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Justin MacDonald of Vegreville does a trick called a front flip 180 off a quarter pipe feature at the new skate park in North Red Deer on Tuesday. Since its completion this summer, the Glendale Skate Park just outside Glendale School has been a hub of rolling action. Features in the park include steps, rails, gaps, pipes and a large bowl to keep skaters and riders rolling through the warmer times of the year.

Regional transit service on the road COUNCIL VOTES TO PROCEED WITH NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CITY OF LACOMBE AND THE TOWN OF BLACKFALDS

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

MID-YEAR BUDGET REVIEW

A regional transit service connecting three Central Alberta municipalities and the purchase of a new Action Bus received Red Deer city council’s stamp of approval on Tuesday.

Council voted to proceed with negotiations with the City of Lacombe and the Town of Blackfalds for a regional transit service. An agreement is to be based on full cost recovery, including covering operating, replacement costs and administration fees.

The city will purchase two buses ($900,000 total) with Blackfalds and Lacombe contributing one-third of the cost on the condition of a successful agreement. The city would pay two-thirds of the cost by reassigning provincial GreenTrip funds and the buses would be housed in Red Deer.

Deputy Mayor Buck Buchanan was pleased the regional transit service is finally on the road. Buchanan said this has been in the works for several years and this is needed for the region.

“We’re all in this game together,” said Buchanan.

“The better we can make Red Deer, the better it is going to get for everybody.”

Buchanan said this opens the door for services throughout the region.

The new $70,000 Action Bus will join the fleet sometime in the first quarter of 2014.

Greg Scott, director of Community Services, said the new bus will help address the growing needs of the specialized service.

As part of its annual mid-year budget review process, council approved new financial requests and deferred others.

Dean Krejci, Financial Services manager, said the changes had minor impacts to the 2013 operating

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and capital budgets because the costs were offset by grants and adjustments. He said the 2014 operating budget was increased by $193,000 this year and $53,000 ongoing as a result.

Krejci said the changes made to the capital program were not funded out of debt. Instead, they came from the capital reserves fund and have no impact on the current debt. Krejci told council on Tuesday that the city hasn’t incurred any new debt in the first six months of the year. As of June, the debt balance is $199.1 million and the debt balance forecast for 2013 is $260.5 million. The city is at about 46 per cent of its provincially set debt limit.

Krejci said the city is in good financial shape but the capital projects reserve fund is one area of concern. Current projections show the city will be in a deficit of $2 million if it follows through on its more than 130 capital projects planned. He said this will be addressed when the city goes through the 2014 capital budget and the 10-year capital plan.

In other budgetary issues discussed on Tuesday: ● The Red Deer City Soccer Association and the Central Alberta Slo-Pitch Associations’ requests for the financial support were deferred to the 2014 capital budget debate, to take place on Nov. 26. This way, the requests will be heard at the same time as all the other capital requests. ● Council agreed to increase the 2014 operating budget by $163,000 to pay for an annual municipal census. ● The bumpy ride may soon be over for Red Deer motorists.

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Cattle gunned down near Caroline

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF RCMP continue to investigate an incident that saw three cows and a calf shot dead in the Stauffer area northeast of Caroline earlier this month.

The shooting, which also resulted in three cows being injured from gunshot wounds, was reported to Rocky Mountain House RCMP on Aug. 6.

A rifle recovered at the scene had been stolen from a nearby residence, with indications suggesting the firearm was used in the shooting.

RCMP are waiting for ballistic and forensic evidence to come back from the lab before completing their investigation.

“We haven’t proven that it was a rifle that shot the cows yet,” said Rocky RCMP Const. Tom Meloche.

Assisting in the investigation is one of the force’s two livestock investigators, Cpl. Dave Heaslip.

Heaslip said cartridges and expended shells were found at the scene, along with the recovered rifle.

“The malicious shooting of livestock is not common, but it does happen every once in a while,” said Heaslip.

He said investigators spoke with area residents and spent a lot of time with the landowner and his cattle following the incident.

“The owner of the livestock is very passionate about his cattle. He was visibly upset with regards to what we saw. The cattle are in nice shape. He’s got a really nice herd of longhorns.

“What a stupid, stupid waste.”

Heaslip said the injured cattle were given veterinary treatment and were likely to recover.

During hunting season, compensation is available through the Wildlife Act to Alberta livestock owners who have had their animals accidentally shot by hunters, but Heaslip said the producer in this case will likely have to go through the courts Anyone with information related to the incident should contact their local RCMP detachment or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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BUDGET: School sites exempt from paying offsite levies City manager Craig Curtis told council that the $12.7-million road maintenance budget is the largest investment in road work in the history of the city.

Curtis said it looked like someone was tossing small grenades all over the city when they looked at the roads after the spring melt.

As of Aug. 1, roughly 8,500 potholes have been fixed out of the projected 14,000 to be competed this year.

Two frost boils have been repaired and 14 are outstanding.

Crown paving has been completed in 14 areas and 29 areas are outstanding.

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June floods affected 14,500 homes CALGARY — The Alberta government says more than 14,500 homes were damaged during severe flooding in June.

It also says 2,700 people are still living in temporary housing, in hotels or with friends and family.

The figures are in a two-month flood update provided by the province.

More than 8,000 applications for disaster recovery support are currently being processed and payments totalling nearly $7 million have so far been made.

Thousands of people in Calgary and surrounding communities were forced from their homes June 20 — including the entire community of High River that had to be evacuated.

Alberta Premier Alison Redford said earlier this week that provincial estimates show “well over” $5 billion will be needed to rebuild infrastructure, but she wasn’t clear what that includes.

She stressed the cost figure is evolving, because it’s “still early days.”

“As we look back, we can’t lose sight of those who are still dealing with this disaster every day,” Redford said in a statement marking the passing of two months Tuesday. “Thousands of Albertans are still unable to return home and many have extensive rebuilding still ahead of them.”

She has warned this week that tough times are ahead as the province tries to fit such a large cost into its budget. But she also noted that the province has saved money in other areas so far this year and there is about $2 billion to $3 billion in its savings account that can be used to cover flood costs.

She has pledged that infrastructure commitments in the province’s spring budget will still be met by borrowing to pay for all the building.

“As a province, be assured these efforts to rebuild will not be at the expense of the rest of the Alberta,” she said Tuesday. “We vowed to build all of Alberta, and we will.”

Curtis said the city had a fairly large number of potholes and frost boils that had accumulated after two years of very damaging freeze-thaw cycles. He said the city has made huge inroads in the work so far this year and expects major improvement at the end of the cycle. ● School sites, including the recreation areas, will soon be exempt from paying offsite levies.

Council voted 9-0 in favour of directing administration to develop the 2014 Off Site Levy Bylaw to exclude high school sites from the service basis. The decision follows the local school board’s inability and the province’s refusal to cost share in the plans for the proposed high schools and recreation sites in northeast Red Deer.

“This adds a huge amount to the cost of development generally, whether it is being borne by a private developer or a school district,” said Mayor Morris Flewwelling. “In this case, the province has said we are simply not paying those because in a sense it is one government paying one government.”

Flewwelling said this puts the school boards at real disadvantage if they are not working with their municipalities. “Council has made the decision we will share it over the whole city,” he said. “It won’t

be just this quarter section or that quarter section.

It now becomes part of the overall levy costs. Everything is going to be taxed a little piece for that site.”

City council had budgeted roughly $9 million for the site acquisition and subdivision and site concept planning. Without the offsite levies, the city will retain $6.3 million for the project.

Council also directed an advocacy effort to outline the concerns identified by council with respect to the responsibilities municipalities have to assume because of provincial downloading with respect to education infrastructure. ● Council heard an update on the progress of the city’s six charters (or major work plans) — movement, identity, safety, economy, dialogue and design.

Lisa Perkins, director of Corporate Transformation, said in the last year all the strategies related to the six charters were completed and progress has been made in all six areas. Of a total of 27 strategies in the six charters, 12 are pending and 15 are complete.

“We are where we should be as we are halfway through council’s strategic plan,” said Perkins crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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REGINA — Four people in Regina face 222 criminal charges including attempted murder following a shooting and a string of robberies in the city.

The accused include three males and a female ages 17, 18, 22 and 23.

Police say in one case a 16-year-old boy was shot in the hip.

Officers are investigating armed robberies of a store and two offsales liquor outlets and a robbery and an attempted robbery of two bystanders.

Julius Bird, 18, Justin Peigan, 22, Krystal Fesser, 23, and a 17-year-old youth all face charges including attempted murder, robbery and assault with a weapon.

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CALGARY — A court in Thailand has sentenced a former police officer to 37 ½ years in prison for the murder of a Calgary man in a northern Thai town more than five years ago.

Leo Del Pinto, who was 25, died after being shot in the face and chest in the town of Pai in January 2008. His friend Carly Reisig, of British Columbia, was also shot in the chest but survived.

The off-duty police officer, Sgt. Uthai Dechawiwat, initially pleaded not guilty to murder with intent and attempted murder, but changed his plea to guilty a couple of weeks ago.

Leo Del Pinto The former officer was already serving a sentence for beating his pregnant wife to death.

Ernie Del Pinto and his wife, Clara, made the trip from Calgary to Thailand to observe the sentencing.

“I wish it could have been 50,” said Ernie Del Pinto, reached in Thailand by The Canadian Press.

“But you know what — I guess people like myself can’t be choosy so I will take what I can get. I’m happy it was 37 ½.”

The trip marked the first time the Del Pintos have visited Thailand since their son’s death. They intend to visit the spot where he died to try to understand what happened.

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Letter not a hate crime: police ANONYMOUS LETTER ASKED FAMILY TO MOVE OR EUTHANIZE AUTISTIC SON

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS A letter sent to the Ontario family of a 13-year-old autistic boy telling them to move or have him euthanized does not constitute a hate crime, police said Tuesday.

The boy’s grandmother, Brenda Millson, received the anonymous letter on Friday and immediately reported it to police.

The letter was signed by someone claiming to be a mother in the area who was upset about noises Millson’s grandson Max made when he was outside.

It described Max as “a problem to everyone else” due to “noise polluting whaling” and stated that the noises scared the author’s “normal children.”

Durham regional police have launched a criminal investigation.

Spokesman David Selby said the letter doesn’t meet the “high standards” for what constitutes a hate crime under the Criminal Code.

“Even though it falls below that criteria, it doesn’t mean we’re not taking this very seriously,” he said. “It’s obvi-

ously a disturbing letter and we have a number of people working on the case.”

He added that the Crown Attorney’s office advised police on the status of the letter.

Selby said other criminal charges could be relevant but didn’t elaborate because the investigation is ongoing.

Steven Penney — a law professor at the University of Alberta — said people often have a broader definition of what constitutes a hate crime than what exists under the Criminal Code.

“We talk about a hate crime in the context of someone communicating something that is perceived to be hateful or hurtful to another person,” he said, adding that the Criminal Code talks about the “wilful promotion of hatred towards an identifiable group, or alternatively the public incitement of hatred that could conceivably lead to a breach of the peace.”

He said with both of these provisions the communication must be in a public forum or setting, meaning that a private letter wouldn’t be covered by the definition.

He added that the term “identifi-

able group” is closed and doesn’t include people with physical or mental disabilities.

“It’s limited to any section of the public distinguished by colour, race, religion, ethnic origin or sexual orientation,” Penney said.

Millson said when she received the letter, Max had been visiting her in Newcastle from his home in Oshawa, Ont., where he lives with his parents and older brother.

She described her grandson as a wonderful, lovable and sweet boy and said she is grateful her local community has rallied behind the family.

The letter has gone on to make international headlines and the family has received offers of help from across the country, including a charity in Montreal that contacted Millson to say they had received offers from people wanting to help the family pay their bills, buy gift certificates, or send them on an excursion.

“I suggested that Max would just love Canada’s Wonderland,” said Millson who hadn’t yet spoken to the family about the offer. “He’d go every day if you could take him.”

Millson received another offer from a woman in British Columbia.

“Gloria . . . wants to send him a gift,” she said. “People have dropped off big balls at the door cause they know he loves balls, and gift cards.”

Tiffany MacDonald, who works for Autism Ontario, an organization that provides support to families with autistic children, said the incident should serve as “a teachable moment” because there isn’t enough awareness about autism.

MacDonald said the letter is an act of bullying, adding that if the author of the letter was concerned with noise outside, there were better ways the situation could have been handled.

She said “talking respectfully with the family instead of writing a nasty letter” would have been a better approach.

Verbal communication varies among autistic children, she said, adding that Max’s noises could have been an expression of a love of the outdoors.

“If this is something that’s disturbing, maybe directly connecting with the family, try talking to them,” she said.

Three more victims’ families Calgary’s female elephants sue Pickton, police moving to Smithsonian

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The children of three women who were murdered by Robert Pickton have filed lawsuits against the police and the serial killer, marking the first such cases involving women Pickton was convicted of killing.

The latest claims bring the total number of cases filed since May to nine, though until now, the lawsuits were connected to women whose remains or DNA were found on the farm and for whose deaths Pickton was never put on trial, either because murder charges were stayed or because he was never charged.

Statements of claim were filed last Friday by Brenda Wolfe’s daughter, Angel Wolfe; Marnie Frey’s daughter, Brittney Frey; and Georgina Papin’s daughter, Kristina Bateman.

Pickton was convicted in December 2007 of killing Wolfe, Frey and Papin, along with Mona Wilson, Sereena Abotsway and Andrea Joesbury.

The lawsuits target the City of Vancouver on behalf of its police department; the B.C. government on behalf of the RCMP and the criminal justice branch; Pickton; Pickton’s brother David; and several individual police officers.

All of the families are represented by the same lawyer, Jason Gratl, who has previously said the cases could force Pickton to testify.

The statements of claim repeat many of the allegations contained in the previous lawsuits.

They allege the Vancouver police and the RCMP failed to properly investigate reports of missing women and failed to warn women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside that a serial killer was likely at work, despite having evidence implicating Pickton in the disappearance of sex workers as early as 1997 and 1998.

“Notwithstanding their knowledge of the risk to sex workers, VPD (Vancouver police) and RCMP failed to assign adequate or sufficient resources to investigate Robert Pickton or a serial killer,” says a passage from Angel Wolfe’s lawsuit, which is repeated in the other statements of claim.

The lawsuits say the police failed to properly investigate each of the women’s disappearances. For example, the lawsuits say RCMP investigators did not launch active investigations by attempting to identify friends, family members and potential suspects.

In the cases of both Wolfe and Papin, the lawsuits allege Vancouver police investigators did not visit their last known addresses until more than a year after they were reported missing.

The statements of claim also target Crown prosecutors for declining to put Pickton on trial for attempted murder for a bloody attack on a sex worker in 1997. Pickton was set to stand trial in early 1998, but prosecutors dropped the case days before trial over concerns about the victim’s ability to testify.

None of the agencies or people named in the lawsuits have filed statements of defence.

Anti-homophobia policies in schools reduce alcohol abuse: UBC

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Schools with antihomophobia policies and clubs are safer schools, and safer schools mean students are less likely to abuse alcohol, regardless of their sexual orientation, researchers at the University of British Columbia have found.

Senior author Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc said the study also indicates parents and school districts need not be worried about the harmful effects of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer programs on straight students.

There are “some schools, some boards of trustees or even parents (that) are concerned about whether or not we should have these kinds of policies,” Saewyc said.

“I would think that the research that we’ve just done and the evidence it provides should help alleviate some of those concerns around whether or not this has an impact, or at least is linked to better outcomes for not just lesbian, gay and bisexual teens but also for teens in general.”

The study, published recently in the Journal of Preventative Medicine, showed students at schools with antihomophobia policies and gay-straight alliances tended to abuse alcohol less,

regardless of sexual orientation.

“Nobody’s actually proposed using gay-straight alliances as an anti-drug strategy, or to reduce problem substance use in schools,” Saewyc said.

But “this study suggest(s) that both the anti-homophobia policies and gaystraight alliances may be important tools to include in the tool-kit ... that schools use to prevent problem drinking and other harms from alcohol and drug use.”

Anti-homophobia policies may include anti-bullying codes that specifically mention harassment based on sexual orientation. Gay-straight alliances tend to be student-led organizations that provide a supportive environment for LGBTQ youth and their straight allies.

The study looked at alliances and anti-homophobia policies at 280 B.C. high schools. Of those schools, 23 had long-established groups, while 37 had long-established anti-homophobia policies.

Researchers analysed data from nearly 22,000 high school students who participated in the 2008 B.C. Adolescent Health Survey, which asked questions about sexual orientation, drinking and marijuana use.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The Calgary Zoo says its three female elephants will make a new home together in Washington, D.C. Kamala, Swarna and Maharani are expected to be moved to the Smithsonian National Zoo next spring.

The Calgary facility first announced in April 2012 that it would relocate its four elephants to zoos with more space and a more suitable climate.

A male Asian elephant named Ganesh is to be moved to Busch Gardens in Florida later this year.

The elephant, who is nicknamed Spike, had been on an extended loan from the Miami Zoo after it was hit by Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

Animal rights activists, including retired The Price is Right host Bob Barker, have long pressed for Edmonton’s Valley Zoo to relocate its lone elephant.

The search for a new home for Calgary’s trunked trio took months to finalize because of the zoo’s stringent welfare-based criteria, president and CEO Clement Lanthier said Tuesday.

“It will be a very sad day for our keepers, staff, members, volunteers and community when our elephants leave the Calgary Zoo, but this decision is about them and what is best for their long-term welfare,” Lanthier said in a release.

“We have been in lengthy discussions with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, two of our staff visited the facility and we are confident that they will be able to provide an excellent new home with greater capacity and a more suitable year-round climate for our three female elephants.’

Calgary’s pachyderms will be part of the Smithsonian zoo’s newly developed Elephant Trails exhibit. They will be introduced to four other Asian elephants living there and eventually form a multi-generational herd.

“We wanted them to go to a facility where their social group can expand, where they can be part of a breeding program and where they can have greater freedom to spend time in the open air year round, 24 hours per day,” said Jake Veasey, director of animal care, conservation and research.

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Myth of accountability DESPITE WHAT AUDITORS AND LAWYERS SAY, YOU EITHER GET IT OR YOU DON’T

BY ROBERT GERST SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Everybody is all for accountability.

Especially for everyone else. The public demands it of politicians. Corporate leaders demand it of their employees.

Regulators demand it of those they regulate.

But few, it seems, want it for themselves.

Take the news coming out of the Senate. A special audit has concluded that Senator Pamela Wallin fudged her expense claims to the tune of more than $100,000. The senator disagrees with the findings but has promised to pay back every penny anyway. Good for her. There’s nothing like getting caught red-handed to produce a sudden urge for honesty, if only temporarily.

That’s the trouble with audits, of course. The only crime they punish is

the crime of getting caught. There’s much other senators can learn from this. Almost all of it concerns how to keep from getting caught themselves.

Fortunately for the news media and the rest of us in the audience, senators, parliamentarians, and corporate executives are notoriously poor learners.

And fortunately for those that get caught, the penalties are low enough not to worry about. As Wallin stated in a speech in Regina a couple of years ago, “Wrongdoers too frequently go unpunished. ...”

Which leads us to Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne’s announcement that Alberta Health Services will be unable to recover improper expense claims made by former Capital Health vice-president Michele Lahey, who billed over $7,000 for a trip to the Mayo Clinic, and former chief financial officer Allaudin Merali, who billed $350,000 in expense claims for, among many other things, butler services and repairs to his Mercedes. A government contracted legal opinion determined the monies could not be recovered because the events were over two years old.

Maybe things will change. The Wallin file has been turned over to the RCMP. Perhaps AHS should turn over its expense records to the RCMP as well. There’s no two-year limitations on criminal charges, is there?

What Canadians can actually expect from all this is the usual puffery and promises to fix things in the name of accountability. Existing guidelines, rules, processes, policies, programs and procedures will be updated to keep this sort of thing from ever happening again. These will be added to the last set of updates that were made to accomplish to the same thing, which were added to the previous set of updates to. ... Well, you get the point.

None of these fixes will help because, despite what auditors and lawyers say, ethics has nothing to do with following the rules. It’s doing what you think is right, not what you think you can get away with. The problem isn’t with the rules. It’s with the players we have out in the field.

That’s because real accountability comes from within. It can’t be imposed from the outside or inspected in. You either get it or you don’t.

When I was working for government, we used to say there were two kinds of employees — those working to serve the public and those working to serve themselves. Sure, I wanted money, advancement and recognition like everyone else. But we understood who was paying the freight and no one had to tell us we couldn’t charge butler services or trips to the Mayo clinic to our expense account.

It may not seem like it, but there’s plenty of honest people just like that working in the public service right now. I’ll bet they’re frustrated. Frustrated because the people in it for themselves keep finding their way to the top, while the new burdensome rules and regulations will be applied ruthlessly, to everyone else.

Troy Media columnist Robert Gerst is a partner in charge of operational excellence and research and statistical methods at Converge Consulting Group Inc. He is author of The Performance Improvement Toolkit: The Guide to Knowledge-Based Improvement and numerous articles in peer-reviewed publications.

This column was supplied by Troy Media (www.troymedia.com).

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Read the Bible on gays In recent TV news broadcast, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Prime Minister Stephen Harper criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin for his gay law action during the Olympic Winter Games in Russia.

The City of Red Deer’s mayor and council are in favour of the Gay Pride celebrations.

I urge all of these people to read The New International Version of the Holy Bible, first Corinthians 6-9-10-11-18-19-20.

I believe all people living in the world today will be judged by God on the last day, including myself. Hebrews 14 states nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is laid bare before the eyes of him to who we must give account.

Bill Pogmore Red Deer

More public washrooms needed I feel all public places should have access to washrooms.

Those of you who disagree obviously don’t suffer from colitis or IBS, when the need to use a bathroom can come out of nowhere and cause much stress (and embarrassment when there is no bathroom to be found).

Parks should be accessible to everyone, not just those who have the gift of being able to use a bathroom before they leave home and wait until they get back home to use it again.

And kudos to stores and businesses that have public washrooms.

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Fitness matters, but it’s harder to achieve Summer used to be the time of year when my own general level of fitness reached an annual peak.

Most years, our family spends the summer hiking, biking and paddling on the river. When colder weather makes that stop, that’s when I start putting on weight and losing fitness.

For five years now, summer’s end has been signalled by our annual 100-km charity bike ride from Red Deer to Delburne and back. It sort of celebrated a peak of wellbeing, a reward for a season of active living.

This year, though I’m still “ready to go,” I feel less ready than I’ve ever been and I was wondering why.

Then the answer came.

It’s been a year now since GREG I stopped riding my bike to NEIMAN work every day.

The latest guidelines from the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (they have societies for everything these days, don’t they?) call for 30 to 60 minutes of moderate exercise every day.

That’s the minimum needed to halt the slow decline in fitness that occurs as adults get older.

Riding to work provided that for me; everything else I did was icing on the cake, to mix metaphors.

Now, to get the same benefit from the other exercise I have enjoyed over the years, I have to add that much more, to replace the daily “warmup” of my work commute. Suffice that it’s really hard to replace the physical discipline of having to get your

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sorry butt to the office every day.

This comes not only as our Berry Architecture Wellness Ride approaches this weekend, but also that in a few weeks city council will be assessing outcomes of its much-debated pilot project on city cycling.

This also comes at the time of a newly published review of human health and mortality dealing with obesity.

Lead author Ryan K. Masters and five other researchers combed through 19 U.S. National Health Interview Surveys taken between 1986 and 2006, and found that previous studies had under-reported the mortality that could be attributed to obesity.

Their findings held true for gender, age and ethnicity. Culling through many thousands of interviews and mortality records, their conclusion is that being obese is about three times more deadly than originally thought.

Obesity — loosely termed as having a body mass index (BMI) of over 30 — was shown as responsible for 15 per cent of all U.S. deaths. Because obesity is such a major factor in killers like heart disease, stroke and diabetes, it’s by far the most deadly condition a person can have.

That’s in the U.S., you say, where almost a third of all people qualify under the definition.

But Red Deer doesn’t really have a lot to brag about in that regard.

Our annual measures of well-being put obesity rates in our city (at just over 20 per cent) significantly above the national average (just over 18 per cent), even though we are a significantly younger (and presumably more active) demographic than the rest of the country.

Just as around the world, obesity rates in Red

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Deer have been rising since regular measurements started being taken in 2003. As our collective waistlines have grown — including mine, as I have discovered — so does the threat to our collective health.

I have no intentions of resuming my daily commute — I’d be all dressed up with no place to go.

But it’s the end of summer and all kinds of programs resume in September. Time to check around and find something to replace the discipline of having to get there that kept my baseline fitness in place.

Time also to remind our city and its council that the environmental and tax benefits of having a widely-useful and safe bike commuting system can be debated endlessly. Individual cash savings are also real but vary widely, for a lot of reasons.

But the science is in on the health benefits.

Riding to work every day is worth about five pounds of body mass. Find a BMI calculator online and subtract five pounds off your own weight, to see how just riding to work would change your basic setting. And, most likely, projected health outcomes for your later years.

I can feel the difference in my own legs, as I push over the hill heading east to Delburne.

There are a lot of factors that influence fitness and health outcomes for a large population. But I can’t think of anything (except, I suppose, all smokers quitting their habit) that improves public health and wealth like living in a city that supports safe cycling for daily commuters.

The latest science shows that it’s more important than we ever realized.

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Toronto cop free on bail

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City of Toronto Police Constable James Forcillo leaves the court house after being granted bail as Forcillo has been charged with second-degree murder from the shooting of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim in Toronto, on Tuesday.

In addition to the SIU’s investigation, Toronto’s police chief has said retired justice Dennis O’Connor will lead a separate review of police procedures, use of force and police response to emotionally disturbed people in the wake of Yatim’s death.

Chief Bill Blair has said he understands the public has many questions about police conduct in Yatim’s case and has said O’Connor’s review will be “extraordinary” in its scope.

Lack of integration could hinder Arctic rescues: report

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is touting the Canadian Rangers as a pillar of search and rescue in the North — even as a newly released defence report warns of “glaring weaknesses” in Canada’s ability to respond to Arctic emergencies.

The comprehensive Defence Science Advisory Board report describes rescue missions in the Far North as “significant and complex,” noting Ottawa wants to cobble together a series of new international partnerships to address the challenge.

The wide-ranging study points out that while the Canadian Coast Guard and the RCMP have significant roles to play in an Arctic crisis, they are sometimes not on the same page as National Defence.

“A lack of integration could hinder an effective response to a crisis or emergency,” said the review.

The 72-page analysis, written in April 2012, cites 27 search-and-rescue incidents in the North since 2009 that it says exposed “glaring weaknesses” — including the limited number of military and civilian aircraft available to respond to emergencies over the vast open territories.

The former military commander in the country’s Far North warned researchers, for instance, that the air force’s C-138 Twin Otters were in urgent need of replacement. The government’s long-promised fixedwing search-and-rescue program remains mired in bureaucratic and industry consultation.

The report also concludes Canada doesn’t have enough ships able to respond to maritime disas-

ters, including oil spills, that major communication “voids” exist above the Northwest Passage, and that the Rangers who are able to respond in an emergency have no air-mobile or sea-lift capabilities.

The report, which looked at where defence fits into the government’s northern strategy, specifically recommended the Rangers get the training and equipment to mount more than just land-based rescues.

Last spring, the auditor general warned that the county’s search-and-rescue system was near the “breaking point” — a blistering report that prompted former defence minister Peter MacKay to institute a series of regular reviews.

“We are examining that very issue,” Harper said Tuesday in the middle of his week-long tour of the North.

“As you know, we have recently completed significantly expanding the Canadian Ranger program, which is a vital part of the search-and-rescue network that we have, particularly in the more remote parts of the Territories.”

Harper was to join the reservists in a camping expedition in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut.

The Rangers, numbering just under 5,000, are reservists — part-time soldiers — recruited from aboriginal communities and sprinkled across the vast reaches of the North in five distinct geographic locations.

They patrol on foot and snowmobile, and are considered the military’s biggest success stories in the region.

Police chiefs favour tickets for pot possession

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Police chiefs meeting in Winnipeg say handing out tickets for illegal possession of marijuana may be more efficient than laying criminal charges.

Delegates to the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police annual meeting have passed a resolution that says officers need more “enforcement options” to deal with people caught with pot.

Association president Jim Chu says in a release that criminal charges place a significant burden on police and court resources.

Chu, who is chief constable of the Vancouver Police Service, also points out that a conviction results in a criminal record that places barriers on future travel, employment and citizenship.

He says the association does not support legalization of marijuana. The resolution was presented by the association’s drug abuse committee.

“The CACP is not in support of decriminalization or legalization of cannabis in Canada,” Chu said in a release Tuesday. “It must be recognized, however, that under the current legislation the only enforcement option for police, when confronted with simple possession of cannabis, is either to turn a blind eye or lay charges.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Egyptian news sources say two Canadians being detained in Cairo could be behind bars for more than two weeks while their case is examined.

Meantime, family members of both men have hired a lawyer in Cairo to aid in securing their release.

The ONA news agency reports that a judge has ordered the two men — along with seven other foreign nationals — held for 15 days pending an investigation by prosecutors.

The report says the men are among dozens accused of being involved with the Muslim Brotherhood, and of trying to storm a police station in Cairo’s Ramses Square.

Toronto filmmaker John Greyson and London, Ont., doctor Tarek Loubani were arrested by Egyptian police Friday when they were in Cairo on their way to Gaza.

Justin Podur, a friend of the two detained Canadians, calls the allegations against the men “far fetched.”

He notes that four of the foreign nationals, from Ireland, were arrested on Saturday, Aug. 17, when police raided the al-Fateh mosque.

“Tarek and John were already in custody at the time,” Podur said in a statement.

The Al-Youm Al-Sabea newspaper says the Canadians are being held along with the four Irish nationals, two Syrians and one person from Turkey.

Citing a prosecutor’s release, the newspaper says the nine face a range of serious accusations, including belonging to an armed gang, threatening security and social peace, disabling public transport and communications and possession of firearms, ammunition and explosives.

The Turkish national, reportedly photojournalist Metin Turan with the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, was detained on Aug. 14, said Podur, although Reporters Without Borders said he was detained Aug. 16 while covering the al-Fateh raid.

The two Canadians arrived in Cairo on Aug. 15, said Podur, and were arrested the following day.

“The prosecution’s press release is a clear attempt to put a group of foreigners arrested at different times and places into a single group to create a far-fetched story about foreigners to justify ongoing imprisonment,” he said.

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TORONTO — A Toronto police officer facing a rare murder charge in the shooting death of a young man on a streetcar is free on $510,000 bail after spending just hours in custody.

Const. James Forcillo, 30, surrendered himself to authorities Tuesday morning on an arrest warrant that was issued the day before in the death of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim.

Yatim was shot multiple times and Tasered on an empty streetcar last month following shouts for him to drop a knife, which can be heard on video that captured the shooting.

Forcillo showed no discernable reaction when he appeared in court in the morning on a procedural first appearance and in the afternoon when he and his lawyers attended the bail hearing.

Superior Court Justice Gary Trotter’s reasons for setting Forcillo free on bail are under a publication ban.

The conditions of his release show that his four sureties include his wife and her family and he must report to the Special Investigations Unit once a week.

Yatim’s family is scheduled to hold a news conference Wednesday to discuss the events surrounding the young man’s death.

Toronto Police Association President Mike McCormack— who attended Forcillo’s court appearance — said this has been a stressful time for the officer.

“He’s very upset and in shock, quite honestly,” McCormack said. “As I said, it’s been very trying on him and his family.”

Since the SIU’s inception in 1990, 10 other police officers have been charged with second-degree murder or manslaughter in Ontario, but only one was convicted, and that was overturned on appeal.

In a statement Monday, Yatim’s family said they are relieved by the charge, but hope the SIU will look into the actions of the supervising officers and other officers who were on scene “for their lack of intervention in this tragedy.”

“Over 20 uniformed police officers were present and no one stepped forward to stop the gun shots or offer any mediation,” the family wrote.

“Moving forward we expect complete transparency and accountability. We want to work now to ensure that Sammy’s blood wasn’t wasted and to prevent any other families from enduring such a tragedy.”

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B.C. man killed in float plane crash remembered as soft-spoken hiker VANCOUVER — A man identified by a mountaineering club as one of two people killed in a float plane crash on Vancouver Island is being remembered as an accomplished hiker.

Members of the Comox District Mountaineering Club say Charles Turner was an avid climber who had scaled some of the world’s most significant peaks.

A post on the club’s website says Turner was a gentle and soft-spoken person who liked to help other hikers during mountain treks.

Two people were killed, two others were injured and another two aboard the Air Nootka plane walked away without injuries last Friday when the aircraft crashed about 85 kilometres north of Tofino.

The B.C. Coroners Service has not officially identified the deceased, but some of the survivors have reportedly said Turner and the pilot died.

A forum on the mountaineering club’s website says a private memorial to celebrate Turner’s life will be held on Saturday.

Wall disappointed over expense scandal

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA — Premier Brad Wall says there is disappointment in Saskatchewan over an expense scandal involving Sen. Pamela Wallin, who represents the province in the upper house.

An audit of Wallin’s spending flagged more than $121,000 in inappropriate expenses and called for further review of nearly $21,000 in additional claims. The RCMP has been called in to investigate.

Wall says he was surprised and disappointed to hear the dollar amount.

“On the face of it, the information that’s there, absolutely there’s disappointment.

We’ll have to see how it all works out,” Wall said Tuesday at the legislature.

“You know, I think all of us in public life, we need to be very careful with these sorts of things. Obviously we’re not spending our money. We’re spending someone else’s money — the people for whom we work — and we need to err on the side of

caution. It doesn’t seem like that happened in this case.

“Again, we won’t know all the details, not all the process is out, but there are a lot of details out, and I think it’s just a reminder for the rest of us that this is someone else’s money that we’re using to try to carry out our duties and we need to be stewards of that.”

Conservative fundraisers, a short hop to catch a flight to the sunny Caribbean and awards galas are just some of the expenses Wallin billed to taxpayers as Senate business.

The former broadcaster has called the audit into her travel claims “fundamentally flawed and unfair.”

She has repaid $38,000 and has said she will pay back other disallowed expenses with interest.

Members of the Senate committee that reviewed the audit said Wallin’s ability to travel on the taxpayers’ dime will be restricted for at least the next 12 months.

They also said they would keep a close eye

on her future claims.

Wall said he has not spoken to Wallin, who is from Wadena and has held a membership in the Saskatchewan Party. The senator has spoken at party events in the past, but the premier couldn’t say what her role might be going forward.

“There was a few occasions when there was an involvement there. I don’t think it’s been a very active relationship. I don’t see where it would go in the future frankly. We won’t have a lot of events coming up where the request would go out anyway.”

The premier used to advocate for Senate reform, but changed his mind this spring.

He says he’s come to believe reform is impossible and the upper chamber should be abolished.

A resolution on getting rid of the upper house was defeated in a split decision at the party’s convention last November. But Wall said in May that only about 250 people voted at the convention and that the recent expense scandal prompted some to ask that the issue be revisited.

Flooding due to rising seas could cost $1 trillion by 2050

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Coastal flooding could cost the global economy $1 trillion a year a few short decades from now due to the rise in sea levels caused by global warming if action is not taken now to stem the flow and Vancouver is one of the cities most at-risk for losses, says a new study.

The article, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Climate Change, is part of an ongoing project by the Organization for Economic Co-operation.

“This work shows that flood risk is rising in coastal cities globally due to a range of factors, including sea-level rise,” Robert

Nicholls, a professor of coastal engineering at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom and co-author of the study, said in a news release.

“Hence, there is a pressing need to start planning how to manage flood risk now.”

The authors based their prediction on an increase in sea levels of between 0.2 and 0.4 metres by 2050 caused by melting continental ice sheets.

The University of Southampton team looked at population, flood protection infrastructure and elevation of storms.

They looked 136 of the largest coastal cities in the world, and found that losses from flooding could hit US$63 billion a year by 2050.

Without efforts to adapt, total annual losses could top $1 trillion, the article said.

By comparison, average global flood losses in 2005 were estimated to be about US$6 billion.

Inaction is not an option, the team said.

Flood defences in coastal cities have been designed for past conditions, and officials need to improve flood management and infrastructure, the study urged.

Those improvements will cost about $50 billion a year for 136 cities. The list of 20 cities most at risk, based on average annual losses due to floods, is topped by Guangzhou, Miami, New York, New Orleans, Mumbai, Nagoya, Tampa-St. Petersburg, Boston, Shenzen, Osaka-Kobe and Vancouver.

Justin Trudeau, wife expecting third child OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau is about to become a father — again.

The federal Liberal leader and his wife, Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, are expecting their third child.

The couple already have two youngsters: Xavier, 6, and EllaGrace, 4.

The new baby is due in March.

Trudeau spokeswoman Mylene Dupere says the leader’s staff was told the happy news on Monday.

Trudeau, meanwhile, has taken to Twitter to let the rest of the world in on the big news.

“Thrilled to let you know we’re going to need another seat in our canoe: Sophie is pregnant!” he tweeted, posting a photo of the couple and their two kids paddling a canoe.

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CLEVELAND — An Ohio man has been ordered to pay the Canadian government nearly US$212,000 after sending search-and-rescue teams from both sides of the border on a wild goose chase in Lake Erie.

Danik Shiv Kumar, 21, pleaded guilty earlier this year to making a false distress call by telling a Cleveland airport he had seen a boat in distress.

Kumar was on a solo flight over the lake in March 2012 when he claimed to have seen a boat with at least four people on it lighting emergency flares.

A Canadian plane from CFB Trenton in Ontario took part in a 21-hour search alongside helicopters and vessels from U.S. Coast Guard stations in Ohio and Michigan.

The Sandusky man later admitted he had never seen the boat or flares, and was sentenced to three months in prison, and ordered to pay for the search.

U.S. officials say the restitution to Canada is part of the US$489,000 cost of the search.

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Court indicts Musharraf in killing of Bhutto RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — In an unprecedented ruling that tests the military’s aura of inviolability, a court indicted former president and army chief Pervez Musharraf Tuesday on murder charges stemming from the 2007 assassination of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Musharraf, who became a key U.S. ally in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, pleaded not guilty.

The decision by the court in Rawalpindi marked the first time a current or former army chief has been charged with a crime in the country.

Musharraf, a 70-year-old former commando who took power in a 1999 coup and stepped down from office in disgrace nearly a decade later, now faces a string of legal problems that in many ways challenge the military’s sacrosanct status in Pakistani society.

The retired general was charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and facilitation for murder, said prosecutor Chaudhry Muhammed Azhar.

He did not detail the accusations against Musharraf, but prosecutors have alleged he failed to provide enough protection to Bhutto as she led her Pakistan People’s Party in a parliamentary election that might have given her a third term as prime minister. She was killed in a gun and bomb attack at a rally in Rawalpindi, near the capital, Islamabad.

The charges also include clearing the scene of a crime and destroying evidence, Azhar said.

Bhutto was respected by many Pakistanis for her condemnation of militancy and support for the poor. But her premiership was marred by accusa-

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Pakistan’s former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf arrives at an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 20, 2013. A Pakistani court Tuesday indicted Musharraf on murder charges in connection with the 2007 assassination of iconic Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. tions of widespread corruption.

Her assassination set off protests across the country and helped propel her party to power in parliament and her husband to the presidency.

Bhutto’s supporters say Musharraf ignored requests for additional security, and a 2010 UN report on her death said he failed to make serious efforts to ensure Bhutto’s safety.

The court also harshly criticized in-

U.S. judge to announce Manning sentence today

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT MEADE, Md. — A U.S. military judge said she’ll announce on Wednesday the sentence for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, who gave reams of classified information to WikiLeaks.

Army Col. Denise Lind said Tuesday she was still deliberating but she was confident she would have a sentence

by Wednesday morning at 1400 GMT. Manning faces up to 90 years in prison for leaking more Bradley Manning than 700,000 Iraq and Afghanistan battlefield reports and State Department diplomatic cables in 2010 while working as an intelligence analyst in Iraq. He also leaked video of an U.S. helicopter attack in Baghdad in which at least nine people were killed, including a Reuters news photographer and his driver.

Prosecutors have asked for at least a 60-year prison term. Capt. Joe Morrow said in his closing argument Monday that a long prison sentence would dissuade other soldiers from following in Manning’s footsteps.

“There’s value in deterrence,” Morrow said.

The defence has suggested a prison term of no more than 25 years, so that Manning, 25, could rebuild his life. Defence attorney David Coombs asked for a sentence that “doesn’t rob him of his youth.”

Prosecutors have requested a far longer prison term than other soldiers have received in recent decades for sharing government secrets.

Army Spec. Albert T. Sombolay got a 34-year-sentence in 1991 for giving a Jordanian intelligence agent information on the buildup for the first Iraq war, plus other documents and samples of U.S. Army chemical protection equipment. Marine Sgt. Clayton Lonetree, the only U.S. Marine ever convicted of espionage, was given a 30-year sentence, later reduced to 15 years, for giving the Soviet KGB the identities of U.S. CIA agents and the floor plans of the embassies in Moscow and Vienna in the early 1980s.

U.S. civilian courts have ordered

life in prison for spies, including Aldrich Ames, a former CIA case officer convicted in 1994 of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia and former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, convicted in 2001 of spying for Moscow.

Government transparency advocate Steven Aftergood, of the Federation of American Scientists, said the civilian cases, unlike the military ones, involved career intelligence workers who knowingly supplied foreign governments with U.S. secrets for years.

Ames’ disclosures caused intelligence sources to be executed. Hanssen compromised ongoing intelligence operations on a massive scale.

Duke University law Professor Scott L. Silliman said Manning’s case doesn’t rise to those levels. While Manning disclosed a vast amount of information, “I don’t’ think you could call Bradley Manning a spy,” he said.

Manning must serve at least onethird of any prison sentence before he could possibly become eligible for parole. He will get credit for about 3 ½ years of pretrial confinement, including 112 days for being illegally punished by harsh conditions at the Quantico, Virginia, Marine Corps brig.

Military prisoners also can earn up to 120 days a year off their sentence for good behaviour and good job performance.

Manning was convicted last month of 20 offences, including six Espionage Act violations, five theft counts and computer fraud.

Under military law, the verdict and sentence must be reviewed — and may be reduced — by the commander of the Military District of Washington, currently Maj. Gen. Jeffery S. Buchanan. Besides the court-martial record, Manning’s defence team can submit other pieces of information in a bid for leniency.

If Buchanan approves a sentence that includes a bad-conduct discharge, a dishonourable discharge or confinement for a year or more, the case will be automatically reviewed by the Army Court of Criminal Appeals.

Further appeals can be made to the military’s highest court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Amnesty International and the Bradley Manning Support Network have announced an online petition asking President Barack Obama to pardon Manning.

Three dead in Germany shooting

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN — A gunman opened fire on a meeting in a village in south Germany on Tuesday, killing two people and wounding five before taking his own life, police said.

A police statement said the assailant had been attending an evening meeting of a property owners’ association in a restaurant in Dossenheim, a village near Heidelberg, about 273 miles (440 kilometres) southwest of Berlin.

Heated words were exchanged and

the man stormed out but returned later with a weapon and opened fire on the meeting before turning the weapon on himself, the statement said.

The five wounded were rushed to the hospital, where one was reported in serious condition. None of the dead or injured were identified.

Police spokesman Tobias Keilbach said it was unclear exactly what prompted the shooting and “the precise sequence of events is unclear.”

Those who attended the meeting but were not injured were so badly shaken that police have been unable to question them, he said.

vestigators for hosing down the crime scene, failing to perform an autopsy and quickly blaming a Taliban commander for the assassination.

The prosecutor said he has a list of 148 witnesses and documents including a note Bhutto sent to a close friend complaining that Musharraf was not providing her with proper security.

The judge set Aug. 27 as the next court date to present evidence. But

Pakistan court cases can drag on for years, and convictions are often overturned on appeal.

But analysts questioned whether the evidence would be sufficient.

“To me, it would be very difficult to prove unless they can show an order by him,” said Hasan Askari Rizvi, an independent political analyst. “You can’t really get hold of a president simply because security was not adequate.”

The chief UN investigator looking into Bhutto’s death, Heraldo Munoz, wrote in an article in Foreign Affairs magazine that Bhutto feared militant sympathizers within Musharraf’s government.

But Munoz, who has authored a book on the investigation, said Bhutto likely didn’t think Musharraf actually wanted to kill her.

“Even Bhutto, despite her email pointing a finger at Musharraf, probably did not believe that Musharraf wanted her dead — only that some people around him did,” he wrote.

Musharraf’s supporters have described the Bhutto case and others against him as politically motivated.

“These are all fabricated cases.

There is nothing solid in all these cases,” said Afshan Adil, a member of Musharraf’s legal team.

Musharraf returned from the brief hearing to his plush suburban house in Islamabad where he is under house arrest in another case.

The prosecutor said he has a list of 148 witnesses and documents including a letter Bhutto sent to a close friend complaining that Musharraf was not providing her with proper security.

The judge set Aug. 27 as the next court date to present evidence. But Pakistan court cases can drag on for years, and convictions are often overturned on appeal.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz renounces Canadian citizenship

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz, seemingly eyeing a presidential run in 2016, calls his renunciation of Canadian citizenship no big deal, even though questions about candidates’ birthplaces have flared in recent elections.

Controversy still dogs President Barack Obama from some quarters despite proof he was born in Hawaii.

Cruz, a Texas Republican and tea party favourite, was born in Canada, to a Cuban father and U.S.-born mother.

His mother’s status has allowed him to be a citizen of both the United States and Canada, but he said Tuesday in Houston, “I believe it makes sense for me to be only an American.”

Previous foreign-born Americans — notably Republicans John McCain and George Romney — have run for president with some mention but no serious challenges of their eligibility.

The chief upshot of Cruz’s announcement that he will renounce his Canadian citizenship is to suggest he’s seriously eyeing a presidential bid in 2016, and would like to settle that side issue now. Cruz is among Obama’s sharpest critics, and is vying for early national attention with another tea party-backed Senate freshman, Rand Paul of Kentucky.

Cruz is helping lead an effort to shut down the government if that’s what it takes to stop implementation of Obama’s landmark health-care overhaul.

While some “birthers” still challenge Obama’s citizenship — and therefore his right to be president —his situation is different from Cruz’s.

The son of a Kenyan father and American mother, Obama was born in Hawaii, according to his birth certificate.

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Big seniors’ spending forecast DATA SUGGESTS SENIORS HAVE BEEN PICKING UP THEIR SPENDING LEVELS IN THE PAST DECADE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Canadian economy may not need to fear the advent of the frugal aging shopper after all, according to a new report.

The paper from Bank of Montreal senior economist Sal Guatieri suggests the impact of the aging baby boomer generation on consumption may not be as great as some have feared, if tomorrow’s seniors continue to be the big spenders they were in their youth.

And there’s evidence to suggest they will.

Recent data from the U.S., which Guatieri said applies to Canada as well, shows that seniors have been picking up their spending levels in the past decade.

“There’s every reason to believe the

next generation of retirees will spend more than the previous generation,” Guatieri said.

“The current crop of retirees will be the richest on record, but it also is because of different lifestyle. They plan to be more active, they expect to live longer and work longer, so they will have more disposable income.”

Based on established consumption patterns, Guatieri said that the aging of the baby boom generation will be a modest but significant drag on growth during the next two decades.

Research shows that seniors 65 and older spend about a third less than those between 45 and 54, who tend to consume the most of any age category.

During the next two decades, there will be a lot more of the former group and not

so much of the latter.

The paper does not examine other impacts of aging demographics, including a smaller workforce, reduced tax revenues and higher costs for such services as health care.

Guatieri said seniors will account for 27.7 per cent of the population in 2033, up from the current 18.2 per cent, hence consumption levels could fall by 4.6 per cent in the next two decades. Economic growth could be slowed by more than two-tenths of a percentage points.

The negative drag will be about half that in the United States, which tends to have a younger population profile.

“It’s clear for retailers an aging population is not great news,” said Guatieri.

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Kodak’s bankruptcy plan approved NEW YORK — A federal judge has approved Kodak’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection.

Judge Allan Gropper’s ruling paves the way for the photography pioneer to emerge from court oversight as a new company focused on commercial and packaging printing.

The company has said it hopes to emerge from bankruptcy protection on Sept. 3.

In making his ruling, Gropper noted that his approval of the plan will result in the loss of retirement and healthcare benefits for many former workers, while many of the company’s investors will recoup just pennies on the dollar. Founded

by George Eastman in 1880, Eastman Kodak Co. is credited with popularizing photography at the start of the 20th century. It was first brought down by Japanese competition and then an inability to keep pace with the shift from film to digital technology.

Rogers decision reviewed The Competition Bureau isn’t satisfied with a court ruling throwing out allegations of misleading advertising against Rogers’ Chatr cellphone brand, which claimed fewer dropped calls than its new wireless competitors.

The Competition Bureau said Tuesday that it was reviewing the Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision and may appeal. Three years ago, the Competition Bureau asked the courts to order Rogers to immediately stop the advertising campaign and pay an administrative penalty of $10 million. At that time, new competitor Wind Mobile had filed a complaint with the Competition Bureau over Rogers’ claims that Chatr had fewer dropped calls and a better network than its new competitors.

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Chairman of CNOOC Limited Wang Yilin, right, and CEO & President Li Fanrong attend the company’s Interim Results Announcement in Hong Kong Tuesday. Chin’s state-owned CNOOC said first half-profit rose eight percent on higher oil and gas output after buying Canada’s Nexen. Wang said Tuesday the company is now focused on integrating Nexen and getting ready for a listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

China’s CNOOC profit rises after buying Canada’s Nexen COMPANY NETS HIGHER OIL AND GAS OUTPUT

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG — China’s stateowned CNOOC says first half-profit rose 8 per cent on higher oil and gas output after buying Canada’s Nexen.

Chairman Wang Yilin said Tuesday the company is now focused on integrating Nexen and getting ready for a listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The $15.1 billion purchase of Nexen, which closed in February, was China’s biggest-ever overseas energy acquisition.

The deal was part of a broader trend of Chinese resource companies making foreign acquisitions as part of a global strategy to gain better access to the key commodities needed to fuel China’s economy, the world’s second biggest.

CNOOC Ltd. posted a 34.4 billion yuan ($5.6 billion) profit, or 0.77 yuan a share, in the JanuaryJune period. Oil and gas sales rose 16 per cent to 110.8 billion yuan, more than offsetting higher operating costs.

Beijing-based CNOOC is China’s main offshore energy pro-

ducer. It produced 198.1 million barrels of oil and gas in the first half, including 24.8 million from Nexen.

CNOOC’s purchase of Nexen, a mid-tier energy company, secured it assets in western Canada — including big reserves in the oil sands — the Gulf of Mexico, North Sea, Africa and the Middle East.

“For the first half of the year, the transaction has already contributed to the production of the company,” Wang said in a statement.

Rempel nabs ‘concrete’ ideas on visit

BY ADVOCATE STAFF LACOMBE —About 30 Lacombe business and industry leaders had their chance to sit down with one of the newest federal cabinet ministers on Monday.

Newly appointed Minister of State for Western Economic Di- Michelle Rempel versification Michelle Rempel paid a visit to the city, where she and Wetaskiwin MP Blaine Calkins held a roundtable discus-

sion on economic growth and business innovation.

Calgary MP Rempel was named to the federal cabinet last month as part of the prime minister’s shuffle of his front bench.

Rempel’s website claims she is the youngest, at 33, female appointed to cabinet in Canadian history.

As she has toured the West in her new role, Rempel said she has fielded many questions on what exactly the Western Economic Diversification Department does.

The department has existed since 1987 with a mandate to advance the interests of the West in national economic policy through strengthening innovation, entrepreneurship and community eco-

nomic development in the Western provinces.

In her opening remarks, Rempel said her goal in the position is to make it clear what the department does and inform people on how they can access the support programs it offers, such as the Community Futures network.

She also said it is her role to advocate the role of the Western economy throughout Canada, noting that there is a burgeoning aerospace industry in the West that few people know about.

Although Rempel could not be reached following the meeting, she tweeted that “several concrete policy ideas emerged to further economic growth in (Central Alberta).”

TORONTO — Sears Canada (TSX:SCC) is cutting 245 jobs, mostly at its head office in Toronto, and moving some of the work overseas.

The reductions will affect 138 of the jobs in the retailer’s information technology department, 99 in finance and eight in payroll.

About 200 of the cuts are in the Toronto area, 38 are in Montreal and six in Belleville, Ont. Sears said the workload will be transferred to “external third-party providers whose business expertise includes updated systems and processes that can more efficiently perform the work involved.”

While the company didn’t provide a specific breakdown on how the work will be re-assigned, spokesman Vincent Power said a “contingent of workers” will be in Canada while the majority of the IT work is expected to be done in the Philippines and the majority of the finance and payroll work in India.

“They have invested in systems that are core to the services their businesses provide, and that would require Sears to invest in areas that are not core to its retail business,” Powers said in an email.

“Instead, Sears can focus its investments on core retail priorities such as better product offerings, updated visual presentation standards, improvements to stores, e-commerce and marketing techniques.”

Employees were notified of the cuts Monday and will leave during the next three to six months.

Sears Canada let go 700 workers across the country earlier this year in a bid to “right-size” and restructure its business.

About 360 of those jobs were from its department stores, and another 300 from the distribution centres.

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Air Canada looking at new Bombardier jet AIRLINE REVIEWS FLEET, UNVEILS NEW OPERATIONS CENTRE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS BRAMPTON, Ont. — Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) says it’s studying Bombardier’s new CSeries commercial jet “very carefully” as it reviews its fleet of more than 100 narrow-body planes.

“Of course it hasn’t flown yet, but we like the CSeries based on what we’ve seen so far

on paper,” president and chief executive Calin Rovinescu said during an unveiling of the company’s new operations centre on Tuesday.

“It is part of our assessment.”

Montreal-based aircraft manufacturer Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) has delayed the inaugural flight of the CS100 three times.

Industry analysts believe the plane won’t begin commercial service until early 2015.

Rovinescu noted that Air Canada will not be making its decision on the basis of whether jets are permitted to fly out of the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.

Porter Airlines has built its campaign to fly jets from the island airport around the CSeries, which Bombardier has billed a “whisper jet.”

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BHP plans $2.6B potash investment FOR ‘MEASURED’ DEVELOPMENT OF SASK. JANSEN POTASH PROJECT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) will invest US$2.6 billion in the Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan, but will develop it at a slower pace than previously expected and with the possible addition of a partner.

The Anglo-Australian mining company’s investment in Jansen will be spread over a number of years with completion of two mining shafts expected in 2016.

“We’ll direct capital even more selectively towards our major basins, while continuing with measured investment at Jansen to de-risk the project and maintain the flexibility to enter the potash market only when the time is right,” BHP Billiton CEO Andrew Mackenzie said in a call with analysts.

Mackenzie said he was confident in the value of developing Jansen, a project he believes will achieve low costs of production, especially with the slower timeline

“Everything we’re doing, by giving ourselves more time, by using our productivity agenda to drive down capital costs and drive down operating costs, means we’re only going to improve from where we are today,” Mackenzie said.

Under his predecessor, BHP Billiton attempted in 2010 to buy Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (TSX:POT) — Canada’s largest producer — but was blocked by the federal government under pressure from Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall.

Among other things, BHP’s detractors warned that the Jansen project would be sidelined if it could be supplied through PotashCorp’s extensive operations in the province. BHP consistently said there would be enough demand for Jansen too.

Tuesday’s capital investment announcement will take BHP’s total commitment to the site, 140 kilometres from Saskatoon, to approximately US$3.8 billion.

The plans include complet-

ing the excavation and lining of the production and service shafts, as well as the installation of essential surface infrastructure and utilities.

Premier Wall called news of BHP’s investment “very, very good for Saskatchewan.”

“This is a strong vote of confidence in the potash industry in our province, but (also) generally in the economy,” he said at the legislature in Regina.

“The long-term fundamentals of our province, where we are leaders in food production and fertilizer production, I think is very positive. It’s not just the government that feels that way. A company like BHP Billiton today I think has also said, ‘look we’re pretty confident in the long-term fundamentals as well.”’

BHP also signalled it would look for partners as the project moves forward, saying it may “sell a minority stake to one or more joint venture partners,” which is consistent with its approach at many of its other major operations.

“For now, we’re looking at a

relatively straightforward arrangement with potential partners who would come and take a minority share of Jansen and be very much a partner, like we have in our petroleum ventures,” Mackenzie said.

The company calls Jansen, a project that is 100 per cent owned by BHP Billiton, the world’s best undeveloped potash resource and expects it to produce 10 million tonnes of potash a year for more than 50 years.

Mackenzie also said he was confident about market demand, projecting an expected growth of two to three per cent per annum to 2030, driven by increasing global population and greater economic prosperity, which will lead to changing patterns of food consumption and increased agricultural demand.

“We have a long-stated preference for transparent pricing mechanisms that truly reflect the supply and demand — the fundamentals of any given commodity on any given day,” he said.

“In the case of potash, our projections have always assumed a shift away from the current marketing dynamic.”

His comments came after Russian firm Uralkali’s split from Belarusian Potash Company last month, exiting a potash cartel that helps determine prices and creating fears that the move could lead to a 25 per cent drop in the price of potash.

The decision sparked a major sell-off in the stocks of potash producers, but the CEO of Potash Corp. played down concerns at the time, saying such spats have happened before and are usually resolved.

The project is also going ahead despite weak commodity prices, which impacted the company’s profits.

BHP Billiton reported Tuesday that its annual profit fell nearly 30 per cent on lower prices for copper, coal and iron ore. Earnings amounted to $10.9 billion for the year ended June 30, and were also dented by one-time charges of $922 million.

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RETAIL: Adverse impact expected “We will likely see an adverse impact on retail sales and we will see more of an adverse impact on products and services that seniors tend to buy relatively little of, such as clothing and possibly entertainment.”

But the impact disappears if the next generation of retirees up their spending by 15 per cent — a significant but not unattainable level.

He said the data shows seniors are spending more on nearly everything, from food, to clothing to entertainment, such as the concerts put on by aging rock stars.

Marketing consultant John Williams of the Toronto-based J. C. Williams Group said while it is true, on average, that seniors tend to spend less, the more dramatic effect may be on what they buy. He notes that health care will be a big expense in the future, and hence drug store owners will likely do very well as the population ages. Also, older people who can afford it tend to travel more.

Guatieri agrees, pointing out that even if they spend less on average, retailers will need to cater to what will become the most powerful consumption force in the economy because of sheer numbers.

“As a group they will increase spending by 230 per cent by 2033,” and that’s assuming they do not become bigger spenders than previous generations. “In a little over a decade, they will become the largest spending group, accounting for one-in-five shopping dollars versus one-in-seven today.”

JET: Such a big decision “It’s such a big decision,” Rovinescu said. “We would not make our narrowbody refleeting decision on the basis of any one airport, or access to any one airport.

“It’s a much, much broader question than that.”

Rovinescu made his comments during the opening of Air Canada’s new operations centre in Brampton, Ont., a facility the company said should “significantly improve” its operational capabilities while also increasing efficiency.

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A photograher takes pictures of the Bombardier CSeries flight test vehicle at its unveiling in Mirabel, Que. Air Canada is looking into the new jet as it reviews its entire fleet.

About 400 employees will staff the 75,000-square-foot operations centre when it begins operating in January 2014.

The $60-million facility will serve as central control for the airline’s day-today operations, from which staff will oversee almost 600 Air Canada flights each day.

Staff will be responsible for dispatching flights, scheduling crews, handling flight changes and cancellations and planning for disruptions such as storms, among other things.

With corporate headquarters in Montreal, Air Canada is the country’s largest domestic and international airline, flying to more than 175 destinations on five continents.

Rovinescu also said the airline — which counts 53 U.S. centres among its scheduled destinations — may be able to pick up a few extra slots at airports south of the border if American Airlines and U.S. Airways are forced to divest some slots in order to secure a merger.

“There will be some bits and pieces available for carriers like us, for sure,” he said.

“Certainly there will be some advantages if there are conditions imposed on the merger.”

Otherwise, the proposed merger,

Nordion shares surge after isotope settlement THE CANADIAN PRESS Nordion’s shares surged Tuesday after it announced the settlement of a long-standing legal battle with Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. that will see both sides drop hundreds of millions of dollars in claims against each other.

On the Toronto Stock Exchange, shares in the Ottawa-based nuclear medicine company closed up nearly eight per cent, gaining 58 cents to $8.28.

Nordion (TSX:NDN) said it will drop about $244 million of claims against AECL as part the settlement, which also includes a new supply agreement that will run until October 2016.

In addition, AECL will pay $15 million in cash to Nordion and drop about $127 million in claims it had sought — $47 million for arbitration costs and $80 million for damages.

“This resolution provides greater clarity for

Nordion and removes the uncertainty and liability around these matters,” said Nordion CEO Steve West.

Ottawa-based Nordion — formerly part of the MDS group — is a global seller of medical isotopes that are used in cancer tests and treatment as well as medical imaging. It has some 450 employees in three locations.

There was a global shortage of medical isotopes when AECL’s NRU reactor — in operation since the late 1950s — was shut down in 2009 because of a leak that took more than a year to repair.

The shortage raised concerns by doctors and other health professionals about the availability of medical tests for Canadians. It also caused a political furor over the Harper government’s decision to permanently end the Maple program, an over budget and behind schedule plan to replace the NRU reactor.

which has been challenged by the U.S. Department of Justice as well as attorneys general in five states, will have no impact on Air Canada’s operations, Rovinescu said.

However, Rovinescu said he would be “astounded” if the U.S. Justice Department were to “completely kibosh the merger.”

“My personal belief... is that there will be some form of consolidation, probably with conditions. Clearly the industry is headed in that direction.”

SEARS: Facing declining sales The remaining cuts were to head office and other support areas.

Shares in the company fell 73 cents, or more than 5.6 per cent, to close at $12.27 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The company, which reports its second quarter results Wednesday, has faced years of declining sales, as well as tough competition from discounters and online stores.

Earlier this year, it had to contend with the entry of U.S. discount chain Target into the market.

Canadians have reacted angrily to

outsourcing in the past, with Ottawa making changes to its rules on foreign workers after the Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RBC) drew criticism in the spring for cutting Canadian jobs after contracting a supplier to provide IT assistance, which brought in foreign workers to fill them.

RBC chief executive Gord Nixon later apologized for the incident.

People in B.C. also lashed out against that provincial government’s support for Chinese-owned HD Mining’s plan to use temporary foreign workers at a proposed coal mine in Tumbler Ridge.

The company had argued that temporary Chinese workers were necessary because of a lack of Canadian training in their specific work.

The federal government announced initial changes in April, scrapping an aspect of the program that allowed employers to pay foreign workers as much as 15 per cent less than the average wage for a job.

Earlier this month, it further tightened rules, saying it will charge employers $275 for each application they make and announcing additional restrictions focused on what language proficiency employers can request, as well as broader requirements to advertise job openings.

Shoppers deal will see George Weston Ltd. lose its majority stake in Loblaw

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — George Weston Ltd. will see its stake in Loblaw Companies Ltd. shrink to a minority position with the proposed $12.4-billion takeover of Shoppers Drug Mart Corp., but remain the biggest single shareholder in Canada’s largest supermarket chain.

In a statement issued after markets closed Tuesday, Loblaw (TSX:L) said it may issue a maximum of 119.9 common shares to shareholders of Shoppers (TSX:SC) in the cash and stock deal.

Loblaw will also issue around 10.5 million shares to George Weston Ltd. (TSX:WN) in a related private placement transaction.

Combined, these 130.4 million shares represent about 46 per cent of Loblaw’s outstanding common shares, the company said, adding that is was issuing the statement to assist Loblaw shareholders understand the impact of the deal.

“Following completion of the transaction and private placement, Weston will continue to be the largest shareholder of Loblaw with voting ownership of approximately 46 per cent of the outstand-

ing Loblaw common shares,” the company said.

George Weston Ltd. (TSX:WN) currently has voting ownership of about 63 per cent of Loblaw’s common shares.

Shoppers, meanwhile, urged its shareholders Tuesday to vote in favour of the deal at a special meeting on Sept. 12 after its board of directors unanimously approved the agreement. The deal requires the approval of at least two-thirds of votes cast at the meeting.

The transaction also requires the approval of a majority of Loblaw shareholders as the number of common shares to be issued in the deal exceeds 25 per cent.

However, George Weston Ltd. has already provided written consent in favour of the deal to the Toronto Stock Exchange, which satisfies the approval requirements from Loblaw’s end.

The two companies announced the plan to combine their operations last month, noting that the acquisition will keep Shoppers’ brand name in place and allow it to operate as separate division of Loblaw.

Overall, Loblaw is offering $33.18 in cash plus about

six-tenths of a Loblaw share for each Shoppers Drug Mart common share. The proposal was valued at $61.54 per Shoppers Drug Mart common share based on Loblaw’s share price before it was announced, more than a 29 per cent premium on Shoppers’ average trading price prior to the announcement.

Holders of Shoppers stock have the option of receiving $61.54 cash or, alternatively, 1.2941 Loblaw common shares plus one cent cash, subject to caps on the total number of shares and total amount of cash. The amount of cash is capped at $6.7 billion and the number of shares is capped at 119.9 million, the companies said at the time.

Assuming Shoppers investors opt for the maximum amount of Loblaw equity, they would own about 29 per cent of the combined company.

In a related move, George Weston Ltd. (TSX:WN) said it would subscribe for 10.5 million additional shares of Loblaw — its main subsidiary — valued at $500 million. Weston agreed to pay $47.55, the closing price for Loblaw shares prior to the announcement.

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COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 89.79 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.75 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.45 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.87 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.69 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.60 Cdn. National Railway . 100.36 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 125.12 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 34.43 Capital Power Corp . . . . 19.99 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.76 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 36.95 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 42.99 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 21.81 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.72 General Motors Co. . . . . 34.79 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 17.27 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.80 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 39.96 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 50.04 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 31.85 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 13.82 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 45.88 Consumer Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.17 Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 91.01 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.40 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.52 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 13.29 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed higher Tuesday, helped along by gold stocks which continued to recover from a severe battering earlier in the summer.

However, economic concerns pressured oil prices and traders awaited more clarity on what the Federal Reserve may decide to do about cutting back on a key stimulus measure.

The S&P/TSX composite index gained 82.09 points to 12,670.11, making up a bit more than half of Monday’s 149-point slide.

The Canadian dollar was down 0.43 of a cent to 96.26 cents US. New York indexes were mixed amid better than expected earnings from retailers Best Buy, Home Depot and J.C. Penny.

The Dow Jones industrials gave up early gains to lose 7.75 points to 15,002.99, the Nasdaq gained 24.5 points to 3,613.59 while the S&P 500 index added 6.29 points to 1,652.35.

Traders looked ahead to Wednesday and the release of the minutes from the Fed’s most recent meeting at the end of last month.

A largely positive run of economic data has persuaded many investors that the central bank will start to taper its monthly bond purchases of US$85 billion, starting as early as September. The stimulus program has kept long term rates low and encouraged a sharp run-up on many markets this year.

The TSX gold sector ran up about 3.75 per cent while gold ticked $6.90 higher to US$1,372.60 an ounce.

The sector was punished along with gold prices after Fed chairman Ben Bernanke first mentioned the possibility of the Fed cutting back in May. It hit a recent low in late June, leaving the gold sector down about 50 per cent year to date. It has since improved and the sector is down about 30 per cent so far in 2013.

Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) gained 86 cents to C$32.89.

The utilities sector also provided lift, up 0.75 per cent. Utilities and other interest sensitive stocks have been a major drag as the prospect of the Fed tapering its massive bond purchases has sent U.S. bond yields higher.

The benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury was off 0.06 of a point from late Monday at 2.82 per cent. Still, bond yields have surged well over a full percentage point since Bernanke’s

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.77 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.15 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 58.54 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.23 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 21.58 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 20.60 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.42 First Quantum Minerals . 18.84 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 32.89 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 6.95 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 6.14 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 31.17 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.73 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 27.54 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 25.38 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 58.19 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 46.84 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.00 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 49.46 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 30.96 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.69 Canyon Services Group. 12.20 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 29.40 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.790 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 18.16 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.51 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 86.83 remarks in May. Just Energy Group (TSX:JE) gained 16 cents to $6.32.

The energy sector was ahead per cent while speculation over Fed intentions pushed the September crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange down $2.14 to US$104.96 a barrel. Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) gained 29 cents to C$30.96.

The financials group ran up 0.6 per cent with Royal Bank (TSX:RY) up 65 cents to $64.67.

The base metals sector rose 0.52 per cent while copper was ahead a penny at US$3.34 a pound. Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX:TRQ) climbed 19 cents to C$5.30 while Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) headed 57 cents lower to $27.54.

Elsewhere in the mining sector, BHP Billiton said its annual profit dived nearly 30 per cent to $10.9 billion as slower growth in China and other emerging economies resulted in lower prices for copper, coal and iron ore. Annual revenue sank nearly nine per cent to $66 billion.

Home Depot beat expectations and raised its outlook. The company earned US$1.8 billion, or $1.24 per share, while revenue climbed more than nine per cent to $22.52 billion.

Analysts expected earnings of $1.21 per share on revenue of $21.79 billion. Its stock slipped 91 cents to $74.30.

J.C. Penney Co. stock rose 77 cents to $13.99 despite another big loss on a nearly 12 per cent drop in revenue for the second quarter. It lost $586 million, or $2.66 per share while revenue reached $2.66 billion.

Analysts were expecting a $1.07-pershare loss on revenue of $2.77 billion.

Electronics retailer Best Buy earned 32 cents per share in the last three months, much better than the 12 cents per share financial analysts expected. Most of the growth came from cutting costs and focusing on online sales and its shares jumped $4.03 or 13 per cent to $34.76.

On the Canadian retail front, Sears Canada (TSX:SCC) is cutting 245 jobs, mostly at its head office in Toronto and mainly in the information technology and finance departments.

Its stock fell 73 cents to $12.27.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Tuesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,670.11 up 82.09 points

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 47.35 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 29.25 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 43.10 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 5.67 Penn West Energy . . . . . 11.91 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.440 Precision Drilling Corp . . 10.74 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 34.90 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.09 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.69 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 9.36 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 56.72 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 64.38 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 58.37 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.98 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 29.12 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.54 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 30.66 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 48.00 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 62.23 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.26 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 78.58 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.41 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 64.67 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 33.30 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.56 TSX Venture Exchange — 932.60 down 1.05 points TSX 60 — 726.69 up 4.38 points Dow — 15,002.99 down 7.75 points S&P 500 — 1,652.35 up 6.29 points Nasdaq — 3,613.59 up 24.50 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 96.26 cents US, down 0.43 of a cent Pound — C$1.6285, up 0.98 of a cent Euro — C$1.3944, up 1.50 cents Euro — US$1.3422, up 0.84 of a cent Oil futures: US$104.96 per barrel, down $2.14 (September contract) Gold futures: US$1,372.60 per oz., up $6.90 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $25.164 per oz., up 28.6 cents $809.02 per kg., up $9.19 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Tuesday at 932.60, down 1.05 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 139.59 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’13 $9.70 lower $508.10; Jan. ’14 $9.80 lower $513.30; March ’14 $9.80 lower $518.60; May ’14 $9.70 lower $523.20; July ’14 $9.70 lower $527.70; Nov. ’14 $9.70 lower $514.30; Jan ’15 $9.70 lower $514.30; March ’15 $9.70 lower $511.30; May ’15 $9.70 lower $511.30; July ’15 $9.70 lower $511.30; Nov. ’15 $9.70 lower $511.30.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’13 unchanged $189.00; Dec ’13 unchanged $194.00; March ’14 unchanged $194.00; May ’14 unchanged $194.00; July ’14 unchanged $194.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $194.00; Dec. ’14 unchanged $194.00; March ’15 unchanged $194.00; May ’15 unchanged $194.00; July ’15 unchanged $194.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $194.00.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 265,440 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 265,440.

TransCanada says rival Enbridge’s pipeline won’t benefit Ontario consumers

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — TransCanada Corp. is urging Ontario’s energy regulator to reject a proposal by rival Enbridge Inc. for bringing more natural gas into the Greater Toronto Area, arguing the project would not benefit consumers.

In a filing to the Ontario Energy Board last Friday, TransCanada questions Enbridge’s view that the GTA Pipeline will lead to savings by sourcing gas from a hub in southern Ontario versus one in Alberta.

It also says the line, as currently proposed, would be too big and that it’s limited to one supply route to get much of the gas to the Toronto region.

“For these reasons, TransCanada opposes the amended application and submits that it is not in the best interest of the nation, Ontario or Ontario’s customers,” the Calgary-based company (TSX:TRP) said.

Canada’s two biggest pipeline firms had previously been working together on part of the GTA Project, called Segment A. The OEB has encouraged pipeline companies to consult and collaborate with one another to ensure infrastructure is built in the most efficient manner possible.

Since Enbridge and TransCanada were working on similar projects in the same region, around the same time, they signed a memorandum of understanding in January of this year to cooperate on Segment A. But the relationship soured last month when Enbridge’s (TSX:ENB) Toronto-based gas distribution business backed out of the MOU. Enbridge said it was because TransCanada was doling out space on the pipeline in a manner that went against an Ontario law meant to ensure capacity is offered to the market in an “open and non-discriminatory manner.”

TransCanada responded Friday by filing a lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to force Enbridge to either stick to the MOU or pay damages of $4.5 billion.

Enbridge has vowed to fight the claim.

“TransCanada has put Enbridge on written notice that if it proceeds with the GTA Project otherwise than in accordance with the MOU, it does so at its peril,” the company said in its filing

Australian Coke bottler to distribute Molson Coors beer Down Under THE CANADIAN PRESS

Colorado’s marijuana industry shaping up to be legal, but not cheap DENVER — Want to be in the legal pot industry in Colorado? Open your checkbook.

Colorado’s pot regulators opened three days of hearings Tuesday to lay out licensing specifics before retail sales begin in January.

The proposed rules require would-be “ganjapreneurs” to pay up to $5,000 just to apply to be in the recreational pot business. Operational licenses cost another $2,750 to $14,000. Those who want to sell both medical and recreational pot would have to pay double.

Successful applicants must also pass a gauntlet of criminal background checks and residency requirements.

The result is expected to be an industry that will have as much red tape as green leaves. Colorado is trying to show it can strictly regulate and control a drug that has been operating in the shadows for decades, despite the advent of medical marijuana more than a decade ago.

Officials say steep application fees are needed to properly screen marijuana workers, checking fingerprints and screening out recent drug felons and people with possible ties to criminal drug cartels.

Colorado will also be screening future marijuana businesses to make sure no owners live out of state, a require-

ment set forth by state lawmakers earlier this year. The residency requirements — which apply from owners all the way down to so-called “bud-tenders” who man the counters and measure out marijuana — are a holdover from Colorado’s existing medical marijuana industry.

The hefty operational license fees, according to state officials, are needed to pay for enforcement of the nascent industry. Plans call for an ambitious seed-to-sale tracking system in which Colorado will require video surveillance of all plants as they grow and are prepared, packaged and sold to customers.

The Department of Revenue aimed to use seed-to-sale tracking for Colorado’s medical marijuana business, but the agency ran out of money before getting the program fully operational.

State officials said Tuesday they plan to have the plant-tracking system operational by October.

The Department wants to avoid a budget shortfall and tracking glitches in the larger recreational market, so operational fees are high.

Retail stores will have to pay $3,750 to $14,000 a year, depending on their size. Growers will pay $2,750 a year.

Some in the industry complained Tuesday that Colorado is setting high fees before knowing what it will cost to enforce a brand-new industry. The marijuana industry is especially up-

set about double licensing fees faced by sellers of both recreational and medical pot.

Michael Elliott, head of the Denver-based Medical Marijuana Industry Group, complained that Colorado is charging steep fees with no “rational basis in the costs of enforcement.”

He said pot shop owners should get a break on licensing fees if they want to sell pot to both medical patients, who will pay lower taxes and be able to buy up to 2 ounces, and recreational pot users, who must be over 21 and have lower purchasing limits.

“It’s not going to cost twice as much to enforce the law at a dual-use facility. It’s going to cost more, but not twice as much,” Elliott said.

MONTREAL — An Australian Coca-Cola bottler announced plans Tuesday to distribute Molson Coors beers Down Under as it seeks to re-enter the Australian beer market.

Coca-Cola Amatil, one of the world’s top Coke bottlers, said it has signed an exclusive agreement to distribute the North American brewer’s (TSX:TPX.B, NYSE:TAP) premium beers.

It wasn’t immediately clear which brands will be sold in Australia but local media reports suggested they include Carling, Coors Light and craft beer Blue Moon.

The bottling firm has been prevented from selling beer in the country as part of a 2011 transaction that allowed SAB Miller to acquire Foster’s. The restriction ends Dec. 16.

Over the past year, CCA has secured agree-

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to the OEB. After Enbridge terminated the MOU, it filed an amended regulatory application for the GTA project on July 22, which TransCanada is urging the OEB to reject.

“It is submitted that this supplemental evidence establishes that Segment A, as currently applied for in the absence of the MOU, is substantially oversized and will represent a wholly unnecessary cost burden to distribution customers.”

TransCanada said that if the Enbridge GTA line, and a connecting one proposed by Union Gas, are approved, it could mean a revenue hit of $960 million between Nov. 1, 2015 and Dec. 31, 2017.

In calculating savings from their projects, TransCanada contends Enbridge and Union “do not in any way take into consideration the impact that the approval of these applications will have on TransCanada’s existing infrastructure and the consequential impact that they will have on Ontario consumers.”

TransCanada also questions the savings of sourcing gas from the Dawn hub in southern Ontario versus the Empress hub on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, saying the cost predictions are “optimistic and inherently unreliable.”

While Dawn is closer, making transportation costs lower, the price of the commodity itself is lower in Alberta, TransCanada notes.

Under their MOU, TransCanada and Enbridge envisaged building a 42-inch pipeline. ut without that agreement, TransCanada says that size is far too big, estimating that about “$135 million extra would be borne by distribution customers” under that configuration.

A more appropriate size would be 24 inches, TransCanada said.

As well, TransCanada says the GTA project is too reliant on Union Gas’ Dawn-Parkway pipeline to bring gas — some from shales like the Marcellus in the Northeastern United States — to the Toronto area.

“TransCanada disputes the claim that the GTA Project increases supply diversity.”

Enbridge Gas Distribution spokeswoman Chris Meyer said the company is reviewing TransCanada’s evidence and declined to comment on it outside of the regulatory process.

ments to distribute a leading cider and beer, including Coors Light in New Zealand and the Pacific region.

“CCA is now wellpositioned as the only independent and largescale manufacturer, distributor and full service provider for premium international alcoholic beverage brands in Australia and we are targeting over one per cent in incremental earnings growth from our alcoholic beverages business from 2014 onwards,” group managing director Terry Davis said in its earnings report.”

The company described Molson Coors as “one of the world’s top 10 global brewers with

a powerful brand portfolio.”

CCA is one of the largest bottlers of nonalcoholic beverages in the Asia-Pacific region.

It employs 15,000 people and has operations in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Its portfolio includes carbonated soft drinks, water, sports and energy drinks, fruit juice, flavoured milk, coffee and packaged ready-to-eat fruit and vegetable products.

It also sells and distributes the premium spirits portfolio of Beam Global Spirits & Wines, which include products such as Canadian Club.

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Burgeson takes home title CALGARY GOLFER WINS PGA OF ALBERTA CHAMPIONSHIP AT RIVER BEND SPENCER MORSE

REBELS ADD DEPTH ON DEFENCE The Red Deer Rebels added a bit more depth to their defence as they prepare to open training camp Saturday at the Centrium. Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter announced Tuesday he’s picked up 18-year-old rearguard Spencer Morse from the Moose Jaw Warriors in exchange for a conditional draft pick in the 2016 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft.

The six-foot-four, 200pound Morse played 46 games with the Warriors last season, finishing with a goal, four assists and 90 minutes in penalties.

The Calgary native also played one game in both the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons with the Warriors.

Morse played bantam AAA with the Calgary Bisons and was a second round pick in the 2010 Bantam Draft. He played most of his 15-yearold season with the Calgary Blackhawks minor midget AAA team and played nine games with the Calgary Buffaloes of the Alberta Midget Hockey League. He spent the 2011-12 season with the Okanagan Hockey Academy midget team.

The Rebels rookies will open training camp Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

The rookies go Sunday and Monday at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. with a goalie session at 1 p.m. both days. The main camp opens at 5 p.m.

Monday. The Black and White game is set for Aug, 29 at 7 p.m. The Rebels first exhibition game is Aug. 31 in St Albert against Prince George.

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Coming into the PGA of Alberta’s championship Monday Brett Burgeson felt he’d have to shoot a 10-under par to walk away with the title.

That changed a bit on Tuesday because of the strong winds.

“The wind changed my expectations and I knew that five or six would have a good chance,” said the Calgary Country Hills Golf Club head professional, who shot a solid five-under par 67 Tuesday for a 36-hole total of seven-under 137.

He won the title by one stroke over Mike Belbin of the Edmonton Royal Mayfair Golf Club, Matt Freeman of Calgary’s Canyon Meadows and Tom Sawatzky of Lynx Ridge of Calgary.

Burgeson, who shot a 70 Monday, finished his round with the opening-day leaders still on the course. It wasn’t until first-day leader Freeman missed a birdie putt and Sawatzky missed an eagle on the final hole that he could breath easy.

Belbin had the second best round of the day with a 68 while Freeman shot a 73 and Sawatzky a 72.

“There was a spell when the wind was down and it was nice out there, but it picked up again and made it a bear. I know on 18 (the regular par-five ninth) which is usually a birdie hole, it was very difficult.

“But overall I was happy.

I did miss a couple of short birdies down the stretch, but it doesn’t matter now,” he said with a smile.

Burgeson liked the course.

“It was challenging in places,

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Matt Freeman of Canyon Meadows G&CC tees off during the second round of play at River Bend Golf Club in Red Deer Tuesday during the PGA of Alberta Championship. Freeman was the first round leader but missed a birdie putt on the final hole to finish second at the 36-hole event. but mostly the greens,” he said.

“They’re tough, you have to hit in the right spot.”

He made a double bogey on No. 4 (regular 13) even after hitting his drive down the middle.

“I pulled my second shot and it jumped a little and I found myself hitting out of the bush,” he said. “The pin was in a tough spot and I had a chance for a bogey, but missed the putt.”

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● Senior baseball: Annual Doug Bradford Memorial tournament, Great Chief Park.

Friday

● Senior baseball: Annual Doug Bradford Memorial tournament, Great Chief Park.

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New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain, right, collides with Toronto Blue Jays’ Jose Reyes while tagging him out during the ninth inning in the first game of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium Tuesday, in New York.

● Senior baseball: Annual Doug Bradford Memorial tournament, Great Chief Park. ● Men’s Rugby: Calgary Rugby Union, Red Deer Titans vs.

Hornets. noon Div III; 2 p.m., Div II, Titans Park. ● WHL: Rebels open camp, rookies 7:30-9 p.m., Centrium.

Sunday

● Senior baseball: Annual Doug Bradford Memorial tournament, Great Chief Park. ● WHL: Rebels camp, rookies 9-10:30 a.m., 3-4:30 p.m. Rookie goalie session, 1-2 p.m.

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Yankees 8-3 Blue Jays 4-2 NEW YORK — Jayson Nix thinks it’s a whole lot easier to get good pitches to hit now that the Yankees are getting some of their stars back in the lineup.

Nix hit a tying homer in the seventh inning and a game-ending single in the ninth, lifting New York to its second comeback victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, 3-2 in the nightcap for a split doubleheader sweep.

In the opener, Robinson Cano and Chris Stewart each hit threerun homers to rally the Yankees from four runs down to beat the Blue Jays 8-4.

“I feel like we’ve had a little bit of a jolt in our team and we’re playing really well right now,” Nix said. “I think Sori (Alfonso Soriano) coming over here, first off, brings a whole lot of energy to the team. ... and then Al (Alex Rodriguez) coming as well and playing good. I feel like as a whole the team’s playing a lot better. I think we

all feel pretty good for this final push.”

Cano had an RBI single in the second game and had six hits and five RBIs in the two games for New York, which has won eight of 10 and is 9-6 since Alex Rodriguez returned on Aug. 5.

Toronto slugger Jose Bautista made an early exit in the opener and was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a bone bruise in his left hip.

He says he was initially injured trying to score about two weeks ago.

“I am about 70 per cent,” Bautista said. “I don’t think I am doing the team any favours playing with it right now.”

Manager John Gibbons said Bautista will rest for two weeks then be evaluated before the next step is planned.

Ichiro Suzuki singled and doubled in the first game, leaving him one shy of 4,000 combined hits during his careers in Japan and the major leagues. With fans standing and chanting “Ichiro!” in the eighth, he grounded out.

Suzuki pinch ran in the night game and scored the winning run.

With a full moon hanging over the right field rafters, Darren Oliver (34) walked Mark Reynolds to start the ninth.

Suzuki pinch ran and advanced on Eduardo Nunez’s sacrifice bunt.

Suzuki stole third, which forced Toronto to bring the infield in. He scored on Nix’s line drive to left.

“It changes it a lot. It makes my job a lot easier,” Nix said of Suzuki’s 18th stolen base.

Mariano Rivera (42) worked out of a twoon jam in the top of the ninth for the win. Anthony Gose failed to get down a sacrifice bunt in the inning.

“He has to get that bunt down,” Gibbons said. “Maybe it would have made a difference.”

The Blue Jays extended their record with an 11th straight loss in New York.

Mark Buehrle was on track to end an eightdecision losing streak to New York but he gave up a tying homer in the seventh to Nix, the infielder’s first homer since June 25th.

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Park set for reboot in Edmonton after losing first major

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affected by the flood.

“We have two courses and one was shut down for five days and the other for three,” he said. “We were lucky as me had no river damage.”

Originally from Westlock Burgeson got into teaching golf in his early 20s and didn’t think about the pro tour.

Yankees sweep doubleheader with Jays

● Senior baseball: Annual Doug Bradford Memorial tournament, Great Chief Park.

Thursday

Burgeson finished his two rounds with no bogeys, although he did have two doubles.”

It’s the third time Burgeson has won the tour championship, but the first at River Bend, who hosted the event twice before.

“I played well, but didn’t putt that well the last two times here,” said the 41-year-old, who is in his seventh season at Country Hills, which was mainly un-

EDMONTON — With the weight of history off her shoulders, LPGA leader Inbee Park says she’s ready for a reboot at the CN Canadian Women’s Open.

“I feel like I’m a lot more relaxed now.

I experienced some big pressure in the British Open,” Park told reporters after practice Tuesday at the Royal Mayfair Golf Club.

“I feel really good about this week. I’m hitting the ball great and I’m putting really good.

“I feel like I’m ready, and feel like all the pressure is off. I feel like I’m starting new now.”

Two weeks ago, the spotlight was on the 25-year-old South Korean when she teed it up at the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, to try to become the first golfer to win four majors in a row in the same tournament year.

But in Scotland the woman famous for the softest hands on tour was gripping the club just a bit too tightly.

Park finished tied for 42nd, 14 strokes behind the winner, American Stacy Lewis, and admitted later the pressure wore on

CN CANADIAN WOMEN’S OPEN her.

“That week was big. It could have been great if I could’ve played a little bit better, but some weeks you don’t play at your best,” said Park.

“But I had a great experience there, and I think that experience will help me.”

The British Open was an anomaly in what has been a season for the ages for Park.

She has won six tournaments and collected US$2,147,629 million in prize money.

She is No. 1 in player of the year points (281), No. 1 in putts per greens in regulation (1.726), and second to Lewis in scoring average (69.793).

Her forte is her putting. Park is known as a greens machine with a surgeon’s eye for every nip and tuck of the putting surface.

She said balls on the greens at the Royal Mayfair are rolling true in practice, but said that doesn’t mean short strokers won’t be in for some cruel days.

“These greens are so quick that downhill putts you can overhit a little bit and it could go 15 feet past (the hole). I have been working a lot on the greens to get the speed

right,” she said.

She said the tricky winds whipping and twisting through the towering trees lining the holes at the riverside course will also be a factor.

But she the real nemesis will be hallwaynarrow fairways fringed by tough roughs of Kentucky bluegrass that swallow up errant tee shots before spitting them back out as double bogeys.

“The fairways are just so narrow that when you’re in the rough you can’t go for anything here. You definitely have to be able to hit the fairway and attack the greens,” she said.

A victory will see Park extend her healthy lead over No. 2 Lewis in the overall Rolex rankings.

Park said with the wins has come increased recognition.

Before, she could walk the streets of her hometown Seoul without being recognized, but not so now.

And not just older people who follow the game call her name.

“Now really young people recognize me,” she said.

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Boston Tampa Bay Baltimore New York Toronto

American League East Division W L Pct 74 53 .583 72 52 .581 67 58 .536 66 59 .528 57 69 .452

Detroit Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 73 52 .584 67 58 .536 64 60 .516 55 69 .444 50 74 .403

Texas Oakland Seattle Los Angeles Houston

West Division W L Pct 73 53 .579 71 53 .573 57 67 .460 55 69 .444 41 84 .328

GB — 1/2 6 7 16 1/2 GB — 6 8 1/2 17 1/2 22 1/2 GB — 1 15 17 31 1/2

Monday’s Games N.Y. Mets 6, Minnesota 1 Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 3 Texas 16, Houston 5 Cleveland 5, L.A. Angels 2 Oakland 2, Seattle 1 Boston 7, San Francisco 0

Wednesday’s Games Seattle (Iwakuma 11-6) at Oakland (Griffin 10-8), 1:35 p.m.

Boston (Doubront 8-6) at San Francisco (Zito 4-8), 1:45 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 13-9) at L.A. Angels (Williams 5-9), 5:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Hellickson 10-6) at Baltimore (W.Chen 6-6), 5:05 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 9-11) at N.Y. Yankees (Warren 1-2), 5:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Correia 8-9) at Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 11-7), 5:08 p.m.

Houston (Bedard 3-9) at Texas (D.Holland 9-6), 6:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Rienzo 0-0) at Kansas City (Guthrie 12-9), 6:10 p.m.

Los Angeles Arizona Colorado San Diego San Francisco

L 49 64 66 70 76

Pct .608 .488 .468 .440 .387

GB — 15 17 1/2 21 27 1/2

Central Division W L Pct 73 51 .589 72 53 .576 71 55 .563 55 71 .437 54 71 .432

GB — 1 1/2 3 19 19 1/2

West Division W L Pct 73 52 .584 65 59 .524 59 68 .465 56 69 .448 55 69 .444

GB — 7 1/2 15 17 17 1/2

Monday’s Games N.Y. Mets 6, Minnesota 1 Philadelphia 5, Colorado 4 Cincinnati 5, Arizona 3 Miami 6, L.A. Dodgers 2 Chicago Cubs 11, Washington 1 St. Louis 8, Milwaukee 5 Pittsburgh 3, San Diego 1 Boston 7, San Francisco 0

Pct. .359 .333 .326 .324 .323 .311 .308 .306 .306 .305

Home Runs CDavis, Baltimore, 45; MiCabrera, Detroit, 40; Encarnacion, Toronto, 31; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 29; Bautista, Toronto, 28; ADunn, Chicago, 28; NCruz, Texas, 27.

Runs Batted In MiCabrera, Detroit, 120; CDavis, Baltimore, 115; Encarnacion, Toronto, 92; AJones, Baltimore, 89; Fielder, Detroit, 87; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 83; Cano, New York, 81.

Pitching Scherzer, Detroit, 18-1; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 143; Tillman, Baltimore, 14-4; Colon, Oakland, 14-5; CWilson, Los Angeles, 13-6; Masterson, Cleveland, 13-9; Darvish, Texas, 12-5.

National League East Division

Second Game Toronto 100 010 000 — 2 10 1 New York 001 000 101 — 3 8 0 Buehrle, Loup (7), S.Santos (8), Oliver (9) and Arencibia, Thole; P.Hughes, Claiborne (7), M.Rivera (9) and Au.Romine. W—M.Rivera 4-2. L—Oliver 3-4.

HRs—New York, J.Nix (3).

Tampa Bay 012 000 004 — 7 15 1 Baltimore 010 000 102 — 4 5 1 Cobb, Al.Torres (7), J.Wright (8), W.Wright (9), Rodney (9) and J.Molina; Mig.Gonzalez, McFarland (6), Ji.Johnson (9) and Wieters. W—Cobb 8-2. L—Mig. Gonzalez 8-6. Sv—Rodney (29). HRs—Baltimore, Wieters (19).

Houston 020 000 000 — 2 6 0 Texas 010 002 01x — 4 6 1 Cosart, K.Chapman (7), Zeid (8) and J.Castro; Blackley, Frasor (5), Cotts (6), Scheppers (8), Nathan (9) and Pierzynski. W—Cotts 5-2. L—Cosart 1-1. Sv—Nathan (37). HRs—Houston, M.Dominguez (17). Texas, A.Beltre (26).

Wednesday’s Games Atlanta (A.Wood 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 5-6), 11:10 a.m.

St. Louis (Westbrook 7-8) at Milwaukee (Gorzelanny 3-4), 12:10 p.m.

Boston (Doubront 8-6) at San Francisco (Zito 4-8), 1:45 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Cole 6-5) at San Diego (Kennedy 4-9), 4:40 p.m.

Colorado (Nicasio 7-6) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 106), 5:05 p.m.

Arizona (McCarthy 2-7) at Cincinnati (Leake 10-5), 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 11-3) at Miami (Eovaldi 2-3), 5:10 p.m.

Washington (Ohlendorf 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 1-0), 6:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R YMolina StL 103 384 52 CJohnson Atl 108 389 44 Cuddyer Col 101 376 60 McCutchen Pit 121 457 77 Votto Cin 126 459 84 MCarpenter StL 120 481 92 FFreeman Atl 111 425 67 DWright NYM 105 408 60 Craig StL 120 460 67 Segura Mil 122 490 66

Tuesday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE First Game Toronto 040 000 000 — 4 9 1 New York 003 003 11x — 8 11 0 E.Rogers, Cecil (6), Wagner (6), Weber (7) and Thole; Nova, Logan (7), Kelley (7), D.Robertson (8), Chamberlain (9), M.Rivera (9) and C.Stewart. W— Nova 7-4. L—Wagner 2-4. HRs—New York, Cano (23), C.Stewart (4).

Minnesota 000 321 000 — 6 10 0 Detroit 000 101 100 — 3 11 0 Pelfrey, Roenicke (7), Burton (8), Perkins (9) and Doumit; Porcello, Coke (5), Bonderman (5), Alburquerque (8), B.Rondon (9) and B.Pena. W—Pelfrey 5-10. L—Porcello 9-7. Sv—Perkins (29). HRs— Minnesota, Morneau (15), Florimon (8). Detroit, Fielder (20).

H 129 130 122 145 144 150 132 126 142 151

Chicago 110 000 000 — 2 5 0 Kan. City 000 000 000 — 0 8 0 Joh.Danks, A.Reed (9) and Phegley; E.Santana, Hochevar (7), K.Herrera (8), Crow (9) and S.Perez.

W—Joh.Danks 3-10. L—E.Santana 8-7. Sv—A. Reed (32). HRs—Chicago, Beckham (4).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Colorado 311 000 000 — 5 10 1 Phila.

003 000 000 — 3 3 0 J.De La Rosa, Belisle (7), Brothers (7), R.Betancourt (9) and W.Rosario; Cloyd, Miner (7), C.Jimenez (8) and Ruiz. W—J.De La Rosa 13-6. L—Cloyd 2-3.

Sv—R.Betancourt (16). HRs—Colorado, Tulowitzki (22), W.Rosario (18).

Arizona 000 100 040 — 5 7 0 Cincinnati 000 000 020 — 2 6 1 Corbin and Nieves; Cingrani, Simon (4), LeCure (7), Hoover (8), Ondrusek (9) and Mesoraco. W—Corbin 13-3. L—Cingrani 6-3. HRs—Arizona, Prado (12), Goldschmidt (31). Cincinnati, Heisey (7).

Thursday’s Games Arizona at Cincinnati, 10:35 a.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Miami, 10:40 a.m.

Washington at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

Colorado at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.

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

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

Thursday’s Games Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 11:08 a.m.

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

H 161 156 160 144 130 128 144 138 144 121

Pittsburgh St. Louis Cincinnati Milwaukee Chicago

W 76 61 58 55 48

Tuesday’s Games Colorado 5, Philadelphia 3 Arizona 5, Cincinnati 2 N.Y. Mets 5, Atlanta 3 L.A. Dodgers 6, Miami 4 Washington 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Milwaukee 6, St. Louis 3 Pittsburgh at San Diego, late Boston at San Francisco, late

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 8, Toronto 4, 1st game Tampa Bay 7, Baltimore 4 N.Y. Yankees 3, Toronto 2, 2nd game Minnesota 6, Detroit 3 Texas 4, Houston 2 Chicago White Sox 2, Kansas City 0 Cleveland at L.A. Angels, late Seattle at Oakland, late Boston at San Francisco, late

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R MiCabrera Det 117 449 89 Trout LAA 122 469 88 ABeltre Tex 124 491 74 Mauer Min 113 445 62 DOrtiz Bos 106 403 61 Loney TB 120 412 43 Cano NYY 125 467 65 CDavis Bal 124 451 89 TorHunter Det 111 471 73 JhPeralta Det 104 397 50

Atlanta Washington New York Philadelphia Miami

Pct. .336 .334 .324 .317 .314 .312 .311 .309 .309 .308

Home Runs PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 31; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 31; DBrown, Philadelphia, 27; CGonzalez, Colorado, 26; Bruce, Cincinnati, 24; JUpton, Atlanta, 23; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 22.

Runs Batted In Goldschmidt, Arizona, 100; Phillips, Cincinnati, 92; Craig, St. Louis, 88; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 82; FFreeman, Atlanta, 82; Bruce, Cincinnati, 81; DBrown, Philadelphia, 79.

Pitching Liriano, Pittsburgh, 14-5; Wainwright, St. Louis, 147; Zimmermann, Washington, 14-7; Corbin, Arizona, 13-3; JDe La Rosa, Colorado, 13-6; Lynn, St. Louis, 13-7; Latos, Cincinnati, 12-4.

Los Ang. 000 400 011 — 6 16 0 Miami 100 201 000 — 4 10 2 Capuano, League (6), Howell (6), Withrow (6), Belisario (8), P.Rodriguez (8), Jansen (9) and Federowicz; Ja.Turner, Caminero (6), Da.Jennings (7), Webb (9) and Mathis. W—Withrow 2-0. L—Da. Jennings 2-4. Sv—Jansen (20). HRs—Los Angeles, Puig (12).

Atlanta 000 000 300 — 3 8 2 New York 100 003 01x — 5 8 1 Beachy, D.Carpenter (7), S.Downs (7), Ayala (7) and McCann; Z.Wheeler, C.Torres (7), Rice (7), Germen (8), Hawkins (9) and T.d’Arnaud. W—Z. Wheeler 6-2. L—Beachy 2-1. Sv—Hawkins (5).

HRs—New York, Byrd (21), I.Davis (8).

Wash.

100 001 002 — 4 14 2 Chicago 000 100 001 — 2 6 1 Haren, Storen (7), Clippard (8), R.Soriano (9) and W.Ramos; Rusin, B.Parker (6), Strop (8), Russell (9), Gregg (9), Bowden (9) and Castillo. W—Haren 8-11. L—Rusin 2-3. Sv—R.Soriano (32). HRs— Chicago, Bogusevic (1), Do.Murphy (7).

St. Louis 010 200 000 — 3 8 1 Milwaukee 000 510 00x — 6 10 0 Lynn, Lyons (7) and Y.Molina; Lohse, Axford (7), Kintzler (8), Henderson (9) and Lucroy. W—Lohse 9-8. L—Lynn 13-7. Sv—Henderson (19). HRs—St. Louis, Y.Molina (10).

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL—Suspended Boston RHP Ryan Dempster five games and fined him for hitting N.Y. Yankee 3B Alex Rodriguez with a pitch during Sunday’s game. Fined N.Y. Yankee manager Joe Girardi for his argument over the same incident with home plate umpire Brian O’Nora.

American League CLEVELAND INDIANS—Released RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka.

HOUSTON ASTROS—Designated LHP Wade LeBlanc for assignment. Placed C Carlos Corporan on the seven-day DL. Selected the contracts of RHP David Martinez from Oklahoma City (PCL) and C Max Stassi from Corpus Christi (TL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Released 2B Elliot Johnson. Optioned LHP Will Smith to Omaha (PCL).

Reinstated OF Justin Maxwell from the bereavement list.

MINNESOTA TWINS—Placed C Joe Mauer on the 7-day concussion DL. Optioned RHP Kyle Gibson to Rochester (IL). Recalled 1B-OF Chris Colabello and RHP Michael Tonkin from Rochester.

Agreed to terms with 3B Brad Boyer on a minor league contract.

NEW YORK YANKEES—Recalled RHP Preston Claiborne from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Extended their player development contract with Stockton (Cal) through the 2016 season.

TAMPA BAY RAYS—Assigned INF Ryan Roberts outright to Durham (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS—Placed RHP Alexi Ogando on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 14. Selected the contract of LHP Travis Blackley from Round Rock (PCL). Recalled RHP Matt West from Myrtle Beach (Carolina) and placed him on the 60-day DL. TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Recalled RHP Thad Weber from Buffalo (IL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Sent 2B Willie Bloomquist to the AZL Diamondbacks for a rehab assignment.

NEW YORK METS—Optioned C Anthony Recker to Las Vegas (PCL). Agreed to terms with RHPs

Mitch Talbert and Daryl Thompson and assigned them to Las Vegas (PCL).

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Optioned LHP Raul Valdes to Lehigh Valley (IL). Recalled RHP Tyler Cloyd from Lehigh Valley. Sent RHPs Roy Halladay to Lakewood (SAL) and Jonathan Pettibone to Lehigh Valley for rehab assignments.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Sent OF Travis Snider to Altoona (EL) for a rehab assignment.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Placed RHP Chad Gaudin on the 15-day DL. Designated OF Jeff Francoeur for assignment. Recalled LHP Mike Kickham and RHP Jean Machi from Fresno (PCL).

Can-Am League QUEBEC CAPITALES—Released RHP Hugo Lalande.

TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES—Signed DH Pete LaForest.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Signed F Anthony Bennett.

UTAH JAZZ—Named Justin Zanik assistant general manager.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL—Suspended Denver LB Von Miller six games for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy.

ARIZONA CARDINALS—Signed WR Mike Thomas to a one-year contract.

BUFFALO BILLS—Waived OL Keith Williams.

Signed FS Jairus Byrd to a one-year franchise tender.

CHICAGO BEARS—Released WR Jerrell Jackson.

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Released RB Brock Bolen. Voided a trade with Seattle involving OL John Moffitt and DL Brian Sanford.

DENVER BRONCOS—Signed LB Paris Lenon.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Released LS Brad Madison. Claimed G Ricky Henry off waivers from New Orleans.

MIAMI DOLPHINS—Placed TE Dustin Keller on injured reserve. Signed LB Nathan Williams.

LOCAL

BRIEFS Football officials clinic Saturday The Central Alberta Football Officials Association will be holding a clinic Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Dawe Centre.

Anyone interested in officiating this season are asked to attend. The cost is $75, which includes lunch.

For additional information contact Ken Van Loon at 403-343-0594.

Kuehn tied for 36th at Canadian Senior Championship VERNON, B.C. — Lynn Kuehn of Lacombe led the Central Alberta contingent at the Royale Cup Canadian Senior Women’s Golf Championship during the opening round Tuesday of the 54-hole event.

Kuehn shot an 81 to sit in a tie for 36th in the field of 106. Cheryl Van Dornick of Camrose came in with an 83 and is tied for 53rd while Sharon Peart of Red Deer is tied for 85th after a 90.

Holly Horwood of Vancouver had an even-par 71 and holds a two-stroke lead over three others.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed DE Spencer Nealy.

NEW YORK GIANTS—Waived WR Keith Carlos and G Chris DeGeare.

OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed OT Tony Hills.

Claimed LB Chase Thomas off waivers from New Orleans.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Released OT Ed Wang.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Traded OL John Moffitt to Denver for DT Sealver Siliga.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Signed DE Trevor Scott.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Signed DB Bo Smith to the practice roster.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed D Mark Fistric to a one-year contract.

BOSTON BRUINS—Promoted Keith Gretzky to director of amateur scouting. Named P.J. Axelsson European amateur scout and Keith Sullivan amateur scout. Renewed their affiliation agreement with South Carolina (ECHL).

CAROLINA HURRICANES—Agreed to terms with F Zach Boychuk on a one-year, two-way contract.

DETROIT RED WINGS—Agreed to terms with F Gustav Nyquist on a two-year contract.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed D Joel Chouinard to a one-year, two-way contract.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Signed F Brandon Segal to a one-year, two-way contract.

American Hockey League HARTFORD WOLF PACK—Signed D Brendon Nash.

ECHL FLORIDA EVERBLADES—Agreed to terms with F Mathieu Roy. SOCCER Major League Soccer CHIVAS USA—Signed F Bryan de la Fuente.

CFL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

GP Saskatchewan 7 Calgary 7 B.C. 7 Edmonton 7 Toronto Hamilton Montreal Winnipeg

GP 7 7 7 7

CFL West Division W L T 6 1 0 5 2 0 5 2 0 1 6 0 East Division W L T 5 2 0 3 4 0 2 5 0 1 6 0

Jacksonville Tennessee PF 234 226 169 161

PA 150 186 164 205

Pt 12 10 10 2

PF 230 166 156 153

PA 174 205 201 210

Pt 10 6 4 2

WEEK NINE Thursday’s game B.C. at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Friday’s game Calgary at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday’s game Winnipeg at Hamilton, 11 a.m.

Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 2 p.m.

WEEK 10 Friday, Aug. 30 Hamilton at B.C., 8 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 1 Winnipeg at Saskatchewan, 2 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 2 Edmonton at Calgary, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 3 Montreal at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

CFL SCORING LEADERS Touchdowns (Ru-running; Rc-receiving; Rt-kickoff/punt return; Oother; Pt-points):done TD Ru Rc Rt O Pt Cornish, Cal 9 8 1 0 0 54 Harris, BC 6 4 2 0 0 36 Barnes, Tor 5 0 5 0 0 30 Gable, Ham 5 3 2 0 0 30 Getzlaf, Sask 5 0 5 0 0 30 Simpson, Wpg 5 5 0 0 0 30 Chiles, Tor 4 0 4 0 0 24 Dressler, Sask 4 0 4 0 0 24 Goltz, Wpg 4 4 0 0 0 24 Green, Mtl 4 0 4 0 0 24 Sheets, Sask 4 4 0 0 0 24 T.Smith, Sask 4 0 4 0 0 24 Stamps, Edm 4 0 4 0 0 24 Arceneaux, BC 3 0 3 0 0 18 Bagg, Sask 3 0 3 0 0 18 Charles, Edm 3 2 1 0 0 18 Ellingson, Ham 3 0 3 0 0 18 Koch, Edm 3 0 2 1 0 18 Lewis, Cal 3 0 3 0 0 18 McDaniel, Cal 3 1 2 0 0 18 Owens, Tor 3 0 2 0 1 18 C.Taylor, BC 3 0 3 0 0 18 West, Cal 3 0 3 0 0 18 National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Buffalo 2 0 0 1.000 64 New England 2 0 0 1.000 56 N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 54 Miami 1 2 0 .333 64

Houston Indianapolis

W 2 1

L 0 1

South T Pct 0 1.000 0 .500

PF 51 40

PA 36 43 39 51 PA 30 56

0 0

2 2

Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland Pittsburgh

W 2 2 2 0

Denver Oakland Kansas City San Diego

W 1 1 0 0

0 0

.000 .000

16 40

64 49

L 0 0 0 2

North T Pct 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 .000

PF 71 61 51 26

PA 39 29 25 42

L 1 1 2 2

West T 0 0 0 0

PF 20 39 26 38

PA 46 45 32 64

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Washington 2 0 0 1.000 46 N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 30 Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 36 Dallas 1 2 0 .333 48

PA 34 33 40 51

Pct .500 .500 .000 .000

New Orleans Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay

W 2 1 0 0

L 0 1 2 2

South T Pct 0 1.000 0 .500 0 .000 0 .000

PF 45 33 33 37

PA 33 31 61 69

Chicago Detroit Green Bay Minnesota

W 1 1 1 0

L 1 1 1 2

North T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .500 .000

PF 50 32 19 29

PA 52 41 24 47

Arizona Seattle San Francisco St. Louis

W 2 2 1 0

L 0 0 1 2

West T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 1.000 .500 .000

PF 29 71 21 26

PA 7 20 23 46

Sunday’s Game Indianapolis 20, N.Y. Giants 12 Monday’s Game Washington 24, Pittsburgh 13 Thursday, Aug. 22 New England at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Carolina at Baltimore, 6 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 23 Seattle at Green Bay, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Oakland, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 24 Buffalo at Washington, 2:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Indianapolis, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 5 p.m.

Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Jacksonville, 5:30 p.m.

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

St. Louis at Denver, 6 p.m.

Cincinnati at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Tennessee, 6 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 25 New Orleans at Houston, 2 p.m.

Minnesota at San Francisco, 6 p.m.

Marlins impressive at summer provincials The Red Deer Marlins Swim Club turned in an impressive performance at the Alberta Summer Provincials in Edmonton.

The club accumulated 13 gold, 16 silver and three bronze medals and finished fourth out of 50 teams in the team competition.

Edmonton Huma won the team title with 500.5 points with Edmonton Derrick Devil-Rays at 361, Lethbridge Orcas at 356 and the Marlins at 346.

Claire Halford and Cale Kooyman led the way with four gold each while Lauren Bettenson had three gold and a silver.

Halford won the 11-12 year-old girls’ 200-metre freestyle in two minutes 24.13 seconds, the 100m freestyle in 1:04.70, the 400m freestyle in 5:05.84 and the 100m backstroke in 1:15.36.

Kooyman captured the 11-12 year-old boys’ 100m Individual Medley in 1:12.15, the 100m backstroke in 1:14.14, the 100m breaststroke in 1:20.01 and the 50m breaststroke in 35.59 seconds.

Bettenson won the 9-10 year-old girls’ 50m freestyle in 31.74 seconds, the 50m backstroke in 37.24 seconds and the 100m I.M. in 1:23.07. She was second in the 100m freestyle in 1:10.66.

Liam Stalwick won gold in the 13-14 year-old boys’ 50m butterfly in 29.35 seconds while taking second in the 100m butterfly in 1:08.76 and the 200m I.M. in 2:36.38.

The other gold came in the boys’’ 10-and-under 100m freestyle relay where Jack Walton, Kaden Schiller, Owen Halford and Adam Hucal came in at 1:10.00.

Aiden Kooyman won two silver and a bronze in the 15-17 year-old boys’ division, He was second in the 50m backstroke in 30.53 seconds and the 200m I.M. in 2:31.36 and third in the 100m backstroke in 1:07.16.

Jane Gosling (13-14 girls), Sydney Hucal (11-12 girls) and Erik Sveinson (11-12 boys) all won two silver.

Gosling finished the 100m breaststroke in 1:24.53 and the 50m breaststroke in 38.61 seconds while Hucal came in at 1:28.45 in the 100m breaststroke and 38.06 in the 50m breaststroke. Sveinson had a clocking of 1:27.93 in the 100m breaststroke and 38.72 seconds in the 50m breaststroke.

Ryan Mah was second in the boys’ 15-17 year-old 100m butterfly in 1:05.85 and third in the 50m breaststroke in 34.41 seconds.

Owen Halford was second in the seven-and-eight year-old 50m backstroke in 30.53 seconds.

The club also won three silver and a bronze in the relays.

The 12-and-under girls captured two silver with Claire Halford, Sydney Hucal, Erika Driesen and Lauren Bettenson finishing the 200m medley relay in 2:28.93 and Bettenson, Hucal, Julie Gosling and Halford coming in at 2:11.80 in the 200m freestyle final.

The 10-and-under boys’ team of Adam Hucal, Kieran Monaghan, Walton and Schiller were second in the 100m medley relay in 1:22.81 while Aiden and Cale Kooyman, Stalwick and Mah were third in the 17-and-under 200m medley relay in 2:02.51.

Argos’ Ray and Riders Brackenridge MCLENAN ROSS/SUN JUNIOR GOLF TOUR awarded for strong Wolf Creek’s Nicolls play in week nine finishes second at junior THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Ricky Ray is the CFL’s offensive player of the week after leading the Toronto Argonauts’ offence to a 36-33 win over Edmonton on Sunday.

Ray completed 30-of-35 passes for 413 yards and three touchdowns as the Argos improved to 5-2.

Ray is second in passing yards (1,768) and touchdown passes (14) and first with a 78.1 completion percentage this season.

Saskatchewan linebacker Tyron Brackenridge is the defensive player of the week with an interception, two forced fumbles, two tackles and a special teams tackle in the Roughriders’ 24-21 win over Montreal on Saturday.

B.C kick returner Tim Brown won special teams honours with 212 all-purpose yards in the Lions’ 26-22 win over Calgary on Saturday.

Brown returned a first quarter kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown in the game.

Montreal linebacker Marc-Olivier Brouillette is top Canadian, finishing the game against Saskatchewan with three tackles, two sacks and two forced fumbles.

golf stop in Ponoka PONOKA — Ponoka native Jared Nicolls, who plays out of the Wolf Creek Golf Resort, placed second in the final McLennan Ross/Sun Junior Golf Tour regular event of the season at the Ponoka Community Golf Club Monday.

Nicolls shot a two-under par 70 to finish one stroke back of Nicke Vandermey of Edmonton’s Lewis Estates. Both were in the born in 1994-96 division.

Michael Harrison of Camrose was third with a 73 while Bradyn Thorogood of Sundre shot a 75.

Brandon Maxwell of Rocky Mountain House’s Pine Hills came in with a 78, which placed him in a tie for seventh overall and second in the born in 1997-98 division, two strokes back of Sikander Kaleka of Stony Plain.

Sam Hamelin of Stettler was third in the born in 1999 and later division with an 83. Brock Chelle of the Edmonton’s Derrick Club had an 80.

Emily Creaser of the Derrick Club won the girls’ title with an 82, four strokes up on Courtney Dickson of Innisfail.

Shaye Leidenius of Ponoka had a 90 and Daria Ledenius a 98.

The tour championship is set for Monday at Wolf Creek.

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Dempster suspended for plunking A-Rod

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — Boston’s Ryan Dempster accepted his punishment without admitting any misdeed.

The Canadian pitcher was suspended for five games and fined by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for intentionally hitting New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez with a pitch last weekend.

While Dempster still maintains he was only trying to establish the inside part of the plate and wasn’t trying to hit Rodriguez on purpose, he will not contest the punishment and began serving it Tuesday.

“I thought about appealing,” the Gibsons, B.C., native said before Boston played the Giants. “At the end of the day, I think Major League Baseball does a really good job of thinking through punishments before they hand them out. I thought it was in the best interest of us as a team to go ahead and serve my suspension.”

MLB senior vice-president Joe Garagiola Jr. announced the penalty two days after Dempster hit A-Rod in the second inning at Fenway Park. Yankees manager Joe Girardi was fined for arguing with plate umpire Brian O’Nora.

Dempster’s fine was $2,500 and Girardi’s was $5,000, people familiar with

the discipline told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the amounts were not announced.

Dempster was scheduled to pitch Saturday at the Los Angeles Dodgers but now could be pushed back to next Tuesday’s homestand opener against Baltimore. He will throw a simulated game on Friday.

Boston is off Thursday, and Jon Lester will be able to pitch on regular rest Saturday in Dempster’s place. Jake Peavy is set to go Sunday on normal four days’ rest.

“That has nothing to do with it,” Dempster said.

“I think it has to do with taking my suspension and put it past. There’s no point in carrying out an appeals process. We have other things to worry about and that’s going out and winning a ballgame tonight against the San Francisco Giants. I’ll take my punishment.”

Earlier Tuesday, Girardi insisted it would be “open season” on Rodriguez if MLB failed to suspend Dempster. Girardi had hoped for a suspension long enough to make Dempster miss a turn.

“I think I made my feelings pretty clear then,” Girardi said after the suspension was announced.

Dempster threw one pitch behind A-Rod’s knees and two more inside during the second inning. Then his 3-0

pitch struck Rodriguez’s left elbow pad and ricocheted off his back.

“You don’t throw at a guy four times,” Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia said. “He violated every code in every way.”

Dempster said he will never stop pitching inside.

“That’s a real important part of pitching to any hitter, especially a big power hitter,” he said.

Girardi sprinted onto the field, screaming at O’Nora for not ejecting the pitcher. Girardi was tossed as the benches and bullpens emptied, and Rodriguez homered off Dempster to spark a sixth-inning rally that lifted New York to a 9-6 win.

“That baseball is a weapon. It’s not a tennis ball. Or it’s not an Incrediball that’s soft. It’s a weapon, and it can do a lot of damage to someone’s life,” Girardi said before a doubleheader against Toronto.

“And that’s why I was so upset about it. You can express your opinion and be upset with someone, but you just can’t start throwing baseballs at people. I mean, it’s scary.”

Girardi said his profane rant at O’Nora probably was the angriest he’s been on a ball field.

Rodriguez was suspended for 211 games on Aug. 5 for violating baseball’s drug and labour agreements but is playing while he appeals. Red Sox

pitcher John Lackey criticized the rules last week for allowing A-Rod to play.

Girardi said prior to the announcement that if Dempster wasn’t punished, it would make Rodriguez “open season for people, and that can’t happen. It’s not fair. If a player is suspended for throwing at someone, they’re going to get their appeal. Are we just going to throw that out, too?”

Asked later if the level of penalty would make it open season, he responded: “That’s my concern. We’ll find out. I sure hope not.”

“If you suspend a position player three games, he misses three games,” Girardi added. “You can suspend a pitcher five games, even six games and he may not miss a start. The off days come into play.”

The Red Sox did not criticize the decision, saying their focus was on winning games and making it to the playoffs.

“We fully respect what MLB has decided to do and hand down the suspension,” manager John Farrell said.

“Never has it been uttered that it’s been unjust. To Ryan’s credit, he’s serving the suspension starting tonight.”

New York didn’t retaliate Sunday.

Girardi wouldn’t say whether there is a need to respond when the teams next meet, at Yankee Stadium on Sept. 5.

Kadri contract squabble the prelude to larger battle For starters, why the fuss now? over seven years.

Seriously, if Nazem Kadri isn’t signed by Oct. 1, We’ll see if Edmonton or Hall learns to love the we can all get worked up about it then. deal more.

Now? With 10 days before the CFL — again! — Just days later, Boston did pretty much the same doesn’t deliver a Hamilton-Toronto Labour Day Clas- thing with Tyler Seguin, giving him $34 million over sic? C’mon. six years.

It’s a story, sure, and the vast divide “We’re very happy that we’ve got a that separates what Kadri wants and what commitment from Tyler, we’re obviously the Maple Leafs likely want to pay him is prepared to commit to him,” said Bruins reminiscent of the huge driving lanes that GM Peter Chiarelli at the time. opened in the blue-and-white defence when That “commitment” lasted less than the Boston Bruins decided they weren’t ina year, and the Bruins were more than terested after all in a quick exit from the happy this summer to move Seguin, the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs. contract and the young man’s reputed Gaping, in other words. lifestyle to the Dallas Stars.

Really, it’s anything but unexpected, and So with Hall and Seguin, it’s been less about Kadri being greedy or the Leafs done one way. Big money, big risks. being cheap than about the absurdity that The safer path seems to be that seafter two extended labour stoppages in the lected by the Montreal Canadiens and DAMIEN past decade, one that destroyed an entire defenceman P.K. Subban, although it COX season, awkward flaws still exist in the coltook a brief holdout to get the deal done. lective bargaining agreement between the After missing four games, Subban got players and owners. $5.75 million over two years, good monSpecifically, teams and players are freey, but not the huge dollars he’ll get afquently ending up at loggerheads after the expira- ter winning the Norris Trophy last season. The Habs tion of initial three-year entry level contracts. With will be happy to pay up, knowing they have a true a year or two to go before arbitration rights become star on their hands. available, teams are reluctant to have to make a They call that a “bridge” contract that gets a playrather sizeable guess-timation of a player’s value af- er from entry level into his arbitration years, preter three seasons or less. cisely the kind of the deal the Leafs want with Kadri, At the other end, players who are able to be pro- who would prefer something much longer in term ductive NHL players at age 19 or 20 believe they with a salary that would put him at the high end of should be paid that way. the Leaf payroll.

Just prior to the last lockout, the Edmonton OilFair enough. He can want what he wants, and the ers decided they wanted Taylor Hall under contract Leafs, knowing the player really has no alternative for the long haul after just two NHL campaigns and other than the KHL these days, can be as hardline as awarded him $42 million (all figures U.S.) to be paid they want.

NHL

It seems very unlikely Kadri will be in training camp when it opens next month. If he’s still out when the Leafs open the season in Montreal, and if the Leafs get off to a slow start, the same misguided souls who screamed that he deserved to be a full-time NHLer well before last season will again scream that the Leafs must pay him the $5 million or $6 million per season he wants.

That’s how these things works, particularly in hockey-mad burgs like this one.

But if Habs GM Marc Bergevin could hold the line with Subban, who at that point was a more accomplished NHLer than Kadri is now, then Leafs GM Dave Nonis, blessed with a new contract himself courtesy of MLSE head honcho Tim (You Say Joffrey, I Say Jeffrey) Leiweke, should have no trouble staring down the young centre and his agent.

Just can’t see the Leafs caving on this one, but it will play itself out as these things do.

Kadri will bet that the group of David Bolland, Tyler Bozak, Jay McClement and ... and ... maybe Joe Colborne won’t be good enough down the middle.

And he might be right.

The Leafs, meanwhile, will bet that they’ve got the hammer and ultimately a short-term offer that will pay Kadri between $5 million and $6 million over the next two seasons will get him in camp.

It has happened with the likes of Subban, Logan Couture, Sean Couturier, Kyle Palmieri and Michael del Zotto. It’s a sensible approach in many ways to a particular CBA problem.

By November, at the very latest, Kadri will be playing under the terms of a contract that both sides will suggest displays a “commitment” from them. But it won’t be. Even if the Leafs get what they want now, a more bitter battle looms just two years away.

LPGA teen sensation Hull back to work after Solheim Cup triumph

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Charley Hull

EDMONTON — Charley Hull returned to work Tuesday, a New York Yankees baseball cap on her head and her country’s heart on her golf bag.

The 17-year-old made headlines and raised expectations sky-high on both sides of the Atlantic with a brilliant performance in the European victory Sunday at the Solheim Cup in Denver.

But Hull says nothing has changed.

“I’ve always aimed high, so I’m not really bothered by anyone’s expectations. It’s what I think and what I want to do,” said the five-foot-six golfer from Kettering, England, prior to hitting the driving range at the Royal Mayfair Golf Club to prepare for the CN Canadian Women’s Open.

Hull, the youngest ever to play in the Solheim Cup, racked up an impressive 2-1-0 record and took apart American Paula Creamer 5 and 4 in Sunday’s singles.

“I didn’t feel it (the pressure) as much as I thought I would. I felt like it was just another game of golf, you know,” said Hull.

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PGA: Several good years ahead of him “My game didn’t progress until my 20s and by then I was already a club professional,” he said. “Then by my late 20s I was married and early 30s I had kids.”

Burgeson still has several good years ahead of him on the Alberta tour, but knows the competition won’t get easier.

“I’m getting older and there’s a lot of good young guys here,” he said.

Red Deer native Todd Halpen of the Golf Canada Centre shot a 74 his final round and placed ninth at 141, pocketing $1,300. Joey Sereda of the Academy of Golf Town, Edmonton North, who is also formerly from Red Deer, Jacques Plouffe of Spruce Grove Blackhawks, who played volleyball at RDC, Scott Anderson of the host club and Kevin Broderson of Lacombe also finished in the money.

Sereda came in a tie for 11th at 142 after shooting a 73 and won $850. Plouffe had a final round 70 and was 15th at 143, which won him $650. Anderson finished with $531 after a final round 71, which tied him for 16th at 144. Broderson had a 74 for a 146 total, which left him tied for 23rd. He won $334.

Roy Hide of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club finished at 148 after a 76 while Jake Behiels of Sundre’s Cougar Creek shot a 78 and finished at 149.

Ryan Moore of Ponoka came in at 153 following a 77 while Todd Fiske of River Bend shot his second

“The crowds were really, really big.

People can find them intimidating, so I just kind of tried to trick my mind (to shut the crowds out) and go out and play my own game.”

Hull, who turned pro in March, will play in Edmonton as a sponsor exemption, but has already received permission from the LPGA to play on tour before she turns 18.

She’ll participate in the second stage of Q-school in October, and if all goes well she will be on tour starting Jan. 1. She has already been tearing up the courses so far on the Ladies European tour, with five runner-up finishes — but says she wants to tee it up with the best.

“I want to get on the LPGA,” she said. “Everything seems bigger. The players are better. It’s just playing in front of bigger crowds more, so it’s more fun.”

Hull has already made an impression by not standing out.

She has not courted sponsors in order to avoid distractions.

Her red and black Titleist golf bag is a monument to minimalism. Aside from her name, there is little to distin-

straight 77 for a 154 total.

Kevin Snell of Red Deer’s Golf Town had a 73 for 155 with Tye Friesen of Lacombe (74-82) and Aaron Pakylak of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club (7680) tied at 156.

Wayne Dick of Innisfail (76-82) and Brian Miller of Pine Hills at Rocky Mountain House (78-80) tied at 158 while Scott Bergdahl of the Lakewood Golf Resort at Sylvan Lake (83-76) and Red Deer native Jordan Krulicki of Sherwood Park’s Belvedere (7881) to finish at 159.

David Drake of Pine Hills came in with an 88 for a 173 total. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

JAYS: Second unlikely long ball hitter Nix was the Yankees’ second unlikely long ball hitter of the day. Stewart connected off Neil Wagner (2-4) in the sixth inning for his first homer since May 15 — that’s 173 homerless at-bats — to put New York ahead in the opener.

Just 1-10 in his career against the Yankees, the left-hander shut down a rejuvenated lineup by allowing two runs and six hits in 6 2-3 innings. He struck out Rodriguez all three times he faced him.

During the afternoon game, Major League Baseball announced Yankees manager Joe Girardi was fined $5,000 for his on-field tirade after Boston’s Ryan Dempster hit Rodriguez with a pitch on Sunday. Dempster was suspended five games and fined $2,500.

Girardi refused to comment on the suspension

guish it — no puppet heads or cutesy club covers (“That’s not me,” she said.)

The only personalized item is a fistsized stuffed heart hanging on the side done up in the flag of Great Britain.

Does it have special meaning?

“My friend gave it to me, so I thought rather than just put it in the (rubbish) bin, I’ll put in on the golf bag,” she said.

How about the Yankees hat? Big fan of America’s iconic sports franchise?

No, she said, it’s just something she picked up in England.

“I wear this hat because it’s more comfortable on my head than the other hats. I don’t even know what the (NY) symbol means.”

Hull is already known for her plain speaking. Recently she said it’s “silly” for some golf courses to have malemembers-only policies, adding, “We are all equals and should be treated as such.”

Hull’s father, David, said she got some of that from him.

“I’ve always brought her up to tell the truth, and be honest,” he said. “I think that’s what people should do in life. Say what you see.”

and fines but did reiterate what he said earlier in the day, that he’s worried a light penalty would encourage “open season” on Rodriguez.

“We’ll find out,” Girardi said. “I sure hope not.”

In the opener, Rodriguez singled to start the sixth — to cheers — and he scored on Stewart’s fourth homer of the season, a shot to left field off Wagner that put New York ahead 6-4.

But Rodriguez struck out five times in the doubleheader in seven at-bats. He came up with two on in the eighth inning of the late game, but grounded into a double play.

“I wasn’t sure what we’d get the second game in a sense. It’s the first time he probably had to play two games in one day, but I’m OK with everything,” Girardi said.

Rajai Davis had a two-run double in the first game, and was responsible for the Blue Jays’ first two runs in Game 2. He scored on Phil Hughes’ wild pitch in the first inning and had a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning to put Toronto up 2-1.

In the opener, Cano got his 200th career home run off Esmil Rogers in the third and had four hits.

His drive in the third pulled New York to 4-3 after Toronto went up 4-0 in the second against Ivan Nova (7-4). Cano added an RBI double in the seventh.

Nova allowed four runs in the second inning when Toronto batted around in the makeup of a rained-out game on May 19.

Kevin Pillar got his first big league hit in the night game — in his 18th at-bat, a liner over a leaping Cano.

Cano tossed the ball to the Blue Jays dugout and Jose Reyes pretended to throw it into the crowd. Pillar stood on first smiling broadly. The 24-year-old from California went 0 for 4 in the opener but got his first RBI.

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Burke joins Rugby Canada’s board FORMER NHL EXECUTIVE GETTING INVOLVED IN ‘SECOND FAVORITE SPORT’ first Nations Cup title earlier this month after beating England, 27-13, for the first time in 20 years.

Burke is already impressed with the men, who defeated the U.S. Eagles 27-9 on Sunday in the first leg of qualifying series for the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England.

Canada, ranked 15th in the world, hosts the U.S. in the finale Saturday at Toronto’s BMO Field. The winner of the total-points series advances directly to the World Cup, while the loser gets another shot with a series against Uruguay.

“They’re beating sides that used to beat them easily, they’re in most matches. They’re not in the elite group yet but they’re on their way,” he said.

Burke also sees potential in rugby sevens, which will make its Olympic debut at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

“It bears very little resemblance to 15s. But I think to me, the most exciting thing about sevens is we can attract an audience with our sevens program,” he said.

“We can get people watching rugby to say, ’This is cool,’ and then next thing you know they’re watching 15s.”

Prior to his tenure with the Leafs, Burke served as a GM with the Hartford Whalers, Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim, winning a Stanley Cup with the Ducks in 2007.

Hockey is still the priority for Burke, who is currently a part-time scout with the Ducks. A dual citizen, Burke was also GM for the United States men’s team that won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Games and is the director of player personnel for the 2014 Sochi Games.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — It’s a sport Brian Burke loves, and one that he is happy to follow closely whenever he gets the chance.

Rugby, not just hockey, has been in Burke’s heart for decades. He’s played it, watched it and will now take part in directing it as well.

Rugby Canada announced Tuesday that Burke is joining its board of directors, giving the former NHL executive a chance to get involved in what he calls his “second favourite sport.”

“I’m really excited about it,” said Burke. “I think it’s a great sport and I think the future of rugby in Canada is very bright.”

The former general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs first played rugby following a brief playing career in hockey. When he was a 23-year-old law student, Burke said he noticed the Harvard Business School Rugby Football Club practising near where he lived and asked if he could join.

“I never played before, never watched before. My older brother played a little bit but I wasn’t familiar with the sport,” he said. “But I learned to love it. I played for two years after I graduated even though I was practising law.”

Now 58 years old, Burke is an avid fan of the game.

He said he goes to as many of Canada’s international games in Toronto as he can, and once even saw the senior men’s team play Japan in Bordeaux, France in 2007.

“Brian has a deep understanding of professional sports in North America and, with his successes and contacts across the National Hockey League and be-

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Former Toronto Maple Leafs’ general manager Brian Burke has joined the board of directors for Rugby Canada. Burke says he is an avid fan of the game which he calls his ‘second favorite sport’. yond, we’re happy to have him involved with Rugby Canada,” Graham Brown, chief executive officer of Rugby Canada, said in a release.

Burke has had a long relationship with Rugby Canada. He’s spoken at several events put on by the organization and said he’s known former president Rick Bourne since around 1990.

He said his first priority will be to get more familiar with the senior women’s team, who captured its

Canadian Jays prospects start road to big leagues

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Vancouver Canadians’ pitchers and Toronto Blue Jays’ prospects Shane Dawson, left, of Drayton Valley, and Tom Robson, of Ladner, B.C., sit in the dugout before a minor league baseball game against the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes at Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — It takes some five hours to fly from Vancouver to Toronto. About 40 hours if you drive.

For a baseball player, the journey through the minor leagues from the Vancouver Canadians to the Toronto Blue Jays can take years. It’s a long trip many players start but only a few finish.

Tom Robson and Shane Dawson, two Canadian-born pitchers currently playing for the single-A Canadians, have taken the first steps along that road. They understand there will be potholes and detours, but remain focused on the final destination.

Robson, a 20-year-old right-hander, was born in Ladner, B.C., about 30 minutes south of Vancouver. Growing up he attended Canadians games.

“I used to be the little kid coming up to the fence getting an autograph,”

Robson said, relaxing in the stands at Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium prior to taking the mound for a game against the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes.

“I’m the guy on the field now, playing in front of everyone and signing autographs. It’s pretty surreal.”

The Canadians, one of the Blue Jays’ farm teams, play in the short-season Northwest League. It’s one of the first stops on the road to the majors.

Playing in front of family and friends has been a thrill for Robson but he wants more.

“Not a day goes by without me waking up and thinking about what the ultimate goal is, not getting comfortable where I’m at,” he said.

“Vancouver is home but this isn’t where I want to be. I want to be in the big leagues. I want to do whatever I have to do to get there.”

Dawson is a 19-year-old left-hander from Drayton Valley. While other kids

played hockey he concentrated on basketball and baseball.

“Being a basketball player has really helped with my athleticism on the mound,” said Dawson. “They kind of have the same thinking patterns.

“In basketball you have to think more on the fly. In baseball you have time between pitches to think about strategic moves.”

Dawson, who was named the Northwest League pitcher of the week earlier this month, has set a timetable for himself.

“My goal from now is three to five years to be in the big leagues,” he said.

“Hopefully quicker. You don’t want to get too high on yourself, you don’t want to get too low. This is what I wanted to do since I was three years old.”

Robson pitched five innings Monday night against the Volcanoes. He had five strikeouts, allowed five hits, gave up one run and one walk. He went into the game with a 2-0 record and 0.79 earned-run average. In 27 2/3 innings he’s allowed 21 hits, four runs, struck out 21 and walked seven.

In four starts, Dawson has a 1-1 record and 2.89 ERA. In 18 2/3 innings he has given up 17 hits, six runs, struck out 26 and walked four.

Clayton McCullough, the Canadians manager, said both players have major league tools.

The six-foot-four, 200-pound Robson can throw around 90 miles per hour. He has a good angle on his fastball, throws strikes and keeps the ball low in the strike zone. He has a good change-up and is still working on his breaking ball.

“He throws strikes with his fastball but he’s going to have to command it better,” said McCullough.

The six-foot-one, 180-pound Dawson needs to increase his velocity, which will improve as he matures. He has a good feel for the change-up but also must work on his breaking ball.

“He’s a terrific competitor,” said McCullough. “He wants to be perfect all the time.

“That’s part of the learning curve.

You’re not always going to be perfect, you’re not always going to be even good. That’s how it is some nights.”

Any player needs talent to make the

majors but McCullough said the proper mental attitude is essential.

“These two kids have a lot of talent,” said McCullough.

“They both have the chance to pitch in the big leagues.

“The physical stuff is there. It’s can they stay healthy, which nobody knows.

Mental becomes a separator for a lot of people. Can they handle the times they stink it up for four or five stars in a row? A lot of things you won’t know for a few years down the road.”

The two players have followed different paths. The Blue Jays made Robson the highest Canadian pick in the 2011 amateur baseball draft, taking him in the fourth round, 139th overall.

“At the time it was something to be proud of,” he said.

Dawson wasn’t taken until the 17th round, 535th overall, in 2012. He had expected to be drafted by Boston.

“The Blue Jays never really talked to me,” he said. “Their scout would come to my games, maybe watch an inning or two, then leave. All the other scouts would stay and talk to me after the game.”

Dawson and Robson room together on the road but have very different personalities. Robson is a Vancouver Canucks fan while Dawson rarely watches any sports on television.

Robson would race home from school to watch the Blue Jays on TV while Dawson never had a favourite baseball team. Both know where they need to improve.

Robson’s delivery has “a few flaws that have to be worked out.” He’s also adjusting to the professional workload.

“I went from pitching in high school once a week to throwing every day,” he said. “Getting up at 6 a.m., working out, throwing, practising . . . it really took a toll on me.

“This year I am more comfortable with everything. I knew what it was all about. ” Dawson believes he has the tools, he just needs to learn how to utilize them.

“I need to learn how to step back and not try to overpower guys or try to do too much, that’s the biggest thing for me,” he said. “These lower levels are kind of the development stages. You keep building on what you have.”

Vick named starting quarterback for Eagles

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA — Michael Vick took a pay cut and had to compete for his job when he returned to the Eagles.

Part of the choice had to do with the up-tempo offence mapped out by new coach Chip Kelly.

“I just thought,” Vick said, “this was the best opportunity, the best fit for me.”

Turns out, Vick was the best fit for Kelly.

With his first chance to put his stamp on Philadelphia’s offence, Kelly named Vick the starting quarterback on Tuesday, giving the veteran the nod over Nick Foles after a sterling effort in the preseason.

“He’s our starter for the season,” Kelly said. “It’s not a one-game trial basis.”

There wasn’t a lot of suspense with Kelly’s decision, which was announced after practice on Tuesday, and after the coach met with both players.

About the only surprise was the timing — Kelly had hinted he might not name a starter until closer to the opener. But Kelly, in his first season after coaching at Oregon, ended the mystery and will have Vick taking the snaps when Philadelphia opens the regular season at Washington Sept. 9.

“I’m not surprised,” Vick said. “I told him, ’Thank you, I appreciate it and I won’t let you down.”’

Vick has been solid in two preseason games, and Foles, in his second season with the Eagles, has struggled to grasp Kelly’s multifaceted offence. Vick has thrown for 199 yards this preseason and will take a 113.2 quarterback rating into Friday’s game at Jacksonville (0-2).

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PHOTO RADAR LOCATIONS Red Deer City RCMP plan photo radar at several sites until Aug. 31. Photo radar sites in school zones start on Aug. 28 and are scheduled to include 42A Avenue and Nolan Street. Playground zones include 55th Avenue, Vanier Drive, Ellenwood Drive, Dowler Street and Inglewood Drive.

Targeted traffic corridors include Oak Drive, 50th Avenue 49th Street and Taylor Drive. The RCMP reserves the right to change locations without notice.

FREE THE FUZZ FUNDRAISER At least one RCMP officer and one Alberta sheriff will spend 48 hours on top of Walmart at Parkland Mall to raise money for Special Olympics.

Free the Fuzz begins at 10 a.m. on Friday when officers will be hoisted to the roof.

Last year, the event collected $22,000.

Special Olympic merchandise will be sold to raise money and a fundraising barbecue will be held.

Activities will run during mall hours.

Free the Fuzz is held in cities throughout Alberta to raise money for local athletes.

Towns looking at trail REGIONAL TRAIL WOULD LINK PENHOLD, BOWDEN AND INNISFAIL

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF The groundwork has been laid for a recreational trail linking Penhold, Bowden and Innisfail, but any potential work on the ground is likely a long ways away.

The three towns and Red Deer County have partnered to investigate the possibility of building a regional trail that would link the communities.

Through a committee made up of representatives of the four jurisdictions, a concept plan has been put together that presents three possible routes a rural trail could take.

In the Regional Trail Concept Plan prepared by Edmonton-based firm RC Strategies, a trail from Penhold to Innisfail could range from 8.6 km to 17.8 km long and could travel along routes near the C&E Trail, the Red Deer River valley, or Highway 2A. A trail from Innisfail to Bowden, it suggested, would

be around 11 km long and could utilize an abandoned rail line or connect the Bowden Institution to the trail system.

The concept plan would also see the three towns further develop their municipal trail systems.

The report estimates capital costs for trail development to be anywhere from $29,800 at its simplest to over $6 million for a fully-developed trail. Annual operating costs could be in the range of $29,800 to over $200,000.

Red Deer County councillors voted Tuesday to move forward with trail discussions, though concerns were raised about any future financial contributions it could be expected to make.

The next step in the project steering committee’s work will be designing a consultation process to gauge public and stakeholder interest in the proposal.

The development of a trail linking the communities would require extensive negotiations with landowners in rural ar-

eas, and the province and CPR where the trail is near highways and rail tracks.

The trail could become part of the proposed coast-to-coastto-coast Trans Canada Trail system, which is to be completed by 2017 for Canada’s 150th birthday.

The Central Alberta Regional Trails Society (CARTS) helped spearhead the initiative and has a representative on the steering committee. The steering committee is hoping funding for the project can be accessed through grants and corporate and private donations.

In the last six years, about $1 million has come in to support trail development in Central Alberta through grant money, said CARTS president Debbie Olsen.

Most recently, a rural trail many years in the making linking Lacombe and Blackfalds received funding from AlbertaTrailNet and the Trans Canada Trail Foundation.

Still, Olsen said the towns

and counties that will benefit from trails “have some obligation to help to fund them.”

The concept plan cost $25,000 to put together, with grants from AlbertaTrailNet and the Trans Canada Trail Foundation contributing $17,500 to its completion. The remaining portion was cost-shared between the three towns and Red Deer County on a per capita basis.

Penhold council reviewed the report in July and accepted the trail committee’s request to continue participating in the project.

Bowden council, however, is deferring any further discussions on the initiative until 2014 budget deliberations, said the town’s chief administration officer Andy Weiss. Council believes the project is a good thing, said Weiss, but will wait to see if there is money available in its 2014 operating and capital budgets before deciding on whether to proceed. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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From now through Sept.

2, the mall will donate a backpack filled with supplies to Tools for Schools for every backto-school shopper who shows receipts totalling $250 or more for supplies purchased from mall stores on that day. Shoppers can also enter to win one of three Samsung Chromebooks being given away as part of the campaign, which is sponsored by the mall and two of its tenants, Walmart and Staples, and includes dropoff points for donations of school supplies. Visit www.parklandmall.ca to learn more.

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Enjoying a ride by the light of the setting sun, Paddi Thompson puts her horse Lyla through some paces at River Bend Stables near River Bend Golf and Recreation Area in Red Deer this week.

Dreeshen in Costa Rica for Assembly of ParlAmericas Red Deer MP Earl Dreeshen is in Costa Rica this week to participate in the 10th Plenary Assembly of the ParlAmericas, a network of national legislatures from the Americas.

A release from Dreeshen’s office said legislators from the 35 participating member countries will discuss issues of economic development, natural resource development, and food security during the Aug. 22 to 24 gathering in the Costa Rican capital of San Jose.

Speaking from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston between flights, Dreeshen said women’s rights in the poorer

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A 47-year-old Red Deer man faces numerous criminal offences after an extensive investigation by the Red Deer City RCMP commercial crime investigation section.

A complainant reported to RCMP that his business had paid more than $160,000 for 11 vehicles over a one-year period. The vehicles were allegedly never delivered as promised.

Instead, the suspect is alleged to have taken paid-for vehicles to various auctions/ dealers throughout Alberta. Nine of the vehicles were then registered by new owners throughout Alberta and Manitoba. Police say all the vehicles were traced back to the original suspect and business as being the seller. Two of the 11 vehicles have yet to be located.

Andrew Hannemann of Double A Auto was arrested on July 15. He faces 23 charges, including 11 counts of theft of a motor vehicle, one count of theft over $5,000 and 11 counts of fraud over $5,000.

countries of Central and South America and the Caribbean will be tied into the discussions on food security.

“We put a lot of effort into helping women in being able to set up their own businesses and being able to recognize a greater role primarily in food security issues,” said the Conservative.

Discussions will also be held around issues of security and the fight against drugs, with Dreeshen saying legislators will talk about some of the recent legislative activity and new alternatives being tried in some of the member states.

Uruguay has recently moved to become

the first country in the world to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana.

Dreeshen also said the annual gatherings have furthered Canada’s relationships with Latin American nations and helped forge the seven free-trade agreements Canada now holds with nations in the Americas.

“We have brought into force more freetrade agreements with Latin America than with the rest of the world combined,” he said.

Dreeshen is heading the delegation of four MPs and one senator from Canada.

Hannemann was released from custody and is to appear in Red Deer provincial court on Sept. 3.

Bitterman is accused of killing Curtis Leroy Rangen, 43, whose body was found on May 3 in a chest freezer inside his apartment.

Police allege Rangen was killed during a break-in at his home.

In a separate case, Bitterman and two others face numerous charges in connection with an alleged escort services scam in Red Deer. Charges include kidnapping, extortion, assault and weapons offences.

Bitterman’s lawyer was waiting for disclosure from the Crown so the cases were adjourned until next week.

Fatal collision remains under investigation RCMP continue to investigate a fatal collision near Consort at about 4 a.m. on Sunday.

Police say a motorcycle driver died at the scene after his bike collided with a fullsized pickup truck on Hwy 886, south of the town.

Neither of the truck’s two occupants were injured in the crash.

Police have not released the name of the motorcyclist.

Consort is 220 km east of Red Deer, on Hwy 12.

Accused in murder case to return to court A man charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of a man at a Red Deer Potter’s Hands apartment will return to court next Tuesday.

Mark William Bitterman, 31, appeared at Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday via a closed-circuit TV link to the Red Deer Remand Centre.

Ex-military commander to act as Sundre manager A former base commander from Canadian Forces Base Edmonton has been appointed to hold the fort while the Town of Sundre recruits a new manager.

Doug Wright, who most recently served as chief administrative officer for the City of Leduc, has been hired as an interim replacement for Sundre CAO Dean Pickering, who resigned for medical reasons. Pickering was CAO in Sundre for 10 months when he advised town council that he was unable to continue in his job.

Wright said on Tuesday that he likes the area but has not applied for a permanent position.

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Hunt on for a usable H7N9 vaccine PENDING RESEARCH SHOULD OFFER CLUES SOON

TORONTO — Can a usable vaccine against the H7N9 bird flu virus be made?

Studies that are about to start should offer clues soon, says the director of the U.S. government program spearheading the work.

Four flu vaccine manufacturers have started or will soon start clinical trials on H7N9 vaccines, with four more expected to conduct trials in the late fall or early winter, says Dr. Robin Robinson.

The work will cost the U.S. government about $100 million.

GSK, which holds the major portion of Canada’s pandemic vaccine contract, is one of the manufacturers working on the project.

It is making H7N9 vaccine at its plant in Ste-Foy, Que., but will conduct its clinical trial in the United States.

Most of the vaccines will be tested with an adjuvant, a compound that boosts the impact of the vaccine and allows smaller doses to be used per person — a result known as antigen sparing.

“We’re just trying to get some indication that the vaccines are immunogenic and certainly well tolerated and that the adjuvants are providing some antigen-sparing effect,” Robinson says, adding that preliminary results could be available in October or November.

Robinson is the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, the division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services tasked with

spurring the development of very good luck.” effects of adjuvants. And hopevaccines, drugs and diagnostic But in the past few months fully these newer ones will tools that might be needed for there have been glimmers of work,” Robinson says. public health emergencies. hope.

“And if a pandemic were The department decided to Animal studies have shown to emerge, then we would be commission manufacturers to that when H7N9 vaccine is able to have that as a choice to make and study H7N9 vaccine mixed with an adjuvant re- go forward.” earlier this year after the new sults were better.

Flu vaccine expert Dr. avian flu strain exploded in Just last week the Chinese John Treanor says he expects eastern China. flu vaccine maker Sinovac an- the trials to show adjuvanted To date there have been nounced its trial H7N9 vac- H7N9 vaccine will work.

135 confirmed infections, 44 of cine had been effective in ani“All the avian viruses are which have been fatal. mal studies and human testing tough to generate antibody to,” There have only been two would soon begin. says Treanor, head of infeccases over the summer, but exRobinson acknowledges he tious diseases at the Universiperts worry the infections will is more optimistic at this point ty of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical pick up speed when tempera- that an H7N9 vaccine that has Center. tures start to drop in the fall. a practical dosing regimen “So I would imagine that When H7N9 cases prolif- could be made. a standard, unadjuvanted H7 erated at an vaccine alarming rate will prob‘SOME OF THE ANIMAL DATA IS PROMISING in early April, ably not AND GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE THERE.’ many flu exbe very imperts worried munogenic, — DR. ROBIN ROBINSON just like the whether a usable H7N9 H5(N1 vacvaccine could cine) wasn’t. be made.

“If I had not seen some of But I don’t think there’s anyThe few previous studies those data, I would probably thing special about H7 that of vaccines against flu strains be as pessimistic as I would makes it different from anycarrying an H7 hemagglutinin have been last year. But some thing else. There might be — — the protein on the virus’s of the animal data is prom- but at the moment I don’t think shell that gives it the H por- ising and gives a little bit of there’s real data that supports tion of its name — were dis- hope there,” he says. that concept.” mal.

Doses as small as 3.75 miNovavax, a company which Even with massive doses — crograms — one quarter of the doesn’t currently produce a li12 times as much vaccine as dose used per strain in season- censed seasonal flu vaccine in used to protect against strains al flu vaccine — and as large the U.S., was the first to comof seasonal flu — the vac- as 30 mcg will be tested, in a plete production of its H7N9 cines didn’t trigger much of two-dose regimen. trial vaccine, Robinson says, an immune system response.

Because the virus is new to and the company started its Needing huge doses per per- the human immune system, it clinical trial in July. son would severely limit the is expected two doses will be Sanofi Pasteur, Novartis amount of vaccine available needed. and MedImmune have also globally if a pandemic with While the U.S. did not use made their vaccine batches H7N9 were to occur. adjuvants during the 2009 and testing of their products “This was always one of the H1N1 pandemic — Canada will begin soon, Robinson real gaps we’ve had,” Robin- did — it may need to go that says. son says. route if H7N9 goes on to cause The four companies still to “We’ve been successful with a global outbreak. make H7N9 vaccine are GSK, (vaccines against) H9s, H5s, “If it takes more than 15 mi- Australian manufacturer CSL, H1s, H2s, H3s and so forth. crograms per dose, then we Protein Sciences and VacciBut H7s — we had tried certainly would rely on adju- nate, which also does not have before and we’ve just not had vants and the antigen-sparing a licensed seasonal flu prod-

Growth of brain fitness industry prompts creation of new online memory checkup

BY ALEXANDRA POSADZKI THE CANADIAN PRESS When Marcel Wieder’s aunt was diagnosed with early onset dementia several years ago, the Toronto resident started to worry about his own brain health.

“It hit close to home,” said the 52-year-old public affairs consultant.

“Generally, I think I have a pretty good memory. But I’m over 50 and there are lapses at times.

I want to make sure that everything’s firing on all cylinders.”

In the past few years, Wieder has noticed his memory slipping a little.

Friends’ phone numbers, once readily at hand, have become tougher to recall.

“The question is: ’Is this within a normal range?”’ Wieder said.

“I don’t know what the benchmarks are.”

Cogniciti, a Torontobased joint venture between Baycrest Health Sciences and the MaRS Discovery District, is hoping to answer that question with a new online memory assessment, slated to launch this fall.

The short, computerbased “brain checkup” promises to tell users whether their memory is normal for their age or whether a doctor’s visit is in order. It also allows users to track their memory performance over time, so they can spot any unusual declines.

Cogniciti is seeking to ride the popularity of the “brain fitness” wave, a burgeoning new industry that one market research company estimates will be worth $4 billion to $8 billion globally by 2020.

The aging population and recent developments in neuroscience have made brain health a hot topic lately, especially as the “silver tsunami” of baby boomers heads

toward retirement.

Alvaro Fernandez, chief executive of California-based SharpBrains, said the brain fitness industry — which is comprised mostly of computer-based games that promise to improve your mental abilities — is already worth over $1 billion.

Fernandez foresees a world where people will enlist the help of “brain fitness trainers” to sharpen their minds and athletes will be able to use tablets and smartphones to check whether they’ve suffered a concussion.

“The field is going to grow to be as mainstream as physical fitness is now,” Fernandez said.

The Alzheimer Society of Canada estimated that a staggering 1.4 million Canadians will have Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias by 2031.

“People are more health aware and keen to get the best information today, and of course the baby boomers are right at the front of that,” said Dr. Larry Chambers, a scientific adviser to the Alzheimer Society of Canada.

“We have more people like that now than we’ve ever had in society.”

However, Fernandez notes there’s a gap in the brain fitness industry.

While dozens of training regimens promise to improve memory and other cognitive functions, there’s a lack of clinically tested assessment tools.

That’s the hole that Cogniciti is hoping to fill.

Cogniciti president Michael Meagher said the brain check-up his team is developing could help alleviate healthcare costs by diverting healthy people away, while allowing those with Alzheimer’s or dementia to identify the

symptoms sooner.

“What we’re producing is going to be just as useful as the home thermometer in terms of getting people to the doctor when they need it and reassuring them to stay home when they don’t,” Meagher said.

Of course, brain fitness isn’t only for baby boomers and the elderly.

David Cheslea, a 24-yearold student in Windsor, Ont., turned to a brain training regimen called Lumosity after a heart attack damaged his shortterm memory, peripheral vision and equilibrium.

“I’d put something down and forget where I left it,” said Cheslea.

“I was never good at remembering names, but after that I was brutal.”

But Cheslea, who had been doing a master’s degree in Ireland before his injury, was determined to go back to school.

After three months of playing Lumosity’s Internet-based games nearly every day, he said his memory and his peripheral vision have gotten noticeably better.

“I do see the improvements, and my family sees the improvements... but progress is a slow process, as they say.”

Some of the major hurdles Cogniciti could face include being able to market the product in a way that makes it seem credible and winning the

uct yet in the United States.

The MedImmune vaccine contains live virus, the only one of the eight to do so. That presents special challenges for testing it, says Treanor, who will do part of the work on the MedImmune vaccine.

The virus in the vaccine is weakened, which allows it to provoke the immune system to produce antibodies against H7N9 without giving people receiving the vaccine an active infection.

But there is a theoretical risk that someone getting the vaccine could be simultaneously infected with a seasonal flu virus, which could lead to the viruses swapping genes and forming a hybrid, Treanor says. If that hybrid carried an H7 hemagglutinin but had the spreading capacity of seasonal flu, it would pose a real pandemic risk.

So testing of the live virus vaccine will be done in isolation units, at the University of Rochester and at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. “The subjects, once they get vaccinated, have to stay in a room where they have no contact with other people until they’re not shedding the vaccine virus anymore,” Treanor says.

Time is of the essence for this study, if results are to be produced this fall. In order to further lower the risks posed in testing the live virus vaccine, tests like these are not done during flu season.

“The problem is we want to do two doses. So if we don’t get started before October, it’s going to be very difficult to get that done before we start seeing flu in Rochester,” Treanor says.

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approval of the medical community, said Fernandez.

“Will (doctors) understand the value of this?

Will they tell patients these things don’t work?”

Fernandez asked.

Chambers said it’s important for consumers to be cautious when using memory assessment tools and brain training games, because the quality of the tools can vary widely.

“Just like any health issue, you’ve got to do some critical appraisal,” Chambers said.

“If you’re going to go to surgery, you never just take the opinion of one surgeon. You get two opinions before someone cuts you up. Similarly, if you’re going to look at any algorithm for brain health, you’d want to look at two or three, and also look at a couple of critiques. You have to be a smart consumer.”

Deciphering the difference between symptoms of dementia and regular aging is the basis for Cogniciti’s new online “brain checkup,” set to launch this fall.

But there are also other hints that can indicate whether a moment of forgetfulness is a sign of something more serious.

Here are 10 things to watch for that could indicate someone is developing Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia: 1. Memory lapses that affect day-to-day functioning.

2. Difficulty performing familiar tasks.

3. While everyone may occasionally forget a word, people with Alzheimer’s may struggle to put together sentences.

4. Becoming lost and disoriented.

5. Displaying poor judgment, such as wearing a coat on a hot day.

6. Difficulty completing tasks that require abstract thinking, such as balancing a cheque book.

7. Anyone can occasionally misplace their keys, but someone with Alzheimer’s may leave things in inappropriate places, such as putting their wallet in the fridge.

8. Experiencing violent mood swings for no apparent reason.

9. Alzheimer’s may change someone’s personality and leave them acting out of character.

10. Losing initiative and becoming very passive may also be a sign.

— Courtesy of the Alzheimer Society of Canada

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Explorers for the modern age HEAD UNDERGROUND, ONTO THE ICE, TO MAP UNCHARTED TERRITORY guess,” says Nicholaus Vieira, a self-described “cave bum” who conducts cave tours and lives in Canmore.

The Raspberry Rising expedition will be risky, time consuming and expensive.

Tens of thousands of dollars have already been spent and the project could take years.

“We do this for fun,” Vieira says. “That’s the messed up part.”

Geiger says exploration has generally flourished in times of wealth and stability. And in a largely urban, pluggedin, stable society, it

makes sense that people crave adventure, he says.

“We’re comfortable, we’re safe, we’re wealthy, we’re well educated,” Geiger says.

“And so we’re in an incredibly comfortable place in the context of human evolutionary history. But there’s something that makes us want to go further, and to experience risk, and to test ourselves.”

Canada has long been a strong country for explorers, says Jason Schoonover, an ethnographer and spokesman for the Canadian chapter of the Explorer’s Club.

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Caving guide Nicholaus Vieira explores a cave near Canmore. Today, the Cabots, Cartiers and de Champlains mapping the wilds of Canada have been replaced with adventurers of a more amateur sort.

The New York-based Club, which has included Neil Armstrong, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay among its members, has given its highest medal to Canadians the last three years.

This year, deep-sea explorer James Cameron, better known as

the director of Titanic, received the Explorer’s Medal for his solo dive into the Mariana Trench.

In 2012, the award went to Alberta-based paleontologist Phil Currie, and the year before it was presented to ethnographer Wade Davis, who is from B.C.

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Under Mount Tucker in British Columbia’s Glacier National Park, a sprawling system of uncharted caves offers a group of unlikely explorers a chance to venture into the unknown.

These are not the cartographers of yore. Today, the Cabots, Cartiers and de Champlains mapping the wilds of Canada have been replaced with adventurers of a more amateur sort, armed with time to kill and money to burn.

The nine-member expedition, which includes an accountant and teacher as well as scientists and cave guides, is planning to head into the network of caves in October.

The explorers are all volunteers and trips such as theirs are on the rise, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society says.

The Raspberry Rising trip — named after the cave system’s hidden entrance — is one of several the Society says they have provided funding to this year through their expeditions program.

“The last probably two to four years, we’re seeing more applications coming in, and we’re seeing better applications coming in,” says Michael Schmidt, an explorer based in North Saanich, B.C. and the co-chair of the expeditions program. A separate program funds scientific research.

The program has seen applicants double from 2011, according to John Geiger, the president of the RCGS. That year, there were seven seriously considered applicants, he says.

For the 2012 and 2013 programs, there were 14.

The RCGS grants range from $500 to $15,000 for expeditions.

The grants go largely to experienced amateurs, for trips that straddle the line between field-work and adventure travel.

The expeditions must combine education and outreach — including social media campaigns — with physical challenge and remote locales.

“Ten years ago somebody might have said, well look, the whole country’s been explored, what else is there to do?”

Schmidt says.

“And you know we keep seeing people who are going out within our expeditions program, and they’re kind of poking into places that either haven’t been or have rarely been visited.”

Modern explorers bring high-tech equipment underground and use satellite technology to tweet from ice-floes.

Expeditions also consider First Nations’ histories before claiming to have mapped or documented a mountain or island for the first time.

In Nunavut, a twomonth expedition is currently underway to paddle across Baffin Island in kayaks the team built using traditional Inuit methods. The fourperson team includes professional explorers, a doctor and a professional kayaker.

Last week, a McMaster PhD student named Adam Shoalts began a solo canoe expedition to northern Quebec and Ontario, where he says

he will map several waterfalls he claims to have discovered last year.

This fall, the group heading underground will begin squeezing through tight passageways, scuba diving through tunnels of melt water, and climbing waterfalls frozen into slicks of ice in order to map the system for the first time.

And those are just the sections of the cave they have already seen.

“With the underground and cave exploration, you do not know what’s around the corner, what’s beyond your head lamp. You can only

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NEW FALL PANTS ARE ABOUT MORE THAN LEGS AND A WAISTBAND

NEW YORK — Pants are always popular, especially with real women and real lives to lead, but they rarely spark a lot of excitement. What can you do with two legs and a waistband, after all?

More than you think, responds the fashion industry this fall.

“Pants feed back into the overarching idea of personal style,” says Samira Nasr, fashion director at Elle magazine.

“There really is a choice in how adventurous do you want to be.”

She adds: “Pants are the go-to because they are the most comfortable thing, they look good and they are a functional garment. Women can go about their day and feel ‘dressed.”’

Still, can you get the compliments with pants that you always seem to receive when you wear a new dress?

Absolutely, says designer Nanette Lepore: Find your fit and a good tailor, and the kind words will come.

A teenager or even a young 20-something who probably mostly wears jeans or shorts has never really lived through a high-fashion pants moment, she says. This is her chance.

She can break away from leggings or skinny jeans — or at least try them in prints — and she should try the relaxed track-pant silhouette that has broken out as a trend, says Lepore, who designs a youthful line for JCPenney called L’Amour. “It’s going to be a little bit of a leap for her, but she’s going to get the coolness of them.”

“I have them on today,” Lepore said. “I wear them with a nice peasant top — I decided to mix it with something soft and feminine — but most girls will wear it with a simple T-shirt.

But I wanted to move it to a new place if we’re going to make it our new go-to pant.”

For a more sophisticated customer, she’d recommend clean, slimleg trousers paired with a tailored suit jacket.

“I really think the suit could be the new dress.”

And Lepore says higher waistbands are on the way.

As for the wide-leg option, it’s out there, especially a cropped style that landed on Nasr’s radar after previews of the resort collections that will be available around the holidays. She predicts there will be even more of them next spring, but adds that they’re an acquired taste and won’t be for everyone.

Lepore says women “just love skinny pants.

We will put other things on the runway, like that soft pant, which morphed into a cargo pant, but I don’t see a flared leg coming back anytime soon.”

The jumpsuit, however, is ripe for a return,

says designer Abi Ferrin, who spent three years retooling the silhouette to create one she thought would work for her own more curvy shape.

Ferrin is better known for her dresses, but she really wanted the jumpsuit in her repertoire.

Her newest twist for fall is a jumpsuit with the genie-style, cinched-bottom ankle.

“It seems scary until you try it on, but you put it on, and put on a tall shoe, and it looks great,” Ferrin says. “It’s work upfront, but it’s one and done. You get the ease of pants, but all you have to do is add earrings and a cuff bracelet.”

But trying on pants is something many women dread, says Devina Foley, vice-president of merchandising at retailer Loft.

She’s been dubbed “the pants whisperer” inside the company as she has worked with chief style director Alia Ahmed-Yahia to overhaul the design, fit and overall shopping experience for pants.

“There are a lot of women who need to hire a baby sitter because they know it’s going to take them so long to get pants,” says Foley. It doesn’t have to be that way; it could be a fiveminute transaction, she pledges.

The last time pants were a must-have for the important fall shopping season was about five years ago, and there has been improvement in fabric technology since then.

There are good options with some wool and some cotton — but all with stretch — that will allow for some drape but still have a smoothing effect, Foley says.

At Loft, the waistband also has become a little wider to create the look of a flatter middle, and the side seam down the leg has been moved forward slightly so the front looks slimmer.

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‘PANTS FEED BACK INTO THE OVERARCHING IDEA OF PERSONAL STYLE. THERE REALLY IS A CHOICE IN HOW ADVENTUROUS DO YOU WANT TO BE? PANTS ARE THE GOTO BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MOST COMFORTABLE THING, THEY LOOK GOOD AND THEY ARE A FUNCTIONAL GARMENT. WOMEN CAN GO ABOUT THEIR DAY AND FEEL DRESSED.’

Above: Product image released by Loft shows a model wearing a midweight scuba straight pant.

Right: A model wears a black watch plaid ankle pant.

When shoppers find a pant they like, they buy multiples, she says, which they don’t do when it’s a dress or a skirt.

Why? Part of it is loyalty to a flattering pant, she says, though it’s not as exciting as a cool printed shirt or expensive-looking necklace.

“It’s not the pant itself, it’s what happens around the pants — a sliver of the midriff showing on top, great shoes or accessories that you’ll talk about — but you remember where you got your favourite pair of pants,” Nasr says.

She says you need that perfect basic canvas.

“I take comfort in the fact that a great pair of pants is a great pair of pants.”

— SAMIRA NASR, FASHION

DIRECTOR AT ELLE MAGAZINE

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Noisy neighbours making it hard to enjoy summer Dear Annie: My husband and I are teachers and their toddlers have developmental or physical issues are home most of the summer. Our next-door neigh- that make it much more difficult to practice the kind bors have two toddler boys and a couple of barking of parenting you did. dogs. They are a nice family except for the continuWhy not approach them in a friendly way? Invite ous noise and chaos, which is especially noticeable them for coffee. Say that the noise levels are rather in the summer when windows are open. distressing, and ask whether there is any We can’t enjoy coffee in the morning on way they could give you a respite for an our deck or a drink outside in the late hour or two each day. Another alternative afternoon. is for you to close your windows, add fans, I realize that everyone has different plant bushes, etc., etc. It’s not as ideal as parenting styles. Theirs seems to be the having the neighbors be quieter, of course, “anything goes, let them express thembut it might be the best you can do. selves” method. I understand that small Dear Annie: I recently went through gaskids are noisy and throw tantrums. We tric bypass surgery. I have arthritis, and raised two of our own. But when my kids when the weight is off, my knees and hips had a tantrum, they were sent to their will be better, and I will have more energy. rooms until it ended. These kids scream I’ve lost 75 pounds so far. My blood presand cry all day long. sure has already dropped.

I honestly don’t know how they can These are all positive things, but thin MITCHELL stand it. At least we can shut the winpeople don’t realize how difficult it is to & SUGAR dows. Even my low-key husband is fed lose weight. They have no right to ask me, up. They rarely take the kids out in “How much do you want to lose?” or to public, and I can understand why. Is tell me that if I only walked more, it would there any recourse for us? I don’t mean help. If I could walk more, I would, but my to sound selfish, but is a little peace and quiet too knees and hips prevent me from doing much of that. much to ask for? — Venting in Oregon I’ve been plagued with weight problems all of my Dear Oregon: We understand your frustrations, life. Being overweight is a personal issue and not one but you are making a lot of assumptions about these I choose to share with everyone. Unsolicited advice neighbors and their parenting style. It’s possible that is unwanted advice. — Simi Valley, Calif.

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matters which will affect you profoundly. You might find a loophole in a specific pattern.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Certain family discussions could bring up some unfortunate past event. This experience will open up the atmosphere at home making room for more air to breath. Enjoy the sensation of relief that comes with it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Learn to quiet your mind today. You may be wondering all over the place and feel as if your thoughts are scattered. Recognize and accept some of those painful memories as being part of you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You are

probing for the missing links. You are questioning you merit and you strive to not make similar mistakes on the budgetary front as you once did. This should serve you as a valuable lesson to your present.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You have the ability to use your voice therapeutically.

Everything you say today can directly affect anyone. Somehow, you manage to grasp this non-logical communication and turn it into a transparent body language.

Astro Doyna is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

Ask The Dentist! by Dr. Michael Dolynchuk, DDS

“I Admit It - I’m Afraid” Dear Dr. D:

I have several gaps in my mouth where teeth used to live.

The partial denture I wear now is annoying, and I have heard dental implants could replace it permanently. My problem is I am very uncomfortable with dentists, and dental pain. I'm embarrassed to say I have gone years between appointments because of the bad memories from my childhood. How much pain is involved in implants?

A: You bring up several issues – but the most important thing is to let you know you're not alone! In some demographics (largely baby boomers) those who fear anything dental exceed 60%. The reasons are many – and an early unpleasant experience can last a lifetime. It can be a fear of needles, fear of pain itself, fear of choking or “the shot”, the sound of the drill, the smells or just going to the dental office. I have seen a male Olympic calibre gymnast literally tear the arm off a dental chair out of fear as local anesthetic was placed. We call these folks 'dental phobic' and our job is to let them know that times have absolutely changed in dentistry. It is not unusual for patients to be so relaxed they actually fall asleep during procedures. Pain is virtually non-existent in most dental procedures these days. This phobia, incidentally, is almost unknown to anyone under 30 unless adults have preconditioned children to expect pain!

Let's address pain and implants specifically. The experience is, on average, comparable to a filling. If an extraction is a 10 out of 10, and a cleaning is a 1 out of 10 – an implant or filling is about a 3 out of 10. In preparing for a dental implant appointment we use oral sedation or I.V. sedation to prepare the individual. With IV sedation most patients would consider themselves 'out' because they seldom remember anything.

With oral sedation the patient is responsive to verbal commands, has all his or her protective reflexes but almost experiences amnesia so the procedure goes by without concern. Because the individual is sedated and “frozen” there is no procedural pain whatsoever.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You display Wednesday, Aug. 21 a new way when dealing with an ongoing isCELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: sue. Some perceived failures or unresolved Hayden Panettiere, 24; Carrie-Anne Moss, matters can now be negotiated. Be careful 46; Kim Cattrall, 57 with messages that you are trying to convey THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Moon now as they can either heal or worsen your moves into imaginative Pisces and it makes situation. a tight connection to Neptune, which only CANCER (June 21-July 22): The help highlights our creative minds. that you receive now might The morning hours may seem come from unknown sources. It ethereal and forever lasting as appears that there’s an invisible this dreamy state will take us into hand willing to cooperate with a highly perceptive and psychic you. An unforeseen occasion will world. Let film and drama unite take you by surprise today. you to another dimension and LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The let yourself live a world devoid freedom that you get within your of criticism, perfection or crudity. relationships can feel so liberatEmbrace the power of intuition ing and invigorating. You will be and what it can do for you. in demand today so prepare to HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today go out in the town tonight. Don’t is your birthday, this will be a let your emotions get too seriyear where you will seek more ously tonight.

ASTRO privacy and seclusion than in the VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): previous years. Tapping into the DOYNA Saying the right thing at the right outer world and other surreal ditime can mean the difference mensions will greatly appeal to between a beautiful union and you as long as it offers you a relationships with others today certain degree of freedom and or it can be a total mess. Your gains are on connectedness to humankind. You are very the rise and you seem to gain in popularity. soulful, but this will not be as apparent to othLIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When someers. one comes up to you today for advice, offer ARIES (March 21-April 19): You have them the best guidance you can offer. This certain issues over money that is being owed might not cost you anything at all, but it could to you. You might not receive as much as you be similar to a therapy session to someone had hoped for. Despite this temporary anelse. Money issues aside, enjoy a night in the guish, you manage to rock on and your day town. proves to be quite frivolous and playful.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You could TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Others might go through a very restorative experience not be as responsive to your calling, but this today with one of your children. He or she won’t stop you from enjoying a nice boost of might open up to you regarding some painful cash stream. Your pleasures are increased

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Dear Simi Valley: People can’t help noticing that you’ve lost a great deal of weight, and some feel obligated to comment on it. The fact that they don’t know how to do so in a respectful way (“You look great!”) is annoying but common. Thank you for reminding folks to put their brains in gear before they open their mouths.

Dear Annie: I had to respond to “N.D. Rose,” the 73-year-old who thought basic email etiquette was too difficult to learn. That’s just an excuse for laziness. I’m 70 and have no problem using my computer effectively, but I had to make the effort to learn the necessary skills. I know a man who was in his 80s when he got his first computer, and he was soon emailing old friends all over the country without appearing to yell at them.

Most communities with a senior center or a library offer a variety of computer courses, free or low-cost.

There are also online tutorials. Family members who are computer literate can also help.

I get annoyed and discouraged when people my age reinforce the stereotype that we are too old to learn. Thanks for letting me rant. — Ontario, Calif.

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Actors Robert Sheehan (left), Kevin Zegers and Jamie Campbell Bower pose for a portrait at the Trump Hotel in Toronto, promoting the film The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones.

The witty side of life in a world of shadows ‘THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS’ STAR TAKES PAINS TO DISTINGUISH FILM FROM ‘TWILIGHT’ The rest of it — the ardour that has turned teenaged fans agog as the cast embarked on a tour of malls around the United States? That’s perhaps less organic.

“Never did I imagine with every mall it would get louder and (bring) more people,” said Collins.

“We did one in L.A. where 800 people showed up screaming, and it was like, ‘The film’s not even out yet.

to sit here and say that we’re perfect, because we’re all (messed up) in our own way.

“And that’s beautiful,” Bower said.

“Just because you’re in a movie doesn’t make you a sort of an idol. And it should never be that. I would never want someone to want to be me.”

It’s a hard thing to do, but the cast appears to be taking the long view as they prepare to shoot the next instalment.

TORONTO — Jennifer Aniston, Kate Winslet, Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jude Law and Hugh Jackman are among the A-listers heading to next month’s Toronto International Film Festival, a glitzy parade organizers touted Tuesday as ground zero for those seeking awards season glory.

Festival organizers say this year’s star-packed guest list also includes Sandra Bullock, Marion Cotillard, Daniel Radcliffe, Reese Witherspoon and Kristen Wiig.

The roster emerged as the final films were announced for the 11-day movie marathon, bringing the final count to 288 features and 78 shorts bound for the fest.

“I think that unquestionably Toronto is now positioned as one of the key — if not the key — festivals for awards-season launch, so of course many of the stars will come to the festival as well as the major directors,” festival director Piers Handling said Tuesday in a conference call with reporters.

“They’ve looked at the track record of Toronto over the last 15, 20 years, which is very impressive.

Many films go on to multiple nominations and we’ve had a track record of picking best picture as well as many of the best actors over the years.”

Toronto has done particularly well in predicting awards success for foreign-language films, Handling added, noting that over the last 25 years, 24 of the Oscar winners in that category screened at TIFF. Newly announced films for this instalment include Amir Bar-Lev’s “12.12.12,” which chronicles the post-Sandy benefit concert that featured the likes of Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, the Who and Paul McCartney.

Following the screening, concert co-organizer Harvey Weinstein will host a live discussion.

Filmmaker Ron Howard, meanwhile, will appear at a public chat to support his documentary Made in America, which looks at Jay-Z’s Philadelphia music bash. Howard will also be seen at the fest with his Formula One thriller Rush.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS if Collins has anything to in a world that lives in say about it. the shadows.

“Luckily, this DETROIT — He was the master of his genre, the You may think isn’t my first film, Dickens of Detroit, the Chaucer of Crime. you’ve heard this so I feel like I’ve ‘THERE’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THAT Pretty much every novel one before. been able, with Elmore Leonard wrote from COMPARISON, BUT IT’S KIND OF LIKE But The Mortal every project, to the mid-1980s on was a bestInstruments is deCOMPARING ANY GREAT ACTOR TO ANOTHER step out of boxseller, and every fan of crime cidedly different, es,” she says. stories knew his name. George GREAT ACTOR. THE KEY AUDIENCE MAY BE THE says 24-year-old “Hopefully, Clooney was an admirer. So star Lily Collins.

SAME TARGET AUDIENCE, BUT THE STORIES ARE this is just anothwere Quentin Tarantino, Saul “Ours has wit er character I get Bellow and Stephen King and SO DIFFERENT.’ and humour, to embody and millions of ordinary readers. which I think is — STAR LILY COLLINS step away from Leonard, who died Tuesday not so much in and step back inat age 87, helped achieve for the other ones,” to, and I admire crime writing what King did begins Collins, as she “It’s not even a se“The only thing we Kristen and Jennifer befor horror and Ray Bradbury sits in a downtown ho- quel.”’ can control is we show cause they’ve been able for science fiction. He made tel rattling off the difFortunately, she has up in a month and make to do independents and Elmore Leonard it hip, and he made it respectferences between her had her male coun- an even better film, and franchises. able. film and the brooding terpart, co-star Jamie hopefully people like it,” “People are able to When the public flocked to Twilight and The Hunger Campbell Bower, to lean said Kevin Zegers, 28, see them as different watch John Travolta in the movie version of Get Games — the character- on. Bower, 24, plays the who plays terse Shadow- characters, and I think Shorty in 1995, its author became the darling of Holdriven plot; the pres- dreamy Jace Wayland, hunter Alec Lightwood. that’s really important. lywood’s hottest young directors. Book critics and litence of a love cube, not and he’s seen this kind “I didn’t see Clary erary stars, prone to dismissing crime novels as light “Outside of that, the a simple love triangle; of fan fervour before, ap- reality of the situation as a vehicle to get me entertainment, competed for adjectives to praise the fact that her char- pearing in three Twilight is a Jamie’s Jamie, and anywhere better. I saw him. Last fall, he became the first crime writer to acter, Clary Fray, is not films and even making whether he becomes her as a vehicle to betreceive an honorary National Book Award, a prize merely defined by two an appearance in the (insanely) famous ... he ter understand myself given in the past to Philip Roth, Norman Mailer and men.

Harry Potter movies. hasn’t done anything dif- as Lily.”

Arthur Miller.

“There’s always goThe Mortal InstruHis philosophy? Let ferent, it’s just the perFew writers so memorably travelled the low road. ing to be that compari- things take care of them- ception of who he is. ments: City of Bones His more than 40 novels were peopled by pathetic son, but it’s kind of like selves.

“If none of us were opens in theatres na- schemers, clever conmen and casual killers. Each comparing any great ac“We’re in an industry talented a if we weren’t tionwide on Wednesday. was characterized by moral ambivalence about tor to another great ac- whereby we get scruti- going to do something The sequel, like the first crime, black humour and wickedly acute depictions tor. The key audience nized 24/7, no matter after these films, if this movie, will be filmed in of human nature: the greedy dreams of Armand Demay be the same target what movie we do,” Bow- were it for us, then I’d be Toronto, starting in Sepgas in Killshot, the wisecracking cool of Chili Palmer audience, but the sto- er said. tember. terrified. in Get Shorty, Jack Belmont’s lust for notoriety in The ries are so different,” “Are we ready? I don’t “This just opens doors Hot Kid. she said. “So (Twilight know. I don’t think it’s for us to do the kinds of and Hunger Games) has something that any of us films we want.” set some sort of bar in are ever thinking about, Collins shares their the sense that we’re al- really.” approach, and it’s a ways going to get comIf anything, his time wise move, since many pared to it, but really surrounded by shriek- — fairly or not — will they are like apples and ing fans has affirmed view her through the oranges.” the message he wants to expectant lens of JenniFortune helped bring send his growing and im- fer Lawrence and KrisCollins the part of Clary pressionable young fan- ten Stewart of Hunger Fray, a 16-year-old who base — that celebrities Games and Twilight, rediscovers that her moth- are not worthy of wor- spectively. er (and by virtue of her ship.

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JARVIS Irene Lenore Gwendolyn (Gwen) Gwen Jarvis of Alix, Alberta passed away suddenly on August 13, 2013 at the age of 85. Predeceased by her parents Alva Evenson (Anderson), Niels John Nielsen, her first husband (Cecil), companion Irving, and her brother Lawrence (Bud) Nielsen.

Gwen is survived by her loving son Russell Jarvis and grandson Terry Jarvis, sister Agnes (Happy) Lagore, brother Ken Nielsen, sister-in-law Reta Nielsen, numerous nieces, nephews and close friends.

Gwen was born November 3, 1927 in Acadia Valley the first grandchild to Rasmus and Clara Nielsen and later moved to Magnolia and eventually settled in Alix.

Gwen was an avid curler and travelled across the country with her curling team where she started her collection of pins. She was a member of the Carroll Club, Canadian Order of Foresters and an honorary member of the Alix Trophy Club. Gwen loved gardening and was very proud to show off what she grew. A memorial service will be held on August 23, 2013 at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel & Crematorium , 6120 Highway 2A, Lacombe at 1:00 PM followed by a gathering of fellowship and remembrance at St. Andrews United Church.

The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Canadian Breast Cancer Society or to a charity of your choice.

Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca When memory fades and life departs, you will live forever in our hearts.

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STEELE Ralph “Eric” Alan Oct. 22, 1931 - Red Deer, AB Aug. 18, 2013 - Calgary, AB Ralph “Eric” Alan Steele beloved husband of Kathleen “Katie” of Calgary, passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2013 at the age of 81 years. Eric was born in Red Deer and raised on the family farm in Willowdale before moving to Calgary in his early twenties. Eric started trucking once settled in Calgary, and founded Steele’s Transfer Limited, that Eric and Katie grew into a well-known and respected Calgary trucking firm. Eric was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Besides his loving wife Katie, Eric is survived by children Alan (Beth), Peter (Lynda), Brenda and Dennis (Helen); sisters Mona Cruickshank and Heather Swainson; brother Irving Steele; nine grandchildren, Matthew, Taylor, Kendra, Eric, Ashley, Stephanie, Stacie, Jake and Emma; two great-grandchildren, Charlise and Aden. He was predeceased by two brothersin-law, Robert Cruickshank and Richard Swainson and sister-in-law Carol Steele.

Funeral Services will be held at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY’S, Chapel of the Bells (2720 Centre Street North Calgary, AB) on Friday, August 23, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. Graveside Service to follow at Queen’s Park Cemetery. Forward condolences through www.mcinnisandholloway.com If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta, 200, 119 - 14th Street N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 1Z6 Telephone: (403) 781-1978, www.heartandstroke.ca.

NORTHEY 1923 - 2013 Mrs. Betty Northey of Red Deer, passed away peacefully with family by her side at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, August 19, 2013 at the age of 89 years. Betty will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 67 years, Howard; two sons Randy (Arlene) Northey, Bob (Sandra) Northey; three daughters Cheryl (Irvin) Bay, Lori (Bob) Burgett and Karen (Sean) Irwin. Also to cherish Betty’s memory are thirteen grandchildren; eight great grandchildren and her brother Kelly (Barb) Troup.

She was predeceased by her brother Bill Troup. A Celebration of Betty’s life will be held at the Balmoral Bible Chapel, located at the intersection of Highway 11 (55 Street) and Rutherford Drive, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. Memorial donations in Betty’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation (Units 22 and 32), 3942 - 50 A Ave., Red Deer AB T4N 4E7.

Condolences to Betty’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca Bruce MacArthur MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Funeral Service Red Deer 587-876-4944

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PHILIP 1934 - 2013 Mr. Ron Philip of Red Deer, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre in Red Deer, Alberta on Thursday, August 15, 2013 at the age of 78 years. Ron was born in Red Deer and over the years became a “jack of all trades and a master of one”. Ron will be lovingly remembered by his wife Laverna, four sons Steve (Gloria) of Penhold, Mike of Salinas, California, Doug (Shauna) of Red Deer, Darrell (Wanda) of Leslieville; one daughter Rhonda of Springbrook as well as numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Also to cherish Ron’s memory is his sister Marion (George) Hamm of Cranbrook, British Columbia; brother-in-law Dawayne (Ruth) Aldrich of Rimbey and sister-in-law Laura Philip of Red Deer.

Ron was predeceased by his first wife Jacqueline; his parents Archie and Catherine; brother Gordon and sister Margaret Monteith. A Funeral Service to celebrate Ron’s life will be held at the Balmoral Bible Chapel, located at the intersection of Highway 11 (55 Street) and Rutherford Drive, Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, August 23, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Those wishing to pay their respects may do so from 12:00 pm to 12:50 pm prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the S TA R S F o u n d a t i o n , B o x 570, 1441 - Aviation Park NE, Calgary AB T2E 8M7.

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ULMER Michael Shane 1970 - 2013 Michael Shane Ulmer of Red Deer went home to be with his Lord on August 13, 2013 at the age of 43 years. It is with great sadness he leaves to mourn his wife, Shelley; son, Dakota; daughter Taila; his mother, Della; sister, Shauna (Les); nephews, Hunter and Hayden McCallum, and many aunts uncles and cousins. He was predeceased b y h i s f a t h e r, C l i ff o r d i n March 2013. There will not be a Funeral Service by request.

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Elsa Frieda Potter (nee Befus) July 22, 1923 - Aug.18, 2013 With much sadness the family of Elsa Frieda Potter (nee Befus) announces her passing at the Drumheller Long Term Care Centre. Frieda was predeceased by her loving husband George (Bert) Potter in August 1995, her parents Peter and Katherine Befus, and brothers Peter and Henry Befus, sisters and spouses Katherine and Ralph Cameron, Pauline and Ulrich Schultheiss, Lydia and Hugh Watts, brother in laws and spouses John and Ellie Potter, Mick and Meriona Potter, Ervine and Arlene Potter as well as brothers in law Harry and Ivor Potter. Frieda is survived by sister in law Doris Potter of Drumheller and numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews and many long time friends. Frieda took great pride in remembering her caregivers names and took much interest in news about their families and friends. We as a family thank all the caregivers at Drumheller Long Term Care Centre and the Recreation Dept. for helping her keep her dignity and grace through these last 6 years while in your care. Thank you to Dr. Maceka and staff for the kindness and care to our family during her last very long days. Frieda loved music and for many years she and Bert sang with their friends The Happy Gang Singers from Downtown House Senior Centre in Red Deer. Frieda took great pride in her deportment and remained ever the lady until the time of her passing. Frieda was a teacher, clerk and accountant. She made many lifelong friends along the way and has kept in touch over the years via cards, letters and phone calls. She often commented on the fact she had a good life, well lived. A very private person, she dealt with her various health issues with a tenacity we all admired. She rarely complained about her lot.

She will be ever remembered and missed by all her family and friends. Friends are invited to join her family as we celebrate her life at Heartland Funeral Chapel, 4415 49th Street, Innisfail on Friday, August 23, 2013 at 2:00pm. In lieu of flowers, if you so wish donations towards the Recreation Therapy Dept, Drumheller Health Care, 351 - 9th Street NW, Drumheller, Alberta. T0J 0Y1 would be gratefully accepted.

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THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for F/T Exp’d LINE COOKS must be avail. nights and weekends. Must have: •

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You must have the ability to work independently as well as on a team. The selected candidate will have experience with Microsoft Office suite, especially be familiar with the use of Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. A basic knowledge of the following is an asset: OHS, Dangerous Goods, WHMIS, CSA Standards, IRP’s, Pressure Vessels as well as applicable industry related training (H2S, PST and First Aid).

BLACKFALDS Motor Inn -Housekeeping Supervisor Req’d. 1 F/T, $18/hr., 1 yr. exp. req’d. Fax resume: 403-885-5868 Attn: Jenny

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2-3 yrs. post secondary education.

2-5 yrs. training 2-5 yrs. on-the-job exp.

Provide references The hourly rate will be $13.10.

Call 403-347-1414 or Fax to: 403-347-1161

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1693338 Alberta LTD o/a Custom T’s Hiring Salespersons Parkland Mall, Red Deer, AB. Good English and communication skills, Customer service oriented.

F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends Salary - $14.00 hr.

E-mail: Reachiesales @gmail.com 1693338 Alberta LTD o/a Custom T’s Hiring Sales Supervisor-retail at Parkland Mall, Red Deer, AB. Experience min 2 years, Good English.

Supervise and co-ordinate sales staff, F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends Salary - $19.00 hourly E-mail: Reachiesales @gmail.com 1693338 Alberta LTD o/a Extreme energy Hiring Sales Supervisorretail at Parkland Mall, Red Deer, AB Experience - min 2 yrs, Good English.

Supervise and co-ordinate sales staff, F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends Salary $19.00 hr. E-mail: Reachiesales@gmail.com

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Automotive Accessories Salesperson

for MGM Ford Lincoln in Red Deer, AB! You will be responsible to the setup of displays, ordering material and providing advice about the merchandise to customers. You will also liaise with the sales and service department to schedule the accessory installs. Hours of work are Tues. - Thurs. 12-8 and Fri-Sat. 8-5.

Requirements: *Automotive exp. preferred * Great Customer Service * Flexibility Go Auto offers above average pay and benefit plans. Please apply today to hear more! Apply online today@goauto.ca/careers

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830 APPLY NOW NOW HIRING G.M. Tech or ASEP. With good communications skill and work ethics to work with award winning G.M. dealership in Lacombe Alberta.

Good hrs & bonus. for production.

Training provided .

Apply to confidential email: bert.rumsey@telus.net ARROW ARC WELDING is looking for WELDING APPRENTICE LOCATED BY Gull Lake.

Phone Brian 403-318-6760

Key Responsibilities • Focus on LNG and CNG safety and compliance • Ensure operations are in compliance with all provincial, state, federal, environmental, safety and hazardous waste regulations • Conduct regular audits and inspections to ensure employees and/or contractors are in compliance with company policies and applicable regulations • Conduct post incident investigations and reports • Create and review policies and procedures • Conduct training sessions • Prepare safety presentations for internal and external use • Maintain current knowledge of all applicable standards, regulations and industry trends

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DNR Pressure Welding requires B-Pressure Welders/Labourers for various projects in Alberta.

Long term employment.

Excellent opportunity for apprenticeship. Excellent benefit packages. Fax resume to 403-742-5759 or email: dnrwelding1 @dnrwelding.ca. Attention: Ryan. No Phone calls please. Drug and Alcohol program in effect.

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Carpenters Carpenters Helpers & Site Foreman For local work.

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

Requires Full Time

Requires

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SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

For local work.

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

Required Immediately The largest after market parts distributor in Canada is SIDING INSTALLER seeking a H.D. Parts person with or without trailer & to join our experienced tools.

F.T. year round team in Red Deer. work, must have truck and This individual would 2 yrs. exp. 90 cents - $1 require basic knowledge of per sq.ft. 403-358-8580 the heavy-duty truck and trailer market with excelSIGN SHOP ACCEPTING lent knowledge of truck APPLICATIONS FOR: and trailer brake and -Graphic Arts Technician suspension parts. (must know CorelDraw) The individual would have -Sign Installer and to be able to work -Sign Manufacturer unsupervised in a fast All positions require min paced environment. They 3 yrs exp and a clean should also possess Class 5 License. customer service skills that Apply by fax only to: would be used daily by 403-341-4014 phone and for walk in clients.

This position offers above average salary and is a full time position. We offer complete benefit package along with pension plan.

Please forward your resume to: TRUE POWER ELECTRIC Traction Heavy Duty Requires 8045 Edgar Industrial Crescent Red Deer Ab T4P 3R2 QUALIFIED OR FAX 403-342-7377 JOURNEYMAN Email: jwojtaczka@uapinc.com 2rd and 4th yr.

JOIN OUR TEAM!

LOOKING FOR APPRENTICE WELDERS/MILLWRIGHT Must be willing to travel, work heights, have valid drivers licence. Email: tracous@yahoo.com

MESSINGER Meats in Mirror, AB Req’s EXPERIENCED BUTCHER IMMED. meat cutting, deboning, sausage making and kill floor work. F/T (45 HRS) permanent position, $20/hr. Please call Joe Messinger 403-788-3838 NEEDED F/T Service Person for after sales service and set up of manufactured and modular home. Must have exp. in roofing, siding, flooring, drywall, paint etc., Competitive wages and health plan avail. Apply to James at M & K Homes, 403-346-6116

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We thank you for your interest; however, only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

Oilfield

ELECTRICIANS With Residential roughin exp. Competitive wages & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-314-5599 WATER WELL DRILLING COMPANY IN BENTLEY REQ’S EXPERIENCED

with class 3, air. All safety tickets required.

Meal and Accommodation provided when out of town.

Fax resume with drivers abstract: 403-748-3015

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BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net

CLASS 1drivers req’d for road construction. Truck and pup exp. Living allowance incld. Fax 403-309-0489

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GROWING COMPANY, TJ PAVING, needs employees with paving experience. Great Working Atmosphere. Email resume to: tjpaving@hotmail.com

Fracturing Operators Nitrogen Pumper Operators Cement Operators/Cement Bulk Drivers Acidizing Operators Heavy Duty Journeyman Mechanics / Apprentices

Labourers Wobbly Operator

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

Fax (403) 885 5137 Email: office@ccal.com Website: ccal.com

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

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The ideal candidates will: Be able to maneuver merchandise in excess of 100lbs • Possess exceptional customer service skills • Enjoy working within a diverse team • Hold a valid driver’s license (drivers only) Trail offers excellent training, flex days and a competitive compensation and benefit package.

Start your career with a well-known and respected company, become a member of the successful Trail team by applying in person to: Apply in person at #6 4622 61 St. Riverside Industrial District or fax to 403-347-3314 Security checks will be conducted on successful candidates.

DECK TRUCK OPERATOR POSITION, self motivated, mechanically inclined,, exp’d.

Will train right personality.

Class 5 w/air ticket req’d.

Call City Haul Towing 403-588-7079 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

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

GAMES DEALER SCHOOL

Cost $50 SCHOOL WILL BE STARTING Sept. 2-25 Mon. Tues. Weds. evenings 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 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 Integra Tire Innisfail requires full time Tire Tech. Lube Bay exper an asset. Competitive wages/ benefits. Email innisfail@ integratire.com or drop at 5020 40th Ave.

KAUNS Seed Farm

Now hiring for full time/part time position. Applicant must have Ag experience.

Duties would include Seed Plant, Farm Equipment, and Truck Operation.

Must have Class 1 license.

Seed Cleaning experience would be an asset.

Phone 403-886-4562 or David 403-350-2555, or Mark 403-340-9203

LOOKING for laborers and flaggers for road construction. Fax 403-309-0489

OUR Company will be interviewing to fill F.T. positions. Expansions have created opening in all depts.

Must be able to start immed.

$2500+/month 403-340-8788 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

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Family owned and operated, Trail Appliances continues to grow and due to this, we are looking to expand our delivery department.

Trail Appliances has always offered excellence in sales, delivery, customer service, and after-sales support.

The Company is currently looking to fill the following positions at our Red Deer warehouse location.† Appliance Delivery Driver Driver Assistant

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Timbrmart located in Lacombe Alberta, is presently seeking a qualified person to fill one Busy road construction of our full time DRIVERS for furniture company looking for Building & Project - Estimator moving company, class 5 positions. Candidates must FINISHING required (5 tons), local & possess strong computer long distance. Competitive HOE & DOZER skills with a background in wages. Apply in person.

OPERATORS both building and estimating, 6630 71 St. Bay 7 Minimum 5 yrs. exp, work including the ability to Red Deer. 403-347-8841 7 days a week at least 12 read blueprints, estimate hrs. a day, overtime and F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. projects from buildings to subsided pay. Please Minimum Class 5 with air decks, sheds, fences, etc.

Fax: resume to and clean abstract. Exp. Good customer service 403-309-1944 or email to: preferred. In person to Key skills, reliable transportainfo@tblconstruction.ca Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. tion, punctual, and able to Red Deer.

CLASSIC HOMES LTD work closely with customers, is now accepting resumes for deliver under deadlines, JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER and work independently on RONCO OILFIELD HAULING Sylvan Lake. Openings for Full Time Hours. 3-4 yrs. exp. multiple projects. winch tractor, bed truck req’d. Provide references. Competitive compensation drivers and swamper’s.

Must have Zoom Boom, First package including benefits, Top wages and benefits.

Aid, & Fall Arrest Certificates. to be negotiated depending Email resume tom@ The hourly rate will be on knowledge and experience. roncooilfield.ca $22.00/hour. Email: Please e-mail your or fax. 403-887-4892 wes@classichomesltd.com Resume’s and Cover letters including experience DNR Powerline and references to Misc.

Construction requires carey@timbrmart.net or Journeyman/ Help fax Attention Carey @ Apprentices/Labourers for 403-782-1766 various projects in Alberta.

Subject to our Academic Express Long term employment. requirements, only those ADULT EDUCATION Excellent opportunity for persons meeting or AND TRAINING apprenticeship. Excellent exceeding our benefit packages. Fax qualifications for this resume to 403-742-5759 FALL START position, will be contacted or email: dnrwelding1 • Community Support for an interview. @dnrwelding.ca. Attention: Worker Noel. No Phone calls NEW EMPLOYMENT • Women in Trades please. Drug and Alcohol OPPORTUNITY • Math and Science in program in effect.

Central City Asphalt Ltd. the Trades • GED classes days/ Something for Everyone evening Flag People Everyday in Classifieds

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APPLIANCE DELIVERY DRIVER & DRIVER ASSISTANT

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H.D. Parts Person

Independent Paint & Body and/or Fix Auto Collision is currently accepting resumes for experienced Prepper or Painter.

Apply with resume to 7453 - 50 Ave Red Deer, AB or email resume to reddeer@fixauto.com

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or equivalent skill level.

Required immed. Resume & references required.

Apply to 6758 52 Ave.

If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment, please email your resume by August 31st, 2013 to humanresources@ferus.ca or fax 1-888-879-6125.

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Sales & Distributors

Call Today (403) 347-6676 2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013 D3

FAST TRACK PHOTOS Call 403-309-3300 to get your vehicle pictured here

DO YOU HAVE AN ATV TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A SPORTS CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 BMW X3 AWD, sunroof, 6 spd. $13,888.

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DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2007 TOYOTA FJ Cruiser, C Package, auto., loaded 75,000 kms. Very nice, trades considered. $19,900.

403-598-0682

2010 CHEV Silverado 1500 LT Z71, custom bumpers, cold air intake. $24,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

2001 BMW Z3 loaded, 5 spd. manual, 2 tone leather int. new windshield & tires. $11,500 obo 403-755-2760

DO YOU HAVE VEHICLE ACCESSORIES

2006 GMC Sierra 2500 HD Exc. cond. Loaded, $10,900.

403-340-3562

2008 BMW 335i, lthr., 65,955 kms, nav., $25888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

1990 VANGUARD 28’ 460 Ford, air, cruise, sleeps 6, rear bed, full shower & bath, 73,500 kms. $12,000.

403-302-8061

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK CAMPER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 FORD Freestar.

Perfect in every way.

190,000 km. All options incl. remote start. New tires. New windshield. Asking $8000.

587-377-3547

2007 530 XI BMW. Original Owner, 143,000 km.

Exc. Cond. ALL WHEEL DRIVE. Regularly Maintained, Fully Loaded! $27,850.

Call 403-350-4323

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2010 DODGE Journey RT sunroof, leather,

1991 International dump truck, 3406 B Cat, runs like a clock, 13 spd., good trans., $10,000. ***SOLD***

2002 CHEV Avalanche, 4 dr, box cover, loaded, no leather, only 165,000 kms $5650. 403-348-9746

2004 KIA Sorento LX, 4X4, 77859 kms., $8,888.

2008 GMC Acadia SLE

348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A HEAVY TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2002 LEXUS SC 430 convertible/hardtop $14,888.

DO YOU HAVE A JEEP TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2007 F150 CREWCAB 4X4 XLT. Loaded, very nice shape in and out. $6950 403-348-9746

2008 LUCERNE CX, 131,000 kms., well maint. $12,500.

403-346-1623

2010 MERCEDES BENZ GLK 350 lthr.,

1993 BMW 323 iS 196,000 km. Like new.

Lots of extras. $9900.

403-357-4848

2002 T-BIRD hard-top, convertible, red, int. ext. like new, 81,000 hwy. kms. $23,000. firm.

403-347-4915

2005 Gulf Stream 40’

2007 HONDA CRV EXL, awd, lthr., sun roof, command start, 134,000 kms. $16,500. obo.

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2008 MERCEDES BENZ CLK 350 sunroof,

1997 DODGE Ram 1500 145,000 km. Manual, 4x4, gas, canopy. $6500 obo.

403-728-3161 or 304-4239

2003 CHEV 2500, 4x4 S/C, loaded, leather. very nice shape in and out. sunroof. $4950. ***SOLD***

2005 TOYOTA Spyder MR2 Roadster, 64,527 kms., 5 spd, $16,888.

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A SEADOO TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

1999 MALIBOU 21’8”, w/trailer, Inboard V8, 325 hp $20,000.

403-607-2958

2003 Ford Excursion 4X4, 7.3 L diesel, $16,888.

1984 CORVETTE new engine, $8888 348-8788 Sport & Import

1992 30’ FLEETWOOD Southwind, fully self contained, very good cond, sacrifice $11,000 403-347-7893 598-3104

TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

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4 slides, 8.1 GMC workhorse, loaded, 1 owner, beautiful cond. $66,000.

780-372-2079

AWD, $20, 888. 7652 - 50 Ave., Sport & Import

sunroofs, 98,295 kms., $29,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2010 SILVERADO 1500 LTZ silver, 90,000.

403-346-2608

nav., 20,415 kms, $32,888. **SOLD** Sport & Import

2007 INFINITY G35X, lthr. sunroof, nav., $20,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 SMART Passion

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2006 CHEVY Trailblazer SS 1 owner, exc. shape. $16,999.

403-357-4848

2007 LAND Rover Range Rover, 4X4, supercharged V-8, loaded, $33,888. 7652-50 Ave. Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A DIRT BIKE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2011 VW Diesel Jetta Highline 6 spd.

Michelin X-Ice tires ($1450) $23,450, 67,000 kms. 403-588-6294

2006 CRESTLINER Sport Fish SST. C/W 225 Evinrude Etec, elec. down riggers, 110 low ramce, all safety gear. Asking $50,600.

403-340-2535

2007 SUBURBAN 1500 LT loaded, new tires. DVD, 103,000 km. 403-346-2608

2010 CAMARO 1LT, sunroof, Synergy Green package, 29,638 kms., $23,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

2012 Silverado LT 4x4 for sale. Power seats, mirrors, step rails. 13,000 km. $29,900. 403-843-1162, Ron

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Houses/ Duplexes

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SYLVAN LAKE SEARS Fibertex 2 window 5 fully furnished rentals, shade w/scalloped hem, incds dishes, bedding, pale rose, 64 1/4”w x 66”l, cable, util. Avail. weekly/ thermoguard protection monthly starting Sept. 1, room darkening, $35; 7’ General labourers pine cone Christmas tree, 2013 - June 15, 2014. $1000 to $1500/mo. 403-880-0210. $80 403-227-0499.

Cash are needed to do framing, only cleaning, reinforcing, SYLVAN LAKE recent reno’d pouring and other precast 900 sq.ft. 3 bdrm. bungalow, related jobs. All applicants hardwood/tile, 5 appls, must be flexible for hours Office furn. $1250, unfurn. $1100 Supplies and dedicated due to a avail. Sept.1 403-874-5554 demanding production FILING CABINET(Pro schedule. Benefits are Source) 55”h x 3’w x18” d. Condos/ paid and lots of overtime.

Own transportation to work Grey. $200. 403-347-0273 Townhouses is needed. Please fax resume to 403 885 5516 103 ADDINGTON DR. or email to k.kooiker@ 2 bdrm. 1.5 bath. Avail.

Cats eaglebuilders.ca. We immed. 403-506-3233 thank all applicants for their applications, but only 2 BDRM., 2 bath condo, in 2 F. KITTENS those selected for an interAnders $1300 rent & d.d. + TO GIVE AWAY. view will be contacted. utils. Avail. Sept. no pets.

Very friendly outdoor kittens, not used to dogs. Ref’s. req’d. 403-346-6521 RUN’N ON EMPTY For loving home. Bring 3RD FLOOR Requires Mature, Reliable kennel. 403-782-3031 Cashiers for various shifts.

- 2 Bdrm. Condo For SIAMESE (1)and Full/Part time.

Cheap Cheap Cheap!!

(3) BURMAN kittens.

ALSO LOOKING FOR With assigned parking, a $40/ea.

P/T DELI ASSISTANT dishwasher & plenty of 403-887-3649 Please apply with resume to space. With Heat & Water 5101 - 76 Street, Red Deer incl. this is a steal at just $1025/mo. A central SOURCE ADULT VIDEO Sporting location will let you bike or requires mature P/T help Goods walk to the downtown area.

3 pm-11 pm. weekends Call Lucie at 403-396-9554 Fax resume to: 11 PIECE SPALDING to have a look.

403-346-9099 or drop off to: MEN’S RH GOLF CLUBS. Hearthstone 403-314-0099 3301-Gaetz Avenue Bag and Cart included.

INGLEWOOD, 2 bdrm, 2 THE BURNT LAKE $75. 403-347-5385 bath exec condo. Heated GENERAL STORE underground parking. is looking for F/T Customer $1350 includes all utilities.

Travel Service person for shift (403) 350-3722 or 342-3279. work. Please apply in Packages person, Hwy. 11 West.

KITSON CLOSE No phone calls please.

Condo For Sale In Cabo newer exec. 3 bdrm.

San Lucas México. bi-level townhouse 1447 $229000 USD. Two bdrm. sq. ft. 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, Condo. Down Town, Pool blinds, lg. balcony, fenced view. One minute walk to in rear, front/rear parking, the beach Toll Free no dogs, rent $1445 Canada: 1-855-214-5941.

SD $1000. n/s For more pictures & info.

Avail. Sept. 1 www.Condoforsalecabo403-304-7576 / 347-7545 THE TASTY BAKERY sanlucas.com KYTE CRES. P/T OPPORTUNITY TRAVEL ALBERTA & Kelloway Cres.

Afternoons, Alberta offers No early mornings, Lovely 3 level exec.

SOMETHING No late nights 3 bdrm. townhouse for everyone.

No Sundays, 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, Make your travel Apply in person at: concrete patio, blinds, plans now.

Bay #1, 2319 Taylor Drive front/rear parking, no dogs, (directly behind Nutters) n/s, rent $1445 SD $1000 Avail. Sept. 1.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545

Precast Concrete Plant in Blackfalds, AB, is looking for new team members to join an enthusiastic and rapidly expanding company.

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Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

EquipmentHeavy

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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Farmers' Market

1650

RED mammoth raspberries, Evans sour cherries www.redlodgeupick.com

Firewood

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AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood Spruce, Pine, Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

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WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

ROUND bales, Alfalfa Timothy Brome mix, $50/bale; Clover Alfalfa Timothy mix $40/bale 780-975-3313

SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

VARY RARE 3 BDRM. APT!!

Bldg located on a quiet close backing onto treed area. Spacious home c/w dishwasher, larger storage area & more. Short walk to schools & Parks. Starting at $1050/mo. Heat & Water incl. in rent. Call Lucie at 403-396-9554 to book a viewing.

Hearthstone 403-314-0099

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OPPOSITE HOSPITAL Large adult 2 bdrm. apt., balcony, No pets. $800 rent/SD, heat/water incld., 403-346-5885

STYLISH 2 BDRM. just south of Hospital This 3rd floor 2 bdrm. apt. is in a quiet,

adult only building.

In a quiet & calm location, assigned off street parking & a dishwasher, this could be the home you are looking for. Perfect for young professionals. Just $995/mo.

Come take a look at a bldg you will be proud to show off and call home.

Call Lucie now at 403-396-9554 before it’s gone.

Hearthstone 403-314-0099

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1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Roommates Wanted

3080

ACREAGE Home to share N/S, within 5 mins. of RD $425+ , 403-357-9352 F. preferred for 3 bdrm. renovated home, includes all utils, $450/mo. DD $450 403-986-8656 FURN. ROOM, use of full house, utils. & internet. all incl. $475. 403-506-1907

Warehouse Space

3140

rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

Newly Reno’d Mobile FREE Shaw Cable + more $950/month Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 4 Plexes/ WANTED • 3250-3390 6 Plexes

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

2 BDRM. Blackfalds, duplex, complete reno’d., 4 appls., no pets $1000/ mo.+ utils., 403-318-3284

3 BDRM. DUPLEX IN BLACKFALDS

Great 3 bdrm home.

Functional flr plan with lots of light & space. 6 appls & immed. avail. Just $1325/mo.

Tenant pays Gas & Power.

Call Lucie at 403-396-9554 to book your viewing!

Hearthstone 403-314-0099

3050

ACROSS from park, 3 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $1025/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. Sept. 1.

403-304-5337

ORIOLE PARK

2 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1025 rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage. avail.

Sept.1. Call 403-304-5337

Suites

3060

1 BDRM. apt. across from hospital, 3rd flr. balcony, Avail. Now. $780./mo. no pets 403-877-3323

LUXURY EXECUTIVE HOME

MORRISROE MANOR

4020

PINE LAKE, AB. New home in gated community on golf course overlooking lake. Open floor plan, vaulted ceilings, chefs kitchen, fully dev. bsmt, master suite has fireplace, ensuite. Golf course, clubhouse and pool outside your door. Vendor may take trades or carry financing. Bill or Glen 780-482-5273 or email group.6@outlook.com

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

MASON MARTIN HOMES New condo, 1000 sq.ft.

2 bdrm., 2 bath, 5 appls., $189,800. 403-588-2231

Farms/ Land

5030

Cars

2008 FORD Taurus Ltd. reverse sensors, heated leather seats, well main, $8000 403-783-8180 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

5030

Cars

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at www.garymoe.com

4070

LAND FOR SALE

Locally owned and family operated

4090

5040

SUV's 2005 TOYOTA Spyder MR2 Roadster, 64,527 kms., 5 spd, $16,888. AB Sport & Import 403-348-8788

- Central AB. Power & well.

SE24-40-24-W4.

Oil revenue.

1 km off Hwy 12.

Call 403-747-2168

Manufactured Homes

2004 BMW X3 AWD, sunroof, 6 spd. $13,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Income Property

Houses For Sale

4020

1966 smallblock 289 w.C6 trans., $1200 obo 403-704-3714

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

5200

A-1 WILLY’S Parts Place Inc. Will haul away salvage cars free in city limits. Will pay for some.

Only AMVIC approved salvage yard in Red Deer 403-346-7278 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

services

4100

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

NEW DUPLEX, 2 suites, for $389,900. 2000 sq.ft.

2 bdrm., 2 bath. Mason Martin Homes 403-588-2550

Commercial Property

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

4110

SMALL / LARGE SPACES -Free standing - fenced yards For all your needs.

400-46,000 ft. 403-343-6615

4130

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta (403) 341-9995

5180

wegot

Cottages/Resort Property

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

Tires, Parts Acces.

Auto Wreckers

2008 GMC Acadia SLE AWD, $20, 888. 7652 - 50 Ave., Sport & Import

3190

wegot

2010 CHEV Silverado 1500 LT Z71, custom bumpers, cold air intake. $24,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

2002 CHEV Avalanche, 4 dr, box cover, loaded, no leather only 165,000 kms. $5650. 403-348-9746

LAND FOR SALE

- Central AB. 1 km off Hwy 12.

SW21-40-23-W4.

Natural subdivision, creek, oil revenue.

Call 403-747-2168

5050

Trucks

2006 HONDA CIVIC LX

2 Door, 84,120 km., original owner, great condition.

Keyless entry, iPod aux. jack, brand new battery.

Asking $11,900.

403-302-1138 (Red Deer)

5050

2 BDRM. mobile 4 appls, $1000/mo. + utils. avail. immed. 403-505-1315

wegot

Houses For Sale

1972 12 X 44, 2 bdrms, loc a t e d i n S t e t t l e r, f i x e r 2 0 0 0 M A L I B U 1 0 4 , 0 0 0 1 9 9 8 G M C J i m m y upper or lake property kms, $2800 403-506-3479 4x4 223,195 kms, $3200 obo 403-886-5199 1 LIGHT industrial bay $16,000 obo 587-876-7491 Looking for a new pet?

1143 sq. ft., one 10 x 12 Check out Classifieds to overhead door, one man 1997 MODULINE INDUSTRIES find the purrfect pet.

16x80. $49,500. Call for door, concrete floor/walls, Trucks photo’s. 403-358-8933 located Northland Busi1997 HONDA, 5 spd., 2 dr., ness Center. $1450/mo.

LIKE new modular home very clean. 403-318-3040 2004 DURAMAX SLT Call Cathy 403-318-2992 1440 sq. ft, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 260,000 kms, You can sell your guitar jetted tub in master, walk Celebrate your life $15,700 403-704-3714 for a song... in closet, 18 x 30 garage, with a Classified small deck, lot 50 x 135, or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Start your career!

ANNOUNCEMENT and we’ll sell it for you!

See Help Wanted nice location in Delburne, will do rent to purchase or carry 2nd. mortgage or Mobile willing to trade for nice Lot home in Red Deer 403-341-9639 755-8921 MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, MUST SELL 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

By Owner.

Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225 Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225

3040

LARGE 2 bdrm, with new paint, new carpets, security This 3 bdrm, 2 bath House cameras, private parking, Household in the Lancaster Subdivision new appls. to over 40 year Appliances is ready for a new family! old quiet tenants. Laundry Vacant now, this could be on site, heat & water incl., 36” & 24” USED Fridge / the home you’ve been looking no pets for $950 rent/$950 Stoves & 2 Inglis Coin for. This is a newer, modern damage. 403-341-4627 Operated Gas Dryers. home that you will be proud LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. Call Mike 403-342-4923 to show off. Space, Style & SUITES. 25+, adults only Location for only $1850/mo. n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 MICROWAVE You need to so this. Call $25 403-352-3030 Lucie at 403-396-9554 to get a look inside!

Household Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Furnishings 1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

NEWER 2 bdrm.. lower Adult bldg. N/S No pets unit duplex, 27 Iverson 403-755-9852 2 BAR stools like new Close D.D. $500, rent $50/ea. 403-347-7893 $1100+ utils., 2 car off ONE bdrm. ADULT only street parking pad, 5 DESK w/hutch $40; round apt. close to college, appls., avail immed. table w/3 chairs $30; $70/mo., avail. immed. no RENTED apartment size freezer pets 403-877-3323 $75 403-505-6612

1710

3060

Suites

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com Accounting

1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

AFFORDABLE WATERFRONT ON SHUSWAP LAKE, with own dock/buoy.

Cleaning Beautiful property in Sorrento only $229,000.

If you are 55+ look at VINYL SIDING CLEANING Property Guys ID Nr 65213 Eaves Trough Cleaned, or call Roger†403-350-8089 Windows Cleaned. Pckg.

Tanja 250-804-6436 Pricing. 403-506-4822

1070

Lots For Sale

4160

Pinnacle Estates

(Blackfalds) You build or bring your own builder. Terms avail.

403-304-5555

wegot

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4 YR OLD 2400 sq.ft. home, rear att. garage. Pie lot. $749,000. 403-358-0362 FREE Weekly list of CLASSIFICATIONS properties for sale w/details, 5000-5300 prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer Antique & www.homesreddeer.com MASON MARTIN HOMES Classic Autos New bi-level, 1320 sq.ft.

1982 CADILLAC Biaritz 3 bdrm., 2 bath. $367,900.

57,000 orig. kms., must be Dbl. att. garage. seen, $6000 403-573-1595 403-588-2550 403-357-8467 MASON MARTIN HOMES New bi-level, 1400 sq.ft.

Dbl. att. garage. $409,900.

Cars 403-588-2550 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.

2011 VW Diesel Jetta Highgarage. 403-588-2550 line 6 spd. Michelin X-Ice www.laebon.com t i r e s ( $ 1 4 5 0 ) $ 2 3 , 4 5 0 , Laebon Homes 346-7273 67,000 kms. 403-588-6294

5020 5030

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

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 FENCES & DECKS 403-352-4034

LANCE’S Concrete Ltd. Sidewalks, driveways, shops, patios, garage pads commercial. Specialized in stamp concrete.

Free Estimates 302-9126 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060 SCH - Construction for all reno needs. 403-307-6292

Escorts

1165

EDEN

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

587-877-7399 10am-midnight

Property clean up 340-8666

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Handyman Services

1200

ATT’N: Looking for a new sidewalk, help on small jobs around the house, such as small tree cutting, landscaping, painting or flooring?

Call James 403-341-0617 GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Massage Therapy

1280

Ironman Scrap Metal Recovery picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles & industrial. Serving central AB. 403-318-4346

Moving & Storage

1300

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315 Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Painters/ Decorators

1310

Executive Touch Massage (newly reno’d) JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

(FOR MEN)STUDIO 5003A-50 st. Downtown 9 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 403-348-5650

FANTASY MASSAGE International ladies

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

Free Est. 403-872-8888

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

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Support Ltd. for SENIORS. Companionship, cleaning, cooking - in home, in facility.

We are BETTER for CHEAPER! Call 403-346-7777

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 Window Come in and see Eavestroughing Cleaning why we are the talk of the town.

EVESTROUGH / WINDOW WINDOW / EVESTROUGH CLEANING. 403-506-4822 www.viimassage.biz CLEANING. 403-506-4822

1130

1420

DININGROOM table w/ 2 leaves, 5 chairs $125 obo 403-307-1586 LEATHER recliner w/footrest, exc. cond, $200 obo 403-307-1586 SINGLE bed, bookcase headboard, 3 drawers $35; 4 drawer chest w/large mirror $35; chest freezer 31.5” x 34.5” x 22” $35 403-342-7460 SINGLE MATTRESS & BOX SPRING. Seeley.

Practically new. $200.

403-347-0273

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

Make cash not trash!

#ShouldaUsedRedDeer

GAMEBOY w/3 games $60 obo.

PS2 w/8 games, $60 obo. iPOD SHUFFLE $60.

403-782-3847 JVC SPEAKERS, 100W, $80.

SONY STEREO, $25.

403-782-3847

Misc. for Sale

1760

DIE cast models, cars, truck, and motorcycles #14 6350-67 St. east end of Cash Casino JEWELLERY STORE COUPON. Stevens Jewellers in Olds.† $100 value, asking $50.† No expiry date.† Call (403) 342-7908.

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5 PC. 8 setting Queen Ann Royal Bavarian fine chin from Germany $200 obo 403-347-7893

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