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Guards, province lock horns ALBERTA JAIL GUARDS CONTINUE WILDCAT STRIKE, UNION SAYS SHERIFFS JOINING

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the Ottawa Jr. 67’s 5-0 in the gold medal game in Sault Ste, Marie, Ont., on Sunday afternoon.

“When their backs were against the wall, they just seemed to step up and come together,” said Chiefs head coach Doug Quinn.

“It’s a really special group.

This group just came together and just wore teams out.

More provincial workers are joining Alberta’s prison guards in a wildcat strike, according to their union, while the government counters the union is spreading rumours and many guards are actually returning to work.

Tyler Bedford, a spokesman for the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, announced Sunday that provincial sheriffs in Edmonton and Calgary will join the strike by hundreds of jail guards who are ignoring a provincial labour board order to return to work.

The sheriffs are ‘I KNOW THERE’S members of the INTIMIDATION. IT’S same AUPE local as the guards.

HARD TO BREAK “Provincial sherAWAY FROM A iffs in Edmonton and Calgary voted GROUP. BUT IT’S THE overwhelmingly to RIGHT THING TO DO.’ support the striking guards,” said — DEPUTY PREMIER Bedford, who noted THOMAS LUKASZUK the sheriffs patrol highways and also provide security in courthouses and prisoner escorts.

Deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk, however, said some guards have chosen to return to their posts. It was only about a dozen, he said, but he added others have been phoning supervisors for advice on how they could return to their jobs.

“I know there’s intimidation. It’s hard to break away from a group. But it’s the right thing to do,” Lukaszuk said during a news conference at the legislature on Sunday.

There have also been union members who have remained at their jobs inside the jails, Lukaszuk said.

Lukaszuk said no guards have been charged yet, and wouldn’t say if any will be charged soon, although he said many have been issued notices to comply with labour board rulings that have called their strike illegal.

The labour dispute was triggered late last week by the suspension of an employee at the Edmonton Remand Centre who complained about safety issues.

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Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs captain Quinn Brown holds up the Telus Cup after the team won the Midget AAA national championship game 5-0 over the Ottawa Jr. 67’s at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Sunday. The Rebels are only the fourth team in history to win back-to-back Midget AAA national championships and improved their record to 2-3 in their fifth gold medal game appearance at the tournament. More coverage on Page B1 of today’s Advocate.

Chiefs dig deep, capture Telus Cup

BY ADVOCATE STAFF On more than one occasion during their run to the Telus Cup this season the Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs found themselves on the brink of elimination.

They trailed the Calgary Buffaloes 2-1 in the best-of-five Alberta Midget Hockey League South Division final and needed a fifth game against the Edmonton Southside Athletics to win the province.

They then trailed the Vancouver Northwest Giants 1-0 in the best-of-three Pacific Regional final in Vancouver.

But in every instance, even while battling injuries, they showed the heart and ability to dig a little deeper when it counted the most.

And in the end they rode that ability to their second straight Telus Cup championship, beating

Regulator promises resources ‘balance’ FREEHOLDERS TOLD EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT REGULATORY SYSTEM COMING

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF The new Alberta Energy Regulator will simplify the process for companies seeking to get at this province’s resources, while offering fairness to landowners, according to Alberta Energy Minister Ken Hughes.

Speaking at the Freehold Owners Association (FHOA) annual general meeting in Red Deer on Saturday, Hughes said the change will make for an effective and efficient regulatory system, while balancing economic opportunities and environmental values.

Passed through the legislature last fall, the Responsible Energy Development Act creates a “single-

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“We have to find that right balance between respecting landowners’ rights, respecting environmental responsibilities we have, and enabling the eco- Ken Hughes nomic development that helps us pay for our schools, our hospitals, our roads, and all the public infrastructure we

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have in our province,” said Hughes.

The new regulator, which is scheduled to start working in June, now “has to advise everybody who could be directly or adversely affected” by an application, said Hughes.

It also will allow for greater independence for commissioners hearing appeals, he said, as those people will no longer be the same people sitting on the regulator’s board.

The move earlier this month to appoint former oilfield executive Gerry Protti as regulatory board chairman was heralded by industry, but has drawn criticism from those who fear that experience will see him favour corporations over landowners.

Hughes called Protti “sensible and practical.”

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Even with just nine fully functional fingers, pianist Mayron Tsong was a marvel to watch and listen to at Saturday’s Eroica concert with the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra. C5

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B.C. crash leaves multiple fatalities OCCURS NOT FAR FROM U.S. BORDER

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FREEHOLDERS: Subject to mineral tax While freehold owners are not directly affected by the new legislation, concerns were raised at the event, with association members calling for subsurface mineral rights owners to be granted the same rights as surface rights owners. At present, freehold owners have to go through the courts to settle disputes, an expensive process.

While they had the minister’s ear, the association called for funding from the province to support its work.

Freeholders are subject to a mineral tax, but argue they do not receive tangible benefits back from government.

“That’s a special tax that nobody else pays. We should get something back,” said FHOA president Else Pedersen.

FHOA requested a five per cent “check-off” on the tax, which would generate about Else Pedersen $450,000 for FHOA’s educational and informational efforts.

The volunteer-run non-profit serves some 27,000 people in Western Canada owning freehold mineral rights, inherited from settlers who bought the rights in the early 1900s. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

AUPE: Workers encouraged to ‘stand strong’ Guards at several other detention centres walked off the job in protest and Guy Smith of the AUPE has encouraged workers to “stand strong.”

Inmates have been restricted to their jail cells and striking staff have been either replaced by municipal police or RCMP officers who are backing up correctional supervisors.

Tim Grant, the deputy solicitor general, said the courts will continue to operate today as usual with managers, RCMP and city police filling in for sheriffs.

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Police investigate the aftermath of a fatal car crash at an intersection in Surrey, B.C. on Sunday. RCMP in British Columbia say five people are dead after a serious crash near the U.S. border.

The 23-year-old immediately called his mother, who was not home at the time.

When she did not pick up, Shergill, fearing the worst, ran out to the scene of the crash.

“When I got there, there was a white SUV flipped over at that new Esso (gas station) getting built there,” he said.

“There was another car at the same area, flipped over and split in half.

“The engine was upside down and the car was just totally split.”

Carr said the incident left a debris field of about 200 metres in size. All five occupants — three adults

and two children — of the mid-sized car died at the scene.

The male driver — and lone occupant — of the Dodge Caravan suffered serious injuries and was transported by air ambulance to Royal Columbian Hospital.

Carr, who has been in law enforcement for 26 years, called the crash site a horrific scene of debris, and the worst collision he has witnessed.

“I can’t think of a time that I’ve ever seen a crash, personally, of this magnitude,” he said.

No details about the people involved in the crash have been released.

“We’ve made contact with all of our chief judges.

They’re aware of our plans and are supportive of them,” Grant told the news conference.

Lukaszuk said previous unrest among inmates that had been reported at the beginning of the dispute had been quelled and that order has been restored.

Maggie O’Shaughnessy, a Calgary defence lawyer, said she’s heard from clients who say they’re in danger.

Even though there’s a lockdown at the city’s remand centre, she explained that her clients have told her that inmates on a cell block are allowed out once a day for a brief period and that everyone rushes to the phones.

She said the RCMP officers who are watching don’t know important information, like which inmates are in gangs.

“They’ve told me there are a lot of fights. There’s fights all the time there, but there’s normally guards there to control it,” O’Shaughnessy said.

The government released a statement to corrections staff Sunday afternoon which said the province wanted to help them return to work.

“Some of you have returned to work, and others have said they would like to return to work but feel intimidated. We are aware of these union pressure tactics, which include misinformation being distributed,” the statement said.

Bedford conceded that some guards may have returned to work at some facilities but he couldn’t say which ones.

“The thing about these wildcats is they’re organized at the worksite and not out of the union office,” Bedford said.

He said he couldn’t speak to accusations by the government about rumours because he didn’t know who started them.

Solicitor General Jonathan Denis said arrangements are being made to bring in extra RCMP officers from other provinces.

He told the news conference Sunday that they would be arriving Sunday.

The guards’ union has said the suspension of the union member on Friday was the last straw for correctional officers who have complained about the design of the new Edmonton Remand Centre.

Just days before the jail opened, the AUPE said it found five pages of design flaws after touring the facility.

At that time, the union asked the provincial government to delay the transfer of prisoners from the old remand centre until the changes were made.

Lukaszuk reiterated Sunday that the facility was deemed safe by occupational health and safety workers, which he noted were also members of the AUPE.

He said the union has presented a list of 10 demands that must be met before the guards will return to work, but he said health and safety is only one of the items on the list.

He noted the union is in the middle of collective bargaining and suggested they might be using the strike as a pressure tactic.

“Albertans would be appalled if they found out that as deputy premier I am bypassing a collective bargaining structure and making side deals over a cup of coffee in a coffee shop with a union leader.

That would simply be inappropriate,” Lukaszuk said.

“So the union has a table at which to negotiate.

I encourage them to get back to that table and continue with those negotiations,” he continued“ “I have been very clear. Until they return to work, there will be no discussions.”

O’Shaughnessy said she has 18 clients who are inmates in remand in Calgary who are stuck in cells that are seven feet by 12 feet for almost 24 hours a day, with one or two other people, who are getting cold food and can’t shower.

She said she expects chaos in court on Monday and that she’ll have to have most of her cases put over until a later date because her clients won’t be able to get to court or because she hasn’t been able to speak with them.

She said she tried, unsuccessfully, to visit some of them on the weekend.

“I was told by the deputy director of the facility that it was simply too unsafe to bring them to the interview rooms to see me,” she said.

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“We had depth, a lot of speed and I thought that even in today’s game we weren’t tiring out.”

The Chiefs dominated the final, beating the 67’s in all aspects of the game, from goalie Matt Zentner on out.

Zentner became only the third goalie in Telus Cup history to record a shutout in the gold medal game, finishing with 27 saves.

Chase Thudium, Trey DeGraaf, Ryker Leer, Chris Gerrie and Ian McLellan scored for the Chiefs, who led 1-0 and 4-0 by periods and finished with 55 shots on goal.

The Chiefs became just the fourth team in history to win back-to-back titles.

It was their fifth gold medal game appearance, who improved to 2-3 in the final. In addition to last year’s double-overtime win over the Phénix du Collège Esther-Blondin, Red Deer lost in double overtime to Regina in 1994 and Prince Albert in 2007, and suffered a one-goal defeat to Thunder Bay in 1995. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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SURREY, B.C. — Five people are dead following what B.C. Mounties say is possibly the worst car crash witnessed in over 20 years.

Police say the crash occurred at an intersection not far from the U.S. border Sunday morning.

Sgt. Dale Carr said it appears a Dodge Caravan sped through a red light at the intersection and then crashed into a mid-sized car.

“The Dodge Caravan — has such high velocity, it goes through the intersection, it comes to rest about 200 metres west of that intersection,” he said.

“There’s again, so much velocity involved in the crash that the mid-sized import vehicle was torn in half at the firewall.”

Manvir Shergill, who lives about a kilometre away from the intersection, said he had just woken up when he heard a very loud crash from outside.

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Monday, April 29, 2013

Doubts remain about fracking SOME TOUT BENEFITS, OTHERS NOT SWAYED

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF

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Getting ready to ride a demonstration event Les Sjogren of Park Lake, Ab. works his mule Katie through her paces in the out door ring at the Westerner on Friday during the opening day of the Mane Event. The Mane Event equine education and trade fair ran through the weekend with a comprehensive line-up of acclaimed clinicians considered to be the best in the field of discipline. A trade fair devoted exclusively to exhibitors who cater to the equine community will also be featured at the 10th annual show.

Thousands enjoy The Mane Event

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF Horse art, horse jewelry, horse fencing, horse embroidery — if you wanted something, anything, to do with the four-legged creatures, you almost certainly found it at The Mane Event equine expo over the weekend.

Oh, and there were actual horses too.

Back for its seventh year in Red Deer, The Mane Event drew tens of thousands of people in with an extensive trade fair and top-class instruction catering to the equine community.

Sessions over the three-day event were led by American show jumping icon George Morris, Canadian dressage Olympian Tom Dvorak, and many others.

Alongside the training sessions was a trade show so popular many would-be exhibitors had to be turned away due to space constraints.

“We have crammed booths into every possible spot in this build-

ing,” said organizer Gail Barker from her temporary office at the Westerner.

Barker, of Kamloops, has put on a similar show in Chilliwack for 10 years, but the shorter-running Red Deer show has long proved more popular, this year drawing people from Alaska, the Maritimes, and across Alberta and Western Canada.

“It’s nice to see that the horse business is so strong in Alberta.

“It’s a real passion for people here,” explained Barker.

The Alberta Carriage Supply booth at the expo displayed what one might have expected to see at a equine fair 150 years ago — horse-drawn plows, carts, carriages, and pioneer wagons.

The Calgary-area business brings in such equipment built by the Amish of Ohio.

Dale Befus, owner of the title ‘horse to equipment interface specialist’ with the business, said its goal is to help people put their horses to work.

“There are so many people, they’ve got a fat horse looking over

the fence and they’re driving the tractor. So why not put the horse to work,” he said.

He said interest in the old-fashioned equipment is increasing anew in Alberta.

The company even does a few mountain treks a year with a convoy of the pioneer covered wagons.

At the Equine Reflection/ Equine Enrichment booth, meanwhile, Angie Payne and Chantel Schmidt were telling people how horses can be therapeutic. Certified as an equine gestalt coach, Payne uses horses to help make people feel whole.

She said horses are like lie detectors, only agreeing to work with a person if the person’s internal and external feelings are in sync.

At the show for the first time, Payne said more and more people are coming to realize how horses can be used for personal healing.

The unconventional has become conventional when it comes to drilling in Alberta.

That was the message of Kevin Heffernan, president of the Canadian Society of Unconventional Resources (CSUR), at the seminar put on by the Freehold Owners Association on Saturday.

Whereas only eight per cent of oil and gas wells licensed in Alberta in 2008 were horizontal, for the first nine months of 2012, 74 per cent of all wells were horizontal.

“That’s almost a complete flip of where and how industry is developing its resources. Those Bob Willard horizontal wells are conventional. They are routine,” said Heffernan.

To get at oil and gas reservoirs deep into the Earth, hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is used.

Fracking is the process of fracturing rock formations with high-pressure fluids to allow natural gas and oil molecules to flow out through horizontal wells.

While Heffernan touted the benefits of fracking as a way of getting at those hard to reach resources, much of the audience was skeptical. For those people, independent investigative journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk, one of the seminar’s four panelists, was the voice of reason.

Citing instances from the United States and some closer Andrew to home relating to groundwa- Nikiforuk ter contamination from fracking, Nikiforuk said much science is lacking on the safety of the very energy and often water-intensive process.

“We’ve captured and picked the good fruit, and now we’re at the bottom of the barrel, looking for what’s left, and having to use more energy to get there,” said Nikiforuk.

He cited a 2009 study by two Alberta scientists that found that wells used in fracking typi‘WE’VE CAPTURED cally experienced leakage rates as high AND PICKED THE as 60 per cent as they GOOD FRUIT, AND age, increasing the chances of groundwa- NOW WE’RE AT THE ter contamination and BOTTOM OF THE methane leakage.

While the risks are BARREL, LOOKING there, industry regulaFOR WHAT’S LEFT, tion is strong, said Bob Willard, senior policy AND HAVING TO advisor with the Energy Resources Conser- USE MORE ENERGY vation Board (ERCB).

TO GET THERE.’ For example, he said, — ANDREW NIKIFORUK fracking is prohibited within 200 metres of private water wells.

He also said the fracking process is transparent, with the ERCB publishing a list of industry non-compliance, updated every month on its website. Disclosure of chemical additives used in fracking is also now mandatory in Alberta and B.C. Overall, the chances of fractures migrating into underground aquifers is very low, said Alberta Environment groundwater policy specialist Robert George.

George said in the future the goal will be to use more saline than potable water in the process, but that at present, the cost is prohibitive. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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Woman convicted of drowning children denies being bad mother: Report GOSFORD, Australia — An Australian woman convicted of manslaughter in the deaths of her two children in Alberta is reported to have denied she was a bad mother and is not ruling out having more kids.

Allyson McConnell is quoted by the Australian newspaper the Sunday Telegraph in a story posted on its website Saturday that she “wouldn’t say no” to more children.

McConnell was given a six-year prison sentence after her sons Connor, 2, and 10-month-old Jayden were drowned in a bathtub in 2010 in the family home in Millet, south of Edmonton.

She served 15 months in a psychiatric hospital after taking into account time served before her

trial and was deported to Australia shortly after she was released April 4.

McConnell told the newspaper she is trying to get over what has happened to her.

She said she is also a victim.

“There have been a lot of things written about me being a bad mother,”

McConnell, 34, told the Sunday Telegraph.

“I wasn’t a bad mother, I was actually a very loving mother.

“But you never hear about that.”

The Crown has said it intends to appeal both McConnell’s conviction and sentence.

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Monday, April 29, 2013

Ground shifts in Ottawa BUT WILL CHANGE ENDURE? It’s been just two weeks since Justin Trudeau was handed the Liberal crown, but his ascension to the party’s wobbly throne has tossed the country into a mini-election campaign.

The governing Conservatives, of course, never stop campaigning, whether they have a minority or majority.

But the frenetic pace of politicking here in the past couple of weeks has allowed for TIM a close examiHARPER nation of the strengths and weaknesses of the three main political parties and their leaders.

The Conservatives have again reminded us they are the unparalleled practitioners of the dark arts of politics, but their over-the-top assault on Trudeau — a man they like to denigrate as the leader of the third party — has served to heap more attention on a man who needs no help attracting

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The latest evidence that Conservatives play politics with all the élan of an NHL goon squad is the decision to have taxpayers foot the bill for attack ads against Trudeau placed in their mailboxes.

They have used both the Boston Marathon bombings and the Canadian terror arrests as wedge issues, using Liberal comments about both as fundraising pleas.

Liberals and New Democrats have also used this archaic mailing privilege to heap scorn on their opponents and force their way into voters’ homes.

Conservatives just do it more aggressively.

But two radically different news events in the past weeks have also showcased Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s strengths.

The foiled VIA Rail terror plot as the Commons was debating an antiterrorism bill plays to the prime minister’s advantage as the hardline lawand-order PM, a man who will choose tough justice over root causes and who can boast that he keeps Canadians safe.

“This is not a time to commit sociology,” Harper said.

“I don’t think we want to convey any view to the Canadian public other than our utter condemnation of this kind of violence, contemplation of this violence and our utter determination

through our laws and through our activities to do everything we can to prevent it and counter it.’’

A softer side to Harper was also on display in recent days in his seemingly heartfelt response to the suicide of Nova Scotia teen Rehtaeh Parsons, saying the tragedy had “sickened” him, then paying tribute to the strength of her family, with whom he met this week.

He has been clear that the 17-yearold was a victim of a “crime,” not bullying, which he said has the connotation “of kids misbehaving.”

For the vast majority of Canadians who are not immersed in the clutter and minutiae of day-to-day Ottawa, this combination of tough leader fighting terrorists and concerned father sickened by the tragic death of a teen is a combination that wins votes.

Trudeau, treated like the real leader of the opposition by the Conservatives, has taken a refreshing high road in the face of government attacks.

But where the high road leads is an unknown.

He has so far shown the need for more message discipline; he has been merely workmanlike in his brief time as leader in the Commons; and he will eventually lose some lustre as policy is added to a persona that is so far laden with idealism.

His upbeat ad to counter the mocking Conservative attack ad is effective and powerful in its simplicity, but the

Conservative war chest will ensure that the attacks reach many more Canadians than the upbeat counter message.

Still, he is shiny and new. He has brought something fresh and almost indefinable to the staid political scene.

He should grow into this job.

The real change over the past couple of weeks is the status of the official Opposition New Democrats. NDP strategists will tell you they are playing the “long game,’’ and are not going to get twisted in knots about polls two years before an election.

But there has to be concern in the Orange Bunker over Leader Thomas Mulcair’s profile and image, more than a year into the job. Mulcair inherited the mantle from Sunny Jack, but now looks to his left in the Commons to see Sunny Justin.

Mulcair’s effectiveness in the House does not seem to translate into success outside the Ottawa bubble.

The NDP must find a way to get back in the game or risk the Canadian political alignment falling back into its age-old pattern, leaving it perceived again as the third party, regardless of the size of its caucus.

Two weeks has brought change. Will it last two more years?

Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer. He can be reached at tharper@thestar.ca.

Stressed at work? Add a dose of green Is your office bad for your health and well-being?

Unfortunately, a growing body of scientific evidence says yes.

The modern workday pose — fingers on keyboard, slight slouch, glassy eyes fixed on glowing screen, bathed in unnatural light — can drain vitality, happiness and creativity. Designed to maximize efficiency, this sterile setup actually reduces productivity and job satisfaction.

In fact, modern workplaces are the main reason adults now spend about 9.3 hours a day sitting. Medical journal The Lancet estimates this unprecedented level of inacDAVID tivity is causing 5.3 million SUZUKI deaths a year worldwide, similar to smoking – prompting the Harvard Business Review to suggest “Sitting is the smoking of our generation.”

The good news is that researchers have built an increasingly persuasive case for what most of us know intuitively: nature is good for us. Being regularly immersed in a natural setting can reduce stress while boosting immunity, ingenuity and energy.

As neuroscientist Marc Berman explains, adding a daily dose of green to your routine may be the best prescription for dealing with workday stress. His research shows that even simple, brief interactions with nature can improve cognitive control and mood.

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Why does green time reduce stress? Various studies suggest exposure to natural settings stimulates “soft fascination” — something New York Times reporter Gretchen Reynolds describes as “a beguiling term for quiet contemplation, during which directed attention is barely called upon and the brain can reset those overstretched resources.” Hard fascination, by contrast, is stimulated by bright, loud activities like watching TV or sports, which require little or no effort but don’t allow for mental rest.

Researchers at the University of Michigan estimated that memory performance and attention span can improve by 20 per cent after an hour in nature, while University of Rochester studies concluded that being outside for 20 minutes a day is enough to boost vitality. And a new study from Scotland demonstrated brain fatigue can be eased with just a 10-minute walk in the park.

But how can we fit more green time into our hectic schedules?

The David Suzuki Foundation has a solution. The 30x30 Nature Challenge asks Canadians to commit to spending at least 30 minutes a day in nature for 30 days in May. Participants can take the 30x30 pledge at davidsuzuki.org/30x30Challenge and receive tips about how to add green time to their routines.

Finding your nature fix can be easy. Hold your next meeting outdoors – maybe make it a walking meeting. Invite colleagues to have lunch in a nearby park. Take the scenic route home and go for a walk in a neighbourhood green space along the way. Stop to smell the flowers and take notice of critters, trees and plants. Skip the gym, and head outside for a jog or bike ride.

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Even if you can’t make it outside for a daily dose of nature, simple changes inside can help make you happier and healthier. As Alan Logan and Eva Selhub document in their book Your Brain on Nature, workers in windowless settings are more anxious, hostile and depressed than colleagues on windowed floors. Increasing natural light within the workplace has been linked to improved productivity and contentment. Researchers in Texas even found employees in offices with plants or green-space views felt greater job satisfaction and reported a higher overall quality of life.

Increased exposure to nature also leads people to nurture closer relationships and build stronger community bonds. When Capilano University professor Joe Kelly spent at least an hour a day outside each day this March, he observed that “free of the distractions and background noise present in the city, the serenity of nature provides a perfect venue to connect with others.”

Even the world’s worst boss should know employees who are less stressed and healthier are more productive.

So why not sign up for the 30x30 Nature Challenge — and encourage your office mates to join?

Challenge your entire company to head outside for 30 minutes a day for 30 days. And be sure to take part in the surveys before and after. Tell us how you feel.

Does regular time in nature make you calmer? More alert? Happier? Let’s all get into the nature habit. It can make our lives better.

Scientist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki wrote this column with Jode Roberts. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

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Decision to nix Omar Khadr prison interview denounced

Proposed U.S. border fee ‘not going to happen’

MOVE CALLED EXTRAORDINARY POLITICAL INTERFERENCE

A federal cabinet minister rejected a request for a prison interview with former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr even though the warden gave it a green light — a move some are denouncing as extraordinary political interference.

Documents obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act show the warden of Millhaven Institution, where Khadr is in maximum security, approved the interview request made by the news agency in January, only to be overruled.

The refusal came from the office of Public Safety Minister Vic Toews to Correctional Service Canada, records show.

Under normal procedure, the warden of an institution makes the final call on granting a reporter access to an inmate, subject to a CSC policy known as Commissioner’s Directive 022.

Among other things, the directive requires agreement from the prisoner to talk to the reporter, and any interview cannot pose a security threat.

The documents show Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s own department immediately flagged the initial interview application, and asked to be kept in the loop.

“We’d be interested if anything develops on the (request),” Christopher Williams, a senior analyst with Privy Council Office, wrote in

Beef industry wants irradiation THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada’s beef industry is about to ask the federal government to approve the use of irradiation in meat-processing plants to kill dangerous E. coli bacteria in a full range of meat products.

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association says it is updating an application that was first made to Health Canada in 1998 for ground beef, but was turned down because of public concerns.

Irradiation involves bombarding meat with radiant energy similar to X-rays.

“Food irradiation is likely the most effective intervention remaining that we don’t already use.

“And when you add irradiation, on top of the existing food safety system, we could essentially eliminate E.-colirelated illness from beef products,” said Mark Klassen, the association’s director of technical services.

“Our proposal now is saying we would like to get permission to irradiate any kind of beef.”

The updated proposal to be filed with Health Canada follows recent E. coli outbreaks in beef that made national headlines.

E. coli linked to frozen beef burgers from Cardinal Meat Specialists in Ontario made eight people ill in that province, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan last December and this past February.

Last fall, 18 people in British Columbia, Quebec, Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador got sick from E. coli linked to beef from what was then the XL Foods plant in southern Alberta.

The tainted beef led to the largest meat recall in Canadian history.

The cattlemen’s association says its proposal calls for irradiated beef to be clearly labelled to give consumers the choice if they want to buy such products.

The proposal closely mirrors a policy that has been in place in the United States since 2000.

an email to Correctional Service Canada.

In this case, Millhaven Warden Kevin Snedden approved a telephone interview with Khadr. Documents show regional headquarters supported his decision.

“Following the warden’s detailed assessment of the request against Commissioner’s Directive CD-022, it was concluded that the request complies,” Christa McGregor, senior media relations adviser, wrote in an email Feb. 22 to senior ministry and ministerial staff in Toews’ office.

Within 90 minutes, however, the request was nixed.

“This interview is not approved,” Julie Carmichael, Toews’ director of communications, responded in a terse internal email.

The decision to overrule the warden took Correctional Service insiders by surprise, prompting a further flurry of emails that reached the highest levels of the ministry.

A public servant familiar with the file, who insisted on anonymity out of fear of government retribution, said what had happened was highly unusual.

The interview request was “subjected to significant and extraordinary scrutiny from CSC’s national headquarters and overt political interference,” the person said.

“The warden approved of the interview taking place — and approved again after being told to reassess — before finally, and af-

ter much ’off-line’ conversation with direct pressure from headquarters and the minister’s office, denying the request.”

It was not immediately clear what role the cabinet office played.

Wayne Easter, a former Liberal solicitor general, expressed surprise at Toews’ involvement, saying he couldn’t think of an instance where something similar had happened during his time in office.

“It’s very much overstepping the bounds of the minister’s jurisdiction,” Easter said. “As long as the protocols are met, (the interview) should go ahead.”

The Toronto-born Khadr, 26, has been housed in Millhaven west of Kingston, Ont., since his transfer last September to Canada from Guantanamo Bay, where he had already spent 10 years behind bars.

Khadr had pleaded guilty before a widely discredited military commission in October 2010 to five war crimes — among them killing a U.S. special forces soldier — committed as a 15 year old in Afghanistan.

He was given a further eight years behind bars.

In its refusal — denounced by Khadr’s lawyer as Conservative government “propaganda” aimed at demonizing him by keeping him out of the public eye — Correctional Service Canada cited the commissioner’s directive for rejecting the interview.

indications are that both Democrats and Republicans oppose it and any new fee would have to get by both the House of Representatives, and also the Senate. I’m going to fight this very very aggressively and I have a lot of allies.”

Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano has said that fees that support processing more than 350 million travellers a year have not been adjusted, in many cases, for more than a decade.

But Higgins said any additional impediment to Canadians travelling to the U.S. is a false economy. In his home town, the damage would be considerable.

He said neither the Sabres NHL franchise nor the NFL Bills would exist in Buffalo, considered a small market by American standards, if not for the fan base in southern Ontario, many of whom cross the border to buy tickets for home games.

As well, “25 to 30 per cent of our retail economy is the Canadian shopper so we’re looking to expand cross-border movement, not stifle it,” he said.

THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A U.S. congressman says Canadians should not be overly concerned about a proposed border crossing fee, saying it just isn’t going to happen.

Democratic representative Brian Higgins, who is from the border city of Buffalo, N.Y., told CTV’s Question Period on Sunday that he has a lot of allies in the U.S. Congress who will stop any legislation that includes a fee.

Higgins, who is a member of the Homeland security committee, has been a vocal critic of a proposed feasibility study on a border fee since it was spotted last week buried deep in the department’s 2014 budget. New York Senator Charles Schumer, a Democrat, has also spoken out in opposition.

The Canadian government said it would lobby against such a fee.But Higgins says there is sufficient political opposition to stop any such fee in its tracks.

“I’m telling you it’s not going to happen,” Higgins said. “The early

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Chemical arms use fits pattern ALLEGED USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN SYRIA FITS PATTERN TO TEST INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY’S RESPONSE In the chaos of Syria’s civil war, pinning down definitive proof on the alleged use of weapons of mass destruction is a tricky task with high stakes.

President Barack Obama has said any use of chemical arms — or the transfer of stockpiles to terrorists — would cross a “red line” and carry “enormous consequences.”

Already, the White House’s announcement that the Syrian regime appears to have used chemical arms has ratcheted up the pressure on Obama to move forcefully. He has sought to temper expectations of a quick U.S. response, saying too little is known about the alleged attacks to take action now.

Analysts suggest that a limited introduction of the weapons, with little ostensible military gain, could be an attempt by the Syrian government to test the West’s resolve while retaining the veil of plausible deniability.

This approach would also allow foreign powers eager to avoid a costly intervention in Syria to remain on the sidelines, while at the same time opening the door for the regime to use the weapons down the road.

“If it’s testing the water, and we’re going to turn a blind eye, it could be used widely, repeatedly,” Alani said. “If you are silent once, you will be silent twice.”

The slow introduction of a weapon to gauge the West’s response fits a pattern of behaviour the Assad regime has demonstrated since the uprising began in March 2011, according to Joseph Holliday, a Syria analyst at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War. When largely peaceful protesters initially took to the streets, the regime responded with small arms fire and a wave of arrests. As the government ramped up its violent crackdown, the opposition began to

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — The instances in which chemical weapons are alleged to have been used in Syria were purportedly small in scale: nothing along the lines of Saddam Hussein’s 1988 attack in Kurdish Iraq that killed thousands.

That raises the question of who would stand to gain as President Bashar Assad’s regime and the opposition trade blame for the alleged attacks, and proof remains elusive.

Analysts say the answer could lie in the past — the regime has a pattern of gradually introducing a weapon to the conflict to test the international community’s response.

The U.S. said last week that intelligence indicates the Syrian military has likely used sarin, a deadly nerve agent, on at least two occasions in the civil war, echoing similar assessments from Israel, France and Britain. Syria’s rebels accuse the regime of firing chemical weapons on at least four occasions, while the government denies the charges and says opposition fighters have used chemical agents in a bid to frame it.

But using chemical weapons to try to force foreign intervention would be a huge gamble for the opposition, and one that could easily backfire. It would undoubtedly taint the rebellion in the eyes of the international community and seriously strain its credibility.

Mustafa Alani, an analyst at the Gulf Research Center in Geneva, said it would also be difficult for the rebels to successfully employ chemical agents.

“It’s very difficult to weaponize chemical weapons,” he said. “It needs a special warhead, for the artillery a special fuse.”

take up arms in late 2011, prompting yet another escalation in force by the regime.

In early 2012, government troops began using heavy weapons, first in a relatively restrained manner on military targets.

“Once they could confirm that there wasn’t going to be a major reaction from the West, they were able to expand the use of artillery,” Holliday said.

By the summer of 2012, government troops were pounding rebellious neighbourhoods with tank fire, field cannons and mortars, but the rebellion was stronger than ever, prompting Assad to turn to his air force, and the regime’s MiG fighter jets and helicopter gunships began to strike military targets in rural areas.

After the government was satisfied that the international community wasn’t going to impose a no-fly zone like NATO did in Libya, Assad unleashed the full might of his air power, and warplanes have been indiscriminately bombing rebel-held areas since.

“It all fits the pattern of being able to do this incrementally,” Holliday said.

“It’s been important for the regime to introduce these capabilities as gradually as possible so that they don’t trip the international community’s red lines,” he added. “I think this is basically a modus operandi that the Assad regime has established and tested with the United States, and confirmed that it works, and he’s using it again with chemical weapons.”

Syria has never confirmed it even has chemical weapons. But it is believed to possess substantial stockpiles of mustard gas and a range of nerve agents, including sarin, a highly toxic substance that can suffocate its victims by paralyzing muscles around their lungs.

Fire erupts at collapsed factory in Bangladesh, injures rescuers

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAVAR, Bangladesh — A fire broke out late Sunday in the wreckage of the garment factory that collapsed last week in Bangladesh, with smoke pouring from the piles of shattered concrete and some of the rescue efforts forced to stop.

The fire came four days after the collapse, as rescuers were trying to free a woman they found trapped in the rubble. The flames broke out when sparks were generated by those rescuers trying to cut through a steel rod to reach the woman, said a volunteer rescuer, Syed Al-Amin Roman. At least

three rescue workers were injured in the fire, he said.

Rescuers have retreated from the part of the wreckage where the fire erupted, but were still trying to reach any possible survivors in other parts of the destroyed eight-story building.

Firefighters were frantically hosing down the flames.

“Hopefully we will be able to control it,” said Brig. Gen. Mohammed Siddiqul Alam Shikder, who is overseeing rescue operations.

It wasn’t immediately clear what happened to the trapped woman.

The fire came hours after the owner of the illegally-constructed building was captured Sunday at a border cross-

ing with India.

Mohammed Sohel Rana was arrested in Benapole in western Bangladesh, just as he was about to flee into India’s West Bengal state, said Jahangir Kabir Nanak, junior minister for local government.

Rana was brought back by helicopter to the capital Dhaka where he faced charges of negligence.

Rana’s capture brought cheers and applause when it was announced on a loudspeaker at the site of the collapsed building in the Dhaka suburb of Savar.

At least 377 people are confirmed to have died in the Wednesday collapse. Three of the building’s floors

were built illegally.

The death toll is expected to rise but it is already the deadliest tragedy to hit Bangladesh’s garment industry, which is worth $20 billion annually and is a mainstay of the economy. The collapse and previous disasters in garment factories have focused attention on the poor working conditions of workers who toil for as little as $38 a month to produce clothing for top international brands.

Bangladesh’s garment industry was the third largest in the world in 2011, after China and Italy, having grown rapidly in the past decade. The country’s minimum wage is the equivalent of about $38 a month.

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Back-to-back champs JOE NIEUWENDYK

STARS SEND GM PACKING Dallas Stars general manager Joe Nieuwendyk was fired on Sunday, the team announced in an official statement.

Nieuwendyk’s contract was set to expire at the conclusion of the 2013-14 season. A person familiar with the decision said that the Dallas Stars have hired Jim Nill to replace Nieuwendyk.

The decision is formally set to take place today. Dallas fired Nieuwendyk after four seasons with two coaches and no playoff appearances. The Stars finished their season 22-22-4 Saturday without earning a spot in the playoffs for the fifth season in a row.

Monday

● High school girls soccer: Hunting Hills at Alix, 4:15 p.m. ● Men’s ball hockey: Hammerhead Oilfield vs.

Tommy Gun’s, 9:30 p.m., Kinsmen B.

Tuesday

● High school boys soccer: Innisfail at Hunting Hills, 4:15 p.m., Collicutt East; Alix at Notre Dame, 4:15 p.m., Collicutt West ● Men’s ball hockey: Braves vs. Brewhouse, 7 p.m.; JMAA Architecture vs. Hammerhead Oilfield, 8:15 p.m.; Crystal Wellsite vs. Details Devils, 9:30 p.m.; all games at Kinsmen B.

RED DEER OPTIMIST REBELS CHIEFS ONLY FOURTH TEAM EVER TO WIN BACK-TO-BACK NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AFTER WIN IN SAULT STE. MARIE

BY JERRET SEMCZYSZYN SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Chiefs 5 Jr 67’s 0 SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — They came into the 2013 Telus Cup tournament as defending champions.

They will leave as national champions.

The Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs successfully defended their 2012 national championship by defeating the Ottawa Jr. 67’s 5-0 in the final on Sunday afternoon.

In a game broadcast on TSN, Red Deer dominated their opponent to claim the title against the team they had tied on Friday morning 2-2.

But this time around, the Chiefs were able to solve Ottawa goaltender Simon Hofley, and Matt Zentner was perfect between the posts as he made 27 saves for the shutout.

“To get the shutout makes it special, but the only thing that matters is that we won,” Zentner said. “I don’t even know what to say.”

The Chiefs took the lead with three minutes remaining in the first period when Chase Thudium found a rebound at the left side of the goal and scored on the power play.

“It was exciting,” Thudium said. “I almost missed it but I got a second chance. It was a big goal; it was huge. Everybody was nervous off the start, and we knew whoever scored that first goal was going to have a good chance at winning. So it was definitely a big one.”

Red Deer started to pull away in the second period.

Trey DeGraaf scored on a wrap-around three minutes into the period, and just over a minute later, Ryker Leer skated in on a partial breakaway and fired a shot that beat Hofley over the blocker.

With five minutes remaining in the second period, Chris Gerrie took a pass on a three-on-one break and made it 4-0 when his shot deflected in off Hofley’s glove.

After two periods, Red Deer outshot Ottawa 41-19.

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The Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs pose with the national championship banner after winning the Telus Cup in Sault Ste. Marie, Sunday.

Ian McLellan added the final goal with just over six minutes remaining in the third period on a quick shot from the slot that found the top right corner.

Chiefs head coach Doug Quinn emphasized the importance of converting opportunities into goals to build a comfortable lead in the second period.

“We’ve always had a hard time scoring goals,” Quinn said. “We usually get enough shots, but it was nice to get a couple goals there and get a little bit of a cushion. I really didn’t relax until probably the last five minutes.”

In terms of the character on the Chiefs team, Quinn said his team had battled ad-

Thursday

● High school girls soccer: Central Alberta Christian at Eckville, 4:15 p.m. ● High school boys soccer: Sylvan Lake H.J. Cody at Innisfail, 4:15 p.m. ● Women’s fastball: TNT Athletics vs. Badgers, Midget Rage vs. Shooters, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; N. Jensen’s Bandits at Stettler Heat, 7 p.m. ● Men’s ball hockey: Details Devils vs. Gentex Heat, 7 p.m.; Crystal Wellsite vs. Tommy Gun’s, 8:15 p.m.; Braves vs. JMAA Architecture, 9:30 p.m.; all games at Kinsmen B.

Friday

● High school girls soccer: Alix at Lindsay Thurber, 4:15 p.m., McLean West; Notre Dame at Lacombe, 4:15 p.m.

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Yankees complete sweep of Blue Jays

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Wednesday

● High school girls soccer: Hunting Hills at Sylvan Lake H.J. Cody, 4:15 p.m. ● High school girls rugby: Hunting Hills at Rocky Mountain House, 4:15 p.m., Titans Field; Rimbey at Olds 1, 4:15 p.m.; Notre Dame at Lindsay Thurber, 4:15 p.m., Titans Field. ● High school boys rugby: Hunting Hills at Notre Dame, Rocky Mountain House at Lindsay Thurber, 4:15 p.m. ● Midget AAA baseball: Okotoks Dawgs White at Red Deer, 6:30 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Men’s ball hockey: Gentex Heat vs.

Brewhouse, 9:30 p.m., Kinsmen B.

versity all season, including being nearly eliminated in the round robin portion of the Telus Cup. “When their backs were against the wall, they just seemed to step up and come together,” he said. “It’s a really special group.

This group just came together and just wore teams out. We had depth, a lot of speed and I thought that even in today’s game we weren’t tiring out.”

Ottawa head coach Travis Crickard expressed his appreciation for his team’s effort in the loss.

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New York Yankees’ Travis Hafner (33) greets teammate Lyle Overbay, right, who runs past Toronto Blue Jays catcher Henry Blanco, center, after hitting a two-run home run off starting pitcher R.A. Dickey in the seventh inning at Yankee Stadium, Sunday, in New York.

Yankees 3 Blue Jays 2 NEW YORK — The last time R.A. Dickey had been on a pitcher’s mound in New York, Mets fans showered him with affection in September after he became the team’s first 20-game winner in more than two decades.

When he returned Sunday with the last-place Toronto Blue Jays, he left dejected.

“Obviously I wish for a better result,” he said after giving up a pair of home runs to the New York Yankees, who beat him 3-2 to complete a four-game sweep of the Blue Jays.

Dealt to Toronto after going 20-3 and winning the NL Cy Young Award, Dickey (2-4) already has lost more games this year than in all of 2012. The 38-year-old allowed three runs and four hits in seven innings, with four strikeouts and a walk.

He’s been slowed by soreness in his neck and back.

“If I have to battle it for a while, I’ll battle it for a while until it goes away,” he said. “It gets marginally better between starts. It’s just that when I have to start it breaks down again.”

Toronto (9-17) was swept in a four-game series in which it led every game for the first time

since Sept. 19-21, 1995, at old Yankee Stadium. The Blue Jays were 4 for 24 with runners in scoring position in the series and struck out 37 times, including 13 Sunday.

“You want me to go out there and hit or something?” manager John Gibbons said. “I couldn’t hit when I played.”

A favourite to win the division after bulking up its roster, Toronto is eight games under .500 in April for the first time since 2004, according to STATS. All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes is out until July because of an ankle injury and pitcher Josh Johnson was scratched from Friday’s start because of right triceps tightness.

“Obviously it’s been incredibly disappointing for everybody,” Dickey said. “The beauty of baseball is that it’s only one month, so there’s still time. But at the same time, we just can’t keep going out there and saying, ’Oh, things ’ll turn.’ We know what needs to be done. It’s just a matter of doing it. If we can do it, great; if not, we’re going to be losers.”

Toronto, which starts a sixgame homestand Tuesday against Boston and Seattle, is hitting .229 and has 210 strikeouts in 26 games.

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Senators shake up playoff matchups with win

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Senators 4 Bruins 2 BOSTON — Ottawa Senators forward Daniel Alfredsson said he’s always wanted to face the Montreal Canadiens in the playoffs.

Or was he just trying to avoid the topseeded Pittsburgh Penguins?

“We talked about mostly finishing better than last year,” Alfredsson said after the Senators beat Boston 4-2 in the NHL’s rescheduled regular-season finale on Sunday night to earn the No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference.

“We were eighth last year, so to win here the last game and finish seventh it feels really good. We improved on last year, and that’s what we wanted.”

Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:34 to play, and Kyle Turris added an empty-netter to help Ottawa win the game that was originally scheduled for April 15, the day of the Boston Marathon bombings.

It was the only NHL game on Sunday, with the rest of the league wrapping up the regular season by Saturday.

The victory pushed the Senators past the

New York Islanders and into seventh in the East, helping them avoid the Penguins in the first round.

Ottawa opens the series in Montreal on Thursday.

“I think it will be a great series,” Alfredsson said. “The Bell Centre is one of the most exciting buildings to play in. It’s a great hockey town as well. ... I think it’s going to be an unbelievable atmosphere in both arenas, and I’m looking forward to a hard-fought series.”

The Islanders will face Pittsburgh in the first round. The Bruins could have won the Northeast Division and earned a No. 2 seed with a win, but they finished fourth in the East and will play Toronto in the first round starting Wednesday in Boston.

“We wanted to win tonight to clinch the division,” Bruins defenceman Johnny Boychuk said.

“Now it doesn’t matter. We have to move forward for the playoffs.”

Boston has not faced the Maple Leafs in the post-season since the first round of the 1974 playoffs. It is the only matchup of Original Six teams in the first round.

“You want to get the No. 2 spot, but at the end it doesn’t matter,” said defenceman Dennis Seidenberg, who scored just 14 sec-

onds into the third period to tie it 2-all.

“We still have home ice advantage in the first round, and the first round is always the toughest one to get out of. Everything else doesn’t matter now.”

Robin Lehner stopped 34 shots for the Senators, who had not beaten Boston in their previous 14 tries.

Tuukka Rask made 18 saves for Boston, which had won two straight division titles.

He was pulled with about a minute left, but the Bruins couldn’t muster any pressure before Turris’ empty-netter with 37 seconds to play.

Pageau also assisted on Erik Condra’s goal that made it 1-0 with 3 minutes left in the first period. Jared Cowen scored midway through the second to give Ottawa a 2-0 lead.

But the Bruins scored twice in 18 seconds of clock time — on Rich Peverley’s goal with 3.4 seconds left in the second period and again on Seidenberg’s goal 14 seconds into the third.

It was still tied when Pageau swept a rebound past Rask to give the Senators a 3-2 lead. The Bruins couldn’t manage any pressure with Rask pulled for the final minute, and Ottawa clinched on Turris’ empty-netter.

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Oilers end season on a high note YAKUPOV SCORES HAT TRICK TO LEAD OILERS TO BIG WIN OVER CANUCKS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Oilers 7 Canucks 2 EDMONTON — Before closing the curtain on another disappointing season, the Edmonton Oilers at least offered up some hope for next year.

Nail Yakupov scored his first career hat trick as the Oilers closed out their season with a 7-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.

The Russian rookie scored all three of his goals in an explosive third period for Edmonton, which scored five goals in a span of 3:35.

“It felt amazing to have a three-goal game,” Yakupov said. “We finished strong and I think everybody feels good about that. We didn’t make the playoffs, but I think we can go into the summer feeling good about the last couple of games and our season next year.”

Fellow rookie Justin Schultz had a goal and three assists, Jordan Eberle two goals and Jerred Smithson another marker for the Oilers (19-22-7), who won their last two games of the season but only three of their last 12.

Oilers head coach Ralph Krueger hopes that the win over Vancouver and a 6-1 victory over Minnesota on Friday are positive signs for the future.

“It was a character finish for us,” he said. “We’re not pleased with our final placing and wanted to desperately still be playing hockey after today, but it didn’t happen. We had to answer a question with 10 minutes to go today and that was ’how do we want to send our fans into a summer?’ I was really pleased that they had that explosion and let’s remember those cheering fans and create that a lot more than we did this year.”

“We threw our sticks into the crowd and they didn’t throw them back, so I guess that’s a good sign,” added Oilers captain Shawn Horcoff.

The Oilers have missed the playoffs for seven straight seasons since losing in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals to Carolina in 2006.

Derek Roy and Tom Sestito responded for the Canucks (26-15-7), who rested several of their key players in advance of the playoffs. No. 3 Vancouver will meet the No. 6 San Jose Sharks in the first round of the playoffs.

“It was not the ideal way to finish the season, but we’ll have to put this one behind us and get ready for the first game of the playoffs,” said Ca-

nucks assistant captain Kevin Bieksa, who returned to the lineup after missing the last five games.

“There is never an excuse for seven goals against. We were playing well for 50 minutes and felt good about our game and made a couple of mistakes and it snowballed.

“You’re not going to win too many playoff games unless you put forth a 60-minute effort, so we have to be better.”

The first goal of the game came three minutes remaining in the first when the Canucks struck on the power play. Vancouver exhibited some great tic-tac-toe passing before Jannik Hansen found Roy at the side of the net for an easy tap-in past Edmonton starter Devan Dubnyk.

Vancouver had nine first period shots to Edmonton’s seven on Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo.

Another late goal highlighted what was otherwise an uneventful second period as the Oilers tied it up with 1:20 remaining. Eberle was able to tip a Schultz shot through Luongo’s legs for his 15th of the season.

Edmonton took a 2-1 lead two minutes into the third period on a two-man advantage. Luongo stopped a point blast from Schultz, but Yakupov was there to lift in the rebound.

The Canucks knotted the game back up two minutes later as Dubnyk allowed a bad rebound on a soft shot by Kevin Bieksa and Sestito banged it in to make it 2-2.

The Canucks had a good chance to regain the lead midway through the third as Keith Ballard had a breakaway coming out of the penalty box, but Dubnyk stopped him and a subsequent point blank shot from Maxim Lapierre.

Edmonton’s goal barrage started at 13:17 as Taylor Hall made a no-look backhand pass from behind the net that went right to the stick of Schultz in the blue paint for the goal.

Just 59 seconds later Yakupov got his second of the night as Luongo coughed the puck up to Magnus Paajarvi behind the net and he sent it in front for Yakupov to put into the empty cage.

Eberle made 5-2 only 21 seconds later as he walked around defender Frank Corrado and lifted his second of the game up high on Luongo.

Yakupov completed the hat trick a little over a minute later when picked

Canada ends U.S. dominance at U-18 Worlds with gold-medal win

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada 3 U.S. 2 Canada has ended four years of American dominance at the world under-18 men’s hockey championship.

Frederik Gauthier’s second-period goal stood as the winner as Canada rallied past the United States 3-2 to win the world title.

The Americans had a 2-1 lead at the midway point of the game and outshot the Canadians for all three periods 35-12.

“The U.S. are defending champions and they have been in this tournament for four years,” said assistant coach Jody Hull. “I think we were a bit nervous at the beginning and we weren’t able to get out of it but we stuck with it, we stayed with what our focus was and stayed on the process.

“When we got opportunities we seemed to capitalize on them and our goaltender played great early to keep us in the game. That’s what it’s all about — a solid team effort from top to bottom.”

Philippe Desrosiers stopped 33 shots in Canada’s net for the win.

“He was awesome,” said Hull. “He was awesome early when they were coming at us, I think at one point it was 6-0 or 7-0 on shots on net. He was very solid and calming influence back there for us. He gave us the opportunity to get the big victory today.”

Laurent Dauphin and Madison Bowey also scored for Canada, while Nick Baptiste had a pair of assists.

Connor Clifton and Mike McCarron gave the United States a 2-1 lead midway through the second period before Bowey tied the game 12:48 into the period.

Dauphin started the game-tying play when he carried the puck down the left wing and behind the goal-line, skating toward the net. He then centred the puck to Bowey, who was skating in from the slot.

Although American goaltender Thatcher Demko stopped his initial shot, Bowey whacked at the puck a few times to push it across the goal-line.

“He’s a skilled guy that has great speed,” said Hull of Dauphin. “He made a nice, great play on his goal and he made an even nicer play on the pass to Bowey, sucking the guy down and making him commit and then making the pass.

“Just another guy stepping up in a big game.”

Demko made nine saves in net for the U.S. Baptiste setup the winner when he carried the puck down the right wing, and passed it back to a trailing Gauthier who corralled the puck at the top of the slot and then wired a wrist shot past Demko to give Canada a 3-2 lead with 3:34 left in the second.

Although he was kept off the scoresheet in the final, Connor McDavid was named the tournament’s most valuable player after leading all scorers with 14 points.

The game was held at the Bolshoy Ice Dome where the hockey events will be held at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

“This is an awesome facility. It’s massive,” said Hull. “It’s just like an NHL rink back home. Maybe not so much with the seating, but the amenities, how they’ve set it up underneath for easy access for the athletes. The dressing rooms are big and very convenient to manoeuvre around. It’s a beautiful arena.

It’s a spectacular thing when you drive up, especially at night when the roof’s all lit up in different colours.

It’s quite the building.”

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Edmonton Oilers’ Sam Gagner, Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle and Justin Schultz celebrate a goal by Eberle against the Vancouver Canucks during second period NHL action in Edmonton, on Saturday. up a rebound in front and lifted a backhand shot into the net for his 17th of the season. That gave the 19-year-old the lead in goal-scoring this season among rookies.

Edmonton added another one at 16:42 as Smithson beat Luongo with a hard shot from the slot.

Notes: It was the final game of the season for both teams and the fifth meeting of the season. The Oilers and Canucks split four their previous games this season... The Canucks opted to sit a large portion of their usual starting lineup as they prep for the playoffs. Sitting out were defencemen

Dan Hamhuis, Jason Garrison, Christopher Tanev and Alex Edler, forwards Alexandre Burrows and Daniel Sedin and goalie Cory Schneider. It was the second game that Schneider has sat out with an undisclosed injury and it has not been confirmed if he will be available for the start of the playoffs... Out with injuries for the Oilers were Ales Hemsky, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan Whitney and Lennart Petrell... Oilers rookie defenceman Justin Schultz has been added to Team Canada for the World championships in Sweden, joining Edmonton teammates Hall, Eberle and Dubnyk.

Another season to forget: Oilers already looking ahead THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Take away all the pre-season hype born out of three consecutive No. 1 draft picks and head coach Ralph Krueger says the Edmonton Oilers finished just about exactly where they deserved to be.

Krueger, a first-year NHL coach, admitted the Oilers “ended up with the result we deserved” on Sunday.

After winning their final two games the Oilers finished 24th in the league, 12th in the Western Conference and out of the playoffs for a seventh straight season.

Despite yet another disappointing ending — the result of a lateseason six-game losing streak that dropped them out of playoff contention — Krueger said the season does give him confidence in the future.

He said the team’s character and ability “showed up multiple times during the season when you had a feeling we were going to fall off the map and we came back, and then we came back again and we came back a third time.

“A fourth time wasn’t in the cards, which showed we still don’t have the team to be a playoff team.”

Now, he said — and most players speaking Sunday agreed — the team has to start making a difference beginning immediately.

Krueger said that more importantly that anything the new season starts today with what he termed “a four-month-plus training camp.”

He said among the numerous needs of the team that finished with 45 points in 48 games, five below Krueger’s projection, is the necessity to get stronger, physically and mentally.

To that end the team has “a very strong summer program in place to either take a player 100 per cent under control or to supplement what he already has in place. We’re going to be attacking that with a passion.”

The team will definitely undergo roster changes.

It has a number of free agents to deal with and newly appointed general manager Craig MacTavish has already indicated changes are coming.

Although Ryan Whit-

ney is a left-handed shooting, puck-carrying defenceman, which Krueger listed as one of the team’s priority needs, the veteran player said he will not be back next season.

Forward Ryan Jones, another unrestricted free agent, said he isn’t sure of his future but hopes to return to Edmonton.

“I’ve been here four years,” said Jones, who played only 27 games because of injuries. “Be nice to reap the rewards of the sacrifice and all the hard work you’ve put in. That being said it is unrestricted free agency and you don’t know what will happen.”

There’s also questions surrounding the future of goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin, veteran forwards Ryan Smyth and Ales Hemsky and a number of defencemen.

Captain Shawn Horcoff said no matter what changes management makes in the next five months the onus will still be on the players to perform.

“Drastic changes is what, three, four players?” said Horcoff, who had only 12 points in 31 games.

“There’s still going to be 15, 16 of the same guys, so it’s going to be up to the individuals in the room to take their game to the next level.

“Going forward there’s a skill

level on this team we haven’t had in the past, that’s the most important thing. But with talent you need leadership, you need veteran players, you need some grit.”

Plus, he said, the youngsters forming the team’s core are not kids anymore.

“They’re going to be four-year pros next year so it’s time to take that next step.”

Taking that next step will depend largely on the continued growth of their young forwards like Taylor Hall, Ryan NugentHopkins and Nail Yakupov, the team’s top draft picks the last three years.

Hall led the team with 50 points and Yakupov, with three goals in the final game, was the leading goalscorer with 17.

Nugent-Hopkins struggled offensively and missed the final few games after undergoing shoulder surgery.

Nugent-Hopkins said the surgery went well and now it’s a summer of recovery and rehab.

“We’re all a little sick of talking about the future we have,” said Hall.

“We’re all just looking forward to coming back next year and having a better year and taking that next step.”

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Flames disappointed with playoff futility TEAM WILL HAVE WORK TO DO IN OFF-SEASON, WANT TO UPGRADE SIZE AND SPEED

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Two days after his Calgary Flames finished out of the post-season picture for the fourth year in a row, Curtis Glencross summed up what his teammates were thinking Sunday.

“It’s disappointing obviously,” Glencross said as the Flames cleaned out their lockers. “It’s too many years in a row that we’ve missed the playoffs.”

Glencross said Flames’ general manager Jay Feaster and his staff will face a tough task if they hope to put an end Calgary’s streak of playoff futility next season.

“They’ve got a long summer ahead of them,” Glencross said. “They’ll do what they can.”

Forward Alex Tanguay, who missed the final eight games of the season with a knee injury, said he’s optimistic that the Flames can ice a competitive squad next year.

“I wouldn’t see why this team wouldn’t be competitive in the very near future,” Tanguay said. “That’s my hope for this team and that’s what I think is very possible.”

One of the main challenges for the Flames might be finding a new starting goalie to replace Miikka Kiprusoff, who wasn’t made available for comment on Sunday.

“We’ll get a new goaltender in here probably,” Glencross said. “He’s kind of said he’s pretty much done I think unless something changes over the summer here or the next couple weeks.”

Glencross referred to Kiprusoff as a world-class goalie and the backbone of the Flames.

“Just talking to him, I don’t think he’ll be back, but we’re all hoping he is,” he said. “I think Miikka

knows everyone wants him back.”

Fellow goalie Joey MacDonald, who the Flames acquired off waivers from the Detroit Red Wings on Feb. 11, said he would love the chance to compete for the starting job in net should Kiprusoff decide to not return.

“It’s going to be some big feet to fill,” MacDonald said. “Kipper’s been here for a long time and has done a great job.”

MacDonald finished the season with an 8-9-1 record, Kiprusoff went 8-14-2, and was rewarded with a one-year contract worth US$925,000.

The 33-year-old said he realizes that Calgary will also audition other goalies for the starting job next season and that Kiprusoff could also still decide to return as well.

“My focus now is just to be ready and be 100 per cent and give myself the best chance in training camp,” said MacDonald, who referred to Kiprusoff as one of the best teammates he’s ever had. “If Kipper comes back then great a but if not I want to have a chance at that No. 1 (job) too.”

Forward Mike Cammalleri, who the Flames reacquired from the Montreal Canadiens last season, said he’d like to make a return to the post-season sooner rather than later.

“I was traded back here halfway through last season to compete for playoffs and try and win,” he said.

“After a half season last year and a half season this year, it hasn’t been the case. It’s disappointing where we are. Everyone will take their own piece of responsibility for it and move forward.”

Following his first season as head coach with the Flames, Bob Hartley said he and his staff still have work to do before switching their focus to next year.

Over the next couple days, Hartley will meet with management to make final evaluations of the season, the players and all staff members.

Looking ahead to next season, Hartley said he would like to see an upgrade to the size and speed in Calgary’s lineup.

“Sometimes it’s easier said than done,” he said.

“One thing we feel very good about is that we have a good core of veterans and they certainly helped us in the last couple of games with all the young players that we have.”

The Flames also currently have three picks in the first round of June’s draft, so Hartley realizes that he and his staff will have to remain patient with the young players while continuing to work with the veterans.

“We’re representing a very proud hockey community, a great Canadian hockey market and certainly we have to find ways to be better,” Hartley said.

With support from ownership, defenceman Mark Giordano said he believes that the Flames will do whatever it takes to improve the team in the offseason.

“We have owners who are obviously always willing to spend right to the cap here in Calgary, so we’re fortunate as players to be here because it’s an organization that wants to win,” said Giordano, who is considered by many as one of the top candidates to become Calgary’s next captain after the mid-season trade of Jarome Iginla to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

“I just keep doing what I’m doing, playing the same way and whatever comes with it, comes with it. I look at myself as a guy who can be a leader on our team and being an assistant captain for the past couple years, I’ve really enjoyed that rule.”

Jones retains title after TKO of Sonnen

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWARK, N.J. — With one awkward lunge, Jon Jones’ big toe about popped off his left foot.

Before he hobbled out of the octagon, Jones had one more spectacular title defence to finish, returning to the site of his championship win and staking his claim as perhaps the greatest UFC light heavyweight of all time.

Jones bloodied an overmatched Chael Sonnen with a series of strikes to the face in the first round to win by TKO and defend his light heavyweight championship for the fifth straight time on Saturday night at UFC 159.

Nicknamed “Bones,” Jones proved he was a champion down to the bone — the one that jabbed its way out of his toe with one misstep. Jones (18-1) suffered a compound fracture and needed a stool inside the cage to complete his post-fight interview.

He needed no time finishing off the trash-talking Sonnen (28-13-1).

After his third takedown of the round, Jones buried a knee to the body, then went to work on Sonnen’s face. Sonnen covered up as the ref stopped the fight at 4:33 of the first.

“I felt I came out here and was strong and courageous,” Jones said.

Jones said he was hurt late in the abbreviated round. Had the fight go on, Jones would have been unable to continue.

“They would have stopped

it. In a second,” UFC president Dana White said.

With the win, Jones matched UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz’s light heavyweight mark of five straight successful title defences. After beating Shogun Rua to win the belt, Jones went on to defeat Rampage Jackson, Lyoto Machida, Rashad Evans and Vitor Belfort.

There was no immediate word how long Jones would be out. But if he returns and wins again, Jones would stand alone in the record book.

“It would be hard not to call him the greatest light heavyweight of all time,” White said.

Jones returned to the Prudential Center and the site of his championship win over Rua in March 2011. He strolled to the cage and took delight in the long walk toward his latest title defence.

Sonnen stared at the giant video screen and beckoned for Jones to walk out. Sonnen stared down Jones for the entire walk to the cage and yelled out, “Come on, boy!” at the champ.

Jones dragged out his intro and hugged his mom before he stepped inside the octagon. He performed a cartwheel on the mat as the crowd booed the extracurricular theatrics.

They should have enjoyed the show more — his entrance was longer than the fight.

“Last time I was here, I had all these goals and aspirations to become a champion,” Jones said. “Now, I’m here in the same building as one of the best champions.”

Jones, a former college wrestler and the brother of two NFL players, made quick work of Sonnen with uppercuts and elbows.

“I’ve had a lot of fights and a lot of them haven’t gone my way,” Sonnen said.

“But I’ve only been beat up twice and that was number two.”

Jones rested in the cage with the belt around his waist as doctors wrapped his toe. He gingerly walked out with no assistance and his left big toe bandaged up. Backstage, the entire left foot was in a bulky wrap. White said Jones would need a hospital visit.

“I was supposed to go to Jamaica after this,” Jones said.

“Now, I don’t think it’s going to happen.”

The UFC hoped to pull off this bout in September as the main event at UFC 151.

Jones, though, refused to fight Sonnen on eight days’ notice after contender Dan Henderson was forced to withdraw because of injury. Jones didn’t want to risk his title against a last-minute replacement in Sonnen, so he balked at the fight.

White was forced to cancel a pay-per-view show for the first time in his tenure. Jones survived a near submission and would defeat Vitor Belfort at UFC 152 in late September.

Jones and Sonnen coached against each other during the recent season of “The Ultimate Fighter” “The Ultimate Fighter was the best experience I ever had in this sport,” Sonnen said.

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Champion Jon Jones celebrates after beating Chael Sonnen in their UFC 159 Mixed Martial Arts light heavyweight title bout in Newark, N.J., Saturday. Jones retained his title via first round TKO.

Horschel wins first PGA event at Zurich Classic

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AVONDALE, La. — Billy Horschel sensed the time had come for him to win his first PGA Tour event. This could explain the composure he displayed in the face of two final-round weather delays and a 27-foot putt he had to make on the final hole to avert a playoff.

Horschel tied a course record at the TPC Louisiana with an 8-under 64 in the final round of the Zurich Classic on Sunday, which was good enough to win by one stroke over D.A. Points.

Points put pressure on Horschel by hitting out of a bunker to set up a 5-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th.

Then Horschel rolled in his long victory-sealing putt, pumping his arms and letting out a triumphant yell before sinking into a crouch and briefly pulling his cap over his face as the crowd roared.

matched several times, including by Rickey Barnes in Thursday’s first round.

Moments before Horschel took reporters’ questions about his victory, he sat at a podium with the winner’s silver cup in front of him, appearing on the verge of tears as he spoke by phone to his wife and parents.

Horschel said he had planned to fly home to Jacksonville, Fla., after finishing his round Sunday night, then added “I think that plane has been delayed for a few hours.”

He’s familiar with celebrating in New Orleans, where he also had his bachelor party.

Horschel became the sixth player in the last nine years to celebrate his maiden PGA Tour victory in New Orleans. He also was the sixth first-time winner on the Tour this year.

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Billy Horschel celebrates after sinking a birdie putt on the 18th green to win the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Sunday.

“I hadn’t made a long one all week and I said, ’I’m due,”’ Horschel said. “I was like, ’If it’s my time, this putt needs to go in.’

Soon after, he saw a video replay of his celebration.

“I know it was pretty intense,” he said. “There was a lot going on. It’s celebration time now.”

The 26-year-old former Florida Gator began the day two shots behind third-round leader Lucas Glover and surged into the lead with six straight birdies after the first weather delay. He finished at 20 under, narrowly holding off Points, who won the Shell Houston Open last month by a stroke over Horschel and Henrik Stenson.

“When a player goes out and shoots 8 under and birdies the last hole to win, hats off to Billy,” said Points, who had a 65.

“He’s played great all year. He was one shot shy of me at Houston and I’m a shot shy of him here. It’s just the way it goes.”

The second delay, for lightning, happened before Horschel could take his second shot on the 18th hole, giving him 52 minutes to reflect on what was at stake — $1.19 million and a two-year exemption.

It didn’t really faze him. He said he tends to relax during delays, and almost always plays well after them.

“For some reason it puts me at ease a little bit,” Horschel said. “You don’t know how long your delay is going to be so you’ve just got to go with it and just wait it out. ... It wasn’t easy, but it wasn’t as hard as it could have been.”

Kyle Stanley shot a 5-under 67 to finish third, while 14-year-old amateur Guan Tianlang of China finished 71st after making his second cut in two PGA events, the first coming at the Masters.

David Hearn (69) of Brantford, Ont., finished tied for 21st at 11 under, Calgary’s Stephen Ames (71) tied for 32nd at 9 under and Graham DeLaet (68) of Weyburn, Sask., tied for 47th at 7 under.

Although Horschel had never won on the Tour, he had been playing the best golf of his young career lately, with three top-10 finishes in his past three tournaments — tying for second in Houston, tying for third in San Antonio and tying for ninth in Hilton Head Island, S.C., a week ago.

“I played well. It just wasn’t my time,” Horschel said of his recent top-three finishes. “It was nice that today was my time.”

He has also made a PGA Tour-leading 23 straight cuts, and had already earned $1.3 million this year.

Now he has nearly doubled that, thanks to a final round that tied a course record that has been

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Hockey National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts z-Pittsburgh 48 36 12 0 72 y-Montreal 48 29 14 5 63 y-Washington 48 27 18 3 57 x-Boston 48 28 14 6 62 x-Toronto 48 26 17 5 57 x-N.Y. Rangers 48 26 18 4 56 x-Ottawa 48 25 17 6 56 x-N.Y. Islanders 48 24 17 7 55 Winnipeg 48 24 21 3 51 Philadelphia 48 23 22 3 49 New Jersey 48 19 19 10 48 Buffalo 48 21 21 6 48 Carolina 48 19 25 4 42 Tampa Bay 48 18 26 4 40 Florida 48 15 27 6 36

Basketball GF 165 149 149 131 145 130 116 139 128 133 112 125 128 148 112

GA 119 126 130 109 133 112 104 139 144 141 129 143 160 150 171

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Chicago 48 36 7 5 77 155 102 y-Anaheim 48 30 12 6 66 140 118 y-Vancouver 48 26 15 7 59 127 121 x-St. Louis 48 29 17 2 60 129 115 x-Los Angeles 48 27 16 5 59 133 118 x-San Jose 48 25 16 7 57 124 116 x-Detroit 48 24 16 8 56 124 115 x-Minnesota 48 26 19 3 55 122 127 Columbus 48 24 17 7 55 120 119 Phoenix 48 21 18 9 51 125 131 Dallas 48 22 22 4 48 130 142 Edmonton 48 19 22 7 45 125 134 Calgary 48 19 25 4 42 128 160 Nashville 48 16 23 9 41 111 139 Colorado 48 16 25 7 39 116 152 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference Saturday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 4, New Jersey 0 Detroit 3, Dallas 0 Columbus 3, Nashville 1 Florida 5, Tampa Bay 3 Washington 3, Boston 2, OT Philadelphia 2, Ottawa 1 Montreal 4, Toronto 1 Minnesota 3, Colorado 1 Pittsburgh 8, Carolina 3 St. Louis 3, Chicago 1 Phoenix 5, Anaheim 3 Edmonton 7, Vancouver 2 Los Angeles 3, San Jose 2

Giroux, Pha Zetterberg, Det Backstrom, Wash Tavares, NYI Voracek, Pha Ladd, Wpg H.Sedin, Vcr Kadri, Tor Stepan, NYR Moulson, NYI Semin, Car Parenteau, Col Duchene, Col Nash, NYR Kopitar, LA Vanek, Buf Wheeler, Wpg D.Sedin, Vcr J.Thornton, SJ

13 11 8 28 22 18 11 18 18 15 13 18 17 21 10 20 19 12 7

35 37 40 19 24 28 34 26 26 29 31 25 26 21 32 21 22 28 33

48 48 48 47 46 46 45 44 44 44 44 43 43 42 42 41 41 40 40

WHL Playoffs THIRD ROUND Conference Finals (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Edmonton (1) vs. Calgary (3) (Series tied 3-3) Sunday’s result Calgary 4 Edmonton 3 (OT) Friday’s result Edmonton 5 Calgary 1 Tuesday’s game Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Portland (1) vs. Kamloops (3) (Portland wins series 4-1) Friday’s result Portland 4 Kamloops 1

End of regular season 2013 Stanley Cup Opening Round Match-ups The 2013 Stanley Cup playoff match-ups for the opening round (seedings in parentheses): EASTERN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh (1) vs. N.Y. Islanders (8) Montreal (2) vs. Ottawa (7) Washington (3) vs. N.Y. Rangers (6) Boston (4) vs. Toronto (5) WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago (1) vs. Minnesota (8) Anaheim (2) vs. Detroit (7) Vancouver (3) vs. San Jose (6) St. Louis (4) vs. Los Angeles (5) NHL Scoring leaders TORONTO — Unofficial National Hockey League scoring leaders following Sunday’s game: SCORING G A Pt St. Louis, TB 17 43 60 Stamkos, TB 29 28 57 Ovechkin, Wash 32 24 56 Crosby, Pgh 15 41 56 P.Kane, Chi 23 32 55 E.Staal, Car 18 35 53 Kunitz, Pgh 22 30 52 Kessel, Tor 20 32 52 Hall, Edm 16 34 50 Datsyuk, Det 15 34 49 Getzlaf, Ana 15 34 49 Ribeiro, Wash 13 36 49 Toews, Chi 23 25 48

New York 3, Boston 1 Saturday, April 20: New York 85, Boston 78 Tuesday, April 23: New York 87, Boston 71 Friday, April 26: New York 90, Boston 76 Sunday, April 28: Boston 97, New York 90, OT x-Wednesday, May 1: Boston at New York, TBA x-Friday, May 3: New York at Boston, TBA x-Sunday, May 5: Boston at New York, TBA

Syracuse (3) vs. Portland (6) (Syracuse leads series 1-0) Saturday’s result Syracuse 4 Portland 3 (OT) Sunday’s result Portland at Syracuse Thursday’s game Syracuse at Portland, 5 p.m.

Friday, May 3 x-Syracuse at Portland, 5 p.m.

Sunday, May 5 x-Portland at Syracuse, 5:30 p.m.

Boston New York Baltimore Tampa Bay Toronto

GB — 2 1/2 3 6 9 1/2

Kansas City Detroit Minnesota Chicago Cleveland

Central Division W L Pct 13 9 .591 13 10 .565 11 10 .524 10 14 .417 9 13 .409

GB — 1/2 1 1/2 4 4

Texas Oakland Seattle Los Angeles Houston

West Division W L Pct 16 9 .640 14 12 .538 11 16 .407 9 15 .375 7 18 .280

GB — 2 1/2 6 6 1/2 9

Saturday’s Games Detroit 7, Atlanta 4 Baltimore 7, Oakland 3 N.Y. Yankees 5, Toronto 4 Minnesota 7, Texas 2 Kansas City 3, Cleveland 2 Boston 8, Houston 4 Tampa Bay 10, Chicago White Sox 4 Seattle 3, L.A. Angels 2 Sunday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 3, Toronto 2 Boston 6, Houston 1 Kansas City 9, Cleveland 0, 1st game Tampa Bay 8, Chicago White Sox 3 Minnesota 5, Texas 0 Oakland 9, Baltimore 8, 10 innings Seattle 2, L.A. Angels 1 Detroit 8, Atlanta 3 Cleveland 10, Kansas City 3, 2nd game

Hitmen 4, Oil Kings 3 (OT) First Period 1. Edmonton, Sautner 3 (Kulda, St. Croix) 13:27 2. Edmonton, Lazar 8 (Legault, Lowe) 17:04 Penalties — Roach Cal (holding) 10:11, Moroz Edm, Chase Cal (roughing) 20:00.

Second Period 2. Calgary, Humphries 2, 4:47 3. Edmonton, Legault 6 (Ewanyk, Wruck) 15:47 Penalties — Musil Edm, Chase Cal (roughing) 3:59, Kulda Edm (cross-checking) 7:22, Chase Cal (interference) 17:58, Lazar Edm (hooking) 18:10, Samuelsson Edm (slashing) 18:25.

Third Period 5. Calgary, Brassart 9 (Sylvester) 0:53 (pp) 6. Calgary, Macek 5 (Sylvester, Humphries) 7:56 (pp) Penalties — Peterson Cal (high-sticking) 1:46, Ewaynyk Edm (elbowing) 7:23, Brooks Cal (tripping) 8:53, Peterson Cal (boarding) 14:48.

First Overtime 7. Calgary, Macek 6 (Chase, Rask) 6:59 Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Edmonton 10 14 9 6 — 39 Calgary 7 13 9 5 — 34 Goal — Edmonton: Brossoit (L,11-4); Calgary: Driedger (W,11-5).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Edmonton: 0-5; Calgary: 2-4.

Attendance — 8,687 at Calgary.

AHL Calder Cup Playoffs FIRST ROUND Conference Quarter-finals (Best-of-5)

Monday’s Games Houston (Harrell 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 3-1), 5:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Pelfrey 2-2) at Detroit (Scherzer 2-0), 5:08 p.m.

Cleveland (U.Jimenez 0-2) at Kansas City (W.Davis 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Hanson 2-1) at Oakland (Straily 1-0), 8:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Britton 0-0) at Seattle (J.Saunders 1-3), 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Oakland, 8:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

Milwaukee 6, L.A. Dodgers 4

Tuesday’s Games Houston at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 5:05 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

Philadelphia at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H CSantana Cle 18 67 12 26 TorHunter Det 22 96 17 36 MiCabrera Det 23 96 18 36 AJones Bal 25 105 22 37 McLouth Bal 22 74 21 26 CDavis Bal 25 86 16 30 Lowrie Oak 25 93 16 32 Gordon KC 22 95 18 32 Pedroia Bos 25 94 15 31 Bourjos LAA 21 79 11 26

Pct. .388 .375 .375 .352 .351 .349 .344 .337 .330 .329

Home Runs CDavis, Baltimore, 9; Arencibia, Toronto, 8; Bautista, Toronto, 7; Cano, New York, 7; Encarnacion, Toronto, 7; Morse, Seattle, 7; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 7.

Runs Batted In CDavis, Baltimore, 28; Napoli, Boston, 27; MiCabrera, Detroit, 26; Fielder, Detroit, 22; AJones, Baltimore, 20; NCruz, Texas, 19; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 19; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 19.

Pitching MMoore, Tampa Bay, 5-0; Buchholz, Boston, 5-0; Fister, Detroit, 4-0; Lester, Boston, 4-0; Darvish, Texas, 4-1; Sabathia, New York, 4-2; Masterson, Cleveland, 4-2.

Arizona Colorado San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego

National League East Division W L Pct 15 9 .625 13 12 .520 12 14 .462 10 13 .435 6 19 .240 Central Division W L Pct 15 10 .600 14 10 .583 14 12 .538 12 11 .522 9 15 .375 West Division W L 15 10 15 10 13 12 12 12 9 15

Pct .600 .600 .520 .500 .375

GB — 2 1/2 4 4 1/2 9 1/2 GB — 1/2 1 1/2 2 5 1/2 GB — — 2 2 1/2 5 1/2

Saturday’s Games Detroit 7, Atlanta 4 Washington 6, Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 9, N.Y. Mets 4 Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 3 Chicago Cubs 3, Miami 2 Arizona 3, Colorado 2, 10 innings San Diego 8, San Francisco 7, 12 innings

Sunday’s Games Miami 6, Chicago Cubs 4 Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Mets 1 Cincinnati 5, Washington 2 Pittsburgh 9, St. Louis 0 Arizona 4, Colorado 2 L.A. Dodgers 2, Milwaukee 0 San Diego 6, San Francisco 4 Detroit 8, Atlanta 3 Monday’s Games N.Y. Mets (Harvey 4-0) at Miami (Fernandez 0-2), 5:10 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 1-4) at Atlanta (Teheran 1-0), 5:10 p.m.

San Diego (Richard 0-2) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 1-4), 6:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 2-0) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Latos 1-0) at St. Louis (Wainwright 4-1), 6:15 p.m.

San Francisco (M.Cain 0-2) at Arizona (Kennedy 1-2), 7:40 p.m.

Colorado (Chatwood 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Mets at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.

San Diego at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.

Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H 20 75 10 29 24 86 18 31 26 88 11 31 22 83 10 29 25 93 19 32 20 73 10 25 22 80 13 27 24 86 7 29 23 87 13 29 21 76 9 25

CJohnson Atl Harper Was MYoung Phi Segura Mil Choo Cin MEllis LAD CGomez Mil AdGonzalez LAD Cuddyer Col Rosario Col

rb, UCLA. 126. Tampa Bay (from New England), William Gholston, de, Michigan State.

127. Atlanta, Malliciah Goodman, de, Clemson.

128. San Francisco, Quinton Patton, wr, Louisiana Tech.

129. Baltimore, John Simon, lb, Ohio State.

130. x-Baltimore, Kyle Juszczyk, rb, Harvard.

131. x-San Francisco, Marcus Lattimore, rb, South Carolina.

132. x-Detroit, Devin Taylor, de, South Carolina.

133. x-Atlanta, Levine Toilolo, te, Stanford.

Fifth Round 134. Kansas City, Sanders Commings, db, Georgia.

135. Jacksonville, Denard Robinson, rb, Michigan.

136. Philadelphia, Earl Wolff, db, N.C. State.

137. Seattle (from Detroit), Jesse Williams, dt, Alabama.

138. Seattle (from Oakland), Tharold Simon, db, LSU. 139. Indianapolis (from Cleveland), Montori Hughes, dt, UT-Martin.

140. Arizona, Stepfan Taylor, rb, Stanford.

141. New York Jets, Oday Aboushi, ot, Virginia.

142. Tennessee, Lavar Edwards, de, LSU. 143. Buffalo, Jonathan Meeks, db, Clemson.

144. New Orleans, Kenny Stills, wr, Oklahoma.

145. San Diego, Steve Williams, db, California.

146. Denver (from Miami through Green Bay), Quanteras Smith, de, Western Kentucky.

147. Tampa Bay, Steven Means, de, Buffalo.

148. Carolina, A.J. Klein, lb, Iowa State.

149. St. Louis, Brandon McGee, db, Miami.

150. Pittsburgh, Terry Hawthorne, db, Illinois.

151. Dallas, Joseph Randle, rb, Oklahoma State.

152. New York Giants, Cooper Taylor, db, Richmond.

153. Atlanta (from Chicago), Stansly Maponga, de, TCU. 154. Washington, Chris Thompson, rb, Florida State.

155. Minnesota, Jeff Locke, p, UCLA. 156. Cincinnati, Tanner Hawkinson, g, Kansas.

157. San Francisco (from Indianapolis), Quinton

L.A. Clippers 2, Memphis 2 Saturday, April 20: L.A. Clippers 112, Memphia 91 Monday, April 22: L.A. Clippers 93, Memphis 91 Thursday, April 25: Memphis 94, L.A. Clippers 82 Saturday, April 27: Memphis 104, L.A. Clippers 83 Tuesday, April 30: Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Friday, May 3: L.A. Clippers at Memphis, TBA x-Sunday, May 5: Memphis at L.A. Clippers, TBA

67-71-66-64 66-68-70-65 72-67-65-67 67-70-70-66 65-67-70-71 68-70-69-67 65-68-73-68 70-68-70-67 67-71-69-68 70-70-68-67 71-67-70-67 68-72-65-70 67-71-66-71 71-69-70-65 67-69-72-68 71-70-65-70 68-69-70-69 73-67-68-68 69-69-69-69 73-65-72-66 70-69-68-70 71-70-68-68 71-69-68-69 66-69-73-69 70-70-69-68 67-72-69-69 70-68-72-67 70-69-69-69 73-66-67-71 72-67-72-66 71-70-68-69 67-72-69-71 68-69-73-69 68-72-71-68 67-73-71-68 68-71-73-67 71-70-68-70 67-71-73-68 70-67-73-69 70-70-69-70 70-71-70-68 64-76-66-74 69-71-72-68 70-71-67-72 73-68-69-70 71-70-67-72 70-70-71-70 68-71-73-69

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Roberto Castro, $16,159 71-70-68-72 Graham DeLaet (19), $16,15968-71-74-68 Derek Ernst, $16,159 73-67-70-71 Hunter Haas, $16,159 72-69-70-70 Jerry Kelly, $16,159 70-67-71-73 Michael Letzig, $16,159 72-68-72-69 George McNeill, $16,159 74-67-70-70 Sean O’Hair, $16,159 70-70-70-71 Andrew Svoboda, $16,159 70-70-69-72 David Toms, $16,159 72-68-73-68 Chad Campbell, $14,520 68-71-72-71 Chris DiMarco, $14,520 68-70-75-69 Jason Kokrak, $14,520 68-71-73-70 J.J. Henry, $14,256 68-72-72-71 Jeff Maggert, $14,124 70-67-73-74 Gary Woodland, $13,992 68-70-73-74 Steven Bowditch, $13,728 73-67-71-75 Greg Chalmers, $13,728 70-71-71-74 Trevor Immelman, $13,728 68-73-71-74 Lee Williams, $13,464 70-71-73-73 Colt Knost, $13,332 72-68-74-74 Jonas Blixt, $13,200 71-69-74-75 a-Guan Tianlang 72-69-77-74

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LPGA-North Texas Shootout Sunday At Las Colinas Country Club Irving, Texas Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,410; Par: 71 Final Inbee Park, $195,000 67-70-67-67 Carlota Ciganda, $118,649 66-70-66-70 Suzann Pettersen, $86,072 70-70-68-66 Hee Young Park, $60,088 68-70-73-64 So Yeon Ryu, $60,088 71-68-68-68 I.K. Kim, $43,848 70-71-67-68 Stacy Lewis, $31,019 72-70-69-66 Shanshan Feng, $31,019 71-67-70-69 Karine Icher, $31,019 71-69-67-70 Na Yeon Choi, $31,019 70-69-66-72 Paula Creamer, $22,102 73-69-69-67 Cristie Kerr, $22,102 70-73-67-68 D. Claire Schreefel, $22,102 75-70-65-68 Christina Kim, $22,102 68-72-67-71 Giulia Sergas, $17,842 73-68-72-66 Mo Martin, $17,842 67-74-70-68 Caroline Masson, $17,842 64-71-69-75 Jane Park, $15,233 72-69-73-66 Julieta Granada, $15,233 70-70-71-69 Chella Choi, $15,233 71-69-70-70 Lexi Thompson, $15,233 71-71-68-70 Jiyai Shin, $12,667 70-71-73-67 Lizette Salas, $12,667 71-70-72-68 Angela Stanford, $12,667 69-70-72-70 Kathleen Ekey, $12,667 70-67-73-71

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Soccer

Pct. .387 .360 .352 .349 .344 .342 .338 .337 .333 .329

Home Runs JUpton, Atlanta, 12; Harper, Washington, 9; Buck, New York, 8; Rizzo, Chicago, 8; Braun, Milwaukee, 7; Fowler, Colorado, 7; 5 tied at 6.

Runs Batted In Phillips, Cincinnati, 24; Buck, New York, 23; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 22; Braun, Milwaukee, 21; Frazier, Cincinnati, 19; Rizzo, Chicago, 19; Sandoval, San Francisco, 19; DWright, New York, 19.

Pitching Lynn, St. Louis, 4-0; Harvey, New York, 4-0; Zimmermann, Washington, 4-1; Wainwright, St. Louis, 4-1; Corbin, Arizona, 3-0; Chacin, Colorado, 3-0; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 3-0.

Football 2013 NFL Draft Selections At New York (x-compensatory selection) Saturday Fourth Round 98. Philadelphia (from Jacksonville), Matt Barkley, qb, Southern Cal. 99. Kansas City, Nico Johnson, lb, Alabama.

100. Tampa Bay (from Oakland), Akeem Spence, dt, Illinois.

101. Jacksonville (from Philadelphia), Ace Sanders, wr, South Carolina.

102. New England (from Detroit through Minnesota), Josh Boyce, wr, TCU. 103. Arizona, Alex Okafor, lb, Texas.

104. Miami (from Cleveland), Jelani Jenkins, lb, Florida.

105. Buffalo, Duke Williams, db, Nevada.

106. Miami (from New York Jets through New Orleans), Dion Sims, te, Michigan State.

107. Tennessee, Brian Schwenke, c, California.

108. Carolina, Edmund Kugbila, g, Valdosta State.

109. Green Bay (from New Orleans through Miami), David Bakhtiari, ot, Colorado.

110. New York Giants (from San Diego through Arizona), Ryan Nassib, qb, Syracuse.

111. Pittsburgh (from Miami through Cleveland), Shamarko Thomas, db, Syracuse.

112. Oakland (from Tampa Bay), Tyler Wilson, qb, Arkansas.

113. St. Louis, Barrett Jones, c, Alabama.

114. Dallas, B.W. Webb, db, William & Mary.

115. Pittsburgh, Landry Jones, qb, Oklahoma.

116. Arizona (from New York Giants), Earl Watford, g, James Madison.

117. Chicago, Khaseem Greene, lb, Rutgers.

118. Cincinnati, Sean Porter, lb, Texas A&M. 119. Washington, Phillip Thomas, db, Fresno State.

120. Minnesota, Gerald Hodges, lb, Penn State.

121. Indianapolis, Khaled Holmes, c, Southern Cal. 122. Green Bay, J.C. Tretter, ot, Cornell.

123. Seattle, Chris Harper, wr, Kansas State.

124. Houston, Trevardo Williams, lb, UConn.

125. Green Bay (from Denver), Johnathan Franklin,

Chicago 3, Brooklyn 1 Saturday, April 20: Brooklyn 106, Chicago 89 Monday, April 22: Chicago 90, Brooklyn 82 Thursday, April 25: Chicago 79, Brooklyn 76 Saturday, April 27: Chicago 142, Brooklyn 134, 3OT Monday, April 29: Chicago at Brooklyn, 5 p.m. x-Thursday, May 2: Brooklyn at Chicago, TBA x-Saturday, May 4: Chicago at Brooklyn, TBA

Zurich Classic Sunday At TPC Louisiana Avondale, La. Purse: $6.6 million Yardage: 7,425; Par: 72 Final a-amateur Billy Horschel, $1,188,000 D.A. Points, $712,800 Kyle Stanley, $448,800 Bobby Gates, $290,400 Lucas Glover, $290,400 Harris English, $229,350 Boo Weekley, $229,350 Nicolas Colsaerts, $165,000 Luke Guthrie, $165,000 D.H. Lee, $165,000 John Peterson, $165,000 Kevin Stadler, $165,000 Jimmy Walker, $165,000 Aaron Watkins, $165,000 Ernie Els, $102,300 Henrik Norlander, $102,300 Justin Rose, $102,300 Peter Tomasulo, $102,300 Nick Watney, $102,300 Bubba Watson, $102,300 Ken Duke, $58,740 Retief Goosen, $58,740 David Hearn, $58,740 Morgan Hoffmann, $58,740 Brandt Jobe, $58,740 Chris Kirk, $58,740 Steve LeBrun, $58,740 Richard H. Lee, $58,740 Ken Looper, $58,740 Joey Snyder III, $58,740 Luke List, $42,900 Stephen Ames, $33,528 Brian Davis, $33,528 Matt Every, $33,528 Rickie Fowler, $33,528 Tommy Gainey, $33,528 Fabian Gomez, $33,528 Matt Jones, $33,528 Doug LaBelle II, $33,528 Ryan Palmer, $33,528 Brendan Steele, $33,528 Ricky Barnes, $23,100 Scott Brown, $23,100 Jason Dufner, $23,100 Jeff Overton, $23,100 Rod Pampling, $23,100 Stuart Appleby, $16,159 Jason Bohn, $16,159

Grand Rapids (3) vs. Houston (6) (Series tied 1-1) Sunday’s result Grand Rapids 3 Houston 2 Friday’s result Houston 3 Grand Rapids 0 Wednesday’s game Houston at Grand Rapids, 5 p.m.

Friday, May 3 Houston at Grand Rapids, 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 4 x-Houston at Grand Rapids, 5 p.m.

Charlotte (4) vs. Oklahoma City (5) (Series tied 1-1) Saturday’s result Oklahoma City 5 Charlotte 2 Friday’s result Charlotte 4 Oklahoma City 3 (OT) Wednesday’s game Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Friday, May 3 Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 4 x-Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 5 p.m. x — If necessary.

Pittsburgh St. Louis Cincinnati Milwaukee Chicago

Golden State 2, Denver 1 Saturday, April 20: Denver 97, Golden State 95 Tuesday, April 23: Golden State 131, Denver 117 Friday, April 26: Golden State 110, Denver 108 Sunday, April 28: Denver at Golden State, Late Tuesday, April 30: Golden State at Denver, 6 or 7 p.m. x-Thursday, May 2: Denver at Golden State, TBA x-Saturday, May 4: Golden State at Denver, TBA

Indiana 2, Atlanta 1 Sunday, April 21: Indiana 107, Atlanta 90 Wednesday, April 24: Indiana 113, Atlanta 98 Saturday, April 27: Atlanta 90, Indiana 69 Monday, April 29: Indiana at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 1: Atlanta at Indiana, TBA x-Friday, May 3: Indiana at Atlanta, TBA x-Sunday, May 5: Atlanta at Indiana, TBA

Golf

Toronto (2) vs. Rochester (7) (Toronto leads series 2-0) Sunday’s result Toronto 2 Rochester 0 Saturday’s result Toronto 6 Rochester 3 Wednesday’s game Toronto at Rochester, 5 p.m.

Thursday’s game x-Toronto at Rochester, 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 4 x-Rochester at Toronto, 1 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE (Hershey leads series 2-0) Providence (1) vs. Hershey (8) Sunday’s result Hershey 5 Providence 4 (OT) Friday’s result Hershey 5 Providence 2 Saturday, May 4 Providence at Hershey, 5 p.m.

Sunday, May 5 x-Providence at Hershey, 3 p.m.

Wednesday, May 8 x-Hershey at Providence, 5:05 p.m.

Atlanta Washington Philadelphia New York Miami

San Antonio 4, L.A. Lakers 0 Sunday, April 21: San Antonio 91, L.A. Lakers 79 Wednesday, April 24: San Antonio 102, L.A. Lakers 91 Friday, April 26: San Antonio 120, L.A. Lakers 89 Sunday, April 28: San Antonio 103, L.A. Lakers 82

WESTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE Texas (1) vs. Milwaukee (8) (Series tied 1-1) Saturday’s result Milwaukee 2 Texas 0 Friday’s result Texas 3 Milwaukee 2 (OT) Wednesday’s game Milwaukee at Texas, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, May 3 Milwaukee at Texas, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 4 x-Milwaukee at Texas, 6 p.m.

Baseball American League East Division W L Pct 18 7 .720 15 9 .625 15 10 .600 12 13 .480 9 17 .346

Oklahoma City 3, Houston 0 Sunday, April 21: Oklahoma City 120, Houston 91 Wednesday, April 24: Oklahoma City 105, Houston 102 Saturday, April 27: Oklahoma City 104, Houston 101 Monday, April 29: Oklahoma City at Houston, 7:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 1: Houston at Oklahoma City, 6 or 7:30 p.m. x-Friday, May 3: Oklahoma City at Houston, TBA x-Sunday, May 5: Houston at Oklahoma City, TBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami 4, Milwaukee 0 Sunday, April 21: Miami 110, Milwaukee 87 Tuesday, April 23: Miami 98, Milwaukee 86 Thursday, April 25: Miami 104, Milwaukee 91 Sunday, April 28: Miami 88, Milwaukee 77

Binghamton (4) vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (5) (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton leads series 2-0) Sunday’s result Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 3 Binghamton 2 Saturday’s result Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 3 Binghamton 2 (OT) Thursday’s game Binghamton at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 5:05 p.m.

Saturday, May 4 x-Binghamton at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 5:05 p.m.

Monday, May 6 x-Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Binghamton, 5:05 p.m.

Sunday’s summary

Sunday’s Games Ottawa 4, Boston 2

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

Springfield (2) vs. Manchester (7) (Springfield leads series 2-0) Sunday’s result Springfield 3 Manchester 2 (OT) Saturday’s result Springfield 2 Manchester 1 (OT) Thursday’s game Springfield at Manchester, 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 4 x-Springfield at Manchester, 5 p.m.

Sunday, May 5 x-Manchester at Springfield, 2 p.m.

Dial, dt, Alabama.

158. Seattle, Luke Willson, te, Rice.

159. Green Bay, Micah Hyde, db, Iowa.

160. St. Louis (from Houston), Zac Stacy, rb, Vanderbilt.

161. Denver, Tavarres King, wr, Georgia.

162. Washington (from New England), Brandon Jenkins, lb, Florida State.

163. Chicago (from Atlanta), Jordan Mills, ot, Louisiana Tech.

164. Miami (from San Francisco through Cleveland), Mike Gillislee, rb, Florida.

165. Detroit (from Baltimore through Seattle), Sam Martin, p, Appalachian State.

166. x-Miami, Caleb Sturgis, k, Florida.

167. x-Green Bay, Josh Boyd, de, Mississippi State.

168. x-Baltimore, Ricky Wagner, g, Wisconsin.

Sixth Round 169. Jacksonville, Josh Evans, db, Florida.

170. Kansas City, Eric Kush, c, California (Pa.) 171. Detroit, Corey Fuller, wr, Virginia Tech.

172. Oakland, Nick Kasa, te, Colorado.

173. Denver (from Philadelphia through Cleveland, San Francisco and Green Bay), Vinston Painter, ot, Virginia Tech.

174. Arizona, Ryan Swope, wr, Texas A&M. 175. Cleveland, Jamoris Slaughter, db, Notre Dame.

176. Houston (from Tennessee through Minnesota, Arizona and Oakland), David Quessenberry, ot, San Jose State.

177. Buffalo, Dustin Hopkins, k, Florida State.

178. New York Jets, William Campbell, g, Michigan.

179. San Diego, Tourek Williams, lb, FIU. 180. San Francisco (from Miami), Nick Moody, lb, Florida State.

181. Oakland (from Tampa Bay), Latavius Murray, rb, UCF. 182. Carolina, Kenjon Barner, rb, Oregon.

183. New Orleans, Rufus Johnson, lb, Tarleton State.

184. Oakland (from St. Louis through Houston), Mychal Rivera, te, Tennessee.

185. Dallas, DeVonte Holloman, lb, South Carolina.

186. Pittsburgh, Justin Brown, wr, Oklahoma.

MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF Montreal 7 5 1 1 9 Houston 8 4 2 2 12 Kansas City 9 4 3 2 10 New York 10 4 4 2 15 Columbus 8 3 2 3 12 Philadelphia 8 3 3 2 10 New England 7 2 3 2 4 Chicago 8 2 5 1 6 Toronto 8 1 3 4 10 D.C. 8 1 6 1 4

GA 5 9 8 13 7 12 6 14 12 13

Pt 16 14 14 14 12 11 8 7 7 4

Sunday’s result Colorado 1 Houston 1 Saturday’s results Montreal 2 Chicago 0 Dallas 2 Vancouver 2 New York 2 Toronto 1 Columbus 3 D.C. 0 Los Angeles 2 Salt Lake 0 New England 2 Philadelphia 0 Portland 3 Kansas City 2 San Jose 2 Chivas USA 2

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF Dallas 9 6 1 2 15 Los Angeles 7 4 1 2 12 Portland 8 3 1 4 14 Chivas USA 8 3 3 2 12 Salt Lake 9 3 4 2 7 San Jose 9 2 3 4 8 Vancouver 8 2 3 3 9 Colorado 9 2 4 3 7 Seattle 6 1 3 2 3

GA 9 4 11 11 9 11 11 9 5

Pt 20 14 13 11 11 10 9 9 5

Thursday, May 2 New England at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 4 New York at Columbus, 2 p.m.

Seattle at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

Montreal at San Jose, 2 p.m.

Toronto at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Salt Lake, 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 5 Chivas USA at Kansas City, 3 p.m.

Houston at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Note: Three points for a win, one for a tie.

Lacrosse NLL Playoffs Division Semifinals East Division Sunday’s result Minnesota 20 Toronto 11 Saturday’s result Rochester 10 Philadelphia 8 West Division Saturday’s results Calgary 15 Colorado 10 Washington 12 Edmonton 11

Division Finals Saturday, May 4 East Division Minnesota at Rochester, 2 p.m.

West Division Washington at Calgary, 4:30 p.m.

NLL Championship Champions Cup Saturday, May 11 East Division champion vs. West Division champion, TBA

Transactions Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed C Taylor Teagarden on the 15-day DL. Recalled C Luis Exposito from Norfolk (IL).

BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned C Ryan Lavarnway to Pawtucket (IL). Reinstated RHP John Lackey from the 15-day DL. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed RHP Gavin Floyd on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Deunte Heath from Charlotte (IL). Optioned OF Blake Tekotte to Charlotte.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed C Lou Marson on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 25. Recalled C Yan Gomes and LHP Scott Barnes from Columbus (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Recalled LHP Will Smith from Omaha (PCL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Reinstated OF Yoenis Cespedes from the 15-day DL. Designated OF Casper Wells for assignment.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Reinstated OF Jason Kubel from the 15-day DL. Placed INF Didi Gregorius on the 7-day DL, retroactive to April 27.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Designated INF Chris Nelson for assignment. Selected the contract of INF Nolan Arenado from Colorado Springs (PCL).

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Reinstated C Carlos Ruiz from the restricted list. Designated C Humberto Quintero for assignment.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Agreed to terms with WR Da’Rick Rogers.

CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with RB Michael Ford, WRs Mark Harrison, Josh Lenz and Marcus Rucker, CBs Demontre Hurst and C.J. Wilson, C P.J. Lonergan, DTs Zach Minter and Brent Russell and P Tress Way. DENVER BRONCOS — Agreed to terms with DEs Gary Mason Jr., John Youboty, WRs Kemonte’ Bateman, Quincy McDuffie and Lamaar Thomas, RB C.J. Anderson, LBs Uona Kaveinga, Lerentee McCray and Doug Rippy, P Ryan Doerr, G Manase Foketi, CB Aaron Hester, QB Ryan Katz, S Ross Rasner and TE Lucas Reed.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Agreed to terms with QB Jordan Rodgers, QB Matt Scott, DT T.J.

Barnes, LB Maalik Bomar, CB Marcus Burley, OT R.J. Dill, LB Jeremiah Green, DE Paul Hazel, DT Arby Jones, WR Cole McKenzie, WR Jamal Miles, G Stephane Milhim, OT Jeff Nady, TE Ryan Otten, WR Tobais Palmer, FB Lonnie Pryor, TE Kyler Reed, LB LaRoy Reynolds, S Steven Terrell, LS Carson Tinker, OT Roderick Tomlin, CB Trey Wilson and LB Michael Zimmer.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Agreed to terms with QB Ryan Griffin, LB Eric Martin, LB Kevin Reddick, LB Rayford Shipman, LB Chase Thomas, DE Glenn Foster, TE Josh Hill, RB Shawne Alston, CB Ryan Lacy, CB Rod Sweeting, C Elliot Mealer, G Tim Lelito and TE Keavon Milton.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Agreed to terms with DBs Jahleel Addae, Greg Brown, Marcus Cromartie, Josh Johnson and Kenny Okoro, LBs Frank Beltre, Daniel Molls and Devan Walker, WRs Courtney Gardner and Luke Tasker, OTs Nick Becton and Randy Richards, TEs Ben Cotton and David Rolf, NTs Kwame Geathers and Byron Jerideau, RB Michael Hill and P Richard Kent.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Agreed to terms with WR Matt Austin, OT Alvin Bailey, DE Kenneth Boatright, LBs Craig Wilkins, Ramon Buchanan and John Lotulelei, S Ray Polk, G Jordon Roussos and RB Dominique Whaley.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES — Reassigned Fs Tim Wallace, Nicolas Blanchard and Jared Staal to Charlotte (AHL).

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Recalled D Klas Dahlbeck and Dylan Olsen from Rockford (AHL).

COLORADO AVALANCHE — Fired coach Joe Sacco.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Assigned C Ryan Johansen and D Dalton Prout to Springfield (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Fired general manager Joe Nieuwendyk. Assigned D Jordie Benn, F Alex Chiasson and F Reilly Smith to Texas (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned Fs Daniel Bang, Taylor Beck, Kevin Henderson, Chris Mueller and Joonas Rask and D Victor Bartley to Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled D Stu Bickel, F Ryan Bourque, F Micheal Haley, F Brandon Mashinter, D Dylan McIlrath, G Jason Missiaen, J.T. Miller, F Brandon Segal, G Cameron Talbot and F Christian Thomas from Connecticut (AHL).

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NHL playoff picture set

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS It took a day longer than expected, but the NHL’s playoff matchups finally are set.

And fans of the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs will have to wait a little longer to see those teams meet again in the post-season.

The Ottawa Senators beat the Boston Bruins 4-2 on Sunday night in the final game of the regular season to cement the Eastern Conference standings. The game was originally scheduled for April 15 but had to be rescheduled because of the Boston Marathon bombings.

The result clinched the Northeast Division for Montreal and spoiled a matchup with Toronto that many fans were craving.

The two rivals have not met in the playoffs since 1979.

Ottawa’s victory means that the No. 1 Pittsburgh Penguins will meet the No. 8 New York Islanders, the No. 2 Canadiens will take on the No. 7 Sena-

tors and the No. 4 Bruins will battle the No. 5 Maple Leafs.

The matchup between the No. 3 Washington Capitals and No. 6 New York Rangers was decided after play on Saturday.

The Maple Leafs will open their series in Boston on Wednesday with Game 2 set for Saturday. Toronto will host Game 3 and 4 on Monday, May 6 and Wednesday, May 8.

The Canadiens begin their series with the Senators at home on Thursday with Game 2 the following night. The series shifts to Ottawa on Sunday, May 5 with Game 4 on Tuesday, May 7.

The Western Conference playoff picture was also set on Saturday and will see the No. 1 Chicago Blackhawks take on the No. 8 Minnesota Wild, the No. 2 Anaheim Ducks tackle the No. 7 Detroit Red Wings, the No. 3 Vancouver Canucks meet the No. 6 San Jose Sharks and the No. 4 St. Louis Blues battle the defending Stanley Cup champion and No. 5 L.A. Kings.

Vancouver will host Game 1 on Wednesday and Game 2 on Friday.

St. Louis wins Art Ross, Ovechkin claims third Rocket Richard trophy TORONTO — Tampa Bay Lightning forward Martin St. Louis won his second career Art Ross Trophy to become the oldest scoring champion in NHL history, while Capitals star Alex Ovechkin claimed his third Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy on Sunday.

The awards were announced after the conclusion of the regular season.

St. Louis, 37, finished the season with 17 goals and 43 assists for 60 points, edging Lightning teammate Steven Stamkos (29-28-57), Ovechkin (32-24-56) and Pittsburgh

Penguins centre Sidney Crosby (15-41-56), who missed the final month of the season due to injury.

St. Louis won his first Art Ross in 2003-04 when he finished with 38 goals and 56 assists for 94 points. He registered points in 36 of the 48 games he played this season.

Ovechkin scored 32 times to capture his third goal-scoring title.

The 27-year-old started the season slow with nine goals in his first 25 games, but scored 23 in his final 23 games, including a five-game streak from March 17-24.

The Russian forward has scored 30 or more

WHL PLAYOFFS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Brooks Macek scored at 6:59 of overtime Sunday to give the Calgary Hitmen a 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oil Kings in Western Hockey League playoff action.

Macek’s second goal of the night sent the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final to a deciding Game 7 in Edmonton on Tuesday. The winner advances to meet the Portland Winterhawks in the WHL final beginning Friday in Portland, Ore. Macek beat Laurent Brossoit with

goals in each of his first eight seasons, giving him 371 in his career.

Also Sunday, Chicago Blackhawks goaltenders Corey Crawford and Ray Emery won the William M. Jennings Trophy as the goaltenders on the club who allowed the fewest goals.

Crawford and Emery split duties for Chicago, which allowed a leaguelow 102 goals, two fewer than the Ottawa Senators.

Crawford posted a 19-5-5 record with a 1.94 goals-against average and .926 save percentage, while Emery was 17-1-0 with a 1.94 GAA and .922 save percentage.

a wrist shot high to the glove side from the left faceoff circle. Spencer Humphries and Brady Brassart also scored for Calgary. Macek and Brassart scored power-play goals as the Hitmen came back from a 2-1 deficit after two periods. Macek got the equalizer at 7:23. Ashton Sautner, Curtis Lazar and Stephane Legault scored for Edmonton. Chris Driedger made 36 saves for Calgary. Brossoit had 30 stops. Calgary was 2-for-4 on the power play while Edmonton was 0-for-5.

The Winterhawks clinched the Western Conference title with a 4-1 series win over the Kamloops Blazers, wrapping up the series with a 4-1 home-ice victory on Saturday.

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“They’ve done everything I’ve asked them to do this year in terms of game plan execution, but it just sucks that today they didn’t execute,” Crickard said.

“They have nothing to hang their heads about because they’ve accomplished a lot this year.

They need to be proud of what they’ve done.”

Looking back on the tournament, Zentner said there were times where things became stressful.

He said he could not describe the feeling of being a national champion.

“It’s been surreal.

It went by so fast, but it’s been hard at times.

Sometimes it feels like you can’t get a break, and when you do you’re on top of the world and that’s how it feels right now.” ● The Chiefs reached the final with a 5-1 win over the Saskatoon Contacts in Saturday’s semifinal . . . Gerrie scored twice with Thudium, Colton Bobyk and Jacob Schofield adding one each . . . Zentner made 23 saves . . . The 67’s advanced with a 4-1 win over Laval-Montreal, that defeated Saskatoon 3-2 in the bronze medal game....Gabe Bast was named top defenseman in the tournament.

JAYS: Get better “It’s going to get better.

I still expect us to be a good-hitting team. I don’t think any of that changes at all,” general manager Alex Anthopoulos said.

“We will go on a run and we will get hot and everyone’s going to get

excited again.”

Jose Bautista is hitting .192, Maicer Izturis .200 and Edwin Encarnacion .227.

Melky Cabrera and Adam Lind both are at .250.

With a 1-for-4 day, Colby Rasmus improved to .089 (4 for 45) at new Yankee Stadium.

“You see how many batting averages we have in the 1s? These guys have been playing too long for that to stay,” Anthopoulos said.

Half of New York’s hits were homers.

Brennan Boesch sent a drive into the first row of the right-field seats in the second inning. After Toronto took a 2-1 lead against Phil Hughes on Lind’s RBI single in the fourth and Izturis’ run-scoring double off the base of the rightfield wall in the sixth, the Yankees overcame a deficit for the fourth straight day when Lyle Overbay hit two-run homer in the seventh that was caught on the fly by Yankees reliever David Robertson in the right-field bullpen.

Boone Logan (1-1) pitched a one-hit seventh, Robertson threw a

1-2-3 eighth and Mariano Rivera pitched a perfect ninth for his ninth save in nine chances, extending his career record to 617.

“We’re right in every game,” Gibbons said.

“We just can’t get that big win.”

NOTES: Toronto LHP Ricky Romero allowed one run and six hits over seven innings Saturday night in his season debut for Class A Dunedin against Brevard County in the Florida State League. A 2011 All-Star, Romero started the season in the minor leagues to work on his mechanics. ... Blue Jays bench coach DeMarlo Hale was ejected for arguing in the seventh when New York’s Eduardo Nunez was slow to walk to the plate after Overbay’s homer. The Yankees said Nunez had something in an eye. ... Blue Jays SS Munenori Kawasaki sprinted nearly 100 feet to make an over-theshould grab in the fourth on Travis Hafner pop down the left-field line.

After receiving congratulations in the dugout at the end on the inning, Kawasaki did a quick dance.

Eastglen and beating Sherwood Park Bev Facey 19-7.

From there, the Thurber team defeated Red Deer rival Hunting Hills Lightning 19-8 in a quarter-final, fell 26-18 to eventual champion Edmonton Harry Ainlay, and downed Bev Facey 10-9 in the bronze-medal game.

The Lindsay Thurber boys won bronze with a 29-19 victory over Drayton Valley.

Lindsay Thurber was in a three-way tie for second place in pool play, losing 25-24 to Edmonton Percy Page and earning an 18-18 tie with Edmonton Lillian Osborne.

The Thurber boys then beat Eastglen 29-28 in quarter-final play and dropped a 31-29 semifinal decision to eventual champion Bev Facey.

Central lose in D final of Alberta Cup STRATHMORE — Tyler Steenbergen of Sylvan Lake scored twice in a losing cause as Central fell 5-3 to Edmonton North in Sunday’s D final of the Alberta Cup hockey tournament for second-year bantam players.

Tyler Graber of Red Deer also tallied for Central, while Geordan Andrew of Red Deer and Jake Carlson of Crossfield combined to make 23 saves.

Central opened the tournament with an 8-1 loss to Edmonton South, their lone goal coming off the stick of Regan Doig of Hanna. Carlson stopped 35 shots in defeat.

From there, Tyler Wall of Red Deer tallied twice in a 4-4 draw with Calgary South. Luke Coleman of Red Deer and Lane Zablocki of Wetaskiwin also scored for Central, while Andrew made 36 saves.

Steenbergen, Coleman and Matthew Froelick of Rimbey were the Central snipers and Andrew turned aside 21 shots in a 3-3 round-robin tie with Edmonton North.

Despite outshooting Northwest 4924, Central dropped a 2-1 decision in the first playoff round.

MacGregor Sinclair of Irma notched the lone Central goal and Carlson made 22 saves.

Steenbergen led all Central scorers with five points (3g,2a) in five games.

Coleman (2-1-3), Zablocki (1-2-3) and Ryan Chambers of Blackfalds (0-3-3) were next in line.

Cougars win bronze at high school rugby tournament The Notre Dame Cougars earned bronze at the Lynn Davies high school rugby tournament at Sherwood Park during the weekend, downing Archbishop Jordan 13-0 in the boys division.

Joel Bistretzan and Kobus Badenhorst each scored a try for the Cougars, who also got a conversion from Dustin Fowler.

Notre Dame fell 7-5 to the Sturgeon Spirits in semifinal play after opening the tournament with 17-0 and 10-0 wins over Edmonton J. Percy Page and Edmonton W.P. Wagner.

Scoring tries against J. Percy Page were Luc Laplante, Santiago Allier and Brandon Lee. Jordan Briault added a conversion.

Jayden Christian and Nich Galenzoski each had a try in the win over Wagner. ● The Notre Dame senior girls also captured a bronze medal in the tournament, downing Strathcona 5-0 on a try by Amy Andrews.

The Cougars were 17-0 losers to W.P. Wagner in a semifinal match.

Earlier, the Notre Dame crew ran over Edmonton McNally 31-5 and downed Edmonton Jasper Place 3-0.

Kelsie Caine and Allie Swan led the way against McNally with two tries apiece.

Kim Mickelson scored her first try of the season and Michelle Roth converted three of five attempts.

Cassie Swan broke a tie in a sudden death kick-off against Jasper Place.

Prairie Fire heating up with another weekend win CALGARY — The Central Alberta Prairie Fire evened their Calgary and Area Midget Football League record at 2-2 with a 30-7 win over the Calgary Bulldogs Saturday.

Quarterback Brett Barrett of Hunting Hills got the Fire on the board, going in from the 15 on the team’s opening drive.

Running back Tylen Smith of Olds added a pair of majors in the first half and Zach Hazen of Rocky Mountain House added a rushing touchdown in the second half.

Defensively Connor Brace had a pair of sacks and Owen Smith of Lindsay Thurber recorded his fourth interception of the season.

The Fire will meet the undefeated and defending league champion Calgary Mavericks Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Shouldice Park in Calgary.

Red Deer bowlers win bronze, Frank named most sportsmanlike

Maclise named finalist for first ever CJHL MVP award

Ty Frank was a two-time winner in the Canadian Interprovincial 5 Pin Bowling Championship at Charlottetown, P.E.I. Frank helped the Red Deer Heritage Lanes foursome, coached by Donna Smith, win bronze in the team event and was also named most sportsmanlike bowler in the competition.

The Interprovincial is a pins over average tournament run by the Canadian 5 Pin Bowlers Association with teams comprised of league players.

None of the Heritage bowlers have a 200 average, but still were able to advance to the Canadian finals.

The national finals consist of two teams from each participating province divided into two pools of nine teams.

The Heritage group, the Alberta champions, were in the A pool and breezed through the preliminary round, amassing 42 points in eight qualifying games finish first, six points ahead of their nearest rival.

In the semifinal round, the team suffered a 6-1 loss to Nova Scotia in their only sub-par performance of the tournament, then rebounded and took the bronze medal 4-3 over Saskatchewan.

Frank, meanwhile, set a new Canadian record for the event with 369 pins over average for the eight game roundrobin, beating the previous high by 96 pins.

His 1,865 total also was high scratch pinfall for the tournament.

Lacombe native and Red Deer minor hockey graduate Cam Maclise is one of five finalists for the Canadian Junior Hockey League most valuable player award.

Maclise, a forward with the AJHL champion Brooks Bandits, scored a league-leading six game-winning goals this season and his 56 assists were the most in the 16-team loop. He was also the lone unanimous selection to the 2012-2013 AJHL South Division all-star team.

Maclise, who scored 27 goals and garnered 83 points during the regular season, is up against Paul J. Bourbeau of College Francais de Longueil of Quebec, Tyler Gjurich of the Buffalo Jr. Sabres of the Ontario League, Michael Pontarelli of the Cornwall Colts of the Central League, and Melville Millionaires (SJHL) goaltender Alex Wakaluk for the first-ever CJHL MVP award.

Thurber boys and girls take bronze at handball provincials The Lindsay Thuber girls and boys squads both won bronze in the Alberta high school team handball championships at Edmonton during the weekend.

The girls placed second in their pool after falling 14-11 to Edmonton

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Spurs send Lakers home in four straight

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NBA PLAYOFFS

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San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker, right, puts up a shot and makes it as Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol looks on during Game 4 of the first-round NBA playoff series, Sunday, in Los Angeles.

Spurs 103 Lakers 82 LOS ANGELES — For four straight games, the San Antonio Spurs showed off all the teamwork and tenacity that the Los Angeles Lakers lacked all season long.

And when the Lakers’ tumultuous season finally collapsed Sunday night, the smooth Spurs rolled right past them to the second round.

Tony Parker scored 23 points, and San Antonio completed its first-round sweep of the injury-plagued Lakers with a 103-82 victory in Game 4.

Tim Duncan had 11 points and six rebounds for the second-seeded Spurs, who will face the winner of Denver’s series with Golden State in the second round. They’ll get plenty of rest after flattening the Lakers, who staggered through back-to-back blowout losses at home without three regular starters in their first opening-round exit since 2007.

“Obviously, it wasn’t a fair fight,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “When you’re a competitor, you want to compete on an even basis, and the Lakers weren’t able to do that. ... Even though it wasn’t a fair fight, we still want to win the series, and I’m glad we did. Our focus was great.”

San Antonio never trailed in the clincher, leading by 25 points in one more businesslike effort against the seventh-seeded Lakers, who provided their usual drama right down to their last gasp.

In his final game before unrestricted free agency, Dwight Howard scored seven points before getting ejected early in the third quarter for arguing. Pau Gasol had 16 points for the Lakers, who were swept from the post-season for the second time in three years despite a late courtside appearance by Kobe Bryant on crutches.

“It was just a weird feeling,” Parker said. “Obviously, I am happy we won, but it was just weird. They were missing a lot of guys, so we’re just happy to go to the next round.”

Howard said the season was “like a nightmare. It’s like a bad dream, and we just couldn’t wake up from it. That’s what it felt like.”

The Los Angeles Lakers gave away thousands of

white towels to their fans Sunday, and they acquired an unfortunate symbolism: In the final game of a season that began with championship aspirations, the Lakers couldn’t keep up without injured starters Bryant, Steve Nash and Metta World Peace. They had just nine available players in uniform for the final minutes.

“I’m proud of them, because they fought,” Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni said. “It was kind of a year that was all upside-down, but I appreciate the effort to get us into the playoffs. We just didn’t have it.”

After Duncan led the Spurs’ blowout in Game 3, Parker took the lead in the clincher, scoring 15 points in the first half while exploiting the Lakers’ hastily assembled backcourt. Los Angeles’ top four guards are out with injuries, including backups Steve Blake and Jodie Meeks, and Parker was merciless against third-stringers.

“What I was pleased about our team was that we kept our focus every night,” Popovich said. “We played hard, followed the game plan and were very active and energetic every night, and sometimes that’s hard to do when your opponent is wounded.”

Kawhi Leonard and DeJuan Blair added 13 points apiece in the Spurs’ balanced scoring effort. San Antonio trailed for fewer than five combined minutes in the four-game series, grinding out points and defensive stops with the steady professionalism of Popovich’s best teams.

“This is a good start for us,” Duncan said. “We like the pace we’re at right now. We like the rhythm we’re at right now, and how healthy we are right now.

Hopefully it can stay that way.”

After an unimpressive game featuring just two field goal attempts in 20 minutes, Howard was tossed with 9:51 left in the third quarter for his second technical foul. The All-Star centre, furious with the Spurs’ unpunished physical play, yelled a few parting words at the court after walking past general manager Mitch Kupchak in the tunnel to the locker room.

“I hate it for him,” D’Antoni said, lamenting the lack of foul calls against players guarding Howard.

“He gets banged up so much in there that I’m sure he didn’t mean to (get ejected), but he takes a pounding, and after a while, I guess his nerves were shot.”

Heat make quick work of Bucks in series sweep

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Heat 88 Bucks 77 MILWAUKEE — LeBron James can cross another item off his to-do list.

James scored 30 points, Ray Allen had another big game against his old team and the Miami Heat got their first playoff sweep in the Big Three era, advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals with an 88-77 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday.

“It was our next big step as far as our growth,” James said. “It’s so hard to win on the road in the playoffs, in someone’s building — especially when someone is playing for their last life.

It’s a big step for us.”

And now the Heat have some muchneeded time to rest. Dwyane Wade sat out Sunday’s game, only the second post-season game he’s missed in his career, because of his aching right knee.

But with Miami not playing until next Saturday, at the earliest, he’ll have plenty of time to treat the three bone bruises that caused him to miss six games near the end of the regular season.

Miami plays the winner of the Brooklyn-Chicago series. The Bulls lead that series 3-1, with Game 5 on Monday night in New York.

“It’s big,” Wade said of the time off.

“Obviously, we’re one of the oldest teams in the league, maybe the oldest team in terms of rotation players.

Guys have some bumps and bruises coming out of this series, so it’s going to be great to get some rest. But also we have to take this time to continue to stay sharp, to continue to stay in shape as well.”

Judging by the clinical way in which the Heat dissected the Bucks in this se-

ries, that isn’t likely to be a problem.

The defending NBA champions won each game by double digits, getting contributions from their stars and subs alike. Allen finished with 16 points, the third time in the series he scored in double figures, and was 4 of 7 from 3-point range.

Udonis Haslem added 13 points and five rebounds, and Mario Chalmers kicked in eight rebounds and six assists for Miami, which never trailed Sunday.

“They had the whole package,” Bucks coach Jim Boylan said. “When you can afford to sit guy like Dwyane Wade and perform at the level they performed at, that’s a championshipcalibre team.”

Monta Ellis led the Bucks with 21 points, and Larry Sanders had 11 rebounds to go with seven points.

But Milwaukee got almost nothing again from Brandon Jennings, who didn’t even play in the fourth quarter. Jennings, who had guaranteed the Bucks would win the series in six games, finished with three points on 1-of-7 shooting.

After scoring 26 points in Game 1, Jennings had 27 total in the final three.

“Frustrated, a little down because I came into this season with so much confidence,” he said. “I thought we had a chance to steal a game in Game 1, Game 2. We let that slip away from us. Game 3, we came back home. Had a 10-point lead, lost that. I mean it’s frustration all around.”

The Heat had chances to sweep their first-round series in each of the last two seasons, taking 3-0 leads on Philadelphia (2011) and New York (2012). But they couldn’t close it out, losing Game 4 each year.

That wasn’t going to happen against

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Miami Heat’s LeBron James dunks against the Milwaukee Bucks during the first half of Game 4 in a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Sunday, in Milwaukee. Giving chase are Bucks’ Brandon Jennings (3), Ersan Ilyasova (7), and Heat’s Shane Battier. the Bucks. Even with Wade reduced to a spectator.

Wade got treatment “around the clock” the last two days in hopes of playing Sunday, and he tested his knee before the game. But he and the Heat decided it wasn’t worth risking aggravating the injury further, and he spent the entire game on the bench in his

Celtics live to see another day with overtime win over Knicks

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Celtics 97 Knicks 90 BOSTON — Jason Terry’s nose still hurt. He wasn’t about to let his pride suffer as well.

Two days after being smacked

by J.R. Smith’s elbow, the guard the Boston Celtics count on for his shooting scored their last nine points and kept their season going.

The Celtics beat the Knicks 97-90 in overtime on Sunday to avoid a first-round sweep and force a fifth game in New York on Wednesday night. Avoiding elimination provided all the motivation Terry needed.

“It wasn’t really the elbow,” he said. “It was more (like) this is it. I mean, the season’s over. You can leave it all out here tonight and go home for a long summer or you can live to play another day.”

But, he conceded, his nose “still hurts right now. As long as I feel that, I guess I’ll be thinking about it.”

The NBA suspended Smith for the game, and the Knicks could have used his shooting. Carmelo Anthony scored 36 points and Raymond Felton picked up the slack with 27, but New York made just 28.9 per cent of its shots in the first half as Boston took a 54-35 lead.

“J.R. is a big piece of what we do, but he wasn’t here,” Knicks coach Mike Woodson said, “so I’m not using that as an excuse.”

New York had tied the game 84-

84 after trailing by 20 points early in the third quarter.

It was 88-all before the Celtics regained control and took the lead for good on a 3-pointer by Terry. Anthony hit a short jumper, but Terry connected on a 15-footer with 50 seconds remaining for a 93-90 lead.

After Anthony, who shot 10 for 35 for the game, missed a 3-pointer with 21 seconds to go, Terry was fouled by Steve Novak and made both free throws. He added a layup to close out the game.

But the Celtics still have a huge deficit in trying to become the first team to win after trailing a series 3-0 in the NBA playoffs. The Knicks are trying to win their first playoff series in 13 years.

“We have to be confident going back home,” Anthony said. “We were confident here today.”

Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 29 points, Jeff Green added 26 and Terry finished with 18.

With leaders such as Pierce and Kevin Garnett, the Celtics have “tremendous” pride, Terry said. “Getting swept is something that no man that’s been in this league that long wants to do. It’s disheartening.

“Now we have to go into a hostile environment and they’re going to be trying to get it over with.

They don’t want to come back here, but we do.”

The Celtics showed renewed energy early after being held below 80 points in each of the first three games. They led 59-39 three minutes into the third quarter be-

fore their recent second-half woes returned.

In previous first halves, they scored just 25 points in Game 1 and 23 in Game 2. On Sunday, they were outscored 30-14 in the third quarter and led just 68-65 heading into the fourth.

“Good teams are going to make those runs,” said Garnett, who had 13 points, 17 rebounds and six assists for Boston. “It’s deflating, but we kept fighting. We found a way to get over the hump.”

Boston held a 65-51 lead when Anthony went to the bench with 3:35 remaining.

The Knicks outscored the Celtics 14-3 the rest of the way behind 11 points from Felton and a 3-pointer from Iman Shumpert.

Felton finished with 16 points in the quarter.

“He was huge in this game for us,” Kenyon Martin said. “Especially missing J.R., we needed someone else to make shots for us and he did that.”

The Knicks played the first half as if they had taken shooting lessons from the Celtics. New York hit just 11 of 38 shots in the half after Boston made only 39.5 per cent of its total attempts in the first three games.

The Celtics found their range from the start and connected on 51.3 per cent (20 for 39) in the half.

“We established our defence and we made shots,” Pierce said.

“I thought it really gave us confidence when we got out to the fast start because our offence has really been struggling.”

warmups.

“He gave me the nod saying he wasn’t going to go, so I knew had to pick it up a little more and try to bring us home, bring this win home for us,” James said.

That he did, adding eight rebounds, seven assists and three steals to his 30 points.

Warriors take command of series with game four win

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Warriors 115 Nuggets 101 OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry shook off a sore left ankle to score 22 of his 31 points in the third quarter, leading the Golden State Warriors past the Denver Nuggets 115-101 on Sunday night for a commanding 3-1 series lead.

Curry shot 10 of 16 from the floor and added seven assists in a dominant and dazzling display that rivaled his days in the NCAA tournament for tiny Davidson. His five 3-pointers in the third quarter lifted Golden State to a 20-point lead and its third straight victory in this frenetic and flashy series.

Jarrett Jack added 21 points and nine assists and Andrew Bogut broke out in the first half with 12 points and five rebounds for the sixth-seeded Warriors, who can close out the Nuggets in Game 5 on Tuesday night in Denver.

Ty Lawson scored 26 points and Andre Iguodala had 19 for the third-seeded Nuggets.

The Warriors lost All-Star forward David Lee to a season-ending hip injury in Game 1, and Curry sprained his left ankle late in Game 2. With Curry carrying the load anyway, none of it has seemed to matter.

The quick-shooting point guard hit 5 of 8 from beyond the arc in a spectacular third quarter, when nearly every gold-shirt wearing fan in the sellout crowd of 19,596 stood and cheered.

Curry scored all 22 points in the final 6:22 of the quarter, showing the kind of range that helped him make 272 3-pointers in the regular season — three more than Ray Allen’s record set in 2005-06 with Seattle.

Curry capped his remarkable run with two of his most highlight-reel plays.

He stole the ball from Lawson, stopped in heavy traffic and dropped in a 27-footer before sprinting all the way to the bench high-fiving and chest-bumping teammates.

Following a timeout, Curry sprung free near Denver’s bench for a corner 3 that gave Golden State a 91-72 lead entering the fourth.

Curry’s five 3s in the quarter were a Warriors record for a half.

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A lifetime of service RESIDENTS FIND SATISFACTION...AND FRIENDS... THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM

FLY-IN BREAKFAST The flying version of a show-and-shine lands at Red Deer Regional Airport on Sunday.

Private pilots from throughout the region will drop in for breakfast, and they’re welcoming anyone who would like a closer look at their aircraft to join the fun.

The event is hosted by the Red Deer Flying Club, Flight 92 of the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children six and under or $25 per family. Breakfast is on from 8 a.m. to noon at the Sky Wings Aviation Hangar. “Follow me” vehicles will be on site to guide motorists to the parking areas.

HIKE FOR HOSPICE Raise money for the hospice and enjoy a stroll through the Gaetz Lakes Sanctuary on May 5. Registration for the Hike for Hospice event starts at noon at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre with the one- or four-km hikes from 1 to 3 p.m. All proceeds benefit the Red Deer Hospice Society, which operates the 10-bed facility with family support areas, a dining area and a sanctuary to help the terminally ill. The hospice hopes to raise $36,000 from 100 hikers to fund 100 days of care. Lunch and a T-shirt come with the $10 registration fee and teams of five or more pay $50. Hikers who raise more than $360 pay no registration fee. Register by calling 403-309-4344 ext.

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BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF Sure, volunteer to help others. Sure, volunteer to benefit yourself.

But volunteer to find a significant other?

“Don’t go to a bar. Don’t go to eHarmony. Go volunteering! You never know who you’ll meet,” exclaimed Sandy Jacobs, who found her husband while giving her time to volunteerism.

But though that life partner was long ago found for Sandy in Garry Jacobs, she, and her husband, continue today to give hours of their lives to the Canadian Red Cross through volunteering.

Sandy serves as a disaster management coordinator with the international organization, springing into action to help those beset by fires, floods and freak disasters.

She has volunteered, serving as a friendly face and vital information dispenser, in the aftermath of the Pine Lake tornado, Red Deer’s 2001 anhydrous ammonia spill, and, more recently, the Slave Lake fire.

“It makes me just feel happy that I can help someone when they’re in need. It’s just a very good feeling to know that you were able to help, even if it is, in the overall scheme of things, a very little piece,” explained Jacobs.

Sandy is one of the 66 volunteers ranging in age from six to 80 with the Red Deer Red Cross, a group that collectively served over 18,000 volunteer hours last year.

April 21-27 marked National Volunteer Week in Canada.

Volunteer opportunities in Red Deer range from teaching English to new immigrants to playing crib with Michener Centre residents.

Just over half of Albertans volunteer, according to 2010 statistics, with the average volunteer serving 172 hours per year.

Red Deer is noted for its ability to host major events, said Mayor Morris Flewwelling, events which are hugely dependent on volunteers.

Hundreds of hours were recently devoted to the Allan Cup, the Special Olympics Spring Games, and the Kiwanis Music Festival, while the upcoming Tour of Alberta local stop will require 300 volunteers, and annual events like the Festival of Trees are dependent on thousands.

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Canadian Red Cross provincial manager Rhonda Schwab, left, and volunteer Sandy Jacobs in the Red Deer Office.

‘WE’RE NEVER GOING TO NOT NEED VOLUNTEERS, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A SAD DAY IF WE EVER DID REACH THAT POINT WHERE WE HAD THE LUXURY OF SO MUCH MONEY AND RESOURCES THAT WE DIDN’T NEED ANYBODY TO VOLUNTEER.’ — MAYOR MORRIS FLEWWELLING

Flewwelling himself has received a number of awards for his decades of volunteer service, most notably the Order of Canada in 1997.

He said the community as a whole is very generous with time, money and talent.

And it has been for many years — Red Deer had the highest voluntary enlistment per capita in Canada for both the First World War and Second World War. “We’re never going to not need volunteers, and I think it would be a sad day if we ever did reach that point where we had the luxury of so much mon-

ey and resources that we didn’t need anybody to volunteer.

“That would be, in my view, a real curse because it would really disenfranchise a lot of people who would want to be engaged in something,” said Flewwelling.

During National Volunteer Week, Volunteer Red Deer held events and showcased different volunteer-based organizations with presentations in Parkland Mall.

The organization helps connect volunteers to the hundreds of organizations seeking volunteers in the city.

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COLLECTIBLES APPRAISED You can dig out those knick-knacks, collectibles and heirlooms to see if they’re worth something when the British Antiques Roadshow comes to Red Deer. Antiques appraisers David Freeman and Maureen Wickham (not affiliated with the PBS Antiques Roadshow series) will be at Parkland Mall on Saturday and Sunday put their vast knowledge to work at identifying local treasures. Each item’s appraisal costs $15, or $40 for three items.

Pre-registration is recommended by calling 403-343-8997. A full list of items that can — or can’t — be appraised is available at www. parklandmall.ca.

Black Fortin said Red Deerians are passionate about the volunteer work they do.

“They usually stay with a volunteer opportunity because of a connection they’ve made, whether it’s at the organization or with a client they work with.

Those connections and those stories of what happens is the most powerful thing — the ability to help somebody, whether it’s big or small,” she said.

A listing of volunteer opportunities in Red Deer can be found at www.volunteerreddeer.ca.

Celebrating 75 years of the Barbershop Harmony Society and Red Deer’s Centennial the Wildrose Harmonizers took to the stage at the Living Stones Church on Friday. The Harmonizers annual spring show also featured performances by the quartet Cornerstone, the Lindsay Thurber Chamber Choir, The Executives and the Hearts of Harmony.

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Bowden Heritage Rest Area may close The Bowden Heritage Rest Area may close next year.

Bowden town council discussed the matter at a recent meeting after learning a provincial subsidy for the facility ends next year.

Citing a $2-million budget cut in its provincial funding, the Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation will provide only $4,000 this year to operate the 29-year-old building and 24-site campground located off southbound Hwy 2 near the Bowden Golf Course.

The grant is down half from previous years and a fraction of the $20,000 the town started receiving in 1990.

Andy Weiss, the town’s chief administrative officer, said the town puts about $30,000 annually into the area and “council is concerned costs are escalating and the funding by the province is drying up.

‘BY AND LARGE, THE USERS OF THAT FACILITY ARE TRAVELLING ON THE PROVINCIAL HIGHWAY SO IT’S A PROVINCIAL FACILITY, NOT A BOWDEN FACILITY.’ — ANDY WEISS, BOWDEN CAO

“Our rest stop is getting old and needs a lot of tender loving care. By and large, the users of that facility are travelling on the provincial highway so it’s a provincial facility, not a Bowden facility.”

The rest area’s closure would mean some economic loss to the town, said Weiss, and “we need to keep all the business we can get.”

The subsidy loss comes after the province last year announced future changes to the Hwy 2 and Hwy 587 overpass. The changes would close the southbound offramp into and out of Bowden, as well as the

Hwy 2A access south of town.

Weiss said residents and businesses will be further stressed, although provincial budget shortfalls and Alberta Transportation priorities mean neither action will occur soon.

“That doesn’t diminish our concerns.

Changes of any kind that have even the smallest impact in other people’s minds are a big change to us.”

Council has met with Transportation Minister Ric McIver about both issues to express its concerns.

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UK experts: Cosmetic surgery AIDS vaccine needs tighter rules, skin fillers study halted, should be prescription only government

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — A group of independent experts has slammed Britain’s cosmetic surgery industry for not protecting patients adequately and is calling for stricter controls in the aftermath of a breast implant scandal in Europe last year that left tens of thousands of women with cheap silicone implants prone to ruptures. A top British health official, meanwhile, signalled support for their recommendations.

In a review of how cosmetic procedures are regulated, the group said all skin fillers should be available by prescription only and that all practitioners — from surgeons to estheticians who inject Botox — must be properly qualified. The expert group, commissioned by the U.K. Department of Health, also called for the creation of a registry of implants and other medical devices and an ombudsman for private health care, among other suggestions.

The recommendations were released in a report on Wednesday.

The British government has previously rejected calls to oversee cosmetic procedures and the industry is largely self-regulated. There are few rules on who is allowed to perform a non-surgical cosmetic intervention.

“Anyone can give you a (skin) filler anytime, anywhere,” said Bruce Keogh, medical director of the National Health Service, who led the review. “This is a bizarre situation.”

During an embargoed press briefing on Monday, Keogh said the commercialization of the industry has led to some questionable claims about the efficacy of certain procedures.

“This is a pretty data-free zone,” he said.

In the report, Keogh and others wrote that a per-

son having a non-surgical procedure such as a Botox injection “has no more protection and redress than someone buying a ballpoint pen.”

They noted that the cosmetic interventions sector has grown by 300 per cent in the last five years and that the use of procedures such as injecting substances to smooth out the skin make up 75 per cent of the market. “It is our view that dermal fillers are a crisis waiting to happen,” the report concluded. Side effects from skin fillers can include scarring, infection and even blindness.

Catherine Kydd, a Briton who received faulty breast implants, said stricter ethical policies should be in place for those who perform cosmetic surgeries and procedures.

“When you see a surgeon, you shouldn’t be seeing a salesman,” she said.

Regulations on cosmetic interventions in the U.K. are more lax than elsewhere. In Denmark, anyone carrying out cosmetic interventions must be registered with a national health board. When standards are breached, the board can suspend a clinic’s operations, impose fines, strike professionals off the register and refer cases to the police. There is no such system in the U.K. Keogh noted there are about 190 different types of skin fillers available in Europe versus only 14 approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

In a statement, Dr. Dan Poulter, a senior minister in the Department of Health, said it was time for the government to step in. “There is a significant risk of people falling into the hands of cowboy firms or individuals or individuals whose only aim is to make a quick profit,” he said.

Poulter said the government would respond to the report in detail in the summer.

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A Somali baby receives a polio vaccine, at the Medina Maternal Child Health center in Mogadishu, Somalia last week. Coinciding with World Immunization Week and the Global Vaccins Summit in Abu Dhabi, the authorities in Somalia, which has one of the lowest immunization rates in the world, have launched a new push to vaccinate against several potentially fatal childhood diseases.

says shots not working

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The latest bad news in the hunt for an AIDS vaccine: The government halted a large U.S. study on Thursday, saying the experimental shots aren’t preventing HIV infection.

Nor did the shots reduce the amount of the AIDS virus in the blood when people who’d been vaccinated later became infected, the National Institutes of Health said.

“It’s disappointing,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. But, “there was important information gained from this” study that will help determine what to try next.

The study had enrolled 2,504 volunteers, mostly gay men, in 19 cities since 2009. Half received dummy shots, and half received a two-part experimental vaccine developed by the NIH. All were provided free condoms and given extensive counselling about the risks for HIV. It’s a strategy known as “prime-boost.” A DNAbased vaccine made with genetically engineered HIV material is given to prime the immune system to attack the AIDS virus. Then a different vaccine, encasing the same material inside a shell made of a disabled cold virus, acts as a booster shot to strengthen that response. Neither vaccine could cause HIV. The idea: Train immune cells known as T cells to spot and attack the very earliest HIV-infected cells in someone’s body. The hope was that the vaccine could either prevent HIV infection, or help those infected anyway to fight it.

A safety review this week found that slightly more study participants who had received the vaccine later became infected with HIV. It’s not clear why. But the difference wasn’t statistically significant, meaning it may be due to chance. Overall, there were 41 HIV infections in the vaccinated group and 30 among placebo recipients. When researchers examined only participants diagnosed after being in the study for at least 28 weeks — long enough for the shots to have done their job — there were 27 HIV infections among the vaccinated and 21 among the placebo recipients.

The NIH said Thursday that it is stopping vaccinations in the study, known as HVTN 505, but that researchers will continue to study the volunteers’ health.

Josh Robbins, 30, of Nashville, Tenn., is among the participants who became infected. He said he’s glad he was in the study, because its close monitoring meant he was diagnosed and treated much sooner than most people — and he’s feeling great — and because the findings help science.

“We’ve got to keep moving forward,” Robbins said. The study “certainly can lead us down a new direction to hopefully find something that might work.”

Multiple attempts at creating an AIDS vaccine have failed over the years. A 2009 study in Thailand is the only one ever to show a modest success, using a somewhat different prime-boost approach. Newer research suggests another approach — to try creating powerful antibodies that could work a step earlier than the T-cell attack, before HIV gets inside the first cell.

Both approaches need continued research funding, said Mitchell Warren of the international AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition.

HPV vaccine for boys called for by obstetricans and gynecologists group

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against HPV 16 and 18.

Both are approved for use in girls and young women, but only Gardasil is approved for use in boys and young men in Canada.

Blake said extending the vaccination programs to boys would both protect them against genital warts and cancers caused by HPV viruses and should cut the risk girls will become infected though sexual contact. She suggested it is difficult to justify not offering boys the same protection as girls get.

Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization, which reviews the scientific literature on vac-

TORONTO — Provincial and territorial HPV vaccination programs should be expanded to cover boys, the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada said Thursday.

The professional organization’s CEO, Dr. Jennifer Blake, wrote to ministers of health across the country urging them to follow the lead of Prince Edward Island, which will be opening up its program to both genders.

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cines and makes recommendations on their use, has recommended vaccinating boys.

But provinces and territories have been slow to follow the advice, given the high cost of the vaccines, which are administered in three doses. A full course of HPV vaccine costs between $400 and $500 if purchased outside the provincial programs, where the shots are provided for free.

Blake said the upfront outlay for provinces and territories would be more than recouped by reduced use of the health-care system later.

“Just in reduction of genital warts, the vaccine will more than pay for itself,” she said, explaining that people who develop genital warts often end up making repeated trips to a doctor for treatments that stretch out over months.

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JPMorgan Chase official leaves JPMorgan Chase & Co. says one of its co-chief operating officers is leaving the company, marking the latest high-profile departure since the bank’s massive trading loss last year. The bank said Sunday that Frank Bisignano will be CEO of payment processor First Data Corp. Matt Zames, who was co-chief operating officer with Bisignano, will become the sole COO effective immediately.

Bisignano and Zames were named co-chief operating officers in a management reshuffle in July after JPMorgan Chase revealed a trading loss of about $6 billion. The massive loss became a focus of the risky bets taken at large banks and oversight of traders who make those bets.

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Traders watching the news EARNINGS, FED MEETING, U.S. JOBS DATA TO SET PACE ON MARKETS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Key economic developments will compete with earnings for investor attention this week.

Traders will look to the latest growth figures for the Canadian economy Tuesday and to the U.S. Federal Reserve at midweek for hints as to how long the central bank will carry on with its economic stimulus measures known as quantitative easing.

And the week ends with the most important report of the month, the U.S. employment report for April. The Canadian jobs report comes out a week later.

At the same time, investors will take in another heavy load of earnings reports, including corporate heavyweights Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) and Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ).

The Toronto market ended the week by dropping 109.31 points or 0.89 per cent on Friday after moving up smartly earlier in the week.

Overall, it was a turnaround from the 2.2 per cent slide the market saw the previous week amid signs of global economic weakness, especially from China.

The previous week saw gold stocks plunge as bullion prices hit their lowest level in over two years at around US$1,360 an ounce. Prices recovered somewhat last week to around US$1,450.

The Federal Reserve wraps up its twoday meeting Wednesday and investors are increasingly confident that the central bank will signal it doesn’t intend to end its third round of quantitative easing any time soon. That easing has taken the form of the Fed spending US$85 billion a month on mortgage-backed securities and government Treasurys to keep long-term rates low and encourage lending.

“If we look back three weeks ago, the consensus on the street was that there may be some inklings of more Fed members going for a pullback or a retracement from QE by the end of the year,” said Andrew Pyle, portfolio manager at ScotiaMcLeod in

Peterborough, Ont. But many of these same officials are now saying that with inflation at around 1.3 per cent, well below the Fed’s target of two per cent, that the Fed can afford to leave QE in place for awhile yet, Pyle said.

At the same time, the Fed has committed to keeping its key rate near zero at least until the U.S. unemployment rate hits 6.5 per cent. It is currently at 7.6 per cent.

For April, economists are hoping to see that the U.S. economy created about 170,000 jobs. That would follow a big surprise from March when only 88,000 jobs were created.

“We have had what I would call conservative estimates going into the report,” said Pyle, adding that part of this is the effect of a big across-the-board drop in U.S. government spending which began taking effect March 1, the so-called sequestration.

On Tuesday, Statistics Canada rolls out its latest reading on economic growth.

Economists expect gross domestic product to have grown by 0.2 per cent during February.

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Greek Parliament debates layoffs The Greek Parliament is debating, and was to vote by midnight Sunday, an emergency omnibus bill that will ensure continued disbursement of bailout aid by the country’s creditors.

The bill contains many unrelated provisions, from the payment of owed taxes and social security contributions to the end of bakeries’ monopoly in baking bread, but the most politically contentious one is the provision for the immediate firing of 2,000 civil servants by the end of May and a further 13,000 by the end of next year.

To shorten debate and to present the bill as a sort of confidence vote, the government has bundled 110 pages of legislation into a single article.

Suspect in cyberattack well-equipped A Dutch citizen arrested in northeast Spain on suspicion of launching what is described as the biggest cyberattack in Internet history operated from a bunker and had a van capable of hacking into networks anywhere in the country, officials said Sunday. The suspect travelled in Spain using his van “as a mobile computing office, equipped with various antennas to scan frequencies,” a statement said.

Agents arrested him Thursday in the city of Granollers, 35 kilometres north of Barcelona, complying with a European arrest warrant issued by Dutch authorities.

He is accused of attacking the SwissBritish anti-spam watchdog group Spamhaus whose main task is to halt ads for counterfeit Viagra and bogus weight-loss pills reaching the world’s inboxes. The statement said officers uncovered the computer hacker’s bunker, “from where he even did interviews with international media.” The suspect is expected to be extradited from Spain to face justice in the Netherlands.

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Chairman of the Independence Party Bjarni Benediktsson talks to the media after casting his ballot in Reykjavik Saturday, as Icelanders vote in a General Election. With most votes counted early Sunday, the conservative Independence Party and rural-based Progressive Party — who governed Iceland for decades before the 2008 crash — each had 19 seats in Iceland’s 63-seat parliament.

Icelandic voters return to power parties that led to economic collapse

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REYKJAVIK, Iceland — In a dramatic about-face, Icelandic voters have returned to power the centre-right parties that led the national economy to collapse five years ago.

With most votes counted early Sunday, the conservative Independence Party and rural-based Progressive Party — who governed Iceland for decades before the 2008 crash — each had 19 seats in Iceland’s 63-seat parliament, the Althingi.

The parties, who are promising to ease Icelanders’ economic pain with tax cuts and debt relief, are likely to form a coalition government.

Voters shunned the Social Democrat-led coalition that has spent four years trying to turn the country around with painful austerity measures. The Social Democrats took nine seats and their former coalition partners the LeftGreens seven.

The pro-Europe Bright Future party took six seats and online freedom advocates the Pirate Party three.

“We are very happy, we are very grateful for the support that we see in the numbers,” said In-

dependence Party leader Bjarni Benediktsson.

Either Beneditksson or Progressive Party chief Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson is likely to be Iceland’s next prime minister.

The shift to the right following Saturday’s parliamentary election will almost certainly shelve Iceland’s plans to join the European Union, with which it has begun accession talks. Both the Progressives and Independents oppose joining the 27-nation bloc.

The two parties governed Iceland for several decades, often in coalition, overseeing economic liberalization that spurred a banking and business boom — until Iceland’s economy crashed spectacularly during the 2008 credit crisis.

A volcano-dotted North Atlantic nation with a population of just 320,000, Iceland went from economic wunderkind to financial basket case almost overnight when its main commercial banks collapsed within a week of one another.

The value of the country’s currency plummeted, while inflation and unemployment soared. Iceland was forced to seek bailouts from Europe and the International Monetary Fund.

Since then, Iceland has in many

ways made a strong recovery. Unemployment has fallen and the economy is growing.

But inflation remains naggingly high, and many Icelanders still struggle to repay home and car loans they took out — often in foreign currencies whose value soared after the crash — in the years of easy credit.

Some blamed the outgoing government of Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir for agreeing to internationally approved austerity measures and accused it of caving in to international pressure to compensate Britain and the Netherlands for their citizens’ lost deposits in the failed online bank Icesave. Icelanders have twice rejected repayment deals agreed to

by Sigurdardottir’s government.

Despite being widely blamed for the financial meltdown, the Independents and Progressives say they are now best placed to lead the economic recovery.

The Progressives have promised to write off some mortgage debt, taking money from foreign creditors. Benediktsson’s Independence Party is offering lower taxes and the lifting of capital controls that he says are hindering foreign investment.

OTTAWA — Canadians buying and selling an emerging digital currency are running afoul of established banks and operating in uncharted territory for financial regulators.

“The Canadian government doesn’t know what a Bitcoin is, doesn’t recognize the Bitcoin, and there’s no regulatory agency that knows what a Bitcoin is,” said Joseph David, the owner of VirtEx. His Calgary-based website lets Canadians trade Bitcoins through an online market similar to a stock exchange. David said the two-year-old company facilitated $15 million in transactions this year.

But the company is one of several Bitcoin dealers struggling to navigate financial regulations that don’t account for virtual currencies, and to cope with major banks shutting down their accounts without explanation.

Unlike traditional currencies such as the dollar, Bitcoins are not issued by a central bank, nor backed by a government.

The virtual currency is governed by a computer program that allows users to exchange Bitcoins anonymously through a peer-to-peer network.

Computers solve complex algorithms to verify transactions.

And to prevent fraud, every Bitcoin trade is made public.

The total value of all Bitcoins in circulation is about $1.5 billion, though the value has fluctuated wildly in recent weeks.

Online retailers such as blogging platform Wordpress and social news site Reddit accept Bitcoins from customers, using it as a free alternative to PayPal or credit cards.

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Canadians struggle with retirement planning

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The news about Canadians’ preparedness — or should I say lack of it — for retirement just doesn’t seem to be getting any better.

Almost every other day there seems to be another story indicating Canadians right along the demographic spectrum from young to old simply have not got their retirement act together, whether it’s having enough money to see them through to the end of an everlengthening life span or getting a handle on what kind of lifestyle

they want to live and then taking the necessary steps to get the financial resources to make it possible Here’s a little sampling of a couple of studies/reports that came out recently over a period of less than a month.

A CIBC poll found that nearly a third of Canadian retirees are worried they will run out of money over the long term. Some of the reasons cited for this angst were the current low interest rates on savings and the belief that a short-

term financial crisis or shock could cause cash flow problems. Fifty four per cent said they would not be able to handle an unexpected extra payment of $500 a month given their current budget.

Another study by Investors Group found that 30 per cent of Canadians are not aware of how long their savings, pensions and investments will support their desired level of retirement income.

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CONNECTION: ‘Obvious’ “The connection between how much you need and the lifestyle you live is a pretty obvious one for most Canadians,” says Aureles Courcelles, director of tax and estate planning with Investors Group.

“Those who have no idea of how long their savings, pensions and investments will sustain their desired retirement lifestyle could be in for some unpleasant surprises. They should get to work on developing a clearer idea of how they plan to live in retirement and if the lifestyle they have in mind is financially feasible.”

Another survey from the tax people, H&R Block, suggests Canadians who are not yet retired may be relying too much on government support programs such as the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Old Age Security (OAS) and are not putting enough away in other retirement savings vehicles and plans.

Half of non-retired Canadians plan to retire by 65 and expect the CPP to fund part of their retirement but less than a third actually know how much they can expect from CPP every month. Payments depend on your contributions to CPP while you were working. The maximum monthly CPP benefit for 2013 is just over $1,000.

As well, the age at which Canadians receive the OAS and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) is going up to 67 from 65 between the years 2023 and 2029. The OAS pays $540 a month and is indexed annually with the cost of living. The GIS pays a maximum of $732.36 a month to lower income Canadians, depending on their level of income.

The same group of Canadians listed the CPP, Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and OAS as the top three ways they plan to fund their retirement, but “Canadians who are not retired yet may be relying too much on CPP or OAS as part of their retirement plans,” warns Cleo Hamel, senior tax analyst with H&R Block Canada another quote The government of course is trying to do something and introduced the Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) a few years ago and now is proposing the Pooled Retirement Pension Plan (PRPP) as further vehicles to help Canadians save for their retirement.

While RRSPs are still the preferred retirement savings vehicle by 65 per cent of non-retired Canadians, younger Canadians under the age of 35 are tending to invest in the TFSA over the RRSP. “Before 2009, the RRSP account was really the only way to save for retirement,” says Hamel. “But the TFSA also offers excellent tax sheltering benefits with more flexibility than an RRSP. If you are just starting your career or a family, there are reasons to be considering a TFSA where withdrawals are not taxable in case you need to access emergency funds.”

So debate and study of the retirement landscape in Canada goes on but if ever there was a need for a retirement solution in this country, surely it is now.

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

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BITCOINS: Benefits pitched David said VirtEx has hired a sales force that will pitch these benefits of Bitcoins to online merchants in Canada.

But the campaign to persuade more Canadian retailers to accept Bitcoins is already facing its first hurdle — getting banks to accept that the currency has legitimate uses.

Earlier this month, the Royal Bank of Canada closed VirtEx’s account, along with the bank account of an Ottawa-based Bitcoin dealer.

“Anti-money laundering policy is a big thing, and that’s what banks are concerned about,” said James Grant, the owner of Canadian Bitcoins in Ottawa.

“Our problem is that we’re not laundering money.”

Tens of thousands of dollars were flowing through Grant’s RBC account, which the company was using to make direct deposits to customers who were buying and selling Bitcoins.

Grant said the bank refused to tell him why they were closing the account, but he suspects they shut it down when they realized it was a Bitcoin business.

“It definitely crippled us,” Grant said.

It wasn’t the first time a bank had closed their account. Earlier this year, the company lost its TD Canada account, which was cancelled without explanation.

Grant said it’s a problem he expects will come up with the other banks he deals with. He’s trying to strengthen the operation’s legitimacy by requiring identification from customers and reporting large transactions, as required by regulations governing a money service business.

“We have invoices, and receipts, and customer documentation for every customer that we deal with,” Grant said.

RBC refused to comment on the case for privacy reasons.

Bitcoin advocates argue that the lack of institutionalized oversight is one of the biggest strengths of the new currency.

“It fixes so many problems with our financial institutions, with the finance system,” said Anthony Di Iorio, the founder of the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada, an advocacy group.

“It’s not controlled by any one person or any group. You can easily transfer from one to one, anywhere in the world, instantaneously.”

In the past Di Iorio has invested in real estate and precious metals, but he said Bitcoin is the payment system of the future because it gives online merchants a cheaper way of transferring funds.

Di Iorio owns several hundred Bitcoins, which are currently valued at about $140 each.

He says he’s confident that value will only continue to increase.

What’s less clear is the tax implications of holding on to a digital asset, something Di Iorio says he’s talking over with his accountant.

The Canada Revenue Agency does not recognize a Bitcoin as a unit of legal tender. Instead, the CRA says purchases with Bitcoins are considered barter transactions, and should be reported as income.

Bitcoins have already caught the attention of federal regulators in the United States. In March, the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network outlined the rules for buying and selling virtual currencies, making it clear that Bitcoin dealers are subject to existing rules that govern financial transactions.

But the Canadian counterpart is still trying to determine whether Bitcoins fall under existing financial regulation.

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A worker uses hand signals to communicate with a co-worker over the sound of massive pumps at an Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. hydraulic fracturing and extraction site, outside Rifle, in western Colorado. Much of the water used at this site was being recycled to save money and avoid wasting precious local water supplies.

EPA report creates major implications for fracking REPORT LOWERS METHANE-LEAK ESTIMATES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH — The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications for a debate that has divided environmentalists: Does the recent boom in fracking help or hurt the fight against climate change?

Oil and gas drilling companies had pushed for the change, but there have been differing scientific estimates of the amount of methane that leaks from wells, pipelines and other facilities during production and delivery.

Methane is the main component of natural gas.

The new EPA data is “kind of an earthquake” in the debate over drilling, said Michael Shellenberger, the president of the Breakthrough Institute, an environmental group based in Oakland, Calif.

“This is great news for anybody concerned about the climate and strong proof that existing technologies can be deployed to reduce methane leaks.”

The scope of the EPA’s revision was vast. In a mid-April report on greenhouse emissions, the agency now says that tighter pollution controls instituted by the industry resulted in an average annual decrease of 41.6 million metric tons of methane emissions from 1990 through 2010, or more than 850 million metric tons overall.

That’s about a 20 per cent reduction from previous estimates.

The agency converts the methane emissions into their equivalent in carbon dioxide, following standard scientific practice.

The EPA revisions came even though natural gas production has grown by nearly 40 per cent since 1990.

The industry has boomed in recent years, thanks to a stunning expansion of drilling in previously untapped areas because of the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which injects sand, water and chemicals to break apart rock and free the gas inside.

Experts on both sides of the debate say the leaks can be controlled by fixes such as better gaskets, maintenance and monitoring.

Such fixes are also thought to be cost-effective, since the industry ends up with more product to sell.

“That is money going up into the air,” said Roger Pielke Jr., a professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado, adding he isn’t surprised the EPA’s new data show more widespread use of pollution control equipment.

Pielke noted that the success of the pollution controls also means that the industry “probably can go further” in reducing leaks.

Representatives of the oil and gas industry said the EPA revisions show emissions from the fracking boom can be managed.

“The methane ‘leak’ claim just got a lot more difficult for opponents” of natural gas, noted Steve Everley, with Energy In Depth, an industry-funded group.

In a separate blog post, Everley predicted future reductions, too.

“As technologies continue to improve, it’s hard to imagine those methane numbers going anywhere but down as we eagerly await the next installment of this EPA report,” Everley wrote.

One leading environmentalist argued the EPA revisions don’t change the bigger picture.

“We need a dramatic shift off carbon-based fuel: coal, oil and also gas,” Bill McKibbern, the founder of 350.org, wrote in an email to The Associated Press.

“Natural gas provides at best a kind of fad diet, where a dangerously overweight patient loses a few pounds and then their weight stabilizes; instead, we need at this point a crash diet, difficult to do” but needed to limit the damage from climate change.

The EPA said it made the changes based on expert reviews and new data from several sources, including a report funded by the oil and gas industry. But the estimates aren’t based on independent field tests of actual emissions, and some scientists said that’s a problem.

Robert Howarth, a Cornell Uni-

versity professor of ecology who led a 2011 methane leak study that is widely cited by critics of fracking, wrote in an email that “time will tell where the truth lies in all this, but I think EPA is wrong.”

Howarth said other federal climate scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have published recent studies documenting massive methane leaks from natural gas operations in Colorado and other Western states.

Howarth wrote that the EPA seems “to be ignoring the published NOAA data in their latest efforts, and the bias on industry only pushing estimates downward — never up — is quite real.

EPA badly needs a counter-acting force, such as outside independent review of their process.”

The issue of methane leaks has caused a major split between environmental groups.

Since power plants that burn natural gas emit about half the amount of the greenhouse gases as coal-fired power, some say that the gas drilling boom has helped the U.S. become the only major industrialized country to significantly reduce greenhouse emissions. But others believe the methane leaks negate any benefits over coal, since methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas.

The new EPA figures still show natural gas operations as the leading source of methane emissions in the U.S., at about 145 million metric tons in 2011.

The next biggest source was enteric fermentation, scientific jargon for belches from cows and other animals, at 137 million metric tons. Landfills were the thirdbiggest source, at 103 million metric tons.

But the EPA estimates that all the sources of methane combined still account for only 9 per cent of greenhouse gases, even taking into account methane’s more potent heat-trapping.

The EPA said it is still seeking more data and feedback on the issue of methane leaks, so the report may change again in the future.

Focus groups feel new $5 plastic notes too “cartoonish” THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is set to unveil its latest plastic bank notes this week — but documents show some people found one of the new bills too “cartoonish” and the other too old-fashioned.

Focus groups consulted about the proposed images for the new bank note series thought the space motif of the new $5 bill looked childish.

“There is a perception that the note looks ’cartoonish’ or too-child

like,” says a 2009 report commissioned by the bank from The Strategic Counsel, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. Others were left scratching their heads over the depiction of “Dextre,” a Canadian robotic handyman on board the International Space Station.

Some people wrongly assumed Dextre was the name of an astronaut shown on the bill, while others had no clue who the name referred to.

“Dextre is not recognized — although once explained, it is accepted as an element of Canada’s contribution to space technology that should be kept,” the report says.

“The image of the space station is not recognized. It is confused with a concept drawing.”

But if some people

were stumped by the space-age technology on the $5 bill, others complained the train on the new $10s looked too quaint.

“Significance of the image to Canada is immediately understood — participants acknowledge that the railway was the key to linking Canada

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The Bank of Canada declined comment on the focus group report.

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Pianist gets thumbs-up for performance TACKLES CONCERTO WITH RDSO WITH INJURY Even with just nine fully functional “What you got tonight was the sufingers, pianist Mayron Tsong was a percalifragilisticexpialidocious Maymarvel to watch and listen to at Satur- ron with nine fingers” — although she day’s Eroica concert with the Red Deer did have limited use of the hurt thumb, Symphony Orchestra. said Lapalme, who used the The dynamic soloist reMary Poppins song referceived a well-deserved ence to underline Tsong’s standing ovation for her feat of endurance and darperformance of Johannes ing.

Brahm’s arduous Piano ConThe impressed crowd certo No. 1 at the Red Deer gave her another round of College Arts Centre — even applause, even though the before the audience realpianist was by this time, out ized she had pulled off the of sight backstage.

50-minute work with an inTsong — who’s performed jured thumb. around the world, includConductor Claude ing at New York’s Carnegie Lapalme said he was iniHall — gave emotive resotially confused when Tsong nance to a romantic concerLANA requested to change a to that’s often described as MICHELIN previously programmed emotionally restrained. piano concerto by Sergei She accomplished this Prokofiev for the longer and by heightening the subtle more difficult Brahms conintensities of Brahms’ work, certo. finding occasional drama amid the “I thought that was odd,” he said, placid melodies — starting with the since the Prokofiev would have been opening movement. easier to play.

The sensitive soloist embarked on a But Lapalme discovered on Satur- musical conversation with the orchesday that Tsong had made the request tra, with her languid, sensual playing because she had already been practis- providing some serenity, in contrast to ing the Brahms concerto for a perfor- the tumultuous interludes delivered mance at the University of Maryland, by the RDSO’s string section. where she works as a music instructor.

The French horns were later to inHaving dislocated her thumb in a troduce a pastoral effect, suggesting car accident, Tsong didn’t want to have ebbing daylight and gathering dark at to learn to play a new piece with an the end of a long day. injured digit.

The second movement began reflec-

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tively, with Tsong conveying a depth of emotion bordering on melancholy.

Her trilling sounds were later echoed by the orchestra and the effect was as gently stirring as a warm breeze.

And the familiar final movement sounded almost like a steeple chase at times, with a repeat melody line interspersed throughout.

Tsong found a spectrum of nuances in Brahm’s work — from tender to tumultuous, ending with joyous.

Her fluid, refined style helped the audience appreciate a challenging and subtle concerto.

The RDSO also perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s (Eroica) Symphony No. 3, which was considered a highly experimental and non-conformist work when written at the turn of the 1800s.

It was penned as an ode to the revolutionary republican, Napoleon Bonaparte.

But when he crowned himself emperor, a furious Beethoven struck Bonaparte’s name from the cover sheet and renamed the work “a heroic symphony to celebrate the memory of a great man.”

Considering its providence and

Beethoven’s fiery reputation, this symphony doesn’t sound nearly as angry as it could.

The RDSO started with a happy, undulating melody, which built in bluster and tempo with help from booming percussion.

While the symphony’s second movement is a requiem, it’s not an entirely solemn one.

It goes off on some stirring, creative tangents until the composer, presumably, remembered to return to the deliberate pace of a funeral procession.

Before ending this slow movement, a curious tick-tock melody is heard, as if the orchestra was measuring out the moments of a life.

The next movement begins like a jaunty dance, except the humourous melody doesn’t quite get delivered.

The finale is forceful, but also playful. There are spirited changes in tempo and the kind of energetic windup that’s expected of Beethoven.

Lapalme called this third symphony “one of the most original and exciting pieces ever written for an orchestra.”

The RDSO delivered it with appropriate feeling and revolutionary style. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

The Big Wedding a huge yawn STAR-STUDDED COMEDY HAS PLENTY OF IMPLIED SEX AND SWEARING, BUT THAT’S ALL

BY LINDA BARNARD SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

The Big Wedding One star (out of four) Rated: 14A Based on the well-used plot device called “let’s pretend we’re married” and crammed with stars like some wee car from circus hell topped up with clowns clamouring for a moment in the spotlight, The Big Wedding aims low and achieves every aspiration.

Press material from the studio describes the onscreen Griffin clan as a “charmingly modern family,” which is conveyed through a barrage of sex jokes, f-bombs and assorted crudities. It’s likely you had never equated these things with modernity. Yet by the logic of The Big Wedding, Adam Sandler is a real 21st-century man.

Fact is, most of the time, The Big Wedding is just a big yawn. It’s duller than a wedding speech by your drunken uncle and twice as long.

It gets off to a bad start when Robert De Niro’s father-of-the-groom character jovially refers to his ex-wife (played by Diane Keaton) by a particularly crude term. It draws a gasp and a cringe instead of the intended laugh.

The exchange is a suitable way to sum up the entire 88 minutes of writer-director Justin Zackham’s celebritylarded flop and feeble attempt at a French farce-style comedy, a remake of JeanStéphane Bron’s 2006 comedy Mon frère se marie.

But points for originality in one regard: Zackham may have invented a new genre with The Big Wedding: the gross-out geezer pleaser.

He’s traded the sentimentality of the script he penned for 2007’s The Bucket List for the fratboy assery of his 2001 campus comedy Going Greek.

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Susan Sarandon, Robin Williams, Robert De Niro are pictured in a scene from “The Big Wedding”.

Long-divorced couple Don and Ellie (DeNiro in full Fokker mode and Keaton playing it sweet and stammering à la Something’s Gotta Give) awkwardly reunite at their former New England home for the wedding of angelic Missy (Amanda Seyfried) to their adopted Colombian son Alejandro (Ben Barnes).

Perpetually smirking Don hit the jackpot: he got the stunning family house and the hot girl.

He’s now living with Ellie’s former bestie, Bebe (Susan Sarandon, getting all Bull Durham), who wants a ring but will settle for a little rumpus on the kitchen counter. Panties, meet ankles.

More cringing.

The wedding necessitates awkward family reunions with daughter Lyla (Katherine Heigl, once

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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s handwritten account of works, life in personal ledger now online THE ASSOCIATED PRESS An intriguing peek into the daily scribbles and life of author F. Scott Fitzgerald is now available online, just weeks before the opening of the movie The Great Gatsby.

Researchers from the University of South Carolina’s Thomas Cooper Library put a digital version of the famed author’s handwritten financial ledger on their website last week, making it available for the first time for all readers, students and scholars.

“This is a record of everything Fitzgerald wrote, and what he did with it, in his own hand,” said Elizabeth Sudduth, director of the Ernest F. Hollings Library and Rare Books Collection.

During a recent visit

to the library’s belowground rare-book vault, Sudduth took the original 200-page book out of its clamshell protective cover.

The ledger’s yellowed pages — with Fitzgerald’s elegant, measured cursive strokes — are a throwback to life before computer spreadsheets.

The ledger shows

Fitzgerald’s tally of earnings from his works, the most famous of which is the novel The Great Gatsby.

With the May 10 release of a new Gatsby movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sudduth says library officials expect an upswing in interest in its Fitzgerald collection.

again playing a tart-tongued witch) who hates her dad and faints when she sees babies. Doctor-son Jared (Topher Grace) has taken a virginity pledge that will soon be interpreted as challenge by the first hot Latina who comes along.

Missy and Alejandro are in prenuptial counselling with Father Moinighan (Robin Williams, doing a retread of Rev. Frank in License to Wed), who is a stickler for Catholic doctrine but not much else.

Enter Alejandro’s uptight birth mother Madonna (Patricia Rae) arriving from Colombia to attend the wedding and meet the family that raised her little boy. She may not speak English but she can say “no way” to divorce. Just to keep the peace, Alejandro asks: can Ellie and Don play happy couple, just for a weekend?

Of course they can’t.

As evidenced in Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve (which also included De Niro and Heigl), packing a weak movie with big names doesn’t mean audiences can ignore the bad smell rising around them.

These kids should have eloped and saved us all 88 minutes of pain.

Linda Barnard is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

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Sister trusts crackpot rappers from YouTube, woman concerned husband’s brother’s house and have a small cake-and-ice-cream celebration with his brother, sister-in-law and young nephew. The next thing I know, he has invited his brother’s family to join us at the resort.

Aside from the fact that I wanted this outing to be just the four of us, there is an additional problem. My older son is autistic.

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good time. And my sister-in-law can be rude. She makes nasty remarks when you disagree with her.

I want this to be our family time.

We can invite the others for a different gathering. How should I tell them it will not work out? -- Don’t Want To Be Stuck With Them Dear Don’t: Your husband should handle this. After all, it’s his brother -not to mention, Hubby was the one who invited them without checking with you. He can say he thinks the overnight stay would be best with just the four of you, and he hopes they will understand the need for family time. But he should add that you are all looking forward to seeing them to celebrate your son’s birthday.

Dear Annie: This is for “Concerned,” who questioned the appropriateness of displaying his late wife’s picture at his granddaughter’s wedding.

Not long after we lost our beloved

26-year-old son, two of his good friends were married.

Not only did they invite us to the wedding, but by mentioning our son in their wedding program, this wonderful couple made it possible for our son to be part of their special day. There are no words to express how much this meant to us.

We also know a young woman who included her late brother in her wedding by holding his picture in her hands when the wedding photographer photographed the wedding party. How blessed “Concerned” is to have such a sensitive and loving granddaughter.

-- Always Remembering Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Dear Annie: What should I say to my sister when she makes outrageous claims?

For example, she believes the government is spraying poison into the skies and dropping ticks to kill us.

She has a huge supply of plastic coffins ready to put our corpses into. She thinks crackpots rapping on YouTube are reliable sources of information.

Sometimes I get through to her with reason and facts, but soon after, she corroborates her misconceptions via other web “sources.” I have too much real life to live to spend time debunking all the links she sends to “prove” her beliefs, but I worry that her paranoia might not be safe if it goes unchecked.

We are both retired, and she spends most of her time on her couch surfing the web on her smart phone and watching movies. She hardly engages in any physical activity, and her health is suffering. She believes every conspiracy theory out there, and when I don’t concur, she thinks I don’t respect her intelligence.

Should I just agree with her? Empathize with her feelings of doom?

Laugh off the wacky stuff?

Change the subject to reallife issues? Please help.

-- Older Sister Dear Older Sister: It is pointless to argue with your sister. Instead, please suggest she get a complete checkup. She may be suffering from something as simple as a urinary tract infection, as serious as dementia or as complicated as mental illness. You also can try your local Department on Aging to see whether someone could visit your sister in person and do an evaluation.

Dear Annie: I need advice on how to tactfully uninvite relatives to a gathering. A few weeks ago, I casually mentioned to my husband that I’d like to have a special outing with our sons. It’s my youngest boy’s birthday, and I suggested an overnight stay at a resort. Along the way, we could stop at my

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F/T RDA II Required to start ASAP in a busy and expanding dental office Mon. - Fri. Interested individuals please fax resume ATTN: Petrina to 43-347-2133 or email: pfry@live.ca

COLTER ENERGY SERVICES INC Join Our Fast Growing Team and Secure Your Future with our Optimum Benefit Package & RRSP’s!!

Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

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Medical

OPHTHALMIC TECHNICIAN/ ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT req’d for Ophthalmology office. No previous experience req’d. as full job training is provided.

Please fax resume to 403-342-2024 or drop off in person at #120, 5002-55 St. Red Deer. Only those considered will be contacted.

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740

PHARMACIST and PHARM TECHS, FT/PT, GAETZ IDA. Contact Fran 403.392.6488 or lkding@telus.net

800

Oilfield

Is looking to fill the following positions to work out of our HINTON location

AURORA DENTAL GROUP JOURNEYMAN / Sylvan Lake Looking for F/T Denturist MECHANIC Monday to Friday Please email resume to: ~ Fleet Environment sylvanlake@adental.ca or fax to: 403-887-3224 H2S Alive, Standard First Aid and in-house Drug and Alcohol test are DENTAL required.

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

LOADER OPERATOR with Oilfield Exp. wanted for project in N.E. BC. Must have valid wheeled loader certification, as well as H2S, first aide, PST. Please email resume: info@GTChandler.com or fax: 403-886-2223 Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

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 Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

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 RECEPTIONIST area. Duties will include Parkland Dental Centre Please submit resume to operating tractors and is currently seeking an hr@alstaroilfield.com or various attachments, Exp. Dental Receptionist fax to 780-865- 5829 fencing and other manual to join our team. We offer labour, Competitive wages excellent remuneration, QUOTE JOB #71515 ON and benefits are available, benefit package & bonus RESUME current oilfield safety plan. Please forward your tickets are an asset. resume in confidence to Classifieds Please email resume to Bmloney@gmx.com or fax: Your place to SELL drattray@rattrayrec.com or 403-346-5116 Your place to BUY fax to (403)-934-5235

A job at

Nexus Engineering requires a full time permanent MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER. This position will involve the design and product development of Coil Tubing Pressure Control Equipment.

Duties will include: * Design of equipment using 3D CAD * Shop Testing of Prototypes * Support to manufacturing for existing products

CLASSIFICATIONS 700-920

Caregivers/ Aides

710

F/T LIVE-IN caregiver req’d to look after elderly man in Rimbey AB. $1927.64 minus $386.96 room & board. Email resume to debbie@ denalioilfield.com

Wages $12./hr.

Apply in Person w/resume to: BLACKJACK LOUNGE #1, 6350 - 67 St. Phone/Fax: 403-347-2118 JUGO JUICE - F/T Juicer/Mixer. $10/hr, 40 hrs/wk. Email: janegosselin@telus.net

* Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering * Eligibility for registration with APEGA * Strong mechanical aptitude and interest in working with equipment * Solidworks experience an asset * Creativity and attention to detail required. * 3 - 5 yrs. exp. preferred.

Company paid benefit plan and RRSP. Please send resumes to: resume@ nexusengineering.ca

ZEN MASSAGE CLINIC Opening soon.

Looking for registered massage therapists.

403-348-5650

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

DAD’S PIZZA

PART/FULL TIME COOK Apply at East 40th Pub. 3811 40th Ave.

830

Binder Construction Ltd. requires: Apprentices, Carpenters and Skilled Labourers for work in Innisfail, AB. Contact Dale at 780-278-1310.

F/T P/T Piecework or Hrly on site & in millwork shop. admin@ davcointeriors .com F: 403.887.7589

Worry about not being able to pay your bills

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Nexus Engineering is Currently looking for DAYSHIFT QC PERSON LUCKY’S LOUNGE • located in Jackpot Casino, requires Experienced P/T Servers.

Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please

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

EXPERIENCED repair person req’d for local truck company. Work involves all aspects of heavy truck and trailer repair and dismanteling. Must be physically fit. HD Mechanic or equivelant experience We offer competitive wages, benefits weekends off. Fax resume to 1-855-784-2330 or call FILLED!

LICENSED MECHANIC & AUTO BODY TECH. Reasonable rate.

A.J. Auto Repair & Body 11, 7836 49 Ave. Call 403-506-6258 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

LOOKING FOR 2ND YEAR WELDER OR ABOVE For 6 month project in N.E. BC. No truck or welder necessary. Fly in camp job. Please email resume: info@GTChandler.com or fax: 403-886-2223 NOW Hiring Site Superintendants, Carpenters, Apprentice Carpenters for Full Time Work in the Red Deer area. Fully paid Benefit Package, Pension Plan, Bonuses. Good wages. Experience in the Petroleum industry an asset, Service Stations, Bulk Plants. E-mail Resume to tedc@kellerdenali.com 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

820

Now Hiring ALL POSITIONS ALL SHIFTS GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION • Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities With medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks

Trades

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

DAYSHIFT QC Person

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for F/T DISHWASHER Must have experience!

Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

850

850

LINE COOKS & DISHWASHERS NEEDED. Must be willing to work varying shifts. Exc. wages and benefits. Must have reliable transportation.

Apply in person to Sandy at Glenn’s Restaurant on Gasoline Alley or phone for an app’t. 403-346-5448.

SUNSHINE Family Restaurant - F/T Server. $9.75/hr, 40 hrs/wk. Email: janegosselin@telus.net

Trades

1693338 Alberta LTD o/a Howell’s Excavating Xtreme Pinook Hiring Ltd. Sales Supervisor-retail at of Innisfail, AB is currently Parkland Mall, Red Deer, seeking: AB. Experience - min 2 Heavy Equipment years, Good English.

Operators Supervise and co-ordinate sales staff F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends * Hydraulic Excavators Salary - $19.00 hourly * Dozers E-mail: Reachiesales@gmail.com - Must be proficient at finish grade work.

- Capable of working with minimum supervision Trades - Have a valid Drivers License

Apply in person at any location or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820

Envy for the other guy’s happy girlfriend

Really cool stuff you can afford to buy

Sales & Distributors

Carpenters/ Cabinet Makers

Job qualifications:

Peace of mind knowing work is steady and secure

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

850 Full-Time Heavy Duty Mechanic:

A thin wallet and stretched bank account

COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-304-1207 (Pager)

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F/T & P/T KITCHEN HELPERS

Restaurant/ Hotel

vs. the other guys

A girlfriend/wife who is happy and thinks you rock!

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Design Engineer

800

Oilfield

Restaurant/ Hotel

SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking an exp’d FLOORHAND

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650

wegot

800

Oilfield

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary Production Testing and benefits package Personnel: along with a steady Janitorial Day & Night work schedule.

Supervisors Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources & Field Operators Email: hr@bearspawpet.com • Qualified Day & Night Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Supervisors Mail to: Suite 5309, - (Must be able to provide 333-96 Ave. NE own work truck.)

Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 CCCSI is hiring sanitation • Field Operators - Valid First Aid, H2S, workers for the afternoon Water management driver’s license required! and evening shifts. Get company looking paid weekly, $14.22/hr. to hire a qualified Please see your website Call 403-348-8440 or fax Foreman/Supervisor @ www.colterenergy.ca 403-348-8463 Experience preferred but or contact us at willing to train the right You can sell your guitar 1-877-926-5837 candidate. Must be able to for a song... organize crews and get or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Your application will be things done in a timely and we’ll sell it for you! kept strictly confidential matter. The right candidate POSITION: Head Caretaker will start out at Location: Lindsay Thurber $100,000.00+/year, with High School Start Date: company truck, benefits To Be Determined and bonuses. Work is in Work Days: Monday-Friday the Edson, Fox Creek, 3:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m.

Whitecourt area. Hiring IS looking to fill the followA current criminal record ing position in our immediately. Please check is required for all new forward resumes for reHinton location employees. Be advised view to hrmng@hotmail.ca Journeyman that only those selected for Stainless Welder an interview will be contacted.

H2S Alive and Standard Applications should be Professionals forwarded by 12:00 noon First Aid St John’s (Red Cross) are prerequisites. on May 9, 2013 to Red Deer Public School Must pass in house Drug District No. 104, 4747-53 and alcohol test.

Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 2E6 Fax:403-342-3780 or Please submit resume to hr@alstaroilfield.com or Email: humanresources Fax to 780- 865- 5829 @rdpsd.ab.ca PLEASE QUOTE JOB MECHANICAL # 71514 ON RESUME

LOOKING for a Live-In Caregiver to look after 9 yr. old boy.$10.11/hr. 44 hrs./wk. Less room & board $336. Email joeyjose_diaz@yahoo.com

Dental

800

Where would you rather be working?

The County of Stettler is seeking a Full-Time Heavy Duty Mechanic, to work in a positive and friendly atmosphere. Applicants should be familiar with varieties of on and off-road equipment; including but not limited to half-tons, gravel trucks, trailers, road construction and various other vehicles. The requirements for this position are listed below: • self-motivated, positive attitude with the ability to comprehend, work and communicate effectively with others • open-mindedness to learning new tasks • supply own tools and toolbox • sitting, kneeling, lifting, walking, and laying for extended periods of time • work independently • the ability to withstand related deadlines and pressures • general computer skills, reading text, written communication, CVIP experience

A full wallet and healthy bank account

Eagle operates the newest fleet of rigs, has safe operations, and offers steady work – that means more cash in your pocket, and a whole lot more!

Brochure for really cool stuff that you can’t afford to buy

The salary for this full time position is commensurate with experience and is supplemented by a comprehensive benefit package. Apprentices will be considered.

Please respond in confidence to Kerry George, Shop Foreman For the above noted position; please submit resume, including 3 professional (job related) references, along with current 5-year driver’s abstract. Candidates selected will provide a criminal record check prior to commencement of work.

Phone: (403) 346-7789, Fax: (403) 346-9770, Email: eaglejobs@iroccorp.com

NOW HIRING FOR ALL POSITIONS www.eaglerigjobs.com

Resumes and supporting documents may be mailed or hand-delivered to: County of Stettler No. 6 6602-44 Avenue, PO Box 1270 Stettler, AB. TOC 2LO

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CLASSIFICATIONS

F/T RDA 2 req’d immed. for busy general dental practice in Red Deer No evenings/weekends. Fax resume with cover letter to: 403-347-1581

Oilfield

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

740

Dental

297613D24-30

DEADLINE IS 5 P.M. FOR NEXT DAY’S PAPER

D02 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, April 29, 2013

850

Trades

Truckers/ Drivers

860

PERMOLEX LTD. is a CLASS 1 drivers req’d for unique grain processing flat deck work. Steady year facility that produces flour, round work. Benefits, exc. wages and safety gluten, fuel grade ethanol bonuses. Successful and livestock feed from candidates must be hard wheat. We are a growing Company and advance- working, must know your load securement and love ment is possible for the driving as you will be right individual. We offer a traveling throughout BC, friendly, open environment AB, SK & MB. Please fax that respects and supports resumes and drivers abour employees and we are stract to 1-855-784-2330 currently looking for an Ethanol Area Operator.

As a successful applicant Misc. you will have: * Ability to learn and Help operate other areas within the plant * Flexible to work on different schedules and to cover holidays.

ADULT or YOUTH * A strong mechanical CARRIERS background.

NEEDED * Applicants with previous experience in a plant For delivery of setting will be given Flyers, Express and preference.

Sunday Life in * Proof of Grade 12 is mandatory. * Ability to work well in a Michener Area team environment.

West of 40th Ave. * Ability to maintain North Ross St. to specifications of 52 Street. product(s). * Desire to improve your $236/monthly knowledge of plant and process.

Good for adult with * Ability to operate and small car. maintain numerous pieces of equipment at ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK the same time.

Call Jamie * A strong work ethic. * A desire to continually 403-314-4306 info learn about your position, and apply yourself to the improvement of the plant. * A desire to work in a fast ADULT & YOUTH paced environment where CARRIERS decisions must be made NEEDED and actions must be taken in a timely manner. for delivery of * Strong troubleshooting Flyers ability.

Red Deer Express * Successful applicant to learn basic lab & Red Deer procedures.

Life Sunday in Please forward your resume to Permolex attn.

GRANDVIEW Bridgette by email to bduniece@permolex.com MORRISROE or by fax to: 403-346-2662.

MOUNTVIEW Only applicants selected WEST PARK for an interview will be contacted.

880

STAIR MANUFACTURER Req’s F/T workers to build stairs in Red Deer shop.

MUST HAVE basic carpentry skills. Salary based on skill level. Benefits avail. Apply in person at 100, 7491 Edgar Industrial Bend. email: earl707@telus.net. and/or fax 403-347-7913

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

Misc.

Help

880

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

NO EXP. NECESSARY!!

F.T. position available IMMEDIATELY in hog assembly yard in Red Deer. Starting wage $12/hr. Call Rich or Paul 403-346-6934

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Help

Red Deer’s most modern 5 pin bowling center req’s F/T kitchen staff, servers and front counter staff.

Must be avail. eves and wknds. Please send resume to: htglanes@ telus.net or apply in person

For afternoon delivery once per week In the towns of: Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

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.†

Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

Timberstone Area Timberstone Way Tolson Place Thomas Place Trimble Close Traptow Close Trump Place $188/mo.

Contract Sales Administrator NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for

Part time Customer Service Rep

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in

ROSEDALLE AREA Richards Crsc.

Richards Close Ray Ave. $58/mo.

ALSO Russell Crsc. and part of Richards Crsc. $63/mo.

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 1 day per wk.

No collecting!!

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

880

Misc.

Help

880

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 Dr. $75.00/mo.

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 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

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 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

COMMERCIAL & oilfield contracting company req’s laborers for in and around Red Deer. Fax resume 403-347-6296 WOLVERINE GUNS AND TACKLE looking to hire 6 P/T time and 2 F/T staff members.

Candidates must be able to work at least one night (until 8:30 pm) a week and every other weekend. We are looking for 2 P/T gun personnel, 2 P/T cashiers Good for adult with and 2 P/T archery personnel. small car.

Also needed is 1 F/T archery personnel and 1 F/T ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK fishing personnel. Please Call Jamie submit resume at the front 403-314-4306 info desk. Fax 403-347-0283 or email:jamie_osmondwgt@ F/T. SYNIK CLOTHING, hotmail.ca Gas. Alley. Apply w/resume.

880

Misc.

Help Structural Welders

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 3 DRIVER/ EQUIPMENT OPERATOR req’d immed. Local work, need drivers abstract.

Fax resume to 403-986-8142 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Please apply at

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ABB Ber-Mac Alberta Flares Energy Services Bar W Petroleum & Electric Big Eagle Services Clean Harbors Ensign Energy Services GCS Energy Services Nabors Production Services Pacer Corporation Phoenix Oilfield Rentals Ltd Quinn Contracting Spartek Systems Inc Sub-Zero Heating Technologies Western Camp Services Wolf Creek Metal Worx Inc.

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WOLF CREEK GROUP OF COMPANIES

Bar W Petroleum & Electric Big Eagle Services CEDA International Clean Harbors Coil Works CWC Well Services GenTex Oilfield Manufacturing Neetook Construction Phoenix Oilfield Rentals Ltd Precision Well Servicing Predator Drilling Inc Studon Electric & Controls Sub-Zero Heating Technologies Wolf Creek Metal Worx Inc.

Grand Reopening join us in celebrating the opening of the renovated and expanded Red Deer Alberta Works Centre at 9 a.m. on May 1.

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.

296976D20-E3

WATER WELL DRILLING COMPANY IN BENTLEY REQ’S EXPERIENCED

Oil & Gas Job Fair - 2 days!

297209D29-30

With Residential roughin exp. Competitive wages & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-314-5599

• Warehouse Associates • Cashiers • Sales Floor Associates

297810E2

Red Deer WAL-MART South & North Locations are hiring for

QUALIFIED 3rd and 4th yr.

JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIANS

Fax Resume to 403-782-1766 or e-mail info@timbrmart.net

For other Alberta Works Week events visit alis.alberta.ca/aww

wegotservices EXPERIENCED HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Cleaning

1070

Contractors

1100

LANCE’S CONCRETE

Sidewalks, driveways, shops, patios, garage pads commercial. Specialized in stamp concrete. 302-9126

Computer Services

1110

Massage Therapy

1280

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

Moving & Storage

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

Mother’s Day Special Painters/ 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

1300

Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

Seniors’ Services

1372

VII MASSAGE Feeling over ATT’N: SENIORS whelmed?

Are you looking for help on small jobs, around the Hard work day? house such as roof snow Pampering at its removal, bathroom fixbest. #77464 Gaetz tures, painting or flooring Ave. www.

Escorts Call James 403- 341-0617 Contractors viimassage.biz HELPING HANDS In/Out Calls to EDEN AA PHILCAN CONST. For Seniors. Cleaning, Int. & Ext. Bsmt. dev., decks, 587-877-7399 10am-midnight Hotels. 403-986-6686 cooking, companionship sheds, laminate flooring, New South location - in home or in facility. reno’s, etc.. Free Estimates EROTICAS PLAYMATES Call 403-346-7777 or visit 5003A -50 St. Girls of all ages 598-3049 Call Ken 340-8213 or cell helpinghandshomesupport.com 348-5650 391-8044 Allan 403-782-7165 www.eroticasplaymates.net for information.

ANN’S Cleaning Services - Weekly & bi-weekly.

Homes & Offices 302-0488

Red Deer Techshop Grand Opening. Website design, pc/laptop repair.

Call 403-986-2066 or visit reddeertechshop.com

1100

1165

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Massage Therapy

1280

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

FANTASY

GENERAL CONTRACTOR Builder/Renovator Licensed and insured, Commercial/Residential Merco 403 392 8148

International ladies

MASSAGE

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666

Yard Care

Send resumes to careers@netook.ca or fax 1-403-556-6231.

No phone calls please.

Employment Training

900

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

1580

Broughton/ Brooks Cres.

Bettenson St./ Baines Cres.

Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St INGLEWOOD AREA

Ingram Close LANCASTER AREA Langford Cres.

Lewis Close/ Law Close Lancaster Drive SUNNYBROOK AREA Springfield Ave. Savoy Cres./ Selkirk Blvd.

Sherwood Cres.

VANIER AREA Viscount Dr./ Voisin Crsc Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

TECHNOLOGY Web Designer Network Administrator Help Desk Support Analyst PC Support Specialist and more!

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

Household Appliances

1710

APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042

Household Furnishings

1720

2 MATCHING Raspberry colored chairs, 1 is swivel. $25/ea. 403-755-3556 2 ROUND LETAHER TOP, DARK WOOD STOOLS for breakfast island. $15/ea. (403)343-3525 ANTIQUE corner china cabinet, with drawer. $200.

403-877-6354

BED ALL NEW,

Queen Orthopedic, dble. pillow top, set, 15 yr. warr.

Cost $1300. Sacrifice $325.

302-0582 Free Delivery BED: #1 King. extra thick orthopedic pillowtop, brand new, never used. 15 yr. warr. Cost $1995, sacrifice @ $545. 403-302-0582.

CLUB Chair, chocolate brown leather, like new. $150. 403-596-1312 CORNER DESK with hutch, rolling chair, printer cabinet with paper storage. $175 for all.

(403)343-3525 IKEA EXTENDABLE BED, SOLID PINE. Mattress and guard rail incl. $ 110.

Phone 403-347-5385

FULL TIME MAINTENANCE AND LABOUR PERSON LEATHER COUCH, cream $200. 403-877-6354 REQUIRED ASAP. Knowledge of LEATHER LOVESEAT & Plumbing, Electrical, RECLINER, cream $200.

Carpentry, Painting. for both. 403-877-6354 Must have own tools, own vehicle an asset with QUEEN SIZE valid drivers license.

PINE HEADBOARD Monday - Friday 8 - 5. with bed frame & matching Come and join our team.

3 drawer dresser. $175.

Please fax resume (403)343-3525 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 PERMOLEX LTD. is a unique grain processing facility that produces flour, gluten, fuel grade ethanol and livestock feed from wheat. We are a growing Company and advancement is possible for the right individual. We offer a friendly, open environment that respects and supports our employees and we are currently looking for a Lab Tech ASAP. This position requires: * Follow routine protocols under the close supervision of the Q/A Manager or senior technician, * performs laboratory tests utilizing requisite lab equipment and instruments, making minor adjustments as required. *Responsible for laboratory maintenance, preparing solutions and media. * A team player * Strong time management * Be a problem solver with an eye for detail * Good working knowledge of excel * Flexibility to cover holidays * Strong work ethic The ideal candidate will preferably have a * Chemical or related Technician diploma or equivalency * 1-2 years related lab experience preferred.

Please forward your resume to Permolex attn.

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REIMS, France — A possible gas explosion ripped off the side of a fivestory residential building in France’s Champagne country on Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring 14 others, officials said.

Trucks More than 100 rescue workers, firefighters, sniffer-dog squads and bomb and gas experts were deployed to the gutted building in a subsidized housing complex in the city of Reims, east of Paris, officials said. Heaps of debris spilled out of the building onto a grassy esplanade below.

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isolation law that would ban members of the former regime from political roles. Others counter that such a law would oust experienced technocrats, including the current prime minister, who served in government under Gadhafi years ago.

In another bold move Sunday, gunmen stormed the Interior Ministry, which oversees police, and forced employees out. The men charge that the ministry is not paying them their salaries, according to an official in the ministry who spoke anonymously for fear of reprisal.

Also, armed men stormed the main staterun al-Wataniya TV channel, forcing its employees out. Live shows were cancelled, and alWataniya was airing only archive video on Sunday.

Similar to those outside the Foreign Ministry, the men were demanding the removal of Gadhafiera officials from the station. The station was temporarily shut down recently when employees protested against militias providing security for the building instead of regular forces.

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Prime Minister Ali Zidan told reporters in Tripoli that the security situation continues to be perilous. He stopped short of saying which militias or armed groups might be behind the incidents.

“If the situation persists, it will give Libya a bad reputation and lead to foreign companies pulling out and embassies closing down,” he warned.

Zidan was himself besieged in his office last month by militiamen over remarks he made threatening to summon outside help to confront the armed groups.

Sunday’s unrest prompted the country’s parliament to put off discussing protests by military officers who are demanding the dismissal of the army chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Youssef alMangoush. Some militias are believed to favour alMangoush remaining in his post, because he has been unable to replace militias with a strong unified force.

U.S. immigration overhaul grants legal status to millions

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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“We don’t know the cause of the explosion. It was probably due to gas,” Reims mayor Adeline Hazan said at the scene. An official investigation was under way to determine the cause, she said. Authorities say the three people known to have died were adults.

Witnesses described a powerful blast.

“The explosion was very strong, like a sonic boom from a fighter plane. We had been playing football on a field about 30 metres (100 feet) away, and ran to the scene,” housing project resident Abdel Kader said. “The building had fallen like a house of cards ... 30 seconds after that we saw a man calling for help, he was on a slab. His legs were caught.”

“Later, he died,” Abdel Kader, a 27-year-old job seeker who declined to provide his family name, said.

Bernard, the government official in Reims, said the building dated to the 1960s. About 10 of the 40 or so apartments were affected on the end of the rectangular building, he said.

The precariousness of some buildings has come to light internationally in recent days following the collapse Wednesday of an eight-story building in a suburb of Dhaka, Bangladesh, where at least 362 people have been confirmed to have died. Officials said three floors of the building, which had housed garment factories, had been built illegally.

across the California desert in August to reunite with his wife and children in Fresno.

“My children are here, everything is here for me,” Jimenez said from Fresno. He lived in the U.S. illegally since 1998 and returned voluntarily to southern Mexico last year to see his mother before she died.

So far, advocates on the left have shown limited appetite to fight for expanded coverage as they brace for a tough battle in Congress. Some take aim at other provisions of the sweeping legislation, like a 13-year track to citizenship they consider too long and $4.5 billion for increased border security.

“It’s not going to include everybody,” said Laura Lichter, president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. “It’s not perfect. I think you hear a lot of people saying, ’Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good,’ and this is good.”

Peter Nunez, who supports restrictive policies as chairman of the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, rates the bill an 8 or 9 on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the most inclusive. He criticizes a measure that allows deportees without criminal histories to apply for permission to return if they have spouses or children in the U.S. legally, a step that supporters say would reunite families.

“I just don’t understand why we are going to basically undo a deportation,” said Nunez, a former U.S. attorney in San Diego.

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1903 — A 90-million ton wedge of limestone slides off Turtle Mountain onto the coal mining village of Frank in Alberta’s Crowsnest Pass, burying the mine entrance

and killing at least 70 people in 100 seconds.

Seventeen men in the mine dig themselves out a day later.

1986 — Queen’s University’s offensive tackle Mike Schad chosen by Los Angeles Rams, to become the first Canadian football player ever selected in the first round of the NFL draft.

1776 — Benjamin Franklin arrives in Montreal with Charles Carroll and Samuel Chase. They were sent by the Continental Congress to convert Canadians to freedom.

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At 95, Hitler’s food taster talks of paranoia, poison fears, vegetarian diet for Nazi leader

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

This undated file picture shows the German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler and his mistress Eva Braun while dining. A German woman named Margot Woelk was one of 15 young women who sampled Hitler’s food to make sure it wasn’t poisoned before it was served to the Nazi leader in his “Wolf’s Lair,” the heavily-guarded command center in what is now Poland, where he spent much of his time in the final years of World War II. Margot Woelk kept her secret hidden from the world, even from her husband then, a few months after her 95th birthday, she revealed the truth about her wartime role. heard and felt an incredible big bang,” she said of the 1944 bombing. “We fell off the benches, and I heard someone shouting ‘Hitler is dead!’ But he wasn’t. ” Following the blast, tension rose around the headquarters. Woelk said the Nazis ordered her to leave her relatives’ home and move into an abandoned school closer to the compound.

With the Soviet army on the offensive and the war going badly for Germany, one of her SS friends advised her to leave the Wolf’s Lair.

She said she returned by train to Berlin and went into hiding.

Woelk said the other women on the food tasting team decided to remain in Rastenburg since their families were all there and it was their home.

“Later, I found out that the Russians shot all of the 14 other girls,” she said. It was after Soviet troops

Ex-French President Sarkozy, wife lavished Obama family with $41,000 in gifts in 2011

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his supermodel wife Carla Bruni were clearly taken with President Barack Obama and his family back in 2011.

The Sarkozys gave the Obamas more than $41,000 worth of presents that year, becoming the most prolific foreign gift-givers to the first family, documents released Friday show.

The gifts ranged from designer golf and travel bags and fine crystal to soaps and perfumes, according to the State Department’s Office of Protocol, which catalogues gifts to U.S. officials from foreign leaders and publishes an annual accounting, often one or two years late due to processing.

Among the goodies presented to the Obamas by the Sarkozys were a large black Hermes golf accessory bag worth $7,750, two Baccarat crystal table lamps on silver pedestals worth $5,500, two Baccarat crystal statuettes depicting golfers, a monogrammed black leather Louis Vuitton business bag, his-andhers Christian Dior bathrobes and a black leather Dior clutch.

Sarkozy also gave Obama a glass sculpture of Alexander the Great’s horse, a Lacoste shirt, a fountain pen and, perhaps in a nod to his tobacco-using days, a Ligne 8 lighter.

But don’t expect the Obamas to furnish a postWhite House residence with the items, because under law, most non-perishable gifts to the president and other U.S. officials must be to the National Archives or General Services Administration unless

the recipient reimburses the Treasury for their estimated value.

The Sarkozys largesse may have been a function of France hosting the Group of Eight summit in 2011, at which the world financial crisis was a main topic of conversation, but most other leaders’ gifts to the Obamas were more modest.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, for example, gave the president an autographed Toronto Raptors basketball, while Australian Prime Minister presented him with a green and white iPod shuffle and Australian football jerseys.

One exception was a variety of artwork worth $13,200 that was given to Obama by the governor of the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

Although the Sarkozys were the top presidential gift-givers in 2011, the single most valuable package of goodies — $29,450 in art, watches and electronics — was given to former joint chiefs of staff chairman Adm. Mike Mullen by Kuwait’s emir.

Deputy CIA director Michael Morrell may have received the most unusual gift in 2011, a silver hookah worth $1,500 from a giver whose identity is classified.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton didn’t make out so badly either in 2011, getting a $3,400 silver bowl and a $7,425 gold coin and silk scarf from the Sultan of Oman, a $3,200 strand of pearls from a senior Chinese official and artwork from the President of Tajikistan worth $2,850.

The most lavish gift given to Clinton came from the first lady of Zambia, who presented her with an emerald and diamond necklace worth $7,834, according to the records.

Artists turn long-secret Bosnian nuclear bunker into art gallery

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KONJIC — A once-secret bunker built to shelter Yugoslavia’s communist leadership from nuclear war has temporarily reopened as an art gallery, with some exhibits pondering what would have happened if more mushroom clouds had hit the world’s skies.

The 280-meter- (920 foot) deep, Ushaped complex is dug into a mountain and took 26 years and billions of dollars to build; for years, only the late Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito and his closest confidantes knew the subterranean fortress existed.

The secret was revealed when Bosnia broke away from Yugoslavia in 1992. The new army took over and still owns the labyrinth just outside Konjic, 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of Sarajevo. The space had never really been put to use until in recent years artists turned to authorities with an idea to put this sleepy town on the cultural map.

In 2011, the bunker was opened up for three months as an art gallery. This year’s run, which began Friday, also is for three months, and artists from 19 countries have worked hard on performances and projects on display in almost 100 rooms of the facility, project director Edo Hozic said.

For now, the bunker’s artistic trans-

formation is being done on a biennial basis. But the goal is to gradually turn it into an art gallery permanently.

It is a “crazily incredible project,” said Basak Senova, a Turkish artist who acts as one of the curators.

The entrance to the bunker, which is supposed to hold 300 people, lies behind a nondescript garage door of a remote house at the end of a lonely road east of Konjic.

The first installation is startling: A loud noise simulates the detonation of a 25-kiloton nuclear bomb in the vicinity of the bunker — making visitors feel as if they are the last to escape an apocalypse just before the giant bunker door closes.

Right afterward, visitors walk along a tunnel with floors lined with mirrors that crack under people’s steps.

Doors along the long tunnel lead to more than 100 small bedrooms, offices and conference rooms that are usually decorated with simple wooden furniture and the obligatory portrait of Tito with his usual “visionary” gaze.

The rooms have been turned into small individual galleries displaying the works of the various artists.

Some of the exhibits try to reconstruct the isolated life of the people who would have used the bunker had it been necessary.

Others focus on tragedies that did occur.

overran the headquarters in January 1945.

When she returned to Berlin, she found a city facing complete destruction. Round-the-clock bombing

by U.S. and British planes was grinding the city centre to rubble.

On April 20, 1945, Soviet artillery began shelling the outskirts of Berlin and ground forces pushed through toward the heart of the capital against strong resistance by die-hard SS and Hitler Youth fighters.

After about two weeks of heavy fighting, the city surrendered on May 2 — after Hitler, who had abandoned the Wolf’s Lair about five months before, had committed suicide. His successor surrendered a week later, ending the war in Europe.

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BERLIN — They were feasts of sublime asparagus — laced with fear. And for more than half a century, Margot Woelk kept her secret hidden from the world, even from her husband. Then, a few months after her 95th birthday, she revealed the truth about her wartime role: Adolf Hitler’s food taster.

Woelk, then in her mid-twenties, spent two and a half years as one of 15 young women who sampled Hitler’s food to make sure it wasn’t poisoned before it was served to the Nazi leader in his “Wolf’s Lair,” the heavily guarded command centre in what is now Poland, where he spent much of his time in the final years of World War II. “He was a vegetarian. He never ate any meat during the entire time I was there,” Woelk said of the Nazi leader. “And Hitler was so paranoid that the British would poison him — that’s why he had 15 girls taste the food before he ate it himself.”

With many Germans contending with food shortages and a bland diet as the war dragged on, sampling Hitler’s food had its advantages.

“The food was delicious, only the best vegetables, asparagus, bell peppers, everything you can imagine. And always with a side of rice or pasta,” she recalled. “But this constant fear — we knew of all those poisoning rumours and could never enjoy the food. Every day we feared it was going to be our last meal.”

The petite widow’s story is a tale of the horror, pain and dislocation endured by people of all sides who survived World War II. Only now in the sunset of her life has she been willing to relate her experiences, which she had buried because of shame and the fear of prosecution for having worked with the Nazis, although she insists she was never a party member. She told her story to The Associated Press as she flipped through a photo album with pictures of her as a young woman, in the same Berlin apartment where she was born in 1917.

Woelk says her association with Hitler began after she fled Berlin to escape Allied air attacks. With her husband gone and serving in the German army, she moved in with relatives about 435 miles (700 kilometres) to the east in Rastenburg, then part of Germany; now it is Ketrzyn, in what became Poland after the war.

There she was drafted into civilian service and assigned for the next two and a half years as a food taster and kitchen bookkeeper at the Wolf’s Lair complex, located a few miles (kilometres) outside the town. Hitler was secretive, even in the relative safety of his headquarters, that she never saw him in person — only his German shepherd Blondie and his SS guards, who chatted with the women.

Hitler’s security fears were not unfounded. On July 20, 1944, a trusted colonel detonated a bomb in the Wolf’s Lair in an attempt to kill Hitler. He survived, but nearly 5,000 people were executed following the assassination attempt, including the bomber.

“We were sitting on wooden benches when we

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Ex-Austrian emperor’s lock of hair fetches $18,000 at auction EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA FROM 1848 TO 1916 FRANZ-JOSEF HAIR GOES FROM MORE THAN 20 TIMES ITS LISTED VALUE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VIENNA, Austria — Bidders looking for a pair of mended underwear worn by a former emperor came away disappointed Thursday from an auction of Austrian imperial memorabilia. But a lock of his hair was on offer, and went under the hammer for nearly 14,000 euros (around $18,000) —more than 20 times its listed worth.

Vienna’s prestigious Dorotheum auction house had said Emperor Franz-Josef’s linen would be put on the block, suggesting there was a least a chance that one of the parsimonious ruler’s patched undergarments would be put on sale.

But the only intimate apparel being sold off Thursday was a pair of silk long johns made for his wife, Elisabeth.

She was assassinated in 1898 before ever wearing them, and that appeared to lower their attraction. The garment went for 2,000 euros, 500 euros below its estimated value.

Not so the hair. Bedded in a worn purple velvet case, the silvery strands fetched 13,720 euros. Hushed murmurs rippled through the room as the winning bid was announced on behalf of Austrian restaurateur Mario Plachutta, who was said to own of the world’s largest collections of items from the imperial Habsburg dynasty.

“We’ve been concentrating on expanding the collection with special objects and the ringlet fits in very well,” said Katrin Unterreiner, who bid for Plachutta.

As might have a pair of patched undies. Journalist and author Georg Markus, who has chronicled the Hapsburg era like few others, said even Franz-Josef, who ruled from 1848 to 1916, poked fun at himself for his reluctance to replace his worn out shorts — or move up from plain cotton to silk.

“He would sometimes wear the same pair for decades,” Markus said.

Like the hair, most of other pricey objects — portraits, tableware, statues — were also snapped up behalf of collectors or museums with fat wallets.

A picture of Elisabeth by Franx Xaver Winterhalter sold for 70,000 euros. That was more than three times its estimated value and reflected the growing scarcity of Austrian imperial memorabilia nearly a century after the end of World War I, the conflict that doomed more than 700 years of Habsburg rule.

“It’s becoming increasingly difficult to get objects,” said Georg Ludwigstorfer, who has organized previous Habsburg auctions and helped stage Thursday’s event.

But many articles — lithographs, a copper can from the imperial kitchens — changed ownership for only a few hundred euros, with ordinary Austrians placing the winning bid. Their efforts to secure a small piece of the greatness that was Austria suggested a longing for a time before the reputation of their country was tarred by the birth of another leader — Adolf Hitler.

The most recent manifestation of that nostalgia was provided two years ago.

Then, an estimated 10,000 spectators packed the 2.4-kilometre (1.5-mile) route from the Gothic cathedral where Otto von Habsburg, the oldest son of Austria’s last ruling emperor, was eulogized, to the imperial crypt where he was entombed after his death in 2011 at age 98.

“Austrians are happy to look back on their times of glory,” Markus said.

He called Franz-Josef an “unfortunate figure” who “lost all battles and wars” and who was responsible for the loss

Woman swallows $5,000 diamond at charity event

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Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A lock of hair from Austrian Emperor Franz Josef, pictured in background on display, at an auction house, in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, April 25, 2013. Bidders looking for a pair of mended underwear worn by a former emperor came away disappointed Thursday from an auction of Austrian imperial memorabilia. But a lock of his hair was on offer, and went under the hammer for nearly 14,000 euros (around $18,000) , more than 20 times its listed worth. of the empire by actions that led to World War — a conflict Austria also lost. Franz-Josef’s son Charles I — Otto’s father — was Austria’s last emperor.

At the same time, Markus said, the mustachioed FranzJosef was “honest and not disgusting” like Hitler, adding, “We naturally all like to remember people more pleasant” than the Nazi dictator.

TAMPA, Fla. — The idea behind the Tampa Woman’s Club charity event was simple. For $20, you could buy a flute of champagne and a chance to win a onecarat, $5,000 diamond.

Organizers of the Saturday afternoon event placed $10 cubic zirconia stones in the bottom of 399 of the 400 champagne glasses. The prized diamond, donated by Continental Wholesale Diamonds, was placed in the last.

The problem? Miriam Tucker, 80, accidentally swallowed it.

Tucker told local media that she didn’t want to put her finger in the glass to get the jewel. Instead she took a few sips of champagne. As she was talking and laughing with other women at the table, she realized she swallowed the jewel.

“What a dumb thing,” she said.

Meanwhile, organizers and jewelers Joy Pierson and Andy Meyer were puzzled that no one came forward with the diamond.

“We knew the winner had to be at one of two tables,” Pierson said, who along with Meyer examined each stone with probes and a loupe.

As they hovered near the table, Tucker eventually spoke up. “She said she swallowed what was in her glass,” Pierson said.

Event chairwoman Gina Roth insisted that Tucker follow her to a hospital for an X-ray. The diamond didn’t show up, but Tucker already had a colonoscopy scheduled for today.

She told Dr. Bruce Edgerton what happened and he retrieved the diamond, put it in a biohazard bag and gave it to Tucker’s daughter. After the procedure, they went to a jewelry store and had the diamond cleaned, tested and verified.

“It’s an amazing story,” said Tucker, who hasn’t decided on a setting for the diamond. She plans to bequeath it to her 13-year-old granddaughter, where the diamond will “stay in the family with a story to go with it.”

The jewelers said they’ve participated in other charity events in which they held a drawing for a diamond. But this was the first time they used a champagne glass.

“We might change the way we deliver the diamond,” Pierson said. “I don’t think we’ll put it in a glass again.”

Nickel with storied past sells for more than $3.1 million at auction RICHMOND, Va. — Four Virginia siblings who never let a rare 5-cent piece slip through their fingers, even when it was declared a fake, have been rewarded for their devotion to a humble family heirloom after the centuryold coin sold for more than $3.1 million.

The 1913 Liberty Head nickel, one of only five known to exist, was sold to two bidders for $3.17 million at an auction Thursday night in suburban Chicago.

The children of the late Melva Givens of Salem will divide $2.7 million, before taxes.

While pleased with the price, which topped the pre-sale estimate by Heritage Auctions of $2.5 million, Givens’ children said Friday it was a bittersweet parting of a coin that never should have been minted and has an improbable history.

“I guess I still feel kind of sad about it and I’ll probably feel that way for a while,” said Ryan Givens, 66, who attended the auction with two siblings. “It’s been in the family for so long.”

The nickel was minted surreptitiously, discovered in a car wreck that killed its owner and forgotten in a closet for decades after it was pronounced a fake.

The coin was struck at the Philadelphia mint in late 1912, the final year of the Liberty nickel, but with the year 1913 cast on its face — the same year the beloved Buffalo Head nickel was introduced.

A mint worker is suspected of producing the five coins and altering the die to add the bogus date. The five remained together under various owners until the set was broken up in 1942.

A North Carolina collector, George O. Walton, purchased one of the coins in the mid-1940s for a reported $3,750. The coin was with him when he was killed in a car crash on March 9, 1962, and it was found among hundreds of coins scattered at the crash site.

One of Walton’s heirs was his sister, Melva Giv-

ens. She was given the coin after experts declared it a fake.

Melva Givens put the coin in a box with other family items and stuck it in a closet, where it stayed until her death in 1992.

Curious, the children finally brought the coin to the 2003 American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money in Baltimore, where the four surviving 1913 Liberty nickels were being exhibited. A team of rare coin experts concluded it was the long-missing fifth coin.

In another twist, one of its new owners was among the numismatic experts who helped authenticate the nickel in Baltimore. Besides Jeff Garrett, the other buyer was Larry Lee. Garrett called the nickel “one of the greatest coins at that price range.”

Their plans for the coin were not immediately known.

“He’s a real nice man,” Givens said of Garrett. “You kind of feel in a roundabout way it’s still in the extended family.”

Givens and one of his sisters, Cheryl

Myers, 61, celebrated their new fortune with dinner to unwind after a busy and emotional day. They plan to invest the money.

“I have no big plans to blow it,” Ryan Givens said.

They said the coin has opened many doors into their family’s past and introduced them to a new circle of friends.

“We were always saying, no matter what it came to, we were ahead,” Myers said. “The money is definitely nice. We started with a nickel yesterday morning and now we have $2.7 million.”

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