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BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF PENHOLD — Hotel rooms, emergency cash and refunds on rent and damage deposits are among the support

being provided to 30 people whose apartment building was razed in an inferno on Thursday.

Tenants in the 18-suite Wild Rose Manor at the south side of Penhold were forced out of their building just be-

fore suppertime when a fire broke out on a second-floor balcony, totally engulfing the building in a matter of minutes.

Fire Chief Jim Pendergast said on Sunday that investigators are fairly certain that the

fire started with a wood, pellet or charcoal-fired barbecue or smoker on a second floor balcony.

The unit caught fire and embers dropped to the floor below, quickly igniting the siding on the 40-year-old

building.

Any propane tanks that exploded during the fire would have been secondary to the original blaze, said Pendergast.

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Blast, flames heavily damage home TWO FLEE HOUSE JUST BEFORE GAS EXPLOSION AND FIRE, NO ONE INJURED

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Damage is now being assessed at a Red Deer house that exploded and then burst into flames early Saturday morning.

Fire crews were called at 7:12 a.m. by a young adult who had been awakened by the smell of gas inside the family home at 530 Wishart Street, said assistant platoon chief Gary Engebretson.

Two young adults, believed to be the children of the homeowners, had called 911 and then fled the building and were standing outside when the gas ignited.

It blew out three walls, knocking the house off its foundation and setting off a major fire.

Engebretson pointed to

an inlet on the north wall of the house, connected to the gas meter, as the most likely source of the leak.

Garage contents, including an SUV, were not badly damaged, excluding smoke damage and a hole fire crews cut through one of the doors.

“The inside of the house was burned pretty good,” said Engebretson.

The parents were out of town, he said.

Next-door neighbour Sheldon Ross said he was still in bed and sound asleep when the noise and shock abruptly awoke him and his hound, Wally.

“I could see the kids out on the sidewalk. They said everybody got out. All I could see was a little fire from here, I didn’t see too much,” said Ross, adding that the action definitely frightened his dog.

He and other neighbours

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Firefighters finish up their work after responding to a gas leak on Wishart Street that resulted in the explosion of the house early Saturday morning. No one was injured. were asked to leave their homes while firefighters tackled the blaze. Ross said he watched for awhile, and then went for a drive.

He and Wally were back in their house by 11 a.m. and

winding down as other neighbours walked by to view the damage.

Fire Chief Jack McDonald said the building does not appear salvageable because, while the outside walls remain

standing, there is heavy damage inside and it had parted from its foundations at a number of locations.

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High-needs students’ Council life is demanding, members enjoy some perks services face drastic cuts

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

Bringing greetings from the city, attending meetings, handling a $305.4-million budget, sitting on committees, fielding phone calls and answering emails are just a few of the tasks Red Deer city council faces.

Life as an elected official can be demanding — but there are perks to serving a four-year term in public life.

The mayor, who is the chief elected

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officer of the city, the head of council and the ambassador of the city, is considered always on the job.

The eight councillors spend at least 40 hours each week in what is considered a part-time position.

On top of an annual salary, council members receive breaks on entry into city-owned facilities, and lifestyle and health spending accounts.

They also receive extra responsibility pay.

In 2014, full-time Mayor Tara Veer will earn $99,934.

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PROVINCE CHANGES FUNDING FORMULA

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF School jurisdictions in Central Alberta are warning of drastically reduced services for high-needs students if they do not soon receive more provincial funding.

Through a collaboration between the provincial education, health and human services departments, school divisions across the province are grouped together to provide services

for students with complex needs.

In the central region, nine school divisions work together to provide services like speech pathology, physical therapy, and supports for students with visual and audial problems.

The province has changed its funding formula for providing such services, a shift that those in the central region estimate results in them losing approximately $1.1 million in provincial funding.

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HOUSE: Gas leaks rarely lead to explosions

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Investigators from ATCO Gas were expected to be at the site today to pinpoint the leak.

Any number of sources could have set off the gas as it filled the house, including pilot lights or glow plugs in the furnace and water heater, said MacDonald.

While gas leaks can occur, explosions are rare, he said.

Deer Park residents witnessed a dramatic example in January of 1992, when a house exploded while a couple and their teenaged daughter slept inside.

The girl was propelled into the street and her parents were slammed into the ceiling of their bedroom. All three escaped injury, while their neighbour’s homes were scorched from the blaze that followed.

The two people sleeping in the Wishart Street home on Saturday were fortunate to have detected the smell of gas and left the house before it blew up, said MacDonald.

Emergency crews they had called to check the leak were already on their way when the gas ignited, said Engebretson. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate. com

PENHOLD: Some buildings don’t meet current fire codes The structure had originally been built with cedar siding, which was later covered by some other material but remained highly flammable, he said.

Built in the mid-seventies, Wild Rose Manor pre-dated fire codes that were enacted later on to slow down the spread of a fire, including requirements for fire doors, fire walls, sprinklers and fire retardant materials.

There are a number of older apartment and hotel buildings throughout Alberta that do not meet newer codes because they have not been renovated since those standards were revised, said Pendergast.

Firefighters remained on the scene until 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, when they passed control to the building’s owner.

Pendergast said it is extremely fortunate that, although some pets were unable to escape the fire, no humans were killed or injured.

Probably the happiest news arising from the scene is that an expectant mother who went into labour the day after the fire delivered a healthy baby boy on Friday night. The

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The Town’s first priority has been to look after its people, including helping them find new accommodations, Mayor Dennis Cooper said after meeting with former tenants at the evacuation centre, set up in the library at the Penhold Multiplex.

The building’s owner also attended on Sunday, bringing along a cheque book to refund rent and damage deposits to former tenants, said Cooper.

While Canadian Red Cross volunteers organized the evacuation centre, registered evacuees and arranged for their immediate needs, the Salvation Army put up the money to house people in local hotels and the Province of Alberta provided debit cards for emergency cash.

Finding new housing for everyone is going to be a huge task and it’s likely that most will have to leave Penhold, at least for now, said Cooper.

Wild Rose Manor was one of only two apartment buildings in Penhold and the town’s current vacancy rate is at .001 per cent, he said.

New housing is going up at a rate of 100 units a year and there may be some fourplexes, but everything available is already occupied.

Red Cross volunteer Jodi Manz-Henezi of Red Deer said the emergency response worked exceptionally well, with volunteers and donations flowing to the scene almost immediately.

As of Sunday afternoon, almost all tenants had registered with only a couple of people yet to check in.

Donors have provided a large array of goods, including blankets, clothes, toys, toiletries and furniture that are yet to be distributed to the evacuees. Many of those goods will be stored until the displaced tenants have found new homes and can properly assess their needs, said Manz-Henezi.

At this point, therefore, cash donations are most helpful because that money can be targeted more specifically, she said.

The evacuation centre was closed down at 3 p.m. on Sunday, with the Town Office being the collection point for any further donations, said Cooper, who raced home from a conference in Kananaskis Country when he learned there was a fire, phoning people to help out as he drove.

Cooper said he was amazed at the immediate and wellorganized response Penhold received from within and outside the community, including RCMP detachments, neighbouring fire crews, government and non-government agencies, town councillors and individual volunteers.

Like all of the town councillors, he is now battling a cold after spending three sleepless days in and around the emer-

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One of the many Canada Geese that have returned to Bower Ponds over the last couple weeks takes a stroll down one of the paths on Saturday afternoon. Despite the snow that fell earlier that morning, a sure sign that spring is officially here is the geese. gency response centre, set up in the Town Office training room on the second floor of the Multiplex.

BRAVERY Cooper said he was particularly amazed with the bravery displayed by a flight instructor from his aviation business, who is also a volunteer firefighter for the Town of Penhold and a former tenant in the burned-out apartment building.

Mike Torris said he was in his third-floor suite when he thought he smelled garbage burning.

He looked outside, expecting to see a grass fire or something similar. Spotting flames licking up the side of the building, he ran out the door and down the stairs, calling Red Deer fire dispatch on his fire radio.

Once outside and seeing the extent of the fire, he kicked his way back through the security door and ran back into the building shouting to other tenants and kicking open locked doors on the second and top floors to make sure there was no one inside.

He kicked open the door on his own suite in hope of rescuing his cat, but the rooms were already engulfed in flames and the floor beneath him was

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starting to burn.

Torris said he’s not sure how he managed to get back down the stairs and out of the building, but remembers dropping his fire radio as he crawled for safety, looking back at the flames and billowing smoke and realizing that he would not have time to retrieve it.

The radio had done its job, however. Fire trucks were one the way even as the first calls started going to 911 and before the emergency tones were sounded at the fire halls, he said.

Torris said on Sunday that, although he is saddened at losing his pet, he is thankful for being able to help get people out of the people in time.

He added that he has received many offers of a place to stay and other forms of assistance, but feels that other tenants have the same or greater needs.

He asked that donors contact the Town Office, which will ensure that all offers are shared fairly among everyone who was displaced from the building.

RESOURCES Cooper said battling the blaze exhausted the town’s water supply, which comes from two wells that feed two

reservoirs.

Both reservoirs were emptied in the 20-hours it took to get the fire out, he said.

Town residents and businesses are being asked to conserve water as much as possible to give the wells time to recover and refill the reservoirs.

In addition to the depleted wells, the town’s fire department took a beating with large amounts of consumables used up and destruction of some of its equipment, including burned hoses, said Pendergast.

However, fire engines worked flawlessly and the training of each firefighter proved itself with no injuries and no problems with breathing apparatus.

“I am so proud of how professional and dedicated the firefighters were,” said Pendergast.

Some people have also question why the town was put into a state of emergency, said Cooper.

He and his council, working under the advice of an emergency response specialist, felt declaring a state of emergency would give responders the tools necessary to close off streets, enter homes and evacuate areas if needed, he said. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate. com

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COUNCIL: Pay, expenses The eight councillors — Paul Harris, Ken Johnston, Lynne Mulder, Lawrence Lee, Tanya Handley, Frank Wong, Dianne Wyntjes and Buck Buchanan — will take home $54,964 each.

The mayor’s salary is based on population while the councillors make 55 per cent of the mayor’s pay.

Based on the 2013 municipal census, Red Deer’s population is 97,109, making it the third largest Alberta city after Edmonton and Calgary.

Expenses such as office supplies and conference registration are covered — $11,477 for each councillor and $25,000 for the mayor.

The mayor’s office also has an $87,063 budget that covers public relations ($63,320); mayor’s recognition awards ($7,743); scholarship awards ($1,000); hosting major events ($10,000); citizenship ceremony ($2,000); and other ($3,000).

Councillors are compensated with extra responsibility pay for participation on external boards that they have been formally appointed to by council.

The 2013 daily rate for external boards (eight hours or more) is $285, or $35 per hour, and the travel time rate is $35 per hour.

The pay for meetings and travel time is equal to the amount paid by the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association for its board members.

The city pays the difference if the external board does not pay councillors the AUMA board level of pay for meetings and travel time compensation.

The mayor receives a $3,864 vehicle allowance and councillors receive 54 cents per kilometre.

As for cellphones, members receive $63 per month or $125 for using a smartphone, and $52 per month when councillors have their own Internet provider. Each year, council members receive $500 in health spending and another $500 for a lifestyle spending account. Members also receive a 40 per cent discount on entry fees to city-owned and operated recreation facilities and on transit passes.

Council members are eligible for basic group life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage of twice their annual income.

They receive extended medical and dental coverage as provided to City of Red Deer management staff. They also have access to an optional group home and/or auto insurance program. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

FUNDING: Theoretical need Whereas funding has been distributed based on five-year average head counts of high needs students up until now, the new formula incorporates a series of 10 modifiers to calculate allocations.

As Red Deer Catholic Regional School Division board chair Guy Pelletier puts it, the formula change reflects a shift away from providing for “actual need” to funding “theoretical need.” It is the same funding formula that the government implemented to fund its inclusive education programming two years ago.

Under the new formula, things like the number of aboriginal students, refugees, and babies born with

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The central region scores particularly low on those three modifiers, and, to a lesser degree, on: the percentage of families who own their own dwelling; mothers’ average years of education; and the number of children in care.

Alberta Education director of school finance Daimen Tan said the Regional Collaborative Service Delivery (RCSD) model was established to streamline what had previously been covered by three programs. The funding modifiers, he said, have been shown to be reflective of indicators that students would need additional supports.

Approximately 900 students will access supports through the initiative next school year. Without any funding on top of the $4.6 million the central region has already been allocated, administrators say they will be unable to maintain the 40 full-time equivalent staff that are providing services this year.

Regional manager Terry Williamson said the region projects it will need $5.8 million to provide adequate supports in 2014/15.

Across the region, there is significant confusion as to how exactly the new formula works and what the effects will be. At least some of the affected school boards have written to MLAs, asking for a remedy to what they deem a “tragic situation.”

“We’re actively revisiting our planning and at the

same time making inquiries as to why the shortfall occurred and what other opportunities we have to generate the revenue that we need,” said Williamson.

After the inclusive education formula was changed in advance of the 2012/13 school year, central region divisions lobbied the government and were granted a transition allowance that will continue until at least next year. Tan said the central region is not the only one facing a decrease in funding, but there is a chance that some monies could be reallocated if some of the regions that have been granted more funding do not have the capability or capacity to provide additional services.

The $59-million budget for the province’s 17 RCSDs has been used up, said Tan, but there is an additional $2 million available that could be floated out to regions. He said regions will have their chance to make a case for needing greater funding that could also come from other departmental budgets.

“What we need to look at . . . it’s not merely the funding aspect, but it’s ‘What have you changed in service delivery?’ because there was an expectation that what we were after is a more integrated approach to service delivery, not three separate programs again. Because then why would we change the funding model?” said Tan. He said he expects the situation will be resolved by the end of this month. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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Moments after the results showed he’d won by a comfortable margin, former Alberta cabinet minister Ron Liepert took exception to the fact that Anders had received the endorsement of cabinet heavyweight Jason Kenney.

“Quite frankly I think Minister Kenney should mind his own business. He should go into his own riding and try and get re-elected in his own riding and quit monkeying around at other nominations...anywhere in this province,” said Liepert, who made it abundantly clear that he was angry at the interference.

“You’re damn right I am. Why? Because it’s none of his business.”

Liepert, 64, who held the health, energy and finance portfolios as a member of the Alberta legislature before opting not to run in the 2012 election, has never been afraid to speak his mind.

He added that he wasn’t worried about any repercussions for his criticism of Kenney.

“I don’t care. It might and I’m quite prepared to deal with it if it does,” he said.

For his part, Kenny struck a positive tone on Twitter after Liepert’s win.

“Congratulations to Ron Liepert on winning the Conservative nomination in the new riding of Calgary Signal Hill. Look fwd to working together,” Kenny tweeted.

More than 3,200 memberships were sold in Calgary Signal Hill which takes in part of Calgary West, the riding Anders has held since he was first elected in 1997 as a Reform party member.

Party officials said 2,400 votes were cast Saturday.

Anders had accused Liepert’s campaign of signing up Liberals and NDP supporters in an effort to unseat him.

He released the names of known Liberals Liepert recruited.

During the race, Conservative party officials chastised Anders for what they said were misleading phone calls.

His campaign placed calls to party members that might have left the im-

pression they were coming from Liepert’s campaign.

If the target of the call was unsure about who they would support, the caller proceeded to criticize Liepert.

Liepert said the fact the negative campaign failed should serve as a warning to other candidates across the country.

“We’re not into negative politics and I hope this is a good lesson for everyone running going forward that you should run on your record,” he said.

“Talk about what you’ve achieved, what constituents want and stay away from the negative stuff because if there was one thing I heard from residents it was their disgust with the negativity.”

Anders is known for his strong social conservative views and gained attention for his sometimes inflammatory statements, including his opposition to granting honorary citizenship to Nelson Mandela, branding the South African leader a communist and a terrorist.

He once compared the 2008 Beijing Olympics to the 1936 Berlin Games, which were held when Germany was under the control of Adolf Hitler.

In 2012, Anders was dropped from the Commons veterans affairs committee after he lashed out at a veterans support group that had criticized him for falling asleep during a committee meeting.

He later apologized for saying his critics were NDP “hacks.”

“We fought the good fight. I’m very proud to have fought for tax cuts, for standing up for families.

“We’ve taken a lot of great stands on a lot of great issues and it’s been fun,” said Anders.

Anders said his only regret was that the government didn’t cut taxes more.

He said it’s too soon to say whether he might consider seeking a nomination in another riding.

Liepert said constituents made it clear they were unhappy with the job Anders was doing.

“We felt right from day one we had a very motivated electorate that wanted to come out and participate and they did,” he said.

“The feeling in this riding was that it was time that we had an open, democratic nomination. Certainly the riding residents felt that way and they expressed their views. This is democracy.”

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If you’ve always had front street collection, nothing changes for you.

For everyone else, please switch back to back lane pickup starting April 14.

Yard waste collection starts April 14 too.

Your collection day does not change.

Questions?

Go to reddeer.ca for details, or call the Blue Line at 403.340.2583.

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Celebrate, protect Earth April is Earth Month and April 22 is Earth Day. We should really celebrate our small blue planet and all it provides every day, but recent events give us particular cause to reflect on our home and how we’re treating it.

Through an amazingly ordered combination of factors, this spinning ball of earth, air, fire and water — with its hydrological, carbon, nitrogen and rock cyDAVID cles, biological SUZUKI diversity and ideal distance from the sun — provides perfect conditions for human life to flourish.

But with our vast and rapidly increasing numbers, breakneck technological advances, profligate use of resources and lack of concern for where we dump our wastes, we’re upsetting the balance.

We’re a relatively new species, but we’re altering the geological properties of Earth to the extent that many scientists refer to this epoch as the Anthropocene — from the Greek an-

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thropos meaning “human” and kainos meaning “recent.”

When Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on March 8, crews in planes and boats set out to search the Indian Ocean. Debris sightings raised hopes that the crash site was located, but they turned out to be endless streams of garbage that humans have been dumping into the oceans for ages — plastic bottles and bags, fishing gear, household wastes, cigarette butts, detritus from shipping containers, even bits of space shuttle rocket boosters.

We now have massive swirling garbage patches in our oceans, and thousands of birds and fish from remote seas turning up dead, their bellies full of plastic and flotsam.

We’re also upsetting the delicate carbon cycle of the planet and its atmosphere, mostly through wasteful burning of fossil fuels. This, in turn, is shifting other natural processes, including the ways water circulates around the globe and climate and weather are regulated.

For a disturbing illustration of the damage we’ve done and how much more we’ll do unless we change our ways, we need only look to the recent installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report.

Findings show we’re already expe-

riencing the ever-increasing impacts of global warming: ice caps and Arctic sea ice melting and collapsing; more extreme weather-related events like droughts and floods; dying corals; stressed water supplies; rising, increasingly acidic oceans; and fish and other animals migrating with some going extinct.

Unless we act quickly, our food and water supplies, critical infrastructure, security, health, economies and communities will face ever-escalating risks, leading to increased human displacement, migration and violent conflict.

Some argue we must choose between “growing” the economy and protecting the planet. In response, the report states, “Throughout the 21st century, climate-change impacts are projected to slow down economic growth, make poverty reduction more difficult, further erode food security, and prolong existing and create new poverty traps, the latter particularly in urban areas and emerging hotspots of hunger.”

That’s if we do little or nothing – which is not a viable option. We must reduce our individual impacts, but more importantly, we must tell industry and governments at all levels that we’ll no longer support the fouling of our planet and the madness of putting short-term economic growth ahead of

protecting everything that keeps us alive and healthy.

We elect governments to act in our best interests, not to promote polluting industries at the expense of human health and long-term prosperity.

One of our species’ unique abilities is foresight, the capacity to look ahead to avoid dangers and exploit opportunity.

It’s time for our leaders to be visionary and steer away from hazards while taking the enormous opportunities offered by renewable energy sources. As I said in last week’s column, climate change is serious, and “Confronting it will take a radical change in the way we produce and consume energy – another industrial revolution, this time for clean energy, conservation and efficiency.”

Meeting this challenge, through reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to changes we can no longer prevent, will offer myriad side benefits, from better health and lower health-care costs to greater economic opportunities through cleaner and longer-lasting technologies.

There’s no excuse to keep on destroying our home. If we are to observe Earth Day and Earth Month, let’s make it a time to celebrate, not to despair.

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

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Putin will just keep marching An open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird: My grandparents came from the Ukraine and my parents were both born Canadians. My wife’s parents came from Germany, and met and married in Canada. My family is now fifth generation Canadian and on my wife’s side there are four generations of Canadians. I mention this just to show you that we are Canadians and not some kind of an ethnic Canadian.

I have written to you in the past regarding the Ukraine and now I’m writing again. Not only for the Ukraine but also for all the other countries that were under forced domination and control by the former Soviet Union communist system. During this time of occupation by the Russians, the Russians put their elite communist people into those countries to control them. When communism fell apart, those elite group of communists were left behind and really don’t care to be Ukrainians, Latvians, Estonians or any other country the communists controlled. They still want to be Russians.

These people don’t really belong in these countries as they are there without authority or permission to be in them. They should have the option of declaring allegiance to the country they are in or get shipped back to the Russian mainland.

Now Ukraine proper. Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t have a land route to the Crimea and he wants one. His plan, in my opinion, is to stir up enough trouble in eastern Ukraine between the Ukrainian people and the Russian leftovers and to use that dispute to intervene militarily. He will use that dispute excuse to invade eastern Ukraine, where all the Russian communists are stating that he had to do it to restore peace, all the while using that excuse to get more territory for a land route to the Crimea.

Can NATO and the free world not see what is happening or can they see but are too mesmerized or lack the fortitude to do anything about it?

The situation in Ukraine will not improve and Russia will invade. Do we have the fortitude to stop it now or are we going to let it happen?

Canadians don’t want another war and I’m sure that Europe doesn’t want another war but if we keep letting Putin get away with his antics, he will keep advancing, taking us for weak. Are we? Are we going to allow Putin another move, or two or three, before we put a stop to him?

Are we going to allow him to take over Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia and other countries again?

There are a lot of questions and likely no right answers but something has to be done because Putin won’t stop unless we stop him. He was, is and always will be a communist. That’s the mentality you have to deal with.

Tom Skoreyko Red Deer

Dance off support was great I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to some exceptional community people. The Celebrity Dance Off cabinet is composed of a group of extraordinary community-minded people who invested a tremendous amount of time, energy, skills, personal sacrifice and enthusiasm in support of making a difference for children and youth in our community.

The recent Celebrity Dance Off event was an overwhelming success in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Red Deer.

Combine these people with some amazing celebrity dancers, volunteers and the numerous sponsors

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and supporters, this event was truly a community undertaking.

It continues to remind me how fortunate we all are to live in a city with so many people who care and give of themselves to make a difference.

All the combined efforts came together for a single evening of entertainment, fine dining, amazing dancing and sharing of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Red Deer 37 year legacy.

This gala event represented a model partnership of how an agency can work together with a group of community leaders and so many other supporters to not only raise the needed dollars, but to also share the stories and impacts over generations in our community.

Thank you to the 2014 Celebrity Dance Off cabinet for your vision, leadership, support and passion in support of our greatest investment — our children and youth.

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We can improve democracy now Re: Dale Watson’s letter to the editor of April 7, titled, In search of true democracy: I agree we need to reform our system. However, proportional representation is not the answer as elites within the political parties still get to choose our representatives.

We can take action now to improve government responsiveness by simply adopting a new method for selecting senators. We do not require any legislative change, just a prime minister who is willing to adopt this new system.

Senators must be citizens of Canada, at least 30 years of age and maintain residency in the provinces

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Since 1989, Alberta has “elected” three senatorsin-waiting and provided their names to the PM for appointment. By appointing them, the two Conservative PMs established another precedent that a variety of methods can be used for identifying the names on the Senate appointment list.

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Demarchy is similar to our jury system and both evolved from the ancient Athenian system of randomly selecting decision makers.

Senators selected at random would without any doubt provide a chamber of sober second thought on legislation forwarded from the House of Commons for approval. Random selection would create a Senate with approximately 50 per cent women and a percentage of minorities, occupations, levels of wealth and political views that would statistically mirror their percentage share of the population. The current Senate and House are not even remotely close to being demographically representative.

Given that the Senate grows more ineffective with every passing day, a randomly selected Senate could do no worse. I believe it would perform significantly better.

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Military gets OK to share info despite torture risk

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Conservative government has secretly ordered the Canadian military to share information with allies even when there’s a serious risk it could lead to torture.

The Defence Department was making good progress on developing a directive from the minister to put the policy into effect, a newly declassified memo shows.

The memo reveals Defence was slated to be the fifth and final federal agency to apply the Harper government’s instruction to exchange information with a foreign agency when doing so may give rise to a “substantial risk” of torture.

The others are the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the RCMP, the Canada Border Services Agency and Communications Security Establishment Canada, the electronic eavesdropping agency known as CSE. The Canadian Press obtained a copy of the November 2011 memo under the Access to Information Act. National Defence cannot release a copy of the resulting directive on information sharing — nor say when it was completed and issued — because it’s a classified document, said department spokeswoman Tina Crouse.

“We don’t have any comment right now,” she said.

The federal policy has drawn sharp criticism from human rights advocates and opposition MPs, who say it effectively condones torture, contrary to international law and Canada’s United Nations commitments.

The war in Afghanistan is a stark illustration of the fact Canadian military forces can and do develop close relationships with foreign security forces that are unquestionably responsible for torture, said Alex Neve, secretary general for Amnesty Canada.

A policy that leaves the door open for the possibility of collaboration even if torture may result “is particularly troubling,” Neve said in an interview.

The memo says the Defence directive was to flow from a federal framework that “establishes a consistent process of decision making” across departments and agencies when the exchange of national-security related information puts someone at serious risk of being tortured.

The four-page, 2010 framework document, previously released under the access law, says when there is a “substantial risk” that sending information to — or soliciting information from — a foreign agency would result in torture, the matter should be referred to the responsible deputy minister or agency head.

Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian, was detained in New York in September 2002 and deported soon after by U.S. authorities — ending up in a vile Damascus prison cell. Under torture, he gave false confessions to Syrian military intelligence officers about involvement with al-Qaida.

A federal commission of inquiry, led by Justice Dennis O’Connor, concluded that faulty information the RCMP passed to the Americans very likely led to the Ottawa telecommunications engineer’s traumatic detention.

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A sequence of images taken approximately every twenty minutes show the moon passing through the shadow of the earth as photographed in 2008. Canadians from coast to coast will get a chance to view a total lunar eclipse this week — the first of four that will occur nearly every six months.

Canadians from coast to coast can view total lunar eclipse this week

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS If they can stay awake, Canadians from coast to coast will get a chance to view a total lunar eclipse this week — the first of four that will occur nearly every six months.

Total lunar eclipses occur twice a year but are not visible everywhere on Earth at the same time.

The year’s first eclipse will begin just before midnight (local time) on Tuesday and will offer ideal viewing for observers throughout the Western Hemisphere.

Andrew Fazekas, a spokesman for the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, says North America hasn’t seen a total lunar eclipse since 2011.

“We’ve actually had this cosmic dry spell that we’ve been under that’s lasted over two and a half years now,” he said in a recent interview.

Fazekas noted that North America has been out of luck while Asia and Africa have had their share of such eclipses.

“So we finally break that spell

with this really beautiful total lunar eclipse where the full moon will turn an orangey-red in colour in the overnight period Monday night into Tuesday, April 14th to the 15th.”

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, the Earth and the moon are in perfect alignment so that the Earth’s shadow completely covers the surface of the moon.

“You can see this one — even within city limits — just using your eyes,” Fazekas explained.

“You don’t need binoculars and it’s totally safe to see a lunar eclipse. It’s not like a solar eclipse — you can watch it with your naked eyes.”

A solar eclipse happens when the moon comes between Earth and the sun and blocks the sun.

Watching it directly without special precautions can be harmful.

For people on eastern time, this week’s eclipse will occur mostly during the early hours Tuesday.

“You can expect it to start at about 1:58 a.m. eastern time,” Fazekas noted.

“The full moon will rise in the local eastern horizon and it’ll be quite high in the sky by the time

the eclipse happens — and that will really be kicking in at around 3:26 a.m. eastern.”

The entire event, from the start until the moon is out of the Earth’s shadow, will last approximately three and a half hours.

Fazekas also said the actual colour of the eclipse is hard to predict because that’s influenced by the levels of pollutants and dust that are floating around the Earth’s atmosphere.

“The more dust there is, the deeper orange and red will be the colour of the lunar eclipse,” he added. “It varies from one event to the other and we’ll just have to go outside and see for ourselves exactly what colour this lunar eclipse will be.

Fazekas, who calls himself “The Night Sky Guy,” pointed out that, including Tuesday’s eclipse, Canadians will get to see four in a row — a series known as a tetrad — over the next 18 months.

“That won’t happen — that tetrad of lunar eclipses— for another 20 years,” he said.

The other three will occur Oct. 8 this year and April 4 and Sept.

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BELLEVILLE, Ont. — Teams of volunteers in southern Ontario and Quebec were preparing for flooding with walls of sandbags on Sunday as they awaited heavy rain expected to hit parts of both provinces over the next several days.

Environment Canada said parts of Ontario could get up to 75 millimetres of rain by early Tuesday, while upwards of 45 millimetres of rain was expected in southern and central Quebec.

like at the same time like this,” Corbin said.

In Ontario, the City of Belleville east of Toronto was put under a state of emergency and some homes were flooded by the rising Moira River.

Several homes saw water pour in as the river by more than 12 centimetres in recent days.

Belleville said Sunday more than 70 homes had been sandbagged.

There were fears of even worse flooding in the days ahead.

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HALIFAX — The annual East Coast seal hunt starts Monday against a backdrop of ongoing trade and court challenges in Europe and renewed claims from animal welfare groups that the 400-year-old industry is dead in the water.

Rebecca Aldworth, executive director of the Canadian wing of Humane Society International, said on Sunday that only 15 boats have signalled their intention to take part in the hunt, which typically focuses on harp seals off the northeast coast of Newfoundland.

With the market for seal products closed in the United States, most of Europe and Russia, the commercial hunt is a shadow of what it once was, largely surviving on subsidies from the Newfoundland and Labrador government in the past few years, Aldworth said.

“From a market perspective, the seal hunt is very much over,” she said in an interview, adding her group will return to the ice floes to document the slaughter.

“Markets around the world have closed ... It’s an industry that’s limping along on credit and subsidies.”

However, the federal government has been steadfast in its support of the hunt, insisting it’s a humane, sustainable and an economically viable pursuit that is im-

portant to many coastal communities.

Fisheries Minister Gail Shea admitted Sunday that those opposed to the hunt have been effective in shutting down international markets.

“They have been spreading misinformation about the Canadian seal hunt and Canadian seal products for as long as I’ve been in this position,” Shea said in an interview from Vancouver.

Police in Laval, north of Montreal, also warned of flooding.

The city made sandbags available for pickup at several locations, explaining that a thick coat of ice from the long winter could make things worse.

Pierre Corbin, director of operations at Quebec’s Hydro Meteo, said his agency is monitoring several river systems across the province.

“It’s rare that you see many sectors affected

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“The frozen ground has a reduced ability to absorb this rainfall,” Environment Canada said in a statement.

“Localized flooding in low-lying areas is possible.”

Residents in both provinces have already been affected by overflowing riverbeds.

Several dozen homes and businesses were given evacuation notice on Saturday in the town of Beauceville south of Quebec City, where there was a kilometre-long ice jam along the Chaudiere river.

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Ukraine government to deploy troops TO TRY TO QUASH PRO-RUSSIAN INSURGENCY

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MALAYSIAN AIRLINER

Black box batteries may be dead

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PERTH, Australia — Following four strong underwater signals in the past week, all has gone quiet in the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, meaning the batteries in the plane’s all-important black boxes may finally have died.

Despite having no new transmissions from the black boxes’ locator beacons to go on, air and sea crews were continuing their search in the southern Indian Ocean on Sunday for debris and any sounds that may still be emanating.

They are desperately trying to pinpoint where the Boeing 777 could be amid an enormous patch of deep ocean.

No new electronic pings have been detected since Tuesday by an Australian ship dragging a U.S. Navy device that listens for flight recorder signals. Once officials are confident that no more sounds will be heard, a robotic submersible will be sent down to slowly scour for wreckage.

“We’re now into Day 37 of this tragedy,” said aviation expert Geoffrey Thomas. “The battery life on the beacons is supposed to last 30 days. We’re hoping it might last 40 days.

However, it’s been four or five days since the last strong pings. What they’re hoping for is to get one more, maybe two more pings so they can do a triangulation of the sounds and try and narrow the (search) area.”

Recovering the plane’s flight data and cockpit voice recorders is essential for investigators to try to figure out what happened to Flight 370, which vanished March 8. It was carrying 239 people, mostly Chinese, while en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing.

After analyzing satellite data, officials believe the plane flew off course for an unknown reason and went down in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia’s west coast. Investigators trying to determine what happened to the plane are focusing on four areas — hijacking, sabotage and personal or psychological problems of those on board.

Searchers want to pinpoint the exact location of the source of the sounds — or as close as they can get — before sending the Bluefin 21 submersible down.

The underwater search zone is currently a 1,300-square-kilometre (500-square-mile) patch of the seabed, about the size of Los Angeles.

The sub takes six times longer to cover the same area as the ping locator, and will need about six weeks to two months to canvass the current underwater zone.

The signals are also coming from 4,500 metres (15,000 feet) below the surface, which is the deepest the sub can dive.

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People watch as a forest fire rages towards urban areas in the city of Valparaiso, Chile, Saturday. Authorities said the first fire has destroyed at least 1,000 homes and is forcing evacuations.

Chile’s historic Valparaiso in flames; 1,000 homes destroyed THOUSANDS EVACUATED

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VALPARAISO, Chile — A raging fire leaped from hilltop to hilltop in this colorful port city throughout the night and day on Sunday, killing at least 11 people and destroying at least 1,000 homes. More than 10,000 people were evacuated, including more than 200 female inmates at a prison.

And with hot dry winds stoking the embers, some of the fires broke out again and were burning out of control as a second night fell.

The blaze began Saturday afternoon in a forested ravine next to ramshackle housing on one of the city’s 42 hilltops, and spread quickly as hot ash rained down over wooden houses and narrow streets that lack municipal water systems. Electricity failed as the fire grew, with towering, sparking flames turning the night sky orange over a darkening, destroyed horizon.

Eventually, neighbourhoods on six hilltops were reduced to ashes, including one hill just several blocks from Chile’s parliament building. And flames broke out again on at least two of those hills, burning out of control and threatening to consume other neighbourhoods.

“It’s a tremendous tragedy. This could be the worst fire in the city’s history,” President Michelle Bachelet said as firefighters contained most of the blazes, mobilizing 20 helicopters and planes to drop water on hotspots.

The fire destroyed at least 1,000 houses by Sunday evening and authorities warned that the toll of death

and damage could rise once authorities are able to enter the smouldering rubble. Military Police Gen. Julio Pineda said 11 people were killed. Earlier Sunday, he said 16 died, but it turned out one family had been counted twice. More than 500 people were treated at hospitals, mostly for smoke inhalation.

Patricio Bustos, who directs the national forensics service, said DNA tests would be needed to identify some of the remains.

It was already the worst fire to hit the picturesque seaside city of 250,000 people since 1953, when 50 people were killed and every structure was destroyed on several of the city’s hills.

While the fires were contained to the hills, Bachelet declared the entire city a catastrophe zone, putting Chile’s military in charge of maintaining order.

While 1,250 firefighters, police and forest rangers battled the blaze, 2,000 Chilean sailors in combat gear patrolled streets to maintain order and prevent looting.

“The people of Valparaiso have courage, have strength and they aren’t alone,” Bachelet said.

Valparaiso has a vibrant port and is home to Chile’s national legislature, but it owes its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site to its colorful architecture, with neighbourhoods hugging hills so steep that people use staircases and cable cars to reach their homes.

Unfortunately, many homes in densely populated poorer areas above the city centre have been built without proper water or natural gas supplies, and many streets are too narrow for fire trucks to enter.

“We are too vulnerable as a city. We have been the builders and architects of our own danger,” Valparaiso Mayor Jorge Castro said Sunday in an interview with Chile’s 24H channel.

Complaints, Senate report shines spotlight on secret Gitmo camp THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — Attorney James Connell has visited his client inside the secret Guantanamo prison complex known as Camp 7 only once, taken in a van with covered windows on a circuitous trek to disguise the route on the scrub brush-and-cactus covered military base.

Connell is allowed to say virtually nothing about what he saw in the secret camp where the most notorious terror suspects in U.S. custody are held except that it is unlike any detention facility he’s encountered.

“It’s much more isolating than any other facility that I have known,” the lawyer says.

“I’ve done cases from the Virginia death row and Texas death row and these pretrial conditions are much more isolating.”

The Camp 7 prison unit is so shrouded in secrecy that its location on the U.S. base in Cuba is classified and officials refuse to discuss it. Now, two separate but related events are forcing it into the limelight.

In Washington, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted on April 3 to declassify a portion of a review of the U.S. detention and interrogation program in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaida attack.

The report, the release of which is opposed by the CIA, is expected to be sharply critical of the treatment of prisoners, including some now held in Camp 7.

And today, a judge in

Guantanamo will open a hearing into the sanity of one of those prisoners, Ramzi Binalshibh, whose courtroom outbursts about alleged mistreatment in Camp 7 have halted the already bogged-down effort to try five men in the Sept. 11 attacks, all of whom are held there.

Both issues are deeply intertwined. Binalshibh has accused the government of making noises and vibrations inside Camp 7 to deliberately keep him awake, reminiscent of the intentional sleep deprivation, along with other forms of

abuse, that his lawyers say he endured at the hands of the CIA from the time he was captured in Pakistan in September 2002 to when he was brought to Guantanamo four years later.

Military officials deny doing anything intentional to disrupt his sleep.

Prosecutors say his accusations are delusions, though they still believe he is mentally competent to stand trial.

His lawyers say he is competent, but are not convinced officials have adequately investigated his complaints.

His mental state is

somewhat murky. Court records show Binalshibh has been treated while in Guantanamo with medications that are used for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, but he did not participate in a court-ordered mental evaluation in January.

The commander of Camp 7 is expected to testify at the hearing as are three military psychiatrists who have examined Binalshibh, according to a witness list disclosed Sunday. All will testify under pseudonyms at a proceeding likely to last until at least Tuesday.

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DONETSK, Ukraine — Turning to force to try to restore its authority in the vital industrial east, Ukraine’s government announced Sunday it was sending in troops to try to quash an increasingly brazen pro-Russian insurgency, despite repeated warnings from the Kremlin.

Accusing Moscow of fomenting the unrest, Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov said in a televised address that such a “large-scale anti-terrorist operation” would ensure Russia did not “repeat the Crimean scenario in Ukraine’s east.” Turchynov pledged to offer amnesty to anyone surrendering their weapons by this morning.

Reliance on the military is a response that hints at concerns over the reliability of the police, who have often proven unable or unwilling to repel proRussian gunmen and other Moscow loyalists from seizing key state facilities.

With tens of thousands of Russian troops massed along Ukraine’s eastern border, there are fears that Moscow might use unrest in the mainly Russianspeaking region as a pretext for an invasion.

Speaking late Sunday on Russian state television, ousted president Viktor Yanukovych accused the CIA of being behind the new government’s decision to turn to force, a claim the CIA denied as “completely false.”

Yanukovych claimed that CIA director John Brennan met with Ukraine’s new leadership and “in fact sanctioned the use of weapons and provoked bloodshed.”

CIA spokesman Dean Boyd said that while the agency doesn’t comment on Brennan’s travel itinerary, the “claim that director Brennan encouraged Ukrainian authorities to conduct tactical operations inside Ukraine is completely false.”

Ukraine now has “one foot into a civil war,” Yanukovych declared, flanked by his former prosecutor general and interior minister, the two associates most despised by the protesters whose monthslong demonstrations were ignited by Yanukovych’s decision to back away from closer relations with the European Union and turn toward Russia. Yanukovych fled to Russia in February, saying he feared for his life.

Earlier Sunday, Ukrainian special forces exchanged gunfire with a pro-Russia militia outside the eastern city of Slovyansk — the first reported gunbattle in the east, where armed pro-Russian men have seized a number of key government buildings to press their demands for referendums on autonomy and possible annexation by Russia, following the pattern set by the vote in Crimea last month.

A Ukrainian security officer was killed and at least two others wounded.

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Join the Lacombe and District Garden Club for its monthly social and an indigenous plants presentation at the Lacombe Memorial Centre on Tuesday. The event begins at 7 p.m.

Cynthia Pohl of the Ellis Bird Farm is the presenter. Refreshments will be served. Annual membership is $15 but if you’re new to the garden club, the first visit is free. Contact Pamela at 403-782-5061 or pamela.d.neumann@gmail. com for more information.

END OF LIFE INFORMATION Start the conversation about end of life situations at the City Centre Stage on National Advance Care Planning Day on Wednesday. Advance care planning is the process that allows a person makes it known their wishes in the event that he or she is incapable of consenting to or refusing treatment or other care. Four professionals will be on the panel to answer questions about the advance care planning. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the panel presentations to begin at 7. RSVP to Marian or Brenda at the Red Deer Hospice at 403-309-4344. More is information is available at www.reddeerhospice. com or www. advancecareplanning.ca.

COLLEGE THEMED FUSION DAY Adults with a penchant for art can enjoy a collegethemed Fusion Thursday at Red Deer Museum on Thursday. A model will be on site to allow people to practise their drawing.

The museum is paying tribute to the art in its galleries produced by the visual art department of Red Deer College. Collegethemed refreshments will be served. The event runs from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery at 4525 47A Ave. The admission fee for this event is $5. Fusion Thursday happens on the third Thursday of the month when the museum stays open late for a public event. For details, call 403309-840 or check www. reddeermuseum.com/ exhibits-and-events/livingthe-college-dream-fusionthursdays.

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Cleanup continues today at Dodds Lake in Innisfail, where a greasy black oil slick appeared on Friday.

Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development reported late in the afternoon that there had been spill earlier in the day, stretching 15 to 20 meters from a culvert that brings stormwater into the small lake — a popular recreation spot and home base for a variety of sporting clubs.

Katrina Bluetchen, communications director for ESRD, directed inquiries on Sunday to an update stating that cleanup continues at the lake and the owner of the suspected source had built a berm around the tank to contain material that

had leaked from it.

In the update released at 7 p.m. on Saturday, ESRD reports that booms placed at the inlet channel and at the lake’s outlet had both been reinforced.

The update says an unknown quantity of hydrocarbon is believed to have leaked from the 2,000-litre tank.

The update does not identify the hydrocarbon that leaked from the tank.

Pools of contaminants were picked up and contaminated soil was also scraped and removed from affected sites. Absorbent pads remain in place at the inlet, which is also being skimmed of contaminants.

Bluetchen did not say whether the owner of the leaking tank is facing charges as a result of the spill.

The unnamed individual or business has hired an environ-

Citizens offer opinions

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LET’S TALK

Let’s Talk, an annual event started 16 years ago as an opportunity for Red Deerians to have chin-wag with their mayor and council, made its debut on Saturday as a formal means of seeking public opinion.

The City of Red Deer has kicked off a process looking at the amenities it offers its citizens by asking them on Saturday about the sorts of improvements and additions they would like to see in the years ahead, said acting communications director Charity Dyke, who is among the staff running point on the project.

Suggestions heard by mid-afternoon included increasing the number of outdoor gyms and adding more children’s playgrounds in residential areas, said Dyke.

Comments from Saturday will be included in a report to council late in May, which will be followed by further consultation during which members of the public will be asked for their input on how various projects should be prioritized.

Staff will then prepare a report which will be given to department heads in fall as they are preparing their 2015 budget, she said.

Also on the agenda at this year’s “Let’s Talk” session, held in the aisles of the Parkland Mall, was further discussion on whether the city should allow backyard hens and what sorts of rules should be created to control them.

Public opinion is still mixed, with many people associating chickens with smell and noise, said consultant Joyce Boon, former permitting and license supervisor for the city. Boon was at the event, conducting a survey concerning how people feel about a backyard hen bylaw. She said she received only two complaints about chickens while she was with

the city, of which one involved crowing roosters. A hen bylaw would likely limit the number of hens that would be allowed and exclude roosters entirely, said Boon.

Hen owner Adrienne Tetz, founder of CLUCK Red Deer and city councillor Lynne Mulder credited a lack of adversity and a willingness of hen owners, staff and council to work together in creating a suitable bylaw. That’s in stark contrast to the City of Calgary, which went to battle with hen owners and eventually banned the birds altogether.

A number of people in Red Deer, including Tetz, had kept hens quietly in their backyards for years.

When the issue became public, city council agreed to a pilot project that would test public reaction. Boon said she visited each of the 30 homes that were registered in the program and found very few problems.

Mayor Tara Veer called the 2014 edition of Let’s Talk a great day and a fantastic opportunity to connect with citizens, bringing streams of people together with council and staff to talk about issues and share ideas.

“The day has absolutely gone by so quickly.

We’ve had many citizens come and they just have been so fully engaged.

Some citizens wanted to just drop by and say thank you for what they think is going well in the community and others dropped by an maybe were more intentional wanting to convey areas of issue or concern for them.”

All city departments along with a number of arms-length boards and societies took part, said Veer.

This was the first time the event has been used as a formal means of gathering information for a project, she said. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

mental consultant to conduct a full remediation of the site, starting today.

The Town of Innisfail has also hired a contractor to continue cleanup and remediation at the lake.

Former mayor Jim Romane said on Saturday that Dodds Lake has been used for a number of years as a stormwater retention pond, with water levels managed under the direction of ESRD, with the added benefit of providing recreation for people and habitat for wildlife.

“It would be a shame to see it damaged,” said Romane.

The lake drains into Waskasoo Creek, which flows into the Red Deer River.

While there may be some springs under the lake, the town’s storm system is its main water source.

“I think it’s a great asset to

the town and always has been.

It’s been a little been better managed over the years. Alberta Environment got involved a few years ago.

There was quite an extensive study process that went on a number of years ago.”

It is a popular feature for Innisfail residents and has recently seen an increase in residential development around its shores, said Romane.

World Champion waterskiers Craig and Jaret Llewellyn got their start on Dodds Lake and the Cottonwood Kayak Club also trains on its waters.

There has also been increased interest in building homes around its shores, he said. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate. com

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Caleb Reid, 11, shows off his Central Alberta Regional Science Fair project — homemade hydraulics — at Bower Place Shopping Centre on Saturday. The fair had students from grades 5-12 participating.

Reid took home a silver medal for his project.

PONOKA FOODGRAINS PROJECT

Annual auction planned In preparation for the start of the growing season and to get some more money for the charity’s coffers, the Ponoka foodgrains project is set to hold its 13th annual auction.

Featuring beef and dairy animals, hay, sports tickets and other items, the April 22 auction hopes to raise about $50,000 for the project, which will help provide food and other assistance to people in developing countries.

Larry Henderson helps organize the annual project and has been a part of getting the auction together since the start. He said the generosity of both farmers and business owners is on display at the event.

“Some people get caught up in the bidding and being that it’s a charity thing some very good prices come out of it,” said Henderson. “Some people will buy an animal and donate it back, allowing the animal to be sold one more time.”

Most of the fundraising the Ponoka foodgrains project does is through volunteers donating land for growing crops and proceeds they attain to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

Henderson said this auction has been quite helpful in raising money for the project.

“It’s really set up to supply 15 different church-based missions for world hunger and development,” said Henderson.

Though the auction starts at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, there is a free lunch starting at noon. It all takes place at Vold, Jones and Vold Auction Co., at 4410 Hwy 2A in Ponoka.

To donate, arrange trucking or for more information, call Henderson at 403-782-5218, Arnie Tenbrinke 403-3187503, Peter Doornenbal at 403-783-2947, or John and Wendy Taekema at 780986-2199.

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FRANK PECK DIES AT 65 Services will be held on Tuesday afternoon for a former Sylvan Lake town councillor who also served as public works manager there before taking a job with Red Deer County.

Frank Peck, 65, died on Wednesday at Red Deer Regional Hospital after being permanently paralyzed by a sudden onset four years ago of transverse myelitis, a neurological disease associated with an infection of the spinal cord.

He and his wife, Blanche, moved to Sylvan Lake from Fort McMurray in 1992 so he could take a job as the head of the town’s public works department.

Peck earned some local notoriety after a particularly heavy snowfall in 1997, during which his crews built a mountain of snow from street clearing.

The town held a contest to see who could most accurately guess the exact date and time on which “Peck’s Peak” would finally melt away. The final bits disappeared at 4 p.m. on June 23.

Peck later accepted a job as

public services director for Red Deer County and, in 2004, was elected to Sylvan Lake town council.

His contributions as public works director for Red Deer County included chairing a regional commission set up to examine the potential for building an energy project that would generate electricity with synthetic gas created from solid waste. The project did not come to fruition.

Peck was working for the county and serving his second term on town council early in 2010 when he fell ill, spending a number of months in care be-

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fore returning home to Sylvan Lake.

He was unsuccessful in his bid to win a seat on council during municipal elections that fall.

While defeated at the polls, Peck maintained his involvement with the community as chair of the library building committee and Sylvan Lake Community Housing Society.

Peck was predeceased by his wife and is survived by his daughter and son, Christine Nelson and Dana Peck.

A service is scheduled at the Alliance Community Church in Sylvan Lake at 1 p.m.

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Tenisons testing tech sector POLITICS SLOWING SILICON VALLEY’S EMERGING BUSINESS WITH RUSSIAN COMPANIES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN MATEO, Calif. — Entrepreneurs and investors say Silicon Valley’s fast-growing financial ties with Russia’s tech sector are being slowed down by current political tensions between the White House and the Kremlin.

“It’s safe to say a lot of investors here are taking a step back to see how the situation will unfold,” said Alexandra Johnson, who manages a $100 million venture fund called DFJ VTP Aurora, a Menlo Park, Calif., branch of Russian bank VTB. For decades, Russia’s sophisticated scientists and engineers remained at arm’s length from Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists and marketing mavens. That changed in recent years with a flurry of investment, largely sparked in 2010 when then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited the region and met with high-tech leaders.

Russians investors, including billionaire Yuri Milner, who has large stakes in Facebook and Twitter, poured an estimated $2 billion into U.S. tech firms over the past three years, according to Johnson, who organized a technology symposium with venture capitalists and entrepreneurs last month in San Mateo, south of San Francisco.

But Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors fear negative economic fallout from Russia’s takeover of Crimea, its troop buildup near Ukraine’s border and its attempts to compel constitutional changes in that country, markedly raising political tensions with the West.

Secretary of State John Kerry has charged Russia with “creating a climate of fear and intimidation” and the Obama administration has frozen assets and revoked visas of some Russian officials and their associates.

Among the concerns in this technology centre are whether visa limits will make it hard for business travel or for scientists to relocate.

In addition, economic sanctions could tighten the flow of dollars between tech sectors in both countries. And for those U.S. and Russian firms with ties to Ukraine, rumours of a draft are fanning fears that young entrepreneurs and engineers will have to close up shop and fight.

Experts say an investment slowdown will be temporary and will not untrack rapidly growing, lucrative U.S.- Russia business relationships in the long run.

Axel Tillmann, who invests Russian venture capital on behalf of government-sponsored RVC-USA, said the tensions are definitely going to “slow things down for a while,” describing a two- to three-month suspension of additional investment by Russian government funds in tech firms.

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Kitimat poll worker, left, hands voter a ballot for the town’s plebiscite on the Northern Gateway pipeline project in Kitimat B.C. Saturday.

Kitimat, B.C., residents vote no to pipeline NON-BINDING VOTE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS KITIMAT, B.C. — The residents of Kitimat, B.C. have voted against the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project in a non-binding plebiscite.

The ballot count from Saturday’s vote was 1,793 opposed versus 1,278 who supported the multibillion dollar project — a margin of 58.4 per cent to 41.6 per cent.

The results from two polling stations and an advance vote all showed a clear majority for the “No” side.

“The people have spoken. That’s what we wanted — it’s a democratic process,” Kitimat Mayor Joanne Monaghan said in a statement issued after the vote Saturday night.

“We’ll be talking about this Monday night at Council, and then we’ll go from there with whatever Council decides,” the statement said.

The $6.5-billion project would see two pipelines, one carrying oilsands’ bitumen from Alberta to Kitimat’s port, and a second carrying condensate — a form of natural gas used to dilute the bi-

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tumen — from Kitimat back to Alberta.

Kitimat would also be the site of a proposed two-berth marine terminal and tank farm to store the thick Alberta crude before it’s loaded onto tankers for shipment to Asia.

Until this vote, Kitimat had remained neutral in its opinion on the controversial project. It didn’t take part in the joint-review process, which heard from hundreds of people before a federal panel approved the project with 209 con-

ment, saying the National Energy Board Joint Review Panel, which held two years of hearings on the project, had made many of the company’s voluntary commitments a mandatory part of the conditions for approval.

“As a long time-resident of northwestern B.C., I passionately believe that Northern Gateway is the right choice for Kitimat and for the future of our community,” Donny van Dyk, Northern Gateway’s Kitimat-based Manager of Coastal Aboriginal and Community Relations, said in a statement issued after Saturday’s vote.

“Over the coming weeks and — KITIMAT MAYOR JOANNE MONAGHAN months we will continue to reach out and listen to ditions. our neighbours and friends so The federal cabinet is expected that Northern Gateway can build to release its decision on North- a lasting legacy for the people of ern Gateway by June. our community.”

Northern Gateway’s campaign The project’s main opponent, has concentrated on the promise the local environmental group of 180 permanent, direct, local Douglas Channel Watch, mainjobs worth $17 million, and more tains the risk from either a tanker spinoff jobs for contractors and accident or a pipeline breach is suppliers. too high for the small number of Calgary based Enbridge, the jobs the pipeline would bring to company behind Northern Gate- the community. way, has emphasized its commitment to safety and the environPlease see PLEBISCITE on Page A9

‘THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. THAT’S WHAT WE WANTED — IT’S A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.’

Tax considerations for the cottage Canadians still love the cottage. appreciation on your non-principal The latest Royal LePage survey on residence. recreational properties in Canada The Canada Revenue Agency’s defishows that Canadians are still opti- nition of a principal residence is relmistic about the recreational property atively straightforward and precise. market and are feeling a sense of ur- A family unit, which consists of the gency to buy while interest taxpayer, spouse or comrates remain low. mon-law partner, and any Cottages are not cheap children under the age of investments. The average 18, can designate one propcost of a 1,000-square-foot, erty per year as its primary three-bedroom cottage on residence. The principal a 100-foot waterfront lot residence exemption allows can range anywhere from them to claim a capital gains $177,500 to $625,000, deexemption for some or all of pending on the location. the years they lived in the But the cost can soar a lot home. higher, into the millions of “People have to realize dollars, in prime areas in they must designate one British Columbia, Ontario property as their principal TALBOT and Quebec. residence,” said Jonathan BOGGS “Despite financial and Sceeles, a financial adviseconomic uncertainty, or er with Edward Jones. “It perhaps because of it, we can come down to whether have found that the endurthe cottage has appreciated ing value of recreational properties is in value more in relation to the city widely recognized by Canadians,” said home. In some areas of the country, Phil Soper, president of Royal LePage waterfront property may have appreciReal Estate Services. “In contrast to ated more than the city, in which case our large urban centres, where home it might make sense.” prices shot up in recent years before Sceeles sees a trend among some cooling in 2013, the recreational prop- Canadians nearing retirement who are erty market has remained remarkably deciding to sell their city homes with stable and resilient.” no capital gains, purchase a cottage Owning a second home raises some and designate it as their primary resitax issues. One of the first is to decide dence, and then rent an apartment or which home you’re going to designate condominium in the city and share as your principal residence. their time between the two locations.

Capital appreciation on your principal residence is tax-free, but you pay capital gains tax on 50 per cent of the Please see COTTAGES on Page A9

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Lyle Richards shows his display of industrial art — art created by welding various pieces of metal, such as nails, chain links, and metal sockets — at the SMILE Trade Show on Saturday. The trade show, which featured products from small local vendors, took place at Pioneer Lodge. SMILE is a group of local volunteers who collect donations for those who are in need. The group hopes to have a second trade show in the fall.

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COTTAGES: Long-term investment The Royal LePage survey found that the majority of current recreational property owners plan to keep their properties long term, with 60 per cent saying they are somewhat or very unlikely to sell their property on retirement. Sixty-four per cent are not planning to use their recreational home as their primary residence for retirement. However, for those who are, financial feasibility — including a more affordable purchase price and reasonable maintenance costs — are the most important factors.

Many people plan to hand the cottage down to their children. There are a couple of ways to do this.

You can transfer the cottage into either a trust or joint ownership, which freezes the market value of the property at the time it is transferred. Any future capital gains will accrue to the other owners and won’t have to be paid until they sell or die.

In the case of a trust, the whole value of the property will accrue to the beneficiaries. In the case of joint ownership, the new owners only pay their part of the capital gain when they sell or die.

However, you have to pay capital gains made during the time you owned the property until it is transferred.

“From a planning point of view joint ownership is probably the better option because portions of the capital gains tax are incurred at different points in time, while a trust creates a kind of capital gains ‘balloon’ which can all come due at once at a later date,” said Sceeles.

If you are planning to transfer ownership to a child or children and you expect them to sell in the future, insurance is available to cover the capital gains that they may have to pay.

A small group of Canadians who made what is known as a crystallization designation of their properties will be entitled to a $100,000 exemption on capital gains made between the time of sale and 1994, when they made the designation. They must refer back to the crystallization designation on form T664 when they sell.

“Canadians have long valued the ability to escape the city to spend time with friends and family,” Soper said. “A place to get away from the pressures of daily life seems to be more attractive now than ever.”

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

PLEBISCITE: Raised tensions The plebiscite had also raised tensions between the District of Kitimat and the nearby Haisla First Nation, which is adamantly opposed to Northern Gateway.

Many Haisla were not allowed to vote because Kitamaat Village, a federal Indian reserve, is outside the municipal boundaries.

In a letter to local media, Haisla Chief Coun. Ellis Ross had called the decision to hold a vote at this late date a “slap in the face” for all the work done by the Haisla on the project.

A demonstration by members of the Haisla Nation at Kitimat’s City Centre Mall quickly turned into a celebration after the vote results were announced.

The Haisla Spirit of Kitlope Dancers led the celebration with drumming, singing and dancing.

Some Kitimat residents also joined the party, as did Nathan Cullen, the NDP Member of Parliament for Skeena Bulkley Valley.

Cullen, who has been a harsh critic of the project, said Saturday’s vote sends a clear message that Stephen Harper’s government must listen to.

“This is a resounding no to the Conservative policies. This is one of the most powerful grass roots things I have ever been associated with. This is good politics,” he said.

Gerald Amos, an environmentalist and former member of the Haisla Nation Council, said, “The town of Kitimat has rejected a project that is not good for our economy. It endangers everything we worked for as a people here in Kitimat for the last ten thousand years.”

A key reason for holding the vote was to fulfil a 2011 promise made by all municipal election candidates in Kitimat to poll citizens on the pipeline project.

But other than gauging public reaction to the proposed pipeline, it remains unclear — even to Kitimat council — what the non-binding vote will mean.

Even the plebiscite question, as chosen by the District of Kitimat council, was controversial, because it focused on the 209 conditions placed on the project by the Joint Review Panel: “Do you support the final report recommendations of the Joint Review Panel (JRP) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and National Energy Board, that the Enbridge Northern Gateway project be approved, subject to 209 conditions set out in Volume 2 of the JRP’s final report?”

INVESTMENTS: Certain to resume However, Tillmann said the flow of investments is certain to resume because Russian companies thrive on Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurship.

“Russian technologists have been at the leading forefront of technology for many years, even going back to the Soviet Union, but they had the problem they called ’The lonely ideas,”’ he said. “The ideas just sat there.”

Tillmann said the one thing Russian companies are not very good at today is commercializing their technology — something that Silicon Valley firms are masters at doing. “When we combine, we get the best of both,” he said.

In Russia, entrepreneurs and investors now tap Silicon Valley experts to try to replicate their success.

A planned technology hub outside Moscow, the Skolkovo Innovation Center, includes Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, Cisco CEO John Chambers and retired Intel CEO Craig Barrett on its 17-member board.

Russian entrepreneurs have also launched their own firms in the Silicon Valley, and tech giants are buying stakes in Russian startups. Last year, for example, Cisco acquired a stake in Russian software developer Parallels and got a seat on its board.

The Russian Innovation Center, which opened two years ago on Silicon Valley’s Sand Hill Road amid a cluster of venture capital firms, combines three firms investing in California companies committed to the Russian market.

And today more than 100 Russian high-tech firms have representative offices in the northern California region, including Russian search engine Yandex, which employs former Yahoo and Google engineers at its Palo Alto laboratory.

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Mary McKenzie, one of the few residents who has chosen to stay in her neighbourhood of Oakwood Heights, stands on her balcony in Detroit. Canadian oil helped build the neighbourhood.

A ghost town created in the U.S., with a little help from Canadian oil wealth

BY ALEXANDER PANETTA THE CANADIAN PRESS DETROIT — It looks like a ghost town, and Canadian oil helped build it.

The burned-out, abandoned parcels of property in a west-end Detroit neighbourhood are the reverse image of an oil boom town — a ramshackle yin to the thriving yang of Fort McMurray.

For three-quarters of a century, crude oil has arrived here at the Marathon refinery. Even as this once-bustling, blue-collar area became blighted by crime and neglect like so much of Detroit, the industry survived.

So when neighbours started complaining about smells and occasional explosions while the plant was planning a US$2.2-billion expansion to handle the influx of Alberta-type heavy crude, basic economics proffered a solution.

The business expanded, and the people were paid to leave.

Picture a block the size of a football field, once crowded with old working-class homes. Then imagine it razed into empty lots of grass and dirt, with nothing left standing except for one home and a couple more abandoned houses slated for demolition.

Then imagine five- or six-dozen such fields. That’s what happened in Oakwood Heights.

The company offered an average of $65,000 a house in an area where the standard home is pegged at $16,000 and some properties can be had for less than $5,000.

People jumped on the deal.

Ninety per cent of the 100-acre area has been cleared, with 275 homes demolished and more demolitions scheduled for this year.

But not everyone took the money.

Some refused for sentimental reasons, others for financial ones.

For Mary McKenzie, it was both.

The retired school secretary has 19 grandkids. They gather here for holiday dinners, she says, reminiscing about one Christmas when they began decorating the house with an angel collection and lit statues.

She also did some math and figured the $64,000 being offered wouldn’t last very long. McKenzie

concluded that once she repaid some credits for renovations, and the remaining mortgage, and the loan to add a new roof, porch and windows, she’d have lost the place with the memories without much to show for it.

“I wouldn’t have had anything,” McKenzie said.

“I kept thinking, ‘Where am I gonna go? I’m not going to have any money to buy a house, I’m not going to have money to rent a house.”’

But what about pollution? Her family wants to plant fruits and vegetables on the vacant land next door, but they have their doubts — a recent study pegged this zip code as the dirtiest place in all of Michigan.

McKenzie shrugs off the risks.

“I figure if Marathon hasn’t killed me yet — I mean, I’m 71 years old,” she said. “Let’s face facts, I’m not gonna live forever.”

She doesn’t really have any complaints about the company, whose trucks help patrol what’s left of the neighbourhood. She simply says it would have to double its offer to get her to consider moving.

Her family figures the money’s out there.

A very rough calculation based on the average offer per house, excluding demolition costs, suggests the whole relocation program might have cost the Marathon Oil Corp. less than one per cent of the overall price tag for its $2.2-billion plant renovation.

But the company won’t reveal the total budget for its relocation program.

Nor will it disclose the volume of Canadian oil in its Michigan plant, saying only that its renovation was designed to handle heavy crude and that an unspecified amount of the new supply comes from Canada.

More than one-third of U.S. oil imports are from Canada, and that ratio is growing.

What the company will say is the relocation offer has expired.

“We recognized from the beginning that not everybody would find this an attractive offer, for whatever reason,” said Marathon spokesman Jamal Kheiry.

“And we are happy to remain neighbours with the folks who have chosen to stay, whatever their reasons might be.”

McKenzie acknowledged that the neighbourhood had deteriorated over her four decades there.

When she moved in, it was a bluecollar Italian area. When the former residents moved out, she said, slumlords moved in.

There were crack houses to her left, a couple more down the street to her right, and a few in the back.

Occasionally, a drug den would be sprayed with gunfire from a rival gang.

There were also arsonists, and the neighbourhood was densely populated. So McKenzie said she used to worry around here — but not so much any more.

Her grandson, David McKenzie, has mixed feelings about his grandma staying.

He wishes she could move to a vibrant neighbourhood, if only the company would offer more.

He says when her house was robbed a while back, the police didn’t even show up.

But the 32-year-old is attached to this place.

Even in its roughest days, he says, nobody messed with his family. Anyone who tried would have come face-to-face with a grandson who’s a robust 6-foot-5, sporting a tattoo collection that’s about 1-foot-6.

He describes new and unexpected charms in the area.

In this industrial heart of Detroit, on the footsteps of petroleum-coke storage facilities and the Marathon and Ford plants, there’s a bit of an inner-city wildlife ecosystem developing — think Mad Max meets National Geographic.

“There’s foxes, possums, raccoons, groundhogs, rabbits. I’m waiting for a deer to walk through here,” David McKenzie said.

“I had a hamburger the other day, and (a fox) was coming down, and I threw a hamburger to him, and he looked up at me and gave me a nod.... He looked at me like, ‘Where’s the rest of it?”’

Now the sound of gunshots is gone. Mary enjoys sitting on the porch, reading, and it’s quieter. In some ways, she says, it’s a bit more like the old days.

“There was no place in the city of Detroit, I bet, as quiet as this was (last) New Year’s Eve,” the grandmother says with a chuckle.

“It was wonderful. No gunshots, no nothing.”

Interest rates, corporate earnings in focus this week on North American markets THE CANADIAN PRESS Stock markets are likely in for another choppy week of trading as traders concentrate on Canadian interest rates and a number of U.S. earnings reports.

The Bank of Canada makes its next rate announcement on Wednesday and analysts fully expect the bank will leave its key rate where it’s been since September 2010 — at one per cent.

Central bank governor Stephen Poloz has struck a decidedly dovish tone with rates since taking over the top job last year and economists generally don’t expect any movement in rates until the second half of next year. They also don’t expect him to abandon that stance in favour of a more hawkish tone that

would indicate higher rates are on the way.

“I don’t think they have enough confidence in the Canadian recovery to suggest that,” said David Watt, chief economist at HSBC Bank of Canada.

“And certainly recent numbers would suggest there is no reason for them to turn more dovish. So I do think they have to sort of stay in that neutral stance that they have been having and they have been try-

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ing to emphasize over the last couple of months.”

The bank will also deliver its latest monetary policy report Wednesday, with a news conference by Poloz.

Watt said the item he will most closely look at is the bank’s outlook for exports as shipments have declined lately.

“In January, the (central bank) was looking for exports in 2014 to contribute 1.2 percentage points to GDP growth of 2.5 per cent — a fairly

hefty contribution from exports,” he said.

“And if you look at the way numbers are unfolding right now, it looks like exports are actually going to be negative in the first quarter. So that makes it kind of tough to forecast a vigorous rebound in exports for the rest of the year.”

Watt added that inflation will also be in focus as it’s been rising lately and is set to come in higher than anticipated in the first quarter.

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PURDY’S PROSTHETIC LIMBS HAVE CARRIED HER WITH DECEPTIVE EASE THROUGH FOUR WEEKS OF COMPETITION

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BY SARAH KAUFMAN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Like any good dancer, Amy Purdy has a great pair of legs. But as with any good dancer, there is far more to her talent than what she does with them.

Still, the legs grab your attention. Purdy is a double amputee, and her prosthetic limbs have carried her with deceptive ease through four weeks of competition on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars.

She and partner Derek Hough have been scoring just below such unsurprising favorites as Olympic gold-medalist ice dancer Meryl Davis and pop singer James Maslow.

“We have Wonder Woman in this room, I’m telling you!” gushed Bruno Tonioli, one of the show’s judges, after Purdy and Hough entwined themselves in more ways than you’d think possible throughout a steamy, ingeniously choreographed cha-cha on the season’s first episode.

The twisting hips and tight, fast footwork posed no problem for Purdy, a competitive snowboarder who won a bronze medal at the Sochi Paralympics.

As for her powerful chemistry with Hough: Has anyone checked the mirror ball for scorch marks?

Tonioli is right. Purdy is a natural superhero, with all the required muscle power and retro-glamour. She has abs of steel.

Red-carpet looks.

Sex appeal to burn, in a lithe body that’s perfect for the show’s skin-baring costumes. And those legs: Peeking out of her adorable gold-fringed cha-cha pants were gleaming metal rods leading to flesh-toned plastic feet, part Terminator, part department-store mannequin.

Purdy’s bionic limbs give her a fascinating fembot-bombshell look. (She may be too modest to consider herself a bombshell, but “fembot” is a label Purdy proudly embraces in her motivational speeches and her blog, Through the Eyes of a Fembot.)

Purdy is without question an inspirational performer. “And what have you done with your day?” the show’s host Erin Andrews deadpanned to the camera, after Purdy described how she won her medal, flew to Los Angeles, rehearsed and danced, all in little more than a weekend. Yet what is most extraordinary about her is the sheer beauty — and artistry — of her dancing.

You expect to see skin on Dancing With the Stars, and glitzy getups and snappy footwork.

But for most of the contestants, conveying feeling is the toughest part. Most never get there.

Purdy and Hough shade their dancing with emotion without making it forced and schmaltzy.

Looks pass between them as if they are sharing secrets.

Purdy is all slow burn with her circling hips and supple spine, and she makes you feel it. Even with those mechanical limbs, she has more honest expression in her body than the other contestants have with their full complement of fleshly parts.

Maybe it’s because of her life story. She survived bacterial meningitis in 1999, at age 19, which robbed her of her legs, kidney

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Amy Purdy, a double amputee with prosthetic limbs, has been one of the top performers on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars. function, the hearing in one ear and very nearly her life. She has looked into the abyss, and clawed her way back. Seven months after receiving her prosthetics, she was back on her snowboard, regaining the moment-to-moment responsiveness, core strength and sense of balance that make her a sensation on the dance floor.

When she dances, she sways her hips like a merengue queen. She isn’t the least bit self-conscious or afraid; there’s no tension in her shoulders. And you’d never know she has any hearing loss from the full-bodied way she responds to music.

There’s a Zen saying, “When the shoe fits, we forget the foot.”

Watching Purdy dance, we forget her disability. It doesn’t even seem right to use the word disability. In fact, Purdy is helping to bury the very notion of disability.

A post-disability world is closer than we think. When soccer’s World Cup begins in Brazil in June, a paralyzed teenager will rise from a wheelchair on the field to make the ceremonial first kick. The teen will be wired into an exoskeleton, with electrodes in his brain that will make the machine respond to his desires, and move the immovable.

One day, exoskeletons could even enable a paralyzed person to dance, by neurally commanding

the limbs. “A person can think, fire their own biological muscles and the exoskeleton can respond appropriately,” says Hugh Herr, head of the Biomechatronics Research Group at MIT. “They could help us learn a new task, like dancing, or playing piano and golf,” Herr says. “They could wrap around our bodies and teach us.” Like our own personal Derek Hough.

The forthcoming film Transcendence, starring Johnny Depp, carries this idea further, imagining life beyond the body, with human consciousness existing in a digital realm after the body has failed.

The concept is extreme — or is it? Is it the logical endpoint of efforts to transcend the body’s limitations? Bio-mechanical engineers will tell you transcendence is here already.

Bionics is not only about making people stronger and faster, says Herr: “Our expression, our humanity can be embedded into biomechanics.”

“As technology becomes more intimate to our bodies, connected to our nerves and brains and mechanically linked to our bodies, our very nature will be expressed to those synthetics,” he says.

Dancing With the Stars airs on Monday nights at 8 on ABC. Sarah Kaufman writes for The Washington Post

TORONTO — Amid the dark clouds hovering over the beleaguered CBC, at least one bright light shines for English Services boss Heather Conway: the provocatively titled new comedy Schitt’s Creek.

Soon after the public broadcaster revealed last week that poor TV ratings and underwhelming ad sales helped contribute to a $130-million budget shortfall, Conway touted the Eugene Levy series as a show that will attract the much-sought-after younger demographic that advertisers love.

The SCTV veteran writes, executive produces and stars alongside his son and co-creator/writer Dan Levy, best known for co-hosting MTV Canada’s The After Show.

Fellow former SCTV vet Catherine O’Hara costars, along with U.S. comic Chris Elliott, of How I Met Your Mother and Late Night with David Letterman fame.

The younger Levy says shooting has just begun in Toronto but he already feels like the series is striking the tone needed for broad appeal.

“It’s a family show at its core,” Levy says in a recent interview from set.

“You have my (character’s) sister and I who are (age) 20s and 30 and you have all the storylines that will happen with us and the younger people in the town, and then you have my dad and Catherine and everything that sort of happens with them.

“And amidst it all we all sort of pull together so there’s a nice blend of young-and-old and heart-andedge. I think if we balance it properly it’s a pretty all-inclusive show.”

CBC has trumpeted the involvement of comedy veterans O’Hara and her fellow SCTV cohort, who both rose to fame in the ’70s sketch comedy series.

Acknowledging that strategy could be seen as outof-whack with CBC’s bid for younger audiences, the younger Levy is careful to portray Schitt’s Creek as “a family show with an edge” that offers “a more modern take on the family dynamic.”

“It’s not necessarily a network TV sitcom. It has an edge and it has a heart and it has a reality that I don’t think we see in a lot of mainstream sitcoms out there that deal with families,” says Levy.

“A lot of that is contingent on a certain style of comedy that my dad and Catherine and Chris do so well, which is a little drier.”

Younger co-stars include Annie Murphy, Emily Hampshire, Tim Rozon, and Dan Levy’s sister, Sarah.

Eugene Levy plays video store magnate Johnny Rose, while O’Hara is his soap star wife Moira. Dan Levy plays their hipster son David and Murphy is socialite daughter Alexis. When the Roses suddenly find themselves broke, they are forced to leave their pampered lives for Schitt’s Creek, a town they once bought as a joke.

“The humour is definitely not multi-cam sitcom humour,” Levy continues.

“It’s not one-two punch humour — it’s characterdriven, it’s about the dynamics and inner workings of the characters and how they speak to each other and how they act. So it’s not like a big, jokey show, it really delves a little bit deeper. And the humour, much like the roles that both my dad and Catherine and Chris have done, they all stem from a very strange but real place.

All the characters are grounded in reality and they’re all sort of likable characters despite it all. So the humour definitely has that depth. And we just hope that people like it.”

As does the CBC. On Thursday, the public broadcaster revealed a wide swath of cuts including 657 full-time jobs over the next two years.

It followed several TV cancellations including the northern drama Arctic Air, mental health crime series Cracked, the cooking shows Best Recipes Ever and In the Kitchen with Stefano Faita and as well as George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight and The Ron James Show.

Last week, scripted programming boss Sally Catto said the broadcaster was keen to shift its schedule towards edgier fare, even if it might turn off some traditional viewers.

Catto described it as a “very, very raw” series that won’t shy away from sex and violence. Meanwhile, she acknowledged that the name Schitt’s Creek could rankle some, but said it was a risk CBC was willing to take.

Schitt’s Creek is set to debut on CBC-TV in January 2015.

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He was 69.

His death was announced on his official Facebook page Friday.

“Friends, our sweet Jesse died peacefully in his sleep this morning,” read the update. “Bless his loving heart.”

Winchester was born in Louisiana and raised around the American south, but didn’t begin his music career in earnest until moving to Quebec in 1967.

There, he began performing solo in coffee houses around Montreal and the East Coast, earning a reputation for his wry country-folk.

He was a protege of the Band’s Robbie Robertson, who produced and played guitar on Winchester’s self-titled debut album and brought Band-mate Levon Helm along to play drums and mandolin.

Winchester’s second album, 1972’s Third Down, 110 to Go featured a few tracks produced by Todd Rundgren. Winchester continued to release material at a steady clip until 1981’s Talk Memphis set off a seven-year break from recording — even though that album contained Winchester’s biggest U.S. hit, “Say What.”

Although large-scale mainstream success mostly eluded Winchester, his songs were covered by an array of luminaries including Elvis Costello, Anne Murray, Wynona Judd, Emmylou Harris, the Everly

Brothers and Joan Baez.

Some of his best-loved songs include Yankee Lady, Biloxi, The Brand New Tennessee Waltz and Mississippi, You’re On My Mind.

After living in Canada for decades, Winchester moved back to the U.S. early last decade.

Winchester was nominated for three Juno Awards, including country male vocalist of the year in 1990 and, most recently, best roots and traditional album

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Don’t subsidize freeloading son’s lifestyle Dear Annie: My 26-year-old son to him now, as calmly as possible, and graduated from college three years let him know you love him, but you ago. He worked for his father for one aren’t willing to subsidize his current year, worked on a marijuana farm for lifestyle. If you choose, you could tell one year and has been living off of his him that he can stay if he gets a job and savings for the past eight months. He pays a reasonable rent, or any variahasn’t been looking for a job. He says tion that you prefer if you think he will he doesn’t want to work for honor it. Offer to help him someone else. look for employment and/ Now he says he wants to or an apartment of his own. move back to our town and Try to get your ex-husband live half of the year with me on board so you both are and half with my ex-hushelping your son get on a band, who lives two hours path toward responsibility. away.

But you have to be willing He refuses to pay rent. to risk your son’s anger if Annie, I don’t want him livyou expect this to work. ing here, freeloading. The Dear Annie: I’m a high problem is, I know he’ll school student in a small come here anyway and stay town, and I’m really scared several nights without offifor my health. My maternal MITCHELL cially moving in, because I grandmother died of breast & SUGAR live near his friends. cancer, and she left beHow do I handle this hind three daughters, two without having it get really of whom have daughters of ugly? He’s not the easiest their own. person to deal with. —Reluctant Mom There’s a high chance that my mothDear Reluctant: It isn’t going to get er, aunts, cousin or I could have breast better if you do nothing and find your cancer, as well. son on your doorstep. You need to talk I’m scared to the bone of this dis-

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ease, and I’m always nervous that my self-exams aren’t terribly accurate.

I’ve talked to my mom about getting a professional exam or even a mammogram (though, to be honest, I’d be so much more comfortable with a mastectomy altogether), but I always feel like she avoids the subject. Is there any way I can get an exam without my mother knowing? If not, how can I convince her to get one with me? -—Worried in Wyoming Dear Worried: While having a close relative who has had breast cancer is a risk factor over one’s lifetime, it doesn’t necessarily mean that anyone else in your family will get it.

A small percentage of the population carries the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, and if Grandma had this, your mother should speak to her doctor about genetic testing. Otherwise, your risk is no greater than any other girl your age.

But we do agree that an exam might put your mind at ease.

Ask your mother to make an appointment for you with a gynecologist.

If she refuses, you can talk to your pediatrician about this at your next appointment, or contact Planned Par-

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HOROSCOPES MONDAY, APRIL 14 common now, use this transit wisely.

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): New money Brad Garrett, 53; Adrian Brody, 40; Cynthia saving ideas will be on the agenda today.

Cooper, 50 Inspiration will hit an all-time high as you THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Pluto, the plan- remove doubts and fears from your life and et of transformation and regeneration, will realize you are able to enjoy yourself more. slide into a retrograde phase today.

New relationship changes are on the agenda, You will start to question authorities on a only look back if you want to go there. deeper level; you are searching for the truth.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The significant As the truth emerges, you become even more relationships in your life offer you some very excitable today. New horizons on the agenda, positive inspirations and innovative ideas for take that step forward into the the home. future you’ve imagined!

Start from where you can HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today and work towards these grand is your birthday, then this will be forward thinking ideas. The new a year when you will be forward and untried is on the agenda thinking. today!

You will have original ideas SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. and truth - the most important 21): You have become very feature for you this year. As you introspective. Conversations move forward, you will be adduring your daily routine leave dressing past situations in order you questioning everything. Try to transform them into a new something new with your health outcome for yourself. This is the and work even if you are fearful year to cut away from that which at first. It will be better than you no longer serves and welcome in can imagine and this will bring LARISA MAIRA the new. excitement back!

OZOLINS ARIES (March 21-April 19): SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22You’re naturally inclined to be Dec. 21): Personal self-exprescommunicative today. Sharing sion will be high today will not your views will rule the day and only lead to an increase in fiyou can exaggerate the truth a little. nances, but will also provide you more confiChanges for you on a public level will be at dence in whatever you attempt. the forefront. New beginnings are creating a Go out and celebrate with your romantic more reflective mode, take that new start! interest, the day will be filled with surprises TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Research and excitement! is highlighted today. Brilliant ideas abound.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Changes Take this opportunity to learn more about the are happening for you personally and on a world at large. Some new understanding will public level. Others are even noticing this leave you very inquisitive and inspire you to new you emerge. take a new direction.

Try to take some time to relax at home GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Excitement and allow all this excitement to sink in. Soon will be on the agenda today! You won’t be you will feel empowered and ready to take on able to keep quiet about your deepest and the world. wildest desires.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Actions Share where you are right now, try not to taken now will lead to more excitement for exaggerate, keep your cool and your aspira- you. You will have to look within to find the tions will be well on their way of coming true. best path forward. New beginnings are right CANCER (June 21-July 22): Changes on the brink of discovery, take that step forwith how you communicate with those who ward. You will become more excited about have authority over you is likely today. what could be and where life is heading.

This is in turn is making you take a step PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Others see back and observe those interactions with a you are quite lucky these days. Friends might more keen eye. There is reason to feel ex- become slightly less than amicable as you focited, express that energy in the most cordial cus more on your aspirations. Tone down the way possible. over excitement and confidence at this stage LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): New knowledge as it might lead to some jealousy from friends will have you changing up your daily routine and group settings. and how you perform at work today.

Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationMake sure to do your research before you ally syndicated astrologer and columnist. claim to be an expert in whichever subject Her column appears daily in the Advomatters you are discussing. Brilliant ideas are cate.

enthood (plannedparenthood.org) for information.

Dear Annie: Please tell “End of the Line” not to despair. There are free or low-cost computer courses offered at places like Goodwill Industries (goodwill.org), which also offers help with resume writing, along with free job placement services.

In Florida, we have Workforce Plus, which offers assistance, and I’m sure other states have similar services.

As a former hiring manager, I often hired people in their 70s. Older workers have excellent work ethics and less absenteeism than younger workers.

Plus, their years of business experience proved invaluable.

At the age of 51, I decided to return to college and earn a B.A. in accounting, and I continue to take classes. You are never too old to learn. Please tell her not to give up. —There Is Hope Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Frozen food makers plan major PR push NEW YORK — Frozen foods are about to get some badly needed image therapy.

With sales slipping in the category, frozen food makers are in the final stages of preparing a major public relations campaign to defend the nutritional reputation of their products.

The push will include what are said to be the first national TV ads on behalf of the industry as a whole, as well as social media and in-store promotions.

Kraig Naasz, president of the American Frozen Food Institute, confirmed that the industry trade group plans to launch the “multiyear, multimillion dollar” campaign in early May. He declined to provide details but said the thrust of the campaign would be to educate people that the freezing process is just a way to hit the “pause button” to lock in the nutrients, quality and taste of fresh food. It’s the biggest marketing push on behalf of the industry to date and the first to include national TV ads, according to the American Frozen Food Institute.

The group, based in McLean, Va., represents companies including Nestle USA, which makes Hot Pockets, Lean Cuisine and Stouffer’s, and ConAgra, which makes Healthy Choice and Marie Callender’s.

The campaign comes as Americans

are increasingly reaching for foods they feel are fresh. That has hurt the performance of many frozen foods, which are often seen as being processed and full of preservatives or sodium.

Between 2009 and last year, U.S. sales of frozen meals are down 3 per cent at $8.92 billion, according to Euromonitor International. The market researcher is forecasting a decline of another 2 per cent this year.

In addition to the industry campaign, companies are working behind the scenes to communicate the benefits of frozen foods to dietitians.

The hope is that such health professionals will then pass on the message to their clients.

Nestle USA, for instance, later this month plans to present research it commissioned at the Experimental Biology conference that compares the nutrition of frozen foods to fast-food meals.

The company also recently introduced a “Balance Your Plate on a Budget” meal plan featuring products such as Hot Pockets and Tombstone pizza for people on fixed incomes.

The plan will be distributed to dietitians at conferences and online.

When asked if the company encountered any criticism for featuring such products in meal plans designed to be healthy, Chavanne Hanson, a dietitian who works for Nestle, said that it was the “exact opposite.”

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Watson wins again Bubba Watson’s caddie Ted Scott, right and spectators celebrate as Bubba Watson wins the Masters golf tournament Sunday, in Augusta, Ga. Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BUBBA WATSON HOLDS OFF SPIETH TO WIN SECOND GREEN JACKET IN THREE YEARS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUGUSTA, Ga. — One of golf’s most exciting players squeezed most of the drama out of the Masters on Sunday.

That’s just fine with Bubba Watson.

All he cared about was slipping into that green jacket.

Instead of hitting a 40-yard hook out of a forest of Georgia pines — the signature shot in his playoff victory two years ago — the final act Sunday at Augusta National took place on the 18th green. Watson had a three-shot lead and consulted with his caddie on a 15-foot birdie putt.

“I went over to him and I said, ’I’m not very good at math, but we’ve got four putts, right?”’ Watson said.

This was more about great golf than Bubba golf.

Watson kept his poise during an early burst of birdies from 20-year-old Jordan Spieth, turned the tournament in his favour with consecutive two-shot swings to close out the front nine, and coasted to a 3-under 69 to win the Mas-

ters by three shots over Spieth and Jonas Blixt of Sweden.

“Small-town guy named Bubba now has two green jackets,” Watson said.

“It’s pretty wild.”

Watson made it look routine over the final hour. On a Sunday when Spieth was trying to become the youngest winner in Masters history and 50-year-old Miguel Angel Jimenez had a chance to become the oldest major champion, Watson turned in another masterpiece and joined an elite group as the 17th player to win multiple Masters.

Surprisingly for Augusta, the most compelling action was on the front nine.

His only nervous moment was a drive so mammoth around the corner on the 13th hole that it clipped a few trees and still went some 360 yards, leaving just a sand wedge into the par 5. That was his lone birdie on the back nine. No one got closer than three shots the rest of the way.

“The shot out of the woods made me famous,” Watson said. “But this one

was a lot better for me and my nerves.”

This was nothing like the Masters he won two years ago, especially when it was over.

His wife and newly adopted son were home in Florida in 2012 when Watson made four straight birdies on the back nine and won on the second playoff hole with his great escape out of the trees.

When he tapped in for par on 18, there was 2-year-old Caleb — decked out in a green-and-white striped Masters shirt and green tennis shoes — walking toward him. Watson had tears streaming down his face when he scooped him up, a prize as great as the green jacket.

“Seeing him back there ... what an amazing feeling as a parent,” he said.

“And then throw on the green jacket on top of it just changes everything.”

After high-fiving the crowd on his way to sign his card, Watson returned to Butler Cabin to take back that green jacket after slipping it on Adam Scott a year ago.

“After giving it away last year, I

wanted it back,” Watson said. “I told Adam we could just swap it back and forth every year.”

Spieth could only watch from the side of the green.

He dazzled the massive crowd early by holing out for birdie from the front bunker on No. 4, and making back-toback birdies to build a two-shot lead through seven holes. Bidding to become the first player in 35 years to win a green jacket in his first try, Spieth looked to be well on his way.

But he three-putted for bogey on No. 8 — the first 6 on his card all week — as Watson got up-and-down for birdie to tie for the lead. Spieth then made a rookie mistake, leaving his approach below the flagstick on No. 9 and watching it roll back into the fairway, setting up another bogey and two-shot swing.

Whatever prayer he had might have ended at Amen Corner.

His tee shot on No. 12 found Rae’s Creek. He missed a short birdie attempt on the 13th.

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Cudillo twins dominate provincials BROTHERS WILL NOW LOOK TO TAKE A RUN AT NATIONALS

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF With one final rock-hard right, Lowie Cudillo left little doubt in his coach’s mind that he and his twin brother Lester are ready for nationals.

The Red Deer boxers defended their titles on Sunday at the 2014 Alberta Provincial Boxing Championships at the Harvest Centre in Red Deer, completing two years of Alberta domination.

Lowie dropped Dustin Amdo of the Beverly Bronx Boxing Club out of Edmonton, with eight seconds to go in the third round to win the 60 kilogram youth title. He was also later named the top youth boxer at the tournament.

“It’s a relief for me (to knock him down) because I know for sure that I’m ahead,” said Cudillo.

He took a closely contended first round, dominated the second and then finished a hard-fought third round with a late flurry to take the unanimous decision.

Lester Cudillo also won by unanimous decision, but took a completely different approach against Mitchell Kubrek from the Avenue Boxing Club

out of Edmonton to take the 54kg junior title. Cudillo had already beat Kubrek the previous two times they had a fought so knew his competitor well.

Instead of forcing the issue, he was more tactical, waiting out Kubrek and looking for his openings.

“My game plan was to keep my distance because he knows how to brawl and he’s a good close fighter,” said Lester.

Winning is nothing new for either twin, but it is a feeling that doesn’t get old.

“It feels good, it feels perfect, I am the champion,” said Lester.

They both have already won provincial Golden Gloves and Diamond Gloves titles and both struck gold in the Alberta Winter Games in February in Banff and Canmore, with each winning twice by technical knockout.

Red Deer and District Boxing Club coach Dennis Ejack was impressed by the showing of the twins on Sunday and believes they are ready for a run at nationals later this summer in Ontario. Going to nationals is the first big step in qualifying for Olympic, Commonwealth and Pan-Am Games.

It has been a quick ascent for the Philippine nationals, who have only

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Lowie Cudillo, left, tags Dustin Amdo with a left cross during the 2014 Alberta Provincial Boxing Championships at the Harvest Centre in Red Deer on Sunday.

Cudillo beat Amdo for the 64 KG Junior title. been boxing for two years. Their dedication to the sport has played a big part in their early success, working with Ejack at the club and their father Leo Cudillo at home in their basement.

They also scour the province looking for top level boxers to train against to raise their level.

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Flames flounder in season ending loss to Canucks

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canucks 5 Flames 1 VANCOUVER — Daniel Sedin scored twice before leaving on a stretcher after taking a hit from behind as the Vancouver Canucks concluded what has been a disastrous season with a 5-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Sunday.

Frank Corrado, with his first in the NHL, Ryan Kesler and Yannick Weber also scored for Vancouver (36-35-11), while Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves for his first victory with the Canucks.

The result of a game that meant very little was overshadowed by a nas-

ty incident late in the second period when Daniel Sedin was checked in the numbers by Calgary’s Paul Byron and stayed down before being stretchered off. Sedin appeared to be moving his fingers, but there was no immediate update on his status. Byron was assessed a five-minute penalty for boarding and a game misconduct.

The team said Sedin was taken in stable condition to hospital to undergo further evaluation.

“He exhibited signs of movement to his extremities and showed improvement from initially being hit,” the statement read. “No assessment will be made until completion of this evaluation.”

Henrik Sedin added two assists for

Vancouver, which goes into the offseason with more than a few question marks after missing the playoffs for the first time in six years.

Johnny Gaudreau scored in his first NHL game and Karri Ramo stopped 18 shots for Calgary (35-40-7) as the Flames wrapped up a 2013-’14 campaign that saw the team miss the postseason for the fifth straight spring.

Vancouver scored twice in the first period and stretched its lead to 3-0 at 9:12 of the second on Corrado’s first career goal on a shot from the top of the faceoff circle through traffic past Ramo. Kesler then ripped his 25th of the season at 13:49 to make it 4-0 for Vancouver before Gaudreau scored his first in the NHL at 15:22, when a

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deflection in front went off his stick and past Markstrom to get Calgary on the board.

The 20-year-old Gaudreau won the Hobey Baker award earlier this week as the top player in U.S. college hockey after the native of Salem, N.J. recorded 35 goals and 42 assists in 39 games this season with Boston College.

After Sedin was taken off the ice before the hushed Rogers Centre crowd, Weber scored on the ensuing power play to make it 5-1 at 18:55, with Vancouver rookie Michael Zalewski picking up an assist for his first point in the NHL.

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Oilers send Smytty out in style OILERS GET SEASON FINALE WIN OVER CANUCKS IN RYAN SMYTH’S FINAL GAME

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Oilers 5 Canucks 2 EDMONTON — It wasn’t much of a season, but the Edmonton Oilers managed to go out with a show-stopper to honour Ryan Smyth.

Taylor Hall had three assists to hit 80 points on the season as the Oilers celebrated veteran forward Smyth’s final game in style, coming away with a 5-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.

“It was a special night,” said Hall.“To get a win and a nice win was great. Smitty wanted to go out on a win and a high note. That was his message before the game. We won it for him and it was good to see. It was a night I will never forget.”

Roman Horak, Jeff Petry, Will Acton, Jordan Eberle and Ryan NugentHopkins scored for the Oilers (29-44-9) who snapped a two-game losing skid in their final game of the season.

The win moved the Oilers up a draft spot, as they leapfrogged the Florida Panthers into 28th place overall with Tuesday’s NHL draft lottery looming.

The fans, however, were more interested in seeing Smyth go out on a win after a career that saw him total 386 goals, 456 assists and 842 points in 1,270 career games. Smyth, was unable to get the power-play goal that would have given him the franchise record, remaining in a tie with Glenn Anderson at 126 for his career.

Smyth was loudly cheered all night and no show of respect could have been bigger than the Canucks players coming back out on the ice to shake his hand after the final whistle, before the sobbing Alberta native said goodbye to

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Edmonton Oilers’ Ryan Smyth waves to the crowd after playing his last game in the NHL, after his retirement in Edmonton, on Saturday.

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“I soaked every moment of it in,” Smyth said. “It was an awesome experience that I will never forget for the rest of my life. I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of putting on this jersey, and any jersey in the NHL. To see the fan appreciation form the start to the enda they are the best fans in the world. I am thoroughly honoured to stand up here today and say I enjoyed every moment.”

Shawn Matthias and Zack Kassian replied for the Canucks (35-35-11) who

have not had a strong finishing run to their season, losing six of their last seven with one game still to be played.

“We gave them too many primary scoring chances and a team like that they’re going to score,” Kassian said.

“We got a lot of shots, but we didn’t get a lot of scoring chances for us.”

However, even the Vancouver players were mainly interested in talking about Smyth’s final night and how they were glad to be able to go up to him after the game and pay their respects.

“We talked about having to do something for him,” said captain Henrik Sedin. “He’s been such a big part of the Oilers, you talk about a lot of big

names and he’s up there with the best.

It was fun to be a part of it.”

“It’s terrific,” added Canucks coach John Tortorella. “That’s what you love about our athletes in our game, it’s that mutual respect amongst one another after the game is over. Ryan Smyth deserves that and I thought our guys handled themselves very well.”

Edmonton started the scoring just 2:14 into the game as Steven Pinizzotto made a pass from behind the net to Horak in the slot and the recent AHL call-up rifled his first of the year past Canucks starting goalie Jacob Markstrom. The assist was Pinizzotto’s firstcareer NHL point.

Bandits finish fourth after loss in bronze medal game Velocity 6 Bandits 2 If all the women that played hockey in Central Alberta had the enthusiasm for the game that Lori Krause does, the Red Deer Bandits wouldn’t have any problems fielding a team.

Krause has been playing with the Bandits since 1990 “or ‘91” outside of the time she took off to have her four children. And although she just turned 43 still loves the game.

“I love the competitiveness and love the friendships and camaraderie,” she said. “And I’m crazy enough to travel.”

At the end of every year she says” “this may be my last game, but then September comes around and I go back. My husband says If I still enjoy it

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MASTERS: Too tough to beat Watson was too powerful, too experienced, too tough to beat. Spieth closed with six pars for a 72 and tied for second with Blixt, who never went away but never really threatened. Blixt shot a 71.

“Obviously, I’ve worked my whole life to lead Augusta on Sunday. And although I feel like it’s very early in my career, and I’ll have more chances, it’s a stinger,” Spieth said.

Watson finished at 8-under 280 and goes to a career-best No. 4 in the world.

Mike Weir of Bright’s Grove, Ont., shot a final-round 73 and finished 9 over in a tie for 44th.

Jimenez, the ageless wonder from Spain, shot 71 and finished alone in fourth. Matt Kuchar lost a share of the lead with a four-putt double bogey on the fourth hole and never challenged again. He closed with a 74 and tied for fifth with Rickie Fowler (73).

Nine players were separated by three shots at the start of the final round only for this to turn into a twoman show. For the opening two hours, it was anything but dull.

After trading pars on the opening hole, either Watson or Spieth — sometimes both — made birdie or bogey over the next nine holes.

Spieth holed out from a bunker for birdie on the tough par-3 fourth.

He made back-to-back birdies with a 12-foot putt on the seventh for a twoshot lead.

Two holes to close out the back nine changed everything. Amen Corner swung the Masters in Watson’s favour for good.

Watson won for the second time this year, and his second major puts him at the top of the Ryder Cup standings.

He was guided all week by a simple game plan of hitting fairways and greens, and he was calmed by knowing that regardless of how it turned out, he still had a green jacket. Now he has two of them.

TWINS: Sparring “These guys are sparring with national champions and bigger 25-yearold guys and they had to do well and their technique came out through spar-

WESTERN SHIELD WOMEN’S HOCKEY TOURNAMENT I should continue playing.”

And she certainly isn’t lacking in skills as she helped set up Erin Smith for both Red Deer goals as they dropped a 6-2 decision to the Alberta senior AA champion Edmonton ESP Velocity in the Western Shield bronze medal game at Kin City Arenas Sunday morning.

“That’s the good thing about women’s hockey, you can continue to play, although I’m getting older and a lot of these girls could be my children,” she said with a laugh.

Like the rest of her teammates Krause would like to see members of the RDC Queens, who graduate, join the team.

“As well as players who played junior (Central Alberta Amazons). The girls would love it and we could use more skill. We’re not a team with cliques . . . we just go have fun, skate and play hard.”

The toughest aspect is the travel to Calgary once or twice a week to play in the Southern Alberta League.

“We need to travel to get the competition, but we don’t go when the weather is bad and it’s fun to get a group of girls to go with,” said Krause, who never did play hockey competitively before joining the Bandits.

“I played shinny on the lake (at Sylvan Lake) and played basketball and volleyball in school.”

ring,” said Ejack.

The weekend did not go quite as well for the local club’s other provincial champ, Cole Farwell, 17.

The Red Deer boxer entered the open category due to having 10 fights on his record already, unfortunately, he drew an older boxer with 60 more fights under his belt. This put Farwell as the big underdog, but he managed to hang and push the bout to a decision, that went in favour of his opponent.

Still, his willingness to step up and take on the challenge told Ejack everything he needed to know about his pupil. The club’s motto is AAA — which stands for Anybody, Anywhere, Anytime — and Farwell took that to heart.

“When Cole considered that yesterday, that’s why he fought,” said Ejack.

“We realized with Cole, he can learn much more from a loss than he can a win.”

Up next for the club is the Western Canadian Championships, also in Red Deer, from June 7 and 8. The club will have its work cut out to top this past weekend after setting new records for attendance — a packed house on both Saturday and Sunday — and participants with 84 boxers over the two days.

Other results from Sunday include: Fort McMurray’s Blake McPhee in an unanimous decision over Peace River’s Jordan Ledger in 64 kg senior; Medicine Hat’s Ewan Smith over Cody Gautier at 46kg junior in a unanimous decision; Fort McMurray’s Sam Brown unanimously over Daithi Duignah of the Panther Boxing Club in Edmonton at 81 kg senior novice; Slave Lake’s Carl Knight unanimously over South Side Edmonton’s Tyrell Wilson at 35 Kg junior B; BBB’s Tethlmach Chuoi in a split over Bajram Feraj of South Side Legion Boxing Club in Edmonton in 75 Kg Jr. B; Wabaska’s Garrity Thompson with a TKO of Ethan Hetke out of Edmonton’s Cougar Boxing Club in 64 kg junior; Jackie Baker out of Calgary’s Legacy Boxing Club TKO’d Kayenna Cardinal out of the Kamikaze Punishment Headquarters in Edmonton in 54 Kg Sr. women’s; BBB’s Kelly Turner won by knockout due to injury over Legacy’s Megan Massini at 69 kg Sr. women’s; Legacy’s Jordan McNaughton unanimously beat Bonnyville’s Mark Fieger at 69 kg Sr. novice; Legacy’s Mario Rovanet unanimously beat Avenue’s Ming Houang at 75 kg Sr. novice; Panther’s Ben Alvarez unanimously beat Bonnyville’s Isiah Hayden in 81 kg senior open; West Edmonton Knights Boxing Club’s Mireille Ares unanimously beat Legion’s Shakira Jamerson in 75 kg Sr. Women’s novice; and Knight’s Austin Jack won a split decision with BBB’s Joseph Morrison

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FLAMES: Nice save Markstrom, who came over as part of the Roberto Luongo trade with the Florida Panthers last month, made a nice save on a Sean Monahan breakaway early in the third but had a relatively quiet night.

The summer should be interesting for both Calgary and Vancouver. The Flames need a new general manager after firing Jay Feaster in December, while the Canucks are also on the lookout for a new GM following Mike Gillis’ dismissal last week.

The Flames have not made the playoffs since 2008-’09 but came into this season with a young roster and zero expectations. The club got off to a rough start, but played much better in the New Year, a surge that coincided with the line brawl against Vancouver in January that saw Canucks head coach John Tortorella try to get into the Flames’ locker-room.

The Canucks, meanwhile, were in a

One area the Bandits need more depth is on defence. But then the RDC Queens have three former forwards on defence as well.

“I guess parents have to start raising defencemen in Central Alberta,” said Krause with a smile.

The Bandits lost 11-1 to the eventual gold medal winning Saskatchewan Wheat Queens Saturday to end pool play. Jodie Schubert scored for the Bandits.

The Wheat Queens downed the Manitoba Herd 5-1 in the final.

In the Senior A division, Kamloops defeated the Assiniboine Community College Cougars of Manitoba 1-0 in the final. The South Fraser TNT of Saskatchewan got past the Grande Prairie Panthers 3-1 in the bronze medal game. drode@reddeeradvocate.com playoff spot at Christmas but stumbled badly for a 20-game stretch midway through the season because of injuries and an inability to adapt to Tortorella’s system. Whether or not the embattled coach remains behind the bench next season could be one of the first decisions for newly minted president of hockey operations Trevor Linden.

With playoff weather outside as temperatures reached 15 C in Vancouver on Sunday, there was more of a preseason atmosphere with both teams playing for pride and little else.

The Canucks gave up two separate 2-on-1 breaks to the Flames’ fourth line early in the first period but survived that scare to score the opening goal at 7:14. Vancouver’s David Booth, while falling to the ice, swatted at a rebound in front that bounced off Daniel Sedin and past a surprised Ramo.

Markstrom then made a couple of nice saves on a Calgary man advantage midway through the period before the Canucks doubled their lead at 13:57 on a power play of their own when Sedin chipped home his 16th of the campaign. It marked Sedin’s first two-goal game of the season and first since Feb. 24, 2013 — a span of 101 games.

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82 21 51 10 52 157 248 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Anaheim 82 54 20 8 116 266 209 y-Colorado 82 52 22 8 112 250 220 x-St. Louis 82 52 23 7 111 248 191 x-San Jose 82 51 22 9 111 249 200 x-Chicago 82 46 21 15 107 267 220 x-Los Angeles 82 46 28 8 100 206 174 x-Minnesota 82 43 27 12 98 207 206 x-Dallas 82 40 31 11 91 235 228 Phoenix 82 37 30 15 89 216 231 Nashville 82 38 32 12 88 216 242 Winnipeg 82 37 35 10 84 227 237 Vancouver 82 36 35 11 83 196 223 Calgary 82 35 40 7 77 209 241 Edmonton 82 29 44 9 67 203 270 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division; zclinched conference

Edmonton vs Brandon (Edmonton wins series 4-1) Thursday, Apr. 3 Edmonton 5 Brandon 0 Saturday, Apr. 5 Edmonton 3 Brandon 0 Tuesday, Apr. 8 Edmonton 5 Brandon 2 Wednesday, Apr. 9 Brandon 5 Edmonton 2 Friday, Apr. 11 Edmonton 5 Brandon 1 Medicine Hat vs Kootenay (Kootenay leads series 3-2) Saturday, Apr. 5 Kootenay 4 Medicine Hat 2 Sunday, Apr. 6 Medicine Hat 5 Kootenay 2 Wednesday, Apr. 9 Kootenay 3 Medicine Hat 1 Thursday, Apr. 10 Kootenay 7 Medicine Hat 4 Saturday, Apr. 12 Medicine Hat 9 Kootenay 2 Monday, Apr. 14 Medicine Hat at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 16 x-Kootenay at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Anaheim 4, Los Angeles 3, SO Boston 4, Buffalo 1 Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT Montreal 1, N.Y. Rangers 0, OT Ottawa 1, Toronto 0 Columbus 3, Florida 2 Nashville 7, Chicago 5 San Jose 3, Phoenix 2 Edmonton 5, Vancouver 2

Portland vs Victoria (Portland wins series 4-1) Friday, Apr. 4 Portland 8 Victoria 2 Saturday, Apr. 5 Portland 6 Victoria 3 Monday, Apr. 7 Victoria 2 Portland 1 Tuesday, Apr. 8 Portland 4 Victoria 3 Thursday, Apr. 10 Portland 5 Victoria 1

Pts 23 20 19 19 19 16 16 16 15 15 13 13 13

GOALTENDING L 1 1 5 1 4

GAA 1.78 2.01 2.18 2.34 3.04

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts z-Boston 82 54 19 9 117 y-Pittsburgh 82 51 24 7 109 x-Tampa Bay 82 46 27 9 101 x-N.Y. Rangers 82 45 31 6 96 x-Montreal 82 46 28 8 100 x-Philadelphia 82 42 30 10 94 x-Columbus 82 43 32 7 93 x-Detroit 82 39 28 15 93 Washington 82 38 30 14 90 New Jersey 82 35 29 18 88 Ottawa 82 37 31 14 88 Toronto 82 38 36 8 84 Carolina 82 36 35 11 83 N.Y. Islanders 82 34 37 11 79 Florida 82 29 45 8 66

SO 2 1 0 0 0

GF 261 249 240 218 215 236 231 222 235 197 236 231 207 225 196

GA 177 207 215 193 204 235 216 230 240 208 265 256 230 267 268

NHL Scoring Leaders Sidney Crosby, Pgh Ryan Getzlaf, Ana Claude Giroux, Pha Tyler Seguin, Dal Corey Perry, Ana Phil Kessel, Tor Taylor Hall, Edm Alex Ovechkin, Wash Joe Pavelski, SJ Jamie Benn, Dal Nicklas Backstrom, Wash Patrick Sharp, Chi Joe Thornton, SJ Erik Karlsson, Ott Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Patrick Marleau, SJ Anze Kopitar, LA Matt Duchene, Col

G 36 31 28 37 43 37 27 51 41 34 18 34 11 20 23 33 29 23

A 68 56 57 47 39 43 53 28 38 45 61 44 65 53 49 37 41 47

Pts 104 87 85 84 82 80 80 79 79 79 79 78 76 73 72 70 70 70

EASTERN CONFERENCE Detroit vs. Boston Friday, April 18: Detroit at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 20: Detroit at Boston, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, April 22: Boston at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 24: Boston at Detroit, 6 p.m. x-Saturday, April 26: Detroit at Boston, 1 p.m.

Montreal vs Tampa Bay Wednesday, April 16: Montreal at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Friday, April 18: Montreal at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Sunday, April 20: Tampa Bay at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, April 22: Tampa Bay at Montreal, 5 p.m. x-Thursday, April 24: Montreal at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Saturday’s summary

Western Hockey League Playoff Leaders SCORING G A Sam Reinhart, Koo 6 17 Jaedon Descheneau, Koo 10 10 Oliver Bjorkstrand, Por 9 10 Brendan Leipsic, Por 8 11 Trevor Cox, MH 6 13 Curtis Valk, MH 9 7 Cole Sanford, MH 7 9 Derrick Pouliot, Por 4 12 Jagger Dirk, Koo 4 11 Taylor Leier, Por 4 11 Luke Philip, Koo 5 8 John Quenneville, Bra 5 8 Damon Severson, Kel 4 9

Goal — Calgary: Ramo (L, 17-15-4); Vancouver: Markstrom (W, 2-8-3).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Calgary: 0-2; Vancouver: 2-4.

NHL Playoffs FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary)

Sunday’s Games Carolina 6, Philadelphia 5, SO Tampa Bay 1, Washington 0, SO N.Y. Islanders 4, Buffalo 3, SO Ottawa 3, Pittsburgh 2, SO Detroit 3, St. Louis 0 New Jersey 3, Boston 2 Nashville 7, Minnesota 3 Anaheim 3, Colorado 2, OT Vancouver 5, Calgary 1 Phoenix 2, Dallas 1 end of the regular season

Kelowna vs Seattle (Kelowna wins series 4-0) Thursday, Apr. 3 Kelowna 6 Seattle 2 Saturday, Apr. 5 Kelowna 6 Seattle 3 Tuesday, Apr. 8 Kelowna 5 Seattle 4 Wednesday, Apr. 9 Kelowna 5 Seattle 2

W 8 8 6 8 5

Oilers 5, Canucks 2 First Period 1. Edmonton, Horak 1 (Pinizzotto, Acton) 2:14.

2. Edmonton, Petry 7 (Nugent-Hopkins, Hall) 13:17.

Penalties — Jensen Vcr (hooking) 8:32, Perron Edm (boarding) 15:47.

Second Period 3. Edmonton, Acton 3 (Larsen, Pinizzotto) 2:14.

4. Vancouver, Matthias 12 (Kassian) 5:25.

5. Edmonton, Eberle 28 (Schultz, Hall) 16:06 (pp).

Penalties — Stanton Vcr (hooking) 7:51, Edler Vcr (high-sticking) 9:27, Garrison Vcr (high-sticking) 15:54, Smyth Edm (roughing) 16:06, Kesler Vcr (roughing) 16:06, Nugent-Hopkins Edm (slashing) 16:21.

Third Period 6. Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 19 (Marincin, Hall) 1:35.

7. Vancouver, Kassian 14 (Richardson, Matthias) 19:49.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Vancouver 18 7 17 — 42 Edmonton 5 9 8 — 22 Goal — Vancouver: Markstrom (L, 1-8-3); Edmonton: Scrivens (W, 16-16-4).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Vancouver: 0-2; Edmonton: 1-5.

Columbus vs. Pittsburgh Wednesday, April 16: Columbus at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 19: Columbus at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Monday, April 21: Pittsburgh at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, April 23: Pittsburgh at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers Thursday, April 17: Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Sunday, April 20: Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 10 a.m.

Tuesday, April 22: N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Friday, April 25: N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. x-Sunday, April 27: Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 10 a.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Minnesota vs. Colorado Thursday, April 17: Minnesota at Colorado, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 19: Minnesota at Colorado, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, April 21: Colorado at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Thursday, April 24: Colorado at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s summary Canucks 5, Flames 1 First Period 1. Vancouver, Sedin 15 (Booth, Sedin) 7:14.

2. Vancouver, Sedin 16 (Edler, Sedin) 13:57 (pp).

Penalties — Weber Vcr (interference) 9:50, Westgarth Cgy (roughing) 12:38.

Second Period 3. Vancouver, Corrado 1 (unassisted) 9:12.

4. Vancouver, Kesler 25 (unassisted) 13:49.

5. Calgary, Gaudreau 1 (Colborne, Breen) 15:22.

6. Vancouver, Weber 6 (Garrison, Zalewski) 18:55 (pp).

Penalties — Westgarth Cgy (Concealing puck) 5:30, Byron Cgy (game misconduct) 17:16, Byron Cgy (boarding - major) 17:16.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Sestito Vcr (misconduct) 17:12, Weber Vcr (hooking) 19:16.

Shots on goal Calgary 11 3 8 — 22 Vancouver 10 11 2 — 23

Chicago vs. St. Louis Thursday, April 17: Chicago at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Saturday, April 19: Chicago at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Monday, April 21: St. Louis at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 23: St. Louis at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. x-Friday, April 25: Chicago at St. Louis, 6 p.m. x-Sunday, April 27: St. Louis at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Dallas vs. Anaheim Wednesday, April 16: Dallas at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Friday, April 18: Dallas at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Monday, April 21: Anaheim at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 23: Anaheim at Dallas, 6 p.m. x-Friday, April 25: Dallas at Anaheim, 8:30 p.m.

Los Angeles vs. San Jose Thursday, April 17: Los Angeles at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 20: Los Angeles at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, April 22: San Jose at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

Thursday, April 24: San Jose at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

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

American League East Division W L Pct 7 6 .538 7 6 .538 7 6 .538 5 7 .417 5 8 .385 Central Division W L Pct 6 4 .600 7 6 .538 6 6 .500 6 7 .462 4 7 .364 West Division W L Pct 8 4 .667 6 5 .545 6 6 .500 6 6 .500 5 8 .385

GB — — — 1 1/2 2 GB — 1/2 1 1 1/2 2 1/2 GB — 1 1/2 2 2 3 1/2

Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 7, Boston 4 Tampa Bay 1, Cincinnati 0 Cleveland 12, Chicago White Sox 6 Minnesota 7, Kansas City 1 Baltimore 2, Toronto 1, 12 innings Houston 6, Texas 5, 10 innings Detroit 6, San Diego 2 N.Y. Mets 7, L.A. Angels 6, 13 innings Oakland 3, Seattle 1

H 21 15 17 15 10 14 14

Pct. .420 .385 .362 .357 .345 .341 .333

Home Runs Bautista, Toronto, 5; Abreu, Chicago, 4; MeCabrera, Toronto, 4; Dozier, Minnesota, 4; Trout, Los Angeles, 4; 16 tied at 3.

Runs Batted In Abreu, Chicago, 14; Colabello, Minnesota, 14; Ibanez, Los Angeles, 12; AlRamirez, Chicago, 12; Moss, Oakland, 11; DavMurphy, Cleveland, 11; Brantley, Cleveland, 10.

Pitching FHernandez, Seattle, 3-0; Sale, Chicago, 3-0; Buehrle, Toronto, 3-0; Britton, Baltimore, 2-0; MPerez, Texas, 2-0; Feldman, Houston, 2-0; Otero, Oakland, 2-0.

Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Los Angeles

National League East Division W L Pct 8 4 .667 7 5 .583 6 6 .500 5 7 .417 5 8 .385 Central Division W L Pct 10 2 .833 7 5 .583 6 6 .500 4 8 .333 4 8 .333 West Division W L Pct 9 4 .692

8 6 5 4

5 7 7 11

.615 .462 .417 .267

1 3 3 1/2 6

Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay 1, Cincinnati 0 St. Louis 10, Chicago Cubs 4 Colorado 1, San Francisco 0 Philadelphia 5, Miami 4, 10 innings Milwaukee 3, Pittsburgh 2 Atlanta 6, Washington 3 L.A. Dodgers 8, Arizona 5 Detroit 6, San Diego 2 N.Y. Mets 7, L.A. Angels 6, 13 innings

Boston 010 001 000 — 2 9 0 New York 002 100 00x — 3 8 0 Doubront, Capuano (7) and Pierzynski; Nova, Thornton (8), Phelps (8), Kelley (9) and McCann.

W—Nova 2-1. L—Doubront 1-2. Sv—Kelley (3).

HRs—Boston, Napoli (3). New York, Beltran (3).

Sunday’s Games Cincinnati 12, Tampa Bay 4 Philadelphia 4, Miami 3 Atlanta 10, Washington 2 Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 6, Chicago Cubs 4 L.A. Angels 14, N.Y. Mets 2 San Francisco 5, Colorado 4, 10 innings San Diego 5, Detroit 1 L.A. Dodgers 8, Arizona 6

GB — 1 2 3 3 1/2 GB — 3 4 6 6 GB —

Utley Phi Blackmon Col Freeman Atl Pagan SF DGordon LAD Bonifacio ChC JUpton Atl

G 10 13 12 12 11 11 12

AB 40 41 43 51 40 51 44

R 8 8 10 7 5 9 10

Houston 000 000 000 — 0 5 0 Texas 000 001 00x — 1 5 0 Oberholtzer, Williams (8) and Corporan; M.Perez, Ogando (9) and Chirinos. W—M.Perez 2-0. L— Oberholtzer 0-3. Sv—Ogando (1).

Oakland 000 000 021 — 3 8 1 Seattle 000 000 000 — 0 3 0 Kazmir, Abad (7), Otero (7), Gregerson (8), Doolittle (9) and Jaso; C.Young, Medina (7), Furbush (8), Luetge (9) and Zunino. W—Otero 2-0. L—Furbush 0-1. Sv—Doolittle (1). HRs—Oakland, Cespedes (2), Donaldson (3).

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS

Monday’s Games Tampa Bay (Archer 1-0) at Baltimore (W.Chen 1-1), 5:05 p.m.

Seattle (Elias 0-1) at Texas (Lewis 0-0), 6:05 p.m.

Oakland (J.Chavez 0-0) at L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 0-2), 8:05 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R AlRamirez CWS 13 50 11 Kubel Min 11 39 6 Ellsbury NYY 13 47 6 Solarte NYY 12 42 4 RDavis Det 8 29 6 Gillaspie CWS 11 41 5 Cano Sea 11 42 4

San Francisco Colorado San Diego Arizona

Monday’s Games Atlanta (E.Santana 1-0) at Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 1-0), 5:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 0-2) at Cincinnati (Bailey 0-1), 5:10 p.m.

Washington (Zimmermann 0-0) at Miami (Undecided), 5:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lynn 2-0) at Milwaukee (Garza 0-1), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 0-2) at Arizona (Collmenter 0-0), 7:40 p.m.

Colorado (Lyles 2-0) at San Diego (Stults 0-2), 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Cincinnati 12, Tampa Bay 4 Toronto 11, Baltimore 3 Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland 3 Minnesota 4, Kansas City 3 Texas 1, Houston 0 L.A. Angels 14, N.Y. Mets 2 San Diego 5, Detroit 1 Oakland 3, Seattle 0 N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 2

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H 20 20 19 21 16 20 17

Pct. .500 .488 .442 .412 .400 .392 .386

Home Runs Trumbo, Arizona, 6; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 5; Belt, San Francisco, 5; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 5; Freeman, Atlanta, 4; CGomez, Milwaukee, 4; CGonzalez, Colorado, 4; Stanton, Miami, 4; JUpton, Atlanta, 4.

Runs Batted In Trumbo, Arizona, 18; Stanton, Miami, 16; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 14; CGonzalez, Colorado, 13; McGehee, Miami, 11; ArRamirez, Milwaukee, 11; 10 tied at 10.

Pitching Greinke, Los Angeles, 3-0; Thornburg, Milwaukee, 2-0; Hudson, San Francisco, 2-0; Cole, Pittsburgh, 2-0; CTorres, New York, 2-0; Kahnle, Colorado, 2-0; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 2-0.

Sunday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto 100 205 030 — 11 17 1 Baltimore 100 000 020 — 3 8 0 Buehrle, Rogers (8) and Navarro, Kratz; Jimenez, Stinson (6), Matusz (8), R.Webb (9) and Wieters.

W—Buehrle 3-0. L—Jimenez 0-3. HRs—Toronto, Rasmus (3), Lawrie (2), Bautista (5). Baltimore, C.Davis (1), Wieters (3).

Kan. City 000 000 030 — 3 7 1 Minnesota 000 000 22x — 4 5 2 Vargas, Crow (8), W.Davis (8) and S.Perez; Correia, Duensing (8), Fien (8), Perkins (9) and K.Suzuki.

W—Fien 1-0. L—Crow 0-1. Sv—Perkins (3). HRs— Minnesota, Pinto (3).

INTERLEAGUE Tam. Bay 002 000 200 — 4 7 1 Cincinnati 025 010 04x — 12 13 0 C.Ramos, B.Gomes (3), Beliveau (4), Bedard (5), H.Bell (7), Lueke (8) and Hanigan; Cingrani, Christiani (7), LeCure (8), Partch (9) and Mesoraco.

W—Cingrani 1-1. L—C.Ramos 0-1. HRs—Tampa Bay, Zobrist 2 (3). Cincinnati, Votto (2), Mesoraco (2), Heisey (1).

New York 100 010 000 — 2 6 0 Los Ang. 400 322 03x — 14 17 0 Colon, Rice (6), Familia (7), Lannan (8) and d’Arnaud; C.Wilson, Jepsen (8), Y.Herrera (9) and Conger. W—C.Wilson 2-1. L—Colon 1-2. HRs—Los Angeles, Trout (4), Pujols (3), Ibanez (3), Conger (1), I.Stewart (1).

Detroit 000 100 000 — 1 7 1 San Diego 010 300 10x — 5 6 1 Scherzer, Coke (6), Krol (7), Alburquerque (7), Chamberlain (8) and V.Martinez; T.Ross, Benoit (8), Street (9) and Rivera. W—T.Ross 1-2. L—Scherzer 0-1. HRs—San Diego, Gyorko (1), Nady (2).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Wash.

000 010 001 — 2 6 3 Atlanta 330 000 04x — 10 11 0 G.Gonzalez, Detwiler (7), Blevins (8) and Lobaton; Harang, Thomas (7), J.Walden (8), Schlosser (9) and Laird. W—Harang 2-1. L—G.Gonzalez 2-1.

HRs—Washington, LaRoche (3). Atlanta, J.Upton (4), Freeman (4), Simmons (1).

Miami 110 010 000 — 3 6 1 Phila.

001 020 01x — 4 13 1 H.Alvarez, A.Ramos (7), M.Dunn (8) and Mathis; K.Kendrick, Rosenberg (7), Bastardo (8), Papelbon (9) and Nieves. W—Bastardo 1-1. L—M.Dunn 0-1.

Sv—Papelbon (3). HRs—Miami, G.Jones (1). Philadelphia, Howard (2), Utley (3).

Pittsburgh 000 100 000 — 1 4 2 Milwaukee 001 102 00x — 4 7 0 Morton, Ju.Wilson (8) and T.Sanchez; Lohse, W.Smith (9) and Maldonado. W—Lohse 2-1. L— Morton 0-1. Sv—W.Smith (1).

Chicago 200 100 001 — 4 7 1 St. Louis 030 100 02x — 6 11 1 E.Jackson, Russell (7), B.Parker (8), W.Wright (8) and Castillo; Wacha, Siegrist (7), Rosenthal (9) and Y.Molina. W—Wacha 2-0. L—E.Jackson 0-1. Sv— Rosenthal (4). HRs—Chicago, Rizzo (2).

Colorado 010 000 120 0 — 4 7 0 San Fran. 000 031 000 1 — 5 9 0 (10 innings) Chatwood, Morales (7), Logan (8), Ottavino (9), Brothers (10) and Rosario; T.Hudson, J.Lopez (8), Casilla (8), Romo (10) and Posey. W—Romo 1-0. L—Brothers 1-1. HRs—Colorado, Rosario (1), Morneau (1). San Francisco, Sandoval (2), B.Crawford (1).

Cleveland 000 100 002 — 3 7 1 Chicago 000 100 012 — 4 9 1 Kluber, Rzepczynski (8), Allen (8), Axford (9) and Y.Gomes; Quintana, Cleto (7), Lindstrom (9) and Flowers. W—Lindstrom 1-1. L—Axford 0-1.

HRs—Cleveland, Brantley (1). Chicago, Semien (2), Al.Ramirez (3).

Los Ang. 014 020 100 — 8 7 1 Arizona 003 000 300 — 6 13 1 Haren, P.Rodriguez (6), J.Wright (7), Howell (8), C.Perez (8), Jansen (9) and Federowicz; Cahill, Delgado (5), Thatcher (6), Harris (7), Ziegler (9) and Gosewisch. W—Haren 2-0. L—Cahill 0-4.

Sv—Jansen (4). HRs—Los Angeles, Kemp (3), Ad.Gonzalez (5), Uribe (1). Arizona, E.Chavez (1), Trumbo (6).

West Division GP W L Pct. GF GA GB y-Edmonton 16 15 1 .938 197 138 — x-Calgary 16 10 6 .625 209 194 5 Colorado 16 6 10 .375 170 204 9 Vancouver 15 4 11 .267 157 184 10 1/2 x — clinched playoff berth. y — clinched division.

Saturday’s results Edmonton 15 Calgary 11 Toronto 10 Philadelphia 9 Rochester 10 Vancouver 7 Minnesota 10 Buffalo 9 Friday’s result Colorado 10 Edmonton 8

Lacrosse National Lacrosse League East Division GP W L Pct. GF GA y-Rochester 16 12 4 .750 186 149 x-Buffalo 15 8 7 .533 163 163 x-Toronto 16 7 9 .438 198 198 Philadelphia 16 5 11 .313 175 194 Minnesota 16 4 12 .250 162 193

GB — 3 1/2 5 7 8

and 5:30 p.m. MDT.

Tuesday

● Team handball: Zone high school girls’ final, Notre Dame at Lindsay Thurber, 5:30 p.m. ● Senior AAA hockey: Allan Cup at Dundas, Ont. — Bentley Generals vs.

Dundas Real McCoys, 5:30 p.m. MDT.

Wednesday

● Senior AAA hockey: Allan Cup at Dundas, Ont. — Bentley Generals vs.

Manitoba Southeast Prairie Lightning, 5:30 p.m. MDT.

Friday ● Bowling: Alberta Open 5-in championship at Heritage Lanes, 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. ● Senior AAA hockey: Allan Cup at Dundas, Ont. — Semifinals at 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. MDT. ● Junior B hockey: Western Canada Keystone Cup championship at Abbotsford, B.C. — Blackfalds Wranglers vs. British Columbia, 3:30 p.m. MDT.

Saturday

Thursday

● Bowling: Alberta Open 5-in championship at Heritage Lanes, 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. ● Junior B hockey: Western Canada Keystone Cup championship at Abbotsford, B.C. — Blackfalds Wranglers vs. Saskatchewan, 12:45 p.m. MDT; Blackfalds vs. Abbotsford Pilots, 9:30 p.m. MDT. ● Senior AAA hockey: Allan Cup at Dundas, Ont. — Quarter-finals at 1:30

● Bowling: Alberta Open 5-in championship at Heritage Lanes, 8:30 a.m. to 5:05 p.m. ● Junior B hockey: Western Canada Keystone Cup championship at Abbotsford, B.C. — Blackfalds Wranglers vs. Northern Ontario, 10 a.m. MDT; Blackfalds vs. Manitoba, 6:15 p.m. MDT. ● Senior AAA hockey: Allan Cup at Dundas, Ont. — Championship final on TSN, time to be determined.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB y-Indiana 55 26 .679 — y-Miami 54 26 .675 1/2 y-Toronto 47 33 .588 7 x-Chicago 47 33 .588 7 x-Brooklyn 44 36 .550 10 x-Washington 42 38 .525 12 x-Charlotte 41 39 .513 13 x-Atlanta 37 43 .463 17 New York 35 45 .438 19 Cleveland 32 49 .395 23 Detroit 29 52 .358 26 Boston 25 55 .313 29 Orlando 23 57 .288 31 Philadelphia 17 63 .213 37 Milwaukee 15 65 .188 39

clinched conference

1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-San Antonio 62 18 .775 — y-Oklahoma City 58 22 .725 4 y-L.A. Clippers 56 24 .700 6 x-Houston 53 27 .663 9 x-Portland 53 28 .654 9 1/2 x-Golden State 49 31 .613 13 x-Dallas 49 32 .605 13 1/2 Memphis 48 32 .600 14 Phoenix 47 33 .588 15 Minnesota 40 40 .500 22 Denver 36 44 .450 26 New Orleans 32 48 .400 30 Sacramento 28 53 .346 34 1/2 L.A. Lakers 25 55 .313 37 Utah 24 56 .300 38 x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division; z-

Saturday’s Games L.A. Clippers 117, Sacramento 101 Washington 104, Milwaukee 91 Charlotte 111, Philadelphia 105 Boston 111, Cleveland 99 Atlanta 98, Miami 85 Houston 111, New Orleans 104 Dallas 101, Phoenix 98 Denver 101, Utah 94 Sunday’s Games Indiana 102, Oklahoma City 97 Toronto 116, Detroit 107 Brooklyn 97, Orlando 88 New York 100, Chicago 89 Portland 119, Golden State 117, OT Sacramento 106, Minnesota 103 Memphis 102, L.A. Lakers 90 Monday’s Games Miami at Washington, 5 p.m.

Boston at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Milwaukee at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Orlando at Chicago, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at Houston, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Utah, 7 p.m.

Memphis at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

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

Tuesday’s Games New York at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.

Denver at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Golf Masters Sunday At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 Final a-amateur Bubba Watson, $1,620,000 69-68-74-69 Jonas Blixt, $792,000 70-71-71-71 Jordan Spieth, $792,000 71-70-70-72 Miguel A. Jimenez, $432,000 71-76-66-71 Rickie Fowler, $342,000 71-75-67-73 Matt Kuchar, $342,000 73-71-68-74 Lee Westwood, $301,500 73-71-70-73 Thomas Bjorn, $234,000 73-68-73-74 Bernhard Langer, $234,000 72-74-73-69 Rory McIlroy, $234,000 71-77-71-69 John Senden, $234,000 72-68-75-73 Kevin Stadler, $234,000 70-73-72-73 Jimmy Walker, $234,000 70-72-76-70 Stewart Cink, $148,500 73-72-76-68 Jamie Donaldson, $148,500 73-70-76-70 Jim Furyk, $148,500 74-68-72-75 Justin Rose, $148,500 76-70-69-74 Adam Scott, $148,500 69-72-76-72 Henrik Stenson, $148,500 73-72-74-70 Fred Couples, $101,160 71-71-73-75 Jason Day, $101,160 75-73-70-72 Bill Haas, $101,160 68-78-74-70 Chris Kirk, $101,160 75-72-71-72 Ian Poulter, $101,160 76-70-70-74 Louis Oosthuizen, $79,200 69-75-75-72 Steven Bowditch, $66,600 74-72-74-72 Gon. Fdez-Castano, $66,600 75-69-74-74 Joost Luiten, $66,600 75-73-77-67 Hunter Mahan, $66,600 74-72-74-72 Gary Woodland, $66,600 70-77-69-76 Russell Henley, $55,800 73-70-75-75 Martin Kaymer, $55,800 75-72-73-73 Steve Stricker, $55,800 72-73-73-75 K.J. Choi, $48,600 70-75-78-71 Stephen Gallacher, $48,600 71-72-81-70 Jose Maria Olazabal, $48,60074-74-73-73

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MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T GF Columbus 5 3 1 1 8 Toronto 5 3 2 0 5 Kansas City 5 2 1 2 5 D.C. 5 2 2 1 5 New England 6 2 3 1 4 Philadelphia 6 1 1 4 8 Houston 5 2 3 0 7 Chicago 6 0 1 5 9 New York 6 0 2 4 6 Montreal 6 0 3 3 6

GA 5 5 4 6 8 8 8 10 10 10

Pt 10 9 8 7 7 7 6 5 4 3

Western Conference GP W L T GF 6 4 1 1 15 5 3 1 1 8 6 3 2 1 12 6 2 0 4 10 6 2 2 2 8 4 2 1 1 5 6 1 2 3 7 6 0 2 4 8 4 0 2 2 5

GA 9 5 10 6 6 2 11 11 7

Pt 13 10 10 10 8 7 6 4 2

Brendon de Jonge, $40,500 Billy Horschel, $40,500 Thongchai Jaidee, $40,500 Vijay Singh, $40,500 Brandt Snedeker, $40,500 Lucas Glover, $34,200 Kevin Streelman, $34,200 Darren Clarke, $27,972 Sandy Lyle, $27,972 Thorbjorn Olesen, $27,972 Nick Watney, $27,972 Mike Weir, $27,972 Oliver Goss, $0 Francesco Molinari, $23,400 Larry Mize, $22,680

74-72-76-73 75-72-75-73 73-74-75-73 75-71-74-75 70-74-80-71 75-69-77-75 72-71-74-79 74-74-73-76 76-72-76-73 74-72-76-75 72-75-76-74 73-72-79-73 76-71-76-75 71-76-76-76 74-72-79-79

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Web.com El Bosque Mexico Championship Sunday At El Bosque Golf Club Leon, Mexico Purse: $700,000 Yardage: 7,701; Par: 72 Final Carlos Ortiz, $126,000 74-67-66-68 — Justin Thomas, $75,600 66-70-72-69 — Daniel Berger, $29,925 71-67-74-69 — Jason Gore, $29,925 72-69-67-73 — Nathan Green, $29,925 67-70-70-74 — Adam Hadwin, $29,925 73-71-69-68 — Jonathan Randolph, $29,925 69-70-69-73 — Nathan Tyler, $29,925 71-68-72-70 — D.J. Brigman, $18,200 73-71-65-73 — Mark Hubbard, $18,200 72-71-72-67 — Cameron Percy, $18,200 70-72-69-71 — Brad Schneider, $18,200 66-74-69-73 — Roberto Diaz, $12,367 72-73-68-70 — Oscar Fraustro, $12,367 74-68-73-68 — Hunter Haas, $12,367 72-69-71-71 — Alex Prugh, $12,367 74-70-70-69 — Colt Knost, $12,367 71-70-71-71 — Peter Tomasulo, $12,367 70-69-73-71 — Steven Alker, $8,484 75-68-71-70 — Ryan Armour, $8,484 70-71-74-69 —

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Soccer

Dallas Colorado Seattle Salt Lake Vancouver Los Angeles Chivas Portland San Jose

Saturday’s results Philadelphia 2 Salt Lake 2

Toronto 0 Colorado 1 Montreal 1 Chicago 1 New England 2 Houston 0 D.C. 1 New York 0 Dallas 2 Seattle 3 Los Angeles 1 Vancouver 0 Portland 1 Chivas 1 Sunday’s results San Jose 1 Columbus 1 Wednesday’s games Philadelphia at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 19 Houston at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

New England at Chicago, 2 p.m.

San Jose at Colorado, 4 p.m.

Los Angeles at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

D.C. at Columbus, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Montreal at Kansas City, 6:30 p.m.

Portland at Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m.

Seattle at Chivas, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 23 Houston at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Transactions Sunday’s Sports Transactions THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL —Fined Florida D Ed Jovanovski $5,000 for elbowing Columbus F Corey Tropp in a game on April 12.

BOSTON BRUINS — Recalled Fs Craig Cunningham, Justin Florek, Alexander Khokhlachev and Matt Lindblad from Providence (AHL) on an emergency basis.

BUFFALO SABRES — Called up G Andrey Makarov, F Nicolas Deslauriers and D Mark Pysyk from Rochester (AHL).

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Returned Fs Vincent Trocheck, Quinton Howden and Drew Shore to San Antonio (AHL).

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Hartford LW Micheal Haley and Portland LW Darian Dziurzynski three games and Manchester D Andrew Bodnarchuk one game.

WORCESTER SHARKS — Assigned F Matt Nieto to Ontario (ECHL).

ECHL CINCINNATI CYCLONES — Released F Colin Mulvey.

FORT WAYNE KOMETS — Released D Steven Shamanski from an amateur tryout agreement.

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Released F David Gerths.

Saturday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES — Reassigned F Zach Boychuk to Charlotte (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Recalled F Chris Mueller from Texas (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled D Xavier Ouellet and D Ryan Sproul from Grand Rapids

(AHL).

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Rassigned G Scott Clemmensen to San Antonio (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Signed G Dustin Tokarski to a two-year contract extension.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned D Eric Gelinas to Albany (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES — Recalled F Tyler Gaudet from Sault Ste. Marie (OHL). Signed F Dan O’Donoghue to a two-year, entry-level contract.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled C Peter LeBlanc from Hershey (AHL). Signed C Chandler Stephenson to a three-year, entry-level contract.

American Hockey League ABBOTSFORD HEAT — Recalled F David Eddy from Alaska (ECHL).

CHICAGO WOLVES — Recalled F Yannick Veilleux from Kalamazoo (ECHL).

ECHL FORT WAYNE KOMETS — Signed D Justin Sefton.

LAS VEGAS WRANGLERS — Claimed F Michael Neal off waivers from Bakersfield.

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Signed G Pheonix Copley.

BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Sent DH Jason Giambi to Akron (EL) for a rehab assignment.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed RHP Scott Feldman on the bereavement list. Recalled RHP Paul Clemens from Oklahoma City (PCL). Optioned RHP Josh Zeid to Oklahoma City.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Recalled LHP Danny Duffy from Omaha (PCL). Optioned 2B Johnny Giavotella to Omaha.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed OF Josh Willingham on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 7. Recalled RHP Michael Tonkin from Rochester (IL).

B4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, April 14, 2014

Oilers end season with optimism DESPITE ANOTHER DISMAL SEASON, TEAM REMAINS ADAMANT THEY ARE ON RIGHT TRACK

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The disaster that was the 2013-14 NHL season mercifully ended for the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night and on Sunday morning the players couldn’t wait to do their exit interviews and get out of the rink.

A team that went into the season with high hopes — as the Oilers have done each of the last several years — ended it by missing the playoffs for the eighth straight year, finishing last in the Western Conference. Their 67 points — from a record of 29-44-9 — left them third last in the entire NHL, ahead of only Buffalo and Florida.

The year was, the players unanimously agreed, frustrating and disappointing. But as they have since early November when their playoff hopes had already faded after a 4-15-2 start, the players remained adamant the team is on the right track.

“I can honestly say I’m heading into next year with a lot of optimism not only individually, but as a team,” said Taylor Hall, who led the team in scoring with 80 points in 75 games. “There have been times when I’ve laid awake at night wondering ‘When is this going to stop?’ But there have been signs I haven’t seen in years past. . . even

though our record since mid-January was about .500 or just below it was just how we battled at times.”

Third-year centre Ryan NugentHopkins, who had 54 points in 80 games, stated the obvious when he said they can’t afford another start like they had this year.

“But I think the last half of the season, at least the last month, month and a half, I think we’ve been playing some really good hockey. For sure we’ve shown some signs of what we can do so there are positives there.”

Fingers could be pointed in a lot of directions, but the consensus was two major factors led to the team’s horrid start from which they couldn’t recover — Devan Dubnyk was handed the No. 1 goaltending job but then couldn’t handle it, and rookie coach Dallas Eakins tried unsuccessfully to install a defensive system the players either couldn’t or wouldn’t play.

“You could point fingers at a lot of things but in the end it’s the players in the room who have to execute, have to play the game the right way,” said forward David Perron. “Early on we were having trouble with the defensive system that Dallas had tried to get us going. When he saw it wasn’t going to work he was quick to go back to a more traditional one.

“It was one of the mistakes he made and he was able to adjust and he got a lot better himself through the year.

I think the same could be said for a lot of guys in here. We made mistakes early and we got better.”

But not good enough and not soon enough. For a team supposedly full of young, offensive talent the Oilers were one of the lowest-scoring teams in the league with just 203 goals.

On the flip side, despite Eakins’ insistence they play defence first, they gave up 270 goals, the worst in the league.

Eakins said the team has to upgrade in personnel, find more secondary scoring and improve on getting the puck out of their own end.

“I don’t think we handled a lot of things the right way, obviously,” said Sam Gagner.

“We need to improve in a ton of areas if we’re going to be successful and we all realize that and it’s on us to right that.”

There were, obviously, more negatives than positives.

The players’ optimism is based upon the team’s record over the final 30 games — 14-13-3 — and the play of goaltenders Ben Scrivens (16-16-2, .917 save percentage) and Viktor Fasth (5-5-2.

903), both mid-season acquisitions.

“If anything I think it just gives us some confidence going into next year,” Nugent-Hopkins said of the late-season play. “Having confidence is huge for a hockey player and obviously when you’re in 28th, 29th place, it’s tough to have too much. But the way we’ve been playing lately shows we have something to look forward to and that’s a positive thing.”

While there will be player changes before next season, the Oilers have all their key forwards under contract.

Defensively, however, only veteran Andrew Ference and youngsters Oscar Klefbom and Martin Marincin are signed, meaning general manager Craig MacTavish has important decisions to be made there including resigning restricted free agent Justin Schultz.

Eakins sent the players off to summer with this thought: what will your legacy be?

“It’s something to reflect on over the next few weeks and then it’s time to get a plan in place. How are we going to get better so we can create the environment and leave the right legacy, not only for our team but ourselves, too?”

Hall, Jordan Eberle and NugentHopkins all said they will not play in the world championship because of lingering injuries.

Sting snag silver Barons rally to beat Heat in from nationals battle of Alberta’s farm teams RINGETTE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

REGINA — The Central Alberta Sting captured silver at the Canadian U16 ringette championships Saturday, dropping a 6-5 decision to Team Ontario in the final.

Gillian Dreger of Lacombe scored three times and Shae-Lyn Baxter of Lacombe twice for the Sting.

Baylee Schulhauser of Red Deer made 33 saves on 36 shots over the opening 20 minutes while Rebecca Forrester of Lacombe made 24 saves on 27 shots over the final 20 minutes.

The Sting reached the final with a 10-5 win over Team Alberta with Dreger scoring five times and adding four assists. Rylee Frank of Lacombe, Baxter, Sydney Cherniak of Lacombe, Brenna Parent of Lacombe and Kristin Demale of Red Deer added single goals. Schulhauser made 19 saves while facing 22 shots and Forrester finished with 11 saves on 13 shots.

The Sting downed Quebec’s Outaouais 8-4 in the quarter-final as Dreger and Baxter scored twice each and Frank, Cherniak, Parent and Hilary Hardy of Red Deer once apiece. Forrester made 33 saves.

The Sting had three players on the first all-star team in Dreger at centre and Melissa Misutka and Bryn Lunn of Lacombe on defence. Demale was a second-team all-star forward with Forrester in goal.

Meanwhile the Edmonton WAM finished third in the National Ringette League playoffs, losing 3-2 to the Ottawa Ice in the semifinal. The Ice went on to down Cambridge, Ont., 7-4 in the final.

Jamie Bell of Lacombe had both Edmonton goals against the Ice while Breanna Beck of Red Deer made 38 saves.

Edmonton stopped the Montreal Mission 6-3 in the quarter-finals with Dailyn Bell of Lacombe scoring three times and Jamie Bell twice. Beck made 50 saves.

Dailyn Bell was a first-team all-star at forward and was named league MVP. Jamie Bell was a second-team all-star at centre.

Pool Play U16 Sting 4 Regina 0 Sting: Dreger 2, Baxter, Lunn. Forrester 11 saves.

Sting 6 Eastman Flames 4 Sting: Dreger 2, Baxter, Parent, Hayley Lalor, Red Deer, Demale. Schulhauser 20 saves, Forrester 12.

Sting 6 St. Albert 1 Sting: Baxter 3, Dreger, Frank, Cherniuak. Schulhauser 6 saves, Forrester 14.

Sting 6 B.C. 2 Sting: Cherniak 2, Greger, Baxter, Lunn, Demale.

Schulahuser 11 saves, Forrester 5.

Sting 5 Quebec 1 Sting: Dreger, Mackenzie Lindholm, Red Deer, Cherniuak, Demale. Schulhauser 7 saves, Forrester 7.

Sting 9 New Brunswick 2 Sting: Dreger 2, Frank 2, Cherniak 2, Parent, Madison Caine, Red Deer, Demale. Schulhauser 19 saves.

Sting 7 Tema Alberta 2 Sting: Dreger 2, Frank 2, Parent, Misutka, Sara Kelly, Red Deer. Schulhauser 32 saves.

NRL Richmond Hill 7 Edmonton 2 Ed: Jamie Bell, Dailyn Bell. Beck 32 saves.

Ottawa Ice 4 Edmonton 2 Ed: Jamie Bell, Dailyn Bell. Beck 52 saves.

Edmonton 6 Waterloo 5 Ed: Dailyn Bell 3, Jamie Bell 3.

Edmonton 7 Cambridge 6 Ed: Jamie Bell 2, Dailyn Bell 1, among others.

Beck 35 saves.

Edmonton 11 Calgary RATH 8 Ed: Dailyn Bell 4, Jamie Bell 3, Kelsay Caine, Lacombe, Lindsay Brown, Lacombe. Beck 35 saves.

Barons 5 Heat 4 SO ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Sometimes all it takes is a couple of lucky bounces.

Austin Fyten can attest to that.

The Oklahoma City forward picked up his first career two-goal game Sunday afternoon as the Barons came back to beat the Abbotsford Heat 5-4 in a shootout in American Hockey League action.

Fyten hadn’t scored in 14 games but the 23-year-old tied the game twice with redirections in the comeback win.

“I’ve been playing a lot and pretty well but things weren’t going my way, as far as bounces and stuff,” said Fyten. “Tonight is one of those nights. I didn’t even shoot it in — both goals went off my body.

“If you play the right way good things will happen. I was pleased to get those — huge win for the boys.”

The two goals Sunday were just the fifth and sixth of the year for the Sundre, Alta. native.

“He’s been great for us lately,” said Oklahoma City’s Roman Horak. “He’s not afraid to go to the front of the net and do the dirty work and it pays off. He got two goals and that was a huge help from him tonight.”

Anton Lander scored the shootout winner, beating goalie Doug Carr low to the stick side before Barons goaltender Richard Bachman stopped Max Reinhart to clinch the win.

The Barons never led in the game and needed Curtis Hamilton

to tie it with just over two minutes to play in the third.

“It was tough,” said Fyten. “We were behind the eight ball all night. We stayed with the game plan and battled back. We got a couple greasy goals, and then Hammy stepped up with a big goal.

“We wanted it and just kept pushing and pushing. We deserved that one.”

Former heat forward Horak also scored for Oklahoma City (3428-11), which maintained the final Western Conference playoff berth, with Charlotte and Rockford now both two points back.

“It’s definitely one of those things where you watch who’s winning and not winning,” said Fyten.

“Both the teams helped us out tonight with a couple losses. But it’s going to come down to the bitter end. We need to keep winning games and finish strong.”

Bachman, who has started 27 of the Barons’ last 30 games, made 33 saves.

“He’s been keeping us in games,” said Horak of Bachman.

“Especially if we make the playoffs, we’re going to be betting on him a lot.”

Added Fyten: “We gave up too many shots tonight, too many PKs and stuff. But he’s our most valuable player for sure. He’s been unreal for us and hopefully he can keep with it and help us down the stretch.”

In the other crease, Carr was making his first AHL appearance, stopping 22 shots for Abbotsford (40-25-8).

“He made some huge saves,” said Heat head coach Troy Ward,

who gave team MVP Joni Ortio the day off. “I thought the last one there he wants back, the tying goal. But he’s adjusting to a higher level, the release is quicker . . . but I thought he did a nice job for us today.”

Brett Kulak recorded his first career AHL goal, while Ben Street, Brett Olson and Reinhart also scored for the Heat, who have clinched a playoff spot but ended their chances of catching Chicago for fourth place.

Lander tested Carr early, stealing the puck in the slot, but the Heat netminder made a nifty glove save to keep the game scoreless.

Olson opened the scoring at 10:45 on the power play. Derek Smith’s point shot ricocheted off Sven Baertschi’s skate right to Olson at the side of the net and he quickly backhanded it past Bachman for his 17th of the year.

Fyten tied the game at 5:56 of the second period, redirecting Brad Hunt’s point shot.

But Kulak put the Heat back in the lead a little more than two minutes later. Ben Hanowski, playing his first game since being reassigned by Calgary, made a great play, drawing Bachman to the left right post before setting up Kulak’s one-timer from the hash marks.

“I didn’t know (Hanowski) saw me back there, but he threw a really nice pass — I guess that’s why he’s been in the NHL for the past month,” said Kulak. “He made it really easy for me to just tap it in there. Obviously I can’t enjoy it as much as I would have if we won the game, but it’s still a special feeling.”

Halford leads synchro swim club SUMMER SPECIAL to solid showing at provincials LETHBRIDGE — Claire Halford turned in a solid performance for the Red Deer Synchronized Swim Club at the Synchro Alberta Wildrose Classic provincials during the weekend.

Halford was second in the 13-15 year-old individual figures while taking a bronze in the solo routine and the champion mark (figures and solo combined). She also teamed with Kallan Packard, Mercedes Patrick, Mya Freeman, Heather Mast, Amy Hovdestad, Nina Hayes and Larrisa Kaube to finish second in the routine

and champion marks in the 13-15 year-old team competition.

Halford, Kia Risling and Mast received Synchro Alberta Merit Awards, presented to athletes who achieve a particular high standard in figures in their age categories at the qualifiers or provincials.

Patrick and Packard were second in the champion and routine in the 13-15 year-old duet competition.

Risling was fifth in the 11-12 year-old category in figures and sixth in the champion mark for her 11-12 solo routine.

Risling also teamed with Terra Paul to finish

seventh in the champion mark in the 11-12 yearold duet.

The 10-and-under team of Paul, Piper Jackson, Jerrica Thompson, Jayden Haase and Chloe Vandenhurk was sixth.

The Synchro Masters Provincials will be held April 26 at the Red Deer Recreation Centre.

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Top teams always a good bet 35 YEARS OF NUMBERS SHOW HIGH-FLYING REGULAR SEASON A GOOD PREDICTOR OF CUP RUN With NHL playoffs coming up next week, fans and players alike are ready to channel their nervous excitement in weird and interesting ways.

I’m not talking something boring like a standard-issue playoff beard. Or watching the game from your “lucky chair.”

I’m imagining something along the lines of former Ottawa Senator Bruce Gardiner used to dunk his stick in the toilet before each game to “show it who was boss.”

Patrick Roy liked to keep on friendly terms with his goalposts by kibitzing with them during games - you know, to make sure they helped a brother out when he needed it most.

And why all this fuss?

To avoid becoming another victim of the curse of the Bambino, the Cleveland sports curse, or my personal favourite, the Madden cover curse.

Or, in the case of the NHL, the Presidents’ Trophy curse, where the team that wins the Presidents’ Trophy for having the best regular-season record suddenly implodes during the playoffs.

It must be based in fact, right? Why else would commentators be yammering on about it every April? Moreover, three of the past five winners of this dubious title have exited the playoffs in the first round.

If the preceding sounds reasonable to you, take a deep breath, wave a dead chicken over your head four times, spit three times, and read on.

There is no Presidents’ Trophy curse. In fact, if you’re betting on one team to win the

Stanley Cup, picking the best team during an 82-game regular season is a really good call.

How do we know?

Because we looked at the data.

The Presidents’ Trophy has been awarded since the 1985-86 season. Since then, eight of 27 winners have gone on to hoist the Cup. If you go back a bit further, to 1979-80, the record gets even better. In the 33 seasons since then (which excludes the 20042005 lockout), the best regularseason record managed to produce 11 Stanley Cup winners.

Of the 22 teams that didn’t win it all, there was an even split between a respectable playoff showing and a brutal one, with 11 teams exiting in the first two rounds and the remaining 11 losing in the conference finals or Stanley Cup final.

We looked a little closer to see if the clubs that choked had anything in common. As it turns out, of the 11 Presidents’ Trophy winners to lose in the first two rounds, seven came from divisions that were among the league’s weaker half (i.e. third or fourth in average points when there were four divisions, and fourth or worse when there were six).

Of the six Presidents’ Trophy winners who made firstround exits, five have come since the 1993-94 season, when the league changed from a divisional to conference playoff format. Only once during that time (the 1999-2000 St. Louis

Blues) was the team in a division that was above average.

This shouldn’t be surprising. If a team dominates a weak division, its shortcomings should become apparent once it faces stiffer competition from the rest of the conference.

With the NHL’s return to a divisional playoff format with a wild card thrown in, it will be interesting to see if we return to an era where Presidents’ Trophy winners are better insulated from early defeat.

To get a sense of just how dominant first-place teams have been historically, check out the chart below, which shows the regular season ranking of the past 33 Stanley Cup winners.

Nearly every team drinking champagne from Lord Stanley’s mug in June started its run with a strong regular season. For Leafs fans who were dreaming of that last playoff berth and a Cinderella story only a few days ago, maybe there’s a silver lining here: that 16th spot usually doesn’t amount to much.

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Ugly ending will take time to digest for Leafs

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Toronto Maple Leafs’ Phil Kessel skates off the ice after Toronto was defeated 1-0 by the Ottawa Senators during NHL action in Ottawa on Saturday. “Frustrating,” “embarrassing” and “disappointing” are just a few of the words the Toronto Maple Leafs used to describe the downward spiral that took place this season. While it’s unclear as to how and why this team suffered such an ugly late-season demise, one thing is certain: it will take time to digest.

OTTAWA — “Frustrating,” “embarrassing” and “disappointing” are just a few of the words the Toronto Maple Leafs used to describe the downward spiral that took place this season.

While it’s unclear as to how and why this team suffered such an ugly late-season demise, one thing is certain: it will take time to digest.

“It sticks with you for a while definitely,” said Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf. “When you take time to look back and reflect, it’s something that doesn’t go away in a couple of days. This is our job. It’s a business and we’re in the business of results and we didn’t get results. We were in a very good spot and we let it slip away and that’s the extremely disappointing part.”

Things began to unravel following the Olympic Winter Games. On February 26, the day the NHL schedule resumed, the Leafs were tied with the Montreal Canadiens for third in the Atlantic Division with 70 points.

The Leafs lost their first three games after the break, but went on to win the next three and on March 13 sat second in the Atlantic Division with a three-point lead on both Montreal and Tampa. Things looked good and no-one could have predicted that within two weeks the team would be out of the playoff picture.

On March 16, the Washington Capitals defeated Toronto 4-2 in what was the first of an eight-game nose dive. Adding to Toronto’s problems was the fact all eight losses came in

regulation.

Toronto went on to win just six games following the Olympic break for a record of 6-14-2 down the stretch.

“We started playing some worse hockey the tighter it got and that’s not what good teams do,” said defenceman Cody Franson. “For some reason we couldn’t nail down our defensive structure and system in the neutral zone and in our defensive zone. For some reason, we just kept allowing too many odd-man rushes, where our goalies need to make big saves and allowing missed coverages in our own zone that forced us into tough situations.”

Most of the criticism fell on the shoulders of goaltender James Reimer who was forced to carry the workload as Jonathan Bernier was sidelined with, first, a groin injury that kept him out of five games, and then a knee injury that ended his season.

Reimer wasn’t getting much support from his teammates, but a bigger problem was the lack of his coach’s confidence.

When asked about Reimer’s performance following a 3-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings, coach Randy Carlyle answered: “I thought he was OK, just OK.” The ripple effect from those words was significant. The normally-unflappable Reimer was clearly disturbed by the comment. The 26-year-old is a restricted free agent and ultimately the Leafs have the final say on whether he stays or goes, but there’s a sense that Reimer already knows the writing is on the wall.

“This was a team that I just wanted to play here for my whole career,” Reimer said.

“It’s just sad that now there’s a question mark over it because I would have wanted it to be a sure thing for 20 years.”

Despite the difficulties of the season, Reimer admits he learned a great deal about himself as a player and individual through the adversity.

“A lot of it is just trying to stay level-headed through adversity and through the ups and down or the major ups and downs of this season,” said Reimer.

“I think I learned that trying to find that even ground.

That’s so important and not getting caught up in how you feel or how you think you’re playing or how others are thinking you’re playing. I’ve learned a lot.”

It’s clear there will be changes. No team can escape unscathed after falling as hard and as fast as Toronto did.

Friday the organization announced Brendan Shanahan as the team’s new president and alternate governor. Shanahan will be formally introduced at a press conference Monday.

Reimer is not the only one who could be looking for a new landing spot. The Leafs have seven unrestricted free agents and five restricted free agents, including Reimer.

Shanahan and general manager Dave Nonis will have to make decisions on the future of defencemen Jake Gardiner, Paul Ranger and Franson as well as forwards Jay McClement, Mason Raymond, Carter Ashton, Troy Bodie, Nikolai Kulemin, Peter Holland and Dave Bolland. Goaltender Drew MacIntyre is also set to become an unrestricted free agent.

Maurice wants to return to coach Jets but says family shares decision

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — With the NHL season buried and player interviews done, Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice says his own future will be on the table this week when he sits down with team management.

“I want to be coaching the Winnipeg Jets next year,” he said Sunday, as players prepared to leave after missing the playoffs for the third season in their new home.

It’s the seventh straight season the Jets have failed to make the post-season in the former Atlanta-based franchise’s history.

So what’s stopping Maurice?

There seems little doubt the Jets would like that as well but he suggests the final vote on whether he makes his temporary job a permanent one lies with his wife and family.

“She’s a woman of few words but she still scares me so I’ve got to go home and

ask,” he said, as the Jets hosted their final end of-season availability with players.

He said the process should get started mid-week, presuming it starts as he would like.

“First we have to agree that the work was appreciated on both sides. From my point it’s done. Then we have to figure out what that work is worth and then we have to make sure that it’s good for both families,” Maurice said. “At the end of the day, family first doesn’t just apply to the players so I’ve got to deal with that as well.”

The veteran coach was brought in as a temp mid-season, when Claude Noel was sacked by the slumping Jets at the end of a five-game skid.

They played better after the change — winning seven of their nine remaining games in January — but still finished the season exactly where they did their first under Noel, with 84 points.

Maurice, 47, had significantly more NHL experience

after coaching more than 1,000 games with Hartford/Carolina and the Toronto Maple Leafs when he walked into the Winnipeg dressing room.

Noel only had 24 NHL games as a head coach under his belt, after taking over briefly when Ken Hitchcock was sacked in Columbus, when he was put in charge of the Jets in 2011-12.

Winnipeg scoring leader Blake Wheeler, who set new NHL career high marks this season with 28 goals and 69 points, says the two had different styles.

“For our group . . . there’s definitely times we need to get kicked in the behind a little bit,” said the right-winger.

“That’s a card that needs to be played and I think Paul got a feel for that.”

Jets captain Andrew Ladd, who finished with 23 goals and 54 points, wants to see Maurice return.

“I want him back,” he said.

“I think he’s a great coach and a great mind and is really

good for this group and I think everyone in that room loves to play for him so when you have something like that and you have group that’s willing to work . . . then you want a guy like that back.”

The Jets finished 18-12-5 under Maurice after winning four of their last six in April.

They ended the season at 3735-10, the same way they finished 2011-12, despite moving to the Central Division in the Western Conference.

There is no shortage of arm-chair advice out there on what the Jets need to reach the post-season — from better goaltending to more highpriced snipers and bigger and better blue-liners.

But Maurice has been slow to point any fingers.

He has worked on a more responsible defensive game and says real progress takes time.

“I think we made some decent strides in our defensive zone (but) we’ve got a long way to go there,” he said.

He says they only started to make strides in their offensive play as the season wound down and more work needs to be done with basics like the conditioning of players and developing draft picks.

His message is basically: be prepared to wait at least a couple of years. It’s something playoff-starved fans may find hard to take.

“The style of play, the understanding of what we want to do, the foundation of it shouldn’t take too long but that doesn’t mean you’re good at it yet,” he said.

As for all the critics of Ondrej Pavelec’s goaltending, Maurice says he has to see better play in front of the net before he can judge how well any of the team’s netminders are performing.

Injury-wise it was also a tough season for the Jets with some key players going down. Only Wheeler, centres Bryan Little, Olli Jokinen and defenceman Tobias Enstrom managed to play all 82 games.

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Blue Jays hammer O’s for series win

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blue Jays 11 Orioles 3 BALTIMORE — When the Toronto Blue Jays broke out their two-week slump at the plate, nothing could stop them from circling the bases — except a gaffe by an overeager ball girl.

Jose Bautista launched a three-run homer and Colby Rasmus and Brett Lawrie added solo shots as the Blue Jays set season highs for runs and hits Sunday to beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-3 Sunday.

“We figured it was a matter of time and we knew it was going to happen,” manager John Gibbons said. “We know we have a good lineup.”

“It was a good all-around effort,” he said.

A ball girl at Camden Yards turned in an excellent effort, too. But too bad for her, it came on a ball that was still in play.

It was 1-all in the fourth when Adam Lind walked on four pitches and Edwin Encarnacion hit a hard grounder down the third base line. The ball girl near the left-field seats quickly ran to field it, making a neat pickup.

She took delight in her play until she realized sheepishly that she interfered with a live ball, which forced Lind to stop at third on the groundrule double.

Dioner Navarro followed with a runscoring groundout and Jonathan Diaz executed a perfect suicide squeeze on a pitch that came in at eye level.

Encarnacion, Lind and Rasmus each got three of the Blue Jays’ 17 hits, and six different players had RBIs. Toronto had scored four runs or fewer in 10 of its first 12 games.

Mark Buehrle (3-0) gave up one run on five hits, walked none and struck out two over seven innings. The lefthander has allowed only two runs in 21 innings, an 0.86 ERA. “It means I’m getting really lucky and I’m fooling a lot of people,” Bueh-

rle said. “I don’t know what’s going on.”

Chris Davis hit his first homer of the season for Baltimore, an eighth-inning drive off Esmil Rogers. Davis had a major league-leading 53 home runs last year.

Matt Wieters also connected for the Orioles, who scored only five runs in losing two of three to Toronto.

Ubaldo Jimenez (0-3) allowed five runs and 10 hits over 5 1-3 innings in his third straight ineffective start.

Signed to a four-year contract as a free agent in February, the right-hander has yielded 23 hits in 16 innings and owns a 7.31 ERA. “You want to win, you want to be there for your team,” Jimenez said.

“But I know it’s part of the game. I can’t give up, I can’t put my head down and feel sorry for myself. I have to keep working hard and find a way to be there.”

Toronto pulled away with a five-run seventh, its biggest inning of the year.

Lawrie hit a solo shot before Rasmus and Encarnacion hit two-run doubles off Josh Stinson.

Bautista connected in the eighth against Stinson to make it 11-1. Five of his nine hits this year are home runs.

In addition to hitting the ball hard, the Blue Jays played sound defence.

Rasmus deftly chased down two flyballs in centre and Lawrie made a sensational stop and throw at third base to rob Jonathan Schoop of a hit in the fifth inning. “(Buehrle) had some defence behind him,” Gibbons said. “He pitches to contact. They hit some balls deep but he kept them in the ballpark.”

Rasmus put Toronto up 1-0 in the first inning with his second home run in two games, a towering drive that became the 78th in the 23-year history of Camden Yards to land on Eutaw Street beyond the right field wall.

Baltimore pulled even in the bottom half when Nick Markakis singled and scored on a groundout by Adam

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Melky Cabrera, right, slides safely across home plate on a single hit by Colby Rasmus as Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters awaits the throw in the sixth inning of a baseball game on Sunday, in Baltimore.

Jones. But the Orioles wasted a leadoff double by Steve Pearce in the second, leaving them 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position.

“As an offence, we definitely want to score some more runs early in the game,” Davis said.

“When you go up there and put up a run early, you’ve got to continue to score runs. Tip your hat to Buehrle.

He’s been around. He knows how to pitch. He used our aggressiveness against us today.”

NOTES: Toronto 2B Maicer Izturis

was put on the DL after the game with a sprained left knee. ... The Blue Jays have Monday off before opening a three-game series in Minnesota.

The Orioles send Wei-Yin Chen to the mound Monday night in the opener of a three-game series against Tampa Bay. ... Jones reached on an infield single in the third inning for his 1,000th career hit. ... Toronto’s Melky Cabrera extended his hitting streak to 13 games, longest in franchise history to start a season. ... Bautista has reached in all 13 games either by hit or walk.

Raptors tie team record with win over Pistons

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Raptors 116 Pistons 107 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Kyle Lowry picked up his fifth foul at around the midway point of the fourth quarter — then was called for his sixth 20 seconds later.

It was the type of mistake that could prove costly for Toronto in the playoffs, but this time the Raptors were able to overcome it.

DeMar DeRozan scored 14 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter, and the Raptors tied a franchise record for victories with a 116-107 win over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday.

Lowry scored 28 points before fouling out with 5:51 remaining.

“I was just glad the guys won it without me,” Lowry said.

“DeMar was rested going into the fourth quarter, and he really took over down the stretch. That’s what happens when he is aggressive — he can take over a game.”

The Raptors (47-33) had already clinched the Atlantic Division, and the victory over Detroit was their 10th in 14 games. Toronto has reached the 47-win mark for the third time. The Raptors went 47-35 in 2001 and 2007.

Andre Drummond had 14 points and 17 rebounds for the Pistons in the final home

game of their dismal season.

Detroit’s Josh Smith missed a fourth straight game with tendinitis in his left knee.

Detroit trailed by as many as 18 in the first half but rallied to take the lead late in the third quarter. But no matter what the Pistons did, DeRozan always seemed to have an answer in the fourth.

“I understood if we were going to win the game, then I had to step it up,” DeRozan said. “I just tried to make plays for us and get a couple of easy baskets.”

DeRozan’s three-point play put the Raptors ahead 97-95 and started an 11-2 run.

His emphatic, right-handed dunk made it 107-99 and thrilled the vocal contingent of Toronto fans who were in attendance.

“The fans were unbelievable,” Lowry said. “I’ve never heard anything like that, especially not here.”

The Raptors shot 74 per cent from the field during a brilliant first quarter and looked headed for a blowout.

A three-point play by Terrence Ross put Toronto up 20-5, and an alley-oop to DeRozan made it 28-12.

It was 42-26 at the end of the quarter, and DeRozan’s fourpoint play early in the second made it 46-28.

“We had no rhythm early on and we didn’t guard. You give a team 42 points in the

first quarter, I don’t know what your chance of winning is, but I would think in this league it’s pretty low,” Pistons interim coach John Loyer said.

“Then you really have to fight uphill the whole way. But to our guys’ credit, they fought an uphill battle.”

The Pistons trailed 63-49 at halftime but made a game of it by outscoring Toronto 37-24 in the third. Detroit dominated the boards, finishing with 21 offensive rebounds. Greg Monroe had 23 points and 10 rebounds.

Lowry’s fifth foul came with 6:11 remaining. He then fouled out going after a rebound on a missed shot by DeRozan. The Pistons couldn’t take advantage, though.

After a free throw by Drummond cut Detroit’s deficit to two, Jonas Valanciunas answered with a free throw and Ross made a 3-pointer for the Raptors. A layup by Patrick Patterson made it 105-97.

NOTES: Detroit’s Tony Mitchell had four fouls in 6:16 of playing time in the first quarter. Then he didn’t play again until the final minute of the fourth. ... The Pistons weren’t thrilled with the officiating early. Monroe was called for a technical foul in the first, and Detroit was charged with a team technical in the second. ... Toronto has scored at least 100 points in six straight games.

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Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan shoots over Detroit Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey during the second half of an NBA game in Auburn Hills, Mich., Sunday. DeRozan had 30 points to help Toronto defeat Detroit 116-107.

Brodeur backstops Devils to win in possible final game

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DEVILS 3 BRUINS 2 NEWARK, N.J. — Martin Brodeur made 16 saves in what might have been his last start in a 20-year career with the Devils, and New Jersey beat Boston 3-2 on Sunday as the Bruins rested many of their stars in preparation for the playoffs.

The soon-to-be 42-year-old Brodeur is in the final year of his contract and is likely to test the free-agent market now that he has become the backup to Cory Schneider.

Defenceman Marek Zidlicky scored twice and Travis Zajac had a goal for the Devils, who have now missed the playoffs two straight seasons after making the Stanley Cup finals in 2012.

Loui Eriksson scored for Boston, which rested eight starters, including Zdeno Chara and No. 1 goalie Tuukka Rask.

New Jersey’s Jaromir Jagr had two assists, giving him 1,050 and moving him past Gordie Howe for eighth on the NHL career list.

The Devils announced during the game that coach Pete DeBoer will return next season.

LIGHTNING 1, CAPITALS 0, SO WASHINGTON (AP) — Tampa Bay wrapped up home-ice advantage for its first-round playoff series against Montreal by edging Washington in a shootout in the regular-season finale.

Matthew Carle scored the only goal in the tiebreaker. The victory clinched second place in the Atlantic Division for Tampa Bay, which finished with 101 points, one more than Montreal.

Tampa Bay will host Montreal in Game 1 on Wednesday night.

Alex Ovechkin finished with an NHL-leading 51 goals, but the Capitals failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2006-07, his second season in the league.

Ovechkin’s between-the-legs attempt in the shootout was stopped by goalie Anders Lindback, who also prevented Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeny Kuznetsov from scoring. It was Lindback’s third career shutout, first this season.

The shootout was Washington’s NHL-record 21st of the season. The Capitals were 10-11 in those games.

RED WINGS 3, BLUES 0 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Detroit backup goalie Petr Mrazek kept injury-riddled St. Louis down heading into the playoffs with his second career shutout.

The Blues had been in contention for the No. 1 overall seed but lost their last six and missed a chance at taking the Central Division. Without three of their top five scorers, their top faceoff man and two top defencemen, the Blues were shut out for the second straight game and third time during the slump.

Justin Abdelkader scored twice, Riley Sheahan added a goal, and Pavel Datsyuk had two assists for the Red Wings, who earned the second wildcard spot in the Eastern Conference and will face Boston in the first round of the playoffs.

HURRICANES 6, FLYERS 5, SO PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Eric Staal scored twice in regulation and had the only goal in the shootout to lead Carolina over Philadelphia in the regularseason finale.

Jeff Skinner added a pair of goals for the Hurricanes, who finished seventh in the Metropolitan Division and outside of the playoff picture.

Wayne Simmonds scored twice for the Flyers, who had already wrapped up third place in the Metropolitan.

Philadelphia will face the New York Rangers in the first round of the playoffs.

Cal Heeter made 33 saves in his NHL debut for the Flyers, before stopping one of two shots in the shootout.

Anton Khudobin made 39 saves and stopped all three of shots in the shootout for the Carolina.

ISLANDERS 4, SABRES 3, SO BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Brock Nelson scored with 3:44 left in regulation to force overtime and then netted the decisive shootout goal to lift the New York Islanders to a win over Buffalo in a season-ending matchup of nonplayoff teams.

Anders Lee scored twice for the Islanders (34-37-11), who finished with three straight wins. Anders Nilsson stopped 36 shots through overtime and all three he faced in the shootout. Nilsson clinched the victory by using his glove to sweep away a puck that got away from Ville Leino as he drove to the net.

The Islanders rallied from a 2-0 deficit.

Torrey Mitchell, Jamie McBain and Matt Ellis scored for Buffalo (21-51-10), which had already clinched the NHL’s worst record. The Sabres went 0-6-1 in their final seven games.

The Sabres wrapped up one of the franchise’s worst seasons in 44 years of existence. With 150 goals scored, Buffalo set the NHL-low in the league’s post-expansion era that began in 1967.

Buffalo got off to a 2-13-1 start, and ended with a 2-16-2 skid.

SENATORS 3, PENGUINS 2, SO PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jason Spezza

scored in the shootout to help Ottawa beat Pittsburgh and finish the season on a five-game winning streak.

The teams were tied 2-2 after two periods and didn’t score in the third or overtime.

Kyle Turris added a goal in the shootout for the Senators. Ottawa goalie Robin Lehner stopped Beau Bennett and Jussi Jokinen to seal the win.

Turris scored his 26th goal in regulation, and Mark Stone had his fourth for Ottawa, which will miss the playoffs for the second time in six years and first since 2011.

Jokinen scored on the power play in regulation, his 21st of the season, and Lee Stempniak added his 12th for the Penguins, who rested captain Sidney Crosby and several others for their final game before the playoffs.

Pittsburgh will face Columbus in the first round of the playoffs.

PREDATORS 7, WILD 3 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Craig Smith had two goals and two assists for Nashville, which finished the season strong with a win over playoff-bound Minnesota.

Wild goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, though, didn’t do himself or his team any good with this shaky performance, as meaningless as the game was against a Predators team that missed the playoffs for a second straight year. Nashville went 9-1-2 in its final 12 games, including eight regulation wins, but finished in 10th place.

Ryan Ellis, Shea Weber, Roman Josi and Smith scored consecutively in the second period, and Bryzgalov was benched at the second intermission.

Including his previous game, Bryzgalov gave up eight goals in a span of 43 shots.

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Pacquiao is back on top after dominating Bradley

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS — The old Manny Pacquiao returned for thrilling bursts, hounding Timothy Bradley onto the ropes and battering the welterweight champion with whipquick combinations that recalled the Pacman’s magical prime.

The older Pacquiao couldn’t finish the trick, however.

Although he tried mightily, Pacquiao didn’t stop or even really hurt Bradley during 12 mostly exciting rounds Saturday night, settling for the lucrative revenge of a unanimous-decision victory.

“I didn’t want to get careless,” Pacquiao said.

Pacquiao (56-5-2) proved he is still one of the world’s most exciting boxers with his second straight win, even if he might never recapture his most destructive form.

His hands and footwork are still inimitable, but the eight-division world champion’s power and timing weren’t good enough to stop Bradley — or any of his opponents since late 2009, the date of his last knockout.

Pacquiao apologetically showed up to his post-fight news conference well after midnight at the MGM Grand Garden, a large bandage concealing 32 stitches in a deep gash on his left eyebrow from a head-butt. Trainer Freddie Roach had filled the time by praising his fighter while simultaneously acknowledging Pacquiao’s days of highlight-reel knockouts have faded.

“I think he was doing his best to stop him,” Roach said.

“He was throwing combinations. I told him, ’All you have to do is outbox this guy. You can outbox him in and out, all night long.’ ... I thought he had the killer instinct. When he had (Bradley) on the ropes, he opened up pretty well. It just didn’t seem like he had the power he usually has.

It was a little bit slower than he seemed in the past. I don’t know why, because in the dressing room, he was on fire.”

Bradley, still classy after his first career defeat, gave a mixed review of Pacquiao’s physical skills in comparison to their first fight.

“He still has the real sharp snap on his punches,” Bradley said. “(But) I believe in the first fight, his punching power was way harder. I was able to take it. He went for the knockout, he definitely did.”

Pacquiao still beat up one of the world’s best boxers with relative ease, and his next bout in the fall will be among the biggest happenings in sports. His mostly likely opponent is a fifth meeting with Juan Manuel Marquez, who fights Mike Alvarado on May 17.

But Pacquiao and promoter Bob Arum still hold out hope of a

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Mariners lose series finale against Athletics

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Manny Pacquiao acknowledges the crowd just after his unanimous decision victory over Timothy Bradley during their WBO World Welterweight championship boxing match, Saturday, at The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr., even while the distance between the two fighters appears to grow, both inside the ring and out.

“It’s really hard to talk about that,” Pacquiao said. “It’s been how many years we’re talking about that? How many years, days, months we’re talking about that?

The line is open 24 hours. If he’s awake and he wants to fight, the fight will be.”

Arum became nearly apoplectic when asked about the possibility of a Pacquiao-Mayweather bout, claiming Pacquiao has already agreed to all of the unbeaten Mayweather’s previously stated conditions.

“The only people that can make Floyd Mayweather fight Manny is the public,” Arum said before urging fans to boycott Mayweather’s bout against Marcos Maidana on May 3.

While Pacquiao reaffirmed his pound-for-pound stardom, Bradley raised his profile again despite his first career defeat.

It’s tough to remember Bradley was considered a boring fighter just four fights ago. Although he’s not an HBO pay-per-view star, he’ll likely have his choice of intriguing opponents for his next bout — maybe Brandon Rios, or a rematch with Provodnikov.

Bradley’s decision to load up and wait for a knockout blow against Pacquiao was roundly debated by fans, but Bradley’s ring charisma and heart should raise his stature.

“That was the only way I was going to win the fight,” Bradley said.

“I knew the rounds were going to be close. Pacquiao knows how to land punches. I was shooting for the knockout, too.”

Athletics 3 Mariners 0 SEATTLE — With most of the Seattle rotation on the disabled list, it was often-injured veteran Chris Young who provided a stabilizing element Sunday.

Young pitched six shutout innings and was gone by the time the Oakland Athletics beat the Mariners 3-0.

Yoenis Cespedes hit a two-run homer in the eighth off Charlie Furbush (0-1). Josh Donaldson homered in the ninth off Lucas Luetge.

Young made his first start since Sept. 9, 2012, while with the New York Mets. Troubled by shoulder problems all last season, he went to spring camp this year with the Washington Nationals, was released and signed during the last week of training camp by Seattle.

Young gave up four hits, walked three and struck out two. His other game for Seattle was a two-inning scoreless stint in relief.

“I was really, really pleased with his outing,” Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon said. “He got a lot of flyball outs, teased them up in the zone a bit. I think he is close. I saw his breaking ball coming today. When that pitch comes for him, he’s going to be pretty tough.”

“I’m excited for him and I know he is feeling good about his performance,” he said.

The Mariners started the season without Taijuan Walker (shoulder) and Hisashi Iwakuma (finger ligament). Both could be back before the end of the month. Then James Paxson was put on the disabled list last Wednesday with strained lat muscle.

“The results were decent. I gave the team a chance but I feel I can pitch better,” the 6-foot-10 Young said. “I feel I can throw the ball better. The three walks were too many. Ultimately, I competed, made pitches when I had to. For the first start, it’s not bad but I want to build on it.”

Young has been sidelined with shoulder ailments throughout his 10-year career. Last summer it was so bad he couldn’t even play catch.

“The Nationals’ doctors got me to the right place.

They said, ’We don’t think it’s a shoulder issue. We think it is a nerve issue and it might have been a nerve issue all along,”’ Young said. “So I had surgery and since then no pain in my shoulder. It’s been great.”

“Since that point I’ve dedicated myself to getting back to the big leagues and being a successful pitcher.”

A’s starter Scott Kazmir pitched two-hit ball for six innings, striking out nine without a walk. He left with tightness in his left triceps and said it wouldn’t cost him a start.

Dan Otero (2-0) retired two batters in the seventh.

Luke Gregerson worked the eighth and Sean Doolittle allowed one hit in the ninth for his first save.

Kazmir didn’t allow a runner and struck out six the first time through the lineup. The Mariners got back-to-back, one-out singles by Brad Miller and Robinson Cano in the fourth, but Kazmir retired Corey Hart on a grounder and struck out Justin Smoak with a 78 mph changeup.

The Mariners’ only other scoring threat came with two outs in the sixth when Brad Miller sent right fielder Eric Sogard to the wall to bring down his flyball.

Cano, who singled in the fourth, has a 14-game hitting streak against Oakland dating to Sept. 22, 2012.

Veteran centre Marwan Hage to announce his CFL retirement

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The expansion Ottawa Redblacks are going to have to look for another veteran centre to anchor their offensive line.

According to a CFL source requesting anonymity, Marwan Hage has decided to retire after 10 seasons in the CFL. The veteran offensive lineman will make it official today at a news conference at a Hamilton hotel.

Hage’s decision to hang up his cleats isn’t overly surprising.

The expansion Ottawa Redblacks selected the 32-year-old native of Lebanon who grew up in Montreal last December after he was left unprotected by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Ottawa GM Marcel Desjardins, who formerly held that post in Hamilton, was looking for Hage to anchor his young offensive wall when it began its inaugural CFL campaign this summer.

Hage played his entire 10-year CFL career with the Ticats and was firmly established in Hamilton.

The prevailing sentiment after the draft was the veteran centre was seriously considering retirement rather than report to Ottawa.

That’s because Hage became a father for the first time this off-season and also has a lot of business interests outside of football.

A multiple all-star, Hage experienced a career first last year as Hamilton won the East Division and advanced to the Grey Cup game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. However, there was no fairytale ending for Hage and the Ticats as the Riders emerged victorious 45-23 before a partisan Saskatchewan gathering at Mosaic Stadium.

But the six-foot-two, 291-pound Hage enjoyed many productive seasons in Hamilton and in 2012 was named to the club’s all-time team.

Hamilton selected Hage in the second round, No.

FENCING EDMONTON — The Red Deer Fencing Club captured 12 medals in the epee division at the provincial championships during the weekend.

Karren Lyver struck gold in the women’s open while Riley Norman was first in the men’s U15 competition.

Devin Hurry was second in both the men’s U20 and U17 divisions. Josh Ballantyne was third in the men’s U20 division and shared third with teammate Cory Wilson in the U17 category. Wilson was second in the U15 division.

Head coach Petar Toshkov was second in the men’s open while Kameron Lamont took second in the women’s U13 division.

Greer McIvor placed third in the women’s U20 event and Gavin Atmanski was third in the men’s U13 category.

14 overall, in the 2004 CFL draft out of the University of Colorado. He attended Jacksonville Jaguars training camp in ’04 before joining the Ticats.

Hage was an East Division all-star twice (’07, ’10) and a CFL all-star once (’10). He captured the 2009 Tom Pate Memorial Award for outstanding community service before being named the East’s top offensive lineman in 2010.

Four times he was named a CFL Players’ Associa-

tion all-star by his peers (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) and was also active on the union’s executive.

But Hage was a fan favourite in Hamilton for both his outstanding community service and outgoing, friendly personality off the field. His program, Hage’s Heroes, purchased tickets for youngsters to attend Ticats games as well as providing food for families in need. He also did humanitarian work in El Salvador.

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BODNARUK Danny John 1948 - 2014 Mr. Danny John Bodnaruk of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away after a brief illness, at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at the age of 65 years.

Danny was fondly known to all his friends as ‘Dan the Pool man’. He was also a loyal and diehard fan of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers football team. Danny will be lovingly remembered by Gail and son Shawn, both of Red Deer; his mother, Anne Bodnaruk of Vernon, British Columbia, one brother, Wayne (Mariann) of Regina, Saskatchewan, his sister, Pam (Steve) Brown of Surrey, British Columbia and brother-in-law, John Pineau of Regina, Saskatchewan, as well as all his nieces and nephews.

Danny was predeceased by his father, Nestor and a sister, Gail Pineau. A Celebration of Danny’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at 11:00 a.m.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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LOCAL home builder req’s F/T bookkeeper as well as general office duties.

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Position avail. immed.

Please fax resume to 403-347-6316 or email: executive.builders@ telus .net

Hiring full time Operation Innisfail Insurance Coordinator/Field Services Ltd. Supervisor for local oilfield is accepting applications for testing company LICENSED BROKER, Must be local (Red Deer area) Level 2 status. Must have Must have testing 3 yrs. exp. Commercial experience exp. an asset. F/T position.

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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 position offers a challenging work environment, attractive benefits with competitive pay and significant room for promotion.

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CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons 15 vacancies at each location for FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANTS for 3 locations $10.88/hr. + benefits. F/T & P/T positions. Permanent shift work, weekends, days, nights, evenings. Start date as soon as possible.

No experience or education req’d. Job description avail. at www.timhortons.com Apply in person to 6620 Orr Drive. Red Deer, 6017 Parkwood Road, Blackfalds, or 4924-46 St. Lacombe. Fax: 403-782-9685 or Call 403-848-2356

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1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC., a growing Production Testing company, based out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

* Experienced Production Testing * Day Supervisors * Night Operators * Experienced Production Testing Assistants

F/T position with local Industrial Emergency Preparedness Company.

This position requires the knowledge to work with If you are a team player Windows; General office interested in the oil and equipment, MS Word; Excel; gas industry, please Internet browser. Typing submit your resume, skills must be 41-60 words current driver’s abstract per minute. Specific Skills and current safety are typing and proofread correspondence, reading certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 text; & other documents; Receive & forward telephone jjudson@1strateenergy.ca or contact Jeanine at or electronic enquiries; 403-887-2147 Maintain & prepare reports from manual or electronic files, Please specify position mailing lists & databases; when replying to this ad.

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Barden Oilfield Hauling As a successful candidate, Ltd. is looking for you have at least 3 to 4 PICKER OPERATOR years experience in a for moving service rigs. similar type position with Must be exp’d in moving preference given to those service rigs. F/T camp shift with oil and gas industry / work. Fax resume & CDA safety / emergency response to 403 341 3968 or email preparedness. bardentrucking@telus.net Your verbal and written communication skills must LOCAL SERVICE CO. be well developed. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. Please proved resume by VACUUM TRUCK deadline of April 26.: OPERATOR Reply to Box 1086, c/o Must have Class 3 licence RED DEER ADVOCATE, w/air & all oilfield tickets.

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GRATIAE is seeking CUSTOM MUFFLER 5 Retails Sales Looking for apprentice or representatives selling skin journeyman mechanic. & body care products in Pipe bending skills would Parkland Mall - 4747 67th be a great asset. Wages St. Red Deer, $12.10/Hr depend on exp. Going plus bonus & commission, concern shop. Fax F/T & P/T. No Exp. Req’d. resume to:403-346-9909 Email resumes: or drop off at 2410 50 Ave. gratiaereddeersr@ Phone 403-346-7911 gmail.com F/T apprentice req’d for SOAP Stories is seeking 5 sheet metal shop. retail sales reps. Selling soap Competitive rate and & bath products. $12.10 hr benefits. Self motivated + bonus & commission. and drivers license req’d.

F/T & P/T. No exp. req’d. Call 403-227-6554 or fax Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. resume to 403-227-6478 Red Deer. email resume to FINISH CARPENTER or premierjobrd@gmail.com helper req’d for new resiSTORESMART dential work. 350-5012

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ALLMAR INC., A leader in the architectural openings industry for over 50 years is seeking an Experienced Full Time

ESTIMATOR to join our Sales Team.

Must have minimum 3 years’ experience in estimating. Prior work in sales and the construction industry an asset.

We offer $19 -20/hr.

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J AND JB AUTO is looking for a full time Automotive Journeyman Mechanic. Mon-Fri. Please send resumes to info@JandJBauto.com

SIGN SHOP ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR: - Graphic Arts Technician Minimum 3 yrs. exp. with Corel Draw and installations. Clean Class 5 License. Apply by fax only to: 403-341-4014

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CLASS 3 DRIVERS w/airbrake endorsement needed immed. for waste & recycling. Email resume to canpak@xplornet.ca or call 403-341-9300 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 SEMI RETIRED? SPRING BREAK UP? Seasonal drivers req’d. for local fertilizer dellivery.

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Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking exp’d FLOORHANDS & DERRICK HANDS Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

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EXP’D CLASS 1 FLAT DECK drivers. Home most weekends. We offer steady year round work with no lay offs, a company benefits package, competitive pay and achievable drivers incentive bonuses. Fax resume with a recent CDA to 403-784-2330 email: dwh471@hotmail.com F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

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ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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Central Alberta Greenhouses Ltd Greenhouse Laborers required for our greenhouse operation located near Blackfalds, Alberta.

Responsibilities include transplanting, watering, handling and caring for plant material and preparation of orders. This position is labor intensive and entails working in a cold/hot environment.

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Resident Apartment Manager - Red Deer 27 units, quiet, adult, no smoking, no pets Collect rent, clean, building maintenance, Sidewalks and grass.

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SAFETY PERSON 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

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P/T SEASONAL ride on lawmmower person. Approx. 4 days per week, also approx. 2 1/2 hr. hand mowing per week. Ideal for semi retired person. Fax resume to: 403-342-7611

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Stereos THE TASTY BAKERY TV's, VCRs DELIVERY PERSON Permanent P/T required 3-4 hrs. per day 4 days/wk Apply in person Bay #1, 2319 Taylor Drive, (directly behind Nutters)

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THE RED DEER PUBLIC LOGS SCHOOL DISTRICT Semi loads of pine, spruce, Invites applications for the tamarack, poplar. positions of: Price depends on location.

Head Caretaker and Lil Mule Logging 2 Caretaker Positions at 403-318-4346 Ecole Barrie Wilson School.

Start Date: To be determined Garden Regular Work Days: Monday- Friday Supplies Regular Work Hours for Head Caretaker: TREES: Windbreak, 6:00-10:00 a.m. privacy screen, white and 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. spruce trees 5’-7’ delivered and for Caretakers: & planted $60 ea. on 25 or 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. more. 20+ yrs experience Team Cleaning Concept (780)778-0223.

Required knowledge, education, abilities and Household skills are as per the Job Description (available from Furnishings Human Resources).

Pay rate is per the current 4 KITCHEN CHAIRS, collective agreement with fabric seats, brown metal C.U.P.E. Local 1012. frame. $50.

For more information about OFFICE CHAIR, the Red Deer Public School black, swivel. $20.

District, visit our web site at: 403-346-2070 www.rdpsd.ab.ca Deadline for applications will be Noon on April 22, 2014.

Application forms may be forwarded to 4747- 53 Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 2E6.

KING SIZE BOX SPRING, Fax: 403-342-3780 $100. or email: humanresources 403-350-9029 or @rdpsd.ab.ca 403-343-7389 A current criminal record check and child intervention LOVESEAT, off white check will be required of with print, $200. o.b.o. new employees.

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20 BOXES of misc. items, electrical, plumbing, auto, nails and yard, must take all $50 or $3/box, lumber, assorted 2 x 4’s, plywood shelving, etc., must take all $25; 3 saw horses 36”l x 27”h $8/ea; power rake blades for lawn mower 2@15”, 1@16” all $10; galvanized garbage can w/lid, $12, new 20 oz. cotton wet mop $6; portable hose reel cart $40; scoop shovel alum, $8; Coleman cooler $15 403-314-2026 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

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Electric grass trimmer, $12.

Brad nailer/stapler, $35.

148 home tool set, $20.

109 pc drill set, $25.

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403-887-4981 DUTCH hoe, pitch fork, electric edge trimmer (weed whacker). $5 each.

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Conway gets unexpected win at Long Beach

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONG BEACH, Calif. — Tempers flared all around the streets of Long Beach, where drivers declared friendships over after a surprisingly physical race.

Simon Pagenaud refused to accept a post-race apology from Will Power, and Justin Wilson was furious with Scott Dixon. James Hinchcliffe tried to be diplomatic but failed to hide his displeasure with teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay.

The one team smiling at the end of Sunday’s race? Ed Carpenter Racing, which got an unexpected victory from Mike Conway.

Conway, hired this year when team owner and oval specialist Carpenter decided to get out of the car on road and street courses, started 17th and overcame an early broken wing to win the Toyota Grand Prix for the second time in his career. The British driver was chasing Dixon over the final few laps, then got the lead when Dixon stopped for fuel two laps from the finish.

“I didn’t know whether he had the fuel to finish or not,” Conway said.

“The guys were telling me he was saving fuel and they weren’t sure that he could make it, but at the same time, you don’t want to rely on that. I was kind of trying to make things happen and maybe get by him. But when I saw him pull in I was like, ’OK, the guys are right and just have to bring it home.’

“Second would have been good, but this is awesome.”

The race was shaping up to be a Hunter-Reay rout until he triggered a seven-car accident 24 laps from the finish.

Hunter-Reay started from the pole and led 51 laps, and had Andretti Autosport teammate Hinchcliffe right behind him when the race took a bizarre turn.

Josef Newgarden had raced off pit road in a successful bid to get back on the track in front of Hunter-Reay and Hinchcliffe, who had swept the front row in qualifying for Andretti.

But on cold tires, Newgarden wasn’t going to be able to hold off HunterReay for long. Only Hunter-Reay decided not to wait and tried to pass Newgarden as they entered a tight Turn 4.

The two cars collided, Newgarden was sent into the wall and Hunter-Reay bounced into Castroneves’ path.

Hinchcliffe ran into the back of Newgarden — Will Power and Conway successfully squeezed through the wreckage — but three more cars were collected as they all ran into the crashed cars long after the accident began.

Newgarden was polite when he returned to his pit stand.

“I was on cold tires, it’s very hard to control the car, I knew Hunter-Reay was on hot, and at some point he was probably going to get me,” Newgarden said. “But I didn’t expect anyone to come up on the inside of four. There’s so little room there, you normally can’t make a pass, even if something like that is going on ... the next thing I knew I was in the wall and I was just getting plowed into by everyone.

“That shouldn’t happen up front. It really shouldn’t. You shouldn’t have incidents like that when you are running up front.”

Team owner Sarah Fisher was composed when asked about the incident on television, but let her true feelings be known on Twitter shortly after: “It was our race to win and we got robbed by immaturity. Period,” she posted.

Michael Andretti seemed shellshocked at two of his cars being wrecked, “you need to be a little more patient,” he said, and Hinchcliffe didn’t mince words for his teammate.

“At the end of the day, patience is a virtue and someone wasn’t very virtuous day. It was a rookie move,” said Hinchcliffe, who suffered a sprained left thumb and will need to be re-examined before he’s cleared to drive again.

Hunter-Reay didn’t exactly accept responsibility.

“I went for it. I could have waited a little bit later, maybe that’s my fault,” he said.

“It’s down to me to make the pass, I guess, I’m not sure. A lot of people say it’s my fault. I made the decision at that split second when he had some wheel spin to go for it, that’s the type of driver I am. I go for it.

“You don’t know how down I am.

Just very, very disappointed. I’ll look at it again, but a racing driver, when he’s in the moment and he sees a chance to go for it, I went for it because I want to win the race.”

The accident opened the door for Dixon to score his first career win at Long Beach, until he stopped for fuel as a precaution.

“The last thing I wanted to do was run out of gas in front of the whole field and cause a big accident,” Dixon said.

He had to mend fences with Wilson, who was enraged over contact with Dixon “that is so deliberate and bla-

Harvick’s second win this season has him, Stewart-Haas Racing aiming for bigger things NASCAR

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DARLINGTON, S.C. — Kevin Harvick knew his first-year Stewart-Haas Racing team was better than it had shown the past few weeks. After taking the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Saturday night, Harvick is convinced the group has exactly what it takes to win a Sprint Cup championship.

“I’m excited about it and I think that’s why everybody on this team came here,” Harvick said. “We came here to race for wins, to be in a position to contend for a championship. I really feel like everybody on this team feels like we bettered ourselves by coming together.”

They took a major step to proving that with Harvick’s first victory in 18 races at the track “Too Tough To Tame.” It made Harvick the first this season with two victories — and a lock for the season-ending, 16-team Chase for a Sprint Cup championship.

The victory also ended a maddening slump where Harvick had finishes of 41st, 39th, 36th, seventh and 42nd in the races since the team’s breakthrough win at Phoenix last month.

Harvick said such a stretch might’ve devastated a lesser team — he pointed to the chaos that’s been the NBA’s Indiana Pacers in recent weeks — but thought his crew kept each other’s spirits up through the down times. The team had a near flawless performance at Darlington, capturing Harvick’s first-ever pole here before his dominating performance (he led 238 of 374 laps) that was capped when he passed Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the second green-white-checkered finish.

“Sometimes it just doesn’t go your way and you have to be able to put that behind you whether you win or lose,” he explained. “Come Monday morning, we have to put this behind us and say, ’What do we need to do to get better?”’

The team will have a bit more time for those decisions since the circuit takes its traditional Easter

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weekend off before resuming at Richmond International Raceway on April 26.

Harvick’s crew chief Rodney Childers blamed the failings on mistakes he will ensure get corrected.

“Without mechanical issues, we could’ve won three races, four races, maybe five races,” Childers said.

Other things to take away from the Southern 500: Nothing beats fresh rubber, especially at Darlington. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson each chose to take just two tires on a pit stop after a caution 10 laps from the end. Harvick and Childers decided on a full set and that was the difference as the No. 4 Chevrolet moved past Earnhardt on the next to last lap for the victory.

“The ’4’ just had new tires,” Earnhardt said. “We had 30-something laps on our lefts and that just wasn’t going to get the job done with him right behind us.”

The weekend also featured a couple of young racers who look as if they’ll make a mark on this sport.

18-year-old high-schooler Chase Elliott was the talk of the track after his dash to the top on Friday for his second straight victory in the Nationwide Series.

On the Sprint Cup side, 21-year-old Kyle Larson made it through a harrowing weekend where he struck the wall in practice — twice — and had to use a backup car. Still, he wound up eighth, an impressive run at a track that typically chews up and spits out untested drivers.

Jeff Gordon still doesn’t have a victory this season but again showed why the four-time series champion is on a major roll.

His No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports car had another top 10 (he was seventh), his sixth in eight races this year. Keep this up and Gordon may not need a win to get him into the chase, assuming there are 15 or fewer winners this season.

“Good to be leading the points (but) I feel like a missed opportunity,” Gordon said.

Three of the four Hendrick Motorsports entries finished in the top seven with Dale Earnhardt Jr. second, Jimmie Johnson third and Gordon seventh.

The one Hendrick driver not up in the top 10 was Kasey Kahne back in 37th.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONACO — Novak Djokovic looks to continue his recent dominance over archrival Rafael Nadal at the Monte Carlo Masters, where he beat the Spaniard in the final last year, and boost his confidence heading into the French Open.

Monte Carlo is the first of three Masters tournaments played on clay and is followed by Madrid and Rome in May, leading up to the French Open, which starts May 25.

The French Open remains the only major that sixtime Grand Slam champion Djokovic has not won.

The Serbian player narrowly lost to Nadal in a dramatic semifinal last year at Roland Garros, where a clumsy error at the net late in the fifth set curtailed his comeback, and then Nadal beat him in their next two meetings.

“Winning this title last year in the final against Nadal was definitely one of the highlights of my career. I really love playing in this tournament,” Djokovic, who lives in Monaco part of the year, said Sunday. “My family comes in big numbers during this week so it makes me feel comfortable, and at home.”

The top-ranked Nadal’s last win against No. 2-ranked Djokovic was in the U.S. Open final, but since then Nadal has lost three consecutive matches to his great rival in straight sets. Nadal leads him 2218 in head-to-head matches and has 62 career titles compared to 43 for Djokovic.

“We’re more or less the same generation. We’re still 27 and 26 so we still have lots of time in front of us,” said Djokovic, who is the younger player. “It’s a huge challenge, there’s no question about it ... I do not exclude any other players, but the rivalry I had with him is the biggest one so far.”

The three straight defeats hurt even more because Nadal was unable to force a tiebreaker in any of them.

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tant,” and angry IndyCar did not penalize Dixon.

Pagenaud also was furious with Power, refusing to accept his apology, and angry that IndyCar did not penalize Power for contact between the two.

“I think we had a car to win and he pretty much ruined our race, our chance,” said Pagenaud, who did not accept an apology from Power. “We were friends until now. We won’t be going on vacation together, I guess.”

Power insisted he thought Pagenaud had an issue with his car.

“I honestly thought he had a problem because he went back really slowly and so I went up his inside and then realized he was just going to turn and try to back out. I got him. My bad,” Power said. “I feel bad. I don’t like to be raced like that and I’m surprised I didn’t get a penalty. But I honestly thought he had a flat tire or something because he was really slow and I didn’t understand why.”

Pagenaud, who rallied to finish fifth, dismissed Power’s claim.

“Racing, green flag, and I slowed down? Good for him,” Pagenaud said.

Power finished second — his fourth consecutive race dating to last season that he’s finished either first or second.

Rookie Carlos Munoz finished third and Juan Pablo Montoya was fourth for his best showing — in a test, practice or qualifying session — in his return after seven seasons in NASCAR. Montoya climbed to fourth early in the race, but a penalty for pitting when pit lane was closed dropped him to 20th and he had to drive his way back.

“I could have been a little more aggressive at the end, but I really wanted to make sure we didn’t get in any trouble and got a decent finish,” Montoya said.

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Olympic bobsled champion Kaillie Humphries tries her hand at mixed martial arts QUEBEC — Used to battling tight corners at speeds well in excess of 100 km/h, Olympic bobsled champion Kaillie Humphries tried her hand at handling a pair of top UFC fighters Sunday.

Welterweight Rory (Ares) MacDonald and middleweight Francois Carmont were on their best behaviour, serving as benign training partners as top coach Firas Zahabi gave Humphries an introduction to mixed martial arts paces before a small crowd at a Quebec City mall.

It was all part of the UFC Experience, a public workout ahead of Wednesday’s Ultimate Fighter Nations Finale UFC card.

Under the tutelage of Zahabi, Humphries worked on a double-leg takedown, armbar and kimura submissions as well as punching and kicking.

At the end of the session, he had her put all the moves together in taking the pro fighters to the ground and then going after a submission.

The 28-year-old from Calgary clearly enjoyed the lesson, enthusiastically throwing a tattooed tree-trunk of a leg over the six-foot-three Carmont in a bid to subdue him as he lay on his back.

MacDonald is ranked the No. 2 contender in the world at 170 pounds by the UFC while Carmont is No. 9 at 185 pounds. Zahabi trains both in Montreal as well as former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.

The bobsled champ signed autographs and, holding her two Olympic gold medals, posed with fans before changing into workout gear to get some tips from Zahabi, along with a local youngster.

“One more,” Zahabi yelled as Humphries kicked the training pad he was holding. “Harder.”

As he urged her on to kick again and again and again, the coach mischieRED DEER DISTRICT OFFICE vously asked if she was competing in the next Olympics. When she said - Competitive Base Salary yes, he told her: “You’ve got to do more,” referring • Job Bonuses to the kicks.

• Full Benefits “Come on, you’ve got four years. Go. Again.

• Experience Required Again. Four years of this.”

The inspiration worked.

Fax or Email Resume to: Humphries kept kicking, Att: Human Resources with the audible thuds becoming louder.

Fax: 403-236-5047 • Email: hr@tigerenergy.ca “Didn’t want it to end,” she tweeted later.

Humphries is a longtime fan of MMA — so much so that she planned to fly back to Calgary on Sunday night to honour a previous commitment before returning to the Quebec capital to take in the fights.

“It’s so cool for me to Finance Manager Finance/Banking, Management be able to see and get to meet the fighters and be a Paradise RV - Western Canada’s #1 RV Dealership is on part of something so specthe hunt for its next Business Manager for our Red Deer tacular,” she said in an inlocation ..... and it could be You! terview. “It’s an opportuJob Requirements nity you can’t miss, so you - Prior Automotive/RV dealership F/I Experience make travel work.”

- Strong Communications skills verbal and written, ability to The UFC treated her listen and provide solutions to ultimately finalize sales like royalty, producing a - Competitive sales nature in addition to be team oriented - Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word real championship belt - Reliable and strong work Ethic that she put on while - Professional appearance is a Must holding her medals with Responsibilities an Olympic-sized grin.

- Present financial products such as warranties, gap insurance, Humphries says the credit insurance and other products that are offered UFC is literally part of - Maintain accurate monthly, quarterly and year end reports her family. Her parents - Establish and maintain strong relations with both customers and lenders named their cats Ram- Identify and provide solution based finance options for page and Tito after former customers light-heavyweight cham- Results driven and a desire to make a positive impact pions Quinton (Rampage) Jackson and Tito (The If this sounds like you or someone you know People’s Champion) Ortiz. send us your resume today!

But combat sports are new to the bobsled cham#1 Gasoline Alley,Red Deer County, AB T4E 1B3 Fax: 403-340-1435 Or Email: peter@paradiserv.ca pion, who only has one boxing class under her belt. She is, however, contemplating adding MMA training as part of her general fitness regimen.

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• Interface with various stakeholders to ensure accuracy of all estimates.

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LEON, Mexico — Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz won the El Bosque Mexico Championship on Sunday for his second Web. com Tour victory of the season.

The 22-year-old player closed with a 4-under 68 at El Bosque Country Club for a two-stroke victory over Justin Thomas.

Ortiz finished at 13-under 275.

Ortiz, the Panama Claro Championship winner last month, earned $126,000 to jump from second to first on the money list with $304,458 — well over the amount needed to earn a PGA Tour spot next season as a top-25 finisher.

Thomas finished with a 69.

Green, from Australia, had a 74 to drop into a tie for third at 7 under with Adam Hadwin, Jason Gore, Daniel Berger, Nathan Tyler and Jonathan Randolph.

I’m about 165 right about now. So I’m a long way off from a 115 or a 135. But at the same time, our training and the way we train with our sport, we need to be at that weight so I do what I can to maintain my weight up there.”

Wednesday will be Humphries’ first live UFC show.

“It’s one of those experiences that I’ve never had that I’m very, very excited to see.”

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Don’t look to Humphries to start fighting for real, however.

The UFC women’s competition is restricted to bantamweight (135 pounds), although a new strawweight division (115 pounds) is being formed.

“I’m far away from that,” she laughed. “As of right now I would definitely be one of the heavyweights, for sure.

“I usually compete at around 170,

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cific, the explosive nature of MMA could be beneficial, she said.

So what about getting punched, she was asked?

“I think it’s something I can handle. Bobsleigh’s not exactly the most princecessy of sports,” she replied.

“I’m used to rough and tough a little bit and I can take a punch.”

Then she paused.

“I’ve never actually been hit so I can’t actually say that,” she said with a giggle.

Humphries cited Jackson and current women’s bantamweight champion (Rowdy) Ronda Rousey as her favourite fighters. Rousey, the UFC’s first female title-holder, is a former Olympic bronze medallist in judo.

“Nowadays women can do anything the men can do,” said Humphries, who won her Olympic gold in Sochi, Russia with Heather Moyse, who also competes in cycling and rugby.

“At the end of the day, women are inspirational in completely different ways than men,” she added. “And to know there are women out there that are as rough and as tough, and can dedicate their lives and work just as hard, it (the UFC) allows us to show that off to the rest of the world.

“I’m super-proud of all the women that do sports across the board, especially at such a high and extreme level.

It’s an inspiration for me and I know many young girls out there.”

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Responsibilities; You will find success based on your ability to; • Ensure all purchase orders are accurate per required BOM items including material grade requirements and special specifications • Negotiate prices, credit terms, discounts and delivery arrangements with suppliers.

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• Keep informed of new sources of supply for materials and services Job Requirements; As the ideal candidate you will possess: • Experience in negotiating and contract formation of major supply chain agreements • Minimum of 3-5 years purchasing experience required • PMAC Certification, or work toward, is an asset but not required • Strong oral, written communication skills required, must be able to present material.

• Strong attention to detail, follow work rules, and adhere to work schedules required • Work with a wide variety of people with tact, courtesy and professionalism • Previous experience with M2M is an asset

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B12 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, April 14, 2014

Liverpool takes charge of Premier League EUROPEAN SOCCER ROUNDUP

ATLETICO MADRID THREE POINTS CLEAR IN SPANISH LEAGUE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LIVERPOOL, England — There could be unlikely league winners in England and Spain this season, with Liverpool and Atletico Madrid keeping up their good form with wins on Sunday.

Liverpool is two points clear of Chelsea in the Premier League after a 3-2 victory over third-place Manchester City, while Atletico leads La Liga by three points from Real Madrid following a 2-1 win at Getafe.

Here is a look at the action across Europe’s main leagues: ENGLAND Liverpool took command of the captivating Premier League title race by beating City in a match of wide-ranging emotions at Anfield, although Chelsea also has matters in its own hands after a 1-0 win at Swansea on Sunday.

Hull’s 5-3 victory over thirdtier Sheffield United in the second FA Cup semifinal, which set up a meeting with Arsenal in the final, was overshadowed by the latest installment in the fight for the league title that still has some way to run.

Seeking a first championship in 24 years, Liverpool is the favourite after taking its winning streak to 10 games thanks to Philippe Coutinho’s match-clinching strike in the 78th minute against City.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was in tears as he embraced his teammates and made a rousing speech at the end of an emotional contest that was played to a backdrop of tributes marking the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough Stadium disaster, in which 96 Liverpool fans died.

City is now seven points behind Liverpool with two games in hand, while Chelsea stayed in control of its own fate after Demba Ba’s goal secured three points in south Wales.

Liverpool is two points clear of Chelsea with four games left but the pair meet at Anfield in two weeks in what is likely to be a defining match in the race for the title.

Ba’s winner in the 68th minute — a left-foot strike from the edge of the area — ended Swansea’s stubborn resistance, with the hosts forced to play most of the match with 10 men following the 16th-minute dismissal of Chico Flores for two yellow cards.

ITALY Mauro Icardi scored twice to help Inter Milan beat 10-man Sampdoria 4-0 in Serie A on Sunday and boost its hopes of qualifying for the Europa League.

Walter Samuel and Rodrigo Palacio also scored

GERMANY Bayer Leverkusen scored the fastest goal of the season on Sunday and beat Hertha Berlin 2-1 in the Bundesliga return for its new coach, moving up one place into fourth.

In the late match, Hoffenheim beat Augsburg 2-0 to come within two points of its opponent in eighth place.

FRANCE Paris Saint-Germain failed to get over the disappointment of its Champions League exit as it lost 1-0 at Lyon in the French league on Sunday.

A wasteful PSG suffered a second straight loss for the first time this season but still tops the league with a 10-point lead over Monaco with just five rounds left.

It lost 2-0 to Chelsea on Tuesday.

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Liverpool’s Martin Skrtel celebrates after scoring against Manchester City during their English Premier League soccer match at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Sunday.

Lyon midfielder Jordan Ferri scored the winner with a low curling shot in the 31st minute.

Elsewhere, Saint-Etienne

lost ground in the race for a Champions League spot by drawing 2-2 at Reims to trail third-place Lille by seven points.

In the Brittany derby, Serge Gakpe fired Nantes to a 1-0 win over Guingamp, helping his team inch closer to safety.

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SPAIN Diego Costa was carried off with a bloody leg after scoring Atletico Madrid’s second goal in a 2-0 win at 10-man Getafe on Sunday, although the team said its star striker escaped without a serious injury.

Atletico extended its Spanish league lead to three points with five rounds to play as it closes in on a surprising title.

Costa slammed into the post while poking in his 26th goal of the season in the 84th minute, hurting his left shin and requiring the stadium’s medical crew to carry him off the pitch while he covered his face and muffled his screams.

While his teammates looked distraught as he writhed on the pitch, Atletico said less than 10 minutes after the match on Twitter that “luckily Diego Costa only has a cut after hitting the post.”

Defender Diego Godin gave Atletico the lead in the 40th before Getafe’s Alexis Ruano was dismissed with a red card in the 66th, with goalkeeper Jordi Codina saving Costa’s penalty.

Atletico took advantage of Barcelona’s loss on Saturday to open up a threepoint lead over Real Madrid with Barcelona another point behind.

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Inter remained fifth but will be boosted by Parma’s 1-1 draw at Bologna and Lazio’s 4-2 defeat at Napoli.

Hellas Verona’s slim European hopes diminished as it lost 5-3 at home to Fiorentina.

Also, Chievo Verona beat Livorno 4-2 in a relegation battle, while Torino earned a 2-1 win against Genoa.

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