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Alberta Premier Alison Redford announces her resignation in Edmonton, on Wednesday. Redford has been struggling to deal with unrest in her Progressive Conservative caucus over her leadership style and questionable expenses.

EDMONTON — Here’s a look at some of the troubles that led to Alberta Premier Alison Redford’s resignation: Dec. 10: Redford and an aide attend the memorial for former South African president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg. It is later revealed she spent $45,000 to get to Ottawa on a government plane and to get home early. Nova Scotia’s premier made the trip for under $1,000.

Feb. 6: Confusion and finger-pointing over the Mandela trip costs continue as her office suggests bureaucrats kept her staff in the dark about cheaper flight options.

Feb. 19: Government records say Redford’s executive assistant is billing Alberta taxpayers more than $200 a night to stay at one of Edmonton’s ritziest hotels.

Feb. 28: Redford faces renewed accusations of extravagant travel over a government flight home from a Palm Springs vacation to attend former premier Ralph Klein’s fu-

neral. The cost of flying the government plane down empty and returning with Redford, her daughter and two bodyguards was $9,200.

March 4: Redford reveals that in the last year and a half she has flown her daughter Sarah and the girl’s friends around on a government aircraft. She says she now recognizes those trips were offside and has repaid the equivalent airfare, about $3,100.

March 5: Redford says she knew she broke the rules by flying her daughter around on government planes at taxpayers’ expense, but says those policies need to be reviewed to better accommodate her family.

March 7: Redford’s office says it will use $300,000 of a $1.2-million boost in its annual budget to hire more letter writers.

March 11: Redford faces accusations she used a gov-

EDMONTON — After taking time to list off her accomplishments in her 2 ½ years as Alberta premier, Alison Redford stood with a grim smile Wednesday and announced her resignation.

Redford has been struggling to deal with unrest in her Progressive Conservative caucus over her leadership style and questionable expenses.

Her resignation will be effective Sunday, although she will continue to sit as a member of the legislature. The party said it will meet Monday to decide what steps it will take next.

“Quite simply, I am not prepared to allow party and caucus infighting to get in the way,” Redford told supporters gathered in the legislature rotunda.

“I’ve given my heart and soul to this province, every minute for the last 2 ½ years.”

She barely paused her quickly delivered statement, even as a lone supporter in the distance chanted “Al-i-son, Al-i-son!” but the stiff facade finally crumbled and her voice wavered as she thanked the volunteers who had helped get her elected, as well as her constituents.

Please see REDFORD on Page A3 ernment plane for a party fundraiser in Grande Prairie.

March 12: Redford tries to stem the caucus revolt by agreeing to pay back the $45,000 spent to fly to South Africa.

March 13: Calgary backbencher Len Webber says he’s quitting caucus to sit as an Independent. He says Redford is disrespectful and has issues with uncontrolled anger. “She’s just really not a nice lady.”

March 15: Redford meets with the PC party executive behind closed doors. She is taken to task and given an unspecified “work plan” to follow.

March 17: An associate minister in Redford’s cabinet resigns her post and leaves the Tory caucus. Donna Kennedy-Glans, the member for Calgary Varsity, cites the inability to create change from within the party and a culture of entitlement as reasons for her departure.

Downsizing Michener long a government goal Michener Centre: The Closing Doors is a special Red Deer Advocate series by reporters Susan Zielinski and Myles Fish about the centre for persons with developmental disabilities. They examine its controversial past, debated present and unclear future.

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF “We look to a time when people with mental disabilities will be fully integrated into the community, about the year 2010. It will be a time of a more tolerant and, we hope, kinder society.”

So reads one of the early paragraphs of Claiming My Future, a 1989 government report that examined the state of care for the developmentally disabled in Alberta.

The report reasserted the sentiment, widely ad-

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Nearly two decades later, parents, brothers and sisters had the chance to read another report that considered the viability of the long-running facility. Halfway through the first decade of the 2000s, 30 years of community integration had left the Michener population small enough that the How We Move Ahead report recommended that the centre’s north site be shuttered and all residents transferred to the south side.

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Former Associate, Family, Social Services Minister Roy Brassard at the Michener Centre.

Inset: Peter Whittaker, who has Down syndrome, has lived in the community in Olds all of his adult life, steadily becoming more independent and less reliant on staffing supports. His father Chris says services for the disabled in Alberta, while imperfect, are far superior compared to other jurisdictions.

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MICHENER: ‘Nobody will be forced to leave Michener’ The report suggested that, by 2008, the north site would be vacated and the buildings and land there turned over to Alberta Infrastructure. While it stated numerous times that operational change was necessary at Michener, the report added that “closing the facility outright would violate the principle of individual rights and choice for people who wish to stay at Michener.”

Guardians of current residents, during their campaign opposing the mass transitioning of their loved ones, have often cited a particular promise that appears three separate times in the 24-page document, that “Nobody will be forced to leave Michener.”

Unfortunately for guardians, that promise did not come directly from the provincial government, but from the regional Persons with Developmental Disabilities body.

The most vocal opponents of the closure edict involved with the Society of Parents and Friends of Michener Centre say that over the years they have received numerous promises that their loved ones would be able to stay where they are at Michener.

But they also acknowledge that it has always been clear that Michener’s days were numbered, and some say that is not necessarily a bad thing.

The beginning of the protracted end for Michener came in the form of the 300-plus page Mental Health in Alberta report issued in 1969. Colloquially called the Blair Report, after its director W.R.N. (Buck) Blair, head of the University of Calgary’s psychology department, the exhaustive study reviewed the province’s supports for those with intellectual disabilities and mental health issues, discovering what Blair labelled a “defective system.”

Influenced by the pioneering views of GermanAmerican psychologist and academic Wolf Wolfensberger and the concept of normalization — giving those with mental handicaps greater control of their own lives and encouraging community integration — the Blair Report noted the negative impacts caused by removing handicapped children from their homes to warehouse them in places like the Alberta School Hospital and Deerhome Institution (today known as the Michener south and north sites, respectively).

In the report, it was recommended “very strongly” that the two facilities for the “mentally retarded” in

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Red Deer should neither be enlarged nor duplicated elsewhere in Alberta. Regional, non-hospital care, it advised, would be more effective and economical.

Phasing out the hospital-like installations for the handicapped in Red Deer, it said, would be ideal.

And over the next 20 years, much of what constituted Michener in the 1960s would be gone. As community supports were developed, many higher functioning residents left the institution, and there was a general philosophical shift that saw residents who stayed treated with more dignity.

So when Chris Whittaker and the rest of the team assigned to survey the state of services for the mentally disabled in the late 1980s toured Michener Centre, it was a more humane place, but also one tasked with caring for the most disabled Albertans.

Two-thirds of the Michener population, at that time still quite young, were classified as having severe or profound disabilities.

Having travelled around the province together, the five-person committee headed by Olds-Didsbury MLA Roy Brassard that would compile the Claiming My Future report had built up a rapport by the time of the Michener visit. Whittaker remembers how they were laughing and joking together after parking their car at the centre and walking in.

“When we came out of there, it was like there were no smiles; we were shocked,” he said.

“That’s not because we found people mistreated or anything like that, it was just a huge ‘Oh my goodness me.’ These poor, poor individuals that can’t do anything, can’t feed themselves — they were the worst of the worst. I had absolutely no answer for what should happen to them at all.”

But even if it didn’t have the answers, the committee was tasked with providing recommendations, and so it did. The big one: that 20 per cent of the institutionalized population be transferred into the

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1969 — The Blair Report examines the totality of mental health services in Alberta, recommending that services be expanded at the community level and not centralized or institutionalized.

1989 — Claiming My Future (Brassard Report) claims a lack of societal acceptance of persons with developmental disabilities exists, hampering community inclusion. Report predicts that in 2010, society will be more tolerant and accepting.

2005 — How We Move Ahead report encourages transitions out of Michener, but notes that the centre is a desired option that should be maintained. Report calls for closure of north site within three years and construction of new buildings on south site to accommodate residents who would be moved

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community each year until facilities like Michener were empty. No further admissions to Michener, the committee wrote, could be tolerated.

The report’s recommendations were actually never adopted by government, but Whittaker says the committee’s work nonetheless had a huge impact on improvements to community supports and even regarding general attitudes towards the mentally handicapped. Peppered throughout are hopeful views of a more tolerant Alberta by 2010 where the handicapped are regarded as full and participating members of society just like everyone else.

“It became, sort of unofficially, the impetus for a huge amount of change for the way people with a disability were treated. Although it didn’t shut down Michener, it drastically reduced the number of people that were there. And, in my opinion, dramatically improved the quality of life for a lot of people,” said Whittaker.

An Englishman, Whittaker came to the Olds area when his son Peter was an infant with Down syndrome. He thought his family would only stay in what he assumed was a conservative, non-inclusive province for a few years. But he says care for the disabled in Alberta is miles ahead of that offered in his home country and other jurisdictions, and it has allowed his son and others to live full lives.

“This province, if you’re blessed with a child who has a mental disability, there is no finer place in the world for that child to be supported and brought up and do well,” he said.

Now in his 40s, Peter has developed to the point where he only requires a few hours of staffing support per day. He lives independently in Olds. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com Coming Friday: The Michener connection to Alberta’s defunct sterilization program.

from the north.

2009 — Persons with Developmental Disabilities Central completes The Next Decade, a 10-year planning initiative to engender improvements in the formation of home environments, including the idea that placing individuals with problem behaviours in more proper homes could reduce those behaviours better than using restrictive environments to control behaviours. The plan spurred the purchase of two offsite group homes for individuals who had lived in the old institutional buildings at Michener.

2010 — Review of Persons with Developmental Disabilities program recommends government provides less direct care, like that provided at Michener.

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Murder charges stayed against suspect

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Charges have been stayed against a man accused in the deaths of an Alberta couple who disappeared almost four years ago.

The Crown abruptly stayed two counts of first-degree murder against Travis Vader during a pre-trial hearing Wednesday.

RCMP declared Vader a person of interest in the case shortly after Lyle and Marie McCann were reported missing in July 2010. The couple, who were in their 70s, lived in St. Albert, a bedroom community north of Edmonton.

They were last seen alive fuelling up their motorhome for a trip to British Columbia to vacation with their family. The burned-out vehicle was found west of Edmonton two days later. A week later, the SUV they’d been towing was also discovered.

The couple’s bodies have never been found.

Vader’s defence lawyer, Brian Beresh, said his client was “shocked and elated” by the surprise stay.

Vader was scheduled to go to trial on the murder

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REDFORD: Character came into question Redford could not weather weeks of revelations of lavish spending by herself and her government.

It began when it surfaced that she had spent $45,000 on first-class air tickets and a government plane to go to Nelson Mandela’s funeral in South Africa.

Other revelations fell like hammer blows: Redford using government planes for a vacation; to fly her daughter and her daughter’s friends around; to go to a family funeral in Vancouver.

Newly released salary details showed six-figure salaries for Redford’s inner circle, including $316,000 for her chief of staff, Farouk Adatia. By comparison, U.S. President Barack Obama’s chief of staff makes $172,000.

There were calls for Redford to repay the money for the South Africa trip. She only did so after tensions within her caucus spilled into the public realm.

Last week, things went from bad to worse when Redford’s character came into question.

Calgary backbencher Len Webber quit the Tory caucus, saying he could no longer stomach Redford’s temper tantrums and abuse of subordinates. She wasn’t a “nice lady,” he said.

On the weekend, Redford was taken to task by Progressive Conservative party executives in a closed-door meeting. They emerged to say Redford would be given an unspecified “work plan” to follow.

The turmoil continued.

charges next month, but Beresh said he was still fighting for disclosure of evidence from the Crown.

He said the evidence he did see on the case was “shoddily gathered ... a bunch of strings that was never tied together.”

A stay means the Crown has the option of reactivating the charges in the next year if new evidence comes up. Beresh said if that happens, it would be an abuse of process.

Beresh was critical of the RCMP and justice officials for mishandling the case and said the McCann family deserves better.

“Those who are looking for answers should expect, in my view, a better investigation, more clear information and not to be led to a wrong belief.

“The problem is if a citizen is indicted by police publicly, that can never be removed. And it leads to people, such as the relatives, to a belief that the police have solved this when, in my view, that did not happen.”

Crown prosecutor Michelle Doyle did not explain the stays in court. Justice spokeswoman Michelle Davio later said in a statement that the Crown has a

duty to constantly review a case and ensure there is a reasonable likelihood of conviction.

“The Crown may not continue a prosecution unless it has had the opportunity to conduct this review, particularly if additional information is provided to it by the police investigators,” Davio said.

Vader still faces other charges unrelated to the McCann case and remains in custody.

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of the McCanns gripped Alberta and the rest of Canada for much of the summer of 2010.

After the burned-out motorhome was found and documents inside linked it to the McCanns, Mounties phoned the couple and knocked on the door of their house.

But police didn’t begin searching for them until five days later after their daughter reported her parents hadn’t shown up in Abbotsford, B.C., for a camping trip.

RCMP explained at the time that the case didn’t set off alarm bells immediately because vehicles are often found burning in the bush and it’s not unusual for people to be away from home during the summer.

On Sunday, 10 government members met to debate whether to leave caucus and sit as Independents.

On Monday, Donna Kennedy-Glans, the associate minister for electricity, quit — saying the promised reforms by Redford were dying on the vine.

Earlier Wednesday, it was reported that riding association presidents in Calgary would meet in the evening to call for her resignation.

Even Redford admitted the revelations were detracting from the work of government.

She had been named party leader in the fall of 2011 and won government in her own right on a platform of progressivisim. She promised to eradicate poverty, boost social spending and invest in education.

A coalition of unions and progressives helped her party to victory in the 2012 provincial election over the more right-of-centre Wildrose.

But once elected, Redford moved her party to the right.

She cut spending to below the levels of inflation plus population, and strong-armed teachers and doctors into taking wage freezes.

When the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees refused to accept a freeze, she passed a law forcing it on them.

Despite the move, she angered fiscal conservatives, taking Alberta back into long-term debt expected to reach $21 billion by 2017 to pay for new schools and health clinics.

Redford is the second Tory premier to resign after holding the job for less than five years. Her predecessor, Ed Stelmach, resigned after only four years as he faced a caucus revolt of his own over his budget.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a succinct tweet as his official response to Redford’s departure: “We thank Premier Redford for her years of service and her commitment to the people of Alberta and to

Canada, and we wish her the best in whatever comes next.”

Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith told a news conference that Redford’s move was probably prompted by the series of polls demonstrating her plummeting popularity, as well as the internal caucus discussion and public musing about her grip on her party.

“A leader has to have control of that and be able to quell that kind of internal criticism or they have to go,” Smith said. “It’s clear she made the decision that she would not be able to quell that kind of internal criticism.

“Let’s be frank — I just can’t imagine that there is any leader who is going to be able to fix all the problems of the PC party or this PC government ... the issues are too deep, the sense of entitlement go too deep, the level of difficulty in the managing of virtually every department is too deep.”

Justice Minister Jonathan Denis noted that in his 14 years as a Conservative, this will be the third leadership race.

“When the dust settles a little, I think we’ll continue moving forward as a government.”

But Steve Young, one of the two backbenchers who this week openly mused about joining the caucus defectors, suggested Redford’s departure doesn’t solve all the problems.

“It’s like a three-legged stool: you have where we’re going, the strategy, but you also have your caucus and Albertans. So we’re certainly challenged on a couple of those legs of the stool. We certainly made some great progress in policy and directions and the other parts may not have come together as well as we’d like.”

Young said that without doubt, Redford did the right thing.

“When that trust was lost, you can change people, you can change processes, you can even adjust strategies, but it takes a lot to build that trust.”

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A legacy of fiscal care When a country loses a finance minister who has served for eight years, the only man to hold the job under Stephen Harper, it is a momentous political development.

But given Jim Flaherty’s often erratic behaviour over the past year, his seeming sporadic interest in the job, his health problems, his combative tone, the signals of an imminent departure were there for all to see.

He had become preachy in the ComTIM mons, churlish HARPER with opponents and even battled with cabinet colleagues.

In short, Flaherty had become impossible to read: engaged one day, it seemed, then curiously detached the next, increasingly giving more responsibility to the junior minister Kevin Sorenson.

Until recently, when some ambiguity started slipping into his answers, Flaherty had maintained he would run again in 2015, although few believed that.

In fact, a group of us sat listening to him speak to a business gathering in a downtown Ottawa hotel some 13 months ago when he delivered what sounded like a valedictory address, one that meandered down memory lane and sent us scurrying to the final page of the prepared text to check as to whether he was about to announce his departure.

He leaves as the fourth-longest serving finance minister in Canadian history, a man who cut the GST, introduced tax-free savings accounts, slashed corporate taxes, weathered the great recession at the end of the last decade, ran up record deficits, then whittled it down where the stage was set for his departure.

He leaves as a man admired in international finance circles, but leaves a major hole for Harper to fill.

He does, however, hand off the job to a successor who will reap the benefits of his hard work in recent years.

The next finance minister will be the pre-election spending minister; making it all the more puzzling that Flaherty decided to bolt now, rather than staying until next winter when he could have ridden triumphantly into the sunset, making good on a longstanding promise that he technically could have delivered this year.

Instead he decided to take preemptive credit and close the door on a 20-year political career.

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“As outlined in budget 2014, I followed through on that commitment,’’ he said. “There is no doubt that Canada’s budget will be balanced in 2015.’’

How much of Flaherty’s demeanour in the past year was attributable to a painful skin condition he endured only he could know. He said Tuesday’s announcement had nothing to do with his health — but it was clearly taking a toll on the 65-year-old.

He went public with his illness after a strange, rambling interview in Davos, Switzerland, 14 months ago that raised questions about his behaviour, which, as it turned out, was the result of a demanding travel schedule and the use of steroids to deal with his condition.

Not everything had to do with his portfolio. He teared up when asked about the problems of family friend Rob Ford, then railed against Employment Minister Jason Kenney when the Calgary MP and employment minister called on Ford to resign because he was bringing dishonour to politics.

In the Commons, according to witnesses, Flaherty told Kenney to “shut the f--- up” about Ford.

Publicly, he said: “I’m the minister

for the Greater Toronto Area. I don’t comment on the mayor of Calgary.”

The two were also at odds over the Canada Job Grant, Kenney striking a conciliatory tone with the provinces and showing flexibility, while Flaherty was more confrontational, setting a deadline and reminding provinces they would not tell Ottawa how to spend federal dollars.

Kenney negotiated a deal.

Then just last month, Flaherty raised questions about the need and benefits of income-splitting, a core 2015 campaign promise premised on the budget being balanced. Ultimately there appeared to be little daylight between Harper and Flaherty on the issue, but that did not diminish the fact that the finance minister stepped all over his budget message by questioning the pledge and then appearing to clash with Kenney again.

It may have been the musings of a man on the way out, free to speak his mind, but Kenney emerged as the income-splitting champion and again appeared to win the day.

The continued sparring with Kenney could have had an impact on Fla-

herty’s successor to be announced Wednesday.

While speculation immediately swirled around the employment minister, despite Harper’s aversion to having both himself and his finance minister representing Calgary, Harper landed a safer choice in Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver.

Harper also would not have wanted a potential leadership rival playing Santa Claus in an election year.

John Baird, another potential successor, would not be pulled out of Foreign Affairs while knee-deep in the Ukrainian crisis, and Industry Minister James Moore was bypassed for Oliver, who does have Bay Street experience and would be able to assume the senior post as GTA minister. “His appointment will not scare the horses,” said one Conservative insider.

Flaherty was fond of saying he was never a big spender. Oliver will have a different outlook, even if he can demonstrate how big spending can come without big flamboyance.

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

Weighing in on a matter of health I knew it. Well, I didn’t know it, but I suspected it strongly.

This week, medical science is publicly admitting there’s no link between the saturated fats you eat (butter, nuts, poultry, red meat, chocolate cake, etc.) and heart disease.

A lifetime of people telling you not to eat this or that evil thing, or conversely to eat something else much more virtuous — or you will die of a heart attack — is now known as bad science.

At least, this week, that’s GREG the case. Scientific studies get NEIMAN released quite regularly, with alarming and sometimes contradictory conclusions.

But debunking the bad fat/ bad heart link isn’t exactly news to the scientific community. If you do a quick search, you’ll find reports questioning the link between diet and heart disease going back for years.

But Tuesday seemed to be a watershed day with the public release of a review of data compiled with funding from the British Heart Foundation, Medical Research Council, Cambridge National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, and Gates Cambridge.

Like all news of this type, it circled the globe as fast as a shock wave from a volcano. And unless we take note, it will subside just as fast.

The review was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. It studied medical data gathered from

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I myself happen to be the subject of a couple of these wide-ranging, long-term data studies. Once a year or so, somebody from the study calls me, and I answer questions on all sorts of topics relating to my physical and mental health.

To start, they took a few measurements and drew a little blood.

The data will be compiled with that of many thousands of others, over many years, until I die. There.

So you don’t need to die before you donate your body to science. Who knew?

The benefit of the public release of this study is not just the debunking of myths about diet. I’ve believed all my life that “all things in moderation” was a better health plan than trying to keep lists of polyunsaturated omega-somethings straight in your head.

It’s long been known that you can get fat on a lowfat diet. Doctors report heart patients with both high and low cholesterol counts.

If half of heart disease sufferers consumed too much of the so-called bad fats, it also means half of them didn’t. So what’s the link?

But we also know that heart disease and stroke are the top killers of humanity in developed countries — far exceeding all other causes of death.

So if avoiding saturated fat in one’s diet isn’t the answer to reducing your chances of dying too soon from the No. 1 killer, is there anything else we can do to put the odds better in our favour?

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It is exercise. Steady, frequent, prolonged and strenuous enough that for some periods you work hard enough that cannot sing while doing it.

In our busy world, people would rather take a pill than go for a brisk walk. But the economic, individual and social costs of doing that are enormous — and rising.

Red Deer does not have any more space to accommodate any more dialysis patients. The No. 1 preventive for people to not need dialysis in the first place (not in every case, but for most) is regular exercise.

Obesity is a top cause of diabetes. Diabetes is a top cause of renal failure. Incidence of both are rising in our society. Obesity, of course, is also a high risk factor for heart disease and stroke.

A medically-prescribed program of vigorous exercise is not a magic bullet against all this, but it is the closest thing we’ve got. And the side effects are a lot more acceptable.

The road to maintaining good health is not cutting “bad” foods out of your diet. It is not chasing after obscure fruits or re-creating the menu of a cave man.

And it is not putting blind faith in costly pills whose side effects can be as bad as the disease.

It is as simple as walking to work, and walking while you work.

It is as free as going for a light run or bike ride instead of watching TV. And then, for simple pleasure’s sake, having a nice slice of pizza afterword. Or putting sour cream or full-fat yogurt on your baked potato, instead of the horrid, insipidly disappointing fat-free kind.

Now that’s my kind of science.

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Court reverses convictions of man accused of encouraging suicide ONE VICTIM WAS CANADIAN

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS — The mother of a Canadian university student who committed suicide after online conversations with a former U.S. nurse said the reversal of the man’s convictions means justice isn’t being served.

The Minnesota Supreme court reversed the convictions Wednesday of William Melchert-Dinkel, who is accused of encouraging two people whom he met online to kill themselves.

One of them was 18-year-old Nadia Kajouji of Brampton, Ont, who jumped into a frozen Ottawa river in 2008.

The Carleton University student’s mother said the ruling doesn’t change what MelchertDinkel stands accused of.

“It’s a legal system, it’s not a justice system. The two are completely different,” Deborah Chevalier said after hearing of the ruling.

“At the very least, the world knows what he’s done. His friends, his family know what he’s done.

He can’t run away from that.”

Melchert-Dinkel was convicted in 2011 of two counts of aiding suicide.

The judge found that he “intentionally advised and encouraged” Kajouji and an English man — 32-year-old Mark Drybrough who

died in 2005 — to take their own lives.

The high court struck down a section of the state’s assisted suicide law that makes it a crime to “encourage” someone to commit suicide, but upheld part of the law that makes it a crime to “assist” in someone’s suicide.

Since the lower court judge did not rule on whether Melchert- William D i n k e l “ a s - Melchert-Dinkel sisted” in a suicide, the high court sent the case back to that judge for further consideration.

According to Rice County Attorney Paul Beaumaster, who prosecuted the case, it’s now up to the lower court judge to decide whether the evidence showed that Melchert-Dinkel “assisted” in the suicides.

Melchert-Dinkel’s attorney, Terry Watkins, said he doesn’t believe there is enough evidence to prove that.

Beaumaster disagreed. The court ruling says speech alone can be used to “assist” or enable a suicide if it goes beyond merely expressing a moral viewpoint or providing comfort or support.

“Here, we need only note that speech instructing another on suicide methods falls within the ambit of constitutional limitations on

speech ...” the justices wrote.

Beaumaster said the fact that the justices sent the case back to the lower court shows there’s evidence that Melchert-Dinkel assisted in the deaths.

Justice Alan Page disagreed that the case should be sent back to determine whether MelchertDinkel “assisted” in the suicides.

He said there’s not enough evidence, and that it is a waste of the court’s resources.

The high court’s ruling could affect the outcome of another case that challenged the constitutionality of Minnesota’s law that bans people from assisting, advising or encouraging suicide.

That case involves members of Final Exit Network, a national right-to-die group, who were involved in the 2007 death of an Apple Valley woman. That case is also pending before the Supreme Court.

Evidence presented in Melchert-Dinkel’s case showed he was obsessed with suicide and sought out depressed people online.

When he found them, he posed as a suicidal female nurse, feigned compassion and offered instructions on how they could kill themselves.

Melchert-Dinkel told police he did it for the “thrill of the chase.”

According to court documents, he acknowledged participating in online chats about suicide with up to 20 people and entering into fake suicide pacts with about 10, five of whom he believed killed themselves.

Man without lawyer would be like judge launching rocket: B.C. court

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Allowing a man charged with first-degree murder to represent himself in court would be like letting a judge launch a NASA rocket, the accused heard Wednesday.

Peter Beckett, 57, told a B.C. Supreme Court judge that he disagreed with a decision to appoint a lawyer who would file applications on his behalf.

“I can’t appoint somebody for you if you don’t want them,” Justice Ian Meiklem said.

“My decision to appoint counsel relates to my assessment of your ability to do the right thing by yourself in terms of the disclosure application.”

“You don’t think I have the intellect to represent myself?” asked Beckett, who is charged with killing his wife in 2010.

“It’s not about intellect,” Meiklem replied.

“It’s about knowledge and expertise.”

“You think I’m lacking in those?” Beckett asked.

“Well, yes,” Meiklem said. “It would be like me walking into NASA headquarters and saying, ‘I’m going to take over this rocket launch now.’

I’m just not equipped to do it no matter what my intellect might be.”

Beckett, who most recently lived in Alberta and served as a town councillor in his native New Zealand from 1998 to 2001, was in court to set a date to hear arguments on his disclosure application.

He is scheduled to re-

turn to court on April 15.

Beckett is alleged to have murdered his wife, Laura Letts-Beckett, 50, by pushing her off a boat at Shelter Bay, south of Revelstoke, in 2010 while the couple was believed to be on vacation from their home in Edmonton.

The drowning was first believed to have been an accident, but Beckett was arrested a year later.

In late 2012, while Beckett was in custody charged with murder, additional charges of counselling to commit murder and obstructing justice

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were laid following an undercover jailhouse investigation by RCMP. Police allege Beckett plotted from behind bars to kill five witnesses including Letts-Beckett’s parents, an RCMP sergeant and an Alberta lawyer.

In February, Beckett applied to be given paper copies of all disclosure, but the Crown argued that was impractical compared to digital versions.

The matter is complicated by the fact that B.C. Corrections is opposed to Beckett having access to a computer, which he

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Most recently, Beckett worked as a school bus driver in Westlock, Alta.

Safe injection site board resigns BATTLE OVER FUNDING

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The board and senior managers of Vancouver’s groundbreaking safe injection site have resigned amid concerns over spending by the group behind the initiative.

Mark Townsend, executive director for the nonprofit Portland Hotel Society, said the provincial government presented an ultimatum demanding senior officials step aside or risk the loss of funding and contracts.

Townsend said Wednesday that rather than jeopardize programs, he and the others will leave their posts by the end of the month.

“The commitment is that no programs are shutting,” he said.

The society spearheads housing programs, dental and health clinics and other outreach services, but it’s most notable for operating Insite, North America’s only safe injection site.

The province hired an independent accounting firm to check the society’s books last fall after B.C. Housing, which oversees the society, found irregularities in spending.

Housing Minister Rich Coleman said earlier this month that two audits were been done after significant concerns were raised about how the society manages taxpayers’ money.

“The options are: Can you manage better, can you explain some of the uses of money?” he said.

“The concerns are about management of money, what it’s spent on.”

Questions about the society’s operations arose during routine audits conducted every three years, Coleman said.

The audits are expected to be released publicly today.

The Portland Hotel Society has 17 government contracts worth $8.5 million annually.

Besides Insite, which opened in 2003, it manages an interim detox area called Onsite. The society also runs a catering service and social housing suites in hotels with health care services for mentally ill or drug-addicted clients.

While the society provides counselling and day-today operational services at Insite, staff such as nurses are on contract with Vancouver Coastal Health, one of five provincial health authorities.

Insite allows addicts to shoot up their own drugs in one of 12 booths to prevent overdoses. The addicts are also given clean needles to stop the spread of infectious diseases such as HIV. The society and several drug users won a series of legal battles with the federal government, which wanted the facility shut down over concerns that it promoted drug use.

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Ukraine to hold military exercises with U.S., U.K. He also said Ukraine will hold military manoeuvrs with the countries that signed the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. He didn’t elaborate.

The document was signed by the U.S., Britain and Russia to guarantee Ukraine’s territorial integrity when it surrendered its share of Soviet nuclear arsenals to Russia after the Soviet Union broke up in 1991. Ukraine has accused Russia of breaching the agreement by taking over the Crimean Peninsula.

In addition, Parubiy said Ukraine decided to leave the Moscow-dominated Commonwealth of Independent States, a loose alliance of 11 former Soviet nations. The last nation to leave the group was Georgia, which lost a brief war with neighbouring Russia in 2008 and ended up losing two separatist territories.

In a warning to Moscow, Biden declared that the United States will respond to any aggression against its NATO allies, which include neighbours to Russia.

Standing side by side with two Baltic leaders in Vilnius, Lithuania, Biden said the U.S. was “absolutely committed” to defending its allies, adding that President Barack Obama plans to seek concrete commitments from NATO members to ensure the alliance can safeguard its collective security.

“Russia cannot escape the fact that the world is

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KIEV, Ukraine — Russian forces seized military installations across the disputed Crimean Peninsula on Wednesday, prompting Ukraine’s security chief to announce that his country will hold joint military exercises with the United States and Britain.

U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden was in Lithuania, trying to reassure nations along Russia’s borders who were terrified by the sight of an expansionminded Moscow.

“We’re in this with you, together,” Biden said.

Ukraine has been powerless to prevent Russian troops from taking control of Crimea, which Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed on Tuesday. A day later, masked Russian-speaking troops moved into Ukraine’s naval headquarters in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, detaining the head of Ukraine’s navy and seizing the facility. They faced no resistance.

Andriy Parubiy, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, said the government was drawing up plans to evacuate its outnumbered troops from Crimea back to the mainland and will seek U.N. support to turn the peninsula into a demilitarized zone.

changing and rejecting outright their behaviour,” Biden said after meeting in Vilnius with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and Latvian President Andris Berzins.

The several hundred Russian-speaking troops who captured the base in Sevastopol met no resistance. Sevastopol is also the home port of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, and tens of thousands of Russianled troops are now patrolling Crimea.

The seizure of the base came a day after a confrontation between Ukrainian soldiers and pro-Russian militia left two dead.

The Russian-led troops, who arrived on the base after the storming, wore helmets, flak jackets and uniforms with no identifying insignia. By afternoon, they were in full control of the naval headquarters, a set of three-story white concrete buildings with blue trim.

Ukraine’s Defence Ministry said no one was injured in the raid, which it said was led by pro-Russian militiamen and Cossacks.

The ministry said Rear Adm. Sergei Haiduk was detained by unknown people after the storming of the fleet headquarters. The Russian state ITAR-Tass news agency reported that he was being questioned

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The anguish of relatives of the 239 people on Flight 370 boiled over at a briefing near Kuala Lumpur’s airport. Two Chinese women who shouted at Malaysian authorities and unfurled a banner accusing officials of “hiding the truth” were removed from the room. In a heart-wrenching scene, one woman screamed in sorrow as she was dragged away.

“I want you to help me to find my son! I want to see my son!” one of the two unidentified women said. “We have been here for 10 days.”

Files containing records of flight simulations were deleted Feb. 3 from the device found in the home of the Malaysia Airlines pilot, Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah, Malaysian police chief Khalid Abu said.

It was not immediately clear whether investigators thought that deleting the files was unusual. The files might hold signs of unusual flight paths that could help explain where the missing plane went.

Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told a news conference that Zaharie is considered innocent until proven guilty. He said members of the pilot’s family are co-operating in the investigation.

A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation by name, said the FBI has been given electronic data to analyze.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in Washington that the FBI was working with Malaysian authorities.

“At this point, I don’t think we have any theories,” Holder said.

Flight 370 disappeared March 8 on a night flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Malaysian authorities have not ruled out any possible explanations, but have said the evidence so far suggests the flight was deliberately turned back across Malaysia to the Strait of Malacca, with its communications systems disabled. They are unsure what happened next and why.

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City worker killed in Caracas while clearing a street barricade

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CARACAS, Venezuela — A municipal worker was fatally shot while removing a street barricade in a middle-class Caracas neighbourhood, Venezuela’s federal prosecutor’s office said Wednesday, raising to 27 the official death toll from more than a month’s worth of protests.

According to preliminary information, Francisco Alcides Madrid Rosendo, 32, was shot multiple times around 10 p.m. Tuesday while he and others were taking down a barricade in the Montalban neighbourhood in the city’s western section, according to a statement from the federal prosecutor’s office.

Pro-government Caracas Mayor Jorge Rodriguez through his Twitter account blamed unnamed “terrorists” for the killing, but provided no other details.

Caracas and other Venezuelan cities have been roiled by more than a month of anti-government demonstrations. Student-led protests that began in early February have drawn support from middleclass people frustrated by inflation that reached an annualized rate of 57 per cent last month, soaring violent crime and shortages of basic items such as cooking oil and toilet paper.

Rosendo’s killing takes the government’s tally of dead in protests since Feb. 12 to 27. About 365 more people have been wounded in the demonstrations.

The prosecutor’s office did not immediately comment on another death reported Wednesday in the western state of Tachira, where the circumstances were unclear.

Raul Casanova, the rector of the National Experimental University of Tachira told The Associated Press Wednesday that 18-year-old Anthony Rojas was fatally shot Tuesday night in Tariba, on outskirts of San Cristobal. Casanova said Rojas, a mechanical engineering student at the university, had participated in past opposition protests in San Cristobal,

but was not doing so when he was shot.

Casanova said one of Rojas’ family members told him that the young man was shot when he ran into an armed confrontation while going to a liquor store.

But Jorge Mora, the opposition president of the Tariba council, told the AP that Rojas was followed by armed government supporters and when he tried to hide in a store “they came by shooting.” Another woman was wounded in the attack, Mora said.

Venezuelan opposition lawmaker Maria Corina Machado is expected to speak Friday at a meeting of the Organization of American States in Washington about the situation in Venezuela. Because the Venezuelan government controls the country’s seat, Panama has offered Machado its seat to make her presentation to the regional body.

The Venezuelan National Assembly voted Tuesday to begin a process that could strip Machado of her immunity inside the South American country, accusing her of civil disobedience and trying to destabilize the government.

Machado told a reporter from The Associated Press who was on the same flight to Miami on Wednesday that she was “very worried” about the effort to bring criminal charges against her.

“It’s fundamental that the world understand what’s happening in our country,” she said of her upcoming appearance before the OAS. The body earlier this month approved a declaration supporting President Nicolas Maduro’s efforts to start a dialogue with the political opposition. Panama, the United States and Canada voted against it.

Also Wednesday, petroleum workers representative Marla Munoz said on state television that the offices of the oil and mining ministry and state-owned oil company were simultaneously attacked earlier that morning with Molotov cocktails in the state of Barinas, southwest of Caracas. She said the attack was apparently aimed at scaring oil workers into withdrawing their support of the government.

Russia threatens to disrupt Iran nuke talks

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VIENNA, Austria — U.S.-Russian tensions over Ukraine spilled over into nuclear talks with Iran Wednesday, with Moscow’s chief envoy at the negotiations warning that his country may take “retaliatory measures” that could hurt attempts to persuade Tehran to cut back on programs that could make atomic arms.

The statement, by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, appeared to be the most serious threat of reprisal by Moscow for Western sanctions against Russia over its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region.

Russia is key to attempts to coax Iran into significant long-term curbs of its nuclear program in exchange for relief from U.N. and other sanctions. Iran insists it does not want nuclear arms but is seeking a deal that will result in full sanctions relief.

The Russian threat, hours after the latest negotiating round ended, appeared to catch Washington off guard.

Days ahead of the meeting, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki had said she expects

Russia to “remain an active partner” in the talks.

During the two-day talks, Western officials involved described Russia’s participation as constructive and unchanged by the Ukraine tensions.

Ryabkov was cited by the Interfax news agency as saying Russia may feel compelled to respond to U.S. and European Union actions. He said Russia considers “reunification” with Crimea more important than the developments surrounding Iran’s nuclear program.

“We wouldn’t like to use these talks as an element of the game of raising the stakes taking into account the sentiments in some European capitals, Brussels and Washington,” Ryabkov was quoted as saying.

“But if they force us into that, we will take retaliatory measures here as well.”

Russia and the U.S. often hold different positions about what Iran needs to do to banish fears about its nuclear activities. That includes uranium enrichment, which Iran says it needs to make reactor fuel — but which can also manufacture fissile warhead material.

Ahead of the most recent talks, diplomats told The Associated Press that Moscow was ready to accept a more robust Iranian enrichment program than Washington.

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Texas finds new execution drug supply; prison officials refuse to name source HOUSTON — Texas has obtained a new batch of the drugs it uses to execute death row inmates, allowing the state to continue carrying out death sentences once its existing supply expires at the end of the month.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark wouldn’t say where the agency obtained the drugs, nor whether providing anonymity to the new supplier was a condition of the purchase.

The decision to keep details secret puts the agency at odds with past rulings by state Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office, which has said the agency should disclose specifics about the drugs.

Major drugmakers, many based in Europe, have stopped selling drugs used in executions to U.S. corrections agencies because they oppose the death penalty.

Texas leads the U.S. in its number of executions.

Judge gives state more time to recognize same-sex marriages LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge is giving the state of Kentucky more time to officially recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states and countries.

The ruling Wednesday comes just two days before gay couples would have been allowed to change their names on official identifications and documents and obtain the benefits of any married couple in Kentucky, one of many states facing legal challenges to see its laws banning same-sex marriage.

U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn in a fourpage order said it is best that momentous changes in the law happen after full review, rather than running the risk of premature implementation or confusing the issues.

Heyburn’s order is similar to orders granting same-sex marriage recognition rights but putting implementation on hold in Texas, Utah, Virginia and other states.

Organizer sorry for Second World Warthemed party that included Nazi flags MINNEAPOLIS — The organizer of a World War II-themed party that included Nazi flags and men in SS uniforms is apologizing after a photo of the event in the U.S. provoked outrage on the Internet.

Scott Steben had said that the January dinner was a Christmas party and an exercise for period actors.

But in an apology reported by the Star Tribune, Steben says his group understands that some items displayed at the dinner “have made people feel uncomfortable.” He says “That was not our intent.”

The dinner featured men in SS and German Army uniforms, as well as Nazi banners hung on the walls of a German restaurant booked for the event.

A photo from the party was first posted online by the alternative weekly City Pages.

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IIn n th he fall ll, a troupe off ffllying squirrels l discovered d th he cavity and d decid ded d that it would make a good winter home. Flying squirrels are nocturnal, so o they spend their days snuggled up together in the warm cavity. In early y April, they disperse to find mates and raise their own families.

Soon S o after the fflying squirrels departed, a pair off saw-whet owls discovered ed d the cavity and decided that it would make an excellent nesting site. Saw-whet owls are active at night so are seldom seen. In early spring, male e saw-whets issue a monotonous little toot, reminiscent of a saw being hand-sharpened (whetted).

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Woodpeckers, chickadees and nuthatches are the carpenters of our forests, excavating nest and roos ro ostt ca cavi viti ties es iin n sn snag agss.

While th Whil these excavattors r wil illl sometimes reuse a cavity for more than one year, they usually create new cavities each spring. Their old holes are then available as ‘second-hand’ forest homes. Bats, squirrels and several species of secondary cavitynesting birds will take up residence in these pre-built condos.

When I encounter a tree sporting a large cavity, I usually tap lightly on the trunk to see if anyone’s home.

On a few occasions, I’ve been lucky enough to have stirred up a sawwhet owl or a flying squirrel.

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Time to think about future transportation “What if the FAA required that jet aircraft be able to survive crashes into the ground?”

— Eric McCaughrin

Initially I got annoyed at government officials and publicists citing “privacy” when not answering my questions, but then it dawned on me that our government, shockingly, really has no idea how much money is lost annually to provincial coffers from paying cowboy welfare, and certainly doesn’t want the public to find out.

Obviously nobody knows the total cowboy welfare cost, since the practice accidentally, negligently, maybe even corruptly, got started, and nobody seems to remember when.

Alberta’s longtime environmental guru, the late Elmer Kure, couldn’t remember when cowboy welfare commenced, but told me “they wanted to compensate the lease holder for actual damage to the grass and just went too far.”

The Eastern Irrigation District, headquartered in Brooks, leases some of the 550,000 unirrigated rangeland acres it owns for grazing, too, but it does all the negotiations for and receives the surface disturbance payments directly from the oil, gas, and seismic companies.

The EID then compensates the leaseholder at a modest level (never more than the grazing bill) for any actual damage to grass on the lease, or disturbance to the grazing operation.

McCaughrin is referring to U.S. government regulations on passenger rail cars, which force them to resemble “bank vaults on wheels.”

They are twice as heavy as their European counterparts because of the slight chance that they might crash into a freight train … even if (like the Long Island Commuter Railroad) there are never any freight trains on the tracks.

I was thinking about passenger rail car weights, because I recently attended the public input session on a possible high-speed rail link between Edmonton and Calgary.

And one of the presenters (from the general public) thought that it would be a great idea if these high-speed rail cars would not only be able to accommodate passengers, but also their automobiles.

So you would be able to EVAN drive your Hummer into a rail BEDFORD car and then head to the viewing coach (somewhat like one of the B.C. ferries) to enjoy the scenery rapidly passing by at anywhere from 300 to 500 km/h. Hmm. If you thought that a U.S. passenger rail car was heavy, think how heavy this thing would need to be.

There was also some other nonsense presented.

How about a double-wide freight train (presumably on double-wide tracks) to go to Fort McMurray with the “wide loads” that we sometimes see on Hwy 2? Or perhaps a separate, toll-operated Autobahn highway for those among us who own Ferraris and Maseratis?

But once the mirth subsided, there were serious concerns. In particular, there were the folks living in and among the smaller communities (i.e. Innisfail, Didsbury, etc.) who would have to contend with the extra noise and the extra barriers to conventional traffic that such a system would entail.

The 2004 Van Horne study states that for the cheaper, 200 km/h version of high-speed rail, there would be a need to construct 46 new grade separations.

This would mean fewer annoying whistles at midnight, and an average of a grade separation every six km or so (if you’re unsure what a grade separation looks like, just head west from Red Deer College about a kilometre and you’ll travel over top of one without even realizing it).

Another concern brought up was that government money would be used to foot the bill. It would be far better, it was thought, if we would instead just build another Hwy 2 using ... um … government money.

And lest you think that a mere six lanes would be needed, let’s just remember that the six lanes by Leduc and Airdrie are already fairly congested.

I think everyone who attended the event would agree that by far the most applause during the evening was reserved for an articulate young farmer by the name of Tony Jeglum, who insisted that no matter what the province decides to do, the time to start buying right-of-way is now … or even better, yesterday.

That shows that people fully realize that something has to be done about transportation. And that something can’t merely kowtow to the ideology of more and more cars and more and more congestion.

At some point, we have to realize that the world is finite.

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Please see TRANSPORT on Page B3

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Healthy young deer on a rare patch of healthy public land.

Public land boondoggles add to Alberta Tory woes Politicians never learn: waste, windfall, buckshee money: they give away, even steal millions, and have become a cash cow, to put the public wont care; do likewise it bluntly. with chickenfeed the public unMy callers claim it is continuderstands, and they’ll hound you ing utter stupidity amounting to from power. gross negligence that That thought was alAlberta’s public land ready churning in my grazing leaseholders mind with the current are permitted to keep Alberta Tory crisis, the payments from oil when a “brown enveand gas companies for lope” phone tip came surface disturbances to from a well-connected land they do not own Alberta environmenand, further, to sell the talist that a couple of lease on land we, not Alberta cabinet ministhey, own when they ters are deeply worried are done with it. about the public land No Alberta private boondoggles this collandowner in his right umn has been trying to mind permits either inform Albertans about stupidity, nor does SasBOB for longer than the PCs katchewan with its pubSCAMMELL have been in power. lic land grazing leases The ministers are and permits. alleged to be Robin I thank all callers, Campbell, new Envibut suggest they should ronment-Sustainable Resource be directing their complaints to Development minister, and his their and all our MLAs. predecessor, Diana McQueen, Some may have started doing now Energy Minister, who “gets that; maybe that is why the two it,” but, “is afraid of the politi- ministers are allegedly worried. cal fallout,” as she always is.

They could even be terrified What took so long; why do that the Wildroses will latch onto these well-founded worries arise a real big money-wasting issue for now? a change, instead of just strafing I had retired from trying to Red Baroness Redford and her wake Albertans up about this tru- Royal Alberta Air Farce. ly big ripoff.

Don’t hold your breath: my But irate callers keep re- reading of her words in the legminding me that Alberta public islature of Wildrose Leader Danland grazing leases are no lon- ielle Smith is that she’d drink the ger about grass for livestock at bathwater of Alberta’s ranchers, all, so much as for the mining of with or without sheep dip.

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TRANSPORT: Ask why oil cost triples And at some point, we also have to ask ourselves why the price of oil — adjusted for inflation — is more than three times what it was 10 years ago.

And we should also ask why, according to Forbes Magazine, oil exploration costs are rising at an even faster rate than the price of oil is rising.

The answer is that we’re running out of the easily available stuff.

We’re now literally mining the dregs.

So by the time it gets built, we won’t need the gold-plated, 300 km/h version of high-speed rail.

The rising cost of gasoline will force us to give up our steel cages for some of the longer trips.

But we will need to do something.

And the fact remains that a diesel train at 200 km/h (the Van Horne silver-plated version), fully loaded with passengers, gets 10 times better fuel mileage (per person) than does a single occupant in a Ranger Rover going only 100 km/h.

And the diesel train is also frugal with regard to land purchases needed for the new right-of-way.

Compared to the 300 km/h electric version, it is anywhere from five to 13 times more frugal (and as AltaLink showed us, land purchases can be a headache).

So it’s time to wake up. We need to quit dreaming about a future where our neighbour is George Jetson. And we also need to quit dreaming about Autobahns and Ferraris.

Evan Bedford is a local environmentalist. Direct comments, questions and suggestions to wyddfa23@telus.net. Visit the Energy and Ecology website at www. evanbedford.com.

WATER: Operations run on energy industry compensation The shrewd EID runs and maintains its superb water distribution operation on what its annual financial statements designate “Compensation from Oil and Gas Operations.”

Its annual reports and financial statements for 2000-2010 show that the

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Above: Robin Campbell before and without worries.

Right: Public land destroyed; mere grazing leaseholder get all the compensation.

EID averaged $17,229, 844.00 annually for “Compensation from Oil and Gas Operations,” by far its largest revenue item (it was $22.5 million in 2011 and $23.7 million in 2012).

So, how much is the public of Alberta losing when government lets the sacred cowboys, the fat cats who merely rent the grass, lap up the cream of the grazing lease surface disturbance money?

There are other documented examples, but the largest, those 550,000 acres of EID land, bring the owner $31.33 per acre, per year.

Say $25 per acre for the 5.2 million acres of Alberta public land under grazing lease, and that could be $130 million we are losing annually.

Add in market value for the lease fees and lease sales ($125 per acre), and we could be losing-paying, between $130 million and $150 million annually in cowboy welfare; over, say, 40 years, untold billions of dollars for

damage to our public land stuffed into the tight-arsed pockets of a relatively few big ranchers.

That money would work wonders for people who really need help, maybe even help prevent and heal the serious damage oil, gas, logging, etc. is doing to our public land.

I’m getting riled again; enough to accept the invitation of the Auditor-General of Alberta: “If you suspect fraud,

or misuse of public assets, please contact us.”

If, with all his powers and expertise, the AG finds out what cowboy welfare has cost Alberta, and the public still doesn’t care, then I’ll rest my longest case.

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

News appetites crave serious as well as entertaining, draw from varied media sources WASHINGTON — Americans of all ages still pay heed to serious news even as they seek out the lighter stuff, choosing their own way across a media landscape that no longer relies on front pages and evening newscasts to dictate what’s worth knowing, according to a new study from the Media Insight Project.

The findings burst the myth of the media “bubble” — the idea that no one pays attention to anything beyond a limited sphere of interest, like celebrities or college hoops or Facebook posts.

“This idea that somehow we’re all going down narrow paths of interest and that many people are just sort of amusing themselves to death and not interested in the news and the world around them?

“That is not the case,” said Tom Rosenstiel, executive director of the American Press Institute, which teamed with the Associated PressNORC Center for Public Affairs Research on the project.

People today are nibbling from a news buffet spread across 24-hour television, websites, radio, newspapers and magazines, and social networks.

Three-fourths of Americans see or hear news daily, including 6 of 10 adults under age 30, the study found.

Nearly everyone — about 9 in 10 people — said they enjoy keeping up with the news.

And more than 6 in 10 say that wherever they find the news, they prefer it to come directly from a news organization.

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Traffic and weather are nearly universal interests. Majorities express interest in natural disasters, local news, politics, the economy, crime and foreign coverage.

With so many sources and technologies, 60 per cent of Americans say it’s easier to keep up than it was just five years ago.

But at the same time, Jane Hall, an associate professor of journalism at American University, said no one is setting the national news agenda the way The New York Times and network evening news once did.

“I do lament those times in which something could become so important that we all watched,” Hall said. “But that doesn’t mean we aren’t all engaged now.”

If you’re under 30, the future of news is in your hands, literally.

Three out of 4 young adults who carry cellphones use them to check the news.

Most owners of tablet computers also use them to get updates; young

people are the ones most likely to have tablets.

But the young think of news differently than previous generations did, said Rachel Davis Mersey, an associate professor at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism.

Their broader definition includes anything happening right now, whether it’s sports or entertainment or politics.

“We don’t see young people thinking of it as a civic obligation to keep up with news,” Mersey said. “ We see young people including news as part of a very complex, very diverse, very large media diet that includes a diversity of sources, a diversity of platforms and really goes 24/7.”

The Media Insight Project study found 20-somethings likelier to follow up when they hear something big is happening.

“They’re the sort of on-demand news generation,” Rosenstiel said.

Americans get that first word an assortment of ways. Traditional news operations still dominate, but word of mouth, email and text messages, Facebook and Twitter, and electronic news alerts also come into play.

Most people say they have more confidence in a story when they get it directly from a news-gathering operation.

But their media habit doesn’t include paying for it — only about a fourth have paid subscriptions.

Nine out of 10 watched some type of TV news in the previous week. Newspapers, including online editions, and radio news each reached more than half the country.

Online-only news sources such as Yahoo! News and Buzzfeed reached nearly half.

People flit across the news landscape, depending on what they’re seeking, the study found.

Wonder why local newscasts seem fixated on crime, traffic, weather and health warnings? That’s why viewers go there.

Cable TV channels draw the most people looking for foreign news, politics, social issues and business stories.

Readers prefer newspapers — online or in print — for local news, stories about schools and education, and arts and culture coverage.

Among news sources, newspapers have the widest range of topics that attract a significant number of people.

Americans most often turn to specialty media these days for their sports, entertainment news, and science and technology coverage.

When a natural disaster strikes, they turn on the TV. “People of all generations are picking and choosing the media that fit their needs at the moment and the story they’re trying to follow,” said Rosenstiel.

“Consumers are becoming more in control,” he said, “and not simply reacting to what is thrown at us.”

The survey was conducted Jan. 9 through Feb. 16, 2014 by NORC at the University of Chicago with funding from the American Press Institute.

It involved landline and cellphone

interviews in English or Spanish with 1,492 adults nationwide.

Results from the full survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.

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Welcome to the driver’s seat

DAZED AND CONFUSED: 1967 FORD BRONCO IN “DAZED AND CONFUSED” (PHOTO COURTESY OF FILMWAYS TELEVISION)

Classic trucks

in the movies and on TV Vintage pickups and SUVs are among the hottest things in the collector car world.

Not surprisingly, they are also The much-loved popular on the CBS comedy “Green big and small screen. Here Acres” featured a are five fine then-new red 1967 examples.

Ford Bronco as 1. 1973 Ford F-250 (“The the official vehicle Blues Brothers”): of scatter-brained After stiffing the county agent Hank proprietor of Kimball.

Bob’s Country Bunker on a Rob Sass huge bar tab, Jake and Elwood Blues take off in the Bluesmobile with “The Good Ole Boys” — the country and western act that they’d impersonated at said bar — in hot pursuit.

Love the shot of two of the angry musicians in costume glaring out of the front windows of the camper shell, just before the truck winds up on its

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2. 1967 Ford Bronco (“Green Acres”): The muchloved CBS comedy featured a then-new red 1967 Ford Bronco as the official vehicle of scatterbrained county agent Hank Kimball, usually seen driven around Hooterville and the Douglas farm (minus doors and top). For most of its run, “Green Acres” was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, so the Bronco’s frequent appearances were no surprise.

3. 1972 Chevrolet C-10 (“Dazed and Confused”): The 1993 Richard Linklater high school cult classic that was set in the mid-1970s featured what appeared to be a 1972 Chevy C-10 pickup in Cheyenne trim. It was driven by paddle-wielding upper-classman Benny O’Donnell (played by Cole Hauser), who freshmen encountered at their peril.

4. 1999 Ford F-150 SVT Lightning (“The Fast and the Furious”): Lead actor Paul Walker drove this very special Ford pickup. Produced by Ford’s Special Vehicles Team, the 1999 Lightning featured a supercharged 5.4-litre V-8 that produced 360 hp.

It was used as a parts getter in the first of the Fast and Furious movies.

5. 1973 Ford F-100 (“The Dukes of Hazzard”): Yeah, it’s a shock, there were pickup trucks featured in the “Dukes of Hazzard.” Uncle Jesse always seemed to have a semi-ratty white Ford

pickup. Most of the time it was a ’73 F-100 but in early episodes, he could be seen with a 1968 Ford stepside pickup and in later ones, a late 1970s F-250.

Rob Sass is the vice-president of content for Hagerty Insurance. Hagerty is the world’s leading specialist provider of classic car and boat insurance. Learn more at hagerty.ca

GREEN ACRES: 1972 CHEVY C-10 IN “GREEN ACRES” (PHOTO COURTESY OF GRAMERCY PICTURES)

Second gen Mazda3

was a zoom-zoom hit with Canadians trim levels GX, GS and GT. There’s also a high-performance edition called Mazdaspeed3. A hood The new generation Mazda3 scoop, which directs air flow to a launched in 2010 was an turbocharged engine intercooler, immediate hit with Canadian gives the Madaspeed3 a more compact car buyers. distinctive frontal appearance.

The car, available as a sedan or Regardless of price, trim or potency, 5-door hatchback, is a nicely My enthusiastic core elements of this ‘3’ are its proportioned car with curvy styling lines, more defined front fenders assessment following light yet rock-solid body platform, combined with a sport-minded and a distinctive (happy face) front a first drive was engineering theme. Its lighter air take. that it was the most and stiffer chassis has more The zoom-zoom mind-set may high-strength steel and other not be used in the advertising refined compact car enhancements to reduce body flex today but it is still very much alive I’ve ever driven. and combined with suspension at Mazda and my enthusiastic changes the result is a tighter and assessment following a first drive Bob McHugh better handling car. was that it was “the most refined The GX and GS trim levels come compact car I’ve ever driven.” with a 148-horsepower 2.0-litre engine that This generation Mazda3 initially came in three Mazda3 2010 to 2013

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provides a nice balance of power and fuel economy, which is 8.1/5.9 L/100 km (city/ highway). The GT comes with a 2.5-litre that can deliver 167 horsepower and it gets 9.2/6.8 L/100 km (city/highway).

Mazda3, which was first launched in 2003, has been consistently one of the best selling cars in Canada and the Mazdaspeed3 variant typically accounts for less than 2 per cent of sales. That certainly makes it a harder car to find on the used car market and while prices generally tend to be premium they also vary considerably depending on condition and history.

This generation Mazdaspeed3 is a more refined high-performer. It offers a more controlled unleashing of power from its turbocharged engine, yet it is still an extremely fast car.

Changes to its drive shafts were designed to reduce torque steer (which still exists) and a torque-sensing limited-slip differential was added to the drivetrain.

Mazda claims a top speed of 250 km/h and zero to100 km/h time of 6.1 seconds.

Engine output (263-horsepower) is the same as the 2009, however it provides a more progressive release of torque that peaks at 3000 rpm and 280 lb-ft is available. Its fuel consumption rate is also faster at 11.5/8.0 L/100 km (city/ highway).

Inside there’s enough room for four, maybe five, adults provided those up front

are willing to share leg room. There’s more cargo room in the hatchback, however, the added security offered by the sedan’s trunk might be preferred and used prices tend to be lower.

The only significant change in 2011 was the inclusion of electronic stability and traction control as standard on all models.

The 2012 model year brought the introduction of Mazda’s “Skyactiv” performance and fuel-saving technologies, offered initially on the mid-range GS trim line. A direct-injected 2.0L engine is mated to either a special 6-speed manual or a 6-speed automatic transmission. It also got a mild exterior and interior restyling job that included as updated (subdued happy-face) front grille.

Mazda3 is highly rated by Consumer Reports for dependability, offers great value for the money and can certainly be one of the better buys on the used car market.

Price Check: 2010 - 2013 Mazda3 (January 2014) Year Edition Expect to Pay Today 2010 GS $10,000 to $13,000 2011 GS $12,000 to $15,000 2012 GS Sky $15,000 to $18,000 2013 GS Sky $18,000 to $21,000 Prices vary depending on a used vehicle’s condition, mileage, usage and history. A complete mechanical check should always be performed by a reliable auto technician prior to purchase.

Safety Recalls: 2010 to 2013 Mazda3: 2010: Excessive heat inside the headlight housing where the Daytime Running Light bulb is attached may cause a loss of functionality.

Dealers will repair as necessary.

2010: Insufficient clearance with the starter motor may eventually result in damage to an engine electrical harness and a possible shortcircuit, in some vehicles. This can then cause an engine control malfunction, poor shift quality or the engine may stall or not start. Dealers will inspect the engine harness and, if necessary, install a protector clip. bob.mchugh@drivewaybc.ca

LIFESTYLE

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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2014

New mother wants in-laws to visit later rather than sooner Dear Annie: My husband and I are the time they arrive, the offending veexpecting our second child. When our hicle has been moved. A ticket or two first was born, my in-laws (who live out might teach these people, but they just of town) visited shortly after the birth, keep getting away with it. I’m so tired and it was awful. They tried to sepa- of looking out my living room window rate me from our baby to have alone or sitting on my patio looking at other time with him. And instead people’s cars. I feel as if I of helping out, they crelive in a parking lot.

MITCHELL ated additional work, even It’s not fair that I should & SUGAR though I was still recoverneed to move out of my reing from the birth. tirement home in order to I don’t want to shut them have a decent view. I know out, but would like the first you cannot solve this for me. visit to take place at least a month af- I’m just venting. — Sick of Your Clunkter the baby is born. My husband is ers understanding, but likes to please his Dear Sick: We get it. Do you have family. a neighborhood or homeowners asHow can I tactfully schedule a visit sociation of any kind that could medito preserve both my sanity and my re- ate this? Do you think talking to your lationship with my husband’s family? neighbors would help? People often — Not Looking Forward don’t consider the possibility that their Dear Not: Your husband must agree neighbors would be cooperative if they to support you in this request. were approached in a spirit of friendIt would be best if he could con- ship. But also ask the police whether vince his parents to wait before visit- there is anything else you can do. ing. And of course, this is not their first Dear Annie: I read the letter from grandchild, so they may be perfectly “Glad the Holidays are Over,” whose agreeable. If not, we recommend you mother-in-law hogs the conversations enlist the help of your pediatrician to and constantly talks about herself. suggest that it’s better for the child to That was me! For years, I was loud wait until he has had his first set of im- and abrasive, hogged conversations, munizations (usually at two months). interrupted and didn’t listen, thinking When they press to come sooner, you instead of what I was going to say next. can give in slowly and eventually settle I thought I was the life of the party and on four weeks. We trust you will give had to keep conversations going. the same information to your parents.

I learned my lesson when I met anDear Annie: My husband and I own other person like me. I heard people a home on a cul-de-sac. Most of the say how he wouldn’t let anyone get a other original owners have moved on, word in edgewise and that he must not and several of the homes are now rent- care about others. What an eye opener! als and inhabited by multiple fami- Since then, I’ve learned to ask others lies. This means many, many cars. Two questions and actually wait for the anhomes alone account for 13 automo- swers. It’s a relief not to be responbiles. Every home has a spacious ga- sible for all of the conversation, and it rage and driveway, but these neighbors allows me to get to know people better. use that space for junk. As a result, we Please cut this out and send it to always have multiple cars parked in those who feel they must keep talking front of our house, sometimes for days to avoid odd silences. — Minot, N.D. at a time, including giant SUVs parked Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy between two driveways, hanging over Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime edion each side. And because it’s a cul- tors of the Ann Landers column. Please de-sac, sometimes the cars are double- email your questions to anniesmailbox@ parked. comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, I’ve called the police multiple times, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, but they don’t always show up, or by Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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HOROSCOPE Thursday, March 20 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Bianca Lawson, 35; Spike Lee, 57; David Thewlis, 51 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Happy Spring Equinox! The Sun enters daring and fiery Aries today for the next weeks. A shift of energy change will suddenly be felt today as we move into another chapter of our lives. We move with a more bold purpose and a stronger desire to initiate things. A surge of stamina will strengthen our sense of purpose. We might act with more impatience.

Patience and diplomacy will become essential tools that will have to be skillfully mastered in order to maintain the overall harmony.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, feelings and emotions will be very important to you in the upcoming year. You will seek to find a place where you feel at home, that is serene and peaceful. You may consider the need to change your living environment in order to gain that sense of security and safety. This may not be your most social year as you will crave more privacy from the outer world.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are stepping into familiar territory as of today.

Your Sun is shining over you thus bringing many issues to the fore and making you carve for some action. You cannot stay still unless you have efficiently exhausted your surplus of energy.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You show a great appreciation for things that bring you comforts and satisfaction. It could be an item that you have purchased or are dreaming of acquiring. You derive much optimism and a nice flowing sensation of pure fun and pleasure.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are entering a more sociable atmosphere where you will become more active and engaged in your groups or organizations. You have specific ideals you wish to attain and you follow your dreams with much gusto.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t let disagreements with others get in your way today. Take advantage of today’s beneficial energies where you have the potential to grow steadily due to your main sources of inspiration and fun.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You have kept a low profile and now you are ready to step out of your cocoon. You crave freedom and more independency. A taste for foreign culture or travel overseas highly appeals to you

ASTRO DOYNA

SUN SIGNS right now.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): You are putting your focus into more intimate matters now. Your partner’s financial source concerns you more than ever. You find it easier to connect with others today as the flow of speech will be smoother and receptive.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You will discover beauty and pleasure within any foreign related endeavour or activity. You crave for some exotic escapade from your daily routine. Today you may have to deal with some international or legal affairs.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Deep down inside you know that you are right, yet others try to prove you wrong. Stand by your beliefs and keep a strong faith within your own abilities. Don’t let

your journey get interrupted by minor discomforts or drawbacks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): You have a sudden wave of creativity where you simply want to add more art or beauty within your own living space. Despite minor mood swings, your inner happiness is increasing and your optimism is enhanced.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): You may encounter possible clashes within your primordial relationships. At the same time you have a controlled demeanour which doesn’t let itself get influenced or carried away by petty stuff. You know how and when to securely invest in your emotions.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18): An unresolved issue from the past might reappear now and which may give you cause for concern.

You might experience some changes within your health. It is possible that today’S’ fluctuating mood may give you stomach upsets.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A prominent friend or acquaintance may make you moody today. Simultaneously, the pleasures and the fun in which you engage yourself in will uplift your spirits, thus making you look forward to much reassuring and stable times.

Astro Doyna is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2014

Here for a good time, not a long time DEPARTING REBELS VETERANS SPEAK ABOUT TIME WITH TEAM AFTER DISAPPOINTING END TO SEASON

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Patrik Bartosak was, at first, MORE REBELS B8 tongue-tied.

But then the graduating Red Deer Rebels netminder relented and spoke with the eloquence that he displayed while making a mind-boggling 4,546 saves in 145 regular-season games during his two and a half years with the Western Hockey League team.

Bartosak played his final game in a Rebels jersey in Tuesday’s 5-3 tie-breaker loss to the visiting Prince Albert Raiders. Less than 24 hours later, he talked about his time in Red Deer.

“I don’t even know what to say, it was a great time, a great experience and I’m really thankful for the chance I got here,” he said while facing the local media. “I got the chance to prove something in my career and I really enjoyed every minute, every second of being here. I’m grateful for that.”

The 20-year-old joined the Rebels out of the Czech Republic after being selected in the 2011 CHL import draft. He was an instant hit, backstopping a promising Red Deer team — a team that was gradually decimated by injuries — to 14 wins before suffering a severe shoulder ailment that required surgery and ended his rookie season.

“At that time my dream was to make the NHL . . . to get drafted and get signed,” he said. “It all happened actually, so I am thankful for that and for the time I got to spend here.”

Bartosak was passed over in the 2012 NHL entry draft and proved the NHL scouts wrong by turning in a magnificent 2012-13 campaign in which he was named both the WHL and CHL goaltender of the year. The Los Angeles Kings were convinced he was the real deal and picked him in the fifth round of last year’s draft.

“After the first year I thought I would get drafted, but I guess the shoulder injury didn’t help me,” he said. “So I tried as hard as I could the next year and it finally happened for me. But that was just the next step and now I have to keep going.

“It’s time to move on for me. I will join the Manchester Monarchs and just go from there.”

Bartosak recently inked a three-year deal with Los Angeles and will join the Monarchs — the Kings’ AHL affiliate — in short order. He flies to Boston today.

While the veteran stopper enjoyed another strong season this winter, he was naturally disappointed in the eventual outcome.

“The season wasn’t as good as we would like it to be, obviously. Our goal was to make playoffs and that didn’t happen, so that’s disappointing for us as a team,” he said.

“For me, personally, I wanted to achieve something with the team. But we didn’t, so it’s disappointing and sad but we have to deal with that.”

Bartosak took to Twitter after Tuesday’s season-ending loss to thank Rebels fans.

“It was not something I felt I had to do, more that I just wanted to do it,” he said. “The fans and the support here have been outstanding.”

Rhyse Dieno also played his final game as a Rebel Tuesday and along with Bartosak and fellow overage forward Lukas Sutter, whose season ended a month ago due to the need for shoulder surgery, will move on to the next stage of their respective lives.

Dieno was a nice find for Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter, who plucked the five-foot-10 winger out of the junior A ranks in November of 2012. The Saskatoon native recorded a team-leading 59 points — including 27 goals — in just 48 games through the rest of the season, earning him an invitation to the Minnesota Wild rookie camp last fall.

Dieno had earlier WHL experience, with Kamloops and Medicine Hat, but both teams felt he was better served as a junior A player. While a member of the SJHL La Ronge Ice Wolves, he attended the Canada West selection camp — and eventually made the team for the World Junior A Challenge — and attracted the eye of a Rebels scout.

“I was in contact with Brent after the camp and every since he’s given me every opportunity. I’ve been on the power play, the penalty kill and have played on the first line,” said Dieno.

“It was definitely a great experience being here.

The opportunity the Rebels gave me was something I never got with another (WHL) team and I’m really thankful for that. I definitely wish it wasn’t over and that we could have made more of a push.”

Dieno credited his teammates for helping him fit in quickly during his first season with the club.

“They were so supportive. Turner Elson was just a great guy all around when I first got here and he showed me the ways of the organization,” said Dieno. “I thought Maxie (Brooks Maxwell) and Turner and I played really well together and that’s where it started.”

Dieno’s play dropped off a bit in the first half of this season, but he was one of the club’s better players down the stretch and finished with 66 points (2541) in 65 games.

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Germany skip Imogen Oona Lehmann looks on as Canada’s Lisa Weagle, skip Rachel Homan and Alison Kreviazuk, left to right, move a rock in the house at the Ford World Women’s Curling Championships in Saint John, N.B. on Wednesday.

Canada’s Homan closing in on playoff berth at Worlds

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The skip’s voice rasped and there was fatigue in her face.

Rachel Homan and her Ottawa Curling Club team were ready to put their feet up for an evening and a morning at the Ford World Women’s Curling Championship after three straight wins, one of them a white-knuckler.

“Oh my god, so ready. I can’t wait to not curl for 24 hours,” Homan said Wednesday. “I feel like it’s midnight, so it will be nice to get a break.”

The Canadians arrived at a break in the schedule tied atop the standings with Switzerland’s Binia Feltscher at 8-1.

The Canadians reverted to their custom of both taking the lead and finishing a game early in a 10-3 win over South Korea’s Ji-sun Kim, who shook hands after eight ends.

But Canada went the distance in the morning draw. They stole three points over the final two ends to rescue a 7-5 win over Germany’s Imogen Oona Lehmann.

That was the first time Homan threw her final stone at the world championship and just the second time Canada played a 10th end in Saint John.

They’d beaten Scotland the previous evening and were back

on the Harbour Station ice in the morning.

“It was a long haul, three games in a row on not much sleep and a big grind this morning against Germany,” Homan said.

Homan, third Emma Miskew, second Alison Kreviazuk and lead Lisa Weagle headed to dinner with family members feeling confident about their position. Canada concludes the round robin Thursday against China and Sweden.

“Two great teams,” Miskew said.

Sweden’s Margaretha Sigfridsson and Russia’s Anna Sidorova were both 7-2 followed by China’s Liu Sijia and South Korea tied at 6-3 and Allison Pottinger of the U.S. at 5-4.

Scotland’s Kerry Barr and Anna Kubeskova of the Czech Republic were 2-7 with Germany, Latvia’s Evita Regza and Denmark’s Madeleine Dupont at 1-8.

The top four teams in the preliminary round advance to the Page playoff. Ties for fourth will be solved by tie-breaker games.

The countries with the two best records meet in one playoff game Friday with the winner advancing directly to Sunday’s gold-medal game.

The loser drops to Saturday afternoon’s semifinal to meet the winner of a morning playoff between the third and fourth seeds.

“We have our fate in our own

hands,” Homan said. “We’ve got to win out and see what happens with everybody else.”

The Canadians, all 28 years old or younger, couldn’t hide their pleasure at the prospect of sleeping in Thursday morning.

They intended to stop in at the tournament party room before bed Wednesday “because there’s a band there ’Signal Hill’ that we like,” Miskew said.

“They’ve come to Ottawa and we usually go and watch them in Ottawa.”

Canada scored three points in the fourth and stole three in the eighth versus South Korea.

Pyeongchang, South Korea, is the host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics. Kim is among the country’s female curlers getting fasttracked to compete.

The 26-year-old skipped South Korea to fourth at the 2012 world championship in Lethbridge, Alta.

She beat Canada’s Heather Nedohin in a playoff game, but lost the semifinal and lost the bronzemedal rematch to Nedohin.

Kim threw third stones against Homan with Un-chi Gim, her lead in Lethbridge, throwing fourth stones. With the score tied 2-2, the South Koreans played conservatively in the fourth end by putting up guards early on a counter on the button.

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Chiefs open provincials with a tie MINOR MIDGET AAA HOCKEY

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Chiefs 4 Canadians 4 It was one that got away from the Red Deer Northstar Chiefs.

The Chiefs let a 4-1 lead slip out of their hands and settled for a 4-4 tie with the Edmonton CAC Canadians in their opening game of the provincial minor midget AAA hockey championship at the Arena Wednesday.

“It was penalties, exactly that,” said Chiefs head coach Justin Jarmolicz. “Undisciplined, selfish penalties cost us and in this tournament you can’t afford to give up those opportunities.”

The Canadians got back in the game with a power play marker by Sam Bohner at 18:55 of the second period, making the score 4-2 heading into the break.

Parker Foo narrowed the gap to 4-3 at 7:26 of the third period and Ben Gerbrandt scored a controversial tying goal at 18:27, also on the power play.

The tying marker sounded, and looked as if it hit a high stick on the way in, but after a conversation between the referee and a linesman the goal stood.

“It’s something that can go either way, it was close,” said Jarmolicz. “But we put ourselves in that position.”

Matthew Froehlick, while shorthanded, and Brady Park sandwiched goals around one by Edmonton’s Gerbrandt in the first period before Braden Olsen

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and Kyle Cornford scored on the power play in the middle stanza.

The Chiefs are playing without three regulars with captain Luke Coleman, forward Shane Frisneth and defenceman Jordan Weddell all sidelined with injuries.

“Luke is our captain and one of our top scorers while Frisneth is tough along the boards and Weddell is our most improved player,” said Jarmolicz, who added defencemen Quinn Justinen and Dayton Playford and forward Tyrees Goodrunning from the Red Deer Rebels Black bantam AAA team.

“They’ve been practicing with us since they were knocked out of their playoffs,” said Jarmolicz. “They fit in well today. The two on defence “did what we asked of them, battled hard and kept things simple.”

Outside of the penalties Jarmolicz was pleased with his team’s effort.

“The boys worked hard and rallied around each other and in that aspect it was good.”

Goaltender Lane Congdon finished with 29 saves, including several tough ones.

“Lane was great, he made the saves he was supposed to,” said Jarmolicz. “He had a couple of tough deflections and bounces go against him and they were in the game.”

In other action the Lloydminster Rage edged the Calgary Rangers 2-1 and the Edmonton SSAC Bulldogs tied the Southeast Tigers 3-3.

“We’re all playing our best hockey of the year right now,” said Jarmolicz.

“This league is so even, that’s the way it’s designed and that’s where discipline comes in.”

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SCOREBOARD Hockey WHL Playoffs TIEBREAKER Tuesday’s result Prince Albert 5 Red Deer 3 FIRST ROUND Conference Quarter-finals (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Edmonton (1) vs. Prince Albert (8) Saturday’s game Prince Albert at Edmonton, 1:30 p.m.

Sunday’s game Red Deer at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25 Edmonton at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 26 Edmonton at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 29 x-Prince Albert at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Sunday, March 30 x-Edmonton at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 1 x-Prince Albert at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Regina (2) vs. Brandon (7) Saturday’s game Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s game Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 26 Regina at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Friday, March 28 Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 29 x-Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Monday, March 31 x-Regina at Brandon, TBA Wednesday, April 2 x-Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Calgary (3) vs. Kootenay (6) Thursday’s game Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s game Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Monday, March 24 Calgary at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25 Calgary at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Thursday, March 27 x-Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 29 x-Calgary at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Monday, March 31 x-Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat (4) vs. Swift Current (5) Friday’s game Swift Current at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s game Swift Current at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25 Medicine Hat at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 26 Medicine Hat at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 29 x-Swift Current at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 30 x-Medicine Hat at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 1 x-Swift Current at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Kelowna (1) vs. Tri-City (8) Saturday’s game Tri-City at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday’s game Tri-City at Kelowna, 6:05 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25 Kelowna at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday, March 26 Kelowna at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Friday, March 28 x-Tri-City at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday, March 29 x-Kelowna at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Tuesday, April 1 x-Tri-City at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Portland (2) vs. Vancouver (7) Friday’s game Vancouver at Portland, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s game Vancouver at Portland, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25 Portland at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, March 26 Portland at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Friday, March 28 x-Vancouver at Portland, 8 p.m.

Sunday, March 30 x-Portland at Vancouver, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, April 1 x-Vancouver at Portland, 8 p.m.

Victoria (3) vs. Spokane (6) Saturday’s game Spokane at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday’s game Spokane at Victoria, 6:05 p.m.

Wednesday, March 26 Victoria at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Thursday, March 27 Victoria at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday, March 29

Tuesday’s results Ninth Draw Canada 8 Latvia 4

Penalties — Benoit Col (interference) 3:46.

Overtime 9. Winnipeg, Wheeler 24 (Postma, Enstrom) 1:42.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Colorado 12 5 8 2 — 27 Winnipeg 8 11 7 1 — 27 Goal — Colorado: Berra (LO, 9-17-3); Winnipeg: Montoya (W, 12-6-3).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Colorado: 0-1; Winnipeg: 1-2.

x-Spokane at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Monday, March 31 x-Victoria at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday, April 2 x-Spokane at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Everett (4) vs. Seattle (5) Saturday’s game Everett at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday’s game Seattle at Everett, 4:05 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25 Everett at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Friday, March 28 Seattle at Everett, 7:35 p.m.

Saturday, March 29 x-Everett at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Monday, March 31 x-Seattle at Everett, 7:35 p.m.

Wednesday, April 2 x-Everett at Seattle, 7:05 p.m. x — if necessary.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts d-Boston 69 47 17 5 99 d-Pittsburgh 68 45 19 4 94 Tampa Bay 69 38 24 7 83 Philadelphia 68 36 25 7 79 Montreal 70 38 25 7 83 N.Y. Rangers 70 37 29 4 78 Toronto 71 36 27 8 80 Columbus 68 35 27 6 76 Washington 70 33 27 10 76 Detroit 68 31 24 13 75 New Jersey 69 29 27 13 71 Ottawa 68 28 27 13 69 Carolina 69 30 30 9 69 N.Y. Islanders 70 26 35 9 61 Florida 69 26 35 8 60 Buffalo 69 19 42 8 46

GF 223 214 203 195 180 185 208 196 204 178 168 194 172 195 172 133

GA 149 168 181 195 177 174 219 187 209 190 180 229 195 239 223 205

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA d-St. Louis 69 47 15 7 101 226 156 d-Anaheim 69 45 17 7 97 220 175 San Jose 70 45 18 7 97 216 168 Chicago 70 40 15 15 95 237 182 Colorado 70 44 20 6 94 216 192 Los Angeles 69 38 25 6 82 168 148 Minnesota 69 36 23 10 82 171 168 Phoenix 69 33 25 11 77 192 196 Dallas 68 32 25 11 75 194 197 Vancouver 72 32 30 10 74 172 194 Winnipeg 71 32 30 9 73 199 208 Nashville 70 29 31 10 68 165 208 Calgary 69 28 34 7 63 168 203 Edmonton 70 25 36 9 59 176 225 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. d-division leader Tuesday’s Games Boston 4, New Jersey 2 Minnesota 6, N.Y. Islanders 0 Pittsburgh 5, Dallas 1 Carolina 3, Columbus 1 Montreal 6, Colorado 3 N.Y. Rangers 8, Ottawa 4 Detroit 3, Toronto 2 Philadelphia 3, Chicago 2, OT Calgary 3, Buffalo 1 Edmonton 5, Nashville 1 Washington 3, Anaheim 2 Florida 3, San Jose 2 Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 3 Chicago 4, St. Louis 0 Winnipeg 5, Colorado 4, OT Nashville 0, Vancouver 2 Thursday’s Games Minnesota at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

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

Pittsburgh at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Florida at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Washington at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Anaheim at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Boston at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s summaries Jets 5, Avalanche 4 (OT) First Period 1. Colorado, O’Reilly 26 (Duchene, McGinn) :20.

2. Winnipeg, Ladd 20 (Little, Trouba) 3:15.

3. Winnipeg, Tangradi 2 (Wheeler, Jokinen) 12:08.

4. Colorado, Landeskog 21 (Benoit, MacKinnon) 17:47.

Penalties — Pardy Wpg (delay of game) 13:49.

Second Period 5. Winnipeg, Kane 17 (Setoguchi, Postma) 12:02.

6. Colorado, Holden 8 (Barrie, Talbot) 19:29.

Penalties — Peluso Wpg (fighting) 3:58, Bordeleau Col (fighting) 3:58, Bordeleau Col (interference) 3:58.

Third Period 7. Winnipeg, Ladd 21 (Wheeler, Enstrom) 4:58 (pp).

8. Colorado, McLeod 3 (Talbot, Guenin) 10:23.

Blackhawks 4, Blues 0 First Period 1. Chicago, Keith 5 (Kane, Sharp) 19:05 (pp).

Penalties — Shaw Chi (tripping) 11:39, Cole StL (interference) 18:02.

Second Period 2. Chicago, Shaw 18 (Leddy, Sharp) 15:35.

Penalties — Cole StL (tripping) 8:18, Oduya Chi (interference) 19:47.

Third Period 3. Chicago, Kruger 7 (Regin, Hjalmarsson) 5:20.

4. Chicago, Smith 10 (Versteeg, Leddy) 7:35 (pp).

Penalties — Jaskin StL (hooking) 5:54, Handzus Chi (cross-checking) 18:00.

Shots on goal St. Louis 8 6 9 — 23 Chicago 11 11 8 — 30 Goal — St. Louis: Miller (L, 22-23-4); Chicago: Crawford (W, 27-12-10).

Power plays (goal-chances) — St. Louis: 0-3; Chicago: 2-3.

Lightning 5, Maple Leafs 3 First Period 1. Tampa Bay, Gudas 3 (Filppula) :59.

2. Toronto, Kessel 35 (Gunnarsson, Bozak) 3:31.

3. Toronto, Kulemin 9 (Gleason, Rielly) 10:32.

4. Tampa Bay, Stamkos 17 (Filppula) 13:22 (pp).

5. Tampa Bay, Stamkos 18 (Johnson, Salo) 15:39.

Penalties — Clarkson Tor (interference) 11:36, Bozak Tor (tripping) 18:17, Killorn TB (boarding - major) 19:55, Killorn TB (game misconduct) 19:55.

Second Period 6. Tampa Bay, Stamkos 19 (Malone, Brewer) 5:55.

Penalties — Lupul Tor (tripping) 2:22, Clarkson Tor (fighting) 11:32, Crombeen TB (fighting) 11:32, Clarkson Tor (holding) 11:32.

Third Period 7. Toronto, Gardiner 10 (Franson, Bozak) 8:20.

8. Tampa Bay, Johnson 22 (Malone, Purcell) 12:56 (pp).

Penalties — Brewer TB (interference) 4:51, McClement Tor (high-sticking) 11:42, van Riemsdyk Tor (holding) 15:27.

Shots on goal Tampa Bay 8 14 8 — 30 Toronto 7 10 22 — 39 Goal — Tampa Bay: Bishop (W, 33-11-6); Toronto: Reimer (L, 11-11-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Tampa Bay: 2-5; Toronto: 0-3.

AJHL Playoffs SECOND ROUND Division Semifinals (Best-of-7) NORTH DIVISION Spruce Grove (1) vs. Sherwood Park (4) (Sherwood Park leads series 3-1) Wednesday’s result Spruce Grove 4 Sherwood Park 3 Monday’s result Spruce Grove 3 Sherwood Park 2 Saturday’s result Sherwood Park 2 Spruce Grove 1 (OT) Friday’s game Sherwood Park at Spruce Grove, 7 p.m.

Sunday, March 23 x-Spruce Grove at Sherwood Park, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25 x-Sherwood Park at Spruce Grove, 7 p.m.

Fort McMurray (2) vs. Lloydminster (3) (Fort McMurray leads series 3-1) Tuesday’s result Fort McMurray 4 Lloydminster 3 Monday’s result Fort McMurray 4 Lloydminster 1 Saturday, March 22 Lloydminster at Fort McMurray, 8 p.m.

Monday, March 24 x-Fort McMurray at Lloydminster, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 26 x-Lloydminster at Fort McMurray, 8 p.m.

SOUTH DIVISION Brooks (1) vs. Olds (4) (Brooks wins series 4-0) Tuesday’s result Brooks 6 Olds 3 Monday’s result Brooks 6 Olds 4 Drumheller (2) vs. Canmore (3) (Drumheller leads series 3-1) Tuesday’s result Drumheller 6 Canmore 5 (OT) Monday’s result Drumheller 4 Canmore 0 Friday’s game Canmore at Drumheller, 7 p.m.

Sunday, March 23 x-Drumheller at Canmore, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25 x-Canmore at Drumheller, 7 p.m. x — if necessary.

Russia 10 Scotland 4 South Korea 8 Czech Republic 5 Sweden 7 Denmark 2 Draw 10 China 9 Latvia 5 Russia 8 U.S. 5 South Korea 9 Switzerland 2 Sweden 11 Germany 4 Draw 11 Czech Republic 8 Denmark 4 Switzerland 8 U.S. 6 Canada 8 Scotland 3 China 6 Germany 4 Wednesday’s results Draw 12 Canada 7 Germany 5 China 9 Denmark 3 U.S. 7 Czech Republic 6 Switzerland 10 Scotland 5 Draw 13 Sweden 8 Scotland 7

Czech Republic 10 Latvia 2 Russia 7 Denmark 4 Canada 10 South Korea 3 Draw 14 Russia 10 China 2 South Korea 9 Germany 4 Switzerland 5 Sweden 3 U.S. 7 Latvia 3 Thursday’s games Draw 15, 6:30 a.m.

South Korea vs U.S.; Russia vs. Switzerland; Germany vs. Latvia; Sweden vs. China.

Draw 16, 11:30 a.m.

Czech Republic vs. Switzerland; U.S. vs. Scotland; China vs. Canada; Denmark vs. Germany.

Draw 17, 4:30 p.m.

Latvia vs. Denmark; Canada vs. Sweden; Scotland vs South Korea; Czech Republic vs. Russia.

End of Round Robin

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB — Suspended L.A. Angels RHP Luis Pena (Dominican Summer League) 50 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned C Johnny Monell and RHP Suk-Min Yoon to Norfolk (IL).

Reassigned OF Xavier Paul to their minor league camp.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned C Josh Phegley, RHP Andre Rienzo and LHP Eric Surkamp to Charlotte (IL). Reassigned RHP Chris Beck, INF Andy Wilkins and RHP Cody Winiarski to their minor league camp.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned RHP Preston Guilmet, RHP Frank Herrmann, LHP Colt Hynes and INF David Adams to Columbus (IL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Assigned LHP Ricky Romero and RHP Marcus Stroman to minor league camp.

National League ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned LHP Tyler Lyons to Memphis (PCL).

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Named Troy Vincent executive vice-

THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2014

Local Sports

Curling 2014 World Women’s Curling Championship SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Standings Tuesday following Draw 11 at the 2014 women’s world curling championship, to be held through Sunday at Harbour Station: Country (skip) W L Switzerland (Feltscher) 8 1 Canada (Homan) 8 1 Russia (Sidorova) 7 2 Sweden (Sigfridsson) 7 2 China (Sijia) 6 3 South Korea (Kim) 6 3 U.S. (Pottinger) 5 4 Scotland (Barr) 2 7 Czech Republic (Kubeskova)) 2 7 Denmark (Dupont) 1 8 Germany (Lehmann 1 8 Latvia (Regza) 1 8

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president of football operations and Dave Gardi senior vice-president of football operations.

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Named Chris Hewitt assistant secondary coach and Billy DeLorbe crosstraining specialist.

CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with CB Sherrick McManis on a one-year contract.

DETROIT LIONS — Signed FB Jed Collins to a one-year contract.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Re-signed RB James Starks.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Re-signed OT Fred Evans and G Charlie Johnson.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed LS Charley Hughlett.

NEW YORK JETS — Re-signed G Willie Colon.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Re-signed S Usama Young to a two-year contract. Signed OT Donald Penn to a two-year contract.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with DT Antonio Johnson on a multiyear contract and WR Marc Mariani on a one-year contract. Released K Rob Bironas.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed LB Akeem Jordan.

Canadian Football League HAMILTON TIGER-CATS — Named Marcello Simmons defensive and special team assistant coach. Reassigned linebackers coach John Zamberlin to assistant special teams coach and U.S.

scout.

Arena Football League ORLANDO PREDATORS — Signed WR Gerald Young.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Agreed to terms with F Brandon Mashinter on a two-year contract extension.

PHOENIX COYOTES — Signed F Greg Carey to a one-year entry-level contract.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled F Chris Brown from Hershey (AHL). Signed G Pheonix Copley to a two-year contract.

ECHL BAKERSFIELD CONDORS — Announced G Laurent Brossoit was reassigned to Oklahoma City (AHL) and G Tyler Bunz was assigned to the team from Oklahoma City. Announced C Greg Miller was recalled to Oklahoma City.

IDAHO STEELHEADS — Announced G Josh Robinson was reassigned to the team by Texas (AHL).

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Agreed to terms with D Brendan Ellis.

SOCCER Major League Soccer Players Union MLS PLAYERS UNION — Named John Thorrington special assistant to the executive director.

RDC women’s team post 1-1 record on opening day at curling nationals SAULT STE MARIE. Ont. — The RDC women’s curling team posted a 1-1 record during the opening day of the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association championships Wednesday.

The Kaitlyn Sherrer skipped team, which also includes Julie Primrose, Courtney Smith, Taylor Eno and Jessica Newmann, opened with a 7-3 win over Sault College before dropping an 8-7 decision to Mohawk College of Hamilton.

Sherrer jumped into a 5-0 lead after four ends in their opener and coasted to victory while Mohawk stole one in the 10th to pull out the win.

RDC, NAIT, Grant MacEwan and Seneca College of North York, Ont., are tied at 1-1 with Mohawk and Humber College of Etobicoke at 2-0. Fanshawe of London, Ont., and Sault are 0-2.

RDC faces Humber and Seneca today.

Today

● Minor Midget AAA: Provincial championships, 9:15 a.m., 7 p.m., Arena.

9:30 a.m., noon, 4:15p.m., 7 p.m., Kinex. ● Central Alberta men’s basketball: Playoff games at 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday

● Peewee A hockey: Provincial championship, games at 7:45, 8, 11:30 and 11:45 a.m., 2:30, 4 and 4:15 p.m., Kin City A and B ● Minor Midget AAA: Provincial championships, 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 5 p.m., Arena. 10 a.m., 5 p.m., 7:30 p.m., Kinex. ● Midget D hockey: Provincial championship, game at 8:30 a.m., Castor; games 11:15 a.m., 2, 4:45 and 8 p.m., Coronation. ● Curling: Jack & Jill Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre. ● AJHL: Olds at Brooks, fifth game of best-of-seven South Division semifinal, if necessary, 7 p.m. ● Midget AAA hockey: Lloydminster at Red Deer, first game of best-of-five provincial final, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Okotoks, first game of best-of-five final, 8 p.m. ● Senior AAA hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, fourth game of best-of-seven provincial final, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

● Peewee A hockey: Provincial championship, games at 9, 9:15, 11:15 and 11:30 a.m., 4 and 4:15 p.m., Kin City A and B.

● Midget D hockey: Provincial championship, game at 9 a.m., Coronation; game at 10 a.m., Castor; games at 11:45 a.m., 2:30, 5:15 and 8 p.m., Coronation. ● Minor Midget AAA: Provincial championships, semifinals, 11:15 a.m., 2 p.m., Arena. ● Curling: Jack & Jill Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre. ● Senior AAA hockey: Innisfail at Bentley, fifth game of best--of-seven provincial final, if necessary, 8 p.m., Red Deer Arena.

Sunday ● Peewee A hockey: Provincial championship, semifinals at 8 and 10:30 p.m., final at 4 p.m., Kin City A. ● Midget D hockey: Provincial championship, semifinals at 8:30 and 11:15 a.m., final at 5 p.m. Coronation. ● Minor Midget AAA: Provincial championships, bronze medal game, 11:45 a.m.; final, 2:30 p.m., Arena.

Curling: Jack & Jill Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre. ● Midget AAA hockey: Red Deer at Lloydminster, second game of best-offive provincial final, 2 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Blackfalds, second game of best-of-five final, 3:30 p.m. ● Central Alberta men’s basketball: Playoff games at 4:15 and 5:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Senior AAA hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, sixth game of best-of-seven provincial final, if necessary, 7:30 p.m. ● AJHL: Brooks at Olds, sixth game of best-of-seven South Division semifinal, if necessary, 7:30 p.m.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Indiana 50 18 .735 — x-Miami 46 20 .697 3 d-Toronto 38 29 .567 11 1/2 Chicago 38 30 .559 12 Brooklyn 35 31 .530 14 Washington 35 32 .522 14 1/2 Charlotte 33 36 .478 17 1/2 Atlanta 31 35 .470 18 New York 28 40 .412 22 Cleveland 26 42 .382 24 Detroit 25 42 .373 24 1/2 Boston 23 46 .333 27 1/2 Orlando 19 49 .279 31 Philadelphia 15 53 .221 35 Milwaukee 13 55 .191 37 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB d-San Antonio 50 16 .758 — d-Oklahoma City 49 18 .731 1 1/2 d-L.A. Clippers 48 21 .696 3 1/2 Houston 45 22 .672 5 1/2 Portland 44 24 .647 7 Golden State 43 26 .623 8 1/2 Memphis 40 27 .597 10 1/2 Dallas 41 28 .594 10 1/2 Phoenix 38 29 .567 12 1/2 Minnesota 34 32 .515 16 Denver 31 37 .456 20 New Orleans 27 40 .403 23 1/2 Sacramento 24 44 .353 27 L.A. Lakers 22 44 .333 28 Utah 22 47 .319 29 1/2 d-division leader; x-clinched playoff spot

Tuesday’s Games Miami 100, Cleveland 96 Atlanta 118, Toronto 113, OT Portland 120, Milwaukee 115, OT Sacramento 117, Washington 111, OT Golden State 103, Orlando 89 Wednesday’s Games Chicago 102, Philadelphia 94 Brooklyn 104, Charlotte 99 Boston 101, Miami 96 Memphis 96, Utah 86 Toronto 107, New Orleans 100 New York 92, Indiana 86 Minnesota 123, Dallas 122, OT Denver 118, Detroit 109 Orlando at Phoenix, late San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, late Thursday’s Games Oklahoma City at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Houston, 6 p.m.

Washington at Portland, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Chicago at Indiana, 5 p.m.

New York at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Boston at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Memphis at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

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

Denver at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Washington at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Baseball Tampa Bay Cleveland Seattle Baltimore Detroit Oakland New York Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota Houston Toronto Chicago Boston Texas

MLB Spring Training AMERICAN LEAGUE W L 13 4 15 5 14 6 10 7 11 8 11 8 12 9 10 8 10 10 7 9 8 11 8 11 7 10 8 12 6 12

Cleveland 12, San Francisco 11 Seattle 5, San Diego 5, tie Pct .765 .750 .700 .588 .579 .579 .571 .556 .500 .438 .421 .421 .412 .400 .333

NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Miami 13 7 .650 Pittsburgh 11 7 .611 Arizona 11 9 .550 San Francisco 11 9 .550 Washington 10 10 .500 Colorado 9 10 .474 New York 9 10 .474 Chicago 10 12 .455 Milwaukee 10 12 .455 St. Louis 7 9 .438 Cincinnati 9 13 .409 Atlanta 8 13 .381 Los Angeles 6 10 .375 San Diego 6 11 .353 Philadelphia 5 13 .278 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 8, Boston 1 Detroit (ss) 18, Toronto 4 Miami 8, Houston 1 N.Y. Mets 5, Detroit (ss) 4 Milwaukee 9, Texas (ss) 3 Oakland 16, Chicago White Sox 6 Tampa Bay 11, Minnesota 3 Texas (ss) 7, Chicago Cubs 6, 10 innings

Wednesday’s Games St. Louis 3, Minnesota 1 Tampa Bay 7, Baltimore 4 Toronto 11, Philadelphia 6 N.Y. Yankees 7, Atlanta 0 Oakland 13, Cleveland 3 L.A. Angels 14, Chicago White Sox 10 Milwaukee 9, Seattle 7 Houston 2, Washington 0 Pittsburgh 4, Boston 2 Kansas City 6, Cincinnati 3, 6 innings Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado, late Thursday’s Games Toronto vs. Philadelphia (ss), 11:05 a.m.

Philadelphia (ss) vs. Houston, 11:05 a.m.

Detroit vs. Washington, 11:05 a.m.

St. Louis vs. Miami, 11:05 a.m.

Atlanta vs. N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m.

Texas vs. Cincinnati, 2:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Chicago Cubs, 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Kansas City, 2:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay, 5:05 p.m.

Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Boston, 5:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. San Diego, 8:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games Detroit vs. Atlanta (ss), 11:05 a.m.

Toronto vs. Tampa Bay, 11:05 a.m.

Boston vs. Philadelphia, 11:05 a.m.

Washington vs. St. Louis, 11:05 a.m.

Miami vs. Houston, 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Minnesota, 11:05 a.m.

Atlanta (ss) vs. Baltimore, 11:05 a.m.

Kansas City (ss) vs. Cincinnati, 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City (ss) vs. L.A. Angels, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. San Francisco, 7:35 p.m.

San Diego vs. Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

Raptors rally late to get win over Pelicans

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS — Greivis Vasquez drew a round of applause when he first checked in against the team for which he played the past two seasons.

Later, he all but silenced the New Orleans crowd with five straight points that gave his new team the lead for good inside the final two minutes.

DeMar DeRozan scored 31 points, Vasquez finished with 14, and the Toronto Raptors snapped a two-game skid with a resilient 107-100 victory over the Pelicans on Wednesday night.

“I was blessed enough to be out there at the end of the game,” said Vasquez, who was traded by New Orleans after last season in a deal that brought Tyreke Evans to the Pelicans.

“I had a really rough first half and then the second half I was just on a mission,” Vasquez said. “I like close games, man. I’m not afraid. I would never be afraid. I’m the type of player that would risk everything.”

Kyle Lowry scored 23, Amir Johnson added 17 and Vasquez finished with 14 to help Toronto overcome a 14-point first-half deficit and snap a two-game skid. Tyler Hansbrough, playing additional minutes with starting centre Jonas Valanciunas sidelined by a sore back, grabbed 13 rebounds, seven on the offensive end.

“That’s psycho-T at his finest,” DeRozan said of Hansbrough.

“He went out there, played extremely hard, got rebounds and came up with some big rebounds late in the game. That’s just him.”

B8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, March 20, 2014

What more could have been done?

REBELS CAPTAIN CONNER BLEAKLEY FEELS PARTLY TO BLAME FOR TEAM’S STRUGGLES

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR As the captain of the Red Deer Rebels ship that sunk with Tuesday’s 5-3 WHL tie-breaker loss to the Prince Albert Raiders, Conner Bleackley feels like he’s more than partly to blame.

The 18-year-old, however, was the club’s best forward during the majority of the season and along with the likes of goaltender Patrik Bartosak and defenceman Haydn Fleury, was a big reason the Rebels even got close to a playoff berth.

“Any time you don’t make the playoffs it’s obviously a disappointing year,” Bleackley said Wednesday, roughly 17 hours after Red Deer’s season came to a sudden end. “It really sucks right now and you just wonder what more you could have done to change things. It stings and I think everyone just has to learn from it.

“I’m already looking forward to next year because I just want to try and make up for this season. Not making the playoffs is unacceptable, a disappointing end to what was kind of an under-achieving year.”

While they were an above-.500 road team this season, the Rebels struggled at home, sometimes mightily.

“I don’t what it was. I wish I did know,” said Bleackley. “Having a younger team might have played into it, but there are no excuses. Our road record was fine, but the home record was a concern and that’s going to be one of the biggest things we have to turn around next year.

“Teams coming into Red Deer should face a tough game every night and we kind of wavered from that this year. We’ll try and shore that up.”

When it became apparent that Mathew Dumba was not going to be returned to the Rebels by the Minnesota Wild, Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter appointed the then 17-year-old Bleackley as the team captain.

The High River native, in just his second season with the club, embraced the role and Wednesday ad-

mitted that he’s still learning as a team leader.

“Obviously, it’s pretty disappointing to not make the playoffs and I take a big responsibility in that,” he said. “This was a learning year for me, there’s still a lot hockey to play here in Red Deer.

“This year is over and down with and I’ve learned a lot about myself and about being a leader and what it takes. I just have to take that knowledge into next season. What I do from now on is what really matters.”

Bleackley’s hockey season won’t be over until the NHL entry draft in late June at Philadelphia. It’s likely he’ll be a first- or early second-round pick.

“That’s a day I’ve been looking forward to ever since I was a kid and it’s getting closer,” he said.

Bleackley experienced the devastating High River floods in June of 2013. A few months later he was named captain of the Rebels and with the NHL draft looming he could experience a wide range of emo-

tions in a space of 12 months.

“You look back on all of it, the whole year from June to June . . . it’s crazy to think of what happened and what’s going to happen,” he said. “Hopefully (the NHL draft) caps what’s been a crazy year. Hopefully that’s just a great end to the year.”

Teammate and defenceman Haydn Fleury is projected as a definite first-round pick in June’s draft.

In fact, Central Scouting ranks him sixth among North American players for the draft, as opposed to 31st for Bleackley.

“It’s going to be a pretty exciting few months (waiting for the draft),” said Fleury, who insisted he doesn’t have any preference as to which team picks him.

“It doesn’t matter, as long as you’re in a good development situation and the team cares about the way you develop,” he added. “That’s the biggest thing for me.”

Like Bleackley, Fleury didn’t have any definite answers as to why a team that finished fourth in the Eastern Conference last spring failed to make the playoffs a year later despite minimal turnover in onice personnel.

“It was just little things all year,” he said. “Preparing for our home games wasn’t there right from the start. We never established that dominance like we should have at home. Most playoffs teams have that and we didn’t most of the year.

“When our team was on the road we were fine, we played the way we needed to play. The games weren’t always the prettiest, but we often found a way to get two points. When it came to home ice, it just wasn’t there. It’s tough to pinpoint one thing, but a bunch of little things became big things.” ● The Rebels will pick sixth in the WHL bantam draft May 1. That was determined during Wednesday’s draft lottery that involved the six non-playoff teams.

Saskatoon won the lottery and will pick first overall, followed by Lethbridge, Kamloops, Moose Jaw, Prince George and Red Deer. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Sports writer Jones brings stories back home Sports columnist Terry Jones has come a long way since his day of writing for the Tiny Tribune, but on Wednesday afternoon he was back at Lacombe Junior High School regaling students with stories from his life in the industry.

He was brought in as part of a Lacombe Extraordinary Citizens series started by math and science teacher Rory Whitbread, in which famous locals are brought in to talk to a classroom of kids.

The Edmonton Sun writer is in the Hockey Hall of Fame, the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. The first sports writer from Alberta to receive the George Gross Award — the International Sports Press Association’s Canadian lifetime achievement award — he has covered 16 Olympics, soccer World Cups, Stanley Cups and just about every major sporting event in the world.

Still it was a special moment for him to be able to come back to his hometown and talk with kids at the same age he was when he figured out being a sports writer was

Edmonton Sun sports columnist Terry Jones was at Lacombe Junior High School on Wednesday talking to kids about his experiences in the industry.

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what he wanted to do with his life.

“It is so cool,” said Jones, 65, whose mother still lives in Lacombe.

“This was such a special town, not just in my life, but it was like the sports capital of Western Canada in a small town sense, and I can’t drive around here without coming up with a memory.”

For the students, it was an opportunity to see what the life of one of Canada’s most decorated reporters has been like, beginning with a history lesson of sports in Lacombe to talking about deadlines and

CENTRAL ALBERTA BASKETBALL The Central Alberta Christian High School Knights coaching staffs will handle both Dark teams at the 15th annual 1A/2A Central Alberta Schools Athletic Association Senior Bowl, Tuesday at RDC. Travis Eggink will coach the girls’ team, which will also include Kescia DenOudsten and Erin Vandenborn from his high school team.

Veronica DenOudsten, Dan Luymes and Jeff Ekkel will direct the boys’ Dark squad which also includes Ian Vanderhoek, Brendan VanDoesburg and Ryan Noort from the Knights.

Other members of the girls’ Dark team are Hayley Bickford and Charlee Rudd of Bentley, Karly Regehr and Amy Peters of Koinonia, Cassidy Hollingsworth

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REBELS: Really liked it here “I thought I did well with the opportunity I was given. Overall, I really liked it here and wish I could play until I was 25.”

While Bartosak has secured a pro contract, Dieno isn’t sure of what his future holds.

“I’m hoping something will happen (in regards to playing pro),” he said.

“It definitely would have been nice to have put up some numbers in the playoffs and lead our team into a better spot than we are today, but moving forward I want to thank the Rebels for the opportunity they gave me and hopefully it does open some doors for me.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

WORLDS: A little nervous But Miskew’s well-executed draw around a guard forced them to chase.

South Korea’s poorly-placed draws opened the door for Canada to plant more counters around the button. Homan had an easy tap for three points

technology to rubbing shoulders with some of the most famous people in the world.

“One of the things I think the kids really enjoyed was hearing all of his stories about meeting the famous athletes and famous people, meeting the Queen and Prince Philip,“ said Whitbread.

Jones fell in love with writing when he was 10 years old.

He entered a Remembrance Day writing contest through the Legion and won $10. He helped create the original Tiny Tribune, the school’s newspaper.

When he was in Grade 7

he started covering the local sports scene for the Lacombe Globe and in Grade 10 he started stringing for the Red Deer Advocate, where he was paid 10 cents per inch of copy.

He was hired as a sports columnist for the Edmonton Journal in 1967 and was lured away by the Edmonton Sun in 1982 where he has been ever since.

The landscape is much different than when Jones came into the industry. Now technology is king and has completely changed the way reporters carry out their jobs.

“I hated (the changes) at first, I get caught yelling and screaming going into any new direction like any guy my age, but mostly I’ve embraced it,” he said.

“I hate giving stuff away for free on the Internet, I still don’t understand why the newspaper industry has gone that route, it has hurt our product and sales at the boxes and subscriptions, because they’ve already read the thing.

But you can see, it’s starting to come into focus.”

One of the classes he spoke to on Wednesday is part of the school’s newspaper program.

The last decade has been particularly difficult for the industry as it continues to strug-

and Jade Prins of David Thompson, Leah Reid of Buck Mountain, Jessica Oscar, Crystal Gustow and Kelly O’Toole of St. Dominic’s and Jennifer Henderson, Kara Casper and Ceanna Prediger of St. Augustine.

Rimbey has six players — Nicole Waldron, Sylvia VonGunten, Kirena Barr, Elsa VanAnkum, Jenna Smawley and Ashley Went — on the girls’ Light squad.

Also on the team are Megan Perry, Taylor Michalsky, Jenna Godwin and Karly Cooper of Caroline, Katrina Rangen of Eckville, Cassie Schmidt of Spruce View, Ayla Eriksen of Delburne, Andrea Laskowski of Parkview and Shereen Gobin and Zoe Kilthaw of Pigeon Lake.

Ian Muchoch of Caroline is the head coach.

The other members of the boys’ Dark team are Spencer Holden, Kolton Hueppelsheuser and Na-

and a 5-2 lead in front of 1,726 at Harbour Station.

“Not good,” Kim said. “We were a little nervous.”

Canada recovered from errors against Germany to grind out a win.

The Germans led 5-4 heading into the ninth, when Homan and Lehmann shifted momentum back and forth with misses. Lehmann overthrew an attempted double takeout with hammer to leave Canada shot rock for a steal of one.

Miskew put guards in front of a Kreviazuk draw to the button in 10th and German third Corinna Scholz missed an attempted hit and roll behind cover.

Homan struggled with draws in the earlier ends, but she had it solved by the 10th as she drew in to stack two Canadian counters on the button.

Lehmann cleared just one and Homan buried a draw behind a guard to lie two again.

The German skip’s attempt to follow her didn’t curl enough.

“You’ve got to be confident and believe you can steal because there’s no other way, there’s no other option,” Homan said.

“It was just tough out there. We weren’t quite reading things right.

There were a lot of uncharacteristic misses.

“We just tried to figure out our rocks and our lines. We just had to keep playing a little bit better each end and hope for a few lucky breaks and we made it out in the end.”

gle to adapt to a new media world.

But he believes brighter days are ahead for young journalists.

“Newspapers, that was the sports media when I was a kid and throughout most of my career,” he said. “It’s going to be different with the Internet and I think there’s still going to be as much opportunity and maybe even more. But with the kind of profiles and the stuff that I’ve enjoyed, I don’t think they’re necessarily going to be the same.”

His own future is another question. After 47 years of covering sports, he is certainly on the Back 9 of his career, but he has no plans to retire anytime soon. “(I’ll keep going) as long as they’ll let me, or I can climb up to the press box; that new rink in Edmonton is going to help with elevator,” Jones said with a laugh.

“It’s my daily fix, getting up and whether there’s a game to cover that night or a practice to cover or I get up with that blank ‘What the heck am I going to cover today?’ It’s a challenge every day, you’re doing something different most days — it’s fun.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate. com

than Dennehy of Bentley, Austin Parada, Jason Szymanek, and Maurico Adams of David Thompson, Elijah Brown and Matt Hankins of Koinonia, Darien Lloyd of St. Augustine, Gus Pietsch of Buck Mountain, Ben Burridge and Chad Bulick of Pigeon Lake and Hayden Hirsch of St. Dominic’s.

Eckville and Rimbey had four players each on the Light boys’ team. Merle Saari, Jonathon Allan, Clayton Smith and Eric Natusch will represent Eckville with Logan St. Denis, Javier Seidel, Marko Lohmann and Cole Hunt from Rimbey. Also on the team, coached by Justin Holton of Eckville, is Dalton Slager, Jackson Ververda and Roy Trimble of Caroline, Parker Fox of Delburne, Itzak St-Germain and Austin Holly of Parkview and Austin Le’tender of Alix.

The girls’ game started at 6 p.m. with the boys to follow.

TIE: Play for the front of the jersey “We have to play for the front of our jersey not the back,” Jarmolicz added.

The Chiefs finished with 38 shots on Edmonton’s Pierce Diamond.

The Chiefs play twice today and Friday. They clash with the Tigers at noon

at the Kinex and the Bulldogs at 7 p.m. at the Arena today. On Friday they meet the Rage at 10 a.m. at the Kinex and face the Rangers at 5 p.m. at the Arena.

The top four teams advance to the semifinals at 11:15 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday with the bronze medal game Sunday at 11:45 a.m. and the final at 2:30 p.m. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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Lake access strategy sought PROMPTED BY GROWTH AROUND SYLVAN LAKE, CROWDED BOAT LAUNCHES

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

ANNUAL BOWL RAISES CASH The Super Sunday 34th annual Bowl for Kids event proved to be a huge success, bringing in nearly $65,000. Servus Credit Union hosted the bowling event and also raised over $39,000. The event took place at Heritage Lanes on March 2 and hosted 65 teams of four to five people. Teams and spectators dressed up as cartoon characters to show their support. The money raised will help fund the Big Brothers and Sisters of Red Deer and District.

Growth around Sylvan Lake is putting more recreational pressure on the lake and creating lineups at boat launches.

To ensure they are ahead of the next waves of newcomers, communities around the lake are developing a strategy and action plan to manage recreation and lake access, specifically the feasibility of developing a proper boat launch at Range Road 2-1 in Red Deer County. The launch is located on the east side of the Summer Village of Half Moon Bay just west of the Town of Sylvan Lake.

A request for proposals was posted last week for the project, which will be funded through a $250,000 provincial regional collaboration grant provided for Red Deer and Lacombe Counties, the Town of Sylvan Lake and five summer villages. The deadline for submissions is April 2.

Consultants will comb through all of the pre-existing lake studies and incorporate them into a sweeping review of the issues

connected with the lake and recreation.

“We’re looking at an overall strategy for recreation to start with,” said Blayne West, Lacombe County’s environmental co-ordinator.

Identifying where recreational sites can be upgraded or new ones built will be required, along with candidates for closure, such as the number of informal boat launch sites that have been created by lake users.

“We’re looking at where can we close those sites down and what other recreational amenities do we require,” said West.

Trails, parks, new boat launches and other options will be considered.

Consultants will be drawing on a number of other studies done on the lake over the years.

For instance, a boat count was done a number of years ago. That information will be useful in developing an emergency response plan that will look at how to get boats off the lake in a timely manner if a sudden storm arises.

“We have an issue. We really have only two formal boat launches right now,” she said. How to accommodate different types of boat traffic, such as anglers, canoeists or

kayakers in slow boats versus high-speed boaters will also be looked at.

A feasibility study for a boat launch at Range Road 2-1 is a key part of the project.

If the site meets requirements, detailed designs and a budget for creating a launch will be tackled.

It is expected the Lake Access Strategy and Action Plan will begin in May and be completed within two years.

A new boat launch would not be ready until around 2017.

Consultants are also being sought to develop an implementation plan for lake municipalities to follow up the data compiled in a cumulative effects management study that outlined factors affecting lake health.

“We’re looking for somebody to help us decide who should be responsible for doing what and what are those priority actions that should happen,” she said, adding cost and time frames will also be included.

Recommended actions might include ongoing water quality testing, or modifying setback distances or storm water system designs. Some of the practices identified could be adopted as early as this summer. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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WORLD DOULA WEEK TO BE MARKED The Red Deer Doula Association is holding a community event in celebration of World Doula Week. The association, comprised of non-medical people who assist with births or during the postpartum period, aims to promote the practice.

On March 27, they will host an evening event, running from 7 to 9 p.m. with refreshments, a presentation and a mingle with some doulas. The event takes place at the Davenport Church, at 68 Donlevy Ave. in Red Deer, and is free.

POET TO GIVE PUBLIC READING In preparation for the upcoming release of For Tamara, Edmonton poet Sarah Lang will give a free public reading at Red Deer College. The upcoming book is a long poem described as a mother’s survival guide to her daughter. Land will read from some of her work and will be available to take questions and visit with guests. The reading takes place at the RDC library, 100 College Blvd., on Friday starting at noon in the north nook of the building. There is no admission fee and the event is open to the public.

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Taking advantage of a semi clear track Hunting Hills High School student Derrick Evans completes a 400-metre sprint on the track at Lindsay Thurber High School on Tuesday. Some keen runners in the community have been working to clear the snow and ice from a lane on the running track to have a place for some early season speed work, which Evans appreciated.

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Local dealers help company’s $1-M giveaway A local group of car dealers joined together to donate a sizable amount to the community, with each employee picking where some of the money went.

The Go Auto Group gave away $1 million in February, through its employees across the dealership group spread throughout Alberta.

In Red Deer, five dealerships gave away a total of $100,000.

Red Deer dealerships in the group include MGM Ford Lincoln, Honda Red Deer, Acura of Red Deer, Go Auto RV and Marine and Go Auto Direct Red Deer.

Each employee was given a cheque for $500 on one condition: the money had to go to someone in need.

The Random Act of Kindness Campaign started with a staff meeting at all Go Auto Group dealerships where employees were asked to take part by giving, expecting nothing in return.

“The response has been tremendous,” said Kevin Allison, MGM Ford Lincoln general manager.

“It’s been wonderful watching the departments work together for a common goal that is entirely about giving to people in need.”

While several people gave to organizations such as the Red Deer and Ponoka food banks, Loaves and Fishes, Red Deer SPCA and Red Deer Crisis Centre, others sought out people and families individually. Among those who received money were a woman battling breast cancer in need of chemotherapy, a single mother who lost her home in a fire, a couple of families unable to pay their vet bill for their family pet and numerous young families with large debts.

Woman tumbles through sidewalk patch job AREA EXCAVATED TO REPAIR WATER DAMAGE this. I want to thank them.”

Siegfried said she thanked them quickly at the car but she wanted to do more.

Later that afternoon, she got checked A 73-year-old woman wants to thank the out at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Good Samaritans who came to her rescue Centre. She had X-rays on her lower back after she fell through a sidewalk on Ross because it had bothered her since the fall.

There were no broken bones but Siegfried Street. is now taking pain Around 12:30 p.m. medication. on Sunday, Juanita Siegfried said forSiegfried had just tunately she and her left Gaetz United two friends were not Church and began walking side by side walking along Ross or they would have Street on her way to all taken a fall. lunch with friends.

“That did frightSiegfried said she en me badly thinkhad one foot on the ing about it later,” cement and the othshe said. er on a “patch job” Siegfried said when she fell near she talked to the 4730 50th St. city and she will not “My feet went through so I plum— JUANITA SIEGFRIED be pursuing any legal action. She said meted down to the there were no signs crotch level,” she said. “It wasn’t funny. It was a terribly and the area should have been taped off better. frightening thing.”

The city had excavated the area to reSiegfried said her friends and a couple of senior men tried to pull her out. They pair the damage from a water leak in a line in late February. tried for several minutes.

“There must have been some frozen ma“But there was no way they could (lift me) or one would have gone down in the terial that had gone back in there and then hole, too,” said Siegfried. “That hole had unfortunately a void developed,” said Tom Warder, Environmental Services manager. to go eight to 10 feet down.”

A young couple driving by stopped and “When she stepped on it, it gave away.”

The city has gone back twice to re-excame to Siegfried’s aid.

“The young guy, he just lifted me out, cavate and check for any other frozen mawhich was really wonderful,” said Sieg- terials. In the spring or early summer, the fried. “In all the commotion, I didn’t ask sidewalk will be replaced. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com their names. Hopefully they might read

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BRIEFS Murder suspect in court A Red Deer man, charged with a murder that was committed more than a year ago, made his first appearance in court on Wednesday.

The suspect, who is now 18, was arrested in Vancouver last week by police investigating the shooting death of Lloyd Robert Sarson, 25, in Red Deer on Jan. 1, 2013.

The accused man made his first appearance in Red Deer court on Wednesday morning, by closed-circuit TV from the Red Deer Remand Centre.

His name cannot be released because he was under 18 at the time of the offence.

A charge of first-degree murder was read to him. Crown prosecutor Robin Snider then notified Judge Gordon Yake that if the man is convicted, she will apply to have him sentenced as an adult.

Duty counsel Mark Gottlieb assisted the suspect, who is in the process of hiring a lawyer from Calgary.

He has reserved his plea until Tuesday and remains in custody pending that court appearance.

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Getting some spring-like skiing, Albert Christ makes his way around the trails at River Bend Golf and Recreation Area on Tuesday. Bright sunshine and above freezing temperatures softened the snow in the afternoon making the trails enjoyable. Later this week more winter-like conditions will coincide ironically with the first days of spring. Environment Canada is forecasting periods of snow on Thursday in the region with highs not rising above zero and the low temperatures in the double-digit range through the weekend.

Emerging Artist Award to be presented The first Red Deer Emerging Artist Award will be presented to a local artist in 2014. Individuals involved in the performing, visual, cinematic or literary arts are eligible for the $1,000 award, which will also include a banner and certificate.

Presented by Red Deer Arts Council, the award is geared to help support emerging artists that are pursuing their craft. It will also encourage the growth of Red Deer’s local art scene.

The winner of the Red Deer Emerging Artist Award will participate in Pecha Kucha, a visual presentation, in the fall. Red Deer residents who have contributed to the local art community for at least two years can apply for the award by April 30.

Application forms are available at Red Deer Arts Council office. They can also be requested by email at info@ reddeerartscouncil.ca.

ed home and property owners to complete minimum mitigation measures in time for the 2014 flood season, owners have two options.

They can obtain a permit by March 31 to show intent to complete minimum mitigation measures.

Or owners can submit a notice of intent to mitigate to the Disaster Recovery Program that states their plan to undertake mitigation work if obtaining a permit is not possible. Flood mitigation must be undertaken by owners receiving funding to qualify for government assistance in the event of future flooding.

Mitigation work must be completed

by Dec. 31 to be eligible for funding after that date.

Forms are available online or calling the Disaster Recovery Program call centre toll-free at 1-888-671-1111 to have forms mailed out.

Represented by defence counsel Patty MacNaughton, Halliday was placed on a recognizance after agreeing to abide by strict conditions for two years.

Those conditions include orders that prevent him from having contact with children, accessing pornography,

drinking, using non-prescribed drugs and having weapons.

Halliday avoids a criminal record by entering into the agreement, said Crown prosecutor Robin Snider. However, he will face criminal proceedings if he breaches any of the conditions, she said.

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BRIEF That’s Entertainment showcases RDC music students That’s Entertainment Music Student Showcase highlights Red Deer Collage’s music students’ best performances of the school year.

Two concerts this weekend will feature the college’s best performers, said second-year music student Jesse Kopala.

“It’s the best of the best performing,” said Kopala, who is also one of the producers of the event.

The concerts, produced entirely by music students, run on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Kopala said That’s Entertainment isn’t limited to second-year students — first-year students also have a chance to showcase their skills.

“Everyone has the opportunity to be on stage and perform as a rocking rock star,” he said.

Facility adviser Steve Sherman said allowing students to have complete control over the production gives them invaluable hands-on experience.

“They’re learning the trade from the inside and out so hopefully the things they’re learning will take them further in their life,” said Sherman.

Sherman said the concert also showcases the level of talent that has been taught at RDC. That’s Entertainment “lets the public know, the Red Deer community know, of the talent we have here,” said Sherman. “We are one of the best kept secrets in the province.”

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Musician Randy Bachman poses in Toronto on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Bachman has a new book called Tales From Beyond The Tap, as well as an upcoming induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. a singer — he’s one of the greats. And as a songwriter. We had a great career together.

“I tried for the last 10 years,” he continued with a sigh. “I learnt one thing in the past, or in my life: the only person you can change is yourself and it has to come from within. I can’t change him or what he is.

Only he can change that.

“I’ve changed myself certain times, or reinvented myself, or remodelled myself, or took assessment, or asked people for forgiveness.

“It is what it is,” he added. “I’ve left the ball with him. Done.”

He’s four years older than Cummings, and he writes that Cummings’ mother asked Bachman early on to look after the talented young singer with a protective paternalism. Bachman’s book posits that this ultimately contributed to the schism, as did the contrast between his sober lifestyle and that of the hard-partying Cummings.

In fact, Bachman argues that his refusal to partake in the rampant drug experimentation that was de rigeur in the ’60s and ’70s led many in the industry to distrust him.

“Most people who drink don’t like to be told they drink too much,” he said. “Four hundred pound guys — and I was one, or 350-360 — don’t like to be told, ‘Don’t finish off that chocolate cake. You’ve already eaten half of it.’ You don’t want to hear that.

“So there is animosity that comes when somebody’s telling somebody else, ‘Enough already.”’

However, Bachman’s commitment to sobriety

“made (him) a success.”

“It’s hard enough to deal with things when they come up being totally straight and on it all the time, nevermind being blottoed,” he said.

It’s a point over which he recently found common ground with another of his idols: Neil Young.

Young, a Winnipeg compatriot who held a formative influence over Bachman, wrote in his recent memoir Waging Heavy Peace that he had quit drinking and smoking pot.

Bachman and the 68-year-old rock icon linked up for dinner prior to Young’s recent performance at the Air Canada Centre. The impromptu meal turned into a warm family gathering when a couple of Young’s aunts materialized. And, Bachman says, he and Young bonded over the sudden similarities in their lifestyles.

“I said to him, ‘You’ve really changed. You’re like the Neil I used to know in Winnipeg,”’ Bachman remembered. “I said, ‘What made you do it?’ He said, ‘It’s an old Jewish expression: enough already. I’ve already done enough. Why keep doing this thing that wasn’t doing me any good?”’

At the time, Bachman says Young was fretting that he hadn’t been able to write a song since giving up his mood-altering substances. Bachman told him to “hang in there,” that the tunes would come.

“And they’ve come, and they are good,” Bachman beamed.

“I’m pretty proud of him. It’s a big leap to take and a hard thing to hold onto.”

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Among the touchy subjects touched upon? Bachman’s still-contentious relationship with former Guess Who partner Burton Cummings, the dissolution of his first marriage and the ongoing acrimony swirling among some of his ex-Bachman-Turner Overdrive bandmates — and siblings — who are soon to be ushered into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame together at the Juno Awards.

Even Bachman himself seems surprised by how much he revealed in the chatty new book.

“I think that’s probably ’cause (collaborator) John Einarson got it out of me or something,” the cheerful Bachman said in a recent interview in Toronto.

“It wasn’t all done at once. It was over a period of a year, where he’d send me a bunch of questions and compile all that stuff.

“So I wasn’t really aware of the cathartic outpouring of so much stuff.”

Well, how did it feel reading it back?

“I haven’t read it,” Bachman chimes back in response. “It’s like an album. By the time you’re done it, you’re so full of it you don’t really want to play it in your car for a good couple of months.”

A follow-up to his 2011 book Vinyl Tap Stories — and an extension of his likably rambling CBC-Radio show — Bachman’s latest again finds the 70-year-old pulling from his deep well of rock and roll stories.

Breezy anecdotes abound, including Bachman’s brushes with rock heroes including Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry (“most of the times I’ve seen him, he’s been grouchy,” he concedes of the infamously ornery rock inventor) and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, whose Boston band once opened for a then-clueless Bachman.

“The show hasn’t started and this guy comes in our dressing room,” he recalled. “Usually a dressing room is hallowed ground, you kind of knock on the door and say: ‘Hi, I’m so and so, can I come in?’

This guy just comes in. And he’s dressed like I Dream of Jeannie — these pants that Barbara Eden would wear, flowing kinds of things, and scarves.

“I remember looking at (manager) Bruce Allen. I said, ‘Who’s this guy who thinks he’s Elvis, he comes walking in here?’ And Bruce goes: ‘Out! Out! Out!’ “Then they start to play onstage, I go out to see Aerosmith and hear Dream On, and he’s the lead singer. So that became a joke over the years.”

But much of the book is given over to more serious subject matter.

An entire chapter is devoted to whether Bachman will ever work again with Cummings, his partner in authoring such hits as These Eyes, American Woman and Laughing.

At issue, Bachman explains in the book, is what he sees as the inequitable distribution of publishing profits between the two songwriters. Bachman says he’s tried to persuade Cummings to amend the situation multiple times over the years without any success. Bachman sued over the situation, and lost.

In the book, he writes: “I can’t turn the other cheek and smile anymore.”

“I have no idea what his response will be,” Bachman said now of Cummings. “I totally respect him as

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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2014

A large international study suggests that sometimes maligned flu drugs saved lives during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.

The work, which is based on data from 38 countries, suggests that deaths were 25 per cent lower among hospitalized adults who were given the drugs than patients who did not receive the treatment.

And deaths were 50 per cent lower during the pandemic among hospitalized adults with H1N1 who were started on the antiviral drugs early when compared to patients who did not get the drugs at all.

Oddly, the study did not show that the drugs had the same mortality reducing effect in children.

The senior author of the study says the findings support the decisions by many governments to stockpile the drugs as part of their pandemic response plans.

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says the work suggests flu antiviral drugs should be given to adults admitted to hospital with suspected or confirmed flu infections.

The study was published in the journal Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

The drugs under study are called neuraminidase inhibitors, a class of drugs mainly made up of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza).

Many governments, including Canada’s, put together large stockpiles of the drugs in the years preceding the 2009 pandemic, when concerns were high that a pandemic might be looming.

In the wake of the H1N1 pandemic, which was milder than many had anticipated a pandemic would be, critics questioned the decision to spend scores of millions on the antivirals.

The criticism was fuelled by studies that show that when used to treat uncomplicated cases of seasonal flu, the effect of the drugs is modest.

Nyugen-Van-Tam says he and his colleagues wanted to

see if the pandemic stockpiles had delivered the benefits governments hope they would.

“We went into the 2009 pandemic with — I think — pretty scratchy data on whether neuraminidase inhibitors reduced mortality or not,” says Nyugen-Van-Tam, a professor of health protection at the University of Nottingham in Britain.

“We needed an answer as to whether antiviral drugs are a useful or sensible part of the pandemic armamentarium.

And my view is ... that they are a worthwhile intervention.”

The research was funded by Hoffman-La Roche, the Swiss drug giant that makes Tamiflu.

The study makes clear the company had no hand in designing or carrying out the study and had no access to the data, either before or after publication.

In fact, for transparency purposes the researchers posted the contract with Hoffman-La Roche on the project’s website, hosted by Nottingham University.

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ers searched for studies done comparing outcomes of hospitalized pandemic H1N1 patients who received antiviral drugs to those who didn’t.

They then asked the researchers who had done those studies to share their raw data — case by case information — which allowed them to analyze all the data in the same way.

They amassed a pool of 29,234 patients from 38 countries.

The analysis suggested that taking the drugs early — they are considered most effective in the first two days of illness — may have halved adult patients’ risk of dying. They also saw what looks like substantially higher odds of survival in pregnant women who were given the drugs, and in patients who required critical care.

There was no reduction in deaths seen in children who were given the drugs.

The researchers suggested that might be due to a number of factors, including the possibility that infected children may have had more virus in

their systems — a higher viral load — or more secondary bacterial infections.

Another study, published last fall in the journal Pediatrics, showed a two-thirds reduction in deaths among critically ill children treated with these antiviral drugs.

The study cannot be used to definitively say that neuraminidase inhibitors were responsible for the lower death rates in the adults who received them.

Only studies where patients are randomly assigned to get or not get a treatment can be said to prove causality.

But Dr. Kumanan Wilson, a senior scientist at the Ottawa Health Research Institute and a former skeptic about the value of flu antivirals says the results were “reasonably compelling” that the drugs do work.

“Vaccines would be great but they’re never available in time with pandemic (flu) strains,” Wilson says.

“So all we’ve got is the antivirals. So it’s nice to see that there’s a benefit to them.”

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Five easy steps build strong bones all year long From the North Pole to Atlanta, an icy Arctic vortex chilled most of us to the bone this winter. But a deep freeze might not be all that’s happened to your inner scaffolding.

Reports we’ve seen also suggest that if you’re not bolstering your vitamin K and D-2 or D-3 (read on for the best way) in the wintertime, your body can’t make enough of these bone-friendly vitamins, and that can accelerate bone loss.

That’s why it so important to protect yourself from developing brittle bones or osteoporosis, no matter what your age.

Most studies show building strong bones as a teenager and young adult is the best way to dodge lifethreatening fractures that effect one in two women and, yes, one in three men past age 50.

That’s right guys, don’t underestimate your odds of developing osteoporosis, especially if you have clinically low testosterone levels or you get hormone therapy for advanced prostate cancer. Too few men get the checkups and bone-saving treatments they need.

So, no bones about it: Young, middle-aged or senior, here’s how to use the latest skeleton-strengthening science to keep your bones sturdy: Keep up your calcium: You need 1,000 mg a day until age 50; 1,200 mg daily after that.

Get at least half of that from your diet, and add some from supplements. (Dr. Mike takes 600 mg of

calcium daily, along with vitamin D-3.) Good food sources include fat-free dairy (about 300 mg per cup of milk or yogurt), kale (120 mg in 1 cup, cooked), white beans (113 mg in ½ cup) and calcium-fortified breakfast cereals and orange juice (up to 500 mg per serving).

Add vitamins D-3 and K: We recommend 1,000 IU vitamin D-3 from a supplement, and for adults, 90 mcg K from your multivitamin daily.

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Tackle belly fat: If you’ve got excess visceral fat in your midsection (a waist larger than 35 inches for women, 40 for men), you may have excess fat within your bone marrow as well (there’s always supposed to be some)!

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Skip high-sodium foods ... and that diet cola: A salty diet loaded with processed foods, take-out and restaurant meals could raise your fracture risk fourfold. Instead, eat more fresh, frozen or canned veggies, all without added sodium, and snack on a small handful of nuts daily; you’ll get potassium, a surprise bone builder.

Just one cola per month can weaken bone density in your hips. It could be because phosphoric acid

Attractive, easy-to-grow orchid cacti love moisture

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BONES: Earlier check MIKE ROIZEN & MEHMET OZ

DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN can leach calcium from bones, or because caffeine (in diet or regular soda) blocks calcium absorption.

Challenge your bones: Weight-bearing exercise, such as walking, running and strength-training, stimulates cells in your bones to keep rebuilding your frame.

And exercise inspires stem cells to become bone rather than turning into fat!

Know when to get a bone scan: Women age 65 and older, and men age 70 and older get greater benefit than risk from a bone density scan.

This check looks for of early signs of bone thinning (osteopenia), giving you time to make lifestyle changes, so you don’t develop full-blown osteoporosis.

Or if you have osteoporosis already, you can discuss using medications that may help stop bone loss, too. Just getting scanned could lower your odds for a hip fracture by 36 per cent!

Please see BONES on Page C5

One new report suggests that 66 per cent of women with early bone loss miss the chance to stop the erosion if they wait until 65 to get a scan. You may need an earlier bone check if: You had a bone fracture after age 50; one of your parents has or had osteoporosis; you’re underweight; a smoker; have rheumatoid arthritis, Type 1 diabetes or chronic liver disease; or you’ve taken prednisone for three months or more at any time in your adult life.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The biggest problem with growing orchid cacti is figuring out just what they are.

They are cacti, but are not spiny.

Their spectacular blossoms are neither orchids nor orchidlike.

Sometimes orchid cacti are called epiphyllums, which is also the botanical name of some (but not all) orchid cacti.

The word epiphyllum means “on the leaf” and refers to the way the flowers just pop out from the edges of the ... well, they look like leaves but they’re really just flattened stems.

Enough with the semantics!

The important thing is that fat flower buds on my orchid cacti’s stems are about to burst open into spectacular white, pink or scarlet blossoms.

And coaxing forth these blossoms required very little effort on my part.

THIS CACTUS LIKES MOISTURE Although orchid cacti, or epies (short for epiphyllums) as they are sometimes called, are

true cacti, they are not native to deserts but to lush, tropical jungles.

There, they nestle into forks in tree branches or into rock crevices where enough humus has accumulated to retain moisture.

The plants enjoy soils that are both well-drained and retain moisture. I use my standard potting mix with a little extra perlite for drainage; you could also make up a mix using peat moss, compost, and perlite or sand.

Here, out of the jungle, the plants look right at home in hanging baskets, from which their arching, flattened stems, scalloped along the edges, can swoop up and out as fountains of greenery.

In contrast to the nightblooming cereus cactus, an epiphyllum species that is spectacular and fragrant the few nights that it blossoms, the flattened, green stems of orchid cactus are nice to look at year round.

On some of my plants, the stems are so thin they droop languidly right over the edge of the pots from their own weight.

My white-flowered epi, in con-

trast, has sturdy stems that reach out a couple of feet in all directions before succumbing to gravity.

GIVE THEM A REST In return for flowers, which last for weeks but usually appear only once a year, my epies ask for regular watering, occasional fertilizer and, once a year, a rest.

The one period when epies should not be watered is, conveniently, beginning in fall when they begin their annual rest.

It’s always iffy watering a hanging basket indoors, when a little too much water means scurrying for a bowl to catch the dripping.

To set flower buds, the plants also allegedly need to experience the naturally long nights of autumn and winter, so they mustn’t be interrupted by artificial light after dark.

I used to put my plants in a bright window in a cool corner of my basement and forget about them until ready to bring them upstairs and let water and warmth bring on the flowers.

I’ve since found that merely not watering them at all from the time they are brought in-

doors in autumn is sufficient to induce flower buds. Swelling flower buds indicate that it’s time to start watering again.

In summer, the plants like being outdoors in filtered shade such as they might enjoy in their native haunts.

WHAT’S IN A NAME So what are my plants, really? I still don’t know. Epiphyllums and related species were first hybridized in England about 1830.

At first, the only colours available were whites, pinks and reds, not much of a limitation given the drama of the blossoms. Humans will be humans though, and in 1950, breeding efforts brought forth the first yellow orchid cactus, called Reward.

The original cuttings sold for $400. Perhaps blue epies are on the horizon.

The point is that epies have been so hybridized that many now have few or no epiphyllum genes in them.

No matter: All the epies are easy to care for, attractive year round and stunningly beautiful in bloom.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2014

Big three telcos raise wireless prices OTTAWA LEFT TO DELIVER ON MORE WIRELESS COMPETITION

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Canada’s big three wireless carriers have put up prices on some of their voice and data plans since January, showing Ottawa is unable to live up to its promises of overall lower prices and increased competition, according to analysts.

Rogers, Bell and Telus have been able to increase prices because of their market dominance with smaller, new players like Wind Mobile and financially struggling Mobilicity up for sale, analysts said Wednesday.

Eamon Hoey of Hoey and Associates Management Consultants in Toronto said that to this point Ottawa simply hasn’t been able to live up to its promises to consumers.

“It shows the bankruptcy of their

so-called policy and their claims that they were going to be friends to the consumers,” said Hoey. “They really lacked a plan as to how they were going to do this.”

Telus spokesman Shawn Hall concedes that Telus increased its unlimited nationwide talk and text plan rates by $5 for new contracts in January, but noted it also lowered the rate for its most popular data plans by $5 as well.

Bell spokesman Mark Langton said Bell has increased the price of its topend data plans and introduced more data options, but has also decreased prices at least a dozen times since last November due to the competitive situation.

Meanwhile, Rogers said the data-usage habits of its customers are changing, with the majority of customers using between one gigabyte and two giga-

bytes of data per month.

“That’s why we didn’t change the price of our popular 1GB plan ($85/ month) and why we introduced a new 2GB plan for only $5 more,” spokeswoman Patricia Trott said.

The Harper government spent millions of dollars last fall on wireless competition ads that left consumers wondering what the Conservatives intended to do about the issue.

The $9-million radio, newspaper and television campaign raised the ire of the telecommunications industry, which called the ads an unprecedented government attack on a major industrial sector.

However, a focus-group report prepared for Industry Canada by the market research firm TNS Canada has said the telecom ads raised consciousness, but didn’t show what policy solutions

were being considered by the federal government.

Hoey said the government could look at trying to regulate prices, which would be complicated and time consuming.

And even though the government hasn’t been able to turn its message into action, it has heightened consumer awareness that “they were getting gouged, correctly or incorrectly,” he added.

Telecom analyst Iain Grant said while Ottawa has been doing a lot of barking about better wireless prices, some “bites” are also coming from the federal government.

Grant noted that Ottawa has already said the big telecom companies are facing a cap on the wireless roaming rates they charge smaller rivals for using their networks.

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A cargo container is moved at Port Metro Vancouver in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday March 13, 2014. More than 1,000 container-truck drivers have been on strike since February 26, refusing to work due to low pay and long delays at port terminals.

Back-to-work legisation coming for port-truckers dispute want to disrupt the port.”

Wednesday’s announcement represented the strongest reaction to the strike so far by the two levels of government, almost a week after proposing a 14-point plan designed to convince truckers to return to work.

The truckers rejected the plan — which included pay increases and other changes to how their wages are structured — as inadequate.

The unionized truckers went on strike on March 10, joining roughly 1,000 non-unionized workers who walked off the job last month.

The dispute has prompted dire warnings from B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who both said the strike was damaging the national economy but initially insisted it was the other’s responsibility to figure it out.

Wednesday’s news release said the back-to-work legislation will include a 90-day “cooling off period” for the unionized workers.

Earlier this week, the port warned “a continued refusal by some truckers to provide such service is likely to result in suspen-

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — British Columbia, Ottawa and port officials in Vancouver announced new measures Wednesday designed to force truckers at Canada’s largest port to return to their vehicles, announcing back-to-work legislation for unionized workers and termination of licences for others.

The legislation, which will affect about 250 union members of Unifor who’ve been on strike since the beginning of last week, will be tabled as early as next Monday, a B.C. government news release said.

At the same time, Port Metro Vancouver said it informed as many as 150 truckers that their licences and permits to access the port would not be renewed once they expire in the spring.

“The licence privileges are just that, they’re a privilege, not a right,” said Peter Xotta, vice president of planning and operations for Port Metro Vancouver, in a phone interview.

“We grant them to folks who want to work in the port, not who

Canadian Agriculture Injury Reporting has calculated that an average of 18 Albertans are killed each year in farm-related incidents.

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Preparations are underway for the 2014 Innisfail and District Trade Show.

The Innisfail and District Chamber of Commerce event will run April 25 and 26 this year, with more than 100 exhibitors expected at the Innisfail Arena.

Attractions will include live entertainment and a silent auction, with a children’s entertainment centre offering an inflatable play structure, human hamster balls on water, a mechanical bull and face painting.

Child-minding services will also be available.

A free community barbecue and a junior talent show is planned for Friday evening. Saturday will kick off with a pancake breakfast, which will also be free. Hours will be 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Additional information can be found online at www.innisfaillive.ca.

Young Entrepreneur Award nominations still open Young entrepreneurs are running out of time to take a shot at $100,000.

The deadline for nominations for the 2014 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award is April 3.

The annual Business Development Bank of Canada competition offers a $100,000 grand prize, with the runner-up earning $25,000 in consulting services.

The competition is open to Canadian business owners aged 18 to 35.

Applicants are asked to submit a video describing a turning point in the growth of their enterprise, and proposing a way to grow and achieve long-term success. That project must not have been implemented yet. As many as 11 finalists — one for each province and one for the combined territories — will be chosen to compete for the grand prize and the secondplace award.

Applications can be made online at www.bdc.ca/ yea, with additional information available at that site.

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Young farm workers will have the opportunity to learn about job safety next month in Olds.

A Young Farm Worker Safety Training Workshop is scheduled for April 29 at Olds College, with participants to learn about identifying high-risk tasks, obtaining training, and working with their parents or farm employer to revise farm safety plans.

Specific topics will focus on power line safety, fire extinguisher training, farm machinery, maintenance shops and livestock. An interactive farm hazard identification walk-about is also planned.

The Young Farm Worker Safety Training Workshop is a project of Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Alberta Health Services, Olds College, Safe Communities and private companies and organizations.

Registrations can be completed online at www. regonline.ca/2014youngfarmworker.

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sion or termination of their permits by Port Metro Vancouver.”

Port Metro Vancouver CEO Robin Silvester issued a written statement Wednesday that said the port is moving to “accelerate” reforms to its licensing system.

Silvester’s statement said the port won’t be renewing licences or permits that are about to expire. On Wednesday, the port notified between 100 and 150 truckers their licences would not be renewed.

The port authority, which leases government-owned land and terminal space throughout the Vancouver region to private operators, has said about 2,000 truckers are licensed to work at the port.

Trucks transport about half of the containers that move in and out of the port, while the rest are moved by rail. The port has said only about to 10 to 15 per cent of normal truck traffic has been getting through.

The port estimates the strike has affected about $885 million worth of cargo per week, predominantly shipments destined to local markets in the Vancouver area or B.C.

The Petroleum Services Association of Canada’s annual Spring Conference will return to Red Deer April 8 and 9.

Designed for petroleum services company personnel, the 2014 conference will focus on transportation management and leadership skills. Industry experts will present on such topics as fatigue management, jobsite team building, vehicle safety, workplace bullying, online training and mentoring programs.

A trade show is also planned, with the conference to take place at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel.

For more information or to register, go to the Petroleum Services Association of Canada website at www.psac.ca and click on PSAC Events.

The Petroleum Services Association of Canada represents the service, supply and manufacturing sectors of the upstream petroleum industry. It has nearly 250 member companies, with these employing more than 75,000 people.

Monsanto Canada is offering 65 scholarships to Grade 12 students who plan to pursue an agriculturerelated field of study.

To be eligible for one of the scholarships, which are worth $1,500 each, applicants must come from a family farm and plan to enrol in an agricultural program at a Canadian educational institution.

Applications must be post-marked by May 30 and include an essay describing the area of agriculture the student would like to work in and stating why.

A reference letter from a farmer is also required.

“Agriculture is an exciting and rewarding industry and students are increasingly making the smart choice to pursue a career in agriculture,” said Trish Jordan, public and industry affairs director with Monsanto Canada.

“There are endless and diverse opportunities in the industry and we are happy to support and encourage students who have a passion for agriculture.”

Application forms and additional details are available online at www.monsanto.ca.

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The Canadian Coast Guard says it is sending more icebreakers to help clear shipping channels in the frozen Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway.

“What we have committed to do given the extreme conditions is to bring two more assets (icebreakers), as well as a hovercraft, to facilitate the opening of the seaway,” Mario Pelletier, the coast guard’s assistant commissioner, said from Ottawa Wednesday.

Faced with the worst ice conditions in 20 years, Pelletier said it is too early to say when freighters filled with grain and other commodities will be able to move normally through the trade corridor.

The Canadian Shipbuilders Association said Tuesday that a lack of icebreakers would delay shipments of Prairie grain and other goods including iron ore, construction materials and petroleum products from ports such as Thunder Bay, Ont. A section of the seaway between Lake Ontario and Montreal is frozen but it set to open March 31.

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MARKETS COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST Wednesday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 105.52 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 53.42 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.96 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.75 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.09 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.24 Cdn. National Railway . . 63.14

Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 172.98 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 40.45 Capital Power Corp . . . . 25.05 Cervus Equipment Corp 21.68 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 49.61 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 49.73 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 30.75 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.25

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ated with the acquisition of Irish Life by its Great-West Lifeco (TSX:GWO) arm and other items, operating earnings were $455 million or 64 cents per share, compared with $405 million or 57 cents per share in 2012.

Power Financial shares were off 44 cents to $34.43.

TORONTO — North American stock markets backed off Wednesday amid worries that the U.S. Federal Reserve could end up raising interest rates as soon as the spring of next year.

The S&P/TSX composite index lost 34.94 points to 14,334.04 as the Fed moved to clarified its guidance on when it might raise short-term interest rates at the end of its two-day policy meeting.

The Fed reaffirmed its plan to keep short-term rates low. But it no longer mentions a specific unemployment rate that might lead it to eventually raise rates. Instead, it will monitor a wide range of economic data before approving any rate increase.

Later, Fed chair Janet Yellen signalled that the central bank could begin raising short-term rates six months after it halts its bond purchases around year’s end.

The greenback and U.S. Treasury yields appreciated sharply after the Fed announcement while losses for the Canadian dollar deepened, with the loonie closing down 0.86 of a cent at 88.93 cents US. That added to Tuesday’s drop of more than two-thirds of a cent after Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz said that slow economic growth may be the new norm. He said central bankers will need to keep interest rates low and didn’t rule out a rate cut by the Bank of Canada.

New York’s Dow industrials fell 114.02 points to 16,222.17, the Nasdaq was down 25.71 points at 4,307.76 and the S&P 500 was 11.48 points lower at 1,860.77.

The Fed also said the economy is strong enough to allow it to cut its monthly long-term bond purchases by another $10 billion to $55 billion.

The base metals sector fell almost two per cent amid a volatile session for copper with the May contract in New York up four cents at US$2.99 after plunging as low as $2.88.

Worries about China have sent copper prices reeling, falling more than seven per cent since March 6 in the wake of tepid economic data, while the base metals sector has dropped well over six per cent this month.

Deutsche Bank said earlier this week that heightened market volatility in the Chinese renminbi currency market alongside China’s first domestic bond default have sparked market fears that commodity financing deals in China could unravel. Such an event could also result in widespread metals liquidation.

Optimism that the Ukraine crisis won’t worsen pushed gold prices down $17.70 to US$1,341.30, sending the gold sector about three per cent lower.

The TSX energy sector rose 0.19 per cent as oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange edged 67 cents higher to US$100.37 a barrel.

In corporate developments, Power Financial (TSX:PWF) posted net earnings of $593 million or 84 cents per share, compared with $277 million or 39 cents per share a year ago.

Excluding the impact of costs associ-

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Wednesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,334.04, down 34.94 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,038.87, down 0.08 of a point TSX 60 — 821.92, down 2.37 points Dow — 16,222.17, down 114.02 points S&P 500 — 1,860.77, down 11.48 points Nasdaq — 4,307.60, down 25.71 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 88.93 cents US, down 0.86 of a cent Pound — C$1.8592, up 1.17 cents Euro — C$1.5554, up 0.37 of a cent Euro — US$1.3832, down 1.01 cents Oil futures: US$100.37 per barrel, up 67 cents (April contract) Gold futures: US$1,341.30 per oz., down $17.70 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $24.064 oz., up 20.9 cents $773.66 kg, up $6.72 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Wednesday at 1,038.87, down 0.08 of a point. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 179.43 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ’14 $2.40 higher $467.90; July ’14 $2.30 higher $476.90; Nov. ’14 $2.10 higher $492.60; Jan ’15 $2.10 higher $499.50; March ’15 $1.80 higher $506.00; May ’15 $2.10 higher $511.50; July ’15 $2.10 higher $516.00; Nov ’15 $2.10 higher $512.20; Jan. ’16 $2.10 higher $512.20; March ’16 $2.10 higher $512.20.

Barley (Western): May ’14 unchanged $128.50; July ’14 unchanged $128.50; Oct. ’14 unchanged $128.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $128.50; March ’15 unchanged $128.50; May ’15 unchanged $128.50; July ’15 unchanged $128.50; Oct. ’15 unchanged $128.50; Dec. ’15 unchanged $128.50; March ’16 unchanged $128.50.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 417,120 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 417,120.

Liberals promise bill requiring annual report on red tape reduction

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The governing Liberals introduced legislation Wednesday that would require them to issue a report every year about what they’re doing to snip red tape.

Business groups have been urging them to do it because it would make the provincial government more accountable for reducing regulatory burdens, said Economic Development Minister Eric Hoskins.

It would quantify what the government is doing to help businesses and how much time and money is being saved, he said.

The Progressive Conservatives’ plan of meeting some regulatory reduction quota is “reckless” and will hurt the province, Hoskins said.

Tory critic Lisa Thompson has even said the tainted-water tragedy in Walkerton has produced too much red tape, he added.

An inquiry found that a lack of oversight and effective inspections contributed to the E. coli outbreak that killed seven people and sickened thousands in 2000, when the Tories were in power.

Several officers at the Ministry of Environment were unaware that E. coli was potentially lethal, the inquiry report stated.

“I am satisfied that if the MOE had adequately fulfilled its regulatory and oversight role, the tragedy in Walkerton would have been prevented or at least significantly reduced in scope,” it said.

Tory Leader Tim Hudak fired back, saying the Liberals will only add red tape that will choke business in the province.

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TORONTO — Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) has an-

nounced an across the board lowering of interest rates on its closed mortgages.

Meanwhile, the bank

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Oliver an unlikely choice for finance minister, or the only one?

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Joe Oliver takes over the key portfolio in the Harper government as one of oldest and least politically experienced to have held the Finance post — and there are few clues about how he intends to handle his onerous duties.

With his age, 73 going on 74, coming off heart-bypass surgery last year, and with less than three years in federal politics, the Toronto-area minister would seem an odd choice to hand over the economic reins of the country the year before the Conservatives must again face the voters.

High-profile and experienced ministers — such as Jason Kenney, James Moore and Tony Clement — are better-known quantities, and more experi- Joe Oliver enced on the campaign trail.

Until, that is, one considers his resume. Oliver would appear to have been groomed for the job.

A McGill University-trained lawyer with an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business, Oliver spent a lifetime immersed in the investment banking industry, both on the front lines and in the board offices.

He served as president of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and for two years in the early 1990s as executive director of the Ontario Securities Commission.

Few if any previous finance ministers can boast such a long and varied background in finance and the markets. He did not enter politics until he was in his 70s.

“I can’t think of anybody else in the Tory caucus

that would be a better candidate. Joe has all the credentials and experience. He’s a standout,” said Ian Russell, chief executive of the Investment Industry Association of Canada, who worked with Oliver for about 10 years starting in 1995.

Russell described him as capable, energetic and always prepared, someone with strong opinions who is unafraid to express them.

The minister spent the first day in office Wednesday mostly ducking the spotlight except for a few media outlets, and an unscheduled street encounter with a reporter from The Canadian Press.

Oliver said he would carry on his predecessor’s focus on creating jobs , economic growth and balancing the budget. Tellingly, he appeared to back the prime minister’s recent statements in support of income splitting — the 2011 election promise that outgoing finance minister Jim Flaherty had recently questioned.

“We’re going to be honouring the platform, but this is very early in my mandate so I’m going to be looking at the details,” he said.

To Canadians, Oliver is known — if at all — for an incendiary letter he issued in January 2012 sounding the alarm over foreign-funded “environmental and other radical groups” that want to shut down any major project in forestry, mining, oil, gas and hydroelectric dams “no matter what the cost to Canadian families in lost jobs and economic growth.”

Critics believe Oliver’s over-the-top attack has made negotiations even more difficult with environmental and native groups on issues such as the Northern Gateway pipeline and even Keystone. It is hard to detect much progress on both under Oliver’s watch.

“Joe Oliver has a reputation for speaking without thinking, and he won’t be able to do that as finance minister,” said Peter Julian, the NDP’s natural resources critic, adding the minister’s remarks about environmentalists wound up hurting his own cause.

Rickford could bring more collegial approach to Natural Resources

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The arc of Greg Rickford’s career isn’t the norm but should give him an interesting perspective on his latest professional challenge.

From nurse to lawyer to MBA to member of Parliament, and now the new federal Natural Resources minister, Rickford, 46, has spent a lot of time dealing with First Nations issues in Ontario’s rugged and remote northwest.

Since last July, he’s been immersed in helping shepherd a massive northern Ontario mining development proposal through the federal-provincial funding labyrinth — a file fraught with political one-upmanship that Rickford has mostly avoided.

So when Prime Minister Stephen Harper tapped the Kenora, Greg Rickford Ont., MP on Wednesday to replace Joe Oliver, the newly promoted finance minister, even the Conservative government’s critics were ready to cut him some slack.

Those who know Rickford say he’ll bring a collegial, level-headed approach to some of the biggest economic files on the Harper government’s plate.

“He’s a practical, smart and down-to-earth guy,” said Geoff Norquay, a former senior aide to Harper who knows Rickford well.

Rickford was not available for an interview Wednesday but issued a statement saying “I will be a staunch advocate for Canada’s abundant natural resources and the thousands of jobs this sector creates for all Canadians.”

His record tells something of what he brings to the new job.

As Norquay put it: “I think he will be a champion at the cabinet table of better understanding of the aboriginal dimensions of resource development and the need for a much more proactive outreach by both government and business to ensure and build the successful involvement of First Nations communities in the resource economy.”

During a housing crisis in Attiwaspiskat in the winter of 2011-12, Rickford stepped in to handle the public diplomacy for then-minister John Duncan, managing to lower the temperature somewhat on a battle that was threatening to shatter the relationship between First Nations and the Harper government.

He has lived and worked as a nurse and later a

Scotiabank cuts closed mortgage rates THE CANADIAN PRESS

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said Wednesday that it is also eliminating all currently published specials and issuing a new, four-year special rate at

2.94 per cent.

The changes are effective Thursday.

The lower rates are on Scotiabank’s one- to fiveyear closed mortgages as well as its seven- and 10-year closed mortgages.

The changes range from a drop of 0.20 percentage points to 4.79 per cent on its five-year closed to as much as 0.75 percentage points to 3.14 per cent on its two-year closed mortgage.

lawyer in Pikangikum, Ont., among the poorest aboriginal communities in the country, so Rickford has first-hand knowledge of the desperate economic conditions and isolation of some First Nations.

Michael Gravelle, Ontario’s provincial minister of Northern Development and Mines, has dealt with Rickford on a number of issues — notably the proposed Ring of Fire mining development in northwestern Ontario — and calls him a friend despite their partisan party differences.

He welcomed Rickford’s promotion, calling it a “very important connection” to have the Ring of Fire directly under the federal natural resources minister.

“We’ve said this is a project of national significance that they should partner with us on,” said Gravelle. The Ontario Liberal said Oliver’s promotion to finance minister also bodes well, as two top cogs in the Harper cabinet are now fully up to speed and cognizant of the importance of the huge mining development.

NDP natural resources critic Peter Julian said the Harper government has done a poor job of ensuring there is “social licence” for major resource development projects, particularly pipeline developments.

“For the government’s sake, if nothing else, the government needs to set a whole new tone,” on resource development said Julian, who said he personally likes Rickford and looks forward to working with him.

“Does he have the background? Yes. Will he establish that new tone? I certainly hope so.”

Keith Stewart, a politically attuned researcher for Greenpeace Canada, groused that all important decisions in the Conservative government come straight from the Prime Minister’s Office.

“But the willingness of a minister to talk to those who disagree with the government’s agenda would be a welcome change,” said Stewart, acknowledging Rickford’s reputation.

The Greenpeace activist said the real test for the federal Natural Resources portfolio will come later this spring when the government makes a decision on the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat, B.C. “Acknowledging that this pipeline cannot be built in the face of an unbroken wall of resistance from First Nations and their supporters would send a very clear message that this government is listening to more than just the oil industry,” Stewart said.

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Poll shows cyberbullying still Inner lip big problem among youth tattoos may not be as fun as advertised is much less common and much smaller numbers of students experience significant harm.”

Most commonly, students said the bullying act they committed was name calling (78 per cent), while very few students owned up to more serious bad behaviour.

Just 12 per cent said they made fun of someone’s race or religion, seven per cent said they teased a peer about their sexual orientation, and four per cent said they sexually harassed someone.

Johnson says many kids don’t associate their unkind behaviour with so-called cyberbullying and instead think it’s just normal and a part of the “drama of teen life.”

“What might be happening in a lot of cases is that it seems like just joking around to the person who’s doing it and it doesn’t necessarily seem that way to the person who’s experiencing it,” he says.

“And rather than having a situation where there’s an identifiable bully and an identifiable victim, fairly often we have much more complicated relationships where people may play the roles

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

MAY POSE INFECTION RISK AS WELL AS BEING PASSING FANCY TORONTO — Seeing Miley Cyrus show off her latest tattoo — on the inside of her lower lip — may prompt some young fans to emulate the twerking singer by getting their own inner lips inked.

But before going under the needle, experts suggest the super-moist skin inside the mouth is not the ideal spot for a tattoo, no matter how tempting its apparent cool factor may seem.

Cyrus pulled down her lower lip to show off her bright yellow and black “sad kitty” Emoji tattoo — which also sports a royal blue teardrop — in a recent photo posted on her official Instagram page. How long the “Wrecking Ball” singer’s tat will last, given the turnover of cells lining the inner lip and the constant bath of saliva, is anybody’s guess.

At the New Tribe Tattoo shop in Toronto, ink artists get regular requests for inner lip tattoos, said manager Eric Gaudet.

“I’d say at least a couple of people ask about it per week and I’d say maybe a couple per month actually get it done,” Gaudet said.

“We do technically do them, but we usually try and talk people out of them — not because of a health reason, but just to let them know that they don’t heal like normal tattoos and most of them, they’ll just kind of fall out. They won’t last.”

Even so, dermatologist Dr. Julia Carroll believes that tattooing the inside of the lip — which is made up of blood-rich mucosal cells — could pose a risk of infection.

The warm, moist human mouth is an ideal environment for bacteria, and it can harbour hundreds of different species of bacteria at once. That means there could be up to a million individual bacteria swirling around the teeth, gums, tongue and lips at any given time.

“If you look at bites across different species, the bite from a human is one of the dirtiest ones you can get,” said Carroll, who practises in Toronto.

“The other thing about mouth tattoos is they need to be repeated for touchups because the type of cells that live in the mouth turn over quite quickly, so the tattoos wear out,” Initially, eating highly acidic foods like vinegarcontaining salad dressings, tomatoes or citrus fruits will likely irritate the tattooed area, although that will pass, Carroll said.

More serious reactions could be an allergy to the dyes used to colour a tattoo, which could cause painful swelling.

Although relatively rare, it’s also possible to develop a foreign body reaction, in which the immune system tries to get rid of the inks, resulting in granulomas — small, painful, swollen balls under the skin that can worsen over time and are difficult to eliminate.

With its nerve-rich flesh, the inner lip is one of the most painful areas to have tattooed, Gaudet confirmed.

And it’s a body part that poses a challenge for ink artists because of the texture of the skin and the need for the client to hold their bottom lip open with as little movement as possible.

Gaudet said clients are told upfront that unlike designs done on arms, legs or chests, for instance, the shop can’t guarantee the inner lip tattoo will last.

“We’re going to do our best to make sure that it does, but we cannot guarantee it,” he said, adding that a mouth tattoo costs $80 plus tax, with a maximum single free touchup.

“We want them to be educated and informed about what they’re getting into. We don’t want them to feel ripped off if the tattoo comes out.”

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TORONTO — About one in four Canadian kids surveyed about cyberbullying admitted they have been “mean or cruel” to someone online, while more than one in three say they’ve been a victim, according to a newly released study.

But experts say cyberbullying is probably not as rampant or serious as some parents would believe.

Matthew Johnson is director of education for the non-profit organization MediaSmarts, which worked last year with schools in each province and territory to poll 5,436 students in grades 4 through 11 about online issues.

“There’s frequently a perception in the media and certainly held by schools and governments that there’s an epidemic of cyberbullying and a perception that some of the most extreme cases with the most tragic results are the norm,” says Johnson.

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of bully, victim and witness at different times.

“We see that a lot of the bullying that’s happening is reciprocal and these bullying situations are much more complex than our understanding of bullying would suggest.”

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Of the 37 per cent who said they have been cyberbullying victims, 70 per cent said it was never or rarely a problem. Meanwhile, 21 per cent said the bullying behaviour was sometimes a problem, and nine per cent said it was often an issue.

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Monthly payments may vary depending on down payment/trade. Example: Silverado Double Cab 4x4 (1SA/G80/ B30/K05/H2R) including Freight and Air Tax is $29,945 at 0% APR, $1,150 Down payment, Bi-Weekly payment is $135 for 36 months. Total obligation is $11,665, plus applicable taxes. Option to purchase at lease end is $18,280. ‡ 0% purchase financing offered on approved credit by RBC Royal Bank/TD Auto Financing/Scotiabank for 48/84 months on new or demonstrator 2014 Silverado 1500/2014 Silverado 2500/3500 HD Gas & Diesel models. Example: $10,000 at 0% APR, the monthly payment is $208/119 for 48/84 months. Cost of borrowing is $0, total obligation is $10,000. Offer is unconditionally interest free. ¥¥ $4,250 is a manufacturer to dealer delivery credit (tax exclusive) for 2014 Silverado Double/Crew Cab 1WT. $500 package credits for non-PDU models. Cash credits available on most models. 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See your GMCL dealer for details. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate offers for any reason in whole or in part at any time without prior notice. ¥ Retail and basic fl eet customers who purchase or lease an eligible Chevrolet, Buick or GMC delivered from dealer stock between March 1, 2014 and March 31, 2014 will receive one 40¢ savings per litre fuel card (fuel savings card) upon payment of an additional $.01. Cards valid as of 72 hours after delivery. Fuel savings card valid for 800 litres of fuel purchased from participating Petro-Canada retail locations) and not redeemable for cash except where required by law. GM is not responsible for cards that are lost, stolen or damaged. GM reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer and/ or the program for any reason in whole or in part at any time without notice. Petro-Canada is a Suncor Energy business™ Trademark of Suncor Energy Inc. Used under licence. Cards are property of Suncor Energy. 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The weight of other optional equipment, passengers and cargo will reduce the maximum trailer weight your vehicle can tow. See your dealer for additional details. ^^Whichever comes first. Limit of four ACDelco Lube-Oil-Filter services in total. Fluid top-offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc., are not covered. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ^Whichever comes first. See dealer for limited warranty details.

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DAVIES John Robert 1932 - 2014 Mr. John Robert Davies of Red Deer, Alberta passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at the age of 81 years. John was born in Isley, Alberta and grew up in the Central Alberta area. He worked in the oil patch for a few years and spent many years as a truck driver in B.C and Alberta. John was very active, healthy and remained working until a year ago when he retired due to health reasons. Known for his happy, friendly generosity and soft heart, John touched many lives and will be sadly missed. He is lovingly remembered by his wife, Dora; children, Rhonda (Len) Charchun, Janelle Davies and John Davies; two grandchildren, Kayla and Christopher; sisters, Helen (Jon) Field, Marian (Bert) Holtner, Loretta (Dave) Graham and Kris Hayhurst; as well as his brother, Bill (Phyllis) Davies. John was predeceased by his parents, Doris and Jim Davies and his sister, Maria. A Celebration of Life in John’s honor will be held at a later date.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

403.340.4040.

GODFREY William Franklin Godfrey, 64, passed away in Red Deer, AB on February 12, 2014.

“Bill” is survived by his loving wife Diane Godfrey and 4 adoring daughters: Nancy Godfrey, Betty-Ann (Calliou), Amanda (husband Brian DeWindt) and Rebecca (husband Darryl Stendie).

Loved by his 8 grandchildren Xan, Ashley, Chase, Emily, Riley, Hannah, Taylor, Lucas.

Predeceased by his son Thomas Godfrey. Bill was a jack of all trades with a passion for life. Bill built his family home in Mirror AB with his own two hands. He always put his family first and did what ever it took to provide for them. He excelled in the face of adversity. Bill will be fondly remembered and loved forever. Also, a special thank you to Unit 33 at Red Deer Memorial Hospital for the caring they showed to Bill during his last days.

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EBY Dorothy Helen (nee Murray) Nov. 8, 1929 - Mar. 18, 2014 Dorothy passed away peacefully at Bethany Collegeside at the age of 84.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 22 at 1:30 pm at Deerpark Alliance Church (2960 39th St.) She was born and schooled in Leross, SK. She married William Eby in 1947 and they lived 12 years at Guernsey, SK before moving to Red Deer in 1959 to be closer to her parents and the city life she always aspired to. Dorothy was always involved in athletics, church, helping neighbours, family and friends.

In 2008 she moved to Redwood Retirement Residence where she met and then married Stuart Brown in 2010. She is survived by her much loved husband Stuart Brown, her children: Diane (Arnold) Paulsen, Ron, Heather (Clayton) Ostapowich and her daughter-in-law Nancy Eby; her grandchildren: Glen Paulsen (Annie Bron), Lynn (Justin) Hubert, Julie (Colin) Viens, Michelle (Brad) Prather, Chad (Kristi) Eby, Morgan Ostapowich and Raegan Ostapowich; great-grandchildren: Selah, Anya and Dylan Paulsen (and their mother Angel), Sarah, Janai, Elijah and Amayah Hubert, Mckenna, Grayson, Kya and Suraya Prather, Karsten and Mattea Eby; her sisters and brothers: Mary Patterson, Elizabeth Walker, Gordon (Elsie) Murray, Agnes Snider, Phyllis (Dan) Lawrence, Doug (Janet) Murray, sisters-in-law Yolanda Murray, Margaret Murray, Helen Murray, and Barb Murray; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and step-relatives. She was pre-deceased by her husband of 52 years William Eby (2000), her parents Robert and Agnes Murray, and her brothers Robert Murray, William Murray and John (Jock) Murray, and brothersin-law Clyde Patterson, John Walker and Orval Snider, and her great-granddaughter Keziah Hubert. The family would like to thank the staff of Redwood Retirement Residence, Inglewood and Aspen Ridge by Symphony for the help and care given to Dorothy that enabled her to stay as long as possible with her husband. We would also like to thank the staff of Bethany Collegeside for the tender care they provided in her final three weeks. If you wish, donations in Dorothy’s memory can be made to World Vision.

ROPSFELT Aili Margit 1919 - Mar. 12, 2014 Aili was born on August 2, 1919, at home, in Turku Abo Finland to Johan Fredrik and Anna Josefina Stenlund.

Mom lost her mother shortly after birth. Her life took twists and turns with World War 11 setting her destiny. In winter of 1951 a letter arrived with enough money for a one way boat fare to Halifax and then by train to Red Deer. Mom arrived in July 1952. She was met by Arttu Stenlund, her step brother, who had sponsored her trip. Mom found employment at the Eckville Hospital. Her love of dance took her to local social events and it was there Aili met Oliver Ropsfelt. Oliver and Aili married on March 19, 1954. They took over the family farm, raised 3 daughters, happily managed cattle and crops, and retired to travel and fish. Mom loved her life on the farm. It lent to her passion animals, and animals of all kind were found on the farm, carefully tended to by Mom. Mom worked tirelessly, not one to complain, always caring. She did not share stories of hardship. We do not know much about her life in Finland. We call her our “Mystery Mom”. We are grateful for her love and care.

Despite the onset of dementia, a loss of hearing, and a short struggle with cancer, Mom never gave up her tender and loving ways. Her pats on the cheek, her clapping hands showing joy, and her kind words “ I like you”. She liked a lot of people. Aili was predeceased by her step brothers Johan Oskar Stenlund, Authur Anto Stenlund (Arttu), Johan Einar Stenlund, Hugo Alfred Saarinen, Gunnar Aleksander Saarinen, Vilho Mauriz Saarinen, brothers Paavo Nikolai Stenlund, Aarno Jaako Edvin Kateisto, sisters Jenny Maria Stenlund, Anni Elise Stenlund and Aili’s husband, John Oliver Ropsfelt in Oct 1989. She is survived by her daughters, Brenda (Dick Fleetham), Ann (Fred Declerck) and Marlene (Mario Venagas), Tomas and Dion Declerck, her grandchildren Mackenzie and John Fleetham, Aaron, Aili, and Ayla Declerck, and her 3 great grandchildren Stenlund, Maximilliano, and Iker Fleetham. A tribute and honouring of Aili’s life will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 4916-50Ave, Sylvan Lake, at 2:00 pm, on March 22, 2014. Anna-Liisa Raatikainen will be giving words of kindness and song.

A private graveside service will be held at Kuusamo Cemetery, with David Drews officiating. In lieu of flowers, we ask that you please consider a donation to Medicine River Wildlife Center Box 115 Spruceview, Ab T0M 1V0. Funeral arrangements are entrusted with Rocky and Sylvan Lake Funeral Homes and Crematorium, your Goldern Rule Funeral Homes.

HARTSTOK Gloria 1949 - 2014 Mrs. Gloria Joan Hartstok (nee Klippert), beloved wife of Mr. Ed Hartstok of Red Deer, Alberta, entered into Rest at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, Red Deer on Saturday, March 15, 2014 at the age of 64 years. Gloria’s family was her entire life! She loved each of them with all her heart and soul, regardless of illness or distance. Her love was greater than anything else and she cherished each child, parent, cousin and friend above all else. Gloria leaves to mourn her loss, her husband, soul mate and best friend, Ed Hartstok of Red Deer, her loving sons, Kevin and Matthew Mundell, grandchildren, Brook, Shelby, Matthew and Kaitlynn Mundell, her mother, Eva Klippert and her older sister, Gladys (Mel Woitte).

She is also survived by Ed’s children, Deanna Harasinski (Sheldon), Denise Lapointe (Paul), Brad Hartstok and granddaughter, Sierra Harasinski, as well as many countless other loving family and dear friends. Gloria was predeceased by her loving son, Mark Mundell in 2012 and her father, Adam Klippert in 1975. A Funeral Service will be held at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 18 Selkirk Blvd., Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. with The Reverend Don Hennig and The Reverend Peter Van Katwyk officiating.

A Private Family Interment will be held at the Alto Reste Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta.

If desired, Memorial Donations in Gloria’s honor may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society at www.cancer.ca. The Family would like to express their sincere thanks to the Doctors and Nurses at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, Cancer Unit and Unit 23, Palliative Care for their kindness and compassion, as well as all her friends who took the time to show their love and care during her illness. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gordon R. Mathers, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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wegot Happy 90th Birthday to MARVEN BISHOP March 20, 2014 A handsome devil and the best Dad and Grandpa in the whole world!

You’ve come a long way baby and you’re not getting older, you’re just getting better on the tennis court!

Much love from Billy, Bambi, Justin, Cody, Jill, Ken, Sarah, Scott and Mark

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Dental

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PERIOPARTNERS Dr. Patrick Pierce/ Dr. Janel Yu Require

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with at least 3 yrs. of practice and ClearDent experience who is extremely well organized, energetic & self motivated.

4 days/wk. No evenings or weekends. Send resume ASAP to reddeer@periopartners.com or bring by in person, we would love to meet you.

4619 48 Ave, Red Deer.

RDH, P/T 2-3 days/wk in a brand new dental office in Penhold. Please send resume to centralabdentist @gmail.com

Farm Work

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F/T FEED TRUCK OPERATOR for large expanding feed lot in Sundre.

Fax resume to 403-638-3908 or call 403-556-9588 or email: feedlot@hotmail.ca VFA Pork, a farrow to finish operation, is looking for a full-time hog farm workers supervisor. Preferably college ed. in swine production.20 Min. west of Lacombe. $15-18/hour, dep. on experience. Email or fax resumes: vfapork@ gmail.com/403-782-4854.

Medical

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BUSY MEDICAL OFFICE requires a PRESCREENING TECH. Computer literacy is a must.

Experience not necessary, job training is provided but qualifications will be considered. Starting wages $14/hr. Please fax resume to 403-342-2024.

Clinic Manager Required for Rocky Medical Clinic Rocky Mtn. House, AB See website for full posting www.rockymedical.com <http://www. rockymedical.com> Email resumes to rockymed@telusplanet.net

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Hiring full time Operation Coordinator/Field Supervisor for local oilfield testing company Must be local (Red Deer area) Must have testing experience Competitive salary Health benefits offered Send resume to ken@darkstarproduction. com

309-3300 Over 2,000,000 hours St. John Ambulance volunteers provide Canadians with more than 2 million hours of community service each year.

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IPHONE LOST in downtown Royal Bank, if you are the kind lady who picked it up, please phone 403-350-4712 & leave msg for Ken.

Tell Everyone with a Classified Announcement RICHTER Victor Edward The Richter and McFadden families sadly announce the sudden, but peaceful passing of Victor Edward Richter, with both families by his side, on March 14, 2014. Vic was born near Yellowgrass Saskatchewan on October 5, 1929 and spent most of his adult life in Sundre and Red Deer, where he passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital. A special Thank You to Red Deer Emergency Services, RDRH Emergency department and Intensive Care Unit, for their prompt and compassionate care. A celebration of his life will be held at Sunnybrook United Church, 12 Stanton Street, Red Deer, on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 1:30 pm.

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West Park MOVING sale in heated garage. Household items and some furniture. Fri. Mar. 21, 4-8, Sat. 9-4.

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D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, March 20, 2014

LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer 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

Professionals

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Restaurant/ Hotel

Gasoline Alley, 37471 Hwy 2S,

Please drop off your resume at #9 7110-50 Ave or call 403-986-5673

Red Deer County is seeking

Food & Beverage Server ~ $12.25/hr.

To provide Food & Beverage Service, handle cashiering, arrange & setup the outlet. maintain cleanliness & hygiene.

Cook ~ $14.00/hr.

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OIL & GAS OPERATOR

To prepare & cook all food up to standard, clean kitchen & maintain hygiene, follow recipes, assist in receiving & storing To clean kitchen following ACCOUNTANT safety & hygiene standards.

Hart Oilfield Rentals Ltd. Clean utensils, cutlery, currently has an opening in our Rocky Mountain House crockery & glassware items, floors, assist in prep. office for a full-time All positions are permanent accountant.

Full-time/Part-time, shift work & weekends.

Job functions will include, Education: Above Secondary but not be limited to: Work Experience not • Prepare accurate & timely Financial Statements, essential, training provided.

Fax resume to 780-702-5051 daily & monthly.

• Prepare month end close DAD’S PIZZA process & reports.

P/T / F/T COOK • Prepare quarterly reports Apply at East 40th Pub. for owners.

3811 40th Ave. • Prepare working papers & lead sheet for year end.

• Monthly GST & PST filings HOLIDAY INN • Maintain master vehicle EXPRESS spreadsheet.

RED DEER • Maintain insurance 2803-50 Avenue, requirements.

Red Deer • Proficiency with Microsoft is seeking Office.

WAITER / WAITRESS, HOST & BUS PEOPLE Full Time & Part Time Varying shifts. Excellent & wages & benefits.

Call 403-346-5448 Ask for the manager.

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HOLIDAY INN Red Deer South,

CARPENTERS and laborers with exp. in farm buildings. 403-318-6406

Gasoline Alley, 37471 Hwy 2S,

Red Deer County is seeking

FRONT DESK CLERK ~ $14.00/hr.

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Answer phone calls, take reservations.

Check in/out guests.

Balance cash out & attend to guest needs.

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HOUSEKEEPING ROOM ATTENDANT ~ $14.00/hr.

Decoking Services Company looking for experienced pigging operators / foremen for work in refineries cleaning fired heaters. Northern Alberta rates apply.

Please fax resume to 403 342 7447 attention: human resources

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD.

Requires Clean & Vacuum rooms, public areas, pool, etc.

SLOPED ROOFERS • Replenish amenities, LABOURERS linens & towels. & FLAT ROOFERS • Adhere to Holiday Inn safety standards Valid Driver’s Licence All positions are permanent preferred. Fax or email Full-time/Part-time, shift info@goodmenroofing.ca work & weekends. or (403)341-6722 Education: Above Secondary NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! Work Experience not essential, training provided.

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Motor coach company looking for 4th year or journeyman. Experience with motor coaches preferred. Send resume to frontbus@platinum.ca or fax 403.-347-4999

Road Train Oilfield Transport Ltd

is looking for JOURNEYMAN HD MECHANIC or REG’D APPRENTICE. Ability to complete CVIP inspections is considered an asset. Top wages/ benefits. Safety tickets req’d. Fax or drop off resume 403-346-6128 No phone calls. roadtrain.com

SAFETY PERSON REQUIRED

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION Requires Full Time

Foremen, Carpenters Apprentices & Laborers Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

STAIR MANUFACTURER Req’s F/T workers to build stairs in Red Deer shop.

MUST HAVE basic carpentry skills. Salary based on skill level. Benefits avail. Apply in person at 100, 7491 Edgar Industrial Bend. email: earl707@telus.net. and/or fax 403-347-7913

Truckers/ Drivers

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BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841 EXP’D CLASS 1 end dump driver for local haul. Please fax resume with driver’s abstract 403-342-6881 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

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SPRING START •

PROFESSIONAL Truck Driver Position Available

Community Support Worker Program

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer

• Women in the Trades Program www.ads-pipe.com (Reliable vehicle needed.)

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., the world’s • Math and Science for the Trades Program largest and most innovative manufacturer of HDPE MORRISROE • GED Preparation drainage products is AREA expanding and are Gov’t of Alberta Funding currently accepting may be available. applications for a certified Class 1 Driver, with a Call Prodie: 403-340-1930 minimum of two (2) years 403-314-4301 B-train trailer experience. www.academicexpress.ca ADS Drivers are required for more info to safely operate company ADULT CARRIERS equipment and provide a NEEDED high level of customer service, delivering our For morning delivery products within central of the Alberta. ADS Drivers are ADVOCATE required to be drug free Delivery by 6:30 a.m. and maintain legal transportation paperwork and 6 days/week in: driving practices. This EXPERIENCED auto glass position requires a valid installer wanted immediClass 1 License, with ately. Wage dependent on KENTWOOD previous off road forklift exp. Good communication experience a definite and phone skills. 8-5 Mon. & asset. We offer quarterly - Fri. Drop resume off at cash safety bonuses as 4801-78 St. No phone calls.

GLENDALE well as a comprehensive medical plan.

DISPATCHER REQ’D. Benefits include: Knowledge of Red Deer Company provided Group and area is essential.

Call Joanne Canadian Benefits Verbal and written 403-314-4308 Voluntary dental communication skills are for more info Life insurance req’d. Send resume by fax Short-term and long-term to 403-346-0295 disability Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) and Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) Paid Vacation Safety Bonus All applicants are subject FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS to a pre-employment physical and MVR check.

ROUTES IN: Interested Applicants may submit a resume, along ANDERS AREA with a current drivers abstract to: Allan St. / Ardell Close Advanced Drainage Systems Canada Inc. Andrews Close 4316 Gerdts Ave. Blindman Ind. Park Aikman Close Red Deer County, AB. T4S-2A8 Fax: Arb Close / Asmundsen Ave. (403) 346-5806 E-mail ken.mccutcheon@ ads-pipe.com INGLEWOOD AREA Position closing date: March 28, 2014 Inglis Cres.

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ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK in CLEARVIEW and CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREAS

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Crossley St., Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., Connaught Cres. & Cody Pl. $190/mo.

2 Blocks of Cosgrove Cres. $80/mo.

ALSO Cunningham Cres. $50/mo.

DEER PARK AREA 104 to 194 Blocks of Douglas St. $58/mo.

ALSO Dietz Close, Durie Close and 1 block of Davison Dr. $51/mo.

2804 GAETZ AVE., RED DEER

Trades

850

EASTVIEW

wegot

Erickson Dr., Eldrige Cr., Everitt Cr., Elkin Cl., $187/mo.

ALSO 37 Ave. from 39 St. to 44 St. and Exeter Cr. and 38A Ave. Area $111/mo.

services CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

GRANDVIEW AREA

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

41 Ave. from Ross St. to 44 St. + 4000 Block of 47 St. &44 Block of 40A Ave. $63/mo.

ALSO

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Contractors

1100

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Escorts

1165

TAHNEE 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Handyman Services

1200

ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, and roof snow removal?

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE International ladies

Now Open TRINITY PROPERTY Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

MANAGEMENT Private back entry. 403-341-4445 Complete Building Services Heating - Plumbing Mechanical - Electrical 403-986-5685

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

40A, 41 & 42 Ave. between 39 St. & 44 St. $120/mo.

ALSO 43 Ave. Area between 39 St. and 43 St. $61/mo

1280

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 Come in and see why we are the talk of the town. www.viimassage.biz

Misc.

Services

MICHENER AREA West of 40Ave. between Ross St. and 52 Ave. $264/mo ROSEDALE AREA

1290

Rowell Cl. & Ritson Cl. $87/mo.

ALSO West half of Robinson Cres, Rich Cl., & Ryan Cl. Area. $84/mo.

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666

Seniors’ Services

1372

TIMBERSTONE AREA

HELP FOR SENIORS:

in home or facility family business est. 1999 bondable staff, great rates, gift certificates avail.

403-346-7777 helpinghandshomesupport.com

378338C20-25

Accounting

Massage Therapy

880

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Misc.

Help

RV TECHNICIANS RV SERVICE WRITERS RV PARTS PERSONNEL Fax resumes to 403-309-3860 Email: rvparts@southsidereddeer.com or drop off in person, attention Matt Peterson

880

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is now accepting resumes for

377268C14-27

Please Forward All Resumes to jobs@wiseisi.com or by fax to 403-340-1046

Misc.

Help

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

For more information see

www.wiseisi.com

860

ACADEMIC Express

SOUTHSIDE RV PARTS & SERVICE DEPARTMENT

Wise Intervention Services Inc. is now hiring for the following positions: • Coil Tubing Supervisors • Coil Tubing Operators • Boom Truck Operators • Nitrogen Pump Operators • Fluid Pump Operators • Field Mechanics Competitive Wages and Benefits. Extended rotations available (22/13). Priority given to applicants with relevant experience, Class 1 Drivers License and Valid Oilfield Tickets Wise is a leading oilfield services provider that is committed to Quality and Safety excellence. By empowering positive attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values, our employees care for the success of one another.

Truckers/ Drivers

MECHANIC REQUIRED

880

Misc.

Help

NOW HIRING

850

830

FRONT DESK CLERK SYNIK CLOTHING - Retail Clothing P/T, 20-30 hrs./wk ~ $14.00/hr.

NexSource Power Inc. Sylvan Lake, AB, CANADA

Trades

Red Deer Oilfield Construction Company EXPERIENCE with Sales & ISN, COMPLY WORKS, Distributors C.O.R. Only people with experience apply.

SOAP Stories is seeking 5 Send resume either by retail sales reps. Selling email or fax: 403-340-3471 soap & bath products. info@dynamicprojects.ca $12.10 hr + bonus & commission. Ft No exp. req`d.

Celebrate your life Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. with a Classified Red Deer. email resume to ANNOUNCEMENT premierjobrd@gmail.com

• Answer phone calls, Gasoline Alley apply within. take reservations.

WIRELESS WORLD • Check in/out guests. requires 2 Retail Sales • Balance cash out & Associates for Bower attend to guest needs Place Mall, 149A 4900 HOUSEKEEPING Molly Banister Drive., ROOM ATTENDANT Red Deer, AB; FT, perm to start ASAP; Will train, ~14.00/hr. provide direct mobile • Clean & vacuum rooms, phone sales and customer public areas, pool etc. support services at • Replenish amenities, location & other duties; linens & towels.

• Adhere to Holiday Inn $12.00/hr. Email Resume: retailjobs@ safety standards. mywirelessworld.ca All positions are permanent Full-time/Part-time, shift Buying or Selling work & weekends. your home?

Education: Above Secondary Trades Check out Homes for Sale Work Experience not in Classifieds essential, training provided.

Fax resume to 780-702-5051 BRICAR CONTRACTING now hiring Heavy EquipTired of Standing? ment Operators, Skid Steer Operators and Find something to sit on Laborers. Send resumes in Classifieds to: office@bricar.ca or fax 403-347-6296

We are currently looking for an experienced person to coordinate material purchases for a busy oilfield SERVICE RIG Electrical Instrumentation Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd Company. Must have is seeking exp’d experience with electrical FLOORHANDS & and instrumentation parts DERRICK HANDS and fittings. Must have Locally based, home every strong computer skills and night! Qualified applicants good knowledge of MS Excel. must have all necessary General Duties/ valid tickets for the position Responsibilities: being applied for. * Sourcing and purchasing Bearspaw offers a materials very competitive salary * Creating purchase orders. and benefits package * Sending purchase orders along with a steady to vendors. work schedule. * Maintaining adequate Please submit resumes: document controls.

Attn: Human Resources * Shipping and Receiving Email: * Inventory control hr@bearspawpet.com Please submit your Fax: (403) 258-3197 or resume and salary Mail to: Suite 5309, expectations to jobs@ 333-96 Ave. NE nexsourcepower.com or Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 FAX 403-887-4945

Oilfield

RAMADA INN & SUITES req’s. ROOM ATTENDANTS Exp. pref’d, but not necessary.

F/T wk days & weekends.

Approx. 35 hrs/wk. Bonus program. Rate: $13.50/hr.

Applicants may apply in person at 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 or email: info@ramadareddeer.com

Kitchen Helper ~ $11.00/hr.

Bearspaw currently has a position in our Stettler field operations for an intermediate oil and gas operator. Applicants must have experience as a heavy duty mechanic or journeyman instrument mechanic and possess strong mechanical skills, be quick learners, motivated and hard working and live or be willing to relocate within a 20 minute commute to workplace location. This Job Requirements: position offers a challenging Post-Secondary Diploma work environment, attractive benefits with competitive in Accounting or Finance, pay and significant room minimum 5 years or more experience in a similar role. for promotion.

Must be well versed in Please submit resumes accounting processes, have the ability to multitask Attn: Human Resources & is a solid team player. email:kwolokoff@ Must be flexible in job duties. bearspawpet.com Comprehensive health & Fax 403-252-9719 dental benefits offered.

Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 Forward resumes to Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 (403) 845-7998, or by e-mail to: humanresources@hartoil.com

PRODUCTION TESTING EXPERIENCED SUPERVISORS and TESTERS Day & Night Must have tickets.

Top paid wages.

Based out of Devon, AB. Email resume to: kathy@dragonsbreathpt.ca

820

JOSE JOSE LATIN BOULEVARD IS HIRING!!

Restaurant & Lounge RESTAURANT COOKS HELPER

ACCOUNTANT Established CGA firm in Stettler requires an accountant for personal tax preparation. Temporary position, may lead to permanent employment.

Email resume to TandP_cga@telus.net Attn: Rebecca

NOW HIRING

Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com

Restaurant/ Hotel

377687C17

800

Oilfield

Timberstone Way $302/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, March 20, 2014 D3

COUCH with floral pattern.

Custom made.

Excellent condition. $190 obo.

Phone 403-346-2426.

AFTERNOON newspaper carriers needed in the following areas:

ENTERTAINMENT CENTER with 32” TV. Exc. condition. $50 obo. Phone 403-346-2426.

SAFETY PERSON

BOWER

WEST PARK

Busy road construction company looking for safety person. Work is throughout the province. Experience is an asset but willing to train the right person. Must have a valid Class 5 driver’s license. Fax resume 403-309-0489

WESTLAKE

Employment Training

MOUNTVIEW

For more information phone Loren at 403-314-4316

900

SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

We are a growing water purification company proudly serving families across central AB. Average starting base pay of approx. $18/hr. with room for rapid advancement. In house training is provided to qualified applicants.

Applicants should be motivated, reliable, professional, and possess a thirst for knowledge. Call to schedule an interview between 10 am and 7 pm.

403-356-0330 Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

(across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1520

VINTAGE Retro ANTIQUE SALE Sat. Mar. 22 10-3 @ Clearview Hall, 93 Cornett Dr.

Bicycles

1540

NORCO mens 12 spd. bike, good cond., $35 403-356-9019

LABOUR

Busy road construction company looking for Labours. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have a Class 5 license. Fax resume to 403-309-0489

Looking for reliable newspaper carrier for 1 day per week delivery of the Central Alberta Life in the town of INNISFAIL Packages come ready for delivery.

No collecting.

Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316

MORNING newspaper carriers needed in the following areas: SOUTH HILL For more information phone Loren at 403-314-4316

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Resident Apartment Manager - Red Deer 27 units, quiet, adult, no smoking, no pets Collect rent, clean, building maintenance, Sidewalks and grass.

Renovation skills a plus Criminal record check.

Send resumes with experience, expectations and references to: resumes@ wunschdevelopments.ca or fax: 780-452-8284

ROOFING LABOURER REQ’D. 403-314-9516 please leave a message. or 403-350-1520

Misc.

Help

Children's Items

LOVESEAT pull out bed 61”w, taupe/pin stripe, very good cond. $60; cloth high back office chair on wheels, adjustable, very good cond. $30; large bevelled mirror set in maple frame w/black design $40 403-347-5846

1580

SHEET set, afghan, cushions $20 403-314-9603 SOLID OAK DINING TABLE. Seats 6 and includes 2 leaves to extend table to seat 10. Comes with 4 chairs. Excellent condition. $145 obo.

Phone 403-346-2426 SQUARE, OPAQUE GLASS TOP TABLE AND 2 CHAIRS. Excellent condition. $60 obo.

Phone 403-346-2426

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

BABY SEAT, Brightstars with music & vibration. $10. 403-356-9019

27” COLOUR TV w/stand. $100.

25” IN CABINET COLOUR TV, $50.

LEAPSTER L-MAX w/tv cables, game, good cond. 8” TRAVEL COLOUR TV, $30. $35 403-314-9603 403-341-4632

Clothing

1590

LADIES clothing, large variety, size 8-10, box full $20 403-314-9603

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

TOSHIBA 50” rear projection TV, $99; Glass front media stand, $30.

403-346-9169

Misc. for Sale

1760

2 WOOL ACCENT MATCHING 5X7 CARPETS & 1 matching oval. Clean, will sell separately. $45.

DAVID WINTER COLLECTORS HOUSES Tools in original boxes. $20/ea.

CANNON K920 Copier CRAFTSMAN 3 hp 10” machine w/metal stand. blade mitre saw $79; rollExc. cond. $75. ing tool bag, HD wheels, 403-352-8811 telescoping handles 3 SAW horses 36”L x 27”H $35 403-342-7460 $8/ea, 6 shelf boards 5/8” WORKMATE Work Bench. thick x 16” W $40, box of $40 obo. Phone garden chemicals and 403-346-2426. powder $3, galvanized garbage can w/lid $12, hose reel cart, portable $40, aluminum scoop Firewood shovel $10, claw bars 17”L $5, 30”L $9, ice scraper $8, ice pick custom made LOGS for ice fishing Semi loads of pine, spruce, $47 403-314-2026 tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

BREAD Maker, $25 Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 DIE cast models, cars, truck, and motorcycles, Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner fairies, dragons and biker BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east end of Cash Casino

1640

1660

Household Appliances

1710

CHEST Freezer, Kenmore, 5 c.f. $50 403-346-9169 TOASTER oven very good cond. $20; electric oil heater $20 403-348-1905 403-348-8111 WORKING WHITE GE STOVE w/black glass front. $200 obo. 403-782-3398

Household Furnishings

RE-CURVE BOW, 62” with 6 arrows & storage case. & COMPOUND BOW with 6 arrows & storage case.

New archery book & lots of accessories, $199 for all.

New condition.

403-986-1720

Collectors' Items

1870

ALL COLLECTORS DREAM 1 great wagon wheel coffee table. Approx. 100 yrs old from grandpas hay wagon!

With it’s original metal rim.

43” in diameter w/ 1/2” clear thick glass top. 22” high on metal legs. $200.

403-347-7405

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

1720

CARD TABLE & four chairs. One small tear in table top but otherwise in excellent condition and very sturdy. $20 obo.

Phone 403-346-2426.

China Cabinet. $40 obo.

Phone 403-346-2426.

CINA Cabinet, solid wood, buffet $99; and glass front hutch. $99. 403-346-9169

KENMORE BUILT IN VACUUM UNIT including hose, $125.

403-350-9029 or 403-343-7389 KENMORE White microwave oven 800W, $30.

KENMORE model 30 dehumidifier, exc. cond., $75.

POTTERY SOUP SET with urn & label. 4 bowls, casserole dish & salad bowl w/4 plates, like new, $95. 403-352-8811 KEURIG ONE CUP COFFEE MAKER, never used, $75.

3 RAIN BARRELS & Pedestals, $75/ea.

403-341-4632 OAKLEY Sunglasses model D Whisker Silver /00BLK IRID, polar, never used, $95.

403-352-8811 PRECISION water distiller and reservoir, PWS 8MST seldom used, new $799, your price $150 403-755-2760

COMPUTER Desk with lots of storage space. $30 SET OF smoked glass obo. Phone 403-346-2426. pots and lids, all sizes $25; assortment of queen COMPUTER desk, large sheets sets, mattress covwith 1 drawer, 1 cupboard, er $30, elec. roasting pan lots of shelving. $150. obo $20; antique bean crock 403-598-0540 pot $25 403-348-6449

3050

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $975/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. Apr. 1 403-304-5337

3060

Suites

1 BDRM apt. to over 40 aged non partying tenant, no pets, private parking, laundry on site, security cameras, at Riverside Meadows, 5910-55 Ave. Rent/D.D. $750.00.

Ph:403-341-4627.

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Tractors

2030

JOHN DEERE 9400 Tractor with or w/o 16’ 6 way blade. 403-502-1091

Livestock

2100

FLATLAND RANCH has on offer yearling and 2 year old Gelbvieh Bulls.

We have been selling reputable bulls for 15 years Chuck 403-854-6270

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

THE NORDIC

110 ACRES for rent at Haynes 403-885-4528

3200

Misc.

For Rent

homes CLASSIFICATIONS

Houses/ Duplexes

4000-4190

3020

Realtors & Services

4010

FOR ALL YOUR OFFICE NEEDS call Glenn Moore Associate 403-346-6655 www.reddeercommercial.com

4 BDRM., 3 bath, 1800 sq.ft. fully furn. house. $2000/mo. 403-302-0488

Condos/ Townhouses

HALMAN Heights

KITSON CLOSE

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 $1395 SD $1000. n/s Avail. Immed. or Apr. 1st.

403-304-7576 / 347-7545

KYTE/Kelloway Cres.

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

4020

WESTPARK

3 bdrm. bi-level, lrg. balcony, no pets, n/s, rent $1195 SD $1000.

Avail. April 1st.

403-304-7576, 347-7545

880

2003 DODGE 3/4 ton HD, stnd, 4/4, Hemi, reg. cab L/B, 149,000 kms, dk. red, 1 owner $4000 403-886-2815

Take the Money!

RED DEER 403-754-5104 4971 Phelan St.

Antique &

5020 5030

Cars

2000 Chrysler Neon, 2L, 4 dr., 5 spd. Clean. 403-318-3040

MUST SELL

1217 sq.ft. duplex.

4 bdrm., $184,900.

403-588-2222

MUST SELL

New Home. 1335 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage.

403-588-2550

Townhouses

4040

EXCLUSIVE LUXURY RIVERFRONT CONDOS FOR SALE in Downtown Red Deer.

Call Renee at 403-314-1687 for Inquiries.

Farms/ Land

2007 SPORTSMAN

309-3300 To Place Your Ad In The Red Deer Advocate Now!

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Public Notices

Thank you to those who are interested and apply. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

PUBLIC NOTICES

6010

PUBLIC NOTICE 1999 PONTIAC Sunfire, GT, well maintained. $2000. 403-346-9169 1999 PONTIAC Bonneyville 4 dr., saftied. 403-352-6995

Red Deer Regional Airport Authority Annual Public Meeting Date: May 1, 2014 Time: 4:00 - 6:00 pm Location: Red Deer Lodge Hotel & Conference Centre

1989 LINCOLN Mark II, 2 door, low kms., exc cond $4000. 403-343-0081

Tenders

6020

CALL FOR PROPOSALS Maintenance Service – Sylvan Lake Provincial Park ALBERTA TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

Alberta Parks is prepared to receive sealed proposals for a Maintenance Service Agreement for Sylvan Lake Provincial Park Washrooms, Grounds and Facilities.

An information session will be held on Friday, March 21, 2014 at 2:00 pm at the Alberta Parks Regional Office located at Suite 700, 4909 - 49th Street, Red Deer, AB. It is recommended that interested proponents view the sites prior to the information meeting.

Attendance at the site information meeting is mandatory. Failure to attend will disqualify your proposal.

The Ministry reserves the right to reject any or all subsequent proposals.

For more information on Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation, please go to the following website address http://albertaparks.ca. For specific details regarding this opportunity, contact 403-755-1452 or visit the Alberta Purchasing Connection site at http://vendor.purchasingconnection.ca.

Alberta Parks looks forward to working with you to inspire and build a community of people connected to the natural world.

4070

Welcome Home!

Celebrating the birth of your child?

Share your happy news with family & friends with a special announcement in the Red Deer Advocate Classifieds “Announcement” section.

455 ACRES AGRICULTURAL

land, 12 mi. E. of Ponoka, 1 mi. off pavement, good surface lease revenue.

Inquire with your name and address to: Box 1079, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, Ab T4R 1M9

Commercial Property 377688C15-20

Town of Blackfalds, Box 220, 5018 Waghorn Street, Blackfalds AB, T0M 0J0 fax: 403-885-4610 | email: hr@blackfalds.com website: www.blackfalds.com

CALL:

LX, 3254, 3 slides,thermo windows, fireplace, lots of extras. MINT $27,900. trades cons. 403-598-0682

Looking for some exercise and a little extra cash?

For further information on this position, please contact 403-885-4677 or email hr@blackfalds.com. All interested applicants are to submit a resume no later than Friday, March 21, 2014 to:

★

CUSTOM BUILT

NEW CONDO

The Town of Blackfalds is currently recruiting enumerators to assist in conducting the 2014 Municipal Census to be held in May and June. Enumerators must be at least 18 years of age, have basic computer skills, be available to work 20-30 hours per week during the census (including evenings and weekends), walk in various weather conditions carrying and operating a computer tablet.

d ocate o

5110

If you own a vehicle, get up to $10,000 today! www.thetitlestore.ca

5240

FREE removal of scrap vehicles. Will pay cash for some. 403-304-7585

A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

Fifth Wheels

Keep the Car,

5050

Misc.

Automotive

NEW HOMES

by Mason Martin Homes Kyle, 403-588-2550

1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550

Enumerators Needed 2014 MUNICIPAL CENSUS

Trucks

5200

RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

1722 SQ.FT. 2 storey 3 bdrm., 2.5 bath, over-sized dbl. garage.

Call Glen 403-588-2231

SYLVAN LAKE 3 bdrm. www.laebon.com townhouse, 1 1/2 bath, country kitchen, $1150/mo. Laebon Homes 346-7273 + utils. avail. Apr. 1, 403-341-4664 Condos/ 11/2 blocks west of hospital!

5010

5190

Auto Wreckers

Completed Proposals must be in a clearly marked sealed envelope as per instructions in the proposal package. All proposals must be received prior to 2:00 pm local time on April 3, 2014 at the Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation Regional Office.

Lovely 3 level exec.

3 bdrm. townhouse FREE Weekly list of 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, properties for sale w/details, concrete patio, blinds, prices, address, owner’s front/rear parking, no dogs, phone #, etc. 342-7355 n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer Avail. immed. or Apr. 1st. www.homesreddeer.com 403-304-7576 or 347-7545 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

Automotive Services

SET OF HEAVY DUTY MAGNETIC TRUCKERS ROAD FLARES. $25 403-348-6449

Proposal Packages are available for download by visiting the Alberta Purchasing Connection site at http://vendor.purchasingconnection.ca and referencing #AB-2014-01350.

3030

3 level 3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, no pets, n/s, rent $1395, SD $1000.

Avail. Immed. or Apr. 1 403-304-7576 or 347-7545

5000-5300

5180

4 TOYO tires plain rims, 245 75 R16 $800 403-304-1013

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

wheels CLASSIFICATIONS

Tires, Parts Acces.

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Locally owned and family operated

3170

Land

www.garymoe.com

Pinnacle Estates

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

wegot

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

LOT FOR SALE IN PONOKA 50x170, zoned R4 (Multi-family residential).

Located in Riverside, close to walking trails. $95,000.

403-782-4773 or 302-4679

2 BDRM Adult Apt.

TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale Sylvan area. 403-887-2798

CLASSIFICATIONS

Lots For Sale

Newly renovated bachelor Classic Autos & 2 bedroom suites avail. in central location.

1962 FORD GALAXY, leasing@ rentmidwest.com 40,000 original miles, 1(888) 679-8031 original cond. 403-502-1091 ns, no pets, no parties, $960. 403-350-4133 www.ambassadorapts.ca

5030

VIEW ALL OUR 4160 PRODUCTS at

wegot

AVAIL. Apr. 1. Large 1 bdrm. on 3rd flr w/balcony, new reno’s, 6 appls. $775/mo. $750 DD. Free water & heat. Close to parks/trails, Call Don (780) 554-2870.

Cars

FOR SALE 42,000 sq. ft.

SHOPPING CENTRE in Calgary, Blackstone Commercial, Shane Olin solin@blackstonecommercial .com 403-708-9086

2 BDRM. adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, lrg. suite, Avail now or Apr. 1. $950/mo., S.D. $650.

Call 403-304-5337

DOWNTOWN PARKING STALLS FOR RENT. 4922 47th St. (One block south of Mellenium Centre.) $75/mo. + GST 403-357-0111 or 347-4044

rentals

4110

(Blackfalds) You build or bring your own builder. Terms avail.

403-304-5555

LACOMBE COUNTRY FEED STORE, Come see us at: 4836 45A St. Lacombe, Ab Pet Food, Horse, Poultry ALL THE FEED YOUR ANIMALS NEED! 403-782-3333

wegot

Commercial Property

1 BDRM. apt. at 4616-44 St., quiet tenant over 40 yrs old, non smoking, no pets, heat & water incl, laundry on site, rent/sec. $720/month.

Available April 1, 2014.

Ph: 403-341-4627.

GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000

AGRICULTURAL

QUEEN MATTRESS (Sealy Perfect Sleeper) Like new, used very little. $250 obo.

Call 403-343-7389 or 403-350-9029

wegot

Antiques & Art

KITCHEN TABLE with bench seating for 3 plus 2 chairs. Storage space under bench seats.

Excellent condition. $80 obo.

Phone 403-346-2426

1860

278950A5

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Golden Bears seek redemption MEN’S UNIVERSITY HOCKEY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The University of Alberta Golden Bears have redemption in mind as they head to the CIS men’s hockey championship this week in Saskatoon.

A disappointing finish at last year’s championship left the top-ranked Golden Bears frustrated, and they now have their sights set on Sunday’s gold medal match.

Alberta heads to the tournament as the number one seed, as well as the most decorated team in University Cup history with 13 titles. However the Golden Bears haven’t won a title since 2008 and are anxious to put an end to the drought.

“Our team feels we have some unfinished business from last season,” said Alberta head coach Ian Herbers. “We have worked very hard this season, improving every week in a very competitive Canada West conference, to give ourselves the best possible opportunity to excel at nationals.”

At the other end of the spectrum are the Carleton University Ravens, who are making their first appearance at the University Cup. The Ravens enter the tournament as the sixth seed after earning the wild-card berth with a 7-4 win over Lakehead in the Ontario University Association bronze-medal game.

“We feel that being at nationals is a big step for our program,” said head coach Marty Johnston. “This group has worked hard for this opportunity, but I also think of all the graduated studentathletes, staff and alumni that built the foundation of this program. They have all had a huge impact in getting us to the national stage in year seven of our program.”

Carleton will face the Golden Bears in the opening game

of the tournament, which features two pools of three teams.

Alberta and Carleton will skate in Pool A with McGill (4), while Acadia (2), Windsor (3) and Saskatchewan (5) will battle in Pool B. The top team from each Pool will advance to Sunday’s final.

Statistically the Golden Bears dominated the country this season. During the regular season they led the league in goals (5.21 per-game), fewest goals against (1.93) and had the top ranked power play (31.9 per cent).

The Ravens will counter with plenty of offence of its own, as they are the secondhighest scoring team at the championship averaging 4.54 goals-per-game.

While the Ravens are confident in their offensive abilities, they also believe goaltender Francis Dupuis will be up to the task of handling Alberta’s attack.

“Dupuis will have to be solid and our special teams need to be excellent,” said Johnston.

“Francis won a national championship with Pembroke so he’s been in this scenario before and we believe in him.

“This group has been in some must-win situations this year and year’s previous. We are comfortable and excited about what lies ahead. We are not looking past the first shift of our game against Alberta.”

Acadia is making its return to the CIS championship after a seven-year absence.

The Axemen advanced to the tournament after defeating Saint Mary’s in the Atlantic University Sport final.

The Axemen will look for big things from leading scorers Liam Heelis (24-18-42) and Mike Cazzola (11-31-42) who finished tied for the conference lead in points.

The Windsor Lancers head into the tournament riding high. The Lancers finished

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University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds forward Dion Campbell hoists the University Cup trophy after defeating the Saint Mary’s Huskies at the 2013 CIS University Cup hockey final in Saskatoon on March 17, 2013. The University of Alberta Golden Bears have redemption in mind as they head to the CIS men’s hockey championship this week in Saskatoon. fourth in the OUA West and then went on a 7-1 run in the conference playoffs to advance to the University Cup for just the third time in program history.

The Axemen will face the Lancers in the second game on the opening day of the tournament.

Despite finishing third in the OUA East, McGill had a strong playoff outing due in large part to centre Cedric McNicoll’s 16 points in eight games, and won the OUA East title after defeating the Ravens in the final.

The Redmen won the University Cup in 2012, but missed the tournament last season after a number of players gradu-

ated.

“We are still growing as a team and getting better every day,” said head coach Kelly Nobes. “We have 23 guys in their first or second year with our program and we’ve put ourselves in a situation where we have an opportunity to win another championship.

“Our leadership group has been outstanding and we have evolved into a mature and resilient group, peaking at the right time. We believe in each other. We faced very tough opponents in the OUA playoffs and feel that we’re battlehardened and ready for the next step.”

The Redmen will face the very well rested Huskies. Sas-

katchewan’s season came to an end 23 days ago after losing to UBC in the Canada West quarter-final.

“This is our third straight year at the championship so this team knows what to expect,” said Dave Adolph, the longest serving head coach at the championship with 25 years of CIS experience, including the last 21 with the Huskies.

“We are in a very challenging pool with two conference champions and we will have to be at our very best every shift to be successful.”

The Huskies are looking for a much better performance than last year when they went 0-2 in front of the home crowd.

Stars hoping to shine at Bay Hill Invitational

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. — The four-time Masters champion has an ailing back, and he’s been having it checked out even more regularly the last two weeks.

It has reached the point that he is planning surgery after the Masters to see if he can get more comfortable playing golf.

Tiger Woods?

No, that would be Arnold Palmer.

“The doctors have seen things that they think they might be able to do something about,” Palmer said Wednesday at Bay Hill. “And I’m at this point about a month away from having an operation on my back to help me enjoy the game a little more.”

Palmer can’t speak for Woods, who is unable to defend his title this week in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

A year ago at Bay Hill, all the talk was that Woods was back. He won Bay Hill to return to No. 1 in the world for the first time in more than two years.

Now all the talk is about Woods’ back.

He withdrew with five holes to play in the Honda Classic. His back bothered him the following week at Doral, and then flared up on Sunday as Woods posted a 78, the highest final-round score of his career.

After a week off, the lower back pain was persistent enough that Woods called the 84-year-old tournament host to tell him he couldn’t defend his title in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

“He didn’t tell me how bad his back is. I don’t think he knows how bad his back is,” Palmer said. “I

think he’s listening to the doctors. And he mentioned that they’re saying that he needs to give it a bit of a rest and see if he can work it out. He was very nice.

And I, of course, have great sympathy for the fact that he tried like hell to come here and play. And I appreciate that and the fact that he called.

“I think he wanted to play golf this week,” Palmer said. “I think that he needs to take (time) — whether it’s this week, next week or the following week — to get ready for Augusta. Certainly, if I were in that position, I’d be doing much the same.”

The field at Bay Hill is not as strong as usual, starting with the absence of Woods, the No. 1 player in the world and an eight-time winner of this event.

Match Play champion Jason Day (No. 4 in the world) pulled out with recurring pain in his thumb, and Phil Mickelson (No. 5) is not playing this year.

Not that it would change the dynamics of what already has been a peculiar season.

With 18 tournaments in the books since to the official start of the season in October, Zach Johnson is the only player to win a PGA Tour event while ranked among the top 10 in the world.

Jimmy Walker has won three times. Patrick Reed, who feels like No. 5 but who still is only No. 20, has two victories, including a World Golf Championship.

The Masters is three weeks away. Is it time for the stars to come out?

“Hopefully, this one does,” Masters champion Adam Scott said, pointing to himself with a laugh.

“But as far as unexpected winners, it seems to me that’s happening more and more in golf. There are more and more guys breaking through, putting in a

NFL to discuss expanded playoffs, video replay

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — NFL owners likely will consider expanding the playoffs by two teams, beginning in 2015, when they hold their spring meetings in Orlando next week, but a vote on the subject is uncertain.

A groundswell for raising the number of playoff qualifiers to seven in each conference figures to get plenty of support from the 32 owners. Most notably, Arizona’s Bill Bidwill, who saw his Cardinals go 10-6 and not get in, while Green Bay (8-7-1) qualified by winning the NFC North.

The current format of four division winners and two wild-card teams has existed since 2002, when Houston joined the league as an expansion team, bringing the membership to 32.

“There will be a report on the potential of expanded playoffs,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Wednesday. “We don’t know if there will be any vote at this meeting.”

Also on the agenda will be alterations to extra points, changing who oversees video replay reviews, and further clamping down on the use of racial slurs by players during games.

A change in the playoff structure would be needed if 14 teams qualify, with the top seed in each conference still getting a first-round bye. The next six teams would play in what is now the wild-card round, with the second seed facing No. 7, the third seed taking on No. 6 and the fourth and fifth seeds playing each other.

But the NFL’s influential competition committee is not presenting a proposal to the owners.

One reason the league is looking at more playoff teams is a stalemate in talks with the players union about expanding the regular season from 16 games. Another is the added revenue stream two more post-season games would provide, with those matches up for bidding among the current network partners — Fox, NBC, ESPN and CBS, which just grabbed an eight-week Thursday night package — and potential new broadcasters such as Turner Sports.

Scheduling of the extra wild-card games also would be dicey, although Monday night would seem logical for one of them.

Of course, adding two more playoff teams enhances the chances for teams with .500 or losing records to get in.

Commissioner Roger Goodell has suggested a change to the one-point kick on extra points might be needed because they have become so automatic. New England has proposed moving the line of scrimmage to the 25 for a one-point try, but leaving it at the 2-yard line for a 2-point conversion.

“There are a lot of different views in respect to the extra point,” said Falcons President Rich McKay, cochairman of the competition committee. “There were 1,267 tried and 1,262 made (in 2013), and so there is that thought with the extra point maybe we need to add little more skill, and one of the ways to do it might be the way New England proposed.”

lot of hard work and getting what they deserve. So I think we’ve seen a bit of a shift in the game over the last couple of years — a lot less domination by top players.”

Graeme McDowell, a runner-up to Woods two years at Bay Hill, said he can understand what the No. 1 player is going through with injuries. He also believes that competition might be an even larger obstacle than his health for Woods to break Jack Nicklaus’ record in the majors. Woods is at 14, four short of tying Nicklaus.

“He’s a physical player who creates a lot of speed and a lot of power and his body is starting to struggle a little bit, no doubt about it,” McDowell said. “But I’m sure he’ll fix it. ... But we all talk about how good the fields are nowadays. Taking Tiger’s fitness and physicality out of it, winning major championships is getting harder and harder for everyone — including the best player maybe that’s ever lived in Tiger.

“He’s got more than just his body to be fighting.

There’s a lot of great players in the world now,” McDowell said. “It’s going to be harder for him to achieve Jack’s record. But if anyone can do it, I’m sure he can find a way because we all how good he is.”

Scott already had one chance at Doral to try to get to No. 1 in the world. Even if the Australian were to win this week, he would not go to No. 1, though a combination of winning and the math involved in the world ranking would put him there before the Masters.

For now, there is at least one less star to worry about this week — Woods.

Still savoring The Putt, Paula Creamer recharged for Founders

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — Paula Creamer has had 2 ½ weeks to savour “The Putt” in her Singapore playoff victory. She also got to catch her breath and recharge for the JTBC Founders Cup. “It was nice to have two weeks off after that and just truly enjoy it,” Creamer said Wednesday after completing preparations for the first round Thursday at Desert Ridge’s Wildfire Golf Club.

“You can kind of regroup and then come back out and play. It’s hard to go tournament, tournament, tournament and do well and to win back to back.”

In Singapore, she made a breaking, downhill 75-foot eagle putt on the second extra hole to beat Azahara Munoz in the HSBC Women’s Champions.

“You can’t plan for that,” Creamer said. “That’s just pure genuine, ’Oh, holy smokes, it just went in the hole.”’

The Founders Cup is the fifth event of the season and first in the United States. Creamer is trying to become the third player in four years to complete a Singapore-Phoenix sweep, following Karrie Webb in 2011 and Stacy Lewis last year.

“This golf course fits their games really well, too,” Creamer said. “I think it’s a nice rest, but it’s also these golf courses are a lot like what we play in Asia with the runoffs and that kind of thing. There’s no rough.”

Creamer ended a 79-event victory drought dating to the 2010 U.S. Women’s Open, winning for the 10th time on the LPGA Tour.

“It was a long time coming,” Creamer said. “I think just to hold a trophy, let alone in that style and that fashion.”

Lewis also ended a long streak in Singapore, tying for 40th to stop her top-10 run at 13. She won the Women’s British Open and had four second-place finishes during the streak that came with an asterisk because she withdrew because of illness in Canada after an opening 74.

“I would have traded a couple of wins for a few less top-10s,” Lewis said.

The third-ranked Lewis struggled in Singapore after opening the year with a second-place finish in the Bahamas, a tie for sixth in Australia and a tie for fifth in Thailand.

“It made me go home and kind of focus on a few things and get my golf swing back under control a little bit,” Lewis said.

“It was so good at the Bahamas and it just kind of slid a little bit from there. I don’t know if I got a little complacent with it or what.”

Last year at Wildfire, Lewis closed with an 8-under 64 to beat Ai Miyazato by three strokes and jump from third to first in the world.

“It’s fun to be back and to have those good memories,” Lewis said.

Top-ranked Inbee Park is coming off a victory in China in the Ladies European Tour’s World Ladies Championship. She has been No. 1 for 49 weeks.

“Being on the centre of the stage and being in the spotlight, I think I’ve enjoyed that,” Park said. “At the same time, I think that is the toughest part of it.”

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Carly Larue holds up a small Minion she has made of fimo clay. On Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m., participants in the weekly drop-in MAGnificent Saturdays event at the Red Deer Museum will get the chance to make their own Minions with Larue. The museum hosts a family friendly craft event every Saturday where participants of all ages get a hands-on project to work on in a fun atmosphere.

CALENDAR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

Friday ● Murder Mystery at Cronquist House is a fun night of who done it on March 21, at 6:30 p.m. Participants must pre-register and choose their character. The cost is $40 for a four course meal, cocktail and more. Drop in at Cronquist House, Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., or phone 430-346-0055. ● Bull Skit! events include Calf Skit — The Three Little Pigs — on March 22, 2 p.m. (doors open at 1:30 p.m.), $20 per family at the door which includes free popcorn; Bull Skit Comedy night will be presented on March 21 and 22., doors open at 7 p.m. with the show at 8 p.m., cash bar, adult content; $23 for adults, $18 for seniors aged 65 years plus and students; and on March 23, Kevin McDonald from Kids in the Hall will offer sketchwriting workshop from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and then at 8 p.m. Improv, Stand-up, Sketch, Q and A with Kevin McDonald, (doors open at 7 p.m.), cash bar, adult themes $20 for adults, $16 for seniors aged 65 years plus and students. See againstthewalltheatre.com, contact 403-872-6706, againstthewalltheatre@ gmail.com. ● Drop-in Pre-school Storytime is offered from 10 to 10:45 a.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch in the children’s department. Stories, songs, and crafts for three to five year olds. Phone 403-346-4688. ● Scrabble is offered at Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre on Fridays at 1 p.m. for a cost of $1. Phone 403-343-6074. ● Central Alberta Hepatitis C Support Group meets at Safe Harbour Society on the first and third Friday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m., next on March 21. Phone 403-9862276. This group is affiliated with the Canadian Liver Association. ● Poetry reading by Edmonton poet Sarah Lang will be at Red Deer College Library on March 21 in the North Nook starting at noon. Lang will read from her second book For Tamara, and is also author of The Work of Days released in 2007. Free of charge.

See rdc.ab.ca/library.

Saturday ● Chess Club is offered in the children’s department at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch on March 22 from 2 to 3 p.m.

Children ages eight years and up, from beginners to experienced players are invited. On alternate weekends, chess sets are available to borrow for practice with other chess lovers in the library. Phone 403-346-4688. ● Family Puppet Storytime at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library is for the whole family to enjoy a puppet show, games and crafts. On March 22 the theme will be My Pets, from 1 to 2 p.m. Phone 403-3413822. ● Sylvan Lake Legion events: Randy Hillman on April 18, 8 p.m., $5

cover charge; Trivia Night on March 22; Flea Market/Craft Sale on April 11 and 12 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. All vendors except food vendors welcome. Phone 403-887-2601. ● MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The March 22 session is called Make Miniature Minions with artist Kaleb Romano. All materials supplied.

Families welcome. Phone 403-309-8405.

Free with admission. ● Red Deer College music student showcases and concert series presents That’s Entertainment on March 22 at 7:30 p.m., and March 23 at 2:30 p.m. for a yearend concert to showcase RDC music students on Mainstage, Arts Centre. See http:// www.rdc.ab.ca/showtime ● Red Deer River Watershed Alliance (RDRWA) Exciting Outreach and Fundraising Event on World Water Day — March 22 — at Margaret Parsons Theatre, Red Deer College. Two screenings of the new Ed Burtynsky film Watermark will be shown at 1 and 3:30 p.m. Free of charge, but donations towards a watershed education initiative will be accepted. A silent auction will be held.

Contact info@rdrwa.ca, or call Kelly at 403340-7379. ● Central Alberta Family Expo will showcase family oriented businesses, events, and attractions of March 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and March 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Parkland Pavilion at Westerner Park. This year’s highlight character — Rainbow Dash from My Little Pony — will be featured, as well as local entertainers, magicians, clowns, Thistle Hill Petting Zoo, Big Top activity centre, Safety City quad rides, bouncers, face paining, air guitar contest, and more. See www. centralalertafamilyexpo.com, or phone 403-346-8226. ● Cultural Mosaic will be held on March 22 at Festival Hall in commemoration of International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. and the program will be held from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

Speakers include Eric Rajah, co-founder of A Better World, and Tanya Schur, executive director of Native Friendship Society. Join in this celebration with inspirational TEDx talk presenters, children and adult choirs, Aboriginal drummers, community displays and more.

Ethnic food for sale by cash only. See public. awareness@care2centre.ca ● Senior Citizens Downtown House Karaoke night cancelled for March 22.

Sunday ● Birdhouses with Bob welcomes children ages six to 13 years to build a birdhouse and learn about songbirds on March 23 at 2 p.m. at Kerry Wood Nature Centre. The cost is $7 for Kerry Wood Nature Centre members, or $8 for non-members per child.

Adult must accompany child. Pre-registration

required. Call 403-346-2010.

Monday ● Reel Movie Mondays Spring Series at Carnival Cinemas begins March 24 and features five evenings of a short and a full feature film. See more details at www.reelmoviemondays.ca. Memberships and tickets can be purchased in advance from Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, 403-309-8405. ● Take Off Pounds Sensibly (T.O.P.S.) is a non-profit weight loss support organization which holds regular weekly meetings in Red Deer and Blackfalds. Learn about nutrition, portion control, food planning, exercise and more. Visit a meeting free of charge. For locations and information call Gail at 403-3401859 or toll free at 1-800-932-8677 or see www.tops.org. Meetings are held on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays in the evenings, and on Tuesday mornings. ● Innisfail and District Garden Club meets the fourth Monday of each month, in St. Mark’s Anglican Church Hall. Please use the back door. Meetings feature speakers, tours, films, contests, plant exchanges and more. Call Davina at 403-598-9481. ● Red Deer River Naturalists — Monday Bird Focus meets Monday at noon at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre to depart on excursions in central Alberta. Dates and destinations are: March 24 — Ponoka and Morningside; March 31 — Hwy. 766 south checking for owl nests. Come prepared for a full afternoon of birding. Bring along lunch, snacks, coffee, and dress for the weather. Be prepared to carpool. Call 403-346-3981.

Tuesday ● Powered by Breathing support group offers tips on how to live a better life with a chronic lung disorder, and is hosted by The Lung Association, Alberta and N.W.T. Weekly meetings will be held Tuesdays until the end of April. For information, contact Rena at 403704-3722, rsorensen@ab.lung.ca. ● School’s Out Spring Break Activities at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch will be offered March 25 to 28 from 2 to 4 p.m., in the Snell Auditorium. Take in Greek Geeks with Percy Jackson on March 25 and watch Sea of Monsters movie, sample Greek food, and take in the mythological Olympic challenge. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Murder at the Library will be held on March 26. Participants will work in teams to solve the mystery crime. Battle Lego! will be held March 27 and features Lego themed Minute to Win it challenges, building competitions, movie shorts, and snacks. Minion Madness with Despicable Me 2 will be held on March 28 and features crafts and treats in addition to the movie. All are geared to eight year olds and up, or eight years old with an adult, except Minion Madness which is geared to six year olds and up, or under six with an adult.

At the Dawe Branch, the Spring Break Beach Party will take place on March 29 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and will feature summery snacks, crafts, music and activities. All are free and there is no pre-registration required. ● Bower Place Community Association seniors’ coffee and card parties are held on the last Tuesday of each month at Bower Kin Place from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Join the fun on March 25. Call Marlene at 403-343-0632.

Wednesday ● Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters Party for teens will be held on March 26 from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. in the Waskasoo Kiwanis Meeting Room at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch. Join the library’s own Camp Half-Blood party, and design a sword and shield for a voyage into the Sea of Monsters, and watch the movie. ● Puppet Club at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library will be offered on Wednesday, March 26, 3:30 to 5 p.m. The theme will be Duck, Duck, Goose! Children ages seven years and up are invited to make magnetic, stick, and finger puppets, and take part in interactive puppet shows. Phone 403341-3822. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Shades is on March 26 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m.

Phone 403-342-0035. ● Sit and Be Fit exercise program is held on Wednesdays starting at 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre. A $2 drop-in fee applies.

Phone 403-343-6074. ● Purple Day for Epilepsy is March 26.

Several events are planned. Everyone is invited to dress in purple, and host a purple activity, contest, or fundraising event. The Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre will have lavender bracelets, posters, pencils, and nontoxic temporary “Be Like Jelly” tattoos from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Shades of Purple Silent Auction and purple cupcake sale will be held on March 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Parkland Mall. Proceeds to Epilepsy Association of Calgary — Central Alberta Office, 403-3583358, epilca@telus.net. ● Living Stones Church seniors monthly luncheon will be offered on March 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

The guest speaker will be Russell Thornberry.

The cost is $8 at the door. Call 403-347-7311.

Thursday ● Project Sapsuker: A Window into overlooked hybrid zone in western Alberta with Dr. Jocelyn Hudon, curator of Ornithology, Royal Alberta Museum, will be presented

by Red Deer River Naturalists on March 27, 7 p.m. at Kerry Wood Nature Centre. The yellow-bellied and red-napped sapsuckers are not each other’s closest relatives, yet they hybridize where they meet in western Alberta. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Thursday, March 27, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Silver and Gold Band. Admission is $7. Phone 403-347-6165, 403-986-7170, or 403-246-3896. ● Meet Your Doula event will take place on March 27, 7 to 9 p.m. at Davenport Church. Light refreshments will be served, information will be presented, a question and answer period will be held, and there will be an opportunity to mingle and mix with over 40 Red Deer area doulas. See www.reddeerdoulaassociation.com or www.facebook.com/ RDdoulas. ● Red Deer College music student showcases and concert series presents Mostly Acoustic Recital on March 27 in Studio C, Arts Centre at 1 p.m. See http://www. rdc.ab.ca/showtime

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Pigments of your imagination WEEDS AND KITCHEN SCRAPS BECOME RAINBOW OF NATURAL DYES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Transforming weeds, kitchen scraps and other natural elements into a rainbow of textile dyes is a concept as old as civilization itself, with dye vats dating to as early as 2000 BC. Now, these homemade pigments — some long abandoned in favour of more startling chemical dyes — are being rediscovered in kitchens and studios around the world.

“There’s been a huge rise in interest over the last two or three years,” said Sasha Duerr, author of The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes, who teaches natural dye techniques and has founded the Permacouture Institute, which promotes sustainable textiles.

“There’s a lot we have to revisit and learn.”

Yoshiko Wada, who has produced films about natural dyes and led dye tours to France said much of the appeal is that “the process slows us down and reconnects us to the environment.”

At a time when focus is returning to locally produced goods, these sustainable natural colours reflect their surroundings. The soft welcoming blues of painted shutters in the south of France are from indigo. The golden yellows of Provence are of ochre.

And from the American desert Southwest, those dazzling reds and fuchsias are made from cochineal, a parasite that lives on cactus.

“I try to stay open and think of colours when I look around me. I collect lots of different things, like Osage orange, pecans and walnuts, onions and pomegranates,” said Maura Ambrose, who makes handstitched quilts of naturally dyed fabrics in her Folk Fibers studio in Austin, Texas.

Onion skins (yellows), walnut hulls (browns), avocado peels and pits (pale pink), marigolds (yellows), sumac leaves (brown), mushrooms and lichens (with their rainbow of possibilities), cochineal (fuchsias and reds) and madder root (oranges and reds) are traditional favourites. Coffee grounds and old tea bags also are great for shades of tan and brown. Nettle yields greenish tints.

“We always think of nettle as this awful thing that stings and hurts,” said Sonia Uyterhoeven, gardener for public education at the New York Botanical Garden. “But if you chop it up and soak it, you get lovely yellows and greens. Just make sure to harvest it using thick gloves.”

Even succulent plants can be used to make dyes, said Duerr, who recommended aloe for pinks and yellows and jade plants for purples and black. Wild fennel, abundant in northern California, yields fluo-

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This undated photo provided by Sasha Duerr shows a plant palette from flowers, clockwise from top, Dyer’s coreopsis, purple hollyhock, hydrangea, pink and red wild rose and sunflower. The natural dyes were made from five summer garden blooms. rescent yellows “so bright they hurt your eyes” if harvested while in bloom.

“It’s like making tea. You boil the plant and then simmer,” she said. And like cooking, the results depend as much on the chef as on the recipe. “The beauty of it is that you can take something from the back of your closet and give it new life using just the waste from your dinner.”

Any plants containing sufficient tannins can be used to achieve colorfast fabrics without additives, known as mordants. But there are also natural mordants, such as rhubarb, sumac, pomegranate rinds, lemon juice or vinegar, according to Uyterhoeven.

With a mordant, sumac fruit yields red pigment and indigo yields its classic shades of blue. Cream of tartar can be used to brighten colours, and salt to intensify them.(RJ1) (RJ1) “Just about anything you feel comfortable around,

like blackberries or elderberries, should be fine, but there are some plants that should be avoided,” she warned.

Lily of the Valley is toxic and could harm the water supply if you dump it down the drain, she said, and although Native Americans traditionally used bloodroot for natural dyes, “it’s not a large plant, so if you start using it for dye you’re depleting the population.”

The beautiful purple berries on pokeweed plants, although tempting, are poisonous and should also be avoided, Uyterhoeven said.

To be safe, designate a pot specifically for dyeing projects, and use gloves to protect your skin. If you’re dyeing in the kitchen, work in the sink and avoid surfaces used for preparing foods. Although naturaldyeing books from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s are plentiful, experts warn that books from that period often recommend using toxic substances like chrome, copper or even lead as mordants.

“You just don’t want to be inhaling that kind of thing,” said Duerr.

As a rule, leaves should be chopped, the more finely the more colorful the pigment; berries should be mashed with a potato masher; and bark and roots can be shredded or ground.

Wrapping the natural materials in muslin or putting them in some old pantyhose makes projects neater and easier.

If boiling berries, sometimes the longer they are boiled, the lighter the pigment, so for darker shades either add more berries or let the water cool slowly.

But onion skins are the classic home dyeing project for beginners.

“We do onion skins with kids here at the botanic garden. The yellow colour is fantastic,” said Uyterhoeven. “People can go to farmers’ markets or grocery stores and get loads of onion skins, because people usually just throw them out.”

First, peel the papery red or yellow skins from lots of onions, ideally enough to fill your biggest pot.

Aluminum pots make for a brighter colour dye, but any pot will work. Cover the skins with water and bring to a boil. Then simmer for at least an hour.

Next, in a separate pot, soak the natural fabric or yarn you’d like to dye in hot water for at least 15 minutes. Wet fabric absorbs dye much better than dry fabric does. For tie-dyed fabrics, just fold and then wrap rubber bands around the still-dry fabric first.

Strain the onionskins from the big dye pot and discard them, then bring the pigmented water to a boil again, and place your wet fabric or yarn in the pot.

Simmer for at least an hour, stirring as needed to keep the fabric submerged. Let the fabric cool in the dye bath or, better yet, soak for a night or two.

Rinse the fabric in cool running water until the water runs clear. Hang dry, and savour the moment along with the earthy hue.

All dyed fabrics should be washed before being used in any craft.

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast will be celebrated on April 8 in the Prairie Pavilion at Westerner Park. Breakfast begins at 7 am. sharp and the concludes at 8:45 a.m. Doors open at 6:30 a.m. Tickets cost $30 per person, or $225 per table of eight. To order tickets, call 403-396-5206 or email to mayorprayer@gmail.com. Business Leaders Network present this opportunity to support and honour our community, along with Mayor Tara Veer, and Red Deer County Mayor Jim Wood. Special guest speaker will be Mike Love, founder and executive director of Extreme Dream Ministries and internationally known youth conference called YC. ● Red Deer College Theatre Productions presents Ten Lost Years by Jack Winder and Cedric Smith at City Centre Stage, April 16 to 19. Learn about the Great Depression and be inspired those who experienced it. Tickets are available from Black Knight Ticket Centre, www.bkticketcentre.ca, 403-755-6626, or 1-800-661-8793. ● Red Deer College Music Concert Series presents Alberta’s Got Jazz — RDC Big Band and jazz guests — March 28, and A Touch of Class — RDC Chamber Choir with RDC Symphonic Winds — April 3, each at 7:30 p.m. on Mainstage, Arts Centre. Tickets are available from Black Knight Ticket Centre, www.bkticketcentre.ca, 403-755-6626, or 1-800-6618793. ● Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation invites anyone expecting bone and joint surgery to make contact with local volunteers for peer support. The Ortho Connect program helps ease the fear, stress, and anxiety that go along with bone surgery and help patients prepare. Call Lauralee at 1-800461-3639, ext. 4. ● Shalom Counselling has four upcoming workshops starting this spring. Reaching to the Margins is a community building workshop about inclusion of those isolated by mental health challenges, setting healthy boundaries, and preventing compassion fatigue, and it will be held on April 4, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Westpark Nazarene Church for a cost of $30 per person, including lunch and refreshments. Power to Parent with materials by Dr. Phil Neufeld, best-selling author or Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More than Peers, runs Saturdays, April 26 and May 3, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for costs of $85/individual, or $165/couple, including lunch and refreshments. Bringing Baby Home prepares parents for the transition into parenthood, and will be held May 3 and 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Red Deer Regional Hospital, for a cost of $180/couple. Parents are welcome to bring babies over three months old. Downsizing and Moving Forward is a course for baby boomers, seniors, and those helping parents downsize, and will be offered on May 24 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mothers’ Day Certificates available. Cost is $50 per person. For all these programs phone 403-342-0339 to register. ● The Alberta Dahlia and Gladiolus Society Annual Dahlia Tuber and Gladiolus Corm Sale will be featured on April 5 at Bower Place Shopping Centre from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be many local tubers and corms of different flower varieties, colours, and sizes for sale, as well as demonstrations on how to grow these plants. Contact Wayne at 403-347-7482, or wayne46roberts@gmail.com, or see albertadahliaandgladsociety.com ● Death with Dignity: A Conversation — will be discussed on April 3 at 7 p.m. at Sunnybrook United Church. Dr. Victoria Seavilleklein — clinical ethicist, and Dr. Michael Thain will be speaking. To pre-register and find out more, contact Linda at 403-347-6073. ● Ladies Auxiliary Annual St. George’s Tea will be offered at Red Deer Royal Canadian Legion on April 27 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at Legion reception for $5. There will be entertainment, food, and fun. Phone 403-342-0035. ● Charlie Russell — In Person — 50 years of living with the great bears — will be held at Carnival Cinemas on April 5. Doors open at noon, with a slide show at 1 p.m., followed by question and answer period and book signing in the lobby.

Tickets cost $25. Hear author, photographer, bear expert talk about his experiences with grizzly bears. See www. carnivalcinemas.net or www.charlierussellbears.com ● GrammaLink-Africa Fabric Sale, in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmother to Grandmother Campaign will be held on April 12 at Gaetz Memorial United Church. Donations of fabric, one metre or more, wool, yarns, notions and patterns are all accepted for this sale until April 4.

For pick-up of donations or more information, call MaryEllen at 403-340-1365 or Shirley at 403-347-5958.

● Memorial Society of Red Deer and District offers information on funeral options. An annual membership costs $25 and can be transferred to other societies in North America at little or no cost. To purchase a membership, or find out more, phone 403-340-3898 go to www.memorialsocietyrd. ca, or email to info@memorialsocietyrd.ca. ● Red Deer Learning Circle is a program designed to teach life skills to adults with developmental disabilities. For more information call Lexi or Dixie at 403-358-7816. ● Central Alberta Singles dance will be held March 29 at Royal Canadian Legion Innisfail Hall. Music by Randy Hillman. Doors open at 8 p.m. Music starts at 8:30 p.m. Everyone welcome. For information, call Elaine at 403-341-7653 or Murray at 403-357-8022. ● Women’s Outreach Playhouse will be at Parkland Mall until the tickets are sold. Tickets are $5 each. See the playhouse built by second year Red Deer College Carpentry apprentices. Phone 403-347-2480. ● Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories needs bingo volunteers who are 18 years of age and older to work at Red Deer Bingo Centre. The Society urgently needs volunteers for a bingo on March 30 from 10:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. Projects bingo funds support are the Alzheimer Society Seeds of Hope learning series, three support groups, services, outreach, and more. Contact Janice at 403-3420448, or jfogarty@alzheimer.ab.ca. ● Central Alberta Brain Injury Society (CABIS) is seek-

ing volunteer board members who have skills and interest in planning the direction of the group, and other initiatives.

The time commitment is three hours per month, and volunteering for events when available. Contact Jean or Lorraine at 403-350-7260. ● Adam Helps the House benefit concert for Ronald McDonald House will be featured on April 5 at Black Knight Inn. Dinner at 6 p.m. will silent auction and concert to follow.

Tickets from Black Knight Inn Ticket Centre, www.blackknightinn.ca, 403-755 6626, or 1-800-661-8793. ● African Children’s Choir will perform at Kentwood Alliance Church on June 6 at 7 p.m. Phone 403-347-9600. ● Family Services of Central Alberta is seeking board members who have leadership, organizational management, finance, and human resource skills who will commit to a threeyear term. To find out more details and express interest, contact Liz or Sandy at 403-309-8215, fsca@fsca.ca. ● Norwegian Laft Hus offers Norwegian knitting class on April 27 with Anne Manca from 1 to 5 p.m. for a cost of $35.

Make a headband in a traditional Norwegian pattern. Limit of six; register early. Contact norwegianlafthus@gmail.com or 403-347-2055. ● Soulfful Noize in concert at The Hub on Ross will be held on April 4 from 7 to 9 p.m. Enjoy this all abilities band perform everything from Pink Floyd to Moody Blues. Costs are $15 per person, or $30 per family. Phone 403-340-4869.

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