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Nurses fear cuts coming 200 REGISTERED NURSE POSITIONS LOST SINCE MAY

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF The loss of almost 200 registered nurse positions since May has the United Nurses of Alberta concerned it could mean layoffs in Red Deer.

Bev Dick, UNA first vice-president, said similar job cuts could hit Red Deer, but they haven’t heard of any specifically.

“We believe there is probably a whole bunch more coming,” said Dick.

“We just haven’t heard and Alberta Health Services has certainly not been forthcoming with any kind of a plan.”

According to the UNA, they were told 13 registered nurse positions at Calgary’s Rockyview General Hospital’s Medical Assessment Unit were being eliminated on Wednesday. This is in addition to about 50 registered nurse jobs that have been eliminated in the facility since May. Since the start of May, the UNA has been officially informed of the loss of about 200 registered nurse jobs.

“AHS is just saying change is coming, change is necessary, status quo isn’t good enough, but they’re not telling us what the bottom line is,” said Dick.

Dick also said these registered nurse positions are being replaced with health-care aides.

“They have very little education and training and there is no way a healthcare aide can replace a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse and provide safe care,” said Dick.

Kerry Bales, senior vice president for Central Zone, Alberta Health Services, said late Wednesday that they are looking at all programs and services to identify things AHS could be doing better.

“We will be looking for cost efficiencies and making some tough decisions while still ensuring residents have access to the services they require in an appropriate and sustainable manner,” he said in a written statement to the Advocate.

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Getting a taste of their own medicine, G.W. Smith Grade 2 teachers Chris Rand and Derek Snow were pranked by staff members on Wednesday. The two have been known to pull a few practical jokes of their own so did not seem too surprised when the pies and silly string started flying during an assembly. The two teachers will be working at other schools next year so staff saw this as their last chance to get them back before the end of the year.

Nova settles concerns over rail yard expansion

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Concerns about the impact of Nova Chemicals Corp. expanding the rail facilities at its Joffre complex appear to have been addressed.

A March 14 decision by Lacombe County’s municipal planning commission to allow the petrochemical company to add new track and rail car storage facilities to the site was upheld by the county’s subdivision and development appeal board on Wednesday. The commission’s approval had been appealed by a group of nearby landowners, who were worried about increased rail traffic and noise, and a resulting decline in property values.

The appeal board was told prior to the hearing that Nova and the landowners had reached an agreement on measures that would appease the land-

owners. These included Nova implementing a noise abatement program with respect to the rail yards, operating the expanded yards outside a 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew, and reviewing noise levels on an annual basis.

The appeal board added these measures as conditions to the county’s development permit.

The rail yard expansion is part of a nearly $1-billion project to construct an addition onto one of Nova’s polyethylene plants at Joffre. Scheduled to wrap up by the end of 2015, the work is expected to boost polyethylene production by 40 per cent and rail traffic by 30 per cent.

Nova previously indicated that it would develop berms and relocate trees to reduce the noise and visual impact of its railyard expansion. It also intends to install shields on high-mast lighting there to minimize the amount of light emanating from the area.

Speaking after the appeal board hearing, Rick Van Hemmen, Nova’s Joffre site leader, expressed satisfaction with the outcome.

“All of the things that are in the conditions, whether it’s the curfew or a noise abatement program for rail or some ongoing monitoring and reporting back to the community, are things that we are very comfortable doing, and that we already committed publicly to doing at our last open house.”

Van Hemmen said Nova’s railyards have been operating under a voluntary curfew since 2005. The company was initially unsure it could continue this practice once polyethylene production increases, but is now confident the restricted hours will be manageable — outside of exceptional circumstances.

Van Hemmen added that Nova will also work with Canadian National Railway to mitigate noise levels. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

Collector nets big bucks for old pucks in Gretzky auction

BY BOB WEBER THE CANADIAN PRESS

File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Shawn Chaulk poses with his collection of Wayne Gretzky memorabilia in Fort McMurray on Wednesday, April 16, 2013.

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The Wayne Gretzky of Wayne Gretzky collectors has netted big bucks for old pucks after an auction of some of his choicest memorabilia closed Wednesday.

Shawn Chaulk, a construction contractor from Fort McMurray received more than $500,000 for a collection of jerseys, skates, helmets, gloves and pucks used in action by the Great One. About $350,000 came from one item alone — the jersey Gretzky wore in the 1986-87 season when he scored his 500th NHL goal and won the Stanley Cup with the Edmonton Oilers.

Chaulk said those deals may be dwarfed by those yet to come, as private buyers sniff around what’s left of what was probably the greatest Gretzky collection ever assembled.

“While we were busy auctioning this group of stuff out the front door, there was a lineup of people knocking on the back door looking for private deals,” said Chaulk. “In one single transaction this week, I sold a group of five items

for over $100,000.”

Chaulk, a 45-year-old quick-to-smile former Newfoundlander, had amassed a collection that made grown men weak in the knees — memorabilia from the world’s best player from the sport’s last great dynasty.

The items most recently on auction included pieces of hockey history including: ● The puck Gretzky shot to score his 500th goal ($22,400). ● The skates he wore for that milestone marker ($19,500). ● A Jofa helmet worn during Gretzky’s last year in the World Hockey Association and first year as an Oiler ($13,000). ● A No. 99 practice bib and jersey ($14,000). ● A selection of sticks from all-star games as well as from Gretzky’s time with the Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers ($1,433 to $2,310).

Bargain items? The socks he wore in the 1984 Campbell Conference allstar game could have been yours for a mere $875.

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Asooahum Centre begins to take shape

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Early concepts of the Asooahum Centre took shape as community members shared ideas about the look and feel of the long-awaited project on Wednesday.

As early as September, construction will begin on the integrated affordable housing and cultural centre on 3.5 acres of canoe-shaped land on Riverside Drive.

The Red Deer Native Friendship Society has been working on the project for several years and recently received approval from the City of Red Deer to build on the remnant site. The provincial government has allocated roughly $2.6 million for 16 housing units, and the society has bigger plans to build a cultural centre for the entire community.

About 50 people including society members, Riverside Industrial Park business owners, and other supporters attended the afternoon design workshop.

The concepts and the vision that emerged are now in the hands of Edmonton-based architects Manasc Isaac who will bring the ideas together and create the blueprints. Potential flooding on the site was voiced several times during the afternoon.

Vivian Manasc, senior principal with Manasc Isaac, said all construction projects have risks in planning, design, construction and operations. She said once they see the topographic drawings and look at the magnitude of any risks, they will be able to develop a strategy to mitigate risk.

“We know these are not the kinds of risks that are hard to mitigate,” said Manasc. “These are risks that are commonly mitigated. Mitigating the risk of flooding is not a challenge. It is done all the time. It’s just a matter of choosing one of many technical solutions.”

The firm has more than 30 years experience working with aboriginal communities on community centres and housing projects.

Once the designs are ready to go, potentially in six weeks, the society will file for a development permit.

Tanya Schur, executive director of the friendship centre, said the goal is to have families in the building by next spring and they will continue working in that direction.

“Our project will be modest but it will honour nature and honour the culture,” said Schur.

Schur said she was overjoyed with the turnout from the community, supporters and Riverside Drive

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Tanya Schur, left, executive director of the Red Deer Native Friendship Centre, and others discuss the possible placement of buildings at an affordable housing and cultural centre planned for 3.5 acres of land at 4615 Riverside Drive. A planning session was held Wednesday at the Gaetz Memorial United Church. business owners. She said diversity and different perspectives will turn the project into something wonderful.

Shawn Moore, owner of Trimmed-Line Tree Services in Riverside Industrial Park, participated in the workshop.

Moore had some early concerns over what seemed to be the city pushing ahead a project instead of selecting the best site for the project.

He said it has been only in the last few weeks that he has realized how much the project is needed in

Red Deer.

“The project will enrich the community and definitely benefit people who need affordable housing,” said Moore.

Leslie Stonechild, the Friendship Centre’s housing and cultural liaison worker, said he was pleased to be involved in the designing process for the worthwhile project.

“We tell our youth all the time that if you believe it, you can achieve it,” said Stonechild. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

B.C. biologists spot rare whale off the west coast of Haida Gwaii

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS NANAIMO, B.C. — Fisheries and Oceans Canada says biologists have spotted a rare, endangered whale in British Columbia waters for the first time in more than 60 years.

North Pacific right whales were once abundant between B.C. and the Bering Sea before they were hunted to near extinction before the 20th century.

They are now listed as endangered in Canada and

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AUCTION: Opened in mid-May Those prices don’t include the 20 per cent buyer’s premium.

Chaulk said he’s generally pleased with the prices

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scientists believe only a few hundred may remain alive, mainly in the western north Pacific.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada says biologist James Pilkington spotted one of the whales west of Haida Gwaii on June 9 while aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Arrow Post.

Pilkington and his fellow biologists John Ford and Graeme Eliis then observed the animal for a total of 17 hours over the next few days as it foraged for zooplankton on the ocean’s surface.

The federal agency says sightings of the whale are rare, and the animal has been recorded in Canadian waters only six times during the past century.

“This is a very exciting discovery. Our research group has conducted over 50,000 kilometres of whale surveys off the B.C. coast over the past 10 years and have sighted thousands of whales, but this is the first North Pacific right whale,” Ford said in a statement.

“It was wonderful to see it and to confirm that the species still exists in Canadian waters.”

his artifacts fetched.

“It was a lot of fun,” he said. “I thought maybe the jersey might go higher, as did most people in the hobby.

“But auctions are fickle. You’re lucky to have two people bid against each other at those levels.”

Still, the 500-goal jersey went back and forth through 29 bids. It may be the second-most expensive hockey jersey ever purchased. The one worn by Paul Henderson during the 1972 series against the Russians last sold for $1.2 million.

The online auction opened in mid-May and closed early Wednesday as the last bids trickled in. Chaulk wasn’t glued to the bidding, but those who were kept him plugged in.

“I sat in my office all last night and worked,” he said. “And as I was working I was fielding emails and texts from people all around the globe.”

Although Chaulk has a pretty good idea of who some of the bidders were, the buyers are confidential. He is pleased to note that two of the pucks — including the 500-goal biscuit — will stay in Fort McMurray.

Chaulk doesn’t plan to sell his entire stash, but he has plenty more Gretzky memorabilia for sale. The player’s game-used sticks alone number over 100 and range from one used in the 1978 world junior tournament from one used in Gretzky’s last game with the

New York Rangers in 1999.

Chaulk hints one buyer is talking about picking up pretty much all that’s left for $1.7 million — about the yearly price of a third-line NHLer. Chaulk said that lot could wind up in a combination restaurant, hotel and museum devoted to The Shawn Chaulk Collection.

“That would be pretty cool.”

What’s next? Chaulk doesn’t know.

His collection has already brought him all sorts of new friends, unlikely contacts and precious memories, from hanging out at the Sundance Film Festival with Gretzky fan and filmmaker Kevin Smith to touring the collection with The Great One himself.

Nor have those opportunities stopped. After it heard of Chaulk’s hoard, a production company contacted him about getting involved with a reality TV show.

It’s all mushroomed pretty big for someone who just started buying game-used gear because it made him feel close to the game he loves.

But there are no regrets to bidding goodbye to what’s been a big part of his life.

“I hold firm to the fun I’ve had with this — the challenges, the chase, the experiences, the people.

It’s awesome.

“I can’t sell that. That’ll be with me for ever.”

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Redford emphasizes shared values IN SPEECH TO THE FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION IN NEW YORK

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EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Alison Redford says the United States and Canada share political and environmental values and must work together to become energy independent of those who do not.

Redford, speaking to the Foreign Policy Association on Wednesday in New York, said until recently North American energy independence was wishful thinking.

“We looked out at a world in which a significant proportion of energy production occurred in countries run by governments that don’t live up to our values. And we regretted that so much of our money was going to enrich them,” said Redford according to a prepared text of her speech.

Not anymore, she said, as increased production and technology on both sides of the 49th parallel are closing the gap.

“Canada is the single largest source for U.S. oil imports, so as overall imports diminish, you’ll be able to buy a larger portion of them from us,” she said.

“Your money will go to a country with the same democratic values, and a lot of it will return here, since the U.S. receives 89 cents back for every dollar spent on Canadian goods and services.”

Speaking later to reporters, Redford stressed she wasn’t referring to broad-based value systems.

“I’m not linking cultural values. I’m linking environmental values,” said Redford.

She said Alberta is competing on an uneven playing field by being held to account for the environmental impact of its oil production while other jurisdictions are not.

“It’s not really comparing apples to apples, and what we think is important is for Americans to know that we share the same goals with respect to environmental objectives.”

As for democratic values, she said: “I think it’s important that whenever we talk about pipeline regulation or environmental regulation that ultimately, at the end of the day, the people that are accountable for putting in place decisions that will impact (those regulations) are people that are accountable to the citizens.”

Redford did not single out any particular nation.

The United States imports oil mainly from Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Russia, and Saudi Arabia, but also from OPEC, which includes nations like Angola and Nigeria.

It was Redford’s third trip to New York in the last year and half. She has also made multiple trips to Washington D.C. to promote Alberta’s oil production and environmental record.

Her government is lobbying U.S. President Barack Obama to green light the transborder Keystone XL pipeline.

The line would take bitumen from Alberta’s oil-

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sands diagonally across the U.S. Midwest to refineries and ports on the Gulf Coast in Texas.

Keystone has been the focus of heated debate in the United States. Critics say Keystone XL reinforces dependence on carbon-intensive operations like Alberta’s oilsands that lead to greenhouse gas emissions and associated weather-related catastrophes.

Redford’s government has stressed the pipeline is one of the keys to alleviating a bottleneck that is driving prices down and hurting the provincial budget and, by extension, the Canadian economy.

“Forty per cent of the world’s total refining capacity for heavy oil is located on the U.S. Gulf Coast, and we’re determined to reach it through the Keystone XL pipeline,” Redford said in her speech.

Redford said oil production and environmental sustainability don’t have to be mutually exclusive concepts, and that both countries need to face up to the challenge of aging populations who need care.

“Governments have promises to keep. The only way to pay for them is by encouraging growth and investment,” she told her audience.

The province donated $50,000 to sponsor the conference.

Redford told reporters it was money well spent and that she wasn’t merely buying a soapbox.

“I highly doubt they (the Foreign Policy Association) are going to decide to create platforms for me to speak if they’re not prepared to engage in real public policy,” said Redford, noting her government was one of many sponsors.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Homelessness in Canada affects about 200,000 people every year and comes with a $7 billion price tag, the first-ever national report on the issue has found.

The results paint a picture of a disaster in communities across the country, said Tim Richter, one of the report’s authors and the president of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness.

“In a natural disaster, the loss of housing or life happens because of a fire or flood or something like that,” he said. “In the unnatural disaster of homelessness, the same things are happening, but it’s happening because of poverty, disability, addiction, mental illness and trauma.”

But whereas natural disasters are met with emergency response plans to get people back to their normal lives, the response to homelessness is stuck in crisis mode, Richter said.

“It’s time for Canadians to shift gears from managing homelessness to ending it,” he said.

On any given night, at least 30,000 people are in homeless or domestic violence shelters, sleeping outside or temporarily housed in places like prisons or hospitals, the study found.

As many as 50,000 more could be considered the “hidden homeless,” temporarily staying with friends or family because they have nowhere else to go, the State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013 report concludes.

The study, a join effort by the Canadian Homelessness Research Network and the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, marks the first time researchers have looked at the issue on a national level.

Several municipalities do count the number of homeless in their communities, but to get national numbers, the study’s authors drew on new research on the number of people in the shelter system and added in estimates of those who are often overlooked in regular counts, such as women in domestic violence shelters.

The provinces and the federal government are increasing their involvement in the search for solutions to homelessness, said Stephen Gaetz, the lead author of the report and the director of the Canadian Homelessness Research Network.

That is driving the need for better information, he said.

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From left, Maureen Baker, 76, Adriana Peters, 80, and Cathleen Eddison, 89, wait to receive their high school diplomas during a graduation ceremony in Agassiz, B.C., on Wednesday. The three completed an alternative high school program at the Agassiz Centre for Education.

Métis buzzing about return of bell of Batoche

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — It looks like a significant piece of Canadian Métis history will soon be returned to public view after disappearing more than 20 years ago.

But one of the country’s top Métis leaders is not excited that the bell of Batoche may finally be brought back to its home in Saskatchewan.

David Chartrand, president of the Manitoba Métis Federation, says the historical significance of the bell has been tarnished by those who have held it for the last two decades and tried to sell it to the highest bidder.

“Getting the bell back, what does that mean after it was stolen by thieves and they sold it for us to get it back? It’s really lost its real meaning,” Chartrand said. “It’s about the money. It wasn’t about our people. They’ve taken that poor bell and tainted it with such thievery . . . Those are robbing thieves, that’s all they are.”

The bell of Batoche hung in the Saskatchewan community of the same name when the Métis were relationship with any patient,” the tribunal’s report says.

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Two family doctors suspended over inappropriate patient relationships EDMONTON — Two family doctors in Alberta have been suspended from practising medicine for having an inappropriate relationship with a patient.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta says Dr. Ronald Tsujikawa (soo-gee-COW’-wah) of Calgary admitted to living with a patient who was emotionally vulnerable.

The college says the doctor, who has been suspended for six months, was also prescribing drugs to the woman despite their personal relationship.

The college has also suspended Dr. Gordon Anderson of Wainwright for 12 months.

Anderson admitted to a consensual personal relationship that included sex with a patient.

Both doctors have been ordered to undergo assessments at a centre in Texas, complete a course on appropriate boundaries and pay the cost of investigations and hearings.

In Tsujikawa’s case, a hearing tribunal acknowledged that the doctor’s marriage had broken down at the time, but suggested that was not a valid reason for what happened.

“Though this is a major stressful life event, it is no excuse for a physician to lose objectivity in their

EDMONTON — Edmonton Public School Board trustees have unanimously passed a budget that includes cutting 339 full-time jobs this fall.

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defeated during the Northwest Rebellion in 1885.

Federal troops climbed the bell tower, removed the trophy and took it east.

It found a home in a fire hall belltower in Millbrook, Ont., until the building burned to the ground.

The bell was cracked in the flames. It eventually made its way to the Millbrook Royal Canadian Legion hall where it was displayed.

That was until 1991, when the legion was broken into and the bell removed.

It hasn’t been seen publicly since.

Cast as Robin Hood figures by some, its holders have never been publicly outed.

Now a Manitoba Métis group is hinting it has plans to return the bell to the public.

Elder Guy Savoie with the Union nationale metisse Saint-Joseph du Manitoba said his group will talk about the fate of the bell at an event in Winnipeg on Friday.

“We’ve got an announcement prepared as to the bell, what’s going to happen to it and where it’s going to go,” said Savoie.

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DEPARTING U.S. AMBASSADOR SAYS PIPELINE PROJECT STILL VERY MUCH IN PLAY A perception has taken root in some quarters on both sides of the border that a U.S. decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, the most contentious cross-border issue and a key to the Harper government’s economic strategy, has been made.

All that is left would be the politics, a mix TIM that includes a HARPER Massachusetts special election, the confirmation of an Environmental Protection Agency administrator, the most advantageous timing, and the decision on whether it should be wrapped in a bigger climate change package.

Not so, says David Jacobson, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Canada, who is adamant that the fate of the 2,700-km pipeline from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico is still very much in play.

“No decision has been made. That’s not spin; that’s the truth” said Jacobson this week.

Jacobson said the Keystone decision is following a rigorous process as laid out in U.S. regulations, a process that likely has at least four more months left, meaning governments in Ottawa and Edmonton should not be looking for a final decision — which could be made by President Barack Obama — until at least October or November.

The official Canadian case has been made time and again by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, an overly combative Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver, Alberta Premier Alison Redford and her neighbour, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall.

Even the coach of the Los Angeles Kings, Darryl Sutter, famously vowed to lobby Obama on the need for the pipeline when the president hosted a reception for last year’s Stanley Cup winners (he didn’t).

Some believe the steady procession

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of Canadians traipsing down Pennsylvania Avenue has been overkill, almost an irritant. Jacobson says the case has been made — on both sides of the argument.

“I believe they (Canadian politicians) respect our process. They have not tried to interfere. They have tried to make sure the decision-makers ... understood their side of the story, and I believe the decision-makers do understand their side of the story.

“Pretty much every argument on every side has been made, and in some cases made many times over.’’

Keystone has become an issue in next Tuesday’s election in Massachusetts, where Democrat Ed Markey seeks to replace Secretary of State John Kerry as U.S. senator.

San Francisco billionaire Tom Steyer, a hedge fund founder who has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into anti-Keystone advocacy, has made a pipeline that goes nowhere near the state an issue after his intervention helped sink Markey’s Democratic primary challenger whom he deemed too soft on Keystone.

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the EPA is being held up by Republicans, but Jacobson says that is not a decision-breaker.

During his time in Ottawa, Jacobson has proven adept at dealing with any irritants in a bilateral relationship that needs attention, but rarely triage.

“The relationship is like a stew that is on simmer and needs to be stirred constantly,’’ says Paul Frazer, a former Canadian diplomat, now a Washington-based consultant. “Every so often something pops up and boils over.’’

Jacobson is known as a FOB, a name that once meant a Friend of Bill during the Clinton administration, when that badge of honour meant the president would take your calls. Clinton’s men in Ottawa, James Blanchard and Gordon Giffin, were said to be FOBs. Jacobson is a Friend of Barack, a Chicago corporate lawyer who became a major Obama fundraiser and worked on the president’s transition team before Obama tapped him for the Ottawa post.

“I talk to him when I need to talk to him,’’ Jacobson says. “If there is anyone in Washington I need to talk to, I pick up the phone and call them, and I

do it all the time.’’

Jacobson, who departs next month, also did something no other U.S. envoy has done — although he credits his wife, Julie.

In their private residence, they decided to hang the early-20th-century work of Canadian artists, including A.Y. Jackson, Emily Carr and Stanley Cosgrove, alongside the American artists who U.S. ambassadors are encouraged to display worldwide.

It was, Jacobson says, emblematic of the two countries’ close physical ties.

Included is Green Mountains, Canada, a rare Canadian landscape done

by American artist Georgia O’Keeffe, which Julie Jacobson somehow talked off the walls of the Art Institute of Chicago.

The U.S. ambassador was hanging Canadian art in his Ottawa home, while down the street John Baird was taking it down from the foyer of the Foreign Affairs building on Sussex Drive. But Jacobson just laughs at that irony. He’s a diplomat, after all.

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

Alberta’s deer herd is wasting away, thanks to greed, bad government choices Almost like a movie script of an epic battle scene, heavily armed Alberta fish and wildlife officials climbed into helicopters years ago and declared war on the province’s deer population.

Their mission: A mass slaughter to eliminate the spread of chronic wasting disease. Its origin: Game ranching, which wildlife experts warned the Alberta government for years would sound the death knell for our wild ungulates.

But the government shunned the worst-case scenario it was presented — disRICK ease from game ranches could eat its way like an unstoppaZEMANEK ble cancer through the wilds.

The worst-case scenario has arrived. Efforts to eradicate CWD now are about as effective as trying to cut water with a knife, according to a recent report by The Canadian Press.

When the gun smoke cleared, after low-level helicopter swoops over deer in east-Central Alberta, well over 2,000 had been killed. Advocate columnist Bob Scammell called it a “holocaust.”

Despite the culling, CWD marched on.

Experts now say it may be impossible to stop its spread in Canada’s wild herds of deer, elk and, of late, moose. CWD is too well established in Alberta and Saskatchewan to stop it, say experts.

That’s something the government was not banking on in its haste and reckless approval of game ranching. And it’s only a matter of time before CWD spreads to the wilds of Manitoba and B.C., and to the south.

“We have to realize that we may not be able to eradicate this disease currently from Canada, given that we don’t have any effective tools, so we may be looking at switching from eradication to control,”

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said Penny Greenwood, national manager of domestic disease control for the Canadian Food Inspecting Agency. “We feel the current program that we have had in place for chronic wasting disease ... is not effective in achieving its goals.”

Greenwood added: “This is a disease that is now established in wildlife, and when you have a disease that is established in a wildlife reservoir, it is always extremely difficult to eliminate it.”

Scientists say the big challenge in tracking the disease is a lack of research and surveillance programs to track its spread.

What went so horribly wrong despite repeated warnings by experts on the dangers of game ranching?

Simply put, the opportunity to make a quick dollar. The industry was built like a pyramid scheme — whoever got there first profited, latecomers went broke and some started turning their stock loose.

Valerius Geist, world-renowned expert on wildlife behaviour and a former professor at the University of Calgary, sounded the alarm several years ago.

As did the Alberta Fish and Game Association, the Alliance For Public Wildlife, and wildlife columnists, including Scammell.

In a Jan. 9, 2006, letter, co-authored by Geist, to then-Prime Minister Paul Martin, it was pointed out the “predicted” outcomes of game ranching had come true.

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“As predicted, the ‘industry’ is virtually bankrupt,” said the letter. “Game farmers have realized the venture will never be economically viable. Entire herds have been destroyed, or in some cases, simply turned loose.”

The letter went on to say that “as predicted” CWD has spread into the wilds and “Experts warn that there are no known barriers to stop it.”

Darrel Rowledge of the Alliance for Public Wildlife said producers “were lured into this by the governments who lied to them.”

Rob Miskosky, columnist for the Alberta Outdoorsmen Magazine, wrote “those in first got a ton of money while leaving those less fortunate holding the poison bag.”

CWD is similar to mad cow disease. There is no vaccine against it. Aside from “ultimate death,” symptoms include weight loss, tremors, lack of coordination and paralysis.

The negligence of the provincial government in ignoring the advice of experts has placed wild ungulates in grave danger. And helicopter attacks on the herds have in no way stopped the problem.

Is there a solution? Perhaps not, short of total eradication.

Is there a lesson to be learned? Absolutely, although it is as old as time: good advice should never be ignored.

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If church budget in question, just find another church In response to the letter from Don Munro (Transparency the highest commitment to honesty), I commend Mr. Munro’s call for continued and increased transparency of public institutions.

Confidence in any public institution only occurs if members of the public have a clear sense of how these institutions operate and whether they manage their financial resources (i.e. tax money) in wise and prudent ways.

However, in my opinion Mr. Munro veers down the wrong path in demanding that religious groups be forced by government to disclose their financial affairs as are native communities and their tribal councils.

The key difference here is that native communities are funded and operated largely with tax money — churches are not.

Churches in Canada have no treaty rights and operate on funds that their members/adherents contribute by way of voluntary donation.

No public money for the church means there should be no expectation of government disclosure of the financial life of a church.

That’s the law.

You will find, however, that churches in Canada are governed by provincial and federal legislation requiring them to provide annual financial statements in order to protect their tax-free status.

If you don’t feel your church/denomination of choice is as forthcoming with financial information as you would like, then stop supporting it.

There is a lot of choice in the church marketplace these days.

Find a church that suits your needs and support it if you feel comfortable enough.

God can be found anywhere; the last time I checked, God had no particular denominational affiliation.

Ray Yaworski Red Deer

Michener residents thrive in group home situations To close Michener Centre and move the 125 people left is a good thing.

I worked there for 30 years and some of them who moved out to group homes, I worked with them, and the difference with those clients was they came out of their shell, talking, laughing, showing what they wanted to do, also being very verbal.

It was like day and night.

Allen Case Red Deer

Was rezoning decision made before public hearing?

Re: City council’s decision to rezone part of Waskasoo Park/Riverside Drive An interesting and perhaps prophetic event occurred at the June 10 City of Red Deer council hearing on the bylaw to rezone a portion of Riverside Drive adjacent to Lions Campground from Park Reserve to a new designation — Public Service Residential; the latter, I believe, dreamed up for this particular situation but which will come back to bite the city down the road.

Before Mayor Morris Flewwelling called for the vote on second reading, the two large video screens in council chambers showed “Motion Passed, 9 For, None Opposed,” with checkmarks for all councillors and the mayor … a miscue perhaps from the previous housekeeping vote on bylaw wording changes? Or an indication, which flashed through my mind, “Oops, the fix was in, here’s the proof!”

Thirty-one persons stood up at the hearing and voiced their personal perspectives and feelings regarding the Native Friendship Society’s proposal for affordable housing, cultural centre and special event circle. Most, if not all, presentations were in favour of

the concept. But quite a few espoused concerns for the 32 housing units, expressed valid reasons why the site is not suitable, including the risk to it of flooding (remember the 2005 flood, parts of Red Deer’s downtown possibly saved by the fact that the Little Red Deer’s flow was held back for a few pertinent hours by a major log jam, keeping that extra volume of water out of the main flow at a very fortunate time?).

Before the final votes were cast on the motion to change the zoning, all the councilors expounded, some at considerable length, on the process, the procedure and the heartfelt comments of those in attendance who spoke and also sat for almost three and a half hours to see it to fruition.

It seemed to me, quite early while listening to the members of council, that the result was a done deal, the decision had been made some time ago, our time spent this evening really a waste of time, energy and emotion.

I wish the Native Friendship Society well on their new path to and for a community cultural centre and outdoor event gathering spot.

Peter Weddell Red Deer

Red Deer fails to protect quality of local air Polluted urban air has been recognized for centuries as the cause of the diseases that today we associate with cigarette smoking — cancer, lung and heart disease. What is new is that air pollution not only damages the body but also damages the brain.

The study mentioned in the article Air pollution linked to Alzheimer’s, in the Red Deer Life, June 9, deals with several studies linking air pollution to its effect on the brain: the effects ranging from problems concentrating to strokes and Alzheimer’s disease.

In Mexico City, for example, autopsies show that even children show Alzheimer protein plaques in their brain tissue. Mexico City is heavily polluted by vehicle emissions and vehicle pollution is much lower in Red Deer, however there is no safe level of air pollution and it is possible that vehicle pollution, perhaps to a very small degree, contributes to the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

In this regard, a particular concern is that vehicle pollution is much higher than it would be if vehicle emissionreduction features were working on all vehicles. All too often the catalytic converters have been removed to make the vehicles louder.

The British have been trying to identify the specific pollutants responsible for damaging the brain. Fine particulates, as the mix of smoke and chemical droplets is called, are partially responsible. An additional concern is the chemical acrolein, present in trace amounts in vehicle emissions.

This gas is known to damage lungs and is thought to enter the bloodstream and then damage the brain.

Unfortunately, burning wood produces fine particulates and acrolein equivalent to dozens of automobiles, posing a greater risk to health than automobile emissions. Residents whose neighbours burn wood in fireplaces, stoves and fire pits and, the most dangerous of all, outdoor furnaces, run the risk of not only developing diseases of the body but also the brain.

If studies on mice are an indicator, then each exposure, even of only a few hours, to acrolein will bring the development of Alzheimer’s disease one step closer. Independent tests 30 years ago identified high levels of fine particulates and acrolein in a typical wood burning subdivision. Even higher concentrations of chemicals in the same family as acrolein — formaldehyde and acetaldehyde — were also present and may also play a part in damaging the brain.

The Air Quality Health Index, unfortunately, has little to do with health as the most dangerous components of air pollution, such as those mentioned

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Fine particulates are monitored but the danger goes undetected as residents with wood-burning neighbours are being exposed to high levels of particulates but they disperse before reaching the monitoring unit.

Red Deer’s Environmental Master Plan is unusual, if not unique, in that it does not include a single effective clean air initiative or any support for effective air quality monitoring. We need a supplementary plan with a focus on clean air initiatives so that this aspect is not lost in a flood of green ideas that do not translate into a healthy and wholesome urban environment.

Alan Smith Alberta director Canadian Clean Air Alliance Red Deer

Freedom of information and legal responsibility It was with amazement that I read the lead story in the June 7 Advocate stating that a FOIP request for Alberta government documents totalling 130 pages, requested by friends, families and guardians, dealing with the relocation of 125 Michener Centre residents, were 80 per cent redacted!

If the legal public or private guardians are not able to ensure proper placement of their individuals, they are being actively denied their legal right and responsibility to ensure proper placement and services for their individuals.

Given that 50 of the affected residents at Michener Centre are deemed medically fragile, and given the closure of three long-term care facilities over the past number of years by the province, and the further loss of contract beds with a private care facility in the city, there will be a direct impact on speedy placement in appropriate settings for those affected and will further impact other citizens waiting for long-term care placement, who already face long waits.

One can only hope that the representatives and guardians of the Michener Centre residents will be actively involved in planning for and placement in appropriate care facilities.

Perhaps it is time that the elected provincial government remembers who it serves and at whose pleasure!

Sheila Stangier Red Deer

Pesticide residue claims ignore federal programs Re: Are you eating the dirty dozen, Red Deer Advocate, June 6 The Environmental Working Group’s report on pesticide residues is nothing more than an attention-seeking ploy that may have the unfortunate consequence of driving some consumers to avoid certain fruits and vegetables even though the health benefits of these foods are so clearly evident.

Whether the food you eat is grown using modern technologies or those

approved for organic production, it is important to note that all of these pesticides are assessed for their safety before they can be used to protect crops.

Both Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) are involved in ensuring that pesticides used in Canada and any possible residues on foods sold in Canada are strictly monitored.

According to a report released in 2012 by the CFIA, 99 per cent of the fruits and vegetables it tested complied with Health Canada’s standards for pesticide residues. In fact, most had no detectable levels whatsoever.

The Environmental Working Group publishes this scare list every year while irresponsibly ignoring the fact that it may be having negative impacts on consumers who are scared away from fruits and vegetables as well as ignoring the independent monitoring data that clearly shows the safety of our fruits and vegetables.

Canadians have access to one of the safest food supplies in the world and consumers should feel good knowing that the healthy food choices can be both safe and affordable.

Lorne Hepworth President, CropLife Canada, Representing the plant science industry Ottawa

Council careful, courageous; more information would help It is my observation that the citizens of Red Deer have been well served by our city councils and civic administration for quite some time.

There will always be differing opinions as to the best allocation of resources, focus of development, and democratic procedure. On most key issues, our city council has proceeded with thoughtful deliberation and moral courage.

The challenge of consultation and engagement is an ongoing one that requires creativity and investment by the citizens and the media to contribute to the process. Perhaps projects that are potentially contentious could be presented in the print media with schematics and features explained in greater detail.

With a more accurate understanding of the financial and social utility of projects, compromises that obviate cancellation could be agreed upon.

Ben Ordman Red Deer

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MP Rae resigns to focus on First Nations

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Bob Rae, a fixture on Canada’s political scene for more than three decades, is giving up his seat in the House of Commons to devote himself to another of his Canadian passions: working on behalf of First Nations.

The Toronto Liberal MP and one-time Ontario premier announced Wednesday he’s leaving politics so he can focus on his new role: chief negotiator for the Matawa Tribal Council in talks with the province about development of the Ring of Fire mining project in northern Ontario.

“It’s been a very difficult decision and, as you may have heard from the caucus, quite an emotional one for me. I don’t make any bones about that,” a puffyeyed Rae told a surprise news conference after informing his Liberal colleagues of his decision.

Rae pre-empted any speculation that thricethwarted leadership ambitions were behind his departure. He heaped praise on Justin Trudeau, whose decision to consider seeking the leadership last spring prompted Rae to abandon his own leadership plans and content himself with the role of holding down the Liberals’ parliamentary fort in the interim.

“I’m more than confident that Mr. Trudeau will become the prime minister of Canada and I regret very much and I know what I’m giving up when I say that I won’t be there for this next leg of the journey,” Rae said.

“But I hope that I have been able, in my own way in the last few years, to help create the conditions in the party that have strengthened our position.”

In turn, Trudeau lavished praise on Rae. “I personally am sad, to be entirely blunt about it, that Bob has taken the decision that he has,” the Liberal leader said.

“We will miss his wise counsel, we will miss his wisdom and experience.

But we will miss mostly his passion, his emotion, his very, very human dedication to wearing his heart on his sleeve and his love for his country for all to see.”

Although Trudeau urged him to stay and the federal ethics watchdog cleared his involvement in the Ring of Fire talks while remaining an MP, Rae said he quickly realized he couldn’t do both jobs at the same time.

In explaining his ultimate choice to give up politics, Rae recounted a recent fishing trip in northern Ontario with an aboriginal man and his daughter, Eleanor, “which, as some of you know, is the same name as my own daughter Eleanor.”

“And as we were riding and going out fishing and talking about life, it seemed to me that perhaps I could do something to make sure that his daughter had the same chances as mine,” he said, his voice breaking.

“The passion and enthusiasm I feel for the First Nations of Canada, the need for a different kind of partnership in this country between Canada’s first peoples and those of us who have come later on is absolutely necessary.”

He acknowledged that his age — he’ll be 65 on Aug. 2 — was also a factor in his decision. Even so, Rae did not close the door on politics forever.

“Look, never say never,” he said. “But it certainly closes the door for now.”

He ruled out any suggestion that he could have a future in municipal politics: “I will not be a candidate for the mayor of Toronto.”

Rae’s departure opens up some prime political real estate — the riding of Toronto Centre, a longtime Liberal bastion.

Trudeau has promised that, under his leadership, every riding will have to stage wide-open, democratic nomination contests to choose election candidates.

As a result, the contest in Toronto Centre, one of the

few remaining seats the Liberals can claim as safe, could be a wild one.

Names of potential heavyweight contenders are already circulating, including Tim Murphy, a former member of the Ontario legislature and one-time chief of staff to former prime minister Paul Martin, and George Smitherman, a former Ontario cabinet minister who used to represent the riding provincially.

“Toronto Centre is my home base and a return to politics at the federal level has been the subject of active conversation in our household for some time,” Smitherman said in an email Wednesday, adding that he’s been “consumed today by offers of help and encouragement.”

Murphy declined to comment on his own ambitions, saying “this is a day to focus on Bob Rae and his extraordinary contribution to the country and public policy.”

For all the accolades that poured in from Liberals on Wednesday, Rae’s ambition to become the party’s federal leader was never realized, in large part because many in the party’s Ontario wing could never forgive or forget his previous political life as a New Democrat.

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The decision by the House to adjourn for the summer a few days early nixed Conservative efforts to amend a private member’s bill to strip Canadian citizenship from dual nationals convicted of terrorist acts.

“We got the end of an odious bill in immigration that would have deprived Canadians of their citizenship illegally but it would have had to have been fought before the courts,” NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said Wednesday in celebrating the amendment’s demise.

“It was disgusting what (Immigration Minister) Jason Kenney was trying to do in that bill.”

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Montreal will get its new, new mayor Tuesday MONTREAL — Montreal will have its next interim mayor — the third mayor in less than a year — by early next week.

The city clerk’s office has announced a vote will be held during a special meeting of council next Tuesday.

A handful of councillors have been named as potential successors to Michael Applebaum, who stepped down as interim mayor after being arrested on corruptionrelated charges.

For now, the city’s pro-mayor will be acting mayor until next week’s vote.

Councillors will have until Friday afternoon to put forth their candidacy, with a vote to come after the long holiday weekend in Quebec.

The next interim mayor might not hold the post for long — a municipal vote is scheduled for November and none of the presumed contenders are seeking the temporary job.

There are currently 62 active city councillors on the 65-seat council and the new interim mayor must be chosen from among them.

After a spring of sleaze, Quebec corruption inquiry takes a break MONTREAL — After months of digging through corruption and sleaze, Quebec’s Charbonneau commission is taking a break for the summer.

Public testimony is done until after Labour Day although the inquiry will continue to conduct investigations and prepare for the fall sitting.

The commission’s spring session tackled everything from illegal political party financing to engineering firms colluding on contracts and organized crime’s tentacles in the industry.

The inquiry has heard from 80 witnesses so far, including engineering executives, city councillors, mayors, construction bosses and city officials.

The probe’s chief counsel promised more findings in the fall session.

The corruption inquiry requested and got an 18-month extension from the provincial government. Chair France Charbonneau must deliver her report by April 2015.

The inquiry will be required to submit a progress report by Jan. 31, 2014.

Conservatives poised for retooling

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — For a few minutes last week, all the hope, conflict and spin of this Conservative spring stood in a circle of camera lights and microphones in the foyer of the House of Commons.

As Calgary MP Michelle Rempel gamely handled questions from reporters about allegations of unethical Conservative behaviour, she was clutching a glossy “Caucus Briefing Package” — upbeat talking points designed to help Tory backbenchers put a positive spin on their disastrous spring sitting.

It remains to be seen whether better communications, a cabinet shuffle and a fresh policy agenda can revive the government’s fortunes.

But no one on the government side would argue that Tuesday night’s adjournment of the Commons for the 12-week summer break came too soon.

At the midpoint of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s four-year majority mandate,

his government has never appeared so besieged.

Even an abbreviated list of the government’s missteps since January strikes at the very heart of Harper’s Conservative brand: policy drift, a disengaged finance minister battling illness, the ongoing stench of alleged election campaign misdeeds, cabinet resignations, a simmering backbench revolt and a Senate expense scandal that reaches right to the prime minister’s innermost circle, complete with RCMP investigation.

The latest public opinion tracking numbers by pollster Harris-Decima suggest the Conservatives are firmly in second place, nine points behind the Liberals under Justin Trudeau and five points up on Tom Mulcair’s third-place New Democrats.

Mid-term horse race numbers are ephemeral, but the Harris-Decima data reveals something more troubling for Conservative partisans.

The party’s support among men, rural Canadians and voters aged 55-plus was at 30 per cent or lower — the first time that’s happened since the Conservatives took

power in 2006. “That’s a whole new territory we haven’t been in before,” said HarrisDecima chairman Allan Gregg.

Set against this parliamentary and public opinion malaise are free trade talks with the European Union and other trading blocs that have yet to deliver any deals, and a resource export policy sideswiped by American and domestic pipeline politics.

A summer cabinet shuffle is expected, where fresh, enthusiastic talents like Rempel might supplant some of the scowling cynicism of the Harper front bench.

A Conservative policy convention in Calgary at the end of the month will give Harper a stage on which to rally the cause.

And a frenetic month of late-night sittings in the Commons cleared much of the government’s legislative agenda, setting the table for a widely anticipated summer prorogation and October speech from the throne, laying out a fresh agenda.

“They have a great opportunity to lose the next election in the next two years,” said Barry Cooper, a political science professor at the University of Calgary.

UNICEF set to launch special Syria appeal

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is about to launch a 48-hour emergency appeal for Syria.

The goal is to help the four million children affected by the two-year-old civil war that the UN says has killed 93,000 people.

The agency will start a special appeal to Canadians on Thursday asking for donations at www.unicef.ca to raise funds for immunizations, clean drinking water, education and psycho-social support to help children through the emotional trauma of the crisis.

The emergency fundraiser follows an unprecedented $4-billion appeal for Syria by the UN earlier this month, the largest in its history.

And it comes after this week’s G8 leaders’ summit, which affirmed the need for

peace talks but remained divided on the issue of whether or not to arm rebel groups — a measure Canada opposes for fear of aiding Islamic militants in their ranks.

The international angst over whether Syria’s rebels ought to be armed is diverting attention from the worsening humanitarian crisis, especially the damage being done to children, said UNICEF Canada president David Morley.

Morley said Western countries are too preoccupied with the politics of the war, particularly the issue of whether Syria’s opposition is too divided to be trusted.

“It’s as though we need to say, some of these people are bad guys and others aren’t,” he said Wednesday from northern Iraq, where 150,000 Syrians, including 60,000 children, have fled to bursting camps.

“For us, none of these children are our enemies. None of these children are bad

guys — they’re victims of the war.”

The vast majority of those uprooted, Morley said, don’t care about politics; they just want to go home one day.

Another veteran Canadian aid worker, Dave Toycen, president of World Vision Canada, echoed that view from Lebanon, another country bearing the burden of the continuing influx of fleeing Syrians.

“I feel strongly the refugees are the collateral that pays the price for the violence that goes on,” Toycen said in an interview from Beirut.

“We just have to keep reminding ourselves, reminding the public, that we’re talking about children, mothers, who have gone through horrendous nightmares, violence, relatives killed, traumatized kids.”

Robert Fox, executive director of Oxfam Canada, said the preoccupation with whether or not to arm the rebels has diverted attention from humanitarian needs.

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The Crown alleges Const. Bill Bentley lied to the inquiry when he attempted to explain discrepancies between his initial accounts of what happened in October 2007 and an amateur video of the incident that emerged later.

In particular, Bentley initially claimed Dziekanski came at RCMP officers screaming before he was stunned with a Taser and then had to be wrestled to the floor — both of which are contradicted by the video.

Greg Sambrook, who was on duty as airport operations manager that night, says his memories have faded with time and blurred after watching the video, but he was taken through various statements he gave to police.

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When time allows, I enjoy watching the goings on in and around the apple tree — an entertaining bird/squirrel version of reality TV! Myrna Pearman is the biologist and site services manager at Ellis Bird Farm. She can be reached at mpearman@ellisbirdfarm.ca.

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The dark days of summer Dank, dark, draughty, ernment is not releasing dreary, day after day; the results of an indegood only for inside, on- pendent review of pipeline editing of my latest line safety in Alberta. article for the Old Farm● I’ve always believed er’s Almanac, Canadian that the first time a Edition. chronic wasting diseaseThat thought sends infected deer was found me to check the current in Ontario, then, and only OFA’s 2013 longthen, would range weather the feds, inpredictions cluding the for the Canaallegedly dian Prairies, conservawhich are even tionist, nonmore than usugovernmenally right on this tal Canadiyear than the 80 an Wildlife per cent accuraFederation, cy the publicaget serious tion claims. about the Summer this most seriyear, OFA says, ous threat will be three or Canadian four days at the wildlife has BOB end of June and faced since SCAMMELL a few days early the plague in July, followed of poaching by more of those settlers and D-days until September natives more than a cenand October, which will tury ago. be “warmer and drier I was wrong: now, as than usual.”

Saskatchewan’s CWDD-days into late June infected wild deer herd lead to stark headlines wanders ever closer to and dark thoughts. the Manitoba border, the The National Post ran federal government anthis headline, Spills are nounces it is shifting its rare and getting rarer, focus from eradication atop a self-serving pipe- (which it never had) to line industry story. control.

Then, just a few days Nobody heeded the later, we get stories of unanimous warnings of two new Alberta pipe- respected scientists that line “accidents:” the real harvest of leA p a c h e C a n a d a galizing game ranching spilled 9.5 million litres would be uncontrollable of chemical and heavy- diseases in our wild deer metal-laced waste water populations. into a wetland near Zama And now that CWD City in Northern Alberta, has proven them right, and Plains Midstream no government — fedspilled an estimated 950 eral or provincial — has barrels of natural gas the guts to reverse their liquids and by-products egregious error and take from its Kemp pipeline the first step toward connorthwest of Manning. trol by outlawing the foci P l a i n s M i d s t r e a m of infection for the CWD spilled 3,000 barrels of epidemic: game ranchlight sour crude into the es anywhere and everyRed Deer River near where in Canada.

Sundre last June, and ● Alberta in parriverside landowners ticular has a shameful, warn we have not yet negligent history of deheard the last of that nying and ignoring scione. ence in any decision Despite all that, plus involving what it perthe fact that we still en- ceives as economics vs. dure an average of 1.5 environment. pipeline spills per day Forestry was allegedin Alberta, the most dis- ly in trouble in Alberta, couraging story, just four so our government, for days ago, is that our gov- the usual peanuts, natu-

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Above: Ranched elk — the source of chronic wasting disease.

Right: Dr. Darryl Smith — simplifying fishing for a young fisher.

Below: Brown drake mayfly on blooming wolf willow.

Coping with unsettled weather Gardening can always be a over the roots to dry. challenge as one is trying to proPlants that are under cover of vide the perfect environment for plastic or glass also respond to plants. weather conditions.

In hot areas, keeping the soil Keep the soil moist but avoid moist is a struggle. Cool and damp soaking it. weather creates its own set of Wet soil is usually cold. If posproblems that are besible, water early in coming apparent in the day and try to avoid Central Alberta garwetting the foliage. dens.

Mildew, a white Other considerations powder, forms in moist are not dependent on conditions. Once it is the weather, just plant on plant leaves, it is preferences. hard to eradicate.

Heat-loving plants Mildew slows down are struggling with explant growth by hincess moisture and lack dering the production of heat. As a result, of flowers and food. their bottom leaves are Once the sun apturning yellow. Small pears and the days plants can be covered become warmer, exwith hot caps, plastic pect all plants to grow LINDA covers that will trap quickly.

TOMLINSON daytime heat and repel At this time of year, direct moisture. irises should be in Larger plants or full bloom. If not, take large areas can be cova look at the plant’s ered with a sheet of polyspun roots. Are they too crowded? cloth, which will keep the air unAre they planted too deep? der the cloth a couple of degrees If the roots are crowded, dig up warmer than the outside air. the plant and split it into smaller Be sure to anchor the cloth se- pieces. curely or it will disappear in the Plants can be dug in spring wind. when the plant is starting to grow Soil that is covered with wood- or August when the top growth bechips will be wetter and cooler gins to die back. than bare soil.

Use a sharp knife to cut the When the weather is hot, this is roots apart. Each new plant will a positive; in wet years, it can be a need a stem and small piece of problem. rooted rhizome.

When it becomes one, rake the Irises with rhizome roots like chips away from the plants to al- their own space. low the soil close to the stems and Fewer blooms will appear if the

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plant is shaded by larger plants.

These irises do best if the roots are on top or close to the soil surface.

The enlarged rhizomes grow along the surface or directly under the surface. If planted deeper, the plants will not bloom and the roots may rot.

Early-blooming peonies are starting to bloom.

Other varieties are forming buds and will open the first part of July.

Peonies will not bloom if they are planted too deep.

The eye of the tuber should be within an inch (two cm) of the soil surface.

The problem can be rectified in two ways, depending on how deep the roots are buried.

If the roots are just about at the correct level, remove soil from around the plant until the eyes are close enough to the surface for the plant to bloom.

A root that is too deep for this method needs to be dug up in the early spring or fall and replanted in a shallower hole. Once planted at the proper depth, the plant will bloom for years.

Understanding how plants react to their environment makes it easier to provide the correct conditions and develop a better garden.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist that lives near Rocky Mountain House. She can be reached at www. igardencanada.com or your_garden@hotmail.com.

up and down to observe and report on the flowering and leafing stages and dates of up to 26 Alberta wild flowers, trees, and shrubs. ● My years doing so changed my life and led to the discovery that major fly fishing insect hatches could be predicted by the flowering, budding, etc. of wildflowers, which led to my book, The Phenological Fly. For example, the current spicy scent of Wolf Willow means that brown drake mayflies will soon be hatching … on waters too muddy for the

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trout to see them. PlantWatch observers are always needed: contact Dr. Elisabeth Beaubien, e.beaubien@ualberta. ca and volunteer; it will change your life, too.

In fact, the only rays of botanical sunshine in our yard these gloomy days are the clumps of native shooting stars and lady slipper orchids I rescued from roadside herbicide sprayings many years ago.

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@ telusplanet.net.

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Blown-out streams mean anglers have ample time to be interested in and curious about the possibility of testing all anglers in fish identification and in the efforts of Dr. Darryl Smith, new Alberta Fish and Game Association fish committee chairman, to have Alberta’s voluminous and complex Sportfishing Regulations greatly shortened and simplified because, among other things, they turn people, particularly young people, away from fishing.

Retired and respected fisheries biologist and one of the godfathers of the North Raven River restoration, Carl Hunt of Edson, has strong views on these subjects: “Angler education must be compulsory, starting with kids and anyone who wants to eat a fish.

The present complicated regulations are a farce until anglers understand the reasons for regulations and can at least identify fish.”

Somewhat sadly, I have now retired as an Alberta PlantWatch observer after, probably, three decades: I can no longer get in and out and

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The clear-cutting is done now, and two respected retirees, Kevin Van Tighem, ex-superintendent of Banff National Park, and fisheries biologist Lorne Fitch have inspected the mess left behind and warn that a clear cut slope will soon collapse into Hidden, ruin it as a spawning stream, and dump a huge silt load into the

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Prickly thistles do have value Although it does not have the recorded history of its European cousins, Canada thistle was used

by First Nations to relive joint pain.

Its roots are dried, powdered, mixed with grease and rubbed over the joint.

Laboratory research suggests it also has liver-protectant properties. Canada thistle is high in rutin.

Rutin is known for its ability to scavenge free radicals and is favoured medicine for stressed out livers.

Studies have shown Canada thistle lowers blood pressure, and has both anti-spasmodic and antiinflammatory activity.

These actions can be attributed to Canada thistle’s significant levels of rutin.

Canada thistle stalk and root are emergency wilderness food.

Peel the outer skin of the stalk and you have a moist, crunchy veggie.

The root, dug up just as the snow flies, can be eaten raw or cooked.

Sow thistle (sonchus arvensis) has a yellow flower head, grows vigorously in disturbed soil and is not as prickly as the Canada thistle.

The flowers are a sweet treat when hiking on a hot day. They are chewy like bubble gum.

The sow thistle is high in flavonoids.

Flavonoids limit the havoc free radicals produce within the liver.

Throughout Southeast Asia, the sow thistle is called tempuyung and is offered as a tea to break up both kidney and gall stones.

Perhaps these easy-to-grow, prickly plants might be more than weeds.

Perhaps they have value not yet discovered.

Herbs for Life is written by Abrah Arneson, a local clinical herbalist. It is intended for information purposes only. Readers with a specific medical problem should consult a doctor. For more information, visit www.abraherbs.com.

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Under a microscope, some of these chemicals look similar to the active ingredients in FDAapproved ED drugs like Viagra and Cialis.

But lab studies show they’re not just unapproved, bargain-basement substitutes, some contain chemicals that haven’t been evaluated for safety.

The manufacturers also don’t tell you if there’s a risk for drug interactions with any other medications you may be taking.

For example, some of them may trigger lifethreatening problems like a big drop in blood pressure.

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1: Have a heart-toheart with your doctor. Finding out what’s behind your ED will help you find the best fix — and save your life.

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DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN stress — they lose their flexibility and become narrow and stiff. When blood flow is restricted it more than doubles your odds for heart disease and ED. 2: Ask about blood sugar. Up to 70 per cent of men with type 2 diabetes report sexual-performance problems. The culprits are nerve and artery damage. Keep your blood sugar in the healthy zone by avoiding foods with added sugars, added syrups or any grain that isn’t 100 per cent whole. They can prevent healthy erectile function.

3: Be honest about emotions. For 10 to 20 per cent of men, sexual vigour is reduced by stress, depression, anxiety and low self-esteem.

The biggest and most powerful sexual organ you possess is (no, it’s not that!) your brain. Happiness is sexy.

4: Lose the elasticwaist pants. Dropping just five per cent of your body weight (10 pounds in eight weeks if you’re at 200 pounds) could improve your love life significantly. Double that weight loss, and you’re 30 per cent more likely to see ED problems vanish.

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ercising for 15 minutes a day can improve bedroom fun by nearly 20 per cent — so consider the benefits of logging in 30 minutes a day (that’s the minimum we get ourselves). It helps overcome erectile problems by cooling body-wide inflammation (an emerging factor in ED), and keeping your artery linings flexible and blood flowing to all your important zones.

6: Put the “Do Not Disturb” sign on your bedroom door more often.

If you use it, you’re less likely to lose it, so enjoy time with your honey as often as you can — even if you have to schedule it. And if you are having ED problems, don’t avoid intimate times; find creative ways to share your passions.

7: Follow a romancelover’s diet. Fill your breakfast, lunch and dinner plate with foods you’d find at a beach-side restaurant in Greece: fruit; veggies; lean protein, such as grilled salmon; whole grains; olive oil; and, if you drink alcohol, a little wine. To reverse ED: One study found bumping up fibre, slashing bad fats (like fatty meats) and ditching refined sugars and syrups helped 33 per cent

of guys vanquish erectile problems.

To prevent ED: Another study showed guys who added good fats (extra virgin olive oil) to that upgraded diet cut their risk for ED by 66 per cent.

Adding walnuts and non-fried fish offers even more protection.

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Could be the bodywide effects of chronic inflammation (and related cardiovascular problems) fueled by mouth trouble.

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You’ll have a new reason to smile.

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With Father’s Day last weekend, I could not help but talk about the most common diagnosed cancer in Canadian men: prostate cancer.

A staggering 25 per cent of all new cancer cases in males is prostate cancer.

In 2013, an estimated 23,600 Canadian men will be diagnosed with this type of cancer and an estimated 3,900 will die from the disease.

Step 1 is prevention: The lifestyle that we live does matter!

Are you doing anything to prevent prostate cancer?

Have you spoke to your doctor about what are the best preventive measures?

SHANE Or are you a sitting duck, JOHNSON hoping that you will not get it?

Interestingly, research NATUROPATHIC shows that the rates of prosMEDICINE tate cancer risk increases significantly when Japanese men immigrate from Japan to the United States.

Similarly, rates of prostate cancer are rising rapidly in China as a western diet and lifestyle are adopted and industrialization progresses.

Clearly the way we live our lives can make a difference in our risk of cancer.

High intake of refined carbohydrates, extensive synthetic chemical exposures, low vitamin and mineral intake, very high caloric intake, high animal product intake, sedentary lifestyle, and chronic stress all play a role.

This is where naturopathic medicine shines.

There are certain general risk factors for prostate cancer that are not preventable, including: ● Advancing age: Prostate cancer is most common in men older than 65. ● African Americans: In black men, prostate cancer is also more likely to be aggressive or advanced.

It’s not clear why. ● Family history of prostate cancer: If men in your family have had prostate cancer, your risk may be increased.

Is it all doom and gloom?

No, there are several risk factors that we can control.

Obesity is a huge risk factor for prostate cancer.

Obese men diagnosed with prostate cancer tend to be more likely to have a more advanced disease that is more difficult to treat.

Additionally, talk to your naturopathic doctor about preventive measures that include taking daily nutrients such as: selenium, vitamin D, fish oil, and vitamin C at the right dosages.

Key nutritional changes such as limiting saturated fats and increasing fruits and vegetables, and adding super foods such as pumpkin seeds and ground flax into your diet are also important.

So often when it comes to cancer we as a society take such a reactionary approach; we treat as aggressively as possible after the cancer has already shown up.

In my opinion, much more emphasis needs to be put on prevention when it comes to cancer, specifically prostate cancer.

Step 2 is getting tested annually.

Even if you are the most diligent in Step 1 you still need to get an annual rectal exam and PSA blood test.

This seems to be an easy step that a lot of men don’t take.

Call your naturopathic doctor today to ensure that you or your loved one is doing everything possible to prevent prostate cancer.

Do not wait until a cancer diagnosis has already been made.

Take responsibility and control of your health now!

Dr. Shane Johnson ND was born and raised in Red Deer and is the owner of Aspire Natural Medicine. He completed his naturopathic medical training at Bastyr University, and is among only a handful of naturopathic doctors in Alberta to complete an additional one-year residency in family medicine.

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Thistles are a prickly bunch ularly if it is due to a poison from and for the most part not appreci- outside of the body. ated by human beings in this part Today, blessed thistle is freof the world. quently use in formulas to help But like most prickly people, moms who are having difficulty plants and animals (such as the producing enough breast milk for porcupine, considered one of their hungry babies. the most playful animals in the Milk thistle’s (silybum mariwoods), thistles are misunder- anum) is another European plant. stood plants.

It does, however, Thistles are strong enjoy B.C.’s milder cliand steady medicine mates. for ailing livers.

Milk thistle is easy Let’s consider a to identify. number and how they Its leaves have a have helped human bewhite web-like pattern ings through the ages. that resembles spilled Blessed thistle (cnimilk. cus benedictus) enjoys Milk thistle’s medithe dry, arid soil surcine is found in its rounding the Mediseeds. terranean Sea and is The seed has a named after St. Benesweet, oily coat condict, the patron saint of taining a plant chemipoison antidotes. cal called silymarin.

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Sweating controlled the fever Milk thistle protects the liver without shutting down its healing from free radical damage. effects.

Traditionally, milk thistle was Blessed thistle, like other this- used for chronic liver congestion tles have a strong effect on the liv- involving the spleen and cirrhosis. er both due to its complex chemisIt is an excellent at relieving try and bitter taste. gallstones and pain associated Bitter tasting herb stimulates with them. the flow of bile in the liver. An inIn the practice of iridology, crease in the flow of bile improves brown spots on the iris of the eye the liver’s efficiency. are called liver spots and are freWhen the body is fighting infec- quently seen when a client has tion, the liver is on double duty, used pharmaceutical, alcohol or managing the increase in meta- recreation drugs over an extended bolic waste and providing the ex- period. tra support in the making of white I see plenty of liver spots in cliblood cells. ents’ eyes even when there has not Blessed thistle’s ability to in- been drug use. crease the flow of bile through the I always include milk thistle in liver, helps rid it of toxins created a formula when liver spots appear by the infection. on the iris.

For this reason, blessed thistle Canada thistle (cirsium aris frequently offered when some- vense) medicine lives in the one suffers with hepatitis, partic- plant’s roots.

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THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

Friday ● Central Alberta Theatre One Act Play Festival will be held at the Nickle Studio and Bar upstairs at Red Deer Memorial Centre. Tickets cost $20 for each, and may be purchased at www. blackknightinn.ca, Black Knight Ticket Centre, 403755-6626, 1-800-661-8793. Plays June 20 to 22 are: At the Orgy, Murder By the Book, How About Me, Dumpling?, Still Life, Axed Files. Live music by Hackl and Pelz, Olivia Smith and Konstantin Vorosmarty, and emcee Jim Claggett each night. CAT is seeking business minded board members. To get involved, contact Paolo Mancuso at 403-350-0420, or email p.mancuso@centralalbertatheatre.ca. ● Village of Elnora celebrates 100 years, June 22 to 23.

Ellis Bird Farm offers Solstice Feast on June 21 from 6 to 9 p.m. A site tour will be offered at 5:15 p.m. Join friends for an evening of seasonal revelry with a local musician and a gourmet country meal. Wine will be available for purchase. Limited advance tickets available for $40 each. Hours of operation are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Contacts (403) 885-4477; www.ellisbirdfarm.ab.ca, info@ ellisbirdfarm.ca. ● Ride For Sight roars into Ponoka Culture and Recreation Centre on June 21 and 22 in support of The Foundation Fighting Blindness. Motorcyclists are asked to raise a minimum of $50, and they will be eligible to win prizes and more. Volunteers sought. For more information and to register, visit www.rideforsight.com, or call 1-800-461-3331. ● Lacombe Rotary Club Annual Lobster Dinner will be offered on June 21 at Lacombe Memorial Centre. Cocktails and silent auction 5:30 p.m., lobster and steak dinner from 6:30 to 8 p.m., followed by entertainment by Angus McAngus (a.k.a.

Gery Schubert). Funds support youth, community, and international projects. Tickets are $75 each from Rotary members, Signmasters, Garth Pol CGA, or phone 403-782-7446. Reserved tables of eight available. See www.lacomberotary.ca. ● Opening reception for Artritubute Art School Annual Show at Red Deer Regional Hospital, June 21, 4 p.m. Meet Galia and Erin in the main corridor on the ground floor by the display wall past the main elevator and join the tour of three floors of artwork devised to bring joy to those at the hospital. Light refreshments will be provided.

Phone 403-872-7291. ● Ten Thousand Villages Fair Trade Rug Event will be held at the Red Deer store June 21 to 29. To find out more, see www.TenThousandVillages.ca or call 403-341-0178. ● Lacombe Farmers Market will be held at Michener Park across from Lacombe Golf and Country Club on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the season. Features homemade baking, breads, fruit and vegetables when in season, crafts, jewelry, woodwork, birdhouses, local honey bedding plants and more. Phone 403-782-4772. ● Dickson Store Museum is open during the summer of 2013 on Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Sunday, 11:30 to 5:30 p.m. See www.dicksonstoremuseum.com, or call 403-7283355. Check out the new displays and meet the staff. ● Fundraising Garage Sale for Hearts Ablaze Ministry of Potter’s Hands will be held on June 21 and 22, July 19 and 20, Aug. 23 and 24 behind Real Canadian Superstore at 5202 53 Ave. Enjoy hamburgers, hot dogs, and coffee. Contact Gaston at 403-342-6560, Mitchel at 403-887-3923, or Alvin at 403-341-3167.

and campfire. Pancake breakfast June 23, 9 to 10:30 a.m. Weekend camping available. Books on sale for $40. Contact Alex at 403-631-2494, or Dorothy at 403-556-2497. ● Gasoline Alley Harley-Davidson Centennial Day Event will be celebrated on June 22 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Red Deer County. Enjoy a barbecue lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with proceeds going to Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter, children’s activities including bouncy castle, dry slide, and store specials. Phone 403-341-3040. ● Model Airplane Show will be held on June 22 at Bawtinhiemer Airfield located seven miles east of Gasoline Alley on McKenzie Road starting at 1 p.m. Free hot dogs, flying demonstrations, aircraft displays, model airplane information, and introductory flights with an instructor available. Contact rgmccoy@shaw.ca. ● Bike Corral at the Red Deer Farmer’s Market will be offered by Red Deer Primary Care Network every Saturday of the market until Oct. 12. Corral staff will offer fun health activities and challenges. ● West Park Community Association is celebrating 50 years on June 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at West Park Plaza, the first plaza built in Red Deer. Enjoy the ‘50s and ‘60s themed music, and food supplied by Hubie’s Diner, and Beanies Pizzaria, prizes by IDA Drugs, face painting and candy floss by West Park Presbyterian Church youth, and show and shine. Phone 403-596-8488. ● Norwegian Laft Hus is offering Chipcarving Class on June 22 and 23 for a cost of $50. Learn basic techniques, how to hold a knife to cut out triangular shapes in basswood to make a geometric pattern, with instructor Garry Bratland. To register, email norwegianlafthus@gmail.com, or phone 403347-2055. ● Bentley United Church Thrift Shop is open Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. from May long weekend to Sept. long weekend. In July and Aug. the thrift shop is also open on Thursdays from noon to 4 p.m. Contact Gail at 403-748-2935. ● Apiaries and Bees for the Communities (A.B.C.) will have a Red Deer Field Day at Kerry Wood Nature Centre on June 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Connect with others interested, ask advice, learn and more. See http://www.backyardbees.ca/ b4c ● A Better World presents Beyond Borders — Brighter and Better Peru, June 22, 4 to 5 p.m. in College Heights Church Earliteen Room. See www.a-better-world.ca, or phone 403-782-1141.

Sunday ● Lincoln Hall Annual Pancake Breakfast, Show and Shine takes place on June 23, 9 a.m. to noon in celebration of the hall’s 10th anniversary.

Cost is $8 per person. Vehicle entry $10. Awards at 1 p.m. Phone Laura at 403-782-4095. ● Balmoral Community Association Annual Picnic, June 23, 3 to 7:30 p.m. Enjoy races, ball game, beef on a bun at 5 p.m., short annual general meeting at 6:30 p.m. Free to Balmoral community family members. Guests pay $15 per family, or $5 per person. Contact Bob at 403-346-4594. ● Telus Walk to Cure Diabetes will be held at Heritage Ranch, June 23. Barbecue and registration at noon followed by the walk at 1:30 p.m. See www.jdrf.ca/walk. ● Living Faith Lutheran Church presents Darcy Albers, missionary in Pakistan, as guest speaker at June 23 at the 10 a.m. service held at Bethany CollegeSide. For inquiries, contact John at 403-341-4022.

Saturday

Monday

● Rural Alberta Motorcycle Ride for Dad rolls out on June 22 to create awareness and support for prostate cancer in Central Alberta. Registration at Gasoline Alley Harley Davidson in Red Deer County from 8 to 9:15 a.m., arriving at Sylvan Lake Arena at 10:30 a.m. approximately, and continuing to Rocky Mountain House Petro Canada at approximately noon for an hour stay to have lunch. The group will travel through many communities including Caroline, and end the day in Didsbury with dinner, awards, and Juno winner celebrity ride captain Clayton Bellamy in attendance. Contact Dean at 403-556-8050 or dean@wrappinaboutreptiles.com or see www.RideForDad.ca. ● Puppet Family Storytime will be offered at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library on June 22 from 1 to 2 p.m. Make puppets and take part in interactive puppet shows. Phone 403-341-3822. ● MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The June 22 session is called Celebrating the Solstice with artist Erin Boake. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403-309-8405.

Free with admission. ● Red Deer and District SPCA Bark at the Bend will be held on June 22 at Three Mile Bend.

Registration is at 9 a.m. and the walk begins at 10 a.m. There will be a pancake breakfast and games.

Participants are eligible for prizes while supporting veterinary care of companion animals at the SPCA. This year’s campaign goal is $30,000 which would support spay or neuter procedures for more than 100 animals. Sign up at www.reddeerspca.com. ● The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Society of Alberta 5 km Walk for ALS will be June 22 at Great Chief Park. Get involved by collecting donations and doing the walk, sponsoring someone, or just come down to the walk and enjoy the live music and barbecue. Visit www.alsab.ca find us on Facebook for more information on ALS and to donate. ● Shaking it For The Arts will take place on June 22 at ME Global Athletic Park in Lacombe to shake it up for an hour of exercise and dance.

Door prizes. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the field. Concession. Money will go to the Athletic Park, and All that Jazz Dance Studio trip to Orlando. Tickets available at Sunny 94, Upper Level Street Wear, Healing Hands in Lacombe, Altered Images in Bentley, and Rip ‘n’ Ronnie’s Fitness, and Attitude Laser Spa in Ponoka. Phone 403-782-9497. ● Central Alberta Singles dance will be held June 22 at Penhold Hall. Music by Randy Hillman.

Doors open at 8 p.m. Music starts at 8:30 p.m.

Members and invited guests only; new members welcome. For information, call Elaine at 403-3417653 or Bob at 403-304-7440. ● Rimbey and District Old Timers’ Annual Reunion will be celebrated on June 22 at Rimbey Community Centre. Doors open at noon. Light lunch 12:30 to 2 p.m. Registration fee is $10 and includes lunch. Short program at 2 p.m. Door prizes.

Roast beef Supper at 5:30 p.m. followed by dance with Elmer and Friends for a cost of $15. Pancake breakfast at Pas-Ka-Poo Park on June 23 from 7:30 to 11 a.m. for $7. Contact 403-843-6893, or 403-843-6497, or rimbeyoldtimers@yahoo.ca. ● Wimborne and District History Book Launch and Reunion will take place on June 22 at Wimborne Community Centre. Parade at 1 p.m. followed by book launch, train and horse drawn wagon rides, barbecue supper, games

● Innisfail Library Learning Centre hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 8 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone 403-227-4407. ● Red Deer Royals auditions will be held on June 24 and 25 at Westerner Park. Youth aged 12 to 20 years with at least two years on a woodwind, brass, or percussion instrument, and those interested in Color Guard (flag) section are invited to contact Michael Mann, director, at 403-346-3911 to set up an audition time. ● Central Alberta Theatre Annual General Meeting and board elections will be held on June 24, 7 p.m. at Red Deer Memorial Centre Main Stage. Those interested in joining the board, contact Carole at 403-346-1514. ● Read Around the World Teen Summer Reading Club registration will be offered June 24 to July 2 at the Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch for youth ages 12 to 18 years. The Ultimate World-Traveller Extraordinaire Starter Party will be July 3, 2 to 3:30 p.m. and has a tacky tourist theme.

The official “Escape to India” Party will be on July 9, 2 to 4:30 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium and features the movie Slumdog Millionaire. Register in person or go online to www.rdpl.org. ● TD Summer Reading Club 2013 for children up to 11 years is accepting registration at both branches of Red Deer Public Library starting June 24. See www.rdpl.org.

Tuesday ● Central Alberta Theatre now working on the Christmas pantomime Cinderella Dances with the Stars. Those interested in joining the production crew are invited on June 25 from 7 to 9 p.m., and auditions will be held June 26 and 27, all at the Memorial Centre, Main Stage. Contact Carole at 403-346-1514. ● Stettler TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Tuesday at St. George’s Anglican Church. Weigh-in from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. with the meeting to follow at 6:30 p.m. Call Gail at 403-7422626, or Brenda at 403-742-6087. ● Multiple Sclerosis Society offers Special Ops Programming at Bethany CollegeSide on June 25, 1 p.m., and Telus Lunch and Learn — Employment Placement and Support Services with Dagmar Hargreaves,11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., lunch provided. To register for these events, call 403346-0209. Table Talks are also offered in Stettler, Rimbey, Lacombe, and Innisfail during June.

Wednesday ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Silver and Gold is on June 26 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403342-0035. ● Central Alberta Refugee Effort (C.A.R.E.) Annual General Meeting, June 26, 7 p.m. at 200, 5,000 Gaetz Ave. Refreshments served. RSVP to 403-346-8818, or admin@care2centre.ca. ● Olds Protective Services Facility Grand Opening, June 26, 7 to 9 p.m. Open house to meet the community peace officers of Municipal Enforcement, firefighters of Olds Fire Department paramedics and emergency medical technicians of Alberta Health Services, and enjoy a hotdog and a drink. Phone 403-507-4866 or see www.olds.ca.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Twenty large stones have found their place in Coronation Park in Red Deer this week. The stones, forming five circles will make up the first permanent monument in Red Deer that celebrates aboriginal culture.

A dedication ceremony for the monument will be held Saturday, June 22, from 1 to 4 p.m. There will be a pipe ceremony, feast, drumming.

Everyone is welcome to attend. ● The Ladies of the Sunnybrook Farm Museum present Lunch at the Farm between noon and 3 p.m. on June 26; July 10 and 24; Aug. 7 and 28; and Sept. 11. Relax in the 1889 Hanna Log House and enjoy lunch including home-made pie with ice cream and musical entertainment, followed by a guided wagon ride tour. The cost is $10 per person. Drop-ins welcome, larger groups may wish to reserve a table by calling 403-340-511 or email sbfs@shaw.ca.

Thursday ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Thursday, June 27, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Country Gold North Band. Admission is $7. Phone 403-3476165, 403-986-7170, or 403-346-3896. ● Red Deer Area Hikers meet on June 27 at the north side of the Red Deer Curling Club parking lot at 8:45 a.m. to depart at 9 a.m. for a 10 km hike at Crimson Lake Loop. Hike will be cancelled if

weather unsuitable. Bring lunch. Phone Art at 403347-5778, or Mavis at 403-343-0091 or Sharon at 403-340-2497. ● Marketplace On Main goes weekly on Thursday nights in Rocky Mountain House starting June 27. Two blocks on Main Street will be closed from 6 to 9 p.m. for a variety of vendors to take to the street. To book a spot, contact 403-847-5260 ext. 112, or visit www.rockymtnhouse.com for a registration form. ● Blackfalds Farmers’ Market regular season will be Thursdays from 3 to 7 p.m., May 16 to Sept. 26 outdoors at the Blackfalds Multi-Plex. New vendors are being sought. Please contact Tristina at 403-302-7935 to reserve a table. www.BlackfaldsAgSociety.com ● TD Summer Reading Club 2013 for children up to 11 years Kick-Off Party will be held on June 27, 2 to 4 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch. Play games, eat cake, and sing campfire songs with special guest Rick Moore. See www.rdpl.org.

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Big Country Community Adult Learning Council presents Antiques and Fun Weekend in Oyen with Antiques Roadshow accredited appraiser Gale Pirie on July 12 and July 13 in the Adult Learning Building. Fifteen minute appointments for up to three items must be booked by June 21.

Call 403-664-2060, or email bccalc@telusplanet. net. Take in the Oyen Lion’s Show and Shine, and Crossroads Museum Fun Day. ● Medicine River Wildlife Centre Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration will take place in 2014.

In preparation for this milestone, the facility is being upgraded at a cost of $300 per square foot. Donations are being accepted, and trees will be planted for each supporter of each square foot. The Wildlife Centre will not be open summer 2013. See www. mrwc.ca, or call 403-728-3467. ● Benalto Booster Club Annual Tailgate Sale will be held on Pro-Rodeo Day — July 6 — from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Book a street spot now for $10 and invite your friends to come shop. Contact Benalto Store at 403-746-3775 to reserve.

Red Deer College has camps for children and teens running July 2 to Aug. 23 in arts, science, and sports. For details go online to www.rdc.ab.ca/ summercamps, or call 403-357-3663. ● Canadian Blood Services asks residents to get behind the blood signal and donate this summer. Demand is great and 13,000 units are needed. The Red Deer Clinic has extended hours on Fridays and Saturdays to 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. as well as regular hours. To book an appointment or for information, call 1-888-2-DONATE (1-888-2366283) or visit www.blood.ca. ● St. John Ambulance Sponsor a Sitter Initiative offers a subsidy that allows for economically-disadvantaged youth aged 11 years and up to take What Every Babysitter Should Know on July 25 and Aug. 15 in Red Deer. Sponsorship provided by Real Canadian Superstore, Wal-Mart, and United Way. See www.sja.ab/ca, or phone 1-800-665-7114. ● Whisker Rescue Society Annual Garage Sale will be held at Cannery Row Bingo Hall on July 26, 27, and 28. Donations will be accepted July 2 to 23, daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clothes, televisions, computers, mattresses, or large appliances will not be accepted. For more information phone 403-347-1251. ● Royal City Soccer Club offers soccer camps for children ages five to 13 years. To find out more, see royalsoccer.com, or call 1-80042700536. ● Workplace Communication and Skills for Newcomers Program will be offered at Red Deer College, Aug. 12 to 30, Monday to Friday from 9:30

a.m. to 3 p.m. with free child minding provided for ages six years and up. Free training for permanent residents and refugees. Proof of completion of LINC 4 or a CLB assessment is required. For information, or to register, 403-346-8818 — Immigrant Centre. ● Camp Quality is looking for special people to volunteer as support companions, kitchen help, lifeguards, medical staff, programming staff, photographers, videographers, and organizing committee members for a week-long camp in Aug. at Sylvan Lake for children ages four to 18 years who have cancer. Siblings are invited to attend with the camper. Every camper is partnered will a support companion to help out. To find out more, see www. campquality.com, or contact Sara at 403-630-7873, saramariecampeau@gmail.com. ● Medicine River Wildlife Centre is requesting the public’s help placing orphaned animals with appropriate animal families. Those who know the whereabouts of any wildlife with young are asked to call the centre. Deer, coyote, and duckling families are needed. See www.mrwc.ca or call 403728-3467. ● Memorial Society of Red Deer and District offers information on funeral options. An annual membership costs $25 and can be transferred to other societies in North America at little or no cost. To purchase a membership, or find out more, phone 403-346-4636 ext. 109, or see www.memorialsocietyrd.ca, or email to info@memorialsocietyrd.ca. ● Alberta Genealogical Society Red Deer Branch Centennial Families Homecoming Event is on June 29, 1 to 4 p.m. at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. Has your qualifying family been honoured? See www.rdgensoc.ab.ca. ● Spruce View and District Lions Club Annual Fundraising Golf Tournament, Aug. 16 at Gleniffer Golf Club. Registration starts at 11a.m. with shotgun start at 1 p.m. followed by prize presentation and barbecue dinner. Cost is $75 per person with a maximum of 88 golfers. All proceeds to improve Spruce View baseball facility. Register

by July 15. Contact Henry van der Kolk for information or to register: RR 1 Site 10 Box 29, Innisfail, Alta. T4G 1T6, phone 403-728-3530, or 403-8774252, henryandtonny@harewaves.net. ● Martha Kostuch Scholarship application deadline is July 1. The scholarship is open to high school graduates living in the Parkland Airshed Management Zone (PAMZ) region who wish to pursue post-secondary education in environmental studies. To find out details, and more see www. pamz.org, or contact Kevin Warren, Executive Director PAMZ at 403-862-7046.

Vaccine against HPV cut infections in teen girls by half: study

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — A vaccine against a cervical cancer virus has cut infections in teen girls by half, according to a study released Wednesday.

The study confirms research done before the HPV vaccine came on the market in 2006. But this is the first evidence of how well it works now that it is in general use.

“These are striking results and I think they should be a wake-up call that we need to increase vaccination rates,” said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Only about half of teen girls in the US have gotten at least one dose, and just a third of teen girls have had all three shots, according to the latest CDC figures.

HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection. The vaccine protects against certain types of the human papillomavirus that cause most cases of cervical cancer. The shots work best if given before someone is sexually active so the emphasis has been on giving the shots to 11- and 12-year olds.

The CDC study compared infection rates in girls before and after the vaccine became available.

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Challenger Dave’s passion JOHN RATHWELL

CLASSIC CARS The Advocate introduces a new column this week on classic cars and their collectors. Written by local freelance writer John Rathwell, the column will appear every second week through the summer.

Hello, my name is John Rathwell and I am a financial planner by day and a car guy on the weekends.

I have written car articles for a number of magazines and newspapers in the past.

We thought it would be great to focus on local Central Alberta motor enthusiasts here in our back yard.

Our first featured car guy is also one of the most under-appreciated in the car world.

He has shown commitment and a passion for the car hobby for a long time.

His name is Dave Burden and his alias is “Challenger Dave.”

Dave owns a 1974 Dodge Challenger, which he has customized to his personal preference.

He bought the yellow Challenger, nicknamed the Wasp, in 1998 along with four other vehicles.

Dave sold the other cars and fell in love with the “Challey” as it became one of the family.

In talking to Challenger Dave, I learned that he has been a car nut for most of his life.

He has owned many types and brands, and his favourite is the Mopars.

Dave believes that everyone has the right to love their ride, whether it’s a 1910 or a 2013.

If it’s new or old, pride in your ride is what it’s all about!

Dave is well known and responsible for organizing the infamous Thursday night Cruise Night in Red Deer.

Cruise Night started back in 2000 with Dave and a few friends.

Car enthusiasts had nowhere to go after the Willy’s on Gasoline Alley closed.

Dave sought out locations that would enable car guys and girls a place to gather to show off their rides and swap stories.

Dave also wanted to make sure that the spots are safe and even informed local enforcement agencies to let them

Photo by JOHN RATHWELL/freelance

Dave Burden and his 1974 Dodge Challenger, which he has customized to his personal preference. He bought the yellow challenger, nicknamed the Wasp, in 1998, along with four other vehicles. know what was going on.

The first location was downtown in the Office Plus parking lot. This event was so popular that Dave had to move to a bigger lot across the street at the Superstore.

Over the next couple of years, it continued to grow from word of mouth, advertising and other social media.

Again success created limited space and caused Dave to move up to the Safeway parking lot at the Parkland Mall.

Before the first season ended, that spot had been outgrown as well. This caused him to select the largest parking lot available.

Now you will find Dave standing at the entrance for hours on end at the northeast parking lot at the Parkland

Mall every Thursday night.

Thursday’s Cruise Night also offers many food vendors and things for the kids to do as well.

There is also a swap meet from your trunk or box of your truck — no tables, etc. — and FM transmitted classic tunes on 96.7FM. Dave treats everyone with respect and his happiness is contagious. He believes that everyone should be treated how they would like to be treated.

He works countless hours without thanks or appreciation.

I was at a Thursday Cruise Night recently and there were more than 400 cars, trucks and bikes in attendance.

This is one of the largest car events in the province, and the success is due

to Challenger Dave!

So mark Thursday night on your calendar and come out for a fun family evening!

As a car guy and collector for over 20 years, I enjoy and participate in racing, slalom, and car shows. There are numerous car events happening in our area every week that most people aren’t aware of.

So I will share with you some dates and places of future events so that you can come out and have some fun with us: ● Friday through Sunday this weekend: Hanna one-eighth-mile Bracket Races John Rathwell is a local financial planner, car enthusiast and freelance writer.

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Greg Meachem, Sports Editor, 403-314-4363 Sports line 403-343-2244 Fax 403-341-6560 sports@reddeeradvocate.com

Hawks draw even with OT win SEABROOK SCORES IN EXTRA TIME TO CAP ROLLER-COASTER GAME 4 THE CANADIAN PRESS

DANNY BRIERE

FLYERS TO PART WITH BRIERE A person familiar with discussions confirms Danny Briere is set to become a free agent after the Philadelphia Flyers informed the veteran forward they intend to buy out the final two years of his contract. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity. ESPN. com first reported Briere’s pending buyout Tuesday evening. The Flyers still owe Briere $5 million as part of the eight-year, $52 million contract he signed in free agency on July 1, 2007. He’s a 15-year NHL veteran, who had six goals and 10 assists in 34 games last season. A seven-time 25-goal scorer, Briere’s production has tailed off as a result of various injuries, including a concussion. The move will shave $6.5 million off the Flyers’ salary cap.

Today

● Men’s ball hockey: Tommy Gun’s vs.

Hammerhead Oilfield, 7 p.m.; JMAA Architecture vs. Braves, 8:15 p.m.; Brewhouse vs. Gentex Heat, 9:30 p.m., all games at Kinsmen B; Boston Pizza vs. Raiders, 7 p.m.; ATB Bears vs. Long Ball, 8:15 p.m.; Sharks vs.

Cruisin’ Auto, 9:30 p.m., all games at Dawe. ● Women’s fastball: TNT Athletics vs. Snell and Oslund Badgers, U18 Rage vs. Lacombe Physio Shooters, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; N. Jensen’s Bandits at Stettler Heat, 7 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: Gary Moe Volkswagen Legends vs. North Star Sports, Printing Place Padres vs. Lacombe Stone and Granite, Great Chief Park 1 and 2.

Friday

● Rodeo: Sundre Pro Rodeo, 6:30 p.m. ● Parkland baseball: Rocky Mountain House at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park; Eckville at Innisfail, 7 p.m. ● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Lacoka Locos at Red Deer Renegades, 8:30 p.m., Kinex.

Saturday

● Bantam AAA baseball: Spruce Grove at Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves, doubleheader at noon and 3 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Rodeo: Sundre Pro Rodeo, 12:30 and 6:30 p.m. ● Senior C lacrosse: Okotoks Erratic at Blackfalds Silverbacks, 5 p.m., Multiplex. ● Alberta Football League: Calgary Gators at Central Alberta Buccaneers, 6 p.m., Lacombe MEGlobal Athletic Park. ● Kickboxing/Muay Thai: Superfights 21, 7 p.m., Sheraton Hotel. ● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Calgary Axemen-Rockies at Lacoka Locos, 7 p.m., Lacombe; Red Deer Renegades at Innisfail Yeti, 7 p.m.

Sunday

● Major women’s soccer: Calgary SWU Saints at Red Deer Renegades, noon, Great Chief Park.

Blackhawks 6 Bruins 5 OT BOSTON — Brent Seabrook scored at 9:51 of overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 6-5 win over the Boston Bruins in a wild Stanley Cup final game Wednesday night.

Seabrook’s shot from the point through traffic that beat Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask gives the Blackhawks, who never trailed going into overtime, a new lease of life.

The teams are now tied at 2-2 heading into Saturday’s Game 5 in Chicago.

The Bruins threw everything they had at the visitors in mounting a furious comeback but came up short in the third game of the series to go to overtime.

Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said he felt confident going into extra time, despite Boston’s fightback.

“I still thought in the third period we didn’t give up a ton even though it was a 5-5 game,” he said. “We still had some composure going into the overtime. I thought the bench was where it needed to be and (we) continued to move forward. But certainly they got the crowd (going) and we lost the momentum a couple of times. We had a nice lead, but they pressed. Their power play helped them tonight as well. But we did a lot of good things tonight.

“We’ll look at the positives and move forward.”

It was a crazy contest, crammed full of offence,

momentum swings and bristling with more than a little bad blood. At times, it was like a violent all-star game.

Quenneville’s decision to reunite Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Bryan Bickell paid dividends. Toews and Kane each scored for the Blackhawks, with Michal Handzus, Marcus Kruger and Patrick Sharp getting the Blackhawks’ other goals.

But the Bruins refused to keel over.

Patrice Bergeron scored twice and Rich Peverley, Milan Lucic and Johnny Boychuk added singles for Boston, which found itself behind the eight-ball all night. It was a roller-coaster ride for the crowd of 17,565 — the 164th straight full house at TD Garden — as the Bruins trailed 3-1 and 4-2.

Chicago outshot Boston 41-28 after regulation time and 47-33 overall.

“We opened up and scored goals. But we gave them some goals,” said Boston coach Claude Julien. “Our whole team was average tonight ...

They were better than we were.”

Tied 1-1 after 20 minutes, Chicago pulled ahead by outscoring the Bruins 3-2 in a frenetic second period that saw five goals in 10:49 and three in 2:39.

The five second-period goals matched the combined total of Games 2 and 3. And Chicago’s three-goal production for the period was one more than Pittsburgh managed to put past Tuuk-

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chicago Blackhawks center Patrick Sharp scores past Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask and defenceman Dennis Seidenberg during the third period in Game 4 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals, Wednesday, in Boston. ka Rask in four games.

Trailing 4-3 to open the third period, Bergeron pulled the Bruins even at 2:05 with a wrist shot on the glove side that Corey Crawford might want back. Jaromir Jagr, in his 200th NHL playoff game, drew the assist on Bergeron’s ninth goal of the post-season after some dogged possession in the Chicago end.

The Bruins are no strangers to comeback.

Boston trailed 4-1 with 11 minutes to go in Game 7 against Toronto in the first round, only to make history by winning 5-4 in OT to become the first NHL team to win a Game

7 after trailing by three goals in the third period.

Sharp put Chicago ahead 5-4 on the power play at 11:19 just six seconds after Boston survived a brief two-man disadvantage. Sharp stuffed the puck in from close range with Jagr trying to race back in the play from the penalty box, which still had David Krejci in it.

Boston remarkably answered back with Boychuk’s slapshot just 55 seconds later knotting the score at 5-5 before Seabrook ended it in overtime with his third of the playoffs, and second in OT, to give Chi-

cago a win it desperately needed.

Teams have trailed 3-1 in a best-of-seven series a total of 229 times and have come back to win the series on 20 occasions or 8.7 per cent of the time. But the only team to do it in a Stanley Cup final was the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs, who rallied famously to beat Detroit.

Coming into Wednesday’s game, the Bruins had won seven straight at home, outscoring their opponents 21-10. Prior to Game 4, the Bruins were 11-2 in their last 13 games, with both losses coming in overtime.

Jays extend streak with sweep of Rox

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Blue Jays 5 Rockies 2 TORONTO — Early leads have been the norm, the pitching staff is rounding into form and confidence is growing by the day.

The Toronto Blue Jays are doing everything right these days and it’s paying off with victories.

Adam Lind hit a three-run homer and Mark Buehrle (4-4) worked five effective innings as the Blue Jays defeated the Colorado Rockies 5-2 on Wednesday to extend their season-high winning streak to eight games. Toronto’s bullpen allowed just one hit over four innings of scoreless relief and Casey Janssen earned his 16th save.

“Everything is clicking right now for us,” Buehrle said. “I can’t pinpoint why everything is clicking but we’re getting a big hit, getting a big pitch when we need to, guys are playing great defence behind us. I don’t know what’s happening but hopefully (we can) continue it as long as we can.”

Toronto (35-36) completed a three-game sweep of the Rockies with the victory and moved just a game away from the .500 mark. The winning streak is the team’s longest since a 10-gamer in 2008.

Neil Wagner, Brett Cecil, Steve Delabar and Janssen all worked an inning apiece.

“What can you say — we’ve been saying it over and over every day,” manager John Gibbons

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Toronto Blue Jays Edwin Encarncacion congratulates teammate Adam Lind on his three-run homer during inter-league action against the Colorado Rockies in Toronto on Wednesday. said of his bullpen. “There’s going to be times when they’re going to give up some runs but right now they’re on some kind of roll.”

Jose Bautista got things started in the opening frame when he reached on a throwing error by third baseman Nolan Arenado. The Toronto slugger moved to second on a single by Edwin Encarnacion and Lind followed by launching a 2-1 pitch over the right-field wall for his ninth homer of the year.

The Toronto first baseman has had at least one hit in 19 of

his last 22 starts and is batting a stellar .340 on the season. It’s quite a difference from a year ago, when he spent part of the season in the minors.

“It’s surreal,” Lind said.

“Couldn’t have written that script.”

Colorado (37-36) got on the board in the second inning when Jordan Pacheco led off with a double and scored on a single by Yorvit Torrealba.

Toronto restored its threerun lead in the fourth inning.

Colby Rasmus walked and moved to third when second

baseman D.J. LeMahieu booted a Maicer Izturis grounder.

Emilio Bonifacio hit a tailormade double-play ball but used his speed to beat the throw to first, allowing Rasmus to score.

Bonifacio promptly stole second but was stranded when Colorado starter Juan Nicasio (4-3) struck out Munenori Kawasaki.

Carlos Gonzalez hit a frozen rope inside the right-field pole for his 21st homer of the season to open the fifth inning, making it a 4-2 game. The Rockies would not get any closer as they fell to 0-9 all-time at Rogers Centre.

“This series we didn’t play good baseball at all,” Gonzalez said. “They pitched well, they scored a lot of runs.”

Buehrle didn’t have his best stuff but still managed to prevent a big inning. The veteran left-hander gave up eight hits, a walk and two earned runs over five innings while striking out four.

“There were just a lot of pitches I got away with today,” he said. “Like I said, earlier in the season that wasn’t happening. Those pitches were getting hit for home runs and getting us down in a hole early.”

Wagner struck out the first two batters he faced. LeMahieu then worked a 14-pitch at-bat before popping up to short.

Cecil came on for the seventh and was dominant once again, striking out a pair and getting a ground-ball out. The left-hander has not allowed a hit since May 28, a club-record span of 38 batters.

Renegades couldn’t capitalize on chances

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Edmonton Victoria 7 Renegades 3 After opening the Alberta Major Women’s Soccer League season with two uplifting wins, the historically struggling Red Deer Renegades ran into a potential confidence-crushing brick wall Wednesday.

Now it’s up to head coach Ado Sarcevic to ensure that the Renegades don’t crash and burn following a 7-3 loss to perennial powerhouse Edmonton Victoria.

“We take every games as its own game,” said Sarcevic. “We’re not going to look back and just say we lost. We’re just going to use this game to see where we need to improve and then go from there.

“The Victoria team are national champions and being in the game with them for 60

minutes is a great thing for us, as is being praised by their coach, who said we’re going to upset some teams before the season is over.

“To hear that from their team is very encouraging and now our job as coaches is just to take that on to the players and make sure they don’t look at this as a 7-3 loss, but the fact we scored three goals against Victoria, which doesn’t happen very often.”

Paula Dadensky scored all three goals for the Renegades, who were down 3-1 at one point in the match before rallying to tie the game.

“Definitely the score doesn’t reflect the game itself and how we played,” said Sarcevic. “When it was tied 3-3 we were in control and hoping for the fourth goal. We had four or five great chances but didn’t capitalize, and then we got punished.

“We gave up a couple of bad goals and

then a penalty, which was a bit of a bad call for us. We learned from this game quite a bit . . . we realized that we can compete against any team in this league.” ● Wednesday’s game was moved to the RDC pitch due at the request of the Alberta Soccer Association.

Carmen Charron, the ASA program co-ordinator, said concerns had been expressed by teams visiting Great Chief this season that the condition of the field was unsafe for players.

The ASA executive director Richard Adams was in Red Deer last weekend and confirmed that the field is in poor condition and not suitable for AMSL matches.

As a result, the Renegades will play all of their remaining home games at the RDC field. The games are June 23, July 14, 21 and 28 at noon, and July 24 at 7:30 p.m. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Baseball

NHL Stanley Cup Finals (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Boston 2, Chicago 2 Wednesday, June 12: Chicago 4, Boston 3, 3OT Saturday, June 15: Boston 2, Chicago 1, OT Monday, June 17: Boston 2, Chicago 0 Wednesday, June 19: Chicago 6, Boston 5, OT Saturday, June 22: Boston at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Monday, June 24: Chicago at Boston, 6 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 26: Boston at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Wednesday’s summary Blackhawks 6 at Bruins 5 (OT) First Period 1. Chicago, Handzus 3 (Saad) 6:48 (sh) 2. Boston, Peverley 2 (Ference) 14:43 (pp) Penalties — Oduya Chi (interference) 5:18, Keith Chi (hooking), Shaw Chi (roughing), Kelly Bos (roughing) 12:45, Horton Bos (slashing) 18:16, Keith Chi (tripping) 18:58.

Second Period 3. Chicago, Toews 2 (Rozsival) 6:33

4. Chicago, Kane 7 (Bickell, Rozsival) 8:41 5. Boston, Lucic 6 (Chara) 14:43 6. Chicago, Kruger 3 (Frolik, Bolland) 15:32 7. Boston, Bergeron 8 (Chara, Jagr) 17:22 (pp) Penalty — Boston bench (too many men, served by Thornton) 9:58, Kane Chi (hooking) 16:24.

Third Period 8. Boston, Bergeron 9 (Jagr) 2:05 9. Chicago, Sharp 10 (Hossa, Keith) 11:19 (pp) 10. Boston, Boychuk 6 (Horton, Krejci) 12:14 Penalties — Toews Chi (high-sticking) 8:51, Jagr Bos (high-sticking) 9:13, Krejci Bos (hooking) 10:20.

First Overtime 11. Chicago, Seabrook 3 (Bickell, Kane) 9:51 Penalties — None Shots on goal Chicago 12 13 16 6 — 47 Boston 9 11 8 5 — 33 Goal — Chicago: Crawford (W,14-7-0); Boston: Rask (L,14-6-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Chicago: 1-4; Boston: 2-5.

Attendance — 17,565 (17,565).

Basketball NBA Finals (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) San Antonio 3, Miami 3 Thursday, June 6: San Antonio 92, Miami 88 Sunday, June 9: Miami 103, San Antonio 84 Tuesday, June 11: San Antonio 113, Miami 77 Thursday, June 13: Miami 109, San Antonio 93 Sunday, June 16: San Antonio 114, Miami 104 Tuesday, June 18: Miami 103, San Antonio 100, OT Thursday, June 20: San Antonio at Miami, 7 p.m.

Tuesday’s summary SAN ANTONIO (100) Ginobili 2-5 4-6 9, Leonard 9-14 3-4 22, Duncan 13-21 4-5 30, Parker 6-23 6-7 19, Green 1-7 0-0 3,

Neal 2-7 0-0 5, Diaw 2-6 3-4 7, Splitter 2-2 1-2 5, Bonner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-85 21-28 100.

MIAMI (103) Miller 3-4 0-0 8, James 11-26 9-12 32, Bosh 5-12 0-1 10, Chalmers 7-11 2-2 20, Wade 6-15 2-2 14, Allen 3-8 2-2 9, Battier 3-4 0-0 9, Andersen 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 38-81 16-21 103.

San Antonio25 25 25 20 5 — 100 Miami 27 17 21 30 8 — 103 3-Point Goals—San Antonio 5-18 (Ginobili 1-3, Parker 1-3, Leonard 1-3, Neal 1-3, Green 1-5, Diaw 0-1), Miami 11-19 (Chalmers 4-5, Battier 3-4, Miller 2-2, Allen 1-3, James 1-5). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—San Antonio 58 (Duncan 17), Miami 45 (Bosh 11). Assists—San Antonio 13 (Parker 8), Miami 23 (James 11). Total Fouls—San Antonio 21, Miami 26. A—19,900 (19,600).

Football Toronto Hamilton Montreal Winnipeg

CFL Preseason East Division GP W L T 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0

GP Saskatchewan 1

West Division W L T 1 0 0

PF 24 33 26 6

PA 6 26 33 24

Pt 2 2 0 0

PF 31

PA 24

Pt 2

BC Lions Calgary Edmonton

1 1 1

1 0 0

0 1 1

0 0 0

29 27 24

27 29 31

2 0 0

Thursday’s games Montreal at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Hamilton, 5 p.m.

Calgary at Saskatchewan, 8 p.m.

Friday’s games Edmonton at BC Lions, 8 p.m.

T 1 2 2 0 2

Pts 21 16 12 8 8

Con/Phillips Lacombe Physio

1 1

9 7

1 0

3 2

Tuesday scores Lacombe Physio 7 CA Threat 5 Snell & Oslund 5 N. Jensen’s 3 U18 Rage 6 Stettler 5

Soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts Montreal 9 3 2 29 New York 7 5 4 25 Philadelphia 6 5 4 22 Houston 6 5 4 22 Sporting KC 6 5 4 22 New England 5 5 5 20 Columbus 5 5 5 20 Chicago 4 7 3 15 Toronto FC 2 7 5 11 D.C. 1 11 3 6

GF 24 23 22 19 18 18 18 13 14 7

GA 17 19 24 16 13 13 16 20 20 26

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA FC Dallas 8 3 4 28 23 18 Real Salt Lake 8 5 3 27 24 16 Portland 6 1 8 26 25 16 Seattle 6 4 3 21 19 15 Los Angeles 6 6 2 20 22 18 Colorado 5 6 5 20 17 16 Vancouver 5 5 4 19 22 23 San Jose 4 6 6 18 15 24 Chivas USA 3 8 2 11 13 26 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Wednesday’s Games

Montreal 2, Houston 0 Chicago 2, Colorado 1 Chivas USA at Vancouver, Late Portland at Los Angeles, Late Saturday’s Games San Jose at D.C. United, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Sporting Kansas City at FC Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Toronto FC at Houston, 7 p.m.

Seattle FC at Real Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games New York at Philadelphia, 3 p.m.

Colorado at Portland, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Chivas USA, 9 p.m.

Saturday, June 29 Real Salt Lake at Toronto FC, 11 a.m.

FC Dallas at Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m.

Colorado at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at D.C. United, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Sporting Kansas City, 6:30 p.m.

New England at Chivas USA, 8:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 30 Houston at New York, noon

Visors, hybrid icing could be coming next season NHL GM MEETINGS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — Hybrid icing could be on its way to the NHL. The league’s general managers met Wednesday and embraced many of the changes recommended by the competition committee, including hybrid icing and the mandatory use of visors for all players entering the league.

A blend of touch and notouch icing that offers referees the discretion to blow a play dead will be in effect during the 2013-14 preseason. If the experiment is successful, hybrid icing will be implemented for the regular season, pending a vote by the NHL’s board of governors.

Mathieu Schneider, a for-

mer defenceman who is now a special assistant to NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr, said both sides should have a better gauge by the end of the preseason whether hybrid icing is likely to pass.

“I’m optimistic,” Schneider said. “I’ve learned more through these meetings, watching videos and getting a better understanding.”

The rule is designed to promote safer play, allowing a linesman to blow his whistle if he judges a defending player is likely to reach the puck first.

“There’s different types of the hybrid icing that have been used in different leagues, so we’re still going to hammer some of those details out,” Schneider said. “But essentially it’s meant to eliminate guys going full speed into the end boards. If it makes the game safer, it’s a great thing.”

DETROIT RED WINGS

Red Wings, Detroit officials plan new $650M arena THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings and city officials on Wednesday announced a $650 million plan for a new arena development for the NHL team in Detroit’s downtown entertainment and sports district.

Plans for an 18,000-seat arena were announced by the team’s owners and local economic development officials.

Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch has long said he wanted a replacement for the 32-year-old Joe Louis Arena.

The new proposal — essentially a framework of financing and development plans — still needs to be approved by the City Council and a hand-

Detroit Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota Chicago

Oakland Texas Seattle Los Angeles Houston

GB — 1 1/2 3 1/2 6 7 1/2

Central Division W L Pct 39 31 .557 36 35 .507 34 36 .486 32 36 .471 29 40 .420

GB — 3 1/2 5 6 9 1/2

West Division W L Pct 43 31 .581 40 32 .556 32 40 .444 31 40 .437 27 46 .370

GB — 2 10 10 1/2 15 1/2

Tuesday’s Games Boston 5, Tampa Bay 1, 1st game Cleveland 4, Kansas City 3 L.A. Dodgers at New York, ppd., rain Toronto 8, Colorado 3 Baltimore 5, Detroit 2 Boston 3, Tampa Bay 1, 2nd game Oakland 6, Texas 2 Minnesota 7, Chicago White Sox 5 Houston 10, Milwaukee 1 Seattle 3, L.A. Angels 2, 10 innings Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 6, L.A. Dodgers 4, 1st game Baltimore 13, Detroit 3 Cleveland 6, Kansas City 3 L.A. Dodgers 6, N.Y. Yankees 0, 2nd game Toronto 5, Colorado 2 Tampa Bay 6, Boston 2 Texas 9, Oakland 4 Minnesota 7, Chicago White Sox 4 Milwaukee 3, Houston 1 Seattle at L.A. Angels, Late Thursday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 1-3) at Minnesota (Diamond 4-6), 11:10 a.m.

Oakland (Griffin 5-6) at Texas (Lindblom 0-2), 12:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 6-6) at Houston (Harrell 5-7), 12:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (M.Moore 8-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 5-4), 5:05 p.m.

Boston (Lackey 4-5) at Detroit (J.Alvarez 1-0), 5:08 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-4) at L.A. Angels (Hanson 4-2), 8:05 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R MiCabrera Det 70 277 55 CDavis Bal 72 264 51 HKendrick LAA 71 271 29 JhPeralta Det 65 248 34 Machado Bal 73 316 48 Mauer Min 64 259 41 Pedroia Bos 73 282 46 Trout LAA 71 286 51 DOrtiz Bos 55 209 35 Infante Det 63 245 34

H 100 89 90 82 103 84 88 88 64 75

Atlanta Washington Philadelphia New York Miami

St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago Milwaukee

Arizona San Francisco Colorado San Diego Los Angeles

43 35 35 27 22

30 36 38 41 49

.589 .493 .479 .397 .310

— 7 8 13 1/2 20

Central Division W L Pct 46 26 .639 43 29 .597 42 29 .592 29 41 .414 29 41 .414

GB — 3 3 1/2 16 16

West Division W L Pct 39 33 .542 37 34 .521 37 36 .507 36 36 .500 30 40 .429

GB — 1 1/2 2 1/2 3 8

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 3, 1st game Philadelphia 4, Washington 2 L.A. Dodgers at New York, ppd., rain Toronto 8, Colorado 3 N.Y. Mets 6, Atlanta 1, 2nd game Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 0 Houston 10, Milwaukee 1 Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis 2 Arizona 3, Miami 2 San Francisco 5, San Diego 4

Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh (Cumpton 0-0) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 4-5), 10:35 a.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 6-6) at Houston (Harrell 5-7), 12:10 p.m.

Colorado (Oswalt 0-0) at Washington (Zimmermann 9-3), 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-6) at Atlanta (Minor 8-2), 5:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Feldman 6-5) at St. Louis (Lynn 9-1), 6:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Fife 1-2) at San Diego (Marquis 9-2), 8:10 p.m.

Miami (Koehler 0-5) at San Francisco (Gaudin 2-1), 8:15 p.m.

Home Runs CDavis, Baltimore, 26; MiCabrera, Detroit, 19; Encarnacion, Toronto, 19; NCruz, Texas, 18; ADunn, Chicago, 18; Cano, New York, 16; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 16.

Runs Batted In MiCabrera, Detroit, 71; CDavis, Baltimore, 66; Encarnacion, Toronto, 58; Fielder, Detroit, 54; AJones, Baltimore, 54; DOrtiz, Boston, 52; NCruz, Texas, 50.

Pitching Scherzer, Detroit, 10-0; Buchholz, Boston, 9-0; Colon, Oakland, 9-2; Masterson, Cleveland, 9-5; Tillman, Baltimore, 8-2; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 8-3; FHernandez, Seattle, 8-4.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R YMolina StL 68 255 31 Tulowitzki Col 61 222 41 Scutaro SF 60 240 33 Segura Mil 69 277 40 Votto Cin 72 269 53 Posey SF 67 238 29 FFreeman Atl 60 230 34 CGomez Mil 68 259 43 MCarpenter StL 68 271 53 CGonzalez Col 71 276 59

H 93 77 81 91 87 76 73 82 85 86

Pct. .365 .347 .338 .329 .323 .319 .317 .317 .314 .312

Home Runs CGonzalez, Colorado, 21; DBrown, Philadelphia, 19; Beltran, St. Louis, 17; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 17; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 16; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 15; JUpton, Atlanta, 15.

Runs Batted In Goldschmidt, Arizona, 62; CGonzalez, Colorado, 57; Phillips, Cincinnati, 56; Craig, St. Louis, 53; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 51; DBrown, Philadelphia, 49; Bruce, Cincinnati, 48; FFreeman, Atlanta, 48.

Pitching Wainwright, St. Louis, 10-4; Corbin, Arizona, 9-0; Lynn, St. Louis, 9-1; Lee, Philadelphia, 9-2; Marquis, San Diego, 9-2; Zimmermann, Washington, 9-3; Minor, Atlanta, 8-2.

Wednesday’s Major League Linescores

National League East Division W L Pct

GB

Kan. City 000 110 001 — 3 12 1 Cleveland 000 013 11x — 6 7 0 Mendoza, Collins (6), K.Herrera (7), Hochevar (8) and S.Perez; Masterson, Shaw (7), J.Smith (9) and C.Santana. W—Masterson 9-5. L—Mendoza 2-4.

HRs—Cleveland, Brantley 2 (4).

Tampa Bay 200 010 300 — 6 15 0 Boston 010 100 000 — 2 7 1 Hellickson, McGee (7), Jo.Peralta (8), J.Wright (9), Rodney (9) and J.Molina; Dempster, Breslow (7), A.Wilson (7), F.Morales (8), Beato (9) and Saltalamacchia. W—Hellickson 5-3. L—Dempster 4-8.

HRs—Tampa Bay, De.Jennings (9).

INTERLEAGUE First Game Los Angeles000 000 220 — 4 10 4 New York 020 001 30x — 6 8 0 Ryu, Howell (7), Belisario (7), P.Rodriguez (7), Guerrier (8) and A.Ellis; Kuroda, Kelley (7), Claiborne (8), D.Robertson (8), Rivera (9) and C.Stewart. W— Kuroda 7-5. L—Ryu 6-3. Sv—Rivera (25). HRs— Los Angeles, H.Ramirez (2). New York, I.Suzuki (3).

Friday’s Games Houston at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

Colorado at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.

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

Cincinnati at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.

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

L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

Miami at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

Pct. .361 .337 .332 .331 .326 .324 .312 .308 .306 .306

Baltimore 000 600 304 — 13 17 0 Detroit 000 102 000 — 3 11 0 Tillman, McFarland (6), Strop (8), F.Garcia (9) and Teagarden; Porcello, D.Downs (7), E.Reed (7), Valverde (9) and Holaday. W—Tillman 8-2. L— Porcello 4-4. HRs—Baltimore, C.Davis 2 (26), Teagarden (1).

Chicago 100 000 120 — 4 9 2 Minnesota 031 003 00x — 7 10 0 Sale, Heath (6), Troncoso (8) and Flowers; Correia, Pressly (7), Duensing (8), Roenicke (8), Perkins (9) and Mauer. W—Correia 6-4. L—Sale 5-6. Sv—Perkins (18). HRs—Chicago, De Aza (9). Minnesota, Dozier (5), Morneau (3).

Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 6, L.A. Dodgers 4, 1st game Arizona 3, Miami 1 San Francisco 4, San Diego 2 L.A. Dodgers 6, N.Y. Yankees 0, 2nd game Washington 6, Philadelphia 2, 11 innings Toronto 5, Colorado 2 Atlanta 5, N.Y. Mets 3 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee 3, Houston 1 St. Louis 4, Chicago Cubs 1

Friday’s Games Houston at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 5:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

Boston at Detroit, 5:08 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.

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

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

Oakland at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

Ladies fastball Red Deer Women’s W L TNT Athletics 10 0 Snell&Oslund 7 1 U18 Rage 5 4 NJ Bandits 4 5 Stettler Heat 3 5

Boston Baltimore New York Tampa Bay Toronto

American League East Division W L Pct 44 30 .595 42 31 .575 39 32 .549 37 35 .514 35 36 .493

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Second Game Los Ang. 201 020 100 — 6 12 0 New York 000 000 000 — 0 3 0 Capuano, Withrow (7), League (9) and Federowicz; P.Hughes, Warren (7) and Au.Romine. W—Capuano 2-4. L—P.Hughes 3-6. HRs—Los Angeles, Puig (5).

Colorado 010 010 000 — 2 9 2 Toronto 300 100 10x — 5 7 1 Nicasio, Scahill (6), Outman (7), Kensing (8) and Torrealba; Buehrle, Wagner (6), Cecil (7), Delabar (8), Janssen (9) and Arencibia. W—Buehrle 4-4.

L—Nicasio 4-3. Sv—Janssen (16). HRs—Colorado, C.Gonzalez (21). Toronto, Lind (9).

Milwaukee 000 000 021 — 3 6 0 Houston 100 000 000 — 1 10 1 Lohse, Axford (7), Henderson (8), Fr.Rodriguez (9) and Maldonado; Bedard, Ambriz (8), Fields (9) and J.Castro. W—Axford 3-3. L—Ambriz 1-4. Sv— Fr.Rodriguez (5). HRs—Milwaukee, Weeks (6), Ar.Ramirez (4).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Miami 000 000 001 — 1 5 0 Arizona 000 000 03x — 3 4 0 Fernandez, M.Dunn (8) and Mathis; Cahill, Collmenter (2), D.Hernandez (8), Bell (9) and M.Montero.

W—D.Hernandez 4-4. L—Fernandez 4-4. Sv—Bell (13). HRs—Miami, Ruggiano (9). Arizona, C.Ross (3).

San Diego 001 000 100 — 2 4 0 San Fran. 000 100 30x — 4 11 1 Stults, Gregerson (7), T.Ross (7) and Grandal; Bumgarner, Dunning (8), Romo (9) and Posey. W— Bumgarner 7-4. L—Gregerson 4-3. Sv—Romo (18).

HRs—San Diego, Venable (10), Guzman (3).

Wash.

000 000 101 04 — 6 8 0 Phila.

200 000 000 00 — 2 4 0 (11 innings) G.Gonzalez, Clippard (8), Krol (9), Storen (10), R.Soriano (11) and K.Suzuki; K.Kendrick, Bastardo (8), Papelbon (9), Mi.Adams (10), Stutes (11) and Ruiz. W—Storen 2-1. L—Stutes 2-1. HRs—Washington, Desmond (10). Philadelphia, M.Young (3).

New York 000 030 000 — 3 6 0 Atlanta 000 320 00x — 5 7 1 Marcum, C.Torres (5), Aardsma (8), Rice (8) and Buck; Medlen, Avilan (8), Kimbrel (9) and McCann.

W—Medlen 4-7. L—Marcum 0-9. Sv—Kimbrel (20).

HRs—Atlanta, C.Johnson (4).

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Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX—Signed LHP Trey Ball, OF Forrestt Allday, RHP Kyle Martin, RHP Taylor Grover, INF Carlos Asuaje, C Jake Romanski, OF Bryan Hudson, RHP Joe Gunke, INF Reed Gragnani, INF Jantzen Witte and C Daniel Bethea to minor league contracts.

MINNESOTA TWINS—Signed RHP Kohl Stewart, C Stuart Turner, LHP Stephen Gonsalves, C Brian Navaretto, RHP Brian Gilbert, C Mitch Garver, RHP C.K. Irby, INF Nelson Molina, RHP Ethan Mildren, RHP Brandon Peterson, OF Zach Granite, LHP Derrick Penilla, RHP Tanner Mendonca, SS Ryan Walker, RHP Jared Wilson, OF Jason Kanzler, RHP Tyler Stirewalt, C Alex Swim, RHP Zach Hayden, LHP Brandon Easton, OF Chad Christensen, 2B Tanner Vavra and SS Carlos Avila Jr. to minor league contracts.

National League CHICAGO CUBS—Signed RHP Trey Masek to a minor league contract.

HOUSTON ASTROS—Signed RHP Mark Appel to a minor league contract.

NEW YORK METS—Optioned RHP Zack Wheeler to Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled OF Andrew Brown from Las Vegas. Placed RHP Scott Atchison on the 15-day DL. Designated OF Collin Cowgill for assignment.

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Recalled OF Jaff Decker from Tucson (PCL). Placed SS Everth Cabrera on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 17.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with LHP Marco Gonzales on a minor league contract WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Reinstated 2B Danny Espinosa from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Syracuse (IL).

American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS—Released C Tyler Smith.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS—Signed RHP Stephen Bougher. Released INF Alejandro Gonzalez.

ST. PAUL SAINTS—Signed RHP Mike Koons.

Sold the contract of LHP Cole Nelson to Atlanta (NL).

WICHITA WINGNUTS—Sold the contract of RHP Jon Link to Detroit (AL).

Can-Am League NEWARK BEARS—Signed OF Victor Torres.

TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES—Released RHP Charlie Weatherby.

Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS—Signed LHP Ryan Gibson and SS Chris Munoz. Released LHP Patrick Crider and OF Deaun Williams.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association TORONTO RAPTORS—Named Bobby Webster vice-president of basketball management and strategy.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS—Named Mitchell Tanney director of analytics.

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Named Frank Edgerly senior pro scout and Brent Blaylock, Brendan Donovan, Matthew Manocherian and Patrick Moore college scouts.

DALLAS COWBOYS—Signed WR Terrance Williams to a four-year contract and S J.J. Wilcox.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed DT Justin Smith to a two-year contract extension through the 2015 season.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Signed CB Michael Adams. Waived G Jeremy Lewis.

TENNESSEE TITANS—Agreed to terms with OT Barry Richardson.

Canadian Football League SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS—Signed RB Daryl Stephenson.

HOCKEY National Hockey League LOS ANGELES KINGS—Re-signed F Brandon Kozun to a one-year contract.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Signed D Victor Bartley to a three-year contract.

OLYMPICS U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE—Named Benita Fitzgerald Mosley chief of organizational excellence.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS—Named Gary Stevenson president and managing director of MLS Business Ventures and Mark Abbott president and deputy commissioner.

GSP to face Hendricks in November THE CANADIAN PRESS Georges St-Pierre will defend his UFC welterweight title on Nov. 16 in Las Vegas against No. 1 contender Johny (Bigg Rigg) Hendricks.

UFC president Dana White confirmed the details in a text to The Canadian Press.

The 32-year-old from Montreal has defended his 170-pound mixed martial arts championship eight times since winning it back from Matt (The Terror) Serra at UFC 83 in Montreal in April 2008.

Most recently, St-Pierre (24-2) won a unani-

ful of state and local agencies, but it’s seen as an important first step. The Red Wings said there will be $367 million in private investment and $283 million in public funds in the complex, which would also include residential, retail and office space.

Developers said the public money would come from existing economic development funds and requires no new taxes or funds from the cashstrapped city. Detroit, the largest city in the country under state financial oversight, is struggling with a longterm debt that emergency financial manager Kevyn Orr believes is more than $17 billion.

“Today, this public-private partnership took a significant step forward in laying the groundwork for a major catalyst development, which will create approximately 8,300 jobs, stimulate economic activity and have a positive and lasting impact on our community,” said Christopher Ilitch, son of Mike Ilitch and president and chief executive of Ilitch Holdings Inc., another family company.

mous decision over Nick Diaz in March at UFC 158. The champion has won 11 straight fights dating back to April 2007.

The hard-hitting Hendricks (15-1) has won six in a row since losing to Rick (The Horror) Story in December 2010. His last outing was a unanimous decision over Carlos (Natural Born Killer) Condit at UFC 158.

The November card is expected to be UFC 167 and could serve as an anniversary show.

The UFC made its debut on Nov. 12, 1993.

GSP is no stranger to milestones. He beat Thiago Alves on UFC 100 in July 2009.

The city’s Downtown Development Authority approved a “memorandum of understanding” with Olympia Development of Michigan, which is owned by Ilitch and his wife, and Wayne County, home to Detroit. Ilitch also owns the Detroit Tigers, and his family owns Little Caesars Pizza and downtown Detroit’s Fox Theatre.

Under the plan, the authority would own the arena and event centre com-

plex, while Olympia Development would have exclusive rights to use, manage and operate it, and hold naming rights.

The arena is slated to be built near the Detroit Tigers’ Comerica Park and the Detroit Lions’ Ford Field, close to the intersection of Interstate 75 and Woodward Avenue. The proposed location is a couple miles away from the Red Wings’ current arena.

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BY ADVOCATE STAFF Guest associate pro Roy Hide will join four Canadian Professional Golf Tour players in the Red Deer Golf and Country Club Skins Game, Tuesday.

The five-man lineup will include Skins Game veterans Mike Mezei and James Love, as well as James Lepp and Steven Lecuyer. The nine-hole event will tee off at 5 p.m. with the field pursuing a total purse of $15,000.

Mezei has been a member of the Canadian Tour since 2005 and won the Winnipeg Free Press Classic two years later. The Lethbridge native was the top-ranked amateur and junior player in Canada in 2002 and in ‘03 won the Alberta Amateur three years after capturing the Canadian junior championship.

Love finished eighth in a Web.com Tour event — the Utah Championship — last year and in 2009 was the winner of the Canadian Pro Tour Championship. The Calgary native and Denver, Colo., resident, was a member of the

Canadian national amateur team in 2005 and ‘06.

Lepp, from Abbotsford, B.C., is a two-time winner on the Canadian Tour and in 2005 became the first Canadian to win the NCAA championship while attending the University of Washington. He won seven times at the college level and was a four-time All-American.

In addition, Lepp was a medalist in the 2005 U.S. Amateur, was a runner-up on the Golf Channel series Big Break Greenbrier in 2012 and is the founder of Kikkor Golf.

Lecuyer, a native of Grimshaw, made seven of eights cuts on the Canadian Tour last year. He won the Alberta Amateur in 2010 and a year later took top honours in the Samford Invitational — an NCAA tournament — while representing the University of Central Arkansas and finished fifth in each of the Arkansas State Open and Texas State Open tournaments.

Lecuyer recorded 23 top-10 NCAA finishes during his time at Central Arkansas.

Rose gets back to golf after flurry of media events THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CROMWELL, Conn. — Justin Rose took care of winning his first major championship last week.

This week is more about enjoying himself and playing with the confidence of a U.S. Open champion, Rose said Wednesday.

Rose, who is now ranked third in the world, leads a field of 156 players at the Travelers Championship, on the par-70 TPC River Highlands course that invites golfers to try for birdies.

Last year’s winner, Marc Leishman, shot a 14-under par, 266.

“It’s a perfect week for the week after a major,” said Rose, who won last week with a score of 1-over 281. “It’s got challenges out there, but the challenge is, can you go low?”

Rose said he planned in advance to play a three-week stretch starting at Merion, and loves the TPC River Highlands course, where he has three top-10 finishes in seven starts. But he acknowledged being a bit tired and said he might have to rely on the adrenaline of his U.S. Open victory to help him through this week. He arrived Tuesday night after

a flurry of media appearances in New York.

“I was doing my best to try to soak in being the U.S. Open champion,” he said. “Went on some great shows I’ve seen on TV, and then to be part of it, is a slightly surreal moment too.”

He said he’s also looking forward to getting some sleep, some regular meals, and spending time with his children for the first time since hoisting the trophy on Sunday.

“They couldn’t care less about the big shiny trophy in the house, to be honest with you,” he said. “My little boy for Father’s Day made me like a clay trophy, which he colored in. So I told him that was my favourite trophy in the house.

So he’s good.”

Rose, who is now ranked third in the world, is one of just six top-20 players in the Travelers field. The others are Lee Westwood (12), Keegan Bradley (14), Jason Dufner (17), Ian Poulter (18), and Bubba Watson (19).

Web Simpson (21) also is playing a year after he, too, won the U.S. Open and kept his commitment to play in Cromwell.

But the tournament has a reputation for discovering new talent. The

last three champions, including Leishman and Watson, have won their first PGA Tour title here.

“People know my name now,” Leishman said. “No one ever knew who I was. I’d get here and the crowd was like, ’Who is this bloke here?’

And now it’s like, ‘Go Leish or Go Marc.’ So I think that’s cool.”

Hunter Mahan, who won his first title here in 2007, said it’s a low-pressure event that invites new players to make a name for themselves and the veterans to have fun.

“When you come here, it’s not quite as intense going into the tournament,” he said. “You’re a little more, I don’t know, almost fluid, and you’re just kind of more relaxed and you’re just kind of ready to play.”

But not every player is totally focused. Bradley, a New England native and a hockey fan, admitted he was just hoping for a late tee time on Thursday so he could stay up and watch his Boston Bruins play in the Stanley Cup Finals Wednesday night.

“I love the games so much, I can’t miss them,” he said. “I’m lucky I got 12:50 tomorrow. I can stay up and watch the game and sleep in and be totally fine.”

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In little more than a month, Tiger Woods went from being tough to beat to having a tough time even playing.

Woods said Wednesday that soreness in his left elbow would keep him from defending his title next week in the AT&T National at Congressional, and that he would not compete again until the British Open next month at Muirfield.

This is the sixth straight year that injury has kept him from either playing a tournament or finishing one.

The culprit this time is a strain in his left elbow. The problem first became apparent during the opening round of the U.S. Open last week at Merion, when he was flexing his left wrist or dangling his arm behind his back after shots out of the thick, punishing rough.

“I was examined after I returned home from the U.S. Open, and the doctors determined I have a left elbow strain,” Woods said on his website. “I have been advised to take a few weeks off, rest and undergo treatment. I’ll be ready to go for the British Open, and I’m looking forward to playing at Muirfield.”

His injury is a blow to the AT&T National, which benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation. This will be the third time since it began in 2007 that Woods has missed the tournament because of injury — knee surgery in 2008, his left Achilles tendon in 2011 and an elbow injury this year.

“Any time you have Tiger in the field, it certainly adds to it a lot,” tournament director Greg McLaughlin said.

“But we have a very nice field this year and we look forward to a great AT&T National.”

Masters champion Adam Scott and U.S. Open champion Justin Rose are among those scheduled to play.

McLaughlin said Woods is to be at Congressional at least on Wednesday to take part in the opening ceremonies.

Woods was not specific about when or how the latest injury happened. He

first showed signs of being hurt after hitting shots in the rough during the rain-delayed opening round at Merion, though he told a USGA official it was “fine” when he left the course Thursday evening.

After finishing the first round Friday morning, he said only that the reason he grimaced after shots out of the rough was because of “pain” and that he felt it on a few shots. That afternoon, he revealed that he first hurt his elbow at The Players Championship, but he declined to say which round or on what kind of shot. Woods won The Players Championship on May 12 for the first time in 12 years. It was his fourth PGA Tour win of the season.

Woods picked up those four in just eight starts worldwide, and the win at Sawgrass was his third victory in his last four tournaments. The exception was the Masters, where he tied for fourth, four shots out of a playoff.

But the last two tournaments have produced a surprising outcome.

At the Memorial, where Woods was a five-time winner and the defending champion, he had the worst nine-hole score of his career with a 44 on the back nine that led to a 79 in the third round. He tied for 65th and finished 20 shots behind, his largest deficit for a full-field event. At Merion, he wound up with a 13-over 293, his highest score ever for the U.S. Open and tied for his highest 72-hole score in any major.

Even so, the announcement Wednesday was surprising. Woods had said Friday at Merion that he would not have withdrawn even if it were not the U.S. Open. He was not asked about his elbow the rest of the week.

It will be the 10th time Woods is unable to defend a title in official PGA Tour events, with six of those related to reconstructive surgery on his left knee after he won the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. The last time he failed to defend was in 2010 at Bay Hill, when he was returning from the scandal in his personal life.

His website said he felt minor discomfort before going to Merion and aggravated the area last week.

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Airplanes small and smaller will be on display and in action at the Bawtinheimer Airfield on Saturday.

Starting at 1 p.m., the Central Alberta Radio Fun Flyers are hosting a model airplane air show at the airfield east of Red Deer on McKenzie Road. There will be a variety of models present, from pioneer planes to more modern flying machines, and with weights of under a kilogram to several kilograms. The event is free to attend and there will be free hot dogs as well. Visitors will be able to try introductory flights with a model airplane veteran. For more information on the club and for a map to the airfield, visit www. carff.ca.

TELUS WALK FOR DIABETES The 2013 Telus Walk to Cure Diabetes walks through Red Deer on Sunday. Join the community to help accelerate research to cure, better treat and prevent type 1 diabetes. Register as individuals or in teams. Registration and barbecue gets underway at noon. The walk starts at 1:30 p.m. at Heritage Ranch. For more information, go to www.jdrf.ca/walk.

WEST PARK CELEBRATION West Park Community Association will mark 50 years with a celebration on Saturday. Join your West Park/Westlake neighbours at the West Park Shopping Centre (at 3733 57th Ave. in Red Deer) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. A classic car show, music, games, food, face painting and much more are on tap.

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Sundre seniors still waiting STILL POSSIBILITY PROVINCE WILL FUND SUPPORTIVE LIVING UNITS

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Sundre has not given up hope it can get funding for a much-needed seniors housing complex despite a recent setback.

Town chief administrative officer Dean Pickering admitted it was “disheartening” that Sundre was not among the communities to get money through the latest round of Affordable Supportive Living Initiative funding.

About $3.6 million was hoped for to pay for 40 supportive living units as part of a 103-unit complex expected to cost $18 million to $21 million. About 40 to 50 lodge units and 12 life-lease spaces would also be built.

However, some of the gloom lifted when the town and Mountain View Seniors’ Housing officials were told the province still has some funding to dole out and word could

come as early as this summer.

“We’re kind of waiting to see in the next 30 days if there is going to be another round (of funding),” he said.

“We’re still hopeful. We’re not giving up on it. We think we have a really good proposal in place.”

In the meantime, local representatives who have worked for years to develop a proposal and make the community’s case for seniors spots are redoubling their efforts, including the town, Mountain View County and the Sundre Seniors Housing and Care Committee.

They plan to lobby provincial ministers connected with seniors funding, hopefully in person next month when a group of ministers is expected to come to the area.

Details such as the town securing title to the land for the future seniors complex are being worked out. An option to purchase was in place, but the province pointed to the lack of a signed deal as a weakness in

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the community’s application.

Sundre meets all other criteria indicating a need for the facility, he said. He knows of eight seniors looking for a spot, plus there are another 16 in long-term care beds at the Sundre hospital who would be moved to the new facility.

Another 40 residents in existing lodge spaces would also be moved and the aging Foothills Lodge upgraded.

If the money doesn’t come through this summer, the province is expected to announce a second phase of funding by the end of the year.

However, a successful application in that phase would push the opening of the facility to 2016 from the hoped-for late 2014 or 2015.

No matter what happens, Pickering said they are committed to finding homes for seniors and could consider some sort of private-public partnership. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Cell tower will allow live streaming to global audience

After two-putting a 60-foot shot on the practice green, Trent Farebrother of Red Deer looks on as Jaimie Bingham tries her hand at putting while wearing vision obstructing goggles. Born blind, Farebrother acquired five per cent vision in his right eye and 10 per cent vision in his left by the age of six months. He was giving a golf lesson on the green Wednesday as golfers entered in the Walter Gretzky CNIB Golf Classic at River Bend Golf and Recreation Area passed by the club house.

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the projected budget, with as many as 40 full-time equivalent positions set to be lost from classrooms in 2013-14.

By not renewing non-permanent contracts and through attrition, 9.9 teaching positions will be cut, and as many as approximately 30 full-time equivalent support staff positions, primarily associated with special needs education, will be lost.

Half of the support staff positions, however, could be made up for when the school year actually arrives and student numbers and programming needs are known, according to board secretary-treasurer Joe Henderson.

The division serves about 500 students with special needs requiring supports.

Feathered and furry patients at Medicine River Wildlife Centre will soon be live-streamed to people around the world.

A 90-metre cell tower was donated to the centre and will be situated in the centre’s parking lot.

“All we need to do right now is get a crane to place the tower, then we’ll be off and running,” said executive director Carol Kelly.

“We hope to have it up and running next month.”

Medicine River Wildlife Centre, located west of Innisfail, runs a wildlife hospital and environmental education centre dedicated to assisting injured and orphaned wild animals to return to their natural environment.

Kelly said right now Internet service is “brutal.”

Live-streaming is impossible and Internet service is spotty. When service is lost, it can take a while before it reconnects, she said.

“We’ve been told a lot of it has to do with the cell towers out here being overloaded with so many people using them.

“This tower will be completely dedicated to us.

There will be no one else on the tower with us.”

She said the tower is a fundraising investment and education tool that will allow anyone to cheer on the patients during their hospital stay.

Right now, it’s baby season when the centre is home to young animals and birds.

Not only are babies arriving, but a lot of concerned citizens are calling. Recently, a woman with a baby magpie in her yard called because it looked like it had a broken tail and a big magpie was swooping down at it.

Kelly gave her a quick lesson.

“That’s the baby that has just jumped out the nest.

His tail hasn’t grown yet and his parents are flying around feeding him, not attacking him.”

“I got a call from a lady in the Pines Sunday night.

They saw a fawn come up and curl up and go to sleep right in the parking lot. They wanted to know if they should intervene. I told them no. I told them about the deer’s habits.”

All was well the next morning, Kelly said.

A makeshift hospital will soon be set up in a mobile home on the centre’s property as preparations begin for its $2.5-million renovation project.

Work is expected to begin in July or August.

When complete, the facility will more than double its space to more than 10,000 square feet from its existing 4,500 square feet.

The renovations include adding a new hospital wing, and upgrading and expanding the public area.

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Wolf Creek dipping into reserves

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF Wolf Creek Public Schools is projecting a balanced budget for the 201314 school year, but is having to reach into its reserve fund to reach fiscal equilibrium.

Provincial education cuts have left the school division covering schools in Lacombe, Blackfalds, Rimbey, Bentley and Ponoka with an anticipated budget deficit of $1.6 million for the coming school year.

The shortfall will be covered in part by surplus funds left over that had been budgeted in anticipation of teacher raises in the new collective bargaining agreement, raises that were not realized in favour of a two-year wage freeze.

Staffing reductions are part of

77th Ponoka Stampede getting ready to roll Saddle up — the 77th iteration of the Ponoka Stampede is just around the corner.

Canada’s largest seven-day pro rodeo officially gets underway on Tuesday and will run until July 1. This year, though, the event will have a big lead-in on Monday with the biggest professional bull riders event in Canada.

The Jace Harty Memorial event has run for 10 years on its own, but this year it will serve as a sort of kickoff for the Stampede.

It is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Monday.

“We’ve got $40,000 in prize money up.

We’ve got five world champions coming from the States. We’ve got bull riders coming from Brazil,” explained Stampede president Joe Dodds.

The pro rodeo kicks off on Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m., with attendees of the first session entered into a draw for a Dodge truck. Later that night, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band of Fishin’ in the Dark fame will play a

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show and there will be fireworks.

From Wednesday onward, the rodeo will get underway at 1 p.m. and chuckwagon races will kick off at 6:30 p.m.

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BRIEFS Turtle Awards postponed This year’s Central Alberta Turtle Awards have been postponed.

Shortly after a media release regarding the event was issued on Tuesday, the Red Deer Native Friendship Society made the tough decision to postpone the event.

The events scheduled for Friday will not take place.

The hope is to resume the Turtle Awards with a ceremony next June.

Go skateboarding Grab your board and get ready to ride.

Join skateboarders from around the world to mark the 10th annual Go Skateboarding Day on Friday.

The fun gets underway at 10 a.m. at Rotary Skatepark in Red Deer (43rd Street and 48th Avenue).

There will be contests, demonstrations, prizes and a charity barbecue from noon to 2 p.m. The event wraps up at 6 p.m.

The global event is meant to inspire and encourage the love of skateboarding. West 49 in Bower Place Shopping Centre is hosting the event.

For more information, go to www. goskateboardingday.org.

Garden plots available Looking to get dirty?

If so, you are in luck — 30 city garden plots remain available for anyone still interested in working the dirt for some vegetable production.

The city manages 228 garden plots in three locations, a number boosted this year by the addition of 36 new medium-sized plots at the Parkside Gardens location in Normandeau.

Twenty of those plots and 10 at the Red Deer College gardening location have yet to be tilled.

All plots at Piper Creek Gardens in the city’s southeast have been snapped up.

The numbers of gardeners signed up for the city program is about the same this year as in 2012, but with the added plots, more soil is so far sitting unused in 2013.

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PONOKA: Rodeo The festivities wrap up on Canada Day, with a final rodeo showdown for $10,000 and 36 chuckwagoners racing in the $50,000 Dash for Cash starting at 6:30 p.m.

There will also be a midway, art shows and auctions, pancake breakfasts, casinos, and farmers’ markets during the week.

The annual parade runs on June 28, starting at 10 a.m.

Last year’s event drew around 73,000 spectators, and Dodds said even more are expected in 2013.

Each rodeo event features $45,000 in prize money with $300,000 available for the chuckwagon races, putting the event inside the top 10 paying rodeos in the world.

Tickets (ranging from $20 to $40 for individual events) are available through the ticket office at 403-783-0100. A full schedule of events can be found at www.ponokastampede.com.

Annual fees are $25 for a 60-square metre plot or $39 for a 120-square metre space.

For more information on gardening opportunities, contact 403-342-8303 or visit www.reddeer.ca.

According to the city’s environmental master plan, the amount of municipal land devoted to community gardens and urban agriculture is to be 0.5 metres squared per capita by 2015. At present, the rate is 0.21 metres squared per capita.

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New counsel for man accused of carjacking A new lawyer has been appointed for a man accused of a knifepoint carjacking in Red Deer earlier this year.

Denise Lightning of Hobbema has taken over as defence counsel for Duane Karl Luz, 43, who has parted company with two lawyers since his arrest on Jan. 17.

Red Deer City RCMP allege that Luz used a knife to force a mother and a small child out of their vehicle and then drove off.

He was arrested at the north end of the city by police who allege that the vehicle he was driving collided with two police cars.

Luz is charged with numerous offences, including theft, robbery, fleeing police, dangerous driving, assaulting a police officer with a weapon and possession of a weapon dangerous to the public.

He has remained in custody at the Red Deer Remand Centre with representation by a series of lawyers, including Patty MacNaughton, Kevin Schollie and duty counsel Murray Shack.

In court on Wednesday, Lightning said she had just received his files and asked that she be allowed more time to review them before counselling her client.

Luz is due back in court on July 12.

Planners approve subdivision expansion

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Red Deer councillor Tara Veer waves to a friend as she is served a Mac and Cheese lunch by Donna Smyth and Mary Ellen Moore at the HUB on Ross Street on Wednesday. The GrammaLink-Africa event featured a Gramma-made meal. All proceeds from the event went to the Stephen Lewis Foundation to help turn the tide of HIV/AIDS in Africa.

2013 marks the 10th anniversary of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

The Foundation has supported 700 humanitarian projects over the decade in 15 African Countries. duplexes being in one close in the subdivision.

The concern was specifically around the increased traffic in the one location as a result of the higher density zoning among the predominantly low-density subdivision.

Of the 156 residential lots, 105 will be zoned R1 — low density, 31 will be narrow lots, 10 will be small lots and another 10 will be semidetached.

Citizenship ceremony

A 159-lot expansion to the Laredo subdivision was approved by the City of Red Deer’s municipal planning commission.

The proposed residential subdivision was approved by a vote of four to two at the commission’s Wednesday meeting.

The dissenting votes came as the result of concerns of the 10 proposed-

One hundred newcomers from 28 countries will join the ranks of the Canadian citizenry next Tuesday at a citizenship ceremony that will bring federal Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney to town.

The ceremony, to be held at 11 a.m. at Red Deer College, is being or-

$1 million saved through the absence of negotiated teacher raises will go towards a number of initiatives, from $400,000 “to assist schools in transitioning to the reduced provincial funding rates” to $55,000 for the continuation of a mental health/emotional wellbeing initiative.

Overall budgeted expenses for 201314 are $84.8 million, down from $87.5 million the year prior. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

trails and picnic sites on the property.

Kelly said people can still be part of the renovation project by sponsoring a square foot in the upgrade for $300.

Sponsorship for 2,000 square feet will complete the new hospital wing.

Names of sponsors will go on the

ganized by local volunteers with the non-profit Institute for Canadian Citizenship.

Prior to the ceremony, the institute is holding a roundtable discussion with community leaders guiding conversations with new citizens that encourages the sharing of stories and a collective reflection on citizenship.

The citizenship ceremony is open to the public.

It will be held in the college’s Learning Common, Room 2909.

Judge Joan May Way will preside over the ceremony.

In addition to Kenney, Red Deer MP Earl Dreeshen and city Coun. Tara Veer will speak during the event.

Last year’s ceremony saw 50 people become citizens.

Before 2012, it had been four years since the last ceremony in Red Deer.

donor board in the public wing and a tree will be planted on the property in the name of each sponsor.

“What we’re going to do is GPS all the trees so we know exactly where everybody’s tree is.”

For more information, go to www. medicineriverwildlifecentre.ca or call 403-728-3467. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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“The board continues to hold a concern about the rising costs and the number of students requiring special programming. The cost of inclusion seems to grow from year to year.

Managing that and meeting the needs of students and providing them with appropriate opportunities sometimes is a little difficult when funds become tight, as they have,” said Henderson.

Wolf Creek projects to have approximately 396 teachers and 204 instructional support staff serving its nearly 7,000 students in 2013-14.

As of now, the division is projecting a 1.3 per cent decrease in enrolment. “(The cutbacks) will have some impacts on the classroom given that there will be less teachers around but we’re expecting to be down about 100 students as well,” explained Henderson.

In its spring budget, the province cut the fuel price contingency program, a busing subsidy that would have provided approximately $300,000 to the division.

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Famous yodeler dies

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Billy Crystal arrives at the world premiere of “Monsters University” at the El Capitan Theatre on Monday,, in Los Angeles.

Monsters Mike role my favourite: Crystal

THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — For those impatiently anticipating new music from southern-fried bluesrock breakouts Alabama Shakes, frontwoman Brittany Howard has a familiar message: Hold on.

“I think writing-wise we’ve gotten better and we’ve gotten more detailed and we’ve just gotten tighter, really. I think the only thing I want is more time,” Howard said in a telephone interview last week from her home in Athens, Ala. “I know people want another record. But we’d been playing these songs for like three years before people heard the old record, Boys & Girls.

It’s time for us to write new songs and I don’t want to be rushed doing it, because we weren’t rushed before. So I’m gonna take my time.”

It’s hard to blame Howard for wanting to duplicate what was obviously a winning approach to the band’s head-turning debut.

That record — an appealing set of rock songs drenched in blues, soul and gospel — dropped

last April, receiving positive reviews and eventually racking up gold sales in the U.S. and U.K. Though in her mid20s, she has a soulful, smoky instrument that sounds as though it belongs to a wizened vet twice her age.

Today, the band has a sold-out show at Toronto’s Echo Beach, with concerts in Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary to follow in late July.

James Gandolfini, actor for The Sopranos dies

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — HBO and James Gandolfini’s managers say the actor famous for his role in The Sopranos has died in Italy.

The cable channel, and managers Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders, say the 51-year-old Gandolfini (gan-dahl-FEE’-nee) died Wednesday while on holiday in Rome.

In a statement, HBO called the actor a great talent and a gentle and loving person.

James Gandolfini played conflicted mob boss Tony Soprano in the Gandolfini groundbreaking HBO series that aired from 1999 to 2007.

His film credits included Zero Dark Thirty and Killing Them Softly, and he appeared in the Broadway production God of Carnage.

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“Those you hate because you’re going to do 100 times of ‘Errr! Aarrgh!’ Whatever they are,” he added, mimicking his voice interpretations for the role.

“Those are the days you hate because you know you’re going to be hoarse at the end of it.

“You see it (in the script) and you go: ‘Oh, boy, let’s do those at the end, because if I do them first, I’ll have no chops left for the rest of the day.”’

Monsters University sees Crystal re-team with John Goodman, the voice of towering, shaggy, spotted monster James P. Sullivan.

While voice work is typically a solitary process, the pair recorded together.

Crystal said he only recently became aware of some of the other stars who lent their voices to the film, including Oscar winner Helen Mirren, comic actors Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) and Charlie Day (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and Canadian talents Dave Foley and Castle star Nathan Fillion, whom Crystal called “terrific” in the film.

Crystal will be Broadwaybound this fall with his Tony-winning one-man show 700 Sundays.

“I think, you know, as time goes by, if it’s another 11 years till the next one, they’ll be in assisted living,” Crystal joked.

“They’ll be just taking care of each other.”

Monsters University opens on Friday.

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TORONTO — Billy Crystal has no shortage of memorable and iconic roles that have coloured his lengthy career, but it’s his work portraying a one-eyed, miniature green monster that ranks No. 1 for the comic legend.

Crystal is back on the big screen in animated form, reprising his role as the voice of Mike Wazowski in Monsters University, the prequel to the 2001 hit “Monsters, Inc.” “I love this guy. I actually think that this is the most, my most favourite character I’ve ever played in anything,” he said Wednesday during a press day in support of the new film.

“I love his personality. I love that he stands up for himself. I love that he’s forever positive. I love that when something gets in his way he either goes over it, around it or through it and somehow comes out the other side,” added the quick-witted comic, the words tumbling out in rapid-fire succession.

“I love that he’s a leader of monsters. I love that he has a great sense of humour, and I love that he stands up for himself and I love that he’s cranky, too. I think that’s great.”

Monsters University shows Mike as a college student seeking to fulfil a long-held dream of being a professional Scarer by enrolling in MU’s elite Scare Program.

Many are quick to dismiss the diminutive Mike, but the pintsized monster holds steadfast to

his sense of self-belief — a key character attribute that parallels Crystal’s own approach to life.

“I have that same kind of drive.

I think you have to,” said the 65-year-old Crystal.

“Whatever you pursue, you believe in yourself. Otherwise, you’re cooked. If you don’t believe in yourself, someone’s going to sense that you don’t and they’re not going to hire you or accept you at school or be a boyfriend or a girlfriend. I think (Mike’s) got a great confidence about himself.”

Crystal turned serious and introspective during a press conference when asked about his own fears.

“I think it’s the unknown....

Time scares me,” he said.

“Having enough time to do all of the things in my life — forgetting my business — that I want to do and want to accomplish, especially now with these little ones to get to know them and to get as far as I want to get with them,” he added, referring to his grandchildren.

“We never know how long we’re going to get. Fear is a really great motivator, though.”

The veteran performer and eight-time Academy Awards host said voice work presents a different challenge creatively due to the amount of energy required, particularly for his Monsters character. He admits the “growling days” were tough.

“When you get the script delivered, it usually comes the night before your session, it’ll just say: ‘45 minutes ... screams and assorted roars,’ said the Saturday Night

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MIAMI — Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy Mars Attacks!, died Wednesday at a Florida hospital.

He was 90.

Whitman died of heart failure at Orange Park Medical Center, his son-in-law Roy Beagle said.

Whitman’s tenor falsetto and ebony moustache and sideburns became global trademarks — and an inspiration for countless jokes — thanks to the TV commercials that pitched his records.

But he was a serious musical influence on early rock, and in the British Isles, he was known as a pioneer of country music for popularizing the style there.

Whitman also encouraged a teen Elvis Presley when he was Slim Whitman the headliner on the bill and the young singer was making his professional debut.

Whitman recorded more than 65 albums and sold millions of records, including 4 million of “All My Best” that was marketed on TV. His career spanned six decades, beginning in the late 1940s, but he achieved cult figure status in the 1980s. His visage as an ordinary guy singing romantic ballads struck a responsive chord with the public.

“All of a sudden, here comes a guy in a black and white suit, with a moustache and a receding hairline, playing a guitar and singing Rose Marie,” Whitman told The Associated Press in 1991.

“They hadn’t seen that.”

For most of the 1980s, he was consistent fodder for Johnny Carson’s monologues on late night NBC-TV, and the butt of Slim Whitman look-alike contests.

Whitman’s other hits included Have I Told You Lately That I Love You, Red River Valley, Danny Boy and I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen.

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NATIONAL WINE AWARDS THE CANADIAN PRESS NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. — More than 1,000 wines from across the country will be uncorked this week as judges rate them in the first National Wine Awards of Canada.

The judging takes place from Monday to Friday in the heart of Ontario’s wine country — Niagara-onthe-Lake — and is being hosted by the online wine site WineAlign.

Seventeen wine experts, including critics, writers, educators and judges, from six provinces are on tap to blind taste and judge the wines from British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia.

They are being overseen by co-head judges and WineAlign principal critics, Anthony Gismondi of Vancouver (WineAlign, Vancouver Sun) and David Lawrason of Toronto (WineAlign, Toronto Life, Ottawa Magazine).

“The competition presents an annual snapshot of the state of Canadian wine,” Gismondi said Monday in a release.

“The results are an invaluable guide for consumers and producers when it comes to finding out who is making the best wine in the country.”

Medal winners will be notified within a few weeks of the awards. The rose results will be released in August ahead of the announcement in early September of all medals and the Canadian Winery of the Year.

For more information and to see judges’ reactions, visit winealign.com/blog or follow on Twitter at the NWAC13#.

HOROSCOPE Thursday, June 20 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Nicole Kidman, 46; John Goodman, 61; Josh Lucas, 42 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Divine celestial forces are giving us a marvellous opportunity to express our feelings and emotions in most sincere and kind ways. The Moon in intense Scorpio glides smoothly with Mercury and Venus both in Cancer. This is a great time to express your true sentiments and your appreciation for someone special in your life. Let a loved one know what you truly feel about them.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, you will manifest a greater interest for materialistic goods this year. You may want to invest into fine art, decoration, expensive clothing or any other appealing items.

Your fondness for aesthetics and a good quality of life will be heightened this year as you appreciate anything that smells, tastes, sounds and feels great!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You may consider redecorating your living space.

Your home environment may suddenly become the perfect place to host a get-together with close friends and family members. Remember the good old times in your serene atmosphere.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You enjoy a pleasant conversation devoid of competitiveness and coarse language. Your relationships with your siblings will soothe now. You become more connected with one another and you are grateful for the fact that they respect your personal space.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are tempted to splurge and dive into a world of luxury. Expensive goods are attractive to you. Someone may be offering you a gift or possibly a windfall of money. No matter what it is, you will appreciate the generous gesture.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Love and beauty go hand in hand for you today.

You are not afraid to express your innermost desires and enjoy yourself in a festive setting. Wherever you go, you want to be surrounded by artsy touches and hear melodious tunes that fit beautifully into your background.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You are satisfied to finally put your mind at rest and convert your daily worries into serene moments. Practice some relaxation technique. A vacation retreat in an exotic land could work wonders for your spiritual healing.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): This is your chance to broaden your scope of acquaintances. You may randomly stumble upon someone that will benefit you financially. Invitations to various events increase. Get out and be a social butterfly. Your presence is highly solicited.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you seek a solid recommendation from one of your superiors, you have much potential to obtain one during this favourable time. With so much beneficial energy, you might as well ask your boss for a much deserved salary increase.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Legal negotiations and publishing should work in your favour. You could get

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Orioles enjoy hummingbird feeders, especially if the feeders are stationary. Here is proof that a nectar mix (four parts water, one part sugar) really does not have to be coloured to attract birds in Central Alberta. The photographer later modified the feeder station by placing the feeder on a rock in the centre of a container of water. The moat effectively eliminated the ant problem.

ASTRO DOYNA

SUN SIGNS the right amount of visibility which will help you start off on the right foot. Your constant spiritual questioning will divulge you some interesting insights about your personal view on life.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Relief from a tax situation or a payout from an insurance company could give you some relief and peace of mind. The course of life of your committed relationship slowly dissolves into a beautiful love story. Let it unfold into an inspiring new beginning.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): You are gaining reassurance and a sense of relief from someone you care about. You realize that without the support of someone special, you would have not been able to get where you are by yourself. You feel loved.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18): An office fling may turn into a new romance. You may also feel that they are contributing to your current success and your achievement. Ignore the urge of leaving an unfinished job aside.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Sweet gestures and soft spoken words make you feel on top of your game. Express your feelings for one another without the fear of being judged or rejected. Romance takes over your thoughts and you find it hard to focus with your usual tasks.

Astro Doyna is an internationally syndicated astrologer/ columnist.

Grandparents worried about parents’ treatment of son Dear Annie: Our oldest son, What can we do? — Worried “Adam,” lives two hours away with Grandparents his wife, “Eve,” and their three Dear Grandparents: Belittling, children. One child, “Hayden,” is insulting and humiliating one’s Eve’s from a prior relationship. child — at any age — is angry, inShe married Adam when the boy appropriate parenting. was 3. The biological father is irSince your son and his wife responsible and alcodo not want your inholic but loves Hayden put, we suggest you ofand sees him when he fer to take Hayden for can. weekends or over the Hayden is now 13 summer for a couple of and a good student, weeks (or more) if you and he works hard to can manage it. please his parents. We He and his parents love and cherish him could use a break from and consider him our one another. It isn’t a own grandson. But substitute for better we are heartsick that parenting, but it will Adam and Eve seem to help. single him out for unYou also can sugMITCHELL kind treatment. gest to Hayden that he & SUGAR They take him to speak to you, his school task constantly for micounselor or favorite nor infractions. They teacher whenever he fling insults and beneeds to talk. littling comments at him. He is Dear Annie: We often have two scolded for the tone of his voice, delightful boys over to our house his posture, mannerisms and to play with our two sons. nearly everything he says. His parThese boys are teenagers. ents sometimes make him stand in We’ve known them for years. They a corner. It’s humiliating for him. are being home-schooled by their His siblings are not treated this very caring mother. way.

For the first time, the four boys Hayden is basically a good and were playing a game that required decent boy, and his parents seem writing answers and reading them. to resent him. We are worried sick As I observed them, I could see that if this treatment continues, that the two home- schoolers were he will rebel, and we won’t like having trouble both writing and the consequences. reading. I finally asked what the Hayden deserves better. Is problem was, and they said they there anything we can do to help had never been taught to write in without offending my son? script.

We once brought this up, and These are smart boys, but I they resented our intrusion. We worry this could be a real handihesitate to take that road again. cap for them in life. Should I talk

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with their mother or just let it go?

— Feeling Sorry in Vermont Dear Vermont: Fewer and fewer students are learning to read or write in script.

With all the keyboards around, penmanship is rarely taught, and script writing has become a lost art. Will it handicap them? Perhaps if they have to read a note from Grandma, but otherwise, it’s unlikely.

By the time they are looking for a full-time job, most of their peers will be in the same boat.

Dear Annie: I must take exception to one of your suggestions to “Perplexed,” whose father insisted on hearing his voice every day.

I think it is ridiculous to expect adult children to call their parents every day.

I am a parent of a wonderful grown son and lovely daughterin-law. I would NEVER expect them to call me every day. I would never be intrusive and barge in on them without calling first.

Why do we allow family members to treat each other inconsiderately and without respect when we wouldn’t treat others this way?

Parents need to respect that their child’s spouse and children come first.

The kids might want to call or be with their parents more if it is not such a burden. — Fran 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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RBC forecasts growth spurt DUE TO ANTICIPATED FINANCIAL RECOVERY SOUTH OF THE BORDER

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — An anticipated financial recovery south of the border is likely to help economic growth in Canada, economists said Wednesday, although the U.S. is likely to outpace its neighbour for the first time in years.

RBC Economics raised its estimate for Canada’s 2013 economic growth to 1.9 per cent, from 1.8 per cent in March, citing an improving picture on trade and the strength of corporate balance sheets.

The bank maintained its projection for 2014 growth at 2.9 per cent.

RBC’s (TSX:RY) estimates are higher than the Bank of Canada’s most recent outlook for the 2013 and 2014 gross domestic product and also higher than several recent

forecasts by private-sector and international economists.

As others have noted, RBC says the United States has been more resilient than anticipated in the early months of this year.

“The improving trade balance underpins our forecast for Canada’s economy to grow at rates which should help propel the economy to full capacity in early 2015,” said Craig Wright, the bank’s chief economist.

“Stronger demand for autos, houses and industrial machinery from the U.S. will help sustain the lift in export growth that Canada experienced so far this year for the remainder of 2013.”

Wright added that company balance sheets are healthy and will allow Canadian firms to invest in growth at an accelerating rate.

“After rising an expected 3.7 per cent this year, business spending will strengthen to 7.3 per cent in 2014,” he said.

However, BMO’s (TSX:BMO) chief economist Douglas Porter says the U.S. economy will grow at a faster pace than Canada’s for the next few years, helped by a comeback in house prices.

“For a number of years, Canada was outpacing the U.S., and now we’re in a situation where there’s just a lot more pent-up demand in the U.S. than there is in Canada,” he said at a Toronto Region Board of Trade event.

“Our consumer has tapped out, there’s not a lot of room for domestic spending to grow, and we think that the tables have turned and that’s going to be the story for the next number of years.”

Poloz preaches virtues of ‘stability and patience’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Net foreign debt down Statistics Canada says the country’s net foreign debt fell by $70.8 billion in the first quarter to $231.3 billion. It says the improvement reflected the higher value of Canada’s foreign assets, which increased more than borrowing did in the first three months of 2013.

The value of the country’s international assets increased by $113.9 billion to $2.5 trillion by the end of the first quarter..

Changing exchange rates contributed an additional $16.3 billion to the value of international assets denominated in foreign currencies as the Canadian dollar declined two per cent against the U.S. dollar during the first quarter.

Canada’s net international liabilities during the quarter increased by $43.2 billion to $2.7 trillion, due to investment inflows from abroad and higher prices on Canadian stock markets.

Wholesale sales rise Statistics Canada says wholesale sales rose 0.2 per cent in April to $49.0 billion, mainly as a result of higher sales in the computer and communications equipment and supplies industry.

The agency says sales were up 0.4 per cent in volume terms.

In April, three of the seven subsectors, accounting for about half of wholesale sales, reported increases.

The largest gain in dollar terms was in the machinery, equipment and supplies subsector, which rose 2.6 per cent because of a 10.4 per cent advance in the computer and communications equipment and supplies industry.

Wholesalers in five provinces reported higher sales for April, with New Brunswick posting the largest percentage increase at 5.1 cent. The largest decline came in Saskatchewan, where sales slipped 3.5 per cent.

— The Canadian Press

BURLINGTON, Ont. — Newly installed Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz on Wednesday tried to rally business toward the kind of spending he says is needed to bolster the economy, while giving no signal about any change in interest rate policy.

In his first major speech since taking over from former governor Mark Carney earlier this month, Poloz preached the virtues of “stability and patience,” saying the central bank’s long-standing target of low, stable inflation remains “sacrosanct.”

“We have already set the table: interest rates are low, there’s plenty of stimulus in the system,” Poloz said at a news conference after a speech to the Oakville Chamber of Commerce.

“What I’m picking up from my conversations is uncertainty, a lack of confidence.”

Canadian companies have, however, been looking for opportunities in emerging markets, and those markets are growing “reasonably well,” he said.

“The missing link has been the U.S. economy, and that link is coming in. With that combination we think we’ll see the kind of foreign demand that we need to cross the line into a more confident mindset.”

In the meantime, Poloz attributed Canada’s relatively good economic fortune through the downturn to households that took on personal debt.

“Given the circumstances, it was a good thing that households had the capacity to expand their spending — this provided the necessary cushion from the worst effects of the global contraction,” he said in his speech.

Rather than the sometimes hectoring tone of previous warnings about unsustainable debt levels, Poloz said the bank has “urged homeowners and other borrowers

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to “think about it really hard between now and then.”

Dawn Desjardins, assistant chief economist at RBC, said Poloz’s speech maintained many of themes he presented to the House of Commons finance committee earlier this month, and didn’t provide any indication of a possible change in interest rates.

Canada’s largest grocer is trying out a new discount small-store format in a bid to attract more customers in urban areas.

Loblaw Cos. Ltd. (TSX:L) said it opened the new 10,000-square foot store a few weeks ago in Calgary.

The location, named Box by No Frills, offers “hard discounts and an everyday low price” on groceries and other merchandise, Sarah Davis, Loblaw’s chief financial officer said in a conference call Wednesday.

“We are trying that as a pilot to see, ‘Is it something that we can infill in a lot of areas of Canada because it’s only 10,000 square feet?’ ” she told investors from the company’s Brampton, Ont., headquarters.

Loblaw’s discount chain of stores, No Frills, are typically 25,000 square feet.

The company also operates a number of other banners, including Real Canadian Superstore, which has a large format and wide range of general merchandise in addition to groceries.

The new Box format is being tested as the company creates one of Canada’s largest commercial real estate trusts with its grocery property assets.

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Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz delivers remarks during his first public speech in Burlington, Ont., on Wednesday. to do the arithmetic” on managing their debts when interest rates return to “more normal” levels.

The former head of the Export Development Corp. appeared relaxed and personable in his first public appearance in his new role, joking during the question and answer portion of the speech and taking a light-hearted approach to audience questions about the bank’s rate announcement on July 17, promising

City leaves home-based business rule unchanged 10-CLIENT PER WEEK CAP LEFT AS IS

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF After a lengthy debate on the loose cap of weekly visitors to home-based businesses, Red Deer’s municipal planning commission voted to maintain the status quo.

Regulations regarding home-based businesses under the city’s land use bylaw limit the number of visitors to a home-based business to 10 or fewer per week.

The current practice is for the development officer to approve applications that are accommodating to the limit, while those that may have more traffic are reviewed by the municipal planning commission and relaxations to the cap considered.

The commission had asked city administration to review the cap and determine if the limit is appropriate.

The review was brought before the municipal planning commission at its Wednesday meeting.

City development officer Vicki Swainson said it is not a firm, restrictive cap. It is meant as a guideline for administration when reviewing applications.

Coun. Cindy Jefferies said her concern was the cap’s impact on homebased businesses’ viability.

“I appreciate the rationale and I appreciate it is not a restriction — my concern is this makes it uneconomical and sets them up for failure,” said Jefferies.

The rationale for the 10-person-perweek cap was based on regular vehicle traffic for someone working away from their home. A person driving to work would come and go twice a day on average, leading to 10 vehicle trips per week.

“I really question how many businesses are doing that or staying close,” said Jefferies.

Only when complaints arise from neighbours of an increased number of visitors would a home-based business be investigated, said city staff.

“We haven’t had any complaints from business owners or neighbours; we feel it is working,” said Swainson.

“If it was completely out of hand we’d be getting phone calls from the neighbours, and we’re not getting phone calls from the neighbours.”

In practice it isn’t a cap, said Kim Fowler, the city’s director of planning.

She added that they like to have that number so administration can decide if the application can be approved by a development officer or should be brought before the municipal planning commission.

In the end, the commission voted to keep the language as is. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS Parking stalls commercial project A proposed 14-bay commercial development on 67th Street has been put on hold as the developer works with City of Red Deer staff to find more parking spaces.

The proposed development has 15 fewer parking stalls than the bylaw requirement of 117. Tricon Developments Inc. of Lacombe sought a relaxation of parking requirements.

Running along 67A Street from 59th Avenue, the development forms an L-shape around the existing Esso Gas Station and Tim Hortons at the intersection. Tricon also sought a small relaxation of the minimum rear yard requirement, which would be the back of the commercial buildings adjacent to the Esso.

Mayor Morris Flewwelling suggested finding additional parking spaces by taking advantage of some green space on the north side of the development.

At the Wednesday municipal planning commission meeting, he pointed out there is a boulevard there, which may allow for additional parking.

The matter was tabled for up to three weeks so city staff and the developer can work together to address the planning commission’s concerns.

Chamber plans barbeque The Red Deer Chamber of Commerce will fire up the barbecue this Friday as a gesture of thanks.

The Chamber’s ninth annual volunteer/member appreciation barbecue will run from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. It will take place in the parking lot outside the Chamber’s 3017 Gaetz Ave. premises.

In addition to current Chamber members, prospective members and others interested in learning more about the Chamber and its activities are invited to attend.

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COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST Wednesday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed deep in the red Wednesday as the U.S. Federal Reserve said it doesn’t plan on cutting back on a key stimulus program right now.

The S&P/TSX composite index declined 99.17 points to 12,268.29 with traders reacting negatively as the Fed also offered a slightly more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy and job market.

That could mean that the Fed is moving closer to reducing its program of buying US$85 billion of bonds every month, but the statement gave no indication of when that might happen.

The Canadian dollar fell 0.6 of a cent to 97.34 cents US as the U.S. dollar and bond yields headed higher after the announcement.

U.S. indexes also tumbled, with the Dow industrials dropping 206.04 points to 15,112.19. The Nasdaq lost 38.98 points to 3,443.2 and the S&P 500 index fell 22.89 points to 1,628.92.

A cloud of uncertainty had settled over markets after Fed chairman Ben Bernanke first mentioned the possibility of tapering the Fed’s monthly bond purchases during congressional testimony on May 22.

Analysts hadn’t expected the Fed to make a move on tapering just yet.

But uncertainty over whether the Fed feels economic conditions are appropriate for such easing, along with questions about how much the bank might cut back, have resulted in volatility where daily, triple-digit moves have become almost routine.

TSX mining stocks registered steep declines amid falling prices for gold and copper.

But the utilities sector also took a hit, down 2.25 per cent. Interestsensitive securities such as utilities, REITs, pipelines and telecoms have registered steep declines as speculation over Fed easing has hiked bond yields. On Wednesday afternoon, the benchmark U.S. 10-year bond was yielding 2.35 per cent, up 15 basis points from before the Fed statement and up sharply from about 1.6 per cent at the beginning of May. Atlantic Power (TSX:ATP) lost 10 cents to $4.49 and Fortis Inc. (TSX:FTS) slid 65 cents to $32.58.

The telecom sector was off 1.4 per cent with Telus Corp. (TSX:T) down $1.09 to $34.35.

Commodity prices were mixed with July copper one cent lower at US$3.14 a pound, sending the base metals group down 1.88 per cent. Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) dropped 93 cents to C$23.10 while HudBay Minerals (TSX:HBM) fell 15 cents to $7.59.

The tech component fell 0.8 per cent with BlackBerry (TSX:BB) down 55 cents to $14.58. The stock slid Wednesday after Bernstein Research lowered its rating to underperform from market perform. Analyst Pierre Ferragu said his channel checks at carriers showed that consumer appetite for the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones is weakening and he thinks the company will miss analyst expectations for the second half of this year.

The gold sector was down about 2.5 per cent as August bullion rose $7.10 to US$1,374 an ounce. Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) faded 69 cents to C$18.55.

The July crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange lost 20 cents to US$98.24 and the energy sector dipped 0.45 per cent.

Statoil says it is evaluating a new discovery of high-quality oil about 500 kilometres northeast of St. John’s, N.L. The Harpoon discovery is about 10 kilometres from the Mizzen discovery, which is estimated to hold between 100 million and 200 million barrels of oil. Statoil has a 65 per cent interest in the Harpoon discovery and the remaining 35 per cent is owned by Calgary-based Husky Energy (TSX:HSE). Husky shares were ahead 17 cents to $28.50.

The consumer staples sector was slightly higher with convenience store chain Alimentation Couche-Tard down 20 cents to $62.08. The stock has soared more than eight per cent over the past week on speculation the company could buy the retail operations of oil and gas giant Hess, which owns about 1,350 gasoline stations in 16 East Coast states.

Couche-Tard recently said it has the capacity to spend $1.5 billion on acquisitions. Hess announced in May that it will exit its retail, energy marketing and energy trading businesses following pressure from its third-largest shareholder — activist investor Elliott Management — to break up the firm.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Wednesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,268.29 down 99.17 points TSX Venture Exchange — 924.25 down 5.74 points TSX 60 — 703.52 down 5.82 points Dow — 15,112.19 down 206.04 points S&P 500 — 1,628.93 down 22.88 points Nasdaq — 3,443.20 down 38.98 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 97.34 cents US, down 0.60 of a cent Pound — C$1.5997, up 0.24 of a cent Euro — C$1.3640, down 0.38 of

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 43.05 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.10 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 28.50 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 40.63 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 5.20 Penn West Energy . . . . . 11.69 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.660 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 9.34 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 31.51 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 12.12 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 15.34 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 7.77 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 51.92

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 18.55 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.46 First Quantum Minerals . 16.54 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 26.93 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 7.59 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.66 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 42.07 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.18 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 23.10

Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 60.12 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 56.93 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.16 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.16 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.13 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 28.81 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 45.23 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 60.22 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 16.56 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 74.86 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.40 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 60.69 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 30.67 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.98

Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 27.80 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 46.81 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 45.89 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.46 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 49.55 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 30.15 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.13 Canyon Services Group. 12.11 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 30.25 CWC Well Services . . . . 0770 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 18.62 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.65 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 91.00

er $608.70; Nov. ’13 $5.00 higher $558.90; Jan. ’14 $7.10 higher $563.10; March ’14 $8.15 higher $562.35; May ’14 $8.05 higher $559.25; July ’14 $8.05 higher $557.35; Nov. ’14 $8.05 higher $527.15; Jan ’15 $8.05 higher $527.15; March ’15 $8.05 higher $527.15; May ’15 $8.05 higher $527.15; July ’15 $8.05 higher $527.15.

Barley (Western): July ’13 unchanged $244.00; Oct. ’13 unchanged $194.00; Dec ’13 unchanged $199.00; March ’14 unchanged $199.00; May ’14 unchanged $199.00; July ’14 unchanged $199.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $199.00; Dec. ’14 unchanged $199.00; March ’15 unchanged $199.00; May ’15 unchanged $199.00.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 363,280 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 363,280.

a cent Euro — US$1.3278, down 1.19 cents Oil futures: US$98.24 per barrel, down 20 cents (July contract) Gold futures: US$1,374 per oz., up $7.10 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.005 per oz., up 11.1 cents $739.61 per kg., up $3.57 TSX Venture Exchange TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Wednesday at 924.25 points, down 5.74 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 109.58 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: July ’13 $3.50 high-

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“To be sure, Poloz’s speech displays that his experience at the Export Development Corporation will play a part in shaping his perspective on the outlook for the economy,” Desjardsins added in a note.

“That said, he remains firmly committed to the Bank’s mandate of price stability.”

This spring, Canada’s central bank lowered its 2013 growth forecast by half a point to 1.5 per cent and announced in May that its key lending rate would remain unchanged at one per cent.

The bank has estimated 2014 economic growth will be 2.8 per cent followed by 2.7 per cent growth in 2015.

Poloz noted that “since the onset of the recession, there has been limited net creation of businesses” and exporters have been particularly hard hit, with exports more than $100-billion lower than expected at this point in the economic recovery.

The sustained recession knocked many exporting businesses out of operation, but other areas of the economy are rebuilding.

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The company is preparing for stiffer competition from Target, Wal-Mart Canada and Sobey’s, which recently announced a $5.8-billion deal to buy Safeway Inc. in Western Canada.

Davis said if the small-box format is successful, the grocery chain will buy new property to develop them into more locations under the Box banner.

“From that perspective, it’s not reformating properties that have gone into the REIT, but trying out new formats with new real estate,” said Davis.

Loblaw first announced plans to turn its properties into a REIT last December.

It values its property holdings at $7 billion and said the trust will help the company optimize the value its real estate portfolio, lower the cost of capital for real estate and increase the speed of development of new retail sites.

The new Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust will hold 415 retail properties, one office complex and nine warehouse properties totalling 35.3 million square feet of gross leasable area.

Loblaw, which will own a stake in Choice, is Canada’s largest grocer with more than 1,000 corporate and franchised stores from coast to coast. The company and its franchisees employ approximately 134,000 full-time and part-time employees.

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ADAMS Victor “Mr. Wonderful” 1939 - 2013 Victor Adams of Penhold passed away at the U of A Hospital in Edmonton on May 31, 2013 with his loving wife Donna of 51 years, and son Brad by his side. He was 73 years old. He worked for many years in management and sales until he got the perfect retirement job with Parsons Clinic in Red Deer and most recently Piper Creek Medical Clinic. He made humor out of calling himself “Mr. Wonderful” at various businesses he dealt with and became known as that in both Penhold and Red Deer. He believed in shopping Canadian so Canadian Tire and Superstore were his favorites. He also enjoyed coffee with the group at Bower Mall. Victor was a very honest and caring person who will be missed by his family and friends. He is survived by his wife Donna, four sons: Troy (Tara) of Penhold, Sam of Westminister B.C., Shawn (Irene) of Calgary and Brad of Calgary; 17 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren; his mother Churyl and sister Michale (Richard) Lang, both of Banff and 2 brothers: Lyle of Prince George and Dusty (Judy) of Greenwood B.C. Victor will be laid to rest at a later date at the Burnt Lake Cemetery. On behalf of Victor and myself, Donna, I would like to take this time to thank our children, Dale and Lorne Thomas, Pastor Rose of the Church of the Nazarene N.E. Calgary and the many who took time out to call, send cards, and give a hug and prayer.

LINDHOLM Gordon Lindholm passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on June 17, 2013. He was born January 28, 1931 at Red Deer, AB to Frank and Thyra Lindholm. He is survived by his wife, Sandy; daughter, Marilyn (Barry) Roche; son, Larry (Kristi) Lindholm; daughter, Debbie (Dave) Miller and step-children, Kristi (Nate) Briner, Cory (Kendra) Anderson, Cindy Wood, Lyle (Cindy) McCarty; seventeen grandchildren; eight great grandchildren. He is also survived by his brothers, Barney (Teresa), Richard, and Greg (Deanna), and several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his grandson, Jason and his sisterin-law, Bev. A Celebration of Gordon’s Life will be held at the Special Events Centre, Sheraton Hotel (formerly Capri Hotel), at 3310 50 Avenue, Red Deer on Friday June 21, 2013 at 1:00 p.m As an expression of sympathy memorial donations may be made in Gordon’s name to the Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter or Red Deer Hospice Society.

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LACHANCE Tyrone Harvey 1963 - 2013 Tyrone Harvey Lachance of Red Deer came into this world on November 1st, 1963 and went home on June 16th, 2013, at the Red Deer Regional Hospital with his family and great friends by his side. Tyrone is survived by his mother, Alta (Ed), dad, Victor, brother, Adrian (Doreen) and their kids; Emily and Carly, sister, Aleta (Ron) and their kids; Joshua, Jeremy, Jessica (Jordan) and their brand new daughter, Chloe.

He was predeceased by his y o u n g e r b r o t h e r, J u s t i n .

Tyrone was born in Red Deer and moved to Quesnel, BC, went to school there and then finally came back home to Red Deer to start a career in the oilfield. He made his way up the ladder to be a Derrick hand. Things got slow in 1986 and he made a career change to be a bouncer and a great DJ at the Windsor hotel. After 7 long years of doing that, he came back to the oilfield and this time stayed with it. He made his way to rig manager for Bear Drilling and then for Trinidad drilling from Canada to the USA and Mexico. He loved working long shifts and also enjoyed his time off. In his younger years, he loved skiing, road hockey with brothers and fighting with the bros. which lead him to a tough man contest in Quesnel, BC. Tyrone always was tough on the outside but really was a big teddy bear. He was always there to help out a friend in need. His favourite sports teams were the BC Lions and the Philadelphia Flyers. T bone will be sadly missed by all who knew him.

A Funeral Service will take place at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer on Saturday, June 22, 2013, at 11 a.m. Memorial donations in Tyrone’s name may be made directly to the Canadian Liver Foundation, National Office, 801-3100 Steeles Avenue East, Markham, Ontario, L3R 8T3.

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LAYDEN Melvin Earl 1925 - 2013 Mel Layden passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Monday, June 17, 2013, at the age of 87 years. He is survived by his wife, Joy, by his children; Bev (Ron) MacTavish of Lethbridge, Brent of Oregon, USA, Gary (Sheri) of Red Deer and Dale (Kathy) of Red Deer, as well as numerous grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his first wife, Mary, on December 28, 1982. Mel was born in Innisfail and lived in Red Deer most of his life. Active in the community, Mel was a long-time businessman, who owned and operated MEL Construction, MEL Paving and with his son Gary, Bomega Metal Manufacturing. An avid golfer, Mel was for decades, a member of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club. Since retiring, Mel spent his winters in Palm Desert with his wife Joy pursuing their passion for golf. A proud father and grandfather, Mel enjoyed spending time with his family and sharing in their successes.

A Celebration of Life for Mel Layden will be held at the Gaetz Memorial United Church, 4758 Ross Street, in Red Deer on Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in Mel’s name may be made to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4R 3S6.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

LOCKERBIE Brian “Dougie” It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Brian “Dougie” Lockerbie. He went to be with his parents, Harold D. Lockerbie and Virginia Grey Lockerbie on Sunday, June 16, 2013, at the age of 63 years. He passed peacefully at his residence in Red Deer, AB. He will always be remembered for his larger than life sense of humor and his loving generosity. He is survived by his daughter, Dana Lockerbie and grandson, Foster Lockerbie

of Calgary, AB and daughter, Lisa Lockerbie and grandsons; Brian Lockerbie and Jonathan Lawrence of Moncton,

NB. He will be missed greatly by his stepsons; Anthony and Cody Myer, his sister, Beth (Jacques) Paynter and family, and sister, Dorothy (Harry) Walker-Silver and family.

As well as his many friends and business associates.

Visitations will take place on Thursday, June 20th, 2013 at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

The funeral service will be held on Friday, June 21st, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Eventide Funeral Chapel. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Brian Douglas Lockerbie may be made directly to MADD Canada, MADD Calgary.ca or 6528 11th St NE Calgary AB T2E 7J4.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

REARDIGAN 1938 - 2013 Joyce Catherine Reardigan (nee James) of Red Deer, Alberta passed away peace- Funeral Directors fully at Red Deer Regional Hospital on June 15, 2013 at & Services the age of 75 years. A memorial service in Joyce’s memory will be held at the Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 67A Street, Red Deer, Funeral Chapel Alberta on Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. & Crematorium Donations may be made directly to the Canadian 4820-45 Street Cancer Society www.cancer.ca Red Deer, AB Condolences may be sent or viewed at 403-347-2222 www.parklandfuneralhome.com eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL Eventide HOME AND CREMATORIUM Funeral Chapel & Crematorium 6287 - 67 A Street

by Arbor Memorial (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

Arbor Memorial Inc. 403.340.4040

Eventide

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RINAS Wayne Edward Rinas passed away tragically on June 15, 2013 in Rocky Mountain House at the age of 52. He was born March 19, 1961 at Calgary, AB. to Ethel and Ronald Rinas. Wayne married Marilyn Hollman on June 29, 1985 in Macklin, SK. To this marriage they were blessed with two sons, Jeremy Wayne born December 29, 1988 and Kyle Bryan born September 27, 1991. Wayne’s career provided numerous opportunities which had them living in Olds, Stettler, Innisfail and finally settling in Rocky Mountain House in 1997.

Wayne was very active in the community coaching his sons in soccer, baseball, golf and hockey; all of which he thoroughly enjoyed playing himself which created many wonderful friends and memories.

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our beloved father, grandfather and husband. Tom passed away peacefully on June 15, 2013 at the Red Deer Hospice surrounded by his family at the age of 65. Tom was born in Nanton, Alberta November 10, 1947. He moved with his family to the Stauffer area in 1955. He attended Condor and David Thompson Schools where he met the love of his life Jean and married her on April 7, 1967. Tom worked in construction and gas plants until 1975 when he started To m Wa d d e l l B u l l d o z i n g which he owned and operated until his passing. Tom is survived by his wife, Jean and their three children; son, Chris (Arlene), grandsons, Tommy and Jackson; daughter, Stacy (Brian), granddaughters, Jill and Jory and grandson, Donavan; son, Mark (Jenny), grandsons, River, Dallas and Nate and granddaughters, Kaley and Rossetta; his mother, Esther; sisters, Penny, Vicky, Cheryle and brot her, B r i a n ( J e a n ) . To m w a s predeceased by his father, Alan in 2010. Tom will be remembered for his many roads, building sites and all his other construction projects.

Also his love of music, guns and chocolate bars for the grandkids. We want to express our deep gratitude to all who cared for Tom on Unit 32 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital, Red Deer Hospice, Reverend Yoos, Reverend Kim and the Sylvan Lake Funeral Home. A Celebration of Tom’s life will be held at the Memorial Presbyterian Church, Sylvan Lake, Alberta on Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 1:00 p.m.

Cremation entrusted to the Rocky Mountain Crematorium.

Condolences may be forwarded to w w w . sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca

Wayne was predeceased by h i s m o t h e r, E t h e l R i n a s , father, Ronald, brother, Brian, grandmother, Mildred Peterson and grandmother, Johanna Kline. Wayne is survived and will be sadly missed by his loving wife, Marilyn, and sons, Jeremy (Amanda) Rinas, and Kyle Rinas. Wayne’s stepmother, Linda Rinas, brothers, Joe (Darlene) Rinas, Terry (Santa) Rinas, Robert (Gail) Rinas, Kevin (Michelle) Rinas, Dale (Nadine) Rinas, Darwin (Roxanne) Kirton, Darcy Kirton and sisters, Sheri (Trevor) Krall and Angie (Craig) Moore.

Marilyn’s parents, Stanley SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY and Cecilia Hollman and her FUNERAL HOMES AND brothers, Pat (Nancy) Hollman, CREMATORIUM, Gerard (Melody) Hollman, your Golden Rule Funeral Ken Hollman and sisters, Homes, entrusted with the Joanne Hollman, Elaine (Diehl) arrangements.

Townsley, Beatrice (George) 403-887-2151 Kuneff, Karen (Shawn) Geiger, Bernice (Mike) Kowanisky.

Wayne will also be missed by numerous family members and many close friends. We all knew Wayne to be loving In Memoriam and caring to his family and KATHLEEN AUBREY friends, as well as his passion for sports, namely his love for It’s been 5 years hockey, golf and ball. Wayne since we lost you Mom will be remembered as one We think of you constantly who went out of his way to make No eyes can see us still weep time for those who needed a But within our hearts hand, regardless of how busy he was. He continually offered Your beloved memory we keep h i s t i m e t o h e l p f a m i l y, ~Your loving family friends and the community he loved. Funeral services for Wayne Rinas will be held at St. Matthews Catholic Church in Rocky Mountain House, 5208-53 Avenue, on Friday, June 21, 2013 at 11:00 Celebrations am. A celebration of Wayne’s life will follow at 2:00 pm at PUZEY the Rocky Arena Complex, Happy 80th Birthday 5332-50 Street. As an VERNON PUZY. expression of sympathy, in Come and Go Tea on Sat. lieu of flowers donations can June 22, 1:30-4 pm. at St. be made in Wayne’s name to Luke’s Anglican Church Hall the Rocky Mountain House 4929-54 St. Red Deer.

Jr. Golf Program, c/o Pine Hills Golf Course, Box 1811, Rocky Mountain House, AB, T4T 1B4; Rocky Minor Hockey Association c/o Box 1903, Rocky Mountain House, AB. T4T 1B4, or the Rocky Curling

Club c/o Box 331, Rocky Mountain House, AB T4T 1A3.

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Coming Events

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BUY DIRECT & SAVE! Central Alberta Greenhouse

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Hanging Plants starting at $12 Patio Planters starting at $15 Great selection of annuals, tomatoes, peppers & herbs

Come early for the best selection

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1 mi. N of Blackfalds on 2A, then east on Lakeside Sargent Road

LEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION Red Deer Chapter ANNUAL GENERAL Meeting being held on Thurs. June 20, 7:00 pm @Pioneer Lodge 4324 46A Ave. R.D. Members & Public Welcome!

Refreshments served.

NOW PLAYING VLT’S AT

EAST 40TH PUB

The West Park Community Association is celebrating 50 years!

Please join us and your West Park/Westlake neighbours for a classic car show, music, games, food, face painting and more!

At the historic West Park Shopping Centre from 11am-2pm on Saturday, June 22.

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LOST DOG, brown/black, curly tail, answers to Sonny, lost in Gasoline Alley 403-749-3282 LOST IPHONE on June 11 in or around Costco. Reward offered, no questions asked 403-746-2456 or 403-350-1856 MEN’S LARGE BLACK LEATHER JACKET. Truck with mountain scene on back. Very special.

Please call 403-352-7795 REWARD CAT, lost in Kentwood, black,18 lbs. Please call 587-377-2757

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FOUND: Mixed breed dog.

Medium size. German shepherd appearance, but smaller and fluffier. Brown and black body with grey hairs on face and tail.

Found June 13 around 10 PM on the West Side of Gasoline Alley Red Deer

by Ricky’s All Day Grill. If this is your pet or you have any information, please call 403-896-8929

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650

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Oilfield

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LPN MANAGER

CanWest DHI is currently accepting applications for technician in the LACOMBE area of Alberta.

This position is a contract position for up to one year (or less). The successful applicant will be responsible for the regular weighing and sampling of milk from cows in DHI herds, keeping records and statistical data, and promoting dairy herd improvement. Applicants should have a thorough knowledge of the Alberta dairy industry along with excellent interpersonal skills.

PC skills and a degree/diploma in agriculture will be considered a definite asset. This position could require the occasional heavy lifting of up to 65 lbs. If you possess the right qualification for this position, please fax or email your resume by June 21st to Larry Ouimet, Head of Human Resources at:

Legal Assistant

proficient in Real Estate Conveyancing. This is a permanent position, offering competitive salary and benefits, commensurate with experience. Submit resumes to info@ chapmanriebeek.com Attention: Gaylene Bobb or fax 403-340-1280.

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Landcore Technologies Inc. is a leading provider of Rathole and Pile Driving services throughout Western Canada. We are currently seeking a full-time Journeyman or 3rd/4th Year Heavy Duty Mechanic for our Ponoka location. We offer competitive wages with an excellent benefits plan.

Duties will include, but are not limited to: - Heavy Truck and Trailer maintenance and repair - Light Duty Pick-up maintenance and repair - CVIP inspection -Heavy off-road equipment maintenance and repair Candidates should own their own tools, class 5 drivers license, Heavy Duty Trade Certification.

Experience in welding and fabrication an asset (but not necessary). Successful candidates should excel in oral communication skills, problem solving, and working with others.

To apply, either email resumes to info@ landcore.ca or fax to 403 783 2011 LOCAL SERVICE CO. REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475 LOCAL Testing company seeking experienced Well Testers for areas including Sask. and US. Positions available immediately.

Day/Night Supervisors & Assistants.

MUST HAVE valid H2S and First Aid. Competitive wages and health benefits.

Email resumes and tickets to: welltesting365@ gmail.com

RAIN OR SHINE DOWNSIZING. Chairs, toys, Old Country Roses coffee pot, antiques, Hummel canister set. Fri. June 21, 2-8 Sat. 8-4. 47 Anders St CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Anders on the Lake 22 ADAIR AVENUE - Something for everyone furniture, camping, crafts, household, kids!

Thurs 20th, 5pm - 9pm Fri 21st, 9am - 8 pm Sat 22nd, 9am-5pm You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Bower 23 BEATTY CRES. Thurs. 20th & Fri 21st 4-8 Sat. 22nd 8-6, Sun. 23rd 8:30-4 MOVING. Everything from Kitchen to furniture & Misc.

Everything must go!

Deer Park 119 DOLAN CLOSE JUNE 21 & JUNE 22 FRI. 2 - 7 & SAT. 10-4 Furniture, antiques, tools, misc. household items.

125 DOWLER STREET Thurs. 20th & Fri. 21st 4-8, Sat. 22nd 8-4. Antiques + 2 generations of many loved household items for sale.

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• FOREMAN • HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS • LOWBOY DRIVERS • GRAVEL TRUCK DRIVERS • GENERAL LABOURERS

or fax to: 403-845-5370.

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Red Deer South, Gasoline Alley Is Seeking

FRONT DESK CLERK * Answer phone calls * Take reservations * Check in/out Guests * Balance cash out & Attend to guest needs $ 14.00/hr HOUSEKEEPING ROOM ATTENDANT * Clean and vacuum rooms public areas pool etc. * Replenish amenities, linens & towels * Adhere to Holiday Inn safety standards $ 14.00/hr All positions are Shift Work & weekends Fax resume 780 - 702-5051

Downtown FUNDRAISING GARAGE SALE

For Hearts Ablaze Ministry of Potter’s Hands.

5202 53 Ave. Behind Superstore June 21st & 22nd Hamburgers, hot dogs & coffee will be sold.

For more info please call Gaston 403-342-6560, Mitchel 403-887-3923 Alvin 403-341-3167

LUAU Investments Ltd. (O/A Tim Hortons) FOOD SERVICE SUPERVISOR 1 yr previous experience.

F/T shift work (open 24 hrs) Must be avail. weekends $13.00 per hour 4217 - 50 Ave. 6721 - 50 Ave. 7111 - 50 Ave. timhire@telus.net

Fairview - Upper SALE! 28 FIR ST: Back alley Thurs. 20th & Fri. 21st 9-5 Sat. 22nd 9-Noon.

6x6 greenhouse, electric fireplace corner unit, electric smoker, child’s watertable & sand box, lots of variety.

THE BIG MOO in Sylvan Lake is looking for ICE CREAM SERVERS. F/T or P/T positions avail. $11/hr. must be 15 yrs. or older. Contact Stephanie at 403-887-5533.

Lancaster Green MULTI FAMILY. Large selection of kids toys, puzzles, sand box & more.

Golf clubs, bags, bikes, home decor, car topper, household & much more.

Friday 21st, 4:30-7:30.

Saturday 22nd, 8:30-1:30.

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GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Requires

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! Growing Company, TJ PAVING, needs employees with paving experience. Great Working Atmosphere. Email resume to: tjpaving@hotmail.com

Is hiring for the following position:

Fulltime Dispatch/Batcher & Ready Mix Drivers (Driver’s require Class 3) Heavy Equipt. Operators Experience an asset. You must pass a physical & Drug Test.

Fax resume attn: Mike 403 347 8060 or mike.castilloux@ lafarge-na.com

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Rosedale 118 & 91 RUTTAN CLOSE Fri. 21st 2-8, Sat. 22nd 9-2 MULTI-FAMILY Toys, clothes, table & chairs, household, etc.

West Lake 97 WEDDELL CR. June 20, 21, & 22 10-6

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11 ALLSOP AVE. June 21 & 22 Fri. 4 -9 & Sat. 8 - 3 DOWNSIZING Too much to list.

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Our beautiful assistedliving Facility (Sunset Manor - Innisfail, Alberta), is seeking an experienced LPN Manager. The successful applicant will inspire staff to deliver an excellent, compassionate, and dignified level of care.

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

Anders Park

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HIRING 1.FOOD SERVICE SUPERVISORS: $13 and 40 hours per week Supervise and co-ordinate PRODUCTION staff activities and TESTING customer service Establish work schedule PERSONNEL REQ’D and train associates 2.FOOD COUNTER Day Supervisors Salary will commensurate ATTENDANT: (5- 10yrs experience) with experience. Role is $11.50 and 40 hours per week Night Supervisors full-time, but with flexibility. Take customers’orders and (2-4yrs experience) work with a cash register Please email your Medical Prepare, heat and finish confidential CV to JOIN OUR FAST simple food items GROWING TEAM!! greatjobs@chantellegroup.com Serve customers at counters BUSY MEDICAL OFFICE Use manual and electrical Competitive Wages, requires a Prescreening appliances to clean, peel, Benefits, Retirement and Restaurant/ Tech with front desk duties. slice and trim foodstuffs Saving Plan!

Experience not necessary, Hotel Portion and wrap foods job training is provided but and package take out foods QUALIFICATIONS: qualifications will be BIG MOO IN SYLVAN 3.COOK: considered. Starting wages CLASSIFICATIONS louimet@canwestdhi.com • M u s t b e a b l e t o LAKE needs F/T SHORT $13 and 40 hours per week $14/hr. Please fax resume Fax: (519) 824-1330 ORDER COOK. Wage Prepare and cook full Provide own work truck to 403-342-2024.

700-920 Only successful applicants will be contacted. course meals • Leadership and Super- starting at $11- $13 /HR. Call Steph 403-887-5533 Ensure quality of food and visory skills- mentor BUSY Optometric office LOOKING FOR determine size of food portions and train crew looking for experienced BOULEVARD Train staff in preparation, FULL & PART TIME • Strong Computer Skills Optometric Assistants and Clerical Restaurant & cooking and handling of food • Operate 5000psi CHICKEN CATCHERS Opticians. If you can offer Lounge 4.SERVER: 10,000 psi (sweet and willing to work night/early optical experience, flexible $9.75 and 40 hours per week Sour wells) Gasoline Alley FT BOOKKEEPER morning shifts. schedule, attention to Must have pro serve • Collect Data - pressure, needed Immediate openings. detail, excellent Red Deer County certificate rates, temperatures Students’ Association Full Benefits. organizational skills, ability Food & Beverage Interested parties can • Assist in Rig in and Rig of RDC. Responsibilities Contact Mike 403-848-1478 to interact professionally Server email swiss1702@ out of equipment include full-cycle bookwith a diverse group of $12.25/hr. cara.com, fax 1 866 928 • Tr a v e l t o a n d f r o m keeping, payroll, daily staff and clientele, enjoy To provide Food & 5481 or deliver resume to locations across Western Hair cash receipts, reconcile a busy day and are ready Beverage service, handle unit #8, 5111 - 22nd street, Canada expense reports, general Stylists for a challenge please cashiering, arrange and Red Deer, T4R 2K1. office duties, as assigned. email your resume and setup the outlet. maintain REQUIREMENTS: Qualifications & Requirecover letter to JUST CUTS is looking for cleanliness and hygiene. ments: experience with eyewear01@hotmail.com F/T HAIRSTYLIST Sales & • Va l i d 1 s t A i d , H 2 S , Cook computerized bookkeeping No clientele necessary.

Driver’s License required!

Distributors $14.00/HR. system, proficiency with Call Jen at 403-340-1447 • Must be willing to To prepare and cook all Microsoft Office, filing/ or Christie 403-309-2494 submit pre access fit RED DEER’S #1 Tool Store food up to standard, clean typing experience, detailOilfield for duty test, as well as kitchen and maintain hyoriented, strong written & Classifieds KMS TOOLS & drug and alcohol giene follow recipes, assist verbal communication Your place to SELL EQUIPMENT • Travel & be away from in receiving and storing skills. To apply, email Your place to BUY is looking for individuals home for periods of time 21/7 resume by June 28 to Kitchen Helper who are passionate about • Ability to work in job@sardc.ab.ca $11/hr tools, and are committed c h a n g i n g c l i m a t e To clean kitchen following Attn: Liz Sweiger to exceptional customer conditions The Students’ Janitorial safety and hygiene service. If you are Association is a non-profit, standards. Clean utensils, knowledgeable about website: student-run organization at A RED DEER BASED cutlery, crockery and Welding, Construction, ARAMARK at (Dow www.cathedralenergyservices.com Red Deer College.

Pressure Testing Company glassware items.

Wood Working, Shop Prentiss Plant) about Methods to Apply: req’s. Operators for testing Clean floors.

Equipment or Automotive 20-25 minutes out of Red HRCanada@ Office Manager / BOP’s throughout AB. Assist in prep. industry tools, enjoy a fast Deer needs hardworking, cathedralenergyservices.com Accountant www.datacan.

Only those with Drilling rig All positions are paced environment and reliable, honest person pnieman@ ca/OfficeManager.pdf exp. need apply. Fax Shift Work & Weekends. have a can-do attitude, w/drivers license, to work cathedralenergyservices.com Fax resume 780-702-5051 resume & driver’s abstract we have the role for you.

TUNDRA 40/hrs. per week w/some to: 403-341-6213 or email Employee pricing, weekends, daytime hrs.

Your application will be PETROLEUM DAD’S PIZZA mikeoapt@gmail.com extended health benefits Fax resume w/ref’s to kept strictly confidential.

Dental is recruiting for a PART/FULL TIME COOK Only those selected for and training provided for 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black interview will be contacted. FIELD HAND POSITIONS. Apply at East 40th Pub. the right candidate.

TEAM Snubbing Services The job involves working 3811 40th Ave. Full-time Looking for a place Now accepting now hiring experienced with Down Hole Capillary to live?

DRAGON City req’s exp’d resumes for Dental office manager operators Email: Tubing, driving truck and Take a tour through the P/T or F/T Servers. Please SALES AND CASHIER for busy practice. janderson@ shop/yard work. apply in person to Sam. positions, apply in person CLASSIFIEDS Confident, motivated, teamsnubbing.com Preferred Requirements 53 Burnt Park Drive or organized individual fax 403-844-2148 Something for Everyone include Field and/or email required. Prefer previous Service Rig experience, Everyday in Classifieds employment@ management experience WANTED good driver’s abstract, kmstools.com and knowledge of dental EXPERIENCED Experienced Line current H2S and PST JOURNEYMAN HD field. University degree in CLASS 3 tickets. Tundra offers Cook needed business/management an CVIP MECHANIC VAC/steamer Truck driver. competitive salaries and Students’ Association of asset. Please forward We are currently seeking Lacombe area, works off an industry RDC. M-F, five and half Trades resumes to motivated hardworking CCCSI is hiring sanitation HOME EVERY NIGHT. leading job bonus hours per day, term certain dentist9977@yahoo.ca. personnel to join our busy workers for the afternoon Fax resume to 403-704-1442 position. Extra hours may structure. Please fax or oilfield trucking division.

BUSY DEALERSHIP and evening shifts. Get email resume be required. The ideal line Top wages. Email or fax REQUIRES paid weekly, $14.22/hr. to (403) 341-9006 or cook is motivated, results resumes to 403-782-0913 Call 403-348-8440 or fax LUBE TECH mhansen@ oriented and committed kelly@downtons.com Professionals 403-348-8463 Possibility of leading to tundrapetroleum.com to outstanding customer apprenticeship. service. Responsibilities: Fax resume to: AL-TERRA ENGINEERING prepare food items consisLACOMBE 403-341-5066 tently, maintain safe work (RED DEER) LTD. Oilfield Registered Attn. Greg Rempel environment, complete SEEKING CIVIL kitchen tasks such as line Dental Assistant ENGINEERING DESIGN CRYSTAL GLASS setup, food prep, cleanup.

Full Time / Part Time TECHNOLOGIST. Above needs summer help.

Requirements: able to Fax resume to industry standard wages, Will train. work in fast-paced environ403-782-6326 benefits plan, vehicle Drop off resume at: ment, able to lift 30 lbs, or drop off in person. allowance, profit sharing.

4706-51 Avenue or fax DRIVEN TO EXCEL team player, honest, Experience a diverse FROM START TO FINISH 346-5390 or email: reliable. Fax resume to: RECEPTIONIST for variety of projects in Red branch208@crystalglass.ca fax 403-347-8510; Hygiene Department req’d.

Deer & all over Alberta.

Attn: Connie White.

Please drop off resumes to C.E.T designation with a EXP’D skidsteer operator The Students’ Association req’d for construction comAssociate Dental, Attn. minimum of 2-5 years of student-run pany. Please fax resume Corinne or fax 403-347-2133 Pidherney’s is busy and requires the following positions as experience using AutoCAD is a non-profit, organization at or Civil 3D. Please email to 403-342-6881 Red Deer College. resumes to: Tyler Broks, soon as possible various construction projects throughout R.E.T - tbroks@al-terra-rd.

HOLIDAY INN Central and Northern Alberta: Farm Work com or fax 403-340-3038.

EXPRESS Visit our website www.

RED DEER al-terra-rd.com.

Is seeking FULL-TIME Residential FRONT DESK CLERK CanWest DHI is currently Architectural Technologist. * Answer phone calls Exp. Framers Req’d accepting applications for full-time The candidate must have * Take reservations technician in the RED DEER local work, transportation 3-5 yrs experience, be * Check in/out Guests area of Alberta. provided, exc. wages, proficient in AutoCAD Balance cash out bonuses paid.

The successful applicant will Architecture 2012, Google & Attend to guest needs Call 403-588-0808 be responsible for the regular SketchUp and MS Office. $14.00/hr. weighing and sampling of Construction field work F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS milk from cows in DHI herds, exp. is preferred.

We offer - Good hours, home every HOUSEKEEPING ROOM keeping records and statistical competitive wages and a night, $4000-$6000/mo.

ATTENDANT data, and promoting dairy herd comprehensive benefit Contractor must have truck * Clean and vacuum improvement. Applicants should plan.

Interested candidates or van. Tools, supplies & rooms, public areas, pool have a thorough knowledge of may apply with resume the Alberta dairy industry along ladders required. Training etc. and references with excellent interpersonal skills. provided, no experience Replenish amenities, PC skills and a degree/diploma between 8-5 to: needed. Apply to: linens & towels Top wages paid, benefits and scheduled days off. in agriculture will be considered TRUE-LINE HOMES satjobs@shaw.ca * Adhere to Holiday Inn a definite asset. This position #140, 4731 61 Street safety stardands could require the occasional FRAMING CONTRACTOR H2S, First Aid and Ground Disturbance We thank all applicants, $14.00/hr. heavy lifting of up to 65 lbs. If you however only those All positions are Shift work to frame 3 houses in Ponopossess the right qualifications a defi nite asset. ka. 403-357-0654 selected for an interview & weekends for this position, please fax or will be contacted.

Fax Resume to: email your resume by June 21 FULLY EXPERIENCED to Larry Ouimet, Head of Human 780-702-5051 Please e-mail resumes to hr@pidherneys.com framers req`d. 403-350-5103 Resources at: NO BEGINNERS! HOLIDAY INN MAY the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved, and preserved throughout the world.

Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for us. St. Jude worker of miracles pray for us. St. Jude helper of the hopeless, pray for us. Say 9 times/day for 8 days and promise publication.

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École Secondaire Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School Applications received by

12:00 noon on June 24, 2013 Out of Town

MOVING SALE 98 Donnelly Cres. June 21st, 12-5 & 22nd, 9-5 Moving sale. Fri. June 21, S. of Sylvan on 781, W. on 4-8 Sat. June 22, 9-5. All 380, S. on Range Rd 15. types of household items.

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WATER WELL DRILLING COMPANY IN BENTLEY REQ’S EXPERIENCED

JEETS PLUMBING & HEATING Service Plumbers.

Journeyman, w/service exp. Competitive wages.

Fax resume: 403-356-0244

with class 3, air. All safety tickets required.

Meal and Accommodation provided when out of town.

Fax resume with drivers abstract: 403-748-3015 Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

860

Truckers/ Drivers LINE LOCATING ASSISTANT REQUIRED

Central Line Locating req’s a locator assistant. No experience necessary, willing to train. Must be physically fit. Working varied hours. Send resumes to: office@ centrallinelocating.com Fax 403-747-3535 Office: 403-747-3017

PLASTERTONE

Stucco, Trowelers & Stone Masons Needed. Top wages.

Everyone welcome to apply.

Call Tony 403-588-0840 SKILLED laborers req’d.

Streetside Developments, Calgary. Resume submitted to info@ streetsidehomes.com or call 403-258-0703 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

SPARTEK SYSTEMS INC In Sylvan Lake, AB is seeking qualified individuals for * QC ELEC. ASSEMBLY INSPECTOR * ELEC TECH * MECH ENGINEER * ELEC. ENGINEER†

DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841 F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

RONCO OILFIELD HAULING Sylvan Lake. Openings for winch tractor, bed truck drivers and swamper’s.

Top wages and benefits.

Email resume tom@ roncooilfieldhauling.ca or fax. 403-887-4892 TRUCK DRIVER w/ Class 3 & air endorsements.

Send resume & clean driver’s abstract to: mpcanpak@xplornet.com TRUCKING company based out of Red Deer looking for experienced Class 1 drivers for winch tractor used for heavy hauling and tank truck operators. Top wages and exc. benefit pkg. Fax resume and driver’s abstract to 403-346-3766

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Misc.

Help

For complete job descriptions,†please††refer Academic Express to our website at www.sparteksystems.com ADULT EDUCATION Applicants please forward AND TRAINING resume to: keri.lee@ FALL START sparteksystems.com • Community Support or fax to 403-887-4050 Worker Please state which position you are applying for in your • Women in Trades • Math and Science in cover letter.† the Trades • GED classes days/ THE FRAMING NOOK evening is looking for a shop worker to build custom picture Gov’t of Alberta Funding frames etc. Will be working may be available. inside shop, part time flexible hours - must be handy with 403-340-1930 power tools & saws - Call www.academicexpress.ca Brian @ 403-340-1575.

860

Truckers/ Drivers

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in

in

MOUNTVIEW 33 St, 41 Ave, 42 Ave, 42 A Ave, 34 St. Cl. $132/mo.

MUSTANG ACRES

ANDERS AREA Asmundsen Ave. INGLEWOOD AREA Ivey Close Irving Close Ingle Close Inglewood Drive LANCASTER AREA Lamont Close Lees St./ Lawrence Cres.

MORRISROE AREA Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300 Start your career!

See Help Wanted 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

& KENTWOOD Keen Cres. & Kendrew Drive

ROSEDALE AREA Rowell Close & Ritson Close $98/mo.

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info

DEER PARK AREA Dandell Close Davison Dr. & 2 blocks of Dowler St. $78/mo.

ALSO Dunham Close $68/mo.

ALSO Dickson Cres., DicksonClose Dobler Ave. Drake Close, & Diamond St. $140/mo.

ALSO Denovan Cres. & 2 blocks of Davison Drive $74/mo.

ALSO Denmark Cres, Donnelly Cres, & Densmore Cres. $151/mo.

ALSO 1 Block Dempsey St. Dumas Cres. & Duffy Close $95./mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

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BOBCAT OPERATOR(S) with a minimum of 2 years experience in fine grading and finishing, offering a competitive wage and benefits, on local job sites in Lacombe & area. Applicant must have a valid Class 3 license with air. Only those who have the above prerequisites will be interviewed.

E-mail: lloyd@dbbobcat.com or Fax: 403-782-7786

DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

Please no phone calls.

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED To deliver the Morning Advocate.

6 days per week Vehicle needed DEERPARK Dowler & Douglas St. Area $605.00/mo ALSO EASTVIEW Erickson Dr., Ellenwood Dr. Area $360/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 For more information Attention Students SUMMER HELP flex. sched., $14.50 base-appt, cust. sales/service, no experience necessary, conditions apply, will train, visit summeropenings.ca Call 403-755-6711 APPLY TODAY!

Currently seeking reliable people to deliver morning newspapers in: WESTPARK Candidate must have reliable vehicle and be 18+.

Perfect job for seniors, students, or anyone looking to make extra $.

Routes on average only take about an hour per day.

Pidherney’s requires experienced local:

Class 1 Drivers

Also are eligible for monthly carrier contests & bonuses.

For work in the Red Deer/Rocky Mountain House area

We are currently looking for qualified, energetic, hardworking individuals to fill the following positions

• Top wages paid based on experience • Possible career advancement opportunities

√ Concrete Finishers √ Carpenters/Form Setters √ Stringliners/Surveyors √ Labourers

• Based out of Red Deer & Rocky Mountain House, AB

Proform provides excellent wages and an exceptional benefit plan.

307338F19-21

• Flexible work schedule

Valid safety tickets an asset Fax resume to Human Resources 403-845-5370 Or E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com

Apply by faxing your resume to (403) 347-4980 or email your resume to jobs@proform.ab.ca

Call Quitcy at 403-314-4316 DELI CLERK,

Flexible hours including. weekends. Apply in person to the Baker at RUN’N ON EMPTY 5101 - 76 Street.

DISPATCHER req’d.

Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

DSM INC.

looking for laborers, in the Innisfail area.

Salary is $14.75/hr. Fax resume to: 403-314-0676.

Spruce, Pine, Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

For afternoon delivery once per week

FREE FIRE WOOD Bring your own saw.

403-346-4307 Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

Garden Supplies

Health & Beauty

To deliver 1 day a week in OLDS BOWDEN RIMBEY

Household Appliances

REG COX FEEDMIXERS Req’s In Service Shop, exp’d with farm equipment and the ability to weld.

Apply fax 403-341-5622 RETAIL STORE SUPERVISOR C-store Gas Cwash Apply ABA Investments Inc oa Heritage Esso, FT $15.50/hr Supervise, train staff, prep schedule, sales reports, merchandising, inventory mgt, HS grad, computer literate, some exp.

Mail Resume 6020 67 St. Red Deer, AB T4P 3M1 ROOFING LABOURER REQ’D. 403-314-9516 please leave a message. or 403-350-1520 SWAMPERS F/T needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company.

Heavy lifting involved (driver’s helper) position.

Reliability essential. Own transportation required.

Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca WAREHOUSE LABORERS NEEDED Apply within to 5929 - 48 Ave. Fax 403-347-7066 or email sales@parklandrentals.com Must be physically fit.

Seasonal/full time.

900

SAFETY

OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544 24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

920

Career Planning

wegotservices

RED DEER WORKS Build A Resume That Works!

APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are

FREE

for all Albertans

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

1010

Eavestroughing

1130

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS EVESTROUGH / WINDOW Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp.

CLEANING. 8-6 p.m. with oilfield service Mon-Sat. 403-506-4822 companies, other small International ladies GUTTERS CLEANED & businesses and individuals REPAIRED. 403-391-2169 RW Smith, 346-9351 VELOX EAVESTROUGH Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Something for Everyone Cleaning & Repairs.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445 Everyday in Classifieds Reasonable rates. 340-9368 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 Escorts

MASSAGE

Now Open

Cleaning

1070

CLEAN FREAK FOR HIRE Available to start cleaning houses on July 2. Call: Sharla at 403-357-7801

Contractors

1100

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

1165

CURVY all natural Korean early 20’s. Daytime only 587-377-1298

EDEN 587-877-7399 10am-midnight INTOXICATING ESCORTS Cash or credit 403-550-0732 LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car ROXY. I’M BACK! 403-848-2300 ULTIMATE PLAYMATES. 403-986-SEXY Red Deer’s Best

Handyman Services

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all...

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 or Ron 403-318-3804 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 MAMMA MIA !!

Soffit, Fascia & Eaves.

403-391-2169 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

1200

QUALITY INSTALLATIONS Need a minor reno but don’t have the time?

Flooring, finishing, fences, decks, garages, bathrooms, kitchens..

No job too small in Red Deer.

Call 587-377-1823

Massage Therapy

1280

HOT STONE, Body Balancing. 403-352-8269

Quality over Quantity!

BEST ASIAN MASSAGE IN TOWN. First time Specials. Open 9 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 5003-50 St. 403-348-5650

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 Come in and see why we are the talk of the town.

RED DEER’S BEST

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346

Moving & Storage

1300

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

1310

PAINTING BY DAVE Interior, Exterior, New Construction. Comm/Indust.

2 Journeyman w/over 50 yrs exp. %15 discount for seniors. Free estimates.

All work guaranteed. We carry WCB & Liability Insurance. 403-307-4798 SISTERS FOR HIRE!!!!

Interior & Exterior Painting 403-598-0937

Seniors’ Services

1372

ATT’N: SENIORS Looking for help on small jobs, around the house such as yard landscaping, bathroom fixtures, painting, concrete or flooring. James 403-341-0617 SENIORS need a HELPING HAND? Cleaning, cooking companionship - in home or in facility.

Call 403-346-7777 or visit helpinghands.com for info.

Window Cleaning

1420

WINDOW / EVESTROUGH CLEANING. 8-6 p.m.

Mon-Sat. 403-506-4822

stuff GAMES DEALER SCHOOL

Cost $200 SCHOOL WILL BE STARTING July 2-25 Tues. Weds. & Thurs. 9 am - 1 pm.

Upon successfully completing and passing course, work is available for casual to part time hours to start.

Must be able to obtain Security Clearance Check from local RCMP Please telephone and leave a message for April M. 403-346-3339 GROWING family owned & operated Repair Shop/Parts store seeking

JOURNEYMAN AUTO TECH

w/gas & diesel experience.

We perform regular repairs and performance installs for our customers. Competitive wages & excellent benefits offered. Please contact Matt/Kathy @ PitStop Rimbey 403-843-7224 HELP WANTED. Penhold Cadet Camp is now seeking experienced Bakers, First & Second Cooks, Servers, General Help.

FoodSafe a must.

Apply w/ resume at Penhold Cadet Camp.

2453 24th St. Springbrook, AB 403-886-3002

HERITAGE LANES BOWLING

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 LICENSED mortgage agent. $35,000 salary + commission. Red Deer office. Submit resume to info@mortgagestogo.ca No phone calls please LOOKING for mature couple to manage mobile park, 20 min. outside of Edm. airport. Small equip. exp. preferred. $3500/mo. accommodations incld’d.

Send resume to: 34654 Delair Road, Abbotsford, B.C. V2S 2C9

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Auctions

1530

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

Building Supplies

1550

LAMINATE Flooring, 10 sq. ft. new in original pckg. $90.; HARDWOOD flooring, 2.5 sq. meters in original pckg. $90. ; WINDOW Well covers, 58 x 19 (2); $25.

403-314-5557 SMALLER Custom Interior Cedar Clad Solid Wood Door. 24”w x 77.5”h Brass secure lock knob. w/frame & cedar trim.

Asking $100. 403-227-2976

1710

APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042 LARGE KENMORE FRIDGE with 2 side doors for freezers. Very clean. Excellent working cond. Almond w/wood grain trim. Asking $150.

780-884-5441 WASHER & DRYER Working cond. $150.

403-346-4307

Household Furnishings

1720

KING Size bed, Sealy pillow top, approx. 4 yrs. old. Exc. shape. $200. obo. 403-755-3845 KITCHEN set with 4 chairs, Chesterfield set. $500. FOR BOTH. 403-314-0097

Farm Equipment

2010

500 GAL. gas tank w/stand and hoses $200 403-556-6473

Haying Equipment

2020

NH mower conditioner 9’ exc. cond, $3000 403-556-6473

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

3 BDRM, 3 bath home , nice deck, new paint & carpet, for over 40 couple with no pets at 7316-59 Ave. Rent $1500/Sec. $1500.

Ph: 403-341-4627

LACOMBE 4 bdrm, 1 bath $1295 403-782-7156 403-357-7465

WANTED

MAIN FLOOR - Lancaster, 3 bdrm., 2 bath. $1100.

Free wi-fi, no pets, n/s.

403-302-2357

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale

1760

NEWER MODERN Duplex In Westpark

2-levels, 5 bdrms, 3 baths, 6 appls, N/S, No pets.

2 ADULT sleeping bags, $1750 & UTIL, Avail July 1st really good shape $25/ea. Hearthstone 403-314-0099 403-343-0858 or Kristina 403-895-1506 BATHROOM VANITY 36” oak vanity w/Corian Condos/ top & new faucet.

Townhouses 2 doors, 3 drawers. $50. **SOLD** COUCH - 4 seater, dark brown, nylon velvet. & Laz-E-Boy recliner in beige tones. $25 each.

Good cond. Must be picked up. SOLD

1590

LADIES JEAN JACKET. Tommy Hilfiger, size M-L. Good cond. $25.

403-314-9603

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

1640

19.2 VOLT drill, 2 batteries and charger $35; 18 volt drill 2 batteries and charger $35 403-347-1501

32 HOLMES ST.

1 1/2 blocks west of mall, 3 bdrm. bi-level, blinds, lg. balcony, 4 appls, no pets, n/s, rent $1195 SD $1000 Avail. Immed.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545

GRAIN & FLOUR GRINDER K-Tec Kitchen Mill. From ALIX: 2 bdrm. 1 bath, 5 Bosch. New $220, asking appls, shows like new. $1000 + utils. Avail. now $50. **SOLD** 403-341-9974 HOUSEHOLD ITEMS Kelloway Cres.

Lampshades, new placemats, Lovely 3 level exec. home decor. Whole box for 3 bdrm. townhouse $20. 403-314-9603 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, LUGGAGE, veg. steamer, concrete patio, blinds, rice cooker, high chair, front/rear parking, no dogs, toaster, ironing board, n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 Foreman grill, canning jars, Avail. Immed. pictures, lawn chairs, patio 403-304-7576 or 347-7545 flower pots, watering hoses, waste containers, KITSON CLOSE plant hanger baskets, etc. newer exec. 3 bdrm.

All for $100.; bi-level townhouse 1447 Electric basement sq. ft. 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, HUMIDIFIER, $90 blinds, lg. balcony, fenced 403-314-5557 in rear, front/rear parking, no dogs, rent $1395 TABLE TOP PROPANE BBQ SD $1000. n/s Like New. $20.

Avail. July 1 403-309-1737 403-304-7576 / 347-7545 WOULD YOU LIKE TO LUXURY Condo Devonshire DONATE A Estates. 3 bdrm., 2 baths, SEWING MACHINE 7 appls., gas fireplace, IN WORKING ORDER blinds. att. heated garage. to a special lady in a $1700/mo. incl. heat & nursing home. Hers went elec. Near Collicutt Centre astray during her move. & shopping. Mature adults.

Would be much appreciated.

N/S, no pets. RENTED Thank you in advance.

403-346-9274 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, Musical generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, Instruments full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets.

GUITAR AMP. www.greatapartments.ca Rocker RX-100. 7 watt. $50. 403-227-2976

1770

Riverfront Estates

Pets & Supplies

1810

BEAUTIFUL KITTENS desperately need loving home. Calico, Orange & cream. Free to loving home. 403-782-3130

Cats

1830

FREE Russian blue X kittens and mother to good home,good mousers 403-885-9822

Dogs

1840

SHELTIES 1M, vet checked,1st. shots, ready to go $500/ea.

403-722-3204 846-0198

Tools

2000-2290

LIKE new cond., loveseat w/matching chair $200 403-986-6771

FISCHER PRICE VILLAGE Vintage toy. Lots of pieces.

Good cond. $45.

403-314-9603

EquipmentHeavy

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS

3 BDRM. 3 bath, house in Inglwood. 1250 sq.ft., dbl. garage. 403-886-4735 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

1580

Clothing

WOULD YOU LIKE TO DONATE A SEWING MACHINE IN WORKING ORDER to a special lady in a nursing home. Hers went astray during her move.

Would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

403-346-9274

LARGE OLDER HIDE-A-BED Good cond. Beige floral print, Asking $50.

780-884-5441

BORDER Collie Australian Shepherd Cross puppies.

1 Blue Merle, 2 Black & White. 403-749-2411

Children's Items

1930

3030

TRAINING CENTRE

(across from Totem)

1700

SCOOTER, PRIDE 4 whl. good cond. $3000.

403-343-2186

Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) B.O.P. #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

1680

4”x6” TREATED WOOD TIES. 72 linear feet. FREE! 403-755-2760

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

Employment Training

Wanted To Buy

LOGS

In the towns of:

wegot

Accounting

1660

AFFORDABLE

Please submit resume with Driver’s abstract to:

If you want to stay busy and be home every night then Pidherney’s might be for you!

Firewood

Homestead Firewood

306449F27

WATER WELL DRILLERS HELPER

880

Misc.

Help

278950A5

850

Trades

Misc.

Help

Sporting Goods

1860

GOLF CLUB SET RIGHT HANDED Tour 2 Model 135 woods, 3-pw cavity backed irons, steel shafts, putter, like new bag w/stand, very good cond. $80 403-346-0093 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Deluxe 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, bi-level townhouse, 5 appls, blinds, large balcony, no pets, n/s, $1195 or $1225 along the river.

SD $1000. Avail, July 1.

403-304-7576 347-7545

WESTPARK

11/2 blocks west of hospital!

3 bdrm. bi-level, lg. balcony, no pets, n/s, rent $1195 SD $1000.

Avail. July 1, 403-304-7576, 347-7545

Manufactured Homes

3040

Newly Reno’d Mobile FREE Shaw Cable + more $950/month Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

A 4-PLEX FOR THE BUDGET MINDED

In Normandeau, 3 bdrms, 1 bath, 4 appls, N/S, No pets $995 & Gas, Power, Avail NOW Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or Kristina 403-895-1506

Suites

3060

1 BDRM. apt. in Penhold, $740/mo. Avail. immed.

Incl. most utils, no pets.

Call 403-886-5288

BSMT SUITE For Mature Adults

in Glendale, 2 bdrms, 1 bath, 5 appls, in-suite laundry. Sorry N/S, No pets $945 & Power, Avail July 1st Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or Kristina 403-895-1506 LARGE 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, June 20, 2013

3060

Suites

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

NEED A PLACE CLOSE TO RD HOSPITAL?

2 bdrm apt w/balcony, Adults only.†Dishwasher, N/S, No pets $1025 & Power, Avail July 1st Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or Kristina 403-895-1506

SUNNYBROOK

1 bdrm. apt. avail. immed.

2 bdrm. avail. July. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets. 403-346-6686

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Cottage/ Seasonal

3070

Houses For Sale

4020

MASON MARTIN HOMES New bungalow 1350 sq.ft.

Dbl. att. garage.

403-588-2550 MUST SELL New 2 Storey 1550 sq.ft 3 bdrm, bonus room, 2.5 bath, $379,900. Dbl. att. garage. 403-588-2550

www.laebon.com

Laebon Homes 346-7273

Condos/ Townhouses

5030

2005 BMW Z4 3.0L 6 speed, lthr., $22,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

4040

MASON MARTIN HOMES New condo, 1000 sq.ft.

2 bdrm., 2 bath, 5 appls., $189,800. 403-588-2231

Acreages

Cars

4050

SUV's

2001 CHEVY Blazer SUV 4 x 4 -very good condition, low km’s -$5,750.00 OBO 403-343-1651, 341-0606

Trucks

2003 CIVIC DX 180,000 km. $5000. 403-340-0295

5040

5050

2010 FORD Expedition Eddie Bauer 4X4,.$26888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2 Acres +/-

Zoned AG SE of Red Deer 26 kms. $194,500 403-505-6240

Manufactured Homes

4090

2003 AUDI A4, fully loaded, $7300. 403-340-0295

2004 GMC 1500 4x4 extended cab. Good shape in & out $6950. 403-746-5541

1999 GRAND AM. 4 brand new all season tires. Aprox.

MUST SELL $4000 done in repairs.

By Owner.

Needs windshield. Runs Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225 great. $1600. 403-896-1029

2 RECREATIONAL

PROPERTIES IN B.C. Each sleep 15 people.

1st (shown above) is on Norbury Lake near Ft. Steele 2nd is on Mountain-Side Golf Course in Fairmont.

403-340-8838

Roommates Wanted

3080

FURN. ROOM, use of full house, utils. & internet. all incl. $475. 403-506-1907

Rooms For Rent

3090

ROOM $500. Blackfalds.

All incld’d, furn. 588-2564

Mobile Lot

3190

LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820 MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

Income Property

4100

2004 CHEV Avalanche 4x4 loaded $10,500 obo 403-391-8264

NEW DUPLEX, 2 suites, for $389,900. 2000 sq.ft.

2 bdrm., 2 bath. Mason Martin Homes 403-588-2550

Businesses For Sale

4140

Deliver Delight and Originality to Red Deer

Your success is in the basket with THE ORIGINAL BASKET BOUTIQUE a celebrated gifting franchise.

Check us out at obbgiftsfranchise.com or call

1984 CORVETTE new engine, $8888 348-8788 Sport & Import

VIEW ALL OUR PRODUCTS

at www.garymoe.com

Vans Buses

5070

2004 FORD Freestar. Perfect in every way. 190,000 km.

All options incl. remote start.

New tires. New windshield.

Asking $8000. 587-377-3547

Motorcycles

5080

1.877.622.8008

Lots For Sale

4160

SYLVAN LAKE - Pie lot, Well priced. Good location.

403-896-3553

Locally owned and family operated

FINANCIAL

CLASSIFICATIONS

SUV's

5040

4400-4430

Money To Loan

Campers

2011 MITSUBISHI RVR GT Fully loaded, black cloth seats.

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Protests get stronger as people call for reform in Brazil

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAO PAULO, Brazil — With massive protests by middle-class Brazilians demanding wholesale government reforms, people all over this continentsized country have reached a verdict on the streets and online: “The giant has awakened.”

President Dilma Rousseff has tried to placate the crowds by supporting their right to protest, and the Sao Paulo municipal government has rescinded the 10-cent hike in bus and subway fares that sparked the demonstrations in the first place.

But as the protests grow even bigger, with two major marches called for today, the Brazilian government seems at a loss over how to address the sweeping demands of its people.

Protesters have presented the government with myriad demands and a growing list of complaints: It can’t provide its citizens with basic security, officials are corrupt and inefficient, traffic is bottlenecked on pot-holed streets, and even cellphones don’t work.

And the investment that should be going into health care and education are pouring into soccer stadiums and airports instead.

Rousseff’s response has been little more than rhetoric. She hasn’t formed any emergency committees to deal with the crisis or offered grand gestures or fresh ideas.

And that has further angered Brazilians such as Rosana Reis, a 51-yearold nurse who like millions in the middle class is feeling the pinch of high taxes and perennially poor public services while the country spends billions of dollars to host next year’s World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.

“I worked for years in public hospitals and I’ve seen with my own eyes how everybody but the richest Brazilians suffer,” Reis said during a protest this week that took over central Sao Paulo.

“These politicians have money for the World Cup, money for the Olympics, but none to spend on health care or education. We’ve had enough. The people have woken up!”

The protests began a week ago in Sao Paulo and spread quickly to other cities after an initial police crackdown on demonstrators.

They have become a collective, if unorganized cry for help from a newly expanded middle class that expects more for its taxes and from its democratically elected left-of-centre government.

The public outcry has caught Brazil’s leadership off-guard. Instead of dealing with one group with one list of demands, the government has been confronted with a spontaneous mass movement without a unified agenda.

How to quell the discontent adds up to the stiffest challenge yet to the ruling Workers Party since it took power in 2003.

Rousseff has been meeting with former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Sao Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad in search of a solution.

They are working under the immediate pressure of pacifying protesters before next month’s papal visit to Rio and inner Sao Paulo state.

“The response of most politicians has been insufficient because they don’t understand that by being elected they made a commitment to the population,” said Domingos Dutra, a Workers Party congressman who has often butted heads with party leadership.

“Protesters’ demands are clear — the immediate reversal of transportation fares.

But there are others: improvements in health care, combating violence and combating impunity. President Dilma has taken too long to recognize that these demands are genuine.”

Dutra said that when it comes to cracking down on dissenting voices, allowing environmental destruction in the Amazon or to building big public works for the World Cup and Olympics, the government moves quickly.

“But when it comes to meeting social demands, it works slowly. I hope that the government understands that society is evolving and it needs to act quickly to meet demands,” he added.

A poll of protesters attending this week’s rallies in Sao Paulo shows they are solidly middle class.

Three-quarters have a university degree, half are younger than 25 and more than 80 per cent say they don’t belong to any political party, according to the survey by the respected Datafolha group.

The disconnect is apparent between those taking part in demonstrations and their Workers Party government, whose support lies among the lowermiddle class and poor.

In fact, Brazil’s poorest have seen their economic lives dramatically improve under the Silva and Rousseff governments, largely because of much-applauded government cash transfer programs that have helped 40 million people move from poverty into the lower-middle class in the last decade.

But other Brazilians who make up the country’s solid middle- and upper-middle classes feel alienated and unrepresented by any political party, said Riordan Roett, director of the Latin American studies program at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.

He said the wages of middle-income households have stagnated and their spending power has diminished, with no government programs helping them as they have Brazil’s poorest. Complicating the picture is the so-called “Brazil cost” — infrastructure woes and other bureaucratic red tape that make everything in the nation so costly, Roett said.

“There is a clear sense among the Brazilian middle class that the Workers Party has ignored them,” Roett said.

“There is no short-term answer.

There has to be a multiparty dialogue to gauge just how deep the frustration goes and how government responses must be prioritized. Rousseff has to cut across the political spectrum for answers.”

Natalia Querino, a 22-year-old university student, put it succinctly while joining thousands of other protesters in downtown Sao Paulo on Tuesday.

She’s watched Brazil spend some $13 billion so far on preparing for next year’s World Cup while the country’s education system continues to lag behind those of other middle-income countries.

“We are against a government that spends billions in stadiums while people are suffering across the country,” Querino said. “We want better education, more security and a better health system.”

Organizers said the decision to rescind higher transit fares would not bring a halt to the protest, and a demonstration scheduled for today in Sao Paulo would go on as scheduled.

Obama plans major push on global warming wants to curb emissions, boost renewable energy

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is planning a major push against the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to follow promises he made at the start of his second term.

“This is the global threat of our time,” Obama said in a speech Wednesday in Berlin.

The plan is to use Obama’s executive powers — which don’t require Congress approval — to expand renewable energy and boost the energy efficiency of appliances and buildings, said Obama’s senior energy and climate adviser, Heather Zichal. She said the Environmental Protection Agency was preparing to use its authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate heattrapping pollution from coal-fired power plants. Zichal spoke at a forum in Washington.

The plan comes as Obama has been under increasing pressure from environmental groups and lawmakers from Northeast states harmed by last year’s Superstorm Sandy to cut pollution from existing power plants, the largest source of climate-altering gases.

Several major environmental groups and states have threatened to sue the administration to force cuts.

And last week, former Vice-President Al Gore, a prominent climate activist and fellow Democrat, called on Obama to go beyond “great words” to “great actions.”

It was unclear whether the White House plans would include controls on existing power plants. An administration official, who wasn’t authorized to comment on the plan by name, said the White House was still weighing it. But since the administration has already proposed action on future power plants, the law likely would compel it to eventually tackle the remaining plants, or it would be forced to through litigation.

Obama’s remarks on Wednesday echoed comments he made in his State of the Union and inaugural speeches this year.

“For the sake of future generations, our generation must move toward a global compact to confront a changing climate before it is too late,” Obama said.

Some environmentalists urged the president to take action.

“President Obama deserves praise for including climate change among the long-term threats facing us all,” said Ned Helme, president of the Center for Clear Air Policy, an environmentally friendly think-tank.

“But he should do more than talk about the problem. The president needs to put the full force of his office behind new regulations that will truly curb greenhouse gas emissions.”

One hot issue in among environmentalists is the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, which would carry oil extracted from tar sands in western Canada to refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast.

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