will be contacted.

How to apply: email: hr@canyontech.ca fax: (403) 356-1146 website: www.canyontech.ca

Must be able to read measuring devices and blueprints for inspection of machined parts.

We offer competitive wages, benefits and a RRSP plan.

Please forward resumes to resume@ nexusengineering.ca

DSM INC.

Howell’s Excavating Ltd. of Innisfail, AB is currently seeking:

Heavy Equipment Operators * Hydraulic Excavators * Dozers

Applicants must be self motivated with good work ethics and take pride in their work and equipment. It would be an asset if you have Valid Safety Tickets, but is not a requirement.

Resumes can be dropped off at 5608-49 Avenue, Innisfail, or faxed to: 403-227-5515 or emailed to: howelexc@ telusplanet.net INDUSTRIAL painter required for a sandblasting & painting shop. Must pass drug/substance testing.

Fax resume to 403-340-3800

KNEEHILL COUNTY has two full-time opportunities in their Operations Department.

of various types of heavy equipment, operators also assist with snow removal, sanding and utility infrastructure maintenance and construction. Operators rotate through an emergency on-call schedule as required. Class 1 Operator’s License is required.

Heavy Duty Mechanic

DELIVERY DRIVERS

If you’re looking for a career with a leading organization that promotes Integrity, Relationships, Innovation and Success, then we’re looking for you. Now hiring Canyon Champions for the following positions:

Nexus Engineering is Currently looking for DAYSHIFT QC PERSON

* Concrete Finishers Equipment Operator * General Labourers In addition to the operation

KFC requires

Canyon is the fastest growing fracturing company in North America. We deliver quality customized pressure pumping and service solutions to the oil and gas industry, improving our industry one job at a time.

DAYSHIFT QC Person

- Must be proficient at F/T P/T Piecework or Hrly finish grade work. on site & in millwork shop. - Capable of working with minimum supervision admin@ davcointeriors - Have a valid Drivers License .com F: 403.887.7589

LUAU Investments Ltd. (O/A Tim Hortons) Food Counter Attendant F/T shift work (open 24 hrs) Must be avail. weekends $11.00 per hour.

4217 - 50 Ave. 6721 - 50 Ave. 7111 - 50 Ave. timhire@telus.net Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

LEGAL ASSISTANT

850

Binder Construction Ltd. requires: Apprentices, Carpenters and Skilled Labourers for work in Innisfail, AB. Contact Dale at 780-278-1310.

820

JUGO JUICE - F/T Juicer/Mixer. $10/hr, 40 hrs/wk. Email: janegosselin@telus.net

780

850

looking for laborers, in the Innisfail area.

Salary is $14.75/hr. Fax resume to: 403-314-0676.

F/T LICENSED h.d. truck L&N Your No.1 Supplier Ltd. mechanic needed immed. o/a Himalayan Secret for rapidly growing waste in Red-Deer, and recycling company.

Req’s F/T Shift sales people Exp’d in this industry is an for Cosmetics asset but not req’d. & Make-Up. $14/hr.

Email resume to & Supervisor with 1 to 2 canpak@xplornet.ca years experience $17.50/hr.

F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS Email: himalayancanada@gmail.com - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo.

Opportunity Knocks Contractor must have truck Interested in joining a or van. Tools, supplies & Friendly and Fast growing ladders required. Training Real Estate Team? provided, no experience We offer weekly training needed. Apply to: classes along with a satjobs@shaw.ca excellent experience GOODMEN support staff.

Management appreciates ROOFING LTD. and recognizes sales Requires members accomplishments. You must carry a SLOPED ROOFERS valid Real Estate License.

LABOURERS For a more in-depth & FLAT ROOFERS information, please call Carol Clark 403-350-4919.

Valid Driver’s Licence Coldwell Banker preferred. Fax or email OnTrack Realty. info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

EYEWEAR LIQUIDATORS

ZEN MASSAGE CLINIC

830

1693338 Alberta LTD o/a Xtreme Pinook Hiring Sales Supervisor-retail at Parkland Mall, Red Deer, AB. Experience - min 2 years, Good English.

Supervise and co-ordinate sales staff F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends Salary - $19.00 hourly E-mail: Reachiesales@gmail.com

Required Skills: P r o v e n a c c u r a c y, a t t e n t i o n t o detail and a positive attitude are all attributes that we are looking for in someone to join our team The candidate should be solutions oriented, flexible and have the desire for a long term commitment. Experience with PearTree would an asset, but is not required.

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Monday to Friday

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

requires OPTICAL ASSISTANT Training provided.

Apply in person with resume to: 4924 59 St. Red Deer, AB.

820

TDL GROUP CORP O/A TIM HORTONS 6020 67th Street, Red Deer, AB T4P 3M1 Food Counter Attendants Full Time/Shift Work Nights/Overnights/Early Mornings/Weekends $11.00/hour Email resume applyab@timhortons.com or fax 403-203-7430

An RV dealership has an immediate need for an Accountant with a minimum of three years’ experience in a full cycle accounting environment.

To be considered for this exciting opportunity please forward your resume and cover letter to: liberty@countryrv.net.

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

PHOENIX OILFIELD RENTALS LTD is a privately owned company which offers a wide variety of rental equipment and servicing of that equipment by certified mechanics.

Phoenix is safety conscious, while striving for an ambitious and progressive attitude towards customer satisfaction.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Phoenix is moving to Red Deer in the spring.

We have an immediate opening for a

Restaurant/ Hotel

Maple Leaf Environmental & Safety Ltd. is a proactive, dynamic and progressive company. We are recruiting for the position of Plant Shutdown personnel: Safety Supervisors, High angle, Bottle watch, confined space watch, EMR, EMT/P for projects throughout Western Canada. Please e-mail resume & qualifications to: kanderson@ mapleleafsafety.com or klilley@ mapleleafsafety.com Fax: 403-637-2024

is looking for a

PART TIME INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION ASSISTANT

810

LOCATION: Lacombe, AB

* Downhole Tool Supervisors * Coil Tubing Rig Managers * Crane Truck Operators * Nitrogen Pump Operators * Fluid Pump Operators * Mechanics

Professionals

Professionals

Position located in our new shop facility located in Three Hills.

We will consider applications from both certified and apprentice mechanics.

Application deadline: April 29, 2013 Kneehill County Box 400, Three Hills, AB T0M 2A0 Attention: Pete McRae Director of Operations Email: employment@ kneehillcounty.com LICENSED MECHANIC & AUTO BODY TECH. Reasonable rate.

A.J. Auto Repair & Body 11, 7836 49 Ave. Call 403-506-6258

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800

295652D12-21

WHAT’S HAPPENING

DAY DENTAL, Innisfail, requires a F/T RDA for a maternity leave, with the possibility of a permanent position. Please email resumes to admin@ daydental.ca

Oilfield

LOOKING for bricklayer/stone mason.

403-302-0797

850 CALLING ALL TRADES!!

NAC is an extremely successful heavy construction company, specializing in large municipal and industrial and projects. We are currently seeking the following trades to join our team at our Red Deer WWTP project.

MILLWRIGHTS PLUMBERS PIPEFITTERS CEMENT FINISHERS CARPENTERS FORMSETTERS 309A OR 309D ELECTRICIANS APPRENTICES You must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a municipal and/ or industrial construction environment and be proficient in blueprint reading. Excellent communication skills are required. Proven team players will have the opportunity for future work on projects across Canada.

Please apply online at: www.nacsworld.com or e-mail your resume to: careers@nacsworld.com Fax: 519-780-4660

www.nacsworld.com

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740

Dental

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, April 20, 2013 E3

MCMULLEN’S REFRIGERATION & HEATING ATTENTION:

HVAC, Sheet metal & Plumbers. Well established heating, refrigeration & plumbing company of 51 years has full time positions available for first year to journey man workers in all departments. We are offering top wages, job security, vacation/holiday pay, health/dental packages, paid training and a safe and enjoyable place to work. If you would like to join our team of top technicians please fax your resume to 403-347-5530 or email: Mcmullens @mcmullens.ca OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT WTIH TJ PAVING. Looking for Exp`d Class 1 Driver to move equipment and haul material. Exp`d Asphalt Roller Operator. Exp`d Skid Steer Operator. Comp.

Wages. Great working atmosphere. FAX Resume to 403-346-8404 or email tjpaving@hotmail.com

TRUE POWER ELECTRIC Requires

QUALIFIED 3rd and 4th yr.

JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIANS With Residential roughin exp. Competitive wages & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-314-5599

SIDING INSTALLER with or without trailer & tools. F.T. year round work, must have truck and 2 yrs. exp. 90 cents - $1 per sq.ft. 403-358-8580

Tar-ific Construction has a F/T position avail. for a 1st or 2nd yr.

H.D. Mechanic. We offer competitive wages, combined with a deluxe benefit pckg. Drop resume at 7809 48 Ave. or fax to 403-340-1246 email tarific@telusplanet.net

Phoenix Oilfield Rentals Ltd. is a progressive well funded and growing company with an excellent reputation for reliable equipment as well as safe and professional work standards. Phoenix is currently seeking a field/shop apprentice mechanic for our Red Deer branch. Phoenix also has branches in Grande Prairie and Ft. Nelson serving Alberta and B.C. A high school diploma and a valid driver’s license are required. The ability to multi task in a fast paced environment, proven ability to organize tasks and manage time, willingness to learn and strong interaction skills as well as First Aid and H2S tickets would be an asset. Knowledge of gensets and pumps would be an advantage. This fulltime permanent position would begin immediately, competitive wage depending on experience with benefit package after 3 months. e-mail resumes and copy of tickets to: humanresources@ phoenixrentals.ca or fax to:(780) 986-0763 WANTED Apprenticeship Welder, 1st or 2nd year.

Good hours, competetive wage & benefit package.

Fax resume to: 403-309-3360 WATER WELL DRILLING COMPANY IN BENTLEY REQ’S EXPERIENCED

WATER WELL DRILLERS HELPER

with class 3, air. All safety tickets required.

Meal and Accommodation provided when out of town.

Fax resume with drivers abstract: 403-748-3015

860

Truckers/ Drivers

CLASS 1 drivers req’d for flat deck work. Steady year round work. Benefits, exc. wages and safety bonuses. Successful candidates must be hard working, must know your load securement and love driving as you will be traveling throughout BC, AB, SK & MB. Please fax resumes and drivers abstract to 1-855-784-2330

850

Trades

Truckers/ Drivers

860

NEED experienced Class 1 drivers for short and long haul. Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC Please call PROMAX TRANSPORT at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743

THE TASTY BAKERY DELIVERY PERSON Permanent P/T required 3-4 hrs. per day 4 days/wk Apply in person Bay #1, 2319 Taylor Drive, (directly behind Nutters)

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ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in DEER PARK AREA Partly Dunning Crsc & Depalme St. $61.00 mo.

ALSO Part of Dunning Crsc. and Dunning Close $62.00/mo.

880

ROSEDALLE AREA Richards Crsc.

Richards Close Ray Ave. $58/mo.

ALSO Russell Crsc. and part of Richards Crsc. $63/mo.

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in Michener Area West of 40th Ave. North Ross St. to 52 Street. $236/monthly Good for adult with small car.

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

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

880

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ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in

requires

FOREMAN & PIPELAYER W&S OPERATORS

GRANDVIEW MORRISROE MOUNTVIEW WEST PARK

Lancaster Dr SUNNYBROOK AREA

Lancaster Area East half of Lampard Crsc. $61/mo.

ALSO Landry Bend Lacey Close & Lenon Close area $76/mo.

ALSO Leonard Crs. and 1 block of Lancaster Ave. $75.00/mo.

Sherwood Crsc VANIER AREA

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

Good for adult with small car.

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info ALBERTA SPRINGS GOLF RESORT Req’s Full and Part Time outside grounds staff.

Fax resume to 403-342-5995 stephen@ albertaspringsgolf.com

DENTOOMS GREEN HOUSES OPENING MAY 1 and looking for P/T & F/T Staff to work in the garden centre. Should have knowledge of plants.

Able to work weekends.

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

1070

ANN’S Cleaning Services - Weekly & bi-weekly.

Homes & Offices 302-0488

Contractors

1100

AA PHILCAN CONST. Int. & Ext. 34 yrs. exp.

Bsmt. dev., decks, sheds, laminate flooring, reno’s, etc..

Free Estimates Call Ken 340-8213 or cell 391-8044 Allan 403-782-7165 Black Cat Concrete Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542

CUSTOM HOMES

Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 OVERHEAD DOORS & operators installed 391-4144

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

1100

GENERAL CONTRACTOR Builder/Renovator Licensed and insured, Commercial/Residential Merco 403 392 8148 RENO’S, painting, countertops, etc. 403-346-9477

Computer Services

1110

Red Deer Techshop Grand Opening. Website design, pc/laptop repair.

Call 403-986-2066 or visit reddeertechshop.com

Escorts

1165

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 PARAMOUR Entertainment. Flat rates.

587-377-1898

The Ultimate Playmates.

Never rushed. Come in and get the attention you have been missing in your life. #1 body rub in Red Deer. 403-986-SEXY (7399)

Handyman Services

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE International ladies

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

Mother’s Day Special Linda’s Chinese Massage For details call 403-986-1550 or visit massagereddeer.com

THE BODY Whisperer www.mygimex.org 4606 48 Ave. 403-986-1691

VII MASSAGE

Feeling overwhelmed?

Hard work day?

Pampering at its best. #7 7464 Gaetz Ave. www.viimassage.biz In/Out Calls to Hotels.

403-986-6686

New South location 5003A -50 St. 348-5650

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Services

1290

Spring & summer bookings.

Res./com. Your full service handyman. Brian 403-598-3857

1300

Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888 LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

Seniors’ Services

1372

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 HELPING HANDS For Seniors. Cleaning, cooking, companionship - in home or in facility.

Call 403-346-7777 or visit helpinghandshomesupport.com for information.

Yard Care

1430

Call 403-304-0678

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IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346

A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

CALL:

309-3300

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

THE Central Alberta AIDS Network is looking for a summer student in addition to p/t and casual NightReach workers to provide addictions & outreach supports to vulnerable populations in downtown Red Deer. For more info: www.caans.org You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Contract Sales Administrator

Appliance Delivery Driver

FULL TIME MAINTENANCE AND LABOUR PERSON REQUIRED ASAP. Knowledge of Plumbing, Electrical, Carpentry, Painting.

Must have own tools, own vehicle an asset with valid drivers license.

Monday - Friday 8 - 5.

Come and join our team.

Please fax resume 403-346-1086 GRAYSON EXCAVATING LTD. requires experienced foremen, pipelayers, equipment operators, Class 1 drivers, topmen and general labourers for installation of deep utilities (water and sewer). Fax resume to (403)782-6846 or e-mail to: info@ graysonexcavating.com

Trail offers excellent training and a competitive compensation and benefit package. Start your career with a well known and respected company, become a member of the successful Trail team by applying in person to: Chris Sturdy in person at 2823 Bremner Avenue Delivery Driver applicants apply to Colin Parsons at #6 4622 61 St. Riverside Industrial District.

Security checks will be conducted on successful candidates.

offers a variety of

SAFETY COURSES to meet your needs.

Standard First Aid , Confined Space Entry, H2S Alive and Fire Training are courses that we offer on a regular basis.

As well, we offer a selection of online Training Courses.

For more information check us out online at www.firemaster.ca or call us at 403 342 7500.

You also can find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @firemasterofs.

SAFETY

OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544 24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) B.O.P. #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

920

RED DEER WORKS Build A Resume That Works!

APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are

FREE

1500-1990

1520

MAKE UP TABLE, maple, oak side table, oak dresser, 403-346-4307

1530

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

1540

NORCO aluminum frame mountain bike, large frame Used 2 mos. New $875.

Asking $425. 403-740-0070

WOLF CREEK GROUP OF COMPANIES Lacombe, AB Seeking: Self motivated, hardworking individuals in the following areas: Lumberyard/Retail Sales: Store Clerks “Small Package” Estimator/Sales Yard Personnel Truss Plant: Truss Builders Insulation: Delivery and Labor Positions Experienced Fiberglass Insulators Loose Fill Blow-in Applicators There are various positions with in our companies.

Group benefits available with all positions.

No Sunday work. Great opportunities for the right individuals.

GREENHOUSE WORKERS BLACKFALDS Central AB Greenhouses We have some seasonal positions available commencing immediately and ending June 1, 2013.

Duties include planting seedlings, watering plants, moving plants from one area to another, loading plants onto carts and loading trucks. This position is labor intensive and includes working weekends and some evenings (approx.

65 hrs./wk.). Must have own transportatin. We will train. Wage is $11.50/hr.

Fax resume to 403-885-4147 or email to: ar-cag@telus.net.

Please note that only those to be interviewed will be contacted.

LOOKER OFFICE FURNITURE

is looking for an OFFICE FURNITURE INSTALLER If you have a clean drivers licence, are hard working, flexible and have a positive attitude this job could be for you.

Team work and a great work ethic is a must! This full-time position is for install and delivery of commercial furniture.

Please email resume to ac@lookeroffice.ca Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED For afternoon delivery once per week In the towns of: Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

Fax Resume to 403-782-1766 or e-mail info@timbrmart.net

Auctions

EquipmentHeavy

1630

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

Spruce, Pine, Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

LOGS

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

1710

Household Furnishings

1720

CHAIR, Queen Anne, rose color, $50; bench chair, $25. Both like new.

403-343-6772 LOVE SEATS (2), 2 end tables, 2 lamps. Exc. cond.

All for $150. 403-343-6772

WANTED

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Bicycles

1620

FORK LIFT, Komatsu. 2000 lb. rating $3500. 403-347-6455

APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042

CLASSIFICATIONS

Auctions

1590

JEAN JACKET Tommy Hilfiger, size Medium. Good cond. $30 403-314-9603 NEW ladies Power Walk runners size 9 $20 403-340-1120 SUEDE JACKET, chocolate brown.

From Boutique of Leathers, Large. Good cond. $40.

403-314-9603

Household Appliances

stuff

Antiques & Art

1540

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

(across from Totem)

Career Planning

Clothing

EquipmentMisc.

TRAINING CENTRE

880

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Bicycles

SPORTEK bike, 1 spd. balloon tires. Almost new. $125. 403-740-0070

wegot Trail Appliances has always offered excellence in sales, delivery, customer service, and after-sales support.

The Company is currently looking to fill the following positions at our Red Deer locations.†

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

FT CASHIER required Heritage Esso. Cash handling, receiving, stocking, cleaning washrooms, store, carwash, parking lot.

Some high school, computer literate, some experience. Able to work w/o supervision, any shift. $10-$12 Mail resume to 6020-67 St, RD T4P3M1 Fax 403-348-0972

900

for all Albertans

Part time Customer Service Rep

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315 LIVE in caretaker req’d. for 13 unit condo in Red Deer.

Reply to Painters/ mmccrd@yahoo.ca

5* JUNK REMOVAL SPRING LAWN CLEANUP

Property clean up 340-8666

1200

BUSY B’S HANDYMAN SERVICES LTD.

Moving & Storage

1 day per wk.

No collecting!!

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

area.

We provide competitive wages and excellent benefits.

Apply by May 1st to bbassett@equs.ca

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Contractors

The Town of Olds No collecting!

Packages come ready for delivery!

Also for the afternoon in Town of Penhold!

Also afternoon delivery in Town of Springbrook

Viscount Dr./ Voisin Crsc Valentine Crsc.

1000-1430

Cleaning

BOWER AREA

LANCASTER AREA

CLASSIFICATIONS

NEED CHILD CARE? Space avail. for child over 3 yrs. NW Red Deer dayhome.

Safe, loving environment, healthy meals, stories, crafts, playing, learning.

Phone 403-506-1767

Adams Close/ Adair Ave.

Employment Training

OILFIELD SERVICES INC.

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for

Illingworth Close

Timberstone Area Timberstone Place Thomas Place Trimble Close Traptow Close Trump Close $188/mo.

wegotservices

1060

ANDERS AREA

297174D20

296630D19,20

Fax 403-845-5370 or email hr@pidherneys.com

Caregivers

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

880

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INGLEWOOD AREA

850

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

CARRIERS NEEDED

Baile Close Boyce St./ Byer Close Barrett Dr/ Beatty Crsc..

Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St

Apply in person w/resume to Due to our continued growth in Dentoom’s Greenhouses Call Karen Hwy 11A 1/2 km west of Pidherney’s W&S Division we will be for more info Hwy 2 corner of Range expanding this season.

Road 275 403-314-4317 Foreman & Pipelayers with min. of two seasons of W&S installation and Trades operators with min. of one season of operating equipment on a W&S crew will be needed for the 2013 season with the opportunity of possible winter work.

If you are looking for a challenging POWERLINE TECHNICIAN position with a growing company that EQUS, Canada’s largest co-operative utility, will afford you the opportunity for career requires a skilled journeyman to work on our advancement please submit a resume construction team. Based in Innisfail, you will install a variety of electrical services in our rural with your qualifications to:

1010

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Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

Accounting

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278950A5

850

Trades

296976D20-E3

850

Trades

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

PS 2 w/6 games $60 obo SONY mini stereo w/remote $40 obo.

403-782-3847

Misc. for Sale

1760

2 BOXES of assorted authors (Western) books $50 obo 403-782-3847 2- Cree Indian Medicine man’s sheild 26x36” , $85 each, 403-347-7405 HANDMADE 4’ D very decorative composed of tiny pieces of furs must see and handled to believe the beauty $195; 403-347-7405 LIFETIME treasure you must see to appreciate the beautiful museum type showcase relics, time relics, Sioux Indian Holyman shield, 29” L x36W $125; one Blackfoot Indian Medicine man’s shield, 33”x 25” $95; 403-347-7405 MOVING - Must sell ultramafic adjustable bed, air hockey table, china cabinet, 2 single bed frames, deep freeze.

403-986-3206 for info.

PLACEMATS 6 cream coloured, cloth. $12. 403-314-9603

1530 UNRESERVED PUBLIC AUCTION TUESDAY, April 30, 2013 8:00 a.m.

9320 – 52 Street SE., CALGARY

Selling on behalf of Service Alberta; Town of Banff; FortisAlberta; Wheatland County; City of Medicine Hat; Town of Okotoks; Kneehill County; AltaLink; Oakcreek Golf & Turf Inc.; & other consignors.

Partial Listing: AGGREGATE SELLING OFF-SITE: Powerscreen 615LL Trommel. CRAWLER DOZER: 2001 Cat D7R XL; Cat D6M LGP; Cat D6H LGP. MOTOR GRADERS & SCRAPER: 2002 Deere 772CH; Cat 14H; (4) Cat 160H’s. WHEEL LOADERS: Cat 924F; IHC Dresser 560; Cat 627F. HYD. EXCAVATORS: 2006 Deere 200C LC; 2006 Case CX210; 2006 Deere 35D; 2005 Hitachi ZX330LC; 2003 Deere 200C LC; 2000 Samsung 210W Wheeled; Kaiser X4M Turbostar Spider; Linkbelt LS2800; Hitachi 270; Bobcat 442; Mitsubishi MA030; Mitsubishi SB25; Komatsu PC07; Sumitomo SH30J. CRANE: Tadano TR280XL R/T 28 Ton. SKID STEER LOADERS: 2010 Deere 318D; 2007 Deere 320; 2004 Komatsu SK815; 2004 Deere 317; 2001 Bobcat 883; Bobcat T300; Deere 7775. COMPACTION: Case Super Pac 8420; I/R SD70D Pro Pac; (2) Dynapac CC122’s; (2) Sheepsfoot Pull Type Packers. FORKLIFTS & LIFTS: 2007 Genie 1056; 2000 Gradall 544D-10; Merlo P35 13K; JLG 33RST; Gradall 534D-42; Grove SM3884E; Mec 2033ES; Cat 16,000 LB; Hyster 6,000 LB; Hyster 5,000 LB; Blue Giant Electric Stacker. TRUCK TRACTORS: 2008 Volvo VN780; 2007 Freightliner T/A; (4) 2007 Volvo T/A’s; 2000 Sterling T/A; International 9200i; Internatonal Eagle; Mack T/A Kenworth W900 T/A Bed Truck. GRAVEL TRUCKS: 2007 Sterling T/A Stone Slinger; 2006 Sterling T/A; Peterbilt T/A; GMC Top Deck S/A; Kenworth T800B; IHC T/A. MEDIUM DUTY TRUCKS: 2006 IHC 4300 S/A Deck Truck c/w Aatec 21 Ft Carrier. TRAILERS: 2007 Wilson T/A Steel Combo Step Deck; 2006 Midland Quad Axle Wagon; 2003 Trailking 48’ 35 Ton; (2) Peerless Page 50 Ton 16 Wheel; Peerless Page 16 Wheel Jeep; Scona 8 Wheel Jeep; Aspen 53’ Triaxle Scissor Neck; Midland Wagon; Renn Triaxle End Dump; (6) 2013 Southland 18’ T/A; 2008 Stampede Promotional Catering BBQ Trailer; Falcan Triaxle Gooseneck; Various Sizes Storage Containers. TRACTORS & FARM: (2) Case 4240 Tractor Mowers; IHC 606 Farm Tractor; Mitsubishi MT2100D 4x4 FEL; (2) Kubota B6000 4x4’s; Kubota 345. UTILITY & MAINTENANCE: 2011 Holt 48” Tree Spade; Ford Cargo Sweeper Truck; Elgin Eagle Series 7 S/A Sweeper; J.D. 1028E Snow Blower. LIGHT TRUCKS: 2012 Toyota Tundra SR5 4x4 Crew Cab; 2011 Toyota Tundra Platinum 4x4 Crew Cab; 2010 Ford F250 Lariat; 2009 Ford F250 4x4; (5) 2007 Ford F250; 2006 GMC Canyon 4x4. SERVICE TRUCKS: 2006 Ford F750SD XL S/A Service Truck w/ IMT 5525 Crane.

Freightliner FL80 S/A; GMC 3500 w/Auto Crane. REFUSE & RECYCLING: Freightliner FL80 Rear Load; Quantity of 3 & 4 Cubic Yd Bins; (2) 20’ Steel Roll Off Flat Decks; (3) 30 Yd Hook Roll Offs; (15) 12 Yard Winch Style Roll Off Bins. BUCKET TRUCKS: 2004 Ford F350 w/Versalift; IHC 4700 S/A w/ Altec 38’ Lift. OILFIELD: (200) Joints of 3 ½” Drill Stem Tubing; Rig Mats.

RECREATION: 2012 Can Am Commander Side By Side; 2009 Kubota RTV 500 4x4 Utility Vehicle; 2008 Polaris Ranger 6x6 ATV; 2007 Argo Frontier 6 Wheel ATV; (2) Honda TRX420’s; 2066 Argo Advenger ATV; 2003 Ski-Doo Grand Touring Rotax 600; Electric Golf Cars & Utility Vehicles. Quantity of New Unused Wild-Kat Skid Steer Attachments. Quantity of N.O.S. Air Handling Equipment. Dispersal for “Best Plastics Calgary” Plastic Recycling, Etc. For a comprehensive brochure please call Canadian Public Auction Ltd. 403269-6600 or 800-786-0857. Home Page at www.canadianpublicauction. com G.S.T. applies. A 10% handling fee applies to each lot selling for $5,000.00 or less, a 2.5% handing fee applies to each lot selling greater that $5,000.00 with a cap of $1,000.00 per lot. Live Internet Bidding www. canadianpublicauction.com all internet purchases are subject to an internet buyer’s fee & a deposit may be required depending on your purchase history. Auction License # 200278, AMVIC License # 200279.

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E4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, April 20, 2013 Misc. for Sale

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SINGLE comforter with bedskirt and sham $20 obo 403-782-3847

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Suites

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Houses For Sale

rentals

FULL, newly reno’d bsmt. MASON MARTIN HOMES suite, 2 bdrms, inclds. utils, New 2 Storey 1500 sq.ft some furni3 bdrm, 2.5 bath, CLASSIFICATIONS washer/dryer, ture, 1.5 blks. from Bower $399,900. Dbl. att. garage.

TIM Horton Bunn coffee Mall, tenant employed, cat 403-588-2550 maker sold; large cockatiel FOR RENT • 3000-3200 friendly 403-347-7817 WANTED • 3250-3390 cage with stand $25; newMASON MARTIN HOMES er plastic canary cage New bi-level, 1320 sq.ft. sold, small bird cage sold 3 bdrm., 2 bath. $367,900.

Acreages/ 403-340-1120 Dbl. att. garage.

403-588-2550 Farms 1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

WEBBER bbq, good cond.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets asking $100, MASON MARTIN HOMES 5 BDRM. house acreage, 403-755-9852 403-346-4307 New bi-level, 1400 sq.ft.

10 min. S. of Pine Lake & garage. $409,900.

40 min. SE of Red Deer.

OPPOSITE HOSPITAL Dbl. att.

Classifieds 403-588-2550 $1650, $800 d.d. utils. incl., Large adult 2 bdrm. apt., Your place to SELL 1 month last month rent, 1 balcony, No pets. $800 Your place to BUY MASON MARTIN HOMES yr. leasing, references & rent/SD, heat/water incld., New bungalow 1350 sq.ft. record of employment. No 403-346-5885 Dbl. att. garage. house pets.

Avail.

June 1 403-588-2550 Music 403-442-2631 or 357-9909

MORRISROE MANOR

3010

Lessons

1780

COME LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR AT RDC. Educated, experienced, and enthusiastic instructor Shannon Frizzell has openings on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Students of all ages & abilities welcome.

For registration and information†email us at: continuingeducation @rdc.ab.ca or contact Adriana at 403-356-4900

Cats

1830

SIAMESE ALSO BELINESE ( 4) KITTENS FOR SALE $50/ea. 403-887-3649 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Dogs

1840

F1 LABRA DOODLES, F1B GOLDEN DOODLES puppies. Visit www.furfettishfarm.ca text 306-521-1371 or call 403-919-1370

Sporting Goods

1860

ADAMS GOLF CLUB SET ASSAULT Right handed.

1-3-5 Woods, 3-PW Irons, graphite shafts, new grips, bag. Very good cond. $100.

403-346-0093 RED Deer Gun Show May 4 & 5.

Westerner Ag Center

Houses/ Duplexes

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Roommates Wanted

3020

1/2 DUPLEX, 2 bdrm. c/w stove/fridge, no pets, n/’s, adults only, $750 rent, $500 s.d., 403-348-0241 2 BDRM. in tri-plex, top floor, washer/dryer, 403-872-2472

3080

WEIDER NEWER CROSS BOW Exercise Machine.

Very good cond. $175 obo.

Comes with all attachments & exercise chart. 403-346-6939

1900

Lots For Sale

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112 ACRES of bare land, located in Burnt Lake area structure plan, great investment property with future subdivision potential. Asking 1.2M 403-304-5555

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homes

EXCLUSIVE CONDO IN INGLEWOOD

CLASSIFICATIONS

Condos/ Townhouses

4000-4190

3040

3050

2100

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Acme, AB Please contact Ed Miller 403-546-2278 Ext. 3 Email: EdMiller@ Highway21Group.com Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

2130

LIVE YEAR OLD LAYING hens for sale, Phone 403-782-4095

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

1 BDRM. $740; N/S, no pets, no partiers, avail immed. 403-346-1458 2 BDRM. adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, lrg. suite, Avail now or May 1 $900/mo., S.D. $650.

Call 403-304-5337 2 BDRM., Anders. legal bsmt. suite, separate ent., sep. laundry, central vac.

N/S, no pets, $900. + D.D. Incl. utils. & internet.

403-598-3516

LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

wheels

Automotive Services

2005 MINI COOPER lthr., 5 spd, 77596 kms., $17888.

348-8788 Sport & Import 2005 FORD Focus 4 dr, 101,900 kms $4900 SOLD

FOR SALE:

Door, exc. shape in and In very good condition, equipped to be towed behind out. $6600. 403-550-0372 a Motorhome,64,000 km’s Asking price $23,000 Utility **SOLD**

Trailers

to place your ad in the

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CAR DOLLY. Never used.

403-347-6455

2005 CHRYSLER Crossfire 80,954 kms, $12,888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import 2000 PONTIAC Grand Am 2 dr. Clean 403-318-3040

Tires, Parts Acces.

2010 BMW Xdrive 3.0i 24,568 km. Sport & Import 7652-50 Ave 403-348-8788 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

5180

CHALLENGER aluminum 1/2 truck TOOL BOX. Used 1 season. $275. obo.

403-740-0070

Auto Wreckers

5190

CARS & TRUCKS - Cash for some. 403-391-4144

NEW LOCATION 7652 50 Avenue 403-348-8788 AB SPORT

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519 2008 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon $24,888 Sport & Import 403-348-8788 2001 DODGE Durango 4x4, $5000 o.b.o.

403-348-1634

Trucks 1999 FORD Crown Victoria LX. 206,000 km.

Exc. Cond. 403-309-2410

VIEW ALL OUR PRODUCTS

at www.garymoe.com

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2012 PLATINUM Ford F150 Supercrew 4x4 fully loaded, inclds. Navigation, 17,900 kms, $46,500 403-318-3354

2008 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE 72,000 km Sport & Import 7652-50 Ave. 403-348-8788

2006 GMC C4500 Topkick duramax diesel, 4X4, auto, $44888 7652 50 Avenue 348-8788 Sport & Import

Locally owned and family operated

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

5200

A1 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. AMVIC approved. 403-396-7519 REMOVAL of unwanted cars, may pay cash for complete cars. 304-7585 WANTED FREE REMOVAL of unwanted cars and trucks, also wanted to buy lead batteries, call 403-396-8629

Central Alberta LIFE

AN EXCELLENT CHOICE WHERE YOUR AD REACHES RURAL READERS

CALL 309-3300 CLASSIFIEDS WHATEVER YOU’RE SELLING...

WE HAVE THE PAPER YOU NEED!

2010 MAZDA 3 GT sunroof 33986 kms., $15888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

4070

Antique & Classic Autos

5020

1983 FORD Mustang convertible, 5 L, 5 spd. p.w., cruise control, red/white. 79,000 kms. summer driven only. $6500. 403-728-3427

FARM FOR SALE

$860,000. On Hwy 590, easy access to Calgary /Red Deer. 155 acres of prime farm land yielding $50,000/year with an exc. executive bungalow developed up & down. Contact garthd946@hotmail.com 403-227-6740

Cars

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2007 TOYOTA Camry LE sunroof, $9888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import

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2007 MERCEDES BENZ GL320 4matic, lthr., nav., sunroof, $31888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

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Gord Ing, RE/MAX Real Estate Central Alberta 403-341-9995

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309-3300

2007 Mercedes Benz CLS 63 AMG 508 HP $41888 348-8788 Sport & Import

Submit your photos of your Central Alberta experiences for a chance to win a $100 GIFT CARD from McBain Camera.

309-3300

2003 KING Ranch 150

2008 Lexus RX 350 Loaded, Leather, DVD 4

5010

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Use our unique Attention Getters and make your ad a winner.

Call: Classifieds

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5000-5300

ACREAGES FOR SALE BY OWNER, 5+/- ACRES EACH: 1 mile west of Clearwater Trading Store, Caroline.

Treed w/pine, poplar & spruce, offering scenic views of the Clearwater valley & Rocky Mountains. $175,000. Natural gas & power on property, Telus on property lines. One acreage incl. a rustic 2 storey log cabin & water well for $250,000. For more info call 403-722-4076.

Farms/ Land

Trucks

CLASSIFICATIONS

7 ACRES $330,000. 20 min. to Red Deer 403-350-0345

Open House

CLEAN & QUIET APT. ON 58 AVE.

Adult only bldg. 2 bdrm, 1 bath w/ balcony. Coin-op laundry. NO PETS, N/S. Avail May 1st. $895 & Power, SD $895 Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Or 403-396-9554

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CENTRAL ALBERTA....

Newspaper Routes are

GREAT! • Earn some extra cash!

• Deliveries in morning do not interfere with most activities • Afternoon deliveries great for busy youth and adults • Earnings paid directly to your Bank Account • Great exercise • No collections • Great for stay at home Moms/Dads, College Students, and Seniors

Photos submitted may be used in this year’s “Things to Do in Central Alberta” feature coming out May 11!

Mail or Drop photos off at: 2950 Bremner Ave. Red Deer, AB.T4R 1M9 or Email to: specialsections@ reddeeradvocate.com

Call our Carrier Recruitment Line at:

403-314-4394

Deadline May 1, 2013 Special thanks to

now!

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SUV's

NEW DUPLEX, 2 suites, for $389,900. 2000 sq.ft.

2 bdrm., 2 bath. Mason Martin Homes 403-588-2550

3140

2010

Horses

4100

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME in Clive, 60’x140’ serviced lot with alley access. .19 acre in newer dev. neighborhood, great location. Less than 15 mts. to Prentiss. Joffre and Lacombe. Offered at $59,900.

Phone 403-782-1879 or 403-357-2533.

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4020

Poultry

Income Property

3 FLR, 3 Bdrm house w/3 bath, new paint & carpets & deck at 7316-59 Ave. Rooms Avail. to over 40 tenants.

For Rent No pets. Off street parking FULLY SERVICED for 3 vehicles. Rent $1600, CLEAN, quiet, responsible, res & duplex lots in Lacombe.

OPEN HOUSE D.D. $1600. 403-341-4627 Furn. $525. 403-346-7546 Builders terms or owner Saturday, Apr. 20th 2-4 will J.V. with investors or 67 HAYTER STREET BEAUTIFUL Executive subtrades who wish to become ROOM for rent. $450 rent, Ideal Starter / Rental home avail. May 1. home builders. Great d.d. $350. 403-343-0421 In Penhold $189,900 !

Located central S. Sylvan returns. Call 403-588-8820 Call John Richardson Lake, close to schools, Century 21 Advantage 6 bdrm., dining rm. living Pinnacle Estates Warehouse 403-346-0021 room, large master bdrm., (Blackfalds) 3 1/2 baths, 2 car garage, Space You build or bring your www.laebon.com $1850./mo. + utils. own builder.

Terms avail.

780-887-4430 WAREHOUSE FOR Laebon Homes 346-7273 403-304-5555 SALE OR LEASE DUPLEX Michener Hill 3 4860 sq. ft., new, bright, Condos/ bdrm., Avail. Immed., Investment two 14’ O.H. doors, $1350/mo./dd utils. incld.

Townhouses Opportunities heated, fans, can be RENTED divided into 2 bays. Call HORIZ0N VILLAGE LARGE FAMILY 403- 318-4848 to view OLDS, AB: Senior condo, 1 bdrm. up, HOUSE IN ROSEDALE UP FOR BIDS: 1 bdrm. down,.

1050 sq.ft.

Open concept 3 bdrms, bids accepted until dev. bsmt., $285,000. Call Mobile 2 baths, In-suite laundry.

May 6, 2013, 3 p.m.

403-302-0904 to view.

Finished bsm’t. Fenced Lot for individual or all parcels. yard w/deck. No pets. N/S. MASON MARTIN HOMES Future development land $1400 & UTIL; SD $1400; LACOMBE new park, New condo, 1000 sq.ft. in the designated growth Avail May 1st. animal friendly. Your mobile 2 bdrm., 2 bath, 5 appls., area of Mountainview county.

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm. $189,800. 403-588-2550 3 parcels: Or 403-396-9554 Excellent 1st time home Parcel 1, 139.49 acres, buyers. 403-588-8820 parcel 2, 140.1 acres, Main Floor of House parcel 3, 117.3 acres. for MATURE ADULTS MOBILE HOME PAD, in Acreages ID #1995. Better Homes Red Deer Close to Gaetz, Bright 2 bdrms, 1 bath, & Gardens Real Estate 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

3 appls. Double garage.

Signature Service 4 ACRES, bare land, Mauricia 403-340-0225 No pets. N/S Shared 1-866-345-3414 www.

LAKE KOOCANUSSA, laundry. $1325 INCL. UTIL; canadafarmandranch.com $79,900 403-350-0345 SD $1325; Avail NOW. Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Or 403-396-9554

Large 2 bdrms, 2 bath, 5 top appls. w/balcony.

TRAVEL ALBERTA Reserved parking. No pets. Houses Alberta offers N/S. In-suite laundry.

For Sale SOMETHING $1345 & Power; SD for everyone. $1345; Avail MAY 1st.

Make your travel Hearthstone 403-314-0099 BLACKFALDS,1/2 duplex, new, 1250 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., plans now.

Or 403-396-9554 bsmt. finished, att. garage, SOUTHWOOD PARK 2 tier deck, landscaped, 3110-47TH Avenue, whte vinyl fence around, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, call 403-600-1804 generously sized, 1 1/2 For Sale By Owner ~ baths, fenced yards, IMPRESSIVE Modified full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Bi-level with STUNNING Sorry no pets.

CURB APPEAL on a www.greatapartments.ca AGRICULTURAL QUIET Close in Sylvan CLASSIFICATIONS Lake. The IMMACULATE Manufactured DEVELOPMENT is sure to 2000-2290 IMPRESS. This BEAUTIHomes FUL home is 1342 sq. ft. on upper floor. It has 4 Farm Newly Reno’d Mobile Bedrooms and 3 Full FREE Shaw Cable + more Equipment Bathrooms, RV Pad, many $950/month upgrades and much, much Mauricia 403-340-0225 MF 5465 tractor, fwd, 100 more. A MUST SEE to hp, 650 hrs. like new appreciate all that it has.

403-347-5431 4 Plexes/ Please call or write for more details. Price 6 Plexes $530,000.00 Email: mka8clr8@gmail.

ACROSS from park, Livestock com or Call: 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 403-887-1715.

4 appls. Rent $975/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. June 1 FREE Weekly list of GOOD ANGUS BASE 403-304-5337 properties for sale w/details, CROSS BRED COWS prices, address, owner’s available for Shares phone #, etc. 342-7355 Great investment opportunity Help-U-Sell of Red Deer Suites www.homesreddeer.com Highway 21

Feeders Ltd.

MUST SELL

By Owner.

Mauricia 403-340-0225

BLACKFALDS: 2 storey, 3 bdrm, 2 1/2 bath, upgrades $376,500 Riser Homes Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294

SHARE: Newly reno’d house in Oriole Park, avail. immed., $650/mo., $300 d.d., no pets, sauna & laundry.

403-392-0834

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2 0 0 8 C U S T O M B U I LT modular home to move, 1315 sq.ft., 3 bdrms. 2 baths, fireplace, a.c., awning and decking, all appls., $115,000. phone 403-729-3205 for pics.

MOVE IN READY

MUST love dogs, must be working rent $550., N/S, 403-358-3786

Cars

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ROLLER Skates ladies size 7, inclds. helmet, elbow/knee pads $10 403-340-1120

Travel Packages

EXECUTIVE BUNGALOW ON ACREAGE IN RED DEER. 4 bdrms, 2 bath, rent $2000 + DD avail.

403-346-5885

4090

Manufactured Homes

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, April 20, 2013 E5 CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Clear up your financial situation. Review your tax issues and your insurance policy. There seems to be much more going on within your romanSaturday, April 20 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: tic front. You may show a sudden interest in Carmen Electra, 41; Shemar Moore, 43; Jes- someone. Physical attraction is strong today.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There sica Lange, 64 is much more activity buzzing THOUGHT OF THE DAY: around your home environment.

The warrior planet, Mars joins the Activities and home gatherings Sun in Taurus. This marks strong may increase. You have more desires to follow our purpose visitors than usual at this time. in life with a greater conviction Make sure your house is in prebased on solid plans and through sentable condition. practical methods. Our self-initiaPISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): tion side will experience a slowYou are more involved and acdown and more compliance. This tive within your circle of friends. period will teach us the art of paYou display great initiation and tience and tolerance. We will be participation in your neighbourin the pursuit of our goals with hood activities or local commugreater caution and reservation nity. Your alertness is mentally ASTRO while focusing on practical needs stimulated. and long-term objectives.

DOYNA HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today Sunday, April 21 is your birthday, this coming year CELEBRITIES BORN ON will prove to be an exciting one THIS DATE: James McAvoy, for you where you will expose your dramatic side with flair and attitude. Your 34; Nicole Sullivan, 43; Andie MacDowell, 55 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The sky becreative strike knows no boundaries and your individuality radiates like a star. You reveal a queaths us with a stunning triangle composed greater determination and self-initiation this by the Sun, Moon, Mars and Pluto in earth forthcoming year. You will follow your heart’s signs.

This harmonious energy flows beautifully desire with much hope and optimism. in all three earth signs.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Today you Our vitality levels and our practical needs are in the mood for some well-deserved fun.

You want to go out and about. Today signals can be easily met by following methodically a great need to show your creative flair with the guidelines and the rules which are set for great determination and buoyancy. Enjoy us.

Maximum advantage can be taken through your exhilarating day.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Matters relat- today’s force if we recognize our basic founing to your home will be put into a more seri- dations and we know how to make the most ous perspective. Even if you chose to spend use out of all our available resources.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthmore time around familiar surroundings, you day, most changes that will occur for you this will feel more alive than usual. You find both year will be in terms of a love situation. You peace and excitement in your personal life.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Use today’s will most probably are going to start a new afenergy to release excess emotional baggage. fair or pursue your new love based on realistic Let past events go and detach yourself from criteria and not one that is superficial. You will things or individuals who seem too block you be quick to put your interest and your motives in some way. Let go off some steam by hitting into action.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You have high the gym or meditate in a secluded environexpectations of where you want to go and ment.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your involve- what you would like to reach in life. That is ment and participation in your collective will why you will do what you can in order to build be noticed. Your leadership skills and your your efforts as constructively as possible. ability to take charge will be greatly appreci- Maintain a feasible plan.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You want to ated by your peers. You are extremely combe entirely yourself today and lucky for you as fortable living in your own skin.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You display great- you are sweetened by all the confidence you er self-confidence and you can easily reas- need in order to carry on with the day. Your sure others of your self-initiative skills. Prove force and vitality will help you gain a broader of your daring side without any hesitation. perspective of your core identity.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Meet your perBe a go-getter and go after your desires with sonal and domestic demands with efficiency. solid faith. You can accomplish more than Try to complete your unfinished business by you believe capable of.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You feel like carefully examining the details. Don’t overexploring deep within your subconscious. You look the essentials and you will stay within the analyze probingly life’s basic meaning while course of the flow.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A down-tosearching for the truth of your existence. Personal retreat will give you an inner peace and earth discussion based on realistic terms can tranquil times. Reflect upon your core self by lead you far today. What’s indispensable for you is to remain focused on an array of facts tapping into your psyche.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You will devel- that will help you get your points across with op new friendships at this time and you seem much more straightforwardness.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Plan a budget for to share similar viewpoints and interests on yourself based on your necessities and not most topics. It feels great to be accepted and feel like you are contributing in a way towards on your wish list. Stay within your limits and avoid any luring temptations in the stores humanitarian projects.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You have today. Your pocket will thank you later for a the knack ability to sway your public and wise and careful assessment.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Expressing charm your audience. Whatever you say or do might be imitated by others. Work on yourself comes more naturally to you. You compromising with your partner on a certain are not afraid to expose your true persona pending issue. Tensions can easily rise and or to reveal your true nature outwardly. What others see in you is exactly what they will get. quickly dissolve now.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You There’s no hide-and-seek with you today.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Much can be possess great vivacity and liveliness. Use this amazing energy to get things done and to accomplished in an out-of-the-way environaccomplish many tasks today. You seem to ment today. If you opt for more privacy, use be content of the way you are currently lead- this time to recollect yourself and pick up your ing your life. Stick to whatever works for you, pieces together. Stay put by avoiding the limelight or possible distractions. personally.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It’s a great

day to host a get-together with your closest buddies or to simply be out in the town. You are not feeling like staying by yourself today.

You need closure and you need excitement.

A highly social day awaits for you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You feel that others are observing much of what you do today. It’s as if you are being put under the magnifying glass and that you are being scrutinized into small pieces. Whatever you do today, make sure that you are wearing your smile.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Let your hair down and don’t be afraid to take a leap of faith. Even when you have fun, you like to be cautious. Luckily for you, you can mix both

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As many as one in seven Canadians aged 14 to 59 may be infected with herpes simplex type 2 virus and more than 90 per cent of them may be unaware of their status, a new study suggests.

The work provides the first Canadian prevalence estimates for herpes simplex 2 and chlamydia — another sexually transmitted infection — that are based on laboratory confirmed results.

Previous estimates were based on data collected from positive cases or screening of people considered to be at high risk of having the infections, a system which may not provide a true picture of the scale of infections.

The results, which are considered a representative sample of most Canadians in that age group, are based on the study of blood and urine samples taken from roughly 3,250 Canadians.

The study found that under one per cent — 0.7 per cent to be precise — of people tested were infected with chlamydia.

Participants were asked if they had ever been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection and none of those who tested positive for chlamydia reported having received a diagnosis of an STI. Of those who tested positive for herpes simplex 2, only six per cent were aware that they carried the virus. The remainder were unaware they were infected.

Although it is a reportable disease, chlamydia is what’s known as a silent infection. Most people have no symptoms. Antibiotics can cure the infection.

In women, infection can lead to infertility or ectopic pregnancies — pregnancies where the fertilized egg begins to develop in a fallopian tube or outside the uterus. In pregnant women, untreated chlamydia is associated with pre-term delivery in some cases.

In men, complications are rarer, though infertility can occur.

Herpes simplex 2 is also often an asymptomatic infection, though it can appear as blisters and sores around the genitals, rectum or mouth. There is no cure for herpes, but antiviral treatments can lengthen the time between outbreaks of blisters.

Given the low prevalence of chlamydia in the study, the researchers who studied the data did not do further analyses on it.

For the herpes infections, however, they looked at prevalence based on gender, socioeconomic and educational status, age and racial background.

The findings, released by Statistics Canada in the April issue of Health Reports, show that infection was slightly higher in women than men — 16 per cent versus 11 per cent. The prevalence rose with age, from six per cent in people aged 14 to 34 to 19 per cent in people 35 and older.

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