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Wildfire spectre returns CONTROLLED BURNS, EXPANDED ONLINE PRESENCE, WORKSHOPS PREPARED BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF With snow still blanketing most of Central Alberta as the long weekend hit, it is tough to be thinking about potential wildfire risk. The Alberta Environmental and Sustainable Resource Development branch in Rocky Mountain
House has already been planning for this year’s season for months. They’ve been preparing for controlled burns, expanding their online presence and have been out in the public running workshops. More of the white stuff may still be in the forecast for this coming week, but the ESRD will not be caught unaware when conditions go tinder dry. “It depends on what Mother Nature provides us,
she’s often unpredictable,” said Barry Shellian, a wildfire ranger and information officer with ESRD. “There has been a significant amount of snow this year, but we’ll have to wait and see what happens in the next few weeks as to what Mother Nature will deliver us.”
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Pot rally draws 100 BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF
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Lucas Raffa was one of about 100 supporters of marijuana legalization who attended the annual 4/20 rally at City Hall Park on Sunday.
About 100 Red Deerians added their voices of support to the growing world-wide movement for the legalization of marijuana during a rally at City Hall on Sunday. The rally was held in conjunction with 4/20 celebrations — a day and time set aside by the cannabis community for the consumption of pot. In recent years, the day has been used to further their push for new legislation. “It’s a fun day for everyone to celebrate the plant and to get our voices out there and show how many of us support legalization,” said Nicole Raffa, 29, from the Cannabis Community of Red Deer. Adding to the momentum of the movement were votes to legalize marijuana in Colorado and Washington in 2012. At the beginning of this year, it became legal to purchase pot in those states. Colorado raked in $2 million in taxes from the first month of sales alone. In a matter of a five years both states expect draw as much as $2.1 billion in taxes from the industry. Raffa sees the public becoming more accepting of the narcotic and believes Canada will one day follow the lead of Colorado and Washington.
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Nature centre combines events on Easter to spread stewardship BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF
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Ben Fisette and his grandson Haden Fisette, 3, check out a clue found in the Easter egg hunt at Kerry Wood Nature Centre in Red Deer on Sunday.
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The Kerry Wood Nature Centre took full advantage of Easter Sunday to hold an early Earth Day Eco Fair. Earth Day is not until Tuesday, but with the long weekend, the Red Deer centre hosted several environmental groups to speak with children and families about their initiatives, in addition to their annual Easter egg hunt and nature walks. Kathryn Huedepohl, the public events programmer and special events co-ordinator for the Waskasoo Environmental Education Society, said days like this are important. “If you get them at this age and make them stewards, then they’ll get their parents involved as well and it’s just better for everybody,” she said. Environmental groups at the nature centre on Sunday included ReThink Red Deer, Medicine River Wildlife Centre, Alberta Bike Swap and Green Deer.
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‘IF YOU GET THEM AT THIS AGE AND MAKE THEM STEWARDS, THEN THEY’LL GET THEIR PARENTS INVOLVED AS WELL AND IT’S JUST BETTER FOR EVERYBODY.’ — KATHRYN HUEDEPOHL
For Green Deer it was an opportunity to promote their litter cleanup initiatives throughout the spring and summer.
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Measles warning issued after flight PASSENGERS ON VANCOUVER-TO-EDMONTON FLIGHT WARNED TO WATCH FOR SYMPTOMS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Health officials in Edmonton are warning passengers who arrived in the city on a flight from Vancouver this month that they may have been exposed to measles. The warning further extends to anyone who was in Edmonton International Airport during the hours immediately after the Air Canada plane landed on April 9. Alberta Health Services issued a news release Saturday stating that passengers and crew on Air Canada Flight 248, which departed Vancouver at 8:30 p.m. and arrived in Edmonton at 9:35 p.m. may have been exposed. It says anyone who was at the airport from the time the plane arrived up until 2 a.m. the following morning
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POT: See the evidence “It’s hard to say ‘No’ to the evidence and the things going on around the world,” she said. The rally was as much about getting information out there as it was for uniting their voice. RALLY IN OTTAWA A5 Raffa had a booth set up with pamphlets and paraphernalia available to those who turned out. She said stereotypes need to end about users; not everyone is a burnt out stoner, that they are wellfunctioning, contributing members of society. “I’ve been at my job for over eight years, I own two vehicles, I own two properties, I go to school full-time online, I’m pretty productive,” said Raffa. Others at the rally, while all in favour of the legalization of marijuana, were wary of the government gouging the customers to line their coffers. Scott McDermid points to the peaceful demonstration as a prime example of what it should be like. During the one-hour rally there was no visible police presence and everything managed to stay peaceful and communal. “They’re going to tax everything and just about ruin it,” he said. “But I believe that the way it is right now is almost right for what people are doing.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com
WILDFIRE: Spring Hazard Though he does warn we are hitting the season known as Spring Hazard, where dry grass and old growth is more susceptible to sparks because it has not been replaced by new green foliage yet. Last week at the Rocky Co-op, they held a Family FireSmart and Tree Pruning workshop in cooperation with Clearwater County where they stressed important tips to fire prevention surrounding their property. Pruning is a key component of that, to clear out old, dry overgrowth, or perfect fuel for wild fires.
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could also be at risk of contracting the contacted affected agencies in B.C. to many passengers were on the Vancouillness. alert them about the case. ver-to-Edmonton flight. Efforts may be Dr. Marcia Johnson, a medical ofVancouver Coastal Health wasn’t made to obtain a passenger list and ficer of health in the Edmonton zone, able to immediately say on Saturday contact those people directly, she said, said the passenger was a child with afternoon whether a similar warning but she noted such efforts could take measles who arrived in Vancouver has been issued there. time and health officials wanted to isfrom the Philippines. sue their warning as quickly “Measles is extremely as possible. contagious. It spreads Alberta Health Services through the air. You said people on the plane or in just have to be walking the terminal who have not had through an air space measles before, or who have where a person with not received two doses of the measles has walked — DR. MARCIA JOHNSON, A MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH measles vaccine, should be on through within two hours the lookout for symptoms. and you can be exposed It also said anyone who exto measles,” Johnson told reporters on A spokesperson for Vancouver In- periences symptoms should stay home Saturday. ternational Airport said no warning and call the province’s health advice “Every single measles case that de- has been issued by the airport, noting line before visiting a doctor or health velops is a spark to expose other peo- that such a warning would be prompt- care facility. ple.” ed by provincial health officials. Johnson said Alberta officials have Johnson said she didn’t know how Please see MEASLES on Page A3
‘EVERY SINGLE MEASLES CASE THAT DEVELOPS IS A SPARK TO EXPOSE OTHER PEOPLE.’
The importance of this type of prevention was hammered home with the 2011 wildfires that engulfed the town of Slave Lake. “Slave Lake was a catastrophic even for a lot of people,” said Shellian. “We’re being even more proactive with FireSmart now.” Prescribed burns also play an important role in prevention of future tragedy. Almost the entirety of the province is a fire dependant eco system, meaning for centuries nature in Alberta has sustained itself through wildfires. Due to the long, cold winters, there is limited opportunity for natural decay to take place. Wild fires are essential in breaking down old growth and returning nutrients to the ground for new growth. Pine cones, for example, need to be super-heated in a fire in order to disperse their seeds. Shellian encourages people to go to sites where there has been a prescribed burn and watch how the area naturally rehabilitates to a healthier state. But with a human population now spread out through the region, for safety sake, a helping hand is needed. Last year, 90 per cent of wildfires in the province were caused by humans, meaning 90 per cent of wild fires were preventable. This year FireSafe is planning potentially five fires, depending on how weather conditions go. “You’d be surprised how fast grass and small plants grow back,” said Shellian. For those out in the wilderness, ESRD has created three apps tailored to your use. Their smartphone geared Alberta Wildfire app was rolled out last year for iPhones and has now been developed for Android systems this year. It is an all purpose app geared for industry, recreationalists and landowners, delivering up to date information on fire hazards, fire bans and current wildfires. It also simplifies the process for reporting wildfires. It is available through iTunes. FireWeb is an online application for the emergency industry designed to assist in determining potential wildfire behaviour to facilities and infrastructure, providing accurate, realtime information. The third app is the FireSmart Field Guide for Upstream Oil and Gas. This online guide is tailored specifically to the oil and gas industry to help in wildfire assessment risk to help prevent wildfire and reduce the risk
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Walid and Moe Richard play in the melting snow and water in Veteran’s Park in downtown Red Deer. The brothers had fun in the sunny, 11-degree weather, building and smashing snowmen, and trying to sail a makeshift cardboard boat in the puddles. to industry infrastructure, operations, personnel safety, liability and the environment. “I just want to know what’s going on in the world around me, what affects me, so when people see the smoke, there could be cause for alarm because surprises are always difficult for people, by having this proactive app, people will understand what’s going on,” said Shellian. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com
ECO DAY: Good values “There are a lot of adults excited about doing this because it does instill some good values and some good habits,” said Suzanne Jubb, a community and program facilitator with Green Deer. “We encourage people to pick up garbage in the city of Red Deer, it can be as simple as in their own back alleys for 15 minutes or an hour, whatever they want to do.” There were approximately 120 kids taking part in the day at the centre, taking advantage of the finally warm temperatures and sunny skies.
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Still this meant digging plastic Easter eggs out of the snow-filled yard at the nature centre. Inside each egg was an animal that needed to be matched up with a clue on chart by each kid before they could get their candy. The educational day, which also included crafts and other activities, was appreciated almost as much by the parents. “It’s very important to teach them about the environment and enjoying nature and to respect the environment,” said Laura Davis, who was there with her three kids — Kai, 7, Clara 7, and Rachael, 9 — and a friend’s child — Marie Conteh, 7. One casualty of the late-week snow storm was the planned tree planting at the centre, though kids were still provided with an invitation to return and plant them at a later time. Huedepohl is also encouraging everybody to do something for Earth Day on Tuesday, to make one simple small change in their life that will benefit the environment. “Something they can do in their everyday life that is a little greener than what they were doing before,” she said. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com
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ALBERTA CALGARY HOUSE PARTY STABBINGS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The family of a promising musician stabbed to death along with four other young people at a Calgary house party last week is “devastated” he won’t be coming home. Zackariah Rathwell, 23, was a first-year student at the Alberta College of Art and Design. He was in a band called Zackariah and the Prophets along with Josh Hunter, 22, a commerce student at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business. Rathwell’s family issued a statement late Sunday afternoon. “We are devastated by what happened. It is a struggle every day to understand that Zackariah won’t be coming home. He was so close to so many, and touched the lives of everyone he came into contact with,” said the family in a statement. “To the other families, please accept our deepest condolences for your loss, no one should ever have to lose someone who was so young and full of so much potential.” Rathwell’s funeral is planned for Tuesday. “We would also like to thank everyone who has offered their prayers and condolences. We know that as we grieve, the City of Calgary grieves with us. Thank you for all your thoughts and all your prayers. Thank you for caring about Zack,” said the family. “He was an amazing kid who grew into an amazing man. We didn’t have him for very long, but we are so very grateful for the time that we did have him. We are all going to miss him so much.” Rathwell, Hunter, Jordan Segura, Lawrence Hong and Kaiti Perras were at a house party marking the end of classes at the nearby University of Calgary early last Tuesday morning. They were attacked and stabbed to death by another party goer. Segura, Hunter and Perras will be remembered in separate services Monday. A small memorial for Hong was held Sunday at Bishop O’Byrne High School, where he attended classes. It was closed to the media. Matthew de Grood, 22, has been charged with five counts of first degree murder. He is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday to face the allegations.
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MEASLES: Victim not hospitalized Johnson said she couldn’t release information about the age of the child, or if the child was a resident or a visitor to Canada. She said the child didn’t require hospitalization and is now recovering at home. Measles is a respiratory disease caused by a virus, involving a red whole body rash. British Columbia is currently in the grips of a large outbreak, with at least 375 cases so far, while Alberta has confirmed 15 cases so far in 2014. Health officials in Manitoba confirmed two new cases of the disease on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases there to seven. On Friday, officials expanded the list of businesses on a Winnipeg street where people may have been exposed to measles, and said people who attended a bull-riding event at the MTS Centre last Wednesday may have been exposed. Most people who get the measles survive, but between one and three cases out of every 1,000 can be fatal. Johnson said the Philippines is also in the midst of a measles outbreak. She said it usually takes 10 to 12 days from exposure to measles before symptoms occur. That means anyone on the plane or at the airport who may have contracted measles from the infected child would only just be experiencing symptoms now, she said. So far, she said no one else is known to have contracted measles from the child. People who have been immunized or have had measles before cannot spread it to anyone else, Johnson said. Earlier this month, Alberta health officials asked more than 100 Calgary students to stay home for the next two weeks because they have not been vaccinated for measles. Johnson said measles cases this year are a result of lower immunization rates and worldwide outbreaks. “In this day and age these diseases are global. And thus you really have to protect yourself with vaccines against diseases even though they might be relatively rare here. They’re just a plane ride away,” Johnson said. “From a public health perspective we feel kind of sad because this is preventable. It is completely preventable.” Johnson said it was fortunate that the child passed through the terminal at a time when it wasn’t particularly crowded. “In some ways it’s kind of good that it was so late at night and early in the morning. I don’t know if you’ve ever gone to the airport for a 6 o’clock flight but it’s really busy at that time,” she said.
Suncor Energy employee dies after injury at oilsands site BY THE CANADIAN PRESS FORT MCMURRAY — A worker has died at Suncor’s (TSX:SU) oilsands site in northern Alberta. The company says in a news release that the man was severely injured while working Sunday morning. He was immediately taken to Northern Lights Regional Health Centre in Fort McMurray where he was pronounced dead. Suncor says it’s working with the appropriate authorities, including RCMP and provincial workplace safety officials, and will complete a full investigation into the cause of the incident.
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Penhold officials wary of backyard chickens BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF The growing trend of chickens in urban settings is not being met with open arms in the town of Penhold. The issue was brought before the town council recently, seeking more information on the issue. They are waiting for the Red Deer Urban Chicken Pilot Project to finish before they make any final decision. But Councillor Mike Walsh made it clear that he does not want chickens in the town. “I think farm animals should stay on the farm,” he said. Walsh has several major reservations about the subject, most notably the idea that they attract more wild carnivores like coyotes into the community, especially considering Penhold is smaller and more rural than Red Deer. He also has concerns over smells and increased neighbourhood noise, either from the chickens themselves or from nearby dogs. Penhold passed the Wild Domestic and Poultry Bylaw in 2008 which prohibits the backyard poultry within town limits. Walsh did live in Red Deer before moving to Penhold and says his neighbour across the street did have chickens, but does admit they did not have any big problems with noise and smell. Charity Briere, a member of the Red Deer chapter of the Canadian Liberated Urban Chicken Klub (CLUCK), said the concerns that Walsh and others have are understandable, but with tight regulations and guidelines those con-
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Charity Briere of the Canadian Liberated Urban Chicken Klub (CLUCK), shows off one of her hens in her backyard chicken coop on Friday afternoon. Allowing chickens in backyards is part of Red Deer’s urban chicken pilot project. cerns are manageable. In the Red Deer pilot project, for example, households are limited to six hens and roosters are strictly forbidden. “I think a lot of their concerns are legitimate . . . I don’t want my nextdoor neighbour to have 20 chickens and five roosters and a huge disgusting mess, none of us want that,” she said. “By having these rules . . . there’s no reason it can’t work for anybody.” Briere says her family has seen benefits to taking part in the proj-
ect, from knowing more about their food, it’s quality and controlling how it was raised, to educational aspects about the birds. Also the chickens have been a friendly talking point for the Brieres and the neighbours. She says she has received no complaints so far. The project started in 2012 and in February 2013, was extended until May 31, 2014. There are currently 40 households in Red Deer taking part in the project and, according to Erin Stuart, the
permits and licensing supervisor for the City of Red Deer Inspecting and Licensing Department, there have only been two formal complaints lodged over the course of the pilot. There is an online survey local residents are being asked to fill out, regardless of chicken ownership, at https:// www.surveymonkey. com/s/RDUrbanChickens the results of which will play into the project’s final report before council on May 26. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com
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Mandy Gui creates some Easter themed artwork with her mother at the momstown Central Alberta’s Community Celebration in the Collicutt Centre’s Field House Saturday. The family event showcased local businesses and community programming for younger children. Facepainting, an Easter egg hunt, as well as small kiosks selling a variety of products were part of the event. Information on momstown can be found on their website momstown.ca. Photo by ASHLI BARRETT/Advocate staff
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Time for a real war on cars? In railing against everything from bike lanes to transit spending, pundits and politicians often raise the spectre of a “war on cars.” Of course, there is no war on cars — but there should be. Cars directly kill and hurt more people every year than most diseases, resulting in 1.5 million deaths and 78 million injuries needing medical care, according to the World Bank. Road injury is the eighth DAVID leading cause SUZUKI of death worldwide. Pollution from cars also causes acute and chronic health problems that often result in premature death – from heart disease and stroke to respiratory illness and lung cancer. Environmental impacts of cars are also well-known and wide-ranging, including climate change, smog and oily run-off from roads, not to mention the green space sacrificed for infrastructure to sell, drive, fuel and park them. Despite fuel-efficiency improvements,
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emissions from vehicles have more than doubled since 1970, and will increase with rising car demand in countries like China, India and Brazil, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. Because many people, especially North Americans, can’t conceive of a world without cars for everyone, we overlook major problems caused by our private automobile obsession. We’re rightly outraged when a company like General Motors ignores faulty ignition switches in some of its vehicles, thought to have caused 13 deaths over 13 years. The massive recall that followed was justified and necessary. But as a headline on Treehugger’s website argues, “It’s time for a bigger recall of a seriously defective product: The Car.” The article continues, “Since we can’t recall every car all at once and redesign the entire country, there are at least things we can do to make it less bad. Significantly reduce speed limits. Make drivers pay the full cost of infrastructure construction and maintenance through the gas tax. Build the cost of medical care for those millions of injured by cars into the price of gas. Invest in walkable cities and alternative forms of transport.” Seattle newsweekly The Stranger, only somewhat tongue-in-cheek, cre-
ated a 2011 manifesto for a real war on cars. “We demand that car drivers pay their own way, bearing the full cost of the automobile-petroleum-industrial complex that has depleted our environment, strangled our cities, and drawn our nation into foreign wars,” it says. “Reinstate the progressive motor vehicle excise tax, hike the gas tax, and toll every freeway, bridge, and neighborhood street until the true cost of driving lies as heavy and noxious as our smog-laden air.” As Treehugger notes, we can’t shift from car-centric societies overnight. And until we find ways to better design our urban areas, many people will continue to rely on cars. After all, in the “developed” world, and increasingly in the developing world, we privilege private automobiles when creating infrastructure, often at the expense of what we need for public transit, walking and cycling. Some even claim automobile and oil companies bought and dismantled streetcar and urban rail lines from the mid-1930s to the 1950s to sell more cars and oil. Fuel efficiency wasn’t a concern because, before pollution and climate change impacts were known, gas sale profits were a priority. Many factors were involved in the development of car culture, but we now find
ourselves in an era when much of our oil is burned to propel mostly single users in inefficient vehicles. Even with today’s improved fuel standards, only about 15 per cent of the energy from each litre of fuel burned is used to move the vehicle, which typically weighs 10 to 20 times more than the passenger(s) it carries. That translates to about a one per cent efficiency to move those passengers. Although we can’t stop using cars altogether, we can curtail their damage to people and the environment. We can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by cutting back on car use, choosing fuelefficient vehicles, joining a car pool or sharing program and reducing speed. At the policy level, we need increased investment in public transit and cycling and pedestrian infrastructure, stronger fuel-efficiency standards, reduced speed limits, higher gas taxes and human-centric urban design. Besides combatting pollution and climate change, reduced dependency on private automobiles will lead to healthier people, fewer deaths and injuries and livable cities with happier citizens. And that’s worth fighting for! Scientist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki wrote this column with Ian Hanington. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.
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Educational reform required to fix skills shortages BY 2016, CANADA COULD BE FACING 1.5 MILLION VACANCIES FOR SKILLED JOBS BY GWYN MORGAN SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Statistics Canada data shows that employment in the professional, scientific and services sector hit a record high in December while factory jobs have continued to decline. The new jobs pay better than the old jobs being lost, a trend that presents an historic opportunity to build national prosperity. But it’s only an opportunity if there are enough workers with those in-demand skills, a fact that Prime Minister Stephen Harper clearly understands. Addressing a Canada/U.S. business audience in late 2012, Harper stated that producing more skilled workers is “the biggest challenge our country faces”. Harper also stated: “For whatever reason, we know that peoples’ choices, in terms of the education system, tends to lead us to ... a chronic shortage of certain skills. They are skilled trades, scientists and engineers.” A report published last year by The Canadian Chamber of Commerce estimated that by 2016 Canada would face 1.5 million vacancies for skilled jobs. A survey published last month by the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, which represents 150 of the country’s largest employers, provided more specific insight. Two-thirds responded that the growing shortage of skilled workers would have a medium to high impact on their major projects and/or investments. Engineers topped the list of workers “most difficult to find and retain,” followed by Information Technology professionals. Solving skills shortages isn’t just a matter of replacing retiring veterans. The structural shift from
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lower-skilled manufacturing to higher skilled professional, scientific and services requires substantial growth in the number of Canadians possessing the needed training. Filling the shortage for these in-demand skills starts with changing what Harper termed “peoples’ choices.” Those people are, of course, students. And the foundation for learning those skills requires an understanding of basic math and science. This shouldn’t be too difficult because most youngsters are naturally curious about the world around them. Our seven-year-old grandson, for example, is constantly asking me, his engineer-grandfather, questions about everything from the insects and animals he manages to catch to outer space and how airplanes fly. All too often this nascent scientific curiosity diminishes around the time students enter middle school, mainly because their teachers fail to make science fun by bringing its wonders alive. And, due to a union-driven placement system based on seniority rather than qualifications, many teachers are unqualified to teach science in the first place. Consequently, students with high potential in math and science make course choices that prevent them from entering any field requiring STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) skills. That means they can’t be Engineers, Information Technologists, Environmental Scientists, Doctors, Pharmacists, Diagnostic Technologists or qualify for many skilled trades. Worse, many of the high school graduates who have managed to gain the qualifications needed to enter STEM programs are being turned away when they apply to university. Applicants to most Engineering faculties require high school marks aver-
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aging upwards of 85 per cent to make the cut, even higher for medicine. Yet universities refuse to reallocate funds to open up more slots for students in these critically needed skills. A CIBC report published last year confirmed that huge sums are being wasted churning out graduates in out-of-demand fields, such as Arts and Humanities, while turning away thousands of fully-qualified STEM applicants. This is a travesty, both for the students who are blocked from realizing their potential and for the country. But sclerotic professor union dominated university governance means it won’t change unless the provinces with jurisdiction over those ivory towers force it to happen. The ability of any nation’s workforce to produce value-creating goods and services determines the living standards of its population. As the proportion of skilled workers rises, so rises national prosperity. And when that proportion falls, growth investment is stymied, incomes drop, tax revenues to fund social programs collapse and the country falls into economic decline. Since the reversal of that decline starts with educational choices made in middle school, the downward spiral may require generations to reverse. The skills shortage is the biggest challenge our country faces. Meeting that challenge will require the determined and united commitment of every level of government, our educational institutions and business leaders across the nation. A daunting challenge indeed. Gwyn Morgan is a retired Canadian business leader who has been a director of five global corporations. This column was supplied by Troy Media (www.troymedia. com).
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Anti-prohibition pot protesters hit Parliament Hill 4-20 GOES AFTER POLICY BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The RCMP is making it simpler to release officers with serious medical problems, prompting fears that many ill members will be sent packing without due process or the means to fight their dismissal. Under the old rules an officer who protested a medical discharge because of mental or physical disability could remain on the payroll until the matter was settled. New regulations, slated to take effect in June, say a decision as to whether to release or demote a member will not be put on hold while a grievance works its way through the system. The Canadian Press obtained a copy of the more streamlined procedures, which flow from legislation passed last year aimed at modernizing the force. The Conservative government argued the changes would permit the force to promptly deal with grievances that often fester for years, hurting workplace morale and leaving careers in limbo. Critics, including the NDP, said the measures placed too much power in RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson’s hands and would only worsen relations with members. Cpl. Roland Beaulieu, a B.C. Mountie on stress leave, says he became ill in 2001 when supervisors refused to properly address his complaints about issues including unpaid overtime and lack of promotion. He recently received a message from the force saying it was taking the first step toward medically discharging him, and he knows of two others who just got notices. He suspects that when the new regulations take effect, “they’re going to punt a lot of people that are off in the same situation that I am.” “It gives them carte blanche to say, ’You’re out of here.”’ Paulson sought new disciplinary powers to deal with “bad apples” — including rogue officers — more swiftly, said Gerry Hoyland, a former Mountie now helping several other officers with grievances. “Instead, the government has provided him the means of medically discharging members much more easily,” said Hoyland, who fought his own battles with the police force over on-the-job harassment. “I know from past experiences that the new medical discharge process will not be fair.” Cpl. David Falls, an RCMP spokesman, said procedural fairness would be respected, adding the legislation “does not provide for members to be summarily discharged.” Under the new rules, discharge boards or hearings will no longer exist. The member will be given notice by a senior officer, relevant information in RCMP files and the opportunity to make written submissions. The senior officer may agree to hear oral arguments. Rules posted on the RCMP’s internal humanresources Infoweb say a medically discharged member may grieve the decision, and the outcome of the grievance can be independently scrutinized by an oversight body, the RCMP External Review Committee. But the decision to discharge someone will not be put on hold while a grievance plays out, the rules say. As Cpl. Jeff Whipple knows, the grievance process can be lengthy.
Whipple, who suffers from post-traumatic stress over the infamous shooting in Mayerthorpe, Alta. — in which four colleagues were killed — is protesting his release from the police force for medical reasons. He is the second Mountie grappling with emotional fallout from the 2005 event that the RCMP has moved to medically discharge — a process Whipple alleges was done behind his back in violation of force rules. Whipple was among the first on the horrific Mayerthorpe shooting scene. But he says his difficulties began later due to lack of understanding and proper care from his employer as he tried to come to terms with the tragedy. “My hurt, pain, is from what they did after the incident — not the incident,” he said in an interview. In 2009, Whipple sued the RCMP. Three years later the force discharged him on medical grounds, which he grieved, alleging lack of due process including denial of access to files he needed to argue his case. “They just don’t take responsibility,” he said. “They don’t look after their people.” Paulson insisted last year the idea was to care for injured and ill Mounties with the primary objective helping them return to policing. “And where we can’t do that, then we have to work with them to try and find them employment within the organization — or ultimately help them make the adjustment,” he told The Canadian Press. “We just have to face that some people get to a situation where they’re not in a position to contribute at work anymore.” Falls said it’s in no one’s interest to have members on protracted medical leave. “We owe it to our fellow officers who rely on each other for support and backup to manage our workforce responsibly,” he said.
OTTAWA — Frisbees, hula hoops, reggae and the slightly skunky aroma of burning bud masked a serious policy dispute Sunday afternoon on Parliament Hill. The annual day of celebrating cannabis culture has ramped up into mainstream political activism as the pot-smoking 4-20 movement took on marijuana prohibition with rallies across Canada. “I think the policy edge has always been there. It’s just more and more people are getting fed up with the status quo,” said John Albert, a former Marijuana Party candidate, as he sat amidst a crowd that police estimated was more than 2,000 on the front lawn under the Peace Tower. Recent legalization in Colorado and Washington State has opened the eyes of governments and businesses to the financial possibilities of a legal trade in marijuana, a commodity that’s too often linked to either organized crime or glass-eyed slackers. “We would like a choice,” said Albert. “I think what is happening in Colorado and Washington has kind of crystallized it in people’s eyes. They see that it’s a real thing, that legalization can work, and be a benefit to not just people who smoke cannabis but to just regular taxpayers.” After years of glacially slow
movement on the decriminalization or legalization policy fronts, pot activist Jodie Emery says there’s been a huge spike in interest as the American state experiment plays out. “I can tell you from my spot as being a pot activist for 10 years in Vancouver, the last year has been insane — even in Canada — with respect to licensed providers and all these companies trying to be the next big thing,” Emery said in a telephone interview from Vancouver. “We’ve won over the Man and the establishment. You know, they’re on our side. And it is definitely financially motivated.” The 4-20 moniker dates back to the pot culture of California in the early 1970s, but it became formally attached to April 20 when a group of Vancouver activists held the first day-long rally in 1995. Rallies have been held every April 20th for 20 straight years since then and have spread across Canada and across the globe. Local 4-20 organizers were advertising events from Whitehorse to Halifax, Iqaluit to Windsor, Ont., in Dallas, Texas, and Birmingham, Ala., London, Belfast, Reykjavik, Aukland, Lima and Cape Town, South Africa, to name just a few. Hundreds turned out at rallies in Vancouver and Toronto. Ray Turmel, 62, wandered Parliament Hill holding a large plastic freezer bag filled with enough
marijuana buds to warrant a trafficking charge, in other circumstances. Turmel is among those medical pot users who are fighting in Federal Court to retain the right to grow their own, a practice the Conservative government wants to end under a new medical marijuana policy that would license, regulate and industrialize all growers. “I’m one of the old guys. We’re fighting for the right to keep using it and keep growing it ourselves,” said Turmel, before lifting his bag of homegrown out of the reach of someone asking for tester. Good-humoured RCMP officers watched the sedate scene with apparent bemusement as clouds of marijuana smoke drifted down the wind. “This is an annual event that has always been held in a peaceful manner,” said spokeswoman Cpl. Lucy Shorey. “Usually at about 4:20 p.m. protesters will be exercising their right to, uh, light up, if you want,” she said. “The RCMP respects the rights of individuals to protest on Parliament Hill and that’s what we’re here for today.” Shorey would not venture into policy territory, or comment on the juxtaposition of thousands of people openly committing a Criminal Code offence while sandwiched between RCMP cruisers and the House of Commons that legislates the law.
Legalities of Amanda Todd’s extradition case keep law experts in a muddle BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Authorities in British Columbia are anxious to bring a Netherlands resident to a Canadian courtroom on cyberbullying charges in a teen suicide case, but legal experts say it’s unclear when or even if they might get the chance. The suspect faces Canadian charges including child pornography, extortion, criminal harassment and Internet luring in the case of Amanda Todd. The 15-year-old killed herself in 2012 after posting a video online telling a story of being harassed relentlessly. B.C.’s justice department said last week it will ask the federal government to request the extradition of the 35-year-old Dutch suspect, who also faces charges in the Netherlands in connection with an international investigation. However legal experts are divided on the chances of extradition and all agree it will be a com-
plicated process. “An extradition request is biting smoke on this one,” said Richard Kurland, a Vancouver immigration lawyer. “It’s not a coin-toss — the coin’s not coming out of the wallet to be tossed.” The province’s application won’t get off the ground unless Canada’s criminal code is changed, Kurland said in an interview. In order to extradite the suspect, Kurland said Canada must prove the Dutch resident is charged with an extra-territorial offence — a term referring to crimes outside of Canada involving Canadians. The list of extra-territorial offences includes various crimes against humanity, bigamy, highjacking and terrorism. It also includes sexual offences against children, but Kurland says the law is written in a way that allows Canada to prosecute Canadians who commit sexual offences abroad, but fails to bring foreign-
ers to account. It could be a huge hole in the law, Kurland said. “I don’t think this request from B.C. is going to get out of the Department of Justice’s inbox.” Michael Klein, a Vancouver criminal defence lawyer who has worked on extradition cases, said Canada may seek extradition if the suspect committed a crime against a Canadian that is considered an offence in both Canada and Holland. “It doesn’t have to be completely superimposable,” said Klein. “As long as there’s something equivalent to it, we don’t have to have the same language.” Since the Netherlands likely recognizes the Canadian charges, Dutch authorities would probably entertain an extradition request. David MacAlister, a Simon Fraser University criminology professor, says another issue that could come into play is double jeopardy, the principle that a person can’t be tried for the same crime twice.
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Sides trade blame for shootout UKRAINE, RUSSIA BLAME EACH OTHER FOR EASTER SHOOTOUT IN EAST THAT LEFT THREE DEAD BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BYLBASIVKA, Ukraine — Within hours of an Easter morning shootout at a checkpoint manned by pro-Russia insurgents in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement blaming militant Ukrainian nationalists and Russian state television stations aired pictures of supposed proof of their involvement in the attack that left at least three people dead. The Ukrainian Security Service, however, said the attack was staged by provocateurs from outside the country. And the presented evidence — particularly a pristine business card said to have been left behind by the attackers — was met with widespread ridicule in Ukraine, where it soon had its own Twitter hashtag. The armed clash early Sunday near the city of Slovyansk appeared to be the first since an international agreement was reached last week in Geneva to ease tensions in eastern Ukraine, where armed pro-Russia activists have seized government buildings in at least 10 cities. Ukraine’s new leaders and many in the West fear that such clashes could provide a pretext for Russia to seize more Ukrainian territory. Russia, which annexed the Crimean Peninsula last month, has tens of thousands of troops along its border with Ukraine. Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, originally said the troops were there for military exercises, but Putin’s spokesman on Saturday acknowledged that some were there because of instability in eastern Ukraine. The self-proclaimed mayor of Slovyansk appealed to Putin on Sunday to send in peacekeeping troops to
protect Russian speakers from Ukrainian nationalists. “They want to make us slaves. They don’t talk to us, but simply kill us,” Vyacheslav Ponomaryov said during a news conference in Slovyansk shown on Rossiya state television. Yuri Zhadobin, who co-ordinates the pro-Russia unit manning the checkpoint in the village of Bylbasivka, told The Associated Press he was with about 20 men celebrating Easter when unknown men drove up in four vehicles and opened fire about 3 a.m. “We began to shoot back from behind the barricades and we threw Molotov cocktails at them,” Zhadobin said. Two of the vehicles caught fire and the attackers fled in the other two, he said. The Ukrainian Interior Ministry’s office in the eastern Donetsk region said three people died in the attack and three others were wounded. The statement said some of the attackers were also killed or wounded, but the number wasn’t known. Russian state television reported that two of the attackers were killed. In Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry quickly blamed the clash on the Right Sector, a nationalist Ukrainian group that has supported the proWestern interim government in Kyiv, the capital. But a spokesman for Right Sector, Artyom Skoropatskiy, denied any involvement in Sunday’s shootout, which he called a provocation staged by Russian special services. Ukraine’s Security Service also called the attack a “cynical provocation” staged from “the outside.” Russian state and other Kremlinfriendly television channels showed pictures of items said to have been seized from the attackers and the two
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Pro-Russian gunmen control a road after a night fight at the checkpoint which is under the control of pro-Russian activists in the village of Bulbasika near Slovyansk, Ukraine, Sunday. Pro-Russian insurgents defiantly refused to surrender their weapons or give up government buildings in eastern Ukraine, despite a diplomatic accord reached in Geneva and overtures from the government in Kiev. captured vehicles, which were pockmarked by bullets and gutted by fire. The items included weapons, ammunition, maps and the business card of Right Sector leader Dmytro Yarosh. This gave rise to a flood of humorous posts on Ukrainian Twitter with the hashtag “VizitkaYarosha,” or Yarosh’s business card. A man said to be a member of Right Sector and one of the attackers was
later paraded before the television cameras in the custody of an insurgent wearing camouflage fatigues and a black balaclava. The man said he would advise other Right Sector activists against coming to eastern Ukraine. “There is a war here,” he said in footage broadcast by Russia’s Channel One. “People here are defending their land, defending their home and their rights.”
Transcript shows United Arab Emirates company plans confusion, indecision competition to give citizen free trip to space on whether to evacuate sinking ferry BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JINDO, South Korea — The South Korean ferry that sank was crippled by confusion and indecision well after it began listing, a radio transcript released Sunday showed, suggesting the chaotic situation may have added to a death toll that could exceed 300. About 30 minutes after the Sewol began tilting, a crew member asked a marine traffic controller whether passengers would be rescued if they abandoned ship off South Korea’s southern coast. The crew member posed the question three times in succession. That followed several statements from the ship that people aboard could not move and another in which someone declared that it was “impossible to broadcast” instructions. Many people followed the captain’s initial order to stay below deck, where it is feared they remain trapped. Fiftynine bodies have been recovered, and about 240 people are still missing. “Even if it’s impossible to broadcast, please go out and let the passengers wear life jackets and put on more clothing,” an unidentified official at Jindo Vessel Traffic Services Center urged at 9:24 a.m. Wednesday, 29 minutes after the ferry first reported trouble, according to the transcript released by South Korea’s coast guard. “If this ferry evacuates passengers, will you be able to rescue them?” the crew member asked. “At least make them wear life rings and make them escape!” the traffic-
centre official responded. The traffic official then said patrol boats would arrive in 10 minutes, though another civilian ship was already nearby and had told controllers that it would rescue anyone who went overboard. The ferry sank with 476 people on board, many of them students from a high school. The cause of the disaster is not yet known, but prosecutors have said the ship made a sharp turn before it began to list.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — One lucky citizen of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates could soon get the chance to be rocketed into space. Government-backed Aabar Investments on Sunday announced a competition to award an Emirati a free spot aboard Virgin Galactic’s spaceship when it begins ferrying paying tourists on suborbital trips promising a taste of weightlessness and a view of the Earth’s curvature. The UAE is a seven-state federation that includes Dubai and the federal capital Abu Dhabi. The OPEC member country has a nascent satellite program and is eager to develop its own space industry as part of a broader push to diversify its economy.
Contest details have yet to be worked out, but it appears the millions of expatriates who far outnumber the local Emirati population aren’t eligible. Aabar is a partial owner of Virgin Galactic along with Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group. The company, one of several state-linked investment firms backed by Abu Dhabi, gave Virgin Galactic a major financial jolt in 2009 by agreeing to pay $280 million in exchange for just under a third of the space startup. It raised its stake to nearly 38 per cent in 2011 after pumping in additional funds that would go toward developing a satellite launch program. The free ride on offer is a way to give something back to the UAE, Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides said. “Without the support of Aabar
Investments, this program would not be where it is today,” he said in a statement. Virgin Galactic’s initial deal with Aabar called for plans to build a spaceport in Abu Dhabi, though the company is for now focused on completing flight tests of its SpaceShipTwo and launching commercial service from its custom-designed spaceport in New Mexico. A public relations firm working for Aabar’s parent company, the government-run International Petroleum Investment Company, was unable to confirm whether the contest winner would be launching from Abu Dhabi or the U.S. spaceport. SpaceShipTwo is a prototype commercial version of SpaceShipOne, which in 2004 became the first privately developed manned rocket to reach space.
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FLY-IN BREAKFAST No matter how you choose to get there, all are welcome to enjoy some good breakfast with the Red Deer Flying Club on May 4. From 8 a.m. to noon, the club will host its Fly-In/Drive-In Pancake Breakfast at the Red Deer Airport. There will be ‘Follow Me’ signs out to direct travellers to the breakfast location in the Sky Wings Hangar. Cost to attend is $10 for adults, $5 for children six and under, or $25 for families. For more information on the event or the club, visit www.reddeerflyingclub. org.
CULTURAL CAFE TO EXPLORE IMPACT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES The Central Alberta Refugee Effort’s next Cultural Café will explore Canadian history and how changing times have impacted the indigenous populations. The café is presented in partnership with the Red Deer Native Friendship Society, with executive director Tanya Schur leading a blanket exercise and talking circle. Elder Corky LarsenJonasson will also speak during the interactive session. The café takes place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Friendship Society at 4808 51st Ave. For more information, call 403-3400020 or 403-346-8818.
YEAR-END SPRING CONCERT BY KVITKA DANCERS Take in some fast-paced, energetic and highly choreographed folk dancing on April 27 with the Kvitka Ukrainian dancers. The Red Deer Ukrainian dance club will hold its year-end spring concert at 2 p.m. at City Centre Stage at 4922 49th St. in Red Deer. Everyone is welcome and admission is by donation. For more information, call 403-3472344 or 403-346-5712.
The Red Deer Art Club has dove into a new form of art that they believe has therapeutic attributes. Commonly referred to as zen tangle, the method is a form of line art that combines easy-tolearn patterns to form intricate, free form pictures. Win Fuller has been doing zen tangle for about a year and will be the featured artist at the club’s Spring Showers Brings May Flowers art show at the Golden Circle on May 2 from 5:30-9 p.m. She says anyone can do it and the art is a great way of escaping from the world. “It’s structured doodling pretty much,” said Fuller with a laugh. “It’s a meditative art form. Once you start doing it, you zone everything else out and it’s really focused art. It improves your creativity for other art work and it’s extremely addictive.” One of the great things about the medium is that projects are completed in one sitting, often in 15-45 minutes, depending on the size of the picture. It is easy enough to do while sitting down and watching TV or in the morning while you eat your breakfast. The style is also fairly inexpensive to do, requiring just a pen and a piece paper. Though you can use a standard ball point pen, there are many different specialized pens for the more serious artist. Fuller swears by its therapeutic qualities for those suffering from cancer or other illnesses. “It just calms you right down,” said Fuller. “Cancer patients are always waiting for treatments and doctors, mentally it is so good for them.”
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Sandra Turner gets some advice from Win Fuller on her zen tangle artwork Thursday afternoon at the Golden Circle. Fuller is a local artist who is going to be featured at the Red Deer Art Club’s upcoming show and sale at the Golden Circle on May 2. Zen tangle is a newer form of artwork that consists of focused line and circle drawing. The club is using a $2,000 grant from the city’s arts, culture and heritage department to help promote art in the community, with the intention of working with the hospice and at risk youth, and to help put on the art show. The show will feature more than just zen tangle designs, it will include a wide range of art completed by local artists. Admission is free and the art is for sale.
“We have such beautiful things, and they’re well matted and framed and I feel people should be supporting our local artists,” said club president Lucille Gaumond. “There’s something for everyone.” Gaumond is impressed by the quality of work produced by local members and says they are always looking for more people to join. The club gathers once a week
on Thursdays at the Golden Circle from 1-4 p.m. and regularly brings in local artists to lead a demonstration in different styles and techniques. “Art is a universal language, everyone can do it and we speak through art,” said Gaumond. “Art is also our history, when you go to Greece and see the Acropolis . . . those are thousands of years old.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com
Seed bank works to save genetic diversity LOOKING FOR MORE GROWERS TO JOIN FIGHT BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Spring is still theoretically around the corner which means soon gardeners will be getting ready to work their land. But the fledgling Red Deer Seed Bank is encouraging local green thumbers to plant with a conscientous purpose this year. The seed bank is committed to the mission of biodiversity and the proliferation of uncommon plants. They are entering their first full growing season and are looking for more people to get involved and join in their fight. “We’re seeing genetic diversity decline very rapidly in the last number of decades, so it’s very important that we maintain genetic diversity in our seed supplies and not just a few strains that are controlled by large industrial agriculture businesses,” said ReThink Red Deer project leader Rene Michalak. “The local seed bank initiative is really starting to help communities balance this industrial approach. It’s not to eliminate the industrial approach, it’s to not put all our eggs in one basket.” The bank was born out of initiative and a $1,000 grant from the Unitarian Services Committee of Canada, Seeds of Diversity
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Rene Michalak, Project Lead for ReThink Red Deer, stands with his seeds on Thursday evening in Oriole Park. Michalak is looking to grow Red Deer’s Seed Bank, and hopefully get more people involved with it. and the Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security. They now have more than 50 varieties of seeds available to the public ranging from different types of herbs to conventional garden crops like tomatoes, peppers, beets, flowers, squash, lettuces, broccoli and cauliflowers, and more unique plants like ground cherry, golden midget water melons and edible flowers. This is a mission that goes beyond just humanity for the seed bank. Michalak says too much of the world’s growing potential is tied up in a small handful of select crops, leading to the eradication of many different species of plants, hindering the planet’s long-term sustainable and biodiversity. Those who join in the project will be encouraged to not use all of the matured
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plants for food, but to also harvest them for seeds alone to help grow the bank. They are now collaborating with the Garden Club to put on a seed saving workshop on April 27 to put on a seed saving workshop. Time is of the essence for the local group as they hope to build a strong base quickly. “We need to assemble as soon as possible because we only have those six months basically of time in our climate here, unless we set up greenhouse operations, but the whole point of open pollinated heirloom variety seeds is that they be grown in natural environment,” said Michalak. “They need to be grown out in the elements, adapting to climate change, not isolated away in a seed bank or indoors where they’re not experiencing the climate.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com
VISITING THE HORSES Sharon Flanagan gets up close and personal with some of the horses at Heritage Ranch on Saturday afternoon. Her and her two children, Callan and Edith, enjoyed the sunny afternoon with hand feeding and petting the horses just off the carriage trail at the ranch. Photo by ASHLI BARRETT/ Advocate staff
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Action will mean payoff for youth U.S. EXPERT RECOMMENDS BOOSTING APPRENTICESHIPS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OTTAWA — A respected American labour specialist says governments, educators and employers should work together to boost the number of apprenticeships for young Canadians in a collaborative approach that would yield “significant payoffs.” Robert Lerman’s report, commissioned by the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and obtained by The Canadian Press, says a comprehensive expansion of apprenticeships would provide young people with greater opportunities for more promising careers and potentially slash the rate of youth unemployment. The study also asserts that apprenticeships aren’t just a route to jobs in the skilled trades, but could represent an option for young Canadians in a variety of fields and should become a common recruitment strategy for a wide range of industries and sectors. Those sectors include banking, sales and information technology. “Continuing the emphasis on ’trades’ is counterproductive since it suggests that apprenticeships are limited to a relatively narrow range of occupations,” says Lerman, a professor of economics at American University in Washington, D.C., and a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labour in Berlin. Almost half of Canada’s 426,000 registered apprentices currently work as mechanics, carpenters, electricians and plumbers. Lerman’s report compares Canada’s apprenticeship system to those in countries that include Germany, Switzerland, Australia and the United Kingdom. Employment Minister Jason Kenney recently lead a Canadian delegation to Germany and Great Britain to study their apprenticeship programs. Apprenticeships were also a key plank of the government’s 2014 budget, in particular the announcement of the Canada Apprentice Loan. That fund, an expansion of the Canada Student Loans Program, will provide apprentices in so-called Red Seal trades with access to more than $100 million in interest-free loans every year to help them pay for their training.
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The Ford Escort sedan is unveiled during press day at the China Auto show in Beijing, China, Sunday. The unveiling highlighted the growing influence of Chinese tastes on the industry.
Global automakers unveil China-focused models BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING — Ford Motor Co. on Sunday unveiled a new Escort sedan designed in China for global sale at a Beijing auto show that highlighted the growing influence of Chinese tastes on the industry. Automakers are looking to China’s biggest auto show this year to help boost sales in this huge but cooling market. Total sales last year reached 17.9 million vehicles, but growth is expected to slow from 15.7 per cent to as low as 8 per cent, even as newcomers including Lincoln and Tesla enter the market. The new Escort, a compact sedan with a 1.4-litre, four-cylinder engine, was designed at Ford’s development centre in China with features to appeal to local tastes. They include a bigger back seat for children and grandparents, lighter colours and cup holders made to fit iced tea bottles. The Escort goes on sale in China this year, expanding later to other markets, said CEO Alan Mulally. “I think it will sell around the world,” Mulally said.
“But the real focus was led by the Chinese and what they wanted.” Ford joins a trend led by brands including GM’s Cadillac unit that include features intended to appeal to Chinese tastes in models sold globally. Others such as Daimler Benz AG’s Mercedes Benz are breaking from the industry trend of selling the same vehicles everywhere and are reworking models for sale in China with added back seat room and other features. That is squeezing ambitious but inexperienced Chinese independent brands. Their first-quarter sales shrank 2.6 per cent from a year earlier, while the overall market grew 7.9 per cent. Also this weekend, GM debuted a new version of the Chevrolet Cruze and displayed its Trax SUV, targeting China’s booming sport utility market. Chinese SUV maker Great Wall Motors Co. unveiled its latest model, the Haval 8. China’s annual auto shows, held in Beijing and Shanghai in alternating years, have grown into some of the industry’s most important commercial events.
Relatively strong Chinese sales helped to support the global industry while the United States and Europe slumped following the 2008 financial crisis. GM, with its Chinese joint venture partners, is in the midst of a $12 billion investment campaign through 2017 to expand production. GM China President Matt Tsien said the company will open three new factories this year — two in Shenyang and one in Chongqing — and two more next year, including one for Cadillac production. He said that is expected to raise production capacity to 5 million units by the end of 2015. GM President Dan Ammann said the company expects to double sales of Cadillac luxury cars next year to 100,000 vehicles. “We are moving full speed to keep up with it,” Ammann said of the company’s approach in China. “We count on China for another record year in 2014.” Foreign brands are still piling into China, adding to already intense competition. Last week, Ford launched its luxury Lincoln brand in the country.
Research casts doubt on benefits of biofuels BIOFUELS MADE WITH CORNFIELD WASTE SAID TO BE WORSE FOR CLIMATE THAN GASOLINE BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Biofuels made from the leftovers of harvested corn plants are worse than gasoline for global warming in the short term, a study shows, challenging the Obama administration’s conclusions that they are a much cleaner oil alternative and will help combat climate change. A $500,000 study paid for by the federal government and released Sunday in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change concludes that biofuels made with corn residue release 7 per cent more greenhouse gases in the early years compared with conventional gasoline. While biofuels are better in the long run, the study says they won’t meet a standard set in a 2007 energy law to qualify as renewable fuel. The conclusions deal a blow to what are known as cellulosic biofuels, which have received more than a billion dollars in federal support but have struggled to meet volume targets mandated by law. About half of the initial market in cellulosics is expected to be derived from corn residue. The biofuel industry and administration officials immediately criticized the research as flawed. They said it was too simplistic in its analysis of carbon loss from soil, which can vary over a single field, and vastly overestimated how much residue farmers actually
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This undated combo photo, provided by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, shows corn residue after grain harvest, left, adjacent to a field section where corn residue was baled and removed after grain harvest in Jefferson County, Neb. would remove once the market gets underway. “The core analysis depicts an extreme scenario that no responsible farmer or business would ever employ because it would ruin both the land and the long-term supply of feedstock.
It makes no agronomic or business sense,” said Jan Koninckx, global business director for biorefineries at DuPont. Later this year the company is scheduled to finish a $200 million-plus facility in Nevada, Iowa, that will pro-
duce 30 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol using corn residue from nearby farms. An assessment paid for by DuPont said that the ethanol it will produce there could be more than 100 per cent better than gasoline in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. The research is among the first to attempt to quantify, over 12 Corn Belt states, how much carbon is lost to the atmosphere when the stalks, leaves and cobs that make up residue are removed and used to make biofuel, instead of left to naturally replenish the soil with carbon. The study found that regardless of how much corn residue is taken off the field, the process contributes to global warming. “I knew this research would be contentious,” said Adam Liska, the lead author and an assistant professor of biological systems engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “I’m amazed it has not come out more solidly until now.” The Environmental Protection Agency’s own analysis, which assumed about half of corn residue would be removed from fields, found that fuel made from corn residue, also known as stover, would meet the standard in the energy law. That standard requires cellulosic biofuels to release 60 per cent less carbon pollution than gasoline.
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, a recent study from the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada has confirmed what most Canadians already know — there’s a big economic advantage to being married. According to the study, 86 per cent of high-income families include a married or common-law couple, compared to 49 per cent of the middle class and 12 per cent of low-income earners. Married people report being happier, they tend to live longer and save more for their retirement.
Relationships, whether it is getting married, living common-law or ending a relationship, all have tax implications. “A lot of people may not be aware of what actually constitutes a couple and may not know that you must report any change in your marital status on your tax return, whether you are recently married, divorced or have entered into a common-law relationship,” said Christine Van Cauwenberghe, assistant vice-president of tax and estate planning with Investors Group. “It is imperative that you declare any
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change, whether you are entering or ending a relationship.” In Canada, spouses and common-law partners of the same or different gender are treated the same when it comes to taxation. A spouse is the person to whom you are legally married; you are considered to be common-law partners if you have lived together as a couple for a period of 12 months. In both cases, each person must file a tax return.
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COUPLES: Can transfer certain tax credits As a couple, you may transfer certain tax credits to your spouse, including the age, pension income, charitable donation, disability and Canada child tax credits. And married and common-law couples can transfer assets when they die to their partners without paying capital gains tax. Perhaps the biggest tax advantage for couples is their retirement savings plans. Through a spousal RRSP you can make contributions to your spouse’s plan instead of your own if you know that they will be in a lower tax bracket in retirement; you can benefit from income-splitting opportunities in retirement and even split Canada Pension Plan benefits. There are some potential disadvantages which new and longtime couples also should be aware of. For example, each family unit is allowed only one principal residence exemption, so if both parties coming into a relationship have a home, only one can receive the principal residence capital gains exemption. When you marry or enter into a common-law relationship, your incomes are added together and you may be in danger of losing some benefits, such as the Canada child tax credit for a minor child and the guaranteed income supplement (GIS) and HST tax credit. “These are some of the reasons common-law partners might not want to notify the CRA on their returns about their new status,” said Van Cauwenberghe. “This can really trip people up. You’ve got to be sure to notify the government about changes to your marital status because it is a serious offense to file a fraudulent return.” In the case of separation, the net family property and assets such as the home, other real estate holdings, banks accounts, financial investments and retirement plans, are divided between the former couple, although the rules vary between provinces. Divorce is the legal ending of the marriage, while for tax purposes a separation generally takes place when the couple live apart for a minimum of 90 days without reconciliation. The transfer of RRSPs and RRIFs in a relationship breakdown usually takes place on a tax deferred basis provided the money remains in the plans. In the case of a breakdown in a common law relationship, depending on the province, only those assets owned jointly have to be divided, although a number or provinces have amended their legislation to give the common-law partners the right to a division of all assets acquired over the course of the relationship. More and more Canadians are divorcing or separating and finding themselves single in retirement, which creates a unique set of financial and emotional challenges. Figures from Statistics Canada indicate that approximately 4,000 Canadians aged 65 and over get divorced each year. “When divorcing or exiting a relationship, it’s really important to make sure you know the rules and ensure that the assets involved are transferred tax efficiently,” Van Cauwenberghe said. “The key is to be sure to contact Service Canada and tell them about your new status when you are entering into or exiting a relationship.” 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.
BIOFUEL: $1 threshold Cellulosic biofuels that don’t meet that threshold could be almost impossible to make and sell. Producers wouldn’t earn the $1 per gallon subsidy they need to make these expensive fuels and still make a profit. Refiners would shun the fuels because they wouldn’t meet their legal obligation to use minimum amounts of next-generation biofuels. EPA spokeswoman Liz Purchia said in a statement that the study “does not provide useful information relevant to the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from corn stover ethanol.” But an AP investigation last year found that the EPA’s analysis of corn-based ethanol failed to predict the environmental consequences accurately. The departments of Agriculture and Energy have initiated programs with farmers to make sure residue is harvested sustainably. For instance, farmers will not receive any federal assistance for conservation programs if too much corn residue is removed.
APPRENTICESHIPS: Critical opportunity missed Amid a Conservative focus on apprenticeships, stakeholders have said they’re mystified that the government’s mammoth new infrastructure project, the New Building Canada Plan, doesn’t contain any provisions for apprentices. Some have accused the government of missing a critical opportunity in its efforts to build new infrastructure across Canada. Federal officials say procurement is provincial jurisdiction and Ottawa cannot mandate the involvement of apprentices. Ottawa kicked off its $14-billion New Building Canada Fund late last month, part of the government’s 10-year, $53-billion infrastructure plan. Lerman’s report also points out that Canada’s apprenticeship system is aimed primarily at adults aged 25 and older, and does little to ease the transition for young Canadians from the classroom to the labour market. That’s in stark contrast to apprenticeship systems in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. “A more extensive system of apprenticeship in Canada would require close collaboration between high schools and employers,” Lerman writes. “Importantly, it would require extensive counselling on apprenticeship and other career-oriented options by Grade 10.” Lerman’s report concludes that expanding apprenticeships would hike income levels for workers in middle-skill occupations while relieving some of the economic pressure on governments to increase spending on colleges and universities. “Implementing these and other recommendations for expanding Canada’s apprenticeship system would yield significant payoffs,” Lerman writes. He cites everything from a lower youth unemployment rate to a reduced burden on Canadian taxpayers as employers shoulder a bigger share of the costs of education and training. The Canadian Council of Chief Executives says it commissioned Lerman’s study “as part of a multiyear effort to improve the quality of education and skills training in Canada while enhancing young people’s ability to succeed in the 21st century job market.”
Coachella music festival goes corporate MARKETERS CAN’T RESIST THE YOUNG, MUSIC-LOVING, MONEYED CROWD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIO, Calif. — When it first started in 1999, Coachella was a couple of stages and a dance tent. Tickets were $65. A few dusty stands sold hot dogs and Cokes. It was the end of grunge and the start of a new millennium, and it was all about the music. All for one weekend. Now, tickets start at $375. Gourmet menus and VIP packages abound. And dozens of companies have hopped on the Coachella bandwagon, turning the music festival — now two backto-back weekends — into a marketing hotspot. Adidas, Details magazine, Harper’s Bazaar and Lacoste are just some of the brands that host offsite festival events for stylish celebrity guests. Rolling Stone executive editor Nathan Brackett said the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has become a destination for fans and brands because organizers consistently deliver compelling lineups of diverse and unconventional musical acts. A reunited OutKast headlines this year’s festival, and other acts include Arcade Fire, Lorde, Haim, Lana Del Rey and Muse. “They made great, cool choices and now they’re enjoying the fruits of that,” he said. The Coachella crowd may be there to listen to music under the hot desert sun, but the retailers are there for the celebs and the crowd, which is young, hip and with money to spend. “Music is a marketing platform for many lifestyle brands,” said marketing expert Tom Julian, a director of merchandising and retail consulting firm The Doneger Group. “The festival circuit becomes as important as an ad campaign or social-media campaign. ... It just gets back to: This is where the millennial is, and this is a way to connect.” The idea is to transfer Coachella’s cool factor to the brand itself, and translate that into sales: Festival fashion becomes synonymous with spring style for young consumers, right at the start of vacation season. Coachella’s casual, summery look provides a sweet spot for fashion brands, said Megan Reynolds, senior shopping editor for Harper’s Bazaar, which held its second annual event at this year’s festival. “It’s so important not only because it’s the only (event) of its kind — fashion is usually so focused
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Win Butler, right, and Arcade Fire perform during their headlining set on the third night of the 2014 Coachella Music and Arts Festival on Sunday, April 13, 2014, in Indio, Calif. on being dressed up all the time,” she said. “It’s kicking off this whole season.” For women, the look is super-short denim cutoffs, ankle boots, bikini top and/or sheer, macrame blouse, and floral headband. For guys, it’s board shorts and an Abercrombie-and-Fitch body. Celebrities embrace the dress code. De-facto Coachella mascot Vanessa Hudgens rocked the uniform perfectly in a shot on Instagram on Coachella’s opening weekend. Katy Perry paired jean shorts with a mesh crop top at Bazaar’s off-site pool party. Selena Gomez threw a crochet white dress over her bikini-and-shorts combo. Julianne Hough and Sarah Hyland also followed the rules. Brands set up shop at the posh Palm Springs hotels nearby where the
beautiful people stay, then offer parties, merchandise and festival access to celebrities in exchange for publicity and the attention of a coveted Twitter audience. Social media gives the festival a reach far beyond music fans and readers of celebrity magazines. “People have Instagram accounts just for Coachella fashion,” Reynolds said. The brands have followed the stars, Reynolds said. “It really started as a place (stars) just wanted to go. It was like a more digestible version of Burning Man: You could be at a festival that wasn’t totally marketed and had underground appeal,” she said. “Now it’s not like that, but people still really like it. ... It’s evolved into just a fun place to be. We like the audience there, and a lot of the fashion industry is
coming on board. It’s taken on its own ambiance for the weekend.” Other festival sponsors, including Heineken and Fruttare, host “houses” on the concert grounds where all 100,000 attendees are invited to cool off, hear tunes and sample products. H&M, a festival sponsor for the last five years, also held its second annual Coachella after-party last weekend, drawing such stars as Jared Leto, Robert Pattinson, Kate Bosworth and Fergie. Company spokeswoman Marybeth Schmitt described the festival as “the ideal venue” to launch new H&M lines. “It is extremely exciting for us to be able to reach a significant number of our target consumers,” she said in a statement. Online: http://www.coachella. com
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MONTREAL — Air Canada’s financial promise is piquing the interest of U.S. institutional investors seeking a way to profit from the turnaround of another North American carrier, according to a New York analyst. Helane Becker of Cowen and Company is optimistic that Air Canada’s drive to cut costs by 15 per cent — which she estimates will net nearly $2 billion in the next few years — will improve earnings and help reduce its share discount compared with U.S. network carriers. “Even if everything else stays exactly flat, revenues don’t grow, you’re talking about an awful lot of money that can fall to the bottom line and a stock that can really take off and I think there are a lot of big investors that are looking for new ideas that can invest in Toronto and Canada,” she said in an interview after initiating coverage last week. The long-time WestJet (TSX:WJA) analyst expects Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) will follow the strategy of U.S. carriers by cutting costs, paying down debt and returning capital to shareholders through a dividend or by buying back its shares, starting in late 2015 or early 2016. That would propel higher Air Canada’s share price, which has undergone a roller-coaster ride in the past two years.
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Actres Mary Lynn Rajskub. The 24 star says she had put the action-packed spy series well behind her when word came down that Jack was coming back. — Jack and Chloe, they really don’t see eye-to-eye and they’re butting heads,” she says. “She’s not very happy so I was really kind of mean to him and that was exciting for me but it’s cool to be so comfortable with somebody while going into new territory. “And then there are other days — one day in particular where I’m sitting with a laptop and he’s driving and I’m in the passenger seat and I’m giving him just straight information and it’s just coming out of my mouth so fast and I think I probably like flubbed a couple of words and ... we both just started laughing because it was a classic 24 Jack-and-Chloe moment.”
Author Alistair MacLeod dies at 77 In Alistair MacLeod, Essays on his Works, Irene Guilford notes that while intense in his devotion to locale, the author’s treatment of human questions was universal. “This is writing that nudges one towards that most complex and wondrous state of being — an individual rooted in personal history and locale, connected to the past but also a citizen of the world, a person who would try to understand why Zulus dance,” she writes in her introduction. “Where do we come from? Alistair MacLeod’s birthplace is Canadian, his emotional heartland is Cape Breton, his heritage Scottish, but his writing is of the world.” He was the subject of
a National Film Board documentary in 2005, Reading Alistair MacLeod, and in 2008 was made an officer of the Order of Canada. MacLeod received his PhD from the University of Notre Dame but did his undergraduate degree closer to home at St. Francis Xavier University and his MA at the University of New Brunswick. He wrote his first short story, The Boat, in 1968. MacLeod’s published works include the short story collections The Lost Salt Gift of Blood (1976), As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories (1986), and Island (2000), which combined the first two collections with other stories.
Miley Cyrus is postponing her U.S. tour while she recovers from an allergic reaction to antibiotics. Cyrus’ representative tells The Associated Press on Friday that the singer will resume the U.S. tour Aug. 1 in Uniondale, N.Y. The new dates will include seven rescheduled shows and two additional stops. The European leg of the tour is still scheduled to kick off May 2 in Amsterdam. Cyrus’ rep says the singer suffered from a sinus infection last week during her Bangerz tour and had “an extreme allergic reaction” to the antibiotic cephalexin on Tuesday.
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Alistair MacLeod, the Prairie-born author who won one of the world’s most lucrative literary prizes with his only novel, has died. He was 77. MacLeod was known for his short stories and his novel No Great Mischief, winner of the 2001 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, then worth $172,000. MacLeod’s former publisher, Doug Gibson, confirmed the death on Sunday. “Alistair was that rare combination of a great writer and a great man,” said Gibson, who worked with MacLeod during his time at McClelland & Stewart. “Whenever Alistair appeared in public, at readings or other literary events, people recognize that they were in the presence of a greatness that was very humble. And they realize that simply to be in his presence made their life a little better.” Gibson said MacLeod had been in a Windsor, Ont., hospital ever since suffering a stroke in January. Born in North Battleford, Sask., on July 20, 1936, MacLeod moved with his family to a farm on Cape Breton Island at the age of 10. It was there that the images and themes that informed his work took hold. MacLeod taught English and creative writing at the University of Windsor, where he also edited the University of Windsor Review. He and his wife, Anita, raised six children in Windsor. But each summer, he returned to Cape Breton and the cliff-top cabin where he did much of his writing.
“When I sit down to write, the images and the details and the issues that come to my mind are those of Cape Breton,” he said in May 2009 in a conversation with fellow writer Nino Ricci at the University of Toronto. No Great Mischief, published in 1999, became an immediate critical success, winning the IMPAC as well as Ontario’s Trillium Prize. Ten years later it was recognized as Atlantic Canada’s best book in the 2009 survey “Atlantic Canada’s 100 Greatest Books.” The novel’s narrator, Alexander MacDonald, tells of a family’s life beginning in 18th-century Scotland and ending in 20th-century Nova Scotia.
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NASHVILLE — Jack White played his new single Lazaretto for a couple of hundred fans on Record Store Day and four hours later a copy of the performance was available on a limited run of vinyl. The singer and guitarist called it the “world’s fastest-released record.” But don’t look for it in the Guinness World Record Book, as White admitted he doesn’t know if anyone else has attempted the feat. The stunt was a promotion for Record Store Day and his upcoming album, Lazaretto. White performed Saturday morning at his Third Man Records label. As he was playing, fans could watch on television the acetate record being cut in a room behind the stage. After the title song from the upcoming album, he also recorded a cover of Elvis Presley’s Power of My Love, which was the B-side on the record. The master was then hustled over to the United Record Pressing plant, also in Nashville. After the recording was finished, White played a short set of fan favourites, including Hotel Yorba, along with songs from his new album, which will be released in June. White will be touring this summer, including headlining gigs at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee, and the Glastonbury Festival in England. White said he was worried about so many things that could have gone wrong in the recording or pressing process that would have stalled the record. “We had a horrible moment last night about 11 p.m. where the record cutter, the cutting mechanism blew up,” White said. “So the only other cutter we had that we could use that was in town was a mono head, so we actually cut this single in mono, which I think is actually even cooler than the way we were gonna do it.” Three hours and fifty-five minutes after the performance, White was back at the store, waving high over his head the first copies of the vinyl, which were sold to eager fans who were waiting in line. “I think for a while there a few years ago it was starting to become a joke in music that record stores don’t exist anymore,” White said. “But I think the people that have always been real music lovers have always been there.” White, who is behind such bands as The White Stripes, The Dead Weather and The Raconteurs, also works as a producer and heads Third Man Records label. He said people are coming back around to buying music from record stores. “Thank the mom-and-pop, brick-and-mortar record stores all these years for staying alive, the ones that could,” White said. “Now it’s bigger than ever. Every neighbourhood wants to have one.” On the Web: Third Man Records: http://thirdmanrecords.com
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Bottling up the Lightning CANADIENS RETURN HOME TO TAKE 3-0 SERIES LEAD AFTER SUNDAY’S WIN OVER TAMPA BAY BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadiens 3 Lightning 2 MONTREAL — It looked like it would be easy when Rene Bourque scored for the Montreal Canadiens only 11 seconds into the game. But the Canadiens needed a thirdperiod goal from Tomas Plekanec and some fine saves from Carey Price to down the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Sunday night and take a choke hold on their NHL Eastern Conference playoff series. The victory gave Montreal a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven set with a chance to sweep the Bolts on home ice in Game 4 on Tuesday night. “We’ve seen many scenarios in the playoffs and we have to have the same approach for the next game as we had for the last three,” said Montreal defenceman P.K. Subban, who had a pair of assists in a standout performance. “They’re a good team. “They had a lot of opportunities to score. They fought their way back into the game. They put pucks on the net and came hard to the end. We know they’ll fight until the final buzzer, so we have to be ready next game.” Brendan Gallagher also scored for Montreal while Ondrej Palat, back after missing a game with an injury, and defenceman Matthew Carle replied for Tampa Bay. Montreal outshot the Lightning 3129, but there were nervy moments and a disputed, disallowed goal as the visitors pushed back in the second and third frames. “We were determined, we played with passion, I thought we responded unreal,” said Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper. “It’s tough to walk into that locker-room and look those guys in the eye. “Clearly, that was the best game we’ve played in this series. I though they deserved a better fate. Ultimately, it’s a loss and that’s what hurts the most.” The Canadiens have a chance to avenge their only previous playoff meeting with the Lightning, who swept
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Montreal Canadiens’ goalie Carey Price makes a save on Tampa Bay Lightning’s J.T. Brown as Canadiens’ David Desharnais defends during third period NHL Stanley Cup playoff action in Montreal, Sunday. them in 2004 before going on to win the Stanley Cup. After winning the first two games in Tampa, Fla., the Canadiens returned to a rousing welcome from their fans and a spectacular pre-game show. The crowd of 21,273 was still roaring after joining old-time Quebec pop singer Ginette Reno in the Canadian anthem when Subban bounced a pass up the
middle of the ice and Bourque collected it behind the Lightning defence. The unexpected scoring hero put his third of the series past Anders Lindback at the 11-second mark — and the noise got even louder. “I didn’t really know who (Reno) was, but by the reaction I knew it was somebody popular,” said Bourque. “She did a great job getting the fans
fired up. “We didn’t plan it at all. It was a lucky bounce.” Lindback made up for it with some strong saves as the Lightning cancelled the Canadiens’ early emotion by killing off a four-minute high-sticking call on rearguard Mike Barberio.
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Bruins get back on even terms with Wings BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bruins 4 Red Wings 1 BOSTON — Two power-play goals and stingy penalty killing ended the Boston Bruins’ offensive drought and tied their playoff series. Reilly Smith and Zdeno Chara scored with a man advantage, the Detroit Red Wings got just one shot on goal on their four power plays and Boston won 4-1 in Game 2 on Sunday. “We don’t get too many power plays so it was good to be able to get them and be able to capitalize early,” Smith said. He scored his first career playoff goal 10:35 into the game, just over three minutes after Justin Florek’s fluke goal gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead on their first shot at 7:28. They finished the first period with 18 shots on goalie Jimmy Howard after managing just 25 in losing Friday night’s opener 1-0. Game 3 of the best-of-seven series between the top-seeded Bruins, who won the Presidents’ Cup with an NHL-high 117 points, and eighth-seeded Red Wings is set for Detroit on Tuesday night. “You never want to lose Game 1,” said Florek, a rookie who had just one goal in four regular-season games. “I think we played with a little chip on our shoulder.”
Luke Glendening cut the lead to 2-1 at 13:20 of the second period before Milan Lucic scored late in the second and Chara added his power-play goal early in the third. Boston’s power play was much improved this season, finishing third in the NHL at 21.7 per cent. And Smith scored just 20 seconds after Boston’s two-man advantage ended. “Getting pucks to the net was obviously a big factor, especially (after) last game not scoring a goal,” he said. “We’re not getting too many pucks to the net at the start and you have a five-on-three and you’re able to fire as many as you want. So that definitely changed the pace of the game and we benefited off of it.” When the Red Wings had the extra skater, they never threatened. “It seems like we got hesitant and we weren’t as assertive as we normally are,” Detroit forward Daniel Alfredsson said. “That’s been one of our strong suits ... setting up in the other team’s end.” It wasn’t just Detroit’s special teams that struggled. “I thought we were ineffective, period,” Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. “They were engaged. They won the battles. They were quick. We were slow.” Florek, filling in for the injured Chris Kelly on the third line, scored after Howard and de-
fenceman Brendan Smith, Reilly’s brother, missed connecting on a pass. Howard came out of his crease to collect a loose puck and passed it toward Smith, who was skating back along the right boards. But the puck bounced off Smith’s right calf and into the circle where Florek shot quickly before Howard could get back. “It’s a bad break,” Howard said. “It got them rolling a little bit.” It was Florek’s first career playoff goal. He also did a good job killing penalties, one of Kelly’s strengths. Smith made it 2-0 after Howard stopped Patrice Bergeron’s shot from the blue line with several Bruins in front of him. Loui Eriksson poked the puck between Howard’s legs. Smith then skated behind Howard and tapped it in. Glendening positioned himself in the right spot, just in front of Boston goalie Tuukka Rask to score his first career playoff goal. Darren Helm’s shot from the top of the right circle hit Boston defenceman Johnny Boychuk’s stick just in front of the crease. The puck went up, hit Glendening in the chest and got past Rask. The Bruins’ top line, which had struggled, restored the momentum about five minutes later on a wellco-ordinated play.
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Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask makes a save against the Detroit Red Wings during the first period of Game 2 of a first-round NHL playoff series in Boston Sunday.
Flyers rally from two-goal deficit to down Rangers, even series BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Flyers 4 Rangers 2 NEW YORK — This win was three years in the making for backup goalie Ray Emery and the rest of the Philadelphia Flyers. Emery stood in again for injured No. 1 netminder Steve Mason and made 31 saves to help the Flyers rally from an early two-goal deficit and beat the New York Rangers 4-2 on Sunday to even the first-round playoff series. The Flyers had lost nine straight at Madison Square Garden, including 4-1 in the series opener on Thursday, since their last win there on Feb. 20, 2011. Emery hadn’t won a post-season game anywhere in exactly three years for Anaheim at Nashville. “I try to stay even-keeled, whether it’s going well or you don’t get off to the start you want,” the 31-year-old Emery said. “I play with a system in there, and I just kind of rely on that. I’ve had leads before and I’ve been down be-
fore so it’s just kind of a consistent approach.” Luke Schenn scored the go-ahead goal in the second period after Jakub Voracek and Jason Akeson got the Flyers even at 2. Wayne Simmonds sealed the win with a power-play, empty-net goal. Now the Flyers head home, where they went 2-0 against the Rangers in the regular season. Game 3 is on Tuesday. Philadelphia no longer has to hear about its skid in New York in which the Flyers were outscored 35-10 and never had more than two goals in any game. “That’s a huge weight off our shoulders, to come in here and get the split,” Schenn said. “Going back home, we feel a bit better about ourselves.” Voracek brought the Flyers within 2-1 in the first after Martin St. Louis and Benoit Pouliot staked New York to its lead. Emery did the rest, looking especially sharp in the second and third periods.
Henrik Lundqvist stopped 21 shots after a 14-save winning effort in the opener. “They came back pretty strong late in the first, and then in the second period a lot better,” Lundqvist said. “Going into the third we felt confident we could tie it. The tide turned in the second when the Flyers caught up and went ahead despite being outshot 17-9. Rangers coach Alain Vigneault called that period his team’s best of the day. “The game can be funny sometimes,” he said. “We had some Grade A chances. Our power play had some great looks. They scored two and we didn’t.” Akeson tied it with a power-play goal 5:45 in off a rebound of Brayden Schenn’s shot for his second career NHL tally. It was a day of redemption for the 23-year-old Akeson, playing his fourth NHL game. His double high-sticking penalty in
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Game 1 led to two Rangers goals that turned a 1-1 game into a 3-1 deficit in the third. Flyers coach Craig Berube didn’t consider benching him for Game 2. “Should I sit out everybody that takes a penalty?” Berube asked. “I understand he took a four-minute penalty, but he played well. It was a mistake, and you have to learn from them. He’s a good player.” Philadelphia grabbed its second lead of the series with 8:42 left in the second during a delayed penalty. Michael Raffl brought the puck in on the right side and got it to Adam Hall for a shot. Luke Schenn then put in the rebound. The Rangers’ chance for a comeback was thwarted by a penalty for too many men with 1:18 left that led to Simmonds’ goal with 25.4 seconds remaining. Unlike in Game 1, the Flyers had the puck much more often and did a better job of closing off the Rangers’ passing lanes after the early deficit.
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‘Doesn’t feel like 0-2 series’ for Stars LOOKING FOR BETTER RESULTS HEADING HOME AGAINST THE DUCKS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS — Lindy Ruff figures anyone who has watched the Dallas Stars in their first two playoff games should know they won’t quit. Even in a big hole against top-seeded Anaheim before their first home playoff game in six years. “It doesn’t feel like an 0-2 series. We definitely haven’t been dominated,� said Ruff, the veteran coach in his first season on the Dallas bench. “In fact, the last game we dominated, we just didn’t win. So we’ve got to clean up some of our mistakes and take advantage of some of those key opportunities.� After a pair of one-goal losses in Anaheim, the Stars are home for Game 3 Monday night for their first post-season game at the American Airlines Center since May 19, 2008 — a span of 2,162 days. That was a 4-1 loss to Detroit in the clinching Game 6 of the Western Conference finals, two weeks after the Stars wrapped up their previous series with a Game 6 win at home, 2-1 in four overtimes against San Jose. The Stars outshot Anaheim 36-19 in the 3-2 loss in Game 2, when Dallas had a 15-2 edge in a third-period flurry. But
Ducks rookie goalie Frederik Andersen finished with 34 saves in his second post-season start. “It’s going to be tough games in Dallas. ... We’re going to have to be ready for a great atmosphere for them with their fans,� Ducks centre Andrew Cogliano said. “That’s by far the most offensive we’ve seen them play right in the series. The games right now are so intense, but the guys are ready.� Ten Dallas players have made their post-season debuts in this series, which started with Anaheim jumping out to a 4-0 lead in the opener before holding on for a 4-3 victory. “The second half of the first game was more of the way we wanted to play and then I thought we played pretty good in the second game,�’ Stars captain Jamie Benn said. “We just made a couple too many mistakes and they capitalized on it.� Here are five things to watch in Game 3 of the series: GETZLAF AND PERRY: Anaheim capital Ryan Getzlaf has two goals and two assists in the series. There was also the slap shot to the jaw in the opener and the birth of his third child before Game 2, when he scored a first-period goal and set up Cogliano’s short-handed score. And Corey Perry,
the Canadian Olympic gold medallist who was the NHL’s second-leading goal-scorer this season behind only Alex Ovechkin, finally scored his first goal in 10 playoff games since 2011. “They’ve had the best shooting percentage in the league and I see why. They don’t need a lot of chances,� Ruff said of Getzlaf and Perry. “We gave each of them one good opportunity. I don’t know if they had another one. And they both scored.� DUCK STOPPER: Andersen got the starting nod in net for Anaheim ahead of Jonas Hiller, who struggled and was benched after winning 29 regularseason games, and fellow rookie John Gibson. Andersen has stopped 66 of 71 shots in two post-season wins. Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen, in his 10th NHL season, is still looking for his first playoff victory. He is 0-4, including 0-2 with Atlanta in 2007, with a 4.58 goals against average and .858 save percentage. “I think he’s been victimized a little bit by some of our poor turnovers. I think we’ve hung him out to dry,� Ruff said. “You either get a big save or it goes in the back of the net.� STARS HOME: Dallas was 8-1-1 in its last 10 home games during the regular season, including a 3-0 win over St.
Sharks devour Kings to take 2-0 series lead BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sharks 7 Kings 2 SAN JOSE, Calif. — Fourth-liners Mike Brown and Raffi Torres scored second-period goals to spark a San Jose comeback and lead the Sharks to a 7-2 victory Sunday over the Los Angeles Kings and a 2-0 lead in their first-round series. Justin Braun, Patrick Marleau, Joe Pavelski, Logan Couture and Joe Thornton also scored for the Sharks, who overcame a two-goal deficit after the first period of a playoff game for just the third time in 26 tries in franchise history. Antti Niemi made 24 saves. Jake Muzzin and Trevor Lewis scored firstperiod goals before Jonathan Quick allowed seven goals in the final two periods. Los Angeles heads home for Game 3 on Tuesday looking to get back into this series. The Kings can take comfort in the fact that the home team has won 18 of the previous 19 games between these teams, including nine in the playoffs. But Los Angeles will need to break that spell to have a chance to win this series as the Sharks have home-ice advantage a year after losing Game 7 in the second round at Los Angeles last year. The Kings appeared poised to do just that when they scored twice in the first period and appeared to be getting a bounce-back performance from Quick, who was pulled after allowing five goals in two periods of a 6-3 loss in Game 1 on Thursday. Quick gave up just 10 goals in seven games to the Sharks last post-season but surpassed that total in less than 4 ½ periods in the rematch. The Sharks seized momentum from the opening shift of the second period thanks to some big hits and aggressive forechecking from Thornton and Brent Burns.
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HABS: Contact Palat tied it 8:39 into the second frame as he buried the ricochet of a Steven Stamkos shot off Mike Weaver’s skate on the Bolts’ first power play. Then the Lightning poured it on, and looked like they had the go-ahead goal, only to see Subban bat a flying puck out of the air behind Price. Seconds later, Ryan Callahan put the puck in at 15:38 only to see it waived off due to what was ruled as incidental contact on Price by Alex Killorn. The Bolts felt the goal was good. “I was (angry) then and I’m (angry) now,� said Cooper. “That’s just my opinion. I’ll let the court of public opinion take care of the rest.� Of course, the Canadiens thought the officials got the call right. “It was a pass across, it got deflected in the air,� said Price. “Subban batted it out of the air and it wound up kind of a scramble. “I tried to come back across the net and tripped over their guy, who was right in the middle of the crease. At that point, I didn’t know what was going on.� Less than three minutes later, the teams were each down a man when Subban picked up the puck, skated
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Coach Todd McLellan then juggled his lines, moving Tomas Hertl to the top line with Thornton and dropping Pavelski to third-line centre, giving the Sharks depth the Kings couldn’t match. It was the often overlooked fourth-liners who got the comeback started. Known for their ability to deliver hard hits and get into fights, the line of Andrew Desjardins, Torres and Brown has set the tone for the Sharks this series. Brown pushed Slava Voynov into Quick early in Game 1 and Torres added a goal in that contest. They came through even more in Game 2 with Brown scoring his first career playoff goal on a quick shot from the slot after a turnover by Kyle Clifford to get the Sharks on the board early in the second. Midway through the period, Desjardins dropped a perfect pass to Torres, who beat Quick up high for the equalizer. Torres missed the final six games of last year’s series for a hit to the head of Jarret Stoll but has made his impact felt so far in the rematch. The Sharks took the lead late in the period when Braun beat Quick with a shot from the point through a screen by Tommy Wingels. Marleau, Pavelski and Couture turned it into a blowout with goals off odd-man rushes in the third before Thornton scored a power-play goal to match a San Jose playoff record with seven goals in a game. NOTES: San Jose’s only other playoff comebacks from two goals down after the first period were on April 23, 1994, against Detroit, and April 19, 2011, against Los Angeles. The Sharks trailed that game to the Kings 3-0 after one and 4-0 in the second before rallying for a 6-5 overtime win. ... The Sharks beat Colorado 7-3 on April 30, 1999. ... The Kings scratched F Jordan Nolan in place of a seventh defenceman, Matt Greene, who was on the ice for four San Jose goals.
through the defence and around the net to set up Gallagher for his second goal of the series at 18:10. “I just tried to create space,� said Subban, who had a team-high 28:03 of ice time. “I took a penalty earlier in the period and I felt good when I came back on the ice and the guys had killed it off. “Larry (Lars Eller) made a great play behind the net to move it to open ice. I tried to draw the forechecker to me and see what happened. I went behind the net. Gally did a great job to get himself open. It makes it easy for me to get it to him.� Plekanec scored what would be the game-winner when he threaded a shot through from the right circle 5:43 into the third period. But Carle made it close with a point shot that looked to deflect off a body in front at 11:36. The Canadiens held off a late charge to put the win away.
MORE NHL PLAYOFFS ON B4 Louis in the home finale to clinch the wild-card spot. The Stars were 23-11-7 at home this season. “I think it shows in our record. We feel comfortable playing in there,� Benn said. “We’ve got to find way to win this next game there.� Anaheim had 25 road wins during the regular season, tied with the New York Rangers for the second-most in the league, one behind Colorado. POWER SHORTAGE: The Stars are only 2 of 11 on power-play opportunities in this series. They were 1 of 6 in Game 2, including the final 3 minutes with Lehtonen on the bench and Dallas with an extra skater. And they gave up a shorthanded goal early in the third period that put the Ducks up 3-1. Anaheim is 2 of 8 on power plays. LONG TIME FOR BOTH: The Ducks haven’t won a playoff series since 2009, a year after Dallas’ last post-season appearance. Their last series victory was over San Jose five years ago, before losing in the second round to Detroit, and dropping first-round series in 2011 and last year.
Wranglers bring home bronze from Keystone Cup ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — It’s not the colour they were seeking, but the Blackfalds Wranglers settled for a bronze-medal finish at the Western Canada junior B hockey championship Sunday. The Wranglers posted a pair of victories Saturday to conclude the round-robin portion of the six-team Keystone Cup tournament with a 3-2-0 record, then edged the Thunder Bay, Ont., Northern Hawks 4-3 in Sunday’s bronze-medal contest. Trent Hermary notched two goals — one in each of the first and second periods — and Chance Abbott and Garrett Glasman also tallied for Blackfalds, which led 2-1 after 20 minutes and 4-1 entering the third period. Wally Samson and Tiann Anderson each picked up two assists for the winners. Wranglers netminder Kyle Baumgardner made 24 saves, while his teammates directed 34 shots at Hawks goaltender Kim Wildhaber. Thunder Bay was assessed all eight minor penalties called in the contest, but the Wranglers failed to score a single powerplay goal. Blackfalds doubled Thunder Bay 8-4 in round-robin action Saturday morning, then defeated the Selkirk, Man., Fishermen 6-3 later in the day. Anderson and Dalen Kolybaba each scored twice in the morning game, with Abbott, Samson, Cole Laing and Jared Guilbault also connecting for the Wranglers, who were up 3-0 after one period and led 5-3 after 40 minutes. Thomas Isaman blocked 20 shots in the Blackfalds net. Wildhaber made 28 saves for Thunder Bay. Blackfalds was zero-for-five on the power play; the Northern Hawks were two-for-six. Robin Carlson scored twice against Selkirk, while Samson, Justin Lowry, Jordy Potter and Jaye Sutherland also tallied for the Wranglers. Blackfalds got a 30-save outing from Isaman while firing 40 shots at Selkirk goaltender Jordan Liske. The Wranglers were one-for-five with a man advantage. The Fisherman connected once on seven power-play opportunities. The B.C. champion Beaver Valley Nitehawks were a perfect 5-0-0 during the round robin and downed the host Abbotsford Pilots 5-1 in the gold-medal game Sunday. The Pilots were 4-1-0 in round-robin play.
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WHL Playoffs THIRD ROUND Conference Semifinals (Best-of-7)
N.Y. Rangers 1, Philadelphia 1 Thursday, April 17: N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 1 Sunday, April 20: Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Rangers 2 Tuesday, April 22: N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Friday, April 25: N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Sunday, April 27: Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 10 a.m. x-Tuesday, April 29: N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, TBD
EASTERN CONFERENCE Edmonton (1) vs. Medicine Hat (4) (Edmonton leads series 2-0) Sunday’s result Edmonton 3 Medicine Hat 1 Friday’s result Edmonton 8 Medicine Hat 3 Tuesday, April 22 Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 26 x-Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Monday, April 28 x-Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 29 x-Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE Colorado 2, Minnesota 0 Thursday, April 17: Colorado 5, Minnesota 4, OT Saturday, April 19: Colorado 4, Minnesota 2 Monday, April 21: Colorado at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Thursday, April 24: Colorado at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. x-Saturday, April 26: Minnesota at Colorado, TBD x-Monday, April 28: Colorado at Minnesota, TBD
WESTERN CONFERENCE Kelowna (1) vs. Portland (2) (Series tied 1-1) Saturday’s result Portland 5 Kelowna 3 Friday’s result Kelowna 5 Portland 4 Tuesday, April 22 Kelowna at Portland, 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 Kelowna at Portland, 8 p.m. Friday, April 25 Portland at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Sunday, April 27 x-Kelowna at Portland, 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 29 x-Portland at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. x — if necessary.
St. Louis 2, Chicago 0 Thursday, April 17: St. Louis 4, Chicago 3, 3OT Saturday, April 19: St. Louis 4, Chicago 3, OT 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. Anaheim 2, Dallas 0 Wednesday, April 16: Anaheim 4, Dallas 3 Friday, April 18: Anaheim 3, Dallas 2 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. x-Sunday, April 27: Anaheim at Dallas, TBD
Sunday’s summary Oil Kings 3, Tigers 1 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Owre MH (tripping) 1:54, Petryk Edm (slashing) 7:55, Lazar Edm (checking from behind) 9:53, Doty MH (boarding) 19:54. Second Period 1. Edmonton, Lazar 5 (Samuelsson, Corbett) 0:34 (pp). 2. Edmonton, Lazar 6 (Kulda) 10:47 (sh). 3. Medicine Hat, Butcher 5 (Becker, Lewington) 12:14 (pp). Penalties — Petryk Edm (too many men) 10:37, Bredo MH (tripping) 13:08, Samuelsson Edm (interference) 13:57. Third Period 4. Edmonton, Kulda 5 (Reinhart) 19:21 (en). Penalties — Lewington MH (tripping) 1:16, Baddock Edm (interference) 5:18, Bredo MH (tripping) 19:30, Lewington MH, Samuelsson Edm (fighting) 19:51, Doty MH (slashing) 19:55. Shots on goal Medicine Hat 11 15 7 — 33 Edmonton 17 12 17 — 46 Goal — Medicine Hat: Langhamer (L,8-7); Edmonton: Jarry (W,10-1). Power plays (goal-chances) — Medicine Hat: 1-5; Edmonton: 1-6. NHL Playoffs FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Detroit 1, Boston 1 Friday, April 18: Detroit 1, Boston 0 Sunday, April 20: Boston 4, Detroit 1 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. x-Monday, April 28: Boston at Detroit, TBD Montreal 3, Tampa Bay 0 Wednesday, April 16: Montreal 5, Tampa Bay 4, OT Friday, April 18: Montreal 4, Tampa Bay 1 Sunday, April 20: Montreal 3, Tampa Bay 2 Tuesday, April 22: Tampa Bay at Montreal, 5 p.m. x-Thursday, April 24: Montreal at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. x-Sunday, April 27: Tampa Bay at Montreal, TBD Pittsburgh 1, Columbus 1 Wednesday, April 16: Pittsburgh 4, Columbus 3 Saturday, April 19: Columbus 4, Pittsburgh 3, 2OT Monday, April 21: Pittsburgh at Columbus, 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 23: Pittsburgh at Columbus, 5
San Jose 1, Los Angeles 0 Thursday, April 17: San Jose 6, Los Angeles 3 Sunday, April 20: Los Angeles at San Jose, late Tuesday, April 22: San Jose at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. Thursday, April 24: San Jose at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m. x-Saturday, April 26: Los Angeles at San Jose, TBD x-Monday, April 28: San Jose at Los Angeles, TBD Sunday’s summaries Canadiens 3, Lightning 2 First Period 1. Montreal, Bourque 3 (Subban) :11. Penalties — Barberio TB (high-sticking) 3:15. Second Period 2. Tampa Bay, Palat 1 (Stamkos, Hedman) 8:39 (pp). 3. Montreal, Gallagher 2 (Subban, Eller) 18:10. Penalties — Hedman TB (holding) 0:45, Briere Mtl (cross-checking) 8:14, Sustr TB (hooking) 9:04, Subban Mtl (roughing) 12:00, Gudas TB (roughing) 16:09, Prust Mtl (roughing) 16:09. Third Period 4. Montreal, Plekanec 2 (Prust, Gallagher) 5:43. 5. Tampa Bay, Carle 1 (Stamkos, Gudas) 11:36. Penalties — Barberio TB (slashing) 6:05. Shots on goal Tampa Bay 8 12 9 — 29 Montreal 13 7 11 — 31 Goal — Tampa Bay: Lindback (L, 0-3-0); Montreal: Price (W, 3-0-0). Power plays (goal-chances)Tampa Bay: 1-2; Montreal: 0-5. Flyers 4, Rangers 2 First Period 1. NY Rangers, St. Louis 1 (Stepan, Nash) 4:08. 2. NY Rangers, Pouliot 1 (Brassard, Zuccarello) 8:22 (pp). 3. Philadelphia, Voracek 1 (Hartnell, Giroux) 14:14. Penalties — Simmonds Pha (holding) 1:04, Couturier Pha (roughing) 6:55, Hagelin NYR (holding) 9:56, Voracek Pha (slashing) 17:16. Second Period 4. Philadelphia, Akeson 1 (Schenn, Lecavalier) 5:45 (pp). 5. Philadelphia, Schenn 1 (Hall, Raffl) 11:18. Penalties — Stralman NYR (interference) 3:48, Zuccarello NYR (diving) 8:40, MacDonald Pha (interference) 8:40, Timonen Pha (holding) 8:58, Simmonds Pha (cross-checking) 11:41, Dorsett NYR (diving) 11:41, Moore NYR (unsportsmanlike conduct) 11:41, Hartnell Pha (unsportsmanlike conduct) 11:41, Coburn Pha (holding) 15:55. Third Period 6. Philadelphia, Simmonds 1 (Read) 19:34 (en-pp). Penalties — Grossmann Pha (interference) 3:15,
Bench NYR (too many men) 18:41. Shots on goal Philadelphia 8 9 8 — 25 NY Rangers 9 17 7 — 33 Goal — Philadelphia: Emery (W, 1-1-0); NY Rangers: Lundqvist (L, 1-1-0). Power plays (goal-chances)Philadelphia: 2-3; NY Rangers: 1-6. Bruins 4, Red Wings 1 First Period 1. Boston, Florek 1 (unassisted) 7:28. 2. Boston, Smith 1 (Eriksson, Bergeron) 10:35 (pp). Penalties — Thornton Bos (holding) 1:32, Tatar Det (hooking) 3:21, Kindl Det (interference) 8:15, DeKeyser Det (slashing) 9:54, Marchand Bos (roughing) 18:48, DeKeyser Det (roughing) 18:48, Hamilton Bos (roughing) 18:48, Tatar Det (roughing) 18:48, Chara Bos (roughing) 20:00, Smith Det (roughing) 20:00. Second Period 3. Detroit, Glendening 1 (Helm, Miller) 13:20. 4. Boston, Lucic 1 (Iginla, Krug) 18:16. Penalties — Eriksson Bos (hooking) 5:11, Miller Bos (cross-checking) 10:55, Hamilton Bos (tripping) 15:22. Third Period 5. Boston, Chara 1 (Iginla, Krug) 2:27 (pp). Penalties — Quincey Det (roughing) 2:10. Shots on goal Detroit 10 13 12 — 35 Boston 18 6 5 — 29 Goal — Detroit: Howard (L, 1-1-0); Boston: Rask (W, 1-1-0). Power plays (goal-chances)Detroit: 0-4; Boston: 2-4. NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Scoring Leaders G A Pts Paul Stastny, Col 3 4 7 Nathan MacKinnon, Col 1 6 7 Brent Seabrook, Chi 2 2 4 Matt Niskanen, Pgh 2 2 4 Ryan Getzlaf, Ana 2 2 4 Kevin Shattenkirk, StL 1 3 4 Paul Martin, Pgh 0 4 4 World Under-18 Hockey Championship At Sites in Finland PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A W OW OL L GF GA Pts Canada 3 0 0 0 10 4 9 Slovakia 1 0 1 1 7 5 4 Russia 0 1 1 0 6 6 3 Sweden 0 1 0 1 5 6 2 Germany 0 0 0 2 3 9 0
New York Toronto Baltimore Tampa Bay Boston
American League East Division W L Pct 11 8 .579 10 9 .526 8 9 .474 9 10 .474 9 10 .474
GB — 1 1 1/2 2 2 1/2
Detroit Kansas City Minnesota Chicago Cleveland
Central Division W L Pct 9 6 .600 9 8 .529 9 9 .500 9 10 .474 8 10 .444
GB — 1 1 1/2 2 2 1/2
Oakland Texas Los Angeles Seattle Houston
West Division W L Pct 13 5 .722 11 8 .579 8 10 .444 7 11 .389 5 14 .263
GB — 2 1/2 5 6 8 1/2
Saturday’s Games Toronto 5, Cleveland 0 Detroit 5, L.A. Angels 2 Boston 4, Baltimore 2 Kansas City 5, Minnesota 4 Oakland 4, Houston 3 Tampa Bay 16, N.Y. Yankees 1 Miami 7, Seattle 0 Texas 6, Chicago White Sox 3 Sunday’s Games Cleveland 6, Toronto 4 Detroit 2, L.A. Angels 1 Miami 3, Seattle 2 N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 1, 12 innings Minnesota 8, Kansas City 3 Chicago White Sox 16, Texas 2 Oakland 4, Houston 1 Baltimore 5, Boston 6 Monday’s Games Baltimore (W.Chen 2-1) at Boston (Buchholz 0-1), 11:05 a.m. Kansas City (Guthrie 2-0) at Cleveland (McAllister 2-0), 7:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Richards 2-0) at Washington (Roark 1-0), 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 1-0) at Detroit (A.Sanchez 0-1), 7:08 p.m. Texas (Darvish 1-0) at Oakland (Straily 1-1), 10:05 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 1-1) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 3-0), 10:10 p.m.
AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R AlRamirez CWS 19 75 15 Colabello Min 18 68 8 MeCabrera Tor 19 87 12 Ellsbury NYY 19 68 10 Solarte NYY 18 61 6 Kubel Min 17 58 8 Longoria TB 19 71 9 LMartin Tex 18 59 4 Callaspo Oak 14 56 6 Viciedo CWS 16 53 6
H 27 24 30 23 20 19 23 19 18 17
Pct. .360 .353 .345 .338 .328 .328 .324 .322 .321 .321
Home Runs Bautista, Toronto, 6; Pujols, Los Angeles, 6; Abreu, Chicago, 5; Dozier, Minnesota, 5; Trout, Los Angeles, 5; 8 tied at 4. Runs Batted In Colabello, Minnesota, 20; Abreu, Chicago, 17; Brantley, Cleveland, 16; Moss, Oakland, 15; DavMurphy, Cleveland, 15; Pujols, Los Angeles, 14; AlRamirez, Chicago, 14; KSuzuki, Minnesota, 14. Pitching Buehrle, Toronto, 4-0; FHernandez, Seattle, 3-0; Gray, Oakland, 3-0; Outman, Cleveland, 3-0; MPerez, Texas, 3-0; Sale, Chicago, 3-0; Otero, Oakland, 3-0.
Atlanta Washington New York Miami Philadelphia
National League East Division W L Pct 12 6 .667 11 8 .579 9 9 .500 9 10 .474 8 10 .444
GB — 1 1/2 3 3 1/2 4
Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago
Central Division W L Pct 14 5 .737 11 8 .579 8 10 .444 8 11 .421 5 12 .294
GB — 3 5 1/2 6 8
West Division W L Pct 12 7 .632 11 8 .579 10 10 .500 9 10 .474 5 16 .238
GB — 1 2 1/2 3 8
Los Angeles San Francisco Colorado San Diego Arizona
Saturday’s Games St. Louis 4, Washington 3 Chicago Cubs 8, Cincinnati 4 Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 7 Atlanta 7, N.Y. Mets 5 Miami 7, Seattle 0
Friday ● Senior women’s lacrosse: Capital Region Saints at Red Deer Rage, 9 p.m., Kinex.
Sunday’s results At Lapeenranta, Finland U.S. 7 Denmark 0 At Imatra, Finland Canada 2 Slovakia 1 Saturday’s results At Lapeenranta, Finland Finland 2 Switzerland 1 U.S. 3 Czech Republic 0 At Imatra, Finland Canada 5 Germany 2 Sweden 4 Russia 3 (SO)
● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Lacoka Locos at Innisfail Yetti, 3:30 p.m,
● Junior B tier 3 lacrosse: Crowsnest
Basketball NBA Playoff FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
San Antonio 1, Dallas 0 Sunday, April 20: San Antonio 90, Dallas 85 Wednesday, April 23: Dallas at San Antonio, 6 p.m. Saturday, April 26: San Antonio at Dallas, 2:30 p.m. Monday, April 28: San Antonio at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 30: Dallas at San Antonio, TBD
EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlanta 1, Indiana 0 Saturday, April 19: Atlanta 101, Indiana 93 Tuesday, April 22: Atlanta at Indiana, 5 p.m. Thursday, April 24: Indiana at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Saturday, April 26: Indiana at Atlanta, noon x-Monday, April 28: Atlanta at Indiana, 6 p.m. x-Thursday, May 1: Indiana at Atlanta, TBD
Oklahoma City 1, Memphis 0 Saturday, April 19: Oklahoma City 100, Memphis 86 Monday, April 21: Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Thursday, April 24: Oklahoma City at Memphis, 6 p.m. Saturday, April 26: Oklahoma City at Memphis, 7:30 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 29: Memphis at Oklahoma City, TBD
Miami 1, Charlotte 0 Sunday, April 20: Miami 99, Charlotte 88 Wednesday, April 23: Charlotte at Miami, 5 p.m. Saturday, April 26: Miami at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Monday, April 28: Miami at Charlotte, 5 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 30: Charlotte at Miami, TBD Brooklyn 1, Toronto 0 Saturday, April 19: Brooklyn 94, Toronto 87 Tuesday, April 22: Brooklyn at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 25: Toronto at Brooklyn, 5 p.m. Sunday, April 27: Toronto at Brooklyn, 5 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 30: Brooklyn at Toronto, TBD x-Friday, May 2: Toronto at Brooklyn, TBD x-Sunday, May 4: Brooklyn at Toronto, TBD Washington 1, Chicago 0 Sunday, April 20: Washington 102, Chicago 93 Tuesday, April 22: Washington at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 25: Chicago at Washington, 6 p.m. Sunday, April 27: Chicago at Washington, 11 a.m. x-Tuesday, April 29: Washington at Chicago, TBD
Tuesday’s games At Lapeenranta, Finland Switzerland vs. Czech Republic, 6 a.m. Finland vs. U.S., 9:30 a.m. At Imatra, Finland Russia vs. Canada, 7 a.m. Sweden vs. Germany, 10:30 a.m. End of preliminary round
MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T GF Kansas City 6 3 1 2 9 Columbus 6 3 1 2 9 Toronto 6 3 3 0 6 D.C. 6 2 2 2 6 New England 7 2 3 2 5 Philadelphia 8 1 2 5 9 Houston 6 2 3 1 7 New York 7 1 2 4 8 Chicago 7 0 1 6 10 Montreal 7 0 4 3 6 Western Conference GP W L T 7 5 1 1 7 4 2 1 7 3 0 4 6 3 1 2 7 2 2 3 5 2 1 2 7 1 3 3 7 0 3 4 5 0 2 3
GF 17 14 11 8 10 7 8 8 5
GA 4 6 7 7 9 10 8 11 11 14
Pt 11 11 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 3
GA 10 11 6 5 8 4 13 12 7
Pt 16 13 13 11 9 8 6 4 3
GB — 5 5 7 9
West Division GP W L Pct. GF GA GB y-Edmonton 17 15 2 .882 210 152 — x-Calgary 17 11 6 .647 223 207 4 x-Colorado 17 7 10 .412 188 216 8 Vancouver 16 4 12 .250 168 199 10 1/2 x — clinched playoff berth. y — clinched division.
L.A. Dodgers 8, Arizona 6 Colorado 3, Philadelphia 1 San Diego 3, San Francisco 1 Sunday’s Games N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 3, 14 innings Miami 3, Seattle 2 Milwaukee 3, Pittsburgh 2, 14 innings Washington 3, St. Louis 2 Cincinnati 8, Chicago Cubs 2 L.A. Dodgers 4, Arizona 1 Philadelphia 10, Colorado 9 San Francisco 4, San Diego 3 Monday’s Games Cincinnati (Leake 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 0-3), 5:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Richards 2-0) at Washington (Roark 1-0), 5:05 p.m. Miami (Koehler 2-1) at Atlanta (Teheran 2-1), 5:10 p.m. St. Louis (Lyons 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Mejia 2-0), 5:10 p.m. Arizona (Arroyo 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 0-2), 6:05 p.m. San Diego (Cashner 2-1) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 2-0), 6:10 p.m. San Francisco (Vogelsong 0-0) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 0-3), 6:40 p.m. Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 2-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Maholm 0-1), 8:10 p.m. H 26 28 27 22 22 26 25 26 25 22
Houston vs. Portland Sunday, April 20: Portland at Houston, late Wednesday, April 23: Portland at Houston, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 25: Houston at Portland, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27: Houston at Portland, 7:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 30: Portland at Houston, TBD x-Friday, May 2: Houston at Portland, TBD
Saturday’s results Philadelphia 0 Houston 0 Chicago 1 New England 1 Colorado 0 San Jose 0 Vancouver 2 Los Angeles 2 Columbus 1 D.C. 1 Dallas 2 Toronto 1 Kansas City 4 Montreal 0 Salt Lake 1 Portland 0 Chivas 1 Seattle 2 Wednesday’s games Houston at New York, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26 Philadelphia at Montreal, 2 p.m. Colorado at Seattle, 2 p.m. Dallas at D.C., 5 p.m. Kansas City at New England, 5:30 p.m. New York at Columbus, 5:30 p.m. Vancouver at Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m. Chivas at San Jose, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27 Portland at Houston, 1 p.m.
Lacrosse National Lacrosse League East Division GP W L Pct. GF GA y-Rochester 17 13 4 .765 194 153 x-Buffalo 17 8 9 .471 176 184 x-Toronto 17 8 9 .471 211 207 Philadelphia 17 6 11 .353 190 205 Minnesota 17 4 13 .235 174 211
NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R Utley Phi 16 64 10 Blackmon Col 20 69 13 Freeman Atl 18 68 14 Tulowitzki Col 18 56 15 DGordon LAD 17 60 7 Bonifacio ChC 16 71 12 MaAdams StL 18 70 5 Pagan SF 18 73 8 ArRamirez Mil 19 71 7 Rizzo ChC 17 63 9
Golden State 1, L.A. Clippers 0 Saturday, April 19: Golden State 109, L.A. Clippers 105 Monday, April 21: Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24: L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27: L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 1:30 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 29: Golden State at L.A. Clippers, TBD
Soccer
Dallas Seattle Salt Lake Colorado Vancouver Los Angeles Chivas Portland San Jose
Monday’s games At Lapeenranta, Finland Czech Republic vs. Finland, 6 a.m. Denmark vs. Switzerland, 9:30 a.m. At Imatra, Finland Germany vs. Russia, 7 a.m. Slovakia vs. Sweden, 10:30 a.m.
Pass Ravens at Olds Stingers, 2:30 p.m. ● Senior C lacrosse: Edmonton/Spruce Grove Tomahawks at Blackfalds Silverbacks, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday
Saturday
WESTERN CONFERENCE Group B W OW OL L GF GA Pts Finland 2 0 0 0 8 2 6 U.S. 2 0 0 1 12 4 6 Czech Rep. 1 0 0 1 9 5 3 Switzerland 1 0 0 1 5 4 3 Denmark 0 0 0 3 3 22 0 Note: Three points for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win and one for an overtime/ shootout loss.
Baseball
Pct. .406 .406 .397 .393 .367 .366 .357 .356 .352 .349
Home Runs PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 6; Belt, San Francisco, 6; Braun, Milwaukee, 6; Stanton, Miami, 6; Trumbo, Arizona, 6; Walker, Pittsburgh, 6; 5 tied at 5. Runs Batted In Stanton, Miami, 26; Trumbo, Arizona, 18; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 17; McGehee, Miami, 15; Morneau, Colorado, 15; ArRamirez, Milwaukee, 15; Braun, Milwaukee, 14; Freeman, Atlanta, 14; CGonzalez, Colorado, 14; Rendon, Washington, 14. Pitching Lynn, St. Louis, 4-0; Haren, Los Angeles, 3-0; Greinke, Los Angeles, 3-0; Machi, San Francisco, 3-0; Lyles, Colorado, 3-0; Wainwright, St. Louis, 3-1.
Golf RBC Heritage Sunday At Harbour Town Golf Links Hilton Head, S.C. Purse: $5.8 million Yardage: 7,101; Par: 71 Final Matt Kuchar, $1,044,000 Luke Donald, $626,400 John Huh, $336,400 Ben Martin, $336,400 Scott Brown, $220,400 Brian Stuard, $220,400 Jim Furyk, $187,050 Brian Harman, $187,050 Russell Knox, $156,600 William McGirt, $156,600 Rory Sabbatini, $156,600 Stuart Appleby, $110,200 Matt Every, $110,200 Jason Kokrak, $110,200 Charl Schwartzel, $110,200 Jordan Spieth, $110,200 Nic. Thompson, $110,200 Paul Casey, $75,632 J.B. Holmes, $75,632 Ryo Ishikawa, $75,632 Pat Perez, $75,632 Ted Potter, Jr., $75,632 Robert Allenby, $55,680 Martin Kaymer, $55,680 Graeme McDowell, $55,680 Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tim Herron, $43,790 Chris Kirk, $43,790 Geoff Ogilvy, $43,790 Camilo Villegas, $43,790 Jonathan Byrd, $34,469 K.J. Choi, $34,469 Harris English, $34,469 Billy Hurley III, $34,469 Jerry Kelly, $34,469
B3
Saturday’s results Calgary 14 Edmonton 13 (OT) Philadelphia 15 Vancouver 11 Colorado 18 Minnesota 12 Rochester 8 Buffalo 4 Friday’s result Toronto 13 Buffalo 9 Friday, April 25 Vancouver at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26 Rochester at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m. Toronto at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 8 p.m. End of NLL regular season
Transactions Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Sent OF Shane Victorino to Pawtucket (IL) for a rehab assignment. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed RHP Felipe Paulino on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Andre Rienzo from Charlotte (IL). Assigned LHP Donnie Veal outright to Charlotte. MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned INF Eduardo Nunez to Rochester (IL). NEW YORK YANKEES — Designated LHP Cesar Cabral for assignment. Selected the contract of RHP Matt Daley from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). TEXAS RANGERS — Placed OF Jim Adduci on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Luis Sardinas from Frisco (TL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Transferred 2B Maicer Izturis to the 60-day DL. Placed 1B Adam Lind on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Wednesday. Optioned INF Munenori Kawasaki to Buffalo (IL). Reinstated SS Jose Reyes from the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of 1B Juan Francisco from Buffalo. National League CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned RHP Curtis Partch to Louisville (IL). Reinstated LHP Sean Marshall from the 15-day DL. NEW YORK METS — Reinstated OF Chris Young from the 15-day DL. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Optioned C Tony Sanchez from Indianapolis (IL). Reinstated C Chris Stewart from the 15-day DL. Designated 1B Travis Ishikawa for assignment. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Reinstated OF Denard Span from the 7-day DL. Optioned OF Steven Souza Jr. to Syracuse (IL). HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Fined Boston F Milan Lucic $5,000 for spearing Detroit D Danny DeKeyser during Friday’s game. FLORIDA PANTHERS — Reassigned D Josh McFadden from San Antonio (AHL) to Cincinnati
(ECHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Traded the rights to D Jaynen Rissling to Nashville for a 2014 seventh-round draft pick. Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS — Released SS Alex Gonzalez. Selected the contract of INF Danny Worth from Toledo (IL). MINNESOTA TWINS — Designated OF Darin Mastroianni for assignment. Claimed OF Sam Fuld off waivers from Oakland. NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed RHP Ivan Nova on the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Scott Sizemore from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Designated RHP Matt Daley for assignment. Reinstated 1B Mark Teixeira from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHPs Preston Claiborne from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Bryan Mitchell from Trenton (EL). SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned OF James Jones to Tacoma (PCL). Recalled RHP Brandon Maurer from Tacoma. National League MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Placed OF Logan Schafer on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Friday. Reinstated 1B Lyle Overbay from paternity leave. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Chicago D Brent Seabrook three games for his hit on Chicago C David Backes during Saturday’s game. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Recalled G Jason LaBarbera and D Klas Dahlbeck from Rockford (AHL). FLORIDA PANTHERS — Assigned D Josh McFadden from San Antonio (AHL) to Cincinnati (ECHL). MONTREAL CANADIENS — Recalled Gs Devan Dubnyk and Dustin Tokarski, Fs Sven Andrighetto, Mike Blunden, Gabriel Dumont, Louis Leblanc and Christian Thomas and Ds Nathan Beaulieu, Davis Drewiske and Greg Pateryn from Hamilton (AHL).
SOCCER TRYOUTS Richard H. Lee, $34,469 Steve Marino, $34,469
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LPGA-Lotte Championship Saturday At Ko Olina Golf Club Course Kapolei, Hawaii Purse: $1.7 million Yardage: 6,383; Par: 72 Final a-denotes amateur Michelle Wie, $255,000 70-67-70-67 Angela Stanford, $155,874 72-64-67-73 Inbee Park, $113,075 70-68-72-67 Hyo Joo Kim, $87,473 68-70-69-71 Chella Choi, $64,005 74-68-70-67 So Yeon Ryu, $64,005 68-70-72-69 Haru Nomura, $45,231 73-67-73-68 Amy Anderson, $45,231 70-72-68-71 Katherine Kirk, $33,602 73-70-71-68 Se Ri Pak, $33,602 68-71-74-69 Katie M. Burnett, $33,602 71-69-72-70 Cristie Kerr, $33,602 72-66-70-74 Christel Boeljon, $26,341 71-70-74-69 Shanshan Feng, $26,341 73-71-70-70 Julieta Granada, $26,341 74-72-67-71 Ariya Jutanugarn, $23,383 73-70-71-71 Eun-Hee Ji, $20,448 77-71-72-66 Tiffany Joh, $20,448 73-68-77-68 Brooke Pancake, $20,448 75-69-73-69 Na Yeon Choi, $20,448 75-70-69-72 Amelia Lewis, $20,448 77-66-70-73 Amy Yang, $17,260 74-73-73-67 Lizette Salas, $17,260 73-71-74-69 a-So Young Lee 70-70-75-72 Azahara Munoz, $17,260 73-70-71-73 Paula Reto, $17,260 72-69-73-73 Line Vedel, $14,525 76-71-72-69 Jenny Shin, $14525 73-72-73-70 Mariajo Uribe, $14,525 76-70-71-71 Danah Bordner, $14,525 72-74-70-72 Christina Kim, $14,525 74-71-70-73
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Malaysian Open KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Final scores Sunday in the Malaysian Open, a European Tour event at the 6,967-yard (6,392-meter), par-72 Kuala Lumpur Country Club: Lee Westwood, England 65-66-71-68 — 270 Bernd Wiesberger, Austria 69-71-70-67 — 277 Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa 72-68-69-68 — 277 Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium 66-69-72-70 — 277 Danny Willett, England 70-66-72-70 — 278 Rikard Karlberg, Sweden 72-69-67-70 — 278 Julien Quesne, France 68-69-69-72 — 278 Pablo Larrazabal, Spain 74-68-70-67 — 279 Thomas Pieters, Belgium 75-67-68-69 — 279 Aniban Lahiri, India 72-72-66-70 — 280 Eduardo De La Riva, Spain 69-68-71-72 — 280 Garth Mulroy, South Africa 71-68-69-72 — 280 Alvaro Quiros, Spain 73-69-71-68 — 281 Jbe Kruger, South Africa 68-71-72-70 — 281 Jason Knutzon, United States 75-67-69-70 — 281 Andy Sullivan, England 70-67-66-78 — 281 Richard T. Lee, Canada 69-76-67-70 — 282 Greater Gwinnett Championship Sunday At TPC Sugarloaf Duluth, Ga. Purse: $1.8 million Yardage: 7,131; Par: 72 Final Miguel A. Jimenez, $270,000 65-70-67 Bernhard Langer, $158,400 68-68-68 Jay Haas, $129,600 71-68-67 Fred Couples, $107,100 69-68-70 David Frost, $74,100 72-68-69 Steve Pate, $74,100 68-71-70 Duffy Waldorf, $74,100 71-68-70 Chien Soon Lu, $49,500 71-68-71 Colin Montgomerie, $49,500 70-72-68 Kenny Perry, $49,500 68-71-71
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The Red Deer Renegades of the Alberta Major Women’s Soccer League will conduct a final tryout session Saturday at 6 p.m. at Edgar Park. The Renegades open their 14-game schedule May 24 at 2 p.m. at Edgar Park against Edmonton NW United. They also play at home May 25 when they host the Calgary Callies at noon.
BOWLING Calgary won two of the three team titles at the Open provincial 5-pin bowling championships at Heritage Lanes Saturday. Calgary won the men’s and women’s titles while Edmonton took the mixed crown. The Central zone of Karie Krutz, David Philpot, Gene Ziebarth, Rhonda Barber, Stacey Hafso and Donna Hort, placed second in the mixed division with 95 points while Edmonton had 110.5 points. Calgary had 81 points, the Northern Zone 80.5 and the South 33. Calgary won the men’s title with 99.5 points with Edmonton finishing with 92, Central with 79, North 67 and the South 62.5. Calgary took the women’s crown with 127.5 points with Edmonton at 106, the North 70, Central 48.5 and the South 48. Hafso was named to the ladies’ all-star team. The top team in each division advances to the Canadian championships in Calgary.
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Wild look to redirect momentum DOWN 2-0, HOPE TO SLOW DOWN MACKINNON LINE AT HOME BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. PAUL, Minn. — Nathan MacKinnon and his equally skilled Colorado linemates Gabe Landeskog and Paul Stastny were too fast for Minnesota in the first two games. In losing twice to the Avalanche, the Wild found themselves flat-footed at the wrong times and letting their young, potent opponent dictate the pace and flow. So how to change the direction of the series? Going home is a good place to start. After MacKinnon, Landeskog and Stastny combined for four goals and six assists Saturday in Game 2, the Wild will now have the benefit of the last change in Game 3. That means coach Mike Yeo can match Matt Cooke, Erik Haula and Nino Niederreiter with the MacKinnon express, a mix of grit and speed that could help the Wild stem the tide a bit. “I’m a third-line player for a reason and I feel like that’s the best way I’m able to contribute,” Cooke said Sunday. He added: “Obviously I want that matchup.”
Here are five more things to know about the series as it shifts Monday for Game 3: WHO’S IN WILD NET?: The Wild survived injury and illness involving their top three goalies this season, surging into the playoffs behind fourth option Ilya Bryzgalov. But Bryzgalov was pulled from Game 2 in the second period. Darcy Kuemper entered and stopped all 14 shots he faced. Asked after practice Sunday who will get the assignment, Yeo was glib. “Yes, we will,” the coach said, smiling. Bryzgalov has plenty of past postseason experience with Philadelphia, Phoenix and Anaheim, but that includes plenty of goals given up, too. “If that were what we were choose to do it would be because, first off, he made some big saves in the game. I don’t think we should forget about that. We weren’t playing our game in front of him. And this is a guy who’s played a lot of good hockey for us,” Yeo said. Kuemper’s performances in January and February are another reason the Wild were able to make it this far. He slumped a bit in late March and then suffered a concussion. Kuemper said
he knocked the rust off in practice last week and felt in full rhythm Saturday in his first action in three weeks. “If I do get the start I’m really excited. It’s a big game for the team, and I’m going to do my part and I’m sure everyone else is going to do their part,” he said. VARLY MEANS VICTORY: Semyon Varlamov led the NHL this season with a whopping 41 victories, but the Avalanche won Game 1 without a strong showing by their goalie. Varlamov was much better in Game 2. “We were a little nervous in the first game. Some of us never played in the playoffs. It was pretty tough to start. When you’re nervous you sometimes try to do different things,” Varlamov said. Coach Patrick Roy didn’t need the relief, though. “A lot of people thought a lot about the first game but, hey, he played well enough to win,” Roy said. “I had no doubt in my mind he was going to play a really solid game. He was sharp. He made the key save. I have so much confidence in him and faith in him.” BACK HOME: The Wild finished 2610-5 at Xcel Energy Center this season,
the seventh-best record in the league. For fans who haven’t celebrated a series victory by this team since 2003, anticipation for this first home game will be high. The shift in vocal support from one side to the other always has the potential to impact a playoff series. “You can feel it, just the atmosphere, when you walk into that rink,” Yeo said. OLD PALS: MacKinnon, like many NHL stars, spent two years at Minnesota prep school Shattuck St. Mary’s, which is in Faribault about 50 miles south of St. Paul. MacKinnon said several of his friends from those days will be coming to the game. THE MATH: Teams that win the first two games in a best-of-seven Stanley Cup playoffs series have an alltime series record of 287-45, a winning percentage of .864. That doesn’t bode well for the Wild, but the Avalanche would of course be unwise to rely on the law of averages to advance them to the next round. “We just want to remain focused,” Roy said. “Can’t make a conclusion after only two wins. Now all we’ve earned is a chance to win Game 3 tomorrow.”
Blackhawks lose Seabrook to suspension LOSS OF DEFENCEMAN A BLOW AS TEAMS PREPARE FOR GAME 3 and did not return. The captain’s status for Monday night’s Game 3 is up in the air. “All I know is he’s upright, and CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks felt the repercussions of Brent that’s about it right now,” Blues coach Seabrook’s hit on David Backes again Ken Hitchcock said Sunday. “We don’t have any further information and probon Sunday. How it affects the rest of their play- ably won’t have until late tomorrow.” Backes and Seabrook were not off series against the St. Louis Blues made available to the media on the remains to be seen. Seabrook was suspended for three day off, but much of the talk centred games by the NHL on his 29th birthday on the hit anyway. The TV broadcast for his elbow to Backes’ head late in picked up someone taunting Backes the third period of St. Louis’ 4-3 over- in the aftermath of the big blow, but it was unclear if it was coming from the time win in Game 2. Now Chicago has to dig out of a 2-0 ice or the crowd in the corner where hole without one of its best defence- the play occurred. “I saw them talking to him. It makes men in a rocky start to its Stanley Cup it a little more gutless,” Blues forward title defence. “You need his size, you need his Ryan Reaves said. “I don’t think there’s any need presence and experience and his for that. He leadership,” doesn’t even Blackhawks ‘HE’S GOT THE BIG SHOT ON THE know where coach Joel really is. I Quenneville POINT AND HE’S ON OUR POWER he think if they said before S e a b r o o k ’ s PLAY AS WELL. HE KILLS PENALTIES, want to start getting into s u s p e n SO HE PLAYS ALL IMPORTANT that battle, sion was anMINUTES.’ we can play nounced. the same “He’s got the — CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS COACH way. We’ll see big shot on JOEL QUENNEVILLE where it takes the point and ON BRENT SEABROOK us.” he’s on our Quennevpower play as well. He kills penalties, so he plays all ille said he did not see or hear any players taunting Backes after he went important minutes.” Seabrook received a five-minute down. In addition to the hit by Seabrook, major and game misconduct penalty after he wiped out Backes at 15:09 of the Hitchcock also was upset by Bryan third, and the Blues used the resulting Bickell’s knee-on-knee collision with power play to score the tying goal with Blues centre Vladimir Sobotka in the 6.4 seconds left in regulation on Vladi- third. He said the Blackhawks forward mir Tarasenko’s long wrist shot. Backes had to be helped off the ice was involved in a similar play with BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
defenceman Alex Pietrangelo in the first. “That part bothers me more than the hit on David, a hit that went array,” Hitchcock said. “The hit on Sobotka was a continuation of what happened to Petro in the first period.” Brent Seabrook Here are five things to watch in Game 3 of this increasingly testy series: HOME SWEET HOME: The Blackhawks went 11-2 at home in the playoffs last year, outscoring the Wild, Red Wings, Kings and Bruins by a combined score of 41-23. They went 27-7-7 at the United Center this season, including a 2-0-1 mark against the Blues. “You just feed off of it,” Quenneville said. “It’ll be exciting to get back here, get some of the positive vibes off it and look to turn this thing around.” VLADIMIR THE GREAT: Tarasenko missed the last 15 games of the regular season with a broken right thumb. But the 22-year-old Russian forward caused all sorts of headaches for the Blackhawks in the first two games of the series. The speedy Tarasenko had a firstperiod goal in the playoff opener, and then had the tying power-play score in Saturday’s victory. With Seabrook out for the next three games and Backes’ status in question, Tarasenko could take on a more prominent role for the
rest of the series. SO MANY PENALTIES: The Blues and Blackhawks combined for 17 penalties and 61 penalty minutes in Game 2. The defending Stanley Cup champions were responsible for 11 of those penalties and 41 penalty minutes, both season highs. It looked as if the Blackhawks wanted to match the physicality of the Blues, and it took them out of their puck possession game at times. “I think a little bit we might have played into their hands, but we’ve got to get back to our hockey, because when we’re playing that way we do a good job and that’s how we win,” Chicago forward Brandon Saad said. BEEN HERE BEFORE: St. Louis began last year’s playoffs with a pair of 2-1 victories over Los Angeles at home, including an overtime win in the opener. The Blues then lost the next four games against the Kings. “We played the best game all year Game 3 in Los Angeles and lost,” Hitchcock said. “This is going to be a very long series and we’re going to have to be better than we’ve been if we expect to win a game in Chicago.” ABOUT THOSE GOALTENDERS: Blues goalie Ryan Miller has been solid since Chicago’s three-goal first period in Game 1. He had 25 saves in Saturday’s win, and all three of the Blackhawks’ goals came with traffic in front of the net. Corey Crawford made 48 saves for Chicago in the triple-overtime opener, but he was disappointed with his 27-save performance in Game 2. “He said he needs to be better, and he needs to be better,” Quenneville said.
Doubt surrounds Penguins as series heads to Columbus COLUMBUS, Ohio — Not so long ago, the Columbus Blue Jackets were the worst team in the NHL. Now they’re heading home for Monday night’s Game 3 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series with the star-studded Pittsburgh Penguins hoping to make even more history. “For our fans, it’s been 14 years and they haven’t seen a playoff victory,” budding star Ryan Johansen said after Saturday night’s stunning 4-3 win in Pittsburgh in two overtimes. “To be able to go back to Columbus now tied 1-1 with the momentum we have, it’s a great feeling.” The Blue Jackets, cellar dwellers for most of the franchise’s existence, got the first playoff victory in their 13 seasons when undersized pest Matt Calvert banged in a second-chance rebound 1:10 into the second overtime. It led to a writhing, laughing pile of humanity on the ice at Consol Energy Center — and also set in motion a lot of doubts and criticism of the mighty Penguins. Stocked with hockey celebrities such as Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, the Pens have come up short in the last four years since winning the Cup in 2009. Callers to sports-talk shows and those on social media are already questioning the club’s heart and commitment. “Our failed attempts to get it behind their defence kept our players on the ice,” coach Dan Bylsma said after the loss. “They got into the offensive zone, put it in there, hemmed us in.” Here’s five things to watch as the scene shifts to Nationwide Arena for Game 3: GOLDEN CROWD: Usually when the Penguins play in Columbus, their fans all but take over the place. When the teams met late in the regular season in Ohio’s capital city, as much as half of a sell-out crowd of 18,908-plus was rooting for the guys in gold and black. But when the seventh-seeded Blue Jackets drew the Penguins in the first round, the club’s front office sold tick-
ets to fans with Ohio addresses first. That doesn’t mean that a large contingent of (owner and ex-Pen star) Mario Lemieux jerseys still won’t be seen. Just maybe not thousands of them. PENS MINDSET: After an injuryfilled regular season, about the last thing the Penguins needed or expected was a major struggle early in the playoffs against a hard-working, physical team. Yet this has become a worst-case scenario for Pittsburgh, a finesse team that relies on its star power instead of gritty play, checking and greasy goals — like the Blue Jackets. Will the Penguins match the Blue Jackets’ effort? “We have to be better,” Crosby said. “That’s really, I think, the bottom line.” BUMPS AND BRUISES: The Blue Jackets may get yet another blue-collar player back for Game 3. Nick Foligno, who scored 18 goals and had 21 assists in the regular season, has missed the last seven games (knee) but has been cleared to play. Perhaps the team’s top defenceman, Fedor Tyutin, left after taking two big hits in the first period of Game 3. Coach Todd Richards would not discuss his availability. The Penguins have gotten a huge lift from forward Brian Gibbons, a 5-foot-8 rookie who finds open spaces. Bylsma moved him to the top line in the series opener and he responded by scoring their first two goals. But he was hurt on an awkward hit in Saturday night’s opening period and didn’t return. Lee Stempniak will replace him on the top line. LAST LINE: Columbus’ Sergei Bobrovsky and Pittsburgh’s Marc-Andre Fleury have been excellent for the most part although each had shaky moments in Game 1 but recovered. Neither can afford any more soft goals, that’s for certain, in what has turned out to be a tight series in which each team has scored seven goals. “He’s the Bob when we need him to be the Bob,” Blue Jacket Artem Anisimov said of his Russian counterpart, last year’s Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL’s top goalie.
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Raptors look to rebound from loss DEROZAN AND TEAMMATES GLAD TO HAVE GAME 1 OF PLAYOFFS BEHIND THEM BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — After an NBA playoff debut that didn’t go as well as he’d planned, DeMar DeRozan went home and put his feet up. “I sat in my room the rest of the day, I didn’t leave the room,” DeRozan said. “I didn’t turn the TV on. I didn’t watch any games. I just cleared my mind. Just understand it was my first playoff game.” He fought the urge to go back to the Air Canada Centre for a late-night shooting session. “I thought about it. I really thought about it,” DeRozan said. “About 1 a.m. I was going to come back, but I was like: don’t put too much pressure on myself. Just get my rest, regroup. We’ve got two days until we play, so just get ready. I try not to think so much or stress myself out — just relax.” The 24-year-old all-star scored 14 points — well below his season average of 22.7 — in the Raptors’ 94-87 loss to the Brooklyn Nets in Saturday’s Game 1 of the best-of-seven playoff series. The player whose hot hand led the Raptors in their record run to the postseason went cold Saturday. DeRozan, who was the picture of post-season confidence earlier in the week, scoffing that the playoffs weren’t “rocket science,” shot just 3-for-13 from the field. He missed all four of his threepoint attempts. He insisted he wasn’t nervous. “I think with as much energy was going on, it felt like things were going faster than they were,” DeRozan said. While it wasn’t the coming-out party any of Toronto’s playoff rookies had
hoped for, they were all breathing a little easier Sunday morning, glad that Game 1 of their series was over and done with. “I think Game 2 is a whole different animal,” coach Dwane Casey said. “I think the newness and the shiny part of the playoffs is worn off by Game 2. I think that’ll help (DeRozan) tremendously. I think that’ll help our whole team.” Kyle Lowry, one of the few Raptors who looked unfazed by the playoff pressure in his 22-point performance, agreed. “I think the bright lights will dim a little bit for everyone, everything will calm down a little bit,” Lowry said. “I think that first game is always tough at home, because of the excitement, and we have a bunch of young guys. But now it’s over. Now guys are ready to move on, now we’re ready to go.” Game 2 is Tuesday in Toronto, then the series shifts to Brooklyn for Game 3 on Friday. The series was heated before it even began after the Nets seemingly tanked to fall to sixth-place, preferring to play the inexperienced Raptors. Toronto GM Masai Ujiri then threw gasoline onto the fire Saturday when he dropped an F-bomb when addressing the crowd in Maple Leaf Square, pairing the F-word with Brooklyn. New York’s tabloid newspapers fought back. The headline on Sunday’s New York Daily News read: “Don’t’ F With Brooklyn! Nets give foul-mouthed Raptors a spanking to take Game 1.” The New York Post’s front page was a picture of a grinning Paul Pierce
with the headline: “After Toronto GM insults B’klyn, Nets shut up Raptors. F(at)K YEAH!” The Raptors had put Saturday’s drama behind them by Sunday’s practice at the Air Canada Centre. “This is about basketball,” Casey said. “All that stuff has happened. We’re very supportive of whatever Masai said. This is about basketball. I will say this, I thought our fans were fantastic (Saturday). They were great. I’ve been in championship arenas, championship games, and this is as big-time as can be. “All the other stuff, what was said, it’s about basketball. It’s about screening. It’s about finishing plays. It’s about executing defensively. I don’t want to get off on another tangent.” As for DeRozan’s less-than-impressive debut, Casey said he thought both DeRozan and Terrence Ross — also making his playoff debut — looked frustrated after they got in early foul trouble Saturday. Ross had just three points on the afternoon. “Young guys have to be somewhere learning to play in the NBA playoffs and this is a great start for (Ross), it’s a great start for DeMar,” Casey said. “There’s no way I’m disappointed in their performance. Their point-productivity, yes. But this is a great positive for our organization.” DeRozan was asked if one game is enough to adjust to the pressurepacked playoffs. “I don’t need a whole ’nother playoff round to get ready for it,” DeRozan said. “I watched a lot of film. I understand. I’m definitely not going to make the same mistakes twice. It’s adjustments.”
His teammates are confident they’ll see the best of DeRozan in Game 2. “He’s had rough games before. . . he’s fine. I’m positive he’ll bounce back,” Lowry said. “He’s really focused. Yeah, a rough shooting night. Sometimes it happens. Sometimes the ball don’t go in the hole.” Why so positive? “Because he’s an all-star,” Lowry replied. “There’s a reason he’s an allstar. He averages what he averages, he’s a helluva player, and he’s only going to get better.” The Raptors are hoping the ACC fans — dressed all in white Saturday and waving white towels, thanks to a Tshirt and towel giveaway — remain as vocal as they were in Game 1. “It was live,” Amir Johnson said. “I didn’t get to see outside (where hundreds of fans gathered in Maple Leaf Square) but I’ve seen pictures on the Internet. It was a pretty dope crowd. “It’s big. We need them. We need everybody. The whole country.” Saturday’s shot-clock debacle should also be behind them. American sports broadcaster ESPN caused the shot-clock malfunction in Game 1, according to a Raptors official. Toronto had to rely on announcer Herbie Kuhn to count down the 24 seconds on each possession after the clocks above the baskets died with 5:57 remaining in the third quarter. Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment took blame for using the same power source for the primary and backup shot clocks. The damaged cables in the baskets were replaced and tested Sunday, and the primary and backup clocks are no longer using the same power source.
Raptors launch new campaign: ‘We The North’ BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Over the years, the Toronto Raptors have heard all about the perceived disadvantages of NBA life north of the border. The complaints have run the gamut — from the long, snowy winters, to concerns about taxes to the lack of ESPN on cable TV. Instead of playing defence when it comes to perception, the franchise is going on the offensive. The Great White North is embraced and the Ontario capital takes centre stage in the team’s new “We The North” campaign, which features a 60-second video that kicks off a massive franchise rebrand over the next two years. “This is the statement we want to make to Canada and I think this is the chip we have, which is we’re the north and there’s no one else,” Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment president Tim Leiweke said Wednesday from New York. “It’s just us and everyone looks past us. But we’re OK with that now.” The video is not meant to be an advertisement for a team preparing to make its first playoff appearance in six years. Instead, the franchise wants the spot and the campaign to serve as a foundation for a team revolution. “This is a crusade now,” Leiweke said. “This is not just a rally cry, this is, I think, our identity. “I think that’s what we like about this is for the next two to three years, this is who we are and this is who we represent and this is who we fight for.” The team is still finalizing release plans for other components of the campaign. However, new colours and a new logo will be rolled out “in short order,” Leiweke said. Toronto hip-hop artist Drake was “heavily involved” in the inspiration for the spot, and Leiweke said the team’s global ambassador was also involved in logo plans and the decision to stick with the Raptors name. “He thinks that the Vince Carter generation, those kids that grew up and got inspired by Vince, these are now the (Anthony) Bennetts of the world and the (Andrew) Wiggins of the world,” Leiweke said. “And they relate to the Raptors in a very different way than that Barney dinosaur or Jurassic Park marketing campaign. “Now this is a cultural thing and Drake said, ’Stick to it and just define your culture and make it you.”’ In the video, clips of the city skyline are mixed with snippets of basketball action from local neighbourhoods and highlights of the Raptors in action.
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Toronto Raptors’ fans cheer before an NBA playoff game against the Brooklyn Nets’ in Toronto on Saturday. The shirts fans are wearing is part of a new rebranding of the Raptors, ‘We The North’ which will be going for the next two years. “And far from the east side, miles from the west side, nowhere near the south side, we are the north side,” a narrator says in the piece. “A territory all our own. And if that makes us outsiders — we’re in.” “My favourite shot is the kid bouncing the basketball through the field of ice,” Leiweke said. “And it’s like, ’That’s it right there. That’s what we want.’ People don’t understand we have a revolution going on in Canada. We’re producing great players. We’ve got kids inspired that are playing the sport in record numbers. We have the highest growth level in North America. “We are a team that suddenly people are rallying around and are excited about. And by the way, all of our guys love playing for Canada and we’re it. We’ve got 35 million people. No one has 35 million people in their marketplace.” It has been a remarkable rebound season for a franchise that has been hamstrung by mediocrity.
Toronto opened the current campaign with a poor 6-12 record but things turned around last December after Rudy Gay was dealt to Sacramento in a seven-player trade. The Raptors were energized by the move and have been one of the strongest teams in the Eastern Conference since. Toronto recently clinched the Atlantic Division title and were the third seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs which started Saturday against Brooklyn. The Raptors’ turnaround has been a pleasant surprise in a city where post-season action in any of the major sports is a rarity. Fans are still stinging from the Toronto Maple Leafs’ late-season collapse that cost them a playoff spot this year. The NHL club has made the postseason just once in the last decade. Down the road at Rogers Centre, it has been over 20 years since the Toronto Blue Jays last made the playoffs. The Blue Jays are coming off a lastplace finish in the American League
Kevin Martin leaves curling with a victory at Players’ Championship CURLING BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Edmonton’s Kevin Martin won the Grand Slam of Curling Players’ Championship in the final tournament of his career. The 47-year-old skip beat Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., 4-3 in the men’s final Sunday to give him one last victory after announcing his retirement Friday. Martin was on fire, shooting 98 per cent as his rink went ahead 4-1 through four ends before hold-
ing off a late rally from Jacobs for his 18th career Grand Slam victory. Martin takes home $23,500 for the win and an additional $50,000 bonus for leading this season’s Grand Slam of Curling in points. “Other than the Olympics, the Players’ is my favourite event in curling,” Martin said. “It’s always the best against the best. The emotions of the day were all about trying getting that 18th Grand Slam win. It was a hard fight to win it today but we did it and nobody can take it away now.” Martin, whose career includes a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Games, a world championship and four Brier titles, is joining Sportsnet as a broadcast analyst
next season. In the women’s final, Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones won her 10th Grand Slam curling victory, defeating Ottawa’s Rachel Homan 5-2. Jones put the game away by stealing a point in the final end. Jones won the Olympic title in Sochi earlier this year, while Homan won the Canadian women’s title and took silver at the women’s world championship. “It really has been an unbelievable season for us,” Jones said. “We’ve won all the events we’ve set out to win and more.” To come into our favourite event, the Players’ Championship, and end with a win is a perfect way to head into the summer.“
East division and are not expected to contend this year. The Raptors will take a page from the hockey team’s playbook by hosting a “Party in the Square” in Maple Leaf Square outside Air Canada Centre for playoff games this spring. It was a hotspot last year during the Maple Leafs’ first-round playoff series with the Boston Bruins. Ticket demand also appears to be quite high for Canada’s lone NBA team. Toronto’s average playoff ticket price is $125. However, a recent Forbes website report said the Raptors have the highest average playoff ticket price ($370.62) on the secondary market. “To me it’s less about what people are paying on the secondary (market) and more about we have a greater demand for NBA playoff tickets than any market today in the NBA,” Leiweke said. “So out of those 16 markets, right now Toronto is the hot ticket. I think that bodes well.”
ESSO CUP HOCKEY BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HAMILTON, Ont. — Jenica Whitrow scored the winning goal with less than two minutes remaining in the third period as the Weyburn Gold Wings opened the Esso Cup women’s hockey championship with a 2-1 win over the Sudbury Lady Wolves on Sunday. Kari Shell opened the scoring for the Lady Wolves (0-1-0-0) with a power-play goal 5:13 into the first period. Madison Solie tied the game at 14:57 of the second period before Whitrow scored the winner for Weyburn (1-0-0-0) at 18:07 of the third. Cassidy Pirlot assisted on both Weyburn goals. Jane Kish made 25 saves for Weyburn, while Stephanie Pascal stopped 21 shots for Sudbury. Later Sunday, Jessica Healey scored the only goal of the game at 15:51 of the third period as the Edmonton Thunder edged the Fraser Valley Phantom 1-0. Tracie Kikuchi made 34 saves to earn the shutout for Edmonton (1-0-0-0). Valencia Yordanov was just as impressive, making 32 saves in a losing cause for Fraser Valley (0-1-0).
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Canada advances in Fed Cup BOUCHARD LEADS CANADA OVER SERBIA TO ADVANCE TO 2015 WORLD GROUP BY THE CANADIAN PRESS QUEBEC — Eugenie Bouchard wasn’t thrilled with her play, but she was more than happy with the end result as she helped move Canadian women’s tennis to new heights. The Montreal native won both her singles matches in a playoff tie with Slovakia, including the clinching match on Sunday, as Canada advanced to the 2015 Fed Cup World Group. Bouchard, at No. 18 in the WTA singles rankings, beat Jana Cepelova 7-6 (6), 6-3 in front of a spirited home crowd on the campus of Laval University. The win gave Canada a 3-0 lead in the best-of-five tie, and moved the Canadians into the elite World Group for the first time. “I wasn’t happy with my level of play in both of my matches, but I am proud that I managed to win them both,” said Bouchard, 20. “It was a difficult adjustment for me to switch to hard courts from clay, but sure both victories feel great. “It feels great to know that we’ve made history here. I played a lot of matches for Canada in the Fed Cup, and I won most of them, so I am proud that I kind of lead this team to the World Group.” On Saturday, Bouchard beat No. 137 Kristina Kucova 7-6 (0), 2-6, 6-1 in a close match, to give Canada a 2-0 advantage, after teammate Aleksandra Wozniak of Blainville, Que., defeated Cepelova 4-6, 7-5, 7-5. Canada will now join the eight best teams on the planet in the World Group. A June 4 draw will determine Canada’s next opponent, and whether that tie will be held at home or on the road in 2015.
“It’s a huge accomplishment in my opinion,” team captain Sylvain Bruneau said. “We’ve never been there. It all started with last year’s win over Columbia, then we beat Ukraine, a team that was ranked well ahead of us, then Serbia, and now Slovakia.” Joining Bouchard and Wozniak (ranked No. 157) on the Canadian team were Toronto’s Sharon Fichman (No. 89) and Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski (No. 199) Fichman and Dabrowski lost to Slovakia Janette Husarova and Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 4-6, 7-5, (9-11) in a doubles match later Sunday. After each team took a set, and with the 10-point tiebreak tied 9-9, Fichman missed her final two shots to hand Slovakia the doubles victory. Because Canada had already defeated Slovakia in the tie, the match was simply a formality. Bruneau said playing in the World Group will test Canada’s depth. “We have to keep improving,” he said. “Eugenie has to play at the level she is capable of, Aleksandra Wozniak needs to stay healthy, and Sharon Fichman — who is still young at 23 — can play both singles and doubles for us. We simply need depth, because there are no weak teams in the World Group, and many of the teams that play to qualify for the World Group have players ranked in the top 20.” Bouchard’s win Sunday, particularly her strong second set, was crucial for Canada because she was struggling on Saturday and was very unhappy with her level of play. “I have to play much better, have to find consistency in my game,” said Bouchard after her Saturday’s win over Kucova. She struggled with that rhythm
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Eugenie Bouchard of Canada plays Jana Cepelova of Slovakia during the third match at the Fed Cup tennis tournament at Laval University in Quebec City on Sunday. again on Sunday in a very close first set. Cepelova took a 5-3 lead, but just like during her match against Wozniak, she couldn’t finish off points and lost a first set tiebreaker. Bouchard jumped to a quick 5-0 lead in the second set. When it looked like the last points would be just a formality, Cepelova put up a fight winning three games in a row and pushing Bouchard to make unforced errors. Serving for the match, Bouchard settled down and won last four out of six points to seal the victory. “It was a very good match”’ said Ce-
pelova. “Just like yesterday I had my chances in the first set and couldn’t close, but Eugenie was playing very well in those moments putting a lot of pressure on me.” “We are very said as a team because we are not going to play in the World Group” added Cepelova. “It was very tough playing without our top three players (Dominika Cibulkova, Daniela Hantuchova and Magdalena Rybarikova) but Canada definitely deserved to win this tie. I think they are going to do very well in the World Group.”
Blue Jays can’t finish off sweep of Indians BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Indians 6 Blue Jays 4 CLEVELAND — A successful road trip ended on a down note for the Toronto Blue Jays. Reliever Aaron Loup’s wildness in the sixth inning turned a two-run lead into a onerun deficit and the Blue Jays couldn’t finish off a sweep of the Cleveland Indians, losing 6-4 Sunday. Blue Jays manager John Gibbons was pleased with the 5-4 trip, but knows it could have been better. “I really don’t even look at it,” he said. “You try to win each day. You’re disappointed when you don’t win, especially when you have a chance.” Giving up walks can change everything, something the Blue Jays learned the hard way. Loup (1-1) gave up a three-run double to David Murphy after walking the bases loaded and the Indians salvaged a game in the series. The left-hander came in to relieve after Brandon Morrow gave up Nick Swisher’s leadoff single. After getting the first two outs of the inning, Loup then walked Carlos Santana, Michael Brantley and Asdrubal Cabrera to load the bases. Murphy drove in all three to give Cleveland the lead. “I don’t know if you can call it a lack of focus or just the wheels fell off, I guess,” Loup
said. Gibbons gave credit to the Indians hitters for staying patient. “Walks hurt you,” he said. “Two of the right-handers (Santana and Cabrera) he ended up walking, that’s kind of the way he pitches to those guys is to get them to swing and miss. But these guys laid off it pretty good.” Morrow pitched five innings, giving up two runs on three hits. He struck out six and walked two. “We had great weather today, I wanted to get back to being aggressive,” he said. “I felt good and had good stuff today. My split was really good, especially early.” Josh Outman (3-0) recorded the final out of the sixth and Cleveland’s bullpen pitched 3 1-3 innings of relief after Carlos Carrasco lasted 5 2-3, giving up four runs on six hits, with five strikeouts and three walks. Cleveland manager Terry Francona told reporters before the game that he called a team meeting after Saturday’s defeat. The Indians, who had dropped seven of nine, responded by breaking the three-game skid. Michael Brantley hit a solo homer in the second and added an RBI double in the fourth. Toronto scored three times on four hits in the fourth. Jose
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Canada remains undefeated at U18 worlds with win over Slovakia BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada 2 Slovakia 1 IMATRA, Finland — A composed Canada team remained undefeated at the 2014 U18 men’s hockey championship with a 2-1 win over Slovakia on Sunday. Brendan Perlini scored two goals as Canada improved to 3-0 and will have a chance to sweep its Group A preliminary-round games when it plays Russia on Tuesday. “We’ll certainly be very respectful of their team,” Dineen said of the archrival Russians. “Canada Russia should have the makings, as always, of a very good
hockey game.” Slovakia took an early lead against the defending champions when Juraj Mily scored a short-handed goal at 12:24 of the first period. “We got down one, but I liked our composure. I thought it was a good learning experience, because as the game wore on things got a little bit tight and (Slovakia) were still generating chances ...,” Dineen said. “But at the end of it this is a really fun group and they keep finding ways to have success.” Perlini, who plays for the Niagara IceDogs in the Ontario Hockey League, scored on a power play with seven seconds left in the second period to tie the game. “We were anxious. We were playing a solid brand of hockey and generating chances but they weren’t finding a way
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Dickson scores seven times, including winner, as Roughnecks beat Rush in OT BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Roughnecks 14 Rush 13 EDMONTON — Curtis Dickson capped off a seven-goal performance by scoring 4:13 into overtime as the Calgary Roughnecks edged the host Edmonton Rush 14-13 on Saturday in National Lacrosse League action. Shawn Evans had three goals and three assists for the Roughnecks (11-6),
Daryl Veltman and Dane Dobbie each had a goal and six assists while Geoff Snider and Jeff Shattler added single goals. Chris Corbeil and Mark Matthews each had three goals and an assist for the league-best Rush (15-2), Robert Church and Zack Greer had a pair of goals apiece, Curtis Knight scored once and set up three more and Jeff Cornwall and Jarret Davis had the others. Calgary’s Mike Poulin and Frankie Scigliano combined to stop 38-of-51 shots for the win while Edmonton’s Aaron Bold allowed all 14 goals against on 47 shots.
to get in the net,” Dineen said. “Going into the third period tied up was a good relief for our players.” Perlini’s second goal at 13:23 of the third gave Canada its first lead, and it stood up. Mason McDonald, a member of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s
Charlottetown Rockets, made 21 saves to help Canada preserve the win. Dineen praised his goaltender for his composure in a tight game. “Mason McDonald really needed to be good for us at different times to keep us in the game,” Dineen said.
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Kuchar comes from behind to win RBC Heritage BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Matt Kuchar saw his well-struck 5-iron on the 18th hole at the RBC Heritage come up way short of the target and settle in a front bunker. “Well,” he thought as he walked toward the shot, “there are a lot worse places to be.” For Kuchar, there was no better place — and no better shot in the tournament. He followed with a stunning chip-in on Harbour Town Golf Link’s closing, lighthouse hole, to overcome a fourshot deficit for a one-stroke victory and end nearly a month of Sundays where he came close to a title only to lose at the end. Kuchar shot a 64 to finish at 11-under 273, one stroke ahead of Luke Donald, who had his third second place and fifth top-three finish here in the past six years. Donald’s latest chance ended Kuchar’s winning chip. He hit it solid, felt it was a good line and watched it rattle home. “I heard the crowd go crazy,” Kuchar said. “Then I went crazy.” Kuchar punched the air to celebrate, grabbed his cap and swung it around to the cheers of the crowd. It was Kuchar’s seventh career PGA Tour victory. He earned $1.044 million and his first trophy since the Memorial last June. It also followed a stretch of golf were Kuchar was in contention nearly every week. He was two shots behind winner Steven Bowditch at the Texas Open on March 30, then lost a playoff at the Houston Open a week later on Matt Jones’ 42-yard chip in.
Kuchar was in the mix at Augusta National a week ago, having a share of the lead on Sunday before a fourputt double bogey at the fourth hole dropped him from contention. Kuchar, at No. 6 in the world the highest-ranked golfer here, could’ve taken a break like other top competitors, but hoped the momentum would carry into Harbour Town. “It’s awfully sweet to have another chance,” Kuchar said. Kuchar made up the four shots on Donald with seven birdies in his first 10 holes. Then nearly gave away another tournament when he three-putted from less than eight feet away at the par-3 17th, a bogey that dropped him into a tie for the top spot — and set up the dramatic 72nd hole. “I was in a little bit of shock,” Kuchar said. “But I think I did a good job of shaking things off.” Donald had two holes to catch Kuchar after the chip but couldn’t do it. He missed a 28-foot birdie putt at the 17th hole, then saw his own try at a chip-in birdie slide past the cup. “Finishing second isn’t what I was hoping for,” he said. “Disappointed, obviously, not to have won. Usually a solid 69 on a windy day with a twoshot lead is enough to get it done on Sundays. It’s tough to win out here and hats off to Matt for a superb round.” Donald was at 10-under 274 after his 69. Ben Martin, who turned pro in 2010, shot 67 to finish tied for third at 9 under with John Huh, who shot 68. Sunday finally brought the sunshine the tournament had lacked all week. Players got the bonus of easy, softened greens from three days of moisture. The birdies were flying from the start, and Kuchar took full advantage.
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Matt Kuchar celebrates making birdie out of the bunker on the 18th green to win the final round of the RBC Heritage golf tournament in Hilton Head Island, S.C., Sunday. He birdied the first and second holes, then added a third from 20 feet or so at No. 4. “When I made that putt, I knew it was going to be a really good day,” he said. That Donald was in the chase again here was no surprise. The steady Englishman, once No. 1 in the world, says Harbour Town’s tight fairways and small greens are a perfect layout for a player such as him who isn’t the longest hitter on tour. Donald said a gust of wind in his swing led to him driving the ball way left out of bounds on the sixth hole for a double bogey. He climbed back into the hunt with birdies on the seventh and ninth, but hooked his drive into
the water left on No. 10 for a bogey. “It was just a poor swing,” he said. “I flipped it.” Donald kept charging, though, and drew within a stroke of Kuchar’s lead with consecutive birdies on the 11th and 12th holes. He could get no closer, finishing his round with six pars. Martin, who had missed seven cuts in his past eight tournaments, reached 10 under with back-to-back birdies on the 13th and 14th holes. Martin’s run ended when he couldn’t squeeze through some pine trees after driving into the rough at the par-5 15th. His ball struck a tree and scooted into more trouble across the fairway. He took bogey to drop two shots off the lead.
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Michelle Wie chips onto the first green in the final round of the LPGA LOTTE Championship golf tournament at Ko Olina Golf Club, Saturday in Kapolei, Hawaii.
Jimenez shoots 67 in Greater Gwinnett to complete rare wireto-wire Champions Tour debut win BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DULUTH, Ga. — Miguel Angel Jimenez quickly shifted his focus back to the Ryder Cup after winning his first Champions Tour event. Jimenez held off Bernhard Langer to win the Greater Gwinnett Championship on Sunday, becoming only the third player to lead from start to finish in his debut on the 50-and-over tour. Jimenez, coming off a fourth-place finish in the Masters, closed with a 67 to finish two strokes ahead of Langer. Jimenez finished the tournament with 32 consecutive holes without a bogey at TPC Sugarloaf. The Spaniard said he can’t make a commitment to the Champions Tour this year because his goal is making the European Ryder Cup team. “To me it’s not about money,” Jimenez said. “It’s about some different goals to make me feel proud of myself. To me I would feel nice to play on the Ryder Cup once more.” Langer, the defending champion, shot his thirdstraight 68. Jimenez and Langer were tied at 10 under before a two-shot swing on No. 8. Jimenez needed only a short putt for a birdie, and Langer fell two strokes behind with his bogey. After that, Jimenez avoided mistakes down the stretch, leaving no opening for Langer or Jay Haas, who shot 67 and was third, four shots off the lead. Jimenez insisted the win wasn’t easy. “When you hit the ball straight and you put the ball close to the hole it looks easy, but nothing is easy,” he said. “You need to keep calm yourself. ... I like to feel the pressure and ... the people that are coming behind bite me.” Langer said his inability to make birdie putts kept him from putting pressure on Jimenez.
KAPOLEI, Hawaii — Michelle Wie rallied from four strokes back entering the day to shoot a 5-under 67 on Saturday and win the LPGA LOTTE Championship. The 24-year-old American finished at 14-under 274 after coming into the final round trailing third-round leader Angela Stanford by four shots after Friday’s play. It was Wie’s third career victory on the LPGA Tour, and first since taking the CN Canadian Women’s Open in 2010 — snapping a 79-event winless drought. And, Wie did it at home. “I’m just having fun out there,” said Wie, who grew up in Honolulu. “I was out there and nervous. Every time I felt nervous out there, I was looking around, I felt there was no place I’d rather be.” Stanford had her worst round of the tournament, shooting a 1-over 73 that put her at 12-under 276 and two shots behind Wie. Top-ranked Inbee Park finished third with an 11-under 277. “Today, just didn’t make the
putts that I’ve been making,” Stanford said. “I wasn’t hitting it great today. Just misclubbed a couple of times. Just didn’t make good decisions.” Wie came to LOTTE and her home state of Hawaii coming off a runner-up finish two weeks ago in the Kraft Nabisco Championship when she closed with a 71 for her best position of the season. “The highlight of this week was to come back home,” Wie said. “There wasn’t just one moment. From the first tee shot that I made to the last putt, the aloha that I felt from everyone was unbelievable.” Stanford, the leader after the second and third rounds at breezy Ko Olina, came out strong with a birdie on the par-4 third hole to set herself up at 14-under early in the day. A bogey for Stanford and a birdie for Wie on the par-4 sixth closed the gap to within a stroke. The par-3 eighth brought Stanford, Wie and South Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim to tie at 12 under. A birdie for Wie on the par-3 12th gave her the outright lead, and she gave a small triumphant
fist pump to the crowd. “I really think a lot of times, they willed the ball in,” Wie said of the fans. “I give a lot of credit to them this week.” Another birdie on the par-5 13th put Wie two strokes ahead of two-day leader Stanford and three strokes ahead of Kim. Stanford and Kim were unable to close that gap as Wie won for the first time on American soil. “She’s been playing great,” Stanford said. “She’s having a great year, so it was bound to happen. I just happened to be the one that caught the buzz saw.” Trade winds continued to challenge golfers all day, gusting upward of 20 mph, according to the National Weather Service. “Well, my caddy isn’t one for pep talks, but he gave a good one today,” Wie said. “He said, ’It’s windy out there today, but play your game,’ and that’s really what I did. I didn’t try to force anything. I had a number in my head that I thought I needed to shoot, and I got it. Kim came in fourth with 1-under 71 for 10-under 278 overall.
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A Classified Announcement in our
* Experienced Production Testing * Day Supervisors * Night Operators * Experienced Production Testing Assistants
DISPATCHER
P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle. 403-505-7846
DENTAL ADMIN. SUPERSTAR! Our dental practice is seeking an outstanding individual to provide extraordinary service for our patients. Dental or medical experience a plus. Learn more about this opportunity by calling 403-307-8560 where you will hear a recorded message providing details about the position and instructions on how to apply.
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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:
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
Meatball Monday Rib Night Tuesday & Saturday’s Wing Night Wednesday Shrimp Night Thursday
FLOYD DESCHAMBEAULT April 21, 2012 It’s been 2 years since you left us. We cried when you passed away, we still cry today. Although we love you dearly, we couldn’t make you stay. Your golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands at rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us, he only takes the best. Forever in our hearts Leanna, James, Gwen, Duane and family. Also numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5240
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ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work during shut down, $14/hr. Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black Buying or Selling your home? Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds
CROSS CITY JANITORIAL CO SEEKING A F/T COM/ WINDOW CLEANING SUP for RD and area. Req: fluent in written and oral english, 2- 3 years exp in a supervisory roll, clean driving record, criminal record check, job physically demanding. Benefits after 3 mos. $19/hr Fax resume 403-342-1897 Mail to #4, 4608-62 St. Red Deer, AB. T4N 6T3
classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com
Accounting
1010
Contractors
1100
INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351
DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301
Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds
RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc. Call Roger 403-348-1060
Antique Dealers and Stores
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4 POST car lifts and Classic Car Finders. We have the highest quality car hoists for your house or man cave avail. Also have car shipping from USA to Red Deer along with brokering, over 300 contacts worldwide for finding your classic car. Call Kyle 403-896-7258
Automotive
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GRAND OPENING Caravan Luxury Auto Detailing. Spring cleaning specials 403-872-3998
FENCES & DECKS 403-352-4034
SIDING, Soffit, Fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.
Eavestroughing
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VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs. Reasonable rates. 340-9368 Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.
Handyman Services
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5* JUNK REMOVAL
ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, and roof snow removal? Call James 403-341-0617
CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned. BBB member. 403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca
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COMMERCIAL Parking lot Vacuum Street Sweeping & parking lot assessments. 403-341-6900
Massage Therapy
FANTASY MASSAGE
Property clean up 340-8666
Painters/ Decorators
International ladies
Now Open
Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Private back entry. 403-341-4445 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161
VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! Escorts 403-986-6686 Come in and see TAHNEE 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car why we are the talk of the town. Central Alberta’s Largest www.viimassage.biz Car Lot in Classifieds Open long weekend
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Misc. Services
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JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Free Est. 403-872-8888
Seniors’ Services
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HELPING HANDS
Home Supports for Seniors. Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.
Yard Care
1430
JUNK/TREE REMOVAL, Yard/Care 403-358-1614
RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, April 21, 2014 B9
Adanac Insurance Services Ltd. Full Time
CSR Must be licensed
389937D20
Please forward your resume:
403-341-4270
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Email: info@adanacinsurance.com #115, 5114 - 58 Street Red Deer, AB T4N 2L8
You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you! IT NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR required FULL TIME for Red Deer Must have min 3 years HANDS ON verifiable employment which is current. Own vehicle, clean drivers abstract, criminal background check necessary. Please send resume to: stevel@telus. net at Longhurst Consulting or Fax: 403-309-3920
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DRIVERS WANTED ADULT CARRIERS RED DEER NEEDED Hallcon is currently is now hiring for the seeking qualified drivers to For morning delivery following positions! transport rail crews of the Assistant Manager throughout the surrounding ADVOCATE (Full or Part time) area. Drivers are ideally Delivery by 6:30 a.m. Customer based out of RED DEER. 6 days/week in: No overnight stays Service Rep required. This position is (Part Time) an on call position. For job descriptions and Employees are responsible how to apply, go to for taking trips during the www.StoreSmart.ca/jobs GLENDALE period they have No phone calls please designated themselves available to do so. All transportation is done in Trades Call Joanne Hallcon company vehicles. These vehicles are 403-314-4308 CUSTOM MUFFLER extensively and consistently for more info maintained to ensure Looking for apprentice or optimal safety for our journeyman mechanic. drivers and clients. Drivers Pipe bending skills would CELEBRATIONS must possess a valid Class be a great asset. Wages HAPPEN EVERY DAY 1, 2, or 4 license, with a depend on exp. Going IN CLASSIFIEDS clean driver abstract. concern shop. Fax resume to:403-346-9909 Assisted licensing upgrade Celebrate your life to achieve a class 4 is or drop off at 2410 50 Ave. with a Classified available. Pay is based at Phone 403-346-7911 ANNOUNCEMENT a rate of $15.38. Earning FT MACHINIST – potential is based on your ROCKY MTN. HOUSE availability, as our ADULT or YOUTH 4TH YR. APPRENTICE operation runs on a 24/7 CARRIERS OR JOURNEYMAN on call basis. Both full time Machinist W/ Red Seal NEEDED and part time employees Position requires a HIGH are welcome. Semi-retired, For delivery of degree of skill operating retired, full time, and part Flyers, Express and manual Lathes, Milling time employees are Sunday Life Machines & Drill Press. welcome. Please forward Public/Co-worker ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK resumes and current driver communications a must; abstract to Shane Flack at in welding skills an asset. asmabnorth@gmail.com. CNC experience NOT NO PHONE CALLS required. Competitve PLEASE Classifieds wages and benefits. WestPark Tired of Standing? Your place to SELL Please fax: 403-844-2634 Your place to BUY Find something to sit on or email: gtdblh@telus.net in Classifieds Only successful applicants Westpark Cres. & will be contacted. F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. Sales & 57 Ave. LOOKING for Framers/ Minimum Class 5 with air Wiltshire Blvd. & Distributors carpenters 403-357-9816 and clean abstract. Exp. Welton Cres. Myshak Crane & Rigging is preferred. In person to Key GRATIAE is seeking looking for a journeyman Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. 5 Retails Sales reps crane operator or reg’d 3rd Red Deer. Call Joanne selling skin & body care year apprentice. Fax 403-314-4308 info products in Parkland Mall resume 403-342-0066 4747 67th St. Red Deer, TOO MUCH STUFF? W.R.SCOTT Equipment $12.10/hr + bonus & comm. a company dealing in Let Classifieds F/T - P/T No Exp. Req’d. compact equipment is help you sell it. Email resumes: looking for a representative gratiaereddeersr@ to handle equipment, BALMORAL GOLF COURSE gmail.com parts, sales & equipment requires a mature SOAP Stories is seeking 5 rentals. Applicant must individual for a F/T - P/T Beauty Treathave a valid driver’s CUSTOMER SERVICE TRUCKERS ment O/P, selling soap & licence, basic computer POSITION Busy road construction bath products $14.55/hr. + knowledge is an asset. in the proshop/ clubhouse. company looking for Class Must be available evenings bonus & comm. Beauty Please send resume to: 1, Class 3, and winch truck cert. req’d. Location dbevan@ and weekends. Must be drivers. Work is throughout over 18. Proserve certif. req’d. Parkland Mall - 4747 67th wrscottequipment.com Alberta. Must have at least St. Red Deer. email or fax 403-347-4099 Wage and golf privileges. 3 yr’s exp. Fax resume to Drop off resume at clubhouse premierjobrdbto@ 403-309-0489 gmail.com or fax to 403-342-9503. Truckers/ Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS
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Drivers
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WATERWORKS ESTIMATOR/ SALESPERSON
wages and benefits. Apply online at:
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www.proformconcrete.com by email to:
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Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.
Enjoy a career in the gifting business with The original basket boutique! We are growing in Red Deer and Alberta. 780.416.2530 or www.obbgiftsfranchise.com
DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential. Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295
Business Opportunities
Misc. Help
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ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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CLEARVIEW RIDGE Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., Connaught Cres., Churchill Cl. area $195/mo. DEERPARK AREA Duncan Cres. $71/mo. MICHENER AREA Ross St. to 51A St., 40 Ave to Michener Ave. $178/mo. MOUNTVIEW AREA Spruce Drive $52/mo. TIMBERSTONE AREA Timothy Drive., Turner Cres., Towers Cl., & Tobin Gt. $97/mo. Call Jamie 403-314-4306 FORKLIFT / SKID STEER OPERATOR with tickets. Safety background essential. Ability to work independently for Red Deer Recycling Facility. Email resume to canpak@xplornet.ca or call 403-341-9300 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!
* Adults * Youths * Seniors * Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life
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Phone Loren at 403-314-4316 To order your own home or office delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300
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FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:
Red Deer Express * Flyers * Sunday Life afternoons & evenings 4 days per week
35 Street 37 Street 41 St. Cres 58 Ave. Welton Cres. Westpark Cres.
INGLEWOOD AREA Ing Close / Ireland Cres. LANCASTER AREA
JOURNEYMAN AND B PRESSURE WELDERS
389670D22
We offer competitive starting Wages and benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs. Please fax resume to 403-227-7796, email to hr@bilton.ca
Phone Loren at 403-314-4316
MORRISROE AREA
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VANIER AREA
Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info
Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307 RENTAL STORE requires an employee for counter sales. Must have equipment and small engine knowledge. Retail and parts inventory experience are assets. Must be physically fit. Full time position with OT in busy season. sales@ parklandrentals.com or fax 403-347-7066
CHILD’S hiking shoes Columbia, size 13, very good cond, $10 403-314-9603 LEAPSTER 2 by Leapfrog w/games $20 403-314-9603
EquipmentHeavy
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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.
Firewood
1660
AFFORDABLE
Homestead Firewood Spruce & Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472
LOGS
Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346
Resident Apartment Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner Manager - Red Deer BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / 27 units, quiet, adult, no smoking, no pets Collect rent, clean, building maintenance, Sidewalks and grass. Renovation skills a plus Criminal record check. Send resumes with experience, expectations and references to: resumes@ wunschdevelopments.ca or fax: 780-452-8284
Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275
Garden Supplies
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GALVANIZED garbage can w/lid, $12, portable hose reel cart $40; 3 power rake blades (2)15”, (1)16” all $10, 2 sets of wrought iron brackets outdoor hanging flowers $8/pr. 403-314-2026 TREES: Windbreak, privacy screen, white spruce trees 5’-7’ delivered & planted $60 ea. on 25 or more. 20+ yrs experience (780)778-0223.
SAFETY PERSON
Household
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Busy road construction Appliances company looking for safety person. Work is throughout ELECTRIC stove, Whirlthe province. Experience is pool, white $75 obo an asset but willing to train 403-342-5154 leave msg. the right person. Must have a valid Class 5 drivHousehold er’s license. Fax resume 403-309-0489 Furnishings WE ARE LOOKING FOR A F/T dedicated individual who will be responsible for RED DEER’S HOMESTAY PROGRAMS. Learn more about the position and how to apply at: www.nal.com/careers Closes April 25, 2014.
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2 OAK WALL UNITS, $80/ea. 1 CORNER WALL UNIT $50. 403-887-4981
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KING SIZE BOX SPRING, $100. 403-350-9029 or 403-343-7389
stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990
Misc. Help
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Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week
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Six days per week. Delivery by 6:30 a.m. Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver.
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www.eaglebuilders.ca Applicants are able to apply online or fax resume to 403-885-5516 ATTN: Human Resources We thank all applicants but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN
CHILD’S Gap jacket size 8 waterproof w/hood, fleece lined, very good cond, $15 403-314-9603
Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the RED DEER ADVOCATE
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NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED
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Trades
LABOUR
Busy road construction company looking for Labours. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have a Class 5 license. Fax resume to 403-309-0489
To order your own home or office delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300
Valentine Cres. / Vandorp St.
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for full-time permanent shop positions
36 Street 38 St. Close 57A Ave. Warwick Dr. Wiltshire Pl. Wiltshire Dr.
Lancaster Drive
Marion Cres / McKenzie Cres
If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking both -
Children's Items
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Alwright Close
We employ over 175 people and provide ample opportunities to employees to achieve their career goals. We provide handson training and an opportunity to work on some of the most interesting projects and applications in the energy sector.
1973 JD 5 spd. girls bike $175 good cond., 403-341-3741
WESTPARK SUBDIVISION
ANDERS AREA
Recently winning the 2013 Business of the Year award, Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom energy equipment. Since 1992, Bilton has worked with engineering firms and oil and natural gas producers around the globe to develop their own equipment standards for size, capacity and any number of technical specifications. We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and have recently expanded our facilities into Calgary Alberta.
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CARRIERS NEEDED
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Antique & Estate Auction April 27 @ 11 am For info view www.cherryhillauction.com 403-342-2514
Bicycles
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Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.
Auctions
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NO COLLECTING!
Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Hanna Drumheller Innisfail Paintearth Drayton Valley
KOUNTRY AIRE CAMPGROUND Looking for F.T. or P.T. cleaning staff from May to Sept., 29 kms. West of Caroline. Fax resume to 403-722-3262 or call 403-722-2922
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ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life
SPRING START
jobs@proform.ca 403-347-4980
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STORESMART SELF STORAGE
CLASS 3 DRIVERS w/airbrake endorsement needed immed. for waste & SOAP Stories is seeking 5 recycling. Email resume retail sales reps. Selling soap with a min. of 2 references & bath products. $12.10 hr to: canpak@xplornet.ca + bonus & commission. F/T & P/T. No exp. req’d. TITAN TRANSPORT LTD. Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. We are a flat bed company Red Deer. email resume to based out of Saskatoon, SK. with an office in Calgary. premierjobrd@gmail.com We are currently looking for company drivers as well as owner operators. Professionals You must have a min. of 2 yrs. exp. with flat beds. Canada/U.S. Call 1-800-667-7080 or 306-374-1739 Ask for Robert SEMI RETIRED? SPRING BREAK UP? Seasonal drivers req’d. Proform Precast Products is looking for local fertilizer dellivery. for an energetic and outgoing Clean Class 3 license req’d., AG exp. an asset. individual to work as our Call 403-588-0956. EMAIL: pat@benaltoag.com RED Deer based acid hauling company looking Class 1 truck drivers. Applicants must have previous mechanical or for Top industry wages and civil engineering experience with experience benefits package. Please in sales an asset. Proform offers excellent fax resume and drivers abstract to 403-346-3766
Trades
Misc. Help
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Salary is commensurate with experience.
Fax:
Truckers/ Drivers
To order your own home or office delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300
ACCOUNTING
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LEGAL
RED Deer based acid CALKINS CONSULTING hauling company looking o/a Tim Hortons for Class 1 truck drivers. 15 vacancies at each Top industry wages and location for FOOD benefits package. Please COUNTER ATTENDANTS fax resume and drivers ab- for 3 locations $10.88/hr. + stract to 403-346-3766 benefits. F/T & P/T positions. Permanent shift Classifieds...costs so little work, weekends, days, Saves you so much! 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 SERVICE RIG Orr Drive. Red Deer, Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd 6017 Parkwood Road, is seeking exp’d Blackfalds, or 4924-46 St. FLOORHANDS & Lacombe. Fax: DERRICK HANDS 403-782-9685 or Locally based, home every Call 403-848-2356 night! Qualified applicants must have all necessary valid tickets for the position RAMADA INN & SUITES req’s. Permanent Room being applied for. Attendants. Exp. not nec. Bearspaw offers a will train. Approx. 35 - 40 very competitive salary hrs/wk. Rate: $12.75 and benefits package $14/hr. Duties incl’d but along with a steady not limited to: vacuuming, work schedule. dusting, washing floors, Please submit resumes: making beds, empty trash, Attn: Human Resources disinfecting & cleaning Email: bathrooms. Performance hr@bearspawpet.com based bonus program. Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Must be fluent with verbal Mail to: Suite 5309, l& written English, be 333-96 Ave. NE physically fit. Applicants Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 may apply in person at 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 Professionals or email: info@ramadareddeer.com
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TECHNOLOGY
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BUSINESS
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HEALTHCARE
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Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514
Misc. for Sale
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Condos/ Townhouses
SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca
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Suites
CLEAROUT VARIOUS PARTYLITE PRODUCTS including candles.
60% off! Large selection. 403-350-9029 or 403-343-7389 COLEMAN cooler, aluminum $15, portable 3 spd. desk fan $10, wall bike rack set of 2, $5, 3 saw horses $8/ea, 2/3 of 15kg. bag of Oil-Dri all purpose absorbant $10, 20 oz. wet mop new $5, (4) 2x4 s’, 8 ‘, several cutoffs $10; misc. shelving $5; misc, pieces of wood $5, 13 boxes of misc. items, hinges, door stops, brackets, etc. $40; alum. step ladder $10, 8 smoked colored glasses $8, 8 water glasses, 12 ramekin dishes diamond pattern $8/set, 6 water glasses with gold pattern $6 403-314-2026 Electric grass trimmer, $12. Brad nailer/stapler, $30. 109 pc drill set, $20. Air compressor, 3G, $90 - new in box. 2 pr steel toe work boots, size 10 & 12, $25/ea. 403-887-4981 JIG SAW PUZZLES & MISC. BOOKS. $2/ea. 587-273-3436
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BALINESE KITTENS (2) $50. ea. Burman Kittens (2) $50. ea. 403-887-3649 FARM CATS FREE to good home. 403-343-0730
Sporting Goods
1860
GUN SHOW
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Travel Packages
1900
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3 BDRM trailer in Alix. Lrg fenced yard, shed. No pets. May 1st. 403-348-6594
Houses For Sale
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Locally owned and family operated
GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111
MORRISROE MANOR
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THE NORDIC
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2 ROOMS in fully equipped executive suite in Lacombe w/hotel services, daily and weekly. 403-396-7976 396-3616
www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 346-7273
Condos/ Townhouses
3190
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WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly. 403-651-5912
Grain, Feed Hay
2190
NEW CONDO
1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550
Lots For Sale
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Auto Wreckers
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Houses For Sale
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2 SPEC HOMES Ready for your colours. Can be shown at any time. 10 & 98 MacKenzie Cres. Lacombe. 403-588-8820
CUSTOM BUILT
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RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal. AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519
4160
Pinnacle Estates
(Blackfalds) You build or bring your own builder. Terms avail. 403-304-5555
5180
EQUALIZER HITCH, Traveller 500 complete with 2 5/16” ball, Torsion bars and brackets. $200 Call 403-346-6415.
Vehicles Wanted To Buy
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RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519
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Misc. Automotive
5000-5300
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Character homes on huge lots, stunning landscaping, backing onto treed reserves, close to schools, shopping & transit. www.JustListedInfo.com ResOneInfo2@gmail.com Text/Call 403-358-9999 Residential One
Notice of Intention to Expropriate
Notice of Intention to Expropriate
Expropriating Authority:
Expropriating Authority:
South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission Bag 100 Didsbury, AB T0M 0W0
South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission Bag 100 Didsbury, AB T0M 0W0
1. Take Notice that the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission intends to expropriate those portions of the following lands as shown on the Plans which are attached to this Notice of Intention to Expropriate and legally described as follows:
1. Take Notice that the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission intends to expropriate those portions of the following lands as shown on the Plans which are attached to this Notice of Intention to Expropriate and legally described as follows:
Short Legal 4;27;37;36;NW
Short Legal 4;27,37,35NE
Title Number 032 162 074 +22
Meridian 4 Range 27 Township 37 Section 36 Quarter North West Containing 64.7 Hectares (160 Acres) More Or Less Excepting Thereout: Hectares (Acres) More Or Less A) Plan 9621807 - Descriptive 1.22 3.01 B) Plan 0322376 - Road 1.331 3.29 Excepting Thereout All Mines And Minerals (such lands to be the subject of the taking hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Lands”).
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(such lands to be the subject of the taking hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Lands”).
3. The terms of the easement and right-of-way shall be as follows:
The registered owners of the Lands shall be the Grantors and the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission shall be the Grantee. The South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission as Grantee shall have the following rights:
The registered owners of the Lands shall be the Grantors and the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission shall be the Grantee. The South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission as Grantee shall have the following rights:
(a) the right to enter into and on the Lands for any purpose relating to the easement and right-of-way; (b) the right to construct and install a sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances on the Lands; (c) the right to operate and maintain the sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances once the construction and installation is complete; (d) the right to repair or replace the sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances; (e) the right for workers and any other persons to enter upon and access the Lands for any purpose related to the easement and rightof-way; (f) the right to have any necessary equipment and vehicles enter onto and access the Lands for any purpose related to the easement and right-of-way; (g) the right to occupy and utilize the Lands as a temporary working space in relation to conduct and completion of any or all of the foregoing; and (h) the right to register the easement and rightof-way at the appropriate Land Titles Office.
(a) the right to enter into and on the Lands for any purpose relating to the easement and right-of-way; (b) the right to construct and install a sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances on the Lands; (c) the right to operate and maintain the sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances once the construction and installation is complete; (d) the right to repair or replace the sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances; (e) the right for workers and any other persons to enter upon and access the Lands for any purpose related to the easement and rightof-way; (f) the right to have any necessary equipment and vehicles enter onto and access the Lands for any purpose related to the easement and right-of-way; (g) the right to occupy and utilize the Lands as a temporary working space in relation to conduct and completion of any or all of the foregoing; and (h) the right to register the easement and rightof-way at the appropriate Land Titles Office.
(2) The notice of objection shall state: (a) the name and address of the person objecting; (b) the nature of the objection; (c) the grounds on which the objection is based; and (d) the nature of the interest of the person objecting. 7. A person affected by the proposed expropriation does not need to serve an objection to the expropriation in order to preserve his or her right to have the amount of compensation payable determined by the Commission or the Court, as the case may be. 8. The approving authority with respect to this expropriation is:
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Hectares (Acres) More Or Less A) Plan 9621808 - Descriptive 1.22 3.01 B) Plan 0320638 - Road 1.217 3.01 Excepting Thereout All Mines And Minerals
3. The terms of the easement and right-of-way shall be as follows:
6. Section 10 of the Expropriation Act provides that: (1) An Owner who desires an inquiry shall serve the approving authority with a notice of objection: (a) in the case of an owner served in accordance with section 8(2), within 21 days of service on him of the notice of intention; and (b) in any other case, within 21 days after the first publication of the notice of intention.
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2. The nature of the interests in the Lands to be expropriated is an easement and right-of-way.
5. Section 6 of the Expropriation Act provides that: (1) No person may in any proceedings under this Act dispute the right of an expropriating authority to have recourse to expropriation. (2) In any proceedings under this Act the owner may question whether the taking of the land, or the estate or interest therein, is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority.
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4. The purpose for which the interest in the Lands is required is for construction, operation, maintenance and replacement of a sanitary pipeline and related works to transmit wastewater to the City of Red Deer’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, as well as the occupation, use and enjoyment of temporary workspace for the purposes of facilitating the foregoing. 5. Section 6 of the Expropriation Act provides that: (1) No person may in any proceedings under this Act dispute the right of an expropriating authority to have recourse to expropriation. (2) In any proceedings under this Act the owner may question whether the taking of the land, or the estate or interest therein, is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority. 6. Section 10 of the Expropriation Act provides that: (1) An Owner who desires an inquiry shall serve the approving authority with a notice of objection: (a) in the case of an owner served in accordance with section 8(2), within 21 days of service on him of the notice of intention; and (b) in any other case, within 21 days after the first publication of the notice of intention. (2) The notice of objection shall state: (a) the name and address of the person objecting; (b) the nature of the objection; (c) the grounds on which the objection is based; and (d) the nature of the interest of the person objecting. 7. A person affected by the proposed expropriation does not need to serve an objection to the expropriation in order to preserve his or her right to have the amount of compensation payable determined by the Commission or the Court, as the case may be. 8. The approving authority with respect to this expropriation is: Land Compensation Board 1229 91 Street SW Edmonton, AB T6X 1E9
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RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, April 21, 2014 B11 The Expropriation Act R.S.A. 2000, Chapter E-13, as amended
The Expropriation Act R.S.A. 2000, Chapter E-13, as amended
Notice of Intention to Expropriate
Notice of Intention to Expropriate
Expropriating Authority:
Expropriating Authority:
South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission Bag 100 Didsbury, AB TOM 0W0
South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission Bag 100 Didsbury, AB T0M 0W0
1. Take Notice that the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission intends to expropriate those portions of the following lands as shown on the Plans which are attached to this Notice of Intention to Expropriate and legally described as follows: Short Legal 4;27;37;16;SW
Title Number 012 199 038
Legal Description The South West Quarter of Section Sixteen (16) Township Thirty Seven (37) Range Twenty Seven (27) West Of The Fourth Meridian, Containing 64.7 Hectares (160 Acres) More Or Less. Excepting Thereout: Hectares (Acres) More Or Less A) Plan 9121522 - Road 2.161 5.33 Excepting Thereout All Mines And Minerals (such lands to be the subject of the taking hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Lands”). 2. The nature of the interests in the Lands to be expropriated is an easement and right-of-way. 3. The terms of the easement and right-of-way shall be as follows: The registered owners of the Lands shall be the Grantors and the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission shall be the Grantee. The South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission as Grantee shall have the following rights: (a) the right to enter into and on the Lands for any purpose relating to the easement and right-of-way; (b) the right to construct and install a sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances on the Lands; (c) the right to operate and maintain the sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances once the construction and installation is complete; (d) the right to repair or replace the sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances; (e) the right for workers and any other persons to enter upon and access the Lands for any purpose related to the easement and rightof-way; (f) the right to have any necessary equipment and vehicles enter onto and access the Lands for any purpose related to the easement and right-of-way; (g) the right to occupy and utilize the Lands as a temporary working space in relation to conduct and completion of any or all of the foregoing; and (h) the right to register the easement and rightof-way at the appropriate Land Titles Office. 4. The purpose for which the interest in the Lands is required is for construction, operation, maintenance and replacement of a sanitary pipeline and related works to transmit wastewater to the City of Red Deer’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, as well as the occupation, use and enjoyment of temporary workspace for the purposes of facilitating the foregoing. 5. Section 6 of the Expropriation Act provides that: (1) No person may in any proceedings under this Act dispute the right of an expropriating authority to have recourse to expropriation. (2) In any proceedings under this Act the owner may question whether the taking of the land, or the estate or interest therein, is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority. 6. Section 10 of the Expropriation Act provides that: (1) An Owner who desires an inquiry shall serve the approving authority with a notice of objection: (a) in the case of an owner served in accordance with section 8(2), within 21 days of service on him of the notice of intention; and (b) in any other case, within 21 days after the first publication of the notice of intention. (2) The notice of objection shall state: (a) the name and address of the person objecting; (b) the nature of the objection; (c) the grounds on which the objection is based; and (d) the nature of the interest of the person objecting. 7. A person affected by the proposed expropriation does not need to serve an objection to the expropriation in order to preserve his or her right to have the amount of compensation payable determined by the Commission or the Court, as the case may be. 8. The approving authority with respect to this expropriation is:
1. Take Notice that the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission intends to expropriate those portions of the following lands as shown on the Plans which are attached to this Notice of Intention to Expropriate and legally described as follows: Short Legal 4;27;37;26;NE
Title Number 962 346 408 +1
Meridian 4 Range 27 Township 37 Section 26 Quarter North East Excepting thereout all mines and minerals Area: 64.7 Hectares (160 Acres) More Or Less (such lands to be the subject of the taking hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Lands”). 2. The nature of the interests in the Lands to be expropriated is an easement and right-of-way. 3. The terms of the easement and right-of-way shall be as follows: The registered owners of the Lands shall be the Grantors and the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission shall be the Grantee. The South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission as Grantee shall have the following rights: (a) the right to enter into and on the Lands for any purpose relating to the easement and right-of-way; (b) the right to construct and install a sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances on the Lands; (c) the right to operate and maintain the sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances once the construction and installation is complete; (d) the right to repair or replace the sanitary pipeline including accessories and appurtenances; (e) the right for workers and any other persons to enter upon and access the Lands for any purpose related to the easement and rightof-way; (f) the right to have any necessary equipment and vehicles enter onto and access the Lands for any purpose related to the easement and right-of-way; (g) the right to occupy and utilize the Lands as a temporary working space in relation to conduct and completion of any or all of the foregoing; and (h) the right to register the easement and rightof-way at the appropriate Land Titles Office. 4. The purpose for which the interest in the Lands is required is for construction, operation, maintenance and replacement of a sanitary pipeline and related works to transmit wastewater to the City of Red Deer’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, as well as the occupation, use and enjoyment of temporary workspace for the purposes of facilitating the foregoing. 5. Section 6 of the Expropriation Act provides that: (1) No person may in any proceedings under this Act dispute the right of an expropriating authority to have recourse to expropriation. (2) In any proceedings under this Act the owner may question whether the taking of the land, or the estate or interest therein, is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority. 6. Section 10 of the Expropriation Act provides that: (1) An Owner who desires an inquiry shall serve the approving authority with a notice of objection: (a) in the case of an owner served in accordance with section 8(2), within 21 days of service on him of the notice of intention; and (b) in any other case, within 21 days after the first publication of the notice of intention. (2) The notice of objection shall state: (a) the name and address of the person objecting; (b) the nature of the objection; (c) the grounds on which the objection is based; and (d) the nature of the interest of the person objecting. 7. A person affected by the proposed expropriation does not need to serve an objection to the expropriation in order to preserve his or her right to have the amount of compensation payable determined by the Commission or the Court, as the case may be. 8. The approving authority with respect to this expropriation is: Land Compensation Board 1229 91 Street SW Edmonton, AB T6X 1E9
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Werdum earns UFC heavyweight title shot with win over Browne BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. — Brazilian heavyweight Fabricio Werdum earned a UFC heavyweight title shot after dominating Travis Browne en route to a one-sided decision win in the headliner of Saturday’s UFC on Fox event. Browne came out aggressively to open the fight, launching massive right hands that caught nothing but air. Showing little respect for his opponent, Browne threw blow after blow, but could never land clean. Meanwhile, Werdum (18-5-1) showed that he’s more than just a submission wizard, flashing crisp striking of his own and busting up Browne’s nose late in the fight. The early aggression cost Browne (15-2-1) as the fight wore on, and he visibly tired over the final three rounds. Meanwhile, Werdum racked up points until the final bell while staying cautious of walking into any of Browne’s desperation counter punches. In the end, Werdum was awarded the fight with scores of 49-46, 50-45 and 50-45. He’ll next challenge UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez in a bout that’s expected to take place in November in Mexico. “This was the best fight of my career,” Werdum said after the win. “I trained so hard for this one. I worked hard on every part of my game — boxing, wrestling, jiu-jitsu, everything. I knew how good Travis was, and I wanted to show everyone that I’m ready for the title shot. “I’m looking forward to fighting Cain Velasquez. That championship means everything in this sport, and I’m excited to have the opportunity to show that I can win the title.” In the night’s co-feature, women’s bantamweight contender Miesha Tate (14-5) overcame a slow start to battle back for a unanimous-decision win over Liz Carmouche (9-5). It was Carmouche who set the tone early, quickly moving forward and looking to strike before taking the fight to the floor. But once there, she struggled to mount any real offence. Tate capitalized in the later rounds by flashing her own grappling skills, repeatedly working herself into a dominant position and looking for potential submission opportunities. Tate nearly finished the fight in the third round with a deep rear-naked
choke attempt, but Carmouche showed a ton of heart in fighting through the hold. Still, Tate controlled the majority of the final two rounds and was rewarded with the judges’ nod, 29-28 on all three cards. “It was very tough fight,” said Tate. “We both have such a strong fighting spirit, and I knew neither one of us would quit. It took me a little bit to get going and then finally, in the third round, I really got my energy up and was able to do what I do best.” In a lightweight matchup that was expected to thrill, Donald Cerrone (236) and Edson Barboza (13-2) delivered on their promise to stand and bang. However, it was Cerrone who walked away a winner by submission. The two went toe-to-toe from the opening bell, firing off powerful punches and kicks in the pocket. It was Barboza who looked to have the speed advantage early, and he was comfortable in the exchanges. But just as he started to settle into a rhythm, Cerrone floored him with a stiff jab. When Barboza dropped to the floor, Cerrone immediately rushed to his opponent’s back and locked in a rear-naked choke. Unable to escape the hold, Barboza was forced to tap out at the 3:15 mark of the opening round. “I definitely wish I could’ve gotten that win without taking so much damage from him at first,” said Cerrone. “The shots he hit me with finally woke me up and I kind of snapped out of it. But I was finally able to hit him with some good shots, and that last one sent him down.” In the night’s first main-card matchup, Cuban-born wrestler Yoel Romero turned in the most complete performance of his career, earning a decision win over Brad Tavares. Romero, a former Olympic wrestling silver medallist, showed plenty of grappling prowess, but he also demonstrated powerful striking throughout the 15-minute affair. Tavares, who carried a five-fight winning streak into the matchup, proved a formidable foe, answering back on the feet and constantly working himself free from his opponent’s grasp even after suffering a sizable cut in the second frame. But the volume of Romero’s offence was simply too great, and he was awarded the win with three scores of 30-27. “God helped me with this win tonight,” said Romero. “Everything I do is possible because of him.”
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton wins Chinese GP to complete first career F1 hat trick BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SHANGHAI, China — Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton captured his third straight Formula One race with ease on Sunday, leading from start to finish to win the Chinese Grand Prix. Mercedes showed again that it’s in a different class from its rivals, with Hamilton’s teammate Nico Rosberg taking second place — the third time in four races this season the pair have finished one-two. “This is a team on a roll, that’s for sure,” Hamilton said. “I’m going to be working hard, we’re going to keep working hard because obviously the others are pushing to catch us.” Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso held off fast-charging Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo to finish third and give his team its first podium finish of the year, with new team principal Marco Mattiacci watching from the garage. Ricciardo was fourth, finishing one place ahead of teammate Sebastian Vettel after the four-time defending world champion was asked by his team to allow the faster Ricciardo to pass for the second race in a row. Hamilton’s win gave him his first career hat trick following his victories in Malaysia and Bahrain. The Briton may have even had a fourth win this season but was forced to retire in the season-opener in Australia after starting from pole position due to engine trouble. With the win, he inched closer to his teammate’s lead in the drivers’ championship with 75 points, just four behind Rosberg.
Hamilton, who moved one ahead of Jim Clark for most poles by a British driver with the 34th of his career in Shanghai, was cruising so comfortably at the end of Sunday’s race that he wasn’t even rattled when the checkered flag was mistakenly shown a lap too soon, at the end of lap 55. “That was very strange. I was thinking, ’Am I seeing things?’ I looked up, I was coming across the line expecting to do another lap and, all of a sudden, I looked for a split second and I saw the flag,” he said. According to F1 regulations, if the checkered flag is shown early, the official end of the race will be the lap before it was shown. On Sunday, that meant the end of lap 54. The only racers this affected were Caterham’s Kamui Kobayashi and Marussia’s Jules Bianchi. Kobayashi had passed the Frenchman on their final lap for 17th place, but their places were reversed in the official results. Hamilton was so far ahead for much of the race, his rivals were left to battle for second best. Rosberg, expected to challenge Hamilton in Shanghai after the pair’s incredibly tight duel in Bahrain, started fourth on the grid and was forced to play catch-up after a slow start dropped him to seventh. The German methodically tracked down the two Red Bulls and finally passed Alonso on the back straight of the 43rd lap, the Ferrari unable to match the speed of the Mercedes. Rosberg then set his sights on Hamilton but he was by that point too far ahead, finishing nearly 19 seconds clear of the German.
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MONACO — Stanislas Wawrinka showed that his first Grand Slam title wasn’t a fluke, upstaging his more illustrious countryman to add a maiden Masters trophy in Monte Carlo on Sunday. Wawrinka came from a set down to beat Roger Federer 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the Monte Carlo Masters final, another milestone in the late-blooming 29-year-old’s career. Having beaten Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal en route to his Australian Open victory this year, Wawrinka showed again he can compete with the best by earning just his second career victory against Federer in the first allSwiss ATP final in 14 years.
“When I go into a match against them, I think I can beat them. I’m on the court to win,” Wawrinka said. “I’m more consistent and I have better results. The difference is that now I have more trust in myself.” Wawrinka, whose ranking has climbed to third, has won all three finals he’s played this year. “It already changed last year when I start to first make my first quarter in French Open, final in Madrid, my first semifinal in U.S. Open,” he said. “I start to realize I am able to beat all the players. That’s what I am doing this year and I’m doing well.” Djokovic, hampered by a sore right wrist, lost to Federer in the semifinals, while eight-time champion Nadal was beaten by David Ferrer in the quarters.
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B12 Get to the root of verbal abuse
MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014
Dear Annie: As a witness to a at you; who uses threats to intimidate friend’s marriage, I vowed to help keep you; who blames you for his or her betheir relationship strong. Would you havior; who dismisses your feelings. please print something I could give However, it sounds as if the verbal them about verbal abuse? abuse is triggered by the alHis wife has a serious cohol, so that should be the drinking problem, and first problem to work on. when she’s had too much, Otherwise, it may be too difshe goes berserk, screaming ficult for her to control her hateful things to her husbehavior when she’s drinkband in front of others. It’s ing. You cannot do this for horrific. I can’t tell whether her, nor can you make it it’s only the alcohol talkbetter for him. However, ing or whether she has both you and your friend deep-seated issues. I realcan look for a meeting of Alize there will be no change Anon (al-anon-alateen.org). until she admits she has a Also, please encourage him problem. to see the therapist more MITCHELL They do sporadically see regularly. They both need & SUGAR a therapist, but it doesn’t ongoing guidance. It will be seem to be helping much. hard work. Is there anything I can do Dear Annie: I’ve been to spur her on? — Feeling going out with “Bill” for Helpless six months. He is 65. The problem is, Dear Helpless: The signs of verbal whenever we go out, he constantly abuse include: a spouse who calls you looks at younger women. This makes names; who is critical, sarcastic or me very insecure. I also think it is dismocking in an effort to humiliate or respectful. embarrass you; who yells or swears How can I get him to stop? — Not
ANNIE ANNIE
Happy Dear Not: Is he glancing or ogling? You cannot expect Bill not to notice an attractive woman, whatever her age. If these looks are mere brief glances, we’d leave such behavior alone. It doesn’t mean anything, and you shouldn’t overreact. However, if Bill is staring, ogling, flirting, spinning his head around to get a better look or comparing her to you, this is unfair and disrespectful. You should let him know that it hurts you when he seems more interested in another woman than in you, and you’d appreciate it if he would try to control such behavior. His reaction will let you know whether you have a serious problem or not. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “At My Wits’ End.” I, too, was in an abusive marriage for 16 years. He berated me, telling me I was no good and couldn’t do anything right. I was not allowed to shop for groceries because only he knew what we needed. Every four years, he bought a new car, but when I totaled mine, he said we couldn’t afford to replace it. He told
me my own family hated me. I no longer had any friends because no one could stand him. Two months ago, he made a big mistake. He hit me. Once he crossed that line, I realized he had to go. It took me a long time, but I finally found the courage to throw him out. He left my house a week ago and took most of the furniture, but I can’t believe how happy I am. I am no longer afraid of his reaction to everything I do. I’ve rediscovered my friends and found out that my family members never hated me. I’m 72 now, and my children are looking after my needs without my having to ask. They are proud of me for finally getting smart and saying “enough.” I hope “At My Wits’ End” takes your advice and gets out, because she’ll feel so much better. She’ll come alive again.— Finally Saw the Light in Pittsburgh, PA 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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HOROSCOPES Monday, April 21 tionships has become easier and this will be CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: a positive step forward. Queen Elizabeth II, 87; Nicole Sullivan, 43; VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You are now Tony Romo, 33 closer than ever before to creating that ideal THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today the on- relationship that you seek. going transit of Uranus and Pluto will reach Now will be a time when old beliefs are let an exact square. go and you embrace childlike This will trigger the ever growjoy. ing need for independence, indiEveryone has their karmic vidual rights, and a look at one’s debris to release. For you, it repersonal autonomy. sides in how you communicate This will create a stressful exyour needs. perience with those in authority LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): and those you believe have auThe ongoing changes with your thority over you. home life will re-emerge today. Finding the perfect balance Perhaps there is a bit more between sharing your views and tension on that front created by listening to others will be highthose significant relationships in lighted and rewarded today. The your life. plight for human rights will be There is a saying, “pick your LARISA MAIRA highlighted today. battles wisely”. OZOLINS HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today Take the cordial approach is your birthday, this year will - it will be beneficial for you to prove to be very rewarding for do so. you with friends and group enviSCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): ronments. You have keenly been aware of Travelling is on the agenda this year and how your thoughts and words are impacting will prove to be very rewarding for you in the others. long run. The more knowledge you share, the better Your view on life will change as the year able you are to be of service to others now. progresses, you are learning more about how Learn to have a balanced and diplomatic to create a proper balance for your health and response now - it will be beneficial for you in within your work life. the future. ARIES (March 21-April 19): There is a SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The great opportunity for you to release the past ongoing changes with your finances are and move forward with your career that will changing your views about your personal be more aligned to your personal wants. worth. Speak up with the higher ups at work You will feel the tension between your rewhen needed - it will pay off tremendously sponsibilities and having a good time. today. You deserve some rest and relaxation TAURUS (April 20-May 20): World issues now, so take the time off to replenish your today will impact you more deeply than usual. spirit. Try to delve deeper into understanding the CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The cause of these emotions. transformations happening to you on a perBy doing so, you’ll be able to open your- sonal level have now moved towards your self up to a new perspective. This will help home life. transform your life and your view of the world There is much to celebrate with friends forever. now. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Ongoing tenBe mindful which friends appreciate your sion with shared projects with friends or mon- aspirations and dreams - they will be benefiey you’ve invested for a group project will cial now and in the future. reach a peak today. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Powerful Luckily, it will work out for the best and will intentions made over the last year will soon have a profitable return now. Be mindful of pay off in surprising ways. this whilst you work out the financial details The wisdom you’ve learned within your with all involved. career is priceless and soon you will able to CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your public apply this knowledge to steadily allow your status has changed drastically over the last internal knowledge to become an applicable couple of years. solution. Others have truly provoked you to take a PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Ongoing deeper assessment of how you present your- changes with your finances will finally take an self on a public level. upturn for you. Today is a wonderful day to shed another Be mindful of the authority you have over layer of this old persona and surprise others. your friends. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your daily rouThe knowledge you share with them will tine and health has transformed over the last benefit you as well as them at this stage. couple of years. The independence you seek is right Today will be a wonderful day to include around the corner. Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally your new perspective and make another syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her colchange. Communicating your needs within rela- umn appears daily in the Advocate.
SUN SIGNS
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Photo by DALE GRENIER/freelance
Waterfowl and other birds are returning to Red Deer’s parks these past few days, a sure sign that spring is finally here. This goose in flight was coming in for a landing at Kerry Wood Nature Centre recently.
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