Red Deer Advocate, August 28, 2013

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Hotel trade boosts traffic

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

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RCMP cracking down on cliff jumpers

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF

OCCUPANCY RATES RETURNING TO PRE-RECESSION LEVELS

A strong year for Red Deer’s hotel sector in 2012 helped push occupancy rates toward pre-recession levels.

Statistics provided by Tour- REFUEL RED DEER ism Red Deer INVITES TRAVELLERS s h o w t h a t a n TO STAY AWHILE B1 average of 55.7 per cent of the available rooms in the city — including Gasoline Alley — were booked last year. That compared with 51 per cent in 2011.

The increase was good news for the tourism industry, said Liz Taylor, executive director of Tourism Red Deer.

“We upped our occupancy by almost five per cent.”

That jump followed a similar rise from 2010, when the local hotel occupancy rate was 47.1 per cent. The figure in 2009 was 46 per cent, following the onset of the economic downturn.

The local occupancy rate in 2008 was 58 per cent.

During the first half of 2013, the hotel occupancy rate in Red Deer slipped to around 55 per cent. But Taylor thinks this number will improve by year’s end.

“We believe it might even be up.”

This optimism is supported by traffic on the Tourism Red Deer website, which is a good indicator of the interest and intent of prospective visitors.

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For those that have put off a trip to the outdoor pool in Red Deer this summer, there is no time to waste. Labour Day, Monday Sept. 2nd, will be the last day of operation for this season, and it looks like the weather is going to co-operate over the last weekend of operation.

Sunny skies are expected from now through the weekend, with daily highs in the mid 20s.

Innisfail RCMP are pouncing on those who take to the eastern cliffs along Gleniffer Lake for cliff jumping.

The convergence of thrill-seekers along the lake’s eastern bank has increased in recent years, said Innisfail RCMP Staff Sgt. Chris Matechuk.

More and more people have taken to the area to jump into the lake from the approximately seven-metre-high cliffs.

But the area is on Crown land that Matechuk said is not legally accessible to the public.

“Signs have been erected by the dam officials, but (people) seem to take the signs down and find alternate ways in,” he said.

The dirt road leading to the popular site is for authorized vehicles only, but Matechuk said people often drive down it and park along the road, drawing complaints from area residents who then see access to their fields restricted.

Other drivers pull off the road towards the cliff, he said, which is dangerous because “the cliffs are loose.”

To combat the increased use of the area, police are stepping up their enforcement of the space and implementing a zero tolerance policy for illegal activity and trespassing.

Matechuk said there have been no injuries from cliff jumping at the site this year, but in the past water level fluctuations resulting from dam releases have led to jumping miscalculations and injuries.

“It’s a safety concern because the bank’s loose and there’s no way of telling how deep the water is,” he said.

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Man serving life for murder guilty of perjury

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF A former Red Deer man serving a life sentence for first-degree murder has pleaded guilty to three counts of perjury.

Christopher Martin Fleig, 29, appeared before Judge John Holmes in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday to answer charges that he gave contradictory evidence while testifying in his own trial, as well as at the preliminary hearing for two of the three other men charged in connection with the same incident.

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Fleig and the others were arrested in connection with the gang-style murder of Red Deer resident Brandon Neil Prevey, 29. Prevey died in a hail of bullets outside a home on Ibbotson Close in the early hours of April 5, 2009.

Fleig was convicted of first-degree murder by Justice Kirk Sisson in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on May 31, 2012. Proceedings against the other three suspects were stayed following preliminary hearings in 2011.

Fleig admitted on Tuesday to giving contradictory evidence in his own trial on May 17, 2012, as well as during testimony he gave on March 24, 2011,

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in a preliminary hearing for two of the other three suspects.

Preliminary hearings may be requested to test the strength of the Crown’s case before proceeding to trial.

In court on Tuesday, Fleig asked that sentencing for his perjury charges be adjourned to Oct. 8, the same day that an appeal of his murder conviction is to be heard by the Alberta Court of Appeal in Calgary.

He told Judge Holmes that he wants time to seek legal assistance with sentencing. He asked that the sentencing hearing be held on the same day as the appeal, explaining that he does not

want to risk being transferred into a provincial remand centre in the event that his conviction is overturned and a new trial ordered.

Fleig said the lawyer who will represent him for the appeal hearing is a specialist and is therefore not available to represent him for sentencing on the new charges.

He will be transferred from federal maximum security Edmonton Institution to the Red Deer Courthouse for sentencing on the perjury charges while his appeal lawyer addresses his murder conviction in Calgary. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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The Canadian Taxpayers Association says the Alberta government should take drastic action to help pay for billions of dollars in flood damage in the province this year. A3

Brent Sutter’s nephew, Lukas Sutter, is excited to join the Red Deer Rebels and wants to take advantage of the opportunity. B4

A2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 decades and the Sourtoe can now be had with any drink, even non-alcoholic ones.

One rule remains the same, however: “You can drink it fast, you can drink it slow — but the lips have gotta touch the toe.”

The website also suggests not swallowing the toe.

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Man fined $500 for purposely swallowing toe at Yukon hotel

Two kids left in car as temperature reaches 31 C in Regina

DAWSON CITY, Yukon — A man has left a Dawson City, Yukon, hotel in a bit of a toe jam.

The man was at the Downtown Hotel Saturday night drinking the infamous Sourtoe Cocktail, which involves swigging a shot of whiskey with a human toe in the glass and allowing the toe to touch the drinker’s lips.

This time, the patron swallowed the digit — on purpose.

The hotel’s so-called toe captain, Terry Lee, performed the drink ceremony, and said the man took the shot, gulped down the toe and then slapped $500 dollars on the counter, the fine for swallowing the appendage.

“He stands up, reaches in his pocket, and takes five $100 bills and slams it on the table and starts walking away. And I said ‘Where’s the toe?’ And he said, ‘I swallowed it,”’ Lee said, describing the event.

Lee said the fine has since been increased to $2,500, to provide more of a deterrent because now the hotel only has one toe left.

The two shrivelled brown toes have rotated, with one in use and the other stored in coarse salt.

“Right now the toe we are using, we are going to be using it continuously, and it’s going to deteriorate.

We’re going to have to get rid of that toe once it starts falling apart,” Lee said.

The tradition started in 1973 after a toe believed to belong to a prohibition-era rum runner was found in a cabin by boat captain Dick Stevenson, prompting him to start the “Sourtoe Cocktail Club”.

According to the Sourtoe Cocktail Club website, the toe was originally placed in a beer glass full of champagne. But the rules have changed over the

REGINA — Police had to rescue two children who were left inside a sweltering car in a mall parking lot in Regina.

A passerby noticed a baby and a five-year-old in an unlocked car in the Golden Mile Shopping Centre parking lot at around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.

The vehicle wasn’t running and the two young children were showing signs of heat distress when police responded and rescued them.

Witnesses say they were in the vehicle for at least a half hour.

Environment Canada said the temperature in Regina was 31 C at the time.

Police say the parent was located in the mall and let off with a warning.

“It’s inexcusable,” said Candace Curle, who called 911.

“I have four little kids, I know what it’s like to not want to drag them in. But on a hot day ... you don’t have another choice.”

Two weeks ago, an Edmonton man was charged with child abandonment after his two-year-old son was discovered in the back seat of a vehicle.

Freya-28 birth control pills recalled after faulty pack discovered TORONTO — Health Canada is recalling Freya-28 birth control pills after a pharmacy reported a placebo pill was found in place of an active one in a faulty package.

Packages of the pills made by Myland Pharmaceuticals should have three rows of active pills that are

white and one row of placebo pills that are green.

Health Canada says missing one or more active pills could reduce the contraceptive’s effectiveness and result in an unplanned pregnancy.

Those using the pill can return unopened packages to their pharmacists and are being asked to report any adverse reactions potentially related to recalled pills to Health Canada.

The company’s other birth control product — Freya-21 — is not affected.

The recalled Freya-28 pills bear the lot numbers 3739F001B and 3739F002B. The latest recall comes after a major birth control recall involving the drug Alysena 28 earlier this year.

Ontario to allow all cops to use stun guns after teenager’s death TORONTO — Ontario is the latest province to permit all frontline police officers to carry stun guns, following the fatal shooting of a Toronto teenager that’s sparked public outrage.

Quebec is now the lone holdout among the provinces.

It is now up to local police services in Ontario to decide whether they want to equip all their officers with stun guns, which are currently restricted to supervisors and specialists, such as tactical units and hostage rescue teams.

Police forces will also have to foot the bill if they want to arm their officers with Tasers — costing about $1,500 each — which will put pressure on municipal budgets.

Ontario police chiefs and associations have been pushing the government for years to expand the use of stun guns, to no avail. Coroner’s inquests have also recommended expanding the use of stun guns since 2004.

But the governing Liberals insist the Sammy Yatim’s death had nothing to do with their change of heart, even though the announcement was made on the one-month anniversary of the fatal police shooting.

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TOURISM: Cool weather, flooding deterred visitors Trevor Tessier of e-marketing agency SBX Media, which administers the site, said visits are up about six per cent over 2012 — despite declines in May and June.

“August we’re up about 35 per cent alone,” he said.

Tessier and Taylor speculate that unseasonably cool weather this spring deterred some travellers, and the flooding in Southern Alberta may have also had an impact.

“A third of Alberta’s population was kind of preoccupied and not necessarily in the travel mood,” said Taylor, adding that many people who live away from the flooded areas also devoted time and resources to help the victims.

Tessier thinks activity on the Tourism Red Deer website could still end up 20 per cent above 2012 levels, which in turn were 47 per cent higher than in 2011.

“We’re confident we’re going to end the year strong,” agreed Taylor.

C.V. Sastry, assistant general manager at the Black Knight Inn, confirmed that 2012 was a good year for Red Deer’s hospitality industry. This year has been slower at his hotel, due to renovations and other site-specific factors, but Sastry is anticipating more good years ahead.

“We definitely are more optimistic,” he said. “I think overall in Red Deer we do have more tourists coming in.”

Sastry cautioned that year-over-year comparisons of hotel occupancy rates can be misleading, because the number of rooms can change.

Taylor agreed, noting that the 2008-09 drop-off was exacerbated by an increase in local hotel rooms.

Since then, Hampton Inn and Suites and Holiday Inn & Suites have opened in Gasoline Alley.

“There’s been an increase in supply, and there’s certainly going to be a further increase in supply,” she said, pointing to the new Marriott TownPlace Suites being built in northwest Red Deer, and a Holiday Inn Express and a Staybridge Suites proposed for another location nearby.

A Microtel Inn and Suites has also been approved for Gasoline Alley.

Taylor pointed out that the city’s occupancy rate

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is on the low side, compared with other centres in Alberta. Calgary, for instance, posted a 70.5 per cent average last year. The figure for Edmonton was 66.5 per cent, in resorts like Banff and Jasper it was 56.4 per cent, and the average for the rest of the province was 61.5 per cent.

However, Red Deer had the greatest year-overyear increase in occupancy rates from 2011 to 2012, noted Taylor.

“We’re getting there, but we’re still below.”

Red Deer is also on the low end when it comes to average daily room rates. Its figure of $107.65 in 2012 compared with $156.04 in Calgary, $122.42 in Edmonton, $196.10 in resort communities and $120.79 for the rest of the province.

Taylor said the high cost of hotels rooms in Fort McMurray pulled up the provincial average. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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Another concern, he said, is from people drinking alcohol at the site and leaving litter and broken bottles behind. He said police have started writing more tickets in the area but the problem is ongoing.

Fines range from $287 for unauthorized drivers travelling on the dirt road to $57 for drivers whose vehicles are parked along the road without authorization. The fine for consuming liquor in a public place is $115. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

Numbers are unofficial.

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Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013

Ottawa reviews ‘full range of options’ FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER TELEPHONES OPPOSITION LEADERS ON SYRIA SITUATION

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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OTTAWA — The Canadian government racheted up the language on Syria, but there were no immediate plans Tuesday to recall Parliament for a discussion about potential military involvement.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird’s office is calling suggestions for an emergency debate in the House of Commons “premature” as Canada reviews a “full range of options” with international partners.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has recalled the U.K. parliament for Thursday. The U.S. defence secretary said American military forces were ready to attack if ordered, but no course of action has been determined yet by that administration.

Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by telephone in the morning, with the two leaders finding consensus that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against its own people last week.

UN inspectors are still in the midst of an investigation, but the U.S. has said it has its own intelligence pointing to the regime of Bashar Assad.

“Both leaders agreed that significant use of chemical weapons merits a firm response from the international community in an effective and timely

THE SYRIAN DILEMMA A4 U.S. FORCES READY TO STRIKE A6 BUILDING A CASE FOR INTERVENTION A7 manner,” said Andrew MacDougall, a spokesman for Harper.

Baird called opposition leaders throughout the afternoon to discuss the unfolding crisis.

“We have been in close contact with our international partners and will continue to work with them in lock-step,” said Rick Roth, a spokesman for Baird.

“Canada believes the only way to halt the bloodshed in Syria is though a political solution, however, we understand that this solution is becoming more and more difficult as the crisis enters a dangerous new phase.”

Roth added that “the complete obfuscation of Russia at the (UN) Security Council needs to end, and they need to now become part of the solution.”

Mulcair’s spokesman George Smith said the NDP leader “was very clear with Minister Baird that

Parliament would have to be recalled if there was any direct military involvement. Mr. Mulcair also stressed the importance of working with the United Nations.”

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, in P.E.I. for a Liberal caucus retreat, said Canada needs to proceed prudently before undertaking any military role in Syria.

“As soon as we talk about military intervention, there are many, many questions unanswered. Like what would military victory look like? Who would we be helping?” Trudeau said.

“There are grave questions, both about the government side but also about the rebel side. That’s where we have to have honest and open dialogue about it. And I’m certainly not going to pretend that anyone has all the answers.”

The Arab League flatly blamed the Syrian government for the attack that activists say killed hundreds of people last week. The league said the perpetrators must be brought to justice.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem denied his government was behind the attack and challenged Washington to present proof of its accusations.

Alberta facing Taxpayers group urges province hotter, drier to divert $4.4B toward rebuilding future due to climate change ALBERTA FLOODING

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — The Canadian Taxpayers Association says the Alberta government should take drastic action to help pay for billions of dollars in flood damage in the province this year.

The association released a report Tuesday estimating that the unexpected cost of June’s flooding will push the province’s consolidated deficit up by $3 billion in 2013-14, and by an additional $2 billion in each of the following two years.

Alberta director Derek Fildebrandt says the province should divert $4.4 billion in annual spending away from pre-flood commitments and put it toward rebuilding as part of an “emergency fiscal program.”

“That would be focused primarily around corporate welfare and business subsidies and overspending on government workers,” said Fildebrandt. “That would mean bringing government workers’ salaries and pensions and benefits into line with norms for equivalent jobs in the private sector.”

Fildebrandt said government employees generally are paid six-to-10 per cent more than those in the private sector, so rolling back their compensation would yield substantial savings.

“The CTF’s plan to rebuild responsibly is built on

the premise that we cannot allow a natural disaster to become a fiscal disaster,” said Fildebrandt.

“Frankly we’re going to have to make some very tough decisions and something’s got to give.”

An official with the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, which represents provincial government workers, was critical of the report.

“I really think it’s in bad taste that they would try to capitalize on a natural disaster to advance their critique of the government’s original budget,” said AUPE spokesman Mark Wells.

The federation’s report also calls for mandatory flood insurance for property owners who have made disaster relief claims, even though such insurance is not readily available in Canada.

A spokeswoman for Alberta’s Treasury Board, Jessica Jacobs-Mino, said the $4.4-billion figure being touted by the federation is unrealistic.

“Budget 2013 showed a zero increase in operating expenses, which is pretty significant considering we continue to grow,” said Jacobs-Mino.

“We’ve had an unprecedented disaster,” she added. “I don’t know how they arrived at that number, so all I can say is we are going to move forward with our plan to live within our means.”

She noted the province is to provide its first-quarter update this week.

Five million hours of work lost due to floods

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the extensive flooding that hit Alberta in June produced a net loss of 5.1 million hours of work.

The agency says 300,000 employed Albertans, or 13.5 per cent of the total working population, lost 7.5 million hours of work during the floods.

At the same time, 134,000 people, or 6.0 per cent of

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Mining company executive kidnapped

by Colombian rebels has been freed TORONTO — A Canadian mining executive who was kidnapped seven months ago by Colombian rebels opposed to his company’s gold mining project has been freed and will soon return home, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Tuesday.

Gernot Wober, 47, was released by National Liberation Army rebels in a rural region in northern Colombia and was transferred by a Red Cross helicopter to the city of Barrancabermeja, north of Bogota.

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BRIEFS Hantavirus warning issued Health officials are urging people to take precautions around mouse droppings after a confirmed case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a Central Alberta person.

Dr. Ifeoma Achebe, medical officer of health for the central zone, says it is essential that Albertans take precautions to protect themselves and reduce risk of illness.

“Humans can be exposed to hantavirus when the urine or feces of an infected rodent — such as a mouse — become airborne, anyone who disturbs areas of mice or mice droppings can be at risk,” says Achebe.

“It is very important that anyone who has recently been in an area contaminated by mice and who has subsequently developed severe flu-like symptoms or difficulty breathing see a doctor immediately,” Achebe said.

Although hantavirus infection is rare, it can be fatal. Individuals infected with hantavirus generally show symptoms one or two weeks after exposure, however symptoms have been known to appear up to five weeks after exposure.

Symptoms resemble severe flu, including fever, body aches, chills, abdominal problems and severe breathing problems.

Health officials advise to safely clean mouse droppings, nests or dead mice by opening doors and windows for at least 30 minutes before starting cleanup.

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workers, put in 2.4 million additional hours.

There was a net loss in hours worked in all industries, except utilities and public administration.

More than a quarter of professional, scientific and technical workers missed work in the second half of June, with the number of hours lost totalling 1.4 million.

The natural resources industry also lost 1.4 million hours of work, mostly in oil and gas extraction.

The ICRC said Wober was in good health.

Wober, vice-president of exploration of the Toronto-based Braeval Mining Corp.(TSX:BVL), was abducted on Jan. 18.

The National Liberation Army, or ELN, had demanded that Braeval drop plans to explore for gold at the Snow Mine property in southern Bolivar state, saying the land had been stolen from its legitimate owners. Braeval announced last month that it was pulling out of Colombia.

The ELN is far smaller than the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which is currently engaged in peace talks with the government.

Both emerged in the 1960s, largely as an outgrowth of rural peasant movements seeking a more equitable distribution of Colombia’s agricultural lands. pings, nests and dead mice with a bleach/water solution (one part bleach to nine parts water) or another household disinfectant.

Let the bleach water solution sit for five minutes.

Never disturb any droppings, nests or dead mice, prior to soaking with this bleach solution.

Mop up bleach-soaked droppings, nests and/or dead mice, or pick up with paper towels, and place them in a plastic bag.

Seal the bag and put in a garbage container with a tight-fitting lid.

Wash your gloves before removing, and then wash your hands.

Never vacuum or sweep droppings, nests or dead mice. This can create dust that can be inhaled. The dust may contain hantavirus.

Albertans dealing with significant mouse infestations or with mouse infestations in enclosed spaces with poor ventilation should contact Health Link Alberta, at 1-866-408-5465, to discuss necessary special precautions.

Preliminary hearing in attempted murder case may move to December An earlier date has been found for two Red Deer men accused of an attempted murder on June 3.

Sylvan Lake RCMP allege that a severely wounded man was found walking along a roadside near Benalto after being shot, beaten and robbed by two other men.

Charges including attempted murder, robbery with a firearm, aggravated assault and a variety of weapons offences were laid against Daniel Huddlestone, 34, and Cameron Glen Monkman, 28.

Huddlestone remains in custody while Monkman was previously released on cash bail of $2,000.

The two accused were scheduled for a preliminary hearing in March 2014 after requesting that

BY BOB WEBER THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — A new report is predicting a hotter and drier Alberta.

As climate change slowly kicks in over the coming decades, the province’s ecological regions will shift north, says the study commissioned by the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute.

“We’re looking at a future of change,” the report’s author, Rick Schneider, said Tuesday.

The institute — an arm’s length scientific agency funded by government, industry and levies on industrial carbon emissions — concluded that the province’s average temperature will rise between 2 C and 4 C by the end of the century.

Precipitation will rise by up to about nine per cent, although most of that increase will come in winter and will be negated by the higher temperature.

To get some idea of how that will change the look of the province, Schneider reviewed a prehistoric period of similar warm temperatures.

“We’ve had this little bit of an experiment 6,000 years ago, where it was roughly a couple of degrees warmer,” he said.

Data from that period generally agreed with climate models that suggest ecological zones will move north.

By the 2080s, southern grasslands will take over central forests and central forests will take over northern wetlands.

The southern end of the province will look like present-day Wyoming and Idaho, dominated by sagebrush and other species adapted to extreme dryness.

Most lakes in the present-day grassland and parkland areas are likely to dry up.

The changes will be slow and gradual. But they will require some forethought, Schneider said.

Forestry companies could consider the province’s future climate in their replanting plans. Protected areas and land-use plans should all take the warming climate into account, he said.

The earlier Alberta adapts to its changing environment, the more options it will leave for future generations, Schneider said.

“The barn isn’t burning right now. But the idea that things will always be as they have been and all our parks and landscapes are immutable ... we need to wake up to the idea that we’re looking at a future of change.” their trial be heard in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench. However, Crown prosecutor Janice Rea advised Judge John Holmes in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday that the preliminary hearing could be moved to Dec. 31 of this year, depending on if Huddlestone can find a lawyer available that day.

Appearing by closed-circuit TV from the Red Deer Remand Centre, Huddlestone confirmed he is looking for a new lawyer after parting company with defence counsel Walter Kubanek.

Huddlestone is to return to court on Oct. 7 to confirm that he has a new lawyer who will be able proceed with the preliminary hearing in December.

Preliminary hearings may be requested to determine the strength of the Crown’s case before proceeding to trial.

Mirror man fined $4,000 for a variety of offences A total of $4,000 in fines have been levied against a Mirror man who arrested on a series of offences in Innisfail, Lacombe, Morningside, Mirror and Erskine.

Trever Sten Haggkvist, 38, was charged with numerous offences by RCMP from Bashaw and Stettler investigating complaints of vehicles and equipment being stolen from multiple sites, as well as a charge of assault, mischief endangering life and various weapons offences.

Haggkvist pleaded guilty in Stettler provincial court on Thursday to six counts of possession of the proceeds of crime and two weapons offences, for which he was fined $500 apiece.

He was scheduled for trial in Stettler on Tuesday on a single count of assault. However, that trial did not proceed and was instead rescheduled to Dec. 12.

The Crown has withdrawn additional charges laid in connection with that incident.

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Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013

The Syrian dilemma A dilemma is by its very nature a choice between evils, and that is what now faces other countries over the use of poison gas in Syria. All the options may be on the table but none of them are good.

Nobody denies that poison gas was used in rebel-held parts of Damascus on Aug. 21, not even the Syrian government.

Medecins Sans Frontieres says GWYNNE 3,600 patients DYER with symptoms of poisoning were treated at three hospitals it supports in Damascus after the attack, and that at least 355 of them died.

The real total may be as high as 1,000 dead. That’s a whole week’s normal death toll in the Syrian civil war in just one day.

After that, however, we run out of facts.

The rebels claim that the Baathist regime was responsible, while the Syrian government says that the rebels did it themselves in the hope of triggering foreign military intervention.

Sending United Nations inspectors will not settle that argument: if nerve gas was actually used, it must have come from government stocks, but that doesn’t mean that the regime did it.

Everybody knows that the Syrian military have stocks of poison gas but what’s happening in Syria is a civil war. The rebels have not overrun any

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of the known storage sites for Syrian chemical weapons, but they could have secret supporters inside those sites who smuggled some out to them.

If you apply the old test of ‘Who benefits?’ the rebels, who are currently losing ground, have a strong incentive to get the Assad regime blamed for using illegal weapons. If that gets the United States and other Western powers to impose a no-fly zone, or bomb the regime’s military bases, it helps the rebel cause.

So maybe they acted to provide the necessary “evidence” — some of them are certainly ruthless enough.

It’s easier to imagine the regime using chemical weapons: it’s just as ruthless and it actually owns them. But it is manifestly not to its advantage to do so.

President Bashar al-Assad’s troops are winning the war without them and the last thing he needs is foreign military intervention. Using chemical weapons could lead to just such an outcome and it would be exceptionally stupid for the regime to do so.

On the other hand, armies and regimes have done exceptionally stupid things in the past, particularly when they are isolated and under great pressure.

The emerging consensus among Western governments, at any rate, is that Assad was responsible.

So what to do about it?

France has already called for the use of force, and the United States and Britain seem to be teetering on the brink: after a 40-minute phone call on Saturday, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron agreed that “a significant use of chemical weapons would merit a serious re-

sponse.”

But that is about the least they could say, in the circumstances.

Earlier in the week, Obama warned publicly that people who “call for immediate action, jumping into stuff that does not turn out well, gets us mired in very difficult situations, (and) can ... actually breed more resentment in the region.”

If you liked America’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, he is saying, you’ll just love the one in Syria — and he knows the American public is not up for it.

U.S. military intervention is unlikely to lead to the outcome American foreign policy really desires: the preservation of Syria’s existing secular state, with a change of leadership at the top. If Assad is overthrown, he’ll probably pull the whole edifice down with him. If the rebels win, it’s almost certainly the Islamist radicals who will take over.

So if a military intervention is practically bound to end in tears, then why not just skip it?

Because chemical weapons are classed as “weapons of mass destruction” and there is an international treaty banning their use. If you let Assad get away with this, goes the argument, he will have breached an important international taboo on the use of WMD. Well, not really. Biological weapons (germ warfare) are truly horrifying weapons of mass destruction, banned by treaty, and nobody has ever used them. Nuclear weapons can kill by the billions; they have never been banned, but they haven’t been used in war for 68 years now.

Poison gas, however, is not really a

weapon of mass destruction at all.

When gas was used in the First World War, it was always about capturing the next line of trenches. After that war, it was banned. But it has been used a few times since: Italy used gas in Ethiopia in 1935; Japan used it against China in 1938; Yemen used it against rebels in the 1960s; and Iraq used it against Iran and Kurdish rebels in the 1980s.

In no case did the casualties reach “mass destruction” levels.

Napalm, fuel-air explosives and cluster bombs are just as nasty as poison gas and perfectly legal.

The historic ban on poison gas is a valuable deterrent, but it has survived some previous breaches and preventing this one is not worth a war.

Especially if it is, from the point of view of the potential interveners, an unwinnable war.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Re: the letter to the editor in the Advocate by Bill Pogmore on Aug. 21: Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s Law. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, I simply remind them of the First Corinthians passages and it ends the debate.

I do, however, need some advice from you on other matters clearly spelled out in the Bible. ● When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice (Lev 1:9), my neighbours complain of the odor. Should I smite them? ● I would like to sell my daughter into slavery to make some cash. (Exodus 21:7). At what age would suggest I do this? ● Lev 25:44 clearly states I am allowed to own and buy slaves ... but my booth at the farmers market was shut down and I was arrested. Will the City of Red Deer bylaw enforcers be judged for this upon their death? ● I saw my father-in-law working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states I can put a cap in him. Am I morally obligated to do this? ● Finally, most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples. This is forbidden by Lev 19:27. How should they die? Or will they be judged for their sin upon their death?

Thank you again for reminding us that the word of God is eternal. He has the control over the physics of a billion, billion stars but is really more concerned with who people sleep with.

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City deserves praise for work getting Ross Street paved On behalf of the organizers, I would like to thank the City Of Red Deer for letting us host the Charity Show and Shine event downtown.

I would like to thank the Public Works Department and its crews that started on Tuesday, Aug. 20, to repave Ross Street. By Friday afternoon, Aug. 23, they had it prepared, paved and painted for us to use on Saturday for the event..

Everyone, including participants, were more than just happy, not only to have it done, but to have a brand new road finish to show off their cars and motorcycles.

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The true cost of raising kids

BY PAUL KERSHAW SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE My hat goes off to all hard-working parents, past and present. They raise kids with love, joy, sacrifice and frustration. My parents did.

Still, the facts show that families raising young kids today are squeezed for time, income and services to a degree that is more constraining than a generation ago.

Surprisingly, the Fraser Institute alleged otherwise, claiming “It’s never been easier, financially, to raise children in Canada.”

There are millions of parents who wish the Institute were right. So do many young people who delay starting families. Alas, wishing doesn’t make it so. Here’s what is weighing down younger generations: We all know housing prices have increased substantially. For those who bought homes decades ago, higher housing prices mean more wealth. But what’s been good for retiring parents is generally bad for their kids. High home prices squeeze generations under age 45 with crushing debt, which they must pay with wages that have fallen compared to a generation ago, and in jobs that rarely contribute pensions.

Gens X and Y have adapted. To compete for better employment, they squeeze in years more of education and tuition. To buy a place, they accept jobs or contracts that require years more of work to save a down payment. And for many, this means they

wait years longer to establish their financial independence.

Seeing their adult kids caught between time and money pressures, many boomers also adapt. They invite their kids to live at home longer, support the cost of post-secondary education, contribute to a down payment, etc.

Even with all this personal adaptation, most in Gen X and Y can’t work their way out of the time-and-income squeeze when they start families.

Since two earners bring home little more today than what one breadwinner often did in the 1970s, we’ve gone from 40-hour work weeks to closer to 80 hours.

The result? Generations raising young kids are squeezed for time at home. They are squeezed for income because housing prices are nearly double, even though young people often live in condos, or trade yards for time-consuming commutes. And they are squeezed for services like child care, which are essential for many parents to deal with rising costs, but are in short supply — and often cost more than university.

The Fraser Institute study excludes these realities from its analysis. It includes no comparative data from different time periods. So it offers no evidence with which to answer the question: “Is it financially easier to raise kids now compared to the past?”

The study actually addresses a different issue: what does it cost to raise a child today? The author calculates the cost is between $3,000 and $4,500 a year. He generally excludes what

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All should ask, however, why does the Fraser Institute dismiss the reality that younger generations are more squeezed now than in the past?

Many will know the institute is skeptical about the value of government investment. But Gens X, Y and their kids are not the primary beneficiary of social spending.

Governments spend around $45,000 a year per retiree in Canada, mostly on health care, pensions and retirement income subsidies. This spending is nearly four times larger than government spending per younger Canadian.

Grade school, post-secondary, health care, child care, parental leave, EI and workers compensation all combine for a total of around $12,000 annually per person under age 45.

Younger Canadians already face a generational imbalance in government spending on top of their worsening wages relative to housing costs.

By discounting the time, income and service squeeze on younger generations, the Fraser Institute distracts attention away from this imbalance.

Fortunately, there are Canadians of all ages across the country who believe younger generations deserve a better deal.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS QUEBEC — The media of English Canada are to blame for pathetic, unfair coverage of the Parti Quebecois’ controversial minorities plan, according to prominent Pequistes.

A former premier called the coverage pitiful. And a current cabinet minister took to Twitter to condemn it Tuesday.

The complaints about the Anglo fourth estate came amid a furor over an impending plan by the PQ government to restrict public employees’ right to wear religious clothing.

In an interview with The Canadian Press, ex-premier Bernard Landry said he can’t accept some of the complaints directed at the Quebecois.

“I take pity on some of Canada’s English newspapers,” Landry said.

“It’s infuriating but it’s so pathetic to go and say that Quebec is xenophobic and racist — when from the start of our national adventure we intermingled with Amerindians. The majority of us have Amerindian roots, one-quarter of us have Irish roots, we have had six premiers of Irish origin. What are these people talking about? Why are they so misinformed in the rest of Canada?...

“Do they think our culture minister was born on Ile d’Orleans? It’s (Cameroonian native) Maka Kotto.

We (the PQ) elected the first black person in the Quebec national assembly. The Bloc Quebecois elected the first Latino to the Parliament of Canada. They should open their eyes.”

Landry made a prediction: that the rest of Canada will one day “deeply regret” having embraced the doctrine of multiculturalism.

He says it leads to a lack of integration that harms social cohesion and, pointing to Europe, he says that ultimately risks feeding right-wing extremist politics over time.

“Multiculturalism will lead to more and more problems, like in Great Britain. In Holland, in Germany, same thing. Angela Merkel came out against this doctrine a while ago. Immigrants themselves are the first victims of multiculturalism,” he said.

“In the U.S., you never see a police officer with a turban. There are things worth regulating and I hope it gets done (here).

“The rule is, when you change country, you change country. They can’t expect to find everything here that they had in their country of origin. Intergration is a powerful signal that they need to adjust to a new nation.

“And the majority of them do it wonderfully.”

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Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau takes a photo with a supporter in Charlottetown, P.E.I. on Tuesday.

Trudeau says Canadians positive about marijuana-smoking admission

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CHARLOTETOWN, P.E.I. — Justin Trudeau says he’s received “almost universal” praise for his frank admission that he smoked marijuana after becoming a member of Parliament.

And that certainly seemed to be the case Tuesday as the Liberal leader did a spot of mainstreeting in downtown Charlottetown.

Young and old alike seemed almost giddy at the prospect of meeting him. They sought his autograph or to have their picture taken with him; several spontaneously thanked him, as one middle-aged woman put it, “for telling the truth, Justin, no matter what.”

“The conversations I’ve had with Canadians have almost universally been about people pleased with the level of openness and transparency that a Canadian politician is demonstrating,” Trudeau said later.

Political opponents, in particular the governing Conservatives, have pounced on Trudeau’s confession last week that he toked up at a dinner party three years ago — while he was an MP. They’ve accused him of flouting the law and demonstrating that he’s unfit to govern.

On the eve of Trudeau’s arrival in Prince Edward Mexico. The Hupacasath First Nation, a community of about 300 people near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, launched the court action saying the federal government failed to consult the band on a deal that could affect their rights and title.

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Island for a three-day Liberal caucus retreat, Fisheries Minister Gail Shea issued a statement contending that Islanders have told her the Liberal leader is setting a bad example for their children.

“Raising families in today’s society is already a tough job,” she said Monday.

However, those Islanders were nowhere in sight Tuesday as Trudeau strolled through downtown Charlottetown.

“Hey Justin, wanna get baked?” called a tattooed, beer-toting, “happily unemployed” Jeff Moynagh, who crossed the street to meet the Liberal leader.

Trudeau declined the offer but chatted briefly with Moynagh, who informed onlookers: “There’s nothing wrong with weed.”

After the encounter Moynagh dismissed Trudeau’s dope-smoking confession as “no big deal.”

“He’s cool” said the 30-year-old. “I’d probably vote for him over anybody else.”

The response wasn’t much different from older, more buttoned-down folks along the way.

“I think he’s going to make it because he’s got his father’s je ne sais quoi,” said Lise Piekarski, a middle-aged Saint John, N.B., resident, after having her picture taken with the Liberal leader. “He’s very . . . charismatic.” woodlots, Christmas tree plantations and cattle that has been linked to human nerve damage.

The chemicals are found in about 700 commercially available products, said Elaine MacDonald, an Ecojustice scientist.

All three have been banned in Europe for at least six years.

Groups sue Ottawa over lack of review Court rejects First Nation case against for pesticides banned in Europe School meal programs needed Canada-China investment treaty The federal government is facing a series of to address food insecurity: report lawsuits over its refusal to review three pesticides VANCOUVER — A federal court judge has dismissed an application from a small British Columbia aboriginal band trying to stop the Canada-China free trade deal.

The judge found that the Hupacasath did not establish that the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement with China will have adverse impacts on their aboriginal or self-government rights, and they will not get the judicial review they were seeking.

“On the contrary, I am satisfied that the adverse impacts which (the band) has identified are speculative, remote and nonappreciable,” Chief Justice Paul S. Crampton wrote in the ruling posted on the court website Tuesday.

Ratification of the treaty does not contravene the Crown’s duty to consult, he wrote.

Signed almost a year ago, the deal has provisions similar to 24 other foreign investment pacts Canada has signed since 1989, including the North American Free Trade Agreement with the United States and

banned in Europe, as well as its delays in deciding what to do about other chemicals that those countries consider too hazardous to use. “(Environmental groups) have made numerous efforts over the past 10 months to have the government comply with its legal duty to subject these pesticides to special reviews,” said Lara Tessaro of Ecojustice, which is representing the David Suzuki Foundation and Equiterre.

“The government has now outright refused to do that for three pesticides and is delaying its decision for 26 more.”

But an industry spokesman said those chemicals have been recently and thoroughly reviewed and are safe when used properly.

The chemicals include chlorthal-dimethyl, a possible carcinogen and herbicide most commonly used on weeds in vegetable operations; trifluralin, a popular herbicide on the Prairies that’s highly toxic to fish; and trichlorfon, an insecticide approved for

TORONTO — A new report is recommending provincial and territorial governments create a panCanadian program to fund school meals for vulnerable children.

The study — released Tuesday by the Conference Board of Canada — addresses food insecurity, which is the lack of access to nutritious and affordable food.

Almost 10 per cent of Canadian households with children faced food insecurity in 2007-08, compared to less than seven per cent for homes without children, said lead author Alison Howard.

“In a country as advanced as Canada, it’s really telling that there are people who go hungry everyday, especially vulnerable populations such as children,” she said.

A poor diet can hinder a child’s performance at school and have long-lasting effects into adulthood, the report noted.

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Life goes on in Damascus amidst war

SYRIA VOWS TO DEFEND ITSELF AS MOMENTUM APPEARS TO BUILD FOR MILITARY ATTACK FROM THE WEST

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DAMASCUS, Syria — Even in the capital of a country torn apart

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS by civil war, Syrians have to find some way DAMASCUS, Syria — Momentum appeared to to enjoy themselves on build Tuesday for Western military action against a hot summer weekSyria, with the U.S. and France saying they are in end. position for a strike, while the government in DamasSo the pool at a Dacus vowed to use all possible measures to repel it. mascus luxury hotel The prospect of a dramatic U.S.-led intervention was packed on a recent into Syria’s civil war stemmed from the West’s asserafternoon. The chiltion — still not endorsed by UN inspectors — that dren playing in the waPresident Bashar Assad’s government was responter paid no attention sible for an alleged chemical attack on civilians to the frequent thump outside Damascus on Aug. 21 that the group Doctors of artillery and shells Without Borders says killed 355 people. Assad defrom fighting on the nies the claim. city outskirts.

The Arab League also threw its weight behind “This part of Dacalls for punitive action, blaming the Syrian governmascus, the centre, is ment for the attack and calling for those responsible like Paris. But beyond to be brought to justice. that, you don’t go,” said British Prime Minister David Cameron recalled a 26-year-old bank emParliament to hold an emergency vote Thursday on ployee, lounging on the his country’s response. It is unlikely that any interdeck with his buddies, national military action would begin before then. who took puffs from a U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said U.S. thick cigar they passed military forces stand ready to strike Syria at once among themselves. if President Barack Obama gives the order, and Like several others French President Francois Hollande said France who spoke to The Assowas “ready to punish those who took the heinous deciated Press, he talked cision to gas innocents.” on condition he not be Obama is weighing a response focused narrowly identified, wary about on punishing Assad for violating international agreedrawing the attention ments that ban the use of chemical weapons. Offiof either side in the cials said the goal was not to drive Assad from power File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS conflict. or impact the broader trajectory of Syria’s bloody Not that the centre Black columns of smoke rise from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood civil war, now in its third year. is entirely safe. Just a in East of Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013.

Even in the capital of a Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said day earlier, a mortar country torn by civil war, Syrians have to find some way to enjoy themselves Monday the West should be under no illusion that fired by rebels on the bombing Syrian military targets would help end the on a hot summer weekend. So the pool at a Damascus luxury pool was city edges landed just violence in Syria, an ally of Moscow, and he pointed a block from the hotel, packed. The children splaying in the water paid no attention to the frequent to the volatile situations in Iraq and Libya that he across the street from thump of artillery and shells from fighting on the city outskirts.

The veneer of said resulted from foreign military intervention. a church, knocking a normalcy is thin in Damascus, the stronghold of President Bashar Assad’s rule, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said chunk off the balcony his country would use “all means available” to deafter more than 2 1/2 years of bloodshed. of an apartment buildfend itself. ing. A few days later, “We have the means to defend ourselves and we on Monday, another with a possible exodus of foreign nationals from will surprise everyone,” he said. mortar hit a neighbouring mosque, cracking its Syria.

At a news conference in Damascus, al-Moallem minaret and killing a passer-by.

U.S. military intervention in Syria was running inchallenged Washington to present proof to back up The veneer of normalcy is thin in Damascus, to fierce opposition from some members of Congress. its accusations and he also likened the allegations to the stronghold of President Bashar Assad’s false American charges in 2003 that Iraq possessed A growing chorus of Republican and Democratic rule, at a time when a conflict that has dragged weapons of mass destruction before the U.S.-led in- lawmakers demanded that Obama seek congressioon more for than 2 ½ years nears a potentially nal authorization for any strikes against the Assad vasion of that country. crucial juncture: possible U.S. and Western regime.

“They have a history of lies — Iraq,” he said. airstrikes against the Syrian military in retaliCharles Heyman, a former British officer who Vice-President Joe Biden said there was no quesation for an alleged chemical weapons attack tion that Assad was responsible for the attack — the edits The Armed Forces of the UK, said the lack last week. of a UN Security Counhighest-ranking U.S. ofFirmly in the hands of the state and the milcil resolution authorizing ficial to say so — and the itary, the capital has been spared the widethe use of force against White House dismissed spread destruction wreaked on battle zone citthe Syrian government as “fanciful” the notion ies such as Aleppo and the rebel-held districts greatly complicates matthat anyone other than on Damascus’ outskirts. Instead, the city of ters for the West.

He said Assad could be to blame. around 2 million feels small and hemmed in. that may make it difficult “Suggestions that For much of the conflict, it has been cut for Cameron to win parthere’s any doubt about off from its hinterland, the densely populated liamentary backing. who’s responsible for this towns and villages that surround it in the area “It’s clear the governare as preposterous as a known as “Rif Dimashq,” or “the Damascus ments want some form of suggestion that the attack Countryside.” Rebels have controlled most of military operation, but did not occur,” spokesthe Rif since last year, and regime forces have if the Security Council man Jay Carney said. launched repeated assaults trying to dislodge doesn’t recommend it, A U.S. official said them, devastating the area. then the consensus is that some of the evidence Nearly daily last week, military artillery stait’s plainly illegal under includes signals inteltioned on Qassioun Mountain, the plateau that international law,” Heyligence — information overlooks the capital from the north, bombardman said. “The only legal gathered from intered the rebel-held suburbs east of the capital, way to go to war is in selfcepted communications. just a 20-minute drive from downtown. defence and that claim is The U.S. assessment is The shelling sent booming echoes across difficult to make.”

File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS also based on the numthe city, raising the occasional plume of smoke Russia, a permanent ber of reported victims, Syrians play backgammon and smoke water pipes in the east. Rebels in the Rif responded with member of the Security the symptoms of those inat a coffee shop, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, rounds of mortars that fell into Damascus’s Council, has steadfastly jured or killed, and witeastern neighbourhoods. opposed any internationAug. 25, 2013. ness accounts. The offiIn the middle-class district of East Tijara, al action against Syria. cials insisted on anonyma 70-year-old retired government employee Italian Foreign Minisity because they were not looked glumly at the burned-out husk of his authorized to publicly discuss the internal delibera- ter Emma Bonino said her country would not back 1993 Volvo, which took a direct mortar hit only any military action against Syria unless it was authotions. a half-hour earlier. A hole in the crumpled roof The United Nations said its team of chemical rized by the Security Council — even though it conshowed the impact. siders a chemical attack to be a war crime. weapons experts in Syria had delayed a second “We’ll have to throw it out,” he sighed. “It’s German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle trip to investigate the alleged attack by one day for the only car I have.” said Monday that if the Syrian government were security reasons. On Monday, the team came under proven to have been behind the gas attack, then sniper fire.

If Obama decides to order an attack against Syria, Germany would support it would most likely involve sea-launched cruise mis- “consequences.” But with sile attacks on Syrian military and communications less than four weeks until national elections, it is targets.

Hagel said the U.S. Navy had four destroyers in unlikely Germany would the eastern Mediterranean Sea positioned within commit any forces.

Centre-left opposition range of targets inside Syria. U.S. warplanes were also in the region, he told BBC television during a parties have rejected military intervention without visit to the southeast Asian nation of Brunei.

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Fort Hood gunman rests case in trial’s penalty phase FORT HOOD, Texas — The Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood decided not to call witnesses or testify Tuesday during his trial’s penalty phase, which is his last chance to plead for his life before the jury begins deliberating whether to sentence him to death.

Maj. Nidal Hasan, who is acting as his own attorney, told the judge he was resting his case without submitting evidence, calling witnesses or testifying in his own defence. The judge then dismissed jurors, who convicted Hasan last week for the November 2009 shooting rampage that also wounded more than 30 people at the Texas military base.

But shortly after the jury left the courtroom, the judge asked Hasan more than two dozen questions in rapid fire, affirming that he knew what he was doing. His answers were succinct and just as rapid.

“It is my personal decision,” he said. “It is free and voluntary.”

The judge, Col. Tara Osborn, then read him several court opinions to back up her decision not to introduce evidence in Hasan’s favour on her own.

“In other words, Maj. Hasan, you are the captain of your own ship,” Osborn said.

She said closing arguments would begin Wednesday. Whether Hasan will address jurors then remains unclear.

The United States and its allies are looking beyond the painfully divided UN Security Council to legitimize military action against Syria, trying to build a cohesive rationale for a strike and win broad international backing.

The United States, Britain and France have made it clear they believe the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad was behind a recent deadly chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of Damascus, and that such an act demands a swift international response.

That would almost certainly require acting without the approval of the council, where Russia and China have consistently used their veto-power to deflect a strong response to the 2 ½-year-old Syrian conflict. It also could mean acting well before a team of UN chemical weapons inspectors now in Syria delivers an assessment on whether such an attack occurred.

The task at hand for any U.S.-led coalition will be to win the support of key international organizations outside the United Nations.

One path may be persuading NATO to get involved or even lead any military action. That helped the Clinton administration cast a frame of legitimacy on the Koso-

vo war in the late 1990s even though the Security Council, with Russia firmly opposed, never sanctioned the bombing campaign against Belgrade, said Ken Pollack, an expert on Middle Eastern political-military affairs at the Brookings Institute.

“Very famously, the Kosovo war was not legal,” Pollack said. “Yet . . . you don’t have people running around screaming that the Kosovo war was illegal. That is because the U.S. did a good job of building a case for it.”

A U.S.-led coalition is likely to invoke an international doctrine known as the Responsibility to Protect, which states that the international community has an obligation to act to prevent crimes against humanity no matter where they occur, said Stephen Biddle, an expert on U.S. military and foreign policy at George Washington University. Biddle noted that the doctrine is increasingly perceived as superceding the need to respect a country’s sovereignty.

“The two natural avenues are NATO and the doctrine of responsibility to protect,” he said.

The push for international support got a boost Tuesday when the Arab League appeared to support military action, placing the blame for the alleged chemical weapons attack squarely on the Assad regime and urging the Security Council to agree

on “deterrent” measures against those who committed “this heinous crime.”

The call, which came at an emergency meeting, followed multiple conversations between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and key Arab counterparts among others.

The State Department said Kerry spoke twice on Monday with both the foreign minister of Jordan and the Arab League secretary general, as well as once each with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Turkey and Britain.

Kerry also spoke with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the State Department said.

With little appetite among Americans for plunging into another Mideast conflict, the Obama administration cast its rationale for striking Syria in narrow terms. The goal would not be regime change — as was the case in Iraq — but punishing Syria for its violations of international treaties on chemical weapons, White House spokesman Jay Carney said.

UN spokesman Farhan Haq said Tuesday that UN Secretary General Ban Kimoon’s stance remains unchanged: “Our focus is away from any military solution and toward a diplomatic solution.”

U.S. envoy to travel to North Korea to seek American’s release

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — A senior U.S. envoy will travel to North Korea this week to seek the release of an American sentenced to 15 years of hard labour in the authoritarian country, the State Department said Tuesday.

The visit by Bob King, the U.S. special

envoy for North Korean human rights issues, will be the first public trip to North Korea by an administration official in more than two years and could provide an opening for an improvement in relations severely strained by Pyongyang’s pursuit of nuclear weapons.

State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said King will request a pardon and

amnesty for 45-year-old Kenneth Bae on humanitarian grounds. Bae, a tour operator and Christian missionary, was arrested in November and accused of committing “hostile acts” against North Korea. He suffers health problems and was hospitalized.

Washington has been calling for Pyongyang to grant amnesty since Bae was sentenced on April 30.

Cuba reports 163 new cholera cases in 3 provinces HAVANA, Cuba — Cuba has reported a cholera outbreak to international health monitors, with 163 new cases this year associated with three provinces.

According to a bulletin by the Pan American Health Organization, island authorities reported on Aug. 23 that the cases were linked to Havana, Santiago and Camaguey provinces.

Patients who contracted the waterborne disease included 12 travellers from European and Latin American nations.

There were no reported fatalities.

In Havana, the outbreak was traced to two food distribution centres, where corrective measures were taken to combat the disease.

Cuban state media announced last summer that cholera had sickened 417 people and killed three. It had been unheard of on the island for years. In January there was another report of 51 cases in Havana.

There has been no word since then about the disease in official media such as Communist Party newspaper Granma.

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s top court said it had rejected a law that would have prevented embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from seeking a third term in office after 2014 national elections, as an ongoing spate of violence claimed another eight lives Tuesday.

The Supreme Federal Court said in a brief statement on its website that it had ruled unconstitutional a controversial law that limits the premier, president and the parliament speaker to two terms of office.

Al-Maliki first became prime minister in 2006.

He secured a second term in office after nearly nine months of political wrangling after the 2010 national elections.

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BMO says low interest rates will pressure its U.S. businesses The Bank of Montreal says improving economic conditions south of the border should help its businesses grow, but low interest rates will continue to impact its U.S. operations through most of next year.

“The U.S. consumer has deleveraged,” said Mark Furlong, who heads BMO’s U.S. personal and commercial banking division, during a conference call Tuesday. “You can see a consumer that is beginning to have a little more capacity to grow.” However, the low interest rate environment will continue to pressure BMO’s U.S. operations throughout all of next year, partly due to how the bank is positioned there. The bank (TSX:BMO) reported third-quarter results that beat analyst expectations Tuesday as its Canadian retail banking operations improved.

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Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013

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Superstore workers set to vote on strike Employees of the Real Canadian Superstore in Red Deer are scheduled to vote on strike action today.

The approximately 300 people who work at the 5016 51st Ave. store and the nearby Real Canadian Liquorstore are members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401, which represents some 8,500 Superstore staff in Alberta.

Last week, 97 per cent of Superstore employees in Calgary and Edmonton who took part in a strike vote voted in favour of walking out.

Julija Hunter, vice-president of public relations with Superstore parent Loblaw Companies Ltd., confirmed on Tuesday that Red Deer members of the local were expected to vote on job action today.

Superstore workers in Grande Prairie conducted a similar vote on Sunday, she said, with their counterparts in Lethbridge and Fort McMurray following suit on Monday, and workers in Medicine Hat and Lloydminster doing the same on Tuesday.

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Employees at the Real Canadian Superstore and Real Canadian Liquorstore in Red Deer are scheduled to vote on strike action today.

Results of those votes were not available.

Employees in Camrose were also expected to take part in a strike vote today.

Hunter said in an email that her company remains committed to reaching a negotiated deal with its employees.

“We have a responsibility to our colleagues and to our business to make sure the collective agreement we negotiate allows us to remain competitive now and in the future,” she said, adding that such a

Corporate operating profits down Statistics Canada says corporations earned $72.2 billion in operating profits in the second quarter, down 0.8 per cent from the previous quarter.

The agency says the decline followed a 2.8 per cent decrease in the first quarter.

In the non-financial sector, operating profits fell 3.9 per cent to $51.1 billion, following a 0.5 per cent decrease the previous quarter.

Manufacturing industries led the decline with a 16.6 per cent drop to $9.9 billion. In the financial sector, operating profits increased by 7.6 per cent to $21.1 billion in the second quarter, following an 8.5 per cent decline in the first quarter.

Most of the secondquarter gain came from life, health and medical insurance carriers.

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deal must balance Loblaw’s business needs with the needs of Superstore employees.

The Advocate was unable to speak with a representative of the United Food and Commercial Workers. But a message from union president Douglas O’Halloran posted on the local’s website said strike votes are often conducted to “send the company a message.”

“No one wants to go on strike, and it is not our goal to have a strike,” he said.

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A Tim Hortons customer leaves the Gasoline Alley store Tuesday. Tourism Red Deer and the Red Deer Hotel Association have launched a campaign called Refuel in Red Deer, which promotes the city as a destination and not just a stopping place on Hwy 2.

Refuel Red Deer invites travellers to stay awhile Tourism Red Deer and the Red Deer Hotel Association are sending a message to Albertans: “We’re more than a quick stop.”

This catchline is part of a campaign to brand the city as a destination rather than simply a place to fuel up and grab a bite while travelling on Hwy 2.

Launched this spring under the name Refuel In Red Deer, the campaign emphasizes the city’s central location and its natural amenities. Those messages are being conveyed through trade show displays, print ads and other marketing materials.

“We’re talking to Albertans,” said Tourism Red Deer executive director Liz Taylor, adding that the theme should resonate with this audience.

“They know that and they see the humour in it. Our response has been

really good.”

She added that much of the publicity associated with Refuel In Red Deer has yet to occur. And the impact of the campaign likely won’t be seen immediately.

The objectives of Refuel In Red Deer include attracting leisure travellers, meetings and events.

Specific goals are to increase hotel occupancy rates here, as well as allow average room rates to rise to a level closer to the provincial average.

Among the messages being delivered in the campaign materials are the wide range of meeting venues in Red Deer, its expansive trail system and green space, and the diverse selection of dining options and cultural activities here.

Bank hands out billions to business THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — The Business Development Bank of Canada distributed $4.3 billion in financing this fiscal year to help more companies, particularly small and medium-sized firms, to improve their productivity by taking advantage of favourable investment

conditions.

The total payout was 15 per cent higher than last year and marked the largest distribution since 2010.

More than 60 per cent of last year’s financial help went to company expansions, followed by mature corporations.

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OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada’s John Murray says the eventual removal of monetary stimulus in the U.S. will have a negative impact on the loonie and lead to higher interest rates, but will be ultimately good for Canada.

In a speech to a business audience in Kingston, Ont., the deputy governor issued the Canadian central bank’s first substantive pronouncement on the so-called “tapering” policy being contemplated by the U.S. Federal Reserve, which would result in a slowdown of the $85-billion-a-month stimulus it is currently injecting into the economy.

The logical consequence will be to give upward momentum to interest rates and apply downward pressure on the loonie, Murray said, but like the extraordinary stimulus program, the tapering will be a net benefit to Canada.

A stronger U.S. economy, along with the weaker loonie, will more than compensate for the drag of interest rates by providing support for commodity prices and increased demand for Canadian exports, he explained.

“The improving underlying strength of the U.S. economy should more than compensate for the drag from higher interest rates.

“Stronger external demand, coupled with downward pressure on our currency and support for commodity prices from a global economic recovery, will provide the lift,” he told the Canadian Association for Business Economics.

Notes of the address were released in Ottawa.

Murray cautioned, however, that the exit from stimulus might be bumpy.

Policy-makers were alarmed he said with the market reaction earlier this year when the Fed first began hinting it might begin tapering in the fall if conditions continued to improve.

Bond yields spiked and financial assets that benefit from the extraordinary asset purchases fell sharply, even though the announcement was anticipated and there was no suggestion of actually moving away from stimulus.

The alarm came because “it suddenly seemed that unwinding unconventional monetary policies might not be as straightforward and painless as many had thought or at least had hoped,” he said.

Murray said when it comes time actually move, he remains hopeful the market reaction will be calmer, in part because the removal of stimulus will come when economies have achieved “escape velocity” and in part because authorities have learned the value of telegraphing their intentions before acting.

When the exit strategy is commenced, he said, it will be “one of the best-telegraphed events in monetary history.”

Is it time to start your own business?

JOHN MACKENZIE

ACTION COACH

I received a lot of feedback regarding my recent column, Entrepreneurial ADD. Many people personally identified with the information; some even said, “That’s me!”

Entrepreneurs that begin and build their own companies are usually innovative, creative and risktakers — all the positive attributes of ADD. In fact, it’s not uncommon that some may actually be on the

ADD spectrum.

Wikipedia defines an entrepreneur as “a person who has possession of a new enterprise, venture or idea and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome.”

These characteristics are integral to starting your own business.

However, those entrepreneurs with a passion for new ideas, plus the inability to remain focused over

the long term, will find it challenging to stay engaged.

If you’ve become bored and unmotivated, or feel that you’ve plateaued, these are all good indications that you’re not putting your greatest strengths to good use. It could be time for you to get out of your own way in order to benefit everyone, including yourself.

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BUSINESS: Manager must be a ‘great sales person’ A true entrepreneur knows that acting as manager in their own operation is not productive and, in many cases, can even be detrimental to business success.

A company suffering lagging sales might be led by an owner who is not a great sales person. The company can lose focus and direction because the owner/manager is chasing after every new idea and market trend.

Recognizing that you’re not the perfect manager, sales person, or marketing director isn’t bad. It can even be liberating, and possibly the best thing for the business.

It’s probably a good time to assess the options and opportunities that are in the best interest of your company and your personal situation.

If business is thriving and your goal is not to sell but to maintain the business, then it’s time to look for potential managers to put in place. This process takes time and extensive planning.

Ideally, your business has systems in place and a trusted team running the operation. Look within your company for that one person or even a group of people that can assume the leadership of the company and run it long term.

You may have team members who have worked with you for years and who currently lead their various divisions or areas. With mentorship and training, promoting internally may be the best solution for your company.

Unless you’re in a situation where you have no other choice, a decision to make a quick exit from the company can have radical consequences.

Drastic change creates upheaval for employees and customers. If someone totally new is brought on with little knowledge of your business, there is a risk that this option will cause employees and business to leave.

Promoting/appointing a family member as manager can be a viable option if the succession plan is well developed. If not, there will be perceptions of nepotism and resentment among employees will build. The person tapped to lead after you’ve left must be perceived to have “paid their dues.”

The shift from one generation to another can create envy and resentment, which leads to major problems that some companies can never overcome.

Matching skill sets with the high standards of a founder is usually difficult. Be sure to develop a “dashboard” that summarizes what you need to know and when to be involved in the future, if at all.

If there isn’t any management capability on your team, then you must recruit for the position. It’s critical to review your company and personal goals before beginning the process, to ensure you are looking for the right person and skill sets required to lead your team in the future.

Gather input from your business advisers — accountants, lawyers and trusted mentors — when considering options and evaluating your exit plan.

Give your team the opportunity to offer their unique perspectives. And always give serious consideration to the impact your decision will have on family members.

You had the great idea, the brilliant innovation or the breakthrough product. But knowing that you’ve taken the business as far as you can is a breakthrough.

It may be time to get out of the way and let a new team of professionals take over. True entrepreneurs realize trading time for money is not the way to become wealthy.

It may be time to move on, to start your next business venture, because entrepreneurship is what you do best.

ActionCoach is written by John MacKenzie of ActionCoach, which helps small- to medium-sized businesses and other organizations. He can be contacted at johnmackenzie@actioncoach.com or by phone at 403-3400880.

BDC: Loans increase BDC Financing distributed $4.1 billion in loans to 9,195 companies over the 12 months ended March 31.

That was up from $3.6 billion and nearly 7,000 recipients a year earlier.

“The overall strength of the investment climate in Canada has permitted our clients to do well financially, and ultimately this is reflected in our performance,” said chief executive Jean-Rene Halde.

The agency complements access to private banks to provide companies with financing for working capital, equipment and information and communications technology.

The Crown corporation, set up primarily to provide financing and business expertise to Canadian companies, said its net income fell by more than 12 per cent to $468.3 million last year despite growing demand for loans, especially from small and medium-sized Canadian companies.

Its main financing arm generated $441.5 million, down from $504.7 million in fiscal 2012, largely due to higher losses on investments and loans.

Another lending unit, BDC Subordinate Financing, provided $189.8 million in financing, up from $163.8 million a year earlier, but it earned $35.1 million, $1.1 million less than in fiscal 2012.

More than 60 per cent of the $4.3 billion distributed by both segments went to company expansions.

The bank distributed $145.3 million in venture capital, nearly 15 per cent more than the prior year and the most in more than a decade. It included 40 direct investments and seven fund investments. The segment lost $8.1 million on those activities, much less than the $42.7-million, year-earlier loss.

The improvement was a result of the divestiture of two companies with strong results as well as a decrease in net unrealized depreciation on the existing investment portfolio.

Its consulting services lost $11.6 million while BDC Securitization, which provides funds for smalland mid-sized equipment leasing companies, had reduced net income of $11.4 million — down from $46.2 million a year earlier.

The corporation had provisions for $538.3 million of credit losses at the end of fiscal 2013, compared with $610.2 million a year earlier. There was also an improvement in impaired loans, which fell to $491.8 million from $550.8 million.

The portfolio, before allowance for credit losses, increased 6.9 per cent to $16.4 billion.

It will pay the federal government nearly $60 million this year, raising the total amount of dividends paid to its sole shareholder to $362.7 million since they were instituted in 1998.

The payout is based on the performance for the 12 months ended March 31, 2013. BDC paid Ottawa a record $68.6 million based on its fiscal 2012 results, a 38 per cent increased dividend from the prior year.

The Business Development Bank expects Canada’s economic fundamentals will remain relatively stable this year while external factors in the U.S. and Europe are creating short-term uncertainty. It said business investment is strong in Canada as companies take advantage of low interest rates and a historically strong Canadian dollar — which has been weakening of later — to proceed with projects put on hold during the recession.

Canada Post says it lost $104 million in Q2 DUE TO LOWER MAIL VOLUMES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Canada Post Group reported a $104-million loss Tuesday in its latest quarter as efforts made to cut costs and streamline operations was not enough to balance out lower mail volumes.

The federal Crown corporation says the loss comes in the midst of a “historic shift” to digital communications that has eroded mail volumes at an “accelerated pace.”

As a result, it is in the process of consultations to decide how the company can change with the times, as fewer people continue to send mail and use post offices.

Canada Post said this “multipronged transformation” is part of an overall effort to “avoid becoming a financial drain on taxpay-

ers.” The $104 million loss before taxes was heavier than a loss of $102 million in the same quarter a year earlier.

Transaction mail, which includes letters, bills, and statements and accounts for half of Canada Post’s revenue, was down by 51 million pieces or 6.3 per cent in the quarter, compared with a year earlier.

However, Canada Post said its parcels delivery business grew due to the popularity of online shopping.

In Canada, volumes in the second quarter were up by 5.1 per cent, compared with a year ago.

Canada Post said it continues to cut costs by making changes to collective agreements with its workers, who are members of the

Canadian Union of Postal Workers.

The changes include reduced wages for new hires, the elimination of banked sick days, and a one-year-wage wage freeze for new hires beginning 2015.

It is also shortening hours at its less-in-demand retail postal outlets, and consolidating mail processing.

The company said the secondquarter loss means it is on track to record a substantial loss in 2013.

Canada Post has been grappling with a persistent drop in many forms of mail as a result of newer technologies such as electronic mail and online banking.

Besides Canada Post, the group includes the Purolator courier service and other subsidiaries.

HARD TIMES FOR GREEK BUSINESSES

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Pedestrians pass by a vacant storefront in central Athens, on Tuesday, with banner reading “60 years of fashion” and “shutting down”. Small business groups warned Tuesday that the rate of store closures is expected to remain high in the second half of 2013, with 40,000 businesses expected to close in Greece, despite a successful bank re-capitalization program earlier this year.

U.S. tobacco proposal in TPP won’t affect Canada’s anti-smoking laws: Ottawa THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Canadian government says it sees no specific threat in a controversial U.S. proposal to include tobacco in the TransPacific Partnership trade negotiations that health advocates argue will make it more difficult to enforce anti-smoking campaigns.

A spokesman for Trade Minister Ed Fast says the government is still reviewing the proposal, along with another Malaysia tabled Tuesday that would carve out tobacco from the TPP altogether, but said it does not believe there will be any impact on Canada’s anti-smoking regulations.

“Canada’s ability to regulate in the public interest, including health, remains unchanged in the U.S. proposal,” said Rudy Husny, press secretary to the trade minister, who last week was in Brunei for the start of the latest round in the talks.

Other Canadian officials say the U.S. proposal does not give tobacco companies any more rights to sue countries than currently exist.

They noted that under the international General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, countries are already free to enact safety and health measures.

The U.S. proposal would make that ability clear in the language, as well as call for countryto-country consultations by public health officials before any challenge is launched.

But health advocates have been hopping mad about the proposal, in part because in their view it is weaker than Washington’s previous position of a “safe harbour” for tobacco control laws, and insist it does given tobacco companies the ability to challenge countries.

On Tuesday, the U.Sbased Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, backed the Malaysian solution, noting that “the tobacco industry and its allies in

governments increasingly use trade and investment agreements to challenge legitimate tobacco control measures, and have done so specifically against laws adopted in the U.S., Australia, Uruguay, Ireland, Norway and Turkey.”

The legal challenges are not only aimed at removing restrictions on marketing and advertising, such as plain-packaging provisions that all but eliminate the branding on cigarette packages, but “also discouraging governments from enacting them in the first place,” the group’s executive director Susan Liss said.

The Canadian Cancer Society’s policy analyst on tobacco, Rob Cunningham, says he has not examined the U.S. proposal, but added the industry has a long history of trying to use trade agreements to block antismoking measures.

“Clearly the Malaysian proposal is the most certain way to ensure these trade agreements will not become a tool of

the tobacco industry,” he said.

The Council of Canadians also prefers carving out tobacco from the TPP, which would leave all existing tariffs on the product in place. But the group goes one step further in asking Ottawa’s negotiators to lobby for an exclusion of an investor-state clause, which would make private lawsuits against governments far less likely.

“Around the world, companies are not using these (trade agreements) based not on whether they are discriminatory, they are using them to attack policies they don’t like,” he said, pointing to the Philip Morris lawsuit against Australia’s plainpackaging regulations.

The group has also demanded the government be more forthcoming on what is being negotiated at the TPP, a trading bloc involving 12 countries in the Asia-Pacific corridor.

The United States has set the end of 2013 as a target to reach an agreement in principle.

Scotiabank expecting economic challenges

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Unsteady economic growth is leaving executives at Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) wary about the potential challenges they could face in the coming months.

Incoming chief executive Brian Porter told analysts Tuesday that the bank expects to meet or exceed full-year financial targets, but that growth could be modest in some areas.

“Economic uncertainty persists and this will continue to impact client activity,” said Porter, who serves as the bank’s president before taking over as CEO when Rick Waugh retires in November.

“The business pipeline for the next quarter is solid and should allow us to experience continued good performance.”

Porter said a focus on “cross

selling” its bank products will likely “mitigate some of these factors.” The comments came as Scotiabank delivered third-quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations and raised its quarterly dividend by two cents to 62 cents per share.

The bank earned $1.77 billion or $1.37 per share for the quarter compared with $2.05 billion or $1.69 per share a year earlier when it benefited from the sale of its headquarters in Toronto.

On an adjusted basis, earnings were $1.39 per share, coming in above analyst expectations of $1.31 per share, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters, but down from $1.70 cents per share a year ago.

Revenue rose slightly to $5.52 billion from $5.51 billion. Scotiabank noted that last year’s results benefited from an after-tax gain of

$614 million on the sale of Scotia Plaza in Toronto, equivalent to 53 cents per share.

The most recent quarter included a net benefit of seven cents per share related to non-recurring items in international banking, including a gain on the sale of a subsidiary by an associated corporation. Adjusting for both these items, diluted earnings per share grew 12 per cent, the bank said.

Executives downplayed the effects that rising interest rates could have on Scotiabank’s operations. The higher cost of borrowing tends to leave more consumers on the sidelines.

“While we continue to believe that the Canadian housing market generally remains stable, there may be some softness in Canadian housing and market prices in the short-term,” said chief risk officer Rob Pitfield.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 92.24 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.16 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.36 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.54 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.57 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.11 Cdn. National Railway . . 98.38 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 123.16

Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 33.80 Capital Power Corp . . . . 19.88 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.80 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 37.56 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 42.49 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 20.75 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.02 General Motors Co. . . . . 33.69 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 17.09

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market tumbled Tuesday as the possibility of western countries intervening in Syria’s civil war sparked a selloff on the TSX and other global equity markets.

The S&P/TSX composite index dropped 169.09 points or 1.33 per cent to 12,591.21 with all sectors in the red, and the main Toronto index back to where it started this month.

“The law of unintended consequences and the history of previous military interventions in the region is not a recipe for political and economic stability,” observed Neil MacKinnon, global macro strategist at VTB Capital in New York.

Selling pressure extended to most financials even as two big Canadian banks turned in strong earnings reports.

Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) posted net income of $1.137 billion or $1.68 cents per share, up from $970 million or $1.42 per share in the same year-earlier period. Revenue rose to $4.05 billion from $3.88 billion.

Analysts expected $1.52 in adjusted earnings per share and revenue of $3.96 billion. BMO shares added 27 cents to $66.05.

Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) increased its quarterly dividend by two cents to 62 cents per share and posted quarterly net income of $1.768 billion or $1.37 per diluted share, compared with net income of $2.051 billion or $1.69 per diluted share a year ago.

Revenue rose to $5.52 billion from $5.51 billion.

Last year’s results benefited from an after-tax gain of $614 million on the sale of Scotia Plaza in Toronto.

Ex-items, profit rose 17 per cent to $1.32 a share, beating estimates by two cents but its shares slipped 98 cents to $57.71.

The Canadian dollar erased early losses and closed up 0.26 of a cent at 95.47 cents US. The greenback was stronger against many currencies as traders sought the perceived safe haven of the U.S. currency but the loonie found support from higher gold and oil prices.

U.S. indexes were also sharply lower, a day after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry claimed it was “undeniable” that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons.

The prospect of U.S.-led military action against the Assad regime was enough for investors to cut their exposure to risky assets such as stocks and the Dow Jones industrials fell 170.33 points to a two-month low of 14,776.13.

The Nasdaq was down 79.05 points to 3,578.52 while the S&P 500 index lost 26.3 points to 1,630.48.

On the economic calendar, traders took in data showing rising American consumer confidence. The U.S. Conference Board’s August index came in at 81.5, up from 80.3 in July.

The reading added to speculation about whether the Federal Reserve thinks the economy is strong enough to allow it to start to reduce its monetary stimulus next month.

At present, the Fed is buying $85 billion of financial assets a month in order to lower long-term interest rates and shore up the U.S. economic recovery. Up until recently, a run of data, particularly related to the labour market, had ratcheted up expectations that the so-called tapering will begin in September.

Geopolitical worries boosted bullion prices with the December contract on the Nymex running ahead $27.10 to US$1,420.20 an ounce.

But that gain failed to translate into a gain for gold miners and the sector fell more than four per cent with Goldcorp (TSX:G) faded $1.52 to C$31.35 while Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) backed off 88 cents to $20.64.

The base metals component fell almost four per cent even as signs of improving economies in the U.S. and China pushed copper prices higher with the September contract in New York up one cent at US$3.33 a pound.

Other data Tuesday showed that the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 12.1 per cent in June from a year earlier, nearly matching a seven-year high.

And China’s National Bureau of Statistics said that profit growth for industrial companies ran ahead to 12 per cent in July from 6.3 per cent in June.

The October crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange ran ahead $3.10 to US$109.02 a barrel.

The price of oil has risen more than 15 per cent in the past three months on concern that unrest in Egypt and civil war in Syria could disrupt production and exports, especially in Libya and Iraq. It has also raised the spectre of spreading violence that could block important supply routes.

TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Tuesday at 936.74, down 17.84 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 184.81 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’13 $8.30 lower $529.70; Jan. ’14 $7.60 lower $535.90; March ’14 $7.50 lower $541.70; May ’14 $7.30 lower $545.00; July ’14 $7.70 lower $546.50; Nov. ’14 $5.00 lower $525.00; Jan ’15 $5.00 lower $525.00; March ’15 $5.00 lower $522.00; May ’15 $5.00 lower $522.00; July ’15 $5.00 lower $522.00; Nov. ’15 $5.00 lower $522.00.

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: 661,680 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 661,680.

Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.75 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 39.54 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 48.51 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 32.00 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 13.78 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 45.14 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 87.54 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.53 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 12.93 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 44.95 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 13.83 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.67 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.75 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 57.70 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.86 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.36

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 20.64 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.17 First Quantum Minerals . 17.87 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 31.35 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 7.03 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.91 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 31.37 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.71 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 26.77 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 56.05 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 46.65 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.09 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 50.24 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 31.74 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.22

Canyon Services Group. 11.56 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 30.05 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.770 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 18.04 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.54 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 86.82 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 48.13 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.62 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 29.58 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 44.45 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 5.74 Penn West Energy . . . . . 11.91 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.420 Precision Drilling Corp . . 10.06 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.11 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.18 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.40 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 9.02 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 55.70

Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 66.05 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 57.71 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.23 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.40 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.41 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 30.19 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 46.95 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 60.48 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.09 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 79.25 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.17 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 64.35 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 32.25 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.82

Finance says it will fix credit-union tax error THE CANADIAN PRESS A major auditing firm says credit unions and caisses populaires are facing an unexpected surprise from the federal taxman — a “technical issue” the Finance Department says it will fix.

The March budget included a measure designed to see credit unions and similar small lending institutions pay the same tax rates as other corporations.

The move was a shock that “blindsided” credit unions, says Gary Rogers, a spokesman for Credit Union Central of Canada.

Accounting firm Deloitte says amendments passed in late June to implement the changes mean tax rates for credit unions will actually be 13 percentage points higher than those paid by banks and other corporations. NDP finance critic Peggy Nash calls

it a radical Conservative tax hike.

She called on Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to either fix the problem, or explain why credit unions and caisses populaires are being unfairly penalized.

Liberal finance critic Scott Brison has also

written to Flaherty, insisting that legislation be drawn up immediately to halt the tax-rate increase.

Brison blamed the error on the Conservative government’s penchant for incorporating multiple changes in law in its omnibus budget bills.

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Dream come true for Sutter LUKAS SUTTER EXCITED TO JOIN REBELS, WANTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITY KORY SHEETS

SHEETS SNAGS CFL OFFENSIVE POW CFL leading rusher Kory Sheets is the league’s offensive player of the week after another impressive performance. Sheets rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns in Saskatchewan’s 30-27 win over Edmonton on Saturday. It was the seventh time Sheets has rushed for over 130 yards in a game this season. Sheets has rushed for 1,058 yards in eight games this year. He’s on pace to break the CFL single-season rushing record of 2,065 yards, set by Montreal’s Mike Pringle in 1998. Sheets was also named the offensive player of the week in Week 3 and the offensive player of the month for July.

Defensive player of the week honours went to Hamilton’s Dee Webb, who returned an interception 34 yards for a touchdown while adding a tackle in the Tiger-Cats’ 37-14 win over Winnipeg.

Montreal kick returner Tyron Carrier took the special-team award, returning a fourth quarter kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown as the Alouettes beat B.C. 39-38 on a last-second field goal. Teammate Eric Deslauriers was named top Canadian. The receiver caught four passes for 101 yards, including a 57-yard reception that set up the game-winning field goal.

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Brent Sutter’s nephew was a fan of the Red Deer Rebels long before he was dealt to the team in June from the Saskatoon Blades.

“To get an opportunity to come and play for a team I grew up dreaming about is something that’s very special and the prospect of that is exciting for me,” 20-year-old forward Lukas Sutter said Tuesday, following a morning scrimmage that kicked off the second day of main training camp at the Centrium.

Lukas, the son of former NHL player Rich Sutter, grew up in Lethbridge and was selected by the Blades in the second round of the 2008 Western Hockey League bantam draft. He played seven games with Saskatoon the following year and joined the club full-time for the 201011 season and contributed four goals and 19 points.

The rugged winger enjoyed a breakout season in 2011-12 — sniping 28 goals and collecting 59 points — and was subsequently picked by the Winnipeg Jets in the second round of the NHL entry draft. But the 2012-13 campaign was another matter, as Sutter’s offensive output slipped to 13 goals and 24 points.

His struggles mirrored those of the eventual Memorial Cup host Blades in general, as the club was up and down all season and was then swept by the Medicine Hat Tigers in the first round of the playoffs. Sutter was somewhat of a bright spot for the Blades in their four playoff outings, scoring twice, but he realized he had to improve his conditioning in order to play at the next level.

The Blades, left with a large group of 20-year-olds following their unsuccessful attempt to

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Lukas Sutter takes a shot on goal during a training camp scrimmage on Tuesday. win the Memorial Cup, dealt Sutter to Red Deer in exchange for defenceman Kevin Pochuk and the Rebels’ third- and seventh-round selections in the 2014 bantam draft.

Sutter then headed to Toronto to work out at the High Performance Centre operated by former NHL forward Gary Roberts.

“There was a lot of question marks regarding my skating and my conditioning and that’s something I really learned a lot about this summer,” said Sutter, who played at 216 pounds last winter and now carries 208 pounds on his six-foot-one frame.

“You get into an atmosphere like that with the players that

Thursday

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Goalie Corey Crawford, left, stops a shot from Milan Lucic during a ball hockey training session at the Canadian national men’s team orientation camp in Calgary, Tuesday.

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news for fellow lefties like Jay Bouwmeester, Marc Staal, Dion Phaneuf, Dan Hamhuis, Karl Alzner, Marc Methot and Marc-Edouard Vlasic.

“That’s what I hear is that it’s the best time to be a left-handed shutdown defenceman in Canada,” Alzner said.

“I’m happy I’m not a right-handed, offensive defenceman right now.”

Canada has a logjam of those, though injuries during the first three months of the regular season could alter the picture. But if five or six righties play too well to leave them off the team, a couple of them might have to deal with playing the off side.

“Everybody’s so skilled, everybody can adapt to any situation,” Pietrangelo said. “You’re talking about the best of the best here at this camp, and I think the coaching staff would feel pretty comfortable to have everybody on any side and to be able to adapt to play the other side certainly gives you a better opportunity of making the team.”

Of course it’s not just about righties versus lefties. Yzerman has made it clear he’s not constructing an all-star team but rather wants a mix of role players. Someone is going to need to focus on shutting down Alex Ovechkin, Zach Parise and others, blocking shots and killing penalties.

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CALGARY — Canada could take 14 centres and eight right-handed defencemen to Sochi and still have one of the most talented teams at the Olympics.

That’s not going to happen, but the depth at those two spots presents questions for general manager Steve Yzerman and his staff. For the centres and right-handed-shot defencemen, moving to unfamiliar positions may just be part of the deal if they want a roster spot.

“Listen, when it comes to Team Canada, nobody’s going to care whether they’re on the right side or left side,” Montreal Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban said. “As long as we win the hockey game and guys are willing to adjust, that’s all that matters.”

Subban — last season’s Norris Trophy winner — is a righty, along with Shea Weber, Drew Doughty, Alex Pietrangelo, Brent Seabrook, Kris Letang, Dan Boyle and final-roster long shots Mike Green and Travis Hamonic.

Canada will have eight defencemen on the team in February, and while Yzerman said an even split of left- and right-handed shooters isn’t the “endall,” he prefers balance.

Figuring that Duncan Keith of the Chicago Blackhawks is a lock if healthy, the idea of balance is good

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Red Deer Rebels second-year forward Conner Bleackley is confident that one step back will lead to two steps forward.

Although he failed to make the cut at the Canadian under-18 team selection camp in Toronto in July, Bleackley is determined that he’ll prosper from the experience and be a better player during the 2013-14 Western Hockey League season.

“The (national U18) camp was a measuring stick for me, playing against all the top guys my age,” he said following a training camp scrimmage Tuesday at the Centrium. “Obviously getting cut was disappointing, but at the same time I can’t dwell on it for too long. I have to learn from it and see where I need to be. The under-18 team coaches gave me some things to improve on so that’s something I’m going to continue to work on throughout the season.”

Bleackley was a standout in camp Tuesday, a sign that he was clearly industrious in the gym and on the ice during the summer.

“Mostly I was just trying to lean down and get quicker,” said the 17-year-old, who changed his physical look and improved his speed. “I wanted to get faster with my first few strides as well as laterally, and I think I really did that. I can feel it out there . . . just not getting fatigued as fast and kind of being able to get those quick first three strides. I think it will help me in sustaining a 72-game schedule.”

The six-foot, 195-pound centre enjoyed a fine rookie season with nine goals and 18 points. But, as he pointed out, he’s no longer a freshman and is now harbouring much larger expectations of himself.

“Last year there’s wasn’t much pressure, but this year I’m putting a lot of pressure on myself to perform well and be a leader,” he said. “Now that I’ve been around the league for awhile it’s kind of my role to help out the younger guys.”

Bleackley was one of the better players on the ice during the Tuesday afternoon scrimmage, scoring once to help Team White secure a 5-3 win over Team Black.

“It was a good first day and it nice to see all the guys again,” he said. “Everybody looks like they’re excited to be here and it’s going to be a good year.” ● Prospective 17-year-old rookie Vukie Mpofu, the reigning Saskatchewan Midget AAA League scoring champion, potted two goals for Team White in the afternoon win, as did 16-year-old forward prospect Meyer Nell. Brady Gaudet, Dominik Volek and Riley Boomgaarden replied for Team Black.

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● WHL: Red Deer Rebels training camp — Team A practice, 9-10 a.m.; Team B practice, 10:15-11:15 a.m.; Team C practice, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Team A vs. Team B, 5 p.m., Centrium.

are there . . . every day you’re in the gym with guys like Steven Stamkos and Stephen Weiss.

They provide a very good example for you as to what it takes to play pro hockey. They are guys who are established in the NHL and they’re in the gym every day pushing themselves to the limit.

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Soriano leads Yankees over Blue Jays

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Yankees 7 Blue Jays 1 TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays starter J.A. Happ had to deal with a cramp in his side while warming up before Tuesday’s game against New York.

By the time he got comfortable on the mound, the Yankees were well on their way to a comfortable victory.

Alfonso Soriano hit a towering three-run homer in New York’s fourrun first inning and veteran left-hander Andy Pettitte threw seven shutout innings as the Yankees dumped Toronto 7-1 at Rogers Centre.

“You spot them four runs right out of the gate, it’s tough to overcome that,” said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons.

“It really is. We’ve been saying all along that (if) we get a decent pitching outing then we’ve got a chance.

“But you spot them early, especially when we’re not scoring a lot of runs right now, it makes it tough.”

Soriano added another homer in the third inning — the 28th of the season and 400th of his career — while Mark Reynolds and Alex Rodriguez also had solo homers for New York (70-62). The Yankees outhit the Blue Jays 12-10.

Pettitte (10-9) was in fine form, allowing five hits and two walks while striking out three.

“He was really good, he went through the lineup with not too many pitches the first time,” said Yankees manager Joe Girardi. “He got some big outs when he had to. His stuff was really good tonight. I thought he was sharp.”

Happ (3-4) said the cramp was not a significant issue and he didn’t want to use it as an excuse.

“It wasn’t the reason I performed the way I did,” he said. “I wasn’t sharp enough in that first inning. Soriano got me on a first pitch and it’s tough to get behind against a pitcher like that and a team like that. He did his job and I didn’t do mine.”

New York did all of its damage in the opening inning before Toronto (5974) recorded an out.

Leadoff man Brett Gardner doubled, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored when Derek Jeter stroked a single up the middle.

Robinson Cano reached after he was hit in the left hand by a pitch and Soriano followed with a no-doubt blast to deep left field. Cano left the game and underwent precautionary X-rays, which were negative.

“The fact that there’s no break is a good sign,” Girardi said. “We haven’t had a lot of luck on our side when it comes to X-rays. We got some tonight.”

Soriano’s second homer bounced off the top of the wall, just out of the reach of Toronto left-fielder Kevin Pillar.

“I never thought I was going to hit 400 homers in the big leagues,” Soriano said.

The Blue Jays got their first hit of the game in the bottom of the inning on a Moises Sierra single. Toronto put two runners on in the fourth when Rajai Davis doubled and Brett Lawrie of Langley, B.C., reached on a walk but Mark DeRosa struck out to end the threat.

Esmil Rogers relieved Happ with two outs in the fifth inning and got Vernon Wells to line out with two runners on. Happ allowed five earned runs, seven hits and two walks while striking out five.

Sierra hit a one-out double in the fifth and tried to score on a single to

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New York Yankees Alfonso Soriano (right) is congratulated on his three run homer by teammates Derek Jeter (centre) and Robinson Cano (24) during first inning action against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto on Tuesday. centre field by Ryan Goins. Gardner’s throw home was accurate and Sierra slid but couldn’t avoid Chris Stewart’s tag.

Reynolds hit his 17th home run of the season in the sixth inning. Rodriguez went deep an inning later for his fourth homer of the year and 651st of his career.

The Blue Jays scored their lone run in the eighth inning off reliever Adam Warren.

Pillar doubled to the wall in leftcentre field to score Goins from first base. Jose Reyes followed with a single to put runners on the corners but pinch-hitter Anthony Gose hit into an inning-ending double play.

Sierra tied a career high with his three-hit game. Announced attendance was 34,047 and the game took two hours 43 minutes to play.

Notes: The Yankees improved to 132 on the season against Toronto. ... Cano, who was replaced at second base by Eduardo Nunez, is listed as day to day. ... It was Soriano’s sixth multi-homer game of the season. ... The Blue Jays outrighted pitcher Chien-Ming Wang to triple-A Buffalo before the game. He had been designated for assignment a day earlier. ... Todd Redmond (1-2) is scheduled to start for Toronto in the series finale on Wednesday night. The Yankees will counter with fellow righthander Hiroki Kuroda (11-9).

Jays GM Anthopoulos has no Saskatoon Blades sold to Edmonton plans to get rid of Gibbons based Go Auto owner Priestner TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos is giving his skipper a vote of confidence.

Speaking to reporters before Tuesday’s game against the New York Yankees, Anthopoulos said manager John Gibbons will return as manager in 2014.

Gibbons, who came back for a second stint as Toronto manager this season, has been an easy target as his team has been mired in last place in the American League East for most of the year.

When asked about the possibility of replacing Gibbons, Anthopoulos said: “there’s

never been any thought on that respect at all.”

Gibbons reportedly signed a two-year deal with options last fall.

Entering Tuesday’s games, the Blue Jays were 18 games behind the first-place Boston Red Sox. Expectations were high for the Blue Jays after a busy off-season that included major trades and free-agent signings. However, Toronto struggled early in the year and never really got on track.

Injuries have been a factor and the starting rotation has struggled for most of the season.

In addition, several key players have not performed up to expectations.

“The in-game man-

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SUTTER: Learned “Those are guys you look to to kind of model your game after in terms of how they carry themselves off the ice. They’re true professionals and that’s something I learned a lot about.”

Sutter will attend the Jets camp next week and naturally would prefer to play for pay this winter, even at the AHL level with Winnipeg’s top farm team — the St. John’s IceCaps. However, a return to the Rebels for one last season of major junior seasoning wouldn’t be a disappointment.

“For any young hockey player — you talk to Matt (Rebels defenceman Dumba) or Patrik (Bartosak) — their goal is to play pro,” said Sutter. “It’s the same for me, but at the same time to come back to an organization like Red Deer would be a blessing. The opportunity for me to be successful here is very large and if it presents itself it’s an opportunity I’m going to take full advantage of.”

Sutter knows full well that he’ll set himself up for a pro contract offer from the Jets in the event that he rebounds to his 2011-12 form.

“You want to jump to pro hockey as quickly as you can, but any chance that I can get to develop I’m going to take advantage of that and whether that’s in St. John’s or back here in Red Deer, I’m going to do the best that I can to develop to my full potential,” he said.

While Brent Sutter will be expecting his nephew to be a major offensive contributor this season, he swung the deal with the Blades to add some grit and toughness to his forward ranks. In 220 regular-season games with the Blades, Lukas Sutter racked up 520 minutes in penalties. Sutter was an alternate captain with Saskatoon last winter and sees himself taking on a leadership role in Red Deer.

“That’s one of my natural abilities. It comes with the territory,” he said. “You don’t want to come in and step on any toes, but come in here with the attitude that this is a team that has to be successful. I’m going to do everything I can to help that. The leadership core here is in place and anything I can do to help in that respect is something that I want to do.”

Sutter saw enough of the Rebels as an opposing player to conclude that Red Deer should enjoy success in the upcoming season. In fact, he’s shooting for both the moon and the stars.

“Obviously, this is a very good team,” he insisted.

“You look at the top six guys, even the top nine forwards . . . they’re very talented. Guys like (Rhyse) Dieno, (Brooks) Maxwell, (Matt) Bellerive and (Dominik) Volek, they’re all very talented players. Plus, a guy like (Conner) Bleackley has a ton of upside and just so much room to grow.

“You look on the back end and see (Devan) Fafard, (Kayle) Doetzel, (Mathew) Dumba and (Brady) Gaudet . . . it’s a scary-looking lineup. You add Patty (Bartosak), the best goalie in the CHL, and this is a lineup that’s made to win a championship. And if I come back here, that will be my goal. You want to go out on a high in your last year of junior and I think anything less than a Memorial Cup would be a disappointment for this group.”

aging and so on, I think he’s done a great job,” Anthopoulos said of Gibbons. “I think it’s so easy to pin results on one person. I think it’s convenient and I can say that for myself, I could say it for certain players, I could say it for the manager. I just don’t think blame falls on one person.

“I think when we’re playing the way we have, I just don’t think it falls on one person. I think it’s collectively so I think there’s blame to share. It’s probably the best way to put it.”

Gibbons went 305305 when he previously managed the Blue Jays for parts of five seasons before being fired in June 2008. He was rehired last November.

BY DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN SASKATOON STARPHOENIX Brent McEwen believes the WHL will be a weaker league without Jack Brodsky and his family involved.

The WHL announced Tuesday that Brodsky has sold the Saskatoon Blades to Edmonton-based Go Auto owner and CEO Mike Priestner.

The deal — expected to be in the $9-million range — is pending the approval of two-thirds of the league’s board of governors at a meeting in Calgary next Wednesday.

For McEwen, who served as Blades general manager from 1997 to 2004, that day could be a sad one for the WHL. “I think the league will miss them, but there’s always someone who will come along and do a good job as well and give it a different look,” McEwen said.

“If you want to work for somebody, he’s a very good person to work for,” he added. “The biggest thing is you can work on a handshake and trust that his word is very, very good. That’s not

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REBELS: Reassigned Earlier, Team Burgundy, with Rhyse Dieno and Tanner Laderoute sniping regulation-time goals, defeated Team White 3-2 in a shootout. Replying for White were Wyatt Johnson and 15-year-old Jeff de Wit. In the evening contest, Lukas Sutter and Brooks Maxwell each potted a pair of goals to give Team Burgundy a 4-2 win over Team Black, which got goals from Brady Gaudet and Earl Webb.

Patrik Bartosak didn’t give up a goal during the two contests, while Bolton Pouliot surrendered three, Taz Burman and Rylan Toth each allowed two, Colby Entz gave up four and Grant Naherniak was touched for seven goals. ● Twelve players were reassigned following Tuesday’s action, leaving 47 players remaining in camp.

That number will be reduced by five to seven players today in preparation for the Black and White game at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Reassigned Tuesday were 15-year-old defencemen Cale Chalifoux of Edmonton and Max Salpeter of St. Albert, 15-year-old netminder Colby Entz of Churchbridge, Sask., and 15-year-old forwards Regan Doig of Hanna, Reese Johnson of Saskatoon, Josh Logel of Calgary, Caleb Reiss of Rocanville, Sask., and Tyler Kirkup of Virden, Man.; 16-year-old defencemen Brett Hamer of Calgary and Keenan Lugt of Buena Vista, Sask., and forward Bryson Traptow of Calgary, 16, and 17-year-old rearguard Connor Hamonic of Winnipeg.

Today’s schedule features practice sessions at 9 and 10:30 a.m., with a Black and White preview set for 5:30 p.m. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

CAMP: Advantage Consider that an advantage for Hamhuis and Alzner.

“I take a lot of pride in my defensive game,” Hamhuis said. “I’m kind of a defence-first guy and also like to contribute offensively. It’s kind of a role I’ve been in, a two-way role with more focus on defence for me.”

Role players are needed up front, too, where Canada is stocked with centres better than any other country in the world. Sidney Crosby and Jonathan Toews figure to stick at that position, but players like Steven Stamkos, John Tavares, Patrice Bergeron and Claude Giroux could get shifted to the wings.

Coach Mike Babcock won’t hesitate to play them out of position to get their talent on the roster. He expects to have a lot of centres on Team Canada.

“I just know in our own situation in Detroit, we play our best players all over,” Babcock said. “We just like them on the ice. And we’re going to do the same thing here. The best players are going to play.”

Picking the 14 best forwards is challenging enough, but half the battle is figuring out which centres could best adjust to playing on the wing.

Tavares got some experience there during the lockout and in previous international competitions,

always the way things are done these days.”

McEwen said he never was never officially under contract with the Blades.

However, Brodsky didn’t have McEwen under his thumb or meddle in his affairs.

All McEwen had to do was inform Brodsky — and occasionally his brother, Bob — of the moves he was making.

Brodsky became the governor in 1992 when his brother, Rick, moved to Prince George to run the WHL’s Cougars. Bob, and their sister, Debbie, were also part of the ownership group.

“You sit down and talk and explain what you wanted to do and they really let you make your decisions,” McEwen said.

“I had no complaints at all. I thought they were really fair,” he added. “I really enjoyed working for them. I never questioned that.”

The Blades have never won a championship in their 49-year history, most of which falls under the Brodsky regime.

That fact is “unfortunate because they were very good owners,” McEwen said.

and Stamkos became accustomed to it when playing on a line centred by Giroux at world championships.

“It was a little bit of an adjustment at first, I hadn’t really played that position in a long time, but after the first couple of games you get used to it,” Stamkos said. “When you’re being evaluated for a team like this, you’re pretty much willing to play any position to be on the team.”

Stamkos and Tavares are virtually certain of being in Sochi. Versatility is more crucial for some of the centres who must earn a spot, like Matt Duchene of the Colorado Avalanche and Logan Couture of the San Jose Sharks.

“I think centre you have so many responsibilities at both ends of the rink,” Duchene said. “This team is so strong down the middle that you can almost put 12 guys from that position. I’ve played a bit of wing in the past and I’m comfortable there. Having a centre background also makes you a little more responsible defensively, I think.”

Ken Hitchcock of the St. Louis Blues, one of Babcock’s assistants for Team Canada, has emphasized the need to play a “200-foot game.” That’s where it certainly doesn’t hurt to have extra centres who are used to playing in all four corners of the ice.

“As a centre you learn to play everywhere,” Tavares said. “You obviously (have to) be the guy that’s always around the puck and supporting the play. ...

I don’t think any of those transitions are going to be really difficult for this group.”

Some players make the decision easy. Anaheim Ducks centre Ryan Getzlaf has always played in the middle, including for Canada in the past, while Jeff Carter of the Los Angeles Kings, a natural centre, has played wing a lot in the NHL lately.

“I think as a guy that can kind of move around and bounce around the lineup a little bit, I think that may help out a little bit,” Carter said. “I played the last couple years at wing and I’m comfortable there now. I’m comfortable at centre, too, so it’s a good thing, I guess.”

Flexibility isn’t a bad thing, especially when there’s so much competition for spots. Leaving comfort zones is worth the price if the reward is a trip to Sochi.

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Baseball

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Boston Tampa Bay Baltimore New York Toronto

American League East Division W L Pct 78 55 .586 74 56 .569 70 60 .538 70 62 .530 59 74 .444

GB — 2 1/2 6 1/2 7 1/2 19

Detroit Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 77 55 .583 71 60 .542 66 64 .508 57 72 .442 55 76 .420

GB — 5 1/2 10 18 1/2 21 1/2

Texas Oakland Los Angeles Seattle Houston

West Division W L Pct 76 55 .580 74 57 .565 59 71 .454 59 71 .454 44 87 .336

GB — 2 16 1/2 16 1/2 32

Monday’s Games Kansas City 11, Tampa Bay 1 Toronto 5, N.Y. Yankees 2 Oakland 8, Detroit 6 Houston 10, Chicago White Sox 8 Texas 8, Seattle 3 Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 7, Toronto 1 Oakland 6, Detroit 3, 6 innings Boston 13, Baltimore 2 Atlanta 2, Cleveland 0 L.A. Angels 6, Tampa Bay 5 Chicago White Sox 4, Houston 3 Kansas City 6, Minnesota 1 Texas at Seattle, late

Baltimore, 29.

PITCHING—Scherzer, Detroit, 19-1; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 14-3; Tillman, Baltimore, 14-4; Colon, Oakland, 14-5; Masterson, Cleveland, 14-9; CWilson, Los Angeles, 13-6; Guthrie, Kansas City, 13-10.

ERA—AniSanchez, Detroit, 2.61; FHernandez, Seattle, 2.63; Darvish, Texas, 2.68; Kuroda, New York, 2.71; Scherzer, Detroit, 2.73; DHolland, Texas, 2.95; Colon, Oakland, 2.97.

STRIKEOUTS—Darvish, Texas, 225; Scherzer, Detroit, 196; FHernandez, Seattle, 192; Masterson, Cleveland, 182; Sale, Chicago, 181; Verlander, Detroit, 169; DHolland, Texas, 162.

SAVES—JiJohnson, Baltimore, 40; MRivera, New York, 38; Nathan, Texas, 37; AReed, Chicago, 36; GHolland, Kansas City, 35; Balfour, Oakland, 33; Perkins, Minnesota, 30; Rodney, Tampa Bay, 30.

Atlanta Washington Philadelphia New York Miami

National League East Division W L Pct 79 52 .603 66 65 .504 60 72 .455 59 71 .454 49 81 .377

GB — 13 19 1/2 19 1/2 29 1/2

St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Milwaukee Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 78 54 .591 76 55 .580 74 59 .556 58 73 .443 55 76 .420

GB — 1 1/2 4 1/2 19 1/2 22 1/2

West Division W L Pct 77 54 .588 67 63 .515 62 72 .463 59 72 .450 59 73 .447

GB — 9 1/2 16 1/2 18 18 1/2

Los Angeles Arizona Colorado San Diego San Francisco

Wednesday’s Games Texas (M.Perez 7-3) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 12-7), 1:40 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 11-9) at Toronto (Redmond 1-2), 5:07 p.m.

Oakland (Straily 6-7) at Detroit (Fister 11-6), 5:08 p.m.

Baltimore (B.Norris 9-10) at Boston (Lackey 8-11), 5:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 14-9) at Atlanta (Maholm 9-10), 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Richards 4-5) at Tampa Bay (Archer 7-5), 5:10 p.m.

Houston (Cosart 1-1) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 9-12), 6:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Duffy 1-0) at Minnesota (A.Albers 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Oakland at Detroit, 11:08 a.m.

Kansas City at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m.

L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay, 11:10 a.m.

Baltimore at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.

Seattle at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .357; Trout, Los Angeles, .331; ABeltre, Texas, .327; Mauer, Minnesota, .324; DOrtiz, Boston, .316; Cano, New York, .305; JhPeralta, Detroit, .305; TorHunter, Detroit, .305.

RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 130; CDavis, Baltimore, 118; Encarnacion, Toronto, 97; AJones, Baltimore, 95; Fielder, Detroit, 90; Cano, New York, 85; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 84.

DOUBLES—Machado, Baltimore, 44; Lowrie, Oakland, 37; CDavis, Baltimore, 36; AlRamirez, Chicago, 36; Mauer, Minnesota, 35; Pedroia, Boston, 34; Saltalamacchia, Boston, 34; Trout, Los Angeles, 34.

TRIPLES—Ellsbury, Boston, 8; Gardner, New York, 8; Trout, Los Angeles, 8; Drew, Boston, 6; AGordon, Kansas City, 6; DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 5; Kawasaki, Toronto, 5; LMartin, Texas, 5; BMiller, Seattle, 5.

HOME RUNS—CDavis, Baltimore, 46; MiCabrera, Detroit, 43; Encarnacion, Toronto, 33; ADunn, Chicago, 30; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 29; Bautista, Toronto, 28; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 28.

STOLEN BASES—Ellsbury, Boston, 47; RDavis, Toronto, 40; Andrus, Texas, 35; Altuve, Houston, 30; Rios, Texas, 30; LMartin, Texas, 29; McLouth,

Monday’s Games St. Louis 8, Cincinnati 6 Philadelphia 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Colorado 6, San Francisco 1 Arizona 6, San Diego 1 L.A. Dodgers 6, Chicago Cubs 2

St. Louis, 37; Bruce, Cincinnati, 35; Desmond, Washington, 33; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 33; Rizzo, Chicago, 33; GParra, Arizona, 32.

TRIPLES—SMarte, Pittsburgh, 10; CGomez, Milwaukee, 9; Segura, Milwaukee, 9; Span, Washington, 9; Hechavarria, Miami, 7; Venable, San Diego, 7; CGonzalez, Colorado, 6; DWright, New York, 6.

HOME RUNS—PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 32; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 31; DBrown, Philadelphia, 27; CGonzalez, Colorado, 26; Bruce, Cincinnati, 25; JUpton, Atlanta, 24; Beltran, St. Louis, 23.

STOLEN BASES—Segura, Milwaukee, 38; ECabrera, San Diego, 37; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 35; CGomez, Milwaukee, 30; EYoung, New York, 29; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 26.

PITCHING—Zimmermann, Washington, 15-7; Wainwright, St. Louis, 15-7; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 146; JDe La Rosa, Colorado, 14-6; 7 tied at 13.

ERA—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 1.72; Harvey, New York, 2.27; Fernandez, Miami, 2.30; Wainwright, St. Louis, 2.58; Corbin, Arizona, 2.79; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 2.84; Greinke, Los Angeles, 2.86.

STRIKEOUTS—Harvey, New York, 191; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 188; Wainwright, St. Louis, 182; Samardzija, Chicago, 175; Latos, Cincinnati, 170; HBailey, Cincinnati, 166; AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 166.

SAVES—Kimbrel, Atlanta, 42; Mujica, St. Louis, 35; RSoriano, Washington, 34; AChapman, Cincinnati, 33; Romo, San Francisco, 32; Grilli, Pittsburgh, 30; Cishek, Miami, 28.

Tuesday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 401 001 100 — 7 12 0 Toronto 000 000 010 — 1 10 1 Pettitte, Warren (8) and C.Stewart; Happ, E.Rogers (5), Wagner (9) and Arencibia. W—Pettitte 10-9. L— Happ 3-4. HRs—New York, A.Soriano 2 (11), Mar. Reynolds (17), A.Rodriguez (4).

Oakland 201 021 — 6 7 1 Detroit 300 00x — 3 3 1 (6 innings) Milone and Vogt; Verlander, B.Rondon (6) and Avila. W—Milone 10-9. L—Verlander 12-10. HRs— Oakland, Moss (22), S.Smith (7).

Baltimore 002 000 000 — 2 4 0 Boston 102 530 20x — 13 14 0 W.Chen, Mig.Gonzalez (4), Patton (5), Matusz (7), Fr.Rodriguez (8) and Wieters, Teagarden; Doubront, Thornton (7), D.Britton (8) and Saltalamacchia, D.Ross. W—Doubront 10-6. L—W.Chen 7-7.

HRs—Boston, Victorino 2 (11), Napoli (17).

Tuesday’s Games Washington 2, Miami 1 Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 6 Atlanta 2, Cleveland 0 N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 0 St. Louis 6, Cincinnati 1 San Francisco 5, Colorado 3 San Diego at Arizona, late Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, late Wednesday’s Games Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 7-13) at L.A. Dodgers (Nolasco 10-9), 1:10 p.m.

Miami (H.Alvarez 2-3) at Washington (Strasburg 6-9), 5:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gorzelanny 3-5) at Pittsburgh (Morton 5-3), 5:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 14-9) at Atlanta (Maholm 9-10), 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 5-13) at N.Y. Mets (Matsuzaka 0-1), 5:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (H.Bailey 8-10) at St. Louis (Wainwright 15-7), 6:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 11-8) at Colorado (Chacin 12-7), 6:40 p.m.

San Diego (Erlin 1-2) at Arizona (Miley 9-8), 7:40 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m.

Miami at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING—YMolina, St. Louis, .333; CJohnson, Atlanta, .331; Cuddyer, Colorado, .325; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, .322; Craig, St. Louis, .316; MCarpenter, St. Louis, .313; Beltran, St. Louis, .312.

RBI—Goldschmidt, Arizona, 103; Craig, St. Louis, 96; Phillips, Cincinnati, 95; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 86; FFreeman, Atlanta, 85; Bruce, Cincinnati, 82; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 81.

DOUBLES—MCarpenter, St. Louis, 43; YMolina,

CFL West Division W L T 7 1 0 6 2 0 5 3 0 1 7 0

PF 264 261 207 188

PA 177 200 203 235

Pt 14 12 10 2

GP 8 8 8 8

East Division W L T 5 3 0 4 4 0 3 5 0 1 7 0

PF 244 203 195 167

PA 209 219 239 247

Pt 10 8 6 2

Toronto Hamilton Montreal Winnipeg

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 LEADERS SCORING Touchdowns (Ru-running; Rc-receiving; Rt-kickoff/punt/ missed FG return; D-defensive return): TD Ru Rc Rt D Cornish, Cal 9 8 1 0 0 Gable, Ham 7 4 3 0 0 Barnes, Tor 6 0 6 0 0 Harris, BC 6 4 2 0 0 Sheets, Sask 6 6 0 0 0 Simpson, Wpg 6 6 0 0 0 Stamps, Edm 6 0 6 0 0 Getzlaf, Sask 5 0 5 0 0 Green, Mtl 5 0 5 0 0 Chiles, Tor 4 0 4 0 0 Dressler, Sask 4 0 4 0 0 Goltz, Wpg 4 4 0 0 0 Gore, BC 4 0 4 0 0 Koch, Edm 4 0 3 1 0 McDaniel, Cal 4 1 3 0 0 Smith, Sask 4 0 4 0 0 Arceneaux, BC 3 0 3 0 0 Bagg, Sask 3 0 3 0 0 Charles, Edm 3 2 1 0 0 Ellingson, Ham 3 0 3 0 0 Lewis, Cal 3 0 3 0 0 Owens, Tor 3 0 2 1 0 Steele, Tor 3 3 0 0 0 C.Taylor, BC 3 0 3 0 0 West, Cal 3 0 3 0 0 PLACEKICKING Parades, Cal Whyte, Mtl Milo, Sask Congi, Ham Prefontaine, Tor Shaw, Edm McCallum, BC Palardy, Wpg O’Neill, BC-Edm DeAngelis, Wpg Waters, Tor Renaud, Wpg Schmitt, Sask Bartel, Ham Maver, Cal Watt, Tor

C 23 16 25 21 23 13 13 12 9 3 4 0 0 0 0 1

FG 23 24 21 17 13 14 12 9 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0

S 1 5 0 3 3 4 1 1 3 0 1 7 6 2 2 0

Pt 93 93 88 75 65 59 50 40 30 12 8 7 6 2 2 1

No. 175 108 99 104 68 34 53 49 45

Yds. 1058 749 552 534 375 305 279 261 231

Avg. 6.0 6.9 5.6 5.1 5.5 9.0 5.3 5.3 5.1

L 37 53 75 23 70 22 25 26 18

RUSHING Sheets, Sask Cornish, Cal Simpson, Wpg Harris, BC Charles, Edm Reilly, Edm Whitaker, Mtl Gable, Ham Messam, Mtl

Lulay, BC Kackert, Tor Steele, Tor Burris, Ham Walter, Cal Collaros, Tor Durant, Sask LeFevour, Ham Lamar, Ham Goltz, Wpg Williams, Cal

29 36 31 26 26 32 12 14 17 25 18

230 189 177 150 121 120 119 113 99 87 82

7.9 5.3 5.7 5.8 4.7 3.8 9.9 8.1 5.8 3.5 4.6

23 57 26 15 25 17 18 30 18 13 19

RECEIVING Stamps, Edm Owens, Tor Green, Mtl Ellingson, Ham Dressler, Sask Grant, Ham Durie, Tor Arceneaux, BC Smith, Sask Getzlaf, Sask Koch, Edm Bruce, Mtl Moore, BC McDaniel, Cal Lewis, Cal Giguere, Ham Barnes, Tor Coehoorn, Edm Edwards, Wpg C.Taylor, BC

No. 36 58 35 33 37 38 42 26 28 28 36 29 27 36 32 26 24 27 25 29

Yds. 684 648 555 538 527 506 503 501 481 450 439 429 426 419 400 394 371 362 323 322

Avg. 19.0 11.2 15.9 16.3 14.2 13.3 12.0 19.3 17.2 16.1 12.2 14.8 15.8 11.6 12.5 15.2 15.5 13.4 12.9 11.1

L 46 37 74 39 42 51 48 77 70 34 35 86 43 45 32 61 73 51 60 34

PASSING C-A Burris, Ham 176-270 Reilly, Edm 147-235 Lulay, BC 150-236 Durant, Sask 136-201 Ray, Tor 148-189 Calvillo, Mtl 115-196 Glenn, Cal 101-148 B.Pierce, Wpg 78-128 Collaros, Tor 51-72 Goltz, Wpg 50-88

Pct. 65.2 62.6 63.6 67.7 78.3 58.7 68.2 60.9 70.8 56.8

Yds. 2454 2031 1897 1883 1824 1322 1158 946 675 521

INTERCEPTION RETURNS No. Yds. Parks, BC 2 64 Elimimian, BC 2 33 Emry, Mtl 2 26 Brackenridge, Sask 2 19 Banks, BC 2 16 Wall, Cal 2 2 Anderson, Sask 2 0 Robinson, Tor 1 47 Washington, Wpg 1 46 Brown, Sask 1 42

TD Int. Eff. 12 6 99.8 12 8 93.1 13 8 92.8 17 0 125.7 15 0 134.0 6 5 78.7 6 2 99.4 2 6 69.3 4 1 112.9 2 3 67.5 TD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FUMBLE RETURNS Bowman, Mtl Bighill, BC Banks, BC Lawrence, Tor Green, Wpg Hebert, Mtl Horton, Tor Mayo, Cal Brown, Mtl Wild, Wpg

No. 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

Yds. 9 60 6 6 0 0 0 0 54 54

TEAM OFFENCE (Yardage includes losses) Pass Rush Saskatchewan 2199 1234 Calgary 2097 1132 Toronto 2565 660 Hamilton 2553 700 Edmonton 2196 773 B.C. 1919 922 Montreal 1834 754 Winnipeg 1712 704 TEAM DEFENCE

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Pratt struck gold in the 15-16 year-old male cruiser event and also finished fourth in the 15-year-old divi-

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Total 416.1 388.0 387.6 374.0 351.6 334.3 293.8 279.6

Tuesday’s Sports Transactions

Kan. City 000 000 051 — 6 13 0 Minnesota 000 000 010 — 1 4 1 Shields, W.Smith (8), K.Herrera (9) and S.Perez; Correia, Burton (8), Thielbar (8), Pressly (9) and Doumit. W—Shields 9-8. L—Burton 2-8. HRs— Kansas City, B.Butler (14).

INTERLEAGUE Cleveland 000 000 000 — 0 6 0 Atlanta 020 000 00x — 2 3 0 Salazar, Rzepczynski (5), M.Albers (6), Carrasco (7) and C.Santana; A.Wood, Ayala (6), S.Downs (6), Avilan (8), Kimbrel (9) and McCann. W—A.Wood 3-2. L—Salazar 1-2. Sv—Kimbrel (42).

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHICAGO BULLS—Named Jennifer Swanson director of sports performance.

Women’s National Basketball Association INDIANA FEVER — Re-signed F Jasmine Hassell. Waived C Sasha Goodlett.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Milwaukee 100 130 110 — 7 14 0 Pittsburgh 000 041 100 — 6 15 0 Lohse, Wooten (6), Kintzler (8), Henderson (9) and Lucroy; Locke, Mazzaro (5), J.Gomez (6), Ju.Wilson (7), Morris (8), Watson (9) and R.Martin. W—Wooten 3-0. L—Morris 5-7. Sv—Henderson (22). HRs— Milwaukee, Ar.Ramirez (8). Pittsburgh, Walker (9), P.Alvarez (32).

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed TE Richard Quinn. Released S Javon Harris and TE Mickey Shuler.

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Placed LB Jameel McClain on the PUP list.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Placed RB Jonathan Stewart on the PUP list. Placed G Edmund Kugbila on injured reserve. Waived/injured DT Frank Kearse and WR receiver Joe Adams.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed FB Chris Pressley and QB Zac Robinson on the reserve/PUP list. Placed LB Sean Porter on the injured reserve.

Waived/injured LB Brandon Joiner. Waived G Otis Hudson and OT Jason Weaver.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Claimed LB Paul Hazel of waivers from Jacksonville and P Colton Schmidt off waivers from San Francisco. Waived LB Kendrick Adams, OL Dominic Alford, WR Dominique Croom, DL Nicolas Jean-Baptiste, FB Owen Marecic, OL Ryan Miller and TE Travis Tannahill.

Placed RB Montario Hardesty on injured reserve and OL Chris Faulk on the reserve/non-football injury list.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Placed DT Jay Ratliff on the PUP list. Placed DE Tyrone Crawford and OL Ryan Cook on injured reserve. Waived WR Anthony Amos, WR Jared Green, WR Eric Rogers, QB Nick Stephens, TE Colin Cochart, G Dennis Godfrey, LB Deon Lacey, CB Brandon Underwood and K Brett Maher.

DENVER BRONCOS — Placed S Quinton Carter on injured reserve. Placed C J.D. Walton on reserve/PUP list.

DETROIT LIONS — Released K Havard Rugland, CB Dequan Menzie, WR Terrance Austin, TE Cameron Morrah and TE Matt Veldman.

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Released K Zach Ramirez. Placed T Bryan Bulaga, WR Kevin

Los Ang. 000 100 302 — 6 10 0 Tampa Bay 010 022 000 — 5 10 1 C.Wilson, Cor.Rasmus (6), Boshers (6), Kohn (7), Frieri (8), D.De La Rosa (9) and Conger; Ro.Hernandez, McGee (7), Jo.Peralta (8), Rodney (9) and J.Molina. W—Frieri 2-4. L—Rodney 5-4.

Sv—D.De La Rosa (2). HRs—Los Angeles, Trout (23).

Houston 000 101 010 — 3 10 0 Chicago 000 100 03x — 4 9 1 Clemens, Bedard (7), Fields (8) and J.Castro; Quintana, Petricka (8), Veal (8), A.Reed (9) and Phegley.

W—Veal 2-3. L—Bedard 3-10. Sv—A.Reed (36).

(Yardage includes losses) Pass Rush B.C. 1710 846 Montreal 1968 752 Calgary 1961 701 Hamilton 2011 976 Winnipeg 2459 658 Saskatchewan 2369 745 Edmonton 2190 1088 Toronto 2407 1039

Total 297.0 316.1 322.8 355.0 362.6 365.0 389.0 417.5

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PA 66 83 60 68

Houston Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville

W 2 2 1 0

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PF 74 67 67 40

PA 61 62 65 95

Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland Pittsburgh

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PF 98 79 57 46

PA 73 53 52 68

Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

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PF 47 52 65 62

PA 72 52 79 71

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Washington 3 0 0 1.000 76 Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 67 Dallas 2 2 0 .500 72 N.Y. Giants 1 2 0 .333 51

PA 41 64 69 57

New Orleans Carolina Tampa Bay Atlanta

W 3 2 1 0

L 0 1 2 3

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PF 76 67 54 49

PA 56 58 85 88

Chicago Detroit Green Bay Minnesota

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PA 78 50 41 81

Seattle Arizona San Francisco St. Louis

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Thursday, Aug. 29 Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

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

New Orleans at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

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

Jacksonville at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at New England, 5:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Carolina, 5:30 p.m.

Tennessee at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Green Bay at Kansas City, 6 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Baltimore at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Arizona at Denver, 7 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 8 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 8 p.m.

Seattle at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 7 Kootenay at Everett, 1 p.m.

Portland at Seattle, 3 p.m.

Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 8 Brandon at Moose Jaw, 2 p.m.

Kamloops at Vancouver, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 10 Regina at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 11 Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Tri-City at Spokane, TBA Friday, Sept. 13 Regina at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Kootenay at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Everett, 7:35 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 14 Vancouver at Victoria, 1:35 p.m.

Lethbridge at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Everett at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Spokane at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 15 Calgary at Kootenay, 2 p.m.

Victoria at Vancouver, 2 p.m.

End of 2013 WHL preatseason

Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Acquired RHP Clayton Mortensen from the Boston Red Sox for OF Quintin Berry. Agreed to terms with 1B Carlos Pena on a minor league contract. Assigned Mortensen and Pena to Omaha (PCL).

TAMPA BAY RAYS—Optioned RHP Jeremy Hellickson to Charlotte (Carolina League). Recalled LHP Jeff Beliveau from Durham (IL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Designated OF Jason Kubel for assignment. Selected LHP David Holmberg from Mobile (SL).

COLORADO ROCKIES—Activated C Yorvit Torrealba from the seven-day DL. Optioned INF/OF Ryan Wheeler to Colorado Springs (PCL).

NEW YORK METS—Acquired 2B Dilson Herrera and a player to be named from Pittsburgh Pirates for C John Buck, OF Marlon Byrd and cash.

Selected the contract of OF Matt den Dekker from Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled C Anthony Recker and LHP Robert Carson from Las Vegas.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Recalled RHP Fernando Salas from Memphis (PCL). Optioned LHP Tyler Lyons to Memphis.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Recalled RHP Ryan Mattheus from Syracuse (IL). Optioned LHP Xavier Cedeno to Syracuse.

Football GP Saskatchewan 8 Calgary 8 BC Lions 8 Edmonton 8

2013 WHL Pre-Season Schedule CALGARY — 2013 Western Hockey League preseason schedule (all times local): Friday’s games Seattle at Tri-City, 11:30 a.m.

Spokane at Portland, 3 p.m.

Victoria at Everett, 7 p.m.

Kamloops at Kelowna, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 31 Tri-City at Portland , 11:30 a.m.

Medicine Hat at Calgary, 3 p.m.

Victoria at Seattle, 3 p.m.

Swift Current at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Everett, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 1 Prince George at Medicine Hat, 11 a.m.

Victoria at Tri-City, 11:30 a.m.

Swift Current at Calgary, 3 p.m.

Spokane at Seattle, 3 p.m.

Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Kamloops, 6 p.m.

Portland at Everett, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 4 Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 5 Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 6 Everett at Portland, 11 a.m.

Kootenay at Spokane, 3 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Dorsey, RB DuJuan Harris and LB Jarvis Reed on injured reserve. Placed S Sean Richardson, T Derek Sherrod, T JC Tretter and DE Jerel Worthy on the PUP list.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Placed WR Alec Lemon on injured reserve. Waived/injured NT David Hunter and WR Mike Smith. released LB Elliot Coffey, LB Ja’Gared Davis, RB Ray Graham, FB Zach Boren, QB Stephen McGee, TE Adam Schiltz, DE Earl Okine, NT Nick Mondek, CB Travis Howard, G Bryan Collins and P Andrew Shapiro.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Waived/injured WR Nathan Palmer. Placed S John Boyett on the reserve/non-football injury list. Moved LB Josh McNary to an exempt status on the roster.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Claimed QB back Ricky Stanzi off waivers from Kansas City and LB Kyle Knox off waivers from Seattle. Waived RB De’Leon Eskridge and TE Isaiah Stanback.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Waived WR Jamar Newsome.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Waived G Lance Louis, FB Jorvorskie Lane, LB Michael Clay, WR Julius Pruitt, WR Andrell Smith, WR Jeff Fuller, DE Emeka Onyenekwu, LB Nathan Williams and LB David Hinds.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Placed WR Greg Childs, WR Percy Harvin, DE Greg Scruggs and CB Tharold Simon on the reserve/PUP list. Placed LB Korey Toomer on the reserve/non-football injury list.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released TE Evan Landi and DL Anthony Rashad White.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Placed LB Will Smith, LB Chris Chamberlain and WR Joseph Morgan on injured reserve. Designated LB Victor Butler as PUP list. Claimed CB Jumal Rolle off waivers. Waived LB Eric Martin, WR Tim Toone and S Akwasi Owusu-Ansah.

NEW YORK JETS — Signed K Dan Carpenter.

Released K Billy Cundiff and TE Hayden Smith.

Placed RB Mike Goodson active non-football injury/ illness list.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Placed LB Miles Burris on the reserve/PUP list, and CB Joselio Hanson and RB Latavius Murray on injured reserve. Signed K Justin Medlock. Waived CB Mitchell White.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Waived/injured LB Phillip Hunt.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Placed WR Dan DePalma, FB Chris Gronkowski and WR Mike Willie on injured reserve.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Traded LB Parys Haralson to New Orleans for an undisclosed 2014 draft pick.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released WR Donavon Kemp. Terminated the contract CB Will Blackmon.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Released LB Jacob Cutrera, G Adam Smith, WR Terriun Crump, WR Chris Denton, TE Mike Shanahan, TE Zach Miller and DB Branden Smith.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Placed WR Kevin Walter on the PUP list. Waived/injured S Markelle Martin.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Named Marnie Strath director. Agreed to terms with WR Mike SimsWalker. Signed WR Aaron Kelly. Added QB Jason Boltus and K-P Brody McKnight to the practice roster. Released WR Isaac Anderson and K Justin Palardy.

HOCKEY American Hockey League WORCESTER SHARKS — Signed D Collin Bowman, D Steven Tarasuk and F Ryan McDonough.

ECHL IDAHO STEELHEADS — Agreed to terms with D Carl Sneep.

Raonic advances, Pospisil loses on disputed call at U.S. Open THE CANADIAN PRESS NEW YORK, New York — Milos Raonic advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open, but fellow Canadian Vasek Pospisil missed a chance to join him after what he called a “clear mistake from the umpire.”

Pospisil was left fuming Tuesday after a tough 4-6, 3-6, 7-6 (9), 6-2, 7-6 (10) loss to Brazilian qualifier Rogerio Dutra.

With the fifth-set tiebreaker tied 10-10, the umpire overruled a linesperson’s call on Dutra’s shot that was initially ruled long.

That gave Dutra match point, which he then converted to complete the win over the native of Vernon, B.C. “It was a clear mistake, a huge mistake,” Pospisil said. “That ball was 2-3 inches long. There was no doubt — the next thing he called it in. Something has to be done about mistakes like that.

“To overrule on the baseline is absolutely terrible. The linesperson called it out, it was not even close. I was in a state of shock and anger. I’ve never experienced a call like that, especially at this stage of a grand slam match.

“It doesn’t excuse that I didn’t convert leading to that point, but I would have had another match point and maybe I would have gotten it.”

The match was completed after being delayed by rain Monday night with Pospisil up two sets to one, but trailing the fourth set 4-0.

“In the third set I had stopped serving well, I had nothing in my legs and I could feel my body going downhill,” he said. “I had cramps but I felt better today.”

The 10th-seeded Raonic from Thornhill, Ont., had a lot less drama in his opener as he defeated Italian qualifier Thomas Fabbiano 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-3.

“I know he’s very capable, I remember him from juniors,” Raonic said of Fabbiano. “He got through quallies, so he must be playing well in that situation. I just sort of dealt with it as best I could, and I’m happy with how the result turned out.”

sion, while Simpson was victorious in the 11-year-old female class.

Chase Harrison was runner-up to Pratt in the cruiser event, while Halle Graham (nine-year-old female) and Sarah Stahl (14-year-old female) also placed second in their respective divisions.

William Welikoklad was third and Ryder Graham seventh in the 10-year-old male class, Peter Snape was fourth in the 45-plus male cruiser, Eric Hunter and Shayne Hall placed fifth and eighth, respectively, among the seven-year-old male riders, Ryan Raymont and Nickolas Nugent were sixth and eighth in the eight-year-old male division and Evan Stahl was sixth in the 11-year-old male class.

The Red Deer BMX Club will host Alberta provincial series races 5 and 6 this weekend. The races start at 11 a.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday.

Van Dornick five shots behind at Canadian men’s senior championship SUTTON WEST, Ont. — Frank Van Dornick of Camrose carded an opening 1-over 71 and was five shots behind leader Chip Lutz of Reading, Pa., following Tuesday’s first round of the Canadian senior men’s golf championship.

David Schultz of Calgary carded a 3-under 68 to sit one shot back of Lutz — who recorded a 67 — heading into today’s second round of the 72-hole event.

Meanwhile, Tom Skinner of Red Deer fired a 74 and was tied for 31st, Les Swelin of Sundre came in with an 81 and was tied for 126th, and Jim Hargreaves of Lacombe checked in with an 82 and was tied for 131st.

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Gallagher happy to be at showcase ROOKIE OF YEAR FINALIST GETS INVITE TO NHLPA ROOKIE SHOWCASE AFTER BEING SHUNNED LAST YEAR

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Brendan Gallagher was a reluctant veteran Tuesday.

The 21-year-old Edmonton native was among 25 top NHL prospects/rookies participating in the NHLPA’s rookie showcase at Mastercard Centre. A finalist for league’s top rookie award last season, the Montreal Canadiens forward shared the spotlight Tuesday with Nathan MacKinnon, the highly touted 17-year-old who went first overall to Colorado in this year’s draft.

“They (rookies) haven’t asked me anything but I don’t think I’m a veteran by any means,” Gallagher said with chuckle. “I’m still learning.

“I like talking to these guys and hearing the stories they have to tell. It’s fun to meet these guys, have a few laughs together and get to know them a little bit more.”

The five-foot-nine, 178-pound Gallagher wasn’t invited to last year’s showcase, which gives Panini America and Upper Deck the chance to photograph many of the game’s top young players for trading card and memorabilia launches. After starting the lockout-shortened season with the AHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs, Gallagher cracked Montreal’s roster once the NHL campaign began.

The feisty right-winger not only impressed with his spirited play but finished tied for second on the team in goals (15) and game winners (three).

Between Montreal and Hamilton, Gallagher had 25 goals and 23 assists in 80 combined games in his first full season

of pro hockey.

Not bad for a player selected in the fifth round, No. 147 overall, in the 2010 NHL entry draft from WHL’s Vancouver Giants. But Gallagher wasn’t surprised.

“I never like to say it was unexpected because that’s why you work and train so hard in the summer,” he said.

“You expect to be there but that said, you don’t expect it to be handed to you, you need to work for it and can’t take anything off.

“This summer I prepared the same way, did the exact same things. I’m taking nothing for granted.”

Gallagher wants to prove he’s much more than a oneyear wonder in the NHL. “I don’t want to be complacent about a first year,” he said. “I know a lot of guys have had good first years and struggle in their second so I’m aware of that.

“The most important thing is winning. I just want to be part of a winning hockey team and for me to contribute in that I need to continue to build on my season last year.”

Especially after getting up close and personal with the likes of Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby.

“When you’re skating with Crosby and he gets the puck in the neutral zone, he’s gone,” Gallagher said. “You see how explosive he is, how quick he is, how his decision-making process is right there and happens so quickly.

“To play against a guy like that you see the level he’s at and the obvious improvement you can make.”

A fact not lost on MacKinnon, who trains with Crosby

in the off-season and says the Pittsburgh superstar understands when to offer sage advice while allowing a young player to find his own way.

“He’s going to let me feel it out on my own but at the same time he’s said a couple of things here and there,” said MacKinnon, who like Crosby, is from Cole Harbour, N.S. But participating players also attended a seminar by the NHLPA discussing the expectations they now face as pro hockey players. Defenceman Dylan McIlrath, a 20-year-old Winnipeg native selected 10th overall in 2010 by the New York Rangers, said the message was clear.

“Definitely, the spotlight is on you at all times,” he said.

“The biggest thing is always be professional.

“Obviously you can do what you want but always know, especially with social media these days, you have to present yourself in good manner.”

The 2012-’13 campaign was a solid one for Montreal, which was second to Pittsburgh in the Eastern Conference with 29-14-5 record. But its season ended abruptly in a 4-1, opening-round playoff loss to the rival Ottawa Senators.

This off-season, Montreal signed centre Daniel Briere (four times a 30-goal scorer) and defenceman Doug Murray as free agents while acquiring six-foot-five, 228-pound forward George Parros from Florida.

“Daniel Briere (is) a very skilled, a smaller guy I can learn from and who I’m excited to be around,” Gallagher said. “Douglas Murray is a presence to play against to say the least, a big body who is go-

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Montreal Canadiens’ Brendan Gallagher speaks to reporters during practice at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa on May 6.

Gallagher was a reluctant veteran Tuesday. The 21-year-old Edmonton native was among 25 top NHL prospects/rookies participating in the NHLPA’s rookie showcase at Mastercard Centre. ing to be effective on the penalty kill and will fit nicely into our core of six defencemen.”

Gallagher said Parros will not only boost Montreal’s toughness but his presence should help keep rugged forwards like Brandon Prust on the ice more.

“Having (Parros) around,

I think, just makes everyone feel more comfortable,” Gallagher said. “We had guys (last year) who were willing to stand up . . . you look at a guy like Brandon Prust who would go fight (Toronto forward) Frazier McLaren, who is a much bigger guy, and he did very well.

Als Deslauriers in spotlight after game-winning catch MONTREAL — There haven’t been many occasions in Eric Deslauriers’s seven seasons with the Montreal Alouettes when he’s been the centre of media attention.

One was in July 2011 when he was on the receiving end of Anthony Calvillo’s CFL-record 395th career TD pass — a catch at the back of the end zone that needed a video review to confirm he stayed in bounds.

Another came last week when Deslauriers hauled in a dramatic 57-yard desperation toss from rookie Tanner Marsh with a second remaining against the B.C. Lions. The catch set up Sean Whyte’s 15-yard field goal on the final play for a stunning 39-38 victory.

“It’s definitely my biggest catch and biggest game of my career,” the 32-year-old Deslauriers said Tuesday.

It capped a night in which he set career highs in catches (four) and receiving yards (101). On Tuesday, the native of Gatineau, Que. , was named the CFL’s Canadian player of the week.

Deslauriers doesn’t get many chances to shine. When he gets in a game it’s usually as the wide-side receiver, a spot quarterbacks shun because it means throwing all the way across the field. But with a rash of injuries Deslauriers was playing closer to the middle in the spot usually held by Jamel Richardson, one of Calvillo’s favourite targets.

And with Calvillo out with a concussion, Montreal had to use its backup quarterbacks — the ones Deslauriers works most with in practice. Josh Neiswander started before being replaced

by Marsh in the first half.

“Me and Marsh play a lot of practice

roster, so we know each other pretty well,” said Deslauriers. “We’ve been a good hook-up since camp.”

Or, as coach Jim Popp put it: “A backup is not going to be afraid to throw it to the starters and he’ll be even less afraid to throw it to the guys he warms up with all the time.”

Calvillo remains a question mark for the Alouettes’ game Tuesday in Toronto. Popp said if the 41-year-old doesn’t resume practising by Friday, he will likely sit out a second straight week. If Calvillo doesn’t play, Marsh will almost certainly make his first CFL start.

The 23-year-old Texan has been the talk of the town since coming off the bench to pull out the win over B.C. He completed only 14-of-32 passes with four interceptions and also fumbled twice. But he also ran nine times for 71 yards and finished with 329 passing yards, averaging 23.5 yards per completion. Veteran Arland Bruce had seven catches for 167 yards.

“He really took it on his shoulders and got the job done,” Deslauriers said of Marsh. “I know it wasn’t pretty.

“I know you can’t win on Hail Marys every freaking game, but it feels great.

We really needed that. And hopefully it can get a fire going underneath us for the rest of the season.”

The pass that stood out was the lastgasp toss to Deslauriers that helped Montreal (3-5) win for only the second time in a six-game span.

“I knew I was getting the ball on that play,” said Deslauriers. “The Oline was good enough to protect for about 25 seconds and Marsh threw it up about 80 yards.”

Marsh was looking for Deslauriers.

“We moved everyone to the bound-

Condit, Kampmann both make weight ahead of bout UFC THE CANADIAN PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Welterweights Carlos (The Natural Born Killer) Condit and Martin (The Hitman) Kampmann both made weight Tuesday ahead of their UFC main event matchup.

Condit weighed in at 170.5 pounds while Kampmann tipped the scales at 170.

A smiling Kampmann (20-6) bounded up the steps to the stage first before a small crowd at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, which hosts Wednesday’s televised card.

A more sombre Condit (28-7) followed, with the two fighters exchanging a frosty fist bump as they posed on the side of the stage.

Their fight has implications in the 170-pound division where Condit is ranked second and Kampmann sixth.

Champion Georges StPierre of Montreal meets No. 1 contender Johnny (Bigg Rigg) Hendricks at UFC 167 in November.

On the same Las Vegas card, No. 3 Rory (Ares) MacDonald of Montreal faces No. 9 (Ruthless) Robbie Lawler.

Also Tuesday, sixthranked lightweight Donald (Cowboy) Cerrone weighed in at 156 pounds, a half-pound more than Brazilian opponent Rafael dos Anjos, ranked 10th. As is his tradition, Cerrone walked on stage in cowboy hat, boots and with an impressive buckle holding up his jeans.

Bantamweight Erik (Goyito) Perez made the most colourful entrance, wielding a Mexican flag and wearing a wrestling mask as he weighed in for his bout against Japan’s Takeya Mizugaki, who seemed amused by his opponent’s antics.

Both men weighed in at 135.5 pounds, with Perez looking somewhat gaunt.

The weigh-in went without incident although matchmaker Joe Silva, in the role of peacemaker normally played by the absent UFC president Dana White, kept a close eye on lightweights Abel (Killa) Trujillo and (Relentless) Roger Bowling and welterweights Benny (Blanco) Alloway and Zak Cummings. Both pairings essentially touched foreheads as they moved closer and closer during their pose.

Kelvin Gastelum, winner of Season 17 of “The Ultimate Fighter” looked in good shape as he prepared to make his first appearance as welterweight against Brian Melancon after dropping down from middleweight.

All the fighters made weight, with former UFC welterweight Chris (Lights Out) Lytle and heavyweight Sean (Big Sexy) McCorkle in the audience.

ary,” said Marsh. “We crossed them up.

“He was one-on-one and I threw it. He made an amazing catch. He’s a freak of an athlete. If he’s one-on-one, I’m throwing to him all the time. He’s got that deceptive speed. He’s got those lanky legs and the next thing you know he’s passing people.”

Popp thought he had a 1,000-yard receiver when he drafted Deslauriers

seventh overall in 2006 from Eastern Michigan University. But after a promising rookie campaign, Deslauriers has been mainly a second-tier player.

Deslauriers has had injury troubles and then there always seems to be another player ahead of him on the depth chart. Over seven seasons, he has only 71 catches for 1,015 yards and three touchdowns.

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BIKE TOUR OF TRAILS Families who want a guided bike tour of Red Deer trails and park nodes can get the chance on Saturday.

Pre-registration is required by Thursday by 7:30 p.m. The cost is $35 plus GST for a family of five and includes snacks. The Saturday ride is from noon to 5 p.m. The meeting place is the Kerry Wood Nature Centre. Participants must provide their own bikes and helmets. To register or for more information, call 403346-2010.

TRAVEL TALES People who want to share or enjoy travel photos and travel stories or anecdotes can participate in Red Deer Public Library’s travel memories afternoon event. On the first Wednesday of every month, people can share their photos and a short travel story in the Waskasoo Meeting Room at Red Deer Public Library.

Travel memories runs from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

For more details, call 403-346-2100 and ask for either Donna or Priscilla. The library is located at 4818 49 St. in Red Deer.

LEGAL TALK

BY COUNCIL ON AGING The Central Alberta Council on Aging is hosting two speakers who will talk about personal directives, wills and power of attorney on Tuesday.

The event is at 9 a.m. at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre.

The cost is $3. Glenna Thompson, Central Alberta representative from the Office of the Public Guardian, will speak about personal directives. Yoshio Sumiya, a lawyer with the Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic, will address the topic of wills and power of attorney. For more details, call Shirley Thomas at 403-3430767 or Ron Rose at 403-346-8115.

GIVE US A CALL The Advocate invites its readers to help cover news in Central Alberta.

We would like to hear from you if you see something worthy of coverage. And we would appreciate hearing from you if you see something inaccurate in our pages.

We strive for complete, accurate coverage of Central Alberta and are happy to correct any errors we may commit.

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History in the shadows LOCAL FAMILY WANTS TO BRING LIGHT TO SECOND WORLD WAR BATTLE TO LIBERATE SICILY

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF “We’re the D-Day Dodgers out in Italy.

“Always on the vino, always on the spree.”

So opens the bitingly sarcastic song D-Day Dodgers, written by some Allied forces fighting in Italy in 1944 whilst the much more high-profile Allied advance was taking place in Western Europe. D-Day — the Allied landing on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944 — had grabbed all the headlines and, in a quote attributed to, but later disputed by, British parliamentarian Lady Astor, those serving in Italy were seen to be avoiding real combat and were referred to as “D-Day Dodgers.”

Catching wind of the condescending moniker, a British serviceman penned the song, to the tune of popular wartime ditty Lili Marlene. The second verse recalls the landing of troops at Pachino, on the southeast tip of Sicily, on July 10, 1943, cheekily calling it the beginning of a sunny “holiday with pay.”

As Shirley Gervais found out last month on her own holiday to Italy, the term was a colossal misnomer, and there was no holidaying for her father-in-law and the more than 23,000 other Canadians who took part in Operation Husky 70 years ago.

Eleven months before D-Day, Allied forces, after successes in the North African battlefields, set out for a surprise attack on the shores of Sicily, the island at the toe of mainland Italy’s boot. They came ashore 160,000 men strong, but not before German U-boats had picked off a number of Allied transports.

The 1st Canadian Division was included in the invasion at the insistence of Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Vic Gervais, who had enlisted in the South Saskatchewan Regiment in 1941, had trained in Great Britain for more than a year, and Sicily became his first theatre of war, as it was for many Canadians.

“He talked about how they didn’t know where they were going until they got this book with some Italian phrases in it,” Gervais said, referring to Vic, who passed away in 2002.

The Canadians and Allied forces decamped Axis forces from the island after 38 days of fierce fighting in the punishing heat of the Sicilian summer. Vic Gervais served as a gunner on a 25 Pounder heavy artillery gun, shelling targets in support of the infantry battalions as they advanced.

“They called them the fivemile snipers, because they could fire that far ahead,” said Gervais.

Although her father-in-law avoided speaking of his wartime experience for most of his life, Gervais said he opened up only when he realized he was near death.

Then, he talked about how difficult and unpleasant war was in the two years he pushed through Sicily, Italy and later France, Belgium, the Nether-

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Top: George Gervais (left) and children Joshua and Charlotte stand behind graves at the Agira Canadian War Cemetery in Agira, Sicily as part of a remembrance ceremony that saw a roll call of the 490 fallen Canadians at the cemetery performed by participants in Operation Husky 2013. The Gervais family, of Benalto, went to the Italian province for the event in honour of George’s father Vic, who helped to liberate Sicily during the Second World War 70 years ago. lands and Germany.

After his death, Gervais and her husband — Vic’s son — George, began researching in earnest the veteran’s military experience. In searching for information about the Sicily landing, code named Operation Husky, they found out about Montreal businessman Steve Gregory’s drive to earn greater recognition for the men who took part in the battles that helped pave the way for the successes of D-Day one year later.

Gregory was drawn to the cause after his son interviewed a veteran of the campaign for a school project, but found little mention of it in historical records.

Over seven years, Gregory organized a drive for recognition that culminated in Operation Husky 2013, a trip to Sicily organized for descendents of veterans to mark the campaign’s 70th anniversary.

On July 10, a dozen Canadians began a walk retracing the path Canadian soldiers took on their liberation of the island, starting in Pachino and ending weeks later at the Agira Canadian War Cemetery, where 490 Canadians now rest.

Along the way, monuments were unveiled and ceremonies were held in each of the villages that, 70 years ago, were liberated one by one.

Sandy and George Gervais, of Benalto, along with their two youngest children, were among the approximately 100 Canadians who made the trip over to participate in the last week of

From left, George, Charlotte, Joshua and Shirley Gervais stand behind the graves of artillery men who lost their lives while serving in Italy in the Second World War at the Agira Canadian War Cemetery in Agira, Sicily.

Photos of Vic Gervais as a young artillery gunner and later in life.

The photos were superimposed over a background showing the Sicilian landscape. The Gervais family had shirts made up with this image on them to wear during their participation in Operation Husky 2013. events.

“We just wanted to go to honour (Vic’s) memory and the only thing that could have been better is if he could have went with us,” said Gervais, “But we took his beret with us, so he was with us spiritually as well.”

She added that she hopes Operation Husky will now be mentioned alongside D-Day and the Dieppe raid in the annals of Canadian military history thanks

to the commemoration.

“There were brutal battles in Italy. The Canadians had to fight hard. This was no holiday,” she said, a message some of the final, more serious lines of D-Day Dodgers bear out.

“You’ll find the scattered crosses, some which bear no name.

“Heartbreak, and toil and suffering gone.

“The boys beneath them slumber on,” it goes. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

Mothers of Change for Maternity Care to rally for midwifery care

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Labour Day will take on a whole new meaning on Monday.

Mothers of Change for Maternity Care will host a rally at Red Deer City Hall Park at 11 a.m. to demand more funding for midwifery care in Alberta.

Rallies will also be held in Edmonton, Calgary and Fort McMurray, led by a nonprofit advocacy group.

Chelsea Casson, executive director of Mothers of Change and provincial rally organizer, said the current three-year,

$37-million funding agreement with Alberta Health Services is not enough.

Each midwife in Alberta is allowed to have 40 patients a year, which would cost $42.5 million, she said.

“The midwifery model of care is really an amazing model of care. However, the lack of access to this type of care for women is an issue right now,” said Casson.

She claims that limiting midwifery funding does not save the health-care system money. Research shows that the increased likelihood of interventions in a medicallymanaged birth can end up costing the province more than a birth attended by a midwife, she said.

And with midwives there’s a opportunity for home births, Casson said. “That’s a substantial amount of savings right there.”

She said current funding also limits the number of midwives who are able to practise in Alberta, including students enrolled in Mount Royal University’s midwife program who are scheduled to graduate in 2015.

As taxpayers, Albertans are helping pay for the Mount Royal program, she said.

Casson said about 30 people are expected to attend the Red Deer rally.

For more information, visit www.mothersofchange.com. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL RESEARCH TOWER DESIGNED TO SPUR COLLABORATION, DISCOVERY

BY SHERYL UBELACKER THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Light pours in from gracefully curving windows that soar three storeys above the floor, illuminating clusters of comfy couches in a space that soon will be humming with the voices of scientists.

It’s a place to chat over coffee, trade details of their latest research and hopefully light the spark of medical discovery.

The lofty space is part of one of several “neighbourhoods” in Sick Kids’ new research tower in downtown Toronto, which will bring together the venerable hospitals’ 2,000-plus scientists under one roof after decades of being scattered in five different locations.

More than 10 years in the planning and construction, the 21-storey Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning officially opens Sept. 17, a mere few minutes walk from the hospital renowned for the invention of Pablum and the discovery of the genes behind Duchenne muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis.

For those intimately involved with its creation, the $400-million tower is much more than just a building — it’s intended to be an incubator of innovative ideas, says the hospital’s head of research, Dr. Janet Rossant.

“In order to really enhance interactions, we wanted to have ways of people interacting across the building,” Rossant explains during a recent tour of the building, which is still in the final phases of completion.

“It’s a tall tower. If you close off the floors, you know the people on your floor, you don’t know anyone else.”

To avoid that sense of people working in isolated silos, the architects incorporated neighbourhood gathering spots, accessible by researchers from several floors that allow them to meet and mingle.

“They have built these mini atria in which people can come out of the lab, come into this space, sit down, have a coffee, talk to friends, have a small meeting,” she says, noting that they’re also equipped with video screens on which scientists can illustrate their research.

“This is not just the most beautiful part of the building,” Rossant says, sweeping her arm around the space, “but it really exemplifies what we wanted to achieve in the building.”

Indeed, the “water-cooler” effect that arises from scien-

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Mary Jo Haddad (left), president and CEO of the Sick Kids’ Hospital, and Dr. Janet Rossant, head of research at the hospital, sit in an area designed to encourage collaboration at the hospital’s new Research and Learning Centre in Toronto. tists getting more face time with each other has a payoff of higher-quality research, a 2012 Harvard University study confirmed.

“In the world of science, many lay people have this concept of the mad scientist in the lab and they’re so focused and they don’t talk to anyone and they keep everything close to their chest,” says Mary Jo Haddad, Sick Kids’ president and CEO. “That’s not how research works here.”

The building will house state-of-the-art research labs for seven broad disciplines — among them genetics/genome biology and neurosciences/ mental health — on groups of adjacent floors that will promote easy interaction.

“We want some fuzzy around the edges, so now we mix some of the epidemiologists up with the people working on, particularly, disease,” says Rossant, an internationally recognized stem cell biologist.

“We mix some of the genetics people with the neuroscience people.”

That will be a boon for scientists like Freda Miller and Donald Mabbott, whose specialties couldn’t be more dif-

ferent, but whose research goals intersect in surprising ways.

Mabbott, a neuropsychologist, works in the hospital with children who have suffered neurological damage as a result of treatment for brain tumours; Miller, several blocks away at the MaRS Centre for scientific innovation, is a molecular developmental neurobiologist who works with stem cells.

“You live in a bit of silos right now in terms of research,” says Mabbott, who developed an exercise program for kids who survived having a brain tumour but were left with learning and other cognitive deficits from toxic rounds of chemotherapy and radiation.

Studies in older people and mice have shown that cardiovascular exercise can spur the growth of new neurons and other brain tissue that arise from stem cells.

When he and Miller found themselves both speaking at an event outside the hospital — Miller about how the diabetes drug metformin can activate stem cells in the brain — they talked about getting together to discuss a possible collaboration.

“From that initial conversation, we met often at the Tim Hortons in the MaRS building,” a 10- to 15-minute walk from the hospital, says Mabbott.

What resulted was the formulation of a research project that will combine his exercise program and Miller’s metformin-driven stem cell proliferation to see if the combination can help improve brain function in children treated for brain tumours.

Being housed together in the tower will facilitate that work by allowing scientists on the team to “get up and have unscheduled meetings,” says Mabbott, whose office and lab will be on the eighth floor, one up from cognitive neurobiologist Paul Frankland, another of the collaborators on the project.

“Freda’s lab is an elevator ride away ... I would say that just given the pace of science, given the busy-ness, that 10, 15 minutes’ walk versus a twominute elevator ride breaks down barriers in communication.”

Miller agrees, saying proximity won’t just be good for senior scientists, but also for the graduate students and post-doctoral fellows working

in the principal investigators’ labs, who have had little opportunity to connect.

“And what we’re hoping ... is that by having everyone in the same building and places you can sit and talk all over the place that it won’t just be us talking any more; it will be our laboratory members,” says Miller, who will be among the cancer and stem cell biology folks on the 15th to 18th floors.

“They really are our peers in training and they have a lot of amazing ideas and they cook up a lot of amazing projects.

“And so that’s one of the big hopes, that that kind of intellectual synergy will be facilitated by everyone being together.”

Rossant observes that collaborative research — both inhouse and as part of international research partnerships — not only drives discovery, it also fulfils the hospital’s vision of “Healthier children. A better world.”

“When I came here eight years ago, I think Sick Kids was already ahead of the curve in this concept that health research in particular is not just about fundamental research on its own in isolation,” says Rossant.

Cronut burger’s maple bacon jam topping caused food poisoning at CNE Reilly, a spokesman for Epic Burgers and Waffles.

Reilly said that Epic Burgers and Waffles’ booth at the CNE was busy on Tuesday and was gaining quite a bit of attention among the other booths.

“It is very exciting actually, now that we are back open we have loyal customers and fans lining up,” said Reilly.

The public health investigation is focusing on Le Dolci, the Toronto-based supplier of the maple bacon jam, to determine how the contamination occurred.

Officials said Le Dolci has voluntarily ceased production of the jam and there is no risk to the public.

Symptoms of foodborne illness were first reported Aug. 20 when paramedics treated 12 people at the fair, sending five of them to hospital.

Toronto Public Health said Epic Burgers and Waffles, which has remained closed since Aug. 21, will be allowed to reopen at the fair as long as it does not serve the maple bacon jam from that supplier and all food safety require-

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“We have ensured the contaminated product is not served,” Toronto Public Health said in a release.

According to Epic Burgers and Waffles the jam in question was only used on the cronut burger.

The burger stand also stated that they would no longer be doing business with Le Dolci.

“We still have not pinpointed at what point it (the contamination) started to develop within that specific product,” said the spokesman for Epic.

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TORONTO — The maple bacon jam topping on the cronut burger at the Canadian National Exhibition is the ingredient that led to more than 79 cases of foodborne illness, Toronto’s public health agency said Tuesday.

“We were able to clear the cheese, the meat patty, the lettuce and the bun and identify the jam,” said Dr. Lisa Berger of Toronto Public Health.

“Now we are looking at the individual components of the jam, there are separate food samples being sent to the public health lab and we are awaiting those results.”

The likely cause of contamination of the jam, which is made up of bacon, maple syrup, water and brown sugar, was poor refrigeration, she said.

“There were temperature control issues both at the supplier and on site,” said Berger.

“The staphylococcus aureus toxin is not killed by cooking,” said Berger.

“Refrigeration prevents the bacteria from multiplying.”

The investigation concluded that the jam was contaminated by the staphylococcus aureus

toxin — a recognized cause of foodborne illness.

Possible symptoms include upset stomach, diarrhea, fever, vomiting, stomach cramps and dehydration.

Epic Burgers and Waffles, the vendor at the centre of the controversy, reopened on Tuesday, but the menu no longer includes the cronut burger — a cheeseburger with a hybrid croissantdonut bun.

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By Pam Snowdon with Lifelong Learning Council of Red Deer who to the learner’s own schedule. For a senior who faces Maybe it takes you a moment or two to remember provide us with grant money to subsidize computer challenges with mobility or transportation, this option where you put your reading glasses, but all cliches classes for seniors. “ means the learner can take the entire course in the and jokes aside, you are never too old to learn. As a The Lifelong Learning Council of Red Deer comfort of their own home at any time of the day that matter of fact, growing old might actually begin when is a non-profit organization with local volunteers best suits their needs and abilities. you give up on yourself and believe you are that old steering a Community Adult Learning Program that There is a wealth of on-line digital learning dog. Learning is recognized as a significant factor enables other local organizations to access funding to resources, available through public computer access in brain health, according to the Canadian Council provide education, training, or learning opportunities. at RDPL, as well as the Golden Circle. Audio books on Learning. Experts believe that active learning Addressing gaps in literacy and barriers to learning can assist the vision impaired, and inter-library loans prevents the loss of brain function and cognitive skills are among the goals of the program. provide far reaching access to materials that aid including memory, reasoning, and judgement. As The Golden Circle also partners with groups learning. the Canadian population ages, with projections that such as the Alzheimer Society, C.A.R.E. (Central Of course, fall is “back to school” season, and seniors will outnumber children in the near future, it Alberta Refugee Effort), and the AMA to provide there is no reason why seniors can’t participate in this is essential to maintain the quality of life in our later learning opportunities. “We are always looking for tradition. If you once enjoyed the fun of shopping years. opportunities to bring workshops to the membership, for new supplies, or the smell of fresh paper and new As we age, the structure of the overall brain to keep them informed, “ Morrison adds. erasers now is your chance to re-live the experience. mass shrinks somewhat. The cortex – that wrinkly, The Canadian results of an international adult On the other hand, if technology is your new baby, grey coloured mass that covers most of the brain literacy skills survey, undertaken in 2003, revealed discover the thrill and ease of on-line education. When - undergoes thinning, and the white matter (which that older adults have a lower overall literacy rate it comes to learning, there is something for everyone. lies below the cortex) also decreases. Chemicals, than their younger counterpoints. Consequently, THERE ARE LOTS OF OPTIONS or neurotransmitters, that relay the messages from some seniors may feel they “aren’t smart enough” to FOR SENIORS LOOKING TO LEARN neuron to neuron in the brain are affected by this participate in a course, despite a lifelong interest in SOMETHING NEW: change of structure, and may play a part in declining the subject.

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Miley Cyrus: acting a fool CALL IT LEWD, TRASHY AND VULGAR, BUT DON’T CALL IT ‘ACTING BLACK’

BY DEMETRIA L. LUCAS ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

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Miley Cyrus made a fool of herself before and during her performance at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. She showed up on the red carpet in designer (Dolce & Gabbana) spandex, wagging her tongue and humping the air — her version, I believe, of twerking.

Once onstage, Cyrus — bafflingly dressed in a bear-studded onesie, with her hair “styled” in a cross between black-girl Bantu knots and Jim Carrey’s Vera de Milo from In Living Color — seemingly lost her mind.

Not only was there was more tonguewagging, but Cyrus stripped down to a skin-coloured bikini that revealed a less-than-shapely rear (that was widely ridiculed on social media) and simulated sexual acts on the rear end of a big black woman and on one of those foam “We’re No. 1” fingers that fans wave at sporting events.

The “highlight” of the performance was Cyrus bending over in front of Robin Thicke to shake her cake on his pelvis.

Call Cyrus’s MTV spectacle — and all of her desperate cries for attention — lewd.

Call it trashy.

And vulgar.

But whatever you do, do not call this mess that Cyrus is doing “black.”

Cyrus can surround herself with a thousand big-bootied black women onstage or use a million more, essentially as props, in her videos to achieve some disillusioned version of street cred,

but that doesn’t make what she’s doing anything close to authentically black, especially when she can’t even get her backside to pop properly.

Citing a love of hood music or picking Lil’ Kim to be something akin to her spirit guide doesn’t make her more “real” or “down” or anything but a white girl acting like a middle-America white girl who is trying too hard.

(Am I the only one who sees the irony of a white girl trying to relate to blackness by picking a black woman who has severely altered her features to look more white?)

It is troubling and annoying and offensive to hear Cyrus’ actions equated with black culture, as if black folk are the only ones known to act a damn fool.

To be clear, some of us do.

But some people from every culture do, too.

Cyrus’ behaviour easily can be equated to Girls Gone Wild, which mostly featured white girls on spring break in Cancún, Mexico, gyrating and flashing their boobs to anyone who would watch.

And her trashy outfits aren’t a far cry from anybody featured on the website People of Walmart, dedicated to the worst fashion disasters of white people in middle America.

One can say that Cyrus is acting like trailer park trash, too, not just “ghetto,” since poor folks without the benefits of home training act the same way in both locales.

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This image released by MTV shows Miley Cyrus performing at the MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Centre on Sunday, in New York. ally is: a modern-day minstrel show — sans the blackface — featuring a white girl with disturbing (to put it mildly) ideas about black people, or just a plain ol’ white girl gone wild.

But whatever you do, don’t call it

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Lucas is a contributing editor at The Root, a life coach and the author of A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life.

Rock musicians trying their hands at opera LED ZEPPELIN, PINK FLOYD MEMBERS AMONG ROCK AND POP ARTISTS TRYING NEW GENRE

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Roger Waters made a splash at the Manchester Festival in 2011, and was performed at the English National Opera during the London Olympics in 2012.

Classical music purists tend to dismiss this kind of thing as a gimmick: yet another way, along with stagings of musicals, live webcasts and various attempts at 30-and-under clubs, that opera houses are grasping at new audiences.

And certainly the naysayers can point to history to back them up: rock musicians exploring classical genres have not exactly produced a string of masterpieces (think Paul McCartney’s treacly Liverpool Oratorio, or Billy Joel’s earnest but undistinguished Fantasies and Delusions, a CD of solo piano works).

But what’s interesting about many of these recent attempts is that they aren’t one-offs.

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take,” Copeland said in a telephone interview earlier this month.

“Opera’s supposed to look like that, isn’t it? The commission is to write an opera, and it has to look and sound like that.”

Copeland’s primary experience of orchestral music was through writing film scores, and in that field, being able to evoke the styles and musical idioms of different periods is a measure of success.

He approached writing his first opera in the same manner. The review jolted him into thinking about developing his own operatic voice.

Working with a composition teacher for a couple of years, and reading a lot of scores by musicians he admires — among them Ravel, Stravinsky, and Copland (no relation; different spelling) — has evidently helped.

“I am . . . happy to report that an old rocker can learn new tricks,” Mark Swed wrote in the

Los Angeles Times of The Tell-Tale Heart this past May. He added, “The piece is percussion heavy. . . .

The strings whine effectively.

Copeland reduces Poe’s text into refrains and adds commonplace rhymes, some of which are declaimed or sung in an effectively punchy pop style.

That works far better than the pseudo-arioso attempts in Holy Blood.

“So the term “opera” doesn’t have to mean “a work of theater that sounds like Puccini.”

There’s less agreement on how exactly you define it.

The term is generally used to denote a work of music theater without spoken dialogue — though there are many operas that do, in fact, include spoken dialogue (“Carmen,” anyone?), and many musicals that don’t (take “Sweeney Todd”).

To some, the defining characteristic of opera is that it’s written for operatically trained voices.

To others, a salient difference between an opera and a musical is that an opera composer does his own orchestrations, while a Broadway composer has traditionally given his music to orchestrators (as do many rock musicians approaching the medium for the first time).

And for some composers, opera is defined by the venue that presents it. ” The benefit lies not in creating crossover works, or in pandering to the young — die-hard Led Zeppelin fans are hardly in their first flower of youth in any case.

It’s in establishing opera, in this day and age, as another field of possibility for an interested musician, rather than a rarefied and ossifying genre.

And from a voyeuristic point of view, it’s gratifying to watch high-profile artists take serious artistic risks, and even, gradually, get better at them.

Anne Midgette writes for The Washington Post.

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Led Zeppelin fans found a new reason to dislike opera this year — if they cared enough about opera to dislike it in the first place.

The iconic band’s bass player, John Paul Jones, scotched the most recent round of rumors about a possible reunion concert or tour next year.

“2014 is full of opera for me at the moment,” Jones said.

He isn’t planning on going to operas, or listening to them.

He is writing one. It’s based on the short play “The Ghost Sonata” by the 19th-century Swedish playwright and author August Strindberg, and, in a brief TV interview captured as he left a performance of Philip Glass’s new Walt Disney opera, “The Perfect American,” in June, Jones said he was halfway through the first act.

Jones isn’t alone.

A number of rock musicians have been trying their hands at opera.

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters spent years writing and reworking the French Revolution epic Ça Ira, released as a recording in 2005 (with Bryn Terfel among the singers) and performed a couple of times since.

Stewart Copeland of the Police recently attended the American premiere of his fourth opera (a one-act setting of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” that opened at Covent Garden in 2011), and is working on his fifth.

The indie singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright has seen several productions of his opera Prima Donna, which was started as part of the Metropolitan Opera’s commissioning program, though never performed there.

And Damon Albarn, of Blur and Gorillaz, may be the most successful of all. His Monkey: Journey to the West, which opened in 2007, just ran at New York’s Lincoln Center Festival, and his Dr. Dee

Evidently some serious musicians from outside the operatic canon, like Copeland and Albarn, are looking to opera — of all places — as a genre that allows a kind of artistic freedom and creativity not possible in other arenas and are actively deepening their relationships with it.

“I think when you do something as engrossing as opera,” says Copeland, who approached his first opera commission in 1989 as a kind of a lark, “every time you figure something out, you want to get it better next time.”

The stereotype about rock musicians’ forays into classical music is that otherwise innovative musicians, faced with the “classical” label, suddenly do an about-face and try to straitjacket themselves in traditional, old-fashioned musical models.

The opening of Waters’s Ça Ira, Allan Kozinn wrote in the New York Times, is “couched in Brahmsian moves and sonorities, and the work rarely lurches forward.”

And John Rockwell, also in the Times, criticized the Cleveland world premiere of Copeland’s first opera in 1989, Holy Blood and Crescent Moon, for “innocently amateurish music that tries its best to sound 19th-century-operatic, but succeeds only sketchily.”

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HOROSCOPE Wednesday, Aug. 28 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Armie Hammer, 27; Amanda Tapping, 48; Jack Black, 44 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Moon in Gemini is restless if not fed mentally. Learning new skills or engaging in intellectual pursuits will alleviate our hungry minds. A trine with Pluto helps us see beneath the surface and straight into the core of the issue. Enjoy discussing meaningful and taboo subjects. Let conversations hold a special meanASTRO ing or a poignant message. Today, DOYNA words have a huge effect upon us.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, working on your long range plans will prove efficient and successful. As long as you learn to make the difference between what is real and what is surreal, you have all the celestial forces working in your favour in order to pursue your lifelong goals.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Interpersonal relations will run smoothly today for you. Others will respond to your call and engage in your discussions with ardour and utter interest.

When it comes to the matters of the heart, send your sweetie pie some loving notes or organize something fun for you both.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Procrastination is calling your name. It is easy to give up once you are lacking in motivation.

Co-workers can prove somewhat unpredictable or erratic.

Don’t let their behaviour affect your usual routine or disrupt your mood.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Deep-rooted issues come into light at this time. A structured lifestyle and strong joint resources will help you shape your road ahead. Avoid getting influenced by the wrong type of individuals. Trust in what feels right for you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You may feel that your needs are not totally in sync with what you truly want. Apply the finishing touches and make the necessary alterations of an endeavour. It is a great day to finish an old business or simply, to mediate.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your sense of purpose and your intentions are not in harmony with your dreams and your need to fit in a crowd. You may feel that you are diving into estranged waters where you are not given full credit or the merit you deserve.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take off your rose-coloured glasses and see yourself realistically and your partner for whom they truly are. Don’t fall victim of your own misperceptions by giving in too easily to others. Believe only in trustworthy individuals.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There is an inherent conflict between your individual needs and pleasing your partner’s necessities. The harmony you seek is not always obvious to you. You required further reassurance and some consistency between you two.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Long-reflective hours will finally benefit you in finding the right answers and solutions to your dilemmas. A friend of yours may become your main confidante. It is through him or her that you can share your innermost secrets.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You are on a quest for finding the right balance between your own needs in a relationship and your direction in life. You may have to make a few sacrifices here and there just so you can satisfy both. Do whatever compromise it takes without changing your authentic self.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Pick up your agenda and go through your priority list. It is a great idea to enrol into some kind of higher education or to pursue your ideals. Your mind is your best asset right now so let it absorb as much information as possible.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You can close your eyes to certain facets of your life, but you definitely do not want to ignore the obvious. Later hours prove to be more light-hearted and enjoyable. Excitement finally sets in and your good humour is restored.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A day spent around your home will prove more rewarding and satisfying than getting out in the town. Your feelings are in check and kept well guarded while you are infused with saccharine moments of closeness.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A new Canadian study suggests children born extremely pre-term have a substantial likelihood of developing moderate to severe neurodevelopmental impairments.

The research actually pools the results of a number of studies looking at what life is like for the youngest surviving preemies when they reach four-to-eight years of age.

The children in the studies were born between 22 and 25 weeks of gestational age; it is rare for infants to survive if they are born before 22 weeks.

Lead author Dr. Gregory Moore of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario says he and his colleagues did the study in order to have better information to give parents who want to know what their child might experience.

Results varied depending on the gestation week of the child’s birth, with the highest rates of impairment in children born at 22 and 23 weeks.

At 22 weeks, 43 per cent of children had moderate to severe impairment and 31 per cent had severe impairment.

Severe impairments could include profoundly low IQs, no useful vision, no ability to move

without assistance or no capacity to hear, Moore says.

Moderate to severe impairments are variations on those conditions — higher IQs, some vision, some ability to hear with hearing aids, some ability to move about, perhaps with a walker or leg braces.

Dr. Steven Miller, head of neurology at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, calls the work “an important contribution to our knowledge” about rates of neurodevelopmental issues facing the smallest of preemies.

He notes, however, that his research suggests many children born at young gestational ages develop well, without significant neurodevelopmental problems.

“There is obviously a large group of babies that are born very young who do beautifully, and don’t have moderate to severe impairments,” Miller says “And so when you look at the 24- and 25-weekers, the question we’re now asking more often is: how do we predict who’s going to do well?

And if parents knew that their babies were going to do well, would that help them care for their families during a very stressful intensive care stay?”

School track injury incident causing post-traumatic stress disorder Dear Annie: Earlier this year, I was caught up in a liability issue with my high school track coach.

I had a knee injury and was being treated by a sports chiropractor, with the full approval of the superintendent of the school district. My coach, however, rejected the note from the chiropractor and caused me horrible stress and anxiety with the unnecessary demand that I see an internist. The principal said I had to do it.

The internist said that the school and the coach were being ridiculous.

Several months later, I am still thinking about everything that happened, and I sometimes become so obsessed with it that I suffer horrible anxiety.

Every time a friend asks what happened, I become emotionally and mentally unstable and relive it.

This former track coach treated my parents and me with hostility, and I am worried about returning to school. How can I move on?

My mind is taking a beating. — Still Reliving the Misery Dear Still: Any trauma can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder, which causes the sufferer to relive the event over and over.

You need to find a way to break the loop in your thinking. If you can do this by imagining a different, more empowering outcome, great.

It’s also possible that once school starts, your coach will simply ignore the incident, and you can do the same. Or you could approach him in a mature fashion and ask to put this behind you.

If he mistreats you, report it to the principal.

If you are still traumatized, please consider short-term counselling.

High school doesn’t last forever.

Dear Annie: Last week, I walked into our computer room to see my husband trying desperately to hit the delete button and get rid of an email he did not want me to see.

I managed to glance at the woman’s name, however, and asked him who it was. Well, she is the one I suspected he hooked up with at his 50th class reunion. There were about five hours during the weekend that he could not account for.

His 95-year-old mother knows this woman and says, “She’s such a nice girl and married. She would never do such a thing.” And she says the same about my husband.

I don’t believe this.

My husband suddenly can’t keep his hands off of the waitresses at our

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I won’t be going to my 50th class reunion. I can’t leave him alone for a second, and I certainly don’t want him running off with one of my classmates.

I don’t want to go out of my house anymore.

What should I do? — Hu-

miliated Wife Dear Wife: Your husband is in his late 70s.

In some instances, as a person ages, early signs of dementia start to show up, and one of them is the loss of inhibition.

Unless your husband has exhibited such behaviour during your entire marriage, we believe his problem is age related. This doesn’t make it less irritating or worrisome, of course, but it’s possible he could be helped by seeing his doctor. Insist that he make an appointment, and go with him. If the doctor is not experienced in this area, ask to be referred to someone who is.

Dear Annie: My sympathy for “Shady Family Business,” who wants to change his name because some of his family was engaged in not quite legal doings.

It is very likely that the majority of us have forebears who have engaged in activities that would humiliate and horrify us. Even those who discover that they are related to the rich and famous could easily uncover shameful doings in those illustrious backgrounds.

Let the dead past lie.

If your family has done things of which you are not proud, your lifetime can show that the bloodline is also capable of good. — Life Is a Mixed Bag Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

Ask The Dentist! by Dr. Michael Dolynchuk, DDS

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Dear Dr. D: I am considering getting dental implants to stabilize my upper denture. It doesn't fit as well as it used to – and I want to know why mini-implants are less money if they end up doing the same job?

A: You are somewhat correct – why pay more if doing the same job means getting you to the same location whether you choose a Chevy or a Rolls Royce? There is a significant difference between these two dental procedures. Firstly, 'mini' – as the term indicates – is smaller in diameter and is typically a single piece implant. It will stabilize a loose denture so that one avoids having your dental work land in your soup! It doesn't provide much more chewing capacity, however. Your typical tooth can provide up to 250 lbs per square inch of force, whereas a denture can provide only 25 lbs.

Mini implants retain dentures, but fall short of increasing force loading. With the mini 'solution' you have a relatively quick single step procedure that may provide you the comfort and increased confidence stability offers. It is the entry level implant, and is considered by many clinicians as an interim choice only. The rate of failure past 5 years is considerably higher. For some jaws it is the only option because the bone levels do not allow for traditional implants. Age, and other health issues such as systemic lupus may rule in favour of this minimally invasive solution.

Traditional implants are a two part system, and have a life expectancy approaching 40 plus years. They are virtually a 'lifetime' solution. They allow similar chewing function to a normal natural tooth providing enough natural bone exists. The treatment period is longer, and traditional implants will preserve bone much better. In some rare occasions the crown, or 'tooth' part of the dental implant can be attached immediately. This process (called 'instant loading') is attractive to patients, but not always available for every jaw situation. You may expect to pay more for this traditional implant solution – but the benefits and longevity make it worth the additional investment.

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Sacred art plundered from Andean churches

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LA PAZ, Bolivia — The thieves tunneled under the thick walls of the colonial-era Roman Catholic church in the tiny southern Bolivian town of San Miguel de Tomave, emerged through the floor and made off with five 18thcentury oil paintings of inestimable value.

It was the third time the highlands church had been plundered of sacred art since 2007. Most of the finely-etched silver that once graced its altar was already gone.

“Who would have thought they would take the canvases, too?” the Rev. Francisco Dubert, the parish priest, asked of the 2-meter-by-1.75-meter oils depicting the Virgin Mary.

Increasingly bold thefts plague colonial churches in remote Andean towns in Bolivia and Peru, where authorities say cultural treasures are disappearing at an alarming rate. At least 10 churches have been hit so far this year in the two culturally rich but economically poor countries.

“We think the thefts are being done on behalf of collectors,” said the Rev. Salvador Piniero, archbishop of Peru’s highlands Ayacucho province. Religious and cultural authorities say criminal bands are stealing “to order” for foreigners.

Bolivian churches have been robbed 38 times of 447 objects since 2009 — of highly stylized decorative silverwork, canvases, polished gold and silver altar pieces and gem-encrusted jewelry, said the country’s cultural patrimony chief, Lupe Meneses.

In Peru, at least 30 thefts from churches and chapels have been reported since January 2012, including two this month: Churches in Ayacucho and Puno provinces were robbed of or-

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The Virgin of Copacabana statue graces the altar of the Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana, but without her crown and jewels, in Copacabana, Bolivia. The wooden 16th-century statue of Bolivia’s patron saint was stripped of 18 precious jewels worth an estimated $1 million by thieves who poisoned two mastiffs and laced the parish worker’s evening meal with tranquilizers. While everyone slept, the thieves broke a window and used a ladder to enter. namental silver laminate, or gold and silver crowns, earrings and necklaces.

In Tomave, other canvases were left behind, Dubert said, indicating the thieves knew exactly what they wanted. “These churches are being robbed because terrible people want to own beautiful things.” Donna Yates, a University of Glasgow archaeologist blogged afterward.

Yates, who is studying the Andes thefts for a global, European Unionfunded project, said the hemorrhaging of priceless ecclesiastical art in the region has continued at a steady pace “but it’s getting more brazen.”

“Who is behind it? I can’t say,” Yates added. “The market for these goods is in Europe and the United States,” she says..

Cultural officials in the Andes have long struggled to protect Incan and pre-Columbian cultural treasures.

Now, colonial sacred art has become a similar worry. By law, it is all national patrimony, its export illegal.

Where possible, churches are being fortified. Video cameras were installed and nighttime guards posted last year at Ayacucho’s main cathedral in Huamanga, host to Peru’s biggest annual religious pilgrimage.

But poor, rural parishes are on their own, particularly along the highlands plateau where Spanish colonial missionaries built isolated settlements.

In January, church thieves stole 12 gold crowns and a pair of silver shoes of a baby Jesus statue in the isolated Ayacucho town of Santo Domingo de Chungui, said regional culture director Mario Cueto.

He appealed afterward “for greater monitoring on highways and at international airports.” But the thefts almost always go unsolved.

In one of the most audacious thefts, national treasures disappeared in April from the Church of the Virgin of Copacabana on Lake Titicaca.

A wooden 16th-century statue of Bolivia’s patron saint was stripped of 18 precious jewels worth an estimated $1 million by thieves who poisoned two mastiffs and laced the parish workers’ evening meal with tranquilizers. While everyone slept, the thieves broke a window and gained entry with a ladder.

A visiting priest and the female owner of a hostel where he was staying were arrested in the theft. Prosecutors say they are suspected of assisting a criminal gang.

Most targets are more like the Tomave church, unprotected by anything more than a lock and chain on the door when last burgled in December. Most are built above 13,100 feet and at least 60 miles from the nearest police station. As for burglar alarms, electricity is unreliable when it exists at all.

“Security is impossible,” said Yates.

“You are left with the kind of situation where you could either try to take all the goods out of these rural churches, which is ethnically questionable because you are taking people’s heritage away from them.”

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PARKER Leo Murray 1930 - 2013 Mr. Leo Murray Parker, surrounded by the love of his family, passed away on Sunday, August 25, 2013. Murray was born on April 23, 1930 in Humboldt, SK to Leo and Mary Parker. Hockey was the focus of his younger years, playing Junior Hockey with the Humboldt Indians, then the Championship Saskatoon Quakers of the Western League, finishing his career playing for the Nelson Maple Leafs. In recognition of his hockey career, Murray was inducted into the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame. Murray married Shirley Barnes, his high school sweetheart, on June 11, 1953. They moved to Red Deer in 1959, where they raised their seven children. Murray was a well respected business man, owning Rollis Agencies and serving as President of the Alberta Real Estate Board.

All his life, he was committed to developing the community.

He was a member of the Kiwanis, Twilight Homes Foundation, Optimists, Knights of Columbus, Elks, Development Appeal Board, Recreation Board, Citizens Advisory Committee, built the Catholic Church in Nelson, Sacred Heart Church Board, Chairman of the Red Deer Separate School Board and coaching Senior and Minor Hockey. Murray enjoyed many summers at the cabin and loved wintering in Texas. He was passionate about camping and golfing with family and friends.

Most of all, he was happiest when the family gathered. Murray’s strong faith guided him through life and eased his passing.

Murray will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 60 years, Shirley; children, Mike (Dusty), Tom (Michelle), Patti (Henri), Tracy, Dan (Evelyn), Bill (Michele) and Kathleen, as well as by his grandchildren, Sean, Ryan (Lee), Riley, Maddyson, Meghan (Brandon), Kate (Kent), Ian, Erin, Ashley and Dylan; great-grandchildren, Jordan and Braedan, brother, George (Beatrice) and sister-in-law Mariette, as well as numerous extended family and friends. Murray was predeceased by his parents, Leo and Mary; brother, Bob; sister, Margaret and brother-in-law, Tom O’Connell. The family of Murray wishes to extend a special “thank you” to the entire of staff of Unit 22 at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre for their gentle care. A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, on Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. with the Reverend Father Les Drewicki, celebrant. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made directly to the Twilight Homes Foundation, 4809 34 Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 0P2.

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GRIFFITHS Allan Conrad Allan Conrad Griffiths sadly lost his battle with cancer on Friday, August 23, 2013. Allan is survived by his wife, Gail; his sons, Wyatt, Farren (Delain), Darren (Sue); granddaughter Britney; Jason (Deanna) and grandson Sawyer; his two daughters Amanda and Crystal; his older brother, Wayne (Norma) and their children Victoria, Dan and family; his younger sister, Gloria Spiess (Dan); Nephew, Christopher and many other relatives.

Allan was predeceased by his mother, June; father, Robert and his niece, Nicole Spiess. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Innisfail Legion Branch 104, 5108 49 Ave, Innisfail, AB on Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 1:00 pm.

In Lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Tom Baker Cancer Center c/o Alberta Cancer Foundation, 1331 29 Street N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 4N2.

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HURCAK Joseph Joe was born in Croatia in 1931, and passed away peacefully August 26, 2013 in Red Deer, AB at the age of 82. He is survived by his son Brian and wife Lucie, daughter Linda and granddaughter Tamara. He was predeceased by his loving wife Thelma.

Joe will be lovingly remembered by all his friends and family.

With respect to Joe’s wishes there will be no memorial service. The family requests in lieu of flowers that donations be made to the Kidney Foundation.

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HERRICK David Edwin (“Ed”) Herrick passed away August 15, 2013 at the age of 95 years.

Ed’s love and devotion, strength of character and great sense of humor will be remembered by his wife Kathleen of nearly 68 years, his children, Brian and Sandra and their families. Ed was the fourth of eight children, and the last surviving. Ed was born on a kitchen table in 1918 in the middle of a Saskatchewan blizzard and the flu epidemic. He and a newborn calf were placed in cardboard boxes and set near a wood stove to stay warm. Ed joined the Canadian Army in 1942, serving in England until the e n d o f t h e W a r. W h i l e overseas, he met and married Kathleen. The couple returned to Shaunavon, Saskatchewan in 1946, then moved to the Lacombe area in 1950 with their two young children. Apart from his family, Ed’s other great love was agriculture. He was involved as a farmer, a grain buyer, and later as a partner in Lacombe Fertilizer which thrived as an independent business for 44 years. Ed will be remembered for his entrepreneurial spirit,cautionto-the-wind risk-taking, many humourous “adages,” and his easy laugh. A celebration of Ed’s life will be held on Thursday, August 29 from 2-4pm in the County Room in the Lacombe Memorial Centre.

Those wishing to make donations in Ed’s memory may do so to the Lacombe Palliative Care Society, Box 5576, Lacombe, AB. T4L 1X2.

Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wiilsonsfuneralchapel.ca.

WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM, of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements.

403-782-3366 403-843-3388 “A Caring Family, Caring For Families”

TETZ Johnny In loving memory of Johnny, October 8, 1960 to August 23, 2013. Burial, Thursday, August 29, at 12:30 p.m. at the Trochu Lutheran Cemetery.

Open to the public. Celebration of Life, Thursday, August 29 a t 2 p . m . a t t h e Tr o c h u Community Hall, Trochu, AB. Officiating Pastor Larry Lentz. Ride your Bike in memory of Johnny. Donations in lieu of floral tribute may be made to Motorcycle Ride for Dad, 424-300 Earl Grey Drive, Ottawa, ON K2T 1C1.

Arrangements entrusted to PRAIRIE WINDS FUNERAL HOME Trochu, AB (403)442-2200, Condolences may be sent to prairiewindsfuneralhome@ gmail.com

SMITH Janis Lynn 1958 - 2013 It is with heavy hearts that the family of Janis Smith announce her passing on Monday, August 26, 2013 after her courageous battle with cancer, at the age of 55 years. Janis was born April 24, 1958 in Lanigan, Saskatchewan to Norman and Gerd Gellner, the first of four children. She grew up in Swift Current, Saskatchewan before moving to Saskatoon to attend the University of Saskatchewan and the Kelsey Technical Institute, graduating as a lab and X-ray technician. In 1978, residing in Swift Current, Janis and James Robertson were married and welcomed two beautiful daughters, Jodi in 1981 and Jaime in 1982.

In 1987, they moved to Red Deer where Janis worked for CAMIS for 25 years as an X-Ray and later, bone densitometry technician. In 2005, Janis married her soul mate, Don Smith. Janis enjoyed life to the fullest.

Skiing, curling, camping, golfing and travel were some of her favorite interests.

However, time with family and friends, especially her much loved grandchildren, were her priority. Janis faced her cancer with the same dignity and grace she lived every day. Admired for her caring, unselfish nature, she was a special wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend loved deeply and will be mourned by many. Janis was predeceased by her mother, Gerd Gellner. She is survived by her beloved husband, Don Smith; her daughters, Jodi (Cameron) Steele, Jaime (Brad) Robertson of Kamloops; Don’s sons, Ellery (Shyla) Smith, Colin (Jaclyn) Smith and her grandchildren, Madison, Mason, Hailey, Torri, Maya and Aspen. She is also survived by her father, Norm (Vonda) Gellner of Blind Bay, BC; her sisters, Debbie (Norm) Belyk of Saskatoon, SK, Patsy (Kent) Walker of Medicine Hat, AB and her brother Brett (Jeanette) Gellner of Calgary, AB. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank Dr. Mandy Hyde, the Tom Baker Centre, Red Deer Home Care and the Red Deer Regional Hospital, especially the staff of Unit 32, for the exceptional care Janis received. A “Celebration of Life” will be held at the Knox Presbyterian Church, 4718 50th Street on Saturday, August 31, 2013 at 1:30 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family would like donations to be made to the Ronald McDonald House or the Alberta Cancer Foundation. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

403.340.4040

VAN GRINSVEN Theodore Joseph Mar. 19, 1957 - Aug. 24, 2013 It is with very heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of Theodore Joseph van Grinsven of Red Deer, formerly of Port Perry and Ajax, Ontario on August 24, 2013 at the age of 56 years. Theo will forever be remembered by his coworkers at Nova Chemicals as a warm, hard-working and very knowledgeable man. He loved the outdoors, hunting, harvesting, working on vehicles and watching his sons play hockey. Being that Amanda was his only daughter, she was always his “little girl”.

Theo will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 29 years, Shelly; his four children, Curtis (Kelsey and grandson Easton), Jason, Amanda (Nathan) and Bradley; h i s f a t h e r, G e r r a r d a n d siblings, Rick, Maryann, Nellie and Christina, as well as by numerous nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. Theo was predeceased by his mother, Petronella. In honor of Theo, a memorial service will take place at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287-67A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer on F r i d a y, A u g u s t 3 0 , 2 0 1 3 at 1:00 p.m. Memorial donations in Theo’s name may be made directly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, #202, 5913-50th Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4C4 or STARS Foundation, 1441 Aviation Park NE, Box 570, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 9Z9.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

403.340.4040

We are a non-profit organization and have been teaching Traditional Shotokan Karate in Red Deer for over 20 yrs. We are now taking registration for beginner and advance classes for ages 3 and older. Class times run Mon. Sat. Call 403-347-0646 website: www.reddeerkarate.com

ZEN KARATE & KICK BOXING

Cheney Karate Studios, Red Deer’s most trusted name in Martial Arts is now accepting registration for all adult & children’s programs starting Sept. Enrollment is limited.

(403)347-9020 www.cheneykarate.com

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Lost

LOST BICHON SHITZU! Could have been picked up from along hwy 2, NE of Linn Valley. Went missing the morning of the 22nd.

Kira is black and white, 15 lbs, has a tattoo in her ear, very friendly & med. length hair. If anyone sees her or has her please please call 403-357-9748 or 403-391-3221.

She has a medical condition that needs attention and we’re offering a huge reward.

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Found

18 SPEED MOUNTAIN BIKE FOUND in Deer Park, Aug 26, near Holy Family School.

Please describe to claim.

403-314-0421

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Companions

51 YR. old, very active fit N/S Christian M. wishes to meet F. 45-60. Reply to Box 1055, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

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COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-304-1207 (Pager) R U A BRAT www.cafba.ca

In Memoriam

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Caregivers/ Aides

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F/T live in child caregiver for 2 kids, 8 & 5 yrs. old, in Red Deer. $10.11/hr., 44 hrs/wk, less $300 room & board. email Jeannie at rconstan@telus.net

In loving memory of Doreen Kay who passed away August 28,2011

Over 2,000,000 hours St. John Ambulance volunteers provide Canadians with more than 2 million hours of community service each year.

Red Deer

Shotokan Karate Club

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~Love Dennis & Family

Funeral Directors & Services

SALSA 4 weeks $40 p/p.

Starts Sun Sept 8th 6pm. www.acda.ca 403-396-2821

Personals

Nothing can ever take away, The love a heart holds dear.

Fond memories linger every day, Remembrance keeps her near.

Funeral Home & Crematorium

LIVE-IN Caregiver for elderly Female. F/T $1933/mo less room & board.

44 hrs/wk. No exp. req’d.

Call Ciel 403-307-2918

720

Clerical

Apply Now 403-755-8163 Recruiting Assistant Openings Outgoing & Incoming Calls. Basic Comp. Skills and Positive Attitude Necessary. $11/hr to start.

F/T & P/T schedule.

740

Dental

DENTURE LAB (full service) requires a F/T ASSISTANT/ TECHNICIAN to manufacture dentures. Experience is preferred but will train if necessary. $23/hr depending on exp. Drop resume at Associates Dental (attn. Trevor) or tfair@platinum.ca

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BROWNELL Daryl Andrew 1979 - 2013 Daryl passed away suddenly on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at the age of 34 years. Daryl is survived by his wife Luisa; his children whom he dearly loved; his adoptive family, parents Lloyd and Shirley Brownell, brothers Lloyd (Loreen), Chris (Laura), David (Katie); his birth mother Bernadette Auger from Edmonton and his Auger brothers and sisters; as well as numerous nephews and nieces from both families, and many good friends. Daryl will be greatly missed. A Memorial Service will be held at Living Stones Church, 2020-40th Avenue, Red Deer, on Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

Obituaries

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CALL:

309-3300

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 Dental

740

Oilfield

800

Oilfield

800

Oilfield

800

HYDROTESTORS 2000 is currently taking resumes for

RECEPTIONIST for Hygiene Department req’d.

No exp. req’d. Reception & business admin. exp. an asset. Possibility of growth with-in the company.

Please drop off resumes to Associate Dental, Attn.

Corinne or fax 403-347-2133

Farm Work

755

LOOKING FOR

FULL & PART TIME CHICKEN CATCHERS willing to work night/early morning shifts.

Immediate openings.

Full Benefits.

Contact Mike 403-848-1478

Hair Stylists

760

ADAM & EVE UNISEX REQ’S P/T / F/T HAIR CUTTING PERSONNEL. Above average earnings.

Submit resume in person at Parkland Mall.

Janitorial

770

CCCSI is hiring sanitation workers for the afternoon and evening shifts. Get paid weekly, $14.22/hr.

Call 403-348-8440 or fax 403-348-8463

Legal

780

TESTING TRUCK OPERATORS & SHOP HAND

Must have class 5 Q endorsement license, please provide drivers abstract as well as valid oilfield tickets. Drop off resumes at 7889 49 Ave. Red Deer.

Large oilfield construction company located in Alberta is currently seeking EXPERIENCED Heavy Equipment Operators & Rock Truck Drivers for an upcoming project in Fox Creek, AB. MUST have the following CURRENT oilfield safety tickets: H2S, Ground Disturbance, CSTS/PSTS, Standard First Aid, WHMIS, TDG, Bear Awareness. Wage is based on experience.

Please respond via fax (403) 946-4150 or email: kowalcon@telus.net.

Please note that only suitable candidates will be contacted.

LOCAL SERVICE CO. REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

LOCAL Testing company seeking experienced Well Testers for areas including Sask. and US. Positions available immediately.

Day/Night Supervisors & Assistants.

MUST HAVE valid H2S and First Aid. Competitive wages and health benefits.

Email resumes and tickets to: welltesting365@ gmail.com

Coming Events

LOOKING FOR EXP’D Boiler Operators with tickets for work in Central Alberta and Northeastern BC. Submit resumes to info@gtchandler.com

Oilfield

800

$2500 Bonus Every 100 days

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Night Foremen, Day & Night Operators Must have H2S, First Aid, valid driver’s license.

Pre-employment Drug screening Competitive Wages.

Benefit Package Please submit resume with references to: apply@wespro.ca or by fax to (403) 783-8004 Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted

1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC., a growing Production Testing company, based out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

* Experienced Production Testing * Day Supervisors * Night Operators * Experienced Production Testing Assistants If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume, current driver’s abstract and current safety certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 Lstouffer@1strateenergy.ca

Competitive Wages, Benefits, Retirement and Saving Plan!

ROUGHNECK & DERRICK HAND

Experience preferred but willing to train the right person **MUST HAVE VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE, H2S AND FIRST AID.** ** MUST BE ABLE TO PASS PRE-EMPLOYMENT TESTING** If interested please fax your resume to 403-652-7060 or call Jeff at 403-336-4945

QUALIFICATIONS: • • • • • • •

PRODUCTION TESTING SUPERVISORS • & OPERATORS Day & Night • Must have tickets.

Top paid wages.

Based out of Devon, AB. Email resume to: • kathy@dragonsbreathpt.ca Something for Everyone • Everyday in Classifieds TEAM Snubbing Services now hiring experienced operators Email: janderson@ teamsnubbing.com fax 403-844-2148

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OFFICE & PHONES CLOSED Monday September 2, 2013 Red Deer Advocate Publication dates: SAT. AUGUST 31 TUES. SEPTEMBER 3 Deadline is: Fri. August 30, 5 p.m.

Red Deer Life Sunday Publication date: SUN. SEPTEMBER 1 Deadline is: Fri. August 30 - NOON Central AB Life Publication date: THURS. SEPTEMBER 5 Deadline is: Fri. August 30, 5 p.m.

Rimbey Publication date; TUES. SEPTEMBER 3 Deadline is: Thurs. August 29, NOON Stettler & Weekender

Publication date: WED. SEPTEMBER 4 FRI. SEPTEMBER 6 Deadline is: Fri. August 30, NOON Sylvan Lake News & Eckville Echo Lacombe Express Publication date: THURS. SEPTEMBER 5 Deadline is: Fri. August 30, 5 p.m.

Castor - Regular deadline Have a safe & happy holiday CLASSIFIEDS 309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com wegotads.ca

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is looking for

EXPERIENCED RIG HANDS

Fax: 780-678-2001 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE Please apply for these positions in the manner specified

REQUIREMENTS: Va l i d 1 s t A i d , H 2 S , Driver’s License required!

Must be willing to submit pre access fit for duty test, as well as drug and alcohol Travel & be away from home for periods of time 21/7 Ability to work in changing climate conditions

website: www.cathedralenergyservices.com Methods to Apply: HRCanada@ cathedralenergyservices.com pnieman@ cathedralenergyservices.com Your application will be kept strictly confidential.

EAST 40TH PUB

Looking for Part/Full Time BARTENDER/SERVER. Apply with resume to 3811 40 Ave, Red Deer LOOKING for exp’d waitress with liquor license, p/t or f/t . Apply in person with resume to #35 6320-50 Ave. Red Deer MUCHO BURRITO $11.33/Hr - Cust Serv EMAIL -MUCHOREDDEER @HOTMAIL.COM

SUBWAY All Red Deer Locations Hiring Immediately

Food Counter Attendants Are you looking for a career opportunity with excellent benefits, a mature working environment and opportunity to advance? If so, Subway has a position for you!

Please apply online @ mysubwaycareer.com or Drop resume off in person at 180, 6900 Taylor Drive Or email to careers@rdsubway.com or Call us at 403-342-0203 SUNSHINE Family Restaurant - F/T Kitchen Helper. $11.41/hr, 40 hrs/wk. Email: janegosselin@telus.net

Trades

850

Truckers/ Drivers

860

H.D. Parts Person

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 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Required Immediately The largest after market parts distributor in Canada is seeking a H.D. Parts person to join our experienced team in Red Deer.

This individual would require basic knowledge of the heavy-duty truck and trailer market with excellent knowledge of truck and trailer brake and suspension parts.

The individual would have to be able to work unsupervised in a fast paced environment. They should also possess customer service skills that would be used daily by 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: Traction Heavy Duty 8045 Edgar Industrial Crescent Red Deer Ab T4P 3R2 OR FAX 403-342-7377 Email: jwojtaczka@uapinc.com

JOIN OUR TEAM!

Busy road construction company looking for

FINISHING HOE & DOZER OPERATORS

Minimum 5 yrs. exp, work 7 days a week at least 12 hrs. a day, overtime and subsided pay. Please Fax: resume to 403-309-1944 or email to: info@tblconstruction.ca DNR Powerline Construction requires Journeyman/ Apprentices/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: Noel. No Phone calls please. Drug and Alcohol program in effect.

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.

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

SHOP FOREMAN

Pressure Piping & Steel fabrication shop Only experience personnel need apply -Journeyman Pipefitter preferred -Must be able to organize men and projects -Background & experience with Acorn Piping program Understanding and implementation of QC for structural & Piping -Oversee all material ordering, handling & receiving -Competitive Wage & Benefits Please apply to info@ dynamicprojects.ca or fax 403-340-3471

CLASS 1drivers req’d for road construction. Truck and pup exp. Living allowance incld. Fax 403-309-0489 Eagle Builders, LP. a concrete precast company based out of Blackfalds, AB, is currently looking for an

exp’d class 1 driver.

All applicants must be willing to work long hours (60+/-) and be dedicated due to a demanding delivery schedule. Duties would include hauling aggregate 2 Ω days per week from Lacombe to Blackfalds. The remainder of the week would be spent hauling various concrete products to other locations. Must have a minimum of 5 years experience and provide a 5 year drivers abstract. Wage will be based on experience, attitude and willingness to commit to long term employment. Please fax resume to 403 885 5516 attn: Craig, or email to c.haan@eaglebuilders.ca.

All candidates considered to be invited for an interview will be contacted directly. All other resumes will be kept on file for future consideration.

F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

Professional Truck Driver

www.ads-pipe.com Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., the world’s largest and most innovative manufacturer of HDPE drainage products is currently accepting applications for Full-Time Employment for certified Class 1 Drivers with a minimum of two (2) years experience. ADS Drivers TRUE POWER ELECTRIC are required to safely operate company equipment Requires and provide a high level of customer service, deliverQUALIFIED ing our products within JOURNEYMAN central Alberta. ADS Drivrd th ers are required to be drug 2 and 4 yr. free and maintain legal ELECTRICIANS transportation paperwork and driving practices. This With Residential roughin position requires a valid exp. Competitive wages Class 1 License, with & benefits. previous off road forklift Fax resume to: experience a definite 403-314-5599 asset. We offer quarterly Wanted experienced cash safety bonuses as industrial sandblaster well as a comprehensive medical plan. for full time employment.

Benefits include: Please fax resume to Company provided Group 403-346-0626 Canadian Benefits WATER WELL DRILLING Voluntary dental COMPANY IN BENTLEY Life insurance REQ’S EXPERIENCED Short-term and long-term WATER WELL disability DRILLERS HELPER Retirement Savings Plan with class 3, air. All safety (RSP) and Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) tickets required.

Meal and Accommodation Paid Vacation provided when out of town. Safety Bonus All applicants are subject Fax resume with drivers to a pre-employment abstract: 403-748-3015 physical and MVR check.

Western Masonry Interested Applicants may submit a resume, along Structures with a recent drivers F/T bricklayers and Stone abstract to: Layers. Must have own Advanced Drainage transportation. Fax Systems Canada Inc. resume to 403-340-0762 4316 Gerdts Ave. or email resume to Blindman Ind. Park tom@westernmasonry.com Red Deer County, AB. T4S-2A8 Attn: Truckers/ Ken McCutcheon Fax: (403) 346-5806 Drivers E-mail ken.mccutcheon@ ads-pipe.com BUSY Central Alberta Position closing date: Grain Trucking Company Sept. 3, 2013 looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

RONCO OILFIELD HAULING We offer lots of home time, Sylvan Lake. Openings for benefits and a bonus winch tractor, bed truck program. Grain and super drivers and swamper’s.

B exp. an asset but not Top wages and benefits. necessary. If you have a Email resume tom@ clean commercial drivers roncooilfield.ca abstract and would like to or fax. 403-887-4892 start making good money. fax or email resume and Classifieds comm.abstract to Your place to SELL 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net Your place to BUY

DUE TO A LARGE THE RUSTY PELICAN is INCREASE IN BUSINESS, PIKE WHEATON now accepting resumes for F/T Exp’d LINE COOKS CHEVROLET must be avail. nights and is currently seeking SERVICE RIG weekends. Must have: JOURNEYMAN Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd AUTOMOTIVE is seeking an exp’d • 2-3 yrs. post secondary TECHNICIANS FLOORHAND education. & SERVICE ADVISORS. Locally based, home every • 2-5 yrs. training We offer competitive night! Qualified applicants • 2-5 yrs. on-the-job exp. wages, a great working must have all necessary • Provide references environment, and a great valid tickets for the position benefit package. being applied for.

The hourly rate will be Please email resume to Bearspaw offers a $13.10.

Joey Huckabone very competitive salary Call 403-347-1414 joey@pikewheatonchev.ca and benefits package or Fax to: 403-347-1161 Equipment Operators, along with a steady Class 1 Drivers, Directional work schedule.

Sales & Drillers, Locators and Please submit resumes: Labourers required Attn: Human Resources Distributors immediately.

Qualified Email: candidates should have a hr@bearspawpet.com 1693338 Alberta LTD positive work ethic and Fax: (403) 258-3197 or o/a Custom T’s Hiring must possess a valid Mail to: Suite 5309, Salespersons Parkland driver’s license.

333-96 Ave. NE Mall, Red Deer, AB. Email:careers@ Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 Good English and commuminimalimpact.ca or Fax nication skills, Classifieds 780-960-2927.We offer Customer service oriented.

Your place to SELL competitive wages and are F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Your place to BUY Weekends Salary - $14.00 hr. committed to maintaining a positive and safe work E-mail: Reachiesales You can sell your guitar environment. @gmail.com for a song...

EXP’D Roofers required. or put it in CLASSIFIEDS 1693338 Alberta LTD 403-986-1961 after 6 p.m. and we’ll sell it for you! o/a Custom T’s Hiring Sales Supervisor-retail FIELD SERVICE UFA Rocky Mountain at Parkland Mall, Red House Currently MECHANIC Deer, AB. Experience seeking Full & Part Time - Gas Pro Compression min 2 years, Good English.

Truck Drivers Supervise and co-ordinate packages & services single Benefits Offered Fax well gas compressors. We sales staff, F/Time, Perm, Resume to 403-845-7903 are currently looking for a Shifts, Weekends OR Email to field service mechanic.

Salary - $19.00 hourly dmatthews89@yahoo.com Preference will be given to E-mail: Reachiesales licensed technicians with @gmail.com relevant experience.

1693338 Alberta LTD Apprentices will be considered. o/a Extreme energy Successful candidate must Hiring Sales Supervisorpossess strong work ethic. retail at Parkland Mall, Red Please fax resumes to Deer, AB Experience - min 403-443-5288, apply in 2 yrs, Good English.

URS FLINT TUBULAR person at 227, 17th Ave N. Supervise and co-ordinate Three Hills, AB or email to: MANAGEMENT sales staff, F/Time, Perm, SERVICES peter.pattison@gaspro.ca requires Tubing Inspection Shifts, Weekends Salary GOODMEN $19.00 hr. E-mail: operator, manual lathe Reachiesales@gmail.com operator, and Shop & ROOFING LTD. Yard Laborers. Exp. an Requires LOOKING for Liquor store asset but will train to suit. sales clerk, full time jobs, Competitive wages and SLOPED ROOFERS $11/hour ,must be able to benefits. Apply w/resume work night and weekends LABOURERS to: 4115 Henry St. Class 1 Driver & FLAT ROOFERS to pass criminal check, (Blindman Industrial Park) drop off resume in person, Winch or picker experience an asset but not necessary.

Valid Driver’s Licence 112 5th St. SE Sundre AB. WELL ESTABLISHED Scheduled days off preferred. Fax or email RED DEER BASED Benefits after 90 days info@goodmenroofing.ca busy & growing oilfield Regular hrs, 12/mo. yr. or (403)341-6722 trucking company looking for Trades Start immediately NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! EXPERIENCED To apply please send your LOCAL renovation WINCH TRUCK DRIVERS resume to: CLASSIC HOMES LTD company looking for & SWAMPERS gerry@oilbossrentals.com experienced worker and Successful candidates will is now accepting resumes for or fax to 1-866-914-7507 or apprentice. Must have receive top wages & benefits. JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER Full Time Hours. 3-4 yrs. exp. transportation. Must have DRIVERS for furniture Valid Class 1 licence is req’d. Provide references. moving company, class 5 common sense necessary & oilfield tickets Must have Zoom Boom, First required (5 tons), local & and pride in work. is an asset. Must be able long distance. Competitive Preference to someone to pass a pre-employment Aid, & Fall Arrest Certificates.

The hourly rate will be wages. Apply in person. from Saskatchewan or drug & alcohol screen test. $22.00/hour. Email: 6630 71 St. Bay 7 parents from SaskatchePlease forward all resumes wes@classichomesltd.com Red Deer. 403-347-8841 wan. 403-588-8163 to: danacg@shaw.ca

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Mustang Well Services Ltd.

Casandra@mwsrig.com

1393699 AB LTD. o/a JUGO JUICE -F/T Food Counter Attendant. $11/hr, 40 hrs/wk. Email: janegosselin@telus.net

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860

Bashaw Publication date: WED. SEPTEMBER 4 Deadline is: Wed. August 28, noon

Please submit resumes with copies of valid tickets and a current drivers abstract via email to

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Trades

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Ponoka Publication date: WED. SEPTEMBER 4 Deadline is: Thur. August 29, 5 p.m.

For All Positions

Restaurant/ Hotel

Must be able to Provide own work truck Leadership and Supervisory skills- mentor and train crew Strong Computer Skills O p e r a t e 5 0 0 0 p s i - BLACKFALDS Motor Inn 10,000 psi (sweet and -Housekeeping Supervisor Sour wells) Req’d. 1 F/T, $18/hr., 1 yr.

Collect Data - pressure, exp. req’d. Fax resume: rates, temperatures 403-885-5868 Attn: Jenny Assist in Rig in and Rig DAD’S PIZZA out of equipment PART TIME COOK Tr a v e l t o a n d f r o m Apply at East 40th Pub. locations across Western 3811 40th Ave. Canada

Small growing oilfield service company seeking applications for experienced hoe operators for drilling rig operations.

Must have a minimum five years experience.

Required: valid WCB, Insurance, H2S, First Aid, TDG, WHIMIS, Ground Disturbance, Drivers License and reliable transportation. Email Aimee at five.pack@ hotmail.com

CLASSIFIEDS LABOUR DAY HOLIDAY Hours & Deadlines

Oilfield

JOIN OUR FAST GROWING TEAM!!

NOW HIRING IN THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS

316960H24-I7

We would like to thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

(5- 10yrs experience)

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SENIOR ACCOUNTANT Established CGA public practice firm in Central AB has a great opportunity available for an accountant to join our firm. The successful candidate should have an accounting designation and public practice experience.

Please e-mail your resume to TandP_cga@telus.net Start your career!

See Help Wanted

(2-4yrs experience)

Litigation Legal Assistant position.

Human Resources Johnston Ming Manning LLP 3rd Floor, 4943 50th Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1Y1 Fax: (403) 342-9173 Email: hr@jmmlawrd.ca

Day Supervisors Night Supervisors

JOHNSTON MING MANNING LLP has a full time

This position requires someone who displays a team player outlook, effective communication skills, the ability to multi-task, and the ability to work in a fast paced environment.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience working in a law firm, and a minimum of 3 years experience working as a Litigation Legal Assistant.

We offer a great working environment, benefits, and the opportunity for personal and professional growth. Please respond in confidence with a cover letter and resume to:

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Academic Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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Community Support Worker Women in Trades Math and Science in the Trades GED classes days/ evening Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

800

Please specify position when replying to this ad.

We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted.

www.trican.ca

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COLTER ENERGY SERVICES IS NOW HIRING

WELL TESTING: Supervisors Night Operators Operators • • •

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Have current Safety certificates including H2S Be prepared to work in remote locations for extended periods of time Must be physically fit Competitive wages, benefits and RRSP offered

Please email resume with current driver’s abstract to: www.colterenergy.ca Under Career Opportunities

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WORLDWIDE KNOWLEDGE - LOCAL SOLUTIONS

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Aug. 28, 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.

1984 CORVETTE new engine, $8888 348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A SPORTS CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2001 BMW Z3 loaded, 5 spd. manual, 2 tone leather int. new windshield & tires. $11,500 obo 403-755-2760

1990 VANGUARD 28’ 460 Ford, air, cruise, sleeps 6, rear bed, full shower & bath, 73,500 kms. $12,000.

403-302-8061

2001 CHEV BLAZER 4x4.

Excellent condition & very clean. $4250 obo.

403-343-1651 or 341-0606

1991 International dump truck, 3406 B Cat, runs like a clock, 13 spd., good trans., $10,000. ***SOLD***

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK CAMPER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2003 Ford Excursion 4X4, 7.3 L diesel, $16,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

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

DO YOU HAVE A CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 BMW X3 AWD, sunroof, 6 spd. $13,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

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 HEAVY TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 CHEV Avalanche 4x4 loaded $8000 obo 403-391-8264

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 MERCEDES BENZ GLK 350 lthr.,

TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2002 CHEV Avalanche, 4 dr, box cover, loaded, no leather, only 165,000 kms $5650. 403-348-9746

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

2002 LEXUS SC 430 convertible/hardtop $14,888.

2005 Gulf Stream 40’

2007 HONDA CRV EXL, awd, lthr., sun roof, command start, 134,000 kms. $16,500. obo.

343-6156

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

2002 T-BIRD hard-top, convertible, red, int. ext. like new, 81,000 hwy. kms. $23,000. firm.

403-347-4915

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.

2003 CHEV 2500, 4x4 S/C, loaded, leather. very nice shape in and out. sunroof. $4950. ***SOLD***

1999 MALIBOU 21’8”, w/trailer, Inboard V8, 325 hp $20,000.

403-607-2958

DO YOU HAVE A SEADOO TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

1992 30’ FLEETWOOD Southwind, fully self contained, very good cond, sacrifice $11,000 403-347-7893 598-3104

1993 BMW 323 iS 196,000 km. Like new.

Lots of extras. $9900.

403-357-4848

DO YOU HAVE VEHICLE ACCESSORIES

4 slides, 8.1 GMC workhorse, loaded, 1 owner, beautiful cond. $66,000.

780-372-2079

348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 GMC Acadia SLE

AWD, $20, 888. 7652 - 50 Ave., Sport & Import

nav., 20,415 kms, $32,888. **SOLD** Sport & Import

sunroofs, 98,295 kms., $29,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2010 SILVERADO 1500 LTZ silver, 90,000.

403-346-2608

2010 Toyota Tacoma

4x4 black with grey interior 4 cyl. 4 spd. Clean, great cond. 59,500 kms.

Only $22,800 Call 403-396-5516

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2007 INFINITY G35X, lthr. sunroof, nav., $20,888. 348-8788 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 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

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

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 CHEV Silverado 1500 LT Z71, custom bumpers, cold air intake. $24,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

AB Sport & Import 403-348-8788

REDUCED!!

2006 Honda Civic LX, 2 Dr, 84,202 km., original owner, great cond. Keyless entry, aux. jack, brand new battery. Asking $10,900. 403-302-1138

Sell your vehicle FAST with a Formula 1 Classified Vehicle Ad

WE ARE HIRING !!!

It’s getting busier around here and we can’t keep up.

We are looking for some key individuals to join our dynamic sales team.

• Above Average Sales Commission • Awesome Spiff Programs

• Great Working Environment • Award Winning Vehicles

GARY MOE MAZDA

Locally Owned And Family Operated

81 Gasoline Alley East, Red Deer

www.garymoe.com

403.348.8882

308854H28

If this looks like it’s for you and you have prior sales experience, please stop by the dealership or email jasonarsenault@garymoe.com

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013

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Eagle Builders, LP. based out of Blackfalds, Ab. requires a hard working,

motivated individual

to fill full-time position at our company. Must be APPLIANCE physically fit as this DELIVERY DRIVER labourer position requires constant heavy lifting and & DRIVER ASSISTANT involves fast paced, on the job training. Must also be Family owned and operated, able to travel. All meals Trail Appliances continues and hotel expenses are to grow and due to this, paid when out of town. we are looking to expand Applicant must have our delivery department. reliable transportation to Trail Appliances has always offered excellence in sales, and from work and a valid class 5 driver’s license. delivery, customer service, Construction experience and after-sales support. an asset. Full benefits The Company is currently provided. Starting wages looking to fill the following based on experience. Fax positions at our Red Deer resumes to 403 885 5516 warehouse location.† attn: Eric or e-mail at Appliance Delivery Driver installation@ Driver Assistant eaglebuilders.ca. We thank all applicants for their The ideal candidates will: applications, but only • Be able to maneuver those selected for an merchandise in excess interview will be contacted. of 100lbs • Possess exceptional customer service skills • Enjoy working within a diverse team • Hold a valid driver’s license (drivers only) EMF NUTRITION Trail offers excellent is looking to fill a training, flex days and a CLASS 1 DRIVER competitive compensation POSITION and benefit package.

Straight dayshift Start your career with a Monday to Friday, well-known and respected home every night. company, become a Full benefits after 3 months. member of the successful Please submit your resume Trail team by applying and drivers abstract to one in person to: of the following: Fax: 403-341-3144, Apply in person at Email: mike.hesketh #6 4622 61 St. Riverside @eastmanfeeds.com Industrial District or or you can drop off at fax to 403-347-3314 4747 60 St. Red Deer, AB Security checks will be conducted on successful candidates.

ARE YOU AN AMATEUR COMEDIAN looking to test out your material? (kid friendly) We have a main stage spot for you at a local festival. Please email thera.c@telus.net

GAMES DEALER SCHOOL

WESTPARK & WESTLAKE AREAS Please call Quitcy at 403-314-4316

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

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 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

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 LANDSCAPING POSITIONS Physically demanding.

Own transportation.

Regular hours & hourly rate negotiable. Apprenticeship avail. Fax 403-341-3042

INDIVIDUAL W/A HANDYMAN/ TRADE BACKGROUND Position is Permanent Part time, Work order follow up, inspecting completions, viewing properties for needed repairs and longer term planning, 2 - 3 days a week, GASOLINE ALLEY Petro Wage is $13.00 - $16.00 Canada req’s. 2 f/t or p/t + Mileage. cashiers $11.50/hr. & food Call Darryl Sim for more supervisor $15/hr. Email reinformation or to drop off a sume tiell1004@gmail.com resume Office: 403-340-0065 Ext 117 Looking for a place OR 403-358-9003 Email: to live?

Darryl.Sim@simcorealty.ca Take a tour through the Sim Management & Realty CLASSIFIEDS

Precast Concrete Plant in Blackfalds, AB, is looking for new team members to join an enthusiastic and rapidly expanding company.

General labourers

are needed to do framing, cleaning, reinforcing, pouring and other precast related jobs. All applicants must be flexible for hours and dedicated due to a demanding production schedule. Benefits are paid and lots of overtime.

Own transportation to work is needed. Please fax resume to 403 885 5516 or email to k.kooiker@ eaglebuilders.ca. We thank all applicants for their applications, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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LOOKING for laborers and flaggers for road construction. Fax 403-309-0489

Looking for reliable newspaper carrier for 1 day per week delivery of the Central Alberta Life in the town of INNISFAIL

Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316

Auctions

1530

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

Computers

1600

20” iMAC Newly upgraded to Mountain Lion OS, 4gb, o ff b r a n d k e y b o a r d a n d MATURE FEMALE: mouse $825 403-350-8342 Cleaning, shopping, assist. will deliver in Red Deer senior male. Cash paid daily.

Resume req’d. 403-342-6545

EquipmentHeavy

1630

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

For afternoon delivery once per week

Farmers' Market

1650

In the towns of:

RED mammoth raspberries, Evans sour cherries www.redlodgeupick.com

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

VACUUM Bags, belts, shampoo. See me at Sat. @ Red Deer Market. Call Lorne @ 403-307-0250 or Toll free 855-235-6763

Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303 PART TIME HELP WANTED IN RED DEER!!!

2-3 hrs a day 3-5 days/wk!!

Flexible hours, no weekends, company paid benefits!!

Please email your resume to: tsharpe@kwpetro.com or fax to (306)244-4498 Attention Tim.

RUN’N ON EMPTY

Requires Mature, Reliable Cashiers for various shifts.

Full/Part time.

ALSO LOOKING FOR P/T DELI ASSISTANT Please apply with resume to 5101 - 76 Street, Red Deer THE BURNT LAKE GENERAL STORE is looking for F/T Customer Service person for shift work. Please apply in person, Hwy. 11 West.

No phone calls please.

Firewood

1660

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Cleaning

1070

VINYL SIDING CLEANING Eaves Trough Cleaned, Windows Cleaned. Pckg.

Pricing. 403-506-4822

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

EVESTROUGH / WINDOW CLEANING. 403-506-4822

Escorts

587-877-7399 10am-midnight

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

Massage Therapy

Misc.

Services

1290

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

Health & Beauty

1700

Property clean up 340-8666

1280

Executive Touch Massage (newly reno’d) (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

Household Furnishings

ing central AB. 403-318-4346

Moving & Storage

1300

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Painters/ Decorators

1310

1720

BLACK DRESSER SET, 3 piece. $200.

Excellent condition.

(403)872-2411

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale Ironman Scrap Metal Recovery picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles & industrial. Serv-

1710

INGLIS washer & dryer, taupe, $50 403-343-9134 leave message.

5* JUNK REMOVAL

1165

EDEN

BERNESE Mountain Dog Plot Hound Mix, 15 mos.

FREE to good home only.

403-887-2119

Travel Packages

1900

Condo For Sale In Cabo San Lucas México. $229000 USD. Two bdrm.

Condo. Down Town, Pool view. One minute walk to the beach Toll Free Canada: 1-855-214-5941.

For more pictures & info. www.Condoforsalecabosanlucas.com TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

1760

6 CORRELL dinner plates $10; old meat platter $6; crystal fruit bowl $15; small microwave oven $8 403-346-2231 BRUTE 6.5 Quantrum self propelled lawn mower w/bag $125; Sylvania snow thrower 9 amps, 16” wide $50 403-358-7678 DIE cast models, cars, truck, and motorcycles #14 6350-67 St. east end of Cash Casino

2000-2290

2140

Horses

16 YR. old QH Sorrel gelding, 15.2, very well broke, neck reins, backs up, spins, rode down roads, real nice horse. $3000. 403-783-4943 WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

HAY, no rain. Orchard Grass Alfalfa Brome. $60./bale, firm.

403-302-7477, 343-2058 ROUND bales, Alfalfa Timothy Brome mix, $50/bale; Clover Alfalfa Timothy mix $40/bale 780-975-3313

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Duplexes

3020

ADULTS ONLY!

Quiet little apt bldg near hospital. Bright 2 bdrm. suite w/balcony, 3 applscoin-op laundry, N/S, No Pets. Available NOW! Starting at @ $995.

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Or 403-396-9554

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

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. RMD RENOVATIONS Pampering at its Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

BEST! Call Roger 403-348-1060 Window 403-986-6686 SCH - Construction for all Cleaning Come in and see reno needs. 403-307-6292 why we are the talk WINDOW CLEANING. SIDING, Soffit, Fascia of the town.

Outside / Inside / Both. and custom cladding. Call www.viimassage.biz 403-506-4822 Dean @ 403-302-9210.

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Suites

NEWLY RENO’D

1 bdrm. 1 bath, Westpark, like new, adult building, no pets $895 + elect., SD $895 403-347-7791

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955 ONE bdrm. ADULT only apt. close to college, $780/mo., avail. immed. no pets 403-877-3323

1830

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

Large adult 2 bdrm. apt., balcony, No pets. $800 rent/SD, heat/water incld., 403-346-5885

THE NORDIC

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 AVAL. Sept. 1. 1 bdrm.-like suite. Michener Hill. Furn.

1 bdrm., kitchen/living rm, bath, fridge, stove, satellite tv, internet, microwave, shared laundry. Incl. utils, except phone. On-site parking.

Female only. $600, d.d. $400.

403-341-3197, lv msg.

FURN. ROOM, use of full house, utils. & internet. all incl. $475. 403-506-1907

Warehouse Space

3140

Great apt bldg on Kerrywood Dr. Close to parks and walking trails.

2 bdrm. suite on 3rd floor w/balcony. Move in NOW with a $50 GIFT CARD! ONLY $1025 + electricity.

No Pets, N/S. Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Or 403-396-9554 Gracious living in this perfect 3 bdrm., 3 bath Lancaster home. 7 appls.

DOUBLE GARAGE! Pool table in finished bsmt.

No Pets, N/S. Call Lucie to view 403-396-9554 Hearthstone 403-314-0099

Condos/ Townhouses

KITSON CLOSE

SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

Manufactured Homes

in Timberstone with many stunning features.

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

Suites

3060

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

MORRISROE MANOR

5040

SUV's

MASON MARTIN HOMES New condo, 1000 sq.ft.

2 bdrm., 2 bath, 5 appls., $189,800. 403-588-2550 ONE LEFT!

4070

Farms/ Land

LAND FOR SALE

2007 SUBURBAN 1500 LT, loaded, new tires. DVD, 103,000 km. 403-346-2608

- Central AB. 1 km off Hwy 12.

SW21-40-23-W4.

Natural subdivision, creek, oil revenue.

Call 403-747-2168

LAND FOR SALE - Central AB. Power & well.

SE24-40-24-W4.

Oil revenue.

1 km off Hwy 12.

Call 403-747-2168

4090

Manufactured Homes

2001 CHEV BLAZER 4x4.

Excellent condition & very clean. $4250 obo.

403-343-1651 or 341-0606 1998 GMC Jimmy 4x4 223,195 kms, $3200 obo 403-886-5199

5050

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CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta (403) 341-9995

Houses For Sale

4020

Lots For Sale

4160

Pinnacle Estates

2010 SILVERADO 1500 LTZ, silver, 90,000. 403-346-2608

(Blackfalds) You build or bring your own builder. Terms avail.

403-304-5555 Start your career!

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2004 CHEV Avalanche 4x4 loaded $8000 obo 403-391-8264

wheels

1994 CHEV 1/2 TON auto start. 403-347-5237

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Antique & Classic Autos

5020

5060

Heavy Trucks

2007 MERCEDEZ Sprinter dump truck 93,000 miles $38,000 403-887-4610

Motorcycles

5080

2006 SUZUKI Burgman 650 recently converted to trike $13,000 obo 403-844-2515

1790 SQ. FT. BUNGALOW, Re-done in Rosedale.

Reduced, $458,000.

Call Century 21 Dan Wind 403-341-0294

COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION Red Deer 6th Annual Fall Tires, Parts Finale Westerner Park Indoors Sept 20 & 21 Acces.

Consign your vehicle today 888-296-0528 ext. 102 TRUCK, cars, vans. Cash EGauctions.com for some. 403-391-4144

5180

5030

Cars

Brand new Laebon home in Sylvan Lake.

Many stunning features, 3 bdrms, 2 baths, 1,342 sq.ft. $363,300 Call Jennifer 403.392.6841 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

Open concept floor plan, stainless steel appliances, 2 bdrms, 2 baths all for under $300,000.

Call Jennifer 403.392.6841

Modern New Laebon Home

5190

REDUCED!!

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

5200

2006 HONDA CIVIC LX

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

2007 NISSAN Altima 2.5S like new cond, fully loaded, 106,000 kms. $9000 403-865-1605

RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

2 Door, 84,202 km., original owner, great condition.

Keyless entry, iPod aux. jack, brand new battery.

Asking $10,900.

403-302-1138 (Red Deer)

2006 PT CRUISER, convertible, low mileage. exc. cond. $6000. obo 403-597-4277

Live in Beacon Hill...

Auto Wreckers

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Drive a little save a lot

2 bdrms, 2 baths, stainless steel appliances, open concept floor plan.

3 -5 MONTH OLD MALE F u r n i s h e d b a c h . s u i t e Call Chris 403.392.7118 KITTENS good for farm or downtown, Sept. 1, adult building, no pets, SD $795 MOVE IN TODAY house cats. Completely 4 Brand New Homes litter trained, socialized & 403-347-7791 taught to hunt by their mom. 1 BDRM. apt. across from *1500 sq.ft., dbl. att. garage *1400 sq.ft., dbl. att. garage Need to find good homes hospital, 3rd flr. balcony, *1335 sq.ft., dbl. att. garage as soon as possible.

Avail. Now. $780./mo. no *1320 sq.ft., dbl. att. garage 1 Leopard spotted orange, pets 403-877-3323 Call Kyle Lygas 1 tiger strip orange, LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. 403-588-2550 1 orange. Free to loving SUITES. 25+, adults only $10,000 Move-In Allowance home. 403-782-3130 n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 MASON MARTIN HOMES 3 WILD SAVAGE BEAUTIFUL KITTENS. www.laebon.com 21 bright orange males, Laebon Homes 346-7273 1 long haired black Tired of Standing?

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed. & gold female.

Find something to sit on Adult bldg. N/S No pets Free to good home. Need in Classifieds 403-755-9852 to be tamed. 403-782-3130

$795

Locally owned and family operated

3 bdrm, 2 baths $426,100.

Call Chris 403-392-7118

4130

3040

Newly Reno’d Mobile

at www.garymoe.com

WOW. Brand New Home

KYTE CRES. & Kelloway Cres.

Lovely 3 level exec.

3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, concrete patio, blinds, front/rear parking, no dogs, n/s, rent $1445 SD $1000 Avail. Sept. 1.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545

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1 LIGHT industrial bay 1143 sq. ft., one 10 x 12 1997 MODULINE INDUSTRIES Trucks overhead door, one man 16x80. $49,500. Call for door, concrete floor/walls, photo’s. 403-358-8933 located Northland BusiMUST SELL NOTICE ness Center. $1450/mo.

By Owner.

I, Rex Bramley Call Cathy 403-318-2992 Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225 am not responsible 10,000 FT. Fenced Yard for any debts occurred $500. Sept. 1st. 403-343-6615 under my name without Cottages/Resort my consent, after this date, SMALL / LARGE SPACES August 27, 2013.

-Free standing - fenced yards Property For all your needs.

400-46,000 ft. 403-343-6615 AFFORDABLE WATERFRONT ON SHUSWAP LAKE, with own dock/buoy.

Mobile Beautiful property in Lot Sorrento only $229,000.

If you are 55+ look at Property Guys ID Nr 65213 MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, or call Roger†403-350-8089 Tanja 250-804-6436 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

2010 Toyota Tacoma Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225 4x4 black with grey interior Something for Everyone Businesses 4 cyl. 4 spd. Clean, Everyday in Classifieds great cond. 59,500 kms.

For Sale Only $22,800 Call 403-396-5516 CHILDRENS zero - 8 yrs. clothing store inventory.

Will sell with 50% discount to other children’s clothing store. 403-782-7156 or 403-357-7465

3030

newer exec. 3 bdrm. bi-level townhouse 1447 sq. ft. 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, lg. balcony, fenced in rear, front/rear parking, no dogs, rent $1445 SD $1000. n/s Avail. Sept. 1 403-304-7576 / 347-7545

5030

Cars

OPPOSITE HOSPITAL Open concept, tray ceilings,

VACUUM Bags, belts, WEST PARK shampoo. See me at Sat. Large 2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 @ Red Deer Market. Call appls., $975, d.d $650, Lorne @ 403-307-0250 or avail. Oct 1. 403-304-5337 Toll free 855-235-6763

Cats

4020

Houses For Sale

MATURE ADULTS +25

L E AT H E R r e c l i n e r f o r FREE Shaw Cable + more $950/month motorhome, like new, $30 Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225 obo 403-343-3160

THREE 80 L. garbage barrels with lids, never used JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. $40; set of folding legs for Free Est. 403-872-8888 table $20 403-309-1737

Seniors’ Services

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS

Homestead Firewood Houses/

Household Appliances

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

1130

1840

Dogs

AFFORDABLE

PILOT Scooter. Used 3 times.

Exc. cond. 403-347-7126

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

Eavestroughing

SIAMESE (1), (1) Balinese (3) BURMAN kittens. $40/ea.

403-887-3649

NEWER HOUSE!

services 1010

4 SUPER CUTE KITTENS Ready to go. Cute & fluffy.

Great for indoors or outdoors. FREE to good home. 403-343-0730

1500-1990

wegot

Accounting

1830

Cats

CLASSIFICATIONS

HOUSE CLEANERS wanted, Days, Residential.

Work as a team, n/s environment. Must be bondable, weekends off.

Call Pam 403-505-6111.

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

880

Misc.

Help

FRAMERS HELPER will take any work, need work now! 403-598-8733

Packages come ready for delivery.

No collecting.

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

Currently seeking RELIABLE newspaper carriers for morning delivery in

880

Misc.

Help

THURS. 5 P.M.

EASY!

1997 HONDA, 5 spd., 2 dr., The easy way to find a very clean. 403-318-3040 buyer for items you want to sell is with a Red Deer 1994 FORD T-Bird, 2 dr., Advocate want ad. Phone loaded. clean. 352-6995 309-3300.

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SERGE’S HOMES 17 VINTAGE CLOSE BLACKFALDS Thurs. & Fri., Aug. 29 & 30 2 pm - 5 pm Sat. & Sun. Aug. 31 & Sept 1, 1 pm - 5 pm 1980 sq. ft. 2 storey walk out. Contact Robert @ 403-505-8050

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Central Alberta LIFE & Red Deer ADVOCATE

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 D5

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

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Aug. 28 1961 — The original Hockey Hall of Fame was opened in Toronto.

1941 — Dominion Observatory time becomes Canada’s official time at 1 p.m. on this day.

1922 — Joseph-Elzéar Bernier builds Craig Harbour in the Northwest Territories, Canada’s most northerly settlement to date

at 76 degrees I0’ N. It was built during the Canadian Government Arctic Expedition.

1872 — James Butler ‘Wild Bill’ Hickok stars in the Grand Buffalo Hunt at Niagara Falls. It is the first Wild West Show in Canada and sees Native American and Mexican cowboys doing a thrilling display of roping and riding, and ‘hunting’ three tame buffalo.

1833 — British Parliament outlaws slavery in the British Empire. Over 700,000 people are liberated.

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D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013

OR

FREE

SunRype pure juice

PC® Club Pack® granola bars

and

selected varieties, 40x200 mL 319117 5796120303

spend $250 and receive a

** Up to

spend $200 and receive a

*

FREE

$21.48 value

**Spend $200 or more before applicable taxes at any Real Canadian Superstore location and receive free a SunRype pure apple juice 40x200ml and PC® granola bars 930-1120 g.

Excludes purchase of tobacco, alcohol products, prescriptions, gift cards, phone cards, lottery tickets, all third party operations (post office, gas bars, dry cleaners, etc.) and any other products which are provincially regulated. The retail value of up to $21.48 will be deducted from the total amount of your purchase before sales taxes and deposit are applied. Limit one coupon per family and/or customer account. No cash value. No copies. Coupon must be presented to the cashier at time of purchase. Valid from Friday, August 23 until closing Thursday, August 29 , 2013.

Cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotional offers. No substitutions, refunds or exchanges on free item.

535100

selected varieties, 930-1120 g 585940 / 782213 6038398166 / 6038398165

Valid until

Thur. Aug. 29

4

10000 03990

$25 cash card

8

*With this coupon and a purchase of $250 or more before applicable taxes at any Real Canadian Superstore location (excludes purchase of tobacco, alcohol products, prescriptions, gift cards, phone cards, lottery tickets, all third party operations (post office, gas bars, dry cleaners, etc.) and any other products which are provincially regulated) and we will give you a $25 Real Canadian Superstore cash card. Cash card is not a gift card and can only be redeemed at Real Canadian Superstore within the specified effective dates. See cash card for complete redemption details. Limit one coupon per family and/or customer account. No cash value. No copies. Coupon must be presented to the cashier at time of purchase. Cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotional offers. Coupon valid from Wednesday, August 28th until closing Thursday, September 5th, 2013.

924433 10000 03864 2 4

no name® chicken leg quarters frozen, selected varieties, 2 kg 302660 603836994

2

48

Ocean Spray cocktails or 100% juice blends, 6 X 295 mL / 1.89 L or Motts clamato cocktail, 1.89 L selected varieties 121894 / 521302 3120044526 / 6591200620

Chef Boyardee pasta selected varieties, 411-425 g 119040 6414404302

4

no name club pack apple juice 40 X 200 mL 237295 6038369918

no name® puddings

LIMIT 8

selected varieties, 4 X 99 g

AFTER LIMIT

1.00

424404 6038366567

Kellogg’s jumbo cereal selected varieties, 700 g-1.3 kg 235261

Ziggy’s® sliced deli meats

AFTER LIMIT

assorted varieties, 300-375 g

2.97

431850 6148301092

pkg. of 24 232534 46038387566

EACH

7

ea

LIMIT 4

AFTER LIMIT

9.89

.88 5

Bakeshop club size kaiser buns or Italian buns

1.47

97

Kraft cracker barrel natural cheese bar selected varieties, 400-500 g 748466 6810003171

Vidal Sassoon hair colour selected varieties, 1’s

ea

406979 3700084852

ea

LIMIT 6

Royal Chinet dinner plates

AFTER LIMIT

40 ct.

8.98

7

¢ per litre**

8

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in Superbucks® value when you pay with your

98

ea

selected varieties, 55-65 g

00

LIMIT 4 AFTER LIMIT

.88

5.00 EACH

3

247118 286078

fresh nectarines

AFTER LIMIT

8.99

7

88

ea

5

Kraft shredded cheese selected varieties, 300-400 g 318135 68100089249

LIMIT 4

AFTER LIMIT

size N-6, 100-216’s

99

LIMIT 3

AFTER LIMIT

9 lb

6.99

4

29

18 lb ea

LIMIT 6

572489 6038301255

AFTER LIMIT

6.98

AFTER LIMIT

6.97

ea

LIMIT 2

AFTER LIMIT

44.99

7

99

ea

LIMIT 6

AFTER LIMIT

13.99

in Superbucks value using Or, get 3.5¢per litre** any other purchase method

†

®

®

Redeem Superbucks towards purchases made in-store.**

**Redeem your earned Superbucks value towards the purchase of Merchandise at participating stores (excluding tobacco, alcohol, lottery tickets, gas and prescriptions). With each fuel purchase when you use your President’s Choice Financial MasterCard or President’s Choice Financial debit card as payment, you will receive 7 cents per litre in Superbucks® value. When you use any other method of payment, you will receive 3.5 cents per litre in Superbucks® value. Superbucks® value expires 60 days after date of issue. Superbucks® value are not redeemable at third party businesses within participating stores, the gas bar, or on the purchase of tobacco, alcohol, lottery tickets and prescriptions. Superbucks® value has no cash value and no cash will be returned for any unused portion. Identification may be required at the time of redemption. See Superbucks® receipt for more details. ® Trademarks of Loblaws Inc. and others. ©2013. † MasterCard is a registered trademark of MasterCard International Incorporated. President’s Choice Bank a licensee of the mark. President’s Choice Financial MasterCard is provided by President’s Choice Bank. President’s Choice Financial personal banking products are provided by the direct banking division of CIBC. ®

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30

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572497 6098300487

97 60

no name® charcoal

ea

4.14 /kg

2.12 /kg

Huggies club size plus diapers

12.99

/lb

/lb

ea

LIMIT 2

88

ea

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ea 724114 4035

6

1

whole, dressed, 2 per bag

product of USA

97

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fresh wild Pacific pink salmon

OR

96

4

no name® thin sliced meat 303401 6038365400

9

2/

2 DOZENS

OR

98

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LIMIT 4

88

4/

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ea

Starting 28 g.

Wed. Au

Prices are in effect until Monday, September 2, 2013 or while stock lasts.

Quantities and/or selection of items may be limited and may not be available in all stores. No rainchecks. No substitutions on clearance items or where quantities are advertised as limited. Advertised pricing and product selection (flavour, colour, patterns, style) may vary by store location. We reserve the right to limit quantities to reasonable family requirements. We are not obligated to sell items based on errors or misprints in typography or photography. Coupons must be presented and redeemed at time of purchase. Applicable taxes, deposits, or environmental surcharges are extra. No sales to retail outlets. Some items may have “plus deposit and environmental charge” where applicable. ®/™ The trademarks, service marks and logos displayed in this flyer are trademarks of Loblaws Inc. and others. All rights reserved. © 2013 Loblaws Inc. * we match prices! Applies only to our major supermarket competitors’ flyer items. Major supermarket competitors are determined solely by us based on a number of factors which can vary by store location. We will match the competitor’s advertised price only during the effective date of the competitor’s flyer advertisement. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES (note that our major supermarket competitors may not). Due to the fact that product is ordered prior to the time of our Ad Match checks, quantities may be limited. We match identical items (defined as same brand, size, and attributes) and in the case of fresh produce, meat, seafood and bakery, we match a comparable item (as determined solely by us). We will not match competitors’ “multi-buys” (eg. 2 for $4), “spend x get x”, “Free”, “clearance”, discounts obtained through loyalty programs, or offers related to our third party operations (post office, gas bars, dry cleaners etc.).

We reserve the right to cancel or change the terms of this program at any time.

Customer Relations: 1-866-999-9890.

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