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Custom Bulk growth panned

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BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

and Piper Creek have gone down, resulting in a lesser impact to property owners.

The combined tax increases required to fund the municipal tax requirement and the requisitioned amounts from Alberta Education and the Piper Creek Foundation result in total tax increases of 2.01 per cent for residential property; 1.73 per cent for multi-family property and 2.43 per cent for non-residential property.

A proposed expansion by one of Penhold’s biggest industrial operations should generate increased taxes and other economic spin-offs for the town.

However, some residents near Custom Bulk Services Inc. fear the development will also result in more truck traffic and potentially dangerous dust.

Located at 920 Fleming Ave., Custom Bulk Services off-loads materials like fracking sand and fertilizer from trains. The products are stored on site until they can be trucked away by customers.

Operating since 1997, the business underwent a major expansion in 2012.

It’s now seeking to add eight more storage bins and a conveyor, plus build another facility with two storage bins and related equipment at nearby 950 Fleming Ave. Notices about the two projects have been sent by the town to nearby property owners, which has prompted objections from some.

Kevin Small said problems related to the 2012 expansion remain, including trucks that block streets, idle in front of houses and use prohibited routes. But his bigger concern is dust from the fracking sand, which contains crystalline silica.

“This stuff is nasty when it’s airborne,” he said, citing a number of studies into the adverse health effects of crystalline silica dust.

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Lindsay Thurber Raider Jordyn Saxton, defends against Notre Dame Cougar Dori Henderson during an exhibition game at Lindsay Thurber on Tuesday.

City council raising taxes 3.87%

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Prepare to dig a little deeper into your pockets.

Red Deer city council set the 2014 property tax rates on Tuesday, resulting in a 3.87 per cent increase across the board for all property classes.

When the education tax requirement is factored in, the result is different tax increases for property types.

The city collects the education tax for

the province.

That means an owner of a residential home assessed at $300,000 will pay $4.12 per month more on their total property tax bill or $49 annually. This brings the bill to $2,516 from $2,467.

The same house would pay $5.58 per month more in municipal tax, but the education portion would decrease by $1.20 and the Piper Creek Foundation portion would decrease by 26 cents per month. The total tax increase would be $4.12 per month under the bylaw so while the municipal requirement is up, the requirements for education

Soup kitchen offers supper for a song every Tuesday A solemn blessing quickly gives way to raucous piano playing as people line up and wait for their supper, served up by a team of volunteers.

Once a week on Tuesdays, the Potters Hands kitchen on Little Gaetz Avenue in downtown Red Deer serves up supper for those in need. It also offers regular breakfasts, a weekly lunch and bag lunches, too.

The people who need this service have all sorts of stories and reasons that they rely on the food. Some have mental health issues, others drug prob-

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lems. New immigrants just starting out a life come by, as do the working poor.

It’s a diverse group of faces that can range from 80 to 100 early in the month, immediately after cheques have arrived, to more than 200 closer to the end of the month when the cheques have run out.

Cory Dumas, a 33-year-old lifelong Red Deerian, scarfs down a plate of mashed potatoes, vegetables and chicken. He lives above the kitchen in a small apartment but always comes downstairs for the good food and the atmosphere.

“They’re always nice to me here.”

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Joyce Lyn, right, and Charlene Collisson serve a meal to Nikolai Leinweber at the Potters Hands soup kitchen on Tuesday.

Prison quick fix fails The auditor general sees more overcrowded Canadian prisons on the horizon, despite the Conservative government’s much touted revamp.

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Man sentenced to time served for drug charge

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF The last of four men arrested by Red Deer City RCMP tracking a shooting suspect has been sentenced to time served after pleading guilty in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday to possessing cocaine for trafficking.

Winnipeg resident Anthony Cromastey, 25, was arrested with three others by police who were after a known suspect in connection with a confrontation between two groups of men at a downtown gas sta-

tion on July 4, 2013.

One man was shot in the leg during the scrap.

Plain-clothes members were called the next morning to set up surveillance at the Quality Inn on Gaetz Ave. and 71st Street., where investigators believed the man suspected of the shooting had spent the night.

Cromastey and three others, including target suspect Ryan John Monias, 23, were grabbed as they exited the front door of the hotel.

Cromastey was charged with possession of crack cocaine for trafficking when members found two wrapped packages of the drug, totalling 30.4 grams,

in a sports bag he had been carrying.

Defence counsel Hersh Wolch of Calgary argued during his trial on Tuesday that Cromastey’s constitutional rights were violated because police did not have reasonable or proper grounds to detain him or to search his bag.

Crown prosecutor David Inglis said police were acting in the interest of public safety, including the potential that one or more of the men in the group, whom he identified as members of the Mad Cows street gang, were packing firearms.

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EXPANSION: Too close to a school The fact that the plant is near Penhold School heightens Small’s concerns.

“It’s within 150 metres of the elementary school and within 25 metres of where the kids walk home from school.”

Cullen Wood is another Fleming Avenue resident who’s worried about Custom Bulk Services’ operations. In a letter to the Town of Penhold, he asks for assurances that crystalline silica dust will not exceed safe levels.

Wood said concentrations allowed by Alberta Occupational Health and Safety are well above those allowed in some American states.

Myles Monea, president of Custom Bulk Services, said he’s taken steps to minimize dust emissions — including installing an advanced dust suppression system. Severe winter weather delayed the completion of that work, he said, but the system has now been operating for a month or more.

“It was quite an intensive program,” said Monea.

Penhold Mayor Dennis Cooper vouches for the effectiveness of the equipment.

“I went and watched him unload a car, and load four or five trucks. There’s hardly any dust.”

Cooper said he’s also satisfied himself that any dust escaping the facility doesn’t pose a health threat.

“I sat down and read nine reports this weekend. I think I went through about 400 pages on silica.”

Monea said he contracted an engineering company to check the dust levels outside his plant a year and a half ago. It measured these at about one-fifth to one-sixth the acceptable limit, he said, and the new dust suppression system has reduced concentrations even further.

Linden Lonsberry, safety manager with Chinook’s Edge School Division, said he’s aware of concerns related to dust from Custom Bulk Services and plans to investigate.

“Any safety complaint we get within the division, whether it’s one or whether it’s 50 people, every complaint is investigated on its own merit.

“If there are any hazards at all, we have meetings and they install safety procedures.”

Because off-loading involves a somewhat enclosed system, Lonsberry said he doesn’t anticipate problems with Custom Bulk Services’ operations.

As for traffic issues, Monea said these should be dealt with by bylaw enforcement officers.

“I actually phone them and tell them when I’m going to be really busy,” he said.

Cooper agreed that stricter enforcement, and other measures, should solve the traffic issues.

Ultimately, he said, the problems stem from having industrial land next to residential.

“I think we have to balance the concerns of the citizens with the concerns of the developer, and try to have the best for our town.

“That million dollar expansion is going to employ people who live in this town, plus he’s going to pay more taxes and all that other stuff — it’s going to definitely be an impact on every resident in the town.”

Monea said he’s sympathetic to the concerns of his neighbours, but pointed out that Custom Bulk Services predates many of them.

The town has set a deadline of May 9 for anyone wishing to submit written comments about Custom Bulk Services’ development applications. Thereafter, they will be dealt with at an upcoming meeting of Penhold’s municipal planning commission.

Monea said if his applications are approved, he would like to have his expanded facilities operational by September. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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KITCHEN: Music changes the mood Once a truck driver, drugs got the better of Dumas.

He said he is “trying not to do it” anymore, but later says he doesn’t have a particular drug of choice, “They’re all good.”

The affordable housing he has upstairs is home for now but he takes it one day at a time and does want more from life.

On one wall in a corner is a painted map of Red Deer’s downtown. It highlights what services are available to those in need, ranging from medical to detox to food to shelter to mental health. It was painted on the wall by a group of nurses.

Some diners are engaged in conversation, others read a magazine or devour their food before heading back out. Some sing along to the music provided by an upright piano in a corner and a bass player to the left. They cycle through a list of old favourites and popular songs.

Playing the piano is Allan McKinnon.

He grew up in Prince Edward Island, and his musical talents gave him the chance to jam at kitchen parties, bars and lounges with artists like Stompin’ Tom Connors and Natalie MacMaster.

“It was just because I was there and gifted enough to be at that level.”

But alcohol still gets the better of him. He came to Red Deer about 10 years ago and has relied on affordable housing most of that time. He’s five months sober now, but admits he stays away from the kitchen when he’s drinking.

“I was homeless and I came here to eat, kind of scary at first, but I seemed to fit right in,” said McKinnon.

“I know the music changes the whole mood, at any function. At something like this a lot of the people are edgy or a little uptight, and the music just makes the mood a little better.”

Once a carpenter, McKinnon is no longer able to work, but he still longs for housing security. He admits that is a struggle because of his addiction.

“I’m on medical (disability) and even not drinking,

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The city will raise $112.9 million in municipal tax revenue in 2014. It will collect $39.7 million in education taxes for the province.

Calling the tax rate competitive and comparable to other municipalities, most councillors were satisfied with where they landed.

“When you consider the service levels that we offer our own citizens I think we are quite competitive,” said Coun. Ken Johnston. “All in all I think it was quite a competitive and necessary bump.”

Mayor Tara Veer said the city unlike other communities does not impose a business tax or machine or equipment tax.

Coun. Tanya Handley said although she supported the bylaw, she believes there is still room for more belt tightening during budget time.

“I am hoping we can do better next year and see that number come in lower,” said Handley.

Coun. Buck Buchanan said he called the rate fairly good and obviously he would like to see it at zero.

Buchanan said he is optimistic there will be some good coming out of the social master plan and other initiatives in the city and province.

“The fact that it is minimal is good and yet there is still some people that it will affect,” he said.

While it was not a tax issue, Coun. Dianne Wyntjes raised concerns about the rising utility costs that impact households, something the city has limited ability to reduce the changes.

“I think it is something we continuously need to monitor when we think about each household ... specifically ... seniors,” she said.

Property tax notices will be mailed on May 21.

Taxes are due on June 30. Payments made after this date are considered late. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Group barred from hearings

BY BOB WEBER THE CANADIAN PRESS

OILSANDS

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has again barred environmental groups from hearings on an oilsands proposal in what conservationists say is a pattern of restricting public input on resource development.

The move to deny standing to the Oilsands Environmental Coalition at hearings on a proposed new development by Southern Pacific Resource Corp. comes after a similar decision last fall was overturned by a judge.

The judge urged the government to err on the side of openness when it decides who has the right to speak.

“The government hasn’t learned its lesson from last time,” Simon Dyer of the Pembina Institute, one of the groups in the coalition, said Tuesday. The institute is a non-profit think-tank focused on energy and climate change issues.

Dyer said the coalition plans to appeal the second ruling.

Alberta Environment first denied the coalition standing to present its concerns about the development on the MacKay River in northern Alberta in 2012. The project would expand an existing steamassisted gravity drainage project to extract an additional 24,000 barrels of bitumen daily.

Government officials argued the group wasn’t directly affected by the plans — even though some

‘THE GOVERNMENT HASN’T LEARNED ITS LESSON FROM LAST TIME.’ — SIMON DYER PEMBINA INSTITUTE

Pembina members have a recreational lease in the area and 45 others live in nearby Fort McMurray.

The coalition applied for a judicial review of the decision and during proceedings discovered a 2009 Alberta Environment memo that described the Pembina Institute as unco-operative. The memo suggested the application should be scrutinized more closely because of that stance.

Justice Richard Marceau threw out the government’s decision because of that memo. He went on to encourage the province to draw its circle of consultation widely.

“The process of identifying who is ’directly affected’ should not be decided by the application of rigid rules,” he wrote. Marceau noted that no environmentalist voices would be heard at the Southern Pacific hearing if the coalition were barred.

Nevertheless, in a nine-page March 27 letter to the coalition, Alberta Environment official Kevin Wilkinson echoed the reasoning of the earlier decision.

He said the coalition is not a legal entity and therefore can’t be considered directly affected. He

said the recreational lease “is no more compelling than the ability for any Albertan to recreate on public land.”

As well, Wilkinson said a home in Fort McMurray, 45 kilometres away, is too distant for residents to be considered directly affected.

Wilkinson said coalition members should count on him to consider their concerns.

“All concerns with respect to an application that are within the designated director’s jurisdiction are considered by the designated director, even if the person who submitted the concern is found not to be directly affected,” he wrote.

Dyer pointed out that the coalition has appeared at many other provincial hearings before. It continues to be granted standing at joint federal-provincial hearings, he said.

The government’s decision is part of a pattern of tighter restrictions on who gets to voice concerns to regulators about oilsands, he said.

Earlier this year, Alberta’s energy regulator cancelled hearings on an expansion proposal from Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. after no groups were granted standing to appear. Pembina had applied and was turned down. CNRL’s Kirby project near Lac La Biche is to be evaluated internally by Alberta Energy Regulator staff.

Aboriginal groups have been denied standing to speak, even for developments right on their doorstep.

Academic observers have also called the government’s test for who gets to speak “narrow and stringent.”

Calgary think-tank recommends toll lanes

Bishop saw pope honour dignity

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF

CATHOLIC BOARD

The day after he was elected pontiff, Pope Francis went back to the guest house where he had been staying to pay his bill. The story quickly went viral.

But what Archbishop Richard Smith of the Edmonton Archdiocese saw while staying there at the time was more than just the pope personally ponying up.

He saw the new pope thanking the cleaners, cooks and maintenance staff working there, “all the folks in trades that sometimes aren’t even noticed, let alone thanked.”

“He went to them and thanked them and in so doing he really honoured their dignity as persons.

Right then and there I received and the church received a very clear signal of what he expects of the church. He expects us to be a people who notice the unnoticed and to reach out to them with love and compassion and honour their dignity,” said Smith.

Addressing the Red Deer Catholic Regional School Division board Tuesday evening, Smith said schools have a very serious responsibility to “notice the unnoticed” students who may have difficult home situations. He told trustees how he hears middle school students talk of depres-

sion and of students cutting themselves.

“Our society, and therefore our families, are increasingly dysfunctional, and that must cause horrible, horrible pain for our children,” said Smith.

Trustee Adriana LaGrange said the division has been calling on the province to provide more funding for mental health services so more trained counsellors can cater to student needs. Last year, a rash of student suicides led to school divisions and health authorities coming together to devise better strategies and students banded together to organize awareness events.

Also at the board meeting: ● Archbishop Smith discouraged trustees from sharing educational facilities with non-Catholic school jurisdictions or organizations.

Smith said Catholic schools should not be separate from secular schools because non-Catholics are in any way lesser people, but he said it is a matter of “institutional integrity.” He said the “distinctive vision” of Catholic education can be hampered if encroached upon by non-Catholic ideals.

The division shares some facility space with public schools in

Red Deer, Innisfail, Sylvan Lake, and Rocky Mountain House, and trustees said sharing school space creates opportunities for students.

LaGrange said the division would not have a school in Sylvan Lake if it did not agree to work in concert with the public division there. ● On the issue of human papilloma virus (HPV) immunizations being offered in schools, Smith said it is best that the board’s new policy no longer reads that he can provide a “written moral perspective” to be distributed to parents.

The board created an immunization policy last fall and allowed for the provision of the HPV vaccine in division schools, after years of not permitting so. A 2008 letter from eight bishops, including Smith, had questioned whether the vaccine against a sexual transmitted infection might cause promiscuity.

In crafting its policy, the board had initially given Smith the right to write a letter that would go to parents along with information from Alberta Health Services, but Smith later suggested that the line in the policy be removed.

He encouraged trustees to seek him out regularly to discuss moral issues, but said board policies should reflect the autonomy of the board and if he was referenced, the policy could be misinterpreted. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

Lee Jay Johnson received a minimal sentence for simple possession.

Monias, who had additional matters before the courts when he entered his guilty plea, was given a global sentence of two and a half to three years for possession for trafficking and other charges, said Inglis.

No arrests were made in connection with the actual shooting. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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COURT: Other suspects had pleaded guilty earlier

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A Calgary-based think-tank is touting the idea of setting up toll lanes to help generate revenue and reduce a loss of productivity due to excessive travel times.

Ben Brunnen from the Manning Foundation for Democratic Education says there are three major thoroughfares in Calgary that could easily be changed to include toll lanes as part of a pilot project.

He says they would generate up to $76 million annually, which could be funnelled back into road repair and construction and some form of rebate to users.

“Ultimately you will see a reduction in congestion, increased average traffic speeds, a reduction in emissions and revenue generation over and above what’s now being collected,” Brunnen said Tuesday.

“The benefits are very tangible. We would see a 29 per cent decrease in commute times. In Calgary the average is 54 (minutes) . . . that would

decrease to 39 minutes per day. We’d see an estimated daily cost per vehicle at $5,” he said.

“This is an optional lane that people can choose to buy into when traffic becomes too congested. Free lanes continue to be available along adjacent lanes in the thoroughfare.”

There are 21 pieces of road infrastructure, mostly highways and bridges, that have tolls in Canada. Highway 407 in Ontario and Autoroute 25 that connects Laval and the Ile de Montreal have prices that vary by time of day.

Toll lanes are also used in London, Singapore, Sweden and Germany.

“We’ve seen road pricing implemented in other jurisdictions. At the beginning there’s opposition,” said Brunnen.

“Once the pilot is initiated and polling occurs what tends to happen is people become a little bit more supportive of it.

And then, finally, when it’s fully in place and people actually benefit from these investments, there is positive support for road pricing.”

He repeated the testimony of one of the police officers, who said it all went down “in a matter of seconds.”

Judge Gordon Deck ruled that, although police did violate Cromastey’s rights in the takedown and subsequent arrest and detention, their actions were reasonable under the circumstances.

Cromastey changed his plea to guilty when Deck ruled that the bag and contents could be admitted as evidence.

Inglis and Wolch joined in recommending a sentence of 14 months for the nine months Cromastey has served in remand, satisfied by the time he had already served.

Deck accepted their recommendation and prohibited Cromastey from owning firearms or weapons for 10 years, a mandatory provision under the Criminal Code of Canada for the offence of which he was convicted.

Deck also ordered that his bag and contents be returned to him, minus the drugs and any items tied to them.

The other suspects arrested with him had pleaded guilty earlier on to similar charges, said Inglis. Most recently, Maskwacis resident Navarone Oldpan, 24, pleaded guilty to simple possession and was sentenced on April 3 to 240 days, with credit for 230 days served in pre-trial custody.

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At war with the court HARPER IS FIGHTING A BATTLE WITH JUSTICES HE APPOINTED Had Stephen Harper not treated so many armslength institutions as windmills to be tilted at, the notion that a rogue Supreme Court is bullying his government would be slightly easier to entertain.

Harper is not the first prime minister to thrown off balance by the courts.

When he introduced the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, Pierre Trudeau assured the House of Commons that it could not be used to open the door to the decriminalization of abortion.

On the watch of Brian Mulroney’s Tory government less than a decade later, that is exactly what happened.

CHANTAL And in the dying days of his HÉBERT tenure in 2003, Jean Chrétien was anything but amused to have the same-sex marriage issue thrown upon the lap of his Liberal government.

But none of Harper’s predecessors has endured as many Supreme Court reversals as he has and none has suffered the humiliation of having one of his own appointments to the top bench rejected by all but one of the other judges.

In rapid succession, the court has sent the Conservatives back to the drawing board on prostitution, judicial sentencing, Senate reform and the filling of a Quebec vacancy on its bench.

The fact that the government lost five major court battles over the short space of six months has compounded the impression that the country’s top court is at war with the Conservatives.

But under such an unpalatable scenario one would have to wonder who it is that has been looking to pick a fight: a court and a chief justice that have managed to cohabitate with a series of different federal governments or a prime minister that has a habit of turning on any institution that does not march to the sound of his drum, including those headed by his own appointees.

Over the past eight years, the country’s chief statistician; the parliamentary budget officer; the government’s now defunct advisory council on the environment; Elections Canada and more recently former auditor general Sheila Fraser have all come under Conservative fire.

As often as not, they have had their integrity questioned by ministers or by spin doctors on the government payroll for daring to be on the wrong side of Conservative plans.

The office of the Governor General itself has not been totally immune to attacks.

At the height of the parliamentary crisis in 2008, some senior Conservatives suggested that the government should take on Michaëlle Jean should she refuse to grant Harper his wish to have Parliament prorogued rather than face defeat on a vote of nonconfidence.

Given the take-no-prisoners mindset that has been a distinctive feature of the Conservative government, it was therefore probably only a matter of time before the tensions between Harper and the Supreme Court erupted into a messy public fight.

But there should be no confusion as to the actual terms of engagement of this unprecedented tussle.

Harper’s quarrel with Beverley McLachlin is a fight with the institution itself, not just with the individual who has so far served with great distinction as its leading voice.

As opposed to the prime minister, McLachlin

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We have lost our sense of morality The homosexuality versus morality debate is back in the news. It is a hot item in Christian circles since the recent news in the Advocate’s Religion section of March 29 regarding World Vision. World Vision is a billion-dollar child-sponsorship charity, and is thought to be a Christian- based charity. They made the chilling announcement that they now recognize same-sex marriage.

Because World Vision has always been strongly supported by evangelical Christians, there has been an immediate reaction to the news. Many individuals and groups have cancelled all financial support ) including my own) and have transferred the funds to other Christian relief charities such as Samaritan’s Purse.

There are many folks who consider gay-marriage and the gay lifestyle to be now normalized and accepted socially, and is no longer an issue. They are completely wrong!

The gay community is an addiction community and is caught up in something that they cannot control. Their addiction is an obsessive surrender to a dangerous and unhealthy lifestyle. No responsible parent would ever wish such a life on their children.

Some recent history: A few decades ago, at the height of the HIV scare, it was discovered that homosexual activities was a large contributing factor in the spread of this deadly disease.

Ironically, at about the same time, a study was released that implied that homosexuality was just a

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cannot impose her will on her colleagues. She has neither a veto nor the last and definitive word on a given legal outcome.

The rulings that have so irritated the Conservatives — including the rejection of Marc Nadon’s appointment — were the result of the collective thinking of a majority on a bench dominated by judges that Harper himself picked.

Indeed at the time of the Nadon hearing, Quebec Justice Richard Wagner — the prime minister’s fifth appointee to the top bench — played the front and centre role in challenging the arguments of the vari-

ous parties.

Connect the dots between the ongoing skirmish between Harper’s PMO and McLachlin and past and present Conservative feuds with other independent critics and you get the pattern of a governing team that has little tolerance for the checks and balances designed to prevent governments usually elected with the support of minority of voters from abusing the exceptional latitude that attends a parliamentary majority.

Chantal Hébert is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer.

gene mix-up, and folks were “born with it.”

There has never been a follow-up study to support that erroneous finding!

But the media, Hollywood, secular churches, public school officials and the courts are ignoring the lack of scientific verification, and are coasting along on the delusional assumption that we are “born with it.” Fortunately, some homosexuals themselves, have successfully sought programs to free themselves from their addiction, and have made their confessions public. God bless them.

The above mentioned groups, the media, Hollywood, etc., seem to take great delight in scorning Christian morals as taught in the Holy Bible, the book that gives us a very clear blueprint for a successful life. They are succeeding in undermining the foundation of a moral life. Gay marriage, abortion (infanticide), prostitution, assisted suicide, euthanasia, marijuana— what’s next?

Do you get the big picture? Do you get the sense that society is on a slippery slope into social chaos?

Life is cheap! Marriage is cheap! Morality is cheap!

We are certainly proving the truth of the sage observation “capacity for self-delusion is infinite.”

What does the Holy Bible say about all this? 2 Timothy 4: 3-4 says: “The time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great many teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.”

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Prison quick fix fails MORE OVERCROWDING LOOMS DUE TO SHORTSIGHTED PLANNING, AUDITOR GENERAL SAYS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

AUDITOR GENERAL’S REPORT

OTTAWA — The auditor general sees more overcrowded Canadian prisons on the horizon, despite the Conservative government’s much-touted revamp of federal penitentiaries.

The federal prison service opted for a quick fix — overlooking long-term needs — when expanding penitentiaries to house a growing offender population, spending watchdog Michael Ferguson says in a report Tuesday.

As a result, the Correctional Service expects the number of prisoners could again outstrip capacity within a few years of completing construction.

It means officials anticipate doublebunking — the placement of two prisoners in a single cell — will continue even after the new cells are built.

The Correctional Service did not develop a long-term accommodation plan to deal with its aging infrastructure in a cost-effective way, Ferguson said.

The prison service had not considered the condition of many of its institutions before deciding which ones to expand, and it lacked up-to-date guidelines for some space requirements — including those for providing healthcare and correctional programs, he added.

“Decisions about expansions were based on where land was available and where construction could be completed quickly.”

Ferguson’s report to Parliament also found problems with other departments and programs: ● The government’s First Nations policing system is not working as intended and some of the police services fail to meet provincial policing legislation and standards. ● Statistics Canada needs to better address the needs of those outside the federal government who use its data, especially when it comes to jobvacancy data. ● Public-service pension plans, covering public servants, Mounties and the military, are not regularly assessed for sustainability, and prolonged low interest rates, lower-than-expected returns on assets and longer life spans could end up costing taxpayers billions. ● A government program intended to integrate the way public servants, the military and the RCMP handle transfers and moving costs did not encourage competition when it sought to issue one large contract to cover everyone.

“Though government should work to provide Canadians with programs and services in a timely fashion, planning should also look beyond the needs of the day,” Ferguson said at a news conference.

Federal cabinet ministers appeared on Parliament Hill to say the government accepts the auditor’s recommendations.

“We’re taking all this very seriously,” said Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney.

The New Democrats said Ferguson’s report paints a damning picture of Conservative fumbling of programs and services.

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BRIEF Rob Ford did not enter the U.S., reports say; lawyer insists mayor is in rehab TORONTO — Rob Ford did not officially enter the U.S. when he flew to Chicago last week bound for rehab, reports said Tuesday, but his lawyer insisted “100 per cent” that the Toronto mayor is getting inpatient substanceabuse treatment.

Ford’s whereabouts remain a mystery, and lawyer Dennis Morris said they should stay that way.

“The media should, I don’t know,

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Auditor General of Canada Michael Ferguson speaks during a press conference at the National Press Theatre following the tabling of his 2014 spring report in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Tuesday.

“Because of mismanagement and a lack of planning, Conservatives are wasting money and failing to deliver services people count on,” said NDP Treasury Board critic Mathieu Ravignat.

Ferguson found the government greatly overstated the savings from closing a handful of prison facilities, including the aging Kingston Penitentiary in Ontario.

In 2009, the Correctional Service expected that new legislation imposing harsher penalties would result in longer sentences for many offenders.

That year, the government gave the prison service approval to spend $751 million over five years to expand existing institutions by installing 2,594 double bunks and adding 2,752 new cells. The service also got the green light — in principle — to build five new prisons at a cost of $960 million once it had developed a long-term plan to house offenders.

The government announced in 2012 it would close three prisons to save money and that it did not plan to build new ones.

It said the closures would save about $120 million a year. But Ferguson’s report says the Correctional Service estimates savings will not be more than $86 million annually.

In 2010, federal prison ombudsman Howard Sapers warned that Canada’s packed, crumbling jails — rife with illness, addiction and violence — were put things on pause a little bit,” Morris said. “Let the man do his rehab.

Once he gets out we can just see how it worked.”

Ford left home last week after announcing he was taking a leave of absence and suspending his re-election campaign to seek “immediate” help for alcohol abuse.

He announced the decision hours after the Globe and Mail reported that a drug dealer had shown two of its reporters video of Ford allegedly smoking what was said to be crack, reportedly recorded days earlier in his sister’s basement.

The Toronto Sun also published an audio recording of Ford at a bar making anti-gay remarks, using an ethnic slur, and saying he would like to “jam” rival candidate Karen Stintz.

Morris said at the time that it was not possible to know what was in the pipe seen in stills from the alleged new video.

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endangering the rehabilitation of offenders.

Last September, Sapers reported the number of self-injury incidents in federal penitentiaries — cutting, headbanging and self-strangulation — had more than tripled since teenager Ashley Smith choked to death in a prison cell in 2007.

The new construction will allow the prison service to accommodate up to 16,700 offenders in single cells. However, the auditors found the service’s updated population projection “shows that it will be at or over capacity within a few years of completing construction.”

The Correctional Service is relying on double-bunking in some institutions — including at levels that exceed general policy in the Ontario and Prairie regions, as well as in segregation cells and in spaces less than five metres square, Ferguson found.

Blaney says prisoners do not have a right to their own cell.

The real issue is the government’s inability to properly plan to adequately house offenders, the NDP said.

In response to Ferguson’s audit, the Correctional Service has committed to draft a long-term accommodation plan by next March.

It also plans to assess its penitentiaries with an eye to prioritizing future spending to improve and maintain the prisons.

Public pension plans at risk over longer life spans OTTAWA — The auditor general says Canada’s public pension plans could pose a significant threat to the government’s financial footing because little attention is being paid to looming costs, such as the longer life spans of retirees.

In his spring report to Parliament, Michael Ferguson also warned that prolonged rockbottom interest rates and lowerthan-expected returns on assets could cost taxpayers billions down the road.

He recommended that public pensions be evaluated periodically, undergo any necessary changes to ensure their sustainability and that the state of the funds be better explained to the public.

“It’s important information for members of the pension plan, for future members of the pension plan and for taxpayers because ultimately ... it’s the taxpayers, I guess, through the government that is guaranteeing the pension obligations,” Ferguson told a news conference Tuesday after tabling his report.

“If you think about a brandnew employee in the government starting today at say, 22 years old, they want to know that pension plan is going to be around for, let’s say, 70 years.”

Key survey on job vacancies is vague, not terribly useful OTTAWA, Ont. — The country’s top survey on job vacancies is too vague and doesn’t provide much value to governments and other users, the auditor general said Tuesday.

Michael Ferguson’s latest report comes as the Conservative government faces scrutiny on alleged abuses of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program, which is meant to address labour shortages in certain sectors.

Other surveys used by Ottawa to take stock of employment trends have also been criticized as inaccurate or incomplete.

Ferguson said Statistics Canada’s survey of employment, payrolls and hours doesn’t provide specifics on the precise location of job vacancies within a province.

“For example, reported job vacancies in Alberta could be in Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Medicine Hat, or any other community in the province,” says the report.

Industry classifications in the survey are broad, noted Ferguson, and don’t provide much indication of the particular jobs that need to be filled.

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Tory MPs raised concerns about program

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Employers in hard-hit regions of Canada have been hiring temporary foreign workers despite an abundance of domestic job-seekers, government data indicates, while at least two Conservative MPs have privately sounded alarm bells about the besieged federal program.

Temporary foreign workers were the subject of a heated debate Tuesday in the House of Commons, when Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau accused the Conservatives of contributing to joblessness in southwestern Ontario by allowing companies to hire foreign help.

A recent report by the C.D. Howe Institute, a non-partisan public policy think-tank, suggested the program has also spurred joblessness in Alberta and B.C. “In Windsor, the number of unemployed workers has risen by 40 per cent while the number of foreign workers in the city has grown by 86 per cent,” Trudeau said.

“Unemployment in London has risen by 27 per cent while the number of foreign workers has increased by 87 per cent.”

In a letter to Liberal MP John Mc-

TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS ‘AT A TIME WHEN MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTIES FINDING EMPLOYMENT, I AM SURE YOU CAN APPRECIATE WHY SOME PILOTS WOULD BE UPSET THAT THEIR COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED BY CANJET.’ — MP BLAKE RICHARDS, 2009

Callum, auditor general Michael Ferguson suggested he was open to conducting a review of the program. Both the Liberals and the NDP have been calling for a probe by the auditor general.

“Let me assure you that we are aware of the current debates concerning the program,” Ferguson wrote, adding he would be asking the government “for their information in planning for future audits.”

But it was two different letters — one from Conservative MP Kellie Leitch, now labour minister, and Alberta colleague Blake Richards — that posed even further embarrassments for the government on what’s become one of its most vexatious files.

In an April 2012 dispatch to Transport Minister Denis Lebel, Leitch told

Living alongside rotting whale not an option, says mayor

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

NEWFOUNDLAND

CAPE ST. GEORGE, N.L. — People living in Cape St. George, N.L., aren’t sure what to do with a dead whale that’s settled along their shoreline But the mayor of the west coast hamlet says letting the 12-metre sperm whale simply decompose is out of the question.

“We have people with houses reasonably close to it and the smell is the first thing you will encounter,” Peter Fenwick said Tuesday. “Rotting marine fat is probably the most lousiest smell you’ve ever smelled in your life.

“It makes cod liver oil smell like perfume in comparison.”

And then there are the clouds of flies it could attract.

“That’s just intolerable for people, so it has to go,” he said. “There’s just no other way around it.”

The massive mammal recently washed ashore in an area known as Marches Point, and Fenwick said it’s up to the community to deal with the problem.

A local fishing boat turned out to be too small to tow the whale out to sea.

Fenwick tried to sell the carcass on eBay, but the ad was taken down for violating a policy on animals and wildlife products.

Fenwick said at least two people have since expressed interest in removing the whale, which the town is now offering for free. He wasn’t sure what they had planned for the carcass.

The federal Fisheries Department said in an email that it was not responsible for the whale because it is within the town’s boundaries.

Trout River and Rocky Harbour, two communities located roughly 250 kilometres north of Cape St. George, recently reached a deal with the Royal Ontario Museum to retrieve the carcasses of blue whales that have been rotting along their shores. Nine of the endangered whales were killed in thick sea ice off Newfoundland’s southwest coast last month.

Cape St. George’s sperm whale is in good shape, said Fenwick, because it’s been sitting in ice-cold water. But he said it appears as though someone sliced its belly open at some point.

Wife of navy officer guilty of desertion relieved prosecution not seeking jail

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — The wife of a navy officer who pleaded guilty to deserting his post after alleged harassment says she’s relieved the prosecution isn’t recommending a prison sentence.

Lt. Derek de Jong has testified that prior to leaving HMCS Preserver while it was docked in Key West, Fla., on Sept. 17, 2012, he was subjected to behaviour that included a colleague urinating on his cabin floor.

De Jong’s wife, Maria, said Tuesday she remains anxious about the sentencing that awaits her husband but was given a degree of comfort when

she heard the prosecution didn’t think jail was warranted in this case.

“My kids found out this morning there was a chance their dad would be imprisoned and if that was the case right now I wouldn’t want to go home right now and face my kids,” she said outside the court martial in Halifax.

Prosecutor Lt.-Cmdr. Darin Reeves said de Jong should be reprimanded and demoted to sub-lieutenant. Reeves told the court martial that desertion is a serious military offence when committed by a senior officer who has duties that include the safety and security of a vessel.

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of an Air Canada pilot in her riding who “expressed concern regarding the hiring of foreign crews and pilots who are driving down the salaries of Canadian pilots as well as contributing to the unemployment of Canadian pilots.”

Lebel referred Leitch to other ministries.

Richards, meantime, wrote to Diane Finley in late 2009, raising similar concerns about CanJet’s hiring practices.

Finley was then the minister of human resources and skills development.

“At a time when many people are having difficulties finding employment, I am sure you can appreciate why some pilots would be upset that their colleagues have been overlooked

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Two dead after incident at Lockerby Mine near Sudbury, Ont. SUDBURY, Ont. — Two men have died in an accident at a mine in northern Ontario.

First Nickel Inc. (TSX:FNI) says the two drillers — contractors working for Taurus Drilling Services — were underground Tuesday at the Lockerby Mine near Sudbury, Ont., when the incident occurred.

First Nickel president and CEO Thomas Boehlert identified the men as Marc Methe, 34, and 49-year-old Norm Bissaillon.

Boehlert says Bissaillon was a dedicated and experienced underground miner with over 20 years of experience, while Methe had been with Taurus for about four years.

First Nickel said in a statement that “a fall of ground, preceded by (seismic) activity” is believed to have been a factor in the accident.

Ministry of Labour spokesman Bruce Skeaff confirmed the deaths and

question period, Kenney thanked his Conservative colleagues for the information and suggested the government had cracked down on the use of temporary foreign workers in the aviation sector.

“We appreciate such input,” Kenney said. “It has helped to inform our tightening up of this program.”

But data compiled by Kenney’s department indeed shows that a slew of temporary foreign workers have been hired in recent years in areas struggling with joblessness, including the Maritimes and southwestern Ontario, and in sectors where there is no lack of domestic candidates.

In 2012, for example, the government granted positive labour market opinions for 375 temporary foreign workers in Cape Breton, a region of Nova Scotia that had a 17.5 per cent unemployment rate a year ago.

“They always just want to talk about the employers who are abusing, but at the end of the day this government has failed to take responsibility for the fact that they are the ones that approve the LMOs,” said Jinny Sims, the NDP’s immigration critic.

“They’re saying it has nothing to do with us when it has everything to do with them.” said the ministry was investigating but had no further details.

Two teens dead, two arrested following crash in Saskatoon with stolen truck SASKATOON — Saskatoon police say two teenagers are dead and charges are pending against another teen and young woman following a dramatic crash involving a stolen truck.

Police say an officer was trying to stop the truck last night, and had activated his cruiser’s emergency equipment, when the truck sped through a busy intersection.

The truck crashed into two other vehicles, pushing one of them into a medical clinic on the corner.

Police say two 17-year-olds, a boy and girl, were killed and a 16-yearold girl in the same car was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

A 17-year-old girl and 21-year-old woman in the truck were treated in hospital for minor injuries.

They are now in custody and police say they expect the pair will face numerous charges.

Police Chief Clive Weighill is to speak on the crash later today.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014

THIRTY PRO-RUSSIA INSURGENTS, FOUR TROOPS KILLED AS CORDON TIGHTENS AROUND CITY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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BRIEF Fire breaks out in industrial Iranian city TEHRAN, Iran — A large fire broke out Tuesday in an industrial city in northern Iran, but only one person was injured, officials said.

The mayor of Qazvin, Masoud Nosrati, denied earlier reports that there was an explosion at the site. He also said firefighters had contained the blaze.

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Local citizens collect parts of a downed Ukrainian military helicopter near a small town Raigorodok, outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Tuesday. The helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing Monday during intense fighting in Slovyansk and was later destroyed by Ukrainian troops, who sought to ensure it did not fall into the hands of insurgent forces.

Interior Minister Arsen Avakov gave the death toll on his Facebook page Tuesday, adding that 20 government troops were also injured during fighting in Slovyansk. He said about 800 pro-Russia forces in and around Slovyansk were using large-calibre weapons and mortars Monday.

By Tuesday morning, Ukrainian forces had taken hold of a key check-

point north of the city, dealing a blow to insurgent lines of communication.

In Donetsk, a major city 120 kilometres south of Slovyansk, the airport was closed during the day to international flights following a government order but reopened later.

In the afternoon, about 30 pro-Russia militants armed with automatic rifles and grenade launchers sur-

rounded an Interior Ministry base in Donetsk, demanding that the troops inside not join any government operations against pro-Russia forces. While it was unclear whether they would attack, besieging a government forces base marked an uptick in the offensive of the militants, who previously had focused on seizing police stations and government buildings.

were “incorrect.”

The head of the emergency department Habibollah Behtooei also rejected earlier reports about a large number of casualties, saying nobody was in the facility when the fire began and only one rescue worker was injured.

killing comes amid rising tensions in the south between the Nusra Front, which is al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria, and more moderate rebels.

On Friday, Nusra fighters seized a Western-backed Syrian military commander, Ahmad al-Naimeh. Soon af-

ter, a group calling itself the “Islamic Courts of the Eastern Areas — Daraa” said it was holding al-Naimeh and another military commander and would air their “confessions,” without saying why they had been seized.

Explosion in southern Syria kills local al-Qaida leader BEIRUT — A roadside bomb in Syria killed a local al-Qaida leader and his wife, activists said Tuesday, an attack that could ignite a new round of infighting among disparate rebel groups in the country.

The commander, identified as Ali al-Nuaimi of the Nusra Front, was killed near the town of Busra al-Sham in the southern province of Daraa, said Omar al-Hariri of the pro-rebel Sham News Network. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also described the killing as an “assassination.”

The Nusra Front did not mention the attack on the social networks it typically uses.

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Vatican gives UN new stats on sex abuse 848 PRIESTS DEFROCKED, 2,572 DISCIPLINED IN 10 YEARS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA — The Vatican released comprehensive statistics for the first time Tuesday on how it has disciplined priests accused of raping and molesting children, saying 848 priests have been defrocked and another 2,572 given lesser sanctions over the past decade.

The Vatican’s UN ambassador in Geneva, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, revealed the figures during a second day of grilling by a UN committee monitoring implementation of the UN treaty against torture.

Tomasi insisted the convention applied only inside the tiny Vatican City state. But he nevertheless released statistics about how the Holy See has adjudicated sex abuse cases globally, and significantly, he didn’t dispute the committee’s contention that

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Ugandan gay-rights activist seeks U.S. asylum to escape harsh law at home BOSTON — Fearing prison or even death, an openly gay activist from Uganda is seeking asylum in the United States since his home country toughened criminal punishment against gays.

John Abadallah Wambere came to the U.S. for a speaking tour in February, and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni three days later passed the new measure that strengthened penalties against gay sex, including life in prison.

Wambere, 41, who now lives in Cambridge, said Tuesday, one day before his visa expires, that it was a heartbreaking decision to leave behind the gay community he has supported for over a decade and to leave his 16-year-old daughter.

“But my government is unable and unwilling to protect us from harm,” Wambere said, fighting back tears.

The leader of the gay-rights group Spectrum Uganda Initiatives has been jailed, harassed, publicly ousted by several newspapers and had his life threatened. And attacks upon the gay community are only increasing since the law passed, Wambere said at a press conference.

After the bill was signed, more than 30,000 people gathered in Uganda to celebrate, he said. “They listened to speakers who called LGBTI people animals, criminals and devils,” Wambere said.

Currently, 38 of Africa’s 53 countries criminalize homosexuality. Activists estimate that hundreds of thousands of gay people live in Uganda, but that many remain under the radar for fear of prosecution.

In 2009, a Ugandan measure to impose the death penalty for “serial offenders” failed. After the country’s most recent anti-gay law passed, the World Bank suspended $90 million in funding to the country, and Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands redirected their aid.

President Barack Obama has described the legislation as morally wrong and said it could jeopardize

sexual violence against children can be considered torture.

Tomasi said that since 2004, more than 3,400 credible cases of abuse had been referred to the Vatican, including 401 cases in 2013 alone. He said that over the last decade, 848 priests had been defrocked, or returned to the lay state by the pope. Another 2,572 were sentenced to a lifetime of penance and prayer or some other lesser sanction, which is often used when the accused priest is elderly or infirm.

Acknowledging the high number of priests sanctioned with the lesser punishment, Tomasi said it still amounted to disciplinary action and that the abuser is “just put in a place where he doesn’t have any contact with the children.”

The Associated Press in January reported that then-Pope Benedict XVI had defrocked 384 priests in the final two years of his pontificate, citing documen-

tation Tomasi’s delegation had prepared for another U.N. committee hearing that matched data contained in the Vatican’s statistical yearbooks.

Tomasi told the AP on Tuesday that those figures from January were “incomplete” and that the data he provided the torture committee Tuesday — the first ever year-by-year breakdown of how cases were adjudicated — was complete.

He told the committee that “there is no climate of impunity but there is a total commitment to clean the house” and prevent more abuse.

“I think we have crossed a threshold so to say in our evolution of the approach to these problems,” he concluded. “It’s clear that the issue of sexual abuse of children, which is a worldwide plague and scourge, has been addressed in the last 10 years by the church in a systematic, comprehensive, constructive way.”

U.S. relations with the African nation.

Wambere, whose friend and fellow activist, David Kato, was killed in 2011 for being openly gay, said even people who are associated with the gay community are prosecuted. He said he could not be seen near his daughter’s school for fear of her safety.

Wambere is hoping he can remain in the U.S. while his request for asylum is pending. The process generally takes months. He said if he is granted asylum, he would continue to advocate for the gay community here and in his home country.

“There is a lot of work that needs to be done in the U.S. and in Uganda,” he said. “The struggle continues.”

Lewinsky speaks out on affair with Clinton

Lawsuit: Bungled Oklahoma execution justifies delay to Texas execution HOUSTON — Prison officials must reveal the source of their lethal injection drugs to avoid an incident “as horrific” as last week’s bungled execution in Oklahoma, attorneys for a Texas death row inmate argued Tuesday in an attempt to delay his upcoming execution.

Lawyers for Robert Campbell filed a federal civil rights lawsuit citing the Oklahoma execution that went awry when an intravenous line of lethal drugs became dislodged, a failure that went unnoticed for 21 minutes. The inmate, Clayton Lockett, later died of an apparent heart attack.

Campbell’s lawyers say it doesn’t matter that Texas uses a single drug, pentobarbital, while Oklahoma used a three-drug combination because all of the potent drugs have potentially serious side effects. They also use arguments that have been rejected in recent months by federal courts in Texas and other states: that the problem is the secrecy surrounding the drug, and that the drug supplier’s name is necessary to obtain and test the efficiency of the drugs.

“The possible cause of Mr. Lockett’s botched execution are all issues that have been, are, or could be problematic in Texas,” according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Houston. “There is a substantial risk that Mr. Campbell’s execution could be as horrific as Mr. Lockett’s.”

Campbell, 41, is set to die next Tuesday for the 1991 slaying of Alexandra Rendon, who was abducted, robbed, raped and shot. Campbell was 18 at the time and on parole after serving four months of a five-year sentence for robbery.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Monica Lewinsky says there’s no question her boss — Bill Clinton — “took advantage” of her when he was president.

But she says their affair was consensual and if there was any abuse involved, it came afterward, when Clinton’s inner circle tried to discredit her and the president’s opponents used her as a political pawn.

The former White House intern, now 40, writes about her life in the next issue of Vanity Fair magazine, out this month. In released excerpts, she says she’s perhaps the first Internet era scapegoat and wants to speak out on behalf of other victims of online humiliation.

Her willingness to step forward may come at an inopportune time as former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton considers running for president. Republicans have signalled they don’t consider her husband’s scandal from the late 1990s out of bounds in the realm of 2016-style political dialogue.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a likely GOP presidential contender, answered criticisms of the Republican record on women’s issues by saying in January that the last Democratic president engaged in “predatory behaviour” with a woman, Lewinsky, who was 22 when her liaisons with Clinton began in 1995.

Clinton’s lies about the relationship contributed to his impeachment by the House in 1998; the Senate acquitted him.

Lewinsky writes that she deeply regrets the affair and made a point of staying silent through several presidential campaigns to avoid becoming a distraction. Now, she writes, it’s time to stop “tiptoeing around my past — and other people’s futures. I am determined to have a different ending to my story.

I’ve decided, finally, to stick my head above the parapet.”

Invoking her headwear from endlessly repeated TV clips and the stained garment considered as evidence against Clinton, she writes: “It’s time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress.”

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Colorado sees spike in home hash oil explosions with legalized pot POT USERS TRY TO MAKE THE DRUG’S INTOXICATING OIL IN CRUDE HOME-BASED LABORATORIES

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Wayne Winkler, who suffered burns to 12 per cent of his body when butane fumes ignited while he was making hash oil at home, pets his dog Bailey, in his home in Denver. Winkler agreed to talk to The Associated Press to send a message that making hash oil at home is highly dangerous. to be rescued from their burning suburban Denver townhome after their father and his girlfriend caused a blast while making the extract.

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DENVER — The opening months of Colorado’s first-in-the-nation recreational marijuana industry have seen a rise in fiery explosions and injuries as pot users try to make the drug’s intoxicating oil in crude homebased laboratories.

Since Jan. 1, when sales began, the state’s only certified adult burn centre has treated 10 people with serious injuries they suffered while making hash oil, compared with 11 in 2013 and one in 2012.

Law enforcement and fire officials, meanwhile, are grappling with how to respond, as the questionable legality of the process has made it difficult to punish amateur chemists. Some prosecutors are charging them with felonies, while others say hash oil production is protected under a provision of the new legal pot law.

“These today are the meth labs of the ’90s. We have to change our thinking and what we’re looking for,” said police Sgt. Pat Long in Thornton, a Denver suburb where officers were puzzled by the city’s first hash oil explosion in January.

Hash oil is typically made by packing the castoff leaves and stems of pot plants into a pipe and pouring highly flammable butane through it.

The concoction is heated to make the potent oil for far cheaper than it can be purchased in stores.

The golden mixture can be up to 80 per cent THC, marijuana’s intoxicating chemical, and devotees say one or two drops can produce a more euphoric high than an entire joint. It can also be infused into baked goods or vaporized.

Without proper ventilation, butane fumes can linger. All it takes is a spark of static electricity to ignite a room.

Firefighters in the state have raced to at least 31 butane hash oil explosions this year, compared with 11 last year, according to the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, an agency that has only recently started tallying cases.

The data represents only reported and confirmed cases, and the actual number of explosions could be higher, said Kevin Wong, an intelligence analyst for the agency. “This is just the tip of the iceberg,” Wong said.

The organization has started training police and firefighters on how to spot the signs of a hash oil explosion. After the Thornton blast, officers found a charred home littered with bottles of butane. They were perplexed, which highlighted the need for more training, Long said.

In recent years, there have been dozens of explosions and injuries in other states where residents can get access to the plant through medical marijuana systems, including California, Washington state and Oregon.

In Washington state, where home pot growing isn’t allowed, officials were so concerned about the dangers of producing marijuana extracts for sale in state-licensed shops that they require licensed producers to have an expensive ventilation system.

Colorado marijuana businesses are allowed to manufacture hash oil using butane, but with strict rules. Colorado’s pot laws allow adults 21 and over to grow up to six plants at home and cooks often use their own plants to affordably make hash oil in their kitchens or garages.

As a result, explosions have happened primarily on private property.

There were at least five blasts in one week alone last month. In one case, two children had

times so far this year.

But Brian Vicente, who helped write the pot law, said its statute allowing the processing of marijuana plants includes home hash oil production.

The law is vague but as the issue has evolved, legislators should step in to find a balance, he said.

Vicente said the fires will decline as people realize the dangers and head to pot shops instead.

Each month, patents arrive at the University of Colorado Hospital’s burn centre with deep, painful burns, almost all of which require surgery, associate nurse manager Camy Boyle said.

But Wayne Winkler said though it remains cheaper to make the oil at home, he knows the damage such explosions can cause.

In 2012, he agreed to make hash oil as a favour for a friend, but after he made a batch, he saw the butane vapours ignite by an electric stove. The explosion left him with severe burn scars on his hands, arms, neck and face.

“It was the worst pain of my life,” said Winkler, who nearly lost his home and family.

“It wasn’t worth the risk.”

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Leader of fish wars dies

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SEATTLE — From the time he was first arrested, at the age of 14, for fishing near his home, Billy Frank Jr. had been a fierce and tireless champion for salmon, tribal sovereignty and the right of Northwest tribes to fish in their traditional waters.

Nearly 70 years of advocacy ended on Monday when the Nisqually tribal elder died at his home near Olympia. He was 83.

Frank figured prominently in Northwest fishin demonstrations of the 1960s and 1970s that eventually led to sweeping changes in how salmon and other fish are managed in Washington state.

He was arrested more than 50 times for “illegal fishing” during the protests that came to be known as the fish wars.

Patterned after the sitins of the civil rights movement, the campaign was part of larger nationwide movement in the 1960s for American Indian rights.

“Today, thanks to his courage and determined effort, our resources are better protected, and more tribes are able to enjoy the rights preserved for them more than a century ago,” President Barack Obama said in a statement.

“Billy never stopped fighting to make sure future generations would be able to enjoy the outdoors as he did, and his passion on the issue of climate change should serve as an inspiration to us all.”

Gov. Jay Inslee added his praise.

“Billy was a champion of tribal rights, of the salmon and the environment,” the governor said.

“He did that even when it meant putting himself in physical danger or facing jail.”

Frank’s Landing, his family’s home along the Nisqually River, became a focal point for fish-ins.

Frank and others continued to put their fishing nets in the river in defiance of state fishing regulations, even as game wardens watched and cameras rolled.

Demonstrations staged across the Northwest attracted national attention.

Salmon was central to his culture, as with most Northwest tribes, and Frank devoted decades of his life to ensuring that fish, water and the tribal way of life were protected, said Washington state Sen. John McCoy, who is a member of the Tulalip tribe.

Frank served as the chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission since 1977.

The organization of 20 Western Washington tribes was created in 1974, after the court case brought by the federal government against the state of Washington.

U.S. District Judge George Boldt, who decided the case in what came to be known as the “Boldt decision,” affirmed the tribes’ right to half of the fish harvest — and the nation’s obligation to honour the old treaties.

The ruling, upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1979, effectively made the Northwest tribes comanagers of the resource and laid the foundation for the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission.

The decision had a sweeping effect on other tribes in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere as it triggered other treaty rights cases and changed attitudes toward American Indians.

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From the left, Studon Electric employees Darren Garbe, Dane Previl, Gretel Firt and Janelle Burton admire a 2013 Victory motorcycle the company raffled off Tuesday. Mike Walker was the lucky employee who was awarded the prize in the company employee retention program.

Studon offers prizes for employees to stay WORKER WINS MOTORCYCLE IN FIRST RAFFLE AIMED AT EMPLOYEE RETENTION

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Seniority brings certain benefits in the workplace.

For Mike Walker, it helped give him the keys to a $20,000 motorcycle.

The Studon Electric & Control Inc. employee’s name was drawn on Tuesday in a company raffle for a 2013 Polaris Victory 1500 motorcycle.

Staff were given one chance to win for each year of service with the Red Deer-based company, with Walker’s 15 years giving him an edge over many of his coworkers.

Louie McCullagh, Studon’s director of human resources, said the raffle — part of the company’s Rev Up Your Career campaign — was a way to recognize employees.

He added that worker retention is critical in the increasingly tight labour market.

“The two Rs in Alberta today are recruitment and retention of your current workforce,” said McCullagh.

Not only does losing an employee trigger the costly process of finding a replacement, it represents the loss of an investment in training that person, he said.

“You’re just watching dollar bills walking out the door.”

McCullagh took the motorcycle

to Studon job sites during the past year to raise awareness and interest in the campaign. He joked prior to the draw that things could backfire.

“We’ll maybe excite one person and tick off 999.”

But those who missed out on the big prize will get another chance next year, if they remain with Studon, and in fact two chances.

McCullagh told staff following Tuesday’s draw that Studon will conduct a similar raffle next year.

First prize will be a holiday trailer, with a second winner to receive a quad. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

CALGARY — New National Energy Board data shows oil-by-rail exports have risen ninefold in less than two years, but they’re still far eclipsed by what’s moving by pipeline — and by what the stalled Keystone XL alone aims to carry.

The Canadian energy regulator’s figures released Monday show more than 146,000 barrels per day were exported on trains to the United States in the last three months of 2013, compared with just under 16,000 in the first three months of 2012.

But in all of 2013, less than five per cent of Canada’s 2.6 million barrels per day of crude oil exports moved by rail according to a separate NEB report released in March, which also showed pipeline exports growing much more dramatically than those moving by rail between 2012 and 2013.

“Obviously oil by rail is ramping up, but it’s still relatively small potatoes,” said Greenpeace campaigner Keith Stewart.

Oil exports by all modes have been increasing, said NEB spokeswoman Tara O’Donovan.

“With the existing oil pipelines being generally full, the shippers have to find some way for their product to get to market, so they’ve turned to rail,” she said, adding rail also allows access to markets where there are no pipelines.

The U.S. State Department’s final environmental report on the Keystone XL oil pipeline took crude-by-rail growth into account when it determined that increased oilsands development — and its accompanying contribution to climate change — would not hinge on a single pipeline being built.

The U.S. report said rail loading facilities in Western Canada are expected to hit a capacity of more than 1.1 million barrels per day by the end of this year, most of which would be in heavy oil-producing areas.

When it released its report in January, the U.S. State Department estimated about 180,000 barrels per day of Canadian crude had already been moving by rail.

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Prominent dairy, cattle breeder sold

G7 sends message to Russia

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A special meeting of G7 energy ministers has affirmed that energy should not be used to coerce countries politically or threaten their security — a statement Greg Rickford says is aimed squarely at Russia.

Canada’s natural resources minister is in Rome for a special meeting looking at ways to wean Europe off Russian energy supplies. Rickford said his fellow ministers expressed “extreme”concern over Russia’s continued incursion into Ukraine.

“Not just in terms of how we feel about Russia’s violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, but clearly we believe energy should not be used as a means of political coercion,” Rickford told a conference call Tuesday.

The G7 communique affirmed several principles that it said would lead to energy security, including the diversification of sources, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, accelerating the transi-

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G7 ENERGY MEETING tion to a low carbon economy and promoting clean and sustainable energy.

“Energy security is a collective responsibility, a core component of our economic and national security that is inherently linked to the energy security of our allies, partners and neighbours,” said the declaration.

Rickford said Canada will look at ways of sharing energy efficiency expertise with European countries in the short term.

Rickford said the short-term commitments by Canada are not about it being a source or supply of energy.

“They’re focused on lending technical expertise, capacity, including leveraging the private sector” to assist Ukraine and other European countries, he said.

But he conceded that the statement was intended as a political message to Russia, and that there remains little the G7 could do that will affect “supply issues” in the next six months.

“We intend to address this matter,” Rickford said. “We don’t accept Russia’s behaviour and their impact on energy security for supply for Ukraine, particularly vulnerable European countries and the instability they’ve created in global markets.”

Rickford said he also made progress on persuading Europe to abandon its plans to label Alberta oil sands crude as dirty oil.

“I had a strong signal this was moving in the right direction for Canada,” he said.

He said he had talks with EU representatives about their proposed fuel quality directive, or FDQ, which would calculate the greenhouse gas emissions of various sources of oil.

Rickford said Canada committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which he said have fallen by about five per cent in the last five years, and developing renewable energy sources.

A prominent dairy and cattle breeder near Ponoka has been sold.

Morsan Farms announced recently that its operations have been sold to WestCoast Holsteins of Chilliwack, B.C. The deal closed May 1.

The business, which was owned by the Thalen family, included a large dairy operation and involved the international sale of Holstein genetics. It made headlines in 2009 when one of its cows sold for $1.2 million.

WestCoast Holsteins is also family-owned, and consists of a larger dairy and breeding operation.

Morsan Farms and WestCoast Holsteins have had ongoing business dealings over the years.

Included in the sale were Morsan Farms’ main dairy and heifer facilities at Ponoka, as well as its cattle and genetic inventory.

Darren Kooyman said he didn’t expect Morsan Farms’ operations to be affected by the change in ownership.

Morsan Farms dates back to 1981, when Morris and Sandra Thalen began buying and selling Holstein cattle near Chilliwack, B.C. They started milking in 1987.

With much of their commercial customer base in Alberta, the Thalens relocated to Ponoka in 1995 and began building up one of Western Canada’s largest dairy herds.

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The world’s first exchangetraded fund (ETF) was created in Canada in 1990, when the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) produced the Toronto Index Participation Fund.

Today, the TSX lists more than 250 ETFs, and they continue to gain in popularity among some investors.

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One of the reasons for this significant increase in popularity is that they allow investors to diversify their investments into areas of the market to which they otherwise would have limited or no access to.

What are ETFs? ETFs provide investors with participation in the returns of a commodity or an index of stocks.

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However, unlike mutual funds, they trade on an exchange and do not rely on an individual manager to provide investment returns.

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Cost is often cited as a benefit of investing in ETFs; however, this is not always cut and dried.

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G7: Positive signals “I feel better about it now then perhaps we have at any point in time.”

He said he received “positive signals” from G7 ministers that he met with.

Rickford’s predecessor, Finance Minister Joe Oliver, lobbied hard against the directive in European capitals in recent years.

Canada sells almost no crude to Europe but hopes to make inroads exporting liquefied natural gas.

Last week, a House of Commons committee heard testimony that Canada is the better part of a decade away from having the energy network it needs to be any kind of meaningful energy supplier to Europe.

Rickford said Canada is aiming to have the pipelines and other infrastructure it needs to start exports of oil and gas to Europe by 2020.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will attend a G7 leaders’ summit next month in Brussels, where energy security will be a key issue.

MORSAN: Goals achieved They bought their first purebred Holsteins in 1998, and the following year started raising their own heifers. Several of Morris and Sandra’s children worked in the business, including Greg, who is staying with the operation.

“With many of the original goals we set for Morsan Farms having been achieved, the decision to sell the business is related to succession planning and creating an opportunity for the next generation to begin to build something of their own,” said Morris Thalen in a release.

Ken Kooyman said the deal allows WestCoast Holsteins to advance its farming operation and the genetic component of its business.

“In purchasing the Morsan Farms enterprise, we gain the ability to rear our own replacement animals and ramp up our commitment to the pedigree side of our business.”

RAIL: Compliments pipeline The NEB says of the crude that was exported by rail in 2013, 45 per cent — around 60,000 barrels per day — went to the U.S. Gulf Coast, the refining market coveted by backers of Keystone XL, which aims to ship 830,000 barrels per day of crude. A similar amount went to the Eastern Seaboard.

Rail plays a “complementary” role to pipelines, said Geraldine Anderson, with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.

“We’ve always used rail in some capacity and, going forward, we’re going to need all modes of transportation, be it rail, be it pipeline, be it tankers to complement each other and to get our product to market.”

Greenpeace’s Stewart said he finds it “alarming” that crude-by-rail continued to rise after July 2013, when a fiery wreck in Lac-Megantic, Que., killed 47 people. According to the NEB, rail exports grew by around 18 per cent between the third and fourth quarters of last year.

“I don’t think this would have happened if oil companies were actually liable for damages,” he said, calling the way risk is divvied up “crazy.”

“The oil companies get the benefit. The rail companies and communities face the risk.”

Trade surplus off the mark

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Clive Beddoe, chairman and co-founder of WestJet Airlines, speaks at the company’s annual general meeting of shareholders in Toronto on Tuesday.

WestJet looks overseas MAY LAUNCH INTERNATIONAL SERVICE WITH WIDEBODY JETS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WestJet Airlines says it could take its rivalry with Air Canada overseas by launching an international service using large widebody aircraft.

The Calgary-based airline said Tuesday the new service could be in place in 1 ½ to three-and-a-half years, if its board gives the green light. WestJet has been discussing the move with its pilots and also meeting with potential airplane lessors and manufacturers.

“So no decision made yet but we’re getting all the pieces in place to be able to make a good decision,” president and CEO Gregg Saretsky said during a conference call to discuss its first-quarter results, which saw a lower profit.

WestJet (TSX:WJA) is already getting into the European market by launching service next month to Dublin, Ireland, from St. John’s, using its narrowbody Boeing 737 aircraft. It said demand is so strong the seasonal service will be extended by about three weeks to Oct. 25.

“All of that gives us great confidence that there is strong demand for a value-based international product that WestJet is looking to pursue,” Saretsky said before the airline’s annual meeting in Toronto.

He declined to say how many large planes could be added to its fleet, or which destinations could be served.

“Obviously, we are looking for markets that are burdened by very high airfares and there are lots of those in the international space so there are opportunities across many geographies.”

Expanding its global footprint would allow Canada’s second-largest airline to challenge carriers like

Agrium Inc. first-quarter earnings plummet amid record cold snap

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Fertilizer producer and retailer Agrium Inc. (TSX:AGU) has reported a 92 per cent drop in profits for the first three months of the year as the North American farmers it serves dealt with a nastier than usual winter.

The Calgary-based company said consolidated net earnings from continuing operations were $12 million, or eight cents per share, compared with $146 million, or 98 cents per share, a year earlier.

“Agrium’s first quarter is traditionally our seasonally lowest earnings quarter and this was exacerbated this year by the record cold winter across North America,” CEO Chuck Magro said in a release.

“However, farmer sentiment is positive this spring and we are now seeing good demand for crop input products and services. Agrium achieved a record $788-million in operating cash flow this quarter despite the lower net earnings as we continue to focus on reducing working capital needs.”

Agrium’s outlook for the second quarter is much brighter, calling for between $3.85 and $4.35 in diluted earnings per share from continuing operations.

Sales during the first quarter dipped modestly to $3.08 billion from $3.16 billion a year earlier.

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OTTAWA — The latest trade data shows a much smaller than expected surplus for Canada in March.

Statistics Canada says that the surplus came in at $79 million, much smaller than the $450 million that economists had expected and down sharply from the surplus of $847 million racked up in February. At the same time, the February trade surplus was revised upward from $290 million.

Exports declined 1.4 per cent to $42.7 billion, with prices down two per cent and volumes up 0.7 per cent. Energy products were the main contributor to the overall decline. Exports of energy products fell 7.9 per cent to $11.2 billion in March, following three consecutive months of significant increases.

Expenses rose eight per cent to $503 million from $466 million.

The results included a $31-million share-based payment expense, which was offset by a gain of $32 million on natural gas hedging.

Major crop prices have been strengthening, thanks to strong demand and increased uncertainty over supply.

That’s good news for the fertilizers and other farm products Agrium provides, the company said.

But the start to the spring planting season in North America is later than normal because of cold, wet weather.

The inability to get a record Western Canadian grain crop to market by rail has also been a challenge.

“The large North American crop in 2013, particularly in Canada, combined with the cold winter, have challenged rail and port transportation logistics so far in 2014,” Agrium said.

“In some cases, the delayed start has allowed the crop nutrient supply chain more time for product to move to market. However, constrained logistical capacity is still expected to contribute to tight supply and demand balances within regional markets this season.”

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Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) and tour operators including Transat (TSX:TRZ.B), which fly large planes to many destinations including Europe.

While it assesses this new opportunity, WestJet said it is also upgrading its technology before deciding later this year whether to add a fee for first checked bags.

Saretsky said the decision by Porter Airlines to begin charging $25 for the first bag and $35 for a second bag checked on domestic travel is “indicative of the steps that airlines are needing to take to offset the headwinds that we’re all facing.”

The airline’s net profit fell two per cent to $89.3 million from $91.1 million a year earlier. It earned 69 cents per diluted share for the period ended March 31, one cent above last year. Adjusting for one time items, it earned 59 cents per share, four cents less than forecasted by analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. Revenues surpassed $1 billion, increasing 7.7 per cent from last year.

After a two per cent fare increase in February, WestJet has selectively increased fares in markets where demand is strong. Ancillary fees increased 28 per cent to $10.55 per passenger in the quarter, with the prospect for $80 million being collected for the full year.

Charges including for changing and cancelling flights, pre-reserving seats and buying food are designed to offset higher costs and the impact of the lower Canadian dollar.

However, the airline said it has no plans to introduce a currency surcharge as some charter operators have done.

At the same time, WestJet continues to cut costs, trimming $125 million this year, above its $100 million target and a year ahead of schedule. It hasn’t announced any new target for additional efforts.

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Actively managed mutual funds have a portfolio manager that selects which securities to purchase and sell on an ongoing basis.

Traditional ETFs are passive investments — they track an index, commodity or other underlying securities without the need of an individual manager. These tend to have a lower operating cost which means that the management expense ratios (MERs) for ETFs are generally lower than those of mutual funds.

However, unlike mutual funds, ETFs have additional costs in terms of commissions and exchange fees. In addition, lack of liquidity for some ETFs may result in large bid/ask spreads.

Overall, which investment vehicle has lower costs? It depends on the actual investment and the way you invest. Some index mutual funds, for example, have lower MERs than actively managed ETFs. In some cases, the difference may be negligible or non-existent.

Increased portfolio diversification.

As previously mentioned, individuals can use ETFs to diversify their investments into areas of the market either very difficult or impossible to access, based on amount of investment or availability — for example, shares listed on the exchanges of emerging market economies such as India or China. They can also be useful for more proactive tactical investing, where investors may choose a specific sector or commodity — such as gold, oil or cotton — representing favourable value or growth potential.

Many investors who choose ETFs use them to complement mutual fund holdings as part of a diversified portfolio that may also include individual stocks and bonds.

Mutual funds and ETFs each have unique features and benefits. Mutual funds, for example, offer more choice in actively managed funds, and their lack of transaction costs when buying or selling can be attractive to investors making frequent contributions to retirement savings.

My final thoughts? While I believe that ETFs are valuable investment tools, you have to keep in mind that they are just that — one investment tool in a bench full of choices.

You wouldn’t use a chainsaw to fix a fridge, and you wouldn’t chop down a tree with a screwdriver.

In short, make sure you pick the right tool for the job and make sure you stay disciplined with your investment choices.

Happy investing!

Derek Fuchs is a wealth adviser with ScotiaMcLeod in Red Deer, and a certified financial planner, financial management adviser and a fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute. He can be contacted at derek.fuchs@ scotiamcleod.com.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 104.29 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 54.14 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.50 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.35 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.11 Cdn. National Railway . . 63.17 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 169.17 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 40.69 Capital Power Corp . . . . 24.73 Cervus Equipment Corp 21.60 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 49.11 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 52.99 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 30.19 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.45 General Motors Co. . . . . 34.75 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 20.08 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.88 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 50.58 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 64.50 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 39.01 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 13.16 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 46.91 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 107.29 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.91 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.94 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 47.43 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 18.20 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed lower Tuesday amid a heavy slate of earnings and a forecast that sees slower global economic growth.

The S&P/TSX composite index declined 84.74 points to 14,612.29.

The Canadian dollar was ahead 0.61 of a cent to 91.92 cents US. U.S. indexes were also well into negative territory with the Dow Jones industrials down 129.53 points to 16,401.02, the Nasdaq off 57.3 points at 4,080.76 and the S&P 500 index 16.94 points lower at 1,867.72.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said the global economy will grow by 3.4 per cent this year, down from its forecast of 3.6 per cent growth last November.

The OECD, a think-tank for the world’s most developed countries, cut China’s growth forecast this year to 7.4 per cent from 8.2 per cent in November. Meanwhile, the U.S. economy is forecast to grow 2.6 per cent this year against last November’s 2.9 per cent estimate.

The news is better for Canada: economic growth is projected to accelerate to 2.75 per cent by 2015.

On the earnings front, BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE) posted quarterly net earnings of $615 million, up 8.7 per cent from a year ago, led by growth in its wireless and media divisions. Adjusted net earnings were $626 million or 81 cents, up 4.5 per cent from a year ago and five cents better than forecast, but its shares lost 46 cents to $48.50 as revenue missed expectations.

Also, subsidiary Bell added 33,964 postpaid net wireless customers, mostly smartphone subscribers on two-year contracts, down from 59,497 in the same quarter last year.

WestJet (TSX:WJA) recorded quarterly net earnings of $89.3 million, or 69 cents per diluted share,

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.85 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 59.68 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.01 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 24.42 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 18.97 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.20 First Quantum Minerals . 20.60 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 27.54 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.39 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.85 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.44 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 39.38 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.47 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 24.61 Energy Aeroflex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.77 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 36.95 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 70.30 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.92 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 58.47 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 44.24 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 22.64 Canyon Services Group. 15.10 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 31.93 CWC Well Services . . . . . 1.05 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 24.56 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.99 compared with $91.1 million, or 69 cents a year ago. WestJet says total revenue totalled $1.042 billion, a gain of 7.7 per cent over the same period of 2013. WestJet shares dropped 55 cents to $24.42.

The tech sector led TSX decliners, down two per cent with BlackBerry (TSX:BB) falling 33 cents to $8.35.

In New York, the rotation from expensive biotech and technology shares resumed and shares in Twitter plunged $6.90, or 17.8 per cent, to $31.85 after company insiders were allowed to sell stock for the first time since the company’s initial public offering in November. Facebook fell 4.4 per cent while Netflix shed 5.3 per cent.

The base metals sector dropped 0.94 per cent with July copper unchanged at US$3.06 a pound.

June bullion faded 70 cents to US$1,308.60 and the gold sector shed about 0.9 per cent.

The energy sector was off 0.24 per cent while June crude in New York added two cents to US$99.50 a barrel.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close of Tuesday Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,612.29, down 84.74 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,005.62, down 3.83 points TSX 60 — 833.02, down 5.28 points Dow — 16,401.02, down 129.53 points S&P 500 — 1,867.72, down 16.94 points Nasdaq — 4,080.76, down 57.30 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 91.92 cents US, up 0.61 of a cent Pound — C$1.8474, down 0.01 of a cent Euro — C$1.5155, down 0.40 of a cent

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BRIEFS George Weston not looking for big deals

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — George Weston Ltd. (TSX:WN) said Tuesday it will continue to invest in small, strategic acquisitions but made it clear it wasn’t looking to follow in Loblaw’s footsteps with any big, transformational deals.

The company, whose Loblaw subsidiary completed a $12.4-billion deal to acquire Shoppers Drug Mart at the end of March, announced the more modest purchase Rubschlager Baking Corp. on Monday, a deal that George Weston president Pavi Binning now says was worth about $10 million.

“Our strategy is pretty clear: it’s focused on organic growth of the business, supported by capital investments and small acquisitions that complement the portfolio that we have,” Bin-

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . 102.67 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 63.52 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.39 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 35.49 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 53.79 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 7.25 Penn West Energy . . . . . 10.23 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.150 Precision Drilling Corp . . 14.12 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 43.40 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.13 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 15.49 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 12.44 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 72.50 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 75.01 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 66.44 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.35 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 37.19 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.13 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 30.21 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 54.31 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 70.62 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.36 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 45.41 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.60 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 73.00 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 37.52 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.90 Euro — US$1.3931, up 0.57 of a cent Oil futures: US$99.50 per barrel, up two cents (June contract) Gold futures: US$1,308.60 per oz., down 70 cents (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.246 oz., down 16.4 cents $715.21 kg., down $5.27 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Tuesday at 1,005.62, down 3.83 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 149.73 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ’14 $6.70 lower $482.90; July ’14 $6.70 lower $468.90; Nov. ’14 $4.30 lower $475.90; Jan ’15 $4.30 lower $481.30; March ’15 $4.40 lower $486.00; May ’15 $4.40 lower $489.80; July ’15 $4.80 lower $491.40; Nov ’15 $2.50 lower $484.70; Jan. ’16 $2.50 lower $476.90; March ’16 $2.50 lower $482.90.

Barley (Western): May ’14 unchanged $139.50; July ’14 unchanged $140.50; Oct. ’14 unchanged $140.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $140.50; March ’15 unchanged $140.50; May ’15 unchanged $140.50; July ’15 unchanged $140.50; Oct. ’15 unchanged $140.50; Dec. ’15 unchanged $140.50; March ’16 unchanged $140.50; May ’16 unchanged $140.50.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 92,440 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 92,440.

ning said during an analyst call Tuesday to discuss its first-quarter results.

“In terms of large transformational acquisitions, it’s not something that we’re looking at in the food segment for the foreseeable feature.”

The purchase of Rubschlager, a maker of rye breads in Chicago, he said, gives Weston Food access to an bread division that is growing two to three per cent a year.

It comes as George Weston faces fresh competition from Grupo Bimbo, a Mexican company that has acquired Maple Leaf Foods’ (TSX:MFI) Canada Bread (TSX:CBY) subsidiary.

But Binning said his company isn’t too concerned with what the new owners may do, adding that George Weston’s results were in line with the company’s expectations given the competitive retail environment and higher commodity and input costs.

George Weston also increased its quarterly dividend to 42 cents, up from 41.5 cents, but it warned that secondquarter results will face continued pressure from higher costs as well as some softness in the overall market.

The company, which has been struggling as customers continue to turn away from frozen and baked goods and toward healthier food choices, posted a profit of $109 million, down 32.7 per cent, from $162 million in the same quarter of 2013.

Charter rights violation alleged in pipeline review LEGAL CHALLENGE LAUNCHED

BY DENE MOORE THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Pipeline opponents are challenging the federal government’s new energy board rules that restrict participation in the review hearing on Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion.

A notice of motion was filed Tuesday asking the National Energy Board to declare the revised regulations unconstitutional.

“The applicants submit that this is a draconian, undemocratic limitation of their constitutionally guaranteed freedom of expression,” said the motion, filed directly with the federal energy regulator.

“There is no justification for this violation of (charter) rights.”

The revisions introduced two years ago restrict participation in project review hearings to those with a direct interest in the proposal and those who have expertise to offer.

The $5.4-billion expansion would almost triple the capacity of the existing pipeline that links the Alberta oil sands to Port Metro Vancouver.

The energy board has approved 400 individuals and groups for intervener status, which allows them to take part directly in the hearings, address the panel and question other interveners.

Another 1,250 groups and individuals have been approved as commenters, or those who can submit comments but can’t question other participants.

Of more than 2,000 applications for various levels of participation, 468 were denied.

The board said 452 groups and individuals who requested intervener status were instead granted commenter status.

The new participation rule was among a host of amendments that included time limits and took the final

Fiat 1Q losses widen MILAN, Italy — Italian carmaker Fiat SpA saw first-quarter losses widen to 334 million euros ($465 million), due largely to one-off costs associated with the Italian carmaker’s purchase of the rest of Chrysler.

The loss posted Tuesday by the automaker, based in the northern Italian city of Turin, compares with first-quarter loss of 83 million euros last year.

Revenues rose 12 per cent to 22 billion euros, thanks to North America and Asia sales and boosted by luxury brands Ferrari and Maserati.

Profits in North America narrowed 4 per cent to 380 million euros, with higher depreciation, recall costs and other factors eating into the increased volumes. Earnings for Chrysler will be released at a future date.

OECD says global economy will grow more slowly than expected PARIS — A leading international organization warned Tuesday that the global economy will grow by less than expected this year after it lowered its forecasts for the United States and China.

decision from the board’s hands, while giving it to the federal cabinet.

Ben West, of Forest Ethics Advocacy, which joined eight individuals named in the motion, said the application process itself was a barrier.

“If you look at the number of people who were actually rejected from having intervener status, who were downgraded to commentators, even of the 2,000 people who went through that process, many people are not being given the right to speak or participate,” he said.

The window for interested parties to file their applications was “unreasonably short,” the motion said.

The board adopted a very narrow definition of who is directly affected, it said, and refuses to hear submissions on climate change or fossil fuels.

“In the result, this board has deterred participation in this important public hearing and has suppressed expression about whether the proposed project is in the interest of Canadians,” it said.

Sarah Kiley, a spokeswoman for the National Energy Board, said there have been several motions filed on the Trans Mountain review, including a motion to recuse a board member.

The panel itself deals with most motions, but because the latest involves a constitutional challenge, the board must serve the attorneys general in each province and in Ottawa with a copy.

“That has already happened,” Kiley said Tuesday, hours after the motion was filed.

The lawmakers have 10 days to respond and then the board will decide how to proceed.

The nine applicants include Lynne Quarmby, a professor of molecular biology and biochemistry at Simon Fraser University, Eric Doherty, a former director of the B.C. Sustainable Energy Association and several landowners who live near the possible route.

The Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said the global economy will grow by 3.4 per cent this year, down from its forecast of 3.6 per cent growth last November.

The OECD, a think-tank for the world’s most developed countries, cut China’s growth forecast this year to 7.4 per cent from 8.2 per cent in November. Meanwhile, the U.S. economy is forecast to grow 2.6 per cent this year against last November’s 2.9 per cent estimate.

Economic growth in Canada is projected to accelerate to 2 ¾ per cent by 2015. “Exports are set to gain momentum, supported by stronger foreignmarket growth, the recent currency depreciation and continuing energysector expansion,” the OCED said.

“With economic slack fully absorbed, inflation is projected to rise to nearly 2 per cent by late 2015.”

It said as inflation approaches the 2 per cent target, monetary accommodation should be progressively withdrawn. “Fiscal consolidation should continue as planned. Most notably, provincial governments should continue to work on reforms that would limit growth in health-care expenditures,” the think-tank said.

In its half-yearly economic outlook, the OECD also cut its 2014 forecast for Japan, to 1.2 per cent from 1.5 per cent.

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BRIEF Collector who hoarded massive art trove with Nazi connections dead at 81 BERLIN — Cornelius Gurlitt’s longsecret hoard of 1,280 major artworks set off an international uproar last year over the fate of art looted by the Nazis. Now his death has triggered a new round of speculation over who will eventually own his unparalleled collection.

A spokesman for the reclusive German collector, who died Tuesday at age 81 at his apartment in Munich, said Gurlitt had living relatives but he would not say who they are.

It was also not immediately clear whether Gurlitt had written a will or whether a Munich court would appoint a curator of estate, which is often done in Germany if there are open questions surrounding an inheritance.

After much back and forth, Gurlitt eventually agreed last month to a deal with the German government under which hundreds of works he owned would be checked for possible Naziera pasts while staying in government hands. A spokeswoman for the Bavarian Justice Ministry told The Associated Press on Tuesday that deal would be binding on all possible heirs.

Initially, Gurlitt had insisted that all of the art work belonged to him and nobody else.

“Everybody involved — the authorities as well as private people who think some of the art may have once belonged to their families — wants to

COMMENT because there are none. (The drones wouldn’t be able to make the round trips to their destinations. Maybe it’s a base for drone controllers, but then why all the urgency? British drone controllers and U.S. analysts are indeed based in Britain, but could easily be moved anywhere in the world.)

Anyway, the bad guys are threatening to take control remotely of this fleet of drone aircraft conveniently stationed right in Britain, to use their missiles to kill the president during his visit. Fair enough. There have been security breaches before — Iran was able to spoof the guidance system of an

know more than anything what’s going to happen to the collection,” said Markus Stoetzel, a German lawyer specializing on the restitution of Nazilooted art.

“The only thing we know for sure at this point is that the painful process of recovering art taken under Nazi terror will be further delayed,” he added.

Gurlitt was thrust into the public spotlight in November when authorities, following a report by German magazine Focus, disclosed that they had seized 1,280 works by artists including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Marc Chagall from his Munich apartment more than a year earlier.

They had discovered the works while investigating Gurlitt for suspected import tax evasion.

Coldplay dedicates song Fix You to Jagger at concert NEW YORK — Coldplay dedicated its slow tempo tune Fix You to Mick Jagger at a concert in New York City.

Chris Martin told the crowd Monday before singing the encouraging song about recovering, “It’s for Mick Jagger.”

Jagger’s longtime girlfriend, fashion designer L’Wren Scott, committed suicide in March. A memorial was held in New York last week.

Martin doesn’t quite have Jagger’s moves, but the singer danced wildly onstage with his arms swinging as he sang tunes from the band’s catalogue, including songs from their new album Ghost Stories, out May 19.

He played the piano and guitar throughout the hour-long set at the Beacon Theatre, performing wellknown hits like Speed of Sound, Clocks, and Viva la Vida as colourful laser lights beamed and white stars hung from the ceiling above the stage. Con-

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RQ-170 — and, as far as is known, the drones don’t have fail-safe remote-destruct devices. Nobody has been able to take control of a drone remotely, but it’s a reasonable fictional premise.

One really cool idea would be for Jack Bauer to tell somebody. But, no, he can’t, he says — they would never believe him because he’s a fugitive.

Because, presumably, it is unheard of for a wanted man to buy his freedom with information. This is too bad.

At first, to be sure, he only knows there is a plot — he doesn’t know it involves drones. Once he finds out, he could, say, pick up the phone. After all, even if the hacker can’t be stopped (and in Hollywood, the hacker can never be stopped until the very last minute), it would be pretty easy to just take

the missiles off the drones, rendering them harmless.

Anyway, being unable to tell anybody, Jack instead decides to let himself be arrested by the CIA, then break out of the black site with Chloe, then shoot it out with drug dealers who are protecting a hacker, then shoot it out, sort of, with his CIA pursuers — all of this without a London cop in sight.

(Evidently they’re all busy keeping anti-drone demonstrators away from the president.)

It’s all pretty ridiculous, in the sense that Robert Ludlum at his best was ridiculous: The story never quite hangs together, but you’re desperate to know what happens next. Or I am, anyway. What can I say? I’ll be watching next week.

fetti burst from the sides of the stage after they performed the dance-flavoured tunes Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall and A Sky Full of Stars.

Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow, who married in 2003, announced they were separating in March. While singing the song Magic — which features lyrics like “No I don’t . . . want anybody else than you” — one girl yelled: “Hang in there, Chris!”

The British foursome closed the show with True Love, which Martin asked the crowd not to film and post on YouTube. “(This) is the best song off our new album that no one has ever heard yet,” he said. “Sometimes you have to keep these things to yourself.”

“Suddenly at 8:15, a mortar hit five meters (yards) from me,” the petite 24-year-old with chestnut eyes said.

“I was injured and fell to the ground unconscious, bleeding. I didn’t feel any pain.”

Flying shrapnel from the shell pierced into her right leg. Five other of her classmates were also wounded, and two others died in the explosion, which shattered windows on the building and broke glass on a board that advertised a Chopin piano concert that was to be held that day, April 6.

Mortar attacks have become daily occurrence in the Syrian capital of some two million, often killing more people than this attack. But the strike last month against the opera house resonated much more loudly through the Damascus community. It was a direct hit against the Assad family’s cherished creation.

Hafez Assad, who ruled Syria for three decades with an iron fist, was only a few years in power in 1970 when he laid the foundation stone of the Assad House for Culture and Arts.

Hard economic times and the outbreak of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war stalled construction. The opera was scheduled to open in 1999, but was again delayed by an electrical fire that gutted the main hall.

After Hafez Assad’s death in 2000, it fell on his son, Bashar, to finish the job. In 2004, he opened the opera house with his British-born wife, Asma, amid great fanfare and fireworks.

Damascus opera suffers under mortar attacks DAMASCUS, Syria — Just as Leen Arbid entered the front gate of the Damascus Opera House, a potent symbol of the Assad family’s decades-long authoritarian rule over Syria, she heard a deafening bang. And then, everything went black.

The drama student was going to her classes that bright Sunday morning when a mortar shell fired from rebel positions on the outskirts of the Syrian capital struck the pavement inside the complex yard, next to an entrance door used by performers.

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It’s nice to know that Jack Bauer hasn’t changed much. True, the hero of Fox’s rebooted 24 franchise is a fugitive from justice now, and in the first two hours of his new day, he didn’t get to torture anybody (although he did threaten to shoot a computer hacker in the head).

But he had little trouble outwitting his experienced Central Intelligence Agency captors who were, supposedly, expert interrogators, or out-fighting a roomful of mobsters with their guns pointing his way. In other words, his combination of luck and skill remains as absurd as ever.

There were all the classic 24 tropes.

Naturally, there is a president under threat, and if the show’s history is any guide, he will wind up dead or in prison. Naturally, the president has a scheming chief of staff, who for unfathomable reasons speaks directly to a CIA station chief, a breach of protocol that would never be permitted in real life. Naturally, we encounter a sinister manipulator, sitting (literally) in shadow and whispering commands and threats, and who almost certainly, given the show’s conceits, will turn out not to be the “real” villain. (Still, nice to see that Catelyn Stark survived the Red Wedding after all.)

Naturally, a woman from Jack’s past is around — in this case, Audrey Raines, last seen in a coma during the show’s final season, but now general aide-de-camp to her father, the president. Naturally, there is no computer system into which Chloe O’Brian can’t hack, even though it has been only minutes (minutes!) since she was a prisoner being injected with all sorts of painful and disorienting drugs. (By the way, her interrogation took place in a supposed CIA black site that was located directly under the CIA’s London station. That isn’t the way the black sites worked. Or work, if you’re conspiratorially minded.)

There is also a story, of sorts. The president is in London to negotiate with the British prime minister (turns out that the egregious Gordon Deitrich also survived his apparent death in V for Vendetta) on a project vital to U.S. security: renewing the lease on a drone base located in Britain. The precise advantage of having drones based in Britain is never made clear, possibly

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Clear leftover drugs from medicine cabinet

Coca-Cola to drop controversial ingredient

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BY HELEN BRANSWELL THE CANADIAN PRESS You’ll wash the windows, rake the yard. You may sort through closets and drawers to identify unneeded clothing to give away.

But when you are doing your spring cleaning, do you remember to spend some time clearing out the medicine cabinet? Chances are, if you pop open the mirrored doors of many medicine cabinets, you are likely to see some “just in case” drugs that medical experts wish weren’t there.

Didn’t take all the Tylenol 3s or Percocets your doctor prescribed after your surgery a couple of years ago?

You probably hung on to them just in case they might come in handy later. Ditto the leftover pills from the prescription of antibiotics you stopped taking once you started to feel better.

(Stop doing that, by the way. Right now.)

Leftover drugs stored for a rainy day in household medicine cabinets pose a number of risks, two doctors write in a commentary published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

The doctors, from Toronto-area hospitals, suggest Canadian households should take advantage of the upcoming Prescription Drug DropOff Day — on May 10 — to get rid of unused prescription drugs.

Dr. Peter Wu, chief medical resident at Toronto General Hospital, and Dr. David Juurlink, a specialist in internal medicine and clinical pharmacology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, say inertia and a natural inclination to save something that might be useful later are likely the reasons why people hang on to drugs they haven’t needed for the illness for which they were prescribed.

Wu says last year two tonnes of unused medications were turned in to pharmacies across Canada during the first national drop-off day.

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A pharmacist holds outdated medication over his drug waste bin in Quebec City. think the problem hasn’t gone away. A study of people who underwent dermatologic surgery showed 86 per cent of patients didn’t use all the drugs they were prescribed and half of them planned to keep the remaining pills.

A systematic review — a study that reviews accumulated studies on a topic — found that more than a third of patients didn’t take all the prescribed pills when they were put on antibiotics. (Seriously, stop doing that. It’s contributing to the development of drug-resistant bacteria, a problem the World Health Organization calls a major threat to global public health.)

The same study showed more than a quarter of patients used leftover antibiotics for subsequent infections — in other words, they selfprescribed drugs without knowing what they were suffering from, whether it was caused by a bacterium (the bugs that antibiotics treat) or whether that particular antibiotic was useful for the ailment they had.

That’s a bad idea, the authors say, for a variety of reasons. Included among them is the fact that self-medicating like this might delay sick people from getting assessed by a physician, it might affect their test results, thereby delaying diagnosis and the start of care.

There are other reasons why keeping left-

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Prescription medications in the household can be taken by young children and lead to accidental poisonings.

From 2001 to 2008, more than 450,000 cases of poisonings in children were reported to U.S. poison control centres and 95 per cent of those cases involved ingestion of prescription medication, they say.

Drugs in the home can also be misused by someone looking for a high, the authors caution.

“It really is a concern because in many cases we’re talking about powerful, potentially dangerous drugs that are just kind of sitting there in the medicine cabinet,” says Robert Mann, senior scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto and principal investigator for the Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey.

That ongoing survey of students in Grades 7 through 12 reported last year that 15 per cent of high school students in Ontario admitted to using prescription drugs — often opioids and stimulants — for recreational purposes. The most common source of the drugs was the family medicine cabinet.

Mann, who was not involved in the commentary written for the medical journal, says using leftover drugs “is not a good idea. Because you don’t really know what

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you’re doing and don’t know what you’re treating.”

“This is a very dangerous thing to do. For example, with the prescription opioid drugs, these are powerful, addictive drugs that should only be used under medical supervision.”

So what should one do with unneeded drugs?

Health Canada recommends turning them in to pharmacies — the plan for the drop-off day. Another option is municipal waste disposal centres.

The department does not recommend flushing unused drugs down the toilet or putting them in the garbage.

Wu says the idea of an annual national disposal day is a good idea, one that may focus people’s attention on the problem. But a better idea is to get rid of unused drugs as soon as you determine you don’t need them.

NEW YORK — Coca-Cola says it will drop a controversial ingredient from all its drinks that contain it, not just Powerade.

The Atlanta-based company says brominated vegetable oil is still being used in some flavours of Fanta and Fresca, as well as several citrus-flavoured fountain drinks.

The change will apply to its drinks globally, meaning Canada and Latin America are phasing out the ingredient as well.

A spokesman for Coca-Cola, Josh Gold, noted that the ingredient is not used in many countries.

Brominated vegetable oil, or BVO, had been the target of petitions on Change.org by a Mississippi teenager, Sarah Kavanagh, who wanted it out of Gatorade and Powerade.

The Food and Drug Administration says the ingredient is used as a stabilizer for flavouring oils in fruit-flavoured drinks. But Kavanagh’s petition noted that it has been patented as a flame retardant and isn’t approved for use in Japan or the European Union.

The Associated Press reported on Sunday that Coca-Cola is dropping BVO from Powerade, following a similar move by PepsiCo’s Gatorade last year.

On Monday, Coca-Cola said in a statement that all its drinks are safe and comply with regulations in the countries where they’re sold.

It noted that BVO is used to improve the stability of its drinks and prevent certain ingredients from separating.

In coming months, however, the company said it would phase out BVO in the U.S. by the end of the year to be consistent with the ingredients it uses around the world.

It said it would instead use sucrose acetate isobutyrate, which Coca-Cola said has been used in drinks for more than 14 years, and glycerol ester of rosin, which it said is commonly found in chewing gum and drinks. Even as companies stand by the safety of their products, several have changed their recipes as people increasingly look to eat foods they believe are natural.

The ingredient is still used in drinks including PepsiCo’s Mountain Dew and Amp, as well as Dr Pepper Snapple Group’s Sun Drop and Squirt.

Representatives for PepsiCo, based in Purchase, New York, did not respond to request for comment.

A Dr Pepper spokesman said only that the company continually reviews its product formulations to ensure they meet customers’ expectations.

Sarah Kavanagh, the 17-year-old Mississippi high school student who started the petitions asking for the removal of BVO from Powerade and Gatorade, said she was thrilled by the decision. “”Coca-Cola has gone above and beyond our expectations,“ she said. ”It’s really good to know that companies, especially big companies, are listening to consumers.“

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadiens 4 Bruins 2 MONTREAL — P.K. Subban has picked the right time of the year to go on an offensive tear.

The 2013 Norris Trophy winner had his third straight two-point game with a goal and an assist as the Montreal Canadiens held off the Boston Bruins for a 4-2 victory on Tuesday night to take the lead in their NHL Eastern Conference playoff series.

Montreal leads the best-of-seven series 2-1 with Game 4 slated for Thursday night at the Bell Centre.

“We’re playing well as a team,” said Subban, who has 11 points in seven post-season games. “I’m just the beneficiary of the guys playing well around me, supporting me.

“It starts in goal. Well, it actually starts with our coaching staff and making sure everybody is feeling confident. We’re doing it together. It starts with Pricey. From our defence to our forwards. We’re sticking together.

When we had adversity, we’re sticking together doing the right things.

“It’s fun to play on teams where you know guys are going to support you.”

Lars Eller and fourth-line digger Dale Weise also had a goal and an assist each and Tomas Plekanec scored Montreal’s other goal.

Patrice Bergeron and Andrej Meszaros scored for the Bruins.

Subban became the third Canadiens defencemen to have three consecutive games of more than one point in the playoffs, after Larry Robinson in 1978 and 1987 and J.C. Tremblay in 1971.

Robinson’s 1978 streak stretched to five games.

While Montreal has the lead in the series and has wrestled home-ice advantage from the Bruins, the series between the long-time rivals is hardly over. Boston outshot Montreal 28-26, had the Canadiens hemmed in their end for long stretches, and looked nothing like a team that is overmatched and demoralized.

But unlike the first two games, they were unable to erase a two-goal Mon-

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Montreal Canadiens defenceman Josh Gorges and Boston Bruins left wing Brad Marchand battle in front of Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price during NHL playoff action Tuesday in Montreal. treal lead as their frantic third-period comeback fell short and Eller ended it with an empty-net goal with three seconds left on the clock.

“I don’t think we played badly, we just made stupid mistakes that ended up costing us the game,” said Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask. “We have to get rid of those, and keep playing like we’re playing.

“You’re three goals behind and it’s tough. You battle back, but time’s running out. We have to try to get that lead and play with the lead.”

For the third straight game in the series, the Canadiens held a 3-1 lead

in the third period but, this time they didn’t let it slip away. In Game 2 on Saturday in Boston, the Bruins scored four goals in the final 10 minutes for a 5-3 comeback win.

This time, they got one back, but it wasn’t enough.

Rask was pulled with 2:20 left to play. Only four seconds later, Meszaros beat Price with a high shot through traffic off a feed from Milan Lucic.

Eller said the Canadiens may finally be getting a hang of retaining the lead.

“We learned a little bit from the last game and we didn’t panic,” said the Danish centre, who has eight points in

seven post-season games after a disappointing regular season. “You know they are going to come hard when you’re down by two. They gave it all they’ve got and we were prepared for it and held strong.”

“We weren’t as good as them in the first period and that cost us,” countered Bruins forward Jarome Iginla.

“After that, we were playing catch-up.

“We found a way to get ourselves back in it, but the first period was the biggest difference in the game. We weren’t as sharp as them early.”

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Wild run roughshod over Blackhawks

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Minnesota Wild left wing Zach Parise avoids a check from Chicago Blackhawks centre Marcus Kruger during Game 3 of an NHL second-round playoff series in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday.

Wild 4 Blackhawks 0 ST. PAUL, Minn. — Matching the Chicago Blackhawks is a tough task, and the Minnesota Wild weren’t going to catch up without more presence and production from their top forwards.

After a couple of quiet games and two sluggish periods, Mikael Granlund, Zach Parise and the rest of the Wild’s skill-position players came to life.

Granlund scored twice, Parise had a goal and an assist, and Erik Haula jump-started the Wild by scoring early in the third period in a 4-0 victory over the Blackhawks on Tuesday in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinal series.

“The big guys definitely came through tonight,” Wild coach Mike Yeo said.

Ilya Bryzgalov made 19 saves for his first shutout in the playoffs in eight years, and the Blackhawks had their lead whittled to 2-1 with their first loss in 2 ½ weeks.

“Today is a tremendous team effort,” Bryzgalov said. “We play very, very, very nice hockey.”

Game 4 is Friday in Minnesota.

The announced attendance of 19,416

was the most in franchise history, but the atmosphere didn’t match that until shortly after the second intermission.

Pucks were whizzing way wide of the net, and clogged shooting lanes led to plenty of thwarted opportunities for both sides.

“They’re probably as tight a team as we’re going to play all year,” Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said.

Haula finally brought the fans to their feet.

The rookie centre from Finland, once a standout for the University of Minnesota, started the play from the neutral zone and finished in front of the rush for a tap-in of Justin Fontaine’s slick pass through the defence.

Then less than 3 minutes later, Granlund took a pass from Jason Pominville and went to his backhand to slip a high shot past Corey Crawford’s glove for the 2-0 lead.

The crowd began to taunt the goalie with a “Craw-ford! Craw-ford!” chant, and Parise put the exclamation point on the night with a power-play goal, the first in 25 chances for the Wild over their last two playoff series against the Blackhawks. Then Granlund tacked on an empty-netter with 1:17 left.

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Oil Kings edge Winterhawks to get back in WHL final

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Oil Kings 3 Winterhawks 2 EDMONTON — The series just got serious.

Edgars Kulda’s goal with 6:47 remaining in the third period was the winner as the Edmonton Oil Kings rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to remain in the running in the Western Hockey League final, defeating the defending champion Portland Winterhawks 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Henrik Samuelsson and Luke Bertolucci also scored for the Oil Kings, who are now 9-0 on home ice in the playoffs to cut Portland’s series lead to 2-1.

It was the third straight game Edmonton fell behind very early in the contest, however this time the Oil Kings were able to find a way out of the hole they had created for them-

selves.

“They got that quick start once again, but we had been through it before and I think we knew what to do this time,” Bertolucci said. “Our power play was clutch and our penalty kill was solid. We answered the bell when we had to.”

Edmonton head coach Derek Laxdal did not call a timeout after his team’s third straight tough start since it didn’t seem to make a great deal of a difference in the first two games.

“I hate to say it, but it was time to see if they would sink or swim. They swam, and we really started to see a lot of leadership,” he said. “I just let the kids settle in and play. After that I felt we played a very solid game and had a gutsy effort from the guys from top to bottom. I thought we bent, but we didn’t break. I give our guys credit for the way they battled.”

Chase De Leo and Mathew Dumba responded for the Winterhawks, who suffered just their fourth loss in their last 46 games, a string of success running all the way back to Jan. 11.

“We expected this would be a hard fought game here,” said Portland head coach Mike Johnston. “We had another good start, but I think we allowed them to get some momentum in the second.

We obviously still had our chances in the third and had a great opportunity to tie it at the end.

“I don’t think this game was about us taking a step back, it was them taking a step forward.”

Added De Leo: “We had a really hot start and then we slowed down a bit in the second. We still had a lot of chances in the third. We knew coming into this game that it is hard to play in Edmonton.”

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in the series, the Winterhawks came out flying to grab an early lead in the game, scoring twice in less than a minute to go up 2-0 on their first three shots before the game was even four minutes old.

Portland struck 2:38 into the first period as a big bounce off the boards came out front to De Leo and he spun and beat Edmonton goalie Tristan Jarry with a shot to the top corner for his 10th goal off the playoffs.

Just 52 seconds later it was 2-0 Portland, as Brendan Leipsic fed a pass to defender Dumba in the slot and the Minnesota Wild draft pick made the most of the opportunity.

Edmonton allowed goals in the first three minutes of the first two games of the series as well, and was outscored by a combined 5-0 in the first periods of its opening two losses of the series in Portland.

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Local Sports NHL Playoffs SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

WHL PLAYOFFS Round 4 Portland vs. Edmonton (Portland leads series 2-1) Saturday, May. 3 Portland 5 Edmonton 2 Sunday, May. 4 Portland 3 Edmonton 1 Tuesday, May. 6 Edmonton 3 Portland 2 Wednesday, May. 7 Portland at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Friday, May. 9 Edmonton at Portland, 8 p.m.

Sunday, May. 11 x-Portland at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Monday, May. 12 x-Edmonton at Portland, 8 p.m. x — if necessary.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal 2, Boston 1 Thursday, May 1: Montreal 4, Boston 3, 2OT Saturday, May 3: Boston 5, Montreal 3 Tuesday, May 6: Montreal 4, Boston 2 Thursday, May 8: Boston at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 10: Montreal at Boston, 5 p.m. x-Monday, May 12: Boston at Montreal, TBA x-Wednesday, May 14: Montreal at Boston, TBA

Tuesday’s summary Oil Kings 3, Winterhawks 2 First Period 1. Portland, De Leo 10 (Pouliot, Leier) 2:38.

2. Portland, Dumba 5 (Leipsic) 3:30.

Penalties — Haar Por (interference) 12:32, Turgeon Por (holding) 17:29.

Second Period 3. Edmonton, Samuelsson 5 (Lazar, Moroz) 4:11 (pp).

4. Edmonton, Bertolucci 6 (Eller) 11:04.

Penalties — Leier Por (tripping) 3:53, Orban Edm (high-sticking) 8:51.

Third Period 5. Edmonton, Kulda 7 (Moroz) 13:13.

Penalties — Irving Edm (delay of game) 3:09, Pouliot Por (holding) 3:31, Reinhart Edm (tripping) 6:19, Samuelsson Edm (tripping) 9:08.

Shots on goal Portland 10 12 15 — 37 Edmonton 19 11 8 — 38 Goal — Portland: Boes (L, 6-1-0); Edmonton: Jarry (W, 13-4-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Portland: 0-4; Edmonton: 1-4.

Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Friday, May 2: N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Sunday, May 4: Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Rangers 0 Monday, May 5: Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Rangers 0 Wednesday, May 7: Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, May 9: N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. x-Sunday, May 11: Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, TBA x-Tuesday, May 13: N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago 2, Minnesota 1 Friday, May 2: Chicago 5, Minnesota 2 Sunday, May 4: Chicago 4, Minnesota 1 Tuesday, May 6: Minnesota 4, Chicago 0 Friday, May 9: Chicago at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 11: Minnesota at Chicago, TBA x-Tuesday, May 13: Chicago at Minnesota, TBA x-Thursday, May 15: Minnesota at Chicago, TBA Los Angeles 2, Anaheim 0 Saturday, May 3: Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 2, OT Monday, May 5: Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 1 Thursday, May 8: Anaheim at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 10: Anaheim at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. x-Monday, May 12: Los Angeles at Anaheim, TBA x-Wednesday, May 14: Anaheim at Los Angeles, TBA x-Friday, May 16: Los Angeles at Anaheim, TBA Tuesday’s summaries

Canadiens 4, Bruins 2 First Period 1. Montreal, Plekanec 3 (Vanek, Subban) 10:57.

2. Montreal, Subban 3 (Eller, Weise) 14:44.

Penalties — Subban Mtl (roughing) 12:38.

Second Period 3. Montreal, Weise 2 (Briere, Weaver) 13:52.

4. Boston, Bergeron 3 (Krug, Marchand) 17:48.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 5. Boston, Iginla 3 (Meszaros, Lucic) 17:44.

6. Montreal, Eller 3 (unassisted) 19:57 (en).

Penalties — Soderberg Bos (goaltender interference) 8:44.

Shots on goal Boston 9 12 7 — 28 Montreal 10 12 4 — 26 Goal — Boston: Rask (L, 5-3-0); Montreal: Price (W, 6-1-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Boston: 0-1; Montreal: 0-1.

Wild 4, Blackhawks 0 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Hjalmarsson Chi (hooking) 1:55, Stoner Minn (interference) 6:34, Toews Chi (interference) 7:17, Heatley Minn (slashing) 13:29.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 1. Minnesota, Haula 2 (Fontaine, Moulson) 1:41.

2. Minnesota, Granlund 3 (Pominville, Parise) 4:18.

3. Minnesota, Parise 4 (Suter, Pominville) 17:25 (pp).

4. Minnesota, Granlund 4 (Niederreiter, Coyle) 18:43 (en).

Penalties — Hjalmarsson Chi (cross-checking) 7:22, Oduya Chi (hooking) 16:26.

Shots on goal Chicago 7 8 4 — 19 Minnesota 5 5 8 — 18 Goal — Chicago: Crawford (L, 6-3-0); Minnesota: Bryzgalov (W, 2-4-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Chicago: 0-2; Minnesota: 1-4.

Baseball Baltimore New York Boston Toronto Tampa Bay

American League East Division W L Pct 16 14 .533 17 15 .531 16 17 .485 16 17 .485 15 18 .455

GB — — 1 1/2 1 1/2 2 1/2

Detroit Chicago Minnesota Kansas City Cleveland

Central Division W L Pct 19 9 .679 17 17 .500 15 16 .484 15 17 .469 14 19 .424

GB — 5 5 1/2 6 7 1/2

Oakland Texas Los Angeles Seattle Houston

West Division W L Pct 19 13 .594 17 16 .515 16 16 .500 15 15 .500 10 23 .303

GB — 2 1/2 3 3 9 1/2

Monday’s Games Minnesota 1, Cleveland 0, 10 innings Toronto 3, Philadelphia 0 Detroit 2, Houston 0 Chicago White Sox 3, Chicago Cubs 1, 12 innings Colorado 8, Texas 2 L.A. Angels 4, N.Y. Yankees 1 Seattle 4, Oakland 2 San Diego 6, Kansas City 5, 12 innings Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 4, Minnesota 2 Toronto 6, Philadelphia 5, 10 innings Detroit 11, Houston 4 Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 3 Boston 4, Cincinnati 3, 12 innings Chicago White Sox 5, Chicago Cubs 1 Colorado 12, Texas 1 N.Y. Yankees 4, L.A. Angels 3 Seattle at Oakland, late Kansas City 3, San Diego 1, 11 innings Wednesday’s Games Seattle (F.Hernandez 3-1) at Oakland (Straily 1-2), 1:35 p.m., 1st game Kansas City (Shields 3-3) at San Diego (Cashner 2-4), 1:40 p.m.

Minnesota (Nolasco 2-3) at Cleveland (Salazar 1-3), 5:05 p.m.

Seattle (E.Ramirez 1-3) at Oakland (Pomeranz 1-1), 5:05 p.m., 2nd game Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 3-2) at Toronto (Buehrle 5-1), 5:07 p.m.

Houston (Peacock 0-2) at Detroit (Porcello 4-1), 5:08 p.m.

Baltimore (B.Norris 2-2) at Tampa Bay (C.Ramos 1-1), 5:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 2-3) at Boston (Peavy 1-1), 5:10 p.m.

Colorado (J.De La Rosa 3-3) at Texas (Lewis 2-1), 6:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 2-3) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 2-2), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 0-0) at L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 0-5), 8:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Minnesota at Cleveland, 10:05 a.m.

Houston at Detroit, 11:08 a.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.

Colorado at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

Atlanta Miami Washington New York Philadelphia

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National League East Division W L Pct 18 14 .563 18 15 .545 18 15 .545 16 16 .500 15 16 .484

GB — 1/2 1/2 2 2 1/2

Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago

San Francisco Colorado Los Angeles San Diego Arizona

Central Division W L Pct 22 12 .647 17 17 .500 15 17 .469 13 20 .394 11 20 .355

GB — 5 6 8 1/2 9 1/2

West Division W L Pct 21 12 .636 21 14 .600 19 15 .559 15 19 .436 12 24 .333

GB — 1/2 2 1/2 7 10 1/2

Monday’s Games Washington 4, L.A. Dodgers 0 San Francisco 11, Pittsburgh 10, 13 innings Toronto 3, Philadelphia 0 Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 3 St. Louis 4, Atlanta 3 Chicago White Sox 3, Chicago Cubs 1, 12 innings Milwaukee 8, Arizona 3 Colorado 8, Texas 2 San Diego 6, Kansas City 5, 12 innings Tuesday’s Games L.A. Dodgers 8, Washington 3 Pittsburgh 2, San Francisco 1 Toronto 6, Philadelphia 5, 10 innings Boston 4, Cincinnati 3, 12 innings Miami 3, N.Y. Mets 0 Atlanta 2, St. Louis 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Chicago Cubs 1 Arizona 7, Milwaukee 5 Texas 2, Colorado 8 Kansas City 3, San Diego 1 Wednesday’s Games San Francisco (Lincecum 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Cole 2-2), 10:35 a.m.

N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 1-3) at Miami (Koehler 3-2), 10:40 a.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Haren 4-0) at Washington (Strasburg 2-2), 11:05 a.m.

Arizona (Arroyo 2-2) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 4-1), 11:10 a.m.

Kansas City (Shields 3-3) at San Diego (Cashner 2-4), 1:40 p.m.

Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 3-2) at Toronto (Buehrle 5-1), 5:07 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 2-3) at Boston (Peavy 1-1), 5:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 5-2) at Atlanta (Minor 0-1), 5:10 p.m.

Colorado (J.De La Rosa 3-3) at Texas (Lewis 2-1), 6:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 2-3) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 2-2), 6:10 p.m.

Clevenger; Archer, Boxberger (6), B.Gomes (7), Jo.Peralta (8), Oviedo (8) and Hanigan. W—O’Day 1-0. L—Jo.Peralta 1-2. Sv—Tom.Hunter (9). HRs— Baltimore, Pearce (1). Tampa Bay, Longoria (4).

New York 000 020 011 — 4 8 1 Los Ang. 002 000 010 — 3 6 0 Kuroda, Kelley (8), Dav.Robertson (9) and McCann; C.Wilson, Frieri (9) and Conger. W—Kelley 1-2. L— Frieri 0-3. Sv—Dav.Robertson (5). HRs—New York, B.Roberts (1).

INTERLEAGUE Toronto 010 301 000 1 — 6 12 0 Phila.

000 005 000 0 — 5 10 0 (10 innings) Hutchison, Stroman (9), Loup (10) and Kratz; Hamels, Manship (7), Diekman (8), Papelbon (9), Bastardo (10) and Ruiz. W—Stroman 1-0. L—Bastardo 3-2. Sv—Loup (2). HRs—Toronto, Encarnacion (3), Col.Rasmus (8). Philadelphia, Asche (3).

Cincinnati 010 000 020 000 — 3 10 0 Boston 102 000 000 001 — 4 11 1 (12 innings) Bailey, Hoover (7), M.Parra (8), LeCure (9), Ondrusek (11) and Barnhart; Doubront, Badenhop (6), Tazawa (8), Uehara (9), A.Miller (10), Breslow (12) and Pierzynski. W—Breslow 1-0. L—Ondrusek 0-2.

Chicago (A) 000 100 013 — 5 11 0 Chicago (N) 000 010 000 — 1 4 0 Noesi, Putnam (6), S.Downs (8), D.Webb (9) and Flowers; E.Jackson, Russell (8), N.Ramirez (8), Strop (9), Villanueva (9) and Castillo. W—Putnam 1-0. L—N.Ramirez 0-1. HRs—Chicago (A), G.Beckham (1).

Texas 100 000 000 — 1 8 1 Colorado 201 016 20x — 12 21 0 Ross Jr., Ogando (6), Sh.Tolleson (6), Cotts (7), Moreland (8) and Arencibia; Nicasio, C.Martin (6), Brothers (7), Belisle (8), Ottavino (9) and Pacheco, McKenry. W—Nicasio 4-1. L—Ross Jr. 1-3. HRs— Texas, A.Beltre (1). Colorado, Blackmon (7), Stubbs (2).

Kan. City 000 001 000 02 — 3 7 1 San Diego 000 100 000 00 — 1 6 0 (11 innings) Guthrie, W.Davis (9), G.Holland (11) and S.Perez; Erlin, A.Torres (8), Street (9), Thayer (10), Vincent (11) and Grandal. W—W.Davis 2-1. L—Vincent 0-1.

Sv—G.Holland (8). HRs—Kansas City, S.Perez (3).

San Diego, Grandal (4).

NATIONAL LEAGUE San Fran. 010 000 000 — 1 5 1 Pittsburgh 010 000 001 — 2 5 1 T.Hudson and Posey; Morton, Watson (9) and T.Sanchez. W—Watson 3-0. L—T.Hudson 4-2.

Thursday’s Games Philadelphia at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

Colorado at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m.

Miami at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

Los Ang. 000 003 140 — 8 14 1 Wash.

000 000 030 — 3 12 2 Kershaw, C.Perez (8), J.Wright (8), Jansen (9) and Butera; Treinen, Stammen (6), Detwiler (8), Barrett (9) and Lobaton. W—Kershaw 2-0. L—Treinen 0-1.

HRs—Los Angeles, H.Ramirez (4), Butera (2).

Tuesday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota 000 000 101 — 2 5 1 Cleveland 220 000 00x — 4 6 2 Deduno, Darnell (6) and K.Suzuki; Tomlin, Rzepczynski (7), Atchison (8), Shaw (9) and Y.Gomes.

W—Tomlin 1-0. L—Deduno 0-2. Sv—Shaw (1).

HRs—Minnesota, Colabello (4).

St. Louis 000 001 000 — 1 6 0 Atlanta 000 100 01x — 2 8 0 Lyons, Maness (7), Choate (8), Neshek (8) and Y.Molina; Floyd, D.Carpenter (8), Kimbrel (9) and Laird. W—D.Carpenter 2-0. L—Choate 0-1. Sv— Kimbrel (9). HRs—Atlanta, J.Upton (9).

Houston 000 001 003 — 4 9 0 Detroit 102 100 25x — 11 18 1 Oberholtzer, Cisnero (7), Fields (8), D.Downs (8) and J.Castro; Ray, E.Reed (6), Alburquerque (8), J.Miller (9) and Avila. W—Ray 1-0. L—Oberholtzer 0-6. HRs—Detroit, Mi.Cabrera (3).

Baltimore 001 110 020 — 5 11 1 Tampa Bay 200 000 100 — 3 6 1 Tillman, O’Day (7), Z.Britton (8), Tom.Hunter (9) and

OHL FINAL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS NORTH BAY, Ont. — The Guelph Storm never took their foot off the pedal on Tuesday night.

Zack Mitchell tied the game at 19:30 of the third period and Brock McGinn scored the winner 19 seconds later as the Storm stole Game 3 from the host North Bay Battalion 4-3 in the Ontario Hockey League final.

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HABS: Early flurry Canadian anthem singer Ginette Reno had the 21,273 at the Bell Centre at maximum loudness to start the game, but after an early flurry, the Bruins took control of the puck through the first 10 minutes of play.

Then Michael Bournival made a gritty play to get the puck around the boards to Subban, who left it for Thomas Vanek for a diagonal pass that gave Plekanec a shot into an open side for his third of the playoffs at 10:57.

Subban was sent off for roughing after a high hit on Reilly Smith that also took out Vanek, sending the Austrian to the clinic with an apparent right leg problem. He returned for the second period.

“I spoke to him after and he said ”I’m fine, don’t worry about it,“ said Subban. ”I was pretty happy to see him back there skating. Obviously I don’t want to hurt my own teammates with a body check, but sometimes that happens.“ As Subban’s penalty ended, Rask

New York 000 000 000 — 0 6 1 Miami 200 010 00x — 3 7 0 Colon, Valverde (8) and d’Arnaud; H.Alvarez and Saltalamacchia. W—H.Alvarez 2-2. L—Colon 2-5.

Arizona 200 011 030 — 7 10 1 Milwaukee 500 000 000 — 5 8 0 Collmenter, E.Marshall (6), Ziegler (8), A.Reed (9) and Montero; Estrada, Thornburg (7), Kintzler (8), Wang (9) and Lucroy. W—E.Marshall 1-0. L—Kintzler 1-1. Sv—A.Reed (9). HRs—Arizona, Goldschmidt (6), Owings (1), Hill (3).

“The guys played extremely hard for 60 minutes,” said Guelph coach Scott Walker.

“We got a solid effort from everybody. Our game plan was just to shoot. We couldn’t stop or get frustrated. We might have started to get frustrated in the second period, but in the third we came out and just kept putting pucks at the net.”

Trailing 3-2 heading into the final period, Guelph upped its tempo for the third and put 17 shots on North Bay goaltender Jake Smith.

Tyler Bertuzzi and Robby Fabbri also scored for the Storm, who lead the best-of-seven series 2-1.

neglected to alert his teammates by banging his stick on the ice. That left the defenceman open to collect Eller’s pass, go in on a breakaway, put a deke on Rask and score on a low forehand shot at 14:44.

Mike Weaver blocked a shot that went to Daniel Briere, who sent Weise in on a breakaway with a pass up the middle. The fourth-line winger beat Rask between the pads for a three-goal lead at 13:52 of the second.

But Bergeron won a face-off from Plekanec in the Montreal zone and reached across himself to deflect Torey Krug’s point shot past Price with 2:12 left in the middle period.

That put the Bruins in comeback mode. But despite pushing hard, they managed only seven third-period shots.

“We were very solid playing with the lead,” said Montreal coach Michel Therrien, who caused a surprise by tweaking his lines, moving Vanek to the second unit with Plekanec and putting Brendan Gallagher on the top line.

“We wanted energy on each line,” he said. “Gallagher brings energy to any line he plays on. And Vanek made a heck of a play on the first goal, so I was pleased with the players.”

Today

● Senior high girls soccer: Sylvan Lake at Hunting Hills, 4:15 p.m., Collicutt East. ● Senior high boys soccer: Notre Dame at Central Alberta Christian, Olds at Lindsay Thurber, 4:15 p.m. ● Senior high girls rugby: Olds vs. Notre Dame, Rimbey vs. Lindsay Thurber, 5 p.m.; Lacombe vs. Hunting Hills, Lindsay Thurber vs. Olds, 5:30 p.m.; Notre Dame vs. Hunting Hills, Rimbey vs. Lacombe, 6 p.m.; all games at Titans Park.

Thursday

● Women’s fastball: N. Jensen’s Bandits vs. Lacombe Physio Shooters, Red Deer U16 Rage vs. N. Jensen’s Bandits, 7 and 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; Badgers vs. Panthers, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2; TNT Athletics at Stettler Heat, 7 p.m. ● Senior high girls soccer: Lacombe at Notre Dame, 4:15 p.m., Collicutt West.

Friday ● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Lacoka at Innisfail, 8 p.m., Blue Arena. ● Senior C men’s lacrosse: Okotoks at Blackfalds, 8:30 p.m., Multiplex.

Saturday ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: Manitoba Blizzard at Red Deer, 11:30 a.m., Innisfail Arena Red. ● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Lethbridge at Red Deer, 3:30 p.m., GH Dawe Centre; Calgary Wranglers at Lacoka, 5 p.m., Ponoka Culture and Rec Complex.

Sunday ● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Calgary Axemen at Innisfail, 1 p.m., Arena Blue. ● Midget AAA baseball: Edmonton Cardinals 2 at Red Deer, doubleheader at noon and 3 p.m., Great Chief Park.

Basketball NBA Playoffs CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami 1, Brooklyn 0 Tuesday, May 6: Miami 107, Brooklyn 86 Thursday, May 8: Brooklyn at Miami, 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 10: Miami at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.

Monday, May 12: Miami at Brooklyn, 6 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 14: Brooklyn at Miami, TBA x-Friday, May 16: Miami at Brooklyn, TBA x-Sunday, May 18: Brooklyn at Miami, TBA Washington 1, Indiana 0 Monday, May 5: Washington 102, Indiana 96 Wednesday, May 7: Washington at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Friday, May 9: Indiana at Washington, 6 p.m.

Sunday, May 11: Indiana at Washington, 6 p.m. x-Tuesday, May 13: Washington at Indiana, TBA x-Thursday, May 15: Indiana at Washington, TBA x-Sunday, May 18: Washington at Indiana, TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio 1, Portland 0 Tuesday, May 6: San Antonio 116, Portland 92

Thursday, May 8: Portland at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 10: San Antonio at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, May 12: at San Antonio at Portland, 8:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 14: Portland at San Antonio, TBA x-Friday, May 16: San Antonio at Portland, TBA x-Monday, May 19: Portland at San Antonio, TBA L.A. Clippers 1, Oklahoma City 0 Monday, May 5: L.A. Clippers 122, Oklahoma City 105 Wednesday, May 7: L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 9: Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 11: Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 1:30 p.m. x-Tuesday, May 13: L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, TBA x-Thursday, May 15: Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, TBA x-Sunday, May 18: L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, TBA

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP Brad Brach to Norfolk (IL). Recalled LHP T.J. McFarland from Norfolk.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Designated C George Kottaras for assignment. Recalled RHP Josh Tomlin from Columbus (IL).

DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP Jose Ortega to Toledo (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Robbie Ray from Toledo.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Reinstated OF Lorenzo Cain from the 15-day DL. NEW YORK YANKEES — Assigned RHP Chris Leroux outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Reinstated RHP Michael Pineda from the suspended list and placed him on the 15-day DL. Reinstated INF Brendan Ryan from the 15-day DL. TEXAS RANGERS — Sent LHP Joe Saunders to Frisco (TL) for a rehab assignment.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Sent RHP Jose Veras to Tennessee (SL) for a rehab assignment.

CINCINNATI REDS — Placed OF Jay Bruce on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of OF Roger Bernadina from Louisville (IL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned RHP Pedro Baez to Chattanooga (SL). Reinstated LHP Clayton Kershaw from the 15-day DL. MIAMI MARLINS — Released INF Greg Dobbs.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Optioned LHP Jeff Locke to Indianapolis (IL). Recalled RHP Phil Irwin from Indianapolis.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Sent 3B Chase Headley to Lake Elsinore (Cal) for a rehab assignment.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Recalled RHP Blake Treinen from Syracuse (IL). Optioned RHP Ryan Mattheus to Syracuse.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Fired coach Mark Jackson.

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Announced president Andy Roeser is taking an indefinite leave of absence.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Entered into a singleaffiliation partnership with Iowa (NBADL) for the 2014-15 season.

TORONTO RAPTORS — Signed coach Dwane Casey to a three-year contract extension.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Reinstated S Tanard Jackson from suspension.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed LB Bradie James to a one-day contract and announced his retirement.

ST. LOUIS RAMS — Signed WR T.J. Moe. Canadian Football League B.C. LIONS — Re-signed DT Khalif Mitchell.

Released DB Lin-J Shell.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released LBs Cyhl Quarles and Gerald McRath.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Named Peter Laviolette coach.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Signed G Andrei Vasilevskii to a three-year, entry-level contract.

ECHL ECHL — Suspended Alaska LW Tommy Mele one game. Fined Idaho F Mitch Wahl.

MOTORSPORTS NASCAR — Fined crew chief Kenny Francis $25,000 for rules violations during qualifying for the Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Fined L.A. Galaxy F Rob Friend for embellishment during Saturday’s game.

Thunder star Kevin Durant wins his first NBA MVP award THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant has plenty of scoring titles. Now, he finally has an MVP trophy to go with them.

The Oklahoma City Thunder star won the NBA’s top individual honour Tuesday, receiving 119 first-place votes.

Miami’s LeBron James, who had won the last two MVP awards and four of the previous five, finished second with six first-place votes, and Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers was third.

“Everything in my life, I had to take it,” Durant said at a ceremony in Edmond.

“They’re not going to give it to you out of sympathy. I wouldn’t want it any other way. This was another case, if I wanted to win the MVP, I had to go take it. I felt that this was the year I did that.”

WILD: Frustrate “We know when we play like we can, we can beat any team in this league, especially here at home,” Granlund said.

Crawford stopped only 14 shots for the Blackhawks, who dropped their first two games to St. Louis in the last round before winning four in a row.

Since losing to the Blues on April 19, they took the lead in all six games and outscored their opponents 23-9.

Despite outscoring the Wild 9-3 in the first two games of this series, the Blackhawks have not been able to test Bryzgalov much.

“We can’t let it frustrate us. We just have to do something about it,” captain Jonathan Toews said, adding: “They’re a smart defensive team. Give them credit. But it’s more about what we’re not doing.”

The blue liners were in full force early for Blackhawks, who blocked a whopping 25 shots in Game 2, six more than the Wild even sent at the net. Niklas Hjalmarsson bravely took one on the neck Sunday, and while the seventh-year veteran was cleared to play, the Swede wasn’t even allowed to

Durant won his fourth scoring crown in five years by averaging 32 points. The 6-foot-9 forward helped the Thunder go 59-23, second-best in the league, despite playing much of the season without threetime All-Star Russell Westbrook by his side because of a nagging knee injury.

“He’s basically put himself in front of everybody else in the league and shown that he’s the best player in the world,” Westbrook said at the end of the regular season.

James agreed, saying Monday: “Much respect to him and he deserves it. He had a bigtime MVP season.”

Durant’s run of 41 consecutive games this season with at least 25 points was the thirdlongest streak in NBA history.

“It was a two-man race, and then toward the end, it was kind of a no-brainer,” Griffin said.

talk. Quenneville said before the game he wasn’t worried about any communication problems between Hjalmarsson and his teammates.

Had he been able to yell, Hjalmarsson would’ve been easy to hear for most of the night.

For all the noise this crowd made in the last round, the synergy between vocal fan support and a relentless attack by the Wild was largely missing during the first 40 minutes. Yeo said this was the tightest-checking game he’d ever been a part of.

The offence came, eventually. Pominville has only one goal in nine playoff games, but he had two assists in this one. Mikko Koivu didn’t make the scoring summary, but Yeo said his captain played a critical part in helping stifle the Blackhawks and their top lines.

None of the Wild’s top six forwards scored in the first two games, with Parise and Pominville managing the only assists.

The Wild faced yet another desperate situation after trailing 2-0 in the last round against the Colorado Avalanche.

“It was pretty familiar territory for us. We knew we had to win the game,” Parise said.

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Jays top Phillies in extra innings

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blue Jays 6 Phillies 5 PHILADELPHIA — Drew Hutchison showed a veteran’s poise after blowing a big lead.

Juan Francisco’s sacrifice fly in the 10th inning lifted the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.

Cody Asche hit a game-tying grand slam off Hutchison in the sixth to help the Phillies rally from a 5-0 deficit, but they were swept in a two-game portion of a four-game, home-and-home interleague series. The teams meet Wednesday night in Toronto.

Hutchison took a five-run lead into the sixth, but couldn’t hold it. He stayed in the game after the slam, however, and retired the last seven batters he faced.

“It’s really good to know he trusts me enough to go back out there,” Hutchison said.

Hutchison allowed five runs and nine hits in eight innings in his seventh start since Tommy John surgery forced him to miss the 2013 season. Hutchison also got his first two career hits, both singles to left.

Jays manager John Gibbons was impressed with the way Hutchison pitched after giving up five runs.

“He showed us what he’s all about,” Gibbons said. “That’s how you find out about a guy. He had two dominant innings.”

Edwin Encarnacion and Colby Rasmus went deep for the Blue Jays. Marcus Stroman (1-0) pitched 1 1-3 scoreless innings for his first career win.

Aaron Loup got the final two outs for his second save.

“It’s an exciting feeling,” said Stroman, who pitched in front of some friends and family. “It was a lot of fun out there.”

Cole Hamels, stuck on 99 career wins, allowed five runs and 10 hits in six innings.

“He was not real sharp,” Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said. “He fell behind and they didn’t miss his fastballs.”

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Jose Bautista, right, slides into third as Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Cody Asche catches the throw after Bautista advanced on a single by Edwin Encarnacion during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, in Philadelphia.

Melky Cabrera and Jose Bautista hit consecutive singles off Antonio Bastardo (3-2) to start the 10th. After Encarnacion popped out to second, Francisco’s shallow fly to centre scored Cabrera well ahead of Ben Revere’s weak, off-line throw.

Carlos Ruiz started the Phillies’ rally in the sixth with a double and Chase Utley singled. Ryan Howard followed with an RBI single to cut it to 5-1. But Hutchison got the next two outs before pinch-hitter John Mayberry Jr. walked

to load the bases. Asche then ripped a shot to the seats in right for his first career slam, tying it at 5.

“The biggest mistake was the walk,” Hutchison said. “It’s something I can’t do again. A home run can happen, but a walk is in your control.”

Asche finished 4 for 4.

Encarnacion drove one deep into the seats in left leading off the second to give the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead.

Jose Bautista led off the fourth with a double to left, advanced to third on

Encarnacion’s single through a shift and scored on Francisco’s grounder for a 2-0 lead.

Rasmus hit a two-run shot out to right-centre to make it 4-0 in the fourth.

Steve Tolleson’s RBI double in the sixth put the Blue Jays up 5-0.

Hamels hasn’t looked too sharp in three starts after beginning the season on the disabled list because of biceps tendinitis. The three-time All-Star lefty was supposed to start Sunday but the flu pushed him back two days.

Raptors reward head coach Casey with three-year contract

Kopitar leads Kings’ strong play against Duck’s top line

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Dwane Casey has been carrying around a contract in his briefcase for the past few months, signed by all the Toronto Raptors and the team’s staff.

The contract, just two or three lines long and something that “wouldn’t hold up in court,” Casey said laughing, was a pledge of commitment. Its headline: “I’m all in.”

Perhaps no one was more committed than Casey to the Raptors’ success this season, and on Tuesday, the 57-yearold coach was rewarded with a new three-year contract. The announcement came two days after Toronto’s season ended, but a couple of months after GM Masai Ujiri first approached the coach to get a new deal done.

“Coach Casey was really classy because he said to me and he said to the players, ’Let’s leave this and concentrate on the season, this is our chance to prove ourselves,”’ Ujiri said, recounting his initial contract talks with Casey back in March.

“He said, ’If I’ve preached that to the players, then I owe it to them to continue this and we’ll talk about (contract negotiations) after the season.’ I really give him credit for that.”

Casey led a young Raptors team to a remarkable and unexpected season that included a franchiserecord 48 wins, an Atlantic Division title, and the No. 3 seed in the playoffs. To-

ronto pushed the vastly experienced Brooklyn Nets to seven games in the opening round of the playoffs, losing Game 7 by just a point.

Casey said he drew up his “I’m all in” pledge right after the February all-star break. In their next game, the Raptors recorded a big 103-93 win at Washington. “(It was about) committing to the process. Leaving their egos at the door,” said Casey, who said he might have the contract framed.

“Each player dedicated themselves, gave themselves to the season, and also as far as I’m concerned to the future. Because this year was just a start of what we want to grow and develop with Masai as our leader and also the guys that are coming back here.”

Kyle Lowry was the first player to jump up and sign the pledge, said Casey.

Retaining Lowry, the point guard whose teammates say was their heart and soul this season, will be one of the Raptors’ top priorities in the coming weeks — the 28-year-old becomes a free agent on July 1. Lowry spoke glowingly in exit interviews a day earlier about his love for his teammates and the city, and Ujiri sounded, on Tuesday, as if the feeling was mutual.

“It’s very important (to resign Lowry) in terms of continuity,” Ujiri said. “Kyle has had a phenomenal year.

I thought Kyle was a huge, huge key to our season. For me, negotiating is easy if we want Kyle to be here and Kyle wants to be here.

“He’s grown tremen-

Babcock, Cooper and Roy named finalists for Jack Adams Award THE CANADIAN PRESS NEW YORK — Mike Babcock of the Detroit Red Wings, Jon Cooper of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Patrick Roy of the Colorado Avalanche were named finalists for the Jack Adams Award on Tuesday.

The award is presented to the head coach who has contributed the most to his team’s success.

Babcock led the Red Wings to a 93-point season and their 23rd consecutive playoff berth, the longest active streak in North American professional sports.

Detroit overcame a franchiserecord 421 man games lost due to injury. The Red Wings had nine players make their NHL debuts

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Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey reacts near the end of the Raptors loss to the Brooklyn Nets in NBA game seven playoff basketball action in Toronto on Sunday. Casey was signed to a three-year deal to come back as the coach of the Raptors on Tuesday. dously, to be coached and to work with,” Ujiri continued.

“His teammates, everybody has said that. We’re proud of him. And so we’ll go through that process, but we’re optimistic stuff will happen.”

Lowry and his teammates praised Casey in seasonending media interviews, noting the consistency of his message.

For his part, Casey said he never considered testing the market. Ujiri made a commitment to the coach when the season began, and Casey said it was only fair he reciprocate.

Casey’s job status was uncertain when the season began. He was hired by Bryan

this past season and used 38 different players in all.

Cooper, in his first full season as head coach, helped the Lightning record 101 points.

Tampa Bay finished second in the Atlantic Division a year after placing 28th in the overall standings.

The Lightning were 20-11-9 in one-goal games and posted 21 road wins, one shy of the franchise record.

Roy lifted the Avalanche to a historic turnaround in his rookie season as an NHL head coach, helping the team finish third in the overall standings with 112 points after placing 29th overall the year before.

Colorado became the first club since the NHL expanded to 21 teams in 1979 to go from the bottom three to top three in a single season. The Avalanche matched a franchise record for wins, had the league’s best road mark and did not suffer a regulation loss when leading after two periods.

Colangelo, and Ujiri had just replaced Colangelo as GM. “Masai could have made any decision when he first took over the job last spring.” Casey said. “He was true to his word, he gave all of us a platform to go out and prove and show, even the players, what you can do. And he was true to his word. That’s all you can ask for in this business is an opportunity.

“It would be so disingenuous to even go out and put your foot in the market and think that was a possibility, so I didn’t even give it a second thought. My heart is here, my mind is here.”

Red Deer’s Mazurkewich to play baseball at Montana State University Red Deer’s Joel Mazurkewich is among five players to sign to play baseball at Montana State University next season.

Mazurkewich, who plays centre field, played with the Vauxhall baseball academy where he had a .404 batting average, 38 hits and 24 RBIs during his junior year, helping the team to a 32-5 record.

The Red Deer Minor Baseball product was a member of Team Alberta for four years and helped them win Western Canada Summer Games gold medal in 2011 and bronze in 2013.

“I chose MSU because I like the work coach (Rob) Bishop is doing with the program,” he said in a news release.

“With his expertise this program will allow me to become a better player.”

“Joel is a true centre-fielder who plays the game fast,” said Bishop in a release. “He’s scrappy at the plate and is a guy that we would like to see the top of the order when he’s ready.

“Adding him to our program will definitely improve our overall team speed on the bases and defensively.”

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Anze Kopitar politely disagrees with the idea that the Los Angeles Kings’ top line has dominated the Anaheim Ducks’ best scorers in their second-round playoff series.

Since it’s Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau who suggested the idea, it’s clear Kopitar and his linemates are doing something right to put the Kings in control of the series so far.

Boudreau didn’t hesitate to spotlight the ineffectiveness of centre Ryan Getzlaf and longtime linemate Corey Perry after Los Angeles’ 3-1 victory in Game 2 on Monday night, putting the Kings up 2-0 heading home to Staples Center for Game 3 on Thursday.

Boudreau began the game matching up Getzlaf, Perry and Matt Beleskey against Kopitar, Marian Gaborik and captain Dustin Brown. By the third period, he was sending out his former Hart Trophy winner and current Hart finalist against anybody else.

“I did it because Kopitar’s line was dominating them,” Boudreau said. “When they’re dominating them, I could be stubborn and leave them out there all day, but we had to move something around to get away from it, and maybe his line could get something accomplished.”

Kopitar isn’t exactly enjoying a breakthrough season, given that he has been one of the NHL’s best centres for several years. Yet with a point in every post-season game and his first Selke Trophy nomination, Kopitar is clearly in top form as the Kings chase their second championship in three years.

And Kopitar has been playing against Getzlaf long enough to know he shouldn’t claim a shutdown victory just yet.

“I don’t know about dominating them,” Kopitar said when told of Boudreau’s statement. “I think they were playing good, and they hemmed us in our zone for a little bit, too. We know as a line that we can play better, and we’re going to have to play better.”

Even when he raised the Stanley Cup as the playoffs’ co-scoring leader two years ago, Kopitar never got as much international attention as he did this winter. Kopitar is the Kings’ leading scorer for the seventh straight year, but he also led Slovenia to the quarterfinals of its first Olympic tournament before becoming a first-time finalist for the Selke as the league’s best defensive forward.

Kopitar began Tuesday as the leading scorer in the NHL post-season again, with four goals and 10 assists during his nine-game scoring streak.

Getzlaf knows the pressure is on him to match Kopitar’s effort when the series moves to downtown Los Angeles for the next two games, and the Ducks’ captain has met every challenge so far this season. Getzlaf was the NHL’s second-leading scorer in the regular season while developing into an impressive leader. He has assisted on all three of Anaheim’s goals in the series, but Perry has yet to find the back of Jonathan Quick’s net.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, May 7, 2014 B9

Towering lineman Duvernay-Tardif looking forward to NFL draft Laurent Duvernay-Tardif has become a master of time management.

This off-season, the McGill Redmen offensive tackle/medical student has deftly juggled his schedule to accommodate working 60-plus hours a week in the pediatric emergency ward at Montreal Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital, working out, playing football in Florida and travelling across the U.S. for individual sessions and visits with NFL officials. On Friday and Saturday, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll spend some well-earned down time watching television to learn where his football future lies.

The six-foot-five, 314-pound Duvernay-Tardif is projected to go anywhere between the third and seventh rounds of the NFL draft, which begins Thursday night with the first round. The second and third rounds will go Friday, with the final four being held Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve enjoyed every moment of this process,â&#x20AC;? the articulate Duvernay-Tardif said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been really intense but at the same time itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing to think I might play in the NFL, which is a dream. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This process isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t one every 23-year-old gets to go through and I believe the interviews alone are something that will help me in my life. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve really enjoyed it.â&#x20AC;?

Duvernay-Tardif, a converted defensive lineman, has been firmly entrenched atop the CFL central scouting bureauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list of the top-15 prospects for the May 13 draft. But the native of St. Hilaire, Que., has seen his NFL stock skyrocket following his pro day in Montreal in March.

Auditioning for nine NFL teams â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Oakland, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Arizona, New York Jets, Green Bay, Chicago, San Francisco and Buffalo â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and four CFL clubs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Montreal, Calgary, Toronto and Ottawa â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the two-time All-Canadian was impressive in posting a 40-yard dash time of 4.94 seconds, a 31.5-inch vertical and 34 reps in the bench press. Duvernay-Tardif wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t invited to the NFL combine but those numbers were as good as any offensive lineman who tested in Indianapolis.

NFL draft guru Mike Mayock, a former Toronto Argonauts defensive back, says Duvernay-Tardif â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who was featured in Sports Illustrated in March â&#x20AC;&#x201D; has definitely impressed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Duvernay-Tardif has gone from an afterthought to a solid fourthor fifth-round developmental project with starter skills,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Gil Brandt, the former Dallas Cowboys player-personnel director, also sees the towering McGill star being drafted.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would imagine that a team will take a chance on him around the sixth or seventh round and hope to turn him into an NFL player,â&#x20AC;? Brandt wrote in his blog on the NFLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website.

However, Duvernay-Tardif isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only Canadian garnering NFL interest.

Also highly regarded is Brent Urban, a six-foot-seven, 298-pound defensive tackle from the University of Virginia who was a 2013 second-round pick of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Urban, of Mississauga, Ont., was a twoyear starter for the Cavaliers who was invited to this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Senior Bowl but missed the game due to injury.

Injuries are the biggest knock against Urban but teams definitely like his ability in a 3-4 defensive scheme (three down linemen, four linebackers). â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Urban kid is interesting,â&#x20AC;? Mayock said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to see more of him at the Senior Bowl and he got hurt. â&#x20AC;?The five technique is probably his best position, a 3-4 defensive end in a 3-4 defence. I think he can go in the third round. I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big, strong kid. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stout. In addition to playing that five technique, he could probably move inside also. So I like him and I think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some significant upside there.â&#x20AC;&#x153; Last year, Rice tight end Luke Willson, a native of LaSalle, Ont., was the lone Canadian drafted, going in the fifth round to the Super Bowl-champion Seattle Seahawks.

In 2012, a record four players from Canada were selected.

Three Canadians â&#x20AC;&#x201D; defensive linemen Tyrone Crawford of Windsor, Ont. (third round, Dallas) and Christo Bilukidi of Ottawa (sixth round, Oakland) and centre Philip Blake of Toronto (fourth round, Denver) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; were drafted. So was Akiem Hicks, an American defensive lineman who played at the University of Regina (third round, New Orleans).

Other Canucks who could hear their name called include Winnipeg natives T.J. Jones, a receiver at Notre Dame, and John Urschel, an offensive lineman at Penn State, as well as Oregon linebacker Bo Lokombo, of Abbotsford, B.C. Duvernay-Tardif, Canadian university footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top lineman in â&#x20AC;&#x2122;13, performed at his pro day weighing 298 pounds, some 17 pounds under his playing weight at the East-West Shrine Bowl in January. But that was by design so Duvernay-Tardif could be quicker and more explosive in testing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are many NFL teams that like bigger offensive lineman and others like the Philadelphia Eagles who like offensive linemen to be a bit smaller and quicker,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think I was able to show I could be both kinds of player.â&#x20AC;?

Finchem says move to May has taken time for TPC Sawgrass to be just right

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Three greens at The Players Championship remained off limits Tuesday to the strongest field in golf, a combination of bad weather in the winter and the misapplication of a lawn product.

PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said he expects the greens on Nos. 4, 11 and 12 will be fine when golfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s richest tournament begins Thursday, and the warmth and sunshine will only help through the week.

Even so, he conceded that conditions at the Stadium Course on the TPC Sawgrass have not been perfect in the seven years since The Players moved from late March to early May. And while he called it â&#x20AC;&#x153;unlikely,â&#x20AC;? he did not entirely rule out a return to a late March date if it canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be figured out.

Complaints have been minimal.

Then again, the players were warned last week about a cold, wet winter and the issue with the greens. Some were expecting them to be in far worse condition than they were. Some sections have been sodded and plugged, and while there might be cosmetic issues, they appear to be fine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you build a tournament and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re shooting for perfection â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which is what we do â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and we have some imperfections, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it any more palatable that the players are being good about it,â&#x20AC;? Finchem said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I mean, we need to fix our greens. And we intend to take all the steps I just mentioned and some others aggressively next year. So I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be fine.

Predators hire Laviolette as second head coach in franchiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NASHVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Nashville Predators have hired Peter Laviolette, who becomes only the second head coach in the franchiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history.

The Predators announced the move Tuesday. They team also announced Kevin McCarthy has been hired as an

â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the end of the day, if we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t maintain consistent conditions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and I think they will be competitively fine this week on balance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; then we may have to examine the date.â&#x20AC;?

The grass was overseeded with rye when The Players was held in March, which is typical for most Florida courses.

Finchem said that was easier to manage with the weather. But he said it still took 10 years â&#x20AC;&#x153;to really get it dialed inâ&#x20AC;? for speed and firmness.

The new Bermuda greens were not build until 2007, and a sand cap under the grass on greens and fairways allow the course to be firm after a rain delay.

May typically offers warmer, drier weather, compared with a greater chance for rain in March. Finchem said the problem this year wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just a cold winter, but a rainy winter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing everything we can and it just is a continuing weather problem that we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t beat, I suppose weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rethink the date,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking about a perennial problem of three greens which have been stubborn most years since â&#x20AC;&#x2122;07, I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d probably go a different set of greens on those holes, different kinds of greens. These are small greens. We can make bigger greens and probably not have a problem.â&#x20AC;?

The three greens that were closed to practice are small and get a lot of foot traffic. Finchem is hesitant to make them larger to preserve the heritage of the greens and the shots that are played to them. He said the PGA Tour would be inclined to change the nature of the greens before switching the date. assistant on Lavioletteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having reached the peak as a Stanley Cup Champion, Peter knows the intensity and urgency it will take to help our team reach its ultimate goal,â&#x20AC;? general manager David Poile said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is a great hockey mind who not only has a winning resume, but has done it with an aggressive offensive philosophy while also excelling in helping young players reach their potential.

Laviolette, who signed a multi-year contract, will take over in Nashville once he finishes coaching the United States at the 2014 World Championship.

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Redblacks CFL veteran quarter back Henry Burris, third from left, sports the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new home uniform alongside fellow teammates Kevin Scott, left to right, Justin Phillips and Simon Le Marquand in Ottawa on Tuesday.

Ridersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; GM non-committal about veteran Simonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the most prolific receiver in CFL history and a future member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no guarantee Geroy Simon will return to help the Saskatchewan Roughriders defend their Grey Cup title.

The Riders acquired the veteran slotback from the B.C. Lions in January 2013 to provide veteran leadership for a squad looking to make a successful Grey Cup run on home soil. After enduring one of the worst seasons statistically of his illustrious CFL career, Simon stood tall in the title game, registering three catches for 67 yards and two TDs in leading Saskatchewan to a 45-23 victory over the Hamilton TigerCats at Mosaic Field.

However, Brendan Taman, the Ridersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; general manager and vice-president of football operations, couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t guarantee Simonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return during a CFL conference call Tuesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Geroy and I have, obviously, a pretty good relationship so when we made this deal last year to acquire him we knew at the end of the first year he played for us that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d sit down and talk about his role,â&#x20AC;? Taman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously we have a contract issue weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have to talk about, too, so that plan is ongoing ... those talks are progressing, you could say, one way or the other. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got as good a chance of not being back as he will be back.â&#x20AC;?

The six-foot 198-pound Simon, who turns 39 in September, had just 40 catches for 565 yards and three TDs last year, missing the first three regular-season games due to injury. The

native of Johnstown, Pa., is the most prolific receiver in CFL history with 1,029 receptions for 16,352 yards â&#x20AC;&#x201D; both all-time records â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with 103 TDs over 15 seasons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously he had a good year for us and did a good job for us,â&#x20AC;? Taman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His status for â&#x20AC;&#x2122;14 is to be determined and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still in talks about that.â&#x20AC;?

At the root of the talks, not surprisingly, is money.

Simon was reportedly set to earn $205,000 with B.C. heading into the 2013 season.

But the Lions were prepared to pay roughly half that while giving Simon a reduced role.

When Simon and the Lions couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reach an agreement, GM Wally Buono, out of respect for the veteran, gave Simon permission to seek a trade rather than release him outright.

When the Riders acquired Simon, they signed him to a one-year deal, plus an option, that reportedly called for a $170,000 base salary that, with bonuses, could increase to about $200,000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was an agreement in place that after the first year we would talk about a second year going forward,â&#x20AC;?

Taman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was mainly, obviously, financial related. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still on the same contract that he was on and if we can work that out and (it) stays that way weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see. But we have some discussions we still have to do with him.â&#x20AC;?

Given the off-season departures of running back Korey Sheets (Oakland, NFL) and Weston Dressler (Kansas City, NFL), Simon was expected to be a key figure in the Ridersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offence this season.

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FRONT SPCA HOPING TO BUILD OFF OF GARAGE SALE The Red Deer and District SPCA is hoping to continue to build off the success of their annual charity garage sale. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sale goes May 30-June 1 at the Pidherney Curling Centre, but people are encouraged to drop off their items between May 10 and 28 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sale raised more than $40,000 for the SPCA. There are other ways to support the organization locally through the garage sale by buying raffle and 50/50 tickets, with volunteers pre-selling the tickets at Superstore and WalMart South on the weekends throughout May or at the Red Deer and District SPCA at 4505 77th St.

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BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Rediscovering a passion pushed aside by work and other obligations has led an Innisfail man to put himself to the ultimate test, climbing the highest peak in North America.

This is all while raising money for breast cancer research.

As a younger man, Mark McCracken, now 45, worked in Banff and Lake Louise as both a supply runner and horse guide; he also worked as a guide in Colorado. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been in the outdoors, from when I was a kid Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d climb,â&#x20AC;? said McCracken. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It all came to a crashing halt when I jumped in the oilpatch.â&#x20AC;?

The oilpatch worker had to put aside these adventurous exploits when he started working to support his family â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but one mountaineering course and he was hooked.

Now he plans to climb Mount McKinley,

also known as Mount Denali, in Alaska, at 6,168 metres above sea level. The climb is about 5,500 metres from base to peak, giving McCracken an arduous 21-day task to reach the peak.

He and seven others â&#x20AC;&#x201D; two guides and five other climbers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; through Alaska Mountaineering are set to embark on the journey starting on June 12.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting himself in shape for the climb by taking advantage of his surroundings as much as possible. Working in the north on the rigs, he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have much time off but he makes do. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been snowshoeing with 45-to-70pound packs and dragging a 50-pound sled with me,â&#x20AC;? said McCracken. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been volunteering evenings, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. At around noon or 1 p.m., Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d strap on my snowshoes, my pack and my sled and go for a five-orseven-mile lap. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think I did about 90 miles in March.â&#x20AC;?

He just got back from a six-day expedition climb up Mount Columbia, the second

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out with the old on Saturday. The Lighthouse Christian Academy in Sylvan Lake is hosting a garage sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 4290 50th St. Some items will include office furniture and former show home decor items.

For more information, call 403-887-2166.

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The Kerry Wood Nature Centre will be offering a families and kids the opportunity to get to know the wildlife a little bit better on Saturday.

They are hosting a drop-in program with activities and a meet-and-greet with a live critter from 1 to 3 p.m. Admission is by a suggested donation of $3 per person or $10 per family. For more information call 403-3462010.

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highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. He has also climbed Mount Rainier, Joffre and Assiniboine.

This week, he was driving to the Banff/ Canmore area to hike for a few days before returning to work.

Having no direct connection to someone who has suffered breast cancer, McCracken said he got his inspiration from watching National Football League games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m lucky enough to do this, mountaineering is not a cheap sport, and I wanted to give back,â&#x20AC;? said McCracken. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every October, NFL players are wearing pink to support breast cancer research and I figured: why canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t I do the same thing?â&#x20AC;?

He plans on wearing some pink during his climb.

So far, he has raised about $4,000, and he hopes to raise more to donate to the Canadian Cancer Society.

To donate and for more information, visit www.mark-mccracken.squarespace.com. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Given the opportunity, he will do this all day long, says Mike McIver of his black lab, Jasper. Even on a cold day, the dock diving dog will go non-stop with the occasional run just to get warmed up again after swimming in the cold water at Three Mile Bend.

Minor bar infractions found A bar blitz by the Red Deer Public Safety Compliance Team found mostly minor infractions for local drinking establishments, but laid one charge against a minor.

The underage person was charged with attempting to enter a licensed premise and was issued a $115 ticket for doing so. Verbal warnings were given to owners and managers for other minor infractions found during the 13bar search on Friday.

The team entered establishments in Red Deer looking for over-serving of alcohol, serving to underage patrons, fire code violations and to ensure the establishments werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exceeding their occupancy limits.

According to a press release from Red Deer RCMP, there have been improvements every time one of these checks has been conducted. However,

COMPLIANCE TEAM BLITZ Red Deer Emergency Services would like to remind all business owners to keep emergency exits unobstructed at all times.

Red Deer RCMP, Emergency services, Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission, City of Red Deer Inspections and Licensing and Alberta Health Services comprise the tem. They focus on prevention and enforcement, with the goals of improving the safety of staff and patrons, decreasing violence and reducing the negative impact drinking establishments have on the community.

The inspections of Red Deer drinking establishments will continue on a regular but random basis.

Hospice hike raises $25,000 The Red Deer Hospiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seventh annual Hike for Hospice event raised $25,000 for hospice care on May 4.

Over 200 people came out, despite falling snow, to hike the trails in the Kerry Wood Nature Centreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gaetz Lakes Sanctuary.

Hike for Hospice is a national event to raise awareness of the need for better access to quality end-of-life care

for Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aging population. It also serves to honour the hospice palliative care volunteers and health-care providers.

All funds stay in the Red Deer community and the $25,000 from this year will fund 70 days of hospice care.

Last year, the hike raised over $36,000.

Cyber and technology woes be gone.

Those who feel confused and left behind by the constantly changing digital world have a new expert to consult at the Red Deer Public Library.

Briana Ehnes is the libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first digital literacy co-ordinator. She is in the process of developing computer education and training sessions for the public, as well as library staff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A primary role of mine is to work with people and technology so right now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing a lot of one-on-one tech help sessions,â&#x20AC;? Ehnes, 26, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People can bring in devices and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll show them tricks for using them. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll show them how to use our library database, how to navigate the Internet, look for information on Google, that sort of thing.â&#x20AC;?

She is available on an appointment basis now but said she encourages anyone to stop by her office if they have quesBriana Ehnes tions. She hopes to have a public technology class or drop-in session down the road for those curious about getting the upper hand on new devices.

She is also teaching staff how to help library users with eReaders, tablets, laptops and smartphones, as the library has been receiving questions related to these products on a regular basis lately, she said.

Increased digital literacy efforts are happening in libraries across the country, Ehnes said. Edmonton Public Library has a team dedicated to digital literacy, largely focused on its new â&#x20AC;&#x153;makerspace,â&#x20AC;? an open public area with a variety of the latest tech-savvy tools. It was unveiled in February.

Makerspaces are one of the hottest and newest trends for the 21st century North American library.

Many, like Edmontonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, feature 3-D printers, greenscreens, self-publishing machines, media conversion stations (allowing you to convert VHS tapes to DVDs and cassette tapes to CDs), gaming consoles and various computers with specialized software. It is still a new concept in Canada, with the only other makerspaces in Vancouver and Toronto.

Part of Ehnesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role will be working on future plans for an in-library makerspace in Red Deer.

Ehnes, who grew up in Red Deer, began her new full-time position in February. It was made possible thanks in part to a government of Alberta Community Spirit Program donation grant. The grant has since been discontinued and the local library was one of the last organizations to receive one.

Ehnes obtained her masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in library sciences at the University of Alberta in April 2013 and worked for three summers during her undergrad at the Red Deer Public Library as the summer reading club co-ordinator.

Library CEO Christina Wilson said they are thrilled to have Ehnes back and that with technology advancing so quickly, the free educational services and Ehnes as an extra, onsite resource are a necessity in the library and will be a benefit to the public. rfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate.com

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The May species count catalogues all living organisms throughout the area The count is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both May 25 and 26. People involved are asked to use separate tally sheets and count in a different location for each day. After the count, there will be a potluck supper at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre, at 6300 45th Ave., on May 26 starting at 6 p.m.

The information will be submitted to Nature Alberta before June 15.

For more information, call Judy Boyd at 403-3424150 before May 24.

Highway rehabilitation work started last year on Hwy 2 from about Innisfail to Red Deer, as well as the interchanges at Hwys 27 and 42, is expected to wrap up by the end of May. Drivers going both north and south on Hwy 2 will experience intermittent lane closures and speed reductions from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday to Friday, as well at 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. on Saturday and 9 p.m. to 10 a.m. on Sunday.

However, on long weekends no work will occur from 7 a.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Only one of the four lanes will be closed at a time and speed limits will be reduced to 80 km/h when construction crews are working.

The rehabilitation of Hwy 2 for that stretch is expected to start on May 7 and go until May 31, weather permitting.

As well, the Hwy 2 interchanges at Hwy 27 near Olds and Hwy 42 near Penhold will experience some lane closures in May. Drivers can expect intermittent lane closures and speed reduction from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day. Only one of the four lanes will be closed at a time.

Speed limits will be reduced to 50 km/h when construction crews are working. The interchange construction is expected to start May 6 and run until May 31, weather permitting.

Both of these projects were part of a 2013 contract that cost $13 million.

A man accused of masterminding a gang-style murder in Red Deer five years ago remains in custody awaiting a date for his new trial.

Christopher Martin Fleig, 30, was convicted two years ago of first-degree murder in connection with the death of Brandon Neil Prevey, 29, on April 5, 2009.

The trial was held in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench before Justice Kirk Sisson.

Fleig’s conviction was overturned in the Alberta Court of Appeal and a new trial was ordered on March 10 when the panel of judges raised questions about Sisson’s assessment of testimony given by two of the Crown’s witnesses.

The matter was brought back to Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Monday to address dates for a new trial.

Setting of the dates was held over for another month to give Crown prosecutor Tony Bell more time to review the case against Fleig and then turn that disclosure over to defence counsel.

Fleig was not present in court for Monday’s discussion. The matter returns to court on June 9.

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Sylvan Lake fire fighters will be training at a house fire and would like residents to know that it will not be an emergency situation.

The controlled house burn scheduled for Saturday is for training purposes to ready the members of the fire department. The house, located at 38475 Hwy 20 in Red Deer County, is at the southeast corner of Hwy 20 and 47th Ave. Firefighters and fire apparatus will be on scene for the duration of the burn. Motorists and residents are advised not to contact emergency services as this is a training exercise.

The Red Deer Action Group Society wants to give many people a lift with its new program.

Donate-A-Ride is a fundraising program that raises money for transit tickets for people in crisis who need short-term help.

The tickets will be awarded to local non-profit agencies that are serving low-income individuals who need a ride.

Modelled after a program in Edmonton, the campaign was launched on April 1 and wraps up on May 31. Edmonton typically runs its campaign in December.

Jean Stinson, Red Deer Action Group Society president, said they wanted to get the word out about the program in a test campaign before its December campaign.

Stinson said the program will help those who cannot afford a bus ticket. They said they hope to help at least 1,000 people this year.

Official sponsorships start at $500 to a maximum of $5,000. The recipient agencies will be announced in June.

For more information, visit www.rdactiongroup.ca and click on Donate-A-Ride.

Fake gold, jewelry sold Red Deer RCMP have issued a warning about a man and woman trying to peddle fake gold jewelry in parking lots.

Police have received seven reports in the last few weeks.

Police say the scammers will tell victims that they are down on their luck and need to sell the jewelry in order to get back home.

In several incidents, victims report that the suspects were accompanied by a child. They were also driving a rental vehicle.

In past years, the fraudsters were would steal the victims’ jewelry after aggressively putting on the fake jewelry on the victims.

If you have information that can assist the police in the investigation, contact Red Deer RCMP at 403343-5575. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.

Student nabs tuition An Olds high school student got her first year of college free after submitting some sickening art.

Sarcinae, art inspired by germs called carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae, earned Kristen Schafer a full year of tuition, valued at $5,500, to the Alberta College of Art and Design.

She used clay to design and build the germs in her work.

Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae is a family of germs that are difficult to treat, according to the U.S. centre for disease control. E. coli is included in this germ family.

Schafer, a Grade 12 student at Olds High School, showed the work at the ACAD Show off! event held April 12 to 19 at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery, 1407 14th Ave., in Calgary.

The award Schafer won is the art show’s biggest prize.

Critters to be counted A census of a different sort is set to take over the Red Deer area.

People are being asked to help the Red Deer River Naturalists with a count of all species, birds, flowers, mammals, butterflies and amphibians.

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Subsidy Ride auction Place your bets to raise money for the Red Deer Action Group Society’s Subsidy Ride program on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Parkland Mall.

The silent auction runs from 9 a.m. on Friday until 3 p.m. on Sunday near the food court. The auction features a variety of gift baskets, blankets and other items.

All proceeds will go to the group’s Subsidy Ride program.

The program supports low-income individuals and families with a transportation subsidy to attend social and educational events, as well as trips for medical purposes.

Visit www.rdactiongroup.ca for more information.

Aboriginal student recognized A Ponoka high school student is the inaugural winner of an award aimed at recognizing aboriginal students with potential.

Latiya Northwest, a Grade 11 student at St. Augustine School in Ponoka, was announced as the winner of the award that recognizes a First Nations, Métis or Inuit student who demonstrates leadership and inspires others through an aboriginal perspective, embracing and respecting all cultures.

“Latiya’s nominators describe her as a confident, dedicated student, who is fluent in Cree and proud of her culture, who sets a strong example for the girls at her school,” said Sharilyn Anderson, First Nations, Métis and Inuit student success and well-being task force co-chairperson.

As a result of the award, Northwest will attend a youth conference on leadership and change.

Northwest was among 29 students nominated for the 2014 Indigenous Shining Student Award. Jason

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Stuart McLean to visit Canadian storyteller Stuart McLean will make a stop in Red Deer as part of The Vinyl Cafe 2014 Fall Tour in October.

Mclean is host of the hit radio show The Vinyl Cafe, which is heard by more than two million people each week on CBC Radio.

McLean is the recipient of the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour.

The tour will feature two new Dave and Morley stories, live music and McLean’s new collection of stories on CD. Tickets are on sale now through the Black Knight Inn box office for the Oct. 19 show at the Memorial Centre. Tickets are $60 for adults and $40 for students.

Buy tickets at www.blackknightinn.ca.

Garden plots available Garden plots are still available to rent from the City of Red Deer.

Ten medium plots (five by 12 metres or six by 10 metres) on the north side of Parkside Gardens and two large plots (10 by 12 metres) at Red Deer College Gardens are vacant.

All plots at Piper Creek Gardens have been taken.

Large plots are $41 and medium plots are $26.

To secure a plot or for more information, call 403342-8303.

Plots are rented through the Cemetery Services office at Alto Reste Cemetery, 3.6 km from 30th Avenue on Hwy 11E from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The plots went up for sale on April 23.

Escort scam case adjourned A slew of additional charges against a man accused of first-degree murder have been adjourned while his lawyer takes medical leave.

Mark William Bitterman, 35, was one of three people arrested in Kamloops, B.C., on June 14, 2013, by police investigating an escort scam in Red Deer.

Police allege that potential clients were lured online and then beaten and robbed by the people offering the services.

Bitterman is facing a wide range of charges in connection with the alleged scam, including extortion, unlawful confinement, assault and robbery.

Represented by defence counsel Kim Ross of Calgary, Bitterman was to enter his pleas on those charges in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday.

However, the pleas were adjourned until June 17 to accommodate his lawyer’s medical issue.

Bitterman is also charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Red Deer resident Curtis Leroy Rangen, whose body was found in the freezer of his apartment on May 3, 2013.

Bitterman has asked that the matter be handled in the Court of Queen’s Bench, with a preliminary hearing beforehand to test the Crown’s case against him.

The preliminary hearing is set for Jan. 5 to 8, 2015, in Red Deer provincial court.

Escaper gets more jail time A Bowden Institution inmate’s brief flirtation with freedom has earned him a few extra weeks behind bars.

Maurice Rondeau, 64, is serving time for sexual offences.

He was reported missing during the 4:30 p.m. count on Sunday.

He was recaptured at about 9:30 p.m. and charged with being unlawfully at large.

Rondeau pleaded guilty to the charge in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday.

Judge Jim Hunter sentenced him to 60 days, to be served consecutively to his original prison term.

Private function at Dawe Centre The G.H. Dawe Community Centre will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, as a private function is held at the facility.

It will reopen to the public at 4 p.m.

Kidz Place Child Minding will open at 5 p.m.

The facility will be open from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. as per usual for lane swimming.

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The Red Deer chapter of an international sorority has recognized a Red Deer woman for her community work.

Wilma Heal, 76, was to be recognized for her volunteer efforts at Wilma Heal Beta Sigma Phi’s Founders’s Day event.

Heal, 76, has volunteered for Catholic’s Women’s League and participated in the Catholic church choir.

Her other volunteer efforts have benefitted the Red Deer Christmas Bureau, the Lending Cupboard, and the Moose Lodge.

Heal is also a volunteer driver for people who need rides to doctors, church and hospital.

Before moving to Red Deer in 1999, Heal lived in Fort McLeod, where she volunteered for Boy Scouts, Cubs and area schools while raising five sons.

Heal was born in Holland in 1938.

When she was 15, she emigrated to Canada

Bigcharles, a Grade 12 student in High Prairie, and Jacey Solway, a Grade 12 student in Bassano, were given honourable mentions.

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1965 — Two Soviet diplomats expelled from Canada for plotting an espionage network 1945 — VE Day celebrated as Germany signs the armistice ending World War II in Europe. In Halifax, exuberant crowds start a riot that will last for two days.

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ANDREWS Peter 1950 - 2014 Mr. Peter William Andrews of Blackfalds, Alberta passed away at his home in Blackfalds on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the age of 64 years. Peter will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Marie, two sons, Trevor and Peter Andrews, a daughter, Angela Andrews and two grandchildren, Jaina and Brennan and his faithful companion, Pepper. He will also be sadly missed by his brothers and sisters; Amelia Andrews, Minerva (Betty) Franko, Ida (Stephen) Hildebrandt, Arthur (Sonny) Andrews and Debbie Raaen.

Peter was predeceased by his mother and father, Arthur and Pauline Andrews, his brothers, John and Richard and sisters, Geneva and Ermadelle. A Celebration of Peter’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, May 9, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. with Deacon Claude Baril officiating.

If desired, Memorial Donations in Peter`s honor may be made to the Canadian Army Veteran`s Motorcycle Unit, sponsoring Dogs for Veterans suffering from P.T.S.D. at the Life Celebration or by calling Parkland Funeral Home at 403.340.4040 for further details. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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GREENWOOD Arnold 1934 - 2014 Arnold Raymond Greenwood of Westerose, Alberta passed away April 30, 2014 in Red Deer Regional Hospital after a courageous battle with COPD, Congestive Heart Failure, and Kidney Failure. Funeral Services for Arnold will be held Saturday May 10th, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. at the Chapel Of The Rocky Funeral Home, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta with Rev. Sandra Franklin - Law officiating.

Interment to follow in the Pine Grove Cemetery, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations may be made in Arnold’s name to the Alberta Lung Association.

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KRUGER David 1953 - 2014 Mr. David Charles “Dave” Kruger of Didsbury, Alberta passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, Red Deer on Monday, May 5, 2014 at the age of 60 years.

Dave was born on September 2, 1953 at Fairview, Alberta.

He worked in the Oilfield Industry and was employed with Peter Overwater Construction at Olds, Alberta.

Dave had a passion for sports; he loved playing hockey and also refereed many games. He also enjoyed playing golf. Dave avidly cheered on his favorite teams, the Boston Bruins and the Calgary Stampeders.

Although a rough and athletic man, Dave had a heart of gold and loved his family. He was known as the Greatest Uncle ever to his adoring nieces and nephews. Dave truly loved them and they were his pride and joy. Dave will be lovingly remembered by his brothers and sisters; Deanna Overwater of Calgary, Alberta, Dennis (Bev) Kruger of Mission, British Columbia, Dorothea (Bruce) Sheppard of Red Deer, Alberta, Darcy (Zareena) Kruger of Calgary, Alberta and Doug (Judi) Kruger of Dallas, Texas. He will also be deeply missed by his cherished nieces, nephews and numerous great nieces and nephews, as well as many loyal friends. Dave was predeceased by his parents, Al and Rosemary Kruger and a brother-in-law, Eric Overwater.

A Celebration of Dave’s Life will be held at Heartland Funeral Services, 5226 - 46 Street, Olds, Alberta on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. with The Reverend Gary Sinclair officiating.

Dave will be laid to rest with his parents at the Olds Cemetery, Olds, Alberta. If desired, Memorial Donations in Dave’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Regional Hospital Foundation, Palliative Care Unit at www.rdrhfoundation.com Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of Gordon R. Mathers, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

403.340.4040.

CORMACK Ronald Alexander Nov. 5, 1926 - May 3, 2014 Ronald passed away peacefully on May 3, 2014 at the Red Deer Hospice.

Ronald is survived by his children: Robert, of Calgary and Barbara, of Red Deer, his grandchildren Catherine (Karel) van Zyl of Halifax, Sandra (Jon) Wilkins, of Calgary, Micheal Brochu, of Calgary, and Leaha Johnson, of Kamloops, and his great grandchildren, Meaghan and Riley van Zyl of Halifax. He is also lovingly remembered by his twin sister, Doris, of Winnipeg, brother-in-law, Mervin, of Calgary, sister-in-law, Alma, of Lacombe, and several nieces and nephews.

Ron is fondly remembered by his “Personal aide”, Pat Egan and the Tuesday games group and Wednesday supper gang. A memorial service for the late Ron Cormack will be held at Knox Presbyterian Church, 4718-50 St. (Ross St.), Red Deer on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Wayne Reid officiating. Memorial tributes, in Ron’s memory, may be made to the Red Deer Hospice, 99 Arnot Ave, Red Deer, AB. T4R 3S6

Obituaries

ROWLEDGE Daniel Grant Mar. 25, 1920 - May 5, 2014 Grant, beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather was born on the family farm at Erskine, Alberta to Harry and Sarah Rowledge, the youngest son in a family of five children. He attended Behrens and Erskine Schools and later married Verna Barber on November 17, 1943. His memory will be cherished by his son Terry (Janet) Rowledge and their daughters Bonnie (AJ), their children Bryan, Olivia, Emily and Kalley, Sheri (Glen) and children Gracie, Rachel and Chance; daughter Donna (Curt) Peterson and sons Craig (Jenny) their children Ryan, Jacob and Hayes, Jeff (Mandy) and children Brody, Elliot and Evyn; daughter Linda (Terry)Unger and family Alexis (Kurtis), Lacey, Jes (Todd) and children Toby and Isabel, Caleb (Jill) and children MaKenzie, Addie, Arlo, Talia (Scott); son Murray (Wendy) Rowledge and their family Rhiannon, Sarah (Lee) and children Branson and Kate, Cody (Chelsey) and Bennett. Grant was predeceased by his infant son Barry Grant, his first wife Verna, second wife Phyllis and all his siblings. He is also survived by his faithful friend Olwin Pearson and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and their families. Grant dedicated his life to farming, raising Charolais cattle and grain in the Erskine area until retiring to Stettler in 2005.

The Erskine United Church and his community were important to him and he contributed in many ways.

He was an avid hunter and enjoyed singing, yodelling, playing cards, fast horses and cars. He played and coached ball and hockey, curled, was a 4-H leader and enjoyed travelling. Grant had a great sense of humour and liked practical jokes. The last few years were a struggle due to his loss of hearing and failing eyesight. The family will be forever grateful to his friend Olwin Pearson who helped him by being his “eyes and ears.” Funeral services will be held at 2:30 on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at Stettler Funeral Home 4707-70 St., Stettler, Alberta.

Private family interment will take place at Erskine Cemetery prior to the service. Memorial donations may be made to the Erskine United Church or charity of your own choice c/o Stettler Funeral Home, Box 1780, Stettler, AB, T0C 2L0. Sympathies may be forwarded to the family by signing the guestbook at www.stettlerfuneralhome.com STETTLER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM 403-742-3422, entrusted with the care and funeral arrangements.

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ZUBOT Alexander “Alex” Balzar Zubot passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 4th In Red Deer, AB at the age of 85.

Alex is one of 8 brothers and sisters, and 2 half sisters.

Alex is predeceased by his parents, Michael and Mary Zubot, his sister Pauline Bosch, brothers Emanuel Zubot, Adolph Zubot and Carl Zubot. Alex is survived by his loving wife Isolde of 54 years. They were very proud parents of 2 sons, Warren who resides in Edmonton, AB and Brent who resides in Balzac, AB with his wife Theresa (MacMillan) and their three daughters Paige (10), Jordan (9) and Rylee (7). Alex is also survived by his brothers Michael of Calgary, AB, Bernard of Medicine Hat, AB and Paul of Dorchester, ON. As well as numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins stretched across Canada and Europe. Alex was born in Leader, SK on November 15, 1928, and graduated from Medicine Hat High School. He worked with the Canadian Pacific Railway for several years as a telegrapher, then at the Brooks School District for 7 years as the SecretaryTreasurer. Alex and Isolde (Henrich) were married on October 1st, 1959. In 1965 Alex and Isolde moved to Drayton Valley, AB and opened a Stedman’s franchise store. In 1966 their first son Warren was born, and a short 14 months later, their second son Brent was born. Alex and Isolde opened 2 more Stedman’s stores in Barrhead and Rocky Mountain House, before finally selling the franchises and moving to Red Deer in 1979 where they purchased Red Deer Overdoor Co. In 1984 Alex retired from his full-time business ventures and tried his hand at the real estate market for a few years. Alex had a passion for woodworking, and his work can be found on display in numerous homes of friends and family members. He was a warm, quiet, and peaceful person who enjoyed everything in life from having coffee with his buddies at A&W to visits with his boys and 3 beautiful granddaughters.

Alex was a wonderful husband and father who was an incredible role model to his boys. We are all so very lucky and blessed to have known him. The funeral mass will be held on Friday, May 9th at 11:00am at St.Mary’s Catholic Church at 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer Alberta, T4N 5X8. The family would like to extend an invitation to all attendees to a light lunch and refreshments in the Parish Centre immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada online at www.heartandstroke.com, or by calling 1-888-473-4636.

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COCKS Douglas John Nov. 4, 1942 - May 5, 2014 It is with sadness that the family of Doug Cocks announces the passing of their Husband, Father and Grandfather.

Doug was predeceased by his parents; his sister Jean Stolz; his nephew Richard; and a grandson Lane. Doug will be lovingly remembered by his wife Dorothy Marquart Cocks; his two sons and their families, Douglas John Jr. (Tammy Basque) of Grande Prairie and Patrick James (Kimberley Barlow) of Sylvan Lake; his precious grandchildren, Joel Kopp, Brodie and Delaynee of Grande Prairie, Molly and Hudson of Sylvan Lake; his sister Susan (Mic) Moroz of Osoyoos; his two brothers, Jim (Helen) Cocks of Leader, SK, and Daniel (Elaine) Cocks of Medicine Hat; along with aunts, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

We will forever cherish his love and spirit for his families’ well-being. A Memorial Service for Doug will take place at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Friday, May 9, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. It is the families’ wish that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made directly to the Canadian Tire Jumpstart, P.O. Box 770, Station K, Toronto, ON, M4P 2V8, or the Heart & Stroke Foundation, 202, 5913-50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4N 4C4, or to the Multiple Sclerosis Society, 105, 4807-50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4N 4A5. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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WEST Ann Louise April 12, 1942 - April 24, 2014 With deepest sadness and loss, Ann Louise West passed and rose to her Lord on April 24, 2014. Ann experienced and enjoyed a life full of adventures, people, and places. Ann was a fantastic mother, proud of her independence, determined to take on all that life challenged her. Her infectious big smile, inquisitive mind and compassion for those in need will all be sadly missed. Ann will always be with us. Ann was predeceased by her daughter Christine but is survived by her son Craig (Louise) West of Red Deer, their children Jennifer and Carson, and her extended families in B.C. and abroad. Ann cherished you all. A Celebration of Life will be held at Crossroads Church, 38105 Range Road 275, Red Deer County on Friday, May 9, 2014 @ 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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McILRAVEY Terrance Adam Terrance Adam McIlravey passed away suddenly on April 28, 2014 in his 72 year.

Terry was born on July 7, 1942 in Cochrane, Ontario to Adam and Pearl McIlravey.

Beloved husband of Anne (nee Beausoleil) for 51 years; devoted father of Michael (Bev), Laurie (Tim) Carruthers, Wayne (Tracy), Wanda, Shelley (Dave) Scheffelmair, Tim (Kerri),Chris (Laurie), Craig (Shannon), Cheryl (Jason) Dirks; beloved grandfather of Heather (Devlin), Joshua, Andrew, Jessica (Chris), Jonathan (Dixie), Annie, Breanne, Alyssa (Jerret), Adam, Melanie, Mark, Eric, Elizabeth, Julia, Kiara, Claire, Lilly, Eryk, Colin and Emily; great grandfather of Lauren, Jackson and Jordyn; brother of Nancy, David (Nola), Brian (Betty), and the late Barb, Jeannie (Don) and Billy (Brenda); brother in law of Eleanor Beausoleil, Cal Hynes and Helen Wright; remembered by many nieces and nephews. He worked at McMillan Bloedel Mill Powell River from 1963-1975, Construction Powell River from 1975-1977, Construction in Cranbrook from 1977-1979, Construction in Red Deer from 1979-1986 until his heart wouldn’t allow him to anymore and did Small Business Accounting until his passing. Nothing mattered more to him than his family.

He valued every one of them and always took care of Anne. Terry will be forever in our hearts and sadly missed by his family. A Celebration of Terry’s life will be held at the Streams Christian Church 5350-46th Ave Red Deer, AB on Saturday May 10, 2014 at 1:00 P.M. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations may be made in Terry’s name to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Condolences may be forwarded to www.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements. 403-887-2151

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Trades

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Coming Events

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Is holding it’s Annual OPEN HOUSE, Sat. Only May 10, from 8 am - 4 pm

CELEBRATING 35 YEARS

A great selection of plants!

We look forward to seeing everyone out again this year. 2 miles east on 39th Street from 30th Ave. R.D.

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Personals

ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person The Red Deer Advocate w/drivers license, to work has an entry level opening during shut down, $14/hr. in their Circulation Dept.

Fax resume w/ref’s to for a Customer Service 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black Representative.

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This position is responsible for assisting circulation Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS customers by phone or in person & compiling reports for the mailroom.

The successful candidate will possess: * Good telephone manner * Excellent communication skills * Basic Computer skills * Attention to detail * Ability to function in a fast-paced environment * A positive attitude Preference will be given to those with previous customer service experience.

COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298

Approx. 12-20 hrs/week including weekend shifts.

Please submit your resume to:

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Caregivers/ Aides

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LIVE IN Caregiver for 4 children (6 - 14 yrs. old) in R.D. Wages $1747/mo., 44 hrs./week. Childcare, light housekeeping. Room & board $315/mo. Call Keri at 403-346-4045.

LOOKING for male caregiver with nursing background to care for 90 yr. old elderly male w/slight dementia. Mail resume to: Conrado Gundran 5215-76 St. Red Deer T4P 2J4 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle.

403-505-7846

Clerical

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BUSY MEDICAL OFFICE requires FRONT DESK RECEPTIONIST Starting wage $16/hour.

Computer skills a requirement.

Please fax resume to 403-342-2024.

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Oilfield

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P/T CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650

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Janitorial

Red Deer Advocate 2950 Bremner Ave. Red Deer, T4R 1M9 Fax: 403-341-4772 Email: careers@ reddeeradvocate.com with CSR in subject line

PAYROLL & AP

Required for car dealership.

Must have payroll experience preferably with ADP system, with Excel and Word. Must have computer skills. Email resume to: danderson@ pikewheatonchev.ca

Dental

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PERIOPARTNERS Dr. Patrick Pierce/ Dr. Janel Yu Require

RDA LEVEL II

who is extremely well organized, energetic & self motivated. 4 days/wk.

No evenings or weekends.

Send resume ASAP to reddeer@periopartners.com or bring by in person, we would love to meet you.

4619 48 Ave, Red Deer.

Farm Work

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CLASS 1 driver for mixed farm operation. F/T, Email: jkinsella@xplornet.com

Hair Stylists

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ADAM & EVE UNISEX In the Parkland Mall is seeking P/T / F/T HAIR STYLISTS Please drop off resume in person.

OFFICE assistant req’d for Clive area trucking company.

Knowledge of trucking industry and general knowledge of maintenance an asset but willing to train. WE are looking for a F/T or Flexible hrs. Exc. P/T journeyman (60% wages/benefits. Fax commission with ticket) or resume to 403-784-2330 apprentice hairstylist for or call toll free busy family salon in 1-800-613-7041 email: Lacombe. Great wages dhecht@telusplanet.net and benefits packages.

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Bring resume to Hairapy at Lacombe Center Mall See Help Wanted

Medical

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Full-Time/Part time Employment Opportunity Licensed Practical Nurse Panel Manager The Wolf Creek Primary Care Network is hiring Licenced Practical Nurses to work in medical clinics in Lacombe, Ponoka and Sylvan Lake. These are Monday to Friday positions with no shift work or weekends. The Panel Manager works in a one-on-one relationship with a family doctor. Goals include increasing efficiency in the family doctor’s office to improve access for patients, enhancing the patient’s primary care experience, and improving clinical outcomes and quality of life. The Panel Manager will be taught how to assist the physician and clinic to use information technology and healthcare knowledge to ensure that patients receive chronic and preventive care. The majority of Wolf Creek Panel Managers are Licensed Practical Nurses, however other health care professional will be considered for these positions.

Interested applicants should submit their resumes by May 23, 2014, to info@wolfcreekpcn.com or via fax to 403.782.5431.

The Wolf Creek Primary Care Network would like to thank all applicants for their interest; however only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Oilfield

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LINE LOCATOR ASSISTANT

First Aid, H2S and PSTS, valid driver’s licence req’d.

Need to be physically fit.

Resume by fax 403-227-1398 or email info@accutechcanada.ca LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475 DRIVER/SWAMPER for a small knuckle picker.

Must have all oilfield tickets.

Room for advancement.

Fax resume to 403-342-1953 CLASS 1 driver w/5 yrs. exp. and oilfield tickets.

Email resume: jkinsella @xplornet.com

Restaurant/ Hotel SERVICE RIG

* Experienced Production Testing * Day Supervisors * Night Operators * Experienced Production Testing Assistants If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume, current driver’s abstract and current safety certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 jjudson@1strateenergy.ca or contact Jeanine at 403-887-2147 Please specify position when replying to this ad.

We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted.

NOW HIRING

Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com

Oilfield

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RAMADA INN & SUITES req’s. Permanent Room Attendants. Exp. not nec.

2 EXP. ROOFERS. will train. Approx. 35 - 40 Must have drivers licence. hrs/wk. Rate: $12.75 403-341-9208 or $14/hr. Duties incl’d but Locally based, home every 403-346-2822 after hours. not limited to: vacuuming, night! Qualified applicants dusting, washing floors, must have all necessary valid tickets for the position making beds, empty trash, disinfecting & cleaning being applied for. bathrooms. Performance Bearspaw offers a based bonus program. very competitive salary Must be fluent with verbal and benefits package l& written English, be along with a steady physically fit. Applicants work schedule. may apply in person at Please submit resumes: 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer Attn: Human Resources T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 Email: or email: Are you tired of working hr@bearspawpet.com info@ramadareddeer.com Weekends? Looking for Fax: (403) 258-3197 or that work/life balance. BFI Mail to: Suite 5309, Canada Inc. is looking for a 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 Journeyman Heavy Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking exp’d FLOORHANDS & DERRICK HANDS

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TR3 Energy is at the forefront of reclamation and remediation in the oil & gas industry We are currently recruiting for:

Heavy Equipment Operators & Labourers Requirements: Valid Driver’s License H2S Alive Standard First Aid WHIMIS and/or CSTS or PST Pre-Access A&D Testing Ground Disturbance Level 11 Please e-mail or fax your resume to: hr@tr3energy.com Fax: (403) 294-9323 www.tr3energy.com Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Professionals 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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JOURNEYMAN

Is looking for F/T PIPEFITTER SALESPERSON. Mon. - Fri. for FACILITY PROJECT 8-5. Job requirements will be: quoting jobs, dealing The successful applicant with walk in clients, phone will be a ticketed, sales, scheduling and Red Seal Journeyman customer service. Very Pipefitter/Steamfitter competitive wages and • Be able to complete benefit package. Fax ISO drawings resumes to: 403-343-1325 • Measure existing and new piping projects within SOAP Stories is seeking 5 an Oil and Gas Plant F/T - P/T Beauty Treatment O/P, selling soap & • Organized • A Self-starter bath products $14.55/hr. + • Team player bonus & comm. Beauty cert. req’d. Location This project runs from Parkland Mall - 4747 67th May - September 2014, St. Red Deer. email and will be by hand premierjobrdbto@ only-tools supplied LOA gmail.com and travel pay also supplied SOAP Stories is seeking 5 retail sales reps. Selling soap Are you looking to grow & bath products. $12.10 hr your career in a drug and + bonus & commission. alcohol free environment, F/T & P/T. No exp. req’d. surrounded by a great team?

Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Then Profoxx Energy would Red Deer. email resume to like to hear from you. premierjobrd@gmail.com We are a professional fast growing company that offers competitive wages and benefits in a fun Trades and safe environment.

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DEEP KNEADS MUSCLE THERAPY is looking for a Registered Massage Therapist for room rental.

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Professionals

Duty Mechanic

to fill its afternoon shift. We offer Comprehensive Compensation package that includes: Full paid benefits, Deferred profit SOUTHPOINTE sharing, Competitive COMMON and BOWER Wage, and RRSP proPLACE Mall Locations. gram. Applicant must Positions for maintain a Heavy Duty SUPERVISORS. Looking Mechanic Journeyman for motivated and hard ticket, a Valid CVIP working individuals. Having inspection license, strong your own transportation is interpersonal and commua plus. On the job nication skills as well as training, but experience in organization skills. Willing fast food is an asset, and to work in a team atmosmust be avail. to work all phere, ability to work store location hours. independently, maintain Please specify which store safe work habits and keep you are applying for, and if work area clean. Own tools you require an LMO to required. If this position work in Canada. Email interests you please email resume to awbsp@ your resume to xplornet.ca jgoltz@wsii.ca or fax 403-340-0894.

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GASOLINE ALLEY

Looking for room attendants F/T & P/T, P/T breakfast bar hostess.

Must be avail. all shifts.

Will train. Drop off resume or email: cheri.arthur2@ hilton.com No phone calls.

BRICAR CONTRACTING now hiring Heavy Equipment Operators, Skid Steer Operators and Laborers. Send resumes to: office@bricar.ca or fax 403-347-6296

Submit your resume to: careers@profoxxenergy.com Or by fax 780-622-5056 We thank all those who apply, but only those chosen for interview will be contacted

OK TIRE & AUTO SERVICE

Red Deer North 7147 50 Ave. 3 - 4 yr. or Licenced Automotive Technician to join our team in 5 bay shop. Service passenger vehicles and light trucks.

Customer Satisfaction our #1 Priority! Please fax or email resume to: 403-346-8186 alok@telus.net

PAINTER F/T

Commercial/Residential Brush/Roll Application.

Exp. req’d. Vehicle req’d.

Contact Drew at CCL 403-596-1829

Pressure Control Assembler Technician

Nexus is currently seeking a mechanical individual to perform assembly & testing of all BOP’s and Pressure Control Equipment. Duties include heavy lifting, manual labour, operating forklift and overtime as necessary. We offer a competitive wage, benefits and RRSP plan.

Experience is not mandatory, but a definite asset. Email resume to resume@ nexusengineering.ca QUICKLINE CRANE INC. in Blackfalds is looking for a

MOBILE CRANE & HOISTING OPERATOR The Tap House Pub & Grill req’s full and part time cooks. Apply with resume at 1927 Gaetz Avenue between 2-5 pm.

Sales & Distributors

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GRATIAE is seeking 5 Retails Sales reps selling skin & body care products in Parkland Mall 4747 67th St. Red Deer, $12.10/hr + bonus & comm.

F/T - P/T No Exp. Req’d.

Email resumes: gratiaereddeersr@ gmail.com

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Requires

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

GREAT OPPORTUNITY

Would you like to become an Optician?

Earn your Diploma in Optical Sciences at NAIT’s 2 year program

Afternoon Shift CNC Lead Hand / Supervisor

Requirements • Grade 12, GED, or assessed equivalent • Must be a Canadian Citizen Enrollment starts May 1 - Aug. 15, 2014 Course cost $3,000/yr. Employer will payroll deduction for assistance, if required.

Nexus Engineering is currently looking for Afternoon shift Lead hand/supervisor.

Duties include, ensuring production flow on Mazak C.N.C lathe and mills, trouble shooting, min 1 years experience as a lead hand/supervisor in a machine shop.

We offer competitive wages, company paid benefits and a RRSP matching plan.

Please forward resumes to: resume @nexusengineering.ca

Earn While You Learn Full Time Employment 40hrs/wk Training & Practicum hours provided to successful candidate.

Mon-Fri 10-7, Sat 9-6 Medical/Dental Benefits To arrange for an interview

4924-59 Street, Red Deer, Alberta

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD.

with experience.

Must be a minimum third year apprentice & have good knowledge of truck mount & all terrain cranes.

Competitive salaries includes benefits.

Must have a Class 1 license.

Please submit all resumes by email to: kyle@quicklinecrane.com

SHOP & PORTABLE Welding Business in Lacombe looking for B Pressure or Journeyman Welders for local work.

Only reliable need apply.

Call Mon. - Fri. 8:30 - 4:30 403-318-9445

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION Requires Full Time

Carpenters & 2nd to 4th Yr. Apprentices

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Please call (403) 347-7889 EYEWEAR LIQUIDATORS

C & C COATINGS in Innisfail is seeking F/T Sandblasters and Painters exp. with Endura an asset.

Competitive wages and benefits. Fax resume to: 403-227-1165.

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HOURLY taper needed. $25-$30/hr. depending on experience. Call Steve POSITION FILLED LOOKING for Framers/ carpenters 403-357-9816

Trades

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca W.R.SCOTT Equipment a company dealing in compact equipment is looking for a representative to handle equipment, parts, sales & equipment rentals. Applicant must have a valid driver’s licence, basic computer knowledge is an asset.

Please send resume to: dbevan@ wrscottequipment.com or fax 1-780-440-1771

Truckers/ Drivers

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CLASS 1 driver with fluid hauling experience, local runs. 403-373-3285 or fax resume and copies of all valid tickets to 403-986-2819 Looking for a new pet?

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ELECTRICAL & INSTRUMENTATION

PROJECT MANAGER

WorleyParsonsCord Ltd. is seeking an Electrical & Instrumentation Project Manager to work with our growing team at our Blackfalds Module Yard facility.

The ideal candidate must be a results-driven, self-motivated journeyman electrician with 5 to 10 years’ experience in the industrial construction field. Must have prior experience in electrical estimating, project management experience and strong ability to interpret plans, specifications, drawings and documents related to engineering and construction.

The candidate will have the ability to complete quantity surveys in a unit rate environment and be highly organized and capable of working under tight timelines on overlapping projects. Must be available to work 50 hours/week (7am to 5:30pm Mon-Fri)

Apply now: www.worleyparsonscord.ca/careers and be a part of a leading module and fabrication team.

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.

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.

If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking both -

JOURNEYMAN AND B PRESSURE WELDERS

for full-time permanent shop positions We offer competitive starting Wages and benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs.

www.worleyparsonscord.ca

Please fax resume to 403-227-7796, email to hr@bilton.ca

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Bearspaw currently has a position in our Stettler field operations for an intermediate Resource oil and gas operator. Applicants must have experience as a Development Associate United Way of Central heavy duty mechanic or Alberta is a leader in journeyman instrument building strong, resilient mechanic and possess communities in Central strong mechanical skills, be quick learners, motivated Alberta. We are seeking an individual who knows the and hard working and live or be willing to relocate value of superior customer service, has proven within a 20 minute commute to workplace location. This marketing and communication experience and work position offers a challenging in both big picture and work environment, attractive detailed planning, and benefits with competitive must love a challenge. pay and significant room This is an 8 month for promotion.

Temporary Full-Time Please submit resumes position. For a complete job description, please visit Attn: Human Resources www.caunitedway.ca email:kwolokoff@ bearspawpet.com TOO MUCH STUFF? Fax 403-252-9719 Let Classifieds Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 help you sell it.

Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

391091E10

With the greatest sadness we announce the passing of Florence P. Knight of Calgary, who passed away after a long illness at the Foothills Medical Centre on Saturday, May 3, 2014, just two days short of her 84th birthday. She was born Florence P. Androsoff on May 5th, 1930, at Krydor, Saskatchewan, the first-born of Pete and Tina Androsoff. Raised on her parents’ family farm near Blaine Lake, Florence learned the love of “family and farm” from a young age. She walked several miles to and from school, later riding horseback or running a horse-drawn cutter alone to and from her studies, as dust or snow-bound roads allowed.

Moving with her family to Saskatoon during the Second World War, Florence graduated from Bedford Collegiate, then attended Saskatoon Secretarial School for two years, becoming qualified as a stenographer. Soon after, Florence was employed in the billing department, Saskatoon Dairy Pool. Making the move to Calgary in 1948, Florence was offered a secretarial position at Western Grocers Ltd., where she later met and married Raymond Knight of Crossfield, Alberta. For three years, Florence and Ray managed the Androsoff farm at Blaine Lake, then tenant-farmed for one year on the Walter Knight farm, before purchasing the Miller McCullogh farm at Allingham, Alberta. It was during these years that Florence and Ray also had three children, while raising barley and beef cattle under the C U BAR brand. On a mixed farm-cattle ranch that did not have telephone service or modern indoor facilities, Florence kept the books, cooked and cleaned, drove trucks and heavy machinery during the harvest, raised her family and managed day-to-day business affairs for her loving husband Ray, while relying heavily on the Paul and McDonald Livestock Sales report, broadcast every week-day on CFCN radio through the 1950s and 1960s. She reasoned that it would make better sense to hire a girl to cook and Baby-sit while Florence and Ray brought in the harvest, vaccinated, branded and administered to their growing herd, rather than employing a hired man. Selling their Allingham holdings in 1967, Florence and Ray purchased the Arnold Lawson Farm at Bowden, Alberta, and began expanding their modest holdings there. In 1968, Florence briefly worked at Bowden Nursery, before being hired to co-manage the Resource Centre at Innisfail Junior and Senior High School, under the direction of Principal Joe von Stein. Two years later, Ray and Florence moved their family to Calgary, where Florence was briefly employed at Marion Carson School. Later, Florence was offered a secretarial position at the University of Calgary.

Twenty-three years later, Florence retired as head secretary to the Dean of Electrical Engineering, University of Calgary. After a “severance of access” to a beloved granddaughter - at a time when Florence and Ray should have been quietly enjoying retirement with their family - Florence was elevated to the position of National Director, Alberta Office for the Canadian Grandparents Rights Society. As a result of her daily direction and tireless efforts, Florence successfully lobbied for changes to be made in family law, that grandparents would be recognized not only as “persons” before the law, but also deemed “necessary in a grandchild’s life,” for all time, in Canada. During her fourteen years as a grandparents advocate, Florence was asked for advice by federal and provincial ministers of State, Senators and Jurists struggling to find improvements to family access, post-divorce, for all parties concerned. Although she would bear witness to hundreds of grandparents successfully re-gaining access to beloved grandchildren in Alberta, Florence would never again be reunited with her “lost” granddaughter, through no fault of her own. With Ray’s passing in July 2006 - after having served as her husband’s primary caregiver for three difficult years - Florence did all she could for her remaining family; her door was always open to family and friends, her warmth sincere, her smile genuine and welcoming, the food prepared on her table by her own hand for all to share. In the last four years of her life, Florence often travelled to and from the United States, often in the company of a dear friend, Bill Fylik, for many weeks’ duration. She returned from these vacations animated, always happy to be back amongst family. “Family” was everything in her life, and she always had her family’s best interests at heart, first and foremost. Florence’s legacy cannot be adequately measured, for the impact her life’s work had on so many affected family members - from families she never even knew - located virtually everywhere in this country. Florence Knight is survived by her three children Ken (Olga) Knight, Darrell (Barb) Knight and Linda Knight; grandchildren Jason, Jessica, Oscar, James, Gracy, Sara, Marian, Carolina, Ulyses, Kenneth, Hunter, River, Arthur and great grandchildren Michaela, Yasmin, Oscar, Julian, Tailah, Mia, as well as her brother Lawrence (Roberta) Androsoff of Saskatoon. Those wishing to pay their respects may do so at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY’S Chapel of the Bells (2720 Centre Street North) on Friday, May 9, 2014 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. A Celebration of Florence’s Life will be held at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY’S, Chapel of the Bells (2720 Centre Street North) on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. Graveside Service to follow at Crossfield Cemetery. The family would like to thank the Foothills Medical Centre Dr’s.

Geoghegan and McKenna and the staff on Units 62, 72 and 81 as well as the staff of Bow View Manor for their attention and care to Florence Knight.

Due to family allergies, Florence’s family requests that you do not smoke before coming to the service or at the cemetery.

Condolences may be forwarded through www.mcinnisandholloway.com.

In living memory of Florence Knight, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park by MCINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES, Chapel of the Bells, 2720 CENTRE STREET NORTH, Telephone: 1-800-661-1599.

Clerical

Now Hiring:

OIL & GAS OPERATOR

KNIGHT Florence P (nee Androsoff) May 5, 1930 - Krydor, Saskatchewan May 3, 2014 - Calgary, Alberta

C6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, May 7, 2014

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2002 SATURN SL1 4 dr $2100. obo SOLD

2006 34’ Gulf Stream Yellowstone. Sleeps 4, 3 slides, new awning, washer, dryer hookup, equipped w/Arctic & Sub Arctic pkgs, custom skirt & more! $34,900. 403-8878405

1989 CHRYSLER 5th Ave 110,000 kms. $995. obo.

403-347-5873 or 403-350-1077

2002 VOLKSWAGEN Jetta GLS 1.8L,

2006 ACURA RSX Premium auto 57,000 kms.

1989 LINCOLN Mark II, 2 door, low kms., exc. cond.

$4000.

403-343-0081

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2007 CHRYSLER 300 103198 kms.,

$10,888

348-8788 Sport & Import

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Sport & Import 348 8788

$12,888

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A SEADOO TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2006 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV platinum, mint

2007 FORD F-150 Lariat 4X4, htd. lthr., sunroof,

DO YOU HAVE

2006 CHEV. Reg cab, 8’ box, 2WD, 4.3L, auto, A/C. ONLY 49,000 km. Exc. cond. $9000 obo. **SOLD**

$10,888.

VEHICLE ACCESSORIES

TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

$21,888

$12,888.

Sport & Import 403-348-8788

348-8788 Sport & Import

2007 H2 HUMMER, mint condition, 59,000 kms, new tires & rims, original rims and tires to buyer. Call Art 403-304-0727.

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2011 ALPINE 39’, 7500 w generator, king bed, 2011 GMC 3/4 ton Denali, hitch, matched to trailer, sell as unit $105,000 obo, trailer only $54,900 obo 403 358-4031

2008 Escalade ESV. Nav. Dvd camera 6 pass

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

$32,888

Sport & Import 348 8788

2008 FORD F-250 XL 4X4, 6.4L, 92754 kms.

$26,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 TOYOTA Tacoma

4WD, V6, 4 auto, cruise, air, 227,000 km. $14,900. 403-505-3113

2011 FORD FIESTA. $8200, 5 spd, 11,000 km.

Exc. cond. Great on gas.

Medical reasons.

Ask for Doug **SOLD**

2011 GMC Sierra 1500 Hybrid 4X4, 6.0L, lthr., 81735 kms.,

$28,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

2007 INFINITI G35X

1999 PONTIAC Sunfire GT, well maintained.

2004 GMC 3/4 C/C SLT leather, Duramax diesel, 200,000 kms, not oilfield, black, $16,500. 403-357-8811

$2000.

403-346-9169

2004 TITANIUM

AWD, auto., loaded.

Summers & snows, 106,000 km, 1 owner, exc. cond.

Must sell.

DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

$15000.

403-845-4146, 844-5698

2007 SPORTSMAN

DO YOU HAVE A SPORTS CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

model 31E36MK. Loaded, many extras. $24,500 obo.

403-347-1050 or 304-4580

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK CAMPER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A JEEP TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2006 MERCEDES Benz CLS 500 lthr., sunroof, 115057 kms., $25,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2001 FORD F150 loaded Triton 5.4L, 7700 lb. tow pckg. 5th whl. hitch, Landau cover, lockable 196,860 kms. $8000. 403-358-5465

2005 HUMMER H2

2006 PONTIAC Solstice 26080 kms., 5 speed,

Sport & Import 348 8788

2001 SILVERADO LT 2wd, X cab, 5.3L, 166,600 kms, grey, tow pkg, $6800 obo 403-343-8206

6 Days in The Red Deer Advocate 1 Sunday Life 2 Central Alberta Life

$24,888

2005 KIA SORENTO, silver, 147,000 km.

$6000.

403-347-0461

$39,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

$19,888.

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LX, 3254, 3 slides,thermo windows, fireplace, lots of extras. MINT $27,900. trades cons. 403-598-0682

If your vehicle doesn't sell the first week, 2nd week is HALF PRICE!

DO YOU HAVE A DIRT BIKE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2012 INFINITI G37X

$27,888

Sport & Import 348-8788

$30,888

2007 TOYOTA Tacoma V6

DO YOU HAVE A CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

T@B 14’, 1200 lbs., loaded.

Like New. $10,999.

SOLD

DO YOU HAVE A HEAVY TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

TITANIUM 34E39 MP RV. Loaded, exc. shape.

New fridge, 6 yr warranty, Asking $35,500.

403-340-2535

4X4, 114903 kms.,

$19,888.

2008 Audi A4 2.0T

Ad appears every day your ad is published in the Advocate

$36,888

348-8788 Sport & Import

HONDA 250 CC, automatic, 110 KPH max.

Very reliable.

First $700 takes it. **SOLD**

ALL WHEEL DRIVE 2007 530 XI BMW. Original Owner, 143,000 km. Exc. Cond. Regularly Maintained,

AD ON INTERNET

Sport & Import 348 8788

2012 CHEV Silverado 2500 LTZ, diesel, lthr., tonneau cover,

2010 ACURA MDX tech package 91,000 kms

348-8788 Sport & Import

Fully Loaded!

$9,888.

2007 STARCRAFT, 30’, slide, solar, air, walk-around bed, sleeps 6, rear kitchen. $17,000. O.B.O. 403-358-6765

348-8788 Sport & Import

Call 403-350-4323

FREE

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2006 GMC C4500 4X4, Duramax, 170,000 kms.

2008 VW GOLF CITY

$19,888.

Sport & Import 348 8788

Sport & Import SOLD

Sell your vehicle FAST with a Formula 1 Classified Vehicle Ad Call 309-3300 and one of our Formula 1 Specialists can put you on the Fast Track to sell your vehicle.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, May 7, 2014 C7

Truckers/ Drivers

860

After 25 years of providing transportation service to the food service industry - we are growing

NRC MOTOR EXPRESS LTD.

has the following positions available to accommodate our contact clients growth.

LCV OPERATOR for scheduled 1800 Hr. dispatches Sunday-Thursday.

Red Deer - Calgary - return. $220/day + Benefits.

COMPANY OPERATOR for scheduled 5 axle dispatches from Red Deer to Vancouver and return.

Starting wage .42/Mi. Team Operation starting at .67/Mi. + Company Benefits.

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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For morning delivery of the ADVOCATE Delivery by 6:30 a.m.

6 days/week in: GLENDALE Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info Are You Friendly & Outgoing?

Like Meeting New People?

Would you like to...

Get back into the workforce when children start school? Get extra spending money after retirement?

Work around your family’s busy schedule? Get to know your community better?

Set down your own hours?

GET PAID?!!

Welcome Wagon is Now Hiring In addition to the Sirus/XM Apply online at stereo equipped late model www.iamlovingit.ca units our equipment is or call 1-866-627-6070 purchased for Operator comfort and safety.

Mountain and Refer experience an asset for applicants seeking full or part time employment.

Fax resume to 403-227-6699 Something for Everyone CARRIERS Everyday in Classifieds NEEDED Tired of Standing?

For delivery Find something to sit on 3 days per week. in Classifieds NO WEEKENDS!!

OWNER OPERATOR UNIT for scheduled 5 axle dispatches from Calgary or Edmonton to Vancouver and return.

Start at $1.80/Mi. Team unit Starts at $2.00/Mi. Company benefits, fuel cards, and use of supplier accounts are available.

JOHNSTONE CROSSING Jenner Cres. & Judd Close.

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Company Drivers

in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d for moving equipment.

Resumes to be dropped off at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

DRIVER/SALES Canwest Propane, an affiliate of Gibson Energy, is the industry leader in providing propane supply, distribution, equipment and related services to customers across Western Canada.

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info CLEANERS F/T Comm/ Res, physically fit, $14/hr.

Reply to: Ascent Cleaning Services RR4, Box 4, Site 3 Lacombe, AB T4L 2N4

Canwest Propane offers a competitive compensation package

TRUCKERS

Busy road construction company looking for Class 1, Class 3, and winch truck drivers. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have at least 3 yr’s exp. Fax resume to 403-309-0489

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PRIVATE treatment center requires 2 night staff for Client Services Representative position.

This is a full time position from 11pm-7am and includes the following duties; light office duties, answering telephone, client support and/or resolution as needed.

Resume can be forwarded to staceygrantham@ thewholelifeinstitute.com.

Interviews by appt. only.

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 SAFETYNET SECURITY is looking for motivated and professional security officers to work on a local construction project.

Applicants must have valid Alberta Security License and the ability to perform foot patrol on a complex construction site.

Competitive wages and additional training provided. For inquiry please contact Les Walker 403-236-4884 email: leswalker@ safetynetsecurity.ca Summer Receptionist Openings. Local Red Deer company looking for appointment setters during our busy season. Ideal for students or someone searching for Part-Time.

Competitive pay with incentives. Must be available Sundays. Located downtown. Call 403-755-8163 leave message for Mitch.

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS

GAETZ SOUTH

1500-1990

F/T MEAT CUTTER F/T PRODUCE CLERK Full benefits, staff incentives. Apply within.

Antiques & Art

1520

GAETZ SOUTH

P/T FRONT END STAFF Staff incentives.

Apply within.

ANTIQUE OAK TABLE & 4 CHAIRS Great condition, Has leaf, $1600 o.b.o.

403-396-5516

Interested candidates are invited to apply via our website www.gibsons.com/careers or by Fax at 403-346-0595 F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

Start your career!

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Need Flexible SUMMER WORK? We are located in your local city/town. Guaranteed $17 base pay, cust. sales/service, no experience necessary, we will train, conditions apply. Visit www.summeropenings.ca/rda or call 403-755-6711 to APPLY NOW!

WOODEN boot jack $15, 3 shelf brackets 9” x 11”, 13” x 10” $1.50/ea, 2 heavy metal brackets 8 1/2” will hold 11”-12” board 2/$8, 5’ DISPATCHER REQ’D. x 9 1/2” wide shelf $5, 4 Knowledge of Red Deer sets fancy shelf brackets and area is essential. $6/set, 4 sets fancy brackVerbal and written ets 3” x 4” $2/set, 24” communication skills are standards w/4 brackets $4, req’d. Send resume by fax 9-6” brackets for single to 403-346-0295 standard $2, four 8” brackets $2, 10 12” white Looking for a place brackets for single stanto live?

Take a tour through the dards, $10, 4 chrome bathroom toothbrush and CLASSIFIEDS glass holders, wall mount $10, ice scraper $8, 2/3 EMF NUTRITION of oil-dri all purpose RED DEER BRANCH bag absorbent $8, 25 legal size is HIRING!! We are looking file folder holder $10, 4 tv to fill two positions: Pack- trays and holder on wheels aging Operator (Bagger) $15, misc. pieces of wood Shipper/Receiver. Please $5, 4 ft. aluminum ladder visit our website for more $8, Coleman cooler 22” x details: www.emf-nutrition 13” $15, wine rack .com Apply by May 12th, (chrome) holds 12 bottles 2014 Email: hr@ $10 403-314-2026 emf-nutrition.com Mail/person: 4747-60th St. Red Deer, Alberta Fax: 204.233.7245

We are seeking to hire permanent Driver/Sales for the Red Deer area.

Qualifications Required: * Valid Class 3 license with air ticket * Valid delivery and safety courses; Emergency First Aid, WHMIS and TDG are required although training is available * Propane-related experience is an asset * Oilfield experience is an asset

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Busy road construction company looking for Labours. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have a Class 5 license. Fax resume to 403-309-0489 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds LAUNDRY PERSON Responsible for all in-house laundry for our rental inventory.

Clean, press and store different fabrics.

Must be physically fit and well organized. $13/hour plus benefits.

Apply in person, fax 403-347-7066 or email: sales@parklandrentals.com

Pidherney’s is busy and requires the following:

SCRAPER OPERATORS Earthworks Division

* Adults * Youths * Seniors * Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week

INNISFAIL The papers arrive ready to deliver.

NO COLLECTING!

Phone 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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Assets include push pull experience, grade knowledge and the ability to work well with others.

Pidherney’s offers: • Top wages paid based on knowledge & experience • Benefit package • Career advancement opportunities Fax resume to Human Resources

403-845-5370

CONCRETE forming equipment Dura-Form 4’ x 2’, 5’x2’, 7’x2’, 8’ x 2’, lots of inside corners and fillers, most of forms are in cages. To view call Randy 403-843-1099 cell 587-679-2334. For pics and detailed equipt. list email: thepelletiers@ xplornet.ca

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

1640

Tools

880

or E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com

1550

Building Supplies

LABOUR

TABLE SAW, 9” Delta Beaver, with cast iron table & wing, 3 - 9” blades, 2 are Freud, on stand with castors. $150.

403-358-5465

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

Firewood

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

Garden Supplies

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

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COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE 6’-20’ , all equipment for digging, basketing, hauling & planting.

Also have 74” truck mount tree spade. J/V TREE FARM. John 403-350-6439 or Gary 403-391-1406 TREES: Windbreak, privacy screen, white spruce trees 5’-7’ delivered & planted $60 ea. on 25 or more. 20+ yrs experience (780)778-0223.

Health & Beauty

1700

NEW Liz Arden NY nail polish, lip gloss, 12 eye shadows, 2 blush, 1 Croc cosmetic bag, great Mother’s Day gift $195 value, asking $75 403-227-2976

Household Furnishings

1720

1830

Cats

BALINESE KITTENS (2) $50. ea.

Burman Kittens (2) $50. ea.

403-887-3649

Sporting Goods

1860

ADAMS TIGHT LIES DRIVER & WOODS 3-5-7.

Right hand. Graphite shafts.

Very good cond. $120. 403-346-0093 CROSMAN AIR GUN, 3578 shooters kit, uses .177 caliber copperhead pellets w/4” & 8” barrels. $60. 403-755-2760 LADIES GOLF CLUBS & bag - right hand - $50.

403-346-4811

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Wedding Supplies

3110

Offices

2000 SQ.FT. OFFICE, 4836 51 Street.

Parking is avail. $2400/mo.

403-343-9300 DOWNTOWN, main flr.

400 sq. ft. approx.

403-358-4131, 598-4131

3190

Mobile Lot

WANTED: family with own mobile home to live on farm.

10 min. north of Sylvan Lake & 25 min. from Red Deer.

403-255-1627 or 701-1235

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4010

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

7th Annual Calgary Premier collector car auction May 9 & 10. Grey Eagle Casino Indoors Convention Center. Incredible line up of cars. Consign today 1-888-296-0528 Ext. 102. EGauctions.com

5030

VIEW ALL OUR PRODUCTS

TV's, VCRs

1730

27” T.V; stand and wall unit. $200. 403-346-2073 RECORD PLAYER WITH SPEAKERS. Asking $150.

Good cond. 403-341-4650 Call between 10 am & noon, otherwise please lv msg.

Misc. for Sale

1760

*Black wall clock with pendulum $40. *2 New Lawn Chairs in bags for $15. *1 Reclining Lawn Chair for $15. *2 Blue Matching Suitcases $15. *20 Western records, $2/ea. *Royal Thair Bronze 60 pc forks, knives, & spoons - in wooden case, $75.

403-358-5247 AIR CONDITIONER 6000 BTU. Still in box. $100. 403-343-6044 CROSMAN AIR GUN, 3578 shooters kit, uses .177 caliber copperhead pellets w/4” & 8” barrels. $60. 403-755-2760 Electric BBQ & Cover $25.

Deck Table & Chairs $35.

4 Resin Chairs $20.

Oval Table Arborite Top $5.

2 Metal Tool Boxes & some tools - all for $20.

27” Toshba TV $20.

Vtech Cordless Answering Machine $5.

Please call 403-358-7678 FISHER AIR TIGHT WOOD BURNING STOVE. Ideal for small home, cottage or garage. $200.

403-782-7439 HOUSEPLANTS FOR SALE - Moving unable to keep.

Norfolk Pine, $30 2 Spider Plants, $15 & $10.

Christmas Cactus $25.

Several Aloe Vera $1-$5.

As well as a vine $15.

403-782-7439 KING Navy duvet cover & Queen green duvet cover $25 ea. 403-346-2070 KOOLATRON cooler, $60 ; ladies black leather biker jacket, small, exc. cond. $50, to give away 21” color tv, 403-347-0325 LARGE galvanized laundry tub $20, decorative iron and wood garden bench $20, patio set, glass top, round table, 4 chairs, crank umbrella $25, pair of mechanics ramps (metal) $39 403-342-7460 LAWNMOWER - gas $50.

BBQ - small propane $50.

CAR SEAT WARMER - new - $20.

JUMPER CABLES - $20.

403-346-4811 OLD COUNTRY ROSE CHINA. As well as 12 collector plates Call 403-887-2428 SINGER SEWING MACHINE with cabinet, $75.

403-346-2070 WINE making equipment $100; Coleman dbl. high queen size air bed w/elec. pump $50, 2 golf carts w/2 bags $20/pair.

403-343-2618

Musical Instruments

1770

GUITAR - $50.

403-346-4811

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TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale Sylvan area. 403-887-2798

Carriers are Needed to Deliver Red Deer Express * Flyers * Sunday Life afternoons & evenings 3 days per week

WESTPARK SUBDIVISION 36 Street 38 St. Close 57A Ave. Warwick Drive Wiltshire Pl. Wiltshire Dr.

Phone 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

MUST SELL

New Home. 1335 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage.

403-588-2550

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

BLACKFALDS: 3 bdrm. newer duplex, $1300/mo. avail. June 1 or sooner Call 885-5046 or 506-8577

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

SEIBEL PROPERTY

www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates ~ Westpark ~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 Rent $1195 to $1445 3 bdrm. townhouses, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, absolutely no pets. N/S, no utils. incl.

References required.

REDUCED $10,000 Near Coronation Park & Trails

Lovely 1484 sq.ft. 2 storey 1/2 duplex. 3 bdrms. up, 4 bathrooms, Bsmt. newly developed. Dble. garage.

Hardwood floors.

Quick possession.

Was $349,900 Now $339,900 Agent selected 403-396-5516 cell or Mon-Wed 314-4318

NEW CONDO

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Wife values friends more than husband Dear Annie: When my birthday maybe she thinks you could get these was coming up, I told my wife about things for yourself, especially if the a piece of technology I really wanted money comes from the same account. and asked her to buy it for me. It cost We suspect your real issue is that your $300. She said it was too expensive and wife seems to value her friends more didn’t get me anything exthan her husband. cept a card.

This certainly merits a In the past three weeks, discussion. Please talk to she has purchased three your wife. Tell her you are birthday gifts for friends, hurt and ask whether more each costing roughly $100. is going on than meets the She put in a ton of effort to eye. find exactly the right gift.

Dear Annie: It’s graduAm I justified in feeling ation time again. A while hurt by this snub? Should I back, a teacher asked you talk to her about it, or am I about graduation gifts for being petty? — Ignored students. You said, “Many Dear Ignored: We cergraduates deeply apprecitainly can understand why ate a personal letter from a MITCHELL you would be miffed that teacher expressing positive your wife has no problem thoughts about the student.” & SUGAR spending $300 on friends Teachers, please don’t and nothing on you. underestimate that final But some people don’t statement. For those who like being told what to buy, feel obligated to give somebecause it takes all the joy out of the thing more tangible, an inexpensive occasion. gift representing your relationship Or perhaps your wife disapproved of with the student along with a personal the piece of technology you wanted. Or note would also be treasured.

I know. I received such a gift 30 years ago — a piece of music that our band performed. And while I appreciated the monetary gifts from my relatives, that small gift is the one that still touches me the most deeply.

I’m a parent now. I know that teachers don’t make a great deal of money, but still get invited to a lot of graduation parties.

We’d rather have the teacher at the party to give our kids a final word of encouragement than have them stay away for lack of a present.

To my fellow parents: Graduation is such a busy time, but I ask that when inviting a teacher, coach, church youth leader or any other adult who may have had a positive effect on your children’s lives, please include a personal note in the invitation.

Here’s mine: “Having you as a music teacher has meant so much to ‘Sally’ that we would be honored if you could join us in celebrating her graduation. You already have given her the priceless gift of a passion for music, so please don’t feel obligated to bring anything else. Your presence at her

party would be the greatest gift you could give her.”— Maryland Parent Dear Maryland: Thank you for reminding teachers, parents and students that personal notes of appreciation, whether accompanied by gifts or not, are cherished for years to come.

Now is the time to get started.

Dear Annie: My eyes teared up reading the letter from “Lucky and Appreciative Married Man” and the kind things he said about his wife.

I am 30 years old and have been married for three years. I can only hope that one day my husband, whom I love dearly, is as grateful for me as I am for him. Until then, I will continue to cook dinner, wash our clothes, shovel the snow, mow the lawn, pay the bills and beg for his attention. What I wouldn’t give for a little appreciation.

— Lonely in Love Dear Lonely: Please don’t wait passively. If you want things to change, talk to your husband about this now.

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.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Past lessons from your parents will re-emerge today for you to take a more sage course.

How can you better communicate with mantic relationships. Figure out what lessons friends about your aspirations and dreams keep popping up, and work on those issues.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A serious without tripping yourself back into the past? look at past family relationships will take Speak clearly and be direct, new solutions are afoot, step forward. place. Are you repeating cerVIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): tain relationship patterns in your Clear communication at work own life or is there something will help you with your relationyou want to change around toship with your boss. day? By discussing the value How can you move forward you place on yourself, you’ll be without having past lessons able to see where the disharmocome back? Learn from your ny lies. mistakes and know you are able GEMINI (May 21-June 20): to clearly think yourself out of a Discussions with co-workers or troublesome situation again. hired help will help you see why LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): certain issues keep appearing Do research with regards to fiin your life. You’ll be able to exnancial gain. There could be a press yourself exactly how you LARISA MAIRA lesson with savings in store for want to, but simply watch that OZOLINS you today. Keep up with your you are learning a lessons here, knowledge in that area and and apply its repercussions to all those worries will be a thing of your affairs. the past. Friends are showing CANCER (June 21-July 22): Today will be the day to examine past circum- you the guiding light to the future, follow them.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Accolades stances related to self-expression within romantic situations. Perhaps you have children at work are being highlighted for you today. who are acting as you did and this is creating There is no time to entertain the darker assome difficulties for them. Take heed to the pects of life now. Look towards a positive sopast repeating itself and clear the karmic lution within all your interactions now. Others are looking to you for sage advice, be the role energy...

model they need now.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): See life through a new perspective now. It is not time to look back at past mistakes, instead, it is a time to look for better solutions to long standing issues.

Today will be the start of easy communications between you and others. Use this time to clear up past issues.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Look only at the past for guidance on how to make improvements. Stay present, this can be a very rewarding time for you with regards to moving towards your dreams. Clear up any confusion with friends and those you network with.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Great rewards are happening to you on a professional level and with those significant relationships in your life. Past actions will now be revisited and addressed in a different manner to alter the outcome of future events. Let go of the past and think up a new route now.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your knowledge will be under scrutiny. Look back at past actions that you took towards acquiring your knowledge. This might help you explain your past actions with greater awareness. Truth will come out and it will strike a chord with many.

Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

ANNIE ANNIE

HOROSCOPES Wednesday, May 7 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Michael Rosen, 67; Robin Strasser, 68; Doug Benson, 49 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The energy today will provide you the opportunity to advance and grow up quickly by forming close partnerships with others. Situations will present themselves today that will help you learn how to let go of past relationship patterns that might have hindered your progress. Ego drives are not welcomed in the new reality emerging now; let go of the past as gracefully as you can. Clear thinking will be had now and quick solutions to issues will be profitable and enterprising.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will mark a time in your life when you are able to let go of past issues and move forward with a lighter step. Thinking on your feet will be highlighted this year very profitably... Communication will be the main focus this year, but try to listen to others as well. There is much wisdom to be learned this year, embrace change within relationships.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Clear and quick thinking will emerge today. You are keen on getting to the root of relationship issues you might have. These issues could be with business partners or close bonded ro-

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EL PASO, Texas — State officials suspended a Texas veterinarian’s license after he admitted telling some clients that he would euthanize their pets but instead kept the animals alive in cages for months at his clinic in Fort Worth.

Dr. Lucien Tierce was arrested a day earlier on animal cruelty charges after agents with the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners searched his Camp Bowie Animal Clinic.

The board said that agents found “animal organs in jars” and “stacks of drugs, trash, laundry” and bugs throughout the clinic.

The search came after a former client alleged Tierce told her that her dog needed to be euthanized, but that she was called by a former employee six months later who told her the animal had been kept alive in a cage and used for blood transfusions.

In a written statement to investigators, Tierce acknowledged that his clinic was unsanitary and that he had kept five animals that should have been euthanized, according to the board’s report.

But the report doesn’t specify if he explained why he kept the animals.

Board spokeswoman Nicole Oria said the statement was part of an ongoing investigation and that it and other details wouldn’t be released. Tierce was released from jail on $10,000 bond after turning himself in.

His clinic declined comment.

The board’s order of temporary suspension said Tierce signed a handwritten statement admitting he had not euthanized four animals he accepted from clients and one dog of his own.

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Hit it higher, hit it longer NEW DRIVERS ADD LOFT BUT REDUCE SPIN FOR LONGER SHOTS

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Height didn’t always equate to length when smacking the golf ball off the tee, due mainly to the rotation of the ball itself.

That was before the advent of the Taylor Made SLDR driver, new to the market this year. The club recently received 20 out of 20 gold stars while being reviewed by Golf Digest, and according to James Baxter of Red Deer Discount Golf Centre. ...

“It’s the first time a driver has ever achieved that level of accolade from that magazine.

“The idea behind this driver is to change the loft of the club itself and allow the ball to carry. There’s less spin on the ball and by increasing the loft golfers are achieving a better launch and therefore a better carry coming off the club.”

The SLDR features a 20-gram weight that slides along a slot on the sole, which also allows for faster ball speed.

“Even players like (PGA star) Dustin Johnson are increasing the loft of the driver itself so that with the lesser spin it achieves a maximum kind of a launch. It’s a clever idea,” said Baxter.

“The slot itself is actually for a bias toward drawing and fading the ball.

The weight is a perimeter weight that, when at the toe, will force the toe to lag open and maintain a fade.

“If the weight is toward the heel, that will close the face down and cause a draw. The club comes with a torque wrench which allows the ability to not only remove the head to adjust the loft itself, but also the ability to transfer the weight up and down the face to create a fade or a draw.”

Baxter is impressed with the technology behind the new driver.

“It’s brilliant. It eliminates a lot of the problems that a majority of recreational golfers have, and that’s the lack of getting the ball to launch and creating too much spin from miss-hitting it.

Manufacturers are trying to continually grow the game and to do so they recognize that they need to stop building for professional-level players and focus on recreational-level players.”

TaylorMade has also introduced the

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Dave Hoppe, owner of Red Deer Discount Golf, holds up a Nike VRS Covert and Taylor Made SLDR. New technology behind this year’s drivers allow faster swing speeds, adds higher loft and reduces spin, which equates to longer shots off the tee.

JetSpeed driver, which promotes extreme velocity through increased clubhead speed, as well as decreased spin.

“It’s a one-piece driver geared for hitting the ball high,” said Red Deer Golf and Country Club associate pro Roy Hide.

“Basically, it’s a forgiving non-adjustable, low-centre of gravity club that allows recreational golfers to hit the ball high in the air.

“It’s a new club that can eliminate spin and every new driver coming out now features a decreased spin rate.

A driver might look the same as it did a generation ago, but most likely in the face. The thickness is different as companies try to decrease the amount of spin.”

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D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, May 7, 2014

All systems go for Pheasantback STETTLER GOLF COURSE GETS UPDATE AFTER RETURNING FROM CLOSURE

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF A familiar face has returned to the Pheasantback Golf and RV Estates.

Drake Mason is returning as the head pro of the 18-hole layout, just northwest of Stettler, and hopes to bring back some of the former success.

“I know a lot of people in the area and I know what the course was like when we were going strong,” he said.

The Pheasantback Golf and Country Club, which opened in 1995, went into receivership on Sept. 12, 2012, and was closed for a better part of a year. Gary Grant, a lawyer in Stettler, purchased the course last summer and started cleaning up. By August they opened nine holes.

“There was tonnes of work to do, but it’s all system go this year, although we’re still finishing off a few things,” said Mason. “We just finished the clubhouse with a new floor, repainted and fixed things up. We also bought new ball washers, flags and we’re in the midst of finalizing work on the sand traps.”

The traps needed to fix the drainage and add new sand to get to where it should be.

What the course didn’t need was a lot of work on the greens.

“When it was in receivership the bank made sure our superintendant (Jamie Devinich) looked after the greens,” said Mason. “That was extremely important. But he didn’t look after the fairways and they were threefeet tall when they got back in working on them.”

They also purchased 40 new electric golf carts and have been working on building “five or six” new tee boxes and making several of the holes more player friendly.

“We’re getting to the point where water won’t come into play on several of the holes,” he said. “The course will still be challenging, but we want it so everyone can enjoy themselves and be comfortable.

“We still have ideas what we want the course to look like and we’ll work on a few holes each year.”

Mason still wants the course to attract golfers from all parts of the province, but says it will also be a community course.

“We want the local players, from junior to senior, to come out,” he said.

“We’ll have a number of specials. Have men’s and ladies’ nights and also be available for tournaments.”

In addition to the golf course, Don Peters is putting together a RV facility.

“It’s in it’s first phase and while there’s no services or power right now,

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After being put into receivership on Sept. 12, 2012, Pheasantback Golf and RV Estates has gone through numerous upgrades under a new owner and is welcoming back golfers. eventually it will be a full service facility just west of the course,” Mason explained. ‘“That’s exciting. We can get individuals who want to come for a week, or a weekend, camp and play the course.”

Mason indicates they’ll keep their costs down to bring back members and green fee players.

“We’ve been encouraged with the interest in our memberships and we’re

putting together a corporation membership where you can buy a 20 pack book, or more, and use them to give to clients or for their company. You buy a 20 pack book and can save $147. We also have junior memberships.”

They also have reasonable green fees including $43 for 18 holes Monday to Thursday and $49 for weekend and holidays. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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SPIN: Technology The new Titleist 913 series is another example, as is the Ping I25, Hide pointed out.

The Nike RS Covert 2.0 driver features a cavity back design that has resulted in a club that weighs less than 300 grams.

“The engineers realized that there’s not much purpose in having physical weight in this region (sole of the club),” said Baxter. “It serves no purpose, so they re-engineered it and distributed the weight in the head very effectively to control the spin and also to create a tremendous adjustability. The club can adjust down to eight and a half degrees and all the way to 12 and a half degrees with one simple adjustment which can allow you to independently go left and right of the target line.

“They continued that technology with their fairway woods and hybrid irons. There’s a lot of adjustability there as well.” ● Hybrid clubs continue to be popular with golfers of all levels for the simple reason they’re easier to hit than long irons.

“We’ve taken trades that involve old irons and I’ve seen where the 3- and 4-irons haven’t been touched,” said Baxter. “The 7-irons have been beat to the ends Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff of the earth, but the 3 and 4 not touched. That tells us Associate professional at the Red Deer Golf and Country Club Roy Hide holds two of the latest irons in they’re hard to hit and people are not using them.”

Adams Golf has placed a hybrid on the market the pro shop. A Titleist AP-2 and a TaylorMade SpeedBlade. New technology for irons this year include that features a slot along the sole — what is known as compression channels that increases ball speed off the face of the clubs. a ‘compression channel’.

The Adams Tight Lies, a fairway/rescue club, in- a parallel grip. Instead of a tapered grip that has a getting your hands involved in the putting process. cludes the same technology, as do Adams drivers. shallower bottom hand, there’s a parallel equal grip It’s sort of simplifying the mechanics of it all.”

“The new Tight Lies series also has a bit of a rock- which maintains the same thickness throughout,” The TaylorMade Spider Mallet is another example of er bottom and that kind of shape allows an opportu- said Baxter. a counter-balance putter. nity to get the fairway wood through divots and the “So both the top and bottom hand have the same “With most traditional putters you can feel the second cut as well,” said Baxter. “The re-engineered thickness of grip to hold onto. weight in the head more than anything,” said Hide. clubhead and the compression channel are new to “What it seems to do doing is eliminating the “Counter balance evens out weight distribution bethe market.” hands. With that much volume, you physically can’t tween the grip and the head.”

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PGA Tour FedExCup Leaders Through May 4 Rank Player PointsYTD 1. Jimmy Walker 2,046 2. Bubba Watson 1,840 3. Matt Kuchar 1,436 4. Patrick Reed 1,364 5. Dustin Johnson 1,334 6. Harris English 1,290 7. Chris Kirk 1,189 8. Jordan Spieth 1,173 9. Zach Johnson 1,095 10. Matt Every 1,051 11. Webb Simpson 1,001 12. Ryan Moore 953 13. Kevin Stadler 936 14. Kevin Na 885 15. John Senden 884 16. Will MacKenzie 880 17. Seung-Yul Noh 853 18. J.B. Holmes 845 19. Graham DeLaet 817 20. Brian Stuard 801 21. Keegan Bradley 799 22. Matt Jones 798 23. Gary Woodland 771 24. Jim Furyk 769 25. Jason Day 769 26. Ryan Palmer 747 27. Charles Howell III 741 28. Russell Henley 733 29. Charley Hoffman 723 30. Russell Knox 712 31. Ryo Ishikawa 667 32. Steven Bowditch 655 33. Bill Haas 651 34. Chesson Hadley 649 35. Jason Bohn 643 36. Pat Perez 642 37. Luke Donald 640 38. Rory McIlroy 637 39. D. Summerhays 636 40. Jason Kokrak 632 41. Chris Stroud 615 42. Rickie Fowler 614 43. Graeme McDowell 597 44. Sergio Garcia 592 45. Brian Harman 582 46. Cameron Tringale 578 47. Scott Stallings 575 48. Scott Brown 574 49. Brendon Todd 569 50. Justin Rose 540 51. Jonas Blixt 521 52. Robert Garrigus 519 53. Jeff Overton 515 54. Hideki Matsuyama 511 55. Hunter Mahan 503 56. Vijay Singh 501 57. Adam Scott 497 58. Jerry Kelly 486 59. Ian Poulter 484 60. Rory Sabbatini 481 61. George McNeill 475 62. Ben Martin 463 63. K.J. Choi 459 64. Kevin Streelman 456 65. Martin Flores 449 66. Freddie Jacobson 448 67. Brendan Steele 446 68. Stuart Appleby 437 69. Robert Streb 429

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2014 Ryder Cup Points At Gleneagles Hotel Gleneagles, Scotland Sept. 26-28, 2014 Through May 4 United States 1. Bubba Watson 2. Jimmy Walker 3. Matt Kuchar 4. Dustin Johnson 5. Jordan Spieth 6. Patrick Reed 7. Jim Furyk 8. Phil Mickelson 9. Zach Johnson 10. Harris English 11. Jason Dufner 12. Chris Kirk 13. Ryan Moore 14. Webb Simpson 15. Kevin Stadler

6,258.984 4,459.071 3,925.333 3,759.812 3,548.064 3,038.246 2,829.177 2,821.562 2,717.913 2,680.515 2,668.448 2,338.853 2,264.631 2,243.837 2,165.352

European Points 1. Victor Dubuisson 2. Jamie Donaldson 3. Thomas Bjorn 4. Henrik Stenson 5. Ian Poulter 6. Joost Luiten 7. G. Fernandez-Castano 8. Sergio Garcia 9. Miguel Angel Jimenez 10. Francesco Molinari

2,297,434.81 2,165,473.77 1,932,606.94 1,802,457.23 1,771,978.97 1,300,177.05 1,254,874.46 1,186,966.34 1,164,953.33 1,050,800.01

World Points 1. Henrik Stenson 2. Sergio Garcia 3. Rory McIlroy 4. Thomas Bjorn 5. Victor Dubuisson 6. Jamie Donaldson 7. Luke Donald 8. Ian Poulter 9. Justin Rose 10. Miguel Angel Jimenez

282.41 203.86 157.41 154.48 150.56 140.28 130.28 129.57 108.37 99.66

LPGA Money Leaders Through May 4

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1. Stacy Lewis 2. Michelle Wie 3. Karrie Webb 4. Anna Nordqvist 5. Lexi Thompson 6. Lydia Ko 7. Inbee Park 8. Azahara Munoz 9. Paula Creamer 10. Chella Choi 11. Cristie Kerr 12. Angela Stanford 13. Jenny Shin 14. Jessica Korda 15. Lizette Salas 16. Se Ri Pak 17. Na Yeon Choi 18. Shanshan Feng 19. So Yeon Ryu 20. Morgan Pressel 21. Gerina Piller 22. Meena Lee 23. Pornanong Phatlum 24. Amy Yang 25. Karine Icher

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A wide-open tournament expected at Sawgrass

BY DOUG FERGUSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Imagine the odds that could have been offered on this at the start of the year. Going into the second weekend in May, Michelle Wie has made more money on her tour than Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson combined have made on theirs.

“You probably could have gotten some action there,” Pat Perez, no stranger to the Las Vegas casinos, said Tuesday once he digested the absurdity of it all.

Some of that speaks to Wie finding her form, having some fun and playing to her potential.

A large part, obviously, is due to Woods hardly playing at all because of a back injury that led to surgery. In just three PGA Tour starts, Woods missed a 54-hole cut in San Diego, withdrew in the middle of the final round at Honda and tied for 25th at Doral.

And then there’s Mickelson. The PGA Tour record book shows that he has never gone this deep into the season as a pro without a single top 10. Of course, that would be overlooking that runner-up finish in Abu Dhabi against a strong field. Mickelson has coped with a pair of injuries that forced him to withdraw from two tournaments. He also has been more unpredictable than usual.

Skewed statistics aside, it provides a snapshot on what kind of fickle season this has been on the PGA Tour.

Through 25 tournaments in the wraparound season, seven winners were not among the top 100 in the world while only two winners were in the top 10.

The average ranking of PGA Tour winners this year is 83.4.

What better place to celebrate — or bemoan — parity than at The Players Championship, the tournament that is said to be the most difficult to predict.

“There’s no favourite. There’s no style of golf here that has to win,” Kevin Chappell said. “It’s the ultimate test of making it yours. You create your game plan, and whoever establishes that game plan and sticks to it the best is going to win.”

Woods last year became only fifth two-time winner of The Players since it moved to the former swamp known as the TPC Sawgrass in 1982. He also has had more finishes out of the top 20 than at any other tournament, including the majors.

Mickelson won in 2007. He hasn’t finished in the top 10 at Sawgrass since. The list of winners is almost as impressive as the list of those who have never won — Vijay Singh, Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker, Ernie Els, Padraig Harrington.

“This golf course does not love anybody,” NBC Sports analyst Johnny Miller said. “You go to Firestone, you go to Torrey Pines, you go to Doral, you go to those courses ... Phil and Tiger, it loves those guys. But this course will chew you up and spit you out form year to year. You never know. You’ve got to hit it good, you’ve got to be lucky and you’ve got to miss it in the right spots. I just think it’s a course that

no one ever gets feeling really comfy out there.”

Add that to a year of parity and this year could be more mysterious than ever.

Martin Flores might have summed up the season last week at Quail Hollow. He has never won on the PGA Tour. He has never spent an entire Sunday in contention. He was one shot out of the lead after 54 holes when he said on the eve of the final round, “Why not me?”

“There are so many guys who are so good,” he said after his news conference. “Just because you haven’t heard of them doesn’t mean they aren’t great players.”

The next day, he held his own for four hours and still had a chance until a bogey on the final hole to finish two shots behind.

Like most players, Chappell was surprised and amused to hear that Wie trumps the Tiger-Phil duo in tour earnings for the year. Wie won in Hawaii, was second in a major and is No. 2 on the LPGA Tour money list at $738,693. Woods, who has completed only one tournament this year, is No. 188 on the money list with $86,919, barely ahead of Tim Petrovic. Mickelson, who squandered a chance to win last week, is at No. 80 with $649,562.

“One tour is growing, and our tour is treading water at the moment,” Chappell said. “We’re setting ourselves up down the road. The back of our field is moving to the front, and that’s going to push the guys in front.” And then he chuckled and added, “Or move them to retirement.”

That day is coming when Woods and Mickelson no longer dominate golf’s landscape. They won’t be easy to replace, and it could be any number of players.

The Players Championship isn’t likely to provide any clues.

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